"Who's there?" Huang Da Hammer was the first to shout, "Don't hide, come out like a real..."

"...come out like a real man to fight me?" Feng Bu Jue continued, interrupting, "Heh... saying lines like that is too naive, isn't it?"

His voice floated, sometimes near, sometimes far, sometimes high, sometimes low, making it impossible to pinpoint his location.

The method he used to create this effect was—using the voice-changing and amplifying function of the [Deceptive Pocket Watch] while constantly changing the volume during high-speed movement.

Although it was a bit tiring, it did achieve the purpose of mystification. Of course, there was a prerequisite for playing this trick... the visibility around had to be very low.

"This friend... judging by what you said... the robot from earlier was sent by you?" The Alkaline Man's reaction was different from Huang Da Hammer's. A master was a master; his first sentence was a substantive question.

"That's right." Feng Bu Jue gave a definite answer, adding, "And... only I can cure the disease you're suffering from."

That sentence... was also true.

During the time Musashi Koganai was creating the Infected Fighter No. 1, Brother Jue took the time to search for all the remaining Z-virus stock solution and antitoxic serum in the Ailebu Corporation building. Then, he had Koganai equip all the virus on the Infected Fighter No. 1...

The bullets and miniature missiles fired by the Infected Fighter were all virus carriers. Once they hit the surface of an object, they would volatilize into a gaseous virus. In other words... even if the Infected Fighter's attack didn't directly hit the Golden Battle Hammer team members, as long as ammunition exploded near them, it would achieve the purpose of infection. It was impossible to defend against.

As for those Z-virus antitoxic serums... Brother Jue only kept a small portion, placing it in his inventory just in case. He destroyed all the rest of the serum.

"Let me guess..." The Alkaline Man said in a deep voice, "The true nature of this 'disease'... is the Z-virus?"

"You're reacting quite quickly." Feng Bu Jue smiled. "Then why don't you guess what I'm going to say next?"

"If everything you've said so far is true, then I think the only reason you're communicating with us is to 'humiliate' us." The Alkaline Man replied.

"Very good, just for that reasoning, you can be considered a formidable character." Feng Bu Jue praised.

Before he finished speaking, and before the Alkaline Man could say anything, Huang Da Hammer snorted coldly, "Hmph... who do you think you are? A hidden, tail-tucking coward, who are you to comment on our Golden Battle Hammer team's vice-captain?"

"Oh? He's the vice-captain..." Feng Bu Jue continued, "Don't tell me... you're the captain..."

"So what if I am!" Huang Da Hammer roared.

"Then that's really..." In the next second, Feng Bu Jue's voice had already appeared behind Huang Da Hammer, "Easier to deal with..."

The moment the word "with" came out, a dagger (Bell's Daily Knife) was already against Huang Da Hammer's throat.

By the time the Alkaline Man, Odd Fighter, and Mysterious Spirit King had recovered, Brother Jue had already used a very standard hostage-taking posture to restrain their Golden Battle Hammer team's captain from behind, and said, "Everyone, calm down. Let's have a chat."

"You... you..." Huang Da Hammer panicked. The rifle in his hand couldn't hit an enemy at this distance and position; and in terms of physical skills... Huang Da Hammer's C-grade Combat Mastery was truly unpresentable. The possibility of escaping with his own melee combat was almost zero.

"I say... Captain, judging by your arrogance just now... I thought you were the daring type." Feng Bu Jue was a little surprised by Huang Da Hammer's reaction, he sneered, "So you're backing down already..."

"Friend, do you think taking a hostage is meaningful in this situation?" On the other side, the Alkaline Man stared at Brother Jue, approaching step by step, and said.

"Isn't it?" Feng Bu Jue smiled and replied, "Then why don't you attack directly?"

He hit the nail on the head. Even if the hostage was only used as a shield, it would still be meaningful.

"Okay..." The Alkaline Man hesitated for two seconds, then continued, "...What do you want to talk about?"

"Heh..." Feng Bu Jue responded, "I just want to play a game... with everyone."

"Nonsense!" The Mysterious Spirit King interjected at this time, "If you want to fight, then fight! Don't mess with those tricks!"

"Fight? Do I still need to fight you?" Feng Bu Jue laughed. "You're already infected with the Z-virus, and you'll all be wiped out in three hours. What's the point of fighting?" He paused, "By the way, the only antitoxic serum in this script is all in my inventory. Unless I'm willing to take it out and give it to you, even if I die, you'll all be dead."

"So... I just don't understand..." The Alkaline Man took a few more steps closer, and continued, "Since you've already done this, then why show yourself?" His reaction was also quite sharp, "You should stay as far away from us as possible. As long as you drag it out for three hours, your team will win, right?"

"That's right." Feng Bu Jue replied, "But I don't want to win so quickly."

"What did you say?" In that second, Odd Fighter also came closer and said, "What do you mean?"

"Let's put it this way..." Feng Bu Jue said, "I have some grudges to settle with this script's Boss, and I don't want to leave the script so quickly. But... I don't want to be disturbed by you, and I don't want my teammates to be disturbed by you either." At this point, he paused for half a second, "Therefore, I came up with this idea."

"Ha! What a joke!" The Mysterious Spirit King sneered, "You expect us to believe such nonsense?" He snorted coldly, "Just as Alkaline said, if you really did what you said, then why bother showing up? Just find a place to hide and wait for us to die, wouldn't that be enough?" His eyes sharpened, "In my opinion... you didn't infect us with the Z-virus at all, right? You just infected us with some kind of ordinary bacteria, and then came out to lie and set a trap for us to jump into."

"It's your freedom to think that way..." Feng Bu Jue replied, "It's also your freedom to participate in my game or not..." His tone sounded fearless, "I'll say it again... without my antitoxic serum, you're all doomed to die. Even killing me won't solve the problem."

"Then you might as well tell us first..." The Alkaline Man interjected at this time, "What is the content of your so-called game?"

"It's very simple." Feng Bu Jue replied, "After I leave you later, I'll find a hidden and safe place, and take out four portions of antitoxic serum and hide them there; then, I'll leave some clues around the city to guide you to find that location." He paused for two seconds, "If you can't find the antidote within three hours, then goodbye... but if you can find it, then congratulations, the game continues."

After he said that, the Alkaline Man was silent for a moment, then continued, "Two questions... first, is what my teammate said..." He looked at the Mysterious Spirit King, "How do we know that what you infected us with is the Z-virus?" He paused slightly, "Second, even if what we're infected with is indeed the Z-virus, and even if you really want to deal with the script Boss and want to drag out the script... how can we be sure that you'll really put the 'antidote' in the place you promised?"

"That's right!" Odd Fighter also responded, "Who knows if you'll use a bunch of 'clues' to trick us into running around everywhere, and end up leaving nothing behind."

"Hehe... I understand your doubts, but... you should understand without me saying it, these two points cannot be proven by 'saying'." Feng Bu Jue replied, "Besides... I don't need to prove anything either. I'm just describing the situation, and then leaving the choice to you. Whether you believe it or not, whether you do it or not, it's all up to you..."

Brother Jue's gaze swept across the faces of the three professional players, and smiled, "In short... if you believe that you're indeed infected with the Z-virus, and that only I have the antidote... then you only have three choices right now—one, swarm me and pray that you can catch me and successfully force me to hand over the antidote; two, find all of our team members within three hours and wipe us out; three, play this game with me."

He was very considerate, saving the other party a lot of time for thinking and analysis.

"Hmph... I think... these three can be tried one by one." As the Alkaline Man replied, he gave a look to his two teammates.

In the next second, the three figures darted out, quickly surrounding Brother Jue in the middle.

"You're thinking too much." Feng Bu Jue didn't seem flustered at all. While replying, he pushed Huang Da Hammer forward.

While Da Hammer was still staggering forward, Brother Jue had already stepped up and soared into the sky like a firecracker.

"Don't let him run!" The Alkaline Man shouted loudly, and he himself leaped into the air.

In the same second, Odd Fighter made the same reaction; and the Mysterious Spirit King's ranged skill had already chased after Brother Jue before the other two.

However... the three of them didn't even manage to touch Brother Jue's toes.

Just like when he appeared, Feng Bu Jue's figure appeared abruptly from the fog, and then disappeared abruptly into the thick fog, as elusive as a ghost...

"Damn..." The Alkaline Man landed and said with a solemn expression, "If this guy doesn't have some special stealth skill, then he has extremely high speed and possesses superb aerial movement skills..."

"Alkaline... Alkaline Bro..." Huang Da Hammer, still in shock, finally spoke, "What do we do now?"

This question was also what Odd Fighter and Mysterious Spirit King were thinking at this moment.

"What else can we do..." The Alkaline Man replied in a helpless tone, "The other party has already sorted out three choices for us..." He smiled bitterly, "Heh... of course, there is a fourth choice, which is to gamble... gamble that what we're infected with isn't the 'Z-virus', and ignore the effects of this [disease]."

"This..." Odd Fighter continued, "We probably can't afford to gamble, right..."

"That's right, we just can't afford to gamble." The Alkaline Man said, "So we can only follow what that man said... and play his 'game'."