Chapter 90: Something’s Wrong with Wang Gang

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Something’s Wrong with Wang Gang

"The new rules are on the giant rock. You should all go take a look."

Her gaze fell upon the injured Guo Funing and Hu Yaqin.

One had been stabbed in the abdomen, the other had their left eye slashed blind. It was a miracle they were still alive under the circumstances.

Wang Gang spoke up. "It’s not even eight o’clock yet. Let’s all go check it out together."

It was only a dozen or so steps away, a distance they covered in less than a minute.

Shi Zhile stood at the very back, with Lan Lan and Luo Jiuyin on either side of her.

Shi Zhile lowered her voice. "Luo Jiuyin, are you sure you didn’t kill them this morning?"

Luo Jiuyin grunted in affirmation. "I was going to, but then I remembered the sixth rule was incomplete. I was afraid of breaking it, so I didn’t deal a fatal blow.

You suspect Guo Funing and Hu Yaqin?"

Shi Zhile looked at her. "You don’t? Four people were attacked by the monster yesterday. One died. I don’t just suspect them; I suspect Li Haohao, too."

Today, everyone had searched for supplies on their own, not seeing each other. No one knew if someone had been killed and turned into a monster.

Except for herself, she suspected everyone.

In her eyes, everyone on the island was a monster. Even if they weren’t now, they could become one for any number of reasons.

Luo Jiuyin stood on her tiptoes to look at the rules, only looking away after confirming the five were the same as what Shi Zhile had sent.

Her tone was flat. "It’s not just them. Everyone on this island is a suspect. We all went our separate ways today. Who knows what anyone ran into."

Her thoughts mirrored Shi Zhile’s; she was equally suspicious of everyone.

Lan Lan rubbed her arms and shivered. "Sister Jiu Yin, are you saying anyone could be a monster? Including you, me, and Sister Zhile?"

Shi Zhile and Luo Jiuyin nodded at the same time.

’Actually, who the monster is isn’t the most important thing,’ Shi Zhile thought. ’What matters is the information revealed in the rules.’

’One of the nine isn’t human, but it doesn’t specify what it is. That means it could be a monster, or it could be something else.’

’The rules for when the monsters appear probably don’t apply to it. There’s no set time, so it can harm people whenever it wants.’

’It might try to stir up trouble or use someone else to do its dirty work.’

’In short, it’s going to make all the players fight each other.’

The loose strands of hair on Lan Lan’s forehead stood on end. She silently moved away from Shi Zhile, only to press close again a moment later.

"Compared to everyone else, I’d rather trust my sister. Sister Zhile, my dear sister, feel me! I have a heartbeat and body heat, sob sob sob~ I’m not a monster."

Shi Zhile glanced at her, signaling her to be quiet.

Wang Gang turned around, also looking at Guo Funing and Hu Yaqin. "What are your survival values?"

Guo Funing snorted. "76. You can’t be suspecting me, can you? If I were the monster, Luo Jiuyin would be dead by now."

Hu Yaqin’s voice was laced with hatred. "Mine is 86."

She stared at Luo Jiuyin, her one remaining eye filled with venom. If looks could kill, Luo Jiuyin would have died ten million times over.

She pointed at Luo Jiuyin. "Thanks to this bitch, I’m blind in one eye. If I die, the first person I’ll kill is definitely her, and the second one will be her."

She then pointed to Lan Lan and Li Ran in turn.

"The first new rule says that a player killed by another player will turn into a monster and go on a killing spree. So even if you hate my guts, you won’t dare kill me. Bitch, slut..."

Luo Jiuyin slapped her across the face.

"I may not be able to kill you, but I can make your life a living hell. Try me if you don’t believe it."

Wang Gang tried to smooth things over. "Alright, it’s getting late. Everyone should head back to their huts for now."

Hu Yaqin moved closer to Shi Zhile. "My hut isn’t finished yet. It’s okay if we share one, right?"

Guo Funing and Li Haohao approached Wang Gang and Xiao Yi respectively.

"Brother Wang, I’m injured and don’t have the energy to build a hut. Let’s live together. It’s better than me turning into a monster and coming back for revenge."

Wang Gang’s brow furrowed slightly. He looked at Shi Zhile and Xiao Yi. "Let’s discuss this."

The three of them moved away from the others and sat down by the fire in the courtyard.

Shi Zhile said, "I won’t be rooming with anyone."

Wang Gang said, displeased, "You’ll tip them off. All three of them might not be players. We’re the three calmest ones, so it makes the most sense for us to watch them."

Xiao Yi scoffed. "Watch them? With our lives? Monsters will be prowling outside the huts at night. If one of them turns into a monster and goes on a rampage, whoever is rooming with them is as good as dead.

You’re asking the three of us to be bait. Wang Gang, I’m starting to suspect you."

Shi Zhile said, "Our oh-so-righteous Brother Wang, if you don’t want to tip anyone off, why don’t you take all three of them? The four of you can live together. No matter who dies, the other three will become suspects."

Wang Gang started, "We’ll watch them separately..."

Shi Zhile didn’t want to hear it. She turned and left, returning to her hut and shutting the door.

Xiao Yi left right after her, also returning to the simple hut he had just built.

Wang Gang sat on the ground, a bitter look on his face.

’We’re all Huaxia people, so why must we be so suspicious of each other? Can’t we just unite?’

’I just want more people to survive.’

Seeing Shi Zhile return to her hut, Lan Lan ran back to her own room as well. Luo Jiuyin, not wanting to be with the others, also left.

The remaining few gathered around Wang Gang, who then looked at Li Ran. "Those two aren’t willing to take them in. How about..."

Li Ran cut him off promptly. "Brother Wang, you saw it yourself. Among the four of us in this courtyard, I have the lowest standing. If I dared to agree, my three ’sisters’ would probably chop me up in my sleep.

Besides, my hut isn’t even finished."

Under everyone’s gaze, he turned and continued building his hut.

Soon, the four people by the fire also left.

Immediately after, Xiao Yi started a group video call, which included Shi Zhile, Lan Lan, Luo Jiuyin, and Li Ran.

"There’s something wrong with Wang Gang."

Shi Zhile asked, "What’s your reason? Just because he wanted us to watch Hu Yaqin and Guo Funing?"

Luo Jiuyin asked Xiao Yi, "You two left together this morning. Did you separate at any point?"

Xiao Yi replied, "We did. This morning, to gather more supplies, I was on the South Sea Coast, and Wang Gang went to the west side."

Shi Zhile’s expression was calm. "Are you sure he went west and not east?"

"I’m sure. He walked along the shore. Starting from the south, I went east to scavenge, and he went west. When he got back to the hut in the afternoon, he’d brought back quite a few sea snails and small fish."

Now that was interesting.

’I left at almost the same time as them this morning. There’s no way I wouldn’t have run into Wang Gang on the west side.’

Li Ran spoke up. "After you guys left, Wang Gang tried to get me to take one of the three, but I refused."

Shi Zhile looked at Li Ran. He was interesting, too.

’He seems like he’s all brawn and no brains, but behind the scenes, he’s great at shifting the blame.’

’He used the three of us girls not agreeing as an excuse to refuse. This both deflected any animosity and shifted the focus.’

’He was telling them that instead of trying to control him, they’d be better off targeting the girls, since even if we died and became monsters, we wouldn’t be that strong.’