Chapter 198 - Li Ling Also Has A Plan B And C

"Who are the players entering the final level?" 

Li Ling pursed his lips as he took out a tablet and showed the screen to Huang Zhi Juan who had asked the question, "It's the same list of all top ten players." 

When Liang Feng looked at the list, he didn't know if he wanted to laugh or cry as he pointed out something, "Unfortunately, I'm not on that list." 

Li Ling frowned as he looked at the list again before exclaiming in realization, "Oh... T-Rex101, why the hell are you at the eleventh position?" 

Liang Feng pursed his lips together into a thin smile and shrugged his shoulders as he informed, "You should ask your sister that question. She was the one that invited another player into our team."

"Wait.." Huang Zhi Juan muttered with a frown, "I'm not on that list as well.." 

Liang Feng, "How about this? We cheat our way to the top list?" 

Li Ling shook his head with a sigh as he heard this, "No way. If you two suddenly pop up on the list, you'll instantly be disqualified for cheating." 

Huang Zhi Juan, "Then what do you plan on doing?" 

Li Ling was silent for a minute as he thought about the solution.

Li Ying clapped her hands as she suggested enthusiastically, "How about this? If the final level is opened, you give them entry as well? It would be cheating, but at least it won't be noticed." 

Li Ling shook his head as he heard his sister's suggestion, "I have no control over granting people entry to the final level. Alvi is the only one that decides how everything in the final level is carried out." 

Liang Feng frowned as he looked at Li Ling and guessed what the man's plan was, "Are you saying that you're gonna trust the top ten players to kill you?" 

Li Ling unhesitantly nodded his head as he confirmed that the man was correct, "I'm sure one of them can kill me. We still have Richlord and Yingli there. If nobody else manages to kill me, these two should be able to get the job done." 

"Killing my brother... Wha~ It's a dream come true," Li Ying smiled brightly as she imagined the future. 

"Just in the game," Li Ling squinted at the girl who looked to be a bit too happy about this. 

"Of course~ Hehehe" Li Ying chuckled and for some reason, Li Ling couldn't help but feel that her chuckling sounded rather wicked. 

"Don't you dare give me a brutal death," Li Ling warned and Li Ying simply snickered in turn. 

Huang Zhi Juan frowned as she asked, "Then what do we do?" 

Li Ling turned to face the woman as he answered, "You two stay outside the game and help give support. In case something goes wrong, we'll be depending on you to solve it from the outside." 

Liang Feng sighed as he heard this, "So if you mess up, we save you?" 

Li Ling nodded his head, "That's right. The chances of something going wrong is pretty low and we can only hope that if our plan A doesn't work, our plan B does." 

Liang Feng, "And if Plan B also fails?" 

"Then we put all our hopes in Plan C." 

"Okay, sounds good. What's Alvi's current condition?" 

"Well, nothing much is different. I have prepared the T.I.A.D. headgears for all of you. We can get moving as soon as everyone here agrees," Li Ling replied as he glanced at the four people standing in front of him. 

Tian Xifeng looked skeptical in the beginning but she still sighed as she spoke up, "Since there's no better plan in mind, I guess we'll go with this one. Count me in." 

Liang Feng raised his hand as he also responded, "Count me in as well." 

Huang Zhi Juan bit her lip as she looked to be thinking about it deeply and even after a solid minute of contemplating, she still ended up giving in to Li Ling's idea, "I trust you, son. I'm in." 

Li Ling smiled as he nodded and turned to look at Li Ying. 

Li Ying pursed her lips as she shrugged her shoulders, "You don't even need to ask. If my brother is the one creating the problem, I would naturally be with him to solve it in order to take credit." 

Li Ling couldn't help but chuckle as he nodded his head, "If everything goes well, I'll give you the credit of solving this mess." 

Li Ying smiled brightly, "I like the sound of that. And if everything becomes worse, you can keep the credit." 

Li Ling smirked as he turned and gestured for all of them to follow him. 

Without any further words wasted, they followed Li Ling into another room that had glass doors, making it possible for them to clearly look at the giant brain that was located in the main area. 

Inside this white room, there were five chairs prepared with a headset kept on the side for each of the chairs. 

Li Ying was the first to climb on a chair and carelessly take a seat as she picked up her feet and put them on the chair, sitting on it in an Asian squat position. 

Tian Xifeng squinted and looked to be cringing a bit as she asked, "Why are you sitting like that?" 

"It's more helpful." 

"Helpful?" 

"It's uncomfortable and helps me realize that the virtual reality isn't actually real," Li Ying answered patiently. 

Tian Xifeng looked to be a little surprised as she heard the strategic method of sitting used by this girl, however, because of the one-piece dress she was wearing, Tian Xifeng still refused to sit like that. 

Tian Xifeng sat on the chair with her right leg crossed over her left before she picked up the headgear set on the side and put it over her head. 

Huang Zhi Juan also took a seat on one of the chairs and Lian Feng took a seat in the fourth chair. 

They all put on their headgear and logged into the game. 

Li Ling glanced at the brain one last time before he sat down on one of the chairs and got ready to put the headgear on, however, before he could completely put it on, he heard Li Ying cry out in worry. 

"What's he doing here?!" 

"What happened?" Li Ling asked immediately but his voice could not be heard by Li Ying who already had the noise-cancellation headphones on her head. 

"Li Ling, Mastermo is in the game," Liang Feng immediately explained the situation to Li Ling in a single sentence. 

"What?!" Li Ling cried out in shock and worry. 

He didn't dare move an inch for more than a minute before the shock eventually sunk in and he immediately put on the headgear. 

"You have to be kidding me," He muttered as he logged into the game, and instead of using the ID of Bu Hui as he had originally planned, he used the ID of Devilmagiclover. 

Just as Liang Feng had stated, on top of the online player's list, the name of Mastermo was hard not to notice and he had even entered a level already! 

"Damn it..." Li Ling immediately cursed, "Madam Huang, didn't you say that you warned him?" 

Huang Zhi Juan also frowned as she answered, "I definitely did. This kid has never liked listening to me." 

Li Ling looked at the live playing feature in front of Mastermo's name for a solid minute before he decided to sync data and enter the game together with Mastermo. 

This was an option that could only be possible for teams and since Li Ling was the only one inside Zhihao's team, it was only natural that he was also the only one who could enter the game together with Zhihao. 

The rest four could do nothing more than watch Zhihao and Li Ling play. 

[Welcome to G-ranked level 817: Find the stone!]

"Gege?" Zhihao looked to be shocked as he looked at Li Ling who had suddenly appeared in front of him. 

A small smile crept up on Zhihao's face as the shock sunk in, "I was gonna call you but I thought you might be busy with work." 

Zhihao looked to be happy, however, Li Ling didn't look to be sharing that feeling of happiness. He glared at Zhihao and didn't say anything for a few minutes and when he finally opened his mouth, it was to ask a question that had a bit of anger laced along with his tone, "Why are you online? Shouldn't you be resting?" 

Zhihao's smile also went down and he frowned as he responded, "I wanted to rest but... There was something bugging me." 

Li Ling's eyebrows furrowed up together as he questioned, "Bugging you?" 

Zhihao gulped as he nodded his head, "My mother told me that you're... The founder of Omelas." 

"..." Li Ling had certainly not expected something like this and it could clearly be seen on his face that he was stunned to hear Zhihao saying such a thing.