Chapter 39 Assault Team
After accepting the settings, Xia Bai began to think about the advantages of Gu Quankun's skills.
Yes, earthworms have advantages too.
For example, as we all know, earthworms are very good for the soil and can loosen the soil. When the God of Joy returns home, he will also bring other corpses home. He can use his earthworm arms to loosen the soil for them. If the yard is too crowded, you need to loosen it more.
For example, earthworms can be eaten, and if you enter a doomsday game copy, you can use them to satisfy hunger.
For example, earthworms have medicinal value and can clear away heat and dredge meridians...
Xia Bai thought about it and let it go.
Having one more skill to use is a good thing.
The family tree might also need a servant or something.
After comforting himself briefly, Xia Bai heard a suppressed cry. He looked up and saw Ma Tongfeng holding He Jiaxiu's severed hand and trying to get into the screen.
Unfortunately, the screen had returned to its normal state, intact, and the movie they had intended to watch began playing.
They returned to Screening Room 5.
In reality, Cinema No. 5 is a very normal theater, except that there are a few people missing.
Guo Yang held down Lao Ma, "Lao Ma, look carefully, we can't go back to the game! Wake up!"
Old Ma held He Jiaxiu's severed hand, squatted on the ground and cried.
The mysterious background music of the movie filled the entire screening room. Compared with the shocking plots, Lao Ma's crying was more noticeable.
Ling Changye only glanced over there and said, "Get ready to go out. There should be someone waiting outside."
Xia Bai followed him out of Screening Room No. 5 and saw You Yue coming out of Screening Room No. 7. She didn't look like she had any major health problems and could walk normally, with her head slightly lowered, as if she didn't want to talk to anyone.
Xia Bai breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't know what to say to her. After all, they only knew each other's names. Seeing that she didn't want to talk, Xia Bai didn't say anything either, but just walked out with her quietly.
It was not until they walked out of the corridor and reached the ticket office and merchandise service department that Xia Bai turned around and looked at her, "Can I still buy popcorn from you now?"
The waiter You Yue nodded immediately, "Sure."
Xia Bai: "Please give me some buttered popcorn."
You Yue immediately walked to the service desk and wiped her hands with wet tissues. Perhaps she had not yet recovered from the fear of the game, so her movements were very forceful, with an imperceptible tremor. Her blood-stained hair swayed slightly, revealing a gray butterfly birthmark on her temples.
She picked up the small iron bucket and filled it with buttered popcorn for Xia Bai.
Xia Bai looked away from her face and said, "Another serving of caramel popcorn."
"Yeah." You Yue filled another bucket of popcorn for him, each bucket was full, and placed the two buckets together on the service counter for him.
After Xia Bai scanned the code and paid, he only picked up the bucket of butter popcorn, pushed the caramel popcorn a few centimeters towards You Yue, and said with a blank face: "Sister You Yue, have something sweet."
You Yue suddenly looked up at him.
Xia Bai told her: "Let's go to the Tourism Administration together. You still need to register your information."
You Yue shook her head, "I'm not going."
"Oh, okay." Xia Bai knew that the Game Management Bureau would not force players to register their information with them, but if they did not register, they would not be able to view their online courses and game information, and newcomer You Yue would not be able to access the popular science course.
Xia Bai thought about what the staff of the Tourism Bureau had told him at the time, as well as the more important things he had seen in class, and said to You Yue: "Don't tell ordinary people about the game. The game cannot be fully disclosed for the time being. The Tourism Bureau has a very powerful research institute with advanced technology and skills, which can capture game leaks."
"Otherwise, there will be a new app on your phone. Log in to the player communication center and search for any questions you have."
You Yue nodded.
Xia Bai asked: "Are you still working here?"
The game of Harmonious Cinema has been completed and the game has completely disappeared here. In the future, this place will become one of the safest places in Quanguang City. It may gradually become the most popular cinema in Quanguang City. She can stay here to work.
You Yue nodded.
Xia Bai: "Then I'll go tell them that you don't want to register and don't want to go to the Tourism Administration."
You Yue nodded again.
Xia Bai and You Yue exchanged contact information and walked towards Erwa carrying buttered popcorn, passing by one movie poster after another. One of the movie posters read "Based on true events."
Xia Bai stopped and looked at the movie poster for a few seconds. In addition to these words, there was another line of words below the poster, "Do you know that a movie is a person's life?"
Now he seemed to know.
Not only did he know about it, he also thought about it from multiple dimensions how real this "based on real events" could be, and whether he would deliberately create a "real event" to attract attention and then make a movie for the sake of this reality.
"Xia Bai, Xia Bai, come here!" Guo Yang called him from the other side of the movie poster.
Xia Bai walked over blankly.
Guo Yang looked at him and said, "Ask me again."
Xia Bai was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was talking about, "Will you give me your body?"
Guo Yang nodded, "I do."
Xia Bai guessed it when he asked him to ask again, "Why are you willing?"
Guo Yang: "Just look at what Lao Ma did."
Lao Ma originally wanted to stay in the game world, but he carried Lao Ma out by force. When he saw Lao Ma crying while holding He Jiaxiu's broken hand, he suddenly felt Lao Ma's sadness.
He has been wandering for half his life, and He Jiaxiu may be the only home for him. She is the companionship he wants most in his life. In the end, even He Jiaxiu's body disappeared in the game, leaving only that hand.
"Even if I give you my body, I won't use it as food for the game." He snorted.
In fact, what made him make this decision was the scene at the end of the game where he saw Xia Bai holding Gui Xia Fei's hand to find his enemy.
He couldn't explain why, whether it was because of Xia Bai's gentleness towards the ghost corpse, or for some other reason, he just thought that if he died one day, it would be nice for his body to remain with Xia Bai.
Of course, he would not tell Xia Bai this.
“I’m telling you, if I die in the game, you have to take me out.” Guo Yang said, “I’ll send you my home address, and I’ll take me home when you’re done.”
Xia Bai nodded, "Okay, I promise you."
The people from the Tourism Management Bureau had been waiting at the entrance of the cinema, and Erwa was about to be carried into the car.
Xia Bai called out, "Second baby!"
Erwa, who was reluctant to get in the car, immediately broke away from the person who was trying to hold him when he heard this voice, and turned to look at Xia Bai nervously.
A lot of people came to the cinema entrance. Except for those who were guarding outside, most of them surrounded Ling Changye and Erwa, and looked over here at this time.
The main reason was that Erwa's reaction was so surprising. Normally, he doesn't want anyone to get close to him. You can't say he has social phobia. He won't respond at all. But now, when someone called him, he immediately turned around, and his little hands nervously grasped the hem of his clothes. It was hard to tell whether he was nervous or excited.
They wanted to see who the person calling Erwa was, but they saw a man who didn't look very smart, carrying a bucket of buttered popcorn and looking at them blankly.
Xia Bai handed the popcorn to Erwa without saying anything.
Erwa was so excited that he held the Teletubbies popcorn bucket and was even more reluctant to get on the bus.
Ling Changye's gaze fell on Xia Bai, and Xia Bai's eyes turned half a circle guiltily.
With a smile on his face, he opened the door of the nanny car and said to Xia Bai, "Come in?"
Xia Bai said with a blank face: "Thank you."
After Xia Bai went in, Erwa got into the car on his own initiative without anyone telling him to do so, and Ling Changye followed behind him.
The people around were even more surprised. While they were stunned, Guo Yang wanted to take the opportunity to go in and ride with the two idols, but the quick-eyed and quick-handed staff of the Tourism Administration stopped him in time and said, "Please take that car."
Guo Yang struggled hard: "Why can Xia Bai do it but I can't? There are seats inside!"
“Bang!”
The car door closed in front of him, from the inside.
“…”
There were indeed seats inside. This was Xia Bai's first time riding in a nanny car, and he didn't know if all nanny cars were this big, or if they were specially made by the Tourism Administration.
In the front half of the car, near the driver's seat, there were two rows of double sofas facing each other. There was a small coffee table on each side of the sofa, on which were placed fruit drinks and other things Xia Bai didn't recognize. In the back were two beds for resting.
Xia Bai sat on the sofa near the door, and Erwa followed him and sat here, but at a distance from him. The two of them were either skinny or small, and they sat far away from each other, so the double sofa felt like a three-seater sofa.
Ling Changye turned the double seat opposite them into a single seat. He was neither fat nor strong, and his sitting posture was not overbearing. He was as relaxed and lazy as if he was drinking tea at home. But for some reason, it felt inappropriate for someone else to sit next to him.
Ling Changye opened a bottle of water and handed it to Xia Bai, "What are your skills?"
Xia Bai took the water and told him about his grandfather's skills as he had planned.
Ling Changye said "hmm", as if it was just a casual question, and after hearing the answer, he started to check his phone.
His other arm was missing, and he held a black phone with a large screen and a thin body in one hand. His thumb, which was longer than that of an average person, gently swiped it across the screen. The light from the phone screen seemed to have a blue tint when it fell into his eyes.
Xia Bai took a look, lowered his head and slowly drank the water. He noticed that the child next to him seemed to be a little closer to him, so he turned his head to look over.
Erwa sat motionless on the sofa holding a bucket of popcorn, looking intently at the car window towards Ling Changye.
Xia Bai smiled.
"Wasn't the skill you filled in the registration form of the Game Management Bureau a soul skill? Why is it an item talisman again?" Ling Changye asked with a smile, his phoenix eyes shining and a bit ambiguous.
Xia Bai: “…”
The smile on Xia Bai's face disappeared.
Xia Bai looked at him with a blank face, as if his soul was not at home and he didn't understand what he was saying.
Everything went harmoniously along the way and Xia Bai didn't feel awkward.
The nanny car stopped at Quanguang Orthopedic Hospital. Xia Bai lived here. He didn't know that Ling Changye had been living here since he had sewed him up. However, he and Erwa both lived in the VIP room.
As soon as Xia Bai came down, he saw Yang Mei sitting on the steps of the hospital. He didn't know who she was waiting for - Xia Bai pretended not to know.
Seeing him, Ling Changye and Erwa getting out of the car together, Yang Mei opened her sparkling peach blossom eyes wide in shock, "Why are you two together?"
The time in the game lasted a long time, but in reality only half an hour had passed. This half an hour also included the time spent on the road. In other words, Yang Mei had just told Hua Haoming that he was waiting for Xia Bai, and the captain had gone somewhere to take the kids for a walk, and not long after, he saw them coming back together.
Xia Bai: "We were drawn into the game together."
"Oh, I'm so scared. I thought you guys were taking the kids for a walk together." Yang Mei said. If they were taking the kids for a walk together, he would be in trouble - why didn't they take him with them?
Guo Yang and Ma Tongfeng got out of the car behind. Guo Yang saw from a distance that Yang Mei couldn't even walk, and Ma Tongfeng still looked distraught.
Someone came to take Ma Tongfeng to register his information. Ling Changye said to that person, "Ask him later if he is willing to work at the Tourism Administration."
During this period of time, Xia Bai learned that there were indeed many ordinary people with no skills among the staff of the Game Management Bureau, especially in the Information Department and Logistics Department, but most of them had entered the game.
After a game, usually at most two people will receive rewards other than points, and at most one person will gain skills, and most of the time no one will gain anything.
Among the player group, only a few have skills, and most of them have no skills. However, they know how terrible the game is and want to find a relatively safe shelter. The Game Management Bureau needs more and more staff. In order to prevent the spread of game news and improve work efficiency, players who have entered the game are a very good choice, so many ordinary players work in the Game Management Bureau.
It would be nice for Lao Ma, who had no motivation to live, to stay in the Tourism Administration, but Xia Bai didn't know what kind of job would suit him. He had no skills, was always lame, and had a low level of education.
The staff member also asked: "Captain Ling, which department should he go to?"
Ling Changye: "Let him go to Lao Yang and try."
The staff member's eyes lit up and he happily took Lao Ma away.
Old Yang?
Xia Bai thought of Old Yang, the man he met at the police station, who helped him contact the Tourism Administration Bureau to find the God of Joy.
After Lao Ma was taken away, they all went to a ward together.
They have to wait for Lao Ma to finish registering his information, and then recount the game with the people from the research institute. Xia Bai has experienced it.
This time, Ling Changye did not tell them anything about privacy or confidentiality. He knew that this was not their first time entering the game, and there was nothing to keep secret in this game. What Lao Ma had not said in the game, he would not tell others outside.
After Lao Ma came back, they saw two people on the TV on the wall of the ward. This time there were only two people, but Xia Bai still saw Vice President Yang.
He still asked, "Who is the speaker?"
Ling Changye suggested: "Guo Yang?"
"Eh? Me? Sure!" Guo Yang said happily, "Let me tell you."
Guo Yang is actually a passionate person. This can be seen from the moment he came out to organize everyone at the beginning of the game. He immediately started talking about the game with the people in the research institute.
When he talked about seeing Ling Changye die in a movie, he was interrupted by Vice President Yang, who asked Ling Changye: "Captain Ling, did you know that the Breaking Deadlock would be in a movie?"
Ling Changye nodded, "Yes."
Vice President Yang: "How do you know?"
Ling Changye sat back on the bed with a smile on his face, "It's so simple, isn't it obvious at a glance? It's just a spatial routine of the game."
His smile was actually very spring-like, like a leisurely young master from a wealthy family. Perhaps this was why outsiders thought that his position as captain was an administrative position. But at this moment, Xia Bai felt that his lack of smile towards Vice President Yang made Xia Bai understand why people felt that no one should sit next to him. There was a sense of distance about him that was easily overlooked, but was real.
Thinking of Hua Haoming's performance during the last video call with the research institute, Xia Bai felt that their assault team and the research institute didn't seem to get along well, especially with Vice President Yang.
There was once a researcher who studied Erwa. Could it be this researcher?
There was silence for a few seconds, then the other party asked, "How did you get in?"
Ling Changye: "It's related to desire, and involves personal privacy. Sorry, I can't tell you."
Guo Yang continued to talk. When he talked about Ling Changye leading them to dig up the body, Vice President Yang asked again: "Captain Ling, why did you let them dig up the body? Did you know in advance that some of the characters in the movie were fictional and some were real?"
Ling Changye: "I'm just guessing. When they were pretending to be dead in the game, I saw them up close. Some of them remained unchanged, like people synthesized from data codes. For example, the women on the island would not smudge their makeup no matter how much they sweated. Some students' face powder fell off when they were dragged on the ground."
Xia Bai turned to look at him. As expected, he had guessed it long ago, and the source of his guess was similar to his.
Vice President Yang nodded and continued listening until he had no more questions.
After the questioning, Ma Tongfeng and Guo Yang were called outside and they didn't know what to say. Yang Mei and Hua Haoming came in.
After a brief conversation, when the healing player began to heal Ling Changye, Xia Bai asked Hua Haoming: "Captain Ling said that Ma Tongfeng should work with Lao Yang. Is this Lao Yang the same Lao Yang who went to the police station?"
Hua Haoming looked at Ling Changye. Ling Changye was talking to the healing player and might not have heard the voice from their side.
His voice came from between talking to the healing player: "Yang Zongguang."
"That's him." Seeing that Xia Bai was very curious about this matter, Hua Haoming told him, "Lao Yang is a captain in the logistics department. The logistics department has a lot of responsibilities."
Xia Bai has learned in the past few days that the logistics department may be the largest department in the Game Management Bureau. The rescue team that the students from their school came to help belongs to the logistics department. The logistics department is not only responsible for rescue, but also for handling a series of follow-up matters for people who died in the game. Just how to contact their families and explain to them is a huge task.
There are still many things that Xia Bai doesn’t know, such as what Hua Haoming said.
"Although the game has not been fully released to the public, many people have noticed something unusual. In the past two years, people in society and on the Internet have become increasingly anxious and panicked. Some people want to end their lives early because they see something unusual, while others don't want to live anymore because their loved ones died in the game. As a result, many suicide groups have emerged. Hopeless, sad, and depressed people have agreed to commit suicide together, and are then guided by some unscrupulous societies such as the Holy Tour Guild. This phenomenon has become very scary."
"Lao Yang is the leader of a rescue team, but the team he is in charge of is not responsible for rescuing players. They rescue many people who want to commit suicide due to abnormalities, as well as those who are instigated to commit suicide by players. They have rescued more than 3,000 people so far."
Xia Bai was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the Tourism Administration had such a team.
Hua Haoming: "Lao Yang showed up at the police station in your town that day because one of the people who wanted to commit suicide in the suicide group he was monitoring at that time was from your town. He saw you there."
According to Lao Yang, the boy lingered in front of the police station for a long time, peeling off the bark at the door, but still didn't go in. He looked stupid and so handsome, so he could easily become a target of bullying.
He was afraid that since no one could help him, he would end up dying like many others.
There were so many people he failed to save, and he couldn't let the one in front of him go.
Hua Haoming said: "Old Yang is afraid that you will have no one to turn to for help and end up in despair, so he asked you to go over and find out the situation."
Xia Bai was stunned for a moment, and his heart softened when he thought of the irritable yet gentle Old Yang at that time.
He looked at Ma Tongfeng who was talking to the staff of the Tourism Administration outside the door. This job was indeed suitable for him. No matter what era or environment it was, saving a life was a great and fulfilling thing.
Lao Ma, who can't find hope in life, can follow Lao Yang to save others and find the meaning of his own life.
He couldn't save He Jiaxiu, but he could save more people like them.
While Xia Bai was talking to Hua Haoming, Yang Mei walked over to Ling Changye, squatted at the head of his bed, and asked him quietly: "Captain, what is Xia Bai's skill? Is it sewing dolls?"
Ling Changye: "I don't know. He doesn't want to tell me. Why don't you ask him?"
Yang Mei nodded immediately and said with crooked eyes: "Xia Bai will definitely tell me. He treats me very differently and even let me hold his arm. Ah, why are there so many men and ghosts in this world who can't refuse me?"
He asked Ling Changye very seriously and confusedly: "Captain, what is my charm?"
Feeling his arm growing, Ling Changye put on his windbreaker and said, "If Xia Bai told you his skills, I will answer your question."
Xia Bai felt the familiar feeling of being watched, and turned around to see Yang Mei looking at him with a smile.
"Brother Xia Bai, can you tell me what your skills are?"
Xia Bai thought about it and said, "No."
“…”
Yang Mei looked confused and aggrieved. She bit her red lips tightly and looked like she was about to cry. "Hate it!"
“…”
Ling Changye pressed his solar plexus with his index finger and asked, "Xia Bai, do you want to join the assault team and play the game more often?"
"That's right, Captain. My soul skill is the living dead, and my in-game identity is a corpse collector." Xia Bai said seriously.
“…”
Hua Haoming was shocked: "Corpse collector? With such an identity and skills, wouldn't you be so happy?"
Xia Bai: "Don't say that, it's not like that. Sometimes I get upset too."
You don't look distressed at all.
Ling Changye: "Can you tell me more specifically?"
"Picking up corpses is..." Xia Bai showed them directly. Soul skills may be engraved into the soul, and come out at will. When this skill can be used, Xia Bai does not need to learn, he naturally knows how to use it. In the blink of an eye, a person they all know appeared in the ward.
Gu Quankun, covered in blood, appeared in the ward, raising his hands and feet to check his body.
"I can discuss it with the player in advance. If the player is willing to give me the body, his body will be mine after he dies, and I will become the second owner of the body."
Several people in the ward had seen various skills, and after hearing Xia Bai talk about his identity, they were not surprised to see Gu Quankun.
"Can Gu Quankun be used by you?" Hua Haoming asked. He thought for a moment and figured out the key point. "After he dies, there will only be a corpse? Can he still use his skills?"
Whether or not you can use skills is the key. If Xia Bai can only pick up corpses, and the corpses can no longer use skills, even if he picks up a bunch of corpses, it's okay to occasionally fight in a group, but if he encounters a player with powerful skills, he still has no advantage.
Xia Bai didn't say anything, but just showed it to them directly.
In just a blink of an eye, a huge earthworm grew out from his shoulder and rushed to the roof.
Skills affect people, and people also affect skills. The same skill will show slightly different things in different people. When this giant earthworm grew out of Xia Bai's arm, its color was much lighter, almost pink, but its momentum was not inferior at all.
The bristles on the body were transparent and sharp like blades. They circled around Xia Bai's thin shoulders with a diameter of more than one meter. The wind blew Xia Bai's soft hair on his forehead. When they rushed to the roof, they could even hear the sound of the bristles cutting the wall. Soft and sharp.
The second child was staring at the popcorn bucket in a daze, not even noticing that a single grain of popcorn had fallen.
Yang Mei was as dumbfounded as he was, her rosy lips slightly opened.
A look of caution finally appeared in Ling Changye's eyes.
Hua Haoming's expression was more obvious, he was excited and shocked.
The changes in the two people's eyes when they looked at Xia Bai seemed to be because of his skills, but not entirely because of his skills.
The author has something to say:
Gu Quankun: You are noble, you are proud, you are relieved, and you use my arms to plow the grave.
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