The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1390 - 1403: Days Favored by the Escape Boss (4)

Chapter 1390: Chapter 1403: Days Favored by the Escape Boss (4)

Seeing the crisis resolve, Brother Zhao was both frightened and glaring at Su Li.

He warned menacingly, "If you act recklessly again, I swear I’ll end you myself."

Keeping a newcomer around who could bring them danger at any moment was not worth it; better to nip the risk in the bud early on.

With his mask of warmth torn off and the air of murder hanging around him, Brother Zhao finally seemed like an experienced player who had been through three deadly struggles.

The others were startled by Brother Zhao’s unabashed attitude.

From the look on his face, it was clear he wasn’t joking; he really would kill with his own hands.

In no time, the newcomers, who had initially relied somewhat on Brother Zhao, distanced themselves from him once more, wariness flickering in their eyes.

After all, they still retained the weakness and innocence from the peaceful world they came from.

Brother Zhao didn’t mind showing these newcomers the brutality of this world. They would understand once they’d gone through life-and-death crises...

Soon enough, they would become just like him.

However, now was not the time for chaos within the team. Seeing Su Li behaving for the moment, Brother Zhao seized the opportunity when the villagers ahead weren’t paying attention to secretly explain.

"At the start of the game, there’s no loophole to exploit; we can only act according to the roles the game assigns us."

"We’re a group of hikers, so that means we must do things that fit our roles. For example... when we pass by the village at the foot of the mountain, we definitely have to go in to rest for a bit, and then we must go hiking... even if the villagers hint there’s a lot of taboos in the village, but...."

"Knowing there’s a tiger on the mountain, would you still go up there? Is this game dumb? Normal people’s thinking isn’t so rigid."

Unable to hold back any longer, Brother Zhao roared, "Why is it you again, shut up already."

If not for considering the two villagers ahead, Brother Zhao might have lost his temper at Su Li once more.

Su Li waved a hand, shooting an annoyed glance at Brother Zhao, and replied coolly, "Your personality really isn’t great. Wasn’t what I said earlier reasonable?"

"There’s some sense in it." One newcomer was led astray by Su Li’s words.

Brother Zhao wanted to go insane; he retracted his initial impression that these newcomers were well-behaved, compliant, and of high quality.

He scratched his head fiercely and lowered his voice sharply, "This is a game, understand? A game."

"Let me give you a tip: the game’s controller is watching everything we do at all times. Whatever logic or rules, the controller’s preferences are the ultimate rule. Maybe what’s just happened is something the controller saw."

"If the controller finds you unbearably foolish, the game’s difficulty might inexplicably rise by several levels... although no one has confirmed this, because those targeted by the game are long dead."

"But it’s said that the few bigshots in the game today were all once favored by the controller...."

Hearing Brother Zhao’s words, everyone tensed, even standing more erect instinctively.

"Entering the game already disliked by the NPCs, think about it yourselves."

Though Brother Zhao didn’t name anyone, everyone knew who he referred to.

From time to time, Xiao Nan would glance back at these outsiders, but most of his gaze was directed at Su Li.

The deep malice in his eyes was unmistakable, impossible to ignore.

Even the occasional sideways glance to Su Li from the middle-aged woman was filled with hostility.

Clearly, these NPC villagers had a very poor impression of Su Li.

For a moment, everyone’s thoughts were complicated, recalling what Brother Zhao mentioned before....

Though no one said anything or did anything, excluding Su Li was too obvious.

Apart from Su Li, no one noticed that Xiao Nan walking ahead had a mischievous smile.

Su Li became displeased, striding ahead to walk alongside the middle-aged woman.

"Is that Xiao Nan really brain-dead? If he is, why’d you let him out?"

"You’re damaging yourselves and others. How about I do a good deed till the end and send him to the hospital for treatment? Don’t worry about the expenses; I’ll cover it. So young, looks decent, who knew he’d be a fool, what a pity."

Su Li looked at the contents of the hiking bag, which belonged to a niche sports brand, and the price was very high. It seemed the game assigned them a background of someone wealthy, like a second-generation rich kid.

Therefore, Su Li spoke such bold words with full confidence. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Along the way, Su Li kept talking about how Xiao Nan was a fool, occasionally criticizing the villagers’ irresponsibility, while conspicuously flaunting wealth, further increasing the hostility from the two villagers present.

As a result, Su Li’s presence took over the scene, while Brother Zhao and the others became mere background.

Later on, Brother Zhao and the others completely lost hope in Su Li’s ability to court death.

Once in the village, the middle-aged woman took Su Li and the others to Fourth Aunt’s house and hurriedly left with Xiao Nan, who was about to lose it.

Seeing this, Su Li nodded with satisfaction, thinking, let you give me those disgusting looks, I’ll disgust you back, you fool, silly fool, big fool, fool through and through....

Isn’t it just about the dislike level? Who’s afraid?

Brother Zhao had one thing right: the game’s rules are indeed determined by the controller’s preferences.

Just like the original owner, who did nothing wrong yet was inexplicably disliked by the game controller.

In her past life, the original owner didn’t separate from Xu Qingqing. Compared to these strangers, even Xu Qingqing, who was disliked, became more approachable.

After all, no matter what, they were familiar, having once lived under the same roof, sharing some earthly bond.

However, unlike the original owner, detested by the game’s malice, Xu Qingqing seemed inexplicably lucky.

From the moment they entered, just like before, that terrifying, horrifying Xiao Nan was full of malice towards the original owner but inexplicably filled with goodwill towards Xu Qingqing.

With the NPC’s good favor, Xu Qingqing, after entering the village, also received kindness from the villagers.

Compared to the crises faced by other newcomers, Xu Qingqing’s entry-level scene was as relaxed as a sightseeing tour.

However, compared to other newcomers, the original owner traveling with Xu Qingqing was like a magnet for malice...

Almost getting strangled by something unknown at midnight, nearly pushed into a well at dawn... if not for luck, she would’ve died several times.

She survived the entry-level game entirely through luck, narrowly escaping repeatedly.

But her luck couldn’t always be this good, especially since she faced ten times the malice compared to others.

What made the original owner feel unfair was Xu Qingqing, who seemed favored by the game, even receiving a starter pack with better and more items than others’.

In the second game, the original owner was unfortunately placed in the same game scene as Xu Qingqing again.

The same formula, the same taste as the entry-level scene, happened once more.