After retiring early, Luo Qing moved to an old street district full of human warmth. Every day, she'd go downstairs to Ping An Real Estate to zone out, living a simple and uneventful peaceful l...
Chapter 105 Murphy rents a house and prepares to invest internally
Inside Ping An Real Estate, Liu Yanran and Mo Fei faced each other.
Through Cui Xiangwan and Xiang Tianyi, Mo Fei knew that Liu Yanran was working as an agent here, but he had also heard that Liu Yanran was released back to the community and the real estate store was taken over by a neighbor from Ping'an Home.
I didn't expect that she would come out as soon as the ban was lifted!
"In other words, you plan to come here and rent a house first, and then return to reality."
"I've been stranded in Anning New District for seven days, and this is the first time I've heard of this place."
"You are quite courageous. You are so obsessed with renting a house."
Liu Yanran watched him speak and felt that the players who had walked out of the Yinhuai Village dungeon were all extraordinary.
Xiang Tianyi's mental state is unique, and Murphy is also very bold.
"Isn't Luo Qing here?" Mo Fei asked her.
Liu Yanran shook her head. "I haven't seen her since the 8th. When you were at Happy Amusement Park, the connection was still there and she was sending messages. But then the phones of us temporary residents lost their internet connection, so I never received any messages. The keys today were delivered by a neighbor in the complex."
The two chatted for a while about their experiences in and around Ghost City over the past seven days. Liu Yanran got back to the point and asked him, "What size house are you planning to look at?"
Murphy didn't hesitate: "Room 403 in Unit 1, Building 9, or the empty room in Unit 3."
Because the other players have returned to reality, the group chat of the Happy Amusement Park Private Tour Guide Group in the copy phone has been disbanded, and Murphy himself has no channel to contact Luo Qing.
Liu Yanran was stunned. "So it's you."
She would never have thought that the two keys that her sister had specifically asked her to leave behind were for Murphy to see the house.
What is so special about him?
Liu Yanran thought carefully and recalled Mo Fei's performance in the Yinhuai Village dungeon. It seemed that there was nothing special about it.
However, she still sent a message to Luo Qing to inquire.
"You're back. Did Cui Xiangwan and the others go back to Guicheng with you, or back to their hometown?" Liu Yanran asked again.
"They have already settled the daily wages for part-time workers, and told those who plan to continue working part-time to report to Happy Amusement Park tomorrow morning. They said they would go back to reality to check on the situation and come back in the evening," Murphy said.
Liu Yanran nodded. If Cui Xiangwan and the others came back in the evening, that would be perfect. She could share what happened in the past seven days in reality.
After communications were restored in Guicheng, Sui Yan, who was originally stranded there, took the subway with the latest information and left. It was unknown when Xie Xiangbei would come back.
She looked at the message on her phone and couldn't help but look at Murphy again.
"My sister said she will be back soon. You can choose either of the two rooms. If you are not in a hurry, you can wait a little longer and she will come back to show you the rooms."
"Then I'll wait a little longer." Murphy said.
"Oh my god, I'm finally back." Xiang Tianyi opened the door of the shop and looked into the eyes of the two again.
"Xiao Xiang, you're back so soon?" Liu Yanran was surprised.
"How can it not be fast? I'm so anxious waiting back home. I don't know what's going on here. I'm afraid the photo shoot and tombstone appointments I've made will be overdue." Xiang Tianyi said.
Luo Qing returned to Ping An Real Estate carrying her backpack. She pushed open the door and saw the gathering of three old tour groups of tourists.
"sister."
"Sister Luo Qing."
The three of them greeted her quickly.
"Oh, everyone is here. Xiao Mo is here. Liu'er, give me the key. I don't think anyone will come to see the house today. You can go home and have a rest."
Liu Yanran shook her head. "I'll stay a little longer. I haven't been to work for a week."
It’s been really uncomfortable being cooped up in the community for these seven days.
Of course, Ping'an Home was not completely closed during these seven days. The convenience store at the door was still open, but it did not provide fresh food and there were fewer goods inside.
However, Liu Yanran and her colleagues observed that most of the shops and vegetable markets that ensured the minimum living needs of residents were open.
"Okay, Xiao Mo, come with me." Luo Qing took the key from Liu Yanran.
Luo Qing's attitude towards Mo Fei was no different from before. When she called him, Mo Fei waved at the other two.
After renting the house in the evening, they had plenty of time to chat slowly.
"Sister, what's going on in the city these days? Are we being sent out for evacuation?" Murphy asked the question bravely.
Since he was planning to rent a house, he decided to be frank.
"These are your sunglasses. I have wiped them." He also took out the sunglasses that Luo Qing gave him.
Luo Qing hummed, "I'll give you the sunglasses."
"You can understand this as we've discovered a suspected patient in Ghost City who is highly contagious and has a certain mortality rate. Therefore, the entire city is being evacuated, and the investigation and disinfection work has now been completed."
Murphy originally thought that Luo Qing might avoid the question or simply not answer it, but she actually answered it!
Highly contagious... So, sending the players away is really a "quarantine"? Are some of the natives who left Ghost City also managed separately, and those who returned to the city were returned to their homes for disinfection?
"Then you gave me the sunglasses because if I saw it, I would be easily infected?" he asked again.
Luo Qing stopped at this moment, "Yes and no," she replied.
"You won't be infected that easily."
At this moment, the two of them had already walked into the gate of Ping'an Home Community. Many neighbors took the initiative to greet Luo Qing, and Mo Fei kept silent at this moment.
"Girl is back?"
"Xiao Qing, we're finally home. Great, great."
"Is my brother-in-law coming back soon?"
Luo Qing responded one by one: "I'm back, my husband is almost there, there's just some finishing work left."
She picked up the key in her hand and said, "I don't need to show anyone the house."
"Then go ahead and do your work. It's time to go shopping for groceries and cook," said a neighbor.
Luo Qing took Mo Fei into a unit in Building 9, muttering to herself, "I live on the sixth floor, so I'll open the door for you later. After we go see Room 403, I'll go upstairs to put something away."
"I've shown you the photos before. There's basically no difference."
Murphy said "hmm" repeatedly and watched Luo Qing open the door of 403.
"This room was previously occupied by a family of four. Their youngest child slept in the master bedroom with their parents, and their eldest daughter slept in the second bedroom."
"There are some paintings drawn by children on the wall." Luo Qing shook his head.
"That's easy to fix. Just apply some wall repair paste or simply paint it with latex paint."
Murphy looked around. This house was not good, not really, but it had a lot of space. It just looked old and the decoration was a bit dated. There were many traces left by the family who originally lived here, such as scratches on the floor and marks on the wall.
The master bedroom had a large bed and wardrobe, and the second bedroom also had a large bed, a desk, and wardrobe. The kitchen and bathroom were spotless, overall very clean. If we were to go by condition, the unit in unit three, whose photos Luo Qing had shown him, was "newer."
However, after hearing Liu Yanran say that Unit 1 had a very special status, Mo Fei decided to take this unit even if the conditions were slightly worse.
"It's good that there is a strong atmosphere of life. People have lived here before, which means it's popular and the things here should be useful." Murphy said.
"How much is the rent for this room?" he asked.
He originally planned to bring his two children, Ge Huiru and Li Gaoyuan, here together, but now he is temporarily living alone in the big house.
"The price for a two-bedroom apartment is a bit more expensive. This one has an older decoration, but it's slightly larger than Room 01 and is fully equipped with home appliances. The lowest price is 2,000 per month," Luo Qing said.
Murphy didn't think too much about it and agreed directly, "Okay."
In the past, Murphy had been lucky several times thanks to the fortune dice. He had accumulated some props and also exchanged them for some ghost coins. Although he was sometimes at the bottom of the dungeon, he was an old player after all and still had some ghost coins saved.
Luo Qing went back to his home on the sixth floor to get the contract. He also threw his backpack home and opened the window for ventilation. He hadn't been home for a week, so he had to pack up everything.
Murphy signed a three-month contract and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had become a temporary resident of Ghost City. He thought that although the "Happy Amusement Park" copy was over, he didn't know how many days of cooling-off period would be given this time.
Because he had already planned to rent a room in the dungeon, Murphy had his own luggage in his backpack, so it was OK for him to sleep on the bed or on the floor tonight.
"By the way, Xiao Mo, if you sign for three months, how is your job search going? I'll add you to the group first." Luo Qing said, and forwarded a link to Mo Fei's private chat.
"This is Anxi Technology's social recruitment channel. Please fill it out and try."
"Oh, okay." Murphy quickly agreed.
"Okay, if you have anything to say, just tell us in the group, or you can come to me and Xiao Liu. There are two copies of the contract, this one is yours, I'm leaving now."
After making arrangements for Murphy, Luo Qing patted his butt and left, leaving Murphy sitting alone in the empty big house. He first added familiar players in the mobile phone group chat, and then started sending messages to inform them that he had rented a house.
Murphy took out all his luggage and packed it up, then sat on the sofa and opened the link Luo Qing sent him.
[Anxi Technology Special Talent Recruitment Channel]
After clicking on the link, Murphy was redirected to a website like this. Seeing a string of [Job Screening], he clicked on it and his eyes froze instantly.
【Dungeon Renovation Planning】【Content Planning】【Dungeon Operation】【Prop Design】......
Before he could click on the details of any position to view them, a page popped up asking him to log in to his account.
He was a temporary resident of Ghost City and needed to register a new account. When Murphy re-registered and came back, all the dungeon-related positions he could see had disappeared, leaving only some ordinary new media operations, product managers, and content operations positions.
"It turns out that the indigenous people and temporary residents are different." Murphy murmured.
As a temporary resident, you can submit your resume to large companies in Ghost City and take online tests. But if you are just a player, you don't even have this opportunity!
Only real residents can get a glimpse of the reality of this world.
Copy renovation planning, copy operation, prop design... The existence of these positions fully proves that the natives are fully aware of the existence of "copy", rather than simply treating players as outsiders!
Now, Murphy really wants to work at Anxi Technology.
He wanted to know, if he was successfully admitted as an ordinary operator, would he have the opportunity to come into contact with those who were responsible for the "copies"?