Chapter 292 Safe House

The content of the picture was so shocking that even the chattering safe house system shut up.

It looked at its owner carefully and found that the ghost looked very indifferent when seeing the picture, as if the name had nothing to do with him.

"I see."

Concise answer as always.

[Ghost Lord! You have no reaction at all to such shocking content?]

The system was stunned.

It thought for a moment and thought that if it had known that it was a human being before, it would have been shocked to the point of breaking apart by now!

The ghost did not speak about the matter again, but just changed the subject indifferently.

"He'll be back in about three hours."

The empathy given by the white cat allowed him to fully grasp Xu Zhiyan's movements, but this matter was not very glorious after all, and he felt that it should be avoided in the future.

Trying to do something under the nose of the main system is very time-consuming, and the system is set to allow identity concealment for up to 24 hours, which is a bit wasteful.

Suddenly, the ghost chuckled.

He didn't know if it was because he had been with Xu Zhiyan for too long, but he realized belatedly that he had become somewhat frugal when it came to spending.

The safe house system wanted to say something else, but received a silence notice from Asa.

Then the silver-gray panel flashed.

After reporting the content, Asa gave the estimated results.

[Mr. Ghost, although I cannot get more information for the time being, based on the volume estimation, there is a 62.5% chance that the number one player in the last round of the game was one of your slices.]

[However, there is insufficient information at present, and there is a possibility that there are other unknown situations. ]

After all, up to now, no one has used the word "ghost" as a title. Even the blood that knows everything has never used these two words on himself.

[The wild system has been formatted, and the stored data has disappeared. These contents were extracted from the remaining small world. ]

After Asa sent out the estimated results, he added a sentence as if to remind him.

[Since Mr. Xu will be back in about three hours, I suggest that the stupid system modify the power hiding time in the shell to five hours, and modify it again if there is any accident.]

[Also, this invasion was too sudden, and I'm afraid it will cause the main system to upgrade its defense system. ]

It really wanted its owner to advise Mr. Xu not to bring the cat in rashly in the future, but considering the current delicate relationship between the two... forget it.

[OK! ]

The safe house system immediately modified the time, and only after the change did it suddenly react.

Wait! Did this guy call it a fool in front of the ghosts and gods?

But the other party's analysis seems to be correct.

Just now, it was overwhelmed by the information in the picture, so it was terrified that "ghosts are human beings", but then it thought that this was completely impossible.

What a huge difference!

The cat, which currently only possesses half of the blood power, has triggered the highest level of defense when it was thrown into the shell. If it is really a ghost in its prime, wouldn't it be normal for it to tear the main system apart with its bare hands?

But when I think about being called an idiot later, I feel really angry about the system.

Damn it! I originally thought that advanced artificial intelligence must be a soft and cute little system that smells like motor oil, but after all this time, it turned out to be a bad guy with eight thousand tricks!

After listening to this, the ghosts and gods nodded and no longer paid attention to the harmonious relationship between the systems.

"We'll talk about the rest when he comes back."

After he finished speaking, he stepped into the void, allowing himself to completely empathize with the white cat.

Before Xu Zhiyan came, "He" didn't even have a name, let alone any messy memories of the previous round of the game.

Although it looks a bit weak when turned into a cat.

But being able to nestle in the arms of your loved one is indeed a good experience.

…

The sky inside the shell still glowed red.

The battle-hardened Infinite Game players quickly returned to normal after a brief confusion at the beginning, doing what they were supposed to do. Some even took selfies with their phones in hand, trying to preserve the limited edition alert appearance of the shell.

“Hey, this red alert selfie of mine is absolutely amazing!”

"It's so noisy. Why doesn't the shell just explode and kill everyone so we don't have to enter the dungeon again?"

"Am I the only one who thinks this alarm sounds unpleasant?"

"I'm going to report this to the main system and ask them to change the broadcasting system. This one is really too bad to listen to..."

In the crowd, Xu Zhiyan listened to the whispers of the players and was a little amazed.

"As expected of an Infinite Game player, his mental state is very stable." Anyone who can survive to the later stages of the game is stable even if he goes crazy.

All the way through the premium lounge area.

Xu Zhiyan frowned and walked around a few times before he saw a narrow alley.

"It's so hidden." he muttered.

The Shell's high-end lounge area is surrounded by bustling scenes, and it is not easy to find an alley here.

Walking in amid the alarm, Xu Zhiyan soon discovered that the surrounding streets looked a bit old, but considering that there were so many diverse places in the shell, he didn't think much about it and walked straight in.

The Dark Alley is a speakeasy.

The sunken door makes it look less conspicuous in the old alley.

By the time Xu Zhiyan found the door to the dark alley, even the high-altitude alarm had been turned off, leaving only the playback sound of the system warning.

As soon as Xu Zhiyan entered the door, he was startled by the chaotic noise in the bar.

To be honest, before entering the door, he thought this was an abandoned bar.

The deafening music and the frantic dancing of the customers matched well, but there were too many people here, and Xu Zhiyan couldn't tell for a moment whether the people dancing here were players or NPCs.

“…I should have known not to bring the cat.”

He whispered, tugging the zipper up.

The kitten is so fragile, what if it gets scared?

Shell, Dark Alley, 1129.

Locking on the key words, Xu Zhiyan did not rush forward, but instead pulled over an NPC waiter who was serving dishes.

"Sorry, we don't have a private room here."

The waiter looked innocent.

"How is that possible?" Xu Zhiyan frowned, but when he looked around, he did not see any doors leading to other directions in the dark alley.

Did we take the wrong way?

No, the Joker is at least ranked tenth in the points ranking. The possibility of him writing a fake note to trick him is too low. It's not like the other party is just bored.

I captured several NPCs in a row, but still couldn't get any information about 1129.

Xu Zhiyan stood in a dark corner, looking around the place carefully. After a moment, he walked to the center of the bar and sat down.

It was very bright here, and a beam of light of pale golden color fell directly on the exposed back of the young man's neck, dyeing this small piece of skin golden.

"Give me a glass of water."

As he said this, he unzipped his coat and let out the white cat that he had stuffed in his arms.

Seeing that the trembling sound did not affect the cat at all, Xu Zhiyan raised his hand and said to the bartender: "Sorry, another glass of water."

On the ceiling of the bar, four cameras were facing the same direction.

There was a glass of water in front of each person and cat.

Although he failed to find the specific agreed location, Xu Zhiyan did not show any sign of being angry. Instead, he sat there leisurely, and from time to time he would hold his chin with his hand and ask the NPC if there were any free snacks here.

But on the other hand, the Joker himself seems to be in some trouble.

"...Why do you think he will cooperate with us?" The woman with a hoarse voice pointed at the surveillance footage. She could hardly believe her eyes. Perhaps because she was too excited, the hood on her head slipped off, revealing her dry hair.

The clown sitting across from the hooded woman crossed his arms, as if he was mute.

The woman was furious. She pushed the screen on the table aside and pointed at the clown's nose and spoke angrily.

"You can't tell that he's not a mimic."

"Although the relationship between Xu Zhiyan and Gan Mi is sufficiently secretive, some people have seen the two of them together at an auction..."

Even though she was almost going crazy, her feminine manner still made her speak politely.

Hearing this, the clown finally showed some expression on his face.

He knocked on the table, making a 'bang bang' sound, and said calmly: "Let the summoner make the decision."

This statement touched the hooded woman's soft spot. She slammed the table and shouted, "Impossible! How can a summoner casually meet such a player of unknown power!"

"Even if Xu Zhiyan is being targeted by the Mimic now... Damn it, other than being rich, is there anything else about him that is worthy of being targeted?"

The hooded woman seemed to have thought of something, and said with certainty: "So I suspect that he is the same as Xinan. Maybe he had a relationship with the Mimic in the past, otherwise how could he be--"

The clown spoke suddenly, interrupting the woman.

"He doesn't know."

"He has no idea about the Mimics, or what happened in the last round of the game."

He spoke in a decisive tone.

When he had dealt with Xu Zhiyan before, he could clearly feel that the young man's attitude towards him and towards the astrologer was exactly the same.

It is now certain that the other party is human.

He didn't think that a human, after knowing the existence of mimics, would treat mimics and humans equally.

"His last name is Xu. It's just a coincidence."

The Joker has finally been judged.

He had verified it in the copy and found that Xu Zhiyan didn't know Xu Yan at all.

Finally, as if to prove something, the clown lowered his eyes and said.

"According to inside information from the Utopia, they have targeted the president of the Resurrectionists."

The hooded woman calmed down a lot.

She understood what the Joker meant.

There are only a few human players left at the top of the leaderboard.

Han Shi, who was ranked third on the list, was the person they had always wanted to win over, but unfortunately he was very difficult to approach, and so far they had only been able to strike up a conversation.

And the ideal country acted very quickly.

If they really captured Han Shi and killed him, then the human forces would be further weakened.

"Why not declare war?"

There was no emotion in the Joker's voice.

"The information asymmetry is very disadvantageous to us."

Regardless of whether the mimics have feelings or not, they are now uniting to face the outside world.

On the other hand, all actions on the human side were carried out in secret. He had been exposed. It would be a fantasy for him to kill all the mimics relying solely on that mad dog who joined in halfway.

The air froze for a moment before the hooded woman lowered her voice and spoke.

"Because we cannot be sure whether humans can resist the temptation of eternal life."

They didn't get much information about the Mimic, but she knew that the other party had the ability to transform humans into Mimics.

"In addition to facing danger, we also have to enter the game copy."

The mimics have bodies that are much stronger than humans and are suspected to be replaceable. She doesn't think that the remaining players who have been tortured to exhaustion by the game will abide by morality in this situation.

Perhaps some people will be willing to stand up and fight against the mimics together with them, but more people will beg for mercy and seek the opportunity to become mimics.

"Mimics are very friendly to their own kind."

If you can't beat them, join them.

"Guess how many humans were left in the game when the Summoner fell in the last round?"

The hooded woman's voice faded away.

She sighed deeply, as if she was tired.

"That's it. Wait until he finishes drinking the water and leaves on his own. We'll just pretend this never happened."

The Joker opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end no words came out.

Just as the conversation between the two reached a stalemate again, the hooded woman's hand, which was reaching out to turn off the surveillance screen, was suspended in mid-air.

"Summon...Summoner?"

She looked at the screen in horror.

A gray-haired girl walked over to the brightly lit seat in the middle of the bar. She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with thick silver-gray hair braided and tied behind her head.

A series of clear bird calls appeared.

Three plump white tits settled on her shoulders.

Sitting down next to Xu Zhiyan, the girl started talking to him in a casual manner.

"My friend, we are destined to meet. I can tell from your face that you have accumulated good fortune since childhood and will surely be a wealthy man when you grow up... So can I pet your cat?"

As if she was worried that the other party would disagree, the girl pointed to her shoulder.

"In exchange, you can touch my bird."

Xu Zhiyan almost choked on a mouthful of water.

He put down the cup and frowned in confusion.

What's going on?

This place is very hidden and is probably the private gathering place of the Joker and some people. All cameras are aimed at this location.

Whether it is observation or evaluation.

So as long as he sits here, the Joker will definitely know he's coming.

Xu Zhiyan was like an old man and an old woman queuing up at the bank to get free eggs and peanut oil. After deducing the content, he switched to a nonchalant mode and waited for the clown to come and give him money.

Who knew that the clown didn't wait for the person, but instead waited for a guy who wanted to touch his cat.

"I don't want to touch your bird."

Xu Zhiyan initially refused the other party's request to exchange opinions.

Seeing the other man's visibly collapsed expression, he coughed lightly and named a price.

"My cat is not an ordinary cat. I get 3,000 points for touching it for one minute."

Seeing the girl's eager expression, Xu Zhiyan touched his chin and quoted the price of a cat-stroking package.

"Touch it for ten minutes and you'll get 20% off. I'll charge you 24,000 yuan."

She accepted such an outrageous price of three thousand a minute, which shows that she is a rich victim. Anyway, she is here now, and the clown's money may not be in place, so when is the best time to make money?

The girl pursed her lips, as if she was struggling with her thoughts.

The white cat finally came to its senses and turned its head stiffly.

Being stared at by Xiaobai with extremely shocked eyes, Xu Zhiyan wondered in his heart how this cat could be so smart, while he hugged the white cat and stroked and kissed it, coaxing it with sweet words.

"Good boy, baby...don't be afraid, I'm watching you right here."

"You can earn 24,000 yuan by having someone touch your head for ten minutes, which is equivalent to more than 400,000 yuan in real currency. This business is not a loss, it's not a loss."

More than no loss!

It's really profitable, isn't it!

He kissed the cat's face as if he were kissing a money tree.

The white cat shook its ears, but its body remained stiff. It was unclear whether it couldn't bear being kissed or its inner barriers couldn't be broken through, making it difficult to pretend that it was really a cat.

On the other side, the clown who was still watching the bar surveillance pointed at the screen and asked in a low voice.

"Are you going out to pay the summoner? Then pay my share as well. I said I'll pay him when he comes."

"... You guys should stop now!"

The hooded woman replied through gritted teeth.