Chapter 153: Make You Live Up to Expectations

The young man seemed to have read Cheng Shuili's thoughts; he was already scared out of his wits, crying and shouting, begging Cheng Shuili to spare his life.

The sight was truly pitiful.

How about... sparing...?

Sparing? As if.

He already opened fire! He came to kill Cheng Shuili! Cheng Shuili doesn't have that "noble" virtue of "repaying resentment with virtue"!

To be a loyal "servant", Su Rui is equally adept at reading the room; she glanced at Cheng Shuili's expression, raised her knife without hesitation, and dealt with the person on the ground who kept begging for mercy.

"Kill player Zhang Chacha, obtain 25% of player Zhang Chacha's supplies!"

While the person's supplies hadn't vanished yet, Cheng Shuili scanned his vehicle and saw 25% of the supplies?

This poor wretch's supplies are just the vehicle they're standing on and those few compressed biscuits, right? What will be randomly assigned?

Cheng Shuili pulled Su Rui out of the vehicle.

Unexpectedly, the vehicle, along with the compressed biscuits, vanished before their eyes.

Cheng Shuili even turned her head to check; after confirming everything had disappeared, she finally couldn't help but furrow her brows.

25% was what the system said! How come it's all gone now?

Su Rui also seemed to be seeing this for the first time; she turned her head as well, and after confirming not even half a biscuit remained, she couldn't help asking, "Where are the supplies?"

"Yeah." Cheng Shuili spread her hands, "Where are the supplies?"

【Detected player suspecting system of siphoning supplies, now publishing supply notice! 25% of the supplies equal five twelfths of the vehicle! To promote energy‑saving and eco‑friendly virtues, incomplete vehicles will not be issued!】

Cheng Shuili: "......"

Next time just say there are no supplies.

Honestly, she hadn't intended to get any supplies from this person anyway.

And also... this damn system is really pretentious!

Complaints aside, we can't ignore the Instance summary from the system.

This little interlude delayed us a bit, just missing the system's useless opening line.

【Now announcing the individual rankings for this Instance area!】

【Normal difficulty: 1st place Cheng Yuyu, time 9 minutes 13 seconds!】

……

Elite difficulty: 1st place Xu Mantou, time 25 minutes 37 seconds!

……】

Someone finished Normal in nine minutes? That's insane! I was also Normal, and it took me hours going round and round!

Elite also doesn't make sense; how did the Elite first place take 25 minutes? That time wouldn't even get you into the top 50 in Normal!

You're an idiot upstairs, can you guess why the system separates the rankings?

How many doors are there in Normal? Getting into Elite killed me; there are five doors total, and the later doors require clues from the earlier ones. There are over a hundred clues of all sizes; seeing them all together gives me a headache. Luckily I have a bit of cleverness, otherwise I wouldn't make it out this time!

Upstairs, Wang Po is bragging about selling melons? I'm an Epic player and haven't even complained yet. Over a hundred clues? Have you ever seen a few hundred clues laid out together? The map can't even hold anything! I don't even have a place to stand!

Yeah, there's not even a spot to stand! We have to remember every clue, deduce the final outcome! And the atmosphere is downright terrifying! Honestly… I can only say the system loves to make things hard!

Why did so many big shots pop up all at once? This Instance is really hard for someone like me who doesn't like thinking.

Other difficulties actually have several doors? Luckily I'm Normal!

No wonder the time multiplied; if that's the case, the Epic first place must start at around an hour? Hell difficulty would need at least two to three hours!

Upstairs makes sense!

Agree!

Cheng Shuili offered no comment; she quietly waited for the system to continue announcing.

Honestly, the system's habit of speaking in half‑sentences is a real flaw—does nobody complain about that?

【Epic difficulty: 1st place Qing Shan Yuan Xing, time 1 hour 13 minutes 53 seconds!】

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Cheng Shuili raised an eyebrow slightly; that first place is an old acquaintance.

But we haven't seen that name much lately; its sudden appearance feels odd, like someone who died long ago suddenly faking resurrection.

The metaphor is a bit off. Cheng Shuili thought "sorry" to herself, yet her face showed no guilt at all.

The regional channel's attention to this ID is low; more people are watching the completion times.

"Look, everyone! I told you it would be just over an hour! Hahaha!"

"Right, you guessed spot on, so what?"

"Guessing right is enough, why the sarcastic tone…"

"Guess the Hell difficulty, folks! Anyone willing to bet? Any big shots willing to set up a betting pool? The system's announcement should take about three minutes, right? That's plenty of time!"

"I'll open it, I'll open it! Within one hour, odds 6 to 1; one to two hours, odds 2 to 1; two to three hours, even odds; over three hours, odds 0.5 to 1! Come place your bets! No cheating for young or old!"

As soon as the message went out, the regional channel boiled instantly.

"Within an hour, one payout?"

"Hell difficulty will definitely double the difficulty! Clues and traps will be even more complex, and the environment will be scarier! I bet two to three hours!"

"Upstairs knows nothing; real big shots aren't affected by difficulty! I'm going all‑in for one to two hours!"

"Can we stop betting on duration and just bet on who will be the Hell first place?"

"The abacus beads on upstairs's calculation broke on my face; for something you can answer at a glance, what's there to bet on?"

"I'll be blunt: whoever sets up this kind of bet is an idiot."

"Besides Wuya Dalao, who else?"

"Maybe it'll be an upset; our region's Wu Ya is awesome, but he can't be great at everything."

Without waiting for anyone to object, the system finally finished announcing the epic-level top 100!

Next... it's Hell-level!

【Eight players participated in this Hell-level Instance! Congratulations to all participants for completing this Instance!】

"Eight people? Top eight on the leaderboard?"

"All finished? The boss truly lives up to the title, everyone has strength!"

【Hell-level: Rank 1 Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji...】

"Here it comes! Here it comes! I compressed it to one to two hours, Wuya Dalao you must step up!"

"I compressed it to two to three hours! Hell-level Instance! It must be super super hard! Challenge Wuya Dalao!"

…

For a moment, the regional channel was filled with such remarks.

Either they wanted her to vent some pride, or they wanted the Instance to vent some pride.

Cheng Shuili smiled with her eyes crinkled, her face full of schadenfreude. These people didn't know her time; she herself knew it well, and judging by these remarks, no one could possibly win!

The system deliberately lagged for a moment, then finally announced the time used.

【Time used: 6 minutes 59 seconds!】