Chapter 221: Meteorite Mirage (3)

Ding ding ding!

The dense Bullets sweeping over the python were all deflected by its hard scale armor.

The four scurried around the Secret Room, eventually hiding behind a stone pillar, not daring to breathe heavily.

The Secret Room became quiet.

Diwu Zeyi peeked, and found that the python had vanished at some unknown time.

He was a bit baffled.

Mustering his courage, he carefully walked out of the cover. Upon confirming the python had left, he then breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he wanted to notify everyone it was safe.

Feng Xiao held an ordinary Pistol against his temple, scaring Diwu Zeyi into hurriedly raising his hands. He turned his head stiffly, and saw a slight hesitation in Feng Xiao's eyes.

Just as he wanted to say something, he saw Feng Xiao's eyes become firm. Diwu Zeyi secretly thought this was bad.

"You lied."

The cold and clear tone fell into Diwu Zeyi's ears like the death knell of fate. Even though he didn't know why Feng Xiao would say [You lied], this strange line.

Bang!

The gunshot rang out. Diwu Zeyi's corpse slowly fell, but very quickly, a second gunshot also rang out right after. Feng Xiao's corpse...

Also slowly fell!

Behind Feng Xiao, the capable beauty put away her Gun.

...

The Secret Room was briefly silent.

Chen Ran, Diwu Zeyi, Feng Xiao, and the capable beauty looked left and right, confirming the python had already left. Chen Ran pondered and said: "It seems that as long as we leave a certain range, the python will retreat on its own."

No one made a sound again.

The three looked at Diwu Zeyi in surprise, secretly thinking that along the way this guy had the most to say. Why did he suddenly become [shy]?

Little did they know...

Diwu Zeyi felt numb at this moment.

'Where is this?'

"Doc, Doctor, with a giant python guarding here, how should we take away the Meteorite?" Feng Xiao's face was pale. He felt that if he stepped into the range of the Meteorite, he would be swallowed alive by the python.

Chen Ran took a flashlight out from his bag and shone it towards the position the python came out from before. He didn't find the existence of a snake hole.

All around, except for the hole they fell down from earlier, there were no other exits.

So, how did the python come to be?

"Tell me, is there a possibility that the python is a phantom manufactured by the Meteorite?"

This question couldn't help but make the three's eyes light up, but what followed was terror.

"If it's a phantom, how should we prove whether we are still within the mirage right now?" the capable beauty asked.

Diwu Zeyi took out his Pistol and ejected the magazine. The Bullets inside were still full.

The three noticed that Diwu Zeyi had another Gun at his waist. It was very strange. This was just an ordinary Pistol, but the problem was...

Diwu Zeyi was holding a rifle, and there was also an automatic pistol on his leggings. Why did he still tuck a Pistol at his waist?

However, the three didn't dwell on this problem too much. Chen Ran checked his magazine, and immediately came to a sudden realization: "Just now, our shooting at the python was all deflected by the python's hard scale armor. If the python is a phantom, then our shooting just now should also be a phantom. Otherwise, how could a scene of Bullets being deflected by scale armor appear?"

Indeed, if the python was a phantom, the Bullets they fired should have hit the wall.

Now, Diwu Zeyi checking the magazine and finding the Bullets hadn't decreased meant that at this moment they had already broken away from the phantom.

"Everyone check your magazines."

Hearing this, the three one after another ejected their magazines.

Feng Xiao was astonished to find that in his Pistol's magazine, one Bullet was missing.

His abnormality caught the attention of the others.

When Diwu Zeyi learned that Feng Xiao's Gun was missing a Bullet, he looked at the bullet head at his feet. He stepped forward and nonchalantly stepped on the bullet head under his foot.

'Listening to their meaning, it seems some things happened before I appeared.'

'In other words...'

'The plot had already started before I appeared. I joined midway.'

'What was the trigger for my appearance?'

'It must be related to that Bullet!'

'The answer is vividly revealed.'

'The Diwu Zeyi in the plot was shot dead by someone, therefore I appeared.'

'It was a gunshot kill, not a python kill!'

'Two possibilities!'

'One: In the plot, there inherently was a segment of Infighting among the four.'

'Two: Someone joined the plot midway one step ahead of me, and shot me dead.'

'This person is Feng Xiao!'

'But, why did he use an ordinary Pistol to kill me, instead of using a Liar-Slayer?'

'One must know, in normal interpersonal conversation, it's very easy to lie.'

'Unless, he also deduced that the me in the plot is not me.'

'Deliberately using a Pistol to kill me was just wanting me to also join the plot...'

'But, why did he do this?'

Diwu Zeyi suddenly thought of something. He looked down and saw his Liar-Slayer was unexpectedly tucked at his waist. Instantly, his pupils shrank suddenly.

'I'm finished!'

'I seem to have been exposed!'

'Chen Ran and Diwu Zeyi should both be Three-Star players. Their Liar-Slayers have a high probability of not being ordinary colors... but my Liar-Slayer is an ordinary color.'

'Since it was Feng Xiao who killed me...'

Thinking of this.

He looked at Feng Xiao coldly: "You fired a Gun just now? Who did you shoot?"

Feng Xiao hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no. I didn't fire a Gun just now."

Diwu Zeyi stared at him fixedly, attempting to discover clues, but the final answer he got was: Feng Xiao didn't seem to be lying.

'Which explains that the [Feng Xiao] who joined the plot midway had broken away from the plot again.'

'He was Judged to death?'

'Only in this situation would it happen that the Bullets didn't decrease, and Feng Xiao broke away from the plot.'

'In other words...'

'[Feng Xiao] played himself to death?'

'What a talent!'

'However, they seemingly don't have the memories of me and Feng Xiao being shot to death.'

'Next, I should verify whether the protection mechanism of the Liar-Slayer takes effect. Or rather, whether it takes effect against this group of NPCs.'

Thinking of this.

Just as Diwu Zeyi wanted to manufacture a plot of being touched, a voice suddenly rang out from above the Secret Room, or rather, the horizon.

"Liar-Slayer: A Single Leaf as a Boat."

The palace Secret Room had unexpectedly gone dark.

"Ah? What's going on!"

"Why did the Secret Room go dark?"

"Doc, Doc, Doctor, do you know what happened here?"

"Not good. It might be that the oxygen in the Secret Room is about to be exhausted!"

Compared to the shouting and screaming of the three, Diwu Zeyi was much calmer.

'It should be a player who cleared the stage, tricked a lie out of a player who drank Meng Po's Soup again, and subsequently used a Skill.'

'Moreover it must be an Id Tier Skill. After all, our bodies are still in the Instance.'

'But why did it also go dark in the Meteorite Mirage? Could it be because of my existence?'

In the darkness, the three ran crazily towards the hole they fell down from earlier, but halfway there the Secret Room restored light without any warning.

Diwu Zeyi widened his eyes.

He felt that the whole world was swaying. He seemed to be situated in the ocean, like a lone leaf crossing the sea.

He had two bags on his back, one was Diwu Zeyi's, one was Chen Ran's. He found a tube of Sobering Agent in Chen Ran's bag!

Without hesitation, he took out the Sobering Agent and stabbed it into his thigh.

He originally thought a slightly groggy situation would appear, but there was no reaction at all. Not only was the Id Tier Skill not dispelled, even the side effects of the Sobering Agent didn't appear.

'Could it be... the effect of [Falling Flowers Turn to Mud]?'

'Falling flowers turn to mud to better protect the flower. Reasonably speaking, it should be a healing-type Skill, but this Skill seems to work in reverse, able to shield the effect of any potion.'

'This is troublesome!'