"Actually, I share the same view as the player wearing the long dress. This Village Chief Zhu genuinely believes that the reason people keep dying in the village is because Ah Wang's mother, after being burned to death, came back for revenge."
"Words can lie, but eyes cannot. When he was telling the players about the Ah Wang family's experience, his eyes unconsciously looked upward, indicating he was in a state of recollection. When he mentioned the tragic fate of the Ah Wang family, his gaze lowered again, and his brows slightly furrowed, representing sympathy and pity. And when he mentioned Ah Wang's mother, his pupils involuntarily dilated, his eyebrows raised and drew together, and his mouth opened slightly, showing a narrow and flat lip shape. Clearly, his facial muscles were displaying a state of tension."
"His emotions are indeed genuine."
At this point, Cao Hongbo paused: "I've just given a shallow analysis from the perspective of micro-expression psychology, and I won't go deeper into specifics. Presumably, Xu Xi also made the judgment that the food was non-toxic based on the village chief's subsequent micro-expressions. After all, a person who sincerely wants to invite experts to exorcise evil spirits has no reason to poison someone before they've even seen the evil."
"Moreover, the feeling Xu Xi gives me is completely different from the other players. The other five all show a bit of nervousness to varying degrees; even if they hide it well, their tense cheek muscles, frequent clenching of fists, and occasional lip-pressing—these subtle actions still expose their unease."
"However, Xu Xi not only has a calm expression and steady eyes, showing no signs of tension or fear at all, but his body is also relaxed, his movements steady. His composure and calmness when tasting the food clearly indicate extreme confidence in his own judgment."
"Obviously, this player named Xu Xi is someone with very strong psychological resilience and sufficient confidence in his own abilities."
Song Yan promptly chimed in: "Thank you, Mr. Cao, for your analysis. It seems you hold Xu Xi in very high regard?"
Cao Hongbo nodded: "Yes. He is the only person I've encountered so far who doesn't seem to be struggling to survive in a dangerous instance, but rather seems to be just walking through the instance for a visit. Even when encountering danger, it only brings him a bit of excitement."
The above was what he had gleaned from Xu Xi's first three instances. The other party truly gave him a feeling of being nonchalant about the instances.
The first instance goes without saying. In the second instance, he only acted at the very last moment each time. The third instance even involved precise manipulation of people's minds, effortlessly causing the deaths of three players who had offended him.
[Nonsense, that's 248!]
[Although your analysis is good, and your praise is even better, sorry, we still have to scold you.]
[Knowing full well how awesome Xu Xi is, the program team still deliberately poisoned him, pah, despicable!]
Watching the scolding live stream comments, Cao Hongbo couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He didn't know what this idiotic program team was thinking. Such an outstanding player would be a new hope in any country, yet the higher-ups actually didn't intervene.
Unaware of Cao Hongbo's thoughts, Song Yan shifted her gaze to Ge Ying.
"I wonder what Mr. Ge thinks?"
Ge Ying said with a smile: "Since Teacher Cao analyzed from a psychological perspective, I'll start from the instance background."
"For this type of instance that seems to have a cause, the root often lies in human nature: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. This type of instance always occupies one or more of these."
"I don't know which one this instance occupies, but judging from the rumors within the instance, this village clearly fits the stereotypical image of a remote rural area in the public's mind. The villagers haven't received much education and will only firmly believe in the facts they perceive."
"And this kind of ignorance and foolishness is also what most easily leads to many tragedies."
"I won't comment excessively on the players' performances; Teacher Cao analyzed it very well."
"Additionally," Ge Ying remarked jokingly, "I've also followed Xu Xi before. I only have one evaluation: his silence is as consistent as ever."
[Since you also call him Xu Xi, I'll scold you a bit lighter.]
[At least Xu Xi has someone accompanying him now. I never expected someone with such a sunny name to be almost as tight-lipped as him.]
[Damn, where can we effectively complain about this program team? Shut it down before Xu Xi dies.]
Song Yan didn't dare interact with the diverse barrage of live stream comments, fearing she'd end up like that colleague who got scolded until she broke down.
"Thank you for your analysis, Mr. Ge. It seems you also like Player Xu Xi quite a bit."
"Then let's continue watching to see what performances the players will bring us next."
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Xu Xi randomly chose a direction and hadn't walked far when he suddenly heard someone call out to him from behind.
"Hey, buddy, wait for me!"
Xu Xi turned back, puzzled, and saw the young man in the baseball cap quickly catching up.
After reaching Xu Xi's side, the baseball cap young man said with a grin, "Let's go together. Two people can look out for each other."
Having experienced two multiplayer instances, this was the first time Xu Xi had encountered someone so instantly familiar.
He was still thinking about how to respond appropriately, but the other party seemed to have already assumed he wouldn't reply and continued on his own:
"The guy in the suit is too shrewd, that tall, skinny guy is too gloomy, and I'm not really suited to team up with the two girls. That only leaves you, buddy, as the easiest to get along with. Even though you don't talk much, it's fine, I love to talk."
If the baseball cap guy could see the live stream comments, he would definitely find that most of them were sending him question marks.
Xu Xi is easy to get along with? Are you serious?
The three who previously thought he was "easy to get along with" now have grass growing over their graves.
Xu Xi: "...Mm."
Not sure how to reply, so just reply with 'Mm.'
After all, his intuition told him this person wasn't as friendly as he appeared.
The baseball cap young man seemed completely unfazed by Xu Xi's aloofness. Just as he said, he could talk to himself.
"Buddy, which instance is this for you? This is my 6th. I wonder if there are any items in this instance."
"This instance doesn't look simple. The map is bigger than any instance I've experienced before..."
Xu Xi ignored his chatter and slightly turned his head to look somewhere.
He hadn't expected to walk right into the villagers' crop fields.
The baseball cap young man noticed Xu Xi intently staring in a certain direction and followed his gaze.
It was a patch of exceptionally vibrant wheat. Golden wheat ears swayed slightly in the breeze. It would have been a perfectly normal scene, but amidst a field of green wheat ears, it stood out as utterly incongruous.
"This... how come only this patch is ripe?" the baseball cap young man said with slight surprise.
Looking around, he spotted a few villagers gathered on a ridge not far away and walked over in that direction.
He planned to go investigate.
Xu Xi followed behind him without hesitation.
Any strange occurrence within an instance was a clue for them.