After being poisoned by mushrooms, all the strange creatures became fascinated by me.

"Jie Bailing... I was wondering why that name sounded familiar. Isn't that him?" "Oh my god! I remember now, isn't he the ruthless man who killed his wife to prove his Dao?" "A notorious and fierce god. This sect is really unlucky to have encountered him."

"Jie Bailing treats players like pigs and dogs, let alone mere NPCs?" "I remember he cleared dungeons very quickly; he should have become a manager long ago, right? These unfortunate NPCs still have their eyes on him?"

The barrage of comments kept flashing past Tang Li's eyes.

Tang Li's face rarely showed a gloomy expression. In the previous instance, she had already seen the cruelty of the players from the werewolf Sun Ping, but she did not expect that Sun Ping and his ilk would actually pale in comparison.

Thousands of lives were sacrificed to create a "top killer".

"Wait, wait, what's with that expression, streamer?" "Is he starting to side with the NPCs like this? Does he want to be a traitor among the players?" "Does he really think of the sect as his own home?" "Are you crazy? If you're this kind of benevolent, what kind of player are you?"

Within the system space of a bizarre world.

Qiu Wanting suddenly remembered something and frowned.

He made a few phone calls, then suddenly turned to look at Jiang Hui. His usually relaxed and composed face showed a rare hint of seriousness.

"Jiang Hui," he said, "we underestimated this copy."

"What's wrong?" Jiang Hui was still puzzled, but an ominous premonition had already spread in her heart. "Several of my acquaintances have been through this dungeon. The rewards are high and the death rate is low. Skilled players even treat it as a freebie to farm."

This is precisely why Lu Dapeng gave Tang Li the invitation to this instance as a gift.

Qiu Wanting sighed and rubbed his temples: "We overlooked one thing before. The world where the dungeon is located is very large. Once all the players enter the dungeon, they are scattered into different sects."

"The instance death rate we see, which is automatically calculated by the system, is based on the death rate of all players in the same batch."

"And the mortality rates differ between different sects. Not only are they different, but they vary greatly."

Qiu Wanting unconsciously tapped the table with her fingers, her gaze towards the live stream turning serious: "I just inquired... among all the sects, the one with the highest player mortality rate is 'Jie Bailing'."

"Within the last seven cycles..."

No one survived.

Jiang Hui's heart sank heavily: "We need to remind Tang Li to be careful."

Eloquent.

In his narration, Han Zhou skillfully provoked Tang Li's anger towards the players from the previous rounds, instead portraying the sect as the victim.

However, for Tang Li now, the clear distinction between sects is the greatest danger.

Throughout the seven cycles, it was impossible that there were no players from the lawful faction or those with good intentions like Tang Li, yet in the end, none of them survived.

So, guess how many players Han Zhou deceived with his rhetoric in the previous seven cycles?

Inside the copy.

Tang Li's mind flashed through various bloody scenes, and she closed her eyes, half out of pity.

At this point, King Zhou of Han downplayed the incident, saying, "Later, I captured several people with similar unusual traits. Under interrogation, they became increasingly difficult to get to talk, and before they could reveal much information, they all tried to kill themselves."

Tang Li thought, "It must be the system that's making a move. In order not to reveal the truth about the strange live stream, it can only force the player to 'commit suicide'."

"What remained in the end were bottles and bottles of pills."

Han Zhou casually picked up a bottle and sneered, "They'll have a lot to say about these pills."

"Some of these enhance internal strength, some improve physical constitution, some make people as light as a swallow, and some make people incredibly strong."

His gaze returned to Tang Li, "which explains why their skills improved by leaps and bounds after they joined the sect."

"That's good, this will make it easier to catch them red-handed."

"Damn it, if this sect has already figured out how to identify players, then we're doomed!" "This trip was a waste. Everyone who came into this instance wanted to quickly increase their combat power, but now, after taking the pills, we'll be targeted, and being targeted means death. Do we really have to start training from scratch?"

"Otherwise, the streamer should run away quickly. If you take the pill, you'll definitely be the first one discovered. There's no benefit in staying any longer!" "Haha, the streamer is kind-hearted. Maybe he won't want to leave."

Tang Li suddenly spoke up: "So you sent me to be a handyman."

"That's why I'm sending you to be a handyman." Han Zhou's expression grew even more indifferent. "I want you to carefully observe the people around you, and if you find anything suspicious, report it to me immediately."

"Okay," Tang Li said.

"Done—Hot—" "Is the streamer crazy?! You can't increase your combat power in the dungeon? Are you just going to be a janitor?!"

"But is that enough?" Tang Li tilted her head slightly.

"No matter what, to them I'm just an insignificant nobody. I won't arouse their fear, but I won't take them seriously either."

"The information that can be obtained and provided to Coach Han is naturally limited."

"so……"

Tang Li raised her eyes, brought her clasped hands to Han Zhou's face, and slowly opened them.

In her palm was the porcelain bottle she had just picked up.

"—Why not just go all the way and make it a full-blown charade?"

"Let me be one of them too."

Since the path of secretly consuming elixirs has been blocked.

Tang Li thought casually.

Then they had no choice but to go through the proper channels before King Zhou of Han.

Han Zhou stared intently at Tang Li.

Suddenly, he burst out laughing.

"I really underestimated you." He reached out and took the bottle of pills from Tang Li's hand, his voice half mocking and half praising, "I really did underestimate you."

"So greedy for such a young age."

The little girl stared at him silently, her large, dark eyes fixed on him. Her ambition was written all over her face from the very beginning; she didn't want to endure the hardships of decades of martial arts training, but instead wanted to acquire skills in just a few days.

Can you accuse her of getting something for nothing? But her ambition was also quite open and aboveboard, and for this she tried every means, risking her life and walking on the edge of a knife.

How pure it was! They didn't care about honesty or fairness; it was simply that Tang Li wanted it, and Tang Li got it.

"Very well, if I hadn't initially recognized your quick wit, why would I have even considered using you?"

Han Zhou was still smiling, as if the two of them were the only people in the world. He stared intently into Tang Li's eyes.

Who is looking at me through those window-like black eyes? Han Zhou thought, feeling a long-dormant excitement trembling within him. Beneath your innocent, childlike skin, is there someone just like us, or some kind of eloquent monster?

He finally reached out and picked through the tray, replacing her with a white porcelain vase, painted with a few strokes depicting a lone crow perched on a withered branch.

"You should choose this one."

Han Zhou placed the bottle in Tang Li's palm.