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Chapter 621 - 620: Time to Disperse

The suspicion came unexpectedly... but of course not, Mu Qiu was already prepared.

After all, she had been suspected once before.

She poked Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu calmly answered on her behalf, "That’s exactly it. Otherwise, how could someone use it to kill Brother Huai and Han Xizheng? There’s no reason others can’t use what some can."

"Then it’s also possible that it was you who dealt with Brother Huai and Han Xizheng."

"Impossible. At the time, we were with Guo Yin and Brother Chen Yi at the Insect Street Dance Club, far away."

However, one thing was strange; they stayed with Chen Yi and Guo Yin, acting as each other’s alibi, and now it just so happens that these two were killed out of the game.

Quite interesting.

Mu Qiu even started doubting herself, "Could it really be that 049 will delay?"

But the file card didn’t mention that.

Cheng Zhirang shook his head, "In this situation, let’s not expand our suspicion range. We might as well guess directly in the most likely and worst direction —

Guo Yin and Chen Yi’s elimination was done secretly by someone, and that person’s method was so special that we didn’t notice."

"If that’s the case, now it’s truly everyone being paranoid. We don’t know which ’ghost’ among us is, and we don’t know who to guard against." Chu Qiu said.

Once these words were spoken, everyone directly took two steps back, the distance between groups widening, and then they looked at everyone else with suspicion and vigilance.

Li Yang: "I feel like there are lots of knives hanging around me."

Shu Ran: "Whoever it is, they’re faking it quite impressively."

Guan Yu: "Let’s split up, split up. Otherwise, two more people might die inexplicably later."

Zhao Yu: "I agree, let’s split up. Otherwise, there’s no chance to go find the other file cards."

Exactly, there are still three monster file cards left, maybe any of these three could turn the situation around.

Staying together all the time leaves no chance to search; those eliminated are killed by 049, stalling the game progress at this point, which isn’t fun at all.

Plus, it wastes time, delaying the time to slurp instant noodles after the show.

So, this idea got everyone’s unanimous agreement, and they all decided to part ways here, not forming alliances, each group going their separate ways.

"Brothers and sisters, let’s part ways here." Guan Yu pushed Chu Qiu while waving back.

Li Yang was left alone in his group, hopping and running in the opposite direction of Guan Yu’s group, because he was afraid of being ambushed, he kept glancing back at the others vigilantly.

Shu Ran did the same, being more cautious, she walked backward close to the wall.

Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu were more carefree, holding hands and carrying kindergarten backpacks, with a metal detector, hopping and skipping in the direction of the Insect Street Dance Club.

Only Cheng Zhirang and Shen Zhousong stayed where they were, watching them leave.

Once everyone was almost gone, Cheng Zhirang, hands in pockets, looked straight ahead and said lightly, "Someone is indeed acting secretly, what Mu Qiu said was true."

Shen Zhousong raised an eyebrow disapprovingly, "Do you think it was one person or two people acting?"

"Two people, it should be. Moreover, the second person should be among Li Yang, Chu Qiu, and you."

"Me? You suspect me?"

"Only one can survive in the end, and we’ve been apart for quite a while, anything is possible."

Cheng Zhirang turned to look into Shen Zhousong’s eyes, their gazes locked as if sparks were about to fly.

Of course, not those kinds of sparks, don’t overthink it.

Shen Zhousong shrugged, ran a hand over his buzz cut, and said nonchalantly, "Suspect all you want, it’s not me anyway. I’m more suspicious of Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu; they seem too suspicious."

Whether what Mu Qiu said was true, he didn’t know; after all, he wasn’t Cheng Zhirang, lacking the mutual understanding of a couple, so suspecting someone with "a full record of wrongdoing" was quite normal.

"I think what she said is true, but believe it or not is up to you. I’m thinking about whether to share some of the hidden snacks?"

This question...

Shen Zhousong paused, and the guilt that had settled inside him surfaced again.

After some silence, he said, "Maybe we should take some out and scatter them in more noticeable places."

Cheng Zhirang nodded, and the two went into the museum, going behind the partition wall.

There were still plenty of snacks inside, and a thorough search would reveal a few small bottles of probiotic drinks.

Shen Zhousong randomly grabbed some bread to stave off hunger, plus two bottles of mineral water.

Cheng Zhirang, however, was meticulous, crouching and slowly rummaging. Upon finding small drinks, he picked them out first and took them in hand before going through more.

He didn’t choose dry foods like bread but instead picked drunken peanuts, Snickers, red velvet box cakes, chocolate finger biscuits, vacuum-packaged small duck legs, and more.

A wide variety, it was obvious who he intended to feed.

The contents in their hands were quite different; Shen Zhousong scrutinized his "rations for off-road soldiers" style and eventually crouched down again to select some other items.

Like potato chips, pickled chicken feet, and dried strawberries.

Once the snack selection was done, it was time to choose hiding spots for the items.

Where wasn’t too obvious but still fairly easy to find? Where could others not easily tell someone deliberately placed them there?

They thought it over and decided to spread them out, using the photographers as a cover, placing the snacks in the wall cracks of the hotel and adjacent buildings, in the post box outside the bank, in the corner at the school gate, and elsewhere.

Not very obvious, but while searching for monster file cards, they could be found conveniently, ideally making them think the program team placed them.

Cheng Zhirang deliberately chose a direction different from where Mu Qiu and the others left, so when she found snacks on this path, she wouldn’t suspect someone deliberately left them down.

She wouldn’t touch items with a dubious origin.

The small bottles of probiotic drink and finger biscuits, along with Snickers, were placed in front of the glass door of the computer city opposite the dance club, the red velvet box cake was placed in a window corner of a small clothing store.

The remaining items were also hidden in places Mu Qiu might search, a bit of snack every few distances, like laying a baited trail.

As they placed the last snack, the ruins above echoed with an electronic voice.

"The third monster file card has been activated!"

"The third monster file card has been activated!"

"The third monster file card has been activated!"

Cold, devoid of any human touch. After three sentences, the voice didn’t stop as before, but a stopwatch countdown sounded from the hidden speakers all around.

Tock— Tock— Tock—

It inexplicably gave people the tension that as soon as this countdown stopped, everything would forcibly end.

Cheng Zhirang, who was "bending over planting rice," straightened his back, frowned, looked around, and then cautiously retreated to the corner.