In the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room, viewers and strategy analysts alike held their breath.
The male janitor had made his move—he was going to kill Chi Mu!
Everyone thought he was about to suffer the same fate as Myanmar's chosen one, Li Saigao—stabbed to death without a chance to resist.
But in the very next second, the janitor's dagger froze less than a centimeter from Chi Mu's face. His eyes widened in shock, pupils dilating in disbelief.
"You…"
A fruit knife had been stabbed deep into his abdomen—the very one Chi Mu had hidden behind his back.
Clutching his stomach, the janitor stumbled back, face contorted in pain.
——"Holy shit! Chi Mu just turned the tables!"
——"That strike was so fast! I didn't even catch it…"
——"Finish him off, Chi Mu! That psycho murderer doesn't deserve a shred of mercy!"
——"Bro above, Chi Mu's just a college student. Killing someone isn't exactly easy for a normal person. Don't be too harsh!"
The viewers from the Dragon Kingdom erupted in cheers, while Qin Jianghe of the think tank finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Chi Mu stepped forward, yanked the fruit knife from the janitor's gut, and growled, "That first stab was self-defense. You tried to kill me."
Then, with trembling hands, he stabbed the man three more times.
"This one's for A-Jiu! She was just a little girl—so sweet and innocent. How could you bring yourself to kill her?"
"This one's for her mother!"
"And this one… for the company boss. Your greed cost lives, and now it's time to pay the price!"
After the three final blows, the janitor collapsed to the ground, completely still. Chi Mu's hands were shaking, covered in fresh blood.
He dropped the knife, his legs giving out beneath him as he slumped to the floor.
He had never killed anyone before, and he never wanted to. But the image of A-Jiu kept flashing through his mind—there was no way he could let a monster like that walk away unpunished.
——"I thought Chi Mu was a goody-two-shoes. Turns out I was the soft one... Four stabs. That's wild."
——"He did great. Ruthless and decisive. That janitor had it coming."
——"Hey, focus up! The janitor's done for, but the hotel's still crawling with infected. He needs to get out of there now!"
Snapping out of his daze, Chi Mu struggled to stand.
He knew the truth now, but to complete the mission, he still had to escape the hotel.
And time was running out. The place was crawling with the infected.
As soon as he stepped out of the storage room, he spotted several figures at the end of the hallway—walking with grotesque, twisted movements.
The moment they saw him, they charged like wild beasts spotting prey.
"Shit!"
Chi Mu cursed instinctively and took off running.
Back in Myanmar's think tank, the researchers wore grim expressions. After seeing Chi Mu uncover the truth, they finally understood why Li Saigao failed to escape.
It wasn't just because the janitor killed him—it was because he had the wrong clues all along. He thought the female janitor was the murderer, never realizing she was actually the male janitor in disguise.
Myanmar's lead strategist sneered, "Doesn't matter. Chi Mu's surrounded by infected now, and Yang Qu never told him to leave the hotel. He's as good as dead."
"Exactly! If our chosen one failed, theirs shouldn't get to succeed either!"
Chi Mu sprinted to the elevator. When the doors slid open—boom—completely full of infected people.
——"It's over. Even though Chi Mu uncovered the truth, the hotel's crawling with monsters now."
——"He can't leave unless Yang Qu gives the command. He's stuck!"
——"Why is he running downstairs? He should go back to the room and find a way to make Yang Qu ask him to leave!"
——"HAHAHAHA, our Yamato chosen one may have died early, but looks like Dragon Kingdom's won't be much better off!"
——"Hey little Yamato bro, the sound of bagpipes is coming from afar…"
Qin Jianghe frowned deeply. "Why isn't Chi Mu going back to the room? If he leaves the ninth floor now, he won't be able to return. How will Yang Qu ever request him to leave?"
"Old Qin, I think this trial is going to end in total failure..."
The researchers' faces were heavy with disappointment.
Back to the Dragon Kingdom livestream—
Seeing the infected inside the elevator, Chi Mu didn't hesitate for a second. He spun around and bolted toward the emergency staircase, sprinting down with everything he had.
"I don't need Yang Qu to ask me to leave—I can still get out of here on my own!"
Chi Mu gritted his teeth, his plan crystal-clear.
He had thought it all through before even entering the storage room. The method to escape... had been hidden in the rules from the very beginning!
Chi Mu burst into the hotel lobby, panting, with a horde of infected trailing close behind.
Thankfully, the first floor wasn't too densely packed.
Without a second thought, he dashed for the front doors.
——"Damn... He's going to break the rules and die, huh? Better to go that way than get torn apart by the infected."
——"Chi Mu, you've done more than enough. Everyone in the Dragon Kingdom will remember you."
——"Goodbye, God Mu. We'll never forget you!"
Everyone in the livestream had already accepted Chi Mu's death.
But then, something no one expected happened.
Chi Mu burst out of the hotel without a single obstacle and stood in the pouring rain on the street outside.
Behind him, the hotel collapsed with a deafening crash. But instead of a death notice, the system broadcast a message:
[Congratulations to Dragon Kingdom's chosen one, Chi Mu, for successfully completing the SS-level horror clearance mission.]
Everyone watching was dumbfounded—even Qin Jianghe stood frozen.
"H-how? He left the hotel without Yang Qu's permission. He should have died!"
In the Yamato Kingdom, their prime minister slammed the table. "Baka! Why didn't the Dragon Kingdom's chosen one die?! This horror tale is bugged!"
From the Beautiful Nation, President Trump gasped, "Oh my god! That's impossible!"