Chapter 59 Wugu Village 2
Attack Team - Ye Jiyue: [Hello, everyone. We will gather at Tengyue Hotel in Datai City at 10 am tomorrow and take a bus to Wugu Village. Players who have difficulties with the itinerary please contact me in time.]
Information Department-He Shan: [Everyone can get familiar with the group first, so that you can cooperate better when you enter the game. If you want, you can change the group name first.]
Logistics Department-Wang Shuang: [The ambulance is on site. If you have any physical discomfort or other life needs, please contact me.]
Jing Ting: [Hello everyone, my name is Jing Yan.]
Lin Xiang: [Hello everyone, my name is Lin Xiang, a healing player.]
When healing players go to a dungeon, they will actively reveal their skills. They are popular in the game without being threatening. In dungeons like Wugu Village, where it is obvious that healing players are needed, players will actively protect them. Therefore, Lin Xiang directly revealed his skills in the group.
Jing Yan: [Wow! There really is a healing player! Please protect me in the game.]
Lin Xiang: [My main skill is purification. I can do nothing about being slashed, stabbed, or bleeding.]
Jing Yan: [Purification is great, it’s perfect for the Wugu Village dungeon.]
The other people in the group just said hello briefly, and some didn't even say hello. These two were the only ones chatting in the group the whole time, one was talkative, and the other was the one who was always supportive.
After Lin Xiang finished class on Friday afternoon, he came to see Xia Bai at four o'clock. Xia Bai finished his last class of the week at four forty. They went to the airport together and arrived at Tengyue Hotel at around nine o'clock on Friday night.
At this time, Lin Xiang was still eating dinner and chatting with Jing Yan in the group.
Xia Bai received the player's information sent to him by Song Shi.
There are a total of 11 players this time, and the registration information of the 8 players who accepted the bounty mission is here.
Some are very detailed, even reporting their skills. It is obvious that they really want to participate in this bounty mission and have become players not long ago.
Some of the information is very brief, with only a name and a brief description of what skills the player has, without even an address. It is obvious that they are some experienced players, or perhaps some players with other purposes.
The staff of the Information Department supplemented and summarized their information based on the internal information of the Tourism Administration, which became the information in Xia Bai's hands.
Xia Bai was also curious about why the bounty mission was based on first-come, first-served admission, rather than merit-based admission. If it was based on merit-based admission, they would definitely fill in all the detailed skills themselves.
Song Shi: [It is good to select the best, but whose standpoint does this “best” stand on? Initially, the admission was based on the best, but many people outside said that the Game Management Bureau had some shady manipulation, only using players from the Game Management Bureau, and not using players from other teams with different standpoints.]
Song Shi: [We need a lot of players. If there are always such voices, it will affect the players' registration. When we need a large number of players, we may not be able to find anyone. Later, the bounty mission became a first-come, first-served system.]
Therefore, there may actually be players with ulterior motives mixed in here.
Ling Changye did not arrive at Tengyue Hotel until the next morning. After entering the room to wash and change clothes, he went directly to the bus parked in front of the hotel.
Xia Bai and Lin Xiang had already sat down in the car, sitting side by side in the last row.
The front row of the car was full of double seats, and only the last row could accommodate five people. Lin Xiang came here early in the morning to check out the situation in the car, and immediately grabbed the last row for them to sit together.
After all, the journey is estimated to take three hours. Of course we have to sit together for such a long time, eat together, and talk.
As soon as he saw Ling Changye, Xia Bai waved at him.
When Ling Changye got into the car, everyone in the car looked at him. He also glanced around the car, smiled and nodded to two of the people who were staring at him, then walked to the back seat and sat down.
"Would you like some coffee?" Xia Bai held his red bean and taro milk tea in one hand and handed him a cup of coffee with the other. He always felt that Lin Xiang would not like milk tea, so when Lin Xiang went to buy milk tea, he asked him to bring him a cup of coffee.
Xia Bai and Lin Xiang each had a cup of milk tea in their hands. Even Erwa, who was sitting in the corner by the window, was holding a cup of milk tea and eating taro balls with a spoon.
There were two large bags of snacks next to them. At first glance, it seemed that they were going on an outing.
"Thank you." Ling Changye took the coffee and sat down.
Xia Bai said: "Lin Xiang bought it. He also bought a lot of food. We can eat it on the way."
"Hello, Captain Ling! I'm Lin Xiang, Xia Bai's best friend." Lin Xiang immediately greeted Ling Changye, looking at him with bright eyes.
Although he had already met Hua Haoming and Erwa, the little star of the assault team, he was still very excited when he saw Ling Changye. This was the captain, and "I met you when I was a child, at a dinner party. I didn't expect that a few years later, you would have become the captain of the assault team!"
Xia Bai: “…”
He forgot that these two were children from wealthy families.
Something like a dinner party, which sounds very novel, is actually somewhat magical.
Ling Changye turned his head to look at Lin Xiang. Lin Xiang was very tall, and his figure was not the skinny that was common among teenagers. He had a strong figure, and he casually wore a mechanical watch priced in the mid-sevens on his hand. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked very sunny.
Ling Changye couldn't remember such a person in his memory, so he smiled and said, "Hello, I'm Xia Bai's captain. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."
"Yeah! I heard Xia Bai and Hua Ge mention you." Lin Xiang started chatting with him in a familiar manner, "I played the Heping Medical College dungeon with Xia Bai and Hua Ge. That day, Hua Ge and I went to send Xia Bai to school, and it immediately opened the door to the world of games for me."
"Hua Haoming?" Ling Changye occasionally seemed difficult to get along with, but most of the time, he looked polite and easy-going, ready to sit down and chat with others with a smile. "What did he tell you about me?"
“…”
Lin Xiang: "I suddenly remembered that Brother Hua didn't really tell us about you. It was during a chat that we silently reached a consensus that Captain Ling, you are amazing."
Xia Bai really wanted to give Lin Xiang a thumbs up.
You’re really good at chatting.
"Yeah." Ling Changye said, "I can roughly imagine the scene at that time. It should be the same as when he went to Xia Bai's place to eat hot pot."
Xia Bai immediately lowered his head and took a sip of milk tea. A taro ball swelled up and got stuck in the straw.
"Hey? I also want to eat hotpot together. I have never eaten hotpot with Xia Bai. In the past few years, I have seen Xia Bai eating white rice every day." Lin Xiang said.
Ling Changye: "I see you guys every day. It seems like you guys have a really good relationship."
"Yeah! Captain Ling, let me tell you, Xia Bai is very good to me. It all started with a sleepwalking incident..."
Xia Bai: “…”
He sucked out the taro ball with force and chewed it vigorously.
Lin Xiang spent 20 minutes briefly recounting the most important moments in his friendship with Xia Bai, and concluded with a sigh: "Xia Bai is really nice. If he were a girl, I would definitely propose to him."
Xia Bai: “…”
Ling Changye smiled and glanced at Xia Bai without saying anything.
By ten o'clock in the morning, all the players had arrived.
Ye Jiyue from the assault team stood beside the driver and said, "Hello everyone, I am Ye Jiyue who is here to serve you. We are going to Wugu Village now. Wugu Village is quite remote and the whole journey may take three hours. There is a short road and it is very bumpy. If you feel uncomfortable, please tell me at any time. There is an ambulance from the Tourism Administration behind us."
"If there is no problem, we will set off now."
They were riding in a very ordinary medium-sized bus, which left Tengyue Hotel in a low-key manner and headed southwest of Datai City.
After the car started moving, the players gathered in the car did not talk enthusiastically. They introduced their names to each other and then fell silent.
Everyone came from all over the country. Some had just got off the plane and were so tired from the long journey that they fell asleep soon after sitting down.
Seeing this, Lin Xiang stopped telling Ling Changye about his friendship with Xia Bai. Xia Bai breathed a sigh of relief and looked out the window with ease.
An hour ago, they didn't feel anything. The bus was quite comfortable. Some players slept, and some listened to music with headphones. An hour later, when the bus left the city, they felt that this was really a miasma town.
There are mountains stacked up, shrouded in mist, and covered with green shade, and many primeval forests can be seen along the way.
After another half an hour, the road began to become bumpy.
"This road is so bumpy. I'm about to vomit."
"Wugu Village is in a very remote place. We can't go down there. We have to bear with it for a while."
“Why not use a helicopter?”
"That's too high-profile. Maybe it will become a hot topic tomorrow."
The players who were originally sleeping were also woken up by the jolt.
Xia Bai and the others didn't think anything of it. They ate and drank along the way and looked at the scenery outside. Even Erwa didn't feel uncomfortable. He even held his little sister Xuemu in the coffee cup for a while and let her look at the scenery outside.
After another hour of bumpy ride, the bus finally arrived at Wugu Village.
Wugu Village is a small village, built on a mountain and surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only one dirt road connecting it to the outside.
The bus raised a cloud of dust on the dirt road and stopped to the west of Wugu Village.
Ye Jiyue said: "Now we can basically confirm that the game map of Wugu Village is in the northwest corner of the village. It is temporarily blocked now. If you follow this road straight in, you will probably be able to enter the game."
The eleven people got out of the car and were greeted by a gust of damp air that was not cold even in late November.
Wugu Village is a group of wooden stilt houses built halfway up a mountain. A river flowing down the mountain divides the village into two parts. They are now on the west side of the river.
Several villagers were watching them. They didn't know what reason the Tourism Authority used to block the area. They looked a little defensive but not that scared. Some of them were just watching the fun.
Not far ahead was the cordon, where a few people were talking.
Xia Bai walked closer and saw an unexpected person, "Sister You Yue?"
You Yue immediately turned around, looked at him blankly, and then immediately looked away.
It was indeed her.
"You know each other." The person guarding the cordon was from the Game Management Bureau. He recognized Xia Bai and his friends as people who came to attack the game. Seeing that Xia Bai knew this person, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "She said she was a player and wanted to go in, but she couldn't produce any evidence."
According to the regulations of the Game Management Bureau, ordinary people cannot enter the places blocked by the game, but players are not banned. Players who know the game and know that there is a game map in this place can enter if they want.
This person said that she was a gamer but couldn't produce any evidence. How could she not have evidence? Even if she hadn't registered with the Gaming Authority, couldn't she just show her the gaming app on her phone?
But, she said she lost her cell phone.
“…”
After listening to the staff, Xia Bai understood why You Yue didn't reply to his text message.
Her cell phone was lost and no one knew how she got here. Xia Bai saw that her shoes were worn out and there was a layer of blood on her exposed toes.
"She is a player. I can prove that I have entered the same game as her and Captain Ling." Xia Bai didn't ask her anything and spoke directly to the staff.
"Okay, okay." The staff trusted him very much, or to be more precise, they trusted Ling Changye very much. They removed the cordon and allowed You Yue to go in with the group of players.
The staff had already told her that if she went in, she might get sucked into the game. Xia Bai didn't bother to tell her again, and only asked her, "Sister You Yue, why are you here?"
You Yue pointed to a dilapidated stilt house in front and said, "I lived here before and wanted to come back and take a look."
There were other players around, so Xia Bai didn't ask her if she lived with You Mohan and Shi Danfeng, but just nodded.
This was Xia Bai’s first time looking for a game and he didn’t know how they were going to do it.
Ling Changye was more experienced. He shifted his gaze away from You Yue and said, "The game is usually locked in a relatively closed place. We all go into these stilt houses one by one."
There were only five stilt houses in the northwest corner of Wugu Village, which was surrounded by a cordon. It was not a hassle for them to go in one by one, but they could not get out after entering the third one.
They entered the game on their own initiative, and were not as nervous as when they were accidentally dragged into the game. They quietly waited for the locked state to end.
[The game has been restarted, the normal map Wugu Village has been refreshed, welcome everyone to Wugu Village. 】
[In the past six months, people in Wugu Village have been sick one after another, and the cause is unknown, and the villagers are in panic. The medical staff are going to the village this time to find out the cause. I wish you all the best. ]
【Welcome, corpse collector Xia Bai. 】
The game description is concise and clear. It briefly introduces the current situation in Wugu Village and gives them a game identity, that is, medical staff sent from an unknown place. The game mission is also very clear. This time, the "truth-seeking" is to find out the cause of the villagers' illness.
All players understood it and there was nothing to discuss.
Lin Xiang: "Then I'll go open the door first?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open from the outside. "Thank you all for your hard work, experts. You have come all the way from the Heping Affiliated Hospital to our small village to help us with the treatment."
The man who came was a middle-aged man in his fifties, thin and short. When he walked towards them quickly, his legs dangled in his pants. He smiled gratefully, and his small eyes disappeared and two crow's feet appeared. "I am the head of Wugu Village. Experts can just call me Lao Liu."
"Hello, Village Chief Liu." A player in his early twenties walked up. He had flaxen curly hair and wore a fluffy white sweater. When he smiled, his eyes curved, much like a puppy. "I'm sorry to bother you during this time. Please take good care of me."
In the car, everyone simply said their names, and Xia Bai knew that this was Jing Yan who was chatting enthusiastically with Lin Xiang in the group.
After he looked at the village chief, for some reason, his smile froze for a moment, and then he smiled obediently and happily again.
"No, no, it's getting late. You all must have had a hard time on the journey. If you don't mind, come with me to my house for dinner."
Only then did they realize that the sun was about to set.
When they entered Wugu Village, it was probably around one in the afternoon, and it looked like five in the game.
"Then I'll trouble you, the village chief." Jing Yan said with a smile, looking at the village chief as if he were a relative.
The village chief was also happy to be looked at like this, "I didn't expect that you experts are not arrogant at all. That's great. Come with me."
Xia Bai followed with Erwa. The village chief was surprised to see Erwa, "Why is there another kid here?"
Xia Bai didn't know what to say. If he said it was his son, would the village chief look at him strangely? After all, many people said that he looked like a minor, so Xia Bai pointed at Ling Changye and said, "This is his son. There was no one at home to look after him, so I brought him here."
“…”
The village chief looked at Xia Bai holding the child's hand. The child seemed to be closer to him than to his father. "So who are you? Are you his brother-in-law?"
Xia Bai: “…Yes.”
"Oh, oh, ok. There are a lot of insects and ants here. Please be more careful." The village chief said, "Let's go."
Walking out of the door, they finally entered the game.
They were now beside a river, and what they had just walked across was a bridge, which seemed to be the entrance to the village. There were hundreds of stilt houses on the mountain in front of them, one next to the other. Looking up from the bottom of the mountain, it looked like a piece of fish skin that was almost peeled off, and it was unknown how long it had been abandoned. They were lined up one after another, but they were small and cramped, and faintly decayed.
Along the way, you can see several stone bridges on the river.
Ling Changye said: "Wugu Village is well built. There are so many bridges, which makes it convenient for villagers to go out."
The village chief's eyes moved to Ling Changye, and he said with a smile: "This is a wind and rain bridge. Don't be afraid of being laughed at by doctors in big cities. In our village, we believe in Feng Shui. The wind and rain bridge is to prevent blessings from flowing out. They will help us keep the blessings in the village."
Ling Changye suddenly understood, "I'm glad to hear your advice. My family also believes in Feng Shui, a blessed place will bring good fortune."
The road up the mountain was very long. After walking for a while, the players looked at the village in groups of three or four and started discussing.
Jing Yan walked over to them and greeted Lin Xiang, who was chatting with him online. He then looked at Xia Bai and said, "Hello, you must be Xia Bai from the attack team. Can I join you? I don't want to fight for the space prop. I just want to get through the game safely, get the points and leave."
Xia Bai looked at him, his face expressionless.
"Of course, I'm not using my skills for nothing. My skills can't be used in combat, but they are still very useful in ordinary puzzle maps." Jing Yan said.
Xia Bai asked: "What are your skills?"
Jing Yan: "You are thinking, I am like a dog."
“…”
Xia Bai actually knew Jing Yan's skills. He was the player who wrote down his own skills when he registered, for fear that the Game Management Bureau would not accept him.
His skill is [Think Whatever You Want].
As soon as he heard the name of the skill, he roughly knew what kind of skill it was. Xia Bai was a little on guard, but he didn't expect that he would still catch it.
Jing Yan was not lying. He said, "My skill is [Thinking What You Think]. I can see the words in the mind of the target person, including the player and the NPC. This word must be true and concise. Each target person can only see it once every three hours."
"Awesome, brother!" Lin Xiang exclaimed.
Jing Yan: "You really think so in your heart."
“…”
This skill is really useful in ordinary maps. The gameplay of ordinary maps is essentially to find the truth. In many cases, it is a bit like decrypting. You can see what the NPC is thinking, which is equivalent to opening a cheat code to see the truth. It is very useful even if there is a time limit.
Jing Yan: "I believe you can see that my skill of decryption is useful, but it is not very effective. I need someone to protect me. I really need a companion."
Lin Xiang: "Brother, we are really a pair of brothers in distress. We can form a useless brother team."
“…”
Jing Yan had nothing to say.
He was indeed a loser sometimes. So he didn't want to join any clubs. Even if he coveted the things in the game store and wanted points, he could only accept bounty missions. If the bounty mission looked like an ordinary decryption book and there was a powerful boss there, he could curry favor with him, then he would sign up.
He took on this mission because, on the one hand, he speculated that this game taking place in the countryside was most likely a decryption book. On the other hand, he saw the list of the assault team, which included Ling Changye and Erwa.
Erwa is needless to say, players all know how powerful his skills are. As for Ling Changye, there are many opinions about him, but he knows that he is even more powerful.
Except for the first time when he was accidentally involved in the game, the other two times he accepted bounty missions from the Game Management Bureau and played the game with the members of the assault team. By listening to the inner thoughts of the assault team members, he knew that Ling Changye was not like what the outside world said, and might be an administrative staff member.
He remembered very clearly that one of the assault team said in his heart: What a bullshit, I will still be pinned to the ground and beaten by Captain Ling!
That member of the assault team is a violent player. How could it be easy for Ling Changye to pin him to the ground and beat him?
He originally thought that the big legs were Ling Changye and Erwa, but he didn't expect to see something scary in the car again.
When Lin Xiang was talking to Ling Changye, Ling Changye looked at Xia Bai. He saw what Ling Changye was thinking: He had this expression when he drove the corpse to threaten me.
When the car was halfway, he saw Xia Bai give Erwa a box of milk, and Erwa took the milk and lowered his head. He saw Erwa's inner thoughts: Does he like me more today?
Only then did Jing Yan realize that this Xia Bai, who had just appeared, not only dared to threaten the mysterious captain of the assault team, but was also someone that Erwa cared about so much. In short, he had a lot of say, so he came over to Xia Bai and asked for shelter.
Xia Bai asked: "When you saw the village chief just now, your expression was stiff for a moment. Did you see something?"
Jing Yan was busy showing his worth, "Yes, you are worthy of being a big shot, you actually saw it."
After blowing some rainbow farts, he said: "When I met the village chief, didn't I ask him to take good care of me? What the village chief was thinking at that time was: Take care of your mother, get out of here!"
“…”
Jing Yan: "Do you think I'm useful? Can you take me in?"
Xia Bai glanced at Ling Changye who was walking in front of him next to the village chief. He thought Ling Changye couldn't hear what they were saying at such a long distance, but unexpectedly, Ling Changye turned around and nodded to him.
How come his hearing is so good?
Xia Bai said to Jing Yan: "Welcome to join us. Me, Lin Xiang, the captain, Erwa, and the girl in front, her name is You Yue, we are in the same group."
Jing Yan looked at another person he hadn't noticed, a woman who always kept her head down, her hair half covering her face, and had little sense of presence.
Is this another big boss?
Thinking that he had not yet read her true feelings, Jing Yan looked carefully and said: It would be better if they were all dead.
Jing Yan took a step back, "..."
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