This change came too suddenly. No one had time to react. It was as if one turn of the head and an extra person had appeared, and the two started fighting the moment they met.
Now things were getting rather troublesome.
The people present more or less knew something about the Twin Fish Jade Pendant matter. After all, online news had reported on this before.
So that meant just now, this Professor Zhou had been duplicated, and only one was real.
But what made it troublesome was that nobody really knew the so-called Professor Zhou, so they could not tell which one was the real Professor Zhou.
But Zhou Gang and the others had experience after all. They brought people forward instantly to separate the two Professor Zhous.
And Zhang Xue seemed to have some brains too. She followed and started grabbing people.
The two groups took one each, separating the two Professor Zhous.
Now a group faced each other, four eyes meeting. The two people were exactly the same. Whether in clothing or expression, they could not be distinguished.
This was rather troublesome.
Zhou Gang was also stunned. Clearly he had not expected to encounter such a troublesome matter right from the start.
But Zhou Gang and Chen Xuan did not act themselves. Instead they let the others do it.
Zhang Xue’s gaze switched back and forth between the two Professor Zhous, as if trying to see through which one was fake.
In the empty desert, everyone had a sense of shock.
But Zhou Gang’s side actually started dying.
The people who had just touched that Professor Zhou were now all starting to cough.
Everyone’s throats were writhing. The sound was extremely sharp, as if something wanted to come out of their throats.
“Ugh~” Colourful stuff poured from those people’s mouths. Blood and internal organs, intestines and such things all started coming out.
Blood and colourful internal organs looked especially glaring on the yellow sand dunes.
Except for Zhou Gang and Chen Xuan, almost everyone in their group died.
They collapsed on the ground one by one.
“You two knew all along?” Zhang Xue’s expression changed. Li Meizi and the others’ expressions also turned strange.
Clearly these two had deliberately let those few people go touch that Professor Zhou just now.
“Hehe, this is what makes it fun.” Zhou Gang sneered. In fact, they had never intended to help anyone from the very beginning.
“Game rule number three. In the game, you can never trust anyone. Anyone!” Chen Xuan sneered coldly.
The moment these words left his mouth, Li Meizi and Tang Hao instantly stepped back. Their expressions towards Zhang Xue also changed.
“Don’t listen to their nonsense. Be careful of their tricks!” Zhang Xue spoke coldly.
Indeed, Zhou Gang and Chen Xuan’s words were not trustworthy to begin with. This statement could also be deliberately said to deceive people.
But Li Meizi and Tang Hao were still somewhat frightened.
“Don’t forget, I was the one who let you survive just now.” Zhang Xue spoke from the side.
This reminder made Tang Hao hesitate a moment, then he still walked towards Zhang Xue.
But Li Meizi was still hesitating. Finally she simply steeled her heart and ran directly to Luo Chen’s side.
“You made a very correct choice.” Luo Chen smiled slightly.
“I can guarantee to get you out alive.” Luo Chen patted Li Meizi’s shoulder.
“He is also a novice. He simply does not have the ability to guarantee you can get out alive.” Zhang Xue snorted coldly.
But Li Meizi did not speak. Clearly she had made up her mind to follow behind Luo Chen.
“Miss Li, you had better come back. After all, Miss Zhang let you survive just now.” Tang Hao also urged from the side.
But Li Meizi still did not speak. She did not believe she had survived just now because of Zhang Xue’s merit.
“Miss Li, if you make the wrong choice at this moment, you will die. He has been suspicious the whole way, and is only a novice.” Tang Hao sighed.
This woman’s choice was undoubtedly foolish. At this time she actually still wanted to follow beside a novice.
“Don’t regret it!” Seeing Li Meizi still silent, Zhang Xue stopped persuading.
But Tang Hao did not want to give up. In real life, he and Li Meizi were somewhat acquainted.
“Tang Hao, believe me. I think Luo Chen is more reliable than Zhang Xue. You had better stay with us.” Li Meizi finally spoke at this moment.
But she only said this one sentence.
“Ah, Miss Li, I think you are somewhat too foolish. What makes you think that novice can protect your safety?”
“Miss Zhang is more reliable than Zhou Gang and the others, and even more so than that novice, nov…”
“Cough, cough~”
Tang Hao suddenly turned around, then looked at Zhang Xue in shock. He could not finish his words.
Because a dagger had been thrust directly into his lower back, and the owner of that dagger was none other than Zhang Xue.
“Why, why?” Tang Hao clearly could not believe it. His face was full of shock.
“Zhou Gang was right. In the game, you cannot trust anyone.” Zhang Xue was expressionless. Her hand gripped the dagger tightly, then twisted it inside Tang Hao’s body.
“Besides, a fool like you is not qualified to know why.”
Tang Hao slowly collapsed!
“Good. It seems the game can truly begin. You were able to survive, which shows your luck is not bad!” Zhou Gang sneered coldly.
Actually, anyone with a brain could have figured this out just now. The promises made by these people here could not be fulfilled at all. After all, nobody knew each other. Even if these people got out alive and did not honour their promises, Zhou Gang and the others had no way to find them.
So Zhou Gang and the others’ promise to protect them had never been intended to be kept.
And Zhang Xue had already experienced this once before. Being able to survive the previous game proved she had some ability.
Most importantly, in that previous game, she had definitely also seen everyone betraying and killing each other.
So she had long since thought of countermeasures and plans.
Zhou Gang and Chen Xuan, as well as Zhang Xue, clearly still knew something, but they did not speak of it.
Otherwise why would they want to kill everyone, or try every means to trap and kill everyone?
This was definitely not because they enjoyed doing so.
And undoubtedly, Li Meizi being able to survive now was indeed because she had accidentally chosen the correct action.
As for Luo Chen, this kind of petty trick was long outdated to him.
He did not know how many secret realms he had visited in the immortal world. There were far more dangerous secret realms than this.
He had long understood that once inside a secret realm, you cannot trust anyone.
And calling him a novice?
If he counted as a novice compared to these people, then nobody would dare call themselves a veteran.
This scene made Luo Chen think of a friend from the immortal world. He did not know if that fat bastard was already starting to trick people in various secret realms.
Back then Luo Chen had nearly fallen into that fat bastard’s hands.
Zhou Gang stabbed backwards with a knife into that Professor Peng. That Professor Peng immediately turned into a puddle of black water and died.
And the real Professor Peng still stood there in a daze.
Then Zhou Gang looked at Luo Chen and Li Meizi again, then looked at Zhang Xue.
“I think we can still kill those two. Then we complete the game. After all, one less person means one less person to share the rewards.” Zhou Gang said this to Zhang Xue. “No choice. Since we cannot easily trick them to death, we can only use force.” Zhang Xue sneered coldly, holding the dagger in her hand.