This happened right before Jiang Ran pulled the trigger. Hearing the system's voice,

Jiang Ran immediately pulled the trigger with tears welling up in his eyes.

A click sounded.

Jiang Ran had successfully survived.

He excitedly pushed the revolver toward the clown.

His tears could no longer be held back.

He shouted inwardly: "System, it turns out I've been wrong about you all along, I've failed you!"

Jiang Ran was saved.

His face was full of excitement, the ecstasy of surviving a near-death experience.

But the clown on the other side had his brows tightly furrowed, the previous laughter on his face completely gone.

At this moment, his gaze was fixed dead on the revolver before him.

Was he hallucinating just now??

He saw clearly - the bullet glowing red was in chamber number 4, so how did it suddenly become number 5?

Did Jiang Ran cheat?

But how did he cheat?

The technique was completely undetectable! Not a single trace left!

The clown didn't have time to think about this problem now, because the issue he currently faced was:

The shot he was about to fire at his own temple had a bullet in it.

Especially since he knew this fact.

Even though he knew, he still quickly picked up the revolver and fired a shot at his own temple.

This shot also produced only a click sound.

When the clown put down the gun, in his field of vision,

The bullet that was previously in chamber number 5 was now in number 6.

What was going on?

It turned out the clown's revolver was very special.

The trigger was adjustable.

Depending on the angle and force of the pull, it could make the bullet in the cylinder slide to either the left or right chamber.

Then, the clown pushed the revolver toward Jiang Ran.

He wanted to see clearly whether he had been seeing things or if the other party had cheated.

At this moment, Jiang Ran was somewhat confused.

Because according to what the system just said, his bullet consumed 100 points and transferred to the next chamber.

So, the shot the clown just fired should have definitely killed him!

But it didn't.

So in this situation, two possibilities:

First: The clown cheated, though he didn't know how.

Second: The system lied, but this... honestly, in the past he would have thought the system was lying.

But now sitting across from him was a deranged serial killer who could be looked up online.

This definitely wasn't a lie...

"There are six chambers total, now it's the last one. If we remove the possibility of system point consumption and the clown cheating, then the first five had no bullets, this one definitely has one."

Now it was Jiang Ran's turn. His right hand tightly gripped the revolver, the muzzle aimed at his right temple.

Because the system was there, he wasn't too nervous.

So he took a breath, opened his eyes, stared at the clown across from him, and noticed the clown had been staring unblinkingly at the revolver in his hand.

Jiang Ran prepared to pull the trigger.

Right before pulling the trigger, the system appeared again.

[Ding, detected host is about to face a lethal crisis, consumed 100 points, bullet has been transferred to next chamber.]

He pulled the trigger. Click.

But now sitting across from him was a deranged serial killer who could be looked up online.

But now that Jiang Ran was safe, he didn't feel relieved.

Because as mentioned earlier, the revolver had six chambers total, with the bullet in one of them.

Six shots made one round. Under normal circumstances, either Jiang Ran or the clown should have been shot in the temple during this round.

Yet, one round passed.

Both of them were fine.

This was very awkward...

"Let's continue!"

The clown acted as if there was no problem with the previous round, taking the revolver from Jiang Ran's hand.

He again aimed at his own temple and fired a shot.

This shot was safe.

Next it was Jiang Ran's turn. Jiang Ran again heard the system's point consumption notification.

This shot, Jiang Ran was also safe.

The two of them continued like this, firing shots through another round.

The atmosphere at the scene became increasingly silent, increasingly oppressive.

Neither of them spoke at the moment.

Before starting a new round, the clown directly took the revolver, opened the cylinder, and clearly saw the bullet inside - a blank round.

Then he placed the revolver on the gambling table, making eye contact with Jiang Ran.

Both of them were in an extremely awkward situation.

First, Jiang Ran thought the clown had cheated.

But he didn't know how the clown cheated.

Empty accusations without proof.

And he was afraid that if he accused the clown of cheating, the clown might become desperate and directly attack him.

Then there was the clown on the other side.

He was also certain Jiang Ran had cheated.

But like Jiang Ran, he couldn't figure out how Jiang Ran cheated.

Because Jiang Ran only placed his hand on the trigger without moving at all.

Yet the bullet instantly transferred from this chamber to immediately appear in the next chamber. Like magic.

It wasn't like his method of pulling the trigger at different angles to make the bullet naturally slide from the original chamber to another one.

So, what to do now?

Should he directly stand up and say Jiang Ran cheated?!

Like with Wang Tao last time?

But with Wang Tao last time, he actually figured out Wang Tao's cheating method.

Wang Tao's cheating technique was too clumsy, after all he wasn't professional.

But this time, he could confirm Jiang Ran cheated.

But if he stood up and said "you cheated,"

And Jiang Ran responded with: "Show me the evidence, how did I cheat?" What would he do?

Because he couldn't figure out the cheating method. Didn't know how to reproduce it.

Thus, a deranged serial killer was stuck here.

So, he thought there was another problem now.

Shouldn't Jiang Ran across from him have also figured out that he cheated?

But probably like him, didn't know his cheating method.

No evidence.

After all, in this gamble-with-your-life game, the cylinder had already gone through two rounds, yet in both rounds, both of them surprisingly remained unharmed.

Frankly speaking, both of them had problems.

......

These deranged serial killers all have their own murder preferences, rules.

Or specific targets for killing, unique killing methods, etc.

Therefore, they're quite similar to certain rule-based or horror genre novels.

The ghosts and other things that appear in them all have their own unique murder rules and patterns.

If you don't trigger them, you're fine - these supernatural beings strictly adhere to them.

But humans are different;

there's an essential difference between humans and ghosts.

Humans aren't beings that will strictly adhere to their murder preference rules.

Please remember, these deranged serial killers are all human, with their own unique thoughts and thinking.

And humans differ from each other.

Some deranged serial killers indeed strictly adhere to their rules;

if they do something that doesn't conform, they feel imperfect and uncomfortable.

But some can make exceptions.

Like the current clown.

He recalled when he murdered that female apprentice wife who emptied his house and took all his money.

Then recalled that male apprentice who loved him and was also murdered by him.

Thus, a deranged serial killer was stuck here.

He just directly killed them for revenge.

Wait!

Speaking of which, why did he now enjoy playing gamble-with-your-life games with people he was about to kill?

It seemed he greatly enjoyed this process?

Watching these people's various emotional reactions before death?

Yes, that was exactly it.

What gamble-with-your-life game.

Whoever wins gets to live?

This was just a colossal lie.

He simply enjoyed controlling and toying with the life-and-death fate of the other party.

These deranged serial killers all have their own murder preferences and rules.

No matter who was the final winner in the gamble-with-your-life game, the one who died would definitely be the other party.

Not himself.

Since the gamble-with-your-life game had now reached an endless stalemate.

Might as well be straightforward - stop playing and directly take action.