"Did you guys also notice the disappearance of the 'commentary'?" Gui Xiao continued.

"Yes..." Uncle Waste replied, "But...compared to that, the current situation is much more bizarre."

Gui Xiao followed up, "The nature is the same, they both belong to system anomalies."

"How is that possible?" Corpse Blade King said, "Maybe these are just special settings for the Peak Tournament? For example... after a player dies, the corpse is preserved, but the person has actually returned to the login space."

"Heh... I thought so too at first, but..." Shiva smiled wryly.

Gui Xiao took over his words and continued, "But we found that even the operation to actively exit the script cannot be executed."

"What?" Uncle Waste turned his head in surprise.

"Ha! I won't be fooled!" Corpse Blade King sneered, "Do you think I'll actively try to 'exit the script' just because you said a few serious words?" He shrugged, "Isn't this trick too childish? It's the same as back in the game when people taught others to press 'Alt+f4' to start a cheat, or enter 'Disband Guild' to transfer the guild leader's position, right? If I try it, it's like being tricked into exiting the script."

"In the game menu, after the option to exit the script is selected, it needs to be 'confirmed' before it can be executed," Gui Xiao replied, "You wouldn't not know that, would you?"

"Um... indeed... there's no confirmation window popping up after selecting it," Uncle Waste muttered from the side, apparently trying it out.

"Besides... if the two of us wanted you out of the script, would we need to use such a method?" Shiva said, "Killing you would get us points, what's the benefit of tricking you into quitting yourself?"

Although these words were not very polite, they were true. Corpse Blade King thought for a moment, then immediately opened the game menu and tried the option to exit the script, and the result... there was indeed no response; the window to "confirm" the exit operation simply did not pop up.

"The most outrageous thing is... even the option to directly disconnect the neural connection is not working," Gui Xiao saw Corpse Blade King's fear value increase from the data level, so he added another sentence as if to stab him.

"Hey... doesn't that mean..." Corpse Blade King's face became extremely ugly.

"...we're trapped in the game and can't get out," Uncle Waste continued his words. Even his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

...

Beside the dry blood lake, a blurred black shadow slowly approached.

The shadow was about two meters tall, and the silhouette seemed to be that of a person, but on both sides of its forehead, at the temples, grew a pair of large ram's horns, curving forward.

Its body was absorbing the surrounding dark energy at all times. Centered on it, the area within a radius of fifty meters was shrouded in an invisible, chaotic power. Even the moonlight could not completely penetrate this barrier, so its figure was always a blur.

At this moment, Drunk Lying and Sorrowful, Raw Fish Fillet, and Wu Si Can Xuan, who were watching this place from a distance, all had solemn expressions on their faces, as if facing a great enemy. Because they already knew the identity of this black shadow, it was [Head of All Demons], one of the Four Pillar Gods.

Of course, they had not fought this monster before, but they had once watched a CG video about the ancient war of gods in a certain script.

"That giant blood corpse looked fierce enough just now, but I didn't expect that the three-headed, six-armed, half-human, half-snake monster was even more ruthless..." Drunk Lying and Sorrowful muttered.

"I thought that the half-snake man who instantly killed the blood corpse was already ruthless to the extreme..." Raw Fish Fillet couldn't help but complain, "I didn't expect it to flee in a panic."

Wu Si Can Xuan continued, "Combining the reaction of that half-snake man, and the sentence in the script introduction 'Blood rain pours, the Demon Head arrives'... the black shadow over there at this moment is undoubtedly the Head of All Demons..."

"Hmm—" The three of them uttered a long, drawn-out groan in unison.

"Now, if we re-analyze the final rules... the last two sentences seem quite intriguing..." Raw Fish Fillet repeated thoughtfully, "[Kills completed with the help of forces from this world will grant one point. When only two players remain in the script, killing the opponent by any means will grant five points]... These two sentences themselves provide players with a tactical approach."

"That's right... under the setting of a battle royale, setting aside our situation of fellow guild members colluding with each other, the fifty finalists are essentially fifty opposing individuals," Drunk Lying and Sorrowful continued, "Everyone's survival value and stamina value are limited. As the saying goes... 'Even if you're made of iron, how many nails can you hammer?' Even Gui Xiao, in such a large map, how many opponents can he encounter and kill? Following the conventional approach of wandering around the city looking for targets to fight, getting more than ten points in a match would already be very impressive. By that time, even if you don't die yourself, your opponents will be almost dead." He paused for a moment, "However... if you can get the help of the Four Pillar Gods, the situation will be very different. Let the NPCs act as killers, while you hide in the dark and lie in wait. It seems that the point income is not as good as going into battle yourself, but if you think about it carefully, from the perspective of safety and consumption, it's very profitable. Moreover, every point you gain means that other competitors lose two points. And so on... if you can successfully survive to the end, you can get five more points at once."

"Using a tiger to devour wolves, borrowing a knife to kill someone..." Wu Si Can Xuan muttered, "How about... we go over and negotiate with this deity?"

...

North of the city, on the rooftop of the shopping center.

Feng Bujue, guided by the Repenter, arrived here.

On the edge of the rooftop, a huge skeletal spirit was floating in the air, as if waiting for Brother Jue's arrival.

And beside Duo Ling, stood (let's assume it was standing) a half-human, half-snake, three-headed, six-armed monster; this was naturally the Bloodthirsty Demon who had fled back from the blood lake to report the news.

"Hi, good day to you both," Although Feng Bujue didn't like dealing with people, he could instantly display the diplomatic skills of Wei Xiaobao when necessary, "The moonlight is nice tonight, both of you esteemed leaders look good, the wind is a bit noisy today..."

"Feng Bujue, I've heard many rumors about you..." Duo Ling interrupted him, "Some say you are frivolous, some say you are cautious, some say you are smart, and some say you are crazy..." The use of parallel sentences usually indicates that this NPC's thinking is very clear and not easy to fool, "So, you don't need to put on a flattering act in front of me. Nor do you need to try to provoke me and make me lose my calm judgment." It used only a few words to seal the two most powerful weapons (performance and ridicule) in Brother Jue's diplomatic arsenal.

"I hope our conversation can be more frank," Duo Ling turned around and stared at Feng Bujue with his empty eye sockets, "Let's get straight to the point, your purpose..."