Chapter 249 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou took a deep breath and stopped looking. In any case, everyone should have noticed the news, so he could rest now.
As for their discussion about whether a big shot would actually exchange something worth 20 billion points for this item, he could only give them a thumbs up and praise them for being awesome!
As for what he'll do? What else could he do? Nothing, of course. It's not like he can't live without this prop.
His talent is also very useful; it can be used to protect himself, or to trap others, and even to protect not just himself, but many at the same time.
It truly lives up to its reputation as a talent; it's far superior to any prop. No wonder Jiang Changhai was so nervous when he got a talent card before, and the talent Jiang Xiali obtained must have been quite sophisticated.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have so obviously shown that kind of emotion and... defensiveness towards me.
In their view, their own talent was definitely far inferior to that of Jiang Xiali.
Forget it, it's all in the past now, what's the point of thinking about it now? Seeing that it was still dark, Lin Leyou lay back down to sleep.
His prop, Jin Yang, still needs to be upgraded. He now needs to complete two missions of difficulty level C or higher. He failed the mission at the hospital, so to be on the safe side, he'll go to the next mission alone.
The Jiang family's matter is over, and Xue Rui can handle his own affairs. Xue Zhengyang and the others are also under surveillance, so they definitely won't cause any major trouble.
After waking up, Lin Leyou found a job with a difficulty level of C in the job postings. The job was relatively simple and didn't take long. It just involved playing a mini-boss in a puzzle-solving dungeon.
He arrived at the mission location, which looked like a large iron box from the outside. It was a cube about ten stories high, with no gaps to see inside and not even windows.
After reporting to the NPC at the entrance, he went inside with his ID card. He had only taken a few steps when the door to the outside was closed, and his vision instantly went dark. Fortunately, his eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness and he was able to see what was inside.
"Please come with me, resident."
Lin Leyou saw the woman speaking to him and asked, "Are you an NPC here?"
She paused for a moment, then said, "I work here."
This woman is a resident of the infinite world just like me, not just an NPC in the instance. It seems she has been working here for a long time.
Lin Leyou: "Which way?"
"Come with me."
She led Lin Leyou forward, winding and turning for an unknown amount of time, then went up the steps, and then started going down again, and then up again, until finally they arrived at a music room.
"Your mission location is here. You will play the role of a mini-boss in the music room. If the players successfully solve the puzzle, you can let them go or you can change your mind and kill them."
"If they can't solve the puzzle, then you must take action. Whether they can escape is up to them."
"You have three days in the instance. I hope you can complete the mission. I'm leaving now."
Lin Leyou nodded, and only after she left did she begin to look around the music room. It was quite spacious, with many musical instruments inside, but the most eye-catching one was the piano placed in the middle.
There were many bookshelves around, filled with sheet music and music books. On the other side was a small living room with sofas, tables, chairs, and a lounge for him to relax in, but this door…
Lin Leyou walked over and examined the door. After closing it, it was impossible to tell that there was a door. In other words, this was his private space.
"System notification: Only you are allowed to enter this lounge."
Lin Leyou nodded. This was indeed for his own rest. After all, even though he had been here as an NPC for three days, he still needed to eat, drink, and rest.
He wandered around inside several times before checking the identity card he had just received.
"Pianist Lin Ying is extremely skilled at the piano and is obsessed with it! After using it, she can gain the talent of magical piano music. When playing the piano with this talent, she can drive those who hear the music into madness."
Lin Leyou's lips twitched. This was the talent of the BOSS named Lin Ying. Could he still use his own talent or items?
"System notification: You may use melee weapon items and talents."
Lin Leyou roughly understood the situation. He clicked to use the identity card and saw that his clothes had turned into a tuxedo, which was very formal, and his hair was also combed very neatly.
He walked into the NPC's lounge and looked in the mirror. He looked completely different from himself. He made some funny gestures while looking at the person in the mirror.
"System prompt: Residents, please kill at least 10 players to receive a reward of 5000 points! You will receive an additional 200 points for each player killed! If you kill fewer than 10 players, the mission will fail and you will be deducted 500 points!"
Lin Leyou breathed a sigh of relief. Killing players was his specialty. He just didn't know how many players would be released at once in this escape room instance.
"System notification: There are 10 minutes left before the dungeon starts."
"Hint: Musician Lin Ying loves the piano very much. She spends at least half of her 24 hours a day sitting in front of the piano."
"Mission Hint: After entering the music room, players must solve the puzzle to find the key fragment hidden somewhere in the music room, and can only leave safely after obtaining Lin Ying's permission. Without Lin Ying's permission, they will have to find their own way."
Lin Leyou's lips curled up. So as long as he didn't let them leave, they could only stay in the music room and play hide-and-seek with him?
Those who are caught will die, or they can fight back and kill the boss. Once the music room is without its owner, they can leave.
Unfortunately, he can use all his melee weapons and even his talent!
Although he felt that the system's requirements were a bit low this time, since there were many things that could be used, this could actually be interpreted as a sign that the overall strength of the players had improved!
If you don't give NPCs some leeway, they're no match for these players.
Just like in the hospital instance before, those players sometimes made really stupid moves, and it would take him a while to react.
He went back to the music room, sat down in front of the piano, and saw a countdown timer in one corner of his line of sight. There were still a little over five minutes left, which should be the start time of the game.
He waited quietly, and five minutes passed in the blink of an eye. But the countdown timer didn't disappear; instead, it changed to a twelve-hour countdown.
This is... Ah! Right, the system notification said that Lin Ying must spend twelve hours a day in front of the piano.
He had initially thought that playing the piano was required, but now it seemed that simply sitting here would suffice. In that case, things would be much easier.
After all, he can't play the piano at all!
Lin Leyou sat blankly in front of the piano for over an hour, feeling quite uncomfortable. He asked the system, "System, how many players are there?"
"System notification: Number of players: 100!"
What? There are a hundred players? How can there be so many?
It seems this escape room instance is quite large, or rather, quite difficult. If there are a hundred players, at least ten will come to our side, right?
If fewer than ten players come to the music room, wouldn't my mission have failed for nothing?
etc!
The key fragments in your music room are crucial to whether you can unlock the secret room. So, if you don't take the fragments, you'll definitely keep coming here to feed the players.
Lin Leyou suddenly wondered if he should hold back a little after killing enough people.
Well, we'll see how it goes. I'll just have to see how I feel then.
The game had been going on for more than three hours, and Lin Leyou had been sitting in front of the piano, looking around from time to time, and even staring at the door not far away.
If players come to the music room, they will definitely enter through that door, since the only doors in the entire music room besides the one that leads to the lounge (which is not clearly a door) are this main door.
It's unclear whether the players will be able to get here safely.
Meanwhile, in other secret rooms of the instance, all the players were either solving puzzles or escaping. The one hundred players were not all placed in one place, but were divided into five groups of twenty players each, and were placed in five different locations.
During their puzzle-solving journey, they will be separated by various accidents, or even die tragically. Now, Lin Leyou asked the system, and the system replied that there are still ninety-three players.
That means seven players died within three hours.
Is this considered fast?
The dungeon takes three days to clear, which is a total of seventy-two hours. Only three hours have passed so far. Not many people have died, but not a few either.
After all, there are less than 69 hours left. What are they going to do with the remaining time?
Lin Leyou was bored and subconsciously reached out to play the piano. He thought he would hear chaotic piano sounds, but to his surprise, his fingers played very smoothly on the keys and produced very beautiful music.
He stared blankly at his hands. He didn't think he could play the piano, but his hands produced beautiful music. Was this a skill brought by his identity card?
He suddenly became interested. Since he was bored anyway, he might as well play the piano to pass the time. He could even use his body's familiarity with the piano to practice. Who knows, it might come in handy in the future?
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