[Why isn't she moving?]
[She couldn't have been scared by the corpse, could she…?]
[Probably not. I think she looks like she's thinking about something. She's probably trying to figure out how to clear the level?]
[I have a feeling she's going to carry the whole team this time.]
In the live stream, seeing Sparkle suddenly stop moving, everyone started discussing.
Of course, what they didn't know was that Sparkle was actually thinking about how to allocate her stat points.
Sparkle blinked, looking at the panel that popped up in her mind.
"Only one point? That's way too stingy!"
She pouted, her twin tails swaying, her eyes scanning rows of attributes.
Physique, Agility, Mind, Strength, Elation… a long list.
"So many options, and you only give me one point? What kind of game is this?!"
She crossed her arms, puffed out her cheeks, looking disdainful, then blinked again.
"Alright, alright, This Young Lady is magnanimous, so I'll just add some points for you to see."
She paused on "Physique."
"Add points to Physique? Wouldn't that be just like those other players, barely surviving? So boring."
"Attack? Pfft haha, I'm Sparkle-sama, you know. Chopping, chopping, chopping with an axe or a big stick, that's no fun."
Then, she stopped at "Elation."
At that moment, her eyes curved into an arc, smiling especially brightly.
"Of course, it has to be this one — Elation!"
"This is my unique attribute!"
What is the core? This is core!
System Notification: Elation + 1
Current Elation: 2
Effect: Elation point acquisition efficiency + 5%, stage presence improved
As for the side effects, affecting Mind, in layman's terms, it means she's more prone to becoming deranged or more easily scared by monsters… Wait, you call this a side effect?
"Hehehe, that's more like it! If everyone were normal, what would be the point of this game?"
Sparkle clasped her hands behind her head, smiling happily.
Crazy, being a little crazy is good!
Besides, she wasn't that crazy right now.
She just wanted to find some fun with the killers, she wasn't insane; deep down, she genuinely wanted to clear the level as well.
"So, counting it all, the killers are either dead or injured…"
"Haha, I'm a little excited to see what happens next."
"I was so focused on myself that I forgot how the other players were doing."
Time passed minute by minute. At this point, perhaps because Sparkle had consecutively crushed two killers, there was no broadcast announcing a reduction in the number of players during this period.
However, the discussion on the bullet screen not only didn't wane but actually intensified.
Just then, the broadcast started:
[Game Broadcast: 18 hours remaining until clearance. The habitable environment in the building is starting to decrease! Please move to floors 2-3!]
"Aaaah aaaaaah aaaaah—"
As soon as the broadcast ended, screams began to erupt throughout the residential building.
Some players, scattered at both ends of the building and hiding in rooms, were horrified to discover that blood was starting to seep from the surrounding walls!
Once the blood accumulated on the ground, it began to sizzle and corrode everything it flowed over!
If one were to get stained by it, it would almost certainly mean death or severe injury.
Sparkle's current location was on the first floor, so she naturally saw this scene too.
She hadn't expected this game to be so cruel, inventing a shrinking safe zone method just to push players and killers closer together.
But if that's the case, wouldn't her chances of finding a killer also increase?
That means her likelihood of gaining Elation Points also goes up.
"A wise woman doesn't suffer immediate losses, bye-bye~"
Thinking of this, Sparkle almost burst out laughing.
Then, she waved goodbye to the bleeding wall, and her tiny figure flashed, leaving the room.
Sizzle, sizzle… Blood flowed down the walls, forming a bubbling river of blood on the floor.
The river of blood flowed over the unconscious Axe Man and the now-corpse Pi Xiaoke, corroding them into a pool of flesh and blood, merging with the blood river.
Game Broadcast: Killers - 1. Current remaining: ?
[This is the first time I've seen this 'Killers - 1' notification in a survival game…]
[Agree with the above.]
[+1]
Seeing the Axe Man eliminated, the bullet screen comments expressed great sorrow and then burst into laughter.
The number of viewers in the live stream also grew, from hundreds to thousands, then tens of thousands.
The second floor of the residential building was equally gloomy, but the air was colder.
However, stepping on the floor produced a creaking sound, as if it might collapse.
And four figures cautiously climbed up from the first floor, treading carefully along the hallway.
After all, if one accidentally missed a step and fell, that terrifying river of blood would likely instantly devour both person and bones.
At the other end.
Sparkle was skipping up to the second floor with her hands behind her back, her twin tails swaying.
Her pink eyes darted around, as if she wasn't fleeing for her life, but rather on an outing.
"Oh? Finally, I see people."
Suddenly, at the corner of the hallway, she saw four figures!
A tall man with a pale face, clutching a broken iron pipe.
A middle-aged man wearing Glasses, his hands trembling.
And a young girl who looked about Sparkle's age, her clothes disheveled, her eyes filled with terror.
The group heard footsteps and immediately turned their heads, their expressions wary.
"Who?!!!"
The tall man roared, raising his iron pipe high.
Sparkle raised her hands, like a child who had done something wrong, and grinned, "Ah, don't hit me, I'm a player, not a monster."
She blinked, like an innocent kitten.
The three exchanged glances, their expressions easing slightly.
"I'm Lu Renjia, he's Lu Renyi, and this girl is Han Meimei." The tall man said coldly, then he sized up Sparkle and asked, "Are you alone? How did you survive?"
"Uh…"
Sparkle was stunned for a moment.
How did I survive?
Are you kidding me?
After a chuckle, Sparkle replied seriously, "Me, I might just be lucky~ What about you guys?"
[Lucky??? This little girl counter-killed two killers!]
[Holy crap, she's really faking it.]
[These four are probably going to be terribly deceived.]
Lu Renyi pushed up his glasses, stared at Sparkle for a few moments, still uneasy: "What's your name? When you came in, did you see any other players?"
"My name is Sparkle, and well, actually…" Sparkle tilted her head: "I saw them, but they're all dead."
The three's expressions changed simultaneously.
"De… dead?" Han Meimei's face turned pale, and her body visibly trembled.
Sparkle, however, continued with a giggle: "Yep, chopped to death by the killer's axe — *splat*! Just like that, the blood sprayed so high!"
She gestured with her hands, mimicking blood splattering, her face full of excitement.
This was, of course, a joke. She was just imagining that if the Axe Man had met someone other than her just now, the scene would actually be quite similar to what she described.
The three's expressions suddenly froze.
[??? Can't this girl describe it without being so cheerful!]
[Hahahahaha the audience is going crazy with laughter, but the players are almost peeing their pants from fear.]
After a brief silence, Lu Renyi frowned: "You… little sister Sparkle, I advise you to put away that attitude. It's not that jokes aren't allowed here, but joking is not appropriate."
"It's not not allowed." Sparkle tilted her head, mimicking his tone.
"Please don't use such double negatives, okay? We are players, and communication should be efficient and concise." Lu Renyi spoke again.
[…]
[Out of the five people here, he's saying the most…]
[Is this Glasses guy trying to be funny?]
Sparkle blinked, then suddenly nodded with a serious expression: "Ah, right, right, right~ Okay, I'll definitely survive well."
Lu Renyi was stunned.
[Hahahaha!]
[Alright, first time seeing a triple positive making a negative sentence.]
[I like this sarcastic tone.]
The next second, Sparkle looked at the three and grinned again: "However, more than surviving, I want to see something interesting."
The three were all stunned.
In that instant, the atmosphere suddenly turned frigid.