When your real-life identity becomes your survival tool in an unlimited flow game, can your profession save your life?
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Chapter 175 Giant Amusement Park
【Unlimited Mapping】
[Measure with your feet, observe with your eyes, and draw with pen and paper]
[There is a hidden exit in the current area. The area you clicked is in line with the map mark. Go straight ahead for three meters. The small door 1/2 of the pillar on the right is the card swiping area. Please pass the verification before entering. ]
After using his map skills to confirm that there was a hidden entrance here, Basson was almost impatient and took out the door card he had prepared in advance.
[Soul Vending Machine·Skill Reversal Decomposer·Specialized Card (Note: Only used for startup)]
The same as the black metal card that Lou Keqing got.
This is also one of the reasons why he is willing to cooperate with Jin Jiaqi. That guy took part in two team games in advance with his own goals in mind and had already obtained such a prop black card in advance.
As long as you can turn on one machine, everything else will be easy.
The black card was pasted on the plain gray cement wall, and soon an invisible card slot suddenly appeared after the card was pasted, automatically locking the card.
A blue electronic pattern flashed by, and the black card was swallowed.
After a dripping sound, a crack appeared in the wall, and then a blue-gold door with a full sense of technology opened as if leading to another world.
[You are about to enter a special area. Please keep your property safe. All choices made during this period are personal choices of the player.]
[Pollution in Giant Amusement Park has reached over 50%, please arrive at the aquarium before dark and purchase your own tickets]
Although Bakri, who was standing behind Bassen, was not a player in this round and could not hear the prompts when other players left the game area, he could hear the last sentence about game pollution.
Obviously, the game also reminds these players who failed in the previous game.
Most of the amusement park behind him was continuously burned by black flames.
Even when he failed in the last game, he had never seen such a scene.
"Bassen, are we really not going to have to worry about this fire? Isn't it the same as last time, created to restrict players from using the Soul Vending Machine?"
Bassen sneered without even turning his head. After the metal door was fully opened, he strode in:
"You're overthinking it. If the main system really wants to restrict us from using the Soul Vending Machine, there are 100 ways to do it. On the contrary, it is encouraging us to use this machine. Otherwise, why would it make the black card a small reward in the escape game?"
"The game system is kind enough to set up a safe zone to protect players. It's likely that the river has affected it."
Of course Bassen knew that the fire in the amusement park was unusual, but it didn't matter, they didn't have to leave the park to get out of the game.
"As your biological brother, I can tell you an important piece of information that ordinary players cannot know."
“The entire infinite game map is connected to each other. Even if we enter the Scream Arcade from Blind Box Paradise, we can also enter other games from the games affiliated with the Scream Arcade and then leave. The connection hub between them is here.”
After walking through the metal door, a huge metal machine appeared in front of them. This thing was extremely tall and from a distance it looked more like a processing machine used in some factories. Its size was much larger than the soul vending machines that Qiao Song and her friends had seen in convenience stores or outside the Scream Game Hall.
In the past, Basson would have definitely taken the time to use the machine first, but today, from the moment he discovered the trace of the river, he knew that there were more important things to do.
"Have you seen these machines? The biggest difference between the dungeons under the Twelve Committees and other dungeons is that the way those dungeon managers were born is related to that river. They have long since become a community of interests with the Soul Factory. Even though some dungeon managers have a good relationship with human players, in essence, they all rely on cannibalism to maintain the operation of this world."
"Baklie, have you ever thought about why those of us who should have died in reality can still continue to live in the game?"
A long time ago, when they were still living in the real world, Bassen and his brother made a living by selling maps, trading jade and precious metals in some sensitive areas. During some transactions, their car was attacked and fell off a cliff. After waking up, they came here.
Bakley didn't know if he recalled the process of coming to the infinite world, and he taunted with a hint of meaning: "Is this why you stuffed Li Fei into the vending machine and swallowed up his jade carver ability?"
"He was the one who betrayed me first, Bakley. Remember what I said before? Don't join any guild easily. That guy tried to split up the map business that we had spent several years building in Blind Box Paradise just because of a position promised by the Black Iron Guild."
"You are short-sighted. People from the big guilds have already joined Zootopia. They have to recruit new members to maintain their current survival, but we are different."
Basson walked to the back of the machine and followed the thick pipe inside.
There was a strange smell in the air, like oil and sulfur.
"We are free players. We can choose to stand on anyone's side, or we can choose to be the banker ourselves. Freedom is our biggest bargaining chip."
Buckley didn't understand what he meant at all: "What does it have to do with Zootopia? Aren't you reluctant to go there?"
Basen received the invitation to Zootopia a long time ago, but because he didn't want to go, he stayed in the blind box mall for a few years and almost upgraded his cartographer profession to the maximum.
Until he got a second career, jade carver.
"I'm ready this time. It's time to go. After all, I have an old friend to help me. I know his history better than anyone else."
Bassen took out a roll of strange telephone wire, and randomly tied a few black balls of wire together to make something similar to a telephone receiver. Soon, the black receiver gradually faded and turned into a white receiver.
"Hello, Mr. Qian, are you there?"
The person on the other end of the phone gnashed his teeth and said, "Don't call me by my old name. Call me Boss Cai."
Bassen was in a rare good mood. "Okay, Boss Cai, I've already reached the neutral area where the career converters are placed. I've walked a distance along the pipeline, but I haven't seen the factory entrance."
"How can you get in with just your two legs? Use the method I taught you to get into the pipe."
Bassen's eyes were stern. "You're not going to do anything about this, are you? I haven't been to Zootopia yet, and my shrine hasn't been activated. There's no chance of resurrection now."
Boss Cai smiled. "I'm a businessman. I won't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. It's more important to me that you survive and come to Zootopia to help me. I don't know what the damn Dragon Head has planned this time. He invited everyone to Zootopia to attend the celebration. The bigger your map business is, the more help it will be to me."
"By the way, remember to take care of your tail before you go in, don't make things easy for others."
The call was quickly hung up. Bassen looked at the microphone in his hand and suddenly felt like swearing.
But after all, he was asking for help from others, and he did not really have the same status as that display screen.
After hanging up the phone, the microphone in Bassen's hand turned back into a ball of black wire. He wrapped it around the huge pipe of the machine, and the thing slowly wriggled like a snake and coiled into a circle by itself.
The wires will slowly corrode the pipe to create a window for people to pass through. While waiting, Bassen raised his hand and asked Buckley to let go of the security guard he had knocked unconscious.
"Don't worry about this guy for now, let's go deal with the tail behind first."
A map slowly emerged in his hand, showing several different green spots of light. Most of them had lost their signals, and only two spots were still within his monitoring range.
After forcibly activating the fusion abilities of the jade carver and cartographer, the jades have been destroyed, and now everyone's coordinates have been forcibly exposed.
That's how the young security guard was caught.
[Map drawing completed, the current number of moving light spots is 2. ]
Jin Jiaqi hasn't replied to his message since a while ago. I don't know if she is in a tough battle or has some other problems.
He didn't expect any help from them. Anyway, the door was already open. It was none of his business if Jin Jiaqi couldn't come and accomplish her goal.
As soon as Bassen raised his hand, Bakri tied the knocked out and tied up the young security guard to the pipe, and then he and his brother took each side and began to surround the outside.
The green dot showed that the guy who was following them had reached the entrance of the career converter.
Unlike the soul vending machine, this career conversion machine is quite large in size, and looks like a steel-making furnace from the front.
The entire space is quite spacious. After all, even with such a machine in it, it still doesn't seem cramped. But the strange thing is that the small dot on the map clearly shows that there is a player hiding nearby, but nothing can be seen.
Bassen narrowed his eyes, gestured to his hiding brother, and quickly looked at a corner of the machine based on the detailed positioning.
There happened to be an operating table for starting the machine, with a coin slot on it that said one coin per start.
There is also a metal nameplate on the machine, on which a section of instructions for using the machine is laser engraved.
Basson and his brother both knew how to use the machine, so they naturally did not read the instruction manual. However, the little paper man on the machine read all the words on the instruction manual while they were walking along the pipe.
It was not until the palm-sized paper figure on the operating table jumped down that Bassen realized that this was his target.
He looked at the green jade pendant-like mark on the chest of the little paper man, and then confirmed: "Are you a player?"
It's not like he hasn't seen this kind of profession that remotely controls a stand, but few people can deceive his skill judgment.
At least he could transfer his soul over, otherwise his jade pendant's judgment would not work at all.
This process...
Bassen's expression changed slightly. "Paper-Zha Craftsman? No, only one person with this profession can move freely outside. That guy is staying in the Paper-Zha Village and can't come out. Are you a player who just passed the Paper-Zha Village?"
Qiao Song, whose consciousness was connected to the paper man, did not rush to run after being discovered.
The little paper man stood on the operating table and tilted his head in confusion: "Couldn't it be that I am gifted? Players can also learn this technique by completing tasks in the Paper Village."
"Being able to learn and being able to apply it to perfection are two different things. It seems that you can't stay here. Otherwise, when you have the chance to go to Zootopia, you will definitely stand on the side of those paper-cutting guys. They will be my future opponents."
A carving knife and a huge cutting machine appeared in Basson's hand.
"Although it's a pity that your real body is not here, it's still easy to crush you."
Qiao Song waved his hand, and a piece of paper with ear fragments drawn on it floated down from Bassen's body. Like a fluttering butterfly, it flew back to the little paper man and merged with it.
"Oh, I'm scared to death, you can try it~"
Bassen didn't know when a small piece of paper stuck to his body. His intuition told him that something was wrong. Was the conversation he had had with his brother before monitored by this little paper man?
But is it really possible for a guy who can't possibly be a paper-folding craftsman to achieve this?
A carving knife immediately appeared in his hand.
[Jade cutting set, to make a fine jade carving product, you need a complete set of jade cutting tools, from the original stone to the slices, and finally carving one by one. Good tools can get twice the result with half the effort. 】
"Bakriel!"
Bassen shouted as he rushed forward with a carving knife. Immediately, the little paper man on the operating table found himself surrounded, with a huge tiger in ink painting style appearing from nowhere behind him.
[Tattoo: Tiger descending from the mountain]
Qiao Song slid down quickly along the gap of the machine and found that the tiger did not dare to attack the machine directly, so it simply flattened itself and crawled close to the machine.
This made Bassen very angry: "You are good at taking advantage of loopholes."
This machine is indeed indestructible. To be more precise, once the machine is damaged, the main system will not let go of the player who damaged it. But it doesn’t matter. Someone will pay for the damage caused today.
Basson kicked the machine but didn't break it, but the carving knife almost pierced the slippery paper man.
"Baklie, what do you do for a living? You have so many tattoos on your body, is the tiger the only thing you can use? Get someone more flexible to catch that paper man and tear him to pieces."
"Don't worry about damaging the machine, Boss Cai will pay for it!"
Qiao Song, who was still on the run, was no longer sleepy after hearing this.
You should have said earlier that you would pay for the display screen.
She had originally planned to make some detours to save the young security guard, but this time she directly used the paper man's operating rules and a hammer suddenly appeared in her hand.
A paper man the size of a thermos cup, holding a hammer as heavy as a demolition hammer. He swung it three times in a posture that completely violated the laws of physics and smashed it directly at Bakri, who could only cross his arms to block it.
At the same time, the two python tattoos on his hands also flew out.
Qiao Song was extremely fast. After beating his younger brother, he went on to beat his older brother.
The latter has played so many games and his skills are still pretty good, but he can't help but feel a lingering fear after dodging it.
How could this be possible for a player who has only learned paper-folding for a few days to perform?
He had been to the Zhazhi Village dungeon before, but it took two or three days to get started. How could he reach this level?
However, he soon realized that his dodging was useless because the hammer hit the career converter directly.
Bassen's roar was synchronized with the crackling sound of the wires on the machine, sparks flying everywhere.
Boss Cai said that in order to enter the factory, some of the factory's connecting pipes must be destroyed, and he would compensate for this loss. However, if the entire machine was destroyed, the other party would definitely not be willing to pay for it.
What on earth is this paper man doing? Wouldn’t a normal person’s first reaction when seeing this machine be to be attracted by the skills of other players?
This guy is mentally ill!
Qiao Song is probably not mentally ill and is still very clear-headed.
But his body was only this big, and as he swung the hammer, the pieces of paper on his body flew away like flowers scattered from the sky. It was obvious that he couldn't hold on for much longer.
After realizing that he couldn't catch her by brute force, Basson decisively used three different prop cards, and finally blocked the space with various strange skill effects, successfully shredding the paper figure into pieces.
He angrily put all the fragments into the jade cutting machine to cut them into even smaller pieces.
"I heard that the pain felt by the paper man is also connected to the puppet. Although I haven't caught your real body, you should try to feel the pain yourself."
After checking the map and finding that the green dot had disappeared, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the passage with his brother. Looking at the holes around him that were smashed by the sledgehammer, he began to feel heartbroken.
What if the miser Mr. Cai is unwilling to pay this part of the money, he might have to pay for it himself.
After taking two steps, Bassen suddenly realized something was wrong. He seemed to have been busy checking whether the paper puppet had been completely killed. Now thinking back, there seemed to be no green dot on the map just now.
Wait, where's the security guard?
He quickened his pace and ran towards the pipe they had left before. The young security guard who had fallen beside the entrance was gone.
"Impossible. How could such a small paper figure carry such a large living person out? And why is it not shown on the map?"
Unless the main body dies completely or enters an unmonitored area, the player's location will always be displayed on the map.
At this time, Baklie said silently: "I just took a look, the fire outside is getting bigger and bigger, why don't we go in first."
Bassen smacked his lips impatiently, thinking that what his brother said made sense. Finally, he looked at Baklie silently. When the latter looked at him vigilantly, he smiled again: "Don't worry, I was joking when I said before that if no one is at the bottom, I will take your machine. You see, I have actually prepared enough red coins.
He opened his palm, on which lay several very large red coins with special patterns.
If you look closely, you can find that there are subtle differences in the human heads on each pattern. There are men, women, young and old, and they are all different faces.
One coin equals one life.
In fact, the Soul Vending Machine and the Career Converter are located diagonally on the Giant Park map, which limits the possibility of using the machine within the specified time, but there will never be a shortage of opportunities for those who are willing to plan for this matter.
Basson stood at the entrance of the dark passage. The wires had corroded the pipe to form a round window, but he did not intend to go in first. Instead, he looked at his brother.
He was not willing to turn his back to the other party.
Baklie understood what his brother meant. He said in a hoarse voice, "I still have half of the map of that special copy. You'd better remember your promise."
His palms were slightly sweaty, he wiped them on his pants, took a deep breath, and then jumped into the dark pipe entrance first.
At this moment, in his pocket, there was a shredded paper man's ear still stuck inside.
Inside the aquarium, Qiao Song, who was leaning against the aisle, suddenly had a twitching expression and frowned, as if he had encountered something very painful.
Soon, she finally opened her eyes, grimacing in pain.
"Where is Chi Xiaoyao? Is he back?"
Lou Keqing, who stayed beside her to take care of her, was stunned for a moment: "Who is Chi Xiaoyao?"
"The delivery guy..."
Lou Keqing exclaimed, "What a cool name! They're back. They're in the circular rest area over there, fiddling with the things they just found."
Qiao Song had asked them to search the aquarium to see if there were any equipment that suddenly appeared, and sure enough, they found some strange amusement park accessories.
Now everyone put these things together in the resting area and did not come to disturb Qiao Song.
After such a long period of exposure to blue light, Qiao Song had almost recovered from the shock caused by the river appearing in his brain. However, the paper man that was remotely controlled just now was torn, which still caused some damage.
But it doesn't matter, she did it on purpose.
"I brought the little security guard out. I need to get a car to pick him up. Chi Xiaoyao, can I ride your delivery car?"
The delivery guy, who was holding a water gun and making a BIUBIU shooting gesture, took two seconds to react before he remembered that someone called his name.
"Sure, I'll just give you the key, but isn't the outside polluted? If you go out like this..."
"It's okay, I can still make a few more puppets."
Bassen was right. Qiao Song's paper-making skills were really great. She quickly made another paper figure. Chi Xiaoyao didn't know what she was going to do, but still cooperated and moved his delivery truck to the entrance of the aquarium.
The huge black fire outside had almost covered the entire amusement park area. In some places, the fire was so big that it was like a black hole, almost swallowing up all the buildings.
"Buy him a ticket in advance. Since the system also said that you have to buy a ticket before you can enter, there should be some connection between the ticket and the aquarium. That guy will have to go through the park to the aquarium, don't let him get burned by the fire on the way."
"By the way, this might cause a little damage to your car, is that okay?"
Qiao Song gave the delivery guy a heads-up in advance so that he could ask the security guard to compensate him more money.
Chi Xiaoyao touched his beloved car beside him, and didn't seem to be unwilling.
"Go ahead, this is a derivative of my skill. Even if it is burned, it can be restored in time."
He was in high spirits, and soon started playing childish games with the water gun and the strange items he had found.
The old man was watching over his grandson with a kind expression, just like he was looking after his own grandson.
Lou Keqing: ...
Tang Xiaoxiao, a high school student standing next to you, is much more mature than you. At least he is using a notebook to count the locations of various items!
Qiao Song quickly let the paper man ride on the electric bike and prepared to cross half of the park to pick up the security guard he had stolen earlier.
"By the way, everyone, there's no need to look for the game console. I already know how to complete the game without going through the park."
Qiao Song threw down these words and quickly began to manipulate his paper figure.
After pulling Wang Anning back, they can get out of the game.
Lou Keqing was scratching her head like a student who had heard the answer but had no idea of the game process.
Qiao Song squinted his eyes at her and smiled: "It's not that complicated. I instigated a tattoo artist on the other side who was afraid of being killed by his brother."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That guy will help us trip up."
In the dark passage, Bassen, knowing that he had arrived at the Soul Factory, lowered his voice and asked Bakri who was exploring the way ahead.
"How's it going? Have you arrived yet?"
The darkness around was unusually heavy, floating around like water, bringing a bone-chilling chill.
They walked in the dark pipe for a long time before they finally saw the light and it was finally not so cold anymore.
Bakri was walking in the front in the narrow passage. With the faint light, he saw a huge strange building in front of him. There was a strange sign on it. At first glance, it didn't look like words, but more like some kind of hieroglyphics.
Soon, the writing began to move like tadpoles and took on a shape he recognized.
Bakri could only barely make out the retro traditional Chinese characters.
[Soul Transfer Station]