Chapter 412 Safe House

Fortunately, the ghost's anger only flashed for a moment.

Xu Zhiyan was eloquent and in just a few words he briefly described what happened during the time of disconnection.

The young man's businesslike tone calmed the ghost down. Especially after confirming that Xu Zhiyan was not injured, he returned to his original appearance, except for the hand that was holding the other's waist.

Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan did not struggle. Instead, he reached out and grabbed the watch with a sigh in his tone.

"It's very surprising. He shouldn't have died today."

At least he shouldn't have died at Xinan's hands.

When talking about Gan Mi, his relaxed expression became much more serious.

"I think Gan Mi is hiding something."

Perhaps it was because he had traded with Gan Mi too many times before, or perhaps it was because of his keen intuition, he always felt that Gan Mi was hiding other secrets.

"He should be monitored by Yan Chengfan..."

Although he gave up the idea of persuading Gan Mi to turn against him, Xu Zhiyan still felt that Gan Mi was different from other mimics. After all, apart from Gan Mi, he had never seen any mimic help his brother's lover and family.

"The Mimic's death was well deserved, but if he could become a higher being than the Mimic, it might not be a bad thing for the world."

After thinking for a moment, it seems impossible to piece together anything with just a few words.

Xu Zhiyan smiled and changed the subject.

"How is Jiang Huai Que?"

He was more worried about his teammates than the fight between the mimic and the main system.

…

The time to log out of the copy is getting closer.

Jinsheng looked anxiously at the place that was wrapped in darkness. Xiaoyi wandered around, trying to get some clues from it by relying on his nose.

"We have ten minutes to leave."

Dou Hongshan looked at the time, frowning as he hesitated whether to step forward and try to break the darkness.

Just as Jin Sheng nodded and was about to go over together, the darkness surrounding the ruins in front of the two of them trembled, as if someone had punctured the smoke trapped in a transparent bubble and it rushed out.

A strong smell of blood hit them, and the two were caught off guard. When they could see again, they stayed where they were.

In the center of the broken site, there was only the image of Jiang Huai Que standing with a sickle.

He certainly had a tough battle.

The body that had been repaired became tattered again, the left arm joint turned outward in a strange posture, and the white bones protruded from the flesh.

Beside him, when the transparent liquid like clear water seeped into the soil, the last trace of Wang Ying also disappeared.

His chest heaving violently and vomiting blood, Jiang Huaique staggered two steps and fell headfirst to the ground. Just as he was about to hit his face on the ground, a cluster of bushes grew out from under his feet and barely caught him.

When he was confused and almost unconscious, he heard his teammates calling his name.

"Stop arguing, he's not dead."

Jiang Huaiqie spoke in a hoarse voice.

He's still alive, and he won in the end.

"Where's the ghost lion? She wouldn't run away, would she?" Jin Sheng had already run over, but when he looked around he didn't see Wang Ying.

Hearing Wang Ying's title, Jiang Huaique hesitated for a moment and answered in a low voice.

"She said she was going to look for her puppy."

He still remembered that after the final blow, Wang Ying was lying on the ground, with the fatal wound showing a different state from that of a human, and it would soon turn into a pool of water.

Jiang Huai Que had completely lost all his strength by then, and had only won half a move.

The girl's golden hair was spread all over the ground, and her body was pierced by a huge blade, but she did not show any pain, but instead said a lot.

"Jiang Huai Que, you are a very good opponent."

'Humans have infinite possibilities... how enviable.'

'You know why they don't like me? Because I'm the only mimic who has activated the power evolution. They all have to rely on the shell stacking, but I don't need it.'

'...I'm going to see my puppy.'

Wang Ying's words revealed a lot of information, which Jiang Huaiqie subconsciously wanted to ask.

Mimic? What the hell?

But the space they were in was the realm of ghosts and gods, and Wang Ying no longer had the bug-like recovery ability. When Jiang Huaiqie spoke, she had already turned into a pool of transparent liquid, slowly seeping into the ground.

Before his consciousness sank into darkness, Jiang Huaiqie couldn't help but think.

Forget it, I’ll ask Xu Zhiyan after the copy is completed.

In addition to the matter of the mimic, he also wanted to know why Bai Jin appeared here.

Without any worries, Jiang Huaique fainted, causing Jin Sheng to scream. Dou Hongshan was also forced to join in, and the scene was in chaos.

"Fuck! Brother Jiang, what's wrong with you! Brother Jiang, don't die--"

"Let go. If you continue to strangle Jiang Huaique, he will surely die in your hands!"

“Woof woof——”

…

The copy ended and the logout was unexpectedly smooth.

Maybe it was because the main system was controlled by Yan Chengfan, but it didn't do anything this time. Xu Zhiyan looked at his settlement panel for a long time.

[The Rusty City Strange Stories dungeon has been settled]

[Dungeon Star Level: Special]

[Calculating player Xu Zhiyan’s personal total score...]

It’s a pity that the settlement was made, but the reward was pitifully small. Nowadays, these points were dispensable to Xu Zhiyan. He just glanced at the panel and turned it off.

The upper limit of the mental power threshold is still limited, but what does it matter...

What is even more exciting is the guild settlement rewards.

[Congratulations to the guild for changing their fate by spending money to win the guild reward]

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

The key wrapped in bright red crystals leads to the end.

In the Shell's lounge, Jiang Huai was still in a coma, and Jin Sheng's arm would have to wait for some time to be fully repaired. After making sure his teammates were fine, Xu Zhiyan left Shell.

[Tip: The logout point is abnormal. You are now teleported to the area around the logout coordinate point.]

The wind in midwinter is a bit cold.

Xu Zhiyan stood at the door of Yunshan old house wearing a thin shirt, looking a little dazed.

"abnormal?"

What does that mean? Can a safe house be abnormal?

He panicked and didn't have time to complain about the weather. He hurried to the old house. As soon as he entered the door, Xu Zhiyan knew why the coordinates were abnormal...

The yard was very noisy and everything looked golden.

Countless gold artifacts poured out from the hall of the Yunshan old house, and even the huge courtyard was half full.

Some monsters were pinned under the gold, unable to move and could only squeak. Some monsters were not intelligent enough and were attracted by the remaining scent on the gold. They rummaged through the pile of gold coins, as if trying to find something edible.

Xu Zhiyan was silent.

He vaguely remembered that before he left, the ghosts and gods promised him that he would bring the gold back... and of course, he did bring it all back.

"Come out! Put it away! Put it all away!"

"The vitality and rule power of gold are all fake."

"This is all Brother Xu's gold. There is nothing to eat inside. Don't touch it..."

Qu Ji was so busy that his eyes turned red.

Fortunately, monsters like Honghong are quite intelligent and are able to lend a hand, thus maintaining the precarious order in the chaotic scene.

Of course, if the scene of Liu Liu secretly licking the gold had not been seen, everything might have been more convincing.

“What a merry mess!”

Xu Zhiyan complimented him and tacitly did not interrupt him.

It turns out that money is the best seasoning.

After seeing the gold all over the ground, his previously inexplicably depressed mood quickly recovered, and he wished he could bury his soul in the gold coins.

The safe house system found him first.

[Host, I miss you so much——]

Before it could finish, Xu Zhiyan interrupted it.

"Where's Bai Jin?"

He hadn't seen anyone since he came back, and he thought that ghosts and gods wouldn't leave his gold lying around...

If you ask someone else, the system might even make a few jokes, but when it heard Xu Zhiyan talking about ghosts and gods, it immediately became much more obedient and directly called up the safe house map.

[As soon as Mr. Ghost came back, he went to the restricted area.]

The restricted area of the safe house was originally a small door on the side of the yard. Now, with the upgrade of the safe house, the locked entrance to the restricted area has also changed its location, from the right side to the back of the safe house lobby.

Xu Zhiyan was slightly stunned.

He followed the instructions on the map, stepped on the priceless gold, and went around to the back of the hall.

"...When did this place appear?" Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised, but he had relatively few places to move around and never liked to go to corners, so he soon felt relieved.

[It was a product of the last upgrade, but since it was of no use, I didn’t report it at the time.]

During the conversation, Xu Zhiyan walked through a corridor and saw the ghosts at the entrance of the restricted area.

After returning to the safe house, the ghost gathered other powers, and his body, which was only missing his heart, was no longer complete. Relying solely on himself, he was able to glimpse some of his past memories.

This was the scene Xu Zhiyan saw when he first arrived.

The ghost god returned to its original posture, with a huge snake tail replacing human legs. Its black and gold scales reflected a sharp light, and its terrifying pressure spread out. The talisman patterns that were calm in the past were emitting a faint white light. Even the temperature of the surrounding air dropped sharply, almost colder than outside the door, and was faintly covered with white frost...

"White ember?"

Xu Zhiyan's hesitant voice seemed to interrupt the ghost's thoughts.

He watched Bai Jin turn around as he called out to him, and in an instant, the area outside the restricted area seemed to have melted away as if ice and snow, returning to normal.

The coldness in the golden pupils faded away the moment they touched the young man's face, leaving only tenderness and love.

As if realizing his own mistake, the ghost nodded slightly.

"Feel sorry."

He realized belatedly that he seemed to have not finished his chores when he returned.

Xu Zhiyan smiled.

"What are you sorry for?" He walked forward, looking at the edge of the door to the restricted area of the safe house, squinting at Bai Jin and asking, "Do you want to open it? We have enough keys now."

He hasn't upgraded the safe house much in recent times, and he has almost saved up enough keys. If ghosts and gods really need it, it's not impossible.

He has always been generous to his own people.

The ghost's gaze became softer.

The faces in his vague memory gradually became clearer, and he felt his chest filled with love.

However, before the two of them could decide whether to use the key to open the restricted area, the system popped up first.

[Host! Mr. Ghost! Although I know that disturbing someone's love life will result in being struck by lightning, I just received some really explosive news!!]

It went up more than one tone.

[The matter of the mimic has been exposed!]

Xu Zhiyan was stunned, not caring about ghosts and gods, and asked quickly. The system did not keep him in suspense and poured out all the information like pouring beans.

[Someone on the black market has released information about the Mimics, as well as clues about them killing people and using containers. Now all the accusations point to the Utopia! Even the fact that this game isn't the first one has some clues!]

The news is indeed explosive!

"……etc."

Xu Zhiyan had a serious expression on his face. He was worried that the situation from the previous round of the game that Dou Hongshan mentioned would happen again.

After the initial outrage, the players turned against each other one after another. Countless people swung their swords at their own kind in order to become mimics. They were willing to sacrifice the heads of their relatives, close friends, and lovers, just to get a ticket to board the Ark of Eternal Life...

Hell on earth is just like this.

But soon, Xu Zhiyan no longer had to worry about others, as he had more important things to worry about.

[By the way, host, I also thanked you in this message! ]

[Without Pope Sezier, the number of mimics can no longer increase! Everyone is praising you! But the Utopia may have to offer you a bounty...] The system realized something was wrong as it spoke.

"?"

Xu Zhiyan was completely confused.

Wait! Why is he facing a bounty as soon as he leaves the dungeon?

The information was too real, but the process was so outrageous that he felt that the conspiracy was 99% likely set up by the remaining consciousness of the main system. The main purpose was to make sure that he himself was doomed and not let the safe house have an easy time, so that everyone would be doomed together.