Chapter 207 Safe House

The sun rises and sets.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

The master room is indeed a space specially designed for the heir of the safe house.

It looks like just an ordinary door, but after entering, there is a whole new world inside.

A soft bed that can change its shape at will, tulle swaying in the wind, a silky carpet made of fur of unknown creatures, pure gold ornaments that meet the aesthetic taste of the room owner...

When Xu Zhiyan discovered that the ornaments could be regenerated infinitely, his first reaction was to take the gold to the real world and exchange it for money.

Fortunately, the system blocked it in time.

[Host, wake up! Gold, as a non-renewable energy source, has a fixed amount of existence in the rules of this world!]

"how?"

Xu Zhiyan, who was holding the golden turtle, raised his head, his eyes finally moved away from the ornaments, and asked in confusion.

[Host! This question is very complicated to explain. In short, if you take out the gold, the main system will find that we are conducting some illegal transactions...]

The system explained a lot in a very eloquent way.

In summary, if Xu Zhiyan took the gold directly, the main system would discover his detailed relationship with the safe house.

Nothing in the safe house can be brought directly into the real world for use. Only points can be exchanged through the main system and converted into real-world currency.

Xu Zhiyan held the golden turtle ornament tightly and sighed.

"Okay, okay, I got it."

Damn it! Even though he knows that he can’t take the gold out, he still likes it so much!

"By the way, any news on the new slice?"

Lying on the soft carpet, Xu Zhiyan stretched his limbs, with a heavy solid gold turtle statue beside him.

[The coordinate point is still stable.]

[But host, are you sure you want to look for blood? It seems that it will be difficult to recover.]

Speaking of new slices, the safe house system is a little nervous.

Everyone has witnessed the strength of the blood vessels before, and the blood will only become stronger.

"I'm just asking for news."

Xu Zhiyan shook his head.

The soft fur of the carpet slid across his cheek, feeling a little itchy. He raised his hand, and the gorgeous ceiling embroidered with gold thread leaked out incoherent contents through his fingers.

He looked at his palm, then turned his hand over and looked at the back of his hand.

The white bones obtained from ghosts and gods were half embedded in the flesh. If you just looked at it like this, no one would believe that there were still horrifying thoughts remaining in this piece of hand bone.

Maybe I should talk to the ghosts.

He didn't like the feeling of being out of control; uncontrollable power was a hidden danger.

"Where's Bai Jin?"

Xu Zhiyan suddenly remembered that he had just walked around the safe house and did not see Party A.

[Mr. Ghost has gone to the Nightmare District. The technology tree has just started to operate, and there are many places where power needs to be mobilized.] The system knows the Nightmare District very well.

"Um."

Xu Zhiyan nodded and put his hand down.

After the nightmare community was activated, a lot of power was needed. He and Bai Jin agreed to remove the rules before entering the dungeon.

After getting away from the tense and exciting copy, he almost immediately entered vacation mode.

Considering that pillows are quite useful, all the new points in the latest upgrade were put into supplies.

[Safe House Level: 8]

[Room key to be unlocked: 0]

[Number of skill points that can be activated: 0]

[Currently available for dungeons: ≤★★★★☆]

[Supply Restoration: Level 11 (Supply Store Unlocked)]

[Status Enhancement: Level 1]

[Special upgrade: None]

With the increase of recovery supplies, the pillow that was originally only able to suppress injuries has become an upgraded version.

[Name: Pillow (soft)]

[Level: None]

[Type: Special Supply]

[Introduction: This fluffy and soft pillow exudes the scent of sunshine and grass, and has unique magical effects. Resting on it can help you recover from your injuries. ]

[Notes: Injuries recover slowly. Please use with caution if the wound continues to worsen.]

Unlike a bad pillow, a soft pillow is designed to help an injury heal, but it cannot stop the injury from getting worse.

After discovering that the two pillows had different functions, Xu Zhiyan began selling them in bundles.

Using a moldy pillow alone can prevent the injury from worsening, using a soft pillow alone can recover the injury, and tying two pillows together can both stop the injury and recover the wound, killing two birds with one stone.

In just three days, thanks to Xu Zhiyan's deliberate promotion, the new pillow has become a hot item in the entire game.

This has made all the players who entered the safe house even more frantic when recharging. In addition, the training of student ghosts is already in progress, and the item exchange business has also begun to improve gradually.

The funding for the safe house goes a step further.

Xu Zhiyan, who was lying drowsily on the carpet, had a peaceful expression on his face. The feeling of being able to touch a handful of gold when he turned over made his heart full of peace.

But the peaceful life brought by this money did not last long.

Two days later, Xu Zhiyan noticed something strange.

The consumption of the technology tree is much greater than imagined.

When the first low-level prop production line was built and put into production soon, ghosts and gods went to the nightmare community more frequently and stayed there for a long time each time.

Soon, Xu Zhiyan received a tip from the system.

[Host, host, hush, let me tell you something quietly, Mr. Ghost has gone to the Nightmare District again today! ! ! ]

The safe house system discovered that ghosts stayed in the temple for several hours. It couldn't detect what the other party was doing, but it was curious!

Xu Zhiyan, who was watching the live broadcast on his phone, nodded when he heard this, reached out and put a piece of watermelon in his mouth without even moving his eyes away.

"Oh, and then."

The system was shocked. It didn't understand why its host could be so calm.

[Host, aren't you anxious?!]

[Shouldn’t humans have a lot of curiosity? Where is your curiosity?!]

Hearing the doubts, Xu Zhiyan put down his fruit fork, changed the channel to watch the live broadcast, and remained extremely calm.

"If there is something I need to know, He will tell me." For some reason, Xu Zhiyan always has an inexplicable trust in ghosts and gods. He doesn't think that the other party will cheat him.

There is no solution to the system, so we can only give up.

[But! But I really want to know! Wuwuwu Host, let's go investigate! What if Mr. Ghost has someone else outside? Wuwuwu...]

Hearing the system's coquettish words, Xu Zhiyan was shocked and said with disgust, "Stop! Speak properly."

He turned off his phone and hesitated for a moment, then decided to wait for the ghosts to talk to him themselves.

"Let's make a bet."

"He will tell me these things within three days."

[Bet, what to bet on?]

The safe house system is not believed.

"If He takes the initiative to say, even if I win, you should go and learn the code of this world."

[Eh? Host, what do you need these for?]

The system didn't understand. In its eyes, all the codes in the modern world were childish. When Xu Zhiyan mentioned it before, it had firmly refused.

It thinks learning these things will slow down its CPU computing speed!

Speaking of codes, Xu Zhiyan perked up a little, sat up and said with a firm face: "It's very useful."

If the system learns the codes of the modern world, then he will be equivalent to having a super programmer who is thousands of years ahead of the modern world. When he retires from the infinite flow, in addition to listing the construction company, he can also start a game company, an information network technology company...

Well, a huge profit.

A rich retirement life is waiting for him!

However, if I tell the system now, the other party will definitely take the opportunity to make other requests.

Xu Zhiyan smiled and changed the subject, "If He hadn't told me, then I would have allowed you to be the one to decorate the safe house lobby."

Winter is here. After learning about some festivals in the modern world, the safe house system is very keen to buy some decorations with a festive atmosphere when redecorating the hall - such as the colorful Christmas tree in the shopping cart of Tianluo Guanjia.

[Really? Really?! It’s a deal!]

Sure enough, with the new carrot, the system suddenly stopped caring about those trivial codes.

In this way, one person, one system, and they reached a consensus happily.

at the same time.

Top floor of the premium lounge area inside the shell.

A few players were sitting sparsely on both sides of the long conference table made of unknown energy material.

At the top, Yan Chengfan held his chin with one hand, chatting with his subordinates, his eyes jumping back and forth between the door and the window.

The carnival five days ago was not a success.

In order to prevent humans from recovering from their injuries, he also deliberately consumed expensive universal space shielding props.

What he imagined, that Gan Mi would kill Enli with his own hands, sever the last blood ties to his human body, and then completely return to the human body, did not happen smoothly.

After a long silence, Gan Mi said that there were too many people here and he didn't like it very much.

Yan Chengfan sighed.

He was kind then.

He promised the other party that he could move to another place, but an accident occurred during the transfer.

Enli, this cunning human, cut the rope at some point and chose to commit suicide when he was about to leave the door.

The scene became very chaotic.

A dagger came from nowhere and pierced Enli's neck. Blood spurted onto the ceiling and splashed all over Gan Mi.

The blood relationship that should not belong to human beings was finally severed.

Yan Chengfan curled his lips, looking unhappy.

He was paying attention to Gan Mi the whole time and didn't notice anything wrong, especially when Enli committed suicide. The other party's expression was very shocked, and it didn't seem like he had foreseen it.

But it would have been impossible for Enli to commit suicide in front of so many high-level players without help.

His eyes swept over the core personnel who were doing their jobs in front of him.

Astrologer Alvis entered the copy and is not here now. Collector Xu Yan still has a cold face and looks calm and indifferent. However, Moon Goddess Cen Jinyue has a smiling face... As for Ghost Lion Wang Ying and the Pope and the doctor who are whispering to each other, these three people should not think too much.

Well, theoretically speaking, it is more likely that an astrologer can help.

After all, the other party and Gan Mi had dealt with each other a long time ago. Although the contacts were not close, they still had contacts.

As for the remaining few people, many of them met Gan Mi for the first time.

"Boss~ What are you thinking about?"

Wang Ying asked, knocking on the table vigorously.

Yan Chengfan did not hide anything and stated his guess openly.

"I wonder who was helping Enli commit suicide that day."

The Pope and the doctor, who were mocking each other, stopped talking and sat back in their chairs. Luna was still playing games on her phone without looking up, while the Collector pushed up his monocle on the bridge of his nose, a dark light flashed across the mirror, reflecting a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.

It was still Wang Ying who spoke first.

The bored girl lay on the table, her small face full of disgust.

"Boss, is your brain caught in the door?"

She patted the table, making a rather impolite sound, and said disdainfully: "Anyway, that human died in the end, Gan Mi restored the memories of the mimic, so what does the rest have to do with it?"

As a ghost lion who uses violence as her main means of attack, she doesn't care much about the process, she prefers good results.

Yan Chengfan thought about it and his brows relaxed.

"You're right. The ending is the same... To be honest, it's mainly because Gan Mi has changed a lot recently. He doesn't kill people randomly anymore! Oh my God, is he planning to be a good person?"

He spread his hands with an exaggerated expression.

Wang Ying nodded in agreement, saying, "It's really a bit crazy that he didn't kill someone he could easily kill."

The girl slapped the table again and complained while looking at the door.

"So he has recovered his memory. When will he come to the meeting? It's really boring to stay in this place! I want to go to the underground fighting arena to have some fun!"

"Xiao Ganmi went to attend his brother's funeral."

Yue Shen, who was also waiting nearby, pulled her head out from her mobile phone screen and answered in a good-tempered manner.

"Let's not wait any longer. There's nothing else to do anyway. What I'm more concerned about is why the guild system hasn't been opened yet when the points tower has reached the critical value."

The issue that Cen Jinyue mentioned is obviously something that everyone cares about.

Yan Chengfan doesn't care about the Tao.

"Probably next week. Small question. I was wondering if I should ask Gan Mi to kill Chen Zhen again?"

He always felt that Gan Mi's change would only improve if he killed a close person with his own hands, otherwise things would not get better.

Wang Ying rolled her eyes.

"That human is so stupid, she didn't even know that Enli liked her. Ah... Come to think of it, before little Enli died, he begged Gan Mi not to kill Chen Zhen. Suddenly I realized that he seems to be very loyal!"

She still talked a lot and a lot.

Yan Chengfan crossed his arms and nodded, affirming: "He is very devoted, so it is better to kill him."

Cen Jinyue, who was standing by, heard it, suddenly put down her phone, raised her hand, and agreed.

"Since you're going to let Gan Mi kill Chen Zhen, why not let him deal with that new guy as well? Boss, weren't you greatly influenced by that human? What's his name... Oh, his name is Xu Zhiyan!"

The appearance of this name made the air in the entire conference room freeze for a moment.

Yan Chengfan's expression suddenly fell, and after a while, it returned to normal.

The collector, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his eyebrows, looked around and laughed.

"Will it take too long for the two of them to work together? It should take some time to kill that kid." His eyes swept around and finally landed on the doctor and the Pope.

As if he had thought of something, the collector suddenly affirmed this.

"But if it's Gan Mi, she should be able to complete the task better than some people. We probably don't have to wait too long—"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the bad-tempered doctor.

"Xu Yan, who are you mocking?" The young doctor in a white coat raised his hand and pointed at the Pope beside him, the contempt in his voice almost overflowing.

"It's the useless Pope who can't kill the mad dog, not me!"

"Song Longchuan, please speak with some respect!"

"Huh? You're not allowed to talk about being a good-for-nothing? You rely on the Iron Knight every day. You are a disgrace to the Mimics!"

"You're not much better..."

The explosive conversation between the two instantly interrupted the previous topic.

Wang Ying was relatively close to the two of them, and whispered to them, "Stop arguing, two of you. Why don't you fight?"

Seeing this, Cen Jinyue lowered her head again and started playing with her phone.

Yan Chengfan looked at the collector who had started the dispute and then entered the show-watching mode. He almost saw the bad intentions in the other party's stomach come out in a physical form.

But when he met Xu Yan's eyes that were quite similar to Xu Zhiyan's, he finally said nothing.

In the nightmare community.

The entire space is filled with silvery-white high-tech materials. Over the past week, the layout of the community has been fine-tuned many times.

NPCs in the entire community have corresponding jobs based on their personal wishes.

The newly built huge prop production workshop can already produce some consumable ammunition suitable for various low-level weapons, as well as low-level thermal weapons.

Ordinary hot weapon props have low mental threshold requirements and are easy to use, and are loved by many new players. However, due to their high consumption, they are expensive and cannot be afforded by new players or old players.

The technology tree solves this problem.

These things will rush into the market at relatively low prices in the near future, earning huge profits for safe houses.

A more advanced R&D department is also taking shape.

At the suggestion of Guishen, summoning items were listed separately. Although the production line has not been built yet, the best research and development conditions are available.

The high-level summoning items that Xu Zhiyan desires will also appear over time.

In a temple used to store power.

The ghost looked down at the almost empty energy pool in front of him and filled it up without hesitation.

As usual, after doing all this, He did not leave in a hurry. Instead, He stood in front of the energy pool, motionless, as if waiting for something.

Liquid energy emitting a faint white light rolled in the pool, supplying the entire community.

A few hours later, just as the ghost looked at the bottom of the energy pool and was about to leave, a hexagonal light block appeared at the bottom of the pool and slowly rose.

“Shua——”

The palm-sized block of light stopped when it rose to mid-air above the temple, then stretched out as if it had life, spreading outward to form a new light screen.

The ghosts and gods still stood there.

He looked at the thing floating in front of him with indifference and a cold expression.

Soon, words appeared in the center of the screen.

[Dear space owner, I am very grateful that you provided energy in time after you found me. 】

The ghosts and gods did not move.

He was evaluating whether Xu Zhiyan would like this polite but energy-intensive advanced AI system.

When it first discovered that there was something stealing energy at the bottom of the energy pool, the ghost did not make a sound, but quietly gave the energy. Who knew that this advanced AI life would become even more excessive, and it consumed the energy needed to operate the Nightmare Community for a year in just a few days.

The ghosts and gods did not tell Xu Zhiyan.

...Mainly because I’m afraid that the other person will feel distressed.

Now that it was confirmed that this advanced AI had finally fully awakened, the ghosts and gods no longer had any further concerns and made their demands on the spot.

"You have ten minutes to explain the value of your existence, and I will consider whether to keep you."

Judging from the current situation, the technology tree has a normal and compliant operating procedure that can run smoothly without too much interference from outsiders.

And surprisingly, the safe house system can easily take over the programs here, so if the advanced AI life form in front of it is of no great use, the ghost plans to devour it and transform it into power again.

After all, in terms of energy consumption alone, this thing consumes more than ten times more than the safe house system...it may be difficult to manage.

He felt from the bottom of his heart that Xu Zhiyan didn't like this kind of thing that was very costly and didn't make any money.

And He doesn't like what Xu Zhiyan doesn't like.

【? ? 】

The high-level AI in the technology tree never expected that the guy who supplied energy in front of him was not a stupid person at all. He had a lot of energy and supplied it indiscriminately. Instead, he was very smart.

[Please don't joke, I am a highly intelligent AI based on the technology tree, you can't...]

"five."

【Five? What are you talking about? You...】

"Four."

【……】

The technology tree system was shocked, and only then did it realize that the guy in front of it was serious?

"three."

"I'm not a very patient person." There was a hint of threat in the ghost's tone.

[Wait! You may need to communicate with me properly...]

"two."

The countdown did not stop, and the ghost with a cold face had no mercy at all. He was decisive when facing everything except his beloved.

The technology tree system, which had just woken up, was stunned.

Anyone who just opened his eyes and fell into a situation where he was about to be wiped out before he could fully understand the surrounding situation would not feel comfortable.

"one."

Fortunately, it is not an ordinary AI.

A few seconds is enough for its chip to work at a high speed, figure out what is happening at hand, and select the most advantageous option.

【I can interfere with the main game system. 】

The air in the temple solidified, and even the liquid power that was originally surging in the energy pool stopped rolling, like a clear mirror.

The energy was not drained, and the technology tree system knew that the power it displayed was correct.

It tried to continue communicating with its new owner.

[As long as you provide enough power, there are many things I can do, including helping you steal some information that human players cannot get. I also have other functions that you may be interested in. ]

【Before that, you can give me a new name. 】

After the technology tree was planted, everything that happened in the nightmare community was incorporated into the system and turned into pieces of analyzed data.

One of them was listed at the top.

The master of the nightmare space before him likes his successor, a weak human being.

Just as it was hesitating whether to make some suggestions like 'how to make humans more docile' to increase its own usefulness, the ghost moved.

He stared at the panel and called a halt.

"I'll talk to you later."

The technology tree system immediately understood that its new owner wanted to bring that human over.

It first raised the priority of the human named Xu Zhiyan within the program and made a tentative suggestion.

[You are the owner of the entire space, and I only obey you. ]

Unexpectedly, the ghost shook his head when he heard this, and when he thought of a certain name, his aura became much gentler and no longer so cold.

"He is my owner."

"Now, you have to listen to him."

Xu Zhiyan likes points, props, energy, and everything valuable, and he likes his own property the most, so ghosts and gods have already mastered self-objectification to a very easy level.

He felt that if he were converted into points, he would definitely be the largest asset in the safe house.

Thinking in this way, the ghost felt that he had won at the starting line, and there was no way his sweetheart would not like him!

【clear. 】

The technology tree system is a very sensible answer.

And after the new owner turned around and left, he silently raised Xu Zhiyan's priority to the highest level in the program.