Deceitful Game

Chapter 270 "Heating System"

Liao Tinglan and Xiong Ajie cautiously followed behind Chu Yunge, exploring inside carriage number six.

The three of them clearly did not look well.

The sudden appearance of a corpse hanging down after the food cart had been repaired startled them.

It was as if the gallows had suddenly been activated, and the bodies of the criminals plummeted downwards.

After a careful count, it was found that everyone else was dead except for a few of them.

There are no monsters on this train... Could they have just fallen and died?

"...I wonder if Section Chief Ming will survive."

Liao Tinglan said with great concern, "Won't he be killed by those two?"

What if the person I finally found dies?

But even if she felt uneasy, she couldn't control it at all.

Mingpo had already collapsed unconscious on the ground, while the two people still conscious were the two strongest people besides Mingpo. She didn't dare to ask, "Let me take care of Mingpo."

She had a premonition.

If I were to make that request, that smiling man would really kill me.

Who cares?

Chu Yunge simply snorted coldly: "I think they're in cahoots."

"Shh"

The thin, bony Xiong Ajie shushed nervously, hunching slightly as if afraid of being discovered: "Be careful what you say, be careful what you say..." "What are you afraid of?"

Chu Yunge glanced at him, her eyes filled with impatience and contempt.

However, although she looked down on these two cowards, she still explained the situation to them:

"Didn't either of you ever think about why they put the three of us together?"

...for...?

At this point, Xiong Ajie was also taken aback.

Yes.

They now need to find three heating systems, and it seems that searching separately would be more profitable.

But Ai Shiping told them not to worry about collecting resources for now... let's find the heating system first.

If the goal is simply to "find" it, then dividing it into three parts is definitely the fastest way.

"First, it's because carriage number ten... which is the dining car, has reached the end. This means that there are only ten carriages in total on this train, and exploring one side won't slow us down much."

"Secondly, if we spread out our search, we might end up like 'three monks having no water to drink.' Everyone is trying to search for resources and weapons, but no one is looking for heating equipment, so we end up being the slowest."

"third……"

Chu Yunge sighed and said, "Because he knows that there are no wolves among us."

"So he's not worried that one of us will kill the others."

"...You mean," Liao Tinglan was the first to realize, "that the two people watching Section Chief Ming are wolves?"

"No," Chu Yunge answered without hesitation, "There will be at most one wolf among the three of them."

"Why?" Xiong Ajie asked.

Seeing that the others hadn't reacted yet, Chu Yunge sighed helplessly: "I'm asking you... if there were wolves, what should you do with the sheep?"

"...Should," Liao Tinglan remembered that Mingpo had discussed this issue with her before, so she immediately gave the answer she had thought of earlier, "Deposit the chips with the wolf temporarily, and then retrieve them when we get back?"

"That's very well said."

Chu Yunge couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What if the other party doesn't return it to you?"

"Can't we... get the host to sign a contract?"

Liao Tinglan's eyes widened, puzzled: "The host's initial rules stated that the chips could be 'traded, transferred, assigned, or seized.' Since 'trading' and 'transfer' are mentioned separately, there must be a transaction contract involved."

"There won't be such a thing."

Chu Yunge shook her head: "Because if it were possible, the game would be too easy."

"But isn't this a beginner's game prepared by the company? Games are supposed to be simple..."

"yes."

Chu Yunge turned around meaningfully: "It's because it's a game prepared for the company's special agents. So... there won't be anything that simple." Hearing this, Liao Tinglan was stunned for a moment.

Although she is naive, she is still clever.

Liao Tinglan quickly realized the meaning behind Chu Yunge's words, her eyes widening in fear: "You mean one?"

The purpose of this game is to prevent someone from becoming a charlatan!

This means that everyone present... including the host, wanted to rebel against the company!

But Liao Tinglan didn't even dare to say those words.

"If there are two wolves, we won't get a single chip. So why don't we just go all in?"

Chu Yunge casually said, "But if there's only one wolf, it means we can keep at least half of our chips."

"Compared to dying or losing all our chips, this outcome is already quite good. Let's just say we paid half our chips in exchange for our safety. We didn't experience any danger ourselves... So let's understand it as the chips we truly 'deserve' are actually only half the standard value."

"...What if they really do have two wolves, and decide to kill us all in the end to silence us?"

Liao Tinglan's voice trembled.

Chu Yunge glanced at her, but her expression softened.

"Let me teach you something, little girl."

She sighed: "If you learn this skill, you can have far fewer worries in your daily life."

"W-what?"

"Imagine a scenario where, if your wheel of fate happens to land you on this particular option, then by no means can you escape your inevitable death..."

"Then, what should we do?"

"Just ignore it. That possibility simply doesn't exist in your world."

"...Huh?"

Liao Tinglan paused for a moment, then said, "But..."

Xiong Ajie, who was listening attentively, was also somewhat confused.

Neither of them clearly understood what Chu Yunge meant.

So young...

Chu Yunge shook her head, somewhat helplessly.

She also missed her younger self when she was a teenager.

She was once just as naive and ignorant, and she also encountered setbacks everywhere, until... she became the way she is now.

The price of growing up is so heavy.

How many people like her are there in Central?

That's why this host was able to so easily gather so many people who wanted to rebel against the company.

And besides them, are there other hosts, other charlatans... also fighting in the shadows?

Chu Yunge didn't say that Ai Shiping's decision to have the three of them search one place together was actually a way of telling them that Ai Shiping didn't really need their search abilities.

So, instead of killing them outright, he let them leave his sight, giving them the opportunity to gather weapons...

This is actually implying that they are "in cahoots".

That's why she was certain... there was most likely only one wolf left, and the other one was quite possibly the old man. Otherwise, there was no reason why he was the only one who had died.

Fortunately, Chu Yunge was also there watching them, which prevented these young people from having a "sudden inspiration" to do something reckless.

Or perhaps, having her follow them was to have her keep an eye on them and prevent them from having any wild ideas.

………Um?"

Just then, Chu Yunge stopped in her tracks.

"What's wrong, Sister Yun Ge?"

Liao Tinglan asked subconsciously.

"I think I've... found the heating system."

Chu Yunge stared at the object in front of her, her tone heavy: "If this thing... is what is called a 'heating device'." What suddenly appeared in front of her was neither a boiler, nor an air conditioner, nor a small heater or other conventional "heating facilities".

Instead, it was a pitch-black, open aircraft studded with scarlet iron nails…

...The Iron Maiden.