Magician didn't die!
The news quickly spread throughout the trainees' dormitory. It started from the trainees who saw No. 10 and No. 9 talking together and eventually spread throughout the entire dormitory.
There were only 100 people in the dormitory now. Other than the S-level players who still needed to complete the Final Battle dungeon, the other 90 people felt that they only needed to watch the show. After letting go of their tense nerves, they would meet up every day to drink and play games in the trainees' dormitory or go to the amusement park to play. When they had nothing to do, they would guess or gather together to gossip about who would be the final winner.
Since the trainees' dormitory knew about it, the audience in the live broadcast room naturally heard about it as well.
Originally, the two sides did not communicate with each other. However, since the horror trainees' competition was nearing its end, in order to increase the program's effect and entertainment interaction, the main system specially opened a live broadcast room for each of the 99 victorious trainees. Therefore, when they had nothing to do, many trainees would also take on part-time jobs as live streamers to share their lives in the trainees' dormitory with the survivors outside.
Therefore, that night, the survivors' forum exploded with activity.
[F * ck, Magician didn't die! F * ck, f * ck, f * ck]
[How can he not die? Didn't he not even participate in the gathering in the studio?]
[I'm also curious about this. Logically speaking, trainees have to be teleported back. It's impossible to skip the level evaluation.]
[Didn't the main system make a statement before? It said that Magician and Onmyoji didn't enter the orphanage's Super S-level dungeon because of a space warp error. Instead, they went to another Super S-level dungeon. Maybe something happened in between and that's why they didn't have time to teleport back?]
[That's a possibility. However, no matter what, Magician is fine. I'm afraid the entire S-level forces will start to reshuffle again …]
That was true.
After the last level evaluation ended, the infinite loop opened the casino to place bets on which side would win first place. Many survivors bet their survival points on Messiah's team, causing the odds on Zhuge An's team to be extremely high.
However, at this critical juncture, the news that Magician didn't die spread. The scales of victory started to tilt again. Many survivors who were rushing to place their bets felt regretful.
In everyone's imagination, the Final Battle Instance Dungeon would definitely be filled with hostility and sparks flying everywhere.
The nine S-levels all had clear positions. According to the gossip spread by other trainees in the live broadcast, it was said that these S-levels did not even greet each other when they met. The atmosphere once fell to a freezing point.
The onlookers exclaimed in surprise, feeling that this was even more interesting.
Of course, they couldn't guess that the reason they didn't greet him was because everyone knew that the other four Rank-S were deeply controlled by No. 1. There was no need to greet him at all. It was just like how the exorcist and Azan used to be good friends, but now they were like strangers. They would not even look at each other.
Furthermore … In fact, the internal atmosphere of the S class was not that tense.
When Zong Jiu went to the meeting room today, he heard them arguing as soon as he opened the door.
Unexpectedly, Zhuge An was not present.
Only Fan Zhuo, the Exorcist, and the Onmyoji were present. Even Xu Su, who had arrived at the venue, was not present.
The Exorcist said righteously, "Since the last Instance Dungeon is not a team Instance Dungeon, but a one-on-one random allocation, why don't we just give up our participation right away?"
The main system sent the rules of the S-level Final Battle Instance Dungeon to all the Rank-S in advance. As it said, the Rank-S could freely choose whether or not to participate in the Final Battle Instance Dungeon.
The Final Battle Instance Dungeon would be carried out in the form of a one-on-one promotion competition. At that time, each Rank-S would declare whether or not they wanted to participate in the Final Battle Instance Dungeon. If they gave up, they would retain their Rank-S seat and automatically move to the spectator seat. Only the Rank-S who wanted to compete would be left in place and enter the Final Battle Instance Dungeon.
As for what the Final Battle Instance Dungeon was, the main system gave them a little hint.
It was said that it was a one-on-one Instance Dungeon, and only one person could walk out of the Instance Dungeon alive.
This meant that there was no turning back. Once they decided to participate in the competition, it would be a fight to the death.
Unlike other Rank-S, the Rank-S would receive more generous rewards. Participating in the Final Battle Instance Dungeon was only to compete for the final candidate to get the Universal Wishing Ticket. However, if they lost in the Final Battle Instance Dungeon, they would pay the price with their lives.
This was an extremely difficult multiple-choice question.
If they took a step forward, it might not necessarily be glory and wealth. It might very well be a bottomless abyss.
If they stood in place, they would be safe and sound and could even get the previous reward.
Zhuge An had already told them in advance. The main system most likely knew about their previous preparations. It was hard to say whether or not No. 1 had instructed it, so the rules of the Final Battle Instance Dungeon were set like this.
If they all participated, it was very likely that they would be assigned to the same camp. According to the Final Battle Instance Dungeon's rules of one-on-one and only one could survive, this would undoubtedly cause unnecessary casualties.
Because of this, everyone decided after discussion that they would only send Magician alone to participate in the Final Battle.
After hearing their conclusion, Zong Jiu: "…?"
This, this was an occasion to betray one's teammates!
Only Tokumon looked a little worried. "What if No. 1 doesn't follow the rules of martial arts and takes turns to fight?"
To No. 1, the other Rank-S were just puppets. He didn't need to care about their lives at all. If he sent four Rank-S to participate in the Final Battle in order to win, then Zong Jiu would have to fight against at least three Rank-S to win.
"Then I'm not sure." The exorcist shrugged. "No. 3 just said that the devil wouldn't do that."
"He said that if only Magician participated in the Final Battle, the other side would only send one person. There would never be a situation where they outnumber one."
It sounded like there was no basis for this, but since it came from Zhuge An's mouth, it meant that there must be a reason for it.
On the other hand, Zong Jiu was well aware of this.
He had been playing chess with the devil for a long time. His main goal was to make the other party unhappy. It was common for him to use all kinds of methods and not follow the rules of martial arts.
Previously, there was No. 1 who held grudges against Zong Jiu for failing his mission in the Mental Hospital Instance Dungeon. He waved his hand and gave Zong Jiu an F rating. Then, there was Zong Jiu who snuck into Zong Jiu's room, stole roses and cut up Zong Jiu's clothes. They were rivals, but in reality, it was more like a fight between elementary school chickens. It was extremely childish.
But no matter what, if they really had to face each other head-on, no matter if it was Zong Jiu or the devil, with their pride, they would never allow unrelated people to disturb the final battle.
This was the final battle between Magician and the devil, the savior and the devil king.
Thus, Zong Jiu casually ended the topic. "He's right. Then it's decided."
"Right, where's Xu Su?" he asked.
Tokumon: "Zhuge An went to find him. No. 3 drew the Rank-S reward, the Book of the Dead."
The Book of the Dead was a limited Rank-S item in the Rank-S Instance Dungeon "Ramses." This item didn't have any attack power, it was purely a functional item. With this item, one could transform into a half-living creature, similar to an existence like a Lich, doubling one's survivability. It was quite a famous Legendary item. But currently, none of the known survivors of the Infinite Loop had it.
The most important thing was that the Book of the Dead allowed one to see the souls of the dead and communicate with them.
Ever since the last Instance Dungeon, Xu Sen had become Xu Su's sore point. Now that such an item had appeared, it was understandable that Zhuge An went to inform him first.
"I see."
But for some reason, Zong Jiu intuitively had some strange doubts.
While he was thinking, No. 2, who had been standing silently in front of the murals in the conference room, suddenly turned his head.
Zong Jiu had already noticed this.
Fan Zhuo's expression was particularly cold and solemn today.
But when they were discussing the final Instance Dungeon, No. 2 didn't say anything.
According to his personality, if there was a problem with the arrangement, he would have said it on the spot. Since he didn't say anything, it meant that it wasn't a problem with the final Instance Dungeon. It was something else that wasn't convenient to say in front of everyone.
The grey-haired vampire nodded at the white-haired youth and said in a low voice, "Excuse me," before leaving the conference room.
Anyway, the discussion was over. Special items couldn't be used in the final Instance Dungeon. This time, even passive items couldn't be used. Even if they wanted to help, they couldn't. They could only give encouragement.
Zong Jiu understood. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he did the same thing and hurried in the direction No. 2 left.
He didn't go far before he saw the tall half-vampire who always wore a neat military uniform at the door of another conference room on the top floor.
Fan Zhuo nodded at him. Stealthily, he placed his hand on the hilt of the military knife at his waist and activated the vampire's detection mode. After confirming that there was no movement in the surroundings, he pushed open the door of the conference room behind him slightly. "Come in and talk."
Looking at his cautious appearance, Zong Jiu knew in his heart that this was definitely a big deal, so his expression became a lot more serious. He even took out a tarot card and drew a card. After confirming that there was no one around, he slowly closed the door.
.....
When they came out of the conference room, it was already an hour later.
In order to avoid attracting attention, they left one after the other.
Zong Jiu didn't rush back to his dorm. Instead, he pondered and walked all the way to the bar on the top floor.
It was almost evening. The deep red sunset in the distance merged into one on the sea. The sky looked like it was about to burn, and the sea was dyed the same color.
Magician ordered a glass of whiskey out of habit. He lowered his head and rummaged in his pocket.
The flame flickered and lit a mint-flavored cigarette.
He would only use nicotine and tobacco when he needed to think, stimulate, and clear his mind.
He smoked and drank at the same time. His expression was dark and gloomy behind the smoke.
The next second, a hand reached out from behind and picked up the glass of alcohol that the white-haired youth had placed on the bar. The white-haired youth purposely drank from the spot where Magician's lips had touched and drank the cold alcohol in one gulp.
After drinking, the devil commented casually, "Your skills are far worse than mine."