Shen Mo held the card, silent for a moment. He lightly tossed the black card back onto the table and said indifferently, "I choose to abstain."
He presented his puzzle piece.
A second later, Shen Mo vanished before everyone's eyes.
…
White cards: 1 used card.
Black cards: 3 available cards and 1 used card.
The Overseer's lips curled into a silent smile.
It was Bai Youwei's turn.
She didn't rush to draw a card. Instead, she looked at Wu Lili and Zhang Qi.
"I originally wanted to bring all of you out, but…" Bai Youwei's gaze swept over the now-empty seat beside her. "As you've seen, there's been a slight mishap. Now there's only one white card left. Whoever chooses the white card will live. As for who's more deserving… I won't judge. You two decide."
After saying this, she picked a card from the three available black cards and declared, "I choose Dare."
The black card flipped over:
[Dare: Do you dare to cut open your body and let out blood filled with water, protein, and inorganic substances?]
Bai Youwei raised an eyebrow. "Oh… I'm in luck. This is the card I wrote."
The Overseer also saw it, his expression a mixture of amusement and intrigue. "A clever question."
"Indeed." Bai Youwei held the black card and used its sharp edge to cut her finger. Crimson beads of blood welled up, dripping onto her white dress, staining it with spots.
"When I wrote this, I remembered what you said. I suddenly thought it would be a good question. After all, your current body is different from a human's. You wouldn't be able to produce blood with the same composition, would you?"
After speaking, she gently sucked on the wound, her tea-brown eyes calmly meeting the Overseer's gaze.
The Overseer was silent for a moment, then chuckled. "Indeed, I can't. It's fortunate you drew it."
Bai Youwei's black card disappeared.
Next was Wu Lili.
White cards: 1 used card.
Black cards: 2 available cards and 1 used card.
"What will your choice be?" The Overseer looked at Wu Lili with great interest. "After two consecutive black cards, a white card must be chosen. Otherwise, two black cards must be used to offset one white card."
Wu Lili's eyes were bloodshot, her expression utterly despairing.
The Overseer thoroughly enjoyed her current state and observed her closely. "What will you choose? Will you selflessly choose two Dare black cards to give your companion a chance to live, or will you follow the natural course and choose the white card, leaving all the black cards for your companion?"
Wu Lili clutched her head in anguish, unable to look at Zhang Qi.
She didn't want to die!
But she also didn't want to watch her friend die!
"Lili, choose the white card," Zhang Qi's voice came, calm and without a ripple of emotion.
"We weren't that close to begin with. We just happened to live together on the island for two months. We're not even friends… So, there's no need."
Wu Lili's vision blurred, tears streaming down her face.
…Were they really not friends?
If they weren't friends, why would she have relayed Bai Youwei's words to him?
If they weren't friends, why didn't he expose her when she pretended to be injured?
Were they… really not friends…?
"Have you decided?" the Overseer asked. "Truth, or Dare?"
"Lili, choose the white card," Zhang Qi's voice lowered. "Even if you choose two black cards this round, if he draws the remaining black card, we still won't survive."
—The last black card: Do you dare to kill all players on the field except yourself?
Wu Lili lowered her head, her fingers trembling as she slowly lifted them and placed them on the table…
Truth, or Dare?
Truth?
Dare?
Her fingers finally touched the only remaining white card, the question Zhu Xiaofen failed to answer—
[Truth: Have you ever harmed anyone?]
"I'm sorry, Zhang Qi…" Wu Lili kept her head down, scalding tears burning her cheeks.
"I'm sorry! I harmed you! It's my fault! I'm so sorry!!!"
The white card turned to dust. Wu Lili couldn't hold back any longer. She burst into tears.