Chapter 300

Chapter 300 Only The Living Have The Right To Worry About Tomorrow

After the results were released, the players started to grow more cautious of each other . It resulted in an awkward happening during lunch hour . The remaining players were so worried that their food was poisoned that none dared take the first bite . At the same time, the players were clearly divided . Zhang Heng was still alone, whereas Livingston and the high-school kid decided to partner up telling themselves that they would both pull through . Although not the best partnership, these two were definitely more robust than the Jia Lai-Zhen Xiong duo . Still, despite everything, nobody could figure out the identity of the real killer . Suspicions among the players were rife, and the matter had turned into a hugely destabilizing factor .

Since there were now fewer people in a team, it meant everyone was a step closer to victory . At the same time, the players would also have to bear greater risks . The opportunists would surely strike first in a time like this .

… .

“What’s with the rush?”

The schoolkid hesitated a little after hearing Livingston’s plan .

“I know that your mind is constantly bugged about whether I killed those two players or not . Since we are now partners, I can tell you confidently that it wasn’t me . If you are not lying, then we better pray that Bruno is the killer . Otherwise, the culprit must be either of those two in our opponent’s team . ”

“The worst part is, we don’t know how it was done . Judging by the two accidents, we know that their items must have an ability that could affect an aircraft . We will have zero-gravity training tomorrow morning, and we have to get on a plane for the parabolic flight . If you don’t want any ‘accidents’ happening to us, I think we should deal with the threat as soon as possible . By the way, how many times have you joined a single-player game with competitive mode? Still have those wild imaginations in your head?”

“This is my second time . The first time, I was in a far more dangerous situation than what we are in . Many players were killed in an earthquake in my previous game . In the end, the survivors were even fewer than the minimum amount of players required to complete the game . ”

“You are really lucky then . In my previous game, two of my real childhood buddies had to fight each other to grab the last spot . Since they used fake names and their looks had been modified, they didn’t recognize each other until the final moment . ”

“Did they work together to eliminate other players?”

“It was too late for that . There wasn’t enough time to work out a plan . Besides, the others weren’t that weak as well . Even if they worked together, they weren’t confident enough that the plan could be executed successfully . When one of them hesitated, his friend struck and killed him, grabbing the last slot for himself . ”

“Huh!”

The schoolkid was shocked by the dramatic ending . To conceal his surprised face, he quickly moved on with the conversation .

“I don’t sympathize with them, you know . I’m just worried about NASA’s employees . After all, one too many accidents happened on the same day . I’m pretty sure the authorities are starting to suspect that it’s all a deliberate act . Oh, and the public isn’t painting NASA in the best light at the moment . The media has also been focusing a lot on NASA’s accidents recently, doubting they can safely get our people on the moon . If we act on your plan right now, you think it might affect the Apollo Program…”

“Only the living have the right to worry about tomorrow . Don’t worry about Apollo . In such times, NASA has no option but to carry on with the project . They will try their best to prove the world wrong, and all . What we need to do now is to eliminate the rest of them and get ourselves on Apollo 11 . ”

“You’re right . I couldn’t agree more . We’ll go according to your plan during the fire drill,” the schoolkid nodded .

After a month training and studying, the players were already familiar with Kennedy Space Center’s surroundings . Hence, the schoolkid managed to make his way to one of the storerooms during his break . The small-ish room located on the seventh floor stored the base’ daily rations, and security there wasn’t too tight . Usually, a single administrative officer would watch over the place . It wasn’t too difficult to sneak in without alerting anyone . After the accidents, NASA increased the security of the entire facility . Although the store wasn’t of great importance, they placed a guard there anyway to ensure nothing untoward would happen again . However, that didn’t stop the schoolkid from breaking in . He took out a small piece of glass, and after a few tries, he managed to turn the sunlight’s reflection to the guard’s face . He then placed it outside the wall and waited for him to pick it up . The startled guard immediately got up, approaching the curious shiny object with caution .

It was at that time that something magical took place . Right after the guard picked up the glass, his mind went completely blank, and he plopped to the ground with a gaping mouth, stunned and oblivious . Relieved, the schoolkid emerged from the back of the wall, took a quick look at his surroundings, and hurried into the storeroom . After a while, he walked out hiding something under his shirt . Once he picked the glass from the ground, the guard returned to his normal state .

“Great . I have been looking for this thing . I’m glad you found it . Thank you so much!” the schoolkid exclaimed, with an ear-to-ear smile beaming over his face . The guard was still in a daze, unable to remember what happened after he picked up the glass . As a NASA employee, he quickly recognized the schoolkid as one of the astronaut candidates . So, he nodded at him and returned to his post . After getting the items he wanted, the schoolkid quickly ran back to the training center . He arrived at the training center right before the fire drill started, ending up beside Livingston and gasping for air . Many people were looking at him .

“Are you trying to tell everyone you’ve just done something behind their backs?”

“Easy for you to say . Try running from the canteen to the storeroom to the training center in such a short time! I’m nowhere on time . I think I did a good job, though . Managed to figure out how to make the captain team us up without raising our opponents’ suspicion?

“We don’t have to say anything . They are weaker than us . Logically, they should be the ones worried, not us . ”

Before Livingston could finish, Zhen Xiong pointed at Jia Lai and asked the captain a question .

“Kenhaus, can you put us in the same team?”

“Reason?”

“I’ve teamed up with the others during our previous sessions . Anderson is the only person I haven’t teamed up with . I would like to team up with different people so I can familiarize myself with the way others do things . ”

“Very reasonable . Request granted . ”

Zhang Heng had no intention to get involved in their fight . Hence, he asked to team with the trainer . Thus, everyone now had their partner with them . Everyone also knew that this part of the training wasn’t going to be as simple as they thought it would be .