In a private room on the fourth floor of the cruise ship overlooking the sea, bearded Lily fiddled with the chips in her hand, making crisp clinking sounds, and muttered to herself, "4, so the other three should be..."

At this moment, the clear children's chorus echoed in the closed private room: "The snake spits out a bright red tongue and shakes the guiding bell..."

Suddenly, the tightly closed door was pushed open.

"Huff, huff..." The big-haired baboon walked in panting. He slowly put down the heavy chair and wiped the sweat that was about to drip with the back of his hand. "Lady Lily, are we really going to do that?"

Bearded Lily glanced at the two chairs in the room, and her sweet voice echoed in the closed private room: "Do you have a better plan?"

The baboon paused to wipe his sweat and immediately bowed deeply, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have questioned your decision, sir."

Cold sweat trickled down his jawline, dripping onto the soft carpet. The warm winter sun streamed in through the porthole, casting a shadow on the thick carpet.

"Come to think of it, I have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have come up with such a perfect plan." Bearded Lily grinned, revealing her sharp white teeth.

The big-backed baboon still maintained a bent posture, even a little more respectful than before.

"Here's your chip." Bearded Lily tossed the chip in her hand to the baboon. "If this experiment is successful, you won't have to go back to Room 4. Keep an eye on these things and don't let anyone else find them."

After the big-backed baboon caught the chip, he immediately responded respectfully: "Yes, sir."

"I will never come here again." Bearded Lily stood in front of the window, looking at the surging waves outside.

"Lady Lily..." There was a hint of anxiety in the voice of the big-backed baboon.

"As long as we can win this game, we can eliminate most of the participants. As for those who advance, there is nothing to be afraid of. I, Lily, will be the final winner." The sweet voice was full of excitement and joy.

The big-backed baboon immediately echoed, "Ms. Lily will definitely complete the mission assigned by the organization. You will win!"

"But if we fail," Bearded Lily looked at the baboon, "we will both be severely punished. By then, it's uncertain whether we'll live or die."

"Ms. Lily..." The baboon's Adam's apple moved nervously up and down, "You will definitely win."

"You know how the organization punishes people." Bearded Lily circled around the two chairs again and again. "I can see your loyalty, which is why I entrusted you with such an important mission. Don't let me down, and don't let the rat die in vain."

The baboon felt a pang of grief when he thought of the mouse that had died tragically at the hands of the brown bear Jeffrey Dahmer. "Mrs. Lily, please avenge the mouse."

"Don't worry, wait for me to win." There was uncontrollable anger hidden in the sweet voice.

Melodious music accompanied by clear children's voices echoed in the cruise ship, "With emerged faces, time breaks along."

Outside the cruise ship, white clouds floated leisurely. Small clouds gradually gathered together and turned into a huge cloud, casting a dark shadow on the sea.

The tabby cat girl shook off those crazy gamblers, turned into a narrow corridor, rolled up her sleeves, and prepared to move out the hidden chair, but what she saw was a pile of rotten iron.

"what!!!"

A shrill scream broke the original tranquility. Lei Yi and Ming Yue looked at each other and ran towards the place where the scream came from.

"vomit--"

Before she got close, she heard the sound of the tabby cat girl vomiting. Mingyue covered her mouth and nose, but still smelled a hint of blood in the sour taste of vomit, and couldn't help frowning.

"With endless chaos, visions quietly cross." The child's voice was still loud and clear, echoing in the cabin, and many people came running over after hearing the sound.

Lei glanced at the tabby cat girl who was vomiting against the wall, and quickly walked to the open cabinet door. A strong smell of blood hit him in the face. Lei saw a damaged chair in the not-so-spacious cabinet, and under the chair was the source of the bloody smell.

"It looks like internal organs." Mingyue said in a muffled voice, covering her mouth and nose.

After hearing this, the tabby cat girl vomited even more violently, making the already polluted air even more unpleasant.

Lei looked around with a cold face. Seeing that many troublemakers had gathered, he whispered, "You are not feeling well. Let's leave here first."

"Hmm?" Mingyue, who was originally planning to observe carefully, was led away by Lei, and at this moment a group of Apocalypse believers in black robes hurried over.

Then, Mingyue heard a terrified shout behind her.

"Is this a human?!"

"So disgusting! Ugh—"

"Could this be the one with the missing limb on the seventh floor..."

Mingyue was led away quickly and gradually could no longer hear the discussions.

In one bathroom, the only sounds were the gurgling water and a children's chorus: "Fluttered are feathers, plunging is arrow."

In a bathroom, Mingyue turned off the faucet and took the tissue handed to her by Lei to wipe her hands. "Those organs don't look like animal ones, they look more like human ones."

Lei didn't say anything. He leaned on the sink with his arms folded over his chest, and the exhaust fan above his head blew out clean air.

"It seems someone besides the brown bear is destroying the chairs," Mingyue continued, looking at Lei, who looked thoughtful. "After all, a bloodthirsty brown bear wouldn't abandon such good 'ingredients'. Given his personality, the best option would be to put them in his mouth."

Lei's gaze fell on Mingyue, "Do you know him well?"

Mingyue's lips curled slightly, "I told you a long time ago that I'm very good at gathering intelligence, but it's a pity that you don't seem to believe me."

For a moment, the only sound in the bathroom was the children's chorus singing from the radio: "Familiar yet never be found."

"Come to think of it, these lyrics are quite fitting," Mingyue whispered, explaining the meaning of the previous line. "It feels familiar, yet I can't find it anywhere."

Lei frowned slightly and pricked up his ears to hear the lyrics that followed, but the singing became unclear, as if it was meant to tease him.

"This kind of thing still happens on this floor." Mingyue looked at the bathroom door and listened to the continuous footsteps outside.

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Preview of the next chapter: Murder, blood, secrets, the originally simple game suddenly becomes extremely complicated. Who is hiding behind the scenes and watching how things develop?