Chapter 170 Immersive Opening
"Ms. Carter, excuse me."
Carter narrowed her eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air: "How can you help me?"
[Loves to Kick Old Man's Dentures] is truly at her wits' end with Chu Xuange. Her mission is twofold: first, to survive for five days and complete the Great Survival; second, to obtain clues about the bombing case in Nerna Port ten years ago.
Chu Xuange still refused, saying, "I'm sorry, you should find someone else to cooperate with."
Chu Xuange really didn't have time to help her find any clues. He was very busy. Besides stealing the Cold Moon Lion statue, he also had to find the things that Lu En had asked him to get.
Seeing how eager Carter was to cooperate with Chu Xuange, Pei Hening immediately guessed that the clue she was looking for might be the task assigned to her by the system; otherwise, there would be no need for her to be so concerned.
Pei Hening lowered her eyes and fell into deep thought.
If the system assigns different tasks to each player... then there is a very serious and dangerous possibility: player tasks conflict!
Her first task was to survive for five days and complete the battle royale; her second task was to find and kill the killer.
Are there any players whose mission is to protect the murderer?
After Chu Xuange led her back to the lake-view suite, she finally came to her senses.
She asked, "Tell me again, what are you looking for in Nernaburi?"
"Cold Moon Lion Statue".
Pei Hening said, "Do you know why I came to Nerna Port?"
Chu Xuange nodded: "You're here to promote the Port of Nernana."
In his opinion, Pei Hening's task was not difficult; she just needed to cooperate in promoting Nerna Port. The system had been quite kind to her and hadn't assigned her any overly difficult tasks.
Well, he actually thought the task was pretty easy, even though it was a bit weird.
Pei Hening looked at his expression and understood what he was thinking, realizing that he had misunderstood.
"Field, so many murders have occurred at Dawn Casino. It's all because of my stupid cousin's incompetence. As her cousin, I can't stand idly by. I will bring the murderers to justice sooner or later!"
Chu Xuange's relaxed and carefree expression gradually turned serious as she spoke—Baby's mission is to kill the murderer?
Seeing his utterly devastated expression, Pei Hening knew he had guessed it.
Chu Xuange wore a bitter expression, still clinging to hope: "Cui Bisi, do you really think so?"
Pei Hening took out a silver pistol from her bag and slowly loaded bullets into the magazine: "Yes, I will definitely bring the murderer to justice."
"I understand, I will help you, Tribes."
Pei Hening understood that his task was not easy either. She touched her neck, where she wore the classroom reward given by Xixia and the weapon forged by Galah. She was not worried about not being able to kill the murderer, but finding the murderer was a bit troublesome.
She has no clue yet.
"Field, I don't want you interfering in my affairs."
Chu Xuange paused for a moment, then immediately broke down—did his wife mean she didn't need him?
"Trappis, are you sure you don't need my help?"
He looked helplessly at Pei Hening, who was sitting on the leather sofa playing with a silver pistol.
Pei Hening placed the pistol on the table, met his panicked eyes, and stood up, her tone arrogant: "If you want to help, then finish your own business first. I don't need you to give up your business to help me, Field. I'm not that useless."
Chu Xuange breathed a sigh of relief; he was terrified!
——
Six o'clock.
The Happy Circus performance will be held in a pillarless banquet hall.
When Pei Hening and Chu Xuange arrived, all the invited tycoons had already arrived—not all of them. [I can bury you in money] and the aunt who had just come to seek cooperation with Chu Xuange were not there.
Pei Hening wore her hair in a princess style and was still wearing the same pale yellow long-sleeved shirt and low-waisted jeans. The only difference was that she had put on a navy blue coat over it, and the silver pistol was in her pocket.
Chu Xuange wore a stylish light brown suit with a matching belt around his waist.
Pei Hening found her seat and raised an eyebrow. Her seat was out of place among the other VIPs; it was covered with pale yellow silk and had a pale yellow ribbon bow tied to the handle.
She couldn't find fault with it, so she sat down gracefully.
To her left was Chu Xuange, and to her right was a woman with long, pink, curly hair whom she had never seen before. She wore a purple pearl necklace and a strapless dress, her hands resting on her knees, exuding elegance and charm.
Pei Hening noticed her name tag—Sophia.
It turns out she is Sofia, a freestyle skier and renowned violinist.
Sofia played a violin piece in the end credits of one of Tribes's movies.
Sofia nodded to her in a friendly gesture.
Pei Hening slightly raised her chin and said, "I didn't expect to see you here. You're not a mystery anymore?"
Sofia said gently, "It's not that I'm being mysterious, but that Ms. Tribes doesn't care about me."
Pei Hening met her gentle eyes and looked away.
"Smack—"
The lights in the banquet hall were all turned off, and Pei Hening was plunged into darkness. She squinted instinctively, and after a few seconds she could vaguely make out the outline in front of her.
Her first thought was that the banquet hall had changed.
Pei Hening's heart rate increased, and her hearing became more sensitive.
A beam of light suddenly shone on the center of the stage, where a white silk cocoon hung. The cocoon was not thick, and performers could be seen struggling and moving inside.
Pei Hening squinted at the scene before her, and she subconsciously felt uncomfortable.
The room was filled with a somber and eerie sound of dripping water, accompanied by ethereal music, making it even more unsettling.
The performer, tightly bound in the cocoon, moved in time with the sound effects. The performer's struggles became less and less intense, and the white cocoon slowly turned blood red. Red liquid even slid off the cocoon and dripped onto the stage.
Pei Hening's gaze fell on the performer inside the cocoon, wanting to check on the person's condition—
The next second, the cocoon was pulled away. She paused for a moment. The observation time was too short for her to judge the performer's condition.
The Happy Circus uses an immersive opening with no host.
She turned her head to look at Chu Xuange and saw him shaking his head slightly.
Chu Xuange meant that the performer was alright. She had just confirmed the performer's condition when she smelled a faint scent of blood!
Pei Hening was certain she wasn't mistaken. She had smelled blood when she participated in the "King of the Ball Battle Experiment," and that smell, along with the bloody and terrifying scenes from the experiment, had long been ingrained in her mind and deeply ingrained in her bones.
She unconsciously clenched her fists, stiffly pulled a white handkerchief from her pocket to cover her mouth and nose, and said, "It stinks. It's completely tasteless and lowers my standards."
Sophia frowned as well, muttering under her breath, "What is this thing? Why does it smell so fishy?"
As she spoke, she noticed Pei Hening covering her mouth and nose—how pretentious! How could she be so pretentious?