Qi Xia clutched his head, his whole body trembling uncontrollably. Lin Qin stood by Qi Xia's side, looking at him with a troubled expression. Although she had seen this scene more than once, Qi Xia's reaction was always unsettling.
Qi Xia remained kneeling on the ground, wailing. The immense pain piercing his mind far surpassed the knife wound on his shoulder. Seeing this, Jiang Ruoxue tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said, "Your team leader looks very strange.
Is he always like this?"
"It seems like every time someone dies, he gets a headache."
"Then why doesn't it hurt when he kills people?"
Jiang Ruoxue asked.
"This..."
Lin Qin had no idea about the cause of Qi Xia's headaches, but according to her memory, it was true that they only happened after someone lost their life.
"He looks as if he's been hypnotized," Jiang Ruoxue continued.
"Every time he's about to feel sad, his brain uses pain to numb the feeling."
Hearing these words, Lin Qin's eyes widened as if she'd been suddenly enlightened.
"Hypnosis?!"
"Oh? You understand hypnosis?"
Jiang Ruoxue turned her head to look at Lin Qin. Lin Qin didn't answer, instead falling into thought.
"It makes sense... if it's 'hypnosis', it's indeed possible to create this effect... But that would require not only extremely advanced hypnotic techniques, but also Qi Xia's full and devoted cooperation... No one in the country should be capable of this level..."
After saying this, Lin Qin felt even more puzzled. If no one in the country could do it, an international hypnotist would be even more impossible. Hypnosis is different from other methods of psychological counseling.
If the language used by the other party is not one's native tongue, it's very difficult for a person to lower their mental guard, let alone allow their brain to enter an unconscious state.
"So you're a psychologist?"
Jiang Ruoxue asked.
"I'm a psychological counselor," Lin Qin replied.
"Jiang Ruoxue, do you know a lot about hypnosis?"
"I don't," Jiang Ruoxue shook her head.
"But I have been hypnotized before. At the time, the hypnotist gave me a similar example, saying that under certain specific conditions, humans can 'seal' their emotions through hypnosis. I think this Qi Xia looks a lot like that situation."
"Yes... this kind of technique can only exist in theory. In reality, it's almost impossible for anyone to achieve..."
As the two were talking, a series of heavy footsteps sounded, and Earth Dog finally appeared.
"Aiyo... to make such a mess..."
He looked at the dead bald man, blonde man, and Old Lu on the ground, his expression a bit troubled.
"You participants really don't know how to hold back when you fight..."
The moment his voice fell, he arrived beside the barely breathing A'mu, raised his right foot, and viciously stomped, crushing the man's head. Bright red brain matter, mixed with emerald green hair, instantly splattered across the ground like fireworks. Zhang Chenze and Lin Qin both turned their faces away.
Although they had seen many scenes of death, they still couldn't bear to see human lives being slaughtered like livestock.
"Looks like it's my time to go."
Seeing Earth Dog slowly approaching, Jiang Ruoxue smiled at the two women.
"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first. We'll talk again when we have time."
Seeing her so tactfully offer herself up for death, Earth Dog seemed to understand something. He wasted no more words, reaching out a hand to grab Jiang Ruoxue's neck.
"Hold on..."
Qi Xia slowly stood up. From his expression, his head no longer hurt.
"What is it?"
Earth Dog turned his head to look at him.
"We accept this 'Spy'," Qi Xia said, clutching his shoulder.
"From now on, she is a member of our team. You cannot kill her."
Everyone present was stunned to hear this, even Jiang Ruoxue herself was taken aback for a moment.
"What are you doing... I haven't helped you at all from beginning to end."
"That's not important. In any case, this doesn't violate the rules, right?"
Qi Xia asked, looking at Earth Dog with a serious expression. Earth Dog thought for a moment and said, "That is indeed the case. As long as you abandon the 'Spy' from your own team, you can accept a new 'Spy'."
After speaking, he slowly withdrew his hand and took out a very dirty cloth pouch from his robes.
"Here are twenty 'Dao'. Along with all the corpses on the ground, these are now your prizes."
Earth Dog waved his hand, tossed the 'Dao' onto the ground, and turned to leave.
"'Corpses' are also considered prizes..."
Qi Xia's eyes gradually darkened.
"I'm starting to despise this damn place."
"That just shows you don't know what's valuable," Jiang Ruoxue said to Qi Xia.
"'Corpses' are a good thing. Many survivors live by eating them."
"Eating corpses...?"
Lin Qin was taken aback.
"For real?"
"What, can you find anything else to eat in this place besides 'corpses'?"
Before Lin Qin could answer, Lawyer Zhang, not far away, suddenly spoke up: "Criminal Law, Article 302, the crime of insulting a corpse. Whoever steals, insults, or willfully destroys a corpse, human remains, or ashes shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance."
"Are you alright?"
Jiang Ruoxue looked at Lawyer Zhang, confused.
"Does the law still apply in this place?"
Lawyer Zhang was in a daze. She looked down at her own blood-soaked hands and continued, "Criminal Law, Article 232, whoever commits intentional homicide shall be sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years..." Jiang Ruoxue and Lin Qin looked at each other and both shook their heads.
"You were only defending yourself," Qi Xia said.
"I saw with my own eyes that the man ran into the glass himself. It has nothing to do with you."
Only then did Zhang Chenze come to her senses. She came to Qi Xia's side with a worried expression and looked at his wound. This wound reminded her of Han Yimo.
Han Yimo died soon after injuring his left shoulder. Would it be Qi Xia's turn this time?
"Everyone, these twenty 'Dao', and the ones on the corpses... you all can divide them."
Qi Xia pushed the cloth pouch forward.
"We'll divide them? What about you?"
Lawyer Zhang asked.
"I can't stop the bleeding from my wound."
Qi Xia silently lowered his head.
"Even if I bandage it, I won't be able to move for the next few days because of the knife wound. I've lost this game."
"What are you talking about..."
Lin Qin was instantly flustered.
"If you give up now... what was all your effort before for?"
"That's right, now is not the time to give up... Let's go back and find Doctor Zhao?"
Lawyer Zhang also said, her voice choked with tears.
"It's useless."
Qi Xia shook his head.
"Even if Doctor Zhao is really willing to help me, at most he can only help me bandage the wound. He can't make my injury any lighter in the next few days."
Qi Xia gritted his teeth and stood up. He looked at the two women with a very dejected expression.
"I didn't want to give up either. My wife has been waiting for me at home... but I can't do it anymore. I can only leave the rest to you."
Qi Xia thought for a moment, then added, "If you don't want to participate in any more games, I won't have any objections either. After all, everyone's life is their own." Jiang Ruoxue crossed her arms over her chest and spoke casually, "Qi Xia, are you putting on a show for me?"
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