Apocalyptic Extraordinary Convoy, I'm really not weird!

Zhou Lie looked at him, then at Chen Shou and the rest of the group, and suddenly laughed.

"It seems you value them highly."

Su Ye didn't reply, but just frowned and looked at him.

This is the second time.

This guy took away his star for the second time.

The first time was when we went up to the second floor, and they took 213 of his.

This is the second time; they've taken away another 150 or so.

In total, there are already more than three hundred.

Chen Shou and the others subconsciously glanced at Su Ye after hearing Zhou Lie's words.

Wu Feng stepped forward and stared intently into Zhou Lie's eyes.

"Zhou Lie, why?"

Zhou Lie tilted his head and looked at him, his eyes blazing with blood-red flames.

"Why? Why?"

Wu Feng's voice trembled slightly, but he still gritted his teeth and asked:

Are you still Zhou Lie?

Zhou Lie smiled, a smile that was calm and serene.

"certainly.

I am still me.

Wu Feng clenched his fist:

"Then why don't you say so?"

Why didn't you say anything when you started this game?

Why didn't you tell us in advance so we could prepare?

He paused, his voice lowering even further:

"And what about Xu Xin and Xu Jiang... what's the situation with them?"

Zhou Lie did not answer immediately.

He looked at Wu Feng, his comrade-in-arms with whom he had shared life and death for more than two months. His smile gradually widened, and his laughter grew louder and more unrestrained, echoing sharply and piercingly in the empty corridor.

"Why should I say it?"

He stopped laughing, looked at Wu Feng, and the bloodthirsty flames in his eyes throbbed even more violently.

"You're all going to die anyway."

What's the point of saying it or not saying it?

Wu Feng's face turned deathly pale instantly.

Wang Kui roared angrily from the side:

"What the hell did you say—"

Zhou Lie ignored him and turned to look at Su Ye.

Those eyes, pulsating with blood-red flames, scanned Su Ye back and forth, as if sizing him up.

"Kid."

He spoke, his voice carrying a strange excitement.

"I can sense that the one you're associated with is of a high rank."

Su Ye's pupils contracted slightly.

That one?

Zhou Lie grinned, a smile full of wickedness and greed.

"but,"

He paused.

"I will kill you and absorb the one within you."

"Just wait and see."

"The game is about to begin."

After saying that, he turned and walked deeper into the Colosseum.

His laughter came from ahead, echoing through the passageway and lingering for a long time.

The group stood there, watching the figure gradually disappear into the shadows.

No one speaks.

After a long while, Chen Shou finally spoke, his voice somewhat hoarse:

"What does Zhou Lie mean by that?"

He said about you...

He looked at Su Ye, his gaze complex.

Others also looked over.

Su Ye remained silent for a few seconds, then gently shook his head.

"You know my sequence."

He mistook my sequence for a possessing anomaly.

Chen Shou was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.

Su Ye previously said that his sequence was a strange power, which in essence could be considered a strange possession.

In Zhou Lie's eyes, or rather, in the eyes of the corrupted entity, this power was probably no different from those bizarre phenomena.

"so……

Does he think there's something strange about you?

Su Ye nodded:

"almost."

Old Zhao spat:

"Damn it, that bastard turned into a monster himself, and he thinks the whole world is like him?"

Wu Feng didn't speak, but stared at the direction where Zhou Lie disappeared, his face terribly gloomy.

Wang Kui said in a deep voice from the side:

"Team Leader Wu..."

Wu Feng waved his hand, interrupting him.

Lin Wei and Li Xiaowei exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke.

Just then—

"clang--"

A bell rang out from afar.

The voice was clear and melodious, with a strange penetrating power, piercing through the entire space and echoing in the vast world of the second floor.

Everyone looked up at the same time.

In an instant, the glass dome on the first floor changed.

The originally transparent barrier suddenly emitted a faint white light.

The light grew brighter and brighter, more and more dazzling, as if something was brewing within it.

Immediately afterwards, the entire first floor began to rise.

That's right, it's rising.

The huge transparent dome, along with everything inside—the chess table, the crowd, the corpses, and the bloodstains—slowly rose up.

Those still inside looked around in panic. Some tried to run out, but crashed into an invisible barrier and were bounced back.

Chen Shou's eyes widened:

"This...this is..."

Su Ye didn't speak, but just stared intently at the rising platform.

one meter.

Two meters.

five meters.

ten meters.

The platform rose higher and higher, and finally stopped when it reached the same height as the second-floor observation deck.

In an instant, the transparent barrier disappeared.

The entire first floor has now become a huge plaza, connecting with the viewing platform on the second floor.

Those who were originally trapped on the first floor looked around blankly at this completely new environment.

Some people recognized the people on the second floor and started running towards them.

Some people stood there, their faces filled with fear.

In the center of this newly formed square, a podium appeared out of nowhere.

On the podium, the middle-aged man in the dark red velvet suit still stood.

He still wore a white mask with gold trim that covered the upper half of his face, revealing only the corner of his mouth with a standard smile.

He was still toying with a thin black cane in his hand.

The person who announces the rules at the start of the game.

The middle-aged man raised his hand and gently tapped the small bell in his hand with the mallet.

"clang--"

The clear, melodious chimes drowned out all the noise, bringing silence to the entire space.

He spoke with a smile, his voice coming through some unknown amplification device, clear and steady:

"Congratulations everyone, you have successfully passed the first round of the game."

His gaze swept across the entire room, the smile on his lips remaining unchanged.

"How were your results?"

Su Ye's gaze swept around, silently estimating the number of people.

The people who came up from the first floor stood sparsely in the newly formed square, roughly between one hundred and fifty and two hundred.

Including the dozens of survivors who originally went up to the second floor by spending stars, and the nearly one hundred Openers,

Hmm! There shouldn't be a hundred left now, after all, he wasn't the only one who killed the Openers, and those Openers probably killed each other quite a bit too.

In total, there should still be around three hundred people on site.

The middle-aged man raised his hand as if examining something, then let out an exaggerated exclamation.

Wow.

It seems the quality of the people this time is quite good; you've really exceeded my expectations.

He lowered his hand, his smile deepening.

"Now, I'm going to settle the account."

His gaze fell on the group of people who had just come up from the first floor.

"According to the previous rules—"

He paused.

"Those of you who didn't go up to the second floor on your own, and all of you who still have cards in your hands, you will be the first performers."

The words had barely left his mouth—

"Whoosh!"

A flash of white light.

At least fifty people in that group vanished instantly.

Su Ye's pupils contracted slightly.

The next second, those figures appeared in the arena squares in the distance.

One grid, one person.

Fifty people, fifty cubicles, neatly arranged in the area within sight.

At the same time, fifty enormous phantoms appeared out of thin air above the hall.

Those illusory figures were over ten meters tall, clearly reflected on the hazy dome, and were the real-time images of those fifty people.

Some people looked around blankly, some pounded on the grid-like walls in fear, some squatted on the ground and huddled together, and some stood still without moving.

Everyone can see them.

Everyone can see their every move.