Chapter 72 Hell Community

The NPC who distributed the bracelets couldn't help but take a look at Qiao Song's wristband, then looked at her, and finally took a step back.

“No, no, no, no problem.” After saying that, he went to distribute testing wristbands to other people without looking back.

Tang Xiaoxiao immediately came over curiously and took her sister Qiao Song's hand to look at it: "Sister Qiao Song, yours is different from ours..."

Because the sin value is too high, the white bit of morality value has not turned red, and is even a little black.

This is particularly conspicuous among the people wearing bracelets. At least for most of the players currently queuing, the bracelets are mainly white, with a few red lines more or less mixed in.

A whole red bracelet worn on the wrist directly shows that the owner of this thing is not easy to mess with.

The Gao siblings also came to join in the fun. Gao Chengcheng's bracelet had several red threads, and her brother's had even more than hers, but the overall color of the bracelet was white.

The moral values ​​of the man and the dog are around 85, but their sin values ​​are much higher than Tang Xiaoxiao's, at around 50.

"Children who have not been poisoned by society have high moral standards and are not very dark." Gao Chengcheng first glanced at Tang Xiaoxiao, then touched his chin and moved closer to Qiao Song:

"However, there is actually someone with such high moral and sin values? She is worthy of being Sister Qiao..."

Qiao Song recalled the NPC's attitude towards her just now, and felt that this number seemed to have a hidden purpose: "Is there anything wrong with the number being too high?"

"That's not the case. It's just that very few people have both values ​​so extreme. When we choose districts later, these two values ​​will determine where we can go. In your situation, Sister Qiao Song, you should be able to go anywhere."

"But based on the information I have obtained so far, the larger the building number, the higher the reward and the greater the difficulty. After all, the higher the chance of encountering ghosts inside."

After getting the wristbands, they passed through a place similar to a subway passage. After about a hundred meters, they saw rows of machines, which was the selection area that Gao Chengcheng mentioned.

The entire regional community is unexpectedly modern and technological. Before entering the community, there is a final self-selection checkpoint.

There are two rows of peculiarly shaped, green-faced, fang-like card readers here. Each person corresponds to a machine. You have to swipe your wristband first to let the machine read your value, and then choose your destination by yourself.

"Tongue pulling, scissors, iron tree, evil mirror, steamer, copper pillar, knife mountain..."*

There are a total of 18 options, which seem to correspond to the different divisions of the 18 levels of hell, but the overall names do not look that scary. Tongue-Pulling Apartment, Scissors Hair Salon, Iron Tree Gardening... After adding these suffixes, they have become some commercial buildings with hellish characteristics.

This self-service machine that takes you to hell also contains several topographic maps, which allow you to directly view the architectural trends of the entire hell community. It looks like a sunken basin, with smaller-numbered buildings on the periphery. Buildings towards the center have larger numbers and are lower in height. Their arrangement looks like a rotating snail shell sinking directly to the center.

Looking at it this way, it does look a bit like the 18 levels of hell.

However, players cannot enter these places at will. For example, the No. 1 [Tongue-Pulling Apartment] that Qiao Song is going to, this option can only be selected when the moral value is above 80 points.

Looking from top to bottom, there are 18 options. The required morality value becomes lower as you go further in the future, decreasing by 20 points. When it comes to the related buildings in Hell No. 6, there are no longer any requirements for morality value, but there are requirements for sin value instead.

For example, the Oil Pan Hell theme restaurant that Gao Chengcheng is going to is numbered 8. There is no requirement for moral value, but the sin value must not be less than 50 points.

Tang Xiaoxiao was right next to Qiao Song, and the two were very close. Qiao Song looked at all the place names that lit up on his interface, then looked at Tang Xiaoxiao, and there were indeed a lot fewer than on his own.

The interface on the little girl's side was less than half lit up. This child's sin value was too low.

Tang Xiaoxiao looked at those strange numerical requirements and finally discovered the pattern.

"Doesn't that mean the players' sin values ​​will be higher the further back in the buildings we go?"

"That's right, so if you have nothing to do, it's best not to go to buildings with larger numbers. The larger the building number, the lower the number of people it contains. Of course, except for Sister Qiao. I guess no one would dare to mess with her wrist if it's exposed."

Gao Chengcheng had quickly chosen option No. 8. They were going to the Oil Pan Hell theme restaurant. It was said that most of the special ingredients for Gao Chengcheng's orange ice cream truck were purchased from the restaurant's boss Meow. It was a good opportunity to go there to discuss business after completing the dungeon.

Qiao Song and the others also booked Tongue-Pulling Apartment No. 1. After all, they knew each other there and could ask about the map when the time comes.

The color of the wristband was indeed eye-catching. The Doberman wore it directly around his neck. Gao Chengcheng waved to them, said she would call him if she had anything, and then she and her dog brother walked towards Aisle 8. They were going to take the elevator down.

Qiao Song and Tang Xiaoxiao went to Passage No. 1. Unlike Gao Chengcheng, perhaps because Building No. 1, the Bashe Apartment, was located at a higher altitude, after walking through the passage for several hundred meters, they arrived directly at the door of an apartment.

There was a big red tongue painted on the black sign, and next to it was something similar to a pair of pliers.

Two security guards were standing at the door of the apartment, arguing with the players.

"I told you she won't go in. We have to go back the way we came and choose a new place!" A young couple held hands tightly. The boy protected the girl behind him and prevented the security guards from getting close.

"You, you guys, don't come over here. If you come over here, I'll use props!" The girl seemed to be taking something out of her bag, and a conflict seemed about to break out at any moment.

Qiao Song stood behind for a while, not intending to help, but in this moment he was noticed by the couple.

When the boy saw Qiao Song coming in, his eyes lit up and he quickly said, "There's a newcomer here. I told you not to enter this building! Let's change the option. If you enter this building, you'll have to have your tongue pulled out!"

The girl seemed to have found some confidence and wanted to pull Qiao Song's hand to join them, but Qiao Song calmly avoided her hand.

"Hey, why are you hiding? I'm doing this for your own good. I made the wrong choice at the self-service machine. I have a chance to regret it before I even enter the store."

Qiao Song raised his eyebrows and rejected the other party's "good intentions".

"No, I'm going to see what these NPCs have to say first."

There are four names written on the duty roster posted at the apartment door, and judging by the photo, they should be four security guards of different heights, weights and shapes.

It is the day shift now, and the people on duty are a very thin tall man and a short man.

The two security guards had batons in their hands but seemed unable to speak. They kept yelling and gesticulating quickly across a glass door in the apartment.

Qiao Song looked at it for a while and suddenly said, "He meant to ask you to take your tongues off and put them in the locker, not to pull out your tongues."

Unlike what she expected, these two security guards actually knew sign language. Why did she remember that when she was in Ghost Story Middle School, the fat security guard seemed to only be able to use gestures?

The couple was stunned for a moment, especially the girl, who looked hesitantly at her boyfriend who had been protecting her: "Ayue, is what she said true? Don't you know a little sign language?"

Before the boy tried to explain, Qiao Song pointed to the other side of the hall, where there was a whole row of posters that could be seen clearly even from outside the building.

This is a detailed explanation of some sign language.

The boy named Ayue saw that everyone had noticed the wall, and his expression was a little unnatural for a moment, but he still stood in front of his girlfriend:

"It's still too dangerous to take out the tongue and put it in the locker. How can we communicate with our companions in the dungeon if we can't even speak? Or we should go to the next level of hell. I've already spent a day in that barber shop. It's much safer there than here."

It seemed that as long as she didn't successfully enter the building, she wouldn't have truly chosen a camp. The girl looked at Qiao Song and the other man, then at her tall boyfriend.

Qiao Song had a cold expression on his face. Tang Xiaoxiao saw that he was just another useless student, so she finally gritted her teeth.

"Okay, then let's all go to the second floor." At least two people can be together and look after each other.

After saying that, the two turned around and left. During this time, the man kept protecting his girlfriend and ignored the gaze from Qiao Song.

Tang Xiaoxiao always felt something was strange.

"Sister Qiao Song, isn't it true that the difficulty increases as you go down?"

Qiao Song hummed: "We are all adults, and we can definitely take responsibility for our own choices."

If the Scissors Salon corresponds to the Scissors Hell, then it should not be a good place. Since the girl was able to choose the first floor, it means that her moral value is above 80. But now she is pulled to the second floor, which may not be a good thing for her.

Qiao Song didn't have the time to care about the young couple. She was more curious about how the entire community operated. Although the security guards couldn't speak, they had good hearing.

Qiao Song asked questions while translating their sign language, and finally succeeded in seeing a row of blank badges hanging on the right side of the door.

"The security guard said that you can only enter the apartment if you have this."

Qiao Song shook the phone in his hand, meaning that if he couldn't talk later, he could communicate via phone.

Tang Xiaoxiao took it and said, "Use this to pretend to be your tongue..."

The next second after she got the badge, she found that she couldn't speak, and a small Q-version tongue pattern appeared on the round badge in her hand.

The security guard at the main gate finally breathed a sigh of relief and opened the gate to let the two in.

Qiao Song blinked, put the badge away, found the locker as instructed by the security guard, and got the corresponding room key.

In the Hell Community dungeon, you can choose between work mode and visitor mode. The work mode is to come in and choose the corresponding profession, and then you can get a higher salary in soul coins, which is similar to previous dungeons.

As for the tourist mode, you have to pay for any consumption in it by yourself. The advantage is that there are no mandatory tasks for professions, and the difficulty of the dungeon will be reduced. The disadvantage is that all consumption in it is not low.

Qiao Song and Tang Xiaoxiao agreed that Tang Xiaoxiao would enter as a tourist, and Qiao Song would find a job to connect the clues obtained from both sides.

"Are you still hiring? I want to apply." Qiao Song signed skillfully.

The short security guard actually had a good impression of Qiao Song since just now, so seeing this, he quickly stuffed a flyer over to him.

[Tongue-pulling Apartment Recruitment: Cleaning, Apartment Chef, Night Security Guard...]

Qiao Song quickly pointed at the night security guard.

This is the largest range of activity, and during the day the security guards can only move inside the apartment to prevent non-apartment residents from intervening.

There is a huge demand for night security guards, and it seems they can also go out on patrol.

The short security guard was a little embarrassed. The tall one scratched his head and asked to see Qiao Song’s bracelet.

When they saw the girl's wrists after she rolled up her sleeves, they quickly took a few steps back as if they were scalded.

The tall man reacted quickly, patted the back of his head quickly, and handed over a recruitment form. He looked enthusiastic and even respectful.

【Notes on the night shift security at Tongue-pulling Apartment】

1. After work at 18:00, please take out your tongue badge from the locker and put it back on your body. You will then be able to speak again.

2. Please remove your tongue badge and return it to your locker before your shift change at 6am.

3. Please protect the safety of the apartment at night. Anyone who is not a member of the apartment enters the apartment, you can directly attack the other party. Once the sin value of the target is higher than 60 points, you will be directly judged, and the moral value of the attacker will not be reduced.

4. Please note that every attack at night will cause your sin value and morality value to fluctuate. Once your morality value fails to meet the standards, you may be kicked out of the apartment the next day.

5. The baton in the apartment will have a bonus to the security guards. The higher the morality value, the stronger the paralyzing effect of the baton. The higher the sin value, the stronger the tearing effect of the baton. It can only be used during working hours.

(A fine of 2,000 for losing a baton)

6. Please remember that in hell, all sins will be seen and all kindness will not be erased, but there is a price to pay for holding both of them.

Qiao Song read these six instructions carefully and found them very interesting. If she understood correctly, every conflict with other residents in hell would affect the values ​​in the residents' hands.

The decline in moral values ​​may even force them to change residence the next day.

The minimum residence period required in the Hell Community is 10 days, which means that you have to stay in there for 10 days to pass the level. But the good thing is that there is also a tourist mode here. Players can use soul coins to survive for 10 days even if they don’t go to work or apply for a job.

Although Tang Xiaoxiao was playing the role of a tourist this time, he still went to the wall very seriously and recorded all the sign language teaching that could be copied.

Seeing that the little girl was so eager to learn, the short security guard went to the side and pulled out a booklet for her. Of course, it was not free, it cost five soul coins.

Qiao Song had studied in the sign language club at university for some time, so he didn't need to remember this anymore. He could review it with just a quick glance.

After Qiao Song signed the employment form, the tall security guard gave her the security baton.

No wonder he was so excited just now. This thing is a magic weapon for Qiao Song, who has full points in both values.

The only strange thing is that the night shift security guard seems to be very busy, otherwise there wouldn't be two about combat out of a total of six points of attention.

When they came in just now, the male member of the couple also wanted to pull his girlfriend to the second floor. Is there some kind of hidden competition between different units in the entire community?

This kind of competition will be stimulated at night, otherwise why is there such a shortage of night security guards?

Qiao Song put away the fully-charged but currently unusable baton and took over a set of security uniforms.

They entered the dungeon not too early, it was already around 17:00, and she planned to go out the back door of the apartment with Tang Xiaoxiao for a walk before doing the evening mission.

The fat security guard seemed to be working the night shift, so Qiao Song could communicate with his colleagues later.

Before leaving, the security guard reminded them to put the small badge with the Q-version tongue pattern back into the locker and lock it to prevent it from being lost.

Currently, Tang Xiaoxiaozhi can only say thank you using sign language.

Qiao Song looked at the time and saw that it wasn't long before her night shift started, so she asked the security guard if she could keep her badge on her body.

The tall man immediately signed: "This is too dangerous! Once the badge leaves you for more than 12 hours, it will change back. If it is stolen, you will really be tongueless!"

Joe praised the baton in Yang's hand: "Don't worry, I will protect it."

'Batons can only be used after 18:00!'

The security guard quickly finished the sign language, and when he saw the deep red spot on her wrist after she raised her hand, he realized what was happening. He couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and could only gesture a few more precautions to her:

'Remember, you must clock in at your apartment before you go to work.'

Qiao Song said he remembered it, and then went out with Tang Xiaoxiao.

Tang Xiaoxiao seemed to understand something, but she didn't know sign language, so she could only type:

"Sister Qiao Song, the Tongue Pulling Apartment asked us to remove our tongues in advance and store them. Is this a form of protection?"

Qiao Song nodded.

"The process of using the badge to remove the tongue is not painful at all, and the ability to speak can be restored at night. I doubt that if I don't use the badge and go directly into the Hell Apartment, I might really have my tongue removed."

It’s even possible that the requirements for each building are different, and it’s more of an identity or classification than a punishment.

The front door of the apartment can only be used for entry but not exit. If you want to leave the apartment, you must go through the back door. There is a staircase leading downwards at the back door, which opens up after two steps.

This back door seems to be connected to other buildings in hell.

Soon they understood how they were connected, and what appeared before them was a prosperous and bustling hell commercial street.

There were shouts everywhere, colorful lights dotted the entire underground street, and the steam was filled with laughter. If it weren't for the obvious up and down staggered buildings, which gave a magical sense of separation, this would be almost no different from a bustling commercial district in the real world.

The air even carried the aroma of food, the unique smell of welders during renovation, and the smell of chemicals used in beauty and hairdressing.

Qiao Song quickly glanced at the building closest to them. It was a hair salon, the full name of which was "Hell Community Scissors Salon".

If I remember correctly, the second level of the 18 levels of hell is called the Scissors Hell.

Looking down layer by layer, this spiral street is like a snail shell, rotating deeper and deeper.

Every building facing the street is full of hellish features, and the facade of almost a building occupies an entire floor.

The sky seemed to be covered by a thick cover. One could not see what was happening outside. One could only see the sun in the middle of the roof, which looked like an artificial sun and was emitting hazy sunlight.

It seemed that because it was already past 5 o'clock, the artificial sunlight had weakened a lot, and the colorful lights on the street gradually lit up.

What surprised Tang Xiaoxiao the most was the atmosphere of the street. The road was wide, and in addition to the obviously human players coming and going, there were also various ghosts and monsters walking here openly.

At the corner where the first and second floors meet, there are a few stupid ghosts gathered together.

"Hey, there seem to be two fat sheep from Tongue Pulling Apartment over there."

When a ghost saw two humans coming out of the apartment door, he immediately exclaimed in a low voice.

"There are still idiots carrying badges these days! Great, let's go and steal their badges. When the 12-hour protection period is over, we can take the fresh strips of porridge directly to those restaurants and sell them for a good price!"

Tang Xiaoxiao's badge was locked in the locker. The fool they were talking about was Qiao Song.

Qiao Song even deliberately tossed the badge up and down in his hand, and soon realized that many eyes were directed at him, both openly and covertly.

She had long realized that, to a certain extent, the Tongue-Pulling Apartment, which required a morality score of at least 80 to enter, was seen by the entire community as a gathering place for good people. Otherwise, the shocked and puzzled expressions of the two security guards on duty during the day when they saw her high sin value would not have been so vivid.

Since everyone thinks that the people on the first level look easy to bully, of course we have to make good use of this opportunity.

Sure enough, soon a few little ghosts who died in unknown ways approached the area where she was. Qiao Song seemed not to notice that there were little ghosts following her. She walked down several more floors and finally turned into an alley.

The cold and gloomy aura behind me was getting closer and closer. These alleys were the junctions of different buildings. There were no colorful lights and they were as dark as big mouths ready to devour people.

Those ghosts are well aware of the players' weaknesses. Most of the jobs applied for by human players are at night, and it is still early before 18:00, which means that they have no way to use the self-defense items provided by the base.

It's obvious that this is a newcomer who came to the Hell Community on the first day. He is so stupid that it makes ghosts hungry~

The one who led the charge was a kid with bandages all over his body, who seemed to have extensive burns. He spoke in a bad tone and surrounded them with his younger brothers.

"Hey, you came here on your own. We're not greedy, human. Hand over your badge and I'll let you live..."

The buzzing sound of a chainsaw could be heard from the dark alley, and a pair of eyes lit up in the darkness, like some kind of long-awaited feline, finally switching from a lazy posture to hunting mode.

"road……!"

Qiao Song couldn't speak now, otherwise he would have to ask, "What are you talking about? The chainsaw is a bit loud, I can't hear clearly."

When you can't talk, your efficiency will be greatly improved.

Dumb, but her chainsaw can talk.

Before these little ghosts could react, a big book written by Tang Xiaoxiao fell from the sky and quickly blocked the entrance of the alley, turning it into a dead end with no way out.

The chainsaw in the darkness approached as quickly as lightning, leaving only a blurry face of Qiao Song.

And the red wristband on her wrist that was so red it could make ghosts tremble.

Three minutes later, the sound of the chainsaw stopped. After checking his newly developed props, Qiao Song felt a little regretful. The chainsaw he used when working with the sculpture before was the most useful.

I don't know when I can use it again.

The little ghost in the corner, with bandages all over his body, was so scared that his soul was about to break. He huddled in the corner like a mouse with nowhere to escape.

He didn't even dare to raise his eyes to look into the distance, nor did he dare to make too much noise. Although the two humans in front of him came from the Tongue-Pulling Apartment and couldn't speak, a wet and sticky sound came from behind them, as if some creature was eating and swallowing.

It was a pink little pig that the woman had let out. It ate up its companion bite by bite, like pig feed.

This is so scary, how could there be such a scary player on the first floor?

Listening to the sound of the piggy bank eating, Qiao Song couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Pigs are indeed omnivores. These ghosts were chopped into pieces by the chainsaw, but they could still eat them.

As for the guy who led the way but is now scared silly, she left him here on purpose. After all, the Hell Community is so big, they need a local ghost to act as a guide.

"Woo woo woo, don't feed me to the pigs, sorry, don't feed me to the pigs..."

The burned ghost, covered in bandages, could only see a glowing screen facing him through tearful eyes, with a string of words typed on it that he could only understand a small part of.

Soon, Qiao Song, who had just fed the pigs and successfully harvested a hell guide, could no longer laugh, because the little ghost she left behind as a guide was actually illiterate!

How come he is still illiterate?

Two mutes and one illiterate man looked at each other in the alley.

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Qiao Song's first day in hell: Literacy education in the hell community is imminent