Chapter 173: Spirit Exploration Live Room

Under the dim street lights, a young man in a black T-shirt was holding a mobile phone and constantly poking the screen to watch the live broadcast.

"Although it's a bit laggy, the live broadcast is going on at a steady speed..."

Xu Zhiyan jumped back and forth between Yu Xiu and Yuan Chi’s live broadcast rooms, and finally chose to watch Yu Xiu’s live broadcast room.

In the center of the screen, the anchor created by the main system talked like a dummy.

Originally, he was still struggling over whether he should go and help Yu Xiu and squeeze out some value if his live broadcast wasn't going well.

Although Gan Mi paid for the previous auction, Yu Xiu's current contractor is Xu Zhiyan. It doesn't seem right to just ignore it?

After looking for a while, he sighed deeply.

"So why did you choose such a name..."

This brainwashed-sounding name of the live broadcast room really makes people speechless. Xu Zhiyan dares to bet that everyone who is watching the game live broadcast is probably guessing the relationship between him and Yu Xiu.

The name of the room makes it sound like he did something to Yu Xiu!

…

Time passed by unknowingly, and an hour had passed since Yuan Chi entered the abandoned cinema.

It was three thirty in the morning.

During this period, there were two live broadcast rooms, which were turned off before the anchors came out.

The rest of the AI-controlled live broadcasts weren’t very interesting.

Xu Zhiyan yawned, feeling like he had seen enough.

Although players cannot use skills and props in the real ghost-hunting location, once players know the rules there, they can at least prepare the props to deal with it in advance.

Finally, I took a look at Yuan Chi’s live broadcast content and confirmed that the new customer was sitting in the seat in the screening room wearing glasses. He should be watching a movie and nothing unexpected happened.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Xu Zhiyan stood up, patted his clothes, and put away his phone.

Now you can contact other people through private messages, but the permissions given by the main system are still not enough. You can only watch the live broadcast of the soul-searching live broadcast room. And when the anchor enters the soul-searching location, all private chat messages from the outside world will be blocked on the screen.

As for this time's order as a driver, it went smoothly overall. He has already started thinking about how to build good relationships with other players in the future.

If you can pick up and drop off players, you may be able to get information about the rules of the ghost hunting locations from other people.

Standing on the deserted street, he looked around.

Perhaps because he was too idle and had nothing to do, Xu Zhiyan walked back and forth on the street, taking stock of the anomalies in the city.

There were no residents walking on the street at this point.

But only when you calm down can you notice the huge difference between this city and the real world.

It's too quiet.

It is clearly summer now, and there are all kinds of green plants and flowers planted on both sides of the road, including in the green belts in the middle of the road. Theoretically, there should be many small insects and animals active at night, making some noises.

But since entering this copy, Xu Zhiyan has not seen any living creature other than humans.

He looked up and squinted at the streetlight.

These light sources that would have been constantly swooped upon by flying insects on summer days were now clean.

There were no bugs, let alone stray cats and dogs.

The second bedroom of the rental house was dark and damp, there were stains and hairy leftovers in the kitchen, and the popcorn machine in the abandoned cinema was full of leftover popcorn...

These things that are prone to breeding rats and cockroaches are all covered with mold.

Xu Zhiyan withdrew his gaze and didn't hesitate any more.

He remembered that when he had just picked up Yuan Chi from the abandoned cinema, he saw a Buddhist supplies store nearby.

Xu Zhiyan still remembers that he said that he would buy some paper money for Xiao Tou Ming to burn.

He always thought of himself as a generous boss, so even though he was not sure whether Xiao Tou Ming was a ghost or not, he was willing to be nice to Xiao Tou Ming just because he was useful and obedient.

Since I'm free anyway, I might as well go over and take a look.

Although the Buddhist supplies store is definitely closed at this time, the store seems to have floor-to-ceiling windows, and you can look through them to see what is being sold inside. If you are sure that they are selling paper money, you can come back after daybreak.

The distance was not far and there was still enough time, so Xu Zhiyan did not ride a bike. The Buddhist supplies store was on the north side of the road. After turning a corner, the store was across the road.

Before crossing the road, he smelled a faint scent of incense.

Across the street you can see the ordinary sign of the Buddhist supplies store hanging on the wall. It is a little faded and not very clear under the dim street lights.

【Dream Buyer Buddhist Supplies Store】

The store entrance is not big, with a door on the left and a floor-to-ceiling glass window on the right, but the color is a little reddish.

Xu Zhiyan raised an eyebrow and glanced at the sign.

Dream Buyer? The owner of this Buddhist supplies store has a very avant-garde name.

"So do Buddhist supplies stores sell paper money?"

Mumbling something to himself, he tiptoed across the street and walked to the vicinity of the store.

When he got closer, he found that the floor-to-ceiling glass windows used for display were covered with rose-red paper by the boss. No wonder the color looked wrong from a distance just now.

The whole store exudes an extremely eerie feeling.

Xu Zhiyan paused for a moment, then immediately stood up and took a few steps back.

The smell of incense became stronger, reaching straight to the top of my head.

He was not a fool. It was the middle of the night and he didn't have to visit the store. At worst he could just go to another place during the daybreak.

Just when he was about to leave, the red paper stuck on the glass seemed to be torn off by something, making a 'swish' sound.

In an instant, the scene inside the Buddhist supplies store was displayed through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Xu Zhiyan's heart skipped a beat.

The more you look, the more mistakes you make. It’s best not to look at all, especially since there is only one rule in this city.

But the red paper fell too fast and it was too late for him to close his eyes.

The Buddhist supplies store was filled with candles, illuminating the entire store. No wonder he subconsciously had an impression of this place when he passed by here just now, but the light of the candles was blocked by red paper at that time, and he only remembered that this was a place that sold Buddhist supplies.

In the floor-to-ceiling window facing Xu Zhiyan, there was a strange multi-armed Buddha statue that was as tall as a person, with its back to the window, in a weird posture, holding a piece of cloth in each hand.

The color of the Buddha's arms is also different. They are not all copper. Two of them seem to be painted with some kind of paint, which looks out of place.

Through the gaps between the Buddha's arms, you can see that there are many things on display in the store.

Among them were the paper money, paper ingots and other things that Xu Zhiyan wanted to buy.

After waiting for a while, nothing happened.

There were no strange living things moving in the store, and the Buddha statue didn't break out of the window or rush out to say it wanted to fight or anything.

Smelling the scent of incense in the quiet air, Xu Zhiyan stood where he was and breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought there was some monster inside..."

After saying that, he couldn't help but smile.

It seems that apart from the monster that left black handprints on the car seat and the person with a strange shadow on the road, all the people I have encountered in this city are "them" without entities.

Although it is mentally stressful to get along with an invisible transparent monster, this monster at least follows the rules and will not harm humans when it follows the rules.

It was still scary to see the red paper in the Buddhist supplies store being torn off, so Xu Zhiyan turned around and prepared to leave.

Just after he turned around, the audience who were watching the live broadcast in the live broadcast room quickly posted comments and screamed.

[Behind! Behind! ! ]

【! What the hell! What the hell is this! 】

[Ahhh, I'm losing my sanity! All the monsters and demons, please retreat! ]

[Can Xiao Baiwan turn around and take a look? Holy shit! ]

[Look at that shit, just run away! ]

[So what kind of monster is this? A new species? I thought there were only transparent monsters in this city.]

[Of course there is. Theoretically, the difficulty of four and a half stars is not low. ]

[The transparent monsters now look like a group of babies to me. Although they are invisible, they seem to be cute! ]

[Xiao Baiwan turned his head! Hehe! I felt relieved to see that he was also scared, hahahaha]

[No, he stopped again! ]

On the side of the road, Xu Zhiyan, who was just about to walk back to the abandoned cinema, was suddenly stunned.

Something is wrong...

He had clearly left, but why was the smell of incense around him even stronger?

An ominous premonition came over me.

Just when Xu Zhiyan was about to turn around, the phone in his pocket started vibrating wildly.

It’s news from my sister.

[Turn around and stare at him! Until you disappear from his sight! ]

Who is he? How does my sister know where he is now?

Xu Zhiyan didn't have time to think about it and turned around abruptly.

The scene before him made him freeze in place.

The glass disappeared, and the man-sized Buddha statue in the window was no longer in its original position. Instead, it stood outside the floor-to-ceiling window, facing the direction of the road.

More importantly, the direction of the Buddha's head also changed, facing Xu Zhiyan.

The 1:1 life-size Buddha statue made of brass has eight hands.

Just now, because he was facing away from the Buddha statue and the lighting in the Buddhist supplies store was dim, Xu Zhiyan did not see clearly what the Buddha statue was holding. Now, with the help of the street lights, he could finally see it clearly.

The posture of the Buddha statue was still the same as before, but the face was lifelike, as if it were a cast of a real person, and the color was not as dark as the brass of other parts, but closer to a light white with some black spots, which looked a bit disgusting.

The same is true for the two arms of different colors, which are very different from the other brass arms.

But the most shocking thing is yet to come.

Those irregular thin pieces held in the Buddha's hands are not cloth - they are evenly divided pieces of human skin!

“…”

The young man holding the phone's Adam's apple moved slightly, but he didn't say anything.

What the hell! Without any warning, a strange monster appeared.

Are there any rules for shops with red paper stickers?

Xu Zhiyan quickly recovered from the initial shock of seeing the Buddha statue. His breathing became rapid and his mind raced.

He had good eyesight and could see the age spots of varying depths on the human skin. He was aware of the two arms of different colors and the human face of the Buddha statue. His first reaction was that the Buddha statue had merged with an old man, or that the Buddha statue had come to life and peeled off the human skin and attached it to its own body.

The head and arms have already been fused, so the color is so light.

Xu Zhiyan's breath was choked and he gripped the phone tightly.

…Damn, it’s even scarier now that I guessed it.

After a little thought, he decided to follow the message from his sister on the phone.

He didn't know much about the city's rules, and for the time being he had no better way to judge whether his sister's words were true or false.

When I was looking at the Buddha statue at the entrance of the Buddhist supplies store just now, there was nothing unusual except a smell of incense when I got closer.

He turned around and walked a few steps, and when he saw the Buddha statue again, the other person's actions changed.

Now, several minutes have passed since he stared at the Buddha statue. Although the statue blinked during this period, it did not change its movements. Perhaps it did, but the movements were so subtle that they could be ignored for the time being.

From this point of view, the message from my sister should be the correct hint on how to deal with it.

Xu Zhiyan swallowed and took a few steps back.

Unlike the people in the live broadcast room who were frightened by the strange Buddha statue, he began to wonder how strong this weird Buddha statue in front of him was.

There is no indication of the monster's level yet. He holds the two abilities of forced trade and blood vessel control. He was previously frustrated that the monsters here were invisible, so he couldn't be traded. Now, finally there's one that can be seen...

However, considering the intelligence of the Buddha statue, Xu Zhiyan hesitated and did not rashly start the forced transaction.

The last column of the skill said 'regardless of whether the transaction is successful or not', which means that there is a possibility of failure in the transaction. What's more, he has not thought about getting anything from the Buddha statue.

"Hello."

He half-closed his eyes and looked at the Buddha statue, starting with a greeting to test the other party's intelligence.

There was no response, and the Buddha statue remained stiff and rigid.

After crossing his arms and thinking for a while, Xu Zhiyan took out ten yuan in cash from his pocket: "Do you need this?"

If the monster needs it, he can initiate a forced transaction. Although the awakened skills look very powerful, it seems that only monsters with high intelligence can use them. The previous forced transaction with the sea god Bai Jin was purely because the other party could understand it. He was not sure whether it could be initiated by a monster that could not understand human language.

The Buddha statue did not move, but after two questions, the two eyeballs of the bronze statue seemed to tremble slightly.

Xu Zhiyan thought for a while, raised the money and frowned and asked again: "I need this, if you have it, you can trade it with me."

Now, all the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't sit still.

[Who the hell could have thought of that! Holy shit! ]

[Is this little millionaire really not afraid of death? Is he really not afraid of death? ? ]

[Is it because of my sister's text message? Didn't my sister say that if we just stare at this monster, it will be fine? ]

[…I can’t even say anything other than “awesome”. ]

[Although it is a bit absurd to still think about making money in this situation, but when I think about the fact that the other party is a small millionaire, this operation seems to become normal! ]

[Poof——Upstairs +1]

[That makes sense. This is a four-star instance. The Buddha statue monster is a bit difficult for ordinary players, but Xiao Baiwan is rich. He should have a lot of defensive items on him, right? ]

[Although this monster is weird, it seems that all the monsters in this city are bound by rules. As long as you master the targeted rules, you will be safe. Of course, it will also be difficult to kill.]

[Srds Xiao Baiwan, you better be careful! Are you planning to use control skills? But this monster that looks completely unconscious shouldn't be controlled by the mind, right?]

After chatting for a few minutes, Xu Zhiyan's eyes became a little tired, and he was unable to communicate with the Buddha statue.

However, the Buddha statue's inability to communicate was expected, so he was not very disappointed.

In the end, Xu Zhiyan, who did not give up, bit his lip and launched a forced transaction on the strange Buddha statue.

"Do you need skin? I can give you some." Xu Zhiyan coaxed the Buddha statue, thinking that if he succeeded, he would go to the market to buy some pig skin to fool around.

[Activate skill, force trade]

[Party A's compensation: skin (unpaid)]

[Player Xu Zhiyan (Party A), please show the transaction item.]

[Party B’s compensation: Becoming Party A’s subordinate (unpaid)]

[Renpifo (Party B) cannot understand the concept of compensation and determines that the transaction has failed.]

[Skill forced transaction failed, deduct 10,000 points]

Xu Zhiyan stared at the Buddha statue without blinking.

It wasn't obvious on his face, but he was bleeding inside because he would lose money if his skills failed.

However, I did discover the shortcoming of the forced trade skill. For monsters with low intelligence or no intelligence, the forced trade skill cannot succeed.

Sighing, considering the time, Xu Zhiyan wanted to leave.

Thinking about the 10,000 points he just lost to the Human Skin Buddha, he felt it was a big loss to run away like this!

A small box appeared in his palm.

[Name: Summoning Box A9s]

[Level: C]

[Type: Summon]

The little gristle with a bony figure and snow-white skin appeared upon call.

When it first faced Xu Zhiyan, it was very well-behaved with the duck backpack on its back. It was rare for it to be summoned by the whole animal, so the little crispy bone was full of energy.

“Crack, crack, crack… crack! crack!”

But when he turned around and saw the human-skin Buddha, his little bone shuddered and he almost broke his bones with fright. His legs went soft and he fell to the ground.

Xu Zhiyan pointed to the Buddhist supplies shop behind the Buddha statue.

"I'll keep an eye on it. Go in and see if there's anything unusual. And look for a photo of the boss to see if he's an old man."

This is inside a dungeon. This shop is so weird, but it is located in a residential area.

If the boss was not this old man, he would most likely use the excuse of selling Buddhist supplies to lure other people, and the old man in front of him would most likely be the victim.

“…Crack…Crack!”

Little Gristle nodded stupidly, his white bones trembling, as he walked past the glassless window and into the shop.

After a while, Xiaokuigu appeared with unsteady steps, holding a business license and a newspaper.

“Ka-ka…”

After saying a few words, it realized something was wrong, so it hurriedly wrote something on Xu Zhiyan's hand.

[It says it closed ten years ago.]

[There is also a newspaper inside, which says that residents should be aware that there is no Buddhist supplies store here, and everyone should be sure not to go out at night.]

The little Keibous became more and more frightened as he spoke, and he was shaking terribly.

Unexpectedly, when Xu Zhiyan heard this, his eyes, which had just been tired of staring, brightened up a little.

"Great! It turned out to be an illegal store!"

It seems that this strange Buddhist supplies store was opened for players.

Based on the landlord's reaction, it is not difficult to judge that the residents of this city are already familiar with the rules. Only the players do not know the city rules and they have to appear at night.

Players need a conspicuous signpost... then this particularly unique Buddhist supplies store will easily become the signpost of choice for players.

Getting close to it triggers the Human Skin Buddha to tear the red paper, which also makes sense.

"It would be too dangerous to hand this abnormal creature over to the police illegally. It would be safer for me to take over."

As he spoke, Xu Zhiyan's mouth almost lifted to the sky, and he secretly ordered: "Is one backpack enough? Go and rob the store! Don't leave out any paper money or anything else."

“Crack!”

Little Gristle nodded to show that he understood.

I don’t know if it was because he had already explored it once, or because he was infected by Xu Zhiyan’s confidence, but the second time was familiar, and when Xiao Cuigu rushed into the Buddhist supplies store again, his steps were much lighter.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Ke Gu came back carrying a duck backpack.

It was holding a bag of paper ingots in its hand, which looked like it was full and couldn't be stuffed in. However, it was too troublesome to go back and get the backpack for a bag of paper ingots, so it just carried it over.

In Xu Zhiyan's live broadcast room, the audience was silent for a long time before some people started to speak.

[…That little White Bone Demon is kind of cute, haha.]

[Too, too cruel! Not even paper money is spared? ]

[Tsk tsk tsk, I thought Xiao Baiwan was bold enough to make a deal with the Buddha statue just now, but I didn’t expect it. I never expected it! ]

[Buddha statue: When fish cries, water knows; when I cry, who knows?]

[If it's a small million, everything seems so reasonable...]

[Hahahaha, that’s right! ]

[Little Millionaire: Bandit skill activated - empty its lair! ]

[Poor thing, this Buddha statue is so pitiful, it makes Xiao Baiwan laugh so hard that he is about to run away with his bag. ]

After staring at the Human-Skin Buddha for too long, Xu Zhiyan felt his eyes were a little dry and he urgently needed to take a rest.

After taking the paper ingots and Yaya's backpack, he prepared to evacuate. The geographical location was very good, right at the corner of the road. With the correct rules, he began to calculate the escape route early.

With the support of Xiao Cugu, Xu Zhiyan retreated to the blind spot of the Human Skin Buddha with almost no effort.

Just as he could no longer see the Buddha statue, the smell of incense he had just smelled also disappeared.

After making sure that he was completely out of the attack range of the Human-Skin Buddha, Xu Zhiyan closed his eyes and took a good rest, and began to think about his sister's text message.

In fact, when he left the sight of the Human Skin Buddha, he was still a little nervous and prepared to use defensive props.

Because before this, he was not sure whether the information given by his sister was completely correct.

There are many rules in this copy, and they are almost everywhere.

There are many monsters in the infinite game that can be stopped from moving just by staring at them. Even though Xu Zhiyan has not entered many dungeons, he knows a lot about them.

But different monsters have different habits.

No one is sure what will happen when the monster disappears from sight.

Is it that the monsters are rapidly strengthened without vision control? Or is it that the monsters no longer chase the player after losing vision?

Before trying, no one can be sure, everything is unknown.

Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief and walked leisurely on the road.

The street lights stretched his shadow infinitely, and then it gradually shrank after he walked into the range of the next street light.

He stared at the text message on his phone with a complicated expression.

When he was in the master bedroom before, his sister also sent a message, but he lifted up the photo frame and there was nothing unusual, and the little transparent person who seemed to have followed him was of great help.

If he were given another chance to choose, he would most likely choose to hold up the photo frame.

So when Xu Zhiyan received the news just now, he was hesitant, but when he left the sight of Renpi Buddha, he was fully prepared.

The result... turned out to be the correct hint?

From this point of view, the sister's words are most likely the correct hint. Speculating backwards, the little transparent one might be a very aggressive creature. Due to many reasons, perhaps it was the slice of ghosts or the reason why he showed friendliness at the beginning, although the little transparent one is tough, he is not difficult to coax.

Buying Dream Buddhist supplies in the store.

The human-like Buddha that has lost the player's sight will move a little distance every few tens of seconds until it returns completely to the window.

The disappeared glass was re-covered on the floor-to-ceiling windows.

The human-skin Buddha faces the inside of the store. The small Buddhist supplies store is in a mess, with only the flickering candlelight.

Its two human hands suddenly moved, stretched out several meters, and opened the drawer.

The handwriting on the store manual on the ground was unclear.

【When no one is outside looking in, cover the glass with red paper. 】

【No business during the day.】

[The store must be hidden before the sun rises. ]

According to the rules, the human skin Buddha needs a new piece of red paper to cover the glass, and then disappear into the night with the Buddhist supplies shop, waiting for the next destined person to appear.

However, when it opened the drawer, it found that the place that should have been filled with red paper was now empty!

It’s gone, all gone!

There's nothing in it...

The instinct controlled by the rules made its two hands start to pick up the torn red paper on the ground, trying to stick them on the glass one by one again.

But it was of no use.

The torn red papers were so messy that they could not completely cover the floor-to-ceiling glass window at the front.

It has no self-awareness, but it knows that if it can't cover the glass quickly, it will disappear in the rules when daybreak...

On the other side, after dealing with the Human Skin Buddha, Xu Zhiyan didn't dare to run around anymore. He took out his mobile phone and concentrated on watching the live broadcast.

It is already past four o'clock, and there is not much time left before the time he and Yuan Chi agreed to meet.

In the live broadcast room No. 13, Yuan Chi himself had reached the end of his exploration and arrived at the underground parking lot.

This time there are no rules for mutual impact, and the special scene is not triggered.

Yuan Chi almost jogged all the way and rushed out of the underground parking lot quickly. However, when he came out of the live broadcast room covered in dust, he fell down suddenly and his glasses were cracked. When he got up again, he was covered in dirt.

The moment of leaving, the live broadcast room No. 13 also ended the ghost hunting live broadcast.

Xu Zhiyan watched from afar as Yuan Chi staggered towards him, his expression somewhat shocked, and he pointed at him with an incredulous tone.

"Did your last fall lead you to another dimension?"

Because he was a client, he had been watching Yuan Chi's live broadcast. The first half of the live broadcast was quite normal, but after the fall at the end, his clothes were torn and there was blood on his body.

Yuan Chi was stunned when he heard this, looked down at his clothes, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and answered.

"This is all the merit I gained from fighting all the way through."

After entering the abandoned cinema, although everything was the same as Xu Zhiyan said and he was generally smooth, it seemed that after the previous fusion monster was swallowed up and disappeared, the number of "them" coming here to watch movies increased a lot.

"I'm so squeezed that I'm almost turned into a meat patty! I don't know who punched me on the chin when he came downstairs, and almost broke my skull." Yuan Chi sighed.

Xu Zhiyan nodded and gave Yuan Chi a sympathetic look.

“That staircase is very difficult to go down.”

There is still a bump on his head from when he went downstairs.

Seeing that the time was almost up, although Yuan Chi was hit by a few punches from the transparent creature, it was a very small expense for an infinite game player.

Xu Zhiyan called out an electric car and asked the other party to sit in the back seat.

At 4:30 in the morning, the darkness that engulfed the city was no longer as dark as before. A hint of gray appeared in the distance on the horizon, indicating that dawn was approaching.

Yuan Chi was very well-behaved and waited for Xu Zhiyan to take him home.

However, while giving directions, a major problem arose that neither of them had expected!

Because he was pointed here and there by the audience in the live broadcast room when he came here, Yuan Chi, who originally had a poor sense of direction, couldn't find his way back now.

When the tram passed the same intersection three times, Yuan Chi finally couldn't hold it in anymore and explained in a low voice.

"…I came here in such a short time! I was in a hurry to leave and I only remember there was a taxi parked outside my house!"

His tone was terrified, fearing that Xu Zhiyan would abandon him.

However, because he paid, Xu Zhiyan's service attitude was unexpectedly good.

"It's okay, don't worry. I'll give you five more minutes to remember. If you exceed that, I'll give you 5,000 points per minute. Thank you for your patronage."

But the price of a good attitude is high.

Yuan Chi knew he was in the wrong, so he did not object to the price. He just looked around, trying to find a familiar signpost.

"No, I remember it was right here. You just drove past it—"

The sound stopped abruptly.

Xu Zhiyan felt the back seat of the car suddenly become heavy, and a chill ran through his heart.

Yuan Chi forgot the rules.

After passing a familiar intersection, he forgot the rules Xu Zhiyan had told him before and subconsciously turned his head to look. As a result, he was directly faced with a face without facial features and covered with a black film.

A huge weight instantly fell on him, crushing him to the point where he was almost torn apart.

And Xu Zhiyan in the front seat was not much better.

Yuan Chi couldn't bear the weight of the monster that broke the rules, and it pressed down on his back with its face turned sideways.

“Squeak—”

The small tram could not bear the weight and let out a mournful cry.

Yuan Chi took out the props in a panic, but it only reduced the weight a little. Just when he didn't know what to do, the young man in the front seat didn't get angry, but spoke in an extremely calm tone.

"The vehicle wear and tear is 20,000 points, and the time wasted on finding the way is 10,000 points. If you roll down now and die, I won't take the money. If you live, you have to compensate me for the money."

Xu Zhiyan tightly grasped the handlebars of the tram, took a deep breath and told himself:

Harmony brings wealth, so don’t get angry. The more mistakes Yuan Chi makes, the more he will charge.

Thinking of this, he felt much better.

Thinking of the task prompt, Xu Zhiyan instantly came up with several other charging plans in his mind.

【Tip: Please go out during safe hours and come back before dawn. 】

"The request to return before dawn is not a note or a mandatory requirement, but just a reminder. It means that if you are still outside at dawn, the location for soul hunting may not be good."

He quickly explained to Yuan Chi who was almost fainting.

"That is to say, you don't have to go back to your rental house. My place should be OK. Of course, I'm not sure if it's possible, but you don't have a choice now."

"40,000 points, come back to my house, I'll take care of the monster on your back, and by the way, I'll give you a city rule I just got."

The rules of the Buddhist supplies store should also be considered city rules...right?

When Yuan Chi heard about 40,000 points, he rejected it in his heart.

But later Xu Zhiyan said that the 30,000 points included defeating monsters, and what shocked him the most was that there were gifts!

Gift or correct rules!

"You are such a good person! 40,000 points are not a lot...Puff——" Yuan Chi spat out a mouthful of blood halfway through his words.

The monster pressing on him was too heavy, and its limbs stretched out from nowhere, pierced through his props and poked him in the back.

Although Yuan Chi felt that he could defeat the monster, the situation was urgent. He swore that if he stopped to deal with the monster, he would not be able to return to the shelter before dawn.

Anyway, I can’t find my home and I can’t go back, so I can only take a gamble!

"I'll give you points in a minute!"

After saying this, Yuan Chi felt like his heart and wallet were bleeding.

When Xu Zhiyan heard Yuan Chi's weak words, his mood, which had been disrupted by the other party's forgetting the rules, completely recovered.

Yes, the 10,000 points lost due to the failed forced transaction were finally made up, and it was a lot more than expected. I hope Yuan Chi has money and doesn’t want to pay in installments.

"Hold on tight, it's going to speed up!"

Before he finished his words, the electric scooter, which had been driving slowly at 30 miles per hour, suddenly sped up and rushed out like lightning.

"!!"

Yuan Chi, who was forced to lean forward a second ago, almost fell down.

He held on to the seat tightly with both hands, and his whole body leaned backward uncontrollably, and the monster lying on his back was even more unlucky because he broke the rules.

Yuan Chi tilted his body back, and the monster's huge body was thrown directly to the ground.

But due to the restrictions of the rules, the monster was entangled with Yuan Chi and he couldn't get rid of it. He could only move forward at an extremely high speed and rub against the road closely.

Electric car driver Master Xu doesn't care about that.

He was fully armed, wearing a helmet, and bent his body as much as possible to reduce the resistance caused by the wind when driving at high speed.

“Hiss—Sizzle—”

The electric scooter, which was shaky and looked like it was about to fall apart just now, seemed to be re-energized. The tires were spinning rapidly, and sparks were emitted from time to time, which showed how fast it was going.

Electric cars rushed across the road like the wind.

Yuan Chi felt like he was about to die, but also like he was not dead. When the tram stabilized, he felt like his brains were being shaken.

The car stopped downstairs and Xu Zhiyan quickly jumped out.

The sky in the distance was turning pale, and it was about to get bright.

He put away his electric bike, glanced at Yuan Chi who was pinned under the monster, squatted in front of him, and talked about the new rules.

"We're in 701. We have to go up there to deal with what's behind you. Of course, you can do it yourself if you want, but I don't recommend you lie here. It's almost dawn."

The rules here are fair.

Although Yuan Chi violated the rules in his car, the weight of the monster was indeed added to the electric car. After getting off the car, the monster that followed the rules was honest and only looked for Yuan Chi.

Xu Zhiyan pointed at the dark doorway and emphasized it again.

"Once you enter, don't make a sound. Even if this monster stabs you, don't open your mouth. You can only scream after you get to my house."

After saying that, he hesitated for a moment, took out the Duck Duck backpack from the prop bar, pinched a stack of paper money and handed it to Yuan Chi's mouth.

"Thank you for your patronage. Fifty points. Come upstairs quickly. If you can't hold on and want to talk, you can bite this."

"……good."

Yuan Chi was a little dazed. He took the paper money weakly and felt dizzy from the pressure.

After confirming again and again that the customer would not do anything stupid again this time, Xu Zhiyan glanced at the monster on the other party's body, opened the corridor door, and walked in first.

The corridor was just as dark as when we went downstairs.

Probably because there were monsters to be dealt with, Xu Zhiyan walked very quickly and reached the second floor in just a few steps.

Yuan Chi tried to take a few steps at first, but was later pressed to the ground by the monster.

When Xu Zhiyan turned around, he saw Yuan Chi using his hands and feet to climb up the stairs step by step with difficulty. Veins bulged on his forehead and he held paper money tightly in his mouth without making any sound.

Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief and was not so angry with Yuan Chi anymore.

Looking at the wound on the other person that was stabbed by the black monster, his eyes darkened and his expression became solemn.

There was no blood oozing from Yuan Chi's wound.

After being injured by a monster within the rules, the wound actually began to emit the same black color as the monster...

Is it assimilation? Or is it devouring?

There is too little known information now, and Xu Zhiyan is unable to judge for the time being, so he can only suppress it for the time being.

Soon, they reached the fifth floor.

Just as Xu Zhiyan was about to continue going upstairs, he suddenly felt vaguely that something was wrong. A not-so-obvious prying gaze was falling on him.

Slowing down his pace, Xu Zhiyan did not turn around to look around, but just glanced around.

Is it the neighbor on the fifth floor?

The residents on this floor have two doors, an old-fashioned large iron door with railings on the outside, and a wooden door on the inside.

Xu Zhiyan saw from the corner of his eye that there was someone standing behind the iron gate, peeping quietly in the dark.

He looked away and did not react.

Since the neighbors on the fifth floor were secretly observing, it is possible that other neighbors were also watching. I guess someone was already peeping when I went downstairs.

But at that time, Xu Zhiyan was holding a selfie stick with his mobile phone and doing a live broadcast. The light in front of him was too bright, which made people ignore the surrounding environment. It was not as clear as it is now without light.

Fortunately, Yuan Chi did not notice the neighbor's gaze, or rather, he no longer had the energy to care.

When he was pinned by the monster just now, he still felt that if time had not been tight, he could have dealt with the monster by himself, but now the wound seemed to be stuck to the monster. He only regretted that he did not have a few more arms so that he could go upstairs faster.

Finally, the two passed the narrow and depressing old staircase and arrived at Room 701.

Seeing Yuan Chi lying in the living room exhausted and dragging the monster, Xu Zhiyan quickly closed the door before speaking.

"Are you okay? I was a little worried about you... How about you brush up your points first?"

Facing Yuan Chi's shocked expression, Xu Zhiyan was relieved to see that he was still in good spirits. Although there was a problem with the wound, he was in good spirits.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from the master bedroom.

The temperature in the entire living room dropped instantly, as if it was going from summer to winter.

A terrifying and furious pressure slowly approached from the depths of the corridor.

Yuan Chi's mouth trembled as he looked at Xu Zhiyan, "Boss Xu...Boss Xu, you, you wouldn't trick me into feeding the monster, would you?"

In the game, there are many cases where people reach a consensus with monsters to sacrifice humans to obtain something.

Yuan Chi was so frightened by the scene in his mind that he almost fainted.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhiyan didn't care about the dropping temperature around him. He waved his hand and reached for his backpack.

Yuan Chi, who was lying on the ground, stretched his neck hard, trying to see what good stuff the other party could take out, in the hope that the monster in the room would not take action.

The next second, Xu Zhiyan held a handful of paper money and handed it to an invisible place, still speaking confidently.

"Little transparent, look what good stuff I brought you? I said I would burn it for you. It cost me a lot of money to find this."

A full 10,000 points! Heartbroken!

After saying that, he pointed at the monster on Yuan Chi's back, and said uncertainly: "Will you eat this monster? I brought it specially for you, I wonder if it can be used as breakfast..."

Yuan Chi is going crazy.

He had never seen anyone use ghost money to trick monsters.

Just when Yuan Chi thought that the transparent monster in the room would definitely turn against him and eat him, and was hesitating about how to escape, the temperature in the room rose again.

The tabletop, which was almost frosted, warmed up instantly.

The wind that blew over was not as cold as before, but like a gentle warm breeze in summer.

Yuan Chi stayed where he was.

What kind of monster is this? Can it be appeased with a handful of paper money?