chapter 113 part 1
Chapter 113: So You're Chu Xuan?
Chu Xuan: professional soldier, Colonel rank.
When Ren Arakawa first entered the Reincarnation Space, he was stripped of his limbs, sight, hearing, and tongue.
Chu Xuan, on the other hand, was born without emotions, pain, touch, smell, or taste. His emotions never fluctuated; he was a pure AI robot.
His schemes aimed at maximizing benefits, never considering others. He would even sacrifice himself as a part of his overall plan to achieve his goals.
In Ren Arakawa's eyes, the most dissatisfying aspect of this Colonel Chu was his lack of an emotional design that would allow him to consider others.
Even a Xiao Ai assistant, if you told her you didn't want to live, would tell you how beautiful the world is and try to coax you with a few words.
But Chu Xuan? He would just pull out a gun and give you a swift end before you even had time to regret it.
This was Chu Xuan.
Ren Arakawa walked up to Chu Xuan, who trembled, not daring to meet his gaze.
"Alright, stop pretending, old master. From the moment you opened your eyes, you've been faking it. What 'Taotie race'? Only they would believe that."
The members of Team China collectively directed puzzled gazes at Chu Xuan. They didn't understand why Ren Arakawa paid so much attention to an ordinary-looking newbie.
"You acted well, but you overlooked one crucial thing."
Ren Arakawa looked at Chu Xuan and chuckled. "A 'Taotie race' member with neatly trimmed fingernails and no nose hairs sticking out... wearing a white shirt so clean, and with hair so short, he looks like some kind of dandy. How is that like a 'Taotie race' member?"
"Most critically—"
Ren Arakawa kicked Colonel Chu's shoe. "Issued, weren't they? They're clearly too big."
Chu Xuan suddenly smiled.
He didn't smile because he genuinely found the situation funny, but because he calculated that a normal person, upon being exposed like this, would likely laugh sheepishly.
Chu Xuan raised his head and adjusted his glasses. Sunlight reflected off the lenses, making it impossible to see his pupils or expression.
In that instant, he seemed to transform into a different person, his entire being exuding a soldier's heroic spirit!
"My name isn't a lie. My profession is a soldier. My place of service cannot be disclosed."
Ren Arakawa lightly patted Chu Xuan's shoulder. "That's more like it!"
Chu Xuan said nothing, but silently calculated certain things.
It was normal that he couldn't deceive Ren Arakawa.
Because Ren Arakawa had read the script.
Moreover, Chu Xuan saw these people as fools, believing that in a terrifying world fraught with peril, no one would focus their attention on him. He had wanted to pretend to be a useless person and silently observe his teammates, but he ended up realizing he had underestimated this Team China leader.
Chu Xuan was calculating, and Ren Arakawa was similarly analyzing.
The so-called "script-reading" for Chu Xuan was like this: first, shoot randomly, then, once the bullet was nearly at its destination, set up a target to perfectly match Chu Xuan's plans.
This was actually "his" inherent problem.
While Chu Xuan's intelligence was indeed set to be very high, stripping away all appearances, his schemes were actually just the high-level intellectual maneuvers that an exhausted, eunuch-like author could only manage to concoct after pulling out all their hair during an all-nighter.
Ren Arakawa didn't know if this Chu Xuan here possessed rule-based superior intelligence or was a literal absolute genius.
He absolutely had to figure this out.
Because if it was rule-based superior intelligence, then under the influence of the original author's limited brainpower, people around Chu Xuan would be affected by his "intelligence-reducing aura."
They had to be dumber than Chu Xuan to make him seem strong.
Otherwise, what could be done? Could a web novel author really write out all the manifestations of a character with an IQ of 220? That would be asking too much of him.
While Ren Arakawa was deep in thought, Zhan Lan suddenly exclaimed, breaking everyone's confusion.
"Look, everyone! The mission on the watch has been updated!"
Ren Arakawa raised his wrist, then slammed his fist onto the table next to Chu Xuan, directly smashing a large crater into it!
Chu Xuan lightly adjusted his glasses, observing the damage sustained by the table and the proportion of power in Ren Arakawa's punch relative to his own strength. At the same time, he also looked at his reincarnation watch.
[You are students of Woodsboro High School and also residents of Ghostface Town.]
[Find the Ghostface killer(s) and bring them to justice. For each successful capture, you will receive two hundred reward points. Upon capturing ten, you will receive one C-rank side story.]
If one only saw this much, then this horror movie trip would be a free ride.
What was hard to bear were the blood-red words scrolling below.
[Team battle activated.]
[The North Arctic Team will be free to act in ten minutes.]
[This team battle will use a point system. Both teams have an equal number of members. Kills add one point; deaths subtract one point. When the plot concludes and you return, the point difference will be calculated. The point difference multiplied by two thousand will be the reward/penalty points for the entire team.]
[Team members whose reward points are insufficient to cover the penalty deductions must make up the deficit before the next return, otherwise they will be eliminated.]
[Killing an enemy team member who has not unlocked their gene lock grants two thousand reward points and one C-rank side story.]
[Killing an enemy team member who has unlocked their gene lock grants seven thousand reward points and one B-rank side story.]
After reading the team battle rules, the members of Team China finally lost the composure they had after learning the movie was "Scream." Their expressions were now grim.
The four newbies felt a bit bewildered. The student, Li Shuaixi, asked Zhang Jie beside him, "Wh-what's wrong? Is this... is this team battle really terrifying?"
"More than terrifying." Zhang Jie clenched his fist. "Do you understand the significance of facing the infamous Arctic Circle AI—the one that won't even let you use cheap tricks like destroying bridges?"
Li Shuaixi swallowed. "Doesn't that mean certain death?"
Fei Bao, the blond-haired punk, slapped the table. "Then can we just not participate in this game?"
Ren Arakawa smiled. "In the real world, when you tell someone, 'Big bro, I'll never do it again,' do you think they'll stop slapping your face?"
"Fuck!"
Chu Xuan, having dropped his disguise, walked to the window. He looked back at everyone, his gaze finally settling on Ren Arakawa. "There are three minutes until the plot begins and eight minutes until the North Arctic Team arrives."
"Before we begin, I'd like to know, what is the purpose of this Main God you speak of, for gathering us here?"
"To survive," Zheng Zha interjected.
Chu Xuan still stared at Ren Arakawa, not looking at Zheng Zha. Clearly, the answer didn't match his expectations.
Ren Arakawa thought for a moment. "To raise Gu, I suppose."
Chu Xuan nodded. "Understood."
"So... we still have some time. I want to know what abilities you've all exchanged from the Main God."
"Secondly, what was the last team battle that the young man smoking a cigarette just mentioned?"
"I need to analyze."
"No need to analyze." Ren Arakawa interrupted Chu Xuan's calculations. "The North Arctic Team is arriving ten minutes later than us. Choosing 'Scream,' a movie where it's almost impossible to leverage the situation, as the main battlefield indicates that the gap between our two teams is not large."
"My combat power in this team accounts for—"
Ren Arakawa said bluntly, "Ninety percent."
Chu Xuan nodded, his CPU whirring furiously. "I propose that, given the small difference in strength, we feign an alliance. We could even send six of our members with the lowest combat power, along with you, to negotiate with the North Arctic Team as a basis for friendly exchange."
"If all rewards are achieved, with almost no loss of personnel, gaining two thousand reward points and a C-rank side story should be an extremely cost-effective option—"
"Without considering the enemy's intelligence, the probability of the North Arctic Team falling for it is seventy-four percent, rounding after four decimal places."
"Once the alliance is formed, you launch a surprise attack on the enemy team members! Catch them off guard!"
Ren Arakawa looked at Chu Xuan and gave his assessment, "Your 'annoying' wisdom."
With Chu Xuan laying such a trap, Ren Arakawa could guess his general intentions.