Chapter 255 Crimson Mirror

It turned out that while Xu Zhiyan was talking to the waiter NPC, Xiaokuigu used a rag to cover the hand bones, and moved the hand bones little by little to the location of the hotel entrance.

The stronger the hotel's protection mechanism is on the outside, the weaker it is on the inside.

With just a push from the bony hand, the revolving door spun rapidly, destroying the defense mechanism.

The atmosphere outside the hotel is lively.

After paying the money, the players were filled with hope again.

The atmosphere in the hotel was cold.

The smiling waiter finally stopped smiling.

"What did you do?"

He frowned and looked at the young man in front of him, and there was no respect in his words, as if his previous respectful behavior was just a performance.

Xu Zhiyan shrugged, looking innocent.

"You were looking at me the whole time and I didn't do anything."

After saying that, he stuffed the cup into the hands of the waiter in front of him. The wine shook and splashed out, and bits of scarlet dripped onto the waiter's clothes, blending with the red of the fabric.

Ignoring the guy in front of him, Xu Zhiyan patted Xiao Cugu's shoulder and took back the safe house elite who was cleaning the glass before the players rushed into the hotel.

Along with the bony hand hiding in the crack of the door.

The waiter in front of him also adjusted himself and glanced at the revolving door without saying anything more. He looked at Xu Zhiyan steadily, with very complicated emotions in his eyes, mixed with curiosity, surprise, exploration... It made people feel uncomfortable.

The waiter turned and left.

Soon, the hotel lobby became lively.

It's not just the excitement brought by the players entering, but the NPCs here are popping up like mushrooms after a rain.

NPCs in red uniforms walked through the hall.

Someone took Jinsheng's luggage, and someone handed a hot towel to the dusty Jiang Huaique... The whole hotel seemed to come alive.

In the live broadcast room, the audience was amazed.

[To be honest, Xiao Baiwan's skeleton summon is really fucking useful! ]

[I want one, I really want one now! ! ]

[? What the hell? ? Why are there so many more NPCs here after that handsome waiter ran away? ]

[No way, Xiao Baiwan just entered the hotel less than an hour earlier and triggered the hidden mission? But I didn't see him trigger any branch panel. ]

[+1, not only the branch panel, but also the special scene was not triggered. ]

[So it is hard to tell whether Xiao Baiwan is a European emperor or a non-European emperor.]

【I guess...it might not be very good.】

[I'm standing upstairs. This waiter looks so cool. He was the only one in the whole hotel. Oh no, there's also a receptionist... Hey? Where's the girl at the reception? ]

[I don't know where he went, but I saw the waiter blocking Xiao Baiwan from opening the door. He doesn't seem like a low-level NPC.]

[Nonsense, players who can enter the five-star dungeon have improved their physical fitness to some extent, which is no longer comparable to ordinary NPCs. Xiao Baiwan just tried hard but couldn't pull his wrist free. This NPC is obviously quite interesting.]

[Damn... Could this be a setting for the Sweeping Monk? ]

Like everyone else, Xu Zhiyan was also guessing the identity of the waiter.

Now with the comparison with other waiter NPCs, he easily discovered the abnormality. All service-related NPCs, whether it was the security guard who was already walking around the lobby, or the lobby manager with a high bun, all had nameplates on their chests.

The current NPCs all have work numbers and nicknames on their chests, but the previous one had no name and no work number.

While he was thinking, Jiang Huaique and others came forward.

"Damn, he finally got in."

On the side, Jin Sheng and Yu Xiu also had lingering fears on their faces.

The three men were sweating profusely, as if they had not come from the dark square but from a sunny day with the temperature over 40 degrees. Each of them was breathing heavily and hurriedly asked the waiter for water.

The brief chaos finally passed.

Seeing Xu Zhiyan was a little curious, Jiang Huai shook his head: "Since dark, the temperature outside has become abnormal."

At first everyone felt hot and thought it was the astrologer's skill that caused the temperature in the square to rise, but as time went on, the players gradually realized that something was wrong.

Although meteorites would bring fire when they fell, in the later stage when the Astrologer and the Clown were in a stalemate, the number of meteorite attacks had decreased a lot, but the temperature did not drop but rose instead, gradually scorching the players who remained in the square.

Xu Zhiyan nodded.

There is too little known information to determine whether the sudden scorching temperature outside is an in-game setting after dark, or a penalty for triggering the hotel's defenses due to a fight.

Compared to this, several people took a look at the guild contact dialog box on the panel and breathed a sigh of relief.

The hotel lobby suddenly became quiet.

The Joker was the first to give up the fight and walked into the hotel.

Then, new prompts appeared on everyone's panel.

[Tip: Players' attacks must not damage the hotel buildings (including outdoor and indoor). If damaged, the defense mechanism will be triggered. ]

[The burning red light is just one of the defense methods. I hope players will not trigger other hotel defense mechanisms. ]

As expected, everyone's eyes fell on the clown.

This rule places great restrictions on the Astrologer. Most of her means of attack are restricted. I think it may not be so easy for her in the next dungeon.

After a while, perhaps the astrologer couldn't stand the temperature in the square anymore and had to go into the hotel.

The barrage began to light candles for the astrologer.

However, most people don’t quite understand why the Joker wants to kill the astrologer.

[Wow! The astrologer really came in! I respect her as a ruthless person! ]

[What else can she do if she doesn't come in? The temperature outside is too high. She has to come in to save her life. If she doesn't come in, she might not die outside, but as long as the clown is guarding the door, she will suffer.]

[Staying outside will be disadvantageous. There are so many NPCs in the hotel now, and the player needs to maintain his character, so it is better to come in. ]

[Right! Aren’t they fighting outside because there are no NPCs and they don’t have to maintain the basic character settings? There are people coming and going in the hotel... So what is the Joker’s character setting? ]

[Now I only know that Xiao Baiwan is the male protagonist of the bloody crematorium, and Jinsheng seems to be a cat lover. ]

The audience's doubts were answered.

Just when the others were hesitating and preparing to watch the joke, the system panel detected that everyone had arrived at the destination. In addition to urging everyone to complete the task, it also provided some information.

[Players please find your own room as soon as possible and don't mess up your character. 】

[Next, we will briefly introduce the personalities of the players to prevent some players from falsifying their personalities and exploiting loopholes to deceive other players. ]

The players stopped laughing.

Including the clown, everyone's eyes fell on Xu Zhiyan.

It is obvious who this tip is directed at.

Unexpectedly, after seeing the prompt, Xu Zhiyan not only did not feel that the system was targeting him, but also said in agreement: "That's good, this way everyone's identity information is clear. I was worried before that someone might get a murderer's character."

“…”

At this point, all the other players, including Jiang Huai and Que Jinsheng, fell silent.

Only Yu Xiu was still stupid enough to agree: "Yes!"

But after all, the system brings out everyone's personality, which is a good thing for Xu Zhiyan and others.

Their overall combat power is not the highest in this copy, but if they can obtain the identities of the clown and the astrologer, it will be a safety guarantee for the next mission.

Before long, everyone's copy character information was publicly listed on the panel.

Xu Zhiyan took a quick look and felt that it seemed quite normal.

There are strong students who come to travel, beautiful women who are heartbroken, and miserable office workers who are busy with work and need to carry a notebook with them...

【Jinsheng: A cat lover of level 10, he never forgets to bring his cat with him when traveling. 】

[Yu Xiu: A poor high school student traveling with his parents, who has to do ten papers every night (it is detected that the player seems to have brought his own papers, so the paper system will no longer provide additional papers)]

Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan couldn't help laughing out loud.

"So, Yu Xiu, are you going to do ten papers every day from now on? I'm a little suspicious that I didn't give you enough before. I should have given you more earlier."

Yu Xiu waved his hands quickly: "Enough, enough!"

Although he can do it, he can't handle the large quantities!

"Xu Baopi, please act like a human being!"

Jiang Huai Partridge's eyes were rolling up to the sky.

Upon seeing this, Xu Zhiyan moved his finger on the panel and quickly flipped to Jiang Huaique's character setting.

Just one glance and he burst out laughing.

[Jiang Huai Que: A severe social phobia patient who doesn’t like talking to people. This time he was invited by a good friend to travel, but he still can’t adapt.]

"Hahahahahahahaha, can you maintain your persona? Is it okay for you to roll your eyes in public?"

“…”

Jiang Huai Que stopped talking.

He found that when he just said that inappropriate words, all the NPCs around him looked up at him.

A sense of discomfort and disharmony arose, and he felt that perhaps he should really be careful with his words and actions.

But when he saw Xu Zhiyan's character, his expression almost couldn't hold back.

After seeing the content of his character setting, Xu Zhiyan restrained his smile and his expression was full of pain.

[Xu Zhiyan: A few years ago, he separated from his beloved wife and lived alone with his daughter. During this period, he had an unforgettable love with a painter (male) and lived with him. After the painter died...]

It is almost the same as the complete and refined version of the character setting that Xu Zhiyan had received previously.

Unlike other players who only have two or three lines of content, his basic character setting takes up almost half of the page.

Jin Sheng was amazed.

"Brother Xu, how did you do it? Why do you have so many personalities?"

Jiang Huaique lowered his voice and couldn't help but complain: "What the hell are you doing? You let the NPC fellow travelers be hostile to you from the beginning, what are you going to do later?"

Guild quests require avoiding all sight.

For players, the first and most important thing is to get rid of the NPC companions.

Xu Zhiyan pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Let's take it one step at a time."

His public, melodramatic, distorted and gossipy personality made him the focus of the crowd again. Even the Joker couldn't help but cast his glances at him repeatedly, as if he was wondering about something.

Xu Zhiyan coughed lightly, ignored the gazes around him, and continued to slide down.

[Murray (Joker): A believer of a certain religious sect who likes not to kill.]

He was stunned for a while, his eyes showing a bit of admiration.

"Someone is even more unlucky than me."

In just two lines, not only did the Joker have no meat to eat while in the hotel, but he was also not allowed to kill in front of NPCs.

If the terrain affected the astrologer's performance, then in the following time, the basic personality will become a shackle for the Joker, preventing him from easily killing anyone in the hotel.

Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but think of blood.

He was not sure whether these targeted settings contained any blood involved.

The remaining characters are relatively ordinary. Although there are restrictions on players, they are not like the Joker, which directly kills people.

The astrologer was the only player in the hall who breathed a sigh of relief.

After exchanging the room cards, the players left one after another. Everyone’s current task was to go to their own rooms and deal with their companions.

Xu Zhiyan had finally escaped from the cross-dressing pervert slicing in the room, which meant he had already completed the mission for his companions, so he didn't want to go back and cause trouble for himself for the time being.

People with social phobia will not bring friends home, and it seems a bit abnormal for the high school students who are left out at the end to bring their friends to meet their parents?

Since he was free anyway, Xu Zhiyan simply went to help Jinsheng carry the cat bag.

Pets won’t care what friends their owners bring home, right?

After walking a few steps, Jin Sheng said helplessly: "Brother Xu, there is no need to hold it with both hands so nervously."

Xu Zhiyan held the square cat bag in his arms, trying his best not to bump into it when walking, and replied: "I have never raised a small animal, so what should a level 10 cat slave do? Keep it as a worship?"

"It's not that exaggerated." Jin Sheng found it a little funny.

"It just means to be nice to cats. There's no need to be so cautious."

Xu Zhiyan nodded, raised the cat bag in his hand a little higher, and looked at the kitten inside.

Inside is an Abyssinian cat with red fur. Unlike other ordinary red cats of the same breed, its fur is redder and its strong muscles are hidden under the fur.

At this moment, the cat was sitting upright in the cat bag, accepting Xu Zhiyan's gaze in a cool manner.

There was no emotion in those golden vertical pupils, but a hint of holiness in their weirdness, as if he was facing not Xu Zhiyan, but his own servant.

Xu Zhiyan frowned and said calmly, “Mimi…Mimi, can’t it meow? Why is this cat so…pointy-nosed and monkey-faced? I thought the system would send you a pretty cat with a big round face.”

“I think it’s pretty cute.”

Jin Sheng tried to refute.

"Woof!"

Xiaoyi seemed to agree with Xu Zhiyan's opinion and nodded his head while barking.

Its disgust for the cat was almost overflowing!

Jinsheng's room is on the fifth floor.

Unlike Xu Zhiyan's luxurious suite on the third floor, his room was just an ordinary double bed room. Because he brought his cat with him, he had no human companions.

After closing the door, Jin Sheng stuffed Xiaoyi into his pocket, and Xu Zhiyan opened the cage and let the cat out.

According to the setting, he can leave now.

But considering his personality, he first took out all the cat supplies from the bag, arranged them in the room, and placed the cat food and water bowls.

If the difficulty of Mission 2 is that the player needs to avoid his companions, then he will have to avoid his cat while maintaining his cat-loving persona.

After doing all this, he remembered the NPC problem that Xu Zhiyan mentioned during their conversation on the road just now, and he decided to explore the room first while he had the conditions.

Similar to the suite on the third floor.

This room, which is related to the Mirror Museum, is also full of mirrors.

On the right side of the not-so-wide corridor as you enter the door, the entire wall is covered with mirrors of various sizes and shapes.

Each piece has its own characteristics.

He even saw a round bronze mirror inside.

After taking a look at his teammates, Jin Sheng nodded slightly and went into the bathroom.

After Xu Zhiyan let the cat out, he saw that the cat did not move, but just stared at him. He stretched his head to take a look and confirmed that Jin Sheng went to check the bathroom, so he took the initiative to reach out and pull out this slender and strong cat.

“Mimi mimi mimi…”

The simple cat-calling sound that came out of his mouth finally made the red-fur cat react.

How does it feel to be stared at with disgust by a cat?

"Huh? That's strange. Cats can have expressions?"

Xu Zhiyan didn't think there was anything wrong with him. He put the cat on the bed, and seeing that the cat was well-behaved and didn't run away, he couldn't help but pinch the cat's face.

"You're so skinny, there's not even a bit of flesh on your face, and you still have the nerve to look down on me?"

Seeing the cat's eyes wide open and its head turned away as if expressing dissatisfaction, he leaned over and uttered sinister words like a devil's whisper: "Not satisfied? If you are not satisfied, go and complain to your owner, little cat."

"……Meow."

The cat meowed reluctantly.

Xu Zhiyan laughed even more happily: "The bathroom door is closed, no one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out."

As he spoke, he stroked the cat's head twice.

Seeing that the cat didn't move, he reached his evil hand towards the cat's belly.

This is the tacit understanding between him and Jin Sheng.

The two of them exchanged glances for a moment, and without further explanation, Jin Sheng understood what he wanted to do.

As the only player present without any companions, Xu Zhiyan wanted to test what this cat was. Was Jin Sheng really so lucky that there wasn't even a dungeon NPC, or was the cat's function the same as that of other players?

Next, Jin Sheng needs to maintain his cat-lover persona, leave the kitten behind and leave the private room. There is nothing to do at night anyway, and it will be difficult for Jin Sheng to leave if the cat tries to stop him.

He needed to test what would happen if he did something against the cat's will.

The agile cat suddenly jumped back and cried out loudly.

"Meow!"

Very imposing.

Jin Sheng, who was checking the bathroom, couldn't pretend not to hear it, so he could only walk out quickly.

"What? Why do I hear a kitten meowing?"

Kitten is the new name Jinsheng gave to the cat, although there is not much difference between calling it cat and kitten.

"It doesn't seem to be very intelligent. It fell when it jumped back just now. When you leave the hotel, remember to take it to have its intelligence checked."

Xu Zhiyan spoke nonsense.

Anyway, the cat lover character belongs to Jinsheng, not him.

At this moment, the kitten that jumped to the pillow changed its previous lazy and aloof look and widened its eyes. Xu Zhiyan took the opportunity to wave at Jin Sheng and said, "Let's go. I'm a little hungry. Let's go have a midnight snack."

Jin Sheng nodded quickly and did not forget to talk to the cat when he walked to the door.

"Kitty, just wait in your room. I'll be back soon. Bang—"

With the help of Xu Zhiyan, he successfully completed the task in one go, left the room, and started free exploration of the hotel.

Xu Zhiyan also retreated to the door, looking at the kitten with shock in his golden eyes. He felt that Jin Sheng was indeed very lucky.

This cat can probably understand some human language, but probably not many, and it doesn't react when you bully it, so it should be considered safe for the time being.

In the live broadcast room, the audience was laughing like pigs at the kitten's expression.

[I laughed so hard, hahahaha [screenshot.jpg] This cat seems to really doubt its life as a cat. ]

[Hahahaha, after all, it's an NPC assigned by the system. Its mission should be to stop Jin Sheng from going out, right? ]

[This cat is almost mad hahahahaha]

[Little Millionaire and the dog trainer team up to bully the little kitten hahahaha]

[The dog master's luck is really good. If he is alone, the kitten will act cute and there will be no activities at night. He really has to stay in the room according to his character. ]

[So weird... I always feel like it's a little weird, but I can't really tell what's wrong.]

In the corridor, Xu Zhiyan, who had already left the room, also frowned and asked in confusion: "Do you find it strange?"

"What?" Jin Sheng hasn't reacted yet.

Xu Zhiyan glanced at the room behind him where the cat was locked up, pursed his lips and said, "The mission and the setting are both a bit strange. There's an inexplicable sense of contradiction."

In previous dungeons, most of the tasks were difficult for players.

Although the current one is in a difficult situation, some small details seem to help the players inexplicably.

"When I was in the hotel, the system almost gave me prompts based on the battle situation outside."

If the system had not firmly reminded him that the defense needed to be broken from inside the hotel, he might have had to spend a little more effort to come up with a more rigorous plan B.

"If you want to get out of the room, it's difficult to do it if you're alone, but it's easy if you're with two people..."

"No, it's not just you."

The tasks of other players are also to avoid fellow travelers. It is very troublesome to refuse many things alone, but if there are many people, it will be easy to find excuses.

"This is a guild mission. There won't be any individual players coming in."

In the absence of additional tasks, one person can handle the nine special props, but the system has set a minimum configuration of three people.

But there were too few clues now, so Xu Zhiyan didn't bother with it anymore.

The two followed the signs and walked all the way to the rooftop restaurant. It was exactly eight o'clock and the restaurant offered a free buffet dinner, but there were not many customers.

Xu Zhiyan saw the clown.

It seems that the other party has a faster way to avoid his companions.

But when he glanced at the green food piled on the plate in the clown's hand, he felt that the other party was a bit pitiful... He wanted to kill people, but he was arranged to be a good man for ten lifetimes. He didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Jinsheng did not forget his character and went to the teppanyaki area to ask the chef if he could give him a portion of unsalted chicken breast.

Xu Zhiyan met the waiter in red who had just left.

"Hello sir, what can I do for you?"

His expression has returned to its previous state and his service attitude is good.

"Well, need to pack some food."

Xu Zhiyan nodded, and seeing the other party coming closer, he started ordering food without any hesitation.

"Fruit salad, steak, and a serving of sweet sheng jian bao..." He ordered seven or eight dishes in one breath, a combination of Chinese and Western cuisine, with a mess of combinations.

After the waiter wrote down the content, he raised the corners of his mouth and laughed deeply.

"Sir, are you sure you can finish eating so much? Or do you want to invite someone to eat with you? For example, me." Perhaps because he was tricked by Xu Zhiyan before, his words were more intense than before.

Xu Zhiyan refused again.

"No, I want this much so that I can eat it with my wife."

Damn it, that Slice who could blow his head off with one punch was still in the room taking care of the child. Although he didn't really want to go back and face him, he still had to bring something back to him.

He spoke very sincerely.

The waiter opposite him slightly lowered his mouth.

"If you don't like each other, there's no point in forcing yourself to be together."

"?"

Xu Zhiyan was a little confused.

What the hell? Why is this guy so weird?

But then again, do all the NPCs in the hotel know that he is a scumbag?