Chapter 40 Assault Team
"Now that I have become the second owner of the corpse, I can use the skills he had when he was alive. Except for the soul skills, all other skills will not be discounted." Xia Bai said.
He looked dull, but his mind was actually working, blocking out the outside world and focusing on the areas he was interested in. He had thought about why his soul skills could not be fully used.
"I feel like my physical skills can really be used to their full potential." He had never actually used his earthworm arm, but he had a feeling that he could break through the roof of the hospital if he wanted to.
"As for soul skills, they may be incomplete, with reduced power, or unusable. Soul skills should be related to a person's soul. A person has three souls and seven spirits. After a person dies, the three souls return to heaven, and only the spirit remains in the body. But in fact, many people refer to the spirit when they talk about souls. There is both soul and spirit. Maybe this is how the game system determines it. The soul of soul skills includes the soul and spirit. After a person dies, the body only has an incomplete spirit, so the soul skills are also incomplete, and I cannot use them completely."
“…”
The second child was dazed.
Yang Mei felt confused and intimidated.
This was the first time Hua Haoming saw someone analyzing his own skills in this way. Most players would be grateful once they had a skill and would use it. Who would consider why the game system only gave partial skills or why the skills could not be extended?
Ling Changye...felt Xia Bai's sincerity and attitude.
Xia Bai looked at Ling Changye with a pair of round almond-shaped eyes shining with light.
Ling Changye: "Each member of the assault team has a special organization, and it must be approved by the director of the Tourism Administration Bureau. I can't decide it alone. I will report your situation, and you wait for notification."
Xia Bai nodded immediately, "Hey!"
He wanted to ask them if they had seen his grandfather's skills. Ling Changye was the captain of the assault team, Yang Mei was the player with the highest points, and Erwa was the player who had entered the game the most. They were probably the most likely group of players to have seen his grandfather.
Just as he was about to ask, Guo Yang came in.
Guo Yang was very excited to meet so many idols. He got a medical record book from somewhere and asked them to sign it.
“…”
After Guo Yang came in, other people came in one after another. Xia Bai gave up seeing this. Now they were acquaintances who could talk to each other. There would be opportunities to ask questions later, so there was no need to rush.
He saw that Lao Ma was limping away with someone, so he left the ward and chased after him.
Xia Bai: "Old Ma, what are your plans for the future?"
Xia Bai was the person Ma Tongfeng was most grateful to in the world. He did not hide anything from Xia Bai and said, "They found a job for me and asked if I was willing to do it. The job was to save people who wanted to commit suicide."
He said: "I'm not sure if I can do it, I want to go and see. They said if I choose to stay in the job, they will help me heal my leg."
"Very good." Xia Bai said: "Old Ma, congratulations."
Old Ma was still not in high spirits. His eyes were red on his weathered face, full of fatigue from the ravages of time and society. However, he smiled his first smile since He Jiaxiu's death, even if it was tiny. "Thank you, Xia Bai. You said my life is not worth living. If I can still save someone else's life, I will definitely work hard to make it count."
Lao Ma followed the staff.
The hospital corridors are used to witnessing life and death, joy and sorrow, but this period of time is even more tragic and exciting. Desperate cries and crazy laughter came from nowhere. The dim light fell on his limping and thin background, and there was a tiny light on his dry hair.
Outside the window, the urgent sirens of ambulances could be heard one after another. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before their world couldn't even maintain its superficial peace and would collapse and break apart.
Seeing the old horse limping and struggling to walk, Xia Bai seemed to see the backs of many people.
Born from humble beginnings in a peaceful life, looking for glimmers of light in a broken world.
Xia Bai pursed his lips and walked towards his and Zhong Zicang's room. He still had work to do tomorrow.
After Xia Bai went downstairs, Hua Haoming, who was standing not far behind him, asked Ling Changye: "Why did you lie to him? You could have made the decision by yourself, and the director was just going through the motions."
He didn't understand. "You don't have a partner yet. Xia Bai is the most suitable partner for you. When he grows up a little more and has more corpses and skills, the two of you can form an endless team. Not to mention the assault team, he can even enter Wangchuan."
Most of the members of their assault team will have a partner. There are games everywhere, and there are many games that need to be conquered. It is impossible for all members of the assault team to go to the same game, and it is very dangerous to go alone, so there will be a group of partners, go to the game together, and over time they become partners who depend on each other for life and death.
As the captain, Ling Changye has never had a partner.
His skills are special. He becomes stronger when facing a strong opponent, but is very limited when facing a weak opponent.
Erwa is very powerful, but he doesn’t use any skills, and he may not use them once in ten games.
Yang Mei’s skills are very useful, but Ling Changye thinks he is stupid and doesn’t like to use his skills.
In the past two years, he has played the game with his teammates or alone, and has never had a partner. It may be related to his free nature, or he has not met the right person.
Hua Haoming now feels that the right person has appeared.
Ling Changye pulled the windbreaker off his shoulders and said, "I don't need a partner, but I will seriously consider him joining the assault team. He just got his skills and hasn't developed them yet. It may not be a good thing for him to join the assault team so early and attract attention."
After saying this, he turned around and accurately caught two people eavesdropping.
Erwa was standing behind the door, holding his precious popcorn, looking listless. A little higher up was Yang Mei, who was peeking out.
Yang Mei said: "Captain, let Xia Bai come. I feel like he wants to sleep with you."
“…”
Yang Mei said seriously, "I've felt it these past few days. Xia Bai doesn't want to sleep with me, but with you. When you were retelling the game to the institute, I looked inside from the door, and Xia Bai's eyes fell on you several times. He was greedy for your body."
Hua Haoming: “…”
He and Xia Bai had been in a dungeon with a fetish, so he had a say. He felt that he had to change the word, "body" to "corpse".
Using soul skills too much will indeed affect the soul. He sincerely suggested to Yang Mei, "Don't use the lover card when you enter the game recently."
Ling Changye's eyelashes drooped slightly, and his face looked thoughtful.
No, he wouldn't really believe it, would he? Hua Haoming asked, "Captain, what are you thinking about?"
Ling Changye: "I was thinking that he can't be my partner either. It's too dangerous."
Hua Haoming thought it made sense. It was indeed dangerous to have a partner who was always coveting his corpse. If he encountered a copy like the Heping Medical College again, what if Xia Bai couldn't help himself and turned his body into a corpse?
It was 11:35 at night.
When Xia Bai returned, Zhong Zicang just thought he had gone out for a walk.
In recent days, the volunteers have returned to this safe place immediately after completing their work and have not gone out. Xia Bai is the opposite of them. He goes out for a walk whenever he has free time.
Zhong Zicang tried to persuade him earnestly at first, but later, when he saw that he always tried to sneak away, he gave up.
Seeing him coming back, he simply said as usual, "Xia Bai, you are back?"
Xia Bai said "hmm" and didn't mention the game, "Senior, I'm going to take a shower first."
Zhong Zicang: "Go ahead, feel free to use the restroom, I've already used it."
Xia Bai took his change of clothes to the bathroom. His clothes had gotten wet countless times during the game, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He was actually a little envious of Ling Changye's ability to change clothes.
After lying on the bed in pajamas that smelled of laundry detergent and sunshine, Xia Bai first fed his sister Xue Mu, and then took a stroll around the player exchange center.
As in the past, more than half of the posts on the homepage of the Player Communication Center are related to the game maps unlocked that day.
The game app will announce it, and the gaming administration will not hide it from the players. Most of the time, the communication center will receive the relevant information quickly.
In addition to the post about Harmonious Cinema today, there is another popular post about Gu Quankun.
Gu Quankun is a player on the points leaderboard. His best result in history is 29th place, and he often appears between 35 and 50. Yesterday he was in the 42nd place on the leaderboard, but he suddenly disappeared today.
There are two possibilities for not being on the standings: one is that the ranking has dropped outside the top 50, and the other is that you are dead.
Points are accumulated day by day. Generally speaking, the increase or decrease in one or two days will not be large, so among the many posts in Harmonious Cinema, there appeared a post discussing Gu Quankun.
"Gu Quankun disappeared from the rankings. Could he be dead?"
The original poster: rt, I played a game with Gu Quankun once, and I felt that he was experienced in gaming, but also ruthless. He did not take the lives of novice players seriously, but only treated them as tools to pass the level. How could such a person die?
2L: No way, he is a big shot on the leaderboard, is it just that his ranking has dropped?
3L: What a drop, he's dead. Use your brain, if it dropped, it must be that the scores of the people under him increased at the same time. Only one game was cleared today, could they have all gone to that game?
4L: It is unlikely that they all went to that game. But if Gu Quankun went to that game, it is more likely that he would die in it.
5L: It's nothing surprising that Gu Quankun died. He was just like that. He got on the list by cheating people and doing exercises. His earthworm arm was very strong, but it was nothing compared to the real big guys.
6L: You haven't fought him before, have you? His earthworm arms can burrow into the ground to escape, can fly long to attack, are strong and sharp, can attack and defend, you say that's it? I tell you, none of the ones who can make the list are simple.
Xia Bai stopped here, but he didn't expect that he would discover more uses for the earthworm arm here.
Dig a hole in the ground.
It makes perfect sense for earthworms to burrow underground.
In this case, when the ghost school beauty chased Gu Quankun, his first choice could actually be to hide in a hole in the ground, but he pulled him to block the ghost school beauty. He was also largely responsible for being killed by the ghost school beauty.
Xia Bai watched everyone's discussion about the Harmonious Cinema for a while. Most of them focused on Erwa, Ling Changye and Gu Quankun. The others had all made an appointment to go to the Harmonious Cinema to watch a movie. They hadn't watched a movie for a long time, and finally a safe cinema appeared, so of course they had to go and see it.
Xia Bai left and went to check the ticket sales at the Harmony Cinema.
The Harmony Cinema was not disrupted by the game and could continue to operate normally the next day. Not to mention the next day, the cinema was sold out throughout the week.
“…”
It seems that they are really frustrated. Of course, there should be people who come to watch the fun. Recently, many players have gathered in Quanguang City.
Will Sister You Yue get a salary increase?
After reading it, Xia Bai returned to his personal page on the game app and opened the corpse book.
Gu Quankun was lying on the first page. Like sister Xuemu, he could move in the corpse book. Xia Bai actually wanted to summon him out to try and see if he was missing a soul as he guessed. Specifically, he might still have one or two spirits, but three souls were gone.
He stretched out his hand and poked Gu Quankun, who immediately hugged his finger.
Xia Bai: “?”
He found a wet tissue and wiped his hands.
As expected, his soul was missing and he became a fool.
There was a soft snoring sound next to him, Zhong Zicang had fallen asleep.
It was already past twelve o'clock and Xia Bai was about to go to bed. When he was about to put down his phone, he suddenly thought of something, picked it up again, and searched a name on the Internet, Huang Weiping.
At the beginning of the movie "Cast Away", the names of the director and producer appeared. Huang Weiping is the director of "Cast Away".
Xia Bai stared at the web page for a long time. In reality, there really was an unknown little director named Huang Weiping.
He directed two commercials, a micro-film and a web movie, all of which were so mediocre that they rarely received any criticism.
What made Xia Bai feel even more disappointed was that he saw this director say that he would make a movie that would shock the film industry. Because he was too obscure, few people paid attention to him. Even if people paid attention to him, they thought he was just bragging and his words did not attract any attention.
Not only did he find a medical student Chu Xuelin in real life, he also found a down-and-out director Huang Weiping. Is this all a coincidence?
Xia Bai couldn't sleep.
He thought about it and sent a message to Hua Haoming, [Are you asleep?]
Hua Haoming: [Not yet, is there anything?]
Xia Bai: [I found a female student named Chu Xuelin who graduated from Peace Medical College, and a director named Huang Weiping who has the same name and identity as the director in the Harmonious Cinema copy.]
After a while, the other side replied: [You found out after just entering two games?]
Xia Bai: [What do you mean?]
Hua Haoming: [Yes, some stories in the game maps are indeed related to reality. Some hidden things in reality that are unknown for various reasons will be exaggerated in the game. For example, Chu Xuelin, she is indeed dead, probably due to medical corruption, but there should be no sister mentioned in the game. Her unknown death was adapted into a game story by the game.]
Even though he had guessed some of it, Xia Bai was still deeply moved when he saw Hua Haoming's reply.
Hua Haoming: [I just watched the Harmony Cinema dungeon you entered. The director may have wanted to make a movie that was very realistic in some aspects, but it was not as exaggerated as in the game. If so many people died on an island, how come there was no news at all? There was no news about the movie either. They were just inspiration for the game.]
Xia Bai: [Is Huang Weiping still alive?]
Hua Haoming: [Dead. Chu Xuelin is also dead. Games love to find inspiration from the dead.]
If the background story of the game's copy map comes from reality, from an unknown story in reality, then the name "Seeking Truth" given by the players is indeed very appropriate.
Hua Haoming: [Don’t tell anyone about this. This is also the reason why teams like the Shengyou Guild were able to develop. In addition to what they said about the game helping humans evolve, they also promoted this as “doing justice for the heavens.”]
Xia Bai: [Okay.]
Before ending the chat, Hua Haoming pushed someone's business card to him.
Hua Haoming only said: [Captain's.]
Xia Bai thought about it and applied to be added as a friend.
Ten minutes later, my friend passed.
Ling Changye sent a [Hello] Erwa emoticon, and Xia Bai replied with a [Hello] Daigou emoticon, and then they both stopped talking.
Ling Changye’s online name is [Don’t look for me if you have nothing to do], and his avatar is a black coffin that makes people lose the desire to chat.
When Xia Bai changed his nickname, he thought about it. He first thought of the way he was lying on the altar in the game with a dying look on his face, then he thought of the way he had just been sewn up by himself, and finally he thought of the skills he had used in the game, so he gave him a nickname].
Xia Bai: [I thought your skills were regeneration, limb combination, or something like that.]
:[If you say so, I do have it. That's my physical skill.]
Xia Bai was stunned for a moment. Indeed, neither the game nor the players said that a person can only have one skill. There should be only one soul skill, but having a soul skill does not mean that you cannot have physical skills and prop skills, especially for those who have entered the game many times and can get game rewards in most cases.
Maybe it was the darkness that was playing tricks on him. Seeing Ling Changye answer this question, Xia Bai asked another question that he really wanted to know at this moment.
Xia Bai: [Why were you drawn into the movie?]
He felt a little regretful after asking the question. When the research institute asked him before, Ling Changye didn't answer. At that time, he said that it involved personal privacy and it was indeed a very private matter. They all knew that it was related to personal experience and desires in their hearts, and it was a very private matter.
:[Probably about the same as you.]
Xia Bai was stunned for a moment, then stupidly shoved the phone under the pillow.
There was no more "typing" on the other side, so Ling Changye put his phone on the table and went into the bathroom. When he came out of the bathroom in his bathrobe, a message occupied the center of the screen.
Dirty Bun: [Oh.]
Ling Changye sat on the sofa, holding the phone between his long and powerful index and middle fingers, turning it in a circle, and looking out the window.
In the Quanguang City, which was riddled with holes due to the attacks of the game, there were not many lights at night. In the distance there was an indistinct darkness, and the lighted rooms in the high-rise buildings were as scarce as the stars in the night sky of a big city.
The brightest spot is this orthopedic hospital. I don’t know where another game was played, but an ambulance was rushing over here, bringing with it a burst of panic and sad cries. There was a hustle and bustle below, with shouting, crying, and comforting sounds... all of which had become black and white without any emotion as they had become accustomed to it.
The phone, which had been spinning around between several fingers, stopped.
Ling Changye sent a message to Zang Zang Bao: [If you can accept entering the game once a week and traveling frequently, I will help you update your identity information at the Game Management Bureau tomorrow.]
The next day, Xia Bai appeared at the door of the VIP ward where Ling Changye was staying at dawn.
He fell asleep last night and didn't see the message on his phone. When he opened his eyes this morning and saw the message, he immediately sat up from the bed, brushed his teeth, splashed some water on his face, and rushed over.
As soon as he appeared at the door, it opened.
Ling Changye looked like he had just woken up. He was wearing pajamas, his eyes drooping sleepily. He only opened one to look at Xia Bai facing the morning sun, "Come in."
Xia Bai went in obediently.
The VIP ward is of course a single room, and it is also a suite. Xia Bai sat on the sofa waiting for Ling Changye to wash and change clothes.
This wait lasted for an hour.
Xia Bai: “…”
It was the first time he realized that it took so long to wash and change clothes. When Ling Changye came out, he felt that he should wait that long.
Ling Changye looked brand new again, wearing a clean and refreshing loose white shirt and simple black pants. Every strand of his hair exuded an air of ease and freedom, and seemed to have been carefully groomed.
He brought two cups of black tea and when he handed one to Xia Bai, Xia Bai saw that he had a blue gemstone on his middle finger without any inlay, only a simple antique silver ring. The gemstone was as low-key and deep as the clear sea water.
At the same time, Xia Bai smelled a faint fragrance. He grew up in the mountains and had smelled all kinds of plants, but he couldn't tell which kind of nature this scent belonged to. It was like an undiscovered mysterious area where sea water and trees coexisted.
When Xia Bai looked at the ring, Ling Changye had already turned on his phone, and Yang Mei and Hua Haoming, who had received the news, also came.
Xia Bai didn't know which ward Ling Changye was staying in, so he asked Hua Haoming. Hua Haoming knew that Xia Bai was going to join the assault team, so he naturally came to see him. On the way, he was stuck by Yang Mei.
They came together to witness and welcome Xia Bai to join their team.
Ling Changye asked Xia Bai: "Have you thought about it?"
Xia Bai nodded seriously, "I've thought about it. I want to play the game more often. Once a week is no problem at all."
Ling Changye pushed the phone to him and asked him to fill in his information.
In real life, some confidential web pages cannot be opened by mobile phones. Even if they can be opened, they cannot be operated and have to be opened on an office computer in a specific location.
Things are different after the advent of games, because every player has a game app on their mobile phone. This app is superior to real-life technology and contains information related to the life and death of the players. In short, the mobile phone has become the safest and most powerful office tool.
The information entry point for the members of the assault team of the Tourism Administration’s Operations Department is in Ling Changye’s mobile phone.
At this time, Xia Bai entered his detailed information in the "New Member" column.
While he was entering the information, the three of them were telling him the information about the assault team and the Tourism Administration.
Ling Changye: "The assault team belongs to the Action Department of the Tourism Administration. Including you, there are 49 members in total. Seven of them belong to the Wangchuan Group."
The Tourism Administration is an official organization with four departments, two institutes and one station, namely the Information Department, Logistics Department, External Relations Department, Operations Department, Research Institute, Education Institute and Rescue Station.
The Information Department is responsible for collecting and entering all player information, contacting players, publishing news, personnel management, etc.
The Logistics Department is responsible for a lot of things and is indeed the largest department in the Tourism Administration with the largest team and the most personnel.
The rescue station was set up because the logistics department was under too much pressure. It is not responsible for rescuing players within the game, but for the public. It is an emergency rescue mobile station. For example, if the players in Quanguang City come frequently and apply for rescue, the entire rescue station will be stationed here.
As the name implies, the External Liaison Department is responsible for contacting departments outside the Tourism Administration. For example, when Lao Yang needs to go to the police station to investigate a person, he needs to go through the External Liaison Department. When a large-scale game map occurs in the local area, the External Liaison Department will contact the relevant local departments for cooperation and assistance.
The Operations Department is naturally responsible for actions, mainly for breaking into and clearing the game, and the core is the assault team. In addition, if there are players who rely on their skills to organize and harm society, the Operations Department will also be needed to deal with them, and they often deal with groups such as the Holy Game Guild. In short, they represent the combat effectiveness of the Game Management Bureau.
The research institute is of course engaged in research, that is, studying games, the advent of games, game clearance strategies, game expulsion, etc.
The Education Institute sounds very mild, a place to manage and educate players, but what has become known as a player prison is...
Some of these things Xia Bai had known for a long time, and some of them he only knew after they told him.
For example, he knew about the attack team and thought that this team only had ten people. After all, Hua Haoming had said "our team", but he didn't expect that there would be so many people. It makes sense. There are so many games to be attacked, how can ten people handle it?
He also didn't know that there was a Wangchuan group in the assault team. This sounded more like a suicide squad. Ling Changye, Yang Mei and Hua Haoming were all in it.
After Xia Bai filled in the information, Ling Changye looked through it and helped him submit it.
Xia Bai officially became the 49th member of the Tourism Administration's Operations Department's assault team.
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