# Chapter 126: Black and White Roulette Game
"Hey! This side has turned white again!" The speaker looked to the side and exclaimed in surprise: "These colors seem to be moving!"
It wasn't just one person. In an instant, everyone in the square was shouting in alarm. Right beneath their feet, black and white stripes like zebra crossings surged out from the direction of the cinema, continuously extending like a progress bar, quickly covering the entire square!
The origin of these black and white stripes was unknown, but in an extremely short time, even the nearby streets were occupied, and the lines ignored wall barriers, directly extending into the surrounding shops!
In the shop where Xu Huo was, the waiter who had been peering out the door jumped up as if scalded. Turning back to see Xu Huo and the other two already standing on the table, he quickly climbed up as well.
"What is this?" the waiter asked in panic.
Xu Huo looked outside. From his position, he could see the neighboring streets. When the zebra pattern appeared in the square, the streets had already been overtaken, so the coverage range of this zebra pattern must be very large, and buildings offered no obstruction. Even if they went out now, they probably couldn't quickly escape this area.
Moreover, even without touching the ground, the moment the shadows passed beneath his feet, he still sensed a subtle restraint.
Was this also the power of an item?
"What the hell is this thing?" Wang Chaoqing shouted frantically. "Brother, is it a player? Did some high-level player do this?! Are we going to be killed?"
At this moment, the chef and several others from the shop all came out. They were all panicked, but the shop owner, upon seeing people standing on the table, immediately said: "What are you doing? Is a table a place for people to stand?"
The waiter on the table looked hesitant, but intimidated by the shop owner's authority, he reluctantly got down.
The shop owner, wearing a professional smile, strode toward Xu Huo's table, but before he could speak, Wang Chaoqing shouted him back: "Shut your mouth! Say one more word and I'll smash your shop, believe me?!"
The shop owner's face turned pale, but just then a waiter pulled open the door, and the boiling noise from outside flooded into the shop!
First, inexplicable declarations appeared on all public channels, then news of explosions spread through the network. Before they could digest this, strange zebra patterns appeared on the ground... Most ordinary people hadn't even recovered from the continuous shocks when a young couple in the center of the square suddenly exploded!
They really exploded!
The two lovers leaning together inexplicably burst into bloody mist, splattering residue onto the faces of those nearby!
"Ah!!!" High-pitched screams pierced through the square. Someone shouted "bomb," and the crowded masses began scattering in all directions!
But before they could run out of the square, people in the crowd started exploding one after another. Unlike the earlier crowding, the dispersed crowd offered a wider view. Instead of the panic from hearing about bombs, witnessing such horrific scenes with their own eyes, people began screaming, pushing, and fleeing desperately toward any place they could hide!
Many people rushed into the shop where Xu Huo was, but the moment they entered, one of them exploded, and the rest scrambled away!
The waiters standing at the door were splattered with blood, their eyes and noses obscured, trembling as they stood in place.
"Close the door," Xu Huo said, jumping down from the table and addressing Wang Chaoqing.
"Close the door?" Wang Chaoqing was shocked. "Aren't we running?"
"Can you run?" Xu Huo said. "The entire surrounding area is covered with this zebra pattern. Do you want to explode like those people outside?"
Wang Chaoqing swallowed hard and hurriedly went to close the door, also calling the stunned shop owner to bring a lock.
"Have them wash their faces," Xu Huo instructed the shop owner after the door was locked. "Are there any other people in your shop? Call them all out."
"N-no, that's all," the shop owner shook his head instinctively, then told the waiter who had climbed the table to take the three people to wash up. Two chefs also followed to help.
"How should I address you, sir?" the shop owner walked over to Xu Huo and asked nervously. "Do you know what just happened? Is it terrorists?"
Xu Huo's gaze swept across the square as he said, "Did you see the earlier declaration? You could call it terrorists."
"Were bombs planted on the dead people?" the shop owner asked, trembling slightly, as if seeking confirmation of his thoughts.
Xu Huo didn't answer this time. The Painting Woman propped up her phone and glared at the shop owner. "Please don't disturb him!"
Wang Chaoqing pushed him away and lowered his voice threateningly: "Don't bother my brother. If my brother can't figure out a way, everyone will die!"
"Any news online?" Xu Huo asked again.
"I'll check right away!" Wang Chaoqing immediately pulled out his phone.
The shop owner, quick-witted enough, also took out his phone. He followed several aerial live-stream accounts and quickly found a video near the shopping mall.
"Sir, look at this," he hurriedly handed it over.
Xu Huo took it and saw a live video. It was positioned directly above the shopping mall, capturing the mall and some surrounding areas in the frame.
When the view was pulled back, the seemingly evenly distributed zebra stripes on the ground showed differences in thickness, all converging from a distance toward the shopping mall.
He pulled out his phone and found the latest satellite image. In the vast Sea City, the most prosperous area was covered by a circular black and white pattern. If the buildings were removed, the pattern looked like a giant black and white roulette wheel, with the center point being a skyscraper some distance from the mall.
"Brother, look at this video!" Wang Chaoqing said. "This video just captured the process of the zebra stripes appearing!"
Xu Huo shifted his gaze. In the video, a circular line first appeared, like demarcating territory, then black and white checkered squares emerged from the edge of the circle, surging 360 degrees toward the center until converging on the skyscraper.
Could such a large range really be achieved with an item?
Was this a simple killing item, or an instance?
"Buzz!" The large screen in the square and all the televisions, big and small, suddenly lit up simultaneously, showing the same face on the screen.
"Now I will announce the rules of the Black and White Life-and-Death Game."
The middle-aged man in the screen spoke with a smile.
"First, everyone who enters the life-and-death game is considered to have automatically participated in the game."
"Second, every two people have at least one chance to spin the roulette."
"Third, landing on a black square means game failure, and the player will die in different ways. Landing on a white square means victory, and the player will receive one survival opportunity."
"Fourth, one survival opportunity can offset one game failure."
"Fifth, you must accumulate at least two survival opportunities to exit the game."
"Sixth, when a roulette wheel appears before you, there is only a ten-minute countdown."