Xu Xi's body still seemed to carry the lingering sensation of skin-scorching heat from the fire.
The second time, they chose to steal that "Li Kang's" car, but just as they were about to exit the tunnel, all of them, including the car, turned into paper.
Xu Xi couldn't describe what it felt like to become a paper person. Anyway, his body gradually became light and airy, dying without any pain.
What puzzled him was, could neither of the two cars successfully drive out of the tunnel?
They still didn't know how far the remaining journey was. It couldn't possibly require them to walk to their destination on foot.
Just thinking about it seemed unrealistic.
So, most likely, one of the two cars was actually rideable, but they were missing some specific condition.
By this time, after a brief discussion, Tan Xingyun and the others had already decided to bypass the fake Li Kang and continue forward.
However, they then saw the originally silent young man in the right rear seat suddenly open the car door and get out.
Everyone was stunned.
"Brother Xu, why are you..." Tan Xingyun's tone was full of surprise.
The "Li Kang" said happily, "Do you believe what I said now?"
Although he seemed excited, he still didn't approach them.
After getting out of the car, Xu Xi only moved a short distance away from the vehicle. Facing the confusion of the three others, he didn't beat around the bush at all and said directly, "The car we're in has a problem."
Explanation? Omitted.
Anyway, in the subsequent two reloads, no one asked him for an explanation either.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Tan Xingyun and Xu Xiuman exchanged a glance, and without another word, both got out of the car.
Li Kang also hurriedly followed them out.
[What's going on? Weren't they all planning to leave?]
[The car has a problem? How could he tell? What's the problem with it?]
[Could it be that the fake Li Kang is actually the real one, and what he said is true?]
[No way, the fake Li Kang couldn't even answer what his dad's name was, how could he be real?]
[But if Xu Xi says the car has a problem, then it definitely has a problem. He definitely wouldn't make baseless claims.]
[The car having a problem doesn't mean the person has a problem.]
When Tan Xingyun came to Xu Xi's side and asked a question similar to those in the live stream comments, the netizens saw the young man on screen say calmly, "The person is fake, but what he said might not be fake."
Xu Xiuman and Li Kang also came to Xu Xi's side and naturally heard these words.
"Brother Xu, are you saying that only the car that person drove over can exit this tunnel?" Xu Xiuman frowned slightly.
Like the live stream comments, she also didn't think the young man was talking nonsense.
His previous performance could be said to have proven his capabilities.
Xu Xi didn't know which car could actually get them out either.
But between a car that would explode and a car that would turn into paper, he would definitely choose the second one to try.
After all, even if he died, it wouldn't be painful.
Thinking of this, Xu Xi couldn't help but look towards the "Li Kang" over there.
As if noticing the player's gaze, "Li Kang" grinned: "Only my car can drive out of the tunnel, but my car can only carry three of you. This fake can't get on!"
Li Kang turned pale and said urgently, "You're the fake!"
Then he turned to look at his teammates, pleading anxiously, "Don't believe him! No, wait! Don't abandon me..."
Tan Xingyun and Xu Xiuman remained silent and didn't respond.
They were somewhat uncertain about the current situation.
[Damn, is this rare harmonious team about to fall apart already?]
[I said it before, they were only forced to team up because they were assigned to the same instance. Weighing pros and cons is the real solution.]
[As long as sacrificing one person means getting out, if it were me, I'd definitely choose to sacrifice that person. I don't want to die.]
[This is too cruel.]
[There are much crueler things in instances. This isn't really playing a game; if you die, you really die.]
[To be honest, I'm quite surprised that there haven't been any casualties in this instance so far.]
The netizens originally thought this young man Li Kang was about to be abandoned by the group, but they didn't expect...
"You say this car is yours, so how can we make it not yours?" Xu Xi asked the "Li Kang" sincerely, "How about we buy it from you?"
Huh?
Every single one of them was stunned.
[What kind of development is this?]
[I don't get it. Why would Xu Xi think of buying the car?]
[Damn it, I haven't understood a single one of this newcomer's moves.]
Xu Xi asked this because he had thought of a very important point.
Actually, during the third reload, they had left the desperate Li Kang behind, but the three of them still turned into paper along with the car, so sacrificing Li Kang was useless.
But this deadlock couldn't be without a solution.
When silently thinking of the word "paper," Xu Xi associated it with paper money.
When they encountered the supernatural old woman, they used paper money and offering incense to send her away.
When they encountered the woman in the red dress, they also used paper money as wedding gift money and received extra wedding candies.
This showed that paper money had actually been playing a role all along.
What about this time? Could paper money be useful here too?
That "Li Kang" never mentioned the car without adding the word "my," strongly emphasizing the car's ownership.
Don't forget, every instance has hidden rules.
Perhaps the ownership of the car was one of those rules?
Xu Xi was actually just asking with a try-anything mentality, but he didn't expect "Li Kang" to think for a moment and then agree: "Okay."
Now everyone was truly dumbfounded.
[Huh? Huh???]
[Wait, this works?]
[Is there any master who can explain? I don't get it.]
[What's the purpose of this move? Why buy the car? The problem is it actually can be bought!]
Xu Xi took out all the remaining paper money and offering incense he had.
"Li Kang" saw it and shook his head: "Not enough."
Tan Xingyun was the first to react and also took out his paper money and incense.
However, "Li Kang" still said: "Not enough."
Then came Xu Xiuman and Li Kang.
"Not enough."
[This fake is too greedy.]
[Seems normal though, since buying a car in real life is expensive too.]
[Dammit, it doesn't have to be this realistic.]
[Still not enough? Do they need to mortgage arms or legs or something?]
[Really?]
[I've seen this pattern in other instances.]
[They should have bought more paper money back then.]
Xu Xi and the other three thought the same.
But that was then, this is now. At that time, they couldn't have predicted this situation would occur, so they definitely needed to keep some funds for emergencies.
"We'll mortgage this car to you too." Catching sight of their original car out of the corner of his eye, Xu Xi felt a sudden inspiration and said casually.
"Enough." "Li Kang" grinned, finally moving. He took all the paper money and incense given by the players and walked toward the car that would explode. "This car is yours now. You can drive it away."
Xu Xi signaled everyone to get in the car.
This time, they successfully drove out of the tunnel.