Chapter 160 Safe House

In the end, the ghosts and gods still didn't get the chance to help change into other clothes.

He was driven out of the room by Xu Zhiyan who had come to his senses.

"Bang--"

The closed door stirred up a draft of air, blowing up the talismans drawn with intricate spells, revealing a pair of golden pupils full of tenderness and compassion.

After Xu Zhiyan moved into the old house, he devoted himself to the construction of the dungeon and safe house.

He never mentioned his past, never talked about his family, and even his friends were only made after he entered the game.

The ghost thought back to a few months ago.

The flamboyant and cunning young man took his few luggage and risked everything. This was the first time the other party mentioned his own affairs.

He is a very patient hunter.

He is willing to wait.

Wait for Xu Zhiyan to tell Him more.

The next day, the weather became even colder.

The last bit of autumn disappeared, and the cold wind replaced everything.

When Xu Zhiyan woke up, everything outside the safe house had returned to normal.

After a quick wash, he went downstairs yawning.

Although the players exchanged for absolute safety time, since the plan was to turn into monsters, everyone chose to leave as soon as possible. However, before leaving, many people recharged their membership.

In the hall, Xu Zhiyan, who had changed into casual clothes, took the new report handed over by Qu Ji.

"Oh? Six people made additional top-ups?"

He was a little surprised that this group of players might be richer than he thought.

"Yes, because we haven't found the weaknesses of the monsters in Night City yet. If we want to enter the next instance with the monster's body, we must do a comprehensive test."

Qu Ji was wearing a pair of glasses that he got from somewhere, and he spoke clearly and looked a lot more mature.

At present, the main system maintains a tacit attitude towards players leaving the safe house. After all, except for the main house, players entering the dungeon through other gates have to pay a large amount of points to the main system, which is equivalent to paying a maximum toll.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyan pondered for a moment and said to Qu Ji: "Remember to send me a copy of the strength test."

After saying that, he smiled and expressed his guess.

"But judging from the stingy look of the main system, I think the current state of these players will be cleared once they enter the shell."

Different from the players who left the Mermaid instance.

Becoming a monster in the City of Night allows players to obtain more powerful entities. If they can really enter the next dungeon with this monster body, wouldn’t that be a huge profit for the players?

"The players who left the Mermaid Cruise Ship have not recovered. It is likely because the main system has determined that these mutations are a hindrance."

Qu Ji nodded after listening.

Next, it asked about the courtyard renovation plan.

Xu Zhiyan said before that there were too many people in the high-star dungeons and the courtyard was no longer suitable for reception.

After a few words, the system suddenly gave a suggestion.

[Host! Why don't you ask the magical gods and ghosts!]

As the slices are recovered and the power of ghosts and gods is restored, many things that previously required a lot of manpower and material resources can now be accomplished directly by the owner of the safe house.

[You can ask Mr. Ghost to open up an additional space. Now other monsters who log in to the dungeon will be received in this way!]

Otherwise, if all the doors are opened, no matter how big the venue is, it will not be enough.

Upon hearing the proposal, Xu Zhiyan's body stiffened and he immediately changed his words.

"…I'll think about it."

Ever since he yelled at Party A yesterday, the other party not only did not get angry but also apologized in a good-tempered manner. He felt uncomfortable all over.

Why is it that the same phrase "the closest community of interests" sounds fine when said by himself, but seems to sound wrong when it comes from the mouth of ghosts and gods?

But after careful consideration, Xu Zhiyan attributed this to the fact that the ghosts and gods had been sealed here for too long.

If you don't receive any information from the outside world for many years, you will just listen to whatever others say...

So if you want to know more, you should treat yourself as a friend?

Xu Zhiyan’s thoughts raced, and he immediately labeled the ghosts’ ambiguous words yesterday—the lonely ghosts and gods left behind in the safe house were eager to make friends!

That's right! It must be like this!

Imagine if Jiang Huaique and Jin Sheng suddenly started talking about their scarred past, he would definitely want to prick up his ears and take the first bite of the melon.

After figuring it out, Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief.

Friendship is the closest relationship he can have at present, and he is resistant to any relationship that is closer than friendship.

I thought about how to talk to ghosts and gods.

If it weren't for the argument last night, he felt that he might have just written the plan and gone, but forget it now.

Sighing, he finally decided not to go directly to Party A.

There are still some things to do when I return to the safe house this time, so this one more thing won't make a difference. It would be better to wait until the quarrel is completely forgotten before going.

After making up his mind, Xu Zhiyan thought about the time he had agreed with his teammates, let Qu Ji go, stood at the door and looked at the howling north wind outside, gave up the idea of going out, and sent a message in the group.

[The first person to make money from the dungeon: Is he still alive? ]

The mermaid mutation on his side was left to the ghosts and gods to solve, and he didn't know what happened to Jiang Huaique's corals and Jinsheng's kelp.

Soon, the teammates replied.

【Jin: It’s OK, but it’s a little troublesome. 】

[I am your father: Rest in peace, don’t worry.]

Looking at the message, Xu Zhiyan laughed out loud instantly. He simply went back to the fireplace, leaned on the sofa and concentrated on replying to the message.

[The first person to make money from the dungeon: Haven't you found a way to solve the mutation? ]

[I am your father: I am arguing with my boss, you two can chat first, this idiot didn’t even approve my leave? Damn, if he gets mad, I will kill him with a coral! ]

[The first person to make money from dungeons: …]

【Jin: [Xiaoyi laughs wildly.jpg]】

[Jin: There is a way, but it is too expensive. Kelp can be hidden.]

Looking at the news, Xu Zhiyan could roughly imagine the status of his two teammates.

If this abnormality were brought to the real world, it would definitely cause a sensation, and the player might even be caught and sliced into pieces. Moreover, players are subject to the rules in the real world and cannot reveal information related to the game.

[The first person to make money from the dungeon: Please take a leave to go to the dungeon, and I will reimburse you for the points. ]

Considering that his teammates were unable to settle the bill because of him, Xu Zhiyan was rarely generous.

[I am your father: Xu Baopi, your brain was caught by the door? And you still got it reimbursed? ]

[The first person to make money from the dungeon: Those who have foul mouths pay for it themselves! ]

[Jin: Brother Xu, is your transformation over? ]

[The first person to make money from a dungeon: Well, I used some tricks. ]

[I am your father: After the three-day CD is over, Jinsheng and I plan to find a three-star instance first, settle the account and clear the status. Do you want to come? ]

Although the changes in the two people are not that drastic, they have a great impact on their lives. It is a reasonable choice to choose the lowest level copy within the controllable range and wait for the settlement to clear the status.

Seeing this proposal, Xu Zhiyan frowned.

Currently, we have only obtained the coordinates of the blood vessel-related copy, and the star rating and opening time of the copy are uncertain.

[The first person to make money in the dungeon: You guys go first, I have other things to do these days. ]

I hope the copy where the blood is located will not be opened in the next few days.

After a few more words, Jiang Huaique said that after getting the login time for the new copy, the three of them would meet again in the shell. Although he kept making sarcastic remarks, he was actually still worried about the points and was reluctant to give them up even if his teammates said they would be reimbursed.

After reading it, Xu Zhiyan smiled and cursed a few words, then closed the chat software.

The snail housekeeper came back, his pale and bloodless face full of excitement.

"Brother Xu, the shop you bought before has been renovated! But do we really want to sell things this way?" Although it was skeptical about the result, there was excitement in its eyes.

Xu Zhiyan turned over and sat up straight.

"Our purpose is not to sell things. Come on, take me to see."

A few minutes later, the two walked through the door of the shop and logged into the player gathering place.

The slightly narrow shop is no longer the original unfinished house. After a day and a night of hard work by the monsters, the walls of the shop are painted white and the floor is polished so well that it can almost reflect a person's shadow.

There were some items scattered on the container.

Candy, pillow, hot soup, duck backpack...

They are all popular products sold by the safe house, especially the supplies that do not cost any money, which occupy the vast majority of the position.

Because Ke's shop has to deal with humans, it has to be managed by humanoid monsters. Qu Ji couldn't leave, so he could only arrange for Lao Yang to look after the shop.

"When you go to catch monsters in the dungeon later, remember to catch some humanoid monsters." Xu Zhiyan instructed.

"Okay, Brother Xu!"

After Qu Ji answered, he glanced at the label and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

The prices of all supplies here are twice as high as those sold in the safe house.

"Brother Xu, will anyone really buy this?"

Moreover, it felt that this shop was too shabby. They clearly had the money and ability to decorate it better.

“No one needs to buy it.”

Xu Zhiyan shook his head and pointed at the exquisite doorhead outside that he had customized at great expense. This was the only thing he had put a lot of thought into.

The big words "Divided Houses" inside the safe house shell are particularly eye-catching.

There are also some promotional slogans written in small fonts below: Products from Safe House are guaranteed to be authentic, and the penalty for any counterfeit products is ten times that.

“We need to make these players realize that if they encounter a safe house in a dungeon, then shopping in it is really worthwhile.”

He checked the price tags one by one, making sure the high prices were correct.

“Ka——”

As the two were discussing, the door leading to the safe house from the shop opened.

It’s Old Yang who came late.

The old man changed into formal clothes and looked fresh and tidy. The wrinkles on his face were shining. He seldom dressed like this. He just felt uncomfortable all over his body.

When I came in, I just heard Xu Zhiyan's explanation.

"I... am I not here at the right time?"

Lao Yang was completely confused, as if he had gotten lost at a critical moment.

"It's okay. It's a good opportunity for you to come and listen." Xu Zhiyan invited Lao Yang to sit down.

Seeing that the door was open and there were still many monsters peeking inside, he simply asked Qu Ji to close the shop door and planned to explain his intentions to the monsters in the safe house.

A good leader must convince his subordinates.

After checking the doors and windows to make sure the sound wouldn't get out, Qu Ji finally realized what was going on.

"I understand, Brother Xu! First, raise the players' psychological expectations. Then, when they see the affordable products of the safe house, they will have the urge to buy them!!"

This can greatly increase the card processing rate and shipment rate of the safe house.

Xu Zhiyan narrowed his eyes and nodded, looking at the hot soup and candy cubes with the best sales, his eyes shining.

“But our goal goes beyond this.”

The advantage of the safe house is that these upgraded outputs do not require any power consumption, so its initial pricing is much lower than the main system, attracting players to buy it.

But at present, there are still too few players who have found safe houses. Although the purchasing volume is not bad, it is still far from becoming a pillar industry.

He has been thinking about how to expand the sales of these products.

"Our pricing is lower than the system mall. If players buy cards at a discount, and then sell them at the original price or even with a slight markup, it will be profitable."

Interest is the best catalyst.

If you want to survive in the dungeon, how can you do it without working hard to earn points?

"The most sold items in the system mall are mental strength recovery potions and physical strength recovery potions."

“Our product has similar effects.”

“As long as we make products like candy and hot soup into common goods for Shell, and then players spontaneously buy and sell them, then our goods will cover the entire Shell!”

Xu Zhiyan, who has entered the money-making mode, has clear thoughts and a flexible mind.

His voice was not loud, but it seemed to have a bewitching power that made all the monsters who heard it shudder all over, and their blood seemed to be burning.

It replaced the system mall and became the largest supplier of recovery potions... The profits behind this were unimaginably huge.

The monsters inside and outside the door all widened their eyes. Some of them couldn’t even fully understand the meaning, but everyone knew that this was a way to make a lot of money!

Qu Ji was smarter than the other monsters. He was stunned for a long time before asking, "But, but...won't the main system be angry?"

This, this is equivalent to snatching food from the main system's mouth!

Hearing the question, Xu Zhiyan stretched out a finger and shook it.

“That’s a good question, but no.”

"Because we have opened a branch in the shell, although players may not be able to determine who owns this store, the main system will definitely be able to detect it."

As he spoke, he picked up the signboards on the shelf and stacked them up one by one, with a smile on his face: "Our prices are much higher than the system mall. How could it think that we are stealing business?"

"As for the supplies in the players' hands?"

"That's a voluntary transaction between players. What does it have to do with our safe house?"

His fingertips pushed down the sign tower, and labels with high prices were scattered on the table. Xu Zhiyan was testing the bottom line of the main system step by step.

"The safe house recharge system and installment system have not been blocked. Our discount activities are also being carried out with the tacit approval of the main system. I believe it will not react to the subsequent introduction of some more buy more get more packages."

Transactions inside the safe house cannot be monitored by the main system.

"And we didn't replace all the goods in the system mall at the beginning."

Her slender fingertips fiddled with price tags one after another.

“Initially, only a small number of people were selling Safe House products inside of a replica that didn’t have a Safe House.”

Since players cannot open the system mall in the dungeon, the prices of potions and other items purchased from other players whenever they enter the dungeon are often much higher.

"But the number of safe houses is increasing, and more and more players will enter, plus the purchase packages we will launch later..."

More and more products will flow into the market.

"In any case, in a shell transaction, our products have much more advantages."

"When we can impact the sales volume of medicines in the system mall, the medicines circulating on the black market will be our goods."

If you want to impact the system mall, you need a considerable amount of sales to do it.

There was a greedy gleam in Xu Zhiyan's eyes.

"As long as we give up a portion of our profits, all the players who enter the safe house will become our sales staff."

"Even if the system mall wanted to lower the price at that time, it would be too late because our goods are circulated among players and in dungeons."

Unless the main system opens the mall to the copy.

But that's impossible.

The main system has a natural advantage over the players, and it has many ways to earn points, the mall is just one of them. Xu Zhiyan doesn't think the main system will change its strategy towards players because of one or two consumables.

"Of course, if the main system starts to abnormally serve players, we still have plan B..."

Xu Zhiyan touched his chin, frowned slightly, and thought about making perfect preparations.

After these words were spoken, all the monsters in the safe house were completely stunned.

Some monsters understood, and some didn't.

It doesn't matter!

What’s important is that they understand that the goods in the safe house are likely to cover all players and will be on par with stores of the same level as the system mall!

The monsters' blood boiled as they heard this.

"We...we seem to be very powerful!"

“That’s right!!!”

“&……*)&)”

"Hehe! Make money! Hehe!"

"Charge! Defeat the main system!"

"Hmm? Are we going to take down the main system? Never mind!"

The volume of everyone's discussion grew louder and louder, and the topic even went off track later on, with everyone's faces turning red.

After hearing this, Xu Zhiyan's smile froze on his face, and he waved his hand quickly: "There's no need to defeat the main system. We just need to dig out some profits from the system mall."

If he were really asked to defeat the main system, that would be too scary!

However, necessary encouragement is still necessary. He needs loyal subordinates, and nothing is more loyal than the monsters fished out from the dungeon.

"Everyone has done a great job so far. Everyone has contributed greatly to the development of the safe house."

"Without you, there would be no safe house today!"

"Only from now on, in this cramped, dim and cheap shop, we will take a new step! Make more money!"

The monsters were seething.

Most of them are not that intelligent, they have brains but not much.

The monsters released by the main system are always balanced. They possess powers that humans cannot possess, so they are destined not to be given higher intelligence.

Monsters are consumables and are randomly piled up in the dungeon.

And now, someone is telling them that they are important.

Even though this was not the first time they had heard of a mobilization meeting, everyone was still extremely excited, and a few monsters with poor endurance even fainted.

Xu Zhiyan looked at the monsters with a gentle gaze. Although they were ugly, they were all his property!

The last time we held a mobilization meeting, there weren't that many new monsters in the safe house. Now there are new employees, and judging by the trend, there will be more and more in the future... Well, it is necessary to develop the mobilization meeting into a long-term project.

“Our goal is to make money.”

Seeing that the monsters were unable to calm down, Xu Zhiyan summarized the phased goals and ended this temporary mobilization meeting.

"Everyone, keep working hard in the future. I have things to do, so I'll stop here today."

Behind the door, the ghost stood in the void inside the safe house, looking at Xu Zhiyan who was talking passionately and eloquently.

It seemed that his sweetheart had completely gotten rid of the not-so-beautiful memories of yesterday and became dazzling again.

In fact, when the safe house system suggested that Xu Zhiyan come to find ghosts and gods, He had already appeared in the hall at the first time, but feeling the other party's resistance, He hid himself and did not appear.

He was still worrying whether he had asked too many questions yesterday, causing Xu Zhiyan to become listless.

Now seeing that the other party was still full of energy, He finally felt relieved.

Yes, this is Xu Zhiyan.

He always has a firm goal and never looks back. He has confidence and greed that does not match his delicate and gentle appearance. Only those who know him know that his smile is dangerous.

The ghosts and gods couldn't look away.

He had no interest in overturning the main system, but when he thought that the person he loved had such a dangerous soul, he couldn't help but tremble.

It's hard not to be mesmerized.

He thought.

Watching the door connecting the shell and the safe house slowly close, until Xu Zhiyan could no longer be seen, the ghost disappeared into the void again.

In front of the door, the monsters scattered in twos and threes, full of energy.

They wish they could log into a hundred copies a day and take down the system mall as soon as possible!

Inside the shell, Xu Zhiyan leaned against the counter, watching Lao Yang excitedly put away all the price tags that had just been messed up, and put them on carefully.

Seeing that Xu Zhiyan had not left yet, it patted its chest.

"Don't worry, Xiao Xu! I will definitely protect this shop for you! Sooner or later, we will destroy the main system!"

"...Uh...As for the main system...never mind, just do your best!"

Xu Zhiyan scratched his hair, but ultimately did not discourage Lao Yang's enthusiasm.

After inspecting the shop and saying goodbye to Lao Yang and Qu Ji, he sneaked out of the back door of the shop and blended into the players like a drop of sea water.

The trading area remains the same.

There were a lot of other topics among the players walking back and forth.

Xu Zhiyan put the hood of his casual clothes on his head and started strolling around, collecting information and taking a look at the recent price fluctuations in Shell.

After strolling around for two rounds, he arrived at the high-end rest area and had a general idea of what was going on.

Prices have barely changed, remaining the same.

However, the chat content near the trading area is mainly about transactions, with little other information.

Standing outside the gate of the high-end rest area, as someone who owns property in Shell, he can use any place and NPC inside for free.

Well, the NPCs here should know a lot of things.

Looks like I have to stay here for a while longer.

Although he could find the information he wanted on the black market, information on the black market cost money. Unless he was in a hurry, Xu Zhiyan didn't want to be taken advantage of.

As soon as I entered the door, a beautiful blue-haired NPC came over.

"Mr. Xu, you haven't been here for a long time!"

“…”

Xu Zhiyan was stunned.

What kind of madam word is this? He only came once before!

However, Xu Zhiyan had a good memory and recognized it at a glance. This blue-haired NPC was the NPC he had clicked to play with him the last time he came.

Why did he click on it... Oh! Now I remember, NPCs also have KPIs. He saw this NPC crying so hard that he simply clicked on a bunch of NPCs to play games with him in order to help him out.

He caught a glimpse of the plea for help in the NPC's eyes, and then glanced at the fierce-looking male player who was following him.

Well, it turns out that this NPC is looking for him to help again?

Considering that he wanted to get some free information from the NPC, Xu Zhiyan tried to take over the conversation.

But he had never done such a sneaky thing as hooking up with a young model before, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. He could only make up something based on his limited knowledge.

"...Well, I came to see you right after the dungeon was completed."

Damn, this answer seems a bit wrong?

But looking at the blue-haired NPC in front of him who suddenly relaxed, he felt that this answer should be correct?

Sure enough, after hearing his words, the fierce player who was about to move forward stopped.

No one wanted to conflict with other players in the shell over a beautiful NPC, and watching the man leave, Xu Zhiyan and the NPC all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Xu, you have helped me a lot." The blue-haired NPC said, patting his chest.

Listening to the seductive voice of the NPC and taking a look at his flawless face, Xu Zhiyan began to understand why this little blue-haired boy was always so unlucky.

A delicate beauty can arouse humans' desire for violence. This NPC looks better when crying than when smiling. Isn't this attractive to perverts?

"Xiao Lan...well, I mean, I don't know your name yet."

"You can call me whatever you want." The NPC replied in a low voice: "Since you can remember Xiao Lan's name, then call me Xiao Lan."

Xu Zhiyan wondered if this was too hasty.

But when he thought of the monsters named Honghong Liuliu, Dahei and Erhei in the safe house, he couldn't say it.

"That sounds nice. I'll call you that from now on."

After making sure that the man had gone far away, Xu Zhiyan quickly distanced himself from the NPC.

It's not like he really came here to do anything to the NPCs.

Because he just wanted to ask a few questions, after Xu Zhiyan scanned Xiao Lan's work number, he simply found a side hall near the lobby with more privacy and started chatting with the other party.

Only by purchasing a property in the shell can you enter the high-end rest area for free. The only players who can accumulate enough extra points to purchase a property are those who have entered a copy of five stars or above.

This is also Xu Zhiyan’s purpose.

The safe house was currently only open to four-star copies, but as long as he entered the five-star copy next, the safe house would soon be accessible to old players as well.

The method of closing the game and logging out from the safe house has been publicized by players who have previously completed the dungeon.

He needed to know what these clients thought of the safe house.

Xiao Lan knows everything and tells it all.

Soon, Xu Zhiyan understood the general situation.

Just as he expected, ever since they logged out of the mermaid cruise ship, the news that the copy safe house could be used as a logout medium had spread.

"Some low-level players are very enthusiastic about this, but they think the price is a bit high. After all, it costs an extra 100,000 points to leave..."

Unlike what Xu Zhiyan guessed, Xiao Lan not only knew about the old players, he also knew the opinions of many low-level players.

"But low-level players are still very optimistic about this! After all, it can save their lives~"

"When a person dies, there is nothing left."

Xu Zhiyan nodded. This answer was pretty much what he expected.

But then, the old players’ opinions on logging out of the safe house are not very good.

"But the high-level players I've come into contact with generally don't seem to be very optimistic about the safe house's new business."

Xiao Lan pursed her lips and recalled.

"The survival rate of high-level players is still acceptable. Generally, those who die tragically in five-star dungeons are those who have just managed to enter five-star dungeons."

The mortality rate of five-star copies is extremely polarized.

Players who have just entered the five-star dungeon are already the best in the previous few dungeons, but entering the five-star dungeon means that they need to compete with the big guys on the leaderboard.

"Some ordinary dungeons are fine, but if you encounter a highly hostile dungeon... I met a few players who are famous on the leaderboard before. They said that if you really find a safe house in a dungeon with different factions, it would be better to make a new agreement."

"What agreement?"

"No one should enter the safe house, play fair."

Hearing the answer, Xu Zhiyan's breath was choked.

“…”

Damn, the thing I was most worried about happened!

After asking the questions and sending Xiao Lan away, Xu Zhiyan sat alone on a stool in the side hall, frowning.

In fact, he had already considered this situation when he was in Night City, but he didn't expect that this group of people would come up with a response so quickly.

In some dungeons where the two factions are fighting against each other, not everyone can enter the safe house. For the players who find the safe house, this is a bug, a variable, and a cheat.

Before finding it, no one can judge whether they find it first or the enemy finds it first.

Although the main purpose of the dungeon is to survive, the existence of this game is long enough to cultivate a group of powerful high-level players. They usually will not die at the hands of monsters in the dungeon, but only at the hands of opponents who are also players.

"We have to think of a way..."

Xu Zhiyan casually grabbed an apple from the table and took a bite, his face solemn.

Although this group of people is small in number, he doesn't want to give up these customers... In the entire game, no one is richer than the high-level players!

"We have to find a way to get them into the safe house!"

He can only charge fees if they enter the safe house. If these guys don't even enter, where will he get the money?

Xu Zhiyan stood up holding the apple, his face full of worry.

But now he has not entered the five-star copy, nor has he really experienced what it is like to fight against the copy, so everything has to be considered carefully.

After thinking for a while, I still had no clue.

He looked down at the teeth marks on the apple, and couldn't think of any good solution for a moment. Forget it... let's go buy some seeds first.

If he buys the seeds now, then when he comes out of the dungeon next time, he should be able to produce a batch of the things planted around the hot spring.

Just do it.

The next destination is the black market!

Just as Xu Zhiyan adjusted his mood and pushed the door out of the side hall where the conversation took place, he encountered a slightly familiar figure in the lobby of the high-end lounge area.

Hmm? It seems to be Gan Mi?

Not sure, let’s wait and see.

If it was really Gan Mi... could he cheat the other party out of some money? Anyway, he couldn't beat him for the time being, so it would be good to make some money.

After taking two steps forward, Xu Zhiyan squinted at the figure's back and confirmed that it was Gan Mi.

At this time, the baby-faced young man was leaning against the service counter, talking to a man with short white hair.

From Xu Zhiyan’s position, he could just see the man’s face.

The man was very tall and had a good-looking appearance. I didn’t know if he was mixed-race, but his facial features were as deep as if they were carved by a knife, and his white hair was messy, as if he had randomly grabbed a handful of it after waking up.

Xu Zhiyan made a rough estimate and concluded that the white-haired man must be nearly two meters tall, taller than Gan Mi.

Looks like there's no chance today.

Just as he was about to sneak away, the white-haired man raised his head and locked his eyes on him.

After looking at each other, the man laughed.

With just one glance, Xu Zhiyan's body tensed up.

An uncomfortable feeling of being seen through surged in his heart. Although there was no emotion in the other person's eyes, he felt as if he was being looked at with contempt.

Although the other party's expression changed quickly, he still felt uncomfortable.

That gaze was odd.

Like... evaluating something?

But when Xu Zhiyan looked up again, the man's eyes had changed.

He saw the man raised his hand, pointed at his position, and said to Gan Mi: "Your little friend is here, don't you want to say hello?"

"Huh? Little kid?" Gan Mi was stunned and turned around.

At this moment, Xu Zhiyan has calmed down.

Looking at Gan Mi who was walking towards him, he searched through previous information and pieced together the identity of the white-haired man.

I can meet Smiling Tiger in the high-level rest area, and I seem to be in the driver's seat during the conversation...

Although he had not deliberately looked for the photo, Xu Zhiyan guessed the other party's identity in a second - the legendary number one.

He lowered his eyes and didn't look at the other person again.

The unexpected encounter was somewhat unexpected.

We met too early.

This guy killed Jiang Huaique's sister, and they will most likely meet in a five-star copy in the future, and a fierce battle is inevitable.

Although the other party once offered a high price to poach him, Xu Zhiyan didn't think he would work for a murderer for money.

There is no way he would abandon his teammates, so he and No. 1 on the list would inevitably stand on opposing sides.

While he was thinking, Gan Mi had already arrived.

"What are you thinking about?" He waved his hand in front of Xu Zhiyan's eyes.

Xu Zhiyan paused, loosened his fingers for a moment, and the bitten apple fell down.

The expected sound of the car falling to the ground did not occur.

The apple slowly floated up in the air and fell into Gan Mi's hands.

Xu Zhiyan's pupils shrank slightly.

After only one copy, he discovered that Gan Mi's control over the air had improved even more. She could even pick up the apple with compressed air without damaging the apple at all.

It was so unlucky. The stronger Gan Mi became, the more he regretted not killing the opponent in the copy.

Gan Mi held the apple and asked.

"Has your mermaid status been lifted?"

His voice was filled with a bit of surprise that he himself didn't even notice: "Is there a way to sell it? Enli, that idiot, also needs it... Well, didn't he tell you that he's my brother?"

Facing the outgoing Gan Mi, Xu Zhiyan adjusted his attitude and nodded perfunctorily.

"It's lifted, but there's only one prop. You two are actually brothers? It doesn't seem like it." After saying that, he didn't want to stay here any longer, so he made up an excuse and planned to leave.

Both of them are smart people.

Sensing Xu Zhiyan's resistance, Gan Mi said nothing more and just watched the young man leave the hall of the high-end lounge area.

"Everyone has left, why are you still watching?"

Yan Chengfan slowly walked over until Xu Zhiyan was completely out of sight.

"Boss, I think you scared him."

Gan Mi shook her head somewhat dissatisfiedly.

"Scared? When he looked at you and me, there was murderous intent in his eyes." The white-haired man seemed to have heard something funny.

"He doesn't look like he's afraid of me."

Gan Mi was very smart. After a little thought, he guessed the whole story.

"I remember now. You are to blame for this. He had a teammate named Jiang. I remember you failed to recruit him and killed his sister."

After saying that, he curled his lips and looked at the bitten apple in his hand.

"This has nothing to do with me. I don't know which idiot did this. I guess he rejected our invitation because of this."

Gan Mi suddenly felt anxious for no reason and even started to dislike his own boss.

"He ran away without even taking the apple."

Yan Chengfan looked at his subordinate in front of him and reached out to take the bright red apple.

Although he was still smiling, the smile was gone from his voice.

"You are not the same kind of people."

"Not now, and not in the future."

His eyes fell on the tender white flesh, and he recalled Xu Zhiyan's eyes.

"Gan Mi, I said your memory is incomplete, right?"

"Yes, I did."

Gan Mi frowned and looked at the person who suddenly called out his name.

Yan Chengfan met the young man's eyes and took another bite of the apple, following Xu Zhiyan's teeth marks.

"Is there a possibility?"

"Humans are just a form of fruit, right?"

He said things that others couldn't understand.

Gan Mi paused for a moment and changed the subject.

"Hey, Boss—you can get a new one if you want."

"Okay, okay, I just thought the kid's apple looked sweeter, so I wanted to try it."

Seeing that the other party didn't care much about the lost memory, or that Gan Mi was resisting something, Yan Chengfan didn't say much, but just took another bite of the apple and commented: "It's as delicious as I thought, do you want to try it?"

"...No, I'm not a pervert." Gan Mi's mouth twitched.

I feel inexplicably bad.

"I'm leaving now. I need to prepare for the auction. There are a lot of good stuff today."

After saying that, Gan Mi left the hall.

Yan Chengfan, who was left behind, found a place to sit down and ate the apple in his hand cleanly, even the core.

"The meeting time is much earlier than I thought."

…

On the other side, as soon as Xu Zhiyan arrived at the black market, he heard the information about the auction.

He bought an auction form and found that there was another item that the safe house urgently needed - a useless sofa chair of S-grade quality!

That’s great, Guishen’s chair was already broken and he hadn’t found anything to replace it.

Thinking of Party A, Xu Zhiyan felt much better.

He put away the bidding list and quickened his pace, thinking that if the price was right, he would buy a new chair for his lonely and left-behind client.