Chapter 591: Is She Cold-blooded?
“Vote for Number 8!” someone suddenly proposed, “I saw it, the short-haired woman has an 8 on her shoe! She is Blue Eyes!”
“We can also vote for Number 27! I saw it too, Number 27 is Red Eyes!” another person said.
The bespectacled man next to the doctor said, “We need to vote for at least three people in the first round; we’re still short of one, who should we vote for?”
According to the game rules, five people must be eliminated in each round. If they only eliminate two outsiders, then the remaining three spots will likely be filled by Yellow Eyes’s group. They only have nine people (including Bai Youwei who is posing as a yellow eye). If they eliminate three people, there will only be six left. That means, in the second round of voting, they’ll only have six votes to manipulate. With such a small number of votes, a comeback would be impossible!
So in the first round, they must try to eliminate three people from the outsiders!
“About the numbers, I would like to discuss something with all of you…” Xu Fanghe spoke slowly, “The numbers we decide to vote for should definitely avoid our own people’s numbers. However, since we all just met, if I ask you to reveal your own numbers, everyone would probably hesitate. So, I have an idea…”
Dr. Xu Fanghe took out a piece of paper and a pen.
“I’ve written nineteen numbers on this paper. There are nine of us, each person will cross out two numbers. The remaining numbers will be those we vote for this round. Everyone, what do you think?”
People murmured amongst themselves, nodding in agreement.
“Dr. Xu Fanghe’s method is very good.”
“Yes, this way we don’t have to reveal our own numbers.”
The bespectacled man boasted, “I told you before, following Dr. Xu Fanghe is always the right decision. The doctor isn’t like those who only think about winning! He truly cares about everyone!”
Xu Fanghe modestly waved his hand, responding lightly, “Victory gained by sacrificing companions is meaningless. Everyone who made it to the preliminary game must have already seen much ugliness and evil. However, what did we gain?
The ugly will only become uglier, and the evil will only become more evil. If the Doll game is the Heavenly Punishment for the world, we need to embrace a heart of benevolence if we want salvation.
My friends, selfish brutal actions are never a sustainable plan. If necessary, I am willing to sacrifice myself and distribute the puzzle pieces and tools among you all, to provide you with a chance to live. In this way, my life will also have meaning…”
Everyone was touched by his words and showed sympathetic expressions.
Long and drawn-out life-or-death experiences in the game, with the continuous mental pressure, usually create two types of people:
One, those whose humanity has been worn away by the game rules, turning into cold-blooded killing machines;
The other, those who struggle to escape but do not know how to change their current situation. These people might have some abilities, but their spirits are weak and they are easily manipulated.
The woman with the scarf had teary eyes as she earnestly said, “Dr. Xu Fanghe! Please lead us forward!”
She silently observed the eight people around her, at least six of them looked touched.
…What was going on? Was she especially cold-blooded? Why wasn’t she touched at all, only feeling that the other party was putting on a show?
However, she was slightly moved when Xu Fanghe said he wanted to distribute the puzzle pieces and tools to everyone… Because she simply didn’t believe that such self-sacrificing and dedicated people would end up in the Maze War preliminary contest!
He must have killed many people, right?
Bai Youwei watched as Xu Fanghe, surrounded by people, continued.
He made two marks on the paper with the pen, then passed on the paper with the numbers—