Chapter 202: Global Hide and Seek 12
Seeing Chu Yian firmly deny it, Jie Yan didn’t say anything more.
He looked at Chu Yian, her soft earlobes incredibly close.
Perhaps because she had just left the game, the excitement had turned her ears pink. His eyes darkened, and his expression softened. “No matter what, be careful in the game. Safety first.”
“Mhm, mhm.”
Chu Yian smiled as she heard his earnest advice. Their gazes met, creating a scene reminiscent of a golden boy and jade girl.
Not only did the two bystanders think so, but Jie Yan himself also felt it.
He couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought.
“What are you laughing at?”
Chu Yian looked at him, puzzled.
“Nothing.”
Jie Yan shook his head. His hand, which had wanted to touch her, was restrained and tucked back into his pocket. “Let’s go eat something first. The white mist that makes people faint is about to appear again.”
Outside the room, Lu Qingyuan, as the ultimate winner of every game of Hide-and-Seek, had claimed almost all of the massive game prizes. Even standing in a corner, his presence was undeniable.
He was currently surrounded by numerous hunters.
Even though these hunters knew he was cold and aloof, they eagerly clustered around him, asking for his various game experiences.
Just then, someone struggled through the crowd to reach him.
“Master Lu, why did you stop Wang Cheng from catching the prey that killed our companion in the last round? He admired you greatly and was even planning to offer the captured prey to you first.”
The young hunter was indignant, wanting to seek justice for his friend.
“I don’t need others to offer me my prey.”
Lu Qingyuan stated calmly, yet his voice seemed to implicitly declare his ownership. His gaze drifted towards the cage filled with prey, appearing nonchalant. His eyes pierced through the crowd, directly locking onto the prey audacious enough to shoot at a hunter.
“The Opera cake here is good.”
Jie Yan watched Chu Yian hesitate among the desserts, then reached out and took a pastry from the top shelf.
“Thank you, Brother Jie.”
Chu Yian took it, a sweet smile gracing her face.
Actually, she wasn’t hesitating; she had just seen a dessert in the pastry section that resembled a bullet, and she couldn’t help but recall Teacher Lu’s ruthless shot.
Damn it!
Next round, she would definitely hide in a dark corner and ambush him.
Beside her, Jie Yan suddenly looked up, his gaze sharp as he scanned his surroundings. Zhang Yunwu and Liu Wen, seeing his reaction, immediately became alert. “What’s wrong, Brother Jie?”
“Nothing.”
Jie Yan shook his head.
In reality, in that instant, he had felt danger and an unspoken malice.
Players didn’t have much free time to rest. The white mist filled the entire room again, and everyone lost consciousness under its influence. When they woke up again, they were already in the game arena for the third round of Hide-and-Seek.
What exactly was this white mist?
What had they experienced while unconscious?
Finally, some players couldn’t help but discuss it in the chat group, but they didn’t have much time.
Having had the experience of drawing Brother Ji before, Chu Yian now felt fearless no matter what she drew. She now hoped even more that she could draw something that allowed her body to move freely, and then… tee hee hee.
Amidst her sinister laughter, Chu Yian drew a pillow… Teacher Lu was lucky!
The location for this round of the game was a furniture store.
Upstairs and downstairs were two areas for hiding, now filled with sofas, bedding, coffee tables… scattered everywhere.
Chu Yian set her sights on a bed.
As soon as she jumped on it, she was pushed off by a pillow on top. The pillow stood upright, looking down at her, its body seemingly saying, ‘Go somewhere else, this spot is taken.’
With her fiery temper, if she had hands, she would have beaten it up.
But now was not the time to be angry with it. Chu Yian turned and looked for other places. A set of sofas in the middle of the first floor looked quite good; their gray and white overall style matched her current color well.
When choosing a spot, one shouldn’t just consider whether they can blend into the environment, but also how convenient the environment is for escaping.
For example, the bed Chu Yian had considered earlier had one side against the wall.
If a hunter noticed or shot, the escape route from that position would be restricted. However, the sofa’s position was open on all sides, and it wasn’t far from the stairs leading upstairs. There were also plenty of covers nearby that could provide her with hiding spots and bullet protection.
A conventional item like a pillow would fit right in here.
While Chu Yian was looking for a hiding spot, some players had already hidden and started looking for others in the group chat.
“Brother Ji, where’s my Brother Ji?”
“Where’s Brother Ji hiding this time? I want to be near you.”
“Is Fei Hu Ge going to kill hunters this round too? So excited, so nervous.”
Chu Yian looked at these overly excited players and felt that their expectations of themselves might be a little too high.
“Huang Fei Hu: Everyone, let’s focus on the terrain of this round’s game. The space is too narrow, and there are too many items. Although it seems easier to hide than before, the advantage might be even greater for the hunters.”
“Huang Fei Hu: Don’t even think about fighting back; hiding well is the right way.”
Chu Yian’s words were like a splash of cold water on these hyped-up players, silencing the entire group for a moment.
“Is the situation that dire? Then I’ll reconsider my current position.”
“Everyone, don’t all crowd together, or the hunters will take out three with two shots.”
After Chu Yian’s reminder, some players who felt their hiding spots weren’t ideal moved again. After a few minutes of commotion, the hunters began to enter.
Chu Yian was hidden on the first floor.
Her angle was excellent; she could see the hunters entering at a glance.
At the beginning, bullets were most plentiful, and these people, like reckless brutes, would spray at any viable object. Amidst the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire, the number of players rapidly decreased.
She saw Lu Qingyuan.
Among a group of people over 180 cm tall, Lu Qingyuan still stood out like a crane among chickens.
His eyes swept across the dining table area, and he raised his hunting rifle, firing without the slightest hesitation. Chu Yian noticed that every two shots he fired, the number of players would decrease by at least one. She couldn’t help but wonder if he hit a player with every single shot.
The dining table area was cleared first.
Next up was the sofa set area.
The vast numbers of hunters surrounded them, creating an extreme sense of oppression. Chu Yian realized that the furniture store map was truly terrible; hunters were everywhere, and if discovered, there was nowhere to hide.
Gunshots rang out around her.
The chair next to the sofa, the slipcover on another sofa, the small wooden cabinet for storing things, and even the pillow on the sofa just two meters away from Chu Yian!
The player who had turned into a pillow was taken out by a hunter’s shot, and Chu Yian’s entire body stiffened.
She watched the dark muzzle sweep over her head, her nerves stretched to their breaking point.
Just then, a volley of dense gunfire erupted. It was Lu Qingyuan, who raised his hand and directly took out five hidden players in the sofa area.
