Chapter 013: Eating Watermelons in the Archives of Lies (2)

After listening to Liu Tang's introduction, pilot Song Xiaoyan checked the detailed rules of the system.

This dungeon's mission is divided into two parts.

One part is a common task for all players: returning all archive fragments.

The other part is the player's single-player guaranteed task: every player collects at least one archive fragment.

The ultimate goal of the two tasks is the same.

The guaranteed mission is more about urging players to actively participate in common missions, to prevent players from doing nothing and just waiting for other players to collect all the fragments and pass the dungeon without doing anything.

After confirming that she understood correctly, Song Xiaoyan pulled her childhood friend to the side of the thin "Lao Cheng".

Although the fat man called him "Lao Mo", Song Xiaoyan thought that since the other party used the alias "Lao Cheng", there was no need to expose him.

After introducing each other's identities, Song Xiaoyan asked Lao Cheng what his plans were.

Lao Cheng glanced at his old friend who looked like Maitreya Buddha, and wanted to create an opportunity to be alone with him to explain things, so he said to Song Xiaoyan:

"I'll go with this friend of mine, and you go with your childhood friend. We'll split up and gather the fragments together. This way it'll be more efficient."

Song Xiaoyan frowned, but before she could speak, she heard her childhood friend Qin Zhengyi readily agree: "Okay! No problem!"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Song Xiaoyan with a teasing look on her face: "It's just right that we can bring your 'husband' along."

Song Xiaoyan's face flushed with anger. She pushed her childhood friend and said, "Qin Zhengyi! Do you want to die?"

After discussing the follow-up plan, Lao Cheng took the fat man towards the teaching building and soon disappeared from the sight of the two girls.

After Qin Zhengyi confirmed that the other party had gone far away, she pulled Song Xiaoyan and ran towards Jiang Minxu.

At this time, three other players plus an NPC Liu Tang were walking towards the dormitory.

The big star Fang Yiran originally didn't want to go with Jiang Minxu, the president of the Poshan Guild, but when he saw that the other four players had already formed a group, he didn't want to be alone, so he had to follow these three people.

Just as they reached the dormitory building, they heard footsteps behind them.

When I looked back, I found that it was Qin Zhengyi running towards me, pulling Song Xiaoyan.

Jiang Minxu was a little surprised and asked, "Did you chase your idol all the way here?"

Mo Qianhe didn't think so. Judging from Song Xiaoyan's performance in the last copy, she shouldn't be someone who couldn't tell the difference between the important and the unimportant.

Song Xiaoyan knew that these people might have misunderstood, so she ran up to them and said, "Don't get me wrong, Xiao Er seems to have something to ask President Jiang."

The big star heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this explanation.

He doesn't have time to deal with fanatical fans in the dungeon.

"Xiao Er" is the nickname Song Xiaoyan gave her childhood friend, because the other party's name sounds very similar to "Zheng Yi" (first place), but she always ranked second in exams, so she gave him this nickname.

Qin Zhengyi took a breath before speaking: "President Jiang, please save the child."

Jiang Minxu was a little confused. Before he could ask, he heard Qin Zhengyi say to his childhood friend, "Silly Xiaoyan, why did you choose to cooperate with that black-hearted Lao Cheng? Do you know how many new players he had played with have been killed?"

Song Xiaoyan's eyes widened, and she finally understood what her childhood friend meant.

With the patient explanation of Jiang Minxu and Qin Zhengyi, Song Xiaoyan finally understood that she was most likely chosen by Lao Cheng to enter the difficult copy to take the blame.

"It's my own fault. I didn't check his background properly." Song Xiaoyan reflected on herself while searching for fragments in the dormitory building with her childhood friend.

Qin Zhengyi comforted her childhood friend: "But it can be considered a blessing in disguise. If you hadn't entered the dungeon with him, we wouldn't have met so soon."

Qin Zhengyi didn't dare tell her childhood friend that the clearance rate of the level they were in was only 1%, for fear of causing panic.

But she herself had been a bit messy since she got this copy.

Fortunately, I can complete the game with Jiang Minxu, the president of the Poshan Guild. I heard that he is not only personally strong, but also always spares no effort to help other players. I should still have some hope of clearing the game together... right?

At this time, Liu Tang finally found an opportunity to whisper to Mo Qianhe: "What is your relationship with the fake 'Lao Cheng' and the real 'Lao Mo'? Are you half-brothers?"

When Mo Qianhe heard this question, he immediately started coughing. After a long while, he answered with difficulty: "He is my father."

"Oh my god." Jiang Minxu, who was eavesdropping on the side, was the first to speak in surprise.

Then Fang Yiran, who was eavesdropping on the other side, said: "No wonder you two like to lie so much."

Liu Tang: “…”

"Why are these two eavesdropping here? Can't you let me have this melon all to myself?"

The barrage was in uproar:

"Oh my god, these two scammers are actually from the same family?!"

"They won't join forces?!"

"That shouldn't be the case! Although Mo the liar is a liar, he won't actively harm others. He's completely different from that liar Lao Cheng!"

"But they are father and son after all!"

When several people learned about this big news, different questions popped up in their hearts.

Why did Mo Qianhe want to disguise his name at the beginning so that Lao Cheng didn't know his name?

What happened between this father and son? Why don’t they recognize each other?

Are they pretending not to know each other?

If he was pretending not to know each other, why would Mo Qianhe confess his relationship with Lao Cheng?

What is Mo Qianhe's attitude towards Lao Cheng?

Before they could savor the melon of the Mo family father and son, Qin Zhengyi's voice came from the other end of the corridor: "Come quickly, there seems to be a fragment over here!"

Several people quickly rushed to the dormitory where Qin Zhengyi and Song Xiaoyan were.

As soon as you enter the room, you will see two figures painted with blocks of color, sitting and talking beside a simply painted bed.

Although the faces of these two people cannot be seen clearly, they can be identified by their hairstyle and clothing colors. They are two of the five portraits in the archives.

The six of them listened attentively to the conversation, and one of the girls, a girl with long hair and a light blue skirt, said, "You are my best friend. I will only tell you, and you must never tell anyone else."

The girl opposite with a ponytail and black-framed glasses assured her, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

The girl with long, block-colored hair hesitated for a moment and whispered, "I'm pregnant, and the child is 'Stepping Through Thousands of Sails'."

Several people were shocked after hearing this.

Liu Tang's inner voice crossed Mo Qianke's mind:

[Why didn't anyone tell me that NPCs also have melons on them?!]

The image in front of me ended and turned into three booklets that fell to the ground.

Jiang Minxu went forward to pick it up and found that although these "booklets" looked like they could be opened, they were actually integrated metal players.

Click on the cover, and the image just mentioned will be projected above the booklet, playing a sentence from the conversation.

He lined up the booklets on the desk in his dormitory and clicked on them one by one.

The first booklet projected the image of a girl with long hair and a cyan skirt.

She said, "You are my best friend, and I only tell you. Don't tell anyone."

The girl's voice has obviously been processed, and the original timbre is no longer recognizable. Even without looking at the projection, it is difficult to tell whether she is male or female.

However, based on this person's appearance, Jiang Minxu quickly determined that she was a "sad nesting doll."

The second one is the sentence said by the girl with ponytail and glasses: "Don't worry, I will never tell anyone."

She is "Whispering Bluegrass."

The third book is what the "Sad Nesting Doll" said about being pregnant.

"It seems that this is the 'archive fragment' we are looking for." Mo Qianhe concluded.

Song Xiaoyan crossed her arms, somewhat puzzled. "Three file fragments at once, it seems quite simple. Why is the difficulty rating of this dungeon 'High'?"

The celebrity Fang Yiran standing nearby was also a little confused.

He had just gone through a few copies and had not collected much information.

The two looked at the NPC Liu Tang. Liu Tang was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm just a guide NPC. I don't know the details of how to pass the dungeon. Don't count on me."

Song Xiaoyan and Fang Yiran: "..."

Song Xiaoyan's childhood friend Qin Zhengyi stared at the NPC again and again, then raised her hand and said, "I have a question. As a guide NPC, shouldn't you stay in the archives? Why are you following us everywhere?"

Liu Tang opened his mouth to explain, but then he felt that the whole story was a bit long and he didn't know where to start or how to make it more concise.

Then Song Xiaoyan said to her childhood friend, "He should be here to eat melons."

Qin Zhengyi: "..."

Liu Tang closed his open mouth. He felt that Song Xiaoyan was his confidant. This summary was hard to say but insightful.

So he nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"

Qin Zhengyi felt a little confused. It was the first time she heard that NPC liked to eat melons.

Looking at Qin Zhengyi's expression in the live broadcast room, everyone expressed their deep sympathy:

"This is the first time I've seen a guide NPC running around the entire dungeon. It's really outrageous."

"Hahahaha, I'd like to call him the strongest melon-eating NPC in all of Hell!"

"Hahaha, divine gold."

At this time, Jiang Minxu, the president of the Poshan Guild, carefully considered his words and tried to answer the question about the difficulty of the dungeon: "According to the live broadcast video I watched, the first level of difficulty of this dungeon is that some of these file fragments seem to need to be put back on the file shelf, while some do not.

"Once you put the wrong fragment, it will increase the boss unlocking level."

After listening to this, Fang Yiran smoothed his carefully styled hair and thought thoughtfully: "How do I decide which fragments should be put back on the file shelf? These three fragments look like just three sentences, there doesn't seem to be any obvious difference."

Jiang Minxu shook his head and said, "Many players were 'eliminated' before they even figured out the reason. So this dungeon is usually closed halfway through, and I haven't been able to analyze the reason."

Mo Qianhe picked up the booklet and took a look at it, then said, "I guess... the fragment that was put back on the file shelf should be 'lie'."

Hearing this, several people were stunned. Jiang Minxu felt enlightened: "That makes sense. The name of this copy is called 'Lie Archives'. Maybe it means a place where lies are collected."

Song Xiaoyan nodded: "In other words, we must determine who is lying."

Liu Tang listened with great interest: "Interesting, how to distinguish real melons from fake ones, right?"

Others: “…”

Barrage:

"Hahahahaha, everyone is trying hard to survive, only the NPCs are seriously eating melons."

"Hahaha, I was really worried about President Jiang, but this NPC is too funny."

There were five players in their group, and they only had three booklets. Mo Qianhe suggested, "It's impossible to give each person a booklet, and we don't know which one to put on the file shelf. Why don't we give them all to President Jiang? I have great faith in his character."

Qin Zhengyi, who had her hair tied up, nodded immediately: "President Jiang has a good reputation outside, and I am willing to trust him."

Seeing that her childhood friend agreed, Song Xiaoyan nodded silently.

Only the big star Fang Yiran is left.

He looked left and right, hesitated for a moment and said helplessly: "Okay, okay."

So Jiang Minxu picked up the booklet and the six of them continued to sweep the building together.

On the other side, a chubby middle-aged man followed the tall, thin Lao Cheng and said, "Hey, Lao Mo, it's been so many years, how come you still look so young? Could it be... that you died quite young?"

When Lao Cheng heard this, his cheeks tightened and he thought to himself that this fat pig was really bad at talking.

The "dead fat pig" was named Yin Guanglai, and he had worked with Lao Cheng for a period of time before his death.

It’s called cooperation, but it’s mostly Lao Cheng who comes up with ideas, and this brainless fat pig just follows him around.

Not long after, Lao Cheng felt that he was too stupid and found a reason to break up with him.

Fortunately, at that time, this idiot also wanted to work on his own and reap all the profits, so the two of them parted ways amicably.

Lao Cheng tried his best to keep a warm expression and answered the other party's question: "I just don't like the way I look when I'm old, so I used points to regress my appearance a bit."

After hearing this, Yin Guanglai also wanted to feel younger, so he quickly looked through the system panel, but was forced to give up after seeing the price.

I couldn't help but sigh: "This person is so expensive for his retrograde appearance and age, it must be that you, Old Mo, are rich and powerful."

Lao Cheng smiled and said, "Boss Yin, let's make a deal. From now on, can you call me 'Lao Cheng'? 'Lao Mo' is unlucky and I don't like it."

Yin Guanglai patted his swollen belly and laughed, "Hahaha, look at me, you forgot again. You have many enemies, and calling yourself 'Lao Mo' will easily reveal your identity. No problem, I'll call you 'Lao Cheng' from now on!"

The veins on Lao Cheng's forehead bulged. He was really annoyed by people who spoke the truth about everything.

It doesn’t matter. Although this fat pig is also a con man, his brain is not as good as mine.

This dungeon is quite difficult, so it's good to use it to block two attacks from the boss.

Lao Cheng thought about it, and the smile on his face became sincere.

Lao Cheng was very "kind" to share a lot of basic information about the "18 Levels of Hell" with Yin Guanglai.

During this time, they searched the entire teaching building but did not find any so-called "fragments".

Yin Guanglai became a little anxious: "Hey, I'm tired of walking. Lao Mo, oh no, Lao Cheng, you said we were all going to die, why are we still suffering like this?"

Lao Cheng kept walking, speaking in a perfunctory manner: "Didn't you say it yourself? We are in hell. It is inevitable that we will suffer in hell."

As they were talking, the two of them arrived at the door on the top floor of the teaching building, and before their eyes, a clip of a girl making a phone call was played.

The girl, who had long hair in intricate braids, was talking on the phone: "Well, don't worry, I didn't go to the teaching building."

After she finished speaking, she disappeared, leaving behind a book of fragments that fell to the ground.

Lao Cheng took two steps at a time and walked forward, picked up the small notebook, quickly figured out what it was, and showed the contents of the fragment to Yin Guanglai who arrived late.

Yin Guanglai's face was filled with clear stupidity: "I can't see anything here. There aren't even any facial features. Whose file is this?"

Lao Cheng confirmed that this person was truly clueless and said with feigned impatience, "I've seen the portraits of these NPCs. This is the 'Water Snow Elf'."

Yin Guanglai patted Lao Cheng on the shoulder and said, "You still have a good memory. It's exactly the same as it was back then."

After complimenting the other person insincerely, the chubby man Yin Guanglai looked around and suddenly realized, "Wait a minute... Aren't we in the teaching building? Why did this girl say she 'didn't go to the teaching building'?"

Lao Cheng raised his lips and said, "It's simple, because she's lying."