Chapter 19 Mountain God
According to the map provided by the light ball, Shi Xu carefully selected a location to place the device.
He turned left and right as if he was at home, easily avoiding the employees passing by according to the navigation of the light ball sign, and spent a little energy to deceive the surveillance along the way, and soon came to a secluded grocery room.
He picked the lock smoothly, entered the room, and turned around to lock the door.
The narrow grocery room was covered with dust, and Shi Xu had put on a mask early just in case. He quietly moved aside the debris around him and crawled in. The ball of light cheered him up in his head, making a bit of noise.
He commanded the light ball to create the supernatural device. It is a rectangular block, with a black surface with irregular lines and a faint light flowing. The diamond-shaped energy stone embedded at the bottom is glowing, and the whole device is the size of a forearm.
Shi Xu took it out, placed it upright on the ground, and exerted a little force with his hands downwards. The device smoothly passed through the ground and entered the interior, and soon disappeared completely from sight. The ground was still flat, and even the dust was restored to its original state, without any sign that a device had been inserted.
The light ball felt it and told Shi Xu with certainty that it was running smoothly.
Well, that's it. Unfortunately, this kind of thing cannot be handed over to others. One has to run around personally to insert the devices in various places, and the locations have to be accurate to avoid being shoveled out by people who have nothing better to do than dig deep into the ground. The probability of this happening is very small but it is definitely not zero!
"You've worked hard these past few days, running around all the time." The light ball touched Shi Xu's head with its mind, "Don't worry about my energy, it's still enough! I'll teleport you back to the space, and then wait for the next copy."
"Sorry for the trouble, Xiao Guang."
I can take a good rest for a day. I have been exercising a lot these days.
As soon as Shi Xu returned to the space, he lay down on the sofa, took out the information given by Lin Du and flipped through it casually, thinking about the plot of the next copy in his mind.
The protagonists have been resting for a few days. Judging from their injuries, they should be assigned a mission soon. From here on, the world is completely different from the original world line. If it weren't for his interference, these three people would have been paralyzed in bed for two weeks.
As for the copies... they have been prepared for them.
"Light ball, can you give me a different shell with your energy? Vestments are very popular these days."
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Ye Yunhe has hardly left his room these past few days, and chats with his teammates in the group as if they were meeting in person.
While she was happily browsing her phone, Si Yu'an sent her a message, telling her that a new copy was about to begin, and to quickly pack up and gather.
Ah, why do I have to work again so soon?
She reluctantly put away her phone and prepared her luggage.
Ten minutes later, the trio met.
Lin Muyu was holding a fresh document in his hand. Ye Yunhe leaned over to take a look and found that it was still an A-level copy.
Seeing that she was struggling to get closer to read it, Lin Muyu simply handed the document to her.
"It's really not easy to see you on the day off. Have you gotten moldy in the house, Xiaoye?" Si Yu'an teased, nimbly dodging Ye Yunhe's elbow.
"This dungeon is very rare." The reliable captain introduced it to the two dungeons dutifully. "The commander told me that someone has already entered this dungeon. It may be because that person is strong, or it may be because the dungeon is easy to deal with. In short, the survival rate of each team is relatively high after trying it."
"It seems that we have been chosen to this lucky copy." Si Yu'an patted his chest firmly, "We will definitely live up to the mission!"
"Well, other teams got our turn because they had more suitable copies."
Ye Yunhe finished reading the document. This time the black fog was not far away. It arrived a day ago and there were four players.
When players enter, if there are not enough people, they will be teleported to the waiting room to wait. There were only corresponding hard chairs to sit on inside, and otherwise the place was empty and extremely boring.
The documents showed that the person entered when the black fog first fell, and had been there for a day so far, plus the time they had left.
That’s really amazing! Ye Yunhe admires everyone with good patience.
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Shi Xu stayed safely in the waiting room, and Guangqiu considerately moved out his favorite sofa for him to rest.
"It feels so good to not have to worry about time and just daydream."
He drawled out his words lazily and melted into the comfortable and soft sofa like slime.
"Indeed, it feels so good not to have to think about anything." The light ball was like a melted marshmallow. "The protagonists are probably coming soon. I'll lie down for a while and then dress you up."
Shi Xu thought of the shell he had pinched and was silent for a moment.
"You are the one who brought in something else. I clearly told you to get an adult body, but you made a juvenile body."
The light ball said confidently: "That's because I don't have enough energy. I need to use it sparingly!"
"Oh, who said 'Don't worry about my energy'? I'm so tired that I can't remember."
"Hmm? Did anyone say that? It wasn't me."
The two were arguing when an electronic sound that had not been online for a day suddenly came online with a familiar “ding” sound.
"Players have arrived, the dungeon is about to begin."
The light ball shrank in fright, and hurriedly put the prepared shell on Shi Xu.
The next second, the person was transferred to a room.
Shi Xu blinked and swallowed the discomfort, feeling that the transmission of the light ball was still gentle. He looked up and looked around.
The walls were rough, the bricks were unpainted, and it looked like there was only one floor. He was sitting on a hard wooden bed. The sheets and quilt he touched were pilling in fabric. The red and green patterns looked festive, bringing back Shi Xu's childhood memories. In addition, there is enough furniture in the house to meet daily needs. It looks like it is made of pure handmade wood, and it has prickles on it, and feels very prickly to the touch.
Since it’s already been done, why not trim it? Won’t it hurt if you scratch your skin? Shi Xu was secretly complaining in his heart.
I pushed open the creaking door and looked outside. As expected, I was in a large village, nestled between mountains and forests. It was lush and green as far as the eye could see, with no end in sight.
Shi Xu discovered that a traitor appeared in these ordinary and slightly dilapidated little houses. It was a mountain temple, standing tall among a group of short people, and its already prominent colors were even more eye-catching.
The paint on this mountain temple is not the ordinary earthy red, but a shiny red. It can be seen at a glance that it has been carefully protected and has been repeatedly painted with several layers of paint, some of which have turned black. The tiles on the roof of the temple are black and spotless, and the plaque on the door is engraved with the golden traditional Chinese characters "Mountain God Temple", which makes people suspect that it is made of gold.
This difference is too big.
"bite."
"Players are detected to be in place, welcome to the A-level copy - Mountain God."
"The player's identity is: Villager. Please remember your character settings. The residents of Shanshen Village are united. If you are found to have evil spirits in your body, you will bear the consequences at your own risk. The system will not be responsible."
"The countdown for the dungeon is three days. The condition for clearing the game is - survival."
"Have a nice trip."
There is a mountain god temple in the mountain god village in the mountain god copy... What a perfunctory name, are you practicing tongue twisters here?
"In the original world line, this instance killed two teams, and was only cleared out later." The light ball appeared, and said with some concern, "You have to be careful, I can only deduce the general plot, and sometimes details can be fatal."
"It's okay. You still don't trust me?" Shi Xu also wanted to try being a player. "Let's go and find the protagonists... Hmm? They're here already. They're really quick."
As soon as he turned around, he saw three people gathered not far away, two men and one woman. One of the men, who was smiling heartily, was waving at him.
Shi Xu put on a new vest and walked over quickly. After taking a quick look at the three people, he was the first to ask, "Are you players?"
The trio were also observing him calmly.
The young man in front of him was tall and slender, with indifferent and cold eyes. He was wearing rough clothes with a sense of age, similar to theirs. Her semi-long black hair was neatly tied behind her ears, and it swayed as she walked, a liveliness that was inconsistent with her owner.
Lin Muyu placed his hand on his chest and smiled politely: "Hello, we are a team sent by the government. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the dungeon next time."
"Hello, I'm an idle psychic who comes to this dungeon to earn commissions." The young man said in a cold tone, "In this dungeon, life and death are determined by fate. If there are unexpected situations, don't bother with rescue. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
"Hmm? Then let's hope that we don't encounter any unexpected things." Si Yu'an couldn't help but smile. He raised his hand tentatively, and under the boy's calm gaze, he placed it on the other's shoulder and patted him a few times.
"You haven't introduced yourselves yet. This is our captain, Lin Muyu. This beautiful girl is our team's assistant, Ye Yunhe. My name is Si Yu'an." He retracted his hand, pointed at them one by one and introduced them. In the eyes of his teammates, which were either calm or disgusted, he calmly asked the boy's name.
"My last name is Qi, and my given name is Heng."
The boy was surprised by this unexpected enthusiasm and paused for a few seconds before saying his name.
"It's a nice name. So Qi Heng, what are your plans next?" Si Yu'an praised naturally and asked, using a series of smooth moves that didn't give the boy a chance to react, "Do you want to join us in finding clues? You're so young and you're already earning commissions, you must be amazing, I've never seen an idle superpower like you!"
“…”
Qi Heng did not reply, still maintaining his initial coldness. He just shook his head to reject Si Yu'an's suggestion, then turned around and left in the opposite direction, apparently going to search on his own.
Ye Yunhe stared at the boy as he entered the room, then looked at his teammates beside him: "You annoyed them and drove them away."
"How could that be?" Si Yu'an retorted indignantly, "Qi Heng's character is not that bad."
"If his ability is good, the commander asked us to try our best to recruit him." Lin Muyu skillfully brought the topic back on track, and the word "reliable" was never missed.
"Well, it depends on his choice."
Si Yuan couldn't help but think of his younger brother. Is she coming out to earn commission fees at this age? Her ability to clear A-level copies and her unreliable personality always make him want to take care of her a little more.
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