Five Frozen Centuries

Chapter 311: Dead Again

Chapter 311: Dead Again

The thin prisoner had died very quickly. Everyone present was shocked, including Tank.

Everyone was confused. Why had the prisoner died? If that was a fake path, it should have collapsed. However, this path had not collapsed. It should be a real path.

A real path could allow one person to pass. There had only been one person on this path, so why had that person died?

At that moment, a young man walked out. Tank frowned and asked cautiously, “Did you do it? How is that possible? The rules don’t allow killing. If you did it, why are you still alive?”

The young man spread his hands. “I didn’t do anything. He slammed himself into it.”

As he spoke, the young man walked on the path. Tank did not dare move, as he did not believe that the path was safe.

Wei Huo was the only one who had seen the young man attack. As for why the young man had not died after killing someone, it was probably because his actions had not been judged as murder.

Yes, he had only placed an invisible thread on all 12 paths. Just now, he had retracted the thread and swaggered up the path. The others were still covered by it.

When the young man safely walked past the road and reached the black wall in the distance, the road suddenly collapsed and sank. Tank roared, “How can he kill without being punished? Are the rules fake? Administrator, aren’t you going to say something?”

The administrator sneered, “Prisoner 01254’s behavior is not considered murder. As for whether the rules are real, you will know if you try breaking them.”

Tank calmed down. Although he did not understand the young man’s approach, he knew that there was a loophole in the rule that forbade killing. He had made a lot of effort to find out about this loophole. That was why he had taken the thin prisoner hostage without hesitation and asked him to scout the way. He knew that even if the thin prisoner died, he would be fine, as his actions would not be considered murder.

Upon seeing this, Wei Huo also understood that the young man had not killed anyone. He had only spread invisible thread and waited for the others to collide with it before having their heads severed by the hard thread.

It was as if someone had thrown a banana peel randomly, and someone else had slipped on it and died. Could the person who had thrown the banana peel be considered a killer?

If that was the case, no one in the world would dare eat bananas.

At that moment, Tank started looking for a scout again. He stared at the remaining ten people coldly, but they only stared back at him.

At that moment, Wei Huo walked out and walked toward one of the paths. Tank followed Wei Huo, ready to attack at any moment.

Wei Huo couldn’t care less about this person. The choice of the real path could probably only trap Rare-ranked creatures. However, Wei Huo did not want to expose his strength, as he could not guarantee that no Legendary creature was watching the situation through the cameras.

Besides, the path Wei Huo had chosen was real. His Eye of Illusion Destruction had seen everything clearly, and he did not want to waste any more time there.

Therefore, he chose a path and walked over.

At the same time, Tank followed Wei Huo. However, just as Wei Huo was about to walk on that path, the others started snatching the other paths.

It seemed like the powerful Tank had been lured away. Now that they weren’t being led around by the neck, he could use this opportunity to rush forward.

After all, they had one more person!

Upon seeing this, Tank cursed and prepared to push Wei Huo away to walk on the nearest path.

There was no other way. At the moment, they could only gamble. They were all vicious prisoners and bold gamblers. At this critical moment, they could only gamble with their lives!

However, Tank’s push was pointless. It was as if Wei Huo did not exist. He was a little stunned because he had seen Wei Huo right in front of him. However, that push seemed to have passed through the air.

“How is that possible?”

While he was in a daze, Wei Huo had already set foot on the path and walked half the distance.

Only then did he understand. “Is this... an afterimage?”

A moment later, he was shocked. This speed was even faster than the skinny prisoner’s speed. It was impossible for a Rare-ranked creature to be so fast!

He immediately turned around and tried to find another path. However, at that moment, there were already people on the remaining ten paths. There were even two people on one path, and that path was already slowly sinking into the magma.

The two of them shouted and cursed each other, but it was useless. Their legs were the first to be swallowed by the magma, but they were eventually swallowed whole.

In the end, the six real paths sank. The remaining paths were all dead ends.

Tank was left behind on the square platform.

“Ah! Administrator, this is your fault. You let another person in.” Tank hugged his head in despair.

There was no other choice.

The cold voice spoke at that moment. “Many times, people die because they court death. Tank, cherish your last moments. By the way, this platform will sink in 30 seconds. Let out your desperate cries. I’ll record them and use them as a ringtone.”

Yes, the underwater world also had something akin to a ringtone. What was even more terrifying was that, unlike a ringtone on land, this ringtone could create terrifying hallucinations and make one enter the most terrifying nightmare. It could also make one’s fear extinguish one’s sleepiness.

Wei Huo was surprised to hear the administrator’s voice. It seemed like these people’s personalities had changed after this long confinement.

Humans were different from other animals. Human emotions were very difficult to control, and humans were the biggest variables. Different environments could shape different people, and some people’s personalities would change drastically due to unforeseen events.

It seemed like human nature did not change much, be it the nature of land people or Atlanteans.

Wei Huo arrived at the next level and appeared on a small platform. Two black shafts were set up on the platform, and two thick black ropes were connected to the top of the two shafts. There was a sliding wheel on each of the two thick ropes, and there was a triangular handle tied under each wheel.

The two thick ropes led in two different directions. The ends of the ropes were lost in the darkness, and it was impossible to see what was under the platform. There was an endless abyss below it, and one could not see its bottom.

At that moment, the administrator said, “There are 10 people in this game. Everyone can choose the two black ropes in front of them. However, please note that these two black ropes lead to two different platforms. If two of you choose the same black rope, I’m sorry to say that you’d make a faux pas. Once you do that, the black rope that the two of you chose will break and you will fall into the abyss below. Scumbags, make your choice. As long as you reach another platform, you will be able to go to the next level!”