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Time flowed like the calm lake, Sloven had drawn his lot, and similar to what the system had identified, he wasn't the one to draw the blank card.
Raphael turned to look at Bray, he immediately understood what he meant. Bray deliberately chose to delay a bit, while slightly shivering. As an actor, this was an easy role for him to play. The character he was currently portraying was that of someone who was new to such torture and scared of pain, and of losing his life.
Although he could have just opened his lot paper, that would arouse suspicions, especially now that Zach was studying his every movement. After a few minutes of delay, he opened the lot with much difficulty.
As soon as the other prisoners saw the number that was drawn, gasps rang out, and most people felt the word stuck in their throats. Bray didn't draw the blank lot paper like everyone thought, rather, the lot he drew was one with a number!
Most people's faces turned pale with fright, the tension in the room had just reached a new peak, some even felt as though they were being suffocated by a wave of pressure, an aura of death that could take them along with it should they be the one to draw the blank paper.
Zach was by the side, his analyzing gaze had never failed him, so he believed that no matter what, Bray would have been the one to draw the blank paper. Seeing that Bray actually didn't draw the blank lot, he was stunned, speechless.
Could his luck be so bad that it was able to cause him to draw the right lot just to kill him in a more gruesome way in another game? Zach reasoned that the game OOL was only one of the many games they played to entertain themselves.
There were other games—the tactician, race for survival, etcetera—that were played, and he felt that the only possible reason Bray could survive this with his luck level at -50 was because he was destined to die in the most gruesome way.
Of course, his thoughts didn't linger on the possibility of him actually tampering with the results of his analysis, he just felt that Bray was too weak to do something like that even if he possessed the highest SSS-grade skill.
Sigh, his luck is just that bad. Zach thought, looking at Bray with a hint of pity in his eyes.
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Bray walked to the side with an excited expression, he gave people the impression that he was extremely happy to survive the ordeal. Some looked at him with envy, but there were others that looked at him as though they were looking at an idiot.
These set of people knew that this wasn't the final test, in fact, this could be said to be the easiest test they would encounter. The test got tougher for them as the days progressed, with only four days being free for them. During these free days, they were expected to increase their proficiency in their abilities.
Of course one shouldn't forget the fact that each day here was 72 hours.
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Inwards was the calm Bray, as expected, the system can be trusted, Although he had developed some trust towards the system when he saw that the lots others drew were right, he wasn't fully sure. When he saw that the lot paper he drew was in line with the system's prediction, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
Just like that, everyone revealed their lot paper with nervous expressions. Only when the answer was revealed and they confirmed the fact that none of them had picked the lot with the blank card would they be elated and return to their previous calmness.
This continued until it stopped at the fives. Seeing her lover go up, Jiang Chyna smiled at him nervously, "Don't you dare be the one to pick that blank card." She said with much love that this was someone she had been with for a while now, they had awakened their powers in one of the most unique ways.
Although it wasn't that unique, it was unique to them. The awakening of their dual ability came about when they were engaging in something that couples do engage in. When they had finished the process, they blanked out for a couple of days, and when they awoke, everything had changed.
With the change came their current powers, unfortunately, they didn't have much time to enjoy their powers before they 'arrested' as world enders and taken to this world prison.
They still continued their relationship while in this prison, the man even found a way to enter cell five after paying a big price, just to be with his lover. At times there was usually nothing to do, so they usually engaged in the 'couples activity' to pass time.
Because of this, their love for each other deepened, and now they could barely live without one another.
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After wishing the man luck, Chyna watched as he slowly opened his lot paper. Her heartbeat increased once more, like it always did whenever something like this occurred, Only when she saw the number 20 on his lot paper did she calm down.
Gagi turned his gaze to look at Chyna lovingly. He smiled faintly as though saying, 'You see, I told you I would never disappoint you.' She seemed to understand what her man was thinking, and with the confidence that stemmed from him, she walked forward as soon as he stepped back.
Without wasting much of Raphael and the other guards time, she took a deep breath and then opened the lot paper.
Silence!!!
The whole place plunged into utter silence, no one was able to mouth a word. Only Bray was looking at everything calmly, although the expression he portrayed on his face was that of shock.
One statement continued to ring in his mind, it was when Raphael said, "I wonder which of you will run out of luck today…" Everything around him was spinning, inwardly, he was feeling extremely solemn, no! I can never run out of luck! I will not die on the f**ked-up planet!!!
"Chyna!!! No! It can't be you!!!" Gagi screamed in fury and anger.
To be continued...