Chapter 304 Safe House [End]

The process of getting the horns was too thrilling.

So when Xu Zhiyan woke up dazed the next day and saw the thing in his hand, he subconsciously wanted to throw it away.

Or the system stopped him in time.

[Don't, don't, don't, host! Don't throw it!]

Holding the horn that had turned cold again, Xu Zhiyan patted his forehead and asked in a low voice: "What happened at the end of yesterday..."

He only remembered that he was held by Party A, with a hot black horn stuffed in his arms.

This action lasted for a long time, until his stiff body relaxed, until... he fell asleep.

Sure enough, this is the process from a system perspective.

[In the end, nothing happened.]

[When the ghost master calmed down, it was already past four in the morning, and the host fell asleep, sleeping soundly.]

The process is too pure love, it doesn't know whether to praise or scold the love-brained person.

Xu Zhiyan frowned and recalled for a while, and found that it seemed to be true.

He was very nervous at first, but later he was made drowsy by the ghost's body temperature. After finding out that the other party really did not do anything wrong, he felt inexplicably relieved and could not help falling asleep.

...Well, what normal person would not be asleep at four in the morning!

However, he stayed up too late yesterday, so when Xu Zhiyan woke up today, it was already bright outside. He slept until the afternoon.

By the time Xu Zhiyan had finished washing up and had a quick breakfast, the monster that the Nightmare Community had sent to fetch the horns had arrived at some point and was already standing at the low table waiting for him.

"squeak--"

The crisp red branches and leaves sway back and forth, it is a wishing tree.

Xu Zhiyan raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Huh? Are they already so busy? Even a little kid like you was sent here?"

He really wanted to complain a little. The ghost could obviously send the horn to the nightmare community by itself, but it didn't. Instead, it made him sleep with the horn in his arms all night.

Tsk, I don’t know what his intention is.

But the complicated mood does not prevent me from being naughty.

With his slender fingertips, he rubbed the top of the wishing tree a few times, and in the blink of an eye, Xu Zhiyan had tied a knot in the leaves on the top of the sapling.

"squeak--"

The angry little wishing tree made a cute sound.

Xu Zhiyan threw his horn at the waving tree trunk, and the sapling immediately shut up again.

Finally getting the thing, the wishing tree breathed a sigh of relief, not caring about the tangled leaves above its head, and let out a cry full of gratitude in a serious manner.

“Squeak!”

After calling out, it staggered back a few steps, and the vines on its body began to spread continuously, forming a circle shape.

The air above the circle fluctuated for a moment, and a shadowy gap opened.

"squeak……"

The wishing sapling, holding onto its horns with great effort, nodded at Xu Zhiyan with a hint of maturity, then dived into the space crack without looking back.

Xu Zhiyan was stunned by the operation.

"I thought it could only search for enemies in the void, but I didn't expect it could also be used as a porter."

Thinking of the properties of the wishing tree, his eyes brightened up a lot, and he couldn't help but excitedly asked: "Can we let the sapling deliver things to the dungeon in the future?"

The ability to break through space gaps and lock onto designated objects is like a bug.

"If possible, the safe house can also set up special delivery tasks in the future to support off-site spectators to send money to players in the game... No, I think it can be more exciting."

Xu Zhiyan sat down on the sofa and began to daydream.

"If this main system wasn't so rubbish, I really think we could apply for cooperation. Anyway, we already have a live broadcast room, so it doesn't matter if we add a reward system, right? It can also make the players' performances more entertaining."

Game live streaming is not profitable, so players in the dungeon don’t care about the show effect at all. When the tense moment comes, they don’t care about their image, as long as they can survive.

If the live broadcast reward system can really be opened, players will be able to get more off-field assistance.

However, Xu Zhiyan changed his mind and realized that this main system has been inhumane for many years, and there is a 99% chance that it will not do anything that benefits the players.

“It’s not impossible not to cooperate with the main system.”

He stroked his chin, took out a piece of paper and pen from the drawer of the coffee table, and started writing and drawing on it.

"We can start our own safe house delivery business. If players have a favorite NPC or a player they want to support, the safe house will deliver the gift on their behalf. The minimum gift price is 10,000 yuan. This business is quite risky, and we take half of it each time..."

The system couldn't help but get excited as it listened to its host's money-making plan.

[So in this case, we can earn at least 5,000 each time? In this case, won’t our delivery business be able to make more money than other basic projects very quickly?]

Xu Zhiyan subconsciously reached out and touched the ring on his left hand.

It's obviously a black ring that stores Party A's emotions, but for some reason, it turns golden once you return to the safe house.

"That's right in theory, but we mainly collect half of the tips, because half of the props sent by friends and relatives outside the venue are more targeted and may not be valuable."

So he thought there should be a minimum gift submission threshold.

“It’s a win-win.”

[Yes!]

Each person fantasized for a long time.

Later on, without Xu Zhiyan saying anything, the system took the initiative to go to the Nightmare Community to find Asa to discuss when to start the new safe house business.

In the R&D room, the silver panel is filled with various images.

Asa is obviously just a system, but it has been too busy recently, so it was forced to change itself to a temporary container with six robotic arms in the Nightmare District.

【……】

After listening to the system's excited explanation, it just felt that one chip was two big.

What shocked Asa the most was that it had only been a short time since Shu Miao returned, but the system had already provided a detailed project schedule... It was obvious who had done this.

It felt the need to explain.

[Well, the project is great, but you should also consider the ability of the saplings. ]

This plan will indeed earn more profits once it is launched, but the foundation of everything - the wish tree sapling is still very weak.

[It can now only be teleported within safe houses and nightmare communities. ]

[Eh? So weak?]

The disgust in the system's tone was about to overflow.

On the long silver-white table, the wishing tree that was measuring the horns of ghosts and gods shook the leaves above its head.

[…I won’t always be this weak. ]

Asa wanted to retort, but ended up just answering dryly.

After all, different species, some monsters are very powerful when they are born, but some monsters need to grow.

The wishing tree can now do some work within its capacity, such as moving things, and it is already very relieved. You know, when this little thing was placed in the lobby of the safe house before, it was scared by other monsters and stopped growing.

[I will submit a report to Mr. Xu on the specific growth cycle in a while.]

[Please tell Mr. Xu that the new props will be ready in about two days, and Mr. Guishen will come to pick them up then.]

In the hall, Xu Zhiyan, who was watching his teammates' live broadcast, soon received the "bad news".

He looked at the images fed back by the system.

The red sapling with two leaves on its top is jumping up and down in the office, working very hard.

Different from the system's disdain.

Xu Zhiyan's tone could be described as affectionate, and the system got goosebumps when hearing it.

"Grow up quickly, my little fortune tree..."

The wish to collect money for free was so good that he even changed the name of the wishing tree.

…

evening.

It's cold outside, but warm like spring inside.

Xu Zhiyan sat up straighter and shook his head as he looked at his teammates in the video.

This is a dungeon based on an abandoned swimming pool. It has been in disrepair for many years, and the water level rises from time to time, as well as monsters in the water, making the players very embarrassed.

Probably wanting to adjust Yu Xiu's time to enter the dungeon, Jiang Huaique brought both of them in this time.

As a staunch physical/corporal strengthening player, swimming, diving, and fighting monsters underwater are a piece of cake for Jiang Huai Que. Yu Xiu's barrier can store oxygen, which is unexpectedly suitable for this dungeon.

The only one who is about to die is Jinsheng.

When the swimming pool was full of water, there was no space in the sky for him to fly. Even with a small brand dog paddle motor, he was exhausted.

Fortunately, this is only a four-star copy and the monsters are not very strong.

When the three of them left the copy, a game panel lit up next to Xu Zhiyan, and new content appeared in it.

[Congratulations to the guild [Krypton Gold Changes Destiny, Online Order] for completing the 100,000 points task and obtaining the qualification to enter the special copy. Next, we will explain the special copy to you. ]

[Since the End Dungeon can only accommodate a limited number of people, all qualified guilds will enter the qualification competition stage. ]

Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows and looked over.

He was not very surprised by the strange setting this time.

The system has set the limit so low this time, obviously wanting more players to compete.

However, if all the guild players who can participate are put into the same copy, the scene will be unimaginable and it will probably be very chaotic, which is obviously not acceptable.

[The number of keys is given according to the number of guilds. ]

【The key can be snatched.】

"……snatch."

Where there is competition, there are casualties. No wonder Jiang Huaique left a message saying he wanted to snatch the key. This guy must have found out everything in advance.

Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips and stopped talking, continuing to look at the rest of the information.

The next setting made him frown.

[The guild with the highest total score can designate other guilds in the dungeon. (It is recommended to designate weaker guilds, which will make it easier to win the first prize)]

how so?

In other words, the stronger the guild, the more likely it is that it will designate other competing guilds to ensure that it will get the key.

Before Xu Zhiyan could take a closer look, the designated information jumped out at his face.

[The guild [Utopia] designated the guild [Krypton Gold Changes Destiny] to enter the next round of the game together. ]

[Detect the guild with the highest score in this round. Eight guilds have been designated. The dungeon [Monster Nest Island] is now open for recruitment to the relevant guilds. ]

At the same time, there was also a system scream.

[Help! What's going on! Host, why did you suddenly receive a dungeon notification? Huh? This time is so strange...]

It fiddled with it for a while and found that this time the background notification was different from the previous ones.

[I understand! Because it is based on guilds, the information is only given here... Phew, I am scared to death.]

Xu Zhiyan glanced at the guild dialogue box.

[The dungeon [Monster Nest Island-Special] is open for recruitment. ]

[Number of people entering the dungeon: (0/2)]

[Note: Each guild is only allowed to have up to two members enter. If no one enters, it will be considered as giving up the special copy. ]

[Reward: Key (Qualification to enter the End Dungeon)]

【Accept】【Give up】

Xu Zhiyan glanced at the content and clicked to accept without saying a word.

Then, in the guild dialog box, another person clicked accept at the same time as him.

[Player [Xu Zhiyan] is called]

[Player [Jiang Huai Que] is called]

The system is so anxious that it is about to jump up and down.

[Ahhhhhhh host! Can you please not make a decision so quickly! Anyway, there will be other guilds to be assigned to fight next, can't we just switch guilds and be done with it?!]

It didn't understand why its host agreed.

"If I don't run into him this time, I won't be able to escape next time." Xu Zhiyan was very open-minded about this.

"The announcement only said that guilds with high points can designate other guilds. There are so many people in the Utopia, who knows if they can designate more..."

This is the worst-case scenario.

Xu Zhiyan was a little confused. The way the system was set up was completely putting the ideal country on the fire. If they were to designate the guilds to fight for it, they would inevitably offend other guilds.

Even though the Utopia is currently the only dominant country, they may not be afraid of these things.

But this time there are eight, what about next time?

You know, there is also an organization led by the Joker and others, who seem to be slaughtering players from the Utopia.

The key to enter the End of the World dungeon doesn't look like something you can get once and then never participate in again.

The rules are very vague.

If all subsequent ad hoc dungeons are to be designated by the guild with the highest points at the moment, then Utopia will have to participate every time...

The clue flashed through my mind.

Xu Zhiyan felt that he had grasped something.

He felt that the main system was targeting the ideal country, but he had no evidence.

After all, priority designation does seem to be preferential treatment.

But he didn't think the main system would give all the power to the ideal country. If the other party didn't specify a guild, or always specified a small guild, it would most likely be randomly assigned...

This is not necessarily a good thing.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Xu Zhiyan thought of the dark alley.

"It seems that the Joker and Mad Dog may be related to the main system." He spoke hesitantly.

[ah? ]

Since the system was unable to capture the information in the host's brain, the CPU temperature soared when it heard this conclusion out of the blue. It was obvious that it did not understand where the host came to this conclusion from.

Because the information was uncertain, Xu Zhiyan didn't say anything else to the system.

"It doesn't matter. It won't affect us for now."

He just wanted to be a neutral businessman and make a little money.

"What's more, Bai Jin is here this time."

…

The next day.

It was only five o'clock in the afternoon and it was already dark.

Xu Zhiyan stretched and stood in front of the door that vaguely appeared in the center of the safe house.

Next to him was a ghost with a somewhat gloomy expression.

Unlike the young man's relaxed expression, every time before his sweetheart entered the copy, the ghost's mood inevitably fell to the bottom.

Feeling the growing low pressure, the monsters in the safe house didn't even dare to breathe.

Only Qu Ji, who had just rushed to retrieve special props from the Nightmare Community, stood aside and gave the explanation.

"Brother Xu, this is a special prop."

It swallowed and whispered, "The instructions are on the panel. You don't need to worry about the notes. But Asa said that due to time constraints, no improvements could be made..."

Listening to Qu Ji's increasingly quiet voice, Xu Zhiyan frowned and nudged the ghost's waist with his elbow.

"Don't be so sullen. You scared my snail butler."

He could see it.

As the designated guild resulted in insufficient time for research and development, Asa did not dare to deliver the goods himself.

In an instant, all the monsters in the safe house fell silent.

Especially Qu Ji, it winked at Xu Zhiyan, fearing that it would be pressed to the ground and rubbed by ghosts and gods after the other party left.

Fortunately, the ghosts and gods were not angry.

The affectionate behavior of his beloved unexpectedly made him feel much better.

"Ahem... sorry."

He spoke in a gentle voice, suppressing his low mood.

Xu Zhiyan grabbed the props, stuffed them into his bag, and patted the ghost's arm soothingly.

Time was running out and the door had solidified. He reached out and opened the door leading to the copy. Before entering, he turned back, squinted his eyes and waved.

"Bai Jin, see you in the dungeon."

Although the Horn Blind Box might reveal some strange things, Xu Zhiyan felt that he had made a profit this time as long as he thought about being able to enter the dungeon with Party A.

He was unable to obtain the list of people who could enter the copy, but Jiang Huai Que had already inquired about it.

The people in the Utopia didn't know what was going on. In the first special copy, all the guilds were chosen from the strongest ones, and the Guild of Paying to Change Fate was the weakest among them.

In Xu Zhiyan's concept, the higher the ranking, the richer the player is.

He can't wait to collect the money!

The ghost was stunned for a moment, then laughed softly.

He could sense the joy and excitement in his beloved's words, and it seemed that the other person really wanted to enter the dungeon with him.

This realization softened the hearts of the ghosts and gods.

"Okay, see you in the copy."

He also wanted to be with Xu Zhiyan.