I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 250, page 1.17, 27: A Night of Madness
The farce ended with Fisch killing the magician, but at that time Ye Gui did not know how heinous it was to commit murder during his break.

It wasn't until the dungeon restarted and Fishu disappeared that Ye Gui realized something was wrong, because there was no time to rest.

The original eight-hour break time was canceled, and everyone entered a state of high alert.

The number of players is decreasing, while the number of NPCs in the dungeon is increasing, and the more you kill them, the stronger they become.

From being able to kill any white-named player at will, to becoming increasingly difficult to kill, and finally to being impossible to kill now.

While the named NPCs are obviously the easiest to kill, the beginner level difficulty is hellish, and there is an insurmountable gap between them and the other NPCs.

Players can now only kill NPCs by opening surprise boxes containing weapons; otherwise, they can't even pierce their skin.

Despair and fear lingered in the air above the instance for a long time.

It only took seven days to turn a complete building into ruins.

There were only two days left before the dungeon ended, but my body was so heavy that I couldn't lift my arms at all, and I felt like I was completely useless.

There are only a few players.

There is only one main area, which is like a city, except that there are only ruins left.

The magical fairytale amusement park has vanished, leaving only a simple, large tent standing there.

Those were circus tents I'd never seen before, now wide open, seemingly welcoming visitors to watch the show.

Along the way, elephants and monkeys beat drums and gongs, acrobats walked and performed on stilts, and lions strode majestically down the road. Cute puppets jumped and told jokes, and clowns tossed colorful balls in their performance.

No pedestrians stopped to watch.

Because once it appears, it will be bitten to pieces by lions, trampled flat by elephants, have its chest pierced by acrobats' stilts, have its head smashed by puppets, and have its body blown apart by clowns' colorful balls.

Every imaginable and unimaginable way to die will happen. At first, some players would provoke them, but without exception, they all became food for the animals.

Is this a crazy night at the circus?

There is no hope in sight...

Shui Qi stood in front of the fountain, watching the circus parade from afar. Turning to Fei, she asked, "Do you know where Dao Lin went?" Gone was her usual playful smile; only calmness and indifference remained.

His narrow blue eyes swept over his teammates, who now numbered only a dozen or so, before he turned his gaze to the fountain, his fingers resting on his waist ornament, lost in thought.

Fei shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

"I see..." Shui Qi suddenly chuckled and said to his remaining teammates, "There were several incidents of infighting a few days ago. Some of you guys seem to have gone too far."

They looked at each other and whispered among themselves.

“If you report it, I will give you a chance to explain.” Shui Qi said with a light laugh as her narrow blue eyes swept over the crowd, seemingly encouraging them to expose the crimes of those around them.

"Him!! I saw it with my own eyes! He killed his girlfriend! They were hugging just a second ago, it's so scary!!!" A person staggered out, trembling as he cried out to Shui Qi.

Shui Qi glanced at him, then looked at the person the man had pointed out.

He remembered this person; he had invited him to the King's City, and they had even run a dungeon together. His impression of him then was that he wasn't talkative, but rather calm. The only thing that changed his attitude was his capricious and dramatic girlfriend. He thought they had broken up long ago, since she was a complete liability. He hadn't expected her to still be alive.

The way her pampered boyfriend killed her is rather ironic.

Shui Qi was too lazy to comment on this behavior. Everyone has their own way of living. Perhaps they acted for some other reason, but it had nothing to do with him, and he didn't want to criticize anything.

but……

"Answer me a question," Shui Qi said with a gentle smile, looking at the man.

The man slightly raised his eyes, showing no panic despite being reported, remaining calm throughout. Rather than calm, it was more like he was utterly resigned to his fate; whatever happened, he didn't care anymore, and he wouldn't resist even if he died like this.

"What were you thinking when you took that action?" Her narrow blue eyes stared at him with a hint of darkness, but her face wore a very gentle smile. She didn't seem to blame him; she just wanted to chat with him about everyday things.

“Rather than let her be defiled by something else, I would rather kill her with my own hands. It’s just a pity that I don’t have the courage to die with her,” he said slowly.

He had clearly said that he would commit suicide immediately after killing her, but after her death, he became fearful and dared not kill himself.

Even though my heart is filled with despair, I still don't dare to commit suicide.

"Coward~ But I do admire you. Without a burden, you can do other things you've never been able to do before." Shui Qi stared at him intently, as if bewitching him to say certain words.

"What does the vice president want me to do?" he asked calmly, immediately realizing what Shui Qi wanted to say.

"That man just reported you. Don't you hate him? Why don't you kill him? Then I'll spare your life and keep you here." Shui Qi glanced coldly at the timid man and said to him with a light laugh.

He shook his head and said, "I won't do it."

Shui Qi raised an eyebrow slightly and asked with interest, "Oh? Why?"

“We’re still comrades. I killed my girlfriend because she was being controlled, but this person isn’t. So, as a comrade, I can’t kill him. That’s all,” he said slowly.

Shui Qi turned to look at the person who had taken the initiative to report him. The person had started crying and begging for mercy when he heard Shui Qi say that he was going to kill him.

"If I gave you a chance to kill him and live, which would you choose? Don't answer with words, answer with actions." Shui Qi looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

Suddenly, the timid man stopped crying. After staring blankly at the encouragement in Shui Qi's eyes, he drew his gun without hesitation and pointed the dark muzzle at the man.

A gunshot rang out.

The cowardly man collapsed to the ground, a bullet piercing his temple, and a mixture of red and white fluid gushed out.

The man stared in shock at the scene.

Shui Qi smiled and held up the smoking pistol in his hand, saying softly, "I don't need someone who would turn on their own teammates."

The sky was clear, and the bright sunshine shone on the earth.

Her dark, tousled hair shimmered with blue light in the sunlight. A slight smile graced Shui Qi's face, but her narrow blue eyes were now nothing but pitch black, like a bottomless abyss devoid of light.

"who is the next?"

(End of this chapter)