Chapter 246: Ghost in the Mirror (Part 9)
Zhu Ping had a good impression of Guan Yingying. Although this girl's ability was average, she was quick-witted.
Some smart people like to point fingers, don’t care about what others say, and have a kind of arrogance that thinks highly of themselves. However, Guan Yingying does not have this problem. Instead, she is very obedient.
All commanders like obedient team members, and Zhu Ping is no exception.
But the two of them didn't have much contact, and Zhu Ping's impression of her was limited to this.
But at this time, there was a monster in the black fog that looked exactly like Guan Yingying. This was definitely not a coincidence.
Why is this happening? Isn't Guan Yingying a player who entered the dungeon with them? Why is there a monster that looks like Guan Yingying in the black fog outside the dungeon?
And this dungeon is also very strange. The dungeon exists in a small world, and there is no boundary - or to put it another way, many players have proved that the dungeon does have a boundary, but that boundary is invisible. Only when the player leaves a certain range will the boundary be touched, and then the player will die immediately.
Zhu Ping had never heard of a small world with black fog as its boundary.
This is all so weird.
No matter what, I have to go back and take a look first. Zhu Ping thought so, turned around and slowly walked towards the direction of Xinxin Home Community.
Should I tell you about the monsters in the black fog? Zhu Ping was in a dilemma.
Tell her what the situation is with Guan Yingying, she has no idea; but if she doesn't tell her, this is obviously a very important clue.
The players are now in a cooperative state, and not informing everyone of such an important clue is not in line with Zhu Ping's usual style.
She returned to Xinxin Home Community in such a troubled mood, and saw from a distance two players standing near the gate of the community, looking at the information on the bulletin board at the gate.
Zhu Ping walked over and asked, "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on that girl?"
She suddenly appeared, and the two players were startled for a moment: "Sister Ping, you are back?"
Then he immediately explained confidently: "The girl went back to her home after coming out of the community supermarket. Once the door was closed, how could we go in and keep an eye on her without any concealment skills?"
Although this is an excuse, it does make some sense.
And with so many players, there must be one who is eyeing that girl, right?
Zhu Ping didn't take it too seriously and asked, "Who is staring at that girl now?"
"Ah..." The two players looked at each other with somewhat subtle expressions.
This made Zhu Ping's heart skip a beat: "Are you all going to withdraw?"
"We originally wanted Zhuang to stay and watch. He has a concealment skill and can even get into other people's houses." A player muttered, "But he doesn't want to stay! And we are not as strong as him, so there is nothing we can do."
"You guys!" Zhu Ping's arm hadn't grown back yet, so the recovery potion didn't work that quickly. She now felt a dull pain in the area where her broken arm was due to anger.
Seeing that she looked unhappy, one of the players quickly offered the clues they knew so far: "We all think that there is nothing to note about that girl. She is really just an ordinary NPC. After she returned home, she just ate and watched TV there. She didn't do anything else. We just didn't want to waste our time."
"Qiao Qiang is one of the most critical NPCs we know of now. Do you think a girl who has conflicts with him is just an ordinary NPC?" Zhu Ping couldn't help but sneer.
As a result, the player in front of her said, "What are you talking about? You weren't watching there either, were you? You went out to look for clues yourself, and you still blame us..."
Depend on! !
Zhu Ping was still hesitating on the way, wondering whether to tell others about the clues she had discovered about the monster.
Now seeing the attitudes of these two players, Zhu Ping has nothing to say!
She turned around and left without saying a word.
The two players behind her looked at her broken arm, winked at each other, turned around and left Xinxin Home Community, heading in the direction Zhu Ping had just returned.
Zhu Ping also quickly arrived at the community supermarket.
What made her happy was that before she left, she asked Guan Yingying and Iris to keep an eye on the place, and they were still staying there obediently.
Although Iris looked impatient, at least she was still at her post.
Not to mention Guan Yingying, she huddled in the corner motionless, her eyes fixed on Qiao Qiang, afraid to miss any details about this NPC.
This is a good team member!
Zhu Ping felt emotional, but after that she felt powerless.
This most obedient and good team member appeared in the black fog in the form of a monster. Zhu Ping really couldn't believe her now.
Hearing the noise, they both turned their heads.
Iris' eyes lit up with joy: "Sister Ping, you're back! Did you find anything?"
Guan Yingying also looked at her.
Zhu Ping could only shake her head: "Not yet. How are you guys doing?"
Iris couldn't help but complain quietly, "What else can I do? This Qiao Qiang would just lie on that recliner and play with his phone all afternoon if there were no customers."
"Do you know what he's playing?"
Iris wasn't sure: "Watching a beauty video, maybe?"
"So how does he behave when customers come?"
"Ah?" Iris thought for a moment, "Nothing special. Just like what we saw before, quite polite."
Guan Yingying added: "Someone came to return the goods just now. He was a burly man. Qiao Qiang's attitude was much better. He returned the money without saying anything and didn't curse at him."
"You bully the weak and fear the strong?"
Guan Yingying shook her head: "There aren't many customers in the afternoon, so it's hard to tell... But I have an idea."
"What do you think?"
Guan Yingying stood up from the corner and said, "I'll try."
She walked from the dark to the entrance of the supermarket. Noticing a customer coming in, Qiao Qiang raised his eyelids and took a look. He behaved as honestly as always: "What do you want to buy?"
Guan Yingying smiled shyly: "I'll buy some snacks and just look at it myself."
After she said that, Qiao Qiang was too lazy to get up from the recliner, so he smiled and nodded.
Guan Yingying went to the snack area and used her skills.
A few tiny bright spots that were invisible to the naked eye emanated from her body, and even the surveillance cameras could not capture them because they were a few invisible butterflies.
[Skill: Butterfly Death (Unidentified)]
[Introduction: The phoenix will rise from the ashes, but can the butterfly? ]
[Hint: Whether the butterfly's death is a transformation or an end depends on your choice. ]
[Function: Summon dead butterflies, they will become your best helpers. ]
[Special Tip: This skill is unique to the owner of [Butterfly Heart]. ]
[Special Tip 2: [Butterfly Heart] has not been identified, and the skill strength is limited. ]
Guan Yingying is a wandering player and cannot enter the game lobby.
She has completed several dungeons in a row so far, and not being able to enter the player lobby means she has no time to rest.
This is what wandering players are like. They keep wandering around in dungeons. Sooner or later, they will either be killed by NPCs or players, or die in despair with no future in sight.
Guan Yingying was fine. She still remembered that she was a newly graduated college student before her death. Perhaps because she died with such resentment, she came to this game.
What is more strange is that, according to what she learned from other players, wandering players like her have no way of getting dungeon settlement rewards, so the skills and props they have are basically obtained from their own small world.
Just like Guan Yingying happened to know a wandering player before, he came from an ancient martial arts world, had first-class physical skills, and had a sharp sword in his hand that could easily cut through steel.
However, that player had been wandering in the dungeon for a long time, and the blade of the knife in his hand had become bent, with many gaps of varying sizes on it.
In that dungeon, the wandering player's knife finally broke.
Guan Yingying is very clear that this is also her future destiny.
But she has a secret that she has never told anyone - she comes from a world without super powers, but she has skills and props that only exist in the world of super powers.
It was as if she had actually been a player originally, but now for some unknown reason, she was wandering with no future.
And this time, she used her skills.
Transparent butterflies that only she could see circled and flew to the shelf behind Guan Yingying, aimed at the cups and swarmed over, knocking the cups on the shelf directly to the ground.
The sound of breaking glass made Qiao Qiang, who was lying on the recliner, stand up immediately and walk over in two steps.
Guan Yingying was very embarrassed: "I don't know why, I didn't touch it at all, it fell down by itself."
Qiao Qiang frowned, but asked first: "Are you from our community? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Guan Yingying looked flustered: "Oh, I'm not, I just passed by here and was a little hungry, so I wanted to come in and buy something to eat."
Hearing her say this, Qiao Qiang's expression suddenly turned cold, "So what? There are only you and me in this supermarket. If it wasn't you who dropped the cup, could it be me? Don't waste time, it's so hot, hurry up and pay for it!"
"Why should I pay for it? I didn't drop the cup at all!"
"You said it's not, so it's not?"
"Then why don't you check the surveillance? Don't you have surveillance cameras in your store?"
Qiao Qiang was still not giving in: "You said to check the surveillance? Who are you?"
"Are you looking for trouble on purpose?" Guan Yingying's voice was a little louder.
Perhaps because he realized that the girl in front of him was not easy to deal with, Qiao Qiang stopped talking. With a cold face, he turned back to the counter and checked the surveillance video.
Although the shelf where the cups were placed was indeed very close to Guan Yingying, it was only close.
She had her back to the shelf, looking at the snacks, and didn't even touch the cup.
As a result, the cup fell off the shelf as if it was blown away by the wind.
This made Qiao Qiang's face look even uglier.
Guan Yingying asked, "How is it? I didn't knock it off, did I?"
Qiao gave her a domineering look and ignored her.
Guan Yingying snorted coldly and walked out of the community supermarket empty-handed.
When she came out, she looked at Iris.
The copy has an automatic revision function. No matter how unlike a human the player looks, in the eyes of the NPC they are just ordinary people, except that there are differences in appearance and body shape.
Iris is tall and looks like someone who is not easy to mess with.
After receiving Guan Yingying's eye hint, Iris imitated what Guan Yingying had just done.
However, this time, when Qiao Qiang looked at Iris's muscular body, his attitude changed 180 degrees for the better. He didn't even curse at Iris after he came out of the community supermarket.
In comparison, his attitude is so much worse, which almost completely verifies Guan Yingying's previous evaluation.
"He really is a bully who only picks on the weak and fears the strong!" Zhu Ping sighed.
Guan Yingying, an eyewitness, added: "And he was very malicious towards women."
"You mean..."
"Will the copy not arrange a girl to conflict with this NPC for no reason? I think that girl is very likely the one who killed Qiao Qiang!"
Her words made Zhu Ping nod involuntarily, and after nodding, her face turned pale.
"I was not here just now, so I asked them to keep an eye on this girl, but those players all ran off to look for clues."
Guan Yingying looked calm.
She died with resentment in her heart, and it can be said that she was forced to death by many people.
After entering the game, the players she met all had the demeanor of infinite game players, so when Zhu Ping said this, Guan Yingying just thought, "It's just as I expected."
"You guys stay here for a while. I'll go ask other players about the girl's residence. I'll go check it out."
Iris couldn't help but ask, "You still want us to watch?"
He had wasted all his time here this afternoon and of course he didn't want to waste any more time.
Guan Yingying was very calm: "Then you guys go find clues. I'm not strong enough, so I'll stay here and not cause you any trouble."
Now it was Zhu Ping's turn to hesitate.
She thought for a moment and said, "Iris, do you have any skills or props to hide your body? That girl is in her own home."
Iris was delighted: "I have!"
"Okay, go ahead. Yingying and I will keep an eye on Qiao Qiang together."
When Zhu Ping said this, Guan Yingying looked at her calmly.
She is very smart. After hearing what Zhu Ping said, Guan Yingying quickly understood.
Zhu Ping seemed to be on guard against herself.
What clues did she find? Was it related to her?
Thinking of this, Guan Yingying glanced at her empty sleeves inconspicuously.
It seems that the clue she found cost her some price.
But Guan Yingying said nothing.
Iris happily went to look for clues, while Zhu Ping and the others continued to wait.
But it wasn't long before Iris came back.
He looked a little unhappy: "That girl is missing!"
"What?" Zhu Ping was surprised.
Iris was lucky. As soon as he came out of the supermarket, he saw a player who was wandering around like a headless fly. The other party did not hide anything and directly told him the girl's address.
As a result, when Iris arrived, she sneaked in and found the room empty.
When Zhu Ping heard the news, her face didn't look very good.
"Where did this NPC go?"
"I don't know." Iris was open-minded. "Maybe this is really an ordinary NPC, and he went offline when he had no more roles to play?"
This is the only way I can comfort myself.
As the three of them were thinking this, Qiao Qiang, who had been lying on the recliner, finally stretched and stood up.
He closed the door of the supermarket and walked out leisurely.
"What is he going to do?"
Soon, the three of them knew where he had gone.
Qiao Qiang put on his "good guy" mask and went to the noodle shop at the door to eat noodles.
He was eating in the house, and the three players who had secretly followed him were staring at him from the corner outside the door, swallowing their saliva.
The players haven't eaten since entering the dungeon!
"Where are we going to get something to eat later?" Iris asked. "If I don't eat, I'll starve to death here before I finish the dungeon."
"Let's talk about it later." Zhu Ping said this, but the first thing that came to her mind was the "click, click" sound of the player named Jie Fangcheng.
Will they have to eat at the hotel?
The three of them just squatted there and watched Qiao Qiang finish his noodles and stand up.
He has a good relationship with others. After dinner, he met an acquaintance at the door and chatted with him happily. There was no sign that he was cursing anyone in private.
As he was chatting, he turned his head, seemed to squint his eyes, and looked outside the Xinxin Home Community.
The three of them followed his gaze and looked outside.
At the gate of the community, the NPC who had once had a conflict with him came back with a bunch of bright flowers and a happy look on his face, together with a girl beside him.
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