Chapter 253: Ghost in the Mirror (XVI)
After this person finished speaking, several voices immediately agreed.
"Yes, if we kill Qiao Qiang for the sake of instant pleasure, then what about our copy?"
"What's the point of killing Qiao Qiang? To vent your anger? Don't be childish!"
"Everyone thinks Qiao Qiang is disgusting, but he is a key NPC, so please be patient..."
"Even if Qiao Qiang has problems, does that mean Guan Qing doesn't have any problems at all?" Someone sneered, "If she hadn't taken advantage of someone else and used the light that was given to her, Qiao Qiang wouldn't have had the means to secretly take photos of him, right?"
Jie Fangcheng had already clenched his fists, but it was Guan Yingying beside him who whispered, "I've heard this before."
Later, she saw such comments across the pale screen.
There are many, many more words that are even more unpleasant than what this player said.
Qiao Qiang caused her the first harm, and those cold and cruel words caused her the second harm.
Because of Guan Yingying's words, Jie Fangcheng slowed down his movements, and soon he heard the player's next words.
"Guan Qing is the same. She just graduated and moved into a new neighborhood. She's a woman, and she's already fully stacked with BUFFs, but she's not alert at all. She just had an argument with the boss in the afternoon. Didn't she have any suspicions when Qiao Qiang gave her a desk lamp? This woman is so stupid. Even if it's not Qiao Qiang this time, there will be Li Qiang and Wang Qiang. Sooner or later, she will be..."
With a "bang".
It wasn’t Jie Fangcheng. Jie Fangcheng was standing in front of the players, but he was still a step slow.
The hot-tempered Fireblood Iris moved his huge fist away from the player's face and looked at him expressionlessly.
The player who fell to the ground covered his face and cursed, "You're looking for death."
Iris's strength is relatively weak among these players. Everyone had already competed with him on the bus yesterday. He is only slightly stronger than Guan Yingying yesterday.
At this moment, the player who had fallen to the ground stood up and was about to fight back, but he saw Zhu Ping had already taken out his weapon and stood in front of Iris with a frosty face.
Immediately afterwards, two or three more figures also took out their weapons from their backpacks. Even the players who had just said "Qiao Qiang cannot be killed" had a bad expression on their faces.
The player lying on the ground opened his mouth, but faced with those stern faces, he didn't dare to say anything more.
Xie Fangcheng turned his head and looked at Guan Yingying first.
In the black fog, wisps of mist lingered around Guan Yingying. Her pupils were dark and her skin was pale. She no longer looked like a player, but rather a ghost.
It’s just that because Jie Fangcheng looks more like a ghost, her change is not too noticeable.
Jie Fangcheng just discovered that Guan Yingying was transforming into a ghost.
The black fog around was not evil spirit or ghost spirit. Guan Yingying's transformation into a ghost had nothing to do with that. It was more like she would naturally turn into a ghost as time passed.
At this moment, she looked at the players in front of her, seeming to be thinking about something.
Jie Fangcheng, who originally wanted to chase away the player who made sarcastic remarks, thought about it and decided not to intervene. He stood with Guan Yingying and watched the subsequent developments.
On the other side, Zhu Ping suppressed her nausea and stopped Iris, who was still angry.
"Don't kill him."
No matter what, this is still a dungeon, especially a ghost dungeon.
Despite the presence of a powerful player like Jie Fangcheng, Zhu Ping could feel that Jie Fangcheng had a vague sense of alienation towards them. He was more like a cold-eyed bystander, except that he was better to Guan Yingying.
If such a powerful boss is willing to help players pass the level, the players can only be grateful, but if he is unwilling, the players can do nothing.
Therefore, there is actually a relatively clear division of forces in this copy now.
The NPCs in the copy are a major force, Jie Fangcheng and Guan Yingying are a major force, and the rest of the players are a major force.
Zhu Ping had a clear mind and she also discovered the clues that Guan Yingying told Jie Fangcheng today.
Ghost in the mirror, [mirror] refers to the camera.
Phone number 4444444 is like a play button. Once it is connected, the playback starts and all kinds of "people" will appear in the community.
When the phone is hung up, it is equivalent to pressing the close button.
Those NPCs are in the [mirror], they are ghosts in the mirror.
Players are people—or still are, for now.
The condition for passing the level is [Becoming the Man in the Mirror], which is actually a confusing condition for passing the level.
It’s not about [becoming the person in the mirror], but about being alive after everything has settled. This is what it means to be the [person in the mirror].
In other words, this is actually a survival copy, but the survival time is not directly stated.
If Zhu Ping guessed correctly, this copy would be officially opened only after Qiao Qiang died and the camera playback ended.
By then, they might have to face the ghost of Qiao Qiang and Guan Qing.
Therefore, the fewer players who die, the better. After all, no matter how disgusting a player is, they are still the same kind of people. Even if they have ulterior motives, they are still fresh forces.
And actually, she also felt in her heart... This player deserves a beating for just saying those words, but his crime doesn't deserve the death penalty, right?
There are many people in the player community who are worse than this player. If everyone cares about it, only one in ten players will survive.
They are not elves.
The elves under the control of the Elf King do have higher moral standards, but if you look at Area C, you will know that the players value strength more than empty morality.
but……
"Don't say such disgusting things anymore." Zhu Ping said coldly.
They were outnumbered and the player who was punched lowered his head and said nothing more, but it was obvious that he was not convinced.
Zhu Ping didn't say anything more, and the matter just passed.
The players present had the same mentality as her. They all thought Qiao Qiang was disgusting, but they still felt that his crime did not deserve the death penalty.
Xie Fangcheng and Guan Yingying were standing far apart. Seeing that Guan Yingying seemed to have figured something out, Xie Fangcheng asked, "What do you think of this solution?"
Zhu Ping is a player after all. She thinks about issues from the player's perspective. Her actions are not straightforward, but they are in the interests of the players.
Where is Guan Yingying?
Which side is she thinking about now?
After hearing Jie Fangcheng's question, Guan Yingying was silent for a moment, and then asked Jie Fangcheng: "What kind of person is Guan Yingying that you know?"
"I don't know him. I have a friend who knows him." Jie Fangcheng gave a brief overview of Ronghua and Nie Shuangshuang.
Guan Yingying listened quietly without saying a word along the way, until they arrived at the hotel, then she smiled and spoke in a low voice.
"If it really is 'me'... that's great!"
But it’s definitely not.
Guan Yingying in Ronghua was a smart and kind person, but this one in the copy now——
Guan Yingying just wanted to strangle the player who made such sarcastic remarks... No, not just just now.
Guan Yingying doesn't have to take any action now, she just needs to abide by the rules of the copy.
But after tomorrow, the rules will change.
At that time, she could freely choose to take action, whether it was other NPCs or these players.
As time went by, she began to gradually remember things.
As for the Guan Yingying from the Ronghua Guild that Jie Fangcheng is talking about now... a fierce ghost who wants to kill everyone in an entire community certainly cannot be the Guan Yingying from Ronghua.
But Jie Fangcheng beside her scratched his head: "Ah? But I think it should be you."
"Why?"
"People have different bottom lines and do different things in different environments. In modern society, killing is not allowed, but in the ancient times when wars were raging, killing people with swords was nothing." Jie Fangcheng explained, "Just like in this copy, I would think Qiao Qiang deserves to die, but if it was in my little world, I would just send him to where he should go."
Jie Fangcheng didn’t know what Guan Yingying had experienced in this small world, but looking outside the copy, this world was about to collapse.
The order of the small world at the end of the world can easily collapse. If the environment changes dramatically, Jie Fangcheng can understand that Guan Yingying's character and choices will also change dramatically.
After all, she had friends in "Don't Answer", and it's normal that what she did and thought back then is different from what she does and thinks now in this little world that is about to collapse.
Guan Yingying's expression was blank for a moment.
Xie Fangcheng was also thinking.
He was actually not unfamiliar with Guan Yingying's amnesia - was she like the NPC in "Don't Answer" whose soul was split and thrown into the dungeon?
She may not be a player, but an NPC of this dungeon.
In this case, can Jie Fangcheng take her out of the dungeon? It seems that the NPCs in this game are all generated by the system.
And now Guan Yingying is gradually becoming a fierce ghost.
If it were before, Jie Fangcheng would have nipped this trend of becoming a ghost in the bud.
But at this moment, he hesitated.
If he couldn't take Guan Yingying away and she stayed in this game, perhaps transforming into a ghost would be a good choice.
Not all evil spirits will lose their minds. For example, the eight hundred ghost generals under Jie Fangcheng are all evil spirits, and so is Jie Fangcheng himself.
It’s just that evil ghosts have often suffered inhuman abuse during their lifetime, and their resentment and hatred are too strong.
The strength of evil spirits is generally quite strong.
Think about it, it would be difficult for a person who possesses inhuman power and is full of resentment towards his surroundings not to take revenge on society.
This is also why evil spirits often harm people.
But according to Guan Yingying, this girl is a very good person. Even after she turns into a ghost, she shouldn't hurt innocent people, right?
She needs strength. It is a terrible thing to have no strength in this kind of game.
Or... wait and see?
Jie Fangcheng was hesitant.
Guan Yingying noticed that he seemed to be hesitating about something.
At this time, the players had already arrived at the hotel. The atmosphere was silent. Everything that happened today was not very comfortable. No one said much to each other and went back to their rooms to rest.
Guan Yingying looked at Jie Fangcheng, her eyes looking even more ghostly: "What are you thinking about?"
Jie Fangcheng asked directly: "Are you going to become a ghost?"
Guan Yingying was stunned for a moment and nodded.
"So what are you going to do after you become a ghost?" Jie Fangcheng decided to see what her plans were first.
"I'm going to kill someone." Guan Yingying did not hide it from him.
——Or maybe Guan Yingying felt that there was no need to hide it from him, as the power of evil spirits far exceeded that of ordinary players. No matter how strong Jie Fangcheng was, he was just a player.
That’s what Guan Yingying thought.
Hearing her say this, Jie Fangcheng asked: "Who to kill?"
"Qiao Qiang. I failed to kill him when I was alive, so I killed him after I died." Guan Yingying said calmly, "Not only him, but also many, many people... They were the ones who forced me to death."
Jie Fangcheng frowned once, and then frowned again.
“You…”
"If you try to stop me, I will kill you too," said Guan Yingying.
Jie Fangcheng was stunned for a moment: "You don't want it now?"
Guan Yingying looked at him seriously and said, "But I think you are very nice, and I don't want to do anything to you."
Hearing her say this, Jie Fangcheng sighed: "I think so too."
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