For the next hour, Su Ye moved like a ghost through every corner of the first-floor lobby.

The hunters often hunt in groups of three to five, targeting those who are alone, injured, or overly excited after winning a game.

They would ambush people in secluded places like toilets and meeting rooms, with a clear division of labor: some would act as lookouts, some would carry out the attacks, and some would dispose of the bodies.

What Su Ye needed to do was find their stronghold, and then...

Clearance.

The third scene takes place in a conversation room on the west side.

The light on the door is on – “In Use”.

However, the door was not locked, as if someone had just entered.

Su Ye pushed open the door and went in.

There are three people inside.

Two men were handling a body, and a woman was standing in the doorway with her back to it, as if she had just come in without locking the door.

The three of them were taken aback when they saw Su Ye enter.

Then they saw the numbers on Su Ye's wristband—

156 stars.

That was the accumulation of Su Ye's killing of more than a dozen groups of hunters.

The three people's eyes lit up instantly.

"Brother, what you've done..."

The man in the lead swallowed hard, a smile spreading across his face.

"You've struck it rich! How about a partnership? We happen to need a tough guy—"

Before he could finish speaking, Su Ye had already moved.

What follows is simple.

Three minutes later, the three people lay on the ground, completely silent.

Stars: 156 → 189

Another half hour passed.

Su Ye walked out of another conversation room and shook the blood off his hands.

Stars: 189 → 234

Another twenty minutes passed.

At the back door of the kitchen, five hunters who were dividing their loot were blocked by Su Ye.

Stars: 234 → 298

ten minutes.

There are four men's restrooms.

Stars: 298 → 340

Fifteen minutes.

There are three women's restrooms.

Stars: 340 → 376

The last one.

At the end of the east corridor, in the conversation room, the door was lit, and faint sounds of a man's sinister laughter and a woman's cries could be heard from inside.

Su Ye pushed open the door.

Five men are surrounding a young woman.

The woman's clothes were disheveled, her face was streaked with tears and fear, and her wristband showed a few stars, indicating that she had been completely robbed.

Upon seeing Su Ye enter, the five men turned around simultaneously.

"Damn it, another one coming to die—"

You're right.

Su Ye simply responded to him with a curt reply.

Five minutes later, the five men were turned into five corpses.

Stars: 376 → 426

The young woman huddled in the corner, trembling, looking at Su Ye as if he were a monster.

Su Ye didn't look at her.

He turned around, ready to leave.

"Wait, wait a minute..."

A woman's voice came from behind, filled with sobs and despair.

"You...you're not going to kill me?"

Su Ye paused in her steps.

"I...I have no stars left...I have nothing left...They'll kill me...Please...Kill me...I don't want to be..."

Su Ye did not turn around.

But suddenly a tentacle extended from its body and pierced the woman's throat. She was simply asking for death; it was easy.

Then Su Ye stood next to the original pillar and looked down at his wristband.

Stars: 426

Cards: 788

Two hours ago, he was still a fourteen-star player, surrounded by his teammates discussing countermeasures.

Two hours later, he single-handedly killed dozens of hunters and earned more than four hundred stars.

Those hunters never understood, even in death, why this person could use the power of sequence when everyone else had their power sealed.

Unbeknownst to them, Su Ye's "alternate body" was never sealed.

Rules can strip away the power of a sequence.

But the rules cannot take away the fact that he is "weird".

Su Ye took a deep breath and looked up at the screen wall—

No, in his eyes, it was a staircase leading to the second floor.

He lifted his foot and walked towards the stairs.

As they approached the screen wall, black mist surged, and the Crow People appeared precisely on time.

Its red eyes landed on Su Ye's wristband, and it paused noticeably for a moment.

"Yo~~"

Its voice carried a hint of surprise, and a hint of...excitement?

"Not bad, over four hundred already."

Su Ye looked at it:

"We need to go up."

The crow-man's sharp beak opened slightly, as if he wanted to laugh:

"Have you thought it through?"

Su Ye nodded.

"Once you go up, how do you get down?"

The crow-man let out a hoarse laugh:

"It's very simple."

Killing one of the "Openers" grants you the right to go downstairs once.

It paused:

"There are now one hundred Openers on the second floor."

Su Ye's heart skipped a beat.

One hundred initiators.

Is Zhou Lie... inside?

"What right do I have to go up there?"

"It will exempt you from participating in the early stages of the Colosseum."

Crow Humanity,

"When the number of people remaining on site drops to forty, then one hundred will be there, including you."

Only then will they join the battlefield to compete for the final forty survival spots.

Su Ye silently processed this information.

Then he asked the most crucial question:

What are the benefits for those who initiate these events?

The crow-man burst into laughter.

The laughter echoed in the empty corridor, sharp and piercing, yet carrying a strange sense of pleasure.

"You've finally hit the nail on the head."

It lowered its head, its scarlet eyes staring straight at Su Ye:

"The one who initiates the game will receive half of the stars possessed by everyone who comes to the game through him."

Su Ye's pupils contracted slightly.

Everyone who comes to this game through him...

Zhou Lie.

Zhou Lie left the team before the bell rang.

Zhou Lie, the one who said, "I'm going to use the restroom, you guys search first."

If he is the one who initiated it...

So, Chen Shou, Wu Feng, Wang Kui, Old Zhao, Lin Wei, and Li Xiaowei—

Of all the stars in everyone's life, half will eventually belong to him.

Even including the two hundred or so stars out of his four hundred or so?

"interesting."

Su Ye said softly.

The crow-man tilted his head:

Are you still going up?

Su Ye raised his head and looked at the staircase that only he could see.

A dark red carpet.

Carved pillars.

The entrance to the secluded second floor.

"superior."

He lifted his foot and stepped onto the first step.

The crow-man's voice came from behind:

Good luck, little one.

"You'll meet lots of interesting people on the second floor."

Su Ye did not turn around.

His figure disappeared into the darkness at the end of the stairs.

···

At the end of the stairs lies a completely different space.

As Su Ye stepped onto the last step, the sensation under her feet changed from a thick carpet to a cold, metallic texture.

He looked up, and the sight before him made his pupils shrink slightly.

The entire first-floor lobby was now beneath his feet.

No, it should be said that it was covered by a huge transparent dome.

Through that glass-like barrier, he could clearly see the entire first floor:

A densely packed chess table, a throng of heads, darting hunters, and the evil lurking in those hidden corners.

A comfortable sofa surrounds the edge of the canopy.

A few people were sitting scattered on the sofa, some with their legs crossed, looking down with great interest;

Some had gloomy faces, staring intently at a certain spot;

Others leaned against the railing, their faces bearing indescribable complex expressions.

Su Ye's gaze swept over these people. They must be the "survivors" who went upstairs first, or rather, the people who survived the previous round.

And besides that——

Su Ye turned to the other side, her breath catching slightly.

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