Just as he was about to be caught, Old Lu finally reached Qi Xia's side.
"Qi Xia!! He's trying to kill me!!"
Old Lu shoved Qi Xia in front of him.
"You have to save me..."
"What happened?"
Qi Xia asked, puzzled. Seeing Qi Xia block his way, A'mu was clearly furious.
"Get out of the way!!"
Qi Xia didn't move aside. Instead, he reached out a hand to stop A'mu.
"Brother, let's talk this out. What exactly happened?" he asked anxiously.
"Did this teammate of mine anger you?"
A'mu gradually stopped and looked at Qi Xia suspiciously.
"Are you their leader?"
Hearing this, Qi Xia scratched his head. He didn't answer A'mu's question, asking instead, "In any case, don't make a move just yet. Tell me what's going on."
"Fine. Since you have questions, I'll let him die knowing why," A'mu said viciously.
"Just now, this old dog..."
Before he could finish his sentence, a metal box flew towards A'mu's face. He never imagined the man before him would suddenly attack. He had no time to dodge and was struck on the nose.
After stumbling for just a moment, A'mu quickly regained his balance.
"Damn it... you've got some nerve."
Although his nose was still sore, A'mu already understood that the man before him was not to be trifled with. If he let his guard down, he might very well be killed before the "punishment" arrived.
He had just steadied himself, not yet even taking a retaliatory stance, when Qi Xia threw a punch that once again struck him in the face. A'mu saw that Qi Xia's punching form was very amateurish and thought the blow wouldn't have much real power.
But he never expected to be knocked directly to the ground, his entire temple throbbing with a dull pain. Qi Xia followed up with a fierce kick to his chin, and A'mu could no longer get up from the ground. Seeing his opponent had lost the ability to fight, Qi Xia slowly tossed aside the padlock he was holding.
Being hit in the temple with something like that, an ordinary person wouldn't be able to get back up.
"Who cares what happened?"
Qi Xia said coldly.
"You dare to touch my teammate... If you're willing to make the bet, you have to accept the loss."
Just then, the bald man and the blonde man also rushed over. Qi Xia felt it was a bit strange. Why was the other team's cabinet door also open?
Could it be that they had also deciphered the code right after them?
"A'mu!"
The two of them ran forward anxiously, only to find A'mu had already been knocked to the ground.
"Kill them..."
A'mu said weakly.
"If we don't act now, we're all going to face the punishment..."
"Damn it!"
The two stood up and both pulled out folding knives from their pockets. Seeing this, both Qi Xia and Old Lu took a step back. Although Qi Xia had been quite ruthless, facing two highly focused thugs armed with knives, he still couldn't think of any countermeasure.
"Hey! Earth Dog!!"
Qi Xia shouted through gritted teeth.
"Participants fighting amongst themselves, are you not going to do anything?!"
After a few seconds, Earth Dog's listless voice drifted over from a distance: "Manage it, of course I have to manage it! But please, everyone, wait a moment. I'm tidying things up right now.
I'll be back later."
"Heh..."
The bald thug slowly raised his knife and said, "The Zodiac wants us to kill each other in the games. Why would they intervene?" Qi Xia's expression turned grim.
He had never imagined that participants killing each other was also tacitly permitted by the rules. Previously, when they had fought with Zhang Shan in the Earth Bull's game arena, Earth Bull had only intervened at the very end. It seemed this situation would only be worse than that time.
"Old Lu... take Zhang Chenze and run," Qi Xia said in a low voice.
"The room I was just in has a window. Break it and run."
"Qi Xia... what about you?!"
Old Lu asked, flustered.
"I'll figure out a way to deal with them."
"You..."
Old Lu's eyes darted around, and he quickly made a decision.
"Then you be careful!"
He turned back, grabbed Zhang Chenze's hand, and rushed into the room. He pulled Jiang Ruoxue, who was in the seat, aside, then lifted a chair and smashed the window.
"Let's go, quickly!"
Old Lu shouted to Lawyer Zhang.
"Those people are desperados, they'll really kill someone!"
Jiang Ruoxue, standing to the side, watched the two with great interest, a smile playing on her lips.
"No, I can't go," Zhang Chenze said.
"Uncle, please don't touch me."
"What the hell kind of time is this?!"
Old Lu felt the girl before him was being far too stubborn.
"We're running for our lives right now! What's wrong with me touching you?!"
"If Qi Xia isn't leaving, I'm not leaving either," Zhang Chenze said.
"If you want to run for your life, go by yourself."
After speaking, she picked up a long, thin shard of glass from the floor, held it in a reverse grip, and turned as if to walk out the door.
"Little girl, have you lost your mind?!"
Old Lu was about to go crazy with anxiety. He took a step forward and grabbed Zhang Chenze's wrist.
"What are you going to do with that piece of junk? They have knives!"
"Please don't touch me."
A hint of coldness appeared in Zhang Chenze's eyes.
"In a place like this, you can't survive just by running. I'm going to fight them to the death."
Hearing the two of them talk, Jiang Ruoxue couldn't help but blossom with amusement.
"You two are really interesting..."
She covered her mouth, laughing at a very inappropriate time. They both glanced at her at the same time, but neither said a word. Old Lu continued to persuade Zhang Chenze, "Little girl, you've seen TV shows, right?
Some people could have escaped just fine, but they insist on going back to die... Aren't you exactly that kind of person, just causing trouble?" Zhang Chenze thought carefully for a moment, then said, "If it's just Qi Xia alone, his probability of dying is indeed very high.
But if I join the battle with a weapon, the survival probability for the two of us will increase exponentially."
"What the hell..."
Old Lu was completely bewildered.
"You charge in there with a damn glass shard and it becomes an exponential increase?"
Jiang Ruoxue was so amused she burst out laughing at the side.
"What exactly are you laughing at?"
Zhang Chenze asked.
"I..."
Jiang Ruoxue walked to Lawyer Zhang's side and asked, "Can you tell me, how are you planning to deal with those two men?"
"I don't know either."
Zhang Chenze looked at the glass shard in her hand.
"If I'm lucky, I can use this thing to pierce someone's throat."
Jiang Ruoxue slowly reached out her hand and held Zhang Chenze's, saying word by word, "Sister, you have to understand the 'logical relationship' here."
"Logical relationship?"
Zhang Chenze was somewhat confused.
"That's right, just as you said yourself..."
Jiang Ruoxue said to Zhang Chenze with a smile.
"It is precisely because you join the fight that your and Qi Xia's chances of survival will increase. Therefore, your appearance will definitely result in you killing one of them. And for you to kill one of them, you must use the glass to pierce his throat. All of this is predestined, so don't say things like 'if I'm lucky'."
"What do you mean...?"
Zhang Chenze still didn't understand.
"Miss, aren't you with the other side?"
"I'm already facing death, do I still care who my teammates are?"
Jiang Ruoxue slowly let go of Zhang Chenze's hand and said, "Go on. A life is waiting for you to take."