With six game participants remaining, the wolf butler held the parchment that listed the point rankings for the fourth game.
"Ten thousand points should be enough to secure first place," detective loli thought, glancing around at the other five participants. The national football trio was not to be underestimated, Pi Pang's points should also be considerable, and then there was Su Xiao, whose points were unknown.
Su Xiao himself was unsure of his total points. During the first two days of the game, he had eliminated many 'guests' and creatures in the Forest of the Strong. However, for the last three days, he had stayed hidden in the tree hollow.
"The highest point scorer is..." the wolf butler announced, without revealing everyone's points, going straight to the highest scorer.
"It's settled," the youngest of the national football trio said, smiling. The three brothers had a fortunate encounter in the Forest of the Strong.
"Not necessarily," Pi Pang said confidently, having spent the last five days hunting 'guests', evident from his current disheveled state.
"Killing creatures in the forest earns 1-2 points, killing guests earns 2-3 points. I don't believe anyone could kill thousands of guests in five days," the detective loli said confidently, holding over ten thousand points.
In the first game, the detective Loli's chances of survival seemed among the lowest. During the game of Russian Roulette, due to her alliance with the bespectacled man, everyone thought she was a goner.
The gloomy man thought so and died in the first game. The Catwoman thought so and died in the third game. In the fourth game, the bespectacled man died, while the underestimated detective Loli survived.
In retrospect, detective Loli had performed consistently well in each game. The first game tested luck, in the second game, she used a golden item to finish the dragon meat first. In the third game, she persistently followed Alice's clone, and though she was educated by the clone, her deductions were accurate. She identified the national football trio without any clues. In the fourth game, she teamed up with the bespectacled man and, through careful observation and reasoning, turned the tables in desperate situations and ruthlessly eliminated the bespectacled man.
"The highest point scorer is... White Night," the wolf butler said slowly, his displeasure evident in his tone.
Upon hearing this, Pi Pang looked disappointed, the national football trio showed little reaction, and detective Loli sighed.
"Wolf butler, how many points do I have?" Pi Pang asked.
"24,167 points," the wolf butler replied, surprising detective Loli, who thought her ten thousand points were a significant number.
"What about us?" the national football trio asked.
"Your total points are 27,431," the wolf butler said, summing up the brothers' points.
"And his?" the detective loli asked, pointing at Su Xiao, curious since Pi Pang's single-player points didn't top the list, making Su Xiao's points seem terrifying.
"249,430 points," the wolf butler said. The detective Loli's mouth dropped open in disbelief.
"Two hundred and forty-nine thousand?" she stammered, her mouth twitching.
"Incredible," Pi Pang said, unable to comprehend how Su Xiao earned so many points but respecting the overwhelming difference.
"This must be cheating," the national football trio said, puzzled by the source of such high points.
Su Xiao understood that his points came from the Parasite Crabs' contributions. He had harassed them four times, and by the fifth time, the void creatures couldn't take it anymore and relocated. If they hadn't moved, his points would have been even more exaggerated.
Originally, Su Xiao thought Alice might consider the Parasite Crab group as a whole entity, but it seemed she wasn't that shameless.
The wolf butler walked into the wooden house and activated a mechanism. A part of the 'sky' in the fourth layer opened, and an iron ladder slowly descended.
"This is the entrance to the fifth floor. The fifth game will be the final game. You'll soon know what it entails," the wolf butler said, gesturing for everyone to climb the ladder. Pi Pang and the others ascended, knowing a fall from that height would be fatal.
Su Xiao didn't ascend, waiting for his reward from the fourth game.
The wolf butler stood with his hands behind his back, looking forward as if deep in thought.
"Wolf butler, where's the castle's treasury? I wouldn't mind fetching it myself," Su Xiao said, smiling.
"Do you dare to roam the castle at will? I have the right to execute you on the spot," the wolf butler replied, glancing at Su Xiao.
"Then let me put it this way. What happens if you break the game rules? Alice's alchemical creation, a high-level alchemical creature, a wolf butler," Su Xiao said, his gaze fixed on the wolf butler.
"You..." the wolf butler's expression finally changed, coldly glaring at Su Xiao.
"Quite the coincidence, I specialize in alchemy. Although your life force feels almost biological, it can't hide the unique aura of an alchemical creature. Plus, your core feels peculiar, like... a cage?" Su Xiao said, examining the wolf butler.
Under Su Xiao's scrutinizing gaze, despite being several levels stronger, the wolf butler felt a chill. It wasn't Su Xiao's combat power that he feared, but his gaze. He had experienced it once before when Alice, during his creation, found a problem with his energy core and dismantled him for repair.
"Your outer structure is special-grade magical biological tissue, rarely seen. Your skeletal structure is unknown but seems high-grade. However, your core material is too low-grade, merely a high-strength metal. The magical energy conduction and biological energy storage are too low, compensated with high-level alchemical arrays. The cage-like contradiction must be Alice's personal preference, or does the cage hold special significance for her?" Su Xiao continued, fascinated by the wolf butler's construction.
As Su Xiao delved deeper into the wolf butler's nature, he felt the urge to dissect and study him, an alchemical masterpiece with a low-grade core and high-level materials.
"Shut... up!" the wolf butler roared, enraged but helpless against Su Xiao's alchemical expertise. Su Xiao's desire to dismantle and study him became evident.