CHAPTER 42: CHAPTER 42: ENTRY: DEFENDANT

Can it be that at the final critical moment, I’d still lose?

Zhou Yingting moved closer to the stove, feeling the temperature constantly dropping.

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting didn’t care much anymore, and directly took out the remaining pine wood, burning it separately around.

Zhou Yingting sat in the center, ensuring his body temperature.

At this moment, Zhou Yingting couldn’t help but wonder why this last team is so resilient, why haven’t they been eliminated at this moment?

From his small map, only one red dot is visible, indicating basically only one team’s people left.

The red dot represents the combat profession. If there were non-combat team members, they shouldn’t have survived until now.

What Zhou Yingting cannot comprehend is why the opponent hasn’t been eliminated.

Could it be that this center point isn’t covered by the blizzard?

But that’s impossible, right?

Zhou Yingting became anxious, swiftly adding pine wood while muttering in his heart.

Meanwhile, at the center point, the two people looked even more bewildered.

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"What’s going on? There’s already no one around, why hasn’t the game ended? Do we have to commit suicide for the game to end?"

The two are currently hiding in a cave, relying on the flame from burning pine wood barely to keep warm.

Fortunately, one of them in this two-man team is an architect who survived.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t even be able to find this pine wood.

Let alone set the pine wood on fire.

"It’s impossible, we’re already at this point, no matter what, we cannot act recklessly. Even if the game eliminates us, we cannot eliminate ourselves."

Upon hearing this, the architect hurriedly dispelled the idea from his companion.

If they truly eliminated themselves, it would be funny if they turned out to be in second place when they looked back.

"The problem is, given the circumstances in front of us, it seems we can’t hold on much longer."

The blizzard outside is too fierce, although the cave’s location is good, it still cannot block the cold rushing in from outside.

While speaking, the two saw a crystal layer of thin ice starting to spread into the cave from outside.

Faced with such a sight, the two froze for a moment before hurriedly throwing pine wood into the fire pit beside them.

They attempted to make the flames in front of them burn brighter, to live a little longer.

"We managed to survive until now with this cave; I don’t believe anyone outside can live longer than us."

At this moment the architect couldn’t help it anymore.

Hiding in such a deep cave, it still can’t block the blizzard; what could people outside possibly use to block it?

As his words fell, a surge of pure white cold air rushed in.

Upon contact with this cold air, their faces and bodies were immediately covered in a layer of frost, and they were frozen in place, subsequently turning into white light and being eliminated.

Just as they were being eliminated, the faint sound of a notification left the two stunned.

"Second place? Did they hear wrong? They’re second place?"

The two suddenly opened their eyes, seeing a group of eliminated people next to them, unable to hold back.

"What’s going on? How could we possibly be second place!?"

"Hey, stop shouting, we really are second place."

Seeing his teammate eliminated, another previously eliminated person stepped forward, his face full of helplessness and confusion.

He had thought that his team surely had this round secured when seeing his teammate achieve second place.

Never did he expect that outside there was someone hiding, someone quite capable, who built a safe house and was entirely forgotten.

Once he saw that person living comfortably inside the safe house, he felt his team was doomed.

Yet when he saw his teammate finding a cave, he felt his team had a chance.

The opponent’s blizzard power was considerably stronger.

As long as his team’s people could persist inside the cave for a little longer, victory was certain.

Unfortunately, the safe house proved more powerful after all.

His team had managed to wait until the opponent’s safe house showed vulnerabilities, letting cold air in.

Yet ultimately, they couldn’t outlast the opponent.

In the end, they came in second place.

Upon hearing this explanation after elimination, the two couldn’t help but blink, their eyes filled with confusion.

Can the architect be used this way?

Their team also had an architect; why didn’t they know to do this earlier?

Before they could ponder further, with a flash of white light, the first-place winner suddenly appeared here.

Before everyone could take a closer look, they noticed the numbers on their panels flicker slightly.

Each person’s lifespan was showing a reduction at this moment.

According to their rankings, they each lost a corresponding Life Quota.

Before everyone could start crying out, three entries appeared.

It was time for the fixed entry drawing.

Three entries: two talent entries, one magic entry.

Now Zhou Yingting’s entry draw appeared before him as well.

Seeing the entries drawn, Zhou Yingting temporarily set aside the rewards and quickly checked the fixed entry draw.

Entry: Defendant.

Defendant?

What a peculiar entry?

Looking at the entry’s name, Zhou Yingting felt something was not quite right.

’Defendant entry: Possessors of this entry become defendants, randomly drawing any crime daily. Drawing the death penalty results in instant death, drawing a not guilty verdict randomly selects any item, entry, etc., as compensation.’

.... What a defendant.

Randomly drawing crimes daily, thrilling?

Playing Russian roulette from the moment you open your eyes every day?

Even if drawing any crime, you didn’t provide a list of all possible crimes?

If not guilty is just one, while there are hundreds of other crimes, it’s entirely unplayable?

Zhou Yingting looked down further, trying to find solutions to counter the negative effects of this entry.

If a solution exists, wouldn’t it mean random compensation daily?

’Defendant entry can be paired with Plaintiff entry, sign a compromise to self-forgive crimes.’

Defendant entry paired with Plaintiff entry is truly a perfect match.

Upon seeing the solution below, Zhou Yingting instantly fell silent.

But if he could obtain the Plaintiff entry, the Defendant entry would be quite advantageous, only it’s a pity Zhou Yingting now can’t even find a Lucky 4 entry.

For now, set this entry aside, think about the other two entries for planning.

Zhou Yingting’s gaze moved right, looking at the next talent entry.