Cultivation Kill

Combiner: Can forcibly combine with a contestant to form a new human, lasting for half an hour.

Shen Zige scraped away the moss behind the stone and discovered this line of text.

The valley where the seven people were located was completely silent. Everyone was trying their best to hide themselves and not be discovered by others, and they carefully walked towards the middle of the valley.

"We used to have a member who could combine forces, but I wonder if he has been eliminated?"

Lacking information, Shen Zige couldn't determine whether the merger was still around. However, he already knew who the Twin Wolves were. At most, the merger was neutral, so there was no need to consider pushing them away in this round. The problem now was how to convince others to believe in the Twin Wolves he had identified.

Yes, they are assassins. In the game "Cultivation Killer," bad guys aren't called wolves, they're called assassins. Shen Zige subconsciously associates it with Earth games; it's a mental inertia. He was startled and reminded himself not to fall into mental inertia in this other world. Sometimes, habitual thinking can really kill you!

The fact that there are at least three votes in favor indicates that, apart from the two wolves, only three people are unable to distinguish who the killer is.

He only needed to persuade three people, but it was difficult for him to determine which three they were. However, the one using the alias Conan was unlikely to be that stupid, so he could rule him out.

A minute later, singing suddenly rang out from afar, and Shen Zige recognized it as Ziya singing.

"Something's wrong!" Shen Zige quietly moved toward the direction of the singing.

Although Ziya's singing was terrible, his voice was loud and penetrating, making it easy for people to locate the source of the sound.

Shen Zige, along with the man using the alias Superman and the man using the alias Xiang Yu, arrived at Ziya's side.

"What's going on?" the man, using the alias Superman, asked.

"I was wrong. I should have voted for him last round, that man in the suit who used the alias Adam," said the man using the alias Ziya. "His watch just turned into a dagger, and he tried to kill me!"

“It’s okay, we’ll stick together and go together,” Shen Zige said.

"Why didn't he succeed?" The muscular man, using the alias Xiang Yu, interrupted Shen Zige and asked, "In the Earth game setting, most werewolves move faster than good people."

"My singing skill can be activated once per round, lasting for five minutes, during which I am immune to damage," the man, using the alias Ziya, replied.

Ziya answered too quickly, and Shen Zige didn't have time to persuade him not to speak.

Shen Zige glanced at the man using the alias Superman, hoping that this guy wouldn't guess Ziya's true identity.

"I was deceived by him and the wrong ticket was given!" The man, using the pseudonym Superman, looked annoyed and apologetic.

Shen Zige thought to herself that it was a pity this guy wasn't an actor. He was still pretending. He was clearly the wolf teammate, but he deliberately blamed the wrong person and said he was deceived.

But Shen Zige can't expose him now. Let the man using the alias Superman pretend if he wants to. If he is exposed, he will call the man in the suit back, and with the double wolves and double swords, kill two of Shen Zige, Ziya, and Xiang Yu. Then he will take the initiative to report the case and frame the remaining person. Shen Zige will lose this secret realm game. But this is not a real game, because the price of losing is real death!

Fortunately, the man using the alias Superman wasn't very bright. Shen Zige said, "Everyone, hurry up and get on the road, heading towards the valley."

His implication was that they should leave quickly before the guy called Superman realized what was happening. Unfortunately, neither of them, who were using the aliases Ziya and Xiang Yu, understood his meaning, and their movements were far from swift.

About two minutes after the four walked toward the middle of the valley, they heard a scream, which seemed to be a woman's voice.

"Damn it, it's Wukong!" The muscular man, using the alias Xiang Yu, rushed towards the direction of the voice.

"Wait." The man using the alias Superman chased after them.

“Let’s follow him.” Shen Zige thought to herself that this muscular man’s body reacted faster than his brain and he was prone to impulsiveness. If he were to be stabbed by the assassin who was using the alias Superman, then the chances of them, the good guys, losing would increase.

After encountering danger, Ziya is still in a state of confusion and does whatever Shen Zige says.

There were many large rocks blocking their view, and Shen Zige and his companions had to go around many of them to reach the weeping woman who was using the alias Wukong.

Because Ziya was distracted, he was moving slowly, which caused Shen Zige to slow down as well.

The two people ahead quickly circled around the rocks and disappeared from Shen Zige and Ziya's sight.

“Zige, do you know?” Ziya said, “I saw a message behind a big rock that when there is only one killer and one good person left in the valley, the killer will gain five times the movement speed.”

"Then let's try our best to avoid this situation," Shen Zige said. "Have you talked to anyone else about it?"

“I told you quietly, but they’re all out,” Ziya said. “No… there’s still one left, Muscle Man isn’t out yet.”

After several dozen seconds, Shen Zige finally arrived at the location where the crying woman was screaming.

Where is the crying woman?

Shen Zige and the man using the alias Ziya arrived, only to find that there was only "Superman" and a stranger at the scene. This stranger was someone they had never seen before; he was the tenth person in addition to the nine participants in the Valley Secret Realm!

The crying woman and the muscular man "Xiang Yu" have both disappeared!

Upon seeing Shen Zige and Ziya, the stranger hurriedly fled and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"What's going on?" Ziya exclaimed in surprise, "This secret realm has hidden rules? There's an extra person!"

The man, using the alias Superman, slowly turned around and walked towards Shen Zige and Ziya.

Why isn't she saying a word? Shen Zige sensed something was wrong.

Is this guy really determined to risk exposure and go all out? To kill one of us!

Who is he going to kill? Shen Zige pulled Ziya back.

"They definitely want to kill me and then frame Ziya." Shen Zige analyzed as she retreated. "Ziya voted wrong last time; his logical thinking isn't strong. Keeping Ziya alive is more advantageous for the bad guys. There must be a cooldown after the bad guys assassinate someone, but I don't know if there's a cooldown after killing someone or if the skill cooldown applies regardless of whether a kill is achieved or not?"

Shen Zige dared not gamble on whether "Superman" had used his abilities on the stranger earlier.

"What are you two doing? I just came over to join forces," said the man using the pseudonym Superman.

“That’s right!” Ziya said, “Zige, what’s wrong with you? If Superman wanted to kill us, he could have done it just now.”

Just as Shen Zige was about to explain, the entire valley shattered like a mirror, the scene shifted, and they appeared at the round table of the conference.

Someone reported it to the police!

Shen Zige observed the area around the antique round table.

There are six contestants left!

In other words, someone was murdered in the valley. Shen Zige immediately guessed that the man in the suit, Adam, was the one who did it, because Superman was nearby and hadn't had time to draw his knife.

Shen Zige's gaze lingered on the person who reported the crime. The person who reported the crime was sitting to his right; it turned out to be the crying girl who used the alias Wukong.

Strange, I didn't see that strange man...

Shen Zige pondered carefully and suddenly realized—it must be the "Merger" written on the valley at the beginning!

It turns out that the stranger was a hybrid, formed by the fusion of two contestants. When the police were called, the ability was dispelled, and the two individuals split back into one.

Who is the fusion user? Shen Zige carefully ruled out possibilities, and a flash of inspiration struck her—yes, it must be either the Crying Girl or Xiang Yu; one of them must be the fusion user.

He has roughly determined the information about the people still alive on the field:

The two assassins are Adam, the man in the suit, and "Superman".

Ziya was a litigator.

One of the crying woman and the muscular man is a hybrid.

He himself is the controller.

It's about time to play our cards open!

Even if Shen Zige figured out his identity, he didn't know whether others knew him or not, since he didn't have mind-reading abilities.

Next, we need to see his rhetoric and whether he can persuade others to vote for the bad guys he believes in.

The fierce animal carvings on the chair back suddenly came to life, silently roaring and glaring at the person sitting in the chair.

"I am Wukong, and I am the one who reported the case."

The weeping woman broke the silence.