Chapter 54: Powerful Pursuer

Xiaohong saw that everyone had finished reading the rules and didn’t waste any time.

She announced directly, “The game begins!”

With that, she lightly jumped and disappeared from the map.

At the same moment, a rectangular block-shaped figure, entirely pitch black, appeared on the map.

This block person was made up of cubes from head to toe—head, arms, legs, and body all composed of blocks.

“As expected, the Ying Fang Ren is the pursuer. Going head-to-head with Earthlings at this speed is just a complete crush, isn’t it?”

“Hopefully there will be some surprises. If it weren’t such a rare chance, I’d want to quit this livestream.”

“Sigh, although this game is often boring, it also has the highest chance for flashy plays.”

“Watching the guests get crushed live is kind of interesting too.”

The moment Su Yan saw the Ying Fang Ren, she immediately ran away, trying to put some distance between herself and it.

Of course, the Ying Fang Ren didn’t immediately target Su Yan; instead, it fixed its gaze on the closest male guest.

Before the boy could react, the Ying Fang Ren dashed toward him.

Using the word “dash” isn’t an exaggeration here because its speed was definitely several times faster than any human.

The boy hadn’t even moved his feet when the Ying Fang Ren had already reached him.

In a panic, the boy blurted out, “Oh my God!”

At the instant he shouted, the Ying Fang Ren slammed on the brakes, made a sharp turn right in front of him, and ran toward another person.

—Because he shouted three words, he was temporarily safe.

Su Yan watched the Ying Fang Ren’s speed—far beyond human ability—and gasped sharply.

At that speed, if it targeted you, there was no chance to escape, right?

Seeing everyone else desperately fleeing and not having time to say anything, she quickly ran over to the boy who had shouted three words and patted him, breaking the immobilization status.

The boy gave Su Yan a grateful look, and Su Yan loudly reminded everyone, “We absolutely must free any guests who are immobilized as soon as possible. Otherwise, with the pursuer’s speed, we’ll all be immobilized in no time!”

They were all veteran guests, so after Su Yan’s reminder, they immediately understood the seriousness of the situation.

Because of her shout, Su Yan caught the Ying Fang Ren’s attention.

She was already in the bottom 50% of guests likely to be targeted.

Once the Ying Fang Ren noticed her, it immediately abandoned its previous target and sprinted toward her.

There was about a twenty-meter gap between them.

When Su Yan saw the Ying Fang Ren change direction toward her, she immediately realized something was wrong and sprinted backward.

But, as mentioned before, the Ying Fang Ren’s speed far surpassed that of humans.

Twenty meters was nothing more than a two-second matter to it.

When Su Yan felt the wind behind her, she reacted quickly and shouted three words: “Little kitten!”

The Ying Fang Ren instantly gave up on her and ran toward another person.

As soon as it left, one of the guests freed Su Yan.

At that moment, the Ying Fang Ren suddenly made a sharp turn to the side.

Taking advantage of everyone’s lack of reaction, it immediately caught a guest.

The instant the Ying Fang Ren touched the guest, the guest vanished on the spot.

A chorus of shocked screams erupted; the original fifteen guests were now down to fourteen.

Su Yan glanced at the time—good, only one minute had passed.

The audience wasn’t surprised at all by this scene.

“One death in a minute, nice. This group of guests is overall pretty high quality.”

“Shall we bet? How many minutes can this round last?”

“Fifteen minutes! One death per minute sounds reasonable.”

“Ten minutes. Not holding out much hope.”

“I’m betting big! Someone will win this round!”

“Not sure where their courage comes from.”

Su Yan watched the guests wildly running around and suddenly realized they couldn’t go on like this.

The arena wasn’t that big, and the Ying Fang Ren’s speed was just too fast.

At the current pace, they would soon be picked off one by one.

When fewer people remained on the field, they wouldn’t even have the chance to free others.

The next situation was easy to imagine—all guests immobilized, the Ying Fang Ren standing beside any guest, waiting for others to shout “Long live Nick Star.”

At that close range, the targeted guest would be doomed, not even having the chance to shout three words.

This would happen repeatedly until they were all caught.

What to do? What to do?

“Waaah! Don’t chase me!”

A boy who could run extremely fast cried out in desperation while facing the Ying Fang Ren’s pursuit.

This shocked everyone—he could actually keep pace with the Ying Fang Ren?

Su Yan widened her eyes at the boy, quickly realizing it wasn’t that he matched the Ying Fang Ren; actually, his speed was a bit slower.

But for now, he could barely keep up.

The live comments were equally astonished.

“Oh my God! This human’s speed?”

“Besides ‘amazing,’ what else can I say?”

“Lightning legs right beside me!”

“This must be a Newbie Gift Pack ability, right?”

“If there’s a guest like this, this round is going to be interesting.”

However, the Ying Fang Ren wasn’t stupid.

If it couldn’t catch this guy for now, it wouldn’t waste its energy.

After running a few hundred meters, it turned and ran toward another girl who was just watching.

That girl was decisive; seeing the Ying Fang Ren coming at her, she didn’t even move.

When the Ying Fang Ren got close, she quickly said three words: “Go die!”

The Ying Fang Ren, which had just dashed in front of her, was forced to turn away again and find other trouble.

Meanwhile, Su Yan took the chance to rush over to the lightning-fast boy’s side.

“Your speed is so fast! Is it because of the Newbie Gift Pack?”

She asked without beating around the bush. The boy was momentarily stunned but didn’t hide it. He even introduced himself: “That’s right. Hi, my name is Nuan Qi Pian.”

Su Yan raised an eyebrow.

“I’m Yan Jing. What do you think about the current situation?”

Nuan Qi Pian shrugged.

“What can I do? Just slowly wear it down! Here it comes!”

Su Yan, who was focused on two things at once, naturally noticed the Ying Fang Ren running toward them. She immediately sprinted backward.

“I’ll come find you later!”

Saying that, she decisively ran toward a nearby pond.

Since the Ying Fang Ren had just failed to catch Nuan Qi Pian, it had no intention of bumping into him again. It headed straight after Su Yan.

Everyone else kept their eyes on the Ying Fang Ren, afraid it might suddenly turn around and ambush them.

Su Yan reached the edge of the pond and cautiously scooped up a handful of water to splash on the Ying Fang Ren.

It wasn’t affected at all and continued to follow her unyieldingly.

However, it didn’t cross the pond—probably deemed unnecessary.

Su Yan circled around the pond, trying to keep it running in circles with her.

But she clearly underestimated the speed difference.

Within seconds, Su Yan had no choice but to shout three words.

If their speeds were similar, her tactic of circling to stall would be clever.

But the speed gap was just too huge; no small terrain advantage could make up for it.

The Ying Fang Ren turned away to chase others, and Nuan Qi Pian took the chance to free Su Yan.

Looking at him, Su Yan thought: if you can maintain that speed, running circles with the pursuer isn’t a bad choice.

Nuan Qi Pian nodded. “I saw your moves earlier and thought the same. I hope the pursuer’s running at full speed now—otherwise, even I can’t outrun it.”

Before they could say more, another girl panicked and was immediately caught.

One less guest on the field again.

Su Yan took a deep breath and said solemnly, “We can’t keep this up. Otherwise, we’ll be wiped out for sure.”

Nuan Qi Pian sighed, “We can’t outrun it. What else can we do?”

Su Yan looked at him, “Can you climb trees?”

Su Yan raised an eyebrow and pointed at a nearby tree.

“I’m going to climb up and see if the Ying Fang Ren can climb trees. If it can’t, then we’ve found a good way to pass. If it can, you come rescue me.”

Nuan Qi Pian nodded.

“Okay, no problem. Climbing trees is my specialty!”

Su Yan immediately ran to the tree and quickly started climbing.

Having been a mischievous kid since childhood, climbing trees was nothing to her.

The Ying Fang Ren noticed Su Yan’s move from a distance and chased after her, intent on eliminating her.

But Su Yan had already nimbly climbed up.

The Ying Fang Ren looked up at her for a second, then decisively started climbing.

Unlike its running speed, its climbing speed was about the same as a normal human—not very fast.

Su Yan looked down, and just as the Ying Fang Ren was about to catch up, she jumped down.

The tree wasn’t very tall—three meters.

Landing left her feet a bit numb, but she gritted her teeth and quickly got up, running to the side.

Seeing Su Yan jump down, the Ying Fang Ren followed.

Because it wasn’t human, it didn’t need to crouch to cushion the fall and rapidly caught up.

Without hesitation, Su Yan shouted three words: “You’re a pig!”

Then she waited for someone to rescue her.

To be honest, although it wasn’t from Earth, due to the translation, it perfectly understood that Su Yan wasn’t saying anything nice.

Remembering the last time she said something like that, the Ying Fang Ren suddenly felt a little wronged.

Everyone else’s three words were casual, but she specifically chose insults.

So unfair for a girl!

The Ying Fang Ren could sense Su Yan’s intention, and naturally, the Nick Star viewers noticed it too.

“Hahahahaha!”

“The Ying Fang Ren was innocently insulted!”

“I think I just saw some confusion in the Ying Fang Ren.”

“Such a cute cube, why insult it?”

“Ying Fang Ren: Am I not strong enough?”

Su Yan had no idea the Ying Fang Ren was thinking so much.

Even if she did, she couldn’t say anything—it was just her chance to vent.

Right now, she felt pretty satisfied.

At least her actions had stalled the pursuer for two minutes, giving everyone a chance to pass.

The Ying Fang Ren seemed to have Su Yan in its sights again.

Once she was freed, it immediately chased after her.

Seeing this, no one dared to free Su Yan. If the Ying Fang Ren targeted her again, it would be a disaster.

Su Yan helplessly stood still, unexpectedly becoming a statue in this tense dungeon run.