"Cough... cough~!"
After saying those words, Know-it-All suddenly began violent coughing, directly coughing up black blood. It was unclear what kind of internal injuries he had sustained.
Clearly, after this coughing fit, his entire aura became weak and disordered. With blood at the corner of his mouth, he looked up at Xie Antong.
"Heh, seems this prison has some serious problems now."
"In that case, I guess I'm the only one responsible for the fighting here. Have to suppress all of you~."
When Know-it-All said these words, they sounded quite sinister, but he was smiling as he spoke.
He stared intently into Xie Antong's eyes, as if trying to convey some message, but Xie Antong couldn't understand at all at this moment.
She looked at him with confused eyes, trying to comprehend his meaning.
"Heh." Know-it-All laughed again. "Looks like I'll have to kill all of you before I die. There's no way you're getting out before then."
Xie Antong: ?
Before she could react, perhaps due to habitual environmental analysis where sufficient data produced predictions, she felt an intense sense of danger.
She abruptly retreated a step backward, and a deep pit suddenly appeared on the ground where she had just been standing!
Know-it-All's hand produced out of thin air a massive pillar that smashed perfectly into the pit.
Had she not dodged, she might have become a compressed version of Xie Antong.
Xie Antong.zip.
"Oh? Not bad. To dare stand before me, you must have some skills."
Know-it-All sighed, then with a flip of his hand, magically produced five throwing daggers that shot toward Xie Antong!
Xie Antong's body flipped several times midair as she rapidly retreated backward, dodging.
"This is my ability - materialization from nothing. I don't know why you gave me the nickname Know-it-All, so unpleasant."
"Actually, I think you can call me... the Creator!"
"As for weaknesses, I have none. How could the Creator possibly have weaknesses? Hehehe~"
"If I had to say, maybe my physical defense isn't that great."
Xie Antong didn't speak a word, didn't ask anything.
Know-it-All had voluntarily revealed his ability type and weaknesses!
As if afraid these prisoners wouldn't know how to deal with him.
Xie Antong steadied herself in the distance, looking at the man opposite with shocked eyes.
She didn't know how to describe it, but right now she felt - all three of them were going easy!
All holding back, all the top personnel in this prison were actually acting!
And their holding back might very well cost them their lives.
On the other side, the Warden and Prison Guard were already fighting intensely, their skin covered in wounds without a single intact patch.
"Here."
Know-it-All said with a smile, then threw something to Xie Antong, who instinctively caught it.
"It's a bomb. Explodes in three seconds."
Xie Antong barely needed to think before throwing the bomb back!
The explosion sent countless steel pellets shooting out, embedding themselves in Know-it-All's body as blood began dripping from his wounds.
"Warmup's about done. You all still not planning to attack?! Need me to come find you?"
Wiping the blood from his body haphazardly, Know-it-All actually took out a Charge Horn-like bugle.
Gave it a fierce blow!
The surrounding crowd that had scattered to give Xie Antong space instantly swarmed forward.
They had no weapons, but humans are beasts at heart - fangs and claws are weapons as they frenziedly attacked Know-it-All.
"Heh, no rush. How can you fight without weapons when attacking?"
As he spoke, Know-it-All materialized various items, distributing them to the surrounding prisoners.
The closest charging prisoner suddenly found a spinning drill in his hand that directly bored into Know-it-All's flesh!
Even the prisoner himself was completely surprised he had such an ability, staring dumbfounded at the drill that had appeared in his hand.
But the next second, he was cleanly bisected as Know-it-All used a wooden board to slice him in half at the waist!
Similar events kept occurring in the crowd - surrounding prisoners would find weapons appearing in their hands to harm Know-it-All.
Yet Know-it-All himself showed no mercy, every strike leaving prisoners dead, with no truly effective combat power.
All the damage they caused came entirely from weapons Know-it-All gave them!
Several nearby players exchanged glances before Cutter shouted: "Everyone scatter!"
Then, playing card-made knives began spinning rapidly toward Know-it-All.
Know-it-All glanced up, the corner of his mouth quirking as he slightly raised a hand.
The card tornado's outer layer instantly became coated with a metallic sheen, reflecting sharp glints of cold light.
When the tornado reached him, blood sprayed - the players' skills combined with Know-it-All's own enhancements finally dealt him real damage.
The entire fight scene looked extremely bizarre - it was essentially Know-it-All cooperating with his opponents to attack himself, yet he simultaneously showed no mercy.
Xie Antong couldn't bear to watch anymore, turning to walk toward a less crowded area while pressing her earpiece.
"The situation's very wrong. The hints this game gave us from the start were misleading."
"These three outside are all abnormal. I have a theory."
"Their minds might be controlled by something, but they still retain their own thoughts underneath."
Lu Ce, currently nearly submerged by endless slimes, fell silent upon hearing this.
The description sounded familiar... wasn't that his own situation?
"Like split personalities?"
"Similar. Basically, they have a dominant thought of 'must protect the prison, suppress prisoners.' But another part doesn't want to."
"So within possible limits, they're all acting, holding back, and..."
As she spoke, she glanced at the besieged Know-it-All, and the life-or-death battle between Warden and Prison Guard, unable to suppress a gasp.
Too tragic. Even now, she couldn't fully adjust.
"And their acting... is heroic."
"So in this prison, they might not be our enemies."
"When did the game say they were enemies?" Lu Ce instinctively said from the other side. "The game's goal is escape. What does that have to do with these three?"