Book 2: The Chamber of the Dead, 24.
Just before a full-force struggle might be staged, someone finally came to the rescue.
"Ahem"
The one of the three brothers coughed twice first, and after interrupting the one-sided gaze of the Bollivan group, he asked: "According to the experience of the previous two levels, strength is still the most important in this game, what wisdom is just one of the additions, and the matter of smashing the chair to pass the first level is more like being stupider than anyone's brain, if you don't mind, I would like to know the order of the people who came over, as well as the equipment problems on those people." β
They weren't fooled by the Bollivans' deliberate play with the art of language. As the man said before, "the first three people who entered the rest area" included three people, who knows whether the Bolivan was the first, the second, or the third after the most entered. And these people, including Chen Xi, have too conspicuous equipment on their bodies, especially the giant man who is more than two meters tall, and anyone who sees the big fist in the casserole will be nervous.
"I'm the second to come in, and the equipment in my hand is called [Concussion Fist], which I gave away by the game's administrator before I passed the second level, because I was doing very well."
The giant man stood up first, he glanced at Bollivan, whose face had become ugly, and said: "You can call me Kolchak, and these four people belong to the same military veterans organization of Tukum Star, we only respect and obey those who are really powerful. β
Kolchak was not a fool, he knew what Bolivan was thinking.
First take advantage of the situation to suppress others, then integrate the entire team, and then use sufficient command power to ensure the rights and interests of your side and the safety of the pass. However, the key point to understand is that the rights and interests of the team are limited, and the danger of passing the test is inevitable, as for whose rights and interests will be harmed in the process, and who will be allowed to take this danger, it depends on who will more obviously threaten their position in control of the entire team.
Obviously, his side is the first to bear the brunt of both numbers and strength.
At this time, even if Bolivan didn't want to mention this issue anymore, he had to come out and say: "I'm the third to come in, and the chain on my body is called [Aurora Chain], and I have the same reason as Kolchak." β
He knew that if Chen Xi was the first to say that he was the first to enter, then he would bear all the attention and suspicion if he said it later, and in this way, the momentum and impression he had worked so hard to create before would basically be completely destroyed.
Therefore, instead of letting others blow, it is better to come by yourself, at least you can leave a lot of impression points, and maybe after most people turn their attention to Chen Xi, they will not continue to pay attention to the previous farce.
"Besides, no one is holding it, even if this guy is the strongest among us, it's useless, only one person will never get real control of the team."
Bollivan sneered and withdrew his gaze from Chen Xi, who was still low-key, and redirected his resentful gaze onto Kolchak.
He knew very well that it was only because of the problem of face that this guy didn't take the initiative to compete with him for the position of leader, but at this time, the topic was already on the right track, and it was impossible for this guy not to jump out and fight with him. Moreover, compared to Chen Xi, who had never said a word from the beginning and just sank into his own world, Kolchak had to think about the other four people even if he didn't do it for himself, in this case, they were simply natural mortal enemies.
Thinking of this, Bollivan's heart suddenly moved, and then he began to speak for Chen Xi: "There is no doubt that this person who was waiting for everyone here with me before was, of course, the first participant to enter the rest area, but he doesn't like to talk very much, and everyone can say anything, he actually knows everything." β
The meaning of this statement is very simple, not only creating a feeling of "he basically doesn't care about things", directly excluding Chen Xi from the competition circle of the leadership team, but also vaguely expressing the meaning of "In fact, the two of us know each other very well, and it is the same if you have anything to tell me". To put it bluntly, this is Bollivan's risky gamble, and he fights for the indifferent personality that Chen Xi showed from the beginning, and he will not directly refute these words that have no ambiguity on the surface, but everyone knows the implicit meaning of Lu Dao, and thinks that Chen Xi is on his side.
So in order to make his words more convincing, he deliberately led people to Chen Xi's side while talking, smiling to make an intimate gesture, indicating that he was not wrong. The look of the detergent was almost like saying in front of everyone, "Look at what, Lao Tzu is his agent, and you have to get my permission before opening a film and cutting people."
That is, Chen Xi still needs to be a master for a period of time, otherwise he would have taken the remaining half of the brick and called this guy in the face: "Call you so shameless!" β
But I have to say that this method is very deceptive, as soon as Bolivan finished speaking for him, the faces of the rest of the people changed, and the original slight sneer immediately disappeared, and it was replaced by a cautious again.
Even Kolchak regretted it a little at this time. I don't think I was too self-sustaining and supportive before, if I stayed at the door at the beginning and had some friendship with Chen Xi, I wouldn't be a little caught off guard like now.
To put it simply, the current focus of the battle for control of the team lies on the three neutrals of the three brothers, Chen Xi and the "governor", of which the three brothers and Chen Xi are the heaviest, the former has a large number of people, and the latter is strong (others do not know that Chen Xi is completely pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger).
Judging from the number of people on the Bollivan side, after winning over Chen Xi, as long as he befriended the remaining three brothers again, he promised a few conditions. If there were no other accidents, the three brothers would certainly not have switched to someone else. In this way, the Bolivan side would have a total of 12 people, which is fully two-thirds of the entire team, and gaining control of the team is almost a certainty, but it is the last thing Kolchak wants to see.
"Damn, I must not let this happen, once Bolivan successfully gains control of the team, the five people on our side will inevitably be marginalized in the whole team, and if there is any danger, they will definitely be the best candidates for cannon fodder."
Kolchak's cheeks trembled under his anxious heart, and then he turned his head to look at the four people who also showed melancholy on the left and right, and his expression suddenly certain, and he took a few steps forward.
Taking advantage of the fact that the three brothers had not yet completely made up their minds about who to fall towards, he hurriedly walked to Bollivan's side, and used his burly and somewhat exaggerated body to draw the focus of the audience away from the two of them.
"I have a little doubt, although the time to enter the rest area can be used as a criterion for evaluating strength, but the really stronger people still have to look at the real fight, I am curious about the power of your armor."
"Compared to someone who will come out earlier in the first level, the remaining power of each of us can better reflect the combat level in the second level."
Kolchak not only covered the two people behind him with a huge size shadow, and then attracted all the presence in the range, but the voice that roared from his throat was so loud that others were completely speechless. Chen Xi was very curious, if this guy was put on Changban Slope in the Three Kingdoms era, would he be able to compare the level of his voice with Meng Zhang Fei, who was suddenly covered by close range, he almost had an urge to hit the wall, and his brain was too dizzy.
But what Chen Xi didn't expect was that Bollivan could actually answer the conversation in this situation that seemed to be affected by a shock bomb at close range. As soon as Kolchak took a breath, he sneered hehe.
"Kolchak, I don't know what you have in mind when you ask like this, the power situation of each of us is the key privacy that belongs to our own life, can you easily tell others the Tao, that will only harm others and yourself, will you usually tell a person you just met your bank password?"
"I bought a watch last year" was not explicitly stated, but the look on Bollivan's face undoubtedly expressed this meaning.
"It's me who is a little abrupt."
Kolchak's momentum stagnated, but immediately returned to normal: "However, the example you said is not appropriate, this situation is not said now, and it must be thoroughly clarified later, whether it is necessary to let people who do not have much protection power still be cannon fodder, only by understanding everyone's strength and life-saving power situation, can we best arrange the strength of the team." β
"So, to show my innocence, I can tell you about my own battery level first."
Speaking of which, Kolchak first removed the shutter under his armpit, which showed 6 bars of power. And under his leadership, the other four people who belonged to the same group also put the power of the armor on the table. They are 3, 3, 2, and 4 squares.
Now, it was Bollivan's turn to be a little speechless.
Chen Xi's encounter with Antaro is not the only case, Bolivan also encountered it. It's just that after beating that monster and collecting the remaining power, he only reached a total of 4 blocks, which is a full two blocks lower than Kolchak, and is at a significant disadvantage. Although he had learned from his accomplices that ordinary participants would not encounter AntarΓ³'s rampage, he was completely sure that Kolchak was the exception, and to use the argument of rampage would not only be useless, but would bring humiliation upon himself.
And time waits for no one, and when the seven were still waiting for Bolivan to say whether to refuse or agree to be together, the three brothers had already begun to remove the shield after looking at each other. As for the governor who is full of passers-by, who will care about his power situation, who cares about his power situation, and I don't see that no one has spoken to him head-on from beginning to end.
"If they are compared like this, the three brothers will definitely consider other options"
Bolivan thought about it and had no other way, so he could only look at Chen Xi with a pleading gaze. The person in front of him was already the only weight he could fight with over there.