The police station was crowded, with every member of Central Continent team present.
Hu Yong lay sprawled on the floor, writhing in pain and barely clinging to consciousness. Seeing his miserable state, everyone frowned instinctively.
Yujin pulled Chu Xuan aside and lowered his voice.
"Out of the five newcomers, aside from you, only one can still move properly now."
Chu Xuan's expression remained calm and indifferent.
"I merely gave them reasonable tests," he said flatly. "Some people failed to endure them, while others made mistakes."
"For example, if Li Shuaixi and Fei Hao hadn't spoken badly about the team behind our backs, their survival rate in this horror movie could have reached seventy-two percent."
"But they chose to complain, form a small clique, and undermine the team. So I had you take them out as bait."
"Even then, they still had a six percent chance of survival. They simply failed to seize it."
Yujin let out a helpless, bitter smile.
Just like in the original plot, Li Shuaixi still failed to survive under Chu Xuan's calculations.
The difference this time was Yujin himself. With a captain whose combat strength was overwhelmingly high, Li Shuaixi had no room to stir up trouble at all.
All he could do was wait for death.
"Oh, right."
Chu Xuan suddenly turned his gaze toward a corner of the room.
Hao Shuang was crouched there, trembling uncontrollably.
"That woman also failed the test," Chu Xuan said calmly. "She saw me setting up the grenades with her own eyes."
"I unconsciously revealed to her that if too many team members survive, the difficulty of the next horror movie will increase."
Yujin scratched at his neck, which had begun to itch.
"Alright, alright," he said. "That move of yours was truly ruthless."
"So now what? Aside from you, all the newcomers are basically just waiting to die?"
Chu Xuan shrugged slightly.
"Not necessarily. Human nature is unpredictable. Unexpected variables can still occur."
"At the very least, from this point onward, I won't actively scheme against the remaining two newcomers."
Still curious, Yujin asked, "What about Zheng Zha?"
"He's contradicted you several times already. Seems like he doesn't really acknowledge your intelligence."
Chu Xuan carefully examined Yujin for a moment before speaking.
"I don't know why, but you always give me the feeling that—"
He paused briefly, then continued.
"As for Zheng Zha, it's actually easy to understand."
"You've worked together before. You're old teammates who've been through life-and-death situations."
"It's normal for him not to trust me."
"From a mortal's perspective, one naturally wants to survive as much as possible. If safety is available, then safety comes first."
"He hasn't fully integrated into the Lord God Space yet."
"Therefore, his opinion of me is something I can ignore. I won't hold a grudge."
"On the contrary, because he chooses to protect his companions and teammates, I can even give him extra points."
"After all, I'm not a General, and he's not my soldier."
"Disobeying my orders won't result in punishment."
"Then…" Yujin hesitated before asking again.
"What about the rest of the team?"
"Are they all qualified? Including me."
Chu Xuan looked directly at Yujin.
"You are the indispensable embodiment of 'force' within this team," he said calmly.
"Even if you had countless shortcomings, I would not do anything to you."
"As for the others…"
"Xiao Yehui is not acceptable."
"As for Nova, I am still observing her."
"All the rest are acceptable."
"Whoa!"
Yujin was completely left speechless by Chu Xuan's way of talking.
When you think about it carefully, wasn't this basically Zhang Jie, Zheng Zha, Zhao Yingkong, Zhan Lan, plus Chu Xuan himself?
That was practically the standard founding lineup of the Central Continent Team.
Yujin really wanted to ask whether Chu Xuan was secretly holding a protagonist–supporting character chart and matching names while scamming them with a forced explanation.
Seeing that Chu Xuan was still talking with Yujin, the rest of the team sent Zhang Jie over as their representative.
Zhang Jie organized his words and spoke, "Um… what should we do now? We launched a surprise attack on the North Polar Team, and their rookie group is already gone. After discussing it, we think the best option is to finish the mission as much as possible, then return."
Chu Xuan glanced at Zhang Jie.
"Then go do it."
"Uh…" Zhang Jie's expression turned awkward.
If they could find the last two killers on their own, they would not need to come looking for Chu Xuan at all.
It was precisely because the final two killers still had not been captured that, after the battle at the abandoned factory, the Central Continent Team returned to the police station, discussed everything, and realized that without Chu Xuan's help, they had no way to return to the Lord God Space.
In the end, they could only send the good-natured Zhang Jie to ask for help.
Yujin burst out laughing.
"You guys, in the end, still have to beg this emotionless AI."
Zhang Jie wished he could crawl into a crack in the ground and disappear, only managing an awkward smile.
Chu Xuan did not show any gloating expression.
He still looked as indifferent as ever when he spoke.
"Then let me test the final step."
Inside the police station, the pale white lights made people dizzy, and the oppressive atmosphere made it hard to breathe.
Chu Xuan walked forward with steady steps, moving closer and closer to Ikumi, who was badly injured.
At this moment, Ikumi's clothes were torn and stained with blood.
Her face was filled with terror and despair as she curled up in the corner, her body trembling violently.
Her eyes were wide open, staring straight at Chu Xuan as he approached, as if she was certain that this man had come to end her life.
However, Chu Xuan's actions completely exceeded everyone's expectations.
His expression remained calm as he slowly took out a pair of handcuffs from his waist.
His movements were unhurried and precise.
In Ikumi's increasingly frightened gaze, there was a sharp click as he locked the handcuffs around her slender wrists.
After that, as if nothing unusual had happened, he pulled her up and, under everyone's shocked stares, walked toward the detention room as though no one else existed.
When they reached the door of the detention room, Chu Xuan stopped and called out without turning his head.
"Zhang Jie, carry Hu Yong in."
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