Chapter 203: Global Hide and Seek 13
“Holy crap, this is too ruthless!”
“They didn’t even leave us a single prey that’s easy to find in the sofa area.”
Lu Qingyuan’s actions instantly drew dissatisfaction from the other hunters. However, seeing him about to move forward again, the others quickly rushed after him, getting a head start in searching unlooted areas.
He left… Chu Yian breathed a sigh of relief, almost thinking she was going to be eliminated right at the start of the third round.
Watching them leave, she considered whether she should change her position.
Hide under a sofa cushion?
Squeeze into the gap between the sofa and the floor?
Or hide above, since hunters never look up?
Many plans emerged in Chu Yian’s mind, but just then, she noticed the hunters in front were all crouched under beds, shooting, and flipping over quilts and mattresses to find players.
As for not looking up… that was a thing of the past.
Brother Ji had left a deep impression on them last time. Before going to the second floor, these people were practically tearing off the ceiling to check.
Chu Yian’s little plan immediately fell through. She decided to maintain her current state for now.
May the Flying Zhu Shen bless her, and may she muddle through this round.
While praying, she quickly sent a warning to the players on the second floor.
“Huang Fei Hu: Don’t hide above; they’ll even check ceilings and ventilation ducts.”
“Huang Fei Hu: Don’t shove yourselves into bed bottoms or other crevices; you’ll get shot if found.”
As soon as Chu Yian sent out the message, many people in the group started complaining.
“Fei Hu Ge’s warning was too late. Two ‘big brain’ players on the second floor tried to copy your successful method and were eliminated by hunters in the ventilation ducts.”
“Wuwuwu, I’m hiding in a corner of the wardrobe right now, help!”
“Help, this map is a welfare game for hunters, isn’t it? It’s hard to hide, hard to escape. I’m numb.”
…This round was indeed a welfare game for hunters, just as the players said.
In just twenty minutes, three hundred players were gone.
Chu Yian had found a relatively safe spot in both the first and second rounds, never coming into close contact with these people, so she hadn’t realized how terrifying they were. These hunters were all masters of remembering the map.
What’s a master of remembering the map?
It means that after sweeping through an area once, these people had a general idea of everything there. Especially in such a small venue, players who changed positions were almost certainly discovered.
Chu Yian was glad she hadn’t run away, but watching the hunters circling around in front of her, she finally experienced the “days dragging like years” that other players spoke of.
Lu Qingyuan also often circled near her.
But he never found her!
They all said Lu Qingyuan was the most formidable hunter here. The fact that he hadn’t found her gave Chu Yian a sliver of security and a secret sense of accomplishment.
He didn’t find her, did he?
He didn’t find her, did he?
I’m right next to you, and you’ve been circling for so long without finding me, you big dummy.
Chu Yian felt a sense of accomplishment, but those near her were suffering.
“So scary, so scary. Why is the one surnamed Lu always circling on the first floor and not leaving?”
“He just found two players who were so well-hidden. Damn, the pressure is immense.”
“Go up, please go up!”
A group of people wailed in the chat group, while Jie Yan, on the second floor, looked at the messages and worried about Chu Yian and Liu Wen on the first floor. He sent a message in the group, asking about their situation.
Chu Yian quickly replied to his message.
“Brother Jie, the hunter surnamed Lu has already gone upstairs.”
As soon as she sent the message, her peripheral vision suddenly caught Lu Qingyuan seemingly stopping on the stairs and glancing in her direction. However, when she looked directly, Lu Qingyuan had already disappeared up the stairs. Players on the second floor reported in the group that Lu Qingyuan had arrived upstairs.
Lu Qingyuan stood on the second floor, and the scene before him unfolded.
All sorts of furniture were merely superficial; in his eyes, besides these, there were also streams of data.
“The one surnamed Lu is coming.”
“I’ve turned into a curtain this time, and no one has found me, haha.”
“So what if The one surnamed Lu comes? I don’t believe he’ll find a tiny wooden peg like me.”
…As a past champion, there would always be some special treatment.
Lu Qingyuan had a one-time privilege of “listening to objects.” When using this privilege, he could see the prey’s chat, and by understanding their general location, he could pinpoint their exact positions.
This ability lasted for three minutes.
Once activated, as long as two conditions were met—being within his line of sight and having used the chat group in this round of hide-and-seek—the player’s location would be exposed to him.
According to usual practice, he would choose to use it in the final round of hide-and-seek.
However, he was using this ability now because he really wanted to eliminate a certain prey.
“Ri An: The one surnamed Lu is on your first floor, hide well.”
“Ri An: I’m very well hidden here, he won’t find me.”
Seeing these messages, Lu Qingyuan walked towards Ri An’s direction.
Can’t find him?
Found him.
Just as Ri An was about to continue sending messages, he suddenly felt a sense of danger approaching. He had transformed into a wooden box, perfectly sized to fit into a wardrobe, disguised as a drawer.
This drawer and the wardrobe formed a perfect whole. The hunter shot at the wardrobe twice and then opened it to check, but didn’t show the slightest suspicion.
Logically speaking, he was very safe.
However, just as Lu Qingyuan reached out to open the cabinet, that sense of danger seemed to materialize!
Ri An preemptively darted out of the cabinet, brushing past Lu Qingyuan’s clothes as he fled outside.
And Lu Qingyuan decisively fired at him—
First shot, hit!
Ri An also successfully rushed outside as soon as he was hit by the first shot.
Hunter and prey engaged in a fierce chase within the furniture city.
Ri An tried to use his body size and speed advantage to shake off Lu Qingyuan, but Lu Qingyuan was faster than he imagined. Several times, he narrowly dodged Lu Qingyuan’s bullets.
In his escape, Ri An had already rushed ten meters beyond his anchor point. The alarm targeting him and the gunshots behind him sounded simultaneously at this moment!
Then, it abruptly stopped!
“Holy crap, The one surnamed Lu is amazing.”
“Oh my god, the wooden box and The one surnamed Lu flew over my head one after another. Did they ever consider my mental state at that time?”
“Looking at the wooden box’s footwork, he must be a big shot too. Could it be Fei Hu Ge?!”
“It’s really unlucky to encounter an NPC like The one surnamed Lu. It’s already good enough to be alive, let alone mental state.”
“The wooden box’s textbook-level movement, it really looks like Brother Ji! And he was still killed by The one surnamed Lu. The one surnamed Lu is too terrifying!”
…The chat group erupted in heated discussion.
Liu Wen, who witnessed everything, was too stunned to react. He inexplicably felt that the player eliminated by the person who looked remarkably like Chu Yian’s former teammate was Brother Jie!
Just as he was about to ask in the group, The one surnamed Lu’s gaze had already swept in his direction.
Two gunshots.
Before Liu Wen could even struggle, he directly turned into a ball of white light and went offline.
