Chapter 45: Severance·Interruption·Start (Part 3 of 3)

In fact, his argument appeared quite reasonable and he himself almost believed it… but he didn’t have much time, so he had to move on and talk about the next major point.

“No. 3, although you doubt my identity, I still want to talk to you, because you are a good person.” Looking at Xie You who was next to him, Shen Mu’s voice was tinged with both helplessness and exhaustion, “I am a single Seer and I have done nothing to let down all the other good people. As the Witch and as my golden water, you were always meant to be the one that I could rely on and stand side by side. Instead, you were the first person to take the lead and doubt me. Of course, even if No. 3 didn’t suspect me, No. 4 would still try to sway public opinion. But he is a member of the third party while you are my companion. No. 3, think about it this way; your sole reason for doubting me is that I didn’t die last night. Now, the deeply hidden Wolf, No. 7, is the one holding the knife. I don’t know why he didn’t kill me, I am not him, I am the Seer, why should I be responsible for the Wolf’s actions? To be honest, I never thought the Wolf would be No. 7,” Despite Zhao Xu’s dumbfounded and indignant expression, Shen Mu continued, “I was completely deceived by him.”

After pausing for a moment, Shen Mu laughed at himself mockingly, saying somewhat sarcastically to Xie You: “No. 3, I admit that you are a very good player, but is your thought process really correct? Last night, you completely ignored the fact that I was going to check someone and blindly poisoned No. 8 based on your own judgment. Today, No. 8 died, but has the game ended? Now, because of your selfish logic, you have forcefully said that I am a Wolf. I hope that you won’t be so conceited. It’s only because you are a good person that I talk to you like this. To be honest, I originally suspected that No. 9 was definitely a Wolf, but now that the three Wolves have all appeared, I have indeed wronged little sister No. 9, and I sincerely apologize. It’s me who was wrong. I hope that when you vote today, you don’t involve your emotions. Everyone makes mistakes. As the Seer, I am under great pressure. Without any emotional bias, just think about it. Is there any truth to what I have said? Is No. 4 the Cupid? No. 11 and No. 12… To be honest, No. 9 and No. 12 do not seem like No. 7’s partners, after all their behaviour has attracted too much attention. On the first day, No. 9 stood by No. 10 and No. 12 began his performance during the election. That is why I now suspect that the couple is No. 7 and No. 11.” Saying this, Shen Mu seemed a little rueful, “If not that the game was nearly reaching its end, I would never have thought of it. The two people who gave me their votes on the first day were the third-party couple.” Finally, Shen Mu looked at everyone else’s stagnant expressions, and summed up helplessly, “If I am wrong regarding No. 11, I hope that you won’t hold me accountable. I cannot be sure that No. 11 is No. 7’s partner, but No. 7 is definitely a Wolf because I checked his identity last night. You guys think about the logic! If I really was part of the third party, why would I say that No. 7 was a Wolf? After all, he is someone willing to believe in me, isn’t it better for me to randomly say that another person is a Wolf and obtain his vote? Out of No. 9, No. 4 and No. 12, there is not a single one of them without a doubtful point. Why would I frame someone that believes in me? Why would I use the retarded reason of clicking on the wrong person? It’s because he really is a Wolf, I am the Seer, I really discovered that No. 7 is a Wolf! No. 4 is definitely Cupid and today is our last chance! Everyone, vote out No. 7 with me, it will definitely be a double death. Tomorrow, vote out No. 4 and the game will be over. During this process, we have already successfully eliminated the Wolf team, don’t tell me that just because of one night’s events, we are going to ruin our previous efforts?”

His speaking time was over, and he couldn’t continue dragging out the time. However, Shen Mu’s words, containing both emotions and logic, finally shocked others.

The shock on No. 7’s face was of course completely different from the other’s shock. When it was time to vote, people were not as determined as they had stated at the beginning, but Zhao Xu, who was initially unsure, did not hesitate to press the vote. It can be imagined whom he voted for.

Tang Youchen looked depressedly at the anger and shock on Zhao Xu’s face, before looking at Shen Mu’s tiredness and faint disappointment. For the moment, he could not tell who was acting.

F***! Don’t be like this, you guys. Tang Youchen couldn’t help whispering in his heart.

Hesitating again and again, his fingers gradually pointed at a particular option. But when he was about to touch the screen, he hesitated and once again looked up. His eyes fell on Shen Mu’s slightly lost expression, and the strange feeling in his heart floated again, and he thought of an old friend whom he had not seen for a long time.

Xie Xuan’s words… to be able to make falsehoods become true. If the person who made such a speech was Xie Xuan, no matter how sincere he was, Tang Youchen, who had been pitted* before would not believe a single word of it.

*T/N: pitted; to have fallen prey to this particular type of scheme before

But now, the one sitting here was Shen Mu whom he had just met and whom he had also previously been saved by… Forget it, if he had lied, it would simply count as paying him back for his life-saving grace. If what he had said came true and just because of the Wolf’s calculations, they voted out the real Seer, losing the game, he would regret it for a lifetime.

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Those who voted for No. 2, Shen Mu, were: No. 4 Du Xiulin, No. 7 Zhao Xu, and No. 11 Su Yingxing;

Those who voted for No. 7, Zhao Xu, were: No. 2 Shen Mu, No. 3 Xie You, No. 9 Shen Xin, and No. 12 Tang Youchen;

Voting was over.

The person who had been voted out on the third day was Zhao Xu.

As Zhao Xu collapsed, the third day ended.

It had ended. Shen Mu closed his eyes and sighed in his heart.

Zhao Xu had died alone. This had already explained many things. Shen Mu didn’t say much anymore, smiling bitterly at Tang Youchen before choosing to leave the place first.

Based on the good people’s perspective, who were unaware of whether Cupid had already been eliminated or not, they still felt that there was a possibility of victory——in their eyes, he was a part of the Couple and was not Cupid. If Cupid had been eliminated, it would be 2.5 votes against 3 votes tomorrow, and the good guys would still have a chance to win.

However, both his junior sister and his younger sister had changed their votes. Although he had persuaded them separately, there would probably still be a few people who could guess the truth.

Although he had already won the game through deception, Shen Mu did not feel any joy. Back in his room, he accidentally felt something cold and round in his pocket.

Shen Mu stiffened slightly, before taking the red bead out of his pocket.

It’s really very pretty, and it seemed to contain slivers of blood. While he was momentarily dazed, the red bead rolled down from the palm of his hand and under the bed.

As the red bead slipped below his bed, Shen Mu snapped out of his trance, subconsciously leaning down to look for it. The lighting was relatively dim at the bottom of the bed, and once he began to adapt to the darkness, Shen Mu finally saw that the bead was lying peacefully in the corner. After climbing in a little further, he could finally reach the bead. Shen Mu was preparing to climb out from underneath, but he accidentally saw something on the wall in the corner.

The lighting was dim, and only a slight shadow was visible. Shen Mu subconsciously reached out his hand and touched it. It turned out to be a small groove.

This size…

Shen Mu’s heart jumped, and after thinking about it, he shoved in the bead in his palm.

Sure enough, it was the same size.

Faintly feeling that this was not a coincidence, Shen Mu hesitated, before suddenly raising his hand to slot the bead into the groove.

……

Nothing seems to have happened. He must have simply over-thought …

Right then, a sudden change appeared before his eyes. In the dark environment, Shen Mu clearly saw that the bead had disappeared, and the wall had also been restored to a flat surface. The bead and groove seemed to have never existed!

This…?! Suddenly, Shen Mu’s eyes saw only pitch blackness. A voice sounded in his ear, or rather, just in his brain… with a message.

‘The execution of a red permission has been detected. The system received a command, the game was interrupted. The first round of the Suspended Life Game Cupid and Robber Edition of the Werewolf game with a total of 12 players and 3 backup candidates, everyone has passed this round of the game’

F***!!!!

This was Shen Mu’s last thought. It seemed that a remarkable command had been triggered… then Shen Mu’s eyes only saw darkness.

At this time, Shen Mu, who was extremely shocked, did not know that the entire Suspended Life Game system had anomalies. Of course, this had nothing to do with the red permission, but with the age of the system itself, some problems have gradually been exposed. Just like a precision instrument, no matter how perfect it was at first, after long-term use, bugs would eventually creep in until it was completely scrapped. At present, the core component of the game had not been affected——that was, each game and every round was still running perfectly. But beyond the game, problems had arisen within the section where transmission occurred from game to game.

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This was an island that couldn’t be regarded as barren. The area that the island covered was not insignificant. It would take an entire day for an adult to walk from one end of the island to the other without any breaks in between. The shape of the island was roughly… an irregular oval? In the middle of the island was a mountain, and half of the island to one of its sides was wooded.  On the other side, there were clusters of cliffs and beaches. The mountain was not very high, but because it was a naturally formed mountain, there were no artificial climbing stairs and tools. It might take half a day to completely transverse the mountain.

Someone didn’t necessarily have to choose to climb the mountain to cross the island——they could also choose to bypass it. It was just that the mountain covered a large area and someone could only bypass it by going along the edge of the island. People who couldn’t see the entire island would not know that they could also bypass the mountain, nor could they possibly know how big the island was, hence they would probably choose to climb the mountain.

At that time, on the originally peaceful island, many figures suddenly appeared in many different locations, with a total of about 30 people. Most of them were in groups, some wearing the same clothes and some wearing different clothes, ranging in age from teenagers to their 30s and 40s. The only similarity was that they were all wearing uniforms. They had all fallen to the ground and appeared to be sleeping but the shallow rising of their chests foretold that they would wake up at any time.

Between the edge of the island and the mountain, five or six people lay unconscious in the woods. Almost at the same time, they began to wake up. The people who woke up discovered information that was both familiar and unfamiliar in their minds, which was the system announcement of the Suspended Life Game.

‘Player **** enters the second round of the Suspended Life Game.’

‘The system has detected 25 players who have been officially promoted and 5 re-challenge players in this round! Now, these 30 players have become prospective players in this game! The first 12 players to reach the 12 designated locations on the island will become official players in this round of the Suspended Life Game, whereas the remaining 18 players will be directly judged as having failed the game! Only one player can enter each location. Once someone enters, other players will no longer be able to enter!’

‘The rules of this game will be announced once 12 players arrive at the designated location!”

The Second Round·Xia Dao White Wolf King

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