Chapter 31 Board Games (1)

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Becoming an NPC employee of an escape game company, you would originally be assigned to be on duty at a fixed level, and then receive salary based on your GPA.

But in Jian Lin's case, he had to consider Yi Han's schedule. He had to follow Yi Han when he was clearing the level, and could only be an NPC when Yi Han was resting. Therefore, he was turned into an independent order-taking work system by the system.

Yi Han clicked casually and saw that there was already a level to choose from in his "workplace" column. It was a novice level called "underground supermarket". This level would be his workplace for a long time to come. Unless he performed well and accumulated enough GPA, he could be promoted to a higher level. At that time, a small part of his promotion reward and GPA would be converted into points and rewarded to Yi Han, the pet owner.

Yi Han was interested in points, but he was not interested in arranging tasks for others in detail, so he showed the page to Jian Lin and told him, "Tell me when you want to work, and I will do the work."

As for other options with weird painting styles... let's talk about them based on future needs.

So the two of them had dinner and agreed to start the next level at 8pm. Before that, Jian Lin was free to arrange the time as he pleased, so he took the initiative to arrange himself to work at the new level.

NPCs will not die in the levels, at most they will be eliminated, so Yi Han was not worried. He even opened the online store while Jian Lin was not at home and made a few hours of money.

The duration of the novice level is usually up to 4 hours. Jian Lin came back soon. Seeing that there was still time, he arranged another training session provided by the game company. Yi Han could see that he wanted to work hard to become better and no longer rely entirely on luck. So he didn't ask him to save some energy for the two-star level in the evening. Anyway, Yi Han could pass the level by himself, and it was good enough for him to provide him with the aura of the European emperor to brush points.

At the agreed time in the evening, Jian Lin returned home and did not seem to be injured. After checking their condition, they started matching the two-star level together.

[Level Name: Board Game (Two Stars)]

[Number of players: 8]

[Level Description: Pick up the dice and complete a board game with 7 other players. ]

[Clearance Reward: 300 points (basic points)]

[Failure penalty: Stay in the game map and be accompanied by evil spirits. ]

The darkness faded away and Yi Han was already sitting at a table.

In front of him was a square tabletop with a game map with grids drawn on it and two dice on the map. It looked like a game where you moved the grids according to the number of dice.

There were 8 people sitting around the table. Every 2 people sat together, it seemed that they were in a team of 2. Sitting next to Yi Han was a long-haired girl wearing a witch costume.

Yi Han looked back and found Jian Lin sitting on a small bench behind him, similar to the audience seat for watching mahjong.

In the next line, there was a girl with a large cat sitting behind her. On the other side, there was a man with a bird on his shoulder.

It seems that many players at this stage already have pets, but they are probably not bound through special props like him, but pet eggs purchased through the system mall.

Although Yi Han was not the only one who brought a pet into the game, he was the only one who kept a real person as a pet. So after looking at each other, the other players, including the female teammates around him, all looked at him as if he was a pervert.

Just a few seconds after entering the game, the sound of a loud radio began to blare in the room.

[The following is the announcement of the rules of this game]

【There are 8 players participating in the game, and they have been automatically divided into 4 teams, 2 people in each team. Each team can divide the work by themselves, 1 person is responsible for throwing the dice, and the other person advances according to the points and enters the grid to receive punishment or reward. Please note that if a player dies in the grid, both players of the team will be eliminated. 】

[When a team reaches the finish line, the game ends. At the end of the game, all teams that have not been eliminated will be ranked according to the total number of grids they have walked through and the total points they have earned.]

[The rules are introduced, and the game begins after a 10-second countdown. ]

The game didn't leave much time for everyone to think. Ten seconds passed in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, when the game start prompt sounded, everyone had already divided their tasks.

Since the whole team is eliminated if one player is eliminated, no one is overly vying for the seemingly safer dice-rolling job. Teammates ask each other who has better luck, and the division of labor is completed harmoniously and quickly.

While listening to the rules, Yi Han carefully observed the map on the table.

There are basically three types of grids on the map: bonus points treasure chest, punishment that looks a bit painful but not fatal, and dangerous but seemingly high-reward adventure tasks. The first two will not lead to death, and the third, if completed successfully, will have a higher prize than the first grid, but if failed, it will directly lead to the elimination of the entire team.

"You roll the dice and I'll enter the grid." Yi Han said without much hesitation.

"Okay, I'm very lucky. Don't worry, I will definitely give you the bonus square on the dice." The girl in the shrine maiden costume patted her chest and said confidently.

"It's better to roll more adventure squares." Yi Han said.

"?" The girl was stunned and couldn't help but look at Yi Han several times.

In fact, it wasn't just her. Yi Han heard other people at the table whispering that it would be better to dice the reward grid, which would be safer. If that didn't work, the penalty grid would also work.

As for whether they could get a bigger reward or whether they could reach the finish line first to increase their contribution, it seemed that these were not within their consideration... This once again made Yi Han realize how Buddhist the players of this escape game were.

But no matter what people say, luck is something that cannot be predicted. When it comes to rolling the dice, where the dice lands depends on fate.

The first team to roll the dice was the one sitting opposite Yi Han.

The team consisted of a man and a woman, who looked like a couple playing together in a dungeon. The girl was responsible for rolling the dice, while the boy was responsible for entering the grid to collect items.

The girl picked up two dice, waved her hand, and rolled a 3 and a 5.

This number is neither too much nor too little.

The chess piece representing their team on the map was automatically moved to square 8. Everyone looked over and saw the words written on that square: Punishment, cut off a finger.

The girl's face turned pale at that moment.

Before the two could say anything, everything in front of everyone went dark. The surrounding scene changed, as if they were watching a movie, and they saw a dark and small room.

The man from the team that rolled the dice just now was sitting in the middle of the room, his hand being held by an NPC whose face he couldn't see clearly. He struggled in fear, but couldn't get away.

The NPC was extremely strong and held a bone-chopping knife in his hand. Without giving anyone a chance to prepare themselves, he chopped off a finger from the man's hand.

"Ah—" the man screamed and was quickly thrown back into the board game room.

The girl on his team couldn't help but started crying. Seeing this, her boyfriend, who hadn't recovered yet, actually had the energy to comfort her: "No, it's okay. As long as you get out of the dungeon, you can use points to repair it."

The rest of the players looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't expect that the first team to roll the dice would suffer such a terrible outcome. Everyone started to panic.

Yi Han watched the people in the second team stand up and was concentrating on observing the results when he suddenly smelled a subtle fragrance.

He frowned and tilted his head to see the little witch beside him secretly opening a lunch box. One hand was still on the lunch box, and the palm was glowing slightly.

I don’t know what she did, but the fragrance didn’t drift far away. The faint heat was all absorbed into her palms and melted into her body.

The team whose fingers had just been cut off sat opposite Yi Han. They were the first to dice. According to the seating order, now that the second team had finished digging, it would be their turn next.

Yi Han originally thought that he would tell his teammates and let his European Emperor do the dicing, and this time he would be a sure win. But he didn't expect that his teammate next to him would make such an incomprehensible little move.

Yi Han guessed that this might be some ability to increase luck? Although he didn't understand the connection between luck and lunch box...it would be fine to see her ability in the first round. If she was good, he would pass the level according to the rules, which would save Jian Lin's ability from being exposed.

Unexpectedly, after the witch completed the series of actions, she did not put away the lunch box. Instead, she picked up the chopsticks in the box and secretly took a bite.

This time Yi Han saw clearly, isn't this the braised pork sold in his store?

Yi Han:……?

"Ah!" The witch had just swallowed the first bite of meat with great enjoyment, but the next moment she realized that her teammates and their pets were all staring at her.

The witch's face flushed, "Ah, that's my ability..."

The one that sucked food out of the rice just now was definitely her ability, but eating secretly now probably wasn't it?

"My ability is to absorb luck from food!" The witch explained in a low voice, "Look, this is the most delicious braised pork in the world! I tried it last week and was able to borrow a lot of luck from it. I waited for a long time to buy this box this time. Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem with our game!" She tried to divert her gaze and never mentioned the fact that she secretly ate meat...

Upon hearing this, Yi Han nodded slightly in silence, but he always felt that this girl was not very reliable.

The two turned their attention back to the game.

At this time, the second team has also finished rolling. They rolled 5 points and walked to a square that awards 5 points.

Although the number of steps was not as much as the first team, and the reward was not much, it was not bad that they did not suffer. As Buddhist players, they all seemed very satisfied with the result. Even the first team and the fourth team who had not yet rolled the dice showed envy to them.

Next it was Yi Han's team's turn.

The results of the first two teams were not particularly good. Yi Han felt his clothes being pulled. When he turned around, he saw Jian Lin asking with his eyes whether he wanted to go up.

Yi Han shook his head, indicating that he would first see what this teammate who was said to be able to absorb food luck was like.

As a result, the girl in the witch costume stood up from her seat, picked up two dice, and gave Yi Han a confident look.

With a wave of his hand, the dice fell to the ground.

One 1, one 2.

The corresponding chess piece moves to the third square, where it says: Punishment, stab.

Yi Han turned around speechlessly and looked at the girl next to him.

The witch girl was also stunned: "No, listen to my explanation... I did the same thing last time, and it turned out pretty good!!! Could it be that the braised pork was not made by the same person these two times... I'm going to report that store!!!"

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