"The game continues, you can form teams now."
Han Feng's phoenix eyes narrowed into slits. He said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, "Ding Tai, let's be a team. Your police friend is already disappointed in you."
"I don't want to be on a team with you."
The fat man directly refused Han Feng and looked at me. I shook my head, "Fat Brother, I don't want to be on a team with you."
Han Feng burst into laughter and pointed at the fat man's nose. "What did I say? Your police friend is already disappointed in you. Ding Tai, you're the one jumping off the building this time!" After speaking, Han Feng turned to the camera and asked Zhu Guang, "Tang Nan and I are on a team. What if we have a disagreement?"
Zhu Guang smiled and said, "The games are all fair. Two people become the decision-maker and the executor. In the team formation, Ding Tai is the decision-maker. He comes up with ideas, and you and Tang Nan decide whether to execute them. One of you two has to decide first, and one person will execute. For example, if you choose to agree with Ding Tai's decision, then Tang Nan will execute. If you don't execute, the loser is Tang Nan. However, to enter the voting stage, you two will each have one veto power. You can reverse the outcome with a veto."
*Whew~* Han Feng blew a whistle. "Boss Zhu, the game you designed is perfect for me. I don't know how Tang Nan won the last game, but this time the ultimate winner will definitely be me."
I didn't speak, but looked at the fat man. If he made a decision like cutting off a strand of Liu Lifang's hair, then the fat man would lose this time.
Han Feng and I both looked at the fat man.
"My decision is to cut Liu Lifang's throat with that pair of scissors."
My brow furrowed when I heard this decision. Han Feng was stunned at first, then said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, "Ding Tai, I never knew. You're usually such a quiet person, like a mute who can't even utter a sound. What's going on? Have you unleashed your true nature?"
The fat man's expression was blank. "Han Feng, if you are the executor, then you are the one who kills."
Han Feng was startled and almost instinctively shouted, "I agree to execute. I agree to execute."
According to the rules Zhu Guang just explained, I had become the executor. I didn't speak, but looked at the fat man and said, "Fat Brother, why do you want to do this?"
"Liu Lifang is not a good person either. In fact, I realized it when I went there. She was the one who drugged her man, and then she found me, wanting to use affection to control me to take the blame for her. I knew it clearly, but I still asked you for help to solve this problem. We disposed of the body together, but now that we've reached this point, there's no need to sacrifice our lives to protect her. Cutting off someone's finger, the audience might not bat an eye, but cutting someone's throat, with blood splashing, that must be the scene they want to see."
"Alright, Ding Tai, I almost thought you felt guilty about what happened back then and wanted to protect Liu Lifang with all your might. I'm impressed, truly impressed. I should have known, no one in this world thinks for others."
I looked at the screen. Zhu Guang watched all this calmly, not saying a word.
"Han Feng, you're no saint either. Don't blame me for not warning you, Tang Nan is not someone who will surrender. He's here to deal with Zhu Guang."
As he spoke, the fat man slowly retreated. I looked in the direction the fat man was retreating, and a light dawned in my mind. I said loudly, "I will not execute this decision."
"You lose!" Zhu Guang said calmly.
"I haven't. Don't I still have a veto power?"
Han Feng immediately shouted, "You have a veto power, and so do I. If you veto this resolution, I'll veto you."
I didn't take Han Feng seriously. "Do you dare? Without the veto power, can you guarantee you can win against Ding Tai? If you don't have the courage, stop yapping and stand aside. This has nothing to do with you."
I stared at the screen. "Zhu Guang, forcing Ding Tai to this point, this is your setup, isn't it? Liu Lifang is also a victim, right? Liu Lifang's weakness is her child. Perhaps her man is threatening her with her child, preventing her from divorcing and forcing her to support him. And you also used this, by kidnapping Liu Lifang's child, to force her to cooperate with you."
"That's right. Liu Lifang drugged her man at my request. I told her it was a sleeping drug and had her seduce Ding Tai into the trap. After the transaction was complete, she came to find her child, and it was natural for us to use her as a hostage to complete this game."
"Where is the child?"
"Released. Tang Nan, this is a gamble about human nature, not a perverted murder. I have no need to trouble a child. Don't you know me yet? Do you know? The laws of development in this world are actually controlled by wealthy people. They guide the direction of human progress. As long as they are constantly shown scenes of people looking out for themselves above all else, their subconscious can be reinforced. The more rich people my game attracts, the further I can spread this ideology to all of humanity."
"Madman!" I softly uttered two words and glanced at the fat man who had long since retreated below the camera. He raised his phone and recorded everything Zhu Guang said.
"I refuse to use my veto power, I refuse this game. Zhu Guang, this game ends here."
"You lose, you..."
Before Zhu Guang could finish speaking, the projection screen disappeared. The fat man had pulled out the power cord from the corner.
"Ding Tai, what are you doing?"
Han Feng shouted and charged at the fat man. I moved from behind and kicked Han Feng down. The fat man pulled out the power cord and rushed over. Together, we used the power cord to bind Han Feng tightly.
"Ding Tai, if you do this, we will all die."
"None of us will die. Do you remember what you did back then when Li Tianyou didn't want to attend evening self-study?"
Han Feng was stunned. Back then, Li Tianyou didn't want to attend evening self-study, so he asked Han Feng to find a way. Han Feng found a wire and plugged both ends into the socket, causing a short circuit that blew the fuse on the first floor, and the entire building lost power.
The fat man pulled off a wire, stripped the metal strands at both ends, and said to me, "Tang Nan, the old building at our school has the electrical panel on the first floor. As long as there's a short circuit, the breaker will trip. We have no mobile signal because the signal jamming device is also in this building, and so is the poison gas device. All the equipment relies on electricity. Once there's no power, all threats are gone."
Before he finished speaking, the fat man plugged the wire ends into the socket, causing a short circuit. The lights in the room went out, plunging it into darkness.
I took out my phone and gave the fat man a thumbs-up. "Impressive, Fat Brother. We have a signal now."
The fat man was also very excited. "Since we're at a mall buying shoes, there's no need to care about the old sizes. Trying them on is the most important thing. Thank you, Tang Nan, for letting me be a schemer for a change."
I smiled. "I'll call Brother Luo and have him come rescue me."
As I was calling Luo Bo, the fat man walked to Liu Lifang, who was inside the glass enclosure. Just as he picked Liu Lifang up, he saw the platform that was carrying Liu Lifang rising upwards. At that moment, the fat man's face changed. This was a device, not powered by electricity, but controlled by gravity. Once Liu Lifang left there, the mechanism would rise, and the chemicals inside would fuse, producing poison gas.
The fat man, holding Liu Lifang, rushed to the window. I put down the phone and began dragging Wu Haimei and Han Feng towards the window. The dark poison gas was spreading wider and wider. At this rate, we would all suffocate before Luo Bo arrived.
Zhu Guang was truly ruthless. He had foreseen that we would rescue Liu Lifang, so he had placed the real poison gas device here.
As I was trying to figure out a solution, I suddenly saw the fat man take off his autumn shirt, tear it into strips, then turn around and pull down his pants. Seeing the fat man's actions, a light bulb went off in my head. "Urine can extend our survival time in the poisonous gas. Fat Brother, how did you think of that?"
"My grandfather was an old Red Army soldier. He always told me that urine could detoxify, but in reality, urine can't detoxify. However, it can help against poisonous gas."
Urine can detoxify? I suddenly laughed. "Back then, in the warehouse, when you pulled down your pants, it wasn't to insult Liu Lifang, but to use urine to detoxify her?"
The fat man's face turned red. "Yeah. I saw her faint, and I didn't know anything back then, thinking urine could cure all poisons. But as soon as I pulled down my pants, I saw Liu Lifang was about to wake up, so I quickly pulled up my pants and ran."
I burst out laughing. "Is this what Han Feng saw?"
The fat man sighed. "I didn't know Han Feng saw it. Did you really think I..."
"No, no, I always believed you, Fat Brother. Do you want me to help?"
I noticed that the fat man didn't have much urine. Unexpectedly, the fat man shook his head. "No, your urine won't work."
"What do you mean?"
"I've been on a diet recently and haven't eaten meat. Because of what happened back then, I studied this kind of knowledge. I won't talk about it now. There's really not much urine. Tang Nan, you go do what you need to do. I believe you can do it."
The fat man was right, I still had something to do. Zhu Guang connected to us through a local area network, meaning he was also in this building. Now was the chance to catch him. I had learned to climb, and even with one hand injured, I could descend to the first floor safely with one hand.
I glanced at the situation. The windows could be opened for ventilation. If they used urine-soaked cloth to cover their mouths and noses, they should be able to hold on until Luo Bo arrived for rescue.
"Fat Brother, you must stay alive. I'm going to catch that big bad guy."
When I reached the second floor, I saw Zhu Guang rolling out in a wheelchair by himself from the door. He saw me too and shouted, "Nephew, be careful, don't fall. The last floor is difficult to descend." As he wished me well, I didn't rush and descended carefully without injury.
"Why aren't you running?"
"My car is outside the door. There's still some distance from this old building to the door. If I try my best to push these two wheels, I won't reach that small iron gate before you catch me. Moreover, you might get slightly injured in your haste to chase me. This way is better. You can escort me out."
My face turned ashen, and I felt a bit aggrieved, but I still said, "Zhu Guang, I'm here to catch you."
"It's not time yet. Are you sure catching me now won't cause you trouble? Let's go. You must still have many questions about today's setup. I'll answer them for you during the distance it takes to escort me to the car."