Trembling At A High Altitude

Reaching this point, Huang Xun took a deep breath, gazing up at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle as though he was possessed by the omniscient Kong Ming, missing only a feather fan in his hand.

All eyes were on him, even Feng Dahai, who loved to be superior, humbled himself to seek advice. Such moments of glory are rare in life, and naturally, he wanted to savor the feeling a bit longer.

"Unless what!? Believe me if you keep gasping, I'll castrate you!?" Feng Dahai, furious about being penalized 100 points, had very low patience, and he was extremely annoyed with every pause in Huang Xun's speech.

And Huang Xun had a penchant for repeating, emphasizing, and gasping in his speech.

What, are you a storyteller? Even web novels aren't as long-winded as you!

"You don't think she did this to accompany that scumbag to Hell, do you?" Pretty Boy Du Qing couldn't help but interject.

"How could that be? Both of them are more cunning than the other. Declarations of love are mostly just a farce, a ploy to trick the other into giving more. She certainly isn't foolish enough to want to go to Hell with that scumbag," Huang Xun shook his head.

"Can you not interrupt?" Feng Dahai barely restrained his anger as he scolded Pretty Boy Du Qing.

Du Qing was a member of the same guild, so he couldn't vent directly at Du Qing. He had finally gotten Huang Xun to stop rambling and was waiting for him to get to the point. Du Qing's interruption had again diverted Huang Xun's train of thought! Rubbing and poking around and just damn not hitting the mark!

"Sorry about that." Du Qing quickly apologized to Feng Dahai.

"A man and a woman simply met by chance, maybe their relationship was nothing more than that of fling buddies. It's not like they'd go to Hell for each other. So I was saying..." Huang Xun carried on with his analysis.

"You just got to 'unless,' and now get back to that damn topic. If you go off-topic again, even if it costs me this performance, I'll kill you and send you straight to Hell!" Feng Dahai was beyond furious with Huang Xun.

"He's just a contrarian. Do you want to be friends with someone like that... Not to mention friends, if you're even close to him or talk to him more, he'll drive you to your death with frustration. I have a deep understanding of that," Gao Fei tried to calm Feng Dahai down with a few words.

"What right do you have to criticize me, you troll? Am I a contrarian? That's a laugh. When have I ever contradicted you? I was just reasoning with you. You? All you do is blab!"

"Like during the first act, when that scumbag Li Teng slandered my Brother Guo (Guo Zhipeng) for embezzling public funds and coercing a female college student. Brother Guo became a wax figure and couldn't refute when he said it. Was I wrong to point that out then? It was you who insisted on contradicting me. Let's be reasonable, when it comes to this matter, who's the real contrarian?"

"You start to blab when you can't win with reason. Several people were there at the time, they can judge for themselves. You're not only a contrarian, you're also a troll..." Huang Xun was furious that Gao Fei dared to accuse him at this moment.

"Slap!" There was a loud crack.

And then came Huang Xun's screams.

Feng Dahai had run out of patience. While Huang Xun and Gao Fei were going at it, he walked over, took the whip in hand, and with one lash, Huang Xun finally stopped arguing and began to scream.

"Can we finally talk about 'unless' now?" Feng Dahai raised the whip in his hand, ready to strike again.

"Boss, don't hit me! It's not my fault! I was just about to say it, but they interrupted, interrupting, interrupting, and they diverted my train of thought..." Huang Xun was incredibly aggrieved.

Feng Dahai covered his eyes with his hand, and at that moment, he wanted to cry.

You're just a damn contrarian? You're a goddamn master of contention! At a time like this, you're still arguing with me!

What does it feel like to be driven to the brink of collapse by anger?

"From now on! You get back on topic for me! For every extra word of nonsense you utter, I'll lash you one more time! Until you get to the point! OK?" Feng Dahai gave Huang Xun one last warning.

"OK." Huang Xun quickly nodded.

"Unless, unless Anna's account balance is insufficient, not even 40 points left! She knew Li Teng was an Underground Worker, so she was worried about him getting killed. Once Li Teng is killed and the newspaper's camp loses this performance, if she ends up with negative points, she might not even get the chance to join the Hell Theater Troupe," Huang Xun finally got to the point.

Feng Dahai's face was somber and he didn't make a sound, he had not been calm enough earlier to consider this aspect.

"So, she decided to take a risk and try to self-destruct and kill you, betting that your account didn't have 100 points. This way, the performance would be forcibly ended. Even if she didn't achieve her goal, she could shift your suspicions onto herself and carry out her bait-and-switch plan."

"When you decided to kill the Underground Worker Li Teng, compared to losing the performance, ending up with negative points, and being completely sealed in wax and dead for good, she would of course choose to go to Hell. At least there's a one in eight chance of surviving."

"Boss, do you see the logic in my analysis?" Huang Xun said with a triumphant expression.

Such a complex plot, and he had analyzed it thoroughly, having everything perfectly under control!

"After all this talk, do you mean to say that Li Teng is the most likely to be the Underground Worker?" Feng Dahai understood immediately.

"Yes, before Anna's self-explosion, there was about a 90 percent chance that Li Teng was the Underground Worker. Anna's self-explosion, intended to divert our attention, actually confirmed the fact that Li Teng is the Underground Worker! Now I am 100 percent certain that Li Teng is the Underground Worker! Killing him could not possibly be a mistake!" Huang Xun responded to Feng Dahai.

"What do you think?" Feng Dahai turned to Pretty Boy Du Qing.

"I think he makes a lot of sense, Brother Hai. Killing Li Teng now sends this pair of treacherous lovers straight to Hell, and at the same time, we win this performance. It's killing two birds with one stone," Du Qing nodded in agreement.

"So you also believe that Li Teng is definitely the Underground Worker?" Feng Dahai asked again for confirmation.

"Yes! What Huang just said, Anna's self-explosion, specifically betrayed the fact that Li Teng is the Underground Worker," Du Qing said with conviction.

At this moment, Du Qing and Huang Xun had to stop Feng Dahai from killing Anna. They knew Feng Dahai now despised Anna and wished she could die on the spot.

But doing that, aside from venting some anger on the surface, was utterly meaningless.

Because Anna was already destined for Hell. Killing her would only result in her going to Hell, while letting the main culprit Li Teng escape would be a loss.

No matter what, they had to persuade Feng Dahai to kill Li Teng together.

"Alright! I'll trust you guys this one time!"

Feng Dahai's face darkened as he agreed to their suggestion, then took a gun from the soldiers, walked over, and pressed it against Li Teng's forehead.

"If you kill him, you will regret it!" Anna shouted defiantly at Feng Dahai, bound up like a rice dumpling.

"Son, don't hesitate! Pull the trigger!" Li Teng chuckled at Feng Dahai.

"Boss, do it now! They are full of tricks. Don't listen to them anymore! Be careful not to fall into their trap!" Huang Xun urged Feng Dahai loudly. He worried that dragging this out could lead to trouble, with Li Teng and Anna possibly cooking up some new schemes.

"Just finish it! I'm tired of this act," Pretty Boy Du Qing chimed in.

"Feng Dahai, you pig! How could you believe Huang Xun's words! Can't you see he's deliberately setting you up?" Anna was clearly panicking.

"Shut your mouth!" Feng Dahai, unable to contain his fury, turned around and pointed the gun at Anna's forehead.

"Boss! Don't be rash! Why would I set you up? Don't fall for her deceit! Kill Li Teng! You can't kill her!" Huang Xun suddenly became anxious. Feng Dahai, though at a high rank, was still so impulsive and unreliable.

"Damn it! All tied up like this and you talk about schemes!" Feng Dahai scoffed back at Huang Xun, then put away his gun and kicked Anna several times.

He was of course not that impulsive. Pointing the gun at Anna was just to scare her and vent his frustration.

However, when he kicked Anna a few times to vent his anger and turned to execute Li Teng, he realized he had indeed been tricked!

"CUT!"

The director interrupted the filming again.

"Are you a pig, Feng Dahai? How could you lose like this?" Huang Xun cursed furiously.

"What the hell is going on?" Pretty Boy was utterly dumbfounded.

"You can play like this?" Gao Fei, Elsa, and Daisy could not believe what they were seeing.

"Hahahaha…" Anna burst into wild laughter.