Gamers Are Fierce

The green light flickered on.

Nelson stared at the glow beneath the seat. His elongated eyes slowly widened, and his body shuddered as he flamboyantly swirled the microphone, exclaiming loudly, "My God, he got the last question right! Here stands a warrior true to his heart, honest and faithful! His performance has won him tonight's grand prize. Let's give him a warm round of applause!"

The audience below had yet to recover from the recent Q&A. Before they could applaud, Li Ang stood up from his chair and calmly asked Nelson, "Give me the prize quickly. I'm in a hurry."

"Don't rush, young man." Nelson winked and chuckled at him. "Our show rarely has contestants who manage to smoothly answer all twenty-one questions. Most people, even when facing a group of monsters in the audience who have no connection to them, can't bring themselves to disclose their deepest secrets due to shame and apprehension. They either unilaterally halt the Q&A or choose to forfeit and leave midway. Outstanding contestants like you are very, very rare. After the show is over, can I buy you a drink to thank you for your cooperation?"

"Oh?" Li Ang raised an eyebrow. "What happens to contestants who unilaterally interrupt the Q&A, forfeit midway, or fail by giving a wrong answer?"

"Hehe," Nelson swayed the microphone. "Participating in the game means being prepared to stake your life. Those who break the game's rules will face the punishment of the House of Integrity. Specifically, they're trapped in the house while I leisurely hunt them down. During this process, the House of Integrity gradually increases the severity of their punishment. For example, they might be made to spit out spiders, have their tongues cut off, their eyes blinded, and their hearts sliced open. Those who bear false witness will not go unpunished; those who pour out lies will not escape."

Nelson paused, then smiled at Li Ang. "Right now, aside from me and the invited audience watching the show, there's another contestant hidden in the House of Integrity—one previously defeated in the game. Hmm... She might have heard what you said on the show."

Li Ang stared coldly at him. "What are you trying to imply?"

"Ha," Nelson shook his head and pulled an exquisitely wrapped, long wooden box from inside his suit jacket. He said leisurely, "Here is your prize: a notebook from an Alchemist. This must be the reward you want most at this stage, right? By the way, that contestant trapped in the house is a female visitor from a Different World. She's someone you know and have a certain fondness for. As spiders endlessly poured from her mouth, images of her time with you flashed through her mind..."

BOOM!

Li Ang slammed his palm against Nelson's chest, smashing him hard into the ground. Rubble scattered and dust flew as the solid studio floor was smashed, leaving a human-shaped crater. Li Ang ignored the wooden box that had fallen below the stage. He looked down at Nelson lying in the crater, his eyes devoid of emotion. "Where is she?"

Seeing a contestant attack the host, the audience erupted in frightened screams. The creatures rose from their seats, scrambling towards the studio exit in a panic.

Miss Chai emerged directly from Li Ang's body. Without relying on the Qinge Armor, she thrust her right hand into the ground, her extending palm sealing the studio's main door.

With their path blocked, the monster audience turned in unison and roared, "Kill her!"

Miss Chai pursed her lips slightly. She raised her left hand, clenched her fist, and with a sudden thrust, pierced the chest of a Lizardman at the front. The strike hit its mark, but the sensation was off. Miss Chai frowned and withdrew her arm. Inside the Lizardman's torn chest, she saw black, rotting flesh filled with a mixture of hair, teeth, and bone fragments...

Were these spectators... crafted from failed contestants?

Miss Chai was profoundly shaken. No longer hesitating, she lightly tapped the ground with her foot, her figure flitting eerily among the crowd. Her pale hand efficiently crushed one head after another. Her black hair danced wildly, severing the headless monster corpses flung into midair at the waist.

This long period of living like a good-for-nothing had almost made Chai Cuiqiao herself forget she was supposed to be a murderous demonic fiend...

"Hahaha." Lying on his back, Nelson caught a glimpse of Miss Chai slaughtering the audience out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but laugh. "You hid a fiend inside yourself? Once she materializes, she could easily crush all your internal organs with just a twist, right? Do you trust her that much? I thought someone like you wouldn't trust anyone but yourself."

"Answer my question." Li Ang, standing on Nelson's chest, asked coldly, "Where is the visitor from the Different World you mentioned?"

"According to the rules of the House of Integrity, I cannot lie, nor can I attack a contestant." Nelson said with a smile, "Do you know? A long, long time ago, I was also a contestant who came here to play the game. I answered all the questions correctly. The Butler of the House of Integrity at the time offered me a reward of ten million U.S. Banknotes, all in cash. But I refused the cash and requested that the reward be changed to me becoming the new Butler. What in this world could be more fun than peeking into others' secrets, tearing open their scars, and savoring their pain? So, I stayed. Waiting for one lost soul after another to come here, to play games with them... I, for one, will never allow anyone to take secrets from this place or leave alive."

As Nelson spoke, he strained against Li Ang's foot pressing on him and slowly propped up his upper body with his arms. "When you attacked me, you were stripped of your contestant status. That also lifted my constraints. If you want the answer, come and kill me..."

Before the last word could leave his lips, Nelson's arms, which were supporting him on the ground, suddenly extended, snapping his body upright. At the same time, his left leg, as if spring-loaded at the knee, shot upwards like a battering ram towards Li Ang.