Chapter 57: Xia Feng Becomes the Game’s Big Bug – Plundering Life Points!
However, the only thing to consider now is how to conceal my identity in this murderous game.
The game has four stages in each round:
Free Stage (Spirit Master Information Trading)
Basic Predation Stage (Use cards to predate and gain Life Points)
Hunting Predation Stage (Kill in reality to gain Life Points)
Evolution Stage (Buy skills)
Yan Xujia, after experiencing almost two rounds, had his game qualification directly replaced because Xia Feng snatched his Spirit artifact.
The third round, the Free Trading Stage, is currently underway.
Xia Feng picked up a stack of cards on the table, counting them carefully. There were 16 in total.
Each person starts with 14 cards. These extra two cards were likely due to some operation by Yan Xujia.
According to the rules, to predate or hunt Player X, one must use Predation Card number X. Xia Feng glanced at his own number on the panel: {10}.
“Ten, huh…” He looked at the thirteen Predation Cards in his hand. They had every number except number 10.
According to the rules, each player has fourteen Predation Cards corresponding to their player number. This means fourteen Predation Cards that can hunt him are out in the wild.
This is not good news for his identity as the Ace Black Card.
After all, any identity can predate him. Once his identity is discovered, he will become the target of concentrated fire.
The more of his Predation Cards are out in the wild, the more dangerous he becomes.
As he was contemplating, a message popped up.
[Player 11 has sent you a communication for a trade, do you accept?]
Xia Feng looked up to the left. The blurred figure on the high pedestal not far away also seemed to turn its head, making eye contact with him.
There was no reason to hesitate. It’s always good to gather more information.
“Accept.”
The surrounding environment turned back into mottled pixels, rushing towards him.
In the blink of an eye, a high pedestal appeared about three meters away. A figure stood before the control panel. The pure black mask worn by the figure had a blood-red ’11’ written on it.
The surroundings were pitch black, leaving only two masked figures, Player 10 and Player 11, standing on the cylindrical pedestal, facing each other.
“Trade cards or identities?” Player 11 spoke first, his voice sounding like an artificially synthesized male voice from a short video.
‘Trade identities’ should refer to exchanging identity information, Xia Feng judged. This person spoke with the air of an experienced veteran. The novice Xia Feng calmly replied, “Only cards. How do you want to trade?”
Trading identities was out of the question. The Ace Black Card had to be hidden until later.
“If it’s a card trade, I only accept direct exchanges,” Player 11 asked in a deep voice.
Heh~ Coincidentally, so do I~ Xia Feng pondered for two seconds and said, “Okay.”
Xia Feng was Player 10. He planned to first try to recover any Player 10 Predation Cards that were out in the wild and could hunt him.
As he was thinking, the panel popped up with information.
[Player 11 has traded {Player 10 Predation Card} for {Player 11 Predation Card}. Please insert the corresponding cards into the slots for inspection and transfer—]
Xia Feng pulled out the Player 11 card and inserted it into the slot.
The next second, the slot spat out a new pure black card with a red number 10 in the upper right corner.
[Trade successful]
“Very good,” Player 11’s tone carried a hint of a smile. He raised his head. “Player 10, I have another trade that I don’t know if you’re interested in.”
Xia Feng’s brow furrowed slightly. Judging by the tone, this guy was starting to have ill intentions. “Speak. I’m listening.”
“Didn’t I buy the {Scout Skill Card}? I scouted your compatibility this round, and it showed that {I can predate you}.”
Player 11’s tone was laced with teasing. “Coincidentally, I just obtained a {Location Card} for you. I can find you in reality and hunt you.”
According to the rules.
The Basic Predation Stage only requires the use of a ‘Numbered Predation Card’ to obtain the target player’s Life Points, similar to a game like ‘Sanguosha’.
The Hunting Predation Stage requires an additional ‘Location Card’ of the corresponding number, allowing one to hunt the target in reality. Upon victory, one can gain greater rewards, such as all of the target’s Predation Cards, Location Cards, real-world Skill Cards, and double the Life Points from the Basic Predation Stage!
The Hunting Predation Stage offered such rich rewards, clearly encouraging players by the behind-the-scenes organizers to engage in a bloodbath.
“Player 10, my terms are actually very simple~”
Player 11 chuckled, “You just need to give me 8 Life Points right now, and I’ll give you this Location Card and won’t hunt you. How about it?”
The Scout Skill Card can reveal two pieces of information: 1. Whether the user can predate the target player; 2. The target player’s Spirit Rank status.
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And Player 10’s Spirit Pressure status was: First-stage, 28 days.
Having become a First-stage Spirit Master for less than a month, he could easily overpower this little trash with one hand, Player 11’s lips curled slightly.
Hearing the threat from the other party, Xia Feng rolled his eyes speechlessly. He was asking for 8 Life Points, and he only had 9 Life Points in total.
Seeing that Xia Feng wasn’t responding, Player 11 held up two cards, one Player 10 Predation Card and one Player 10 Location Card.
He said in a cold, light tone, “Player 10, is your dog’s life more important, or are Life Points more important? Weigh it yourself.”
Xia Feng’s eyes narrowed. He remembered that Player 11 had bought the Jupiter Flower in the Evolution Stage. This meant this guy hadn’t been promoted to Second-stage yet. Well, even if he was promoted to Second-stage, there was nothing to fear.
Little pushover, daring to threaten me? Xia Feng smiled slightly and directly gave the other party the middle finger. “If you want to fight, stop babbling. If you have the guts, hurry up and come beat your dad!”
He deliberately let out a mocking light laugh, then turned and directly closed the trading channel.
“You—”
Player 11 was about to speak when he found the other party had vanished. His expression instantly turned somber. He didn’t expect Xia Feng to be so defiant.
“Fine, fine! You little punk seeking death, just wait for me.”
Xia Feng turned off the channel and fell into thought. His eyes twinkled with excitement.
Because when Player 11 threatened him with the ‘Player 10 Location Card’, he suddenly realized a very crucial point he had overlooked before—Spirit artifacts and game identities are uniquely bound!
And his ability was to snatch Spirit artifacts!
This meant he could first Squander all his Life Points and buy Spirit Robes and Spiritual Materials like crazy in the auction phase, and then, just like he plundered Yan Xujia, replace the other party’s game identity by plundering their Spirit artifact!
Afterward, he could continue to Squander all his Life Points and buy things like crazy, then plunder a third person’s Spirit artifact! And so on!
“Holy crap.”
Xia Feng became more and more astonished as he thought about it, “Holy crap! It seems there’s a real big bug!!”
According to the introduction, the purpose of this Life Roulette game was to select the successor to the ‘Sumeru Throne.’
The sole winner in the end would ascend the throne and obtain the Holy Realm Legacy!
Xia Feng didn’t understand anything about thrones or legacies. He only understood one thing: there was wool to be had!
No, that’s not right. This wasn’t just about getting wool anymore. Given enough time, he could shear all the wool from the entire flock!
Keep in mind that in the Evolution Stage, there were all sorts of real-world Skill Cards, from N-class to A-class Spirit Robes, Spiritual Materials for Spirit Master promotion, Holy Solution Materials, and so on.
So, what about the Ace Black Card, or the counter-relation hidden identities? Xia Feng’s eyes flickered. He could barely suppress the inner joy and could only hope that Player 11 would arrive quickly.
