Thriller Paradise

Feng bujue walked down the stairs. When he reached the main hall, he was still observing his surroundings and the people around him.

Although the word "dinner" was used in the previous broadcast, the organizer of the banquet clearly had no intention of inviting everyone to sit around the table for lunch.

Of course, food and drinks were still provided in the main hall. All kinds of wine, champagne trees, and many instant snacks and fresh seafood ... Could be taken by the guests.

Or rather ... He could only ask for it.

Because there were only men in suits and sunglasses who were responsible for maintaining order here, and no waiters.

Considering that many customers had chosen the mask that said "if you don\'t take it off, you can\'t eat", the demand for food here was actually quite limited, so this arrangement didn\'t seem inappropriate.

A moment later, brother Jue, who had been walking around the main hall, suppressed the urge to take off his mask to get a free meal. He found a corner against the wall and continued to wait and see.

"This is what I expected ..." Looking at the various guests before him, Feng bujue thought to himself, even though everyone is wearing a mask and do not know each other, many of them have already formed their own \'small groups\'.

His eyes moved quickly, sweeping over the groups of three to five people one by one.

"Even if your face is covered, people who are good at socializing are still good at socializing.

"Figure, speech, temperament, taste in wine, clothes, and even masks ... These are all obvious assets that can quickly show your self-worth."

As he thought of this, he looked at some other people.

"And those who are not good at those can only be subservient for the time being, or fight on their own like me."

Then, he snorted softly.

"Hmph ... However, in the long run, there is no difference between the two.

"The people who are talking and laughing right now all know in their hearts that the \'relationship\' established under such circumstances is nothing more than a show and mutual use.

"When it comes to their own interests, anyone can easily betray the other ..." He said.

Feng bujue raised his head to look at the second floor of the main hall. There ... Was a door guarded by many people in black suits, and no one could get close to it.

"At the end of the day ... In the eyes of the \'organizer\' who is pushing this show, everyone standing in this main hall is just a plaything for him to play with ...

"Be it gorgeous clothes or excellent social skills ...

"Show off your knowledge, or be coquettish ...

"No matter what you do, you can\'t hide the most basic fact that the people who came here are all at a dead end.

"I wouldn\'t have come to this ship if I wasn\'t at my wit\'s end.

"If I wasn\'t at my wit\'s end, I wouldn\'t have gambled on my life.

"Moreover, these people ... Are different from the people at the bottom who have never touched the resources of the upper class. They were all \'successful people\',\'social elites\', and \'winners in life\'... Their abilities, courage, vision, and so on were different from the former.

"However, because of a certain mistake, they\'ve all come to the brink of death.

"They ... Are more afraid of poverty and loss of power than ordinary people.

"To mortals, being a mortal is life. But to heavenly deities, being a mortal ... Is the most terrifying punishment.

"In the hearts of these people, the \'fear\' they have for a poor life even surpasses their fear of death. At least, that\'s what they will think before they really face death.

"So, they staked everything on one throw ...

"So, they came here ...

"In order to escape from the abyss in front of them, they excitedly ran to a single-log bridge, but they deceived themselves and ignored the fact that ... Only a very small number of people could cross the bridge. The rest of them will fall from the bridge and into an even deeper abyss ..."

With that in mind, Feng bujue actually laughed.

"Ha ... Watching these people struggle and tear at each other in desperation ... Gradually stripping away the layers of disguise on their bodies, revealing the dirty nature under the bright appearance, or rather ... Their nature, must be an extremely pleasurable thing."

There was a hint of self-mockery in his smile, but there were also some indescribable emotions ...

Brother Jue probably realized it himself ... The reason he could think of all this was because the dark side of his heart was also longing for this \'show\'.

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Evening, 7:10 pm.

Perhaps it was to put on airs, perhaps it was to give the guests time to communicate in advance, or perhaps ... It was simply casual.

In short, tonight\'s main character had only arrived late and made his appearance.

It was a yellow-skinned man with black hair, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a tuxedo.

Like the guests, the \'host\' was also wearing a mask.

Therefore, no one could see his face. The only information that could be confirmed from her body was her hair color, skin color, height, and body shape.

When the man came to the second floor and stood by the railing, the crowd in the main hall naturally quieted down.

[Sense of existence]

This was the word that flashed through people\'s minds at this moment.

He didn\'t say anything, nor did he do anything that would attract attention. Just by "appearing" and standing there, he gave off a strong sense of existence that could not be ignored.

Not long after, the entire venue was silent, hundreds of burning eyes stopped on that person.

People were waiting ... Waiting for him to say something.

The host was quite satisfied with this reaction.

"Just like before, these ordinary, ordinary ants who pretended to be elites ... Quickly noticed that I was different from the rest."

He was about to say something, but ...

Hululululululululu

Suddenly, a very obvious sound of sucking could be heard.

As the main hall was very quiet at this time, the sound was unusually piercing.

So ... The People\'s attention, which was originally on the host, was instantly attracted by the sound of sucking.

The source of the voice ... Was a man wearing a crow mask. He was holding a drink and sticking the straw into the "eye" part of the mask. He was snoring and slurping ...

Despite being surrounded by the crowd, this guy had no intention of stopping his weird behavior.

He just drank the drink slowly as if nothing had happened, then put down the cup and closed the "glasses" on the mask unhurriedly. (The two eyes of the crow mask were round glass designs like small porthole; On the mask that brother Jue had bought, these two glasses could be opened separately.

"I say, big brother." After finishing his drink, Feng bujue even turned around and took two steps forward to greet the man in the suit and sunglasses who was closest to him.

The man in the suit was also stunned. After two seconds, he stammered,""What ... What is it?"

"Don\'t you have a tube that can be bent? It\'s so inconvenient to be this straight. " Feng bujue used a tone that sounded like he was complaining at the counter of a convenience store to tell the man something that no one else thought was important.

But ... From the actual situation, his suggestion was indeed reasonable.

Because Feng bujue\'s mouth could not be opened, when he was drinking the drink earlier, he could only bend the straw at a sixty-degree angle and raise the drink to the height of his face. He allowed the straw to reach into the mask through the hole in the eye and then into his mouth ...

In this case, if the straight straw was forcibly bent, it would make it very difficult to suck things, and then it would make that very unpleasant and very obvious sucking sound.

Of course ...... Normally speaking, when the mouth part of the mask could not be opened, most people would just give up drinking water and eating. If the mouth of the mask could be opened, the straw would not affect it.

"This ... This ..." The man in the suit was a little confused by the question. As a small figure, he couldn\'t help but feel nervous in front of so many people.

"Ha ... Hehehe ..." Fortunately, two seconds later, the host standing on the second floor laughed.

His laughter pulled everyone\'s attention back to him.

"Oh? He\'s younger than I expected. " When Feng bujue heard the man\'s voice, he thought to himself, from the way he walked, the skin that was exposed, and the way he stood, he should be no older than forty. But now, from the sound of his laughter ... It\'s very likely that he\'s below thirty. "

"Hey! You over there. " Before his smile disappeared, the host used his slightly arrogant voice to call out to the man in the suit.

"Ah ... Ah! Yes! Sir!" The man in a suit hesitated for half a second, then immediately stood up straight and responded loudly.

"Go to the logistics department immediately and confirm for the gentleman beside you if there are any straws on the ship he wants." The next second, the organizer ordered calmly,"if there\'s none, take a helicopter back to the city and buy some for him."

"Uh ... Yes!" When the man in the suit responded, he had a \'saved\' expression on his face. Then, he even gave brother Jue a smug look before leaving.

What happened in that one minute was the first \'confrontation\' between brother Jue and the host ...

Feng bujue seized the opportunity when the host was about to speak and used a series of nonsensical actions to disrupt the host\'s rhythm.

The host used an extremely simple and direct method that ordinary people might not be able to think of to solve the other party\'s request.

Therefore, brother Jue\'s situation was a little awkward. However, he was thick-skinned, and he had the mask on, so he did not really mind the crowd.

In any case, in this first "exchange of moves"... It was clear that the organizer had won.

"Uh huh ..." After an awkward silence, the host cleared his throat and said,"ladies and gentlemen ..."

His words caused those who were still looking down on brother Jue to look away.

"Welcome to the Yage." When the host said this, there was no eagerness in his tone. There was a faint coldness in his tone."I am the host of this banquet. You can just call me \'host\'."

He paused for two seconds, looked at the reaction of the crowd below, and then continued,""Everyone here is smart. I\'ll save those insincere and indirect words ..."

He wasn\'t someone who would say such things in the first place ... Because \'false feelings\' and \'beating around the bush\' were rhetorical devices that people would use when they needed someone\'s help. And the host had almost no chance to say such words.

"I\'ll just tell you what you\'re interested in ..."

After the host said that, eight men in suits silently appeared on both sides of him, four on each side, standing side by side.

Each of the men in suits was holding an object covered by white cloth. Looking at the outline ... It should be some kind of rectangular object under the White cloth, with a side length of about 30 centimeters.

"Ha ..." After waiting for a few seconds, the organizer sneered and said,"let me introduce to you the prizes for tonight \'s\' game. \'"

Before he could finish his sentence, the men in suits each removed the White cloth on the objects they were holding.

Under the White cloth ... Without exception, they were all small glass cabinets.

The bottom of the cabinets were made of metal, and the base was covered with a rectangular glass cover. Inside the cabinets were ...

"I\'ll start from my left ... And introduce everyone one by one. " The host just glanced to the left and right to confirm the position and order of the items. Then, he no longer turned his head. Instead, he maintained his posture of looking down at the crowd below and spoke slowly ...

"First,\'red tear\', one of the world\'s most famous natural red diamonds, was stolen from a collector\'s home in 2040 and has been missing since. The market value at the last valuation ... Was about 6 million USD. "

"Second,\'Ying\'. There\'s nothing special about it. It\'s just a perfect cat\'s eye stone with a market value of about five million US dollars.

"Third,\'fragrance\', a burial object excavated from the jewelry of a European royal family. Legend has it that it will bring bad luck to the woman who wears it, causing her to die within a few years. Every dead person will die in a place with a strange fragrance." The last time fragrance was auctioned, it was sold for 12 million US dollars. "

"Fourth,\'lover\', a diamond from Myanmar, is one of the largest diamonds in the world. It was first discovered in the 19th century. The original stone was cut into two pieces because it was too big, and it was created by two skilled Italy craftsmen."

"Fifth,\'lover\'. This is the sister stone from just now. The market value of these two diamonds alone is about five million US dollars."

"Sixth, the \'dashmir pink diamond\', which originally belonged to a famous female star in the 20th century, was killed in her living room in 1968. The only thing that was stolen from her mansion that day was this diamond. The year before she was killed, she bought this diamond for $180000. I think you all know about inflation, so you should be able to quickly calculate how much $180000 at that time is now. "

"The seventh is the \'crown\', a Prize for a series of competitions held by a game company in the United States in 1982. It is made of pure gold, embellished with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and sea sapphires. Due to the crash of the United States game industry in 1983, the game related to the prize was only released in limited quantities and did not make it to the final round. The whereabouts of \'crown\' were unknown in the same year. This item was valued at 25000 US dollars back then, and with inflation and its background story, its current market value is at least 4 million US dollars. "

"Finally ..." The host paused and looked at the cabinet before saying,"the heart of the ocean."

He only said these four words about the gem.

Regarding this gem, he only needed to say these four words ...

There was no one here who didn\'t know the story of the heart of the ocean, and no one would give a price to this gem.

"Hmm ... As long as I get \'that\', that should be enough ..." When the people in the main hall raised their heads to look at the valuable gemstones, Feng bujue was unmoved. His focus ... Was only on his \'goal\'.

"Alright, I think everyone already has an idea of the value of the prizes." After a few seconds of pause, the host continued,"there is no doubt that any one of these pieces of jewelry is enough to help you get out of your current predicament.

"As long as you win the \'game\', you can choose one and take it away.

"But ... If I fail in the \'game\'..." He said.