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Chapter 225 "Prop Name": Last Words.

"Exit, exit, exit..."

Among the seven NPCs that had just descended, one of them, with trembling fingers, kept pressing the dim exit button in the void, but to no avail. Clearly, this map was not designed to allow NPCs to exit easily.

"It's fine, it's alright!"

At this moment, one of the seven NPCs, a man whose stature was rather burly, steadied his breathing, took a deep breath, and with determination in his eyes, spoke slowly and firmly as he held his weapon and focused on Chen Yi.

"No problem!"

"Remember, we are the Cats, and he is but a Rat!"

"No matter how strong he is, within this map, he's at our mercy!"

Chen Yi nodded calmly, lifted his eyelids to glance at the NPC who seemed strong-willed, and instantly activated his Starry Level title "One Man Exterminates a Clan"!

The next second—

The terrifying killing intent accumulated from exterminating a clan, as if made tangible, suddenly compressed the entire space!

It was as if Mount Tai was bearing down on them, pushing towards those seven NPCs!

The temperature in the air plummeted to several degrees below zero in an instant!

What was once a somewhat hot climate now felt like being thrown into the Arctic in a split second!

The Blue Star players nearby, while not the primary targets of the murderous aura, were affected nonetheless, and even that left them all huddled together, shivering uncontrollably!

It was their first time feeling killing intent as something that had substance!

In the past, when they read novels that described how a protagonist's killing intent would terrify enemies to the point of wetting themselves, they always thought it was an extremely exaggerated writing technique. Now it didn't seem exaggerated at all—this was realism!

"Thud, thud."

Sword Without End instinctively felt his teeth chatter and silently changed his position to stand behind Chen Yi, grabbing hold of Tuberculosis Rabbit's chest, and suddenly felt much better.

How to describe that feeling?

It was like having a thousand-pound hammer pressing against your chest, unable to breathe, gasping for air, extremely oppressive and uncomfortable.

It was like standing on the edge of an abyss, ready to fall at any moment.

Too terrifying...

Sword Without End and the Blue Star players were just collateral damage.

The seven NPCs who were the main targets were now on their knees on the ground, heads buried deep in the dirt, their shivering bodies at a frequency that would stir the heart of a middle-aged woman.

If only... it was always this rapid, that'd be great.

"Get up, all of you!!!"

It must be said, there was never a shortage of people with backbone. The NPC who had first spoken, despite not being able to withstand the pressure of the killing intent and falling to his knees, didn't dare meet Chen Yi's gaze. His voice trembled but was surprisingly powerful as he roared.

"Don't all act like cowards!"

"The third phase is about to begin. When Chen Yi turns into a mouse and can't attack, wouldn't that give us the chance to do whatever we please?!"

"We are at least..."

He couldn't finish his words before hearing a voice as light as a feather by his ear.

"Friend, from which planet are you?" Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

"..."

The burly man who had been encouraging his comrades to struggle just now stiffened abruptly, and with difficulty lifted his head to meet Chen Yi's gaze. He gave a wry smile, drew a dagger from his bosom, and without a word plunged it fiercely into his own chest!

"Sir Yi, I was wrong."

"I'm an orphan, just popped out into the universe, without a planet."

"May we meet again if fate allows."

Then, fearing that he might die too slowly, he pulled out the blood-soaked dagger and stabbed himself in the chest a few more times, before finally lying satisfaction in a pool of blood. In his dying moments, he had only one thought.

Never again would he come to this map to be an NPC.

It wasn't that he lost his nerve.

He simply didn't want to drag his own planet into this mess.

If an ordinary person asked this question, it was definitely because they planned to seek vengeance on his planet; to this, he certainly wouldn't cower. Let them come; what was there to fear?

Whoever flinches is a grandson!

But when Chen Yi asked this question, it wasn't for vengeance, it was with the intention of casually dealing with the planet altogether.

His dying once was no big deal, but he couldn't allow himself to be tortured into revealing his planet, thereby bringing trouble to it.

He was a hero!

The six NPCs behind this man now moved in unison, raising the daggers in their hands, drawing a circle in the air, and then driving them straight into their own chests.

"Ding, detecting that all players of the Cat faction have died, players of the Rat faction win the first phase."

"The MVP of this round is player Null!"

Looking enviously at Chen Yi's retreating figure, Sword Without End suddenly felt that he had gained a new understanding of seeking vengeance.

Worthy of Yi, life was full of lessons.

"Map ending, commencing settlement..."

...

"Hey, Li Peiqi!"

Li Peiqi sat cross-legged on her pink bed, leaning against the headboard with a vacant look towards the ceiling. Hearing someone call her name, she absentmindedly hugged a doll to her chest, her voice low and listless.

"What's up? Can't you not call me? Don't you see I'm really annoyed?"

"Annoyed about what?"

"What do you think?"

Li Peiqi swept a glance at her close friend with annoyance, "What else could it be? It's Mr. Sun, of course. Mr. Sun invited me to dinner again; what should I do?"

"Tsk tsk,"

The woman in the room wearing a camisole dress said, laughing while she patted foundation onto her face, "Mr. Sun is truly devoted to you. In my opinion, you might as well just accept him, considering the Sun Family Guild's influence is no small matter."

"It ranks among the top on Neutron Star."

"Besides, haven't you always just flat-out refused before? You're not some lowly underling in the Black Dragon Guild; Mr. Sun wouldn't dare force himself on you. Why are you so troubled today?"

"Ah!!!"

Li Peiqi suddenly became restless and started clutching at her hair, about to cry in her frustration, exclaiming, "This time it's a big deal!!!"

"Mr. Sun's family has made it clear in this meeting that they want to participate in the plan to use Chen Yi to pit the wolves against the tigers!"

"You know!"

"My sixth sense has always been accurate. According to my sixth sense, it's not just about being an enemy to Chen Yi – it's best not to have any contact with him at all to stay safe!"

"The chairman asked me to deliver a message to Chen Yi in Blue Star Hell, and that was already the limit of what I could handle. I finally convinced my chairman not to make a move against Chen Yi, thinking I was finally in a safe situation; and now the Sun Family's power has freaking barged in!"

"You tell me—"

"If Chen Yi comes out and finds out he's been used, what will he do?"

"Would he also take care of the person Mr. Sun has been fond of along the way?"

"Yes."

The woman sitting at the foot of the bed in a camisole nightdress thought for a moment and then nodded seriously, "That's a logical conclusion. So, what do you plan to do, openly declare your rejection?"

"That way, when Chen Yi settles scores later, he could spare you?"

"But I need to remind you that by openly declaring your rejection, there's a very high chance you'll offend the Sun Family Guild behind Mr. Sun."

"One is a crisis that looms before you; the other is a crisis that lies in the future."

"Personally, I'd say avoiding the immediate crisis is more important, right?"

Li Peiqi slowly closed her eyes, staring at her nest-like hair, and after a long silence, she suddenly opened her eyes, shining with determination.

"I've thought of a solution!"

"What solution? Casually finding a man to announce a love affair, tactfully rejecting Mr. Sun?"

"No, I've decided to kill Mr. Sun. That way, there will be no future for Mr. Sun to provoke Chen Yi and involve me in that chain of causality. The best way to sever a potential future causality is to cut off the chain of causality before it begins!"

"..."

The woman beside her suddenly stiffened, her mouth twitching for a while before she managed to speak somewhat incredulously, "Are you serious? If you kill Mr. Sun, you'll be facing big trouble. It feels like maybe you're too afraid of Chen Yi."

"He might be strong, but is he worth being so fearful of?"

"You don't understand."

Li Peiqi suddenly got her spirits up, got ready to go out, and said, "Any causality that will lead to Chen Yi killing me in the future must be severed!"

"Do you remember that prop of mine?"

"You mean..."

The woman's eyes narrowed suddenly, tentatively responding, "Last Words?"

"Exactly."

Li Peiqi, now dressed in business attire, shook her head somberly and shared the prop panel with the woman before her.

'Prop Name': Last Words.

'Prop Level': A-Level.

'Prop Effect': This prop reveals how you will die in the future, updating daily at midnight.

'Prop Introduction': "A life without regrets is an imperfect one." — Blinded by Poverty said.

'PS: You will die at the hands of Chen Yi of Blue Star, time unknown.'

"You know,"

Li Peiqi looked earnestly at her best friend, "This prop is the only A-Level prop I have. With it, I've avoided numerous crises. Not even the chairman knows about it; I've only confided in you."

"I will not provoke Chen Yi!"

"Absolutely not!"

"The only reason I would die at his hands is if some damn beast drags me into it!"

"So Mr. Sun must die!"

Before meeting Chen Yi, her manner of death often changed as well.

For example.

'Death from kidney failure due to diabetes.'

During that time, she quickly reduced her sugar intake, and soon enough, the manner of her death changed.

'Death from choking due to vomiting while drunk.'

She gave up drinking altogether!

Or for instance, she only entered the map at 23:59 each night and at no other time would she go into the map.

When she prepared herself mentally to enter the map, she would focus intently on the 'Last Words' prop panel, and if the updated cause of death after midnight was—

'You will die on the xxx map.'

She would simply choose not to enter that map and wanted it to roll as far away as possible!

If the cause of death was unrelated to that map, she would confidently enter it.

Relying on this, she had managed to live well so far.