Chapter 155: The Trap

"Indeed, quite nice... The fabric is excellent."

Ji Linmo stroked the trench coat as well. It felt wonderful to the touch; though he had yet to test how it looked when worn, it was bound to be impressive.

Furthermore, he had just tested it with his blade, and the coat remained completely undamaged. Just as the item description stated, this trench coat would never break.

In other words, this trench coat was actually an extremely lightweight, damage-immune armor!

"It really is quite nice~ Judging by the quality of this item, it seems that god is rather generous, oh?"

Finished speaking, Qin Feng smilingly grasped both sides of Ji Linmo's trench coat.

As the coat was thrown wide open, the youth's reflection on the pavement looked like a bird capturing something as it soared high into the sky.

Watching the youth childishly flipping the trench coat back and forth, Ji Linmo gave a faint, light chuckle, then raised his gaze toward the sky.

"How hypocritical, this so-called god..."

The man's eyes slowly grew dim and gloomy, his expression turning cold.

The youth standing before him froze instantly, wearing a look of confusion.

"Mr. Ji, do you dislike the god's gift~? Clearly, the item is wonderful, no?"

Yet Ji Linmo offered no reply, merely casting his gaze toward Wu Suowei.

As the runner-up, the items Wu Suowei obtained were bound to be formidable as well.

And in full view of everyone, receiving a divine gift undoubtedly made one a target.

Everything was simply designed to make the competition more fierce.

"Qin Feng, don't be bewitched. This god is extremely malicious. It knows everything we desire, and even uses that to blackmail us..."

"And everything it does is merely to make us live a little longer, so we can be better toyed with by it. The so-called celebration and coronation—isn't it just sitting high above, wanting to watch a bloody farce..."

Observing the man's undisguised disgust, Qin Feng nodded thoughtfully.

Inside the doorway, swaying seductively, a male ghost wearing a bunny girl outfit tugged at the cardboard box on his head and slowly walked out.

"The rooms are all prepared! Please enter them in batches according to your teams!"

The sexy bunny boy stepped forward with thick thighs, signaling that both sides were ready to enter.

Wu Suowei took the lead, choosing his teammates and preparing to enter the room.

Wait... why were the teammates Wu Suowei selected all girls, and all so slender?

Ji Linmo suddenly realized something was wrong.

There was no other reason—among the remaining seven teammates, Wu Suowei had bypassed the sturdily built male teammates and instead chosen several slender female teammates first.

Watching them follow closely behind Wu Suowei with triumphant expressions and scanty attire, a vague sense of foreboding rose in Ji Linmo's heart.

"Hehehe, what is the meaning of this? Wu Suowei, playing a game and you still need a bevy of beauties? Are you trying to live off a woman?"

Lin Feifei also grew suspicious, teasing Wu Suowei with a punchable expression.

Naturally, this conspicuous probing did not receive any response from Wu Suowei.

Instead, a female teammate with braided hair let out a coy huff at Lin Feifei and raised her middle finger.

"Hmph, Lin Feifei, you couldn't even live off a woman if you wanted to! You're just jealous of our Boss Wu!"

Noticing that the woman was dressed in merely a thin single layer of clothing and shorts, her slender frame practically exposed to the elements, Ji Linmo furrowed his brow tightly.

The weather in this world could hardly be called warm; such attire was extremely unwise.

"Mr. Ji, what a lovely view~ Isn't it?"

The youth suddenly stepped in front of Ji Linmo, blocking his gaze fixed upon the woman.

"However, staring so unscrupulously at other people's teammates is harassment, wouldn't you say, Mr. Ji~?"

Catching the teasing tone in the youth's voice, Ji Linmo frowned.

By now, Wu Suowei had already led his teammates into the room.

"Will the players of the next team please enter the arena."

The bizarrely dressed ghost called out coldly once more.

Yet faced with the urging, Ji Linmo merely stood in place, his brow locked in a deep frown.

He had some urge to quit the game.

The next second, however, as if sensing his intent, the ghost widened its eyes abruptly, its eyeballs instantly piercing through the cardboard box and drooping outward.

"Quitting the game is forbidden! In my game, players cannot exit until the game is over!"

"Of course... if you really want me to help you exit by force, I wouldn't mind either."

With that, this "bunny boy" removed the cardboard box from his head, revealing a skinless, blood-red head that hung limply from its neck.

[Warning! You have angered the "bunny boy". Please take action immediately to avoid death!]

"Hehehe... Um, you've misunderstood, we didn't want to quit. I think you look better with that cardboard box on your head..."

Seeing the pop-up warning, Lin Feifei hurriedly smoothed things over.

The man with a massive scar across his face grinned and jutted his chin toward Ji Linmo with feigned ease.

"It's time to let you witness the courage of a true man. To atone for my sins, old Ji, I'll take the lead. This game shouldn't pose much of a problem..."

Finished speaking, Lin Feifei cast one last reluctant glance at Liu Xiaoxiao and stepped into the room first.

Liu Xiaoxiao grew extremely anxious. Seeing Lin Feifei disappear from sight, she quickly hurried in after him.

"Let's go. Since something feels off, we can only bite the bullet and play..."

Massaging the bridge of his nose, Ji Linmo walked into the room as well.

Under the guidance, the four of them gathered together and squeezed into a giant iron cage inside the room.

All around the cold, damp room, pitch-black darkness reigned, rendering everything invisible.

"Strange, where is that man with the sunglasses from earlier? Aren't they playing the game with us?"

Glancing around, Liu Xiaoxiao thought about stepping further inside, but the next second, a cold, mocking voice rang out from the darkness.

"Players, the game officially begins! Now, I will begin stating the rules of the game!"

"This game is called Water Dungeon Balance. Timing starts from this moment. Sixty minutes later, the team with the highest number of surviving players inside the iron cage wins!"

As soon as the ghost NPC uttered these words, Liu Xiaoxiao cried out first.

She grabbed the bars of the iron cage, demanding to know what this meant and how such a gameplay could exist.

Yet with a harsh, muffled roar, as if some mechanism had been triggered, the floor beneath the iron cage suddenly split down the middle and parted outward to both sides.

"It's water! Mr. Ji, it's water!"

Qin Feng reached his hand toward the bottom of the cage, then cried out.

Ji Linmo narrowed his eyes and looked down beneath the cage.

He saw a silent, pitch-black surface of water rippling under the touch of the iron cage.

Wait... water, a cage...

"Quick! Hold your breath!"

Before Ji Linmo could finish speaking, the clanging of chains rang out. Accompanied by splashing water, the iron cage plummeted rapidly, dragging all four of them down into the depths of the water.