Chapter 262: Cannibal Theater (1)
The Wolf Beauty was gone, costing the Wolf Team a crucial round-recovery skill. Song Weiyang survived to the second day and rooted out another wolf. The Town Faction won this round of Werewolf with an overwhelming advantage.
After the game ended, just before entering the instance, players regained brief physical autonomy. Song Weiyang grinned, dimples showing, and raised his palm toward Ji Ning for a high-five.
The smooth victory was indeed worth celebrating. Ji Ning smiled back and lightly slapped his palm, producing a crisp little sound.
Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Shen Yu watching them. As she withdrew her hand, she felt strangely awkward…
Shen Yu's gaze held a probing, scrutinizing edge, like a teacher trying to determine if two students were dating in secret.
Ji Ning felt inexplicably guilty.
…
When they opened their eyes again, the twelve players found themselves at the center of a vast, empty stage. The stage was dim, backed by a blood-red curtain.
Below the stage was an auditorium the size of a football field. Strangely, the auditorium had no seats at all.
The players looked at each other, waiting for the system prompt to appear and explain the instance's situation.
The wait wasn't long.
However, just as the players were carefully reading the prompt, several pairs of ferocious beast eyes gleaming with greedy light emerged from the darkness at the side-rear entrance of the stage.
【Welcome to the "Erotic Survival Game." This instance is "Cannibal Theater." Instance difficulty: three stars.】
【Player No. 6 Ji Ning, your identity in this instance is "Theater Trainee."】
【Game Rules: Integrate into the unfolding events and act according to the Clearance Condition. Those who fail to clear will be completely eliminated.】
【Game Taboos: 1. Do not go out of character (OOC). 2. Do not obstruct or alter the course of events. Any violation will result in complete elimination.】
【Priority Privilege: Werewolf Game victory, rating rank 1st. Priority team formation granted and pinned to the top.】
【Clearance Condition: Become a formal employee.】
【Clearance Reward: 300 points for those who clear.】
"Ah!"
A low cry interrupted everyone's thoughts. All eyes turned toward the source of the sound, a person standing at the very back.
From the darkness emerged several half-human, half-beast hyena folk. They had beast heads and beast bodies, but human legs and hands. Their mouths were filled with interlocking fangs, and coarse fur covered them from head to tail. Because they walked upright, crude animal genitalia swung openly between their legs.
The lead hyena folk spoke, viscous drool dripping from its mouth, its eyes fixed on the players as if beholding a supreme delicacy. "One female, two males form a group for the audition. You, pick your teammates quickly and follow me." As it spoke, its sharp-clawed hand pointed at Ji Ning.
Ji Ning had the pinned-top priority choice right, allowing her to select two people from the remaining eleven players as her teammates.
Among the four female players present, Ji Ning was the most famous because she ranked highest on both leaderboards. So the moment she cast her gaze toward the others, she immediately received fervent, longing looks from many male players.
Ji Ning didn't hesitate. She first extended her hand toward Song Weiyang. Song Weiyang had already been walking toward Ji Ning as if it were the most natural thing in the world, even while the hyena folk was still speaking. He took her outstretched hand.
The players could all see that the two knew each other and were very close. No one was surprised they formed a team.
For the remaining slot, Ji Ning wasn't as decisive and natural as she had been with Song Weiyang. She paused, then raised her hand toward Shen Yu.
Seeing Shen Yu step forward and walk toward Ji Ning, the hopes of the male players were dashed. Some female players also looked displeased; they had probably set their sights on Shen Yu and wanted to team up with him, only to have Ji Ning pick him first.
The hyena folk was already showing impatience. Once Ji Ning, Song Weiyang, and Shen Yu formed their team, they walked together to stand before it and followed it toward the backstage area, leaving the stage first.
The hyena folk spoke as it walked, its hoarse voice somewhat grating. "Each team has one Replicator and two Mimics. Which of you is the Replicator?"
"What do Replicator and Mimic mean?" Song Weiyang probed.
The hyena folk had an extremely explosive temper and roared, "Questions, questions, questions! You have to ask about something this simple!"
The three exchanged glances, understanding this was another instance of the system's malice—deliberately leaving things unclear to create pitfalls and increase the difficulty.
Shen Yu thought for a moment, then said quietly, "I'll be the Replicator."
"The Replicator comes in with me first. The others wait here." The hyena folk led the three outside a room and, as if its rear end were on fire, didn't pause for a single step, striding directly inside.
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