Chapter 5: Fortune Favors the Bold

Fortune favors the bold!

She was going for it!

But before charging out, she still had to prepare properly. First, she placed the pig slaughtering knife in its own separate slot to make sure she could take it out at any time.

Then she checked the “Butcher” badge she had just obtained.

【Butcher Badge: After equipping it, automatically increases strength by 10%.】

Not bad. Although right now it could only increase her strength by 0.5, after her strength was upgraded in the future, no matter how high it became, it would still increase by 10%. That was wonderful.

After immediately choosing to equip it, she checked her personal panel again.

After sleeping, her health had increased to five points, and her strength was now five point five.

That was acceptable. Besides, the management group had said that this batch of special treasure chests might contain good things that could never be obtained again in the future.

If she did not take a gamble now, she would regret it so badly tonight that her heart would itch.

Besides, when the five-hour safe period ended, it had not said that leaving the room meant certain death.

Then it was worth taking the risk.

After making all preparations, Jiang Jinyue looked at the ten-minute countdown on the announcement board.

She took a deep breath and carefully opened the door a crack.

At this moment, this stretch of corridor was empty. Only the glaring incandescent lights gave off a cold glow.

There were some hurried footsteps in the distance, likely from players who still had not found a dormitory.

Locking her gaze on the corner not far away, where the man she had just killed was still lying, Jiang Jinyue lightened her steps and walked out of the dormitory. She gently closed the door behind her, then quickly advanced toward her destination.

Almost the moment her front foot reached the corner, the system notification sounded throughout the entire floor.

【Attention, all players:

The safe period will end in three minutes. After three minutes, airdrop treasure chests will arrive in each dormitory corridor.

At the same time, players who still have not found a dormitory will be deployed to the floors where special treasure chests are located.

Kill a bound player, and you can obtain her dormitory and backpack.

Only during this special one-hour period can player backpacks drop, so please make “good” use of this opportunity.

Oh, right. Although treasure chests will appear in batches, their number corresponds one-to-one with the number of dormitories. However, each player may pick up a maximum of three treasure chests.】

Almost as soon as the notification ended, the sounds of doors opening kept ringing out from all the dormitories.

Figures instantly began appearing in the originally empty corridor.

Jiang Jinyue’s tense mind finally relaxed for a moment.

It seemed she had bet correctly!

Three minutes!

If she had not set out early just now, the special treasure chest would probably have had nothing to do with her.

She raised her guard again, pressing her back against the corner and warily watching the opened dormitory doors around her, ready to take the “pig slaughtering knife” out of her backpack at any moment.

The players from the dormitories around the corner were also standing in their doorways, all staring at one another vigilantly.

When they saw Jiang Jinyue at the corner, everyone merely assumed she was a player who still had not found a dormitory, so they were not surprised.

Three minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the heavy atmosphere, treasure chests suddenly appeared one after another in the previously empty corridor. Along with the treasure chests came the crazed players who still did not have dormitories.

Jiang Jinyue’s eyes had already been fixed tightly on the ground around the corner. Almost the instant the treasure chest appeared, she immediately bent down and pounced!

After successfully dodging the sneak attack from the fist behind her, she did not hesitate to put the treasure chest into her backpack.

The hedgehog-haired man had not expected his strike to miss. A fierce light flashed in his eyes as he stared fixedly at that red figure.

Jiang Jinyue quickly raised her head and met the man’s gaze. After assessing the difference in strength between them in her heart, she took the pig slaughtering knife out of her backpack without hesitation.

The girl’s eyes were calm as still water. The hand gripping the knife handle was steady as a rock. There was not the slightest panic or childishness of a teenager in her entire bearing.

Damn it! This was obviously a tough one.

The hedgehog-haired man cursed inwardly, his eyes fixed on the large saber with greedy desire.

Just as he was hesitating over whether to entangle himself with her, a brilliant golden light suddenly erupted from the center of the corridor in the distance.

Jiang Jinyue still held the knife handle steadily, not daring to relax in the slightest, but the man’s gaze unconsciously shifted over there.

Unlike the ordinary treasure chests from earlier, the treasure chest in the middle of the corridor was not only twice as large and gorgeously decorated, it was also flashing with dazzling golden light.

After the players fell into a momentary daze, continuous exclamations immediately followed.

“Is that the special treasure chest mentioned in the broadcast?”

“Great!! Looks like the special treasure chest is on our floor!”

“Hahaha! Mine! They’re all mine!”

…

At this moment, the hedgehog-haired man had clearly been attracted by the golden treasure chest.

After quickly weighing things in his heart, he gave Jiang Jinyue a deep look, then decisively rushed toward the middle of the corridor.

Only then did Jiang Jinyue glance toward the location of the golden treasure chest.

Recalling the information from the management group, she did not hesitate in the slightest. She decisively stuck close to the wall and began retreating.

Since she had won the previous gamble, this time she still chose to trust the management group.

Even though that glittering golden treasure chest was clearly extraordinary at a glance.

Jiang Jinyue cautiously avoided several groups of people fighting over the golden treasure chest while quickly rushing toward another relatively hidden corner in her memory.

Even though she secretly felt that the first batch of treasure chests at that corner had most likely already been taken, she still decided to go take a look.

After all, each player could pick up a maximum of three treasure chests, and she only had one right now.

Sure enough, there was no one at this corner!

A trace of surprise flashed through Jiang Jinyue’s heart. Just as she was about to go forward and search for the treasure chest, she suddenly noticed a half-open dormitory door ahead.

Her footsteps immediately slowed, and her eyes narrowed slightly as she carefully examined the surroundings.

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a corner of a treasure chest exposed in the shadow behind the door.

Judging by its style, it was exactly the same as the special treasure chest she had put away at the beginning!

There was a very high chance that this was a special treasure chest!

Jiang Jinyue’s heart involuntarily sped up, but her mind instead became even more tense.

She was prepared to take out the large knife again at any moment. Suddenly, her footsteps sharply shifted!

“Whoosh!”

The next moment, a sharp sound of something cutting through the air brushed past her ear.

“Clack!”

An object fell to the floor.

It was a broken high heel stained with blood. At this moment, someone had thrown it out as a weapon.

“My, my~ Little sister, your reaction is really fast.”

A gentle, soft female voice sounded from behind the half-closed door.

The woman was wearing a professional skirt suit. Her makeup was somewhat smudged, and she was still holding another high heel in her hand. Her face carried a warm, spring-breeze-like smile.

She looked just like a gentle older career woman.

But Jiang Jinyue did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

The woman’s gaze, which seemed wandering but was actually locked onto Jiang Jinyue’s throat, and the taut muscles of her arm all revealed killing intent.

“Big sister, I’m still a student. I’ll leave right now. Can you let me go?”

Jiang Jinyue pretended to be afraid, taking two slight steps backward as her eyes lowered.

In her heart, she secretly rejoiced that she had put away the pig slaughtering knife in advance, afraid that being the only one holding a weapon would attract unnecessary attention.

Otherwise, this woman definitely would not have made a move.

After all, the deterrent power of that pig slaughtering knife was still quite strong.

And the half-hidden treasure chest before her, the half-closed door, and the bloodstained high heel all showed that this place had been arranged as a premeditated trap.

The woman was probably judging whether to attack based on the body type of whoever came.

Whew~ She had almost missed a possible special treasure chest.

Jiang Jinyue silently exhaled in her heart. Then, when she met the woman’s gaze again, her eyes were already filled with tears.

She looked at the woman standing at the doorway, who could retreat inside at any time, took a deep breath, then slightly turned around and fled backward without hesitation.