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    Qiao Qiao stared at himself in the mirror.

    He has a typical East Asian face, with small features, fair and soft skin, and long hair with a little natural curls, draped docilely over his shoulders and down to his ribs.

    She liked her hair very much and took good care of it, but now she had to say goodbye to them.

    Qiao Qiao picked up a pair of scissors and cut her hair into ear-length hair with a few clicks.Because it was cut haphazardly, the edges are messy, but these are not important, as long as it is short enough.

    Qiao Qiao threw the long hair into the trash can. After looking at it for a while, she spread her fingers and inserted them into the hair, trying to pull the hair several times.

    She discovered this weakness when she was confronting Mei Tang. Long hair was inconvenient for fighting and could easily be grabbed by her opponent. Once her hair was grabbed, she would lose her ability to resist and be defeated.

    It would be fine if it were normal times, but she was about to participate in the insect fighting competition. Without knowing the content of the competition, she did not dare to take any risks.

    I hope short hair will bring her good luck.

    Walking out of the bathroom door, Qiao Qiao saw that the bird-beaked butler had been waiting for a long time. His face was covered by a weird bird mask, so Qiao Qiao didn’t know if he had other expressions, but it seemed like he wasn’t surprised?

    “Wise choice.” Beak Butler bowed respectfully, “It’s getting late, please go out.”

    “Uh, am I going to leave like this?”

    “Yeah, you don’t need to bring anything.”

    Qiao Qiao was a little nervous. She subconsciously wanted to twist her hair, but her fingers failed.

    …It seems like it will take a while to get used to it.

    When she walked to the door, she was stopped by Jian Baiyou, which surprised Qiao Qiao because he had been using her as air for the past few days. Qiao Qiao even doubted why he stuffed her into the insect fighting competition, because he didn’t look like he was interested in the competition?

    It stands to reason that Jian Baiyou, as the ‘master’, should have personally sent Qiao Qiao, as the ‘cricket’, to the arena today, but he didn’t even bother to do this little thing and left it to Butler Bird’s Beak to take full responsibility.

    “You have to be careful.”

    After a long while, Jian Baiyou uttered these words.

    Qiao Qiao couldn’t help but glance out the window and wondered if the sun was coming out from the west today?Jian Baiyou actually told her to be careful?Is she not hallucinating?

    Then the man added the second half of the sentence slowly: “I bet a lot of money on you.”

    Qiao Qiao: “…”

    She knew it.

    But why would Jian Baiyou bet money on her?Are you worried about burning too much money?The opponent who bets on her may have a higher winning rate…

    The car to pick her up had arrived. Qiao Qiao stopped thinking about it and turned around and went out.

    The car soon arrived at the square of Sun Sky.

    Suddenly, the light in the car dimmed. Qiao Qiao looked out strangely and found that the screen on the dome had changed from the bright sun in the past to a gloomy scene with surging black clouds. The brightness of the artificial sun was adjusted to the minimum, like a blurry full moon, hanging high on the dark background, looking extremely depressing.

    The pigeons, which had always been leisurely foraging for food, were also frightened. They flew up and hid in the shadow of the tree crown.

    “What’s going on?” Qiao Qiao asked Butler Beak in the front row.

    “It’s a farewell gift. We send off the warriors this way every year.”

    As soon as Deacon Bird’s Beak finished speaking, a bolt of lightning struck on the screen of the dome, and thunder rumbled from far to near. The sky became darker and darker, and the driver raised his hand and turned on the headlights.

    As the car lights turned on, a pair of car lights also appeared in the darkness ahead. Soon, car lights lit up in all directions.Only then did Qiao Qiao realize that the square was full of black cars. She had been in the sun for so long, and this was the first time she had seen so many cars. Are there so many guests living here?

    Soon, the maglev elevator directly in front made a ‘ding’ sound, and Butler Bird’s Beak whispered: “Please get off the car. You must be extremely careful with everything that follows.”

    Qiao Qiao’s heart was pounding. She picked up the black and brown cloak next to her, put it on and got out of the car.

    It was so dark that it was almost impossible to see. Fortunately, countless car lights illuminated the way to the maglev elevator.The black and brown cloak on her body was very heavy, and the hood also blocked her vision on both sides. Qiao Qiao tried her best to use her peripheral vision and could see many figures wearing cloaks like her walking out of the car.

    The sofas and wine cabinets had been removed from the maglev elevator, and rows of seats had been placed. Qiao Qiao found a corner to sit down, lowered his head and waited quietly.

    Soon, the chairs around her were filled. A beaked butler walked in, pressed the button, and the elevator door slowly closed.

    After what seemed like an eternity, the elevator doors opened again.The people in front stood up one after another. Qiao Qiao consciously waited behind and followed them out.

    Where is this?

    There were constant ‘ding’ and ‘ding’ sounds in the ears, and several maglev elevators arrived at the same time. More and more people wearing black and brown cloaks joined this huge team. Everyone walked forward in silence, and not even a word of chat or conversation was heard.Qiao Qiao was caught in the crowd, his sight blocked by the crowd and the hood, and he could only move forward blindly with the flow.

    After walking for a long time, the front finally stopped. People took off their hoods one after another. Qiao Qiao also quickly pushed away the obstructive hat. When she could finally raise her head and look around, she was stunned by what she saw.

    This is a huge cave.

    It should be naturally formed, and the area is about the same as an ordinary school playground. The ground under the feet has been artificially smoothed, but the area near the cave wall still retains traces of water erosion over thousands of years.

    But this was not what surprised Qiao Qiao the most. Her shock came entirely from the countless mica minerals and amethysts inlaid on the cave walls.

    Really, Qiao Qiao felt that this might be the most ‘expensive’ scene she had ever seen in her life. The smallest of these crystal pillars was as thick as an adult’s arm, while the larger ones could even reach two or three meters wide. All the crystal pillars were embedded in the cave wall in an orderly manner, growing in clusters and scattering light sources in all directions. It was like the cave was filled with purple crystal flowers. It was so beautiful that it made people speechless.

    Others around him also made exclamations, but Qiao Qiao also noticed that some people just glanced at the cave indifferently and then looked away, as if this was not their first time here.

    “Warriors.”

    A male voice sounded in everyone’s ears. Qiao Qiao stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck to look. He found a huge crystal platform in front of him, with a man standing on it, holding a microphone in his hand.

    He also wears a full-cover beak mask on his head, but the masks of the beak deacons are black, while his is painted blood red, and the beak is longer. From a distance, it looks like a syringe filled with blood.

    “Welcome to the grandest, most gorgeous and bravest competition in the world!” The man’s voice was very passionate and he spoke in English. However, the screen behind him could translate his words into multiple languages ​​and display them in a timely manner, so Qiao Qiao had no pressure at all to understand.

    “It’s so surprising that there are so many crickets gathered this time, a total of 419 people! Unexpectedly, this may be the largest insect fighting competition in history!”

    419 people?

    Qiao Qiao was secretly surprised, but then he realized that maybe someone had brought multiple crickets to the competition, and they didn’t say that each person could only bring one, right?

    “Although more people will make the game more interesting, it is a pity that our competition venue cannot accommodate so many challengers. Too many people will distract our distinguished guests and waste time on some short-lived people.” The man changed the topic, “So before the game officially starts, I will let everyone play a small game.”

    As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Qiao suddenly heard a “didi” sound coming from her neck. She looked down and saw that it was the black collar that had been activated somewhere. There was a red light flashing in the middle, which looked very ominous.

    Qiao Qiao tried to pick it off and found that it was very strong. Although it was not made of steel, it was extremely tough. She could not take it off by herself.

    “You’d better stop pulling it.” A female voice sounded in her right ear, and she spoke in Mandarin, “This thing has a self-destruction system. If it detects that you are trying to destroy it, it will explode.”

    Qiao Qiao turned his head in surprise and saw a tall girl who also looked Chinese.

    Seeing that she didn’t speak and just stared at her, the girl frowned: “You don’t understand Chinese?”

    “No, no…” Qiao Qiao waved his hands repeatedly, “This is the first time I’m talking to other ‘crickets’. Well, it’s also the first time I’ve seen other ‘crickets’, so I didn’t react just now.”

    “First time? Newbie?”

    “Yeah.”

    The girl smiled and said nothing else. At this time, the man with the beak on the stage also spoke again.

    “This game is very simple, and there is no time limit. The game will only end in one situation – when only half of the people are left on the field. Oh, 419 cannot be eliminated, that is, there is one more person.”

    The long red beak turned from left to right, looking down at the hundreds of people below: “So, does anyone want to withdraw from the competition?”

    Retire?

    Qiao Qiao’s heart suddenly moved. She was originally dragged by Jian Baiyou and forced to participate, especially after seeing so many people, she retreated even louder. Should she seize this fleeting opportunity?

    Impulsively, she lifted her foot to take a step forward.

    Qiao Qiao was by no means a mentally sensitive person, but at this moment she suddenly had an intuition similar to a sixth sense. It was this intuition that made her hesitate for a few seconds and also saved her life.

    A thin man stepped out of the queue.

    Qiao Qiao heard the tall girl beside him whisper two words: “Idiot.”

    “Oh, warrior, do you want to quit the game?” The man with the beak was very happy, “Please come up.”

    The man walked up to the stage uneasily.

    “Please stand here.” The beaked man pointed to the center of the stage, “As long as you cooperate with me, you can go home.”

    The man nodded and stood over obediently.

    The next second, his eyes suddenly widened, his body trembled violently, and then he fell heavily to the ground.

    He is dead.

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