Free Web NovelChapter 126: Chapter 126: One on the Left, One on the Right—Is That the Way of a King?
After Xiong Jie entered the dungeon, as expected, he found that nobody followed behind him anymore.
"No one else, looks like being famous isn’t so great." Xiong Jie shrugged, "Those people know you and me, and think that coming in is just feeding us, so they’re planning to wait for the next batch."
Some of the tough ones before all waited for others to go in first before entering themselves.
Or mingled with the crowd, fishing in muddy waters.
SSS-level dungeon, and it’s a rules dungeon.
You could easily lose everything if you aren’t careful, but humans never lack gamblers, and never lack courage.
The scared bunch have long since hidden in different residential compounds, listening for insider news, avoiding all sorts of dungeons.
Are those who charge ahead not afraid of dying?
Of course they’re afraid, it’s just that each has someone they want to protect.
For them, risking everything—even their lives—is natural.
At this moment, the crowd of people queuing looked at the entrance, noting that after Xiong Jie, nobody else went in.
Once inside the dungeon, Jiang Che’s feed appeared in the live broadcast, with a group of people watching with mocking smiles in their eyes.
If Jiang Che had sneaked in behind them, taking the same ride, even if they died, they’d just say Jiang Che and his crew were scheming, and the dead guy had bad luck.
At first, some people watching the livestream thought: it’s only ten fingers, did they really have to kill someone?
Someone later gave an answer: nobody’s willing to hand over their own.
Rather than making a group suffer, better just one suffer.
The reason for killing is simple, to prevent rebellion, prevent trouble. Losing ten fingers isn’t fatal, but if the bus starts up and that guy wants to drag ten others down with him, doing something against the rules, who knows what might happen.
The crowd was still waiting for departure, so the next batch would continue to enter.
They watched the livestream, watched Jiang Che.
Wanted to see what he’d choose. Three in their group, someone as shrewd as Xiong Jie definitely wouldn’t sacrifice his own, Jiang Che’s level is higher than his, and inside the dungeon he still needs Jiang Che, so Xiong Jie wouldn’t use his own fingers either.
The only ticket—it’s that young guy.
"Nothing better than teammates turning against each other." Someone outside couldn’t help but laugh, everyone loves seeing this kind of plot.
Xiong Jie took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, "Let me do it, it’s just a small injury, lucky we don’t have many people."
Zhou Ang looked at the exit, also confirmed: indeed, no one else would come in.
He sighed, stepping forward.
"Uncle, let me do it, you and Brother Che should preserve your strength." Zhou Ang said, pushing Xiong Jie aside, just as Xiong Jie said, only three fingers—not even a minor injury in a dungeon.
[This kid knows how to read the room.]
[He’s the weakest, if he doesn’t volunteer, do they expect others to force him?]
[Xiong Jie says he’ll do it, but his feet never budged.]
[He’s saying losing three fingers is fine, actually telling the newbie it’s okay for him to lose three too.]
...
Xiong Jie watched Zhou Ang walk over, expression unchanged.
He really didn’t like Zhou Ang, because he thought Jiang Che only needed himself by his side.
Too many lackeys aren’t good.
And the Little Demon called Tuantuan didn’t seem to stop Jiang Che from recruiting new human helpers around him.
He’s pissed, unsure if this is what the boss intended.
Left and right, is this a king’s balancing act?
Can’t stop Zhou Ang from staying close to Jiang Che, so just weaken Zhou Ang’s abilities.
The future’s unavoidably stronger, but for now, before he gets stronger, at least hit him hard.
"Wait a sec." Jiang Che spoke, stopping Zhou Ang.
Xiong Jie felt a chill down his back. Was Jiang Che about to pick himself?
Does he think he has a Life Crystal?
But using a crystal to heal two fingers—wouldn’t that be super wasteful?!
Zhou Ang stopped, looking at Jiang Che, waiting for the next command.
But turning to Jiang Che, only to see him walk straight over to the bus, heading up.
Blasted Eye Driver blocked at the door, giggling, stretching out a hand to Jiang Che.
"Ticket."
"I’m going to dodge the fare," Jiang Che said matter-of-factly.
Ding Ning had already told him, this time the bus wasn’t going to the SSS-level rules dungeon Six-Star Pond.
That meant, there’s no need to follow the rules.
When he said this, even Xiong Jie was dumbfounded.
He looked like he’d put on a pain mask, pressing a finger to his temple.
Starting to get a headache.
Sometimes Jiang Che thinks normally, sometimes he doesn’t.
"This..." He was still figuring out how to explain to Jiang Che, he saw the Blasted Eye Driver blocking Jiang Che blankly move aside.
Jiang Che stepped up the bus, Zhou Ang’s eyes widened, seeing Blasted Eye Driver say nothing, just followed with, "Me too, dodging the fare."
Seeing both get on just fine, Xiong Jie’s mouth hung open—Jiang Che and Zhou Ang, one’s bold, one’s quick to copy!
Now only Xiong Jie stood before the driver.
Xiong Jie scratched his head, "I...I’ll dodge too..."
The driver didn’t stop him from boarding; Xiong Jie never got over this scene.
"Why?"
"Just got on like that?"
Xiong Jie’s eyes widened, his mind a complete mess.
After getting on, he found a random seat, ignoring the passenger with a twisted face next to him.
He’d watched the earlier scenes of people boarding—their bus had plenty of weird-looking passengers, but they never attacked the players, so they just needed to ignore them.
"Are the fare-dodgers on the bus?" Jiang Che said, completely unconcerned.
"Yeah!" Xiong Jie answered, not hesitating. "It’s only fare-dodging if you’re on the bus, if you’re not then you just didn’t buy a ticket."
"Exactly, so we’re fare-dodgers." Jiang Che replied perfectly reasonably.
"What if we get caught?" Xiong Jie took a deep breath, witnessing Jiang Che’s madness again.
"There’s no ticket inspector, he’s just the driver."
"Hiss—" Xiong Jie sat in his seat, not moving.
He looked at the routine, calling for ticket inspection and purchase.
The driver only asks people to buy tickets, but once bought he doesn’t even check and lets people board.
Seeing Jiang Che do this, people watching outside were blowing up.
[Wait! After all those deaths, now he says you can dodge the fare!?]
[Damn, but what he said makes sense, only fare-dodgers are on the bus, if you’re not on, you just didn’t buy a ticket.]
[Rules dungeon, and the rules indeed don’t say you can’t dodge the fare!]
[Is he crazy or am I crazy? My brain’s scrambled. Am I really fit to play this dungeon?]
[Should’ve gone with Jiang Che; once you’re inside, you can’t watch the livestream. I’ve got no clue how to solve the next puzzle.]
[Ha, just now you all were celebrating that you didn’t go with him.]
