Chapter 214: Trick!

Xu Lang was a Two-Star Player.

This time leading a team to grind a One-Star Instance, among the team members, counting him, there were a total of four Two-Star players and one Newbie.

After all, to practice Downward Compatibility, one still had to register in advance. Sometimes you couldn't snatch a quota for Downward Compatibility, so it was better to recruit a Newbie for a more practical approach. This way, one could stably practice Downward Compatibility.

This was a widespread phenomenon in the 18th Level. If the Newbie died, one could just continue recruiting.

Four Two-Star players grinding a One-Star Instance; he truly didn't know how they could lose.

Although the other three teams also had Two-Star players holding the fort, none had a luxurious lineup like his team's. Therefore, for this Instance, he didn't have much worry in his heart.

But...

This mood hadn't stabilized for even two and a half minutes. Even just as he finished sizing up the players present, he discovered that the subway had arrived at the station...

[Jishuitun] Station.

They were even Ego-Tier!

'An illusion?'

'Or...'

So, Xu Lang stepped forward and asked with uncertainty, "Players?"

"NPCs?"

The two didn't answer, but instead felt for Cigarettes from their pockets and lit them on their own.

'No, how do they dare smoke on the subway?'

'Makes sense. There are only players on the train and no staff members. They can smoke if they want.'

At this time, among the two, the Frail Youth with handsome features spoke up: "Are you players or NPCs?"

"Actually, in a moment, as long as someone among you can use a Skill, and the Skill can affect the two of us, we can confirm whether you are players or NPCs."

"By the same logic, if we use a Skill and it can affect you, you can also confirm whether we are players."

"However, you have to be quick. After all, the Instance's mechanism is 20 people. If we are all players, there are 22 people here..."

Hearing this, everyone was startled.

Xu Lang sank into deep thought.

'This Instance is not a large-scale Instance. At most, there are only 20 players.'

'This is an ironclad rule!'

'But, if the two youths are both players, there would be 22 people. Right now, the plot hasn't officially started. Once it starts, two people will be obliterated.'

'Which two will be obliterated?'

'It must be the two youths before our eyes. After we entered the Instance, we were all directly teleported onto the train. Only these two came aboard midway from a platform. Therefore...'

'They will be obliterated!'

'The plot should start at Wangchuan Road or Twin Pavilions Station. In other words, when arriving at the station, if there are still 22 people in the car, these two youths will be ruthlessly obliterated.'

Thinking of this.

Just as Xu Lang was about to remind everyone not to Lie-Judge and not to lie, he found that the corners of the two youths' mouths hung with a faint smile.

Xu Lang's heart beat fiercely.

'Dammit, what's with this damned sense of oppression ah ah?'

'Wait!'

'The above reasoning is all based on the situation that the two youths are players. If they aren't players, what kind of situation is it then?'

'Moreover, if they are players, why would the handsome youth remind us?'

'They boarded the train at Jishuitun. The hexagram corresponding to Jishuitun is Water-Thunder Tun, which is a hexagram of great ominance. They should have already died.'

'If I had followed the handsome youth's train of thought just now, perhaps I would have fallen into a pit.'

"If you are players, judging from the existing evidence, you will be completely annihilated by the two of us and killed in this Instance." The youth with a dazzling smile hanging on his face caused people to unconsciously develop goodwill towards him when he didn't speak, but once he opened his mouth, it was this kind of terrifying words.

"What do you mean?" someone glared angrily at the speaking youth.

"The literal meaning."

At this time, the handsome youth from just now looked at them like looking at dead people: "You might as well think carefully, what is the next station called."

[Wangchuan Road!!!!]

In an instant, the expressions of the players present changed again and again. One by one, their complexions became extremely ugly.

'Two people will be obliterated.'

'We will be killed by the two of them.'

'The next station is Wangchuan Road.'

'Wangchuan Road, River of Forgetfulness...'

'Could this be a train driving towards the mythological Hell?'

'Are they trying to tell us that if we cannot kill the two excess players, this whole car of people will die?'

'I am unable to discern whether what they are saying is true or false, and I am also unclear whether the appearance of these two people is an Instance decryption.'

'Therefore... I dare not gamble!'

'Fuck!'

'We're being manipulated by them!'

'If these two are players, they are simply too terrifying. With just a few words, they utilized unknown information to create a situation for us where we have no choice but to slaughter each other.'

'Who would dare gamble on this kind of situation? Once we arrive at Wangchuan Road, if there are still 22 people, what if a mechanism is triggered and the two youths turn into monsters and kill us all?'

'Moreover, judging from reasoning, these two have a high probability of already being dead.'

However, these 20 people were not idiots.

Among them, a short-haired, somewhat handsome youth asked with uncertainty: "You boarded from the third station. The third station is Jishuitun, corresponding to the Water-Thunder Tun among the Sixty-Four Hexagrams. I want to know, what happened to you at this station?"

A complex expression of anger, pain, and a bit of regret emerged on the handsome Frail Youth's face.

"It was raining, water accumulated on the platform. The electrical wires suddenly snapped and fell into the accumulated water..."

The handsome youth nodded. The hexagram image of Water-Thunder Tun was water above and thunder below. That is, water coming from the sky, and thunder coming from the underground.

It happened to coincide perfectly with what the handsome youth said.

The handsome youth could basically confirm that these two players before his eyes had already died.

Died at Jishuitun Station!

'Then, the appearance of these two people is a link in the Instance decryption!'

'The information they provided includes: you must kill two people before arriving at the station; you will all be killed by us; the next station is Wangchuan Road.'

'In other words, the first Secret Room of this Instance requires killing...'

'Two players among the 20 people!'

'But, the problem also appears here. After the reminder from the two NPCs, everyone is in a highly vigilant state.'

'Wanting to trick out a lie is very difficult.'

'Unless...'

While the handsome youth was hesitating, he saw the two NPCs looking at their Watches simultaneously.

"There isn't much time left..." the NPC with the dazzling smile hanging on his face murmured.

Everyone's pupils shrank suddenly.

The handsome youth gritted his teeth, drew the Liar-Slayer at his waist, pointed the Gun at the car roof, and shouted:

"Ghost Whisperer: Mara Hell!"

In an instant, the inside of the car became pitch black.

In the darkness, the corners of the mouths of the two sneaky [NPCs] curved upwards crazily...