Chapter 63 Safe House

The next morning, the sky was bright.

After the safe house left the dungeon, Lao Yang and Qu Ji stopped.

Although the Yunshan Old House is located in the suburbs, there are still some other facilities around it, and pedestrians occasionally pass by.

If you are too conspicuous and attract the attention of passers-by, whether it is calling the police for disturbing the public or a salesman accidentally walks into the game, it is not good.

Xu Zhiyan has been holding his phone since he woke up.

He finally understood why some people would watch other people's live broadcasts all day long.

The others were players who had already placed bets, so they kept a close eye on him. He already had the workers he wanted, so he couldn't help but worry about whether Lin Shao could bring them.

Unlike just a casual glance before, after several hours of focused viewing, he has basically figured out the scale and various settings of the Blood Red Town dungeon.

The residents of the town are somewhat similar to those of Hungry Mountain we saw before.

It looks like a human during the day, but turns into a monster that needs to suck blood at night.

If players are judged to be ordinary humans at night, their blood will be sucked away, and in serious cases, they may be sucked dry.

But the difference is that the intelligence and attack power of the monsters in the blood-red town are much higher.

They judge first.

They will not attack indiscriminately like the villagers of Hungry Mountain.

So in order to survive, players need to find an identity that suits them during the day to integrate into the town, find secrets, and become familiar with the habits of the villagers.

This way they can disguise themselves successfully when night falls.

The monsters that attack in the middle of the night are just the opposite. They make a living by killing the blood-sucking townspeople.

Therefore, players need to judge what the creature in front of them is when night falls, and then answer based on their own judgment.

The location of the safe house is relatively easy to find.

In the swamp not far from the town.

Last night, after Lin Shao was discovered to be an ordinary human, he realized that the whole town was full of monsters, so he decided to go all out and ran away with the props, and that's when he accidentally found the safe house.

Although the others who were left in the town suffered heavy casualties, many of them found weapons to deal with the monsters - silver weapons.

Just as Xu Zhiyan saw Lin Shao returning to town in high spirits, there was a knock on the bedroom door.

“Boom boom boom—”

"Come in."

"Mr. Xu, do you want to have breakfast in your room?"

Qu Ji quietly pushed the door open a crack and stuck half of his head out.

Xu Zhiyan then realized that it was already half past nine, and quickly put away his phone and answered the question, saying that he would go downstairs to eat.

As if he had thought of something, he added another sentence.

"Call me brother, not sir."

He called Party A "sir" because no matter from which angle you look at it, Party A is much older than him. Although Qu Ji is still a student, Xu Zhiyan feels that he is not that old either, and calling him that makes him sound too old.

"Hey? Okay, Brother Xu!"

Qu Ji was very obedient. He changed his words immediately, closed the door, and went downstairs to prepare breakfast.

Looking at Qu Ji who was gradually becoming more lively, Xu Zhiyan shook his head and laughed.

After going downstairs, he found that breakfast was not placed in the usual place, but was placed in the yard.

It is now the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.

The sun is shining and the temperature outside is just right.

"Brother Xu, the lobby on the first floor is being renovated recently so it might not be very convenient. You should just stay outside until it's finished." Qu Ji said, pointing to the courtyard which already had a very nice view.

Xu Zhiyan nodded. He didn’t have much of an obsession with where to eat.

Breakfast is boiled eggs, millet porridge and steamed buns.

As one of the few monsters with a high school education, Qu Ji has fully adapted to the online shopping model of modern society. Although he cannot leave the Yunshan old house, he can already use his mobile phone to buy groceries and cook without any obstacles!

After breakfast, Xu Zhiyan held his phone tightly in his hand, his eyes almost glued to the screen.

However, as the new owner of the safe house, this lazy attitude was not only not criticized, but he was even fed.

Qu Ji brought coffee.

Lao Yang sent some fruit slices.

Even Liu Liu took out a bag of not-so-healthy but delicious puffed food and secretly put it on the table.

Xu Zhiyan ate while watching the live broadcast, feeling extremely comfortable.

On the screen, Lin Shao has returned to the town.

Instead of exploring the main line according to the mission, the first thing he did after returning was to go straight to the decoration company in the small town.

As time went by, Xu Zhiyan glanced at Lin Shao's barrage and indeed found many different voices.

[Fuck, this guy is a big idiot, right? ]

[Not going to do the main story? What the hell is he doing here? ? My points! ]

[Wow, wow, wow, I still beat him! ! ]

【I also suppressed this idiot. 】

[Who made the other players look so weak? If the other players weren’t so weak, I wouldn’t have suppressed them…]

There aren't many people in Lin Shao's live broadcast room, and basically those who can stay are the players who bet on him to win.

It turned out that on the evening of the first day of this copy, when danger came, the betting time did not exceed 12 hours, so the audience would bet on the most outstanding player among this group of players.

Lin Shao's performance on the first day was outstanding.

Thanks to his cautious character, he was the only one among the twenty or so players who discovered the problem with the villagers in advance.

Compared with others, Xu Zhiyan knew the inside story. He touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed. He couldn't help but open the barrage and said a few words for Lin Shao.

[Maybe he has other ideas? It's only the third day of the dungeon, there are still a few days to go, maybe he can get first place? ]

When the other players saw this, they all started to laugh at his wild idea.

[Forget it, he performed very well on the first day, but started to sluggishly on the second day, and then he was completely awful on the third day. I suspect this B is just trying to cheat for points]

[Speechless hahaha, after such performance, do you still think he can make a comeback? ]

[Luckily I only bet on him to leave the dungeon alive. He is the only player who found the safe house, so he should be fine.]

[Hehehe, I defeated the long-legged lady next door. Now it seems that I might have won, hahahaha]

Someone also discovered Xu Zhiyan's identity.

[Yo? Little Millionaire? Hehe! You came to watch the live broadcast too! I bet on you to be No.1 in the last dungeon and made more than 20,000 hehehe. ]

[A living little millionaire? I'll go get someone to come and see.]

Soon, a lot of people flocked into the live broadcast room.

There are many people who make mindless bets while fishing at night and win a lot of money.

Xu Zhiyan paused while holding the potato chips.

He didn't expect that he had become so famous.

No wonder Lin Shao had a gloomy face when they met, and would rather jump into a pit than trust him.

This can't go on like this.

He put down his snacks, wiped his hands, and began to try to change his image by relying on barrage.

[I think Lin Shao is a very cautious person. This character is more suitable for dungeons and is a very commendable quality.]

Xu Zhiyan racked his brains to come up with this sentence.

When he's face to face with people, he's clearly a social terrorist, but once he's online and communicating via typing, his lethality is greatly reduced.

Especially this kind of live broadcast.

Although he would watch people playing games before, he basically didn't say anything.

[Little Million... Is this a compliment to the players? ]

【Hahahahahahahahaha】

[This is the first time I’ve seen someone so serious in a live broadcast room, but in the end he just gave a lonely compliment hahahaha]

[Help! Little Millionaire is a little cute! ]

Seeing that the barrage of comments suddenly started to turn the topic to him, Xu Zhiyan felt a little embarrassed.

Damn, is it true that everyone has shortcomings?

He carried the remaining coffee to the lobby and gave up the idea of using barrage to save his image.

The long table was still the same long table with a hole in it, the empty shrine was thrown into the corner, and the ghosts and gods stood silently behind the long table, out of tune with the messy environment around them.

Xu Zhiyan climbed onto the table skillfully, sat down cross-legged, and shared the live broadcast screen with Party A's boss.

He looked up and wanted to say something, but the other party seemed to think the same thing, and the words that came out of their mouths collided with each other.

"After I leave the dungeon, can I switch to your account to watch the live broadcast..."

"Why did you ask Qu Ji to change his words?"

Xu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment and then reacted first.

Change your words?

Does it mean that he asked Qu Ji to change the way he addressed him from 'Mr. Xu' to 'Brother Xu'?

Xu Zhiyan scratched his hair and looked at Party A, answering without thinking.

"Because calling me sir feels too old."

He is only in his early twenties! Calling him "sir" sounds like he is in his thirties or fifties!

"……old?"

Although the ghost's voice was a little hesitant, there were no major twists and turns. It remained steady throughout, not revealing any of the turmoil in its heart.

Xu Zhiyan didn't notice anything and nodded, skipping the question of address which was unimportant to him.

"Can I still use your account to gamble after I leave the dungeon?"

"able."

The ghost replied coldly.

The safe house system inexplicably felt a low pressure and hurriedly jumped out to explain, fearing that Xu Zhiyan would say something that would make the ghosts and gods collapse.

[Return to the host! Yes!]

[You just need to get a new phone and reconnect to the signal, and it will automatically connect to Mr. Ghost...sir's account.]

After listening to this, Xu Zhiyan nodded, jumped off the table, and went upstairs in his slippers to look through the old phones.

The moment the young man's thin figure disappeared, the temperature in the hall dropped sharply.

The monsters that were just coming and going shrank back onto the floor, and even the safe house system didn't dare to make a sound.

“…old?” Guishen bit on the word, unable to get over the hurdle in his heart.

Calling someone "sir" is a very old-looking title, so when Xu Zhiyan calls him that, does he feel that he is also very old?

Was He rejected?

Doesn’t the other party like people who are too old?

The ghosts and gods are in trouble.

Even He Himself does not know how long He has existed.

The translucent swollen monster hadn't been pressed like this for several days.

It has eaten too much recently, and its bulging stomach is visible under the transparent film. It feels like it will vomit if it is suppressed like this again!

After taking a look at its companions who were in similar situations, it racked its brains and finally shouted out something.

"Master Ghost, there is a saying, called... called... called old man and young wife, so old is not a bad thing! It's a perfect match!"

It was not sure whether the word was correct, but the disappearance of the pressure made it certain that it had guessed correctly. This was what ghosts and gods liked to hear!

The ghost was silent for a moment, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Seeing the other party disappear behind the long table, the monsters in the hall breathed a sigh of relief.

"That was close. I thought I was going to die..."

"……I also"

“So scary… wuuuu… wuuuu!”

"This kind of pressure... I can't get used to it no matter how many times..."

“…”

When Xu Zhiyan came down, the hall had been restored and the monsters were doing their own things in an orderly manner.

Although a few monsters would occasionally look at him secretly, he had long been accustomed to it and didn't realize there was anything wrong.

Sitting back in the yard, he took out his old mobile phone and successfully saw the live broadcast pop-up window.

[Currently found signal source:]

【Line 1/Line ▇▇】

[Do you want to access line 1? ]

Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan was stunned.

Line ▇▇?

The back part is blocked by black mosaic, and it seems that some strange live broadcast room is hidden.

But when he clicked on this line, the pop-up window popped up again.

[Sorry, the player has not unlocked the line yet▇▇]

[Do you want to unlock it? (Unlocking fee: 50,000,000 points)]

"Huh? One, two, three... fifty million points?"

After counting three times and confirming that it was 50 million points, Xu Zhiyan had an expression of disbelief.

Upon seeing this, the system pops up an accurate picture.

[Old man in subway looking at his phone.jpg]

"Fifty million points? Open a live broadcast channel? Is this a new bug in the game?" He pointed at the two small mosaics and couldn't help but raise his voice a lot.

[No, host!]

[Although I don't have permission to view it, I am sure that the live broadcast line does have traffic, but the traffic is much less than that of line 1.]

The system tried to explain, and it was also a little confused, but that didn't stop it from confirming that this was not a BUG.

After hearing the answer, Xu Zhiyan placed his phone on the stand on the table and couldn't help tapping the table with his right fingertips.

There is actually traffic in the live broadcast room that requires 50 million points to open?

Would anyone really spend 50 million points to open an unfamiliar live broadcast room?

Or, besides spending points, there are other ways to enter this live broadcast room...

This humble message gives away a lot.

But Xu Zhiyan thought about it for a while and couldn't figure it out, so he gave up and concentrated on watching the live broadcast on two screens.

It’s still Lin Shao’s live broadcast.

It is now mid-morning, and according to the information provided by Liu Liu, Lin Shao is chatting with a worker who has excellent skills and is good at interior decoration.

The worker was still a little wary.

But after seeing the cigarettes Lin Shao took out, he changed his mind immediately and agreed to have dinner together in the evening.

The remaining players who were still tenaciously alive slowly figured out the rules of the town. From the barrage chat, they learned that some people entered the basement of the mayor's house, some obtained hidden powerful items, and some found the only priest in the town.

Only Lin Shao.

In the eyes of the audience, he is just trying to catch big fish and not do his real work.

Because of Xu Zhiyan's awkward compliment just now, Lin Shao's live broadcast room became a lot more lively, and there were more trolls.

Xu Zhiyan looked at it for a while and raised his eyebrows in confusion.

"Why are some people so malicious?"

Don’t they know that harmony brings wealth?

[Host! This is what a newcomer's live broadcast room should look like! You can't always use yourself as a measure.]

[You start with a million points as the minimum, and the live broadcast room is not completely anonymous. Even if these people want to criticize you, they will only criticize the newcomers with no background. They will not criticize anyone who is stronger.]

The system couldn't help but explain.

The name of the player’s live broadcast room can be modified, but an account can only be modified once. If it is not modified, the real name will be used.

Due to this restriction, even if the name is changed to have nothing to do with the real name, it will eventually be exposed, so trolls only appear in the live broadcast rooms of novice players.

When the copy star level is a little higher and there is no correct answer, everyone will be more restrained, after all, we should leave some room for others.

Xu Zhiyan nodded after listening.

He pointed at a troll with a golden name in Lin Shao's live broadcast room and asked, "Why is his ID glowing?"

【Lu 7】

[This is the VIP player logo! ]

[If you bet more than one million points in the guessing game, you can get this logo. If you use Mr. Guishen's account to post, you can also see this effect.]

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhiyan was not in a hurry.

Instead, he reached out and poked the golden ID.

"VIP? In other words, this player named Lu7 is very rich, right?"

[Yes, those who can spend more than one million points to make bets are mostly very wealthy players.]

[I can detect some of the player's information here, please wait patiently...]

The system doesn't understand why, but it still tries its best to help the host.

[It is impossible to detect the specific ranking of this player, but based on the interval, it can be judged that this player's ranking in the scoreboard is not high.]

[The number of times this player participated in the guessing competition was detected: 267 times, which is four times higher than the average number of players guessing.]

"I have money and I like guessing games..."

Xu Zhiyan had a gentle smile on his face.

The system seemed to hear the gurgling sound of its own host making trouble.

…

In an apartment in City A, Lu 7, who has a golden ID, is lying on the bed and browsing his phone.

The two bed partners were sleeping soundly. From the messy traces on the bed sheets, it could be seen that they must have had a fierce sex all night yesterday.

His real name is Lu Qiyi.

He was originally a corporate slave in an internet company, but after entering this death game, he unexpectedly discovered that he had quite a talent.

After two years, his personality was awakened, he became famous, and had a huge amount of money.

His specialty is data analysis.

Although this feature was sometimes good and sometimes bad during the dungeon, and would occasionally lead him into trouble, it helped him earn a lot of points in the betting.

Originally, Lu Qiyi just saw someone gaining a million points as a newcomer in the live broadcast hall, so he followed along.

He has always been envious of the anonymous person who destroyed the dealer's system twice in a row and made more than 20 million.

But after coming to this live broadcast room, Lu Qiyi unexpectedly discovered that this was not the live broadcast room of Xu Zhiyan at all. This was just an ordinary newcomer, and his operation was very stupid.

Just as he casually said a few words and thought that there was no chance that the newcomer would survive and was about to withdraw, the barrage caught his attention.

It is Anonymous and Xu Baiwan.

The two of them seemed to have entered the live broadcast room by accident.

After these two people had a conversation across the air, the other comments instantly became quiet. After all, although Xu Zhiyan was a newcomer, Anonymous was a big shot.

[Anonymous] He can’t win.]

[How do you know he can't win? I think he can get No.1. If you don't believe me, let's make a bet.]

【[anonymous]? 】

[Are you afraid? Let's bet 3 million points. If he gets No. 1, you give me 3 million...]

The others seemed to be stunned by the light sum of three million.

Occasionally there would be sporadic comments interrupting.

Express your feelings.

[Is this the world of the rich? ]

[…Three million? Forget ten thousand. I can’t even bear to give up three hundred points.]

Millions of live bets were already a sensation.

The two of them casually mentioned it, raising the upper limit of the other players' tolerance.

In the end, Anonymity seemed to be unable to win over the other party.

[Anonymous] OK.

[[Anonymous] 300W points. ]

When Lu Qiyi saw this, his hands began to tremble with excitement.

Seeing that the two seemed to be making a purely verbal bet, he couldn't help but jump out and give them some advice.

[Verbal betting is not advisable! ]

[In fact, after the normal live broadcast guessing is started, the game can also start the guessing mode between players separately...]

Lu Qiyi, with his dazzling VIP account, began to educate those who seemed not very interested in guessing games.

In the game, in addition to the official betting, players can also open some betting games of their own. These betting games do not charge any handling fees and will not even cause any additional interference.

Players can guess whatever they want, and it has almost nothing to do with the normal guessing of the game.

After the explanation, Lu Qiyi saw Xu Zhiyan's account stupidly saying that he didn't know how to open it, so he chuckled and offered to help.

[I can help you start the competition, but I also want to participate in your competition.]

Lu Qiyi took the opportunity to ask to join the competition, his heart beating like a drum.

Xu Zhiyan was also unambiguous and immediately said that it was no problem.

[Of course, if the betting can be shared, then we can open a small betting and everyone can join in. Three million is not a lot anyway, so I guess he can win.]

As soon as these words came out, the whole live broadcast room was in an uproar.

Who doesn’t know that Lin Shao’s progress is the slowest now?

It's almost noon now, and instead of taking advantage of the brief period of sunshine to find special equipment to collect sunlight to deal with the monsters, he continued to dawdle and stay in the decoration company, looking like he had lost his mind and didn't intend to continue playing.

When Lu Qiyi saw that other people wanted to share his piece of the pie, he became anxious and deliberately changed the betting to 1v1.

【Players Xu Zhiyan & Lu 7 start a private guessing game. 】

[Bet: 3,000,000 points]

[Bet content: Can the player Lin Shao win No. 1 in the current copy?]

[Note: Player Xu Zhiyan chooses 'Yes']

[Note: Player Lu 7 chooses 'No']

【Guessing starts】

After confirming that the guessing game was really open, Lu Qiyi looked like he had set it up wrong.

【[anonymous]? 】

[Oops, sorry, I clicked the wrong button too quickly! Sorry, sir, I’m sorry…]

The other comments saw through his purpose and couldn't help but point fingers at him.

On the contrary, Xu Zhiyan didn't care at all.

[It's okay. I don't think I'll lose anyway. But I don't need to open a new account with Anonymous. He won't owe me money. I'll go and collect it in person when the time comes.]

Seeing this, Lu Qiyi jumped up from the bed excitedly.

Another three million points will be credited to your account soon!

Moreover, both the other party and the anonymous person already know about it, so there will definitely not be any more trouble.

He had also analyzed this copy in detail and determined that there was almost no possibility that Lin Shao would take No. 1.

Because the only holy mirror in this instance that could store sunlight had been taken away, and the other players had already rummaged through all the silver items here...

Although Lin Shao found a safe house, it only increased his chances of survival.

Although the casualty rate of other players was high, the few who barely survived gradually got into the rhythm during today's exploration and made a lot of progress.

In the courtyard of Yunshan old house.

Seeing that things were developing as he expected, Xu Zhiyan put down his phone, stretched, and shook his head with sigh.

"Tsk tsk, man's greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. This man is too greedy."

[…Host! But! But Lin Shao’s progress is really not good. He hasn’t even gotten any useful items!] The safe house system is a little anxious.

Surviving and getting No.1 are two different things!

Although they are not short of money now, who would complain about having too much money?

"It's okay. I'll go out after lunch and come back before the sun sets."

Xu Zhiyan waved his hands, in a very good mood.

…

Soon, evening arrived.

In the blood-red town, Lin Shao looked at the decorator NPC who was about to turn into a monster, gritted his teeth and took out the ring he got from the safe house.

The ring will trap the NPC the next second after it touches him!

The monster, who had a fierce look in his eyes just now, seemed to be strangled by something, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Lin Shao found a prepared sack, stuffed the decorator in it, carried it on his shoulders, quietly climbed over the window, and started rushing out the door.

The town will close in one minute.

After the gate is closed, besieging monsters will appear in the wild one after another.

If he ran as fast as he could now, he should be able to reach the safe house before the monsters chased him.

Without time to think, Lin Shao used all his strength and ran towards the swamp for his life.

The rustling sound of monsters came to his ears, and the fallen leaves under his feet made a harsh sound. It seemed that something was spying on his back...

Finally, we arrived at the safe house.

Lin Shao almost plunged into the brightly lit courtyard.

"bump--"

He threw the sack to the ground and collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

The yard of the safe house still looked the same as before... but there were some small changes. A 'person' wearing a black robe and a bird-beak mask was holding a cane, standing on the steps of the gate, looking down at him.

When he came yesterday, the huge millipede-like monster was huddled around this man, very well behaved.

Lin Shao shuddered at the gaze.

Is this the ghost of the safe house?

The next moment, the millipede-like monster came up to him and handed him a box.

The man with the bird-beak mask spoke.

"Take it, human."

"You deserve it."

Lin Shao felt that the voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember it. He took the box tremblingly and held it in his arms.

Xu Zhiyan was wearing a mask and looking at Lin Shao's dazed face, he couldn't help but think, it would be better to call him Lin Dai.

He was afraid of being recognized today, so he changed into new clothes!

The boy didn't even dare to look up at him.

Xu Zhiyan walked over slowly.

The heels of the leather shoes rubbed against the ground, making clear footsteps.

Lin Shao stepped back.

The man wearing the bird-beak mask suddenly reached out and used his cane to open the box in front of him.

Looking down at the box, which contained a pure silver dagger, bullets, and cross that were emitting silver light, Lin Shao could not help but gasp.

These are tools for dealing with the creatures in town!

He also got some clues today, but it was too dangerous, so he thought about it and didn't look for it...

Before he could say anything.

Liuliu presented two more bunches of garlic and a... light bulb?

Lin Shao was a little confused holding the light bulb.

"I'm the person in charge of the safe house. This is a solar lamp. If those creatures are afraid of sunlight, this should be a good choice." Xu Zhiyan said lightly.

Now there was nothing Lin Shao didn't understand.

He looked at the person in charge of the safe house in front of him with great gratitude.

Just when he was about to express his gratitude, Xu Zhiyan interrupted him again and said coldly: "These things are not provided to you for free."

“Everything you gain comes at a price.”

Lin Shao's heart was pounding, and he couldn't help asking: "The price...what's the price?"

"Don't be nervous, human."

"Before using these tools, you need to recite a spell."

After Xu Zhiyan finished speaking, he picked up the pure silver dagger, thought for a while, felt a little embarrassed, and couldn't read it out.

He reached out and patted Liuliu, then put the dagger into his hand.

Liuliu received the signal.

It slowly moved its huge body, raised the sharp blade in its hand, and chanted a spell in a rather terrifying voice.

"Pure silver dagger, custom-made product for the dungeon safe house, good quality and low price! Here is everything you want!"

Lin Shao was completely dumbfounded.

Xu Zhiyan nodded.

This time he spent a lot of money on advertising.

In the past, safe houses only represented survival and transactions to players, and few people would make the content of the transactions public.

This time, he took advantage of Lu 7's bet and his own reputation to first attract a wave of popularity to the live broadcast room, and then let Lin Shao release the news of the customizable safe house products, and earn 3 million yuan for free!

Very good, killing two birds with one stone.

He'd have to write up a custom price list sometime!