The administrator was a man of his word. He had really poisoned them.
Besides, this was too sudden. As soon as the young man and the old man ate the food and drank the water, their throats started hurting. They covered their throats, unable to believe that the administrator would poison them.
Wei Huo watched from the side. In reality, he had seen through everything. The administrator had indeed poisoned the food and water, but this was not lethal poison.
The young man and the old man covered their throats and struggled for a while before recovering. However, they covered their throats with ugly expressions. Their eyes were filled with anger. They wanted to curse, but they could not.
Their voices were hoarse, and they could not speak.
At that moment, the administrator said, “You’re quite lucky to have escaped this calamity. We were planning to mute the three of you. Alright, let’s announce the rules of the next round.”
The young man and the old man’s faces were very dark, but they could not speak. Their anger for the administrator had reached an irreversible level, but the administrator did not care. He knew very well that the prisoners sent there were all unforgivable evildoers. There was no need to care about morals when dealing with these people.
The administrator said, “Take note. Next, you will participate in a Battle Royale game with over 60 people. This game will only end when there is only one team left. However, you should note that there is another rule in this game. I will assign a leader, a betrayer, and a loyal subject to each team. Please note that if the leader dies, the loyal subject will die as well. If the leader is not dead by the time the game ends, the betrayer will die. This rule seems disadvantageous to the betrayer. In addition, there is a favorable condition for the betrayer. The betrayer does not belong to a team. As long as the betrayer is killed, the game will end.”
At that moment, another small box descended from the sky. The moment it landed, it opened up by itself and three cards flew out. The three cards automatically flew into their hands. Then, the administrator said, “Each card represents your identity.”
Wei Huo picked up his card and flipped it over. There was a single word on it: Betrayer.
Wei Huo lifted his head. It seemed like he had to kill the leader of the team.
The cards disappeared after they glanced at them. The young man and the old man immediately became vigilant. They did not know who was the leader, the loyal subject, and the betrayer.
At that moment, both their throats were hoarse from the poison, so they could not distinguish each other through their voices.
Meanwhile, the administrator said, “The game will begin in five hours. Get ready!”
The young man and the old man each occupied a corner and sat down to rest. Wei Huo walked over to the pile of food and checked the food and water carefully. In the end, he realized that only the topmost layer of food and water was poisonous. The rest of the food and water were normal.
However, now that the administrator had poisoned them, no one dared to touch the food and water anymore.
That was the purpose of this deathly game. It was to collect people’s despair and fear and strike them when they were the most relaxed. The game made them feel despair, anger, and fear.
Wei Huo thought about it. Perhaps this method could create an Epic-ranked expert with an imposing aura of fear or despair.
The three of them were in their own positions. The young man sneered at Wei Huo and the old man as if he would kill them as soon as the game started.
Wei Huo did not care about his gaze. On the contrary, he was thinking about ways to unveil the secret of this deathly game. His intuition told him that the Atlanteans were up to no good.
There were over 70 volcanoes, so if a deathly game was set up under each volcano, it meant that more than 70 such places would have to be built. How many Atlanteans would die in so many deathly game venues every day? How much despair and fear would these Atlanteans feel?
Besides, where would they find so many prisoners? Wei Huo guessed that if half the Atlanteans died at each checkpoint, it would only be enough if all the prisoners on the seabed were gathered.
What was even more terrifying was that if this game of death had existed for thousands of years, the despair and fear accumulated over the years would be unimaginable.
While Wei Huo was at the bottom of the volcano, Lu Qiqi had already initiated a few revolutions outside the volcano. Many people had already responded to her call and started working underground. She had instigated some high-ranking Atlanteans to perform some tricks and was ready to start the great revolutionary war.
The golden armor, Xiao Liang, the Prime Minister Black Dragon, and the others, who had managed to do nothing, returned to Lu Qiqi’s side and started helping her prepare for the revolutionary war. Among them, only Xiao Liang knew how to carry out the revolutionary war. That was why Xiao Liang took over the flag.
They were not worried about Wei Huo’s safety at all. At the same time, they did not know what Wei Huo had discovered.
If Wei Huo had been able to contact them, he might have asked them to wait and see. After all, Wei Huo was already discovering the truth about the Atlanteans.
However, Lu Qiqi and the others could not wait any longer. They had already started the revolutionary war.
They had built bases in a few villages, and Xiao Liang had already led many Atlanteans who yearned for freedom and attacked many armories while shouting slogans.
Xiao Liang started a battle of freedom, while the golden armor turned into a charlatan and started describing his Freedom Dao. It learned the ways of the land people’s religions and started promoting the Freedom Dao. As long as the Atlanteans who joined its sect prayed, they would eventually obtain true freedom.
Although the golden armor was engrossed in researching technology, it was also very proficient in religious methods. It used ‘true freedom’ as bait and attracted many Atlanteans who did not lead good lives or have freedom. It made them join its religion and led them into reciting scriptures and training hard. It also sought the final transcendence.
The Prime Minister Black Dragon wasn’t adept at such antics. He thus stayed by Lu Qiqi’s side and became her butler. Lu Qiqi took charge of the rear and commanded the overall situation.
At that moment, Wei Huo was deep in the enemy’s territory, searching for their true secrets.
It had to be said that although these people had not talked, they had tacitly agreed when they would do things.
The five hours of rest had already passed. Thus, the metal platform under Wei Huo and the others’ feet started moving. The platform kept rising and rising with them. In the end, they rushed out of the volcano and broke through the bubble and the protective layer. Eventually, they appeared near an island.
Wei Huo was shocked. Battle Royale had taken place on a small island in the sea?