Chapter 74 Imperial Apartment 1
Xia Bai: [Send the information to me so I can take a look.]
Song Shi immediately sent the information over.
This is a game that landed in the urban area of Datai City, called Dihao Apartment. The real Dihao Apartment was built 20 years ago.
The name sounds domineering and wealthy, but when you add the word "apartment" at the end, you can tell its nature.
In Datai City, apartments are not considered proper residences, although they can be used for both commercial and residential purposes. Generally, each room in such apartments is not large, and there may be dozens of rooms on one floor. They have commercial water and electricity, and can be used for both residential and commercial purposes. The price is generally much lower than that of residential communities.
If this kind of apartment is in the central area of a first-tier city like Fengning City, it will definitely be good and the apartment will always be well maintained. However, in a place like Datai City where housing prices are not high to begin with, this kind of cheap apartment building will slowly turn into a slum as it ages.
Except for those with poor economic conditions, most people will rent out the houses they buy. There are dozens of households on one floor, many of which are business owners. The personnel are complex and difficult to manage, and the buildings are aging, so the living environment becomes extremely poor.
In addition, the water and electricity bills here are not cheap, so the only options are to lower the rent again and again, or sell the houses at a low price. This in turn lowers the quality of the residents living here, and eventually the place is turned into a slum.
The Dihao Apartments, which was built 20 years ago, could not escape this fate.
Judging from the photos, the building is dilapidated, the wall paint is peeling and mottled, the brackets outside the windows are haphazard, and the clothes are almost out of the community. The public space below, which has almost no green space, is full of garbage, including domestic garbage from residents and classified recyclable garbage. The cardboard has been soaked by rain.
Song Shi: [This is a game that came out half a year ago. At that time, the residents inside were unable to pass the level, so it was directly blocked. Because it did not attract much attention and it was not troublesome to block it, it has been delayed until now.]
Song Shi: [The game difficulty is estimated to be about the same as Wugu Village, but maybe not as difficult as Wugu Village.]
Seeing that Xia Bai hadn't replied, Song Shi said: [If you don't want to go, I can arrange a game for you near Jiangqi City, which is more convenient.]
Xia Bai: […Go.]
Song Shi: [Okay, I'll arrange it right away.]
Xia Bai silently sent the information to Lin Xiang.
Lin Xiang: [Is this God helping me? I really want to go to Datai'an! It's fate!]
Xia Bai: [……]
Xia Bai: [This game map doesn’t seem to be that suitable for you.]
Lin Xiang: [I think it’s very suitable. Don’t forget that this apartment is also in Datai City. Datai City has a complex population, and the apartment is a typical example of a complex population. You need an ID card to stay in a hotel. For renting out this kind of old apartment, you may just transfer money directly. It makes sense that some weird people move in and there is some mental pollution.]
Xia Bai: [You...]
Lin Xiang: [I originally wanted to play a few more games. It would be great to be able to train myself and earn points to buy magical things.]
Xia Bai: [I didn't expect you to be a love-brained person. You will learn a lesson.]
Lin Xiang: [……]
Wouldn’t it be nice to be a sweet and happy love-brained person?
Song Shi soon sent another message, "Yang Mei also wants to join this game, but he and his trial partner have fallen out, and this week's game mission has not been completed. Captain Ling means that only one of him and Erwa can go."
Xia Bai: [……]
The trial partner is Hua Haoming?
Curious, want to gossip.
Xia Bai: [Can't we all go? Erwa can now slowly use his skills.]
Song Shi: [Of course it is possible, but this map is not yet at the point where it requires four members of the assault team. There is no precedent for this.]
Song Shi: [Captain Ling is more inclined to let Yang Mei go. Yang Mei really needs a mission this week. He said that this apartment looks like there is a beauty salon and a foot massage parlor, which may contain content that is not suitable for children.]
Xia Bai thought of the way Erwa covered his eyes when he first met him in the cinema, and he was immediately persuaded. It was indeed not a good idea to let Erwa enter the game.
However, he can be taken to Datai City. After all, the time they spend in the game is very short in the real world.
After talking to Erwa, Xia Bai gave Song Shi a reply.
Song Shi: [Okay, we will go to the player exchange center to post the bounty mission.]
Xia Bai asked him for the release time and passed it to Lin Xiang so that he could prepare.
"The Tourism Bureau's bounty mission: "
Mission time: 5:00 p.m. on December 3.
Mission location: Dihao Apartment, Datai City, Zhounan Province.
Members of the assault team: Ling Changye, Yang Mei, and Xia Bai.
Number of players rewarded: 10.
Mission information: The Dihao Apartment map landed in the Dihao Apartment half a year ago. At that time, it was estimated that there were about 15 people in the apartment who were drawn into the game. All of them were novice players. All of them died in the game. The bodies of two of them were thrown out of the game. The status of the bodies is shown in the picture.
Game evaluation: Small game, difficulty 4.5/10.
Mission rewards: camouflage item x1, 2,000,000 points x10, 1,000,000 cash or gold of equal value x10.
Registration link: Tourism Administration Bounty Task Center.
1L: Wow! Yang Mei! I’m a crazy fan who wants to sign up!
2L: It’s Ling Changye and Xia Bai again, are they going to form a partnership?
3L: No way. I heard that the captain of the assault team is not restricted to one mission per week. Does he still need a partner?
4L: Is there any expert who can analyze whether this task is worth taking?
5L: I feel like those three can at least lower the game's rating by two stars!
6L: I feel the same way. I now think that this newcomer Xia Bai is also very good! And Yang Mei! [Wan Gui Mi] Yang Mei! The boss who ranks first in the points ranking!
7L: But judging by the condition of the corpses, this copy might be very brutal, with one or two deaths being too tragic.
…
15L: Before you start discussing, I want to announce something. I went to register just now, but saw that the number of people is full and I can’t register anymore.
16L: …
17L: Damn! I regret it! I really wanted to take this mission!
Xia Bai: [Did you receive it?]
Lin Xiang: [I got it! I clicked in and signed up without even looking at it! I might be the first one.]
So, they took a plane to Datai City together again, and this time Yang Mei was with them.
Lin Xiang didn't have classes on Friday afternoon, so he dressed up early and drove a supercar to pick up Xia Bai and Yang Mei.
When Xia Bai saw his flashy purple sports car and his glittering outfit, he stared up at the sky for a long time.
He really didn't look at the bounty mission. What if he had taken a look at the list of members of the assault team, or looked at everyone's discussion?
Xia Bai asked: "What did you do last night?"
Lin Xiang: "I asked the barber to cut my hair and asked them to send some clothes. I spent the whole night choosing clothes. What do you think of this one?"
Xia Bai: "... Let's go pick up Yang Mei."
Lin Xiang: "I've been waiting for you to say this! Let's go!"
Xia Bai got into the car silently and went to the hotel to pick up Yang Mei. The high-profile sports car drove very fast. When they arrived at the hotel, Lin Xiang got out immediately and stood at the door of the car, posing and waiting for Yang Mei.
Xia Bai: "...You don't actually need to wear sunglasses."
Lin Xiang: "Oh, yes, yes, the sun is out!"
Lin Xiang had just taken off his sunglasses when Yang Mei appeared under everyone's gaze.
She wore a long puffy skirt, lace mid-length white socks, Mary Jane shoes with bows, a big bow on each side of her curly hair, a bunny doll bag on her back, and her big eyes were covered with blingbling pink diamonds.
Xia Bai: “…”
His hands were already on the handlebars.
Otherwise, he should take a taxi to the airport, wait for the flight by himself, and board the plane by himself.
Lin Xiang was stunned, as if he was watching the Princess Lolita in his dream running towards him.
It was not until Yang Mei had stood in front of the car door for a few seconds that he hurriedly opened the door for Yang Mei.
"Thank you." Before sitting in, Yang Mei asked Lin Xiang: "Am I beautiful today? Is this a feeling you would like?"
"I like it! I like it very much!" Lin Xiang said with a red face.
Yang Mei sat down happily, and as soon as she sat down, she hugged Xia Bai's arm and asked, "Brother, am I beautiful today?"
Xia Bai said with a look of despair: "Beautiful."
Yang Mei said unsatisfiedly: "Your answer is too perfunctory!"
Xia Bai: “…”
Halfway through the journey, Yang Mei asked Xia Bai to answer him what was beautiful about her and what could be improved.
Lin Xiang was a little sad because of this question. He sent a message to Xia Bai: [Could it be that Yang Mei likes you?]
Xia Bai: [Don't worry, I might be gay.]
Lin Xiang: [That’s good.]
Xia Bai: “…”
Lin Xiang didn't dare to say it in front of Yang Mei, but he really wanted to share it with someone, so he couldn't wait, so he grinned and sent a message to Xia Bai, "Yesterday she just asked me if I like Lolita style clothes, I said I do, and she wore it today, is she wearing it for me?"
Xia Bai saw his worthless smile in the rearview mirror, "..."
During the time in Quanguang City, Ling Changye asked him to take care of Yang Mei. Because they wanted to keep a low profile, Yang Mei always wore women's clothing and tried various styles on him. He felt that among all the styles of Yang Mei, only the JK style could be considered low-key, so Yang Mei wore JK for a long time.
Now, with the support of Lin Xiang, he finally wore the Lolita style, right?
When arriving at the airport, Xia Bai realized that the most embarrassing thing was not what happened in the car, but what happened after entering the airport.
Just ask yourself, one of them is dressed in luxury goods, with a multi-million watch on each hand, and buttons inlaid with diamonds. The other one looks like a Lolita princess who walked out of a medieval court and exudes charm at any time with a blink of an eye. Who would not look at them in surprise?
Did you give this otaku a chance to survive?
Dirty bun: [Erwa, save, save, save.jpg]
:[What's wrong? ]
Dirty buns: [Photo.]
:[……Thanks for your hard work. ]
Xia Bai, with a sluggish face, pretended to be blind and deaf, walked stiffly into the waiting room and found a corner to sit down.
The waiting time has never been so long.
After getting on the plane, it was another long journey. There weren’t many people watching, but the flight attendant was always by their side.
That's it, it's better now than waiting until I get off the plane.
Xia Bai originally didn't want to get off the plane until he saw Ling Changye coming to pick him up.
Unlike the day he was sent to the airport, there have been a lot of things going on in Datai City these days, so he should be very busy. Xia Bai didn't expect that he would come to pick him up at the airport.
When he saw him standing there and waving to him, a happy smile immediately appeared on Xia Bai's dazed face, his eyes curved, and he trotted towards him, pushing his small green suitcase.
"Captain Ling!" Lin Xiang was pleasantly surprised. "I feel a little embarrassed to be sent and picked up again."
Yang Mei ran faster than Xia Bai. Ling Changye passed by him sideways and walked over to take his small suitcase from Xia Bai. "If you have received benefits, you should accept them several times."
"What kind of benefit can bribe Captain Ling?" Lin Xiang said something he himself didn't believe, "It can't be a hug or something like that, right?"
Xia Bai: "...You really have a love brain."
Lin Xiang: "What is that? I really can't think of anything that can bribe Captain Ling."
If you say it's about money or something like that...hahahaha.
He is the son of the richest woman.
If you say it’s something in the game...hahahaha.
He is the captain of the Tourism Bureau's assault team.
There is nothing to hide. Xia Bai was about to speak, but Ling Changye beat him to the punch. He said, "I just mentioned a little benefit. Are you trying to bribe him? It's nothing. I just want him to play games with me."
Xia Bai looked at him and he smiled at himself.
Xia Bai didn't say anything else and followed him out of the airport.
Ling Changye was the first to get on the RV. He sat down on the double sofa by the window. Xia Bai quickly sat next to him. Yang Mei had to sit on the sofa opposite them. When Lin Xiang came up, there was only one seat left next to Yang Mei.
He stood there for a few seconds, blushing and saying, "This is the only spot?"
Ling Changye paused for a second before turning on his phone. He turned to look at Xia Bai and saw that Xia Bai looked even more dumb than usual, with no expression on his face at all.
"Yes." Yang Mei patted the soft sofa beside her sweetly, "Come on, come and sit down."
Lin Xiang raised his head and sat down beside him with a flushed face.
“…”
Fearing that they might say or do something else, Xia Bai started a conversation first, "How is Datai City doing now? How are the Shengyou Guild and the Half Moon Group doing?"
Ling Changye said: "This time, more than a hundred players from the Shengyou Guild came, and more than thirty of them have died."
Xia Bai was slightly stunned. He asked, "Doesn't the Tourism Administration have an Education Institute? Will they be in charge of these matters?"
"Players are not ordinary people. We need very direct evidence to let them go to the Education Institute." Ling Changye said, "There is no evidence now, and the Education Institute of the Game Management Bureau is more of a deterrent. It is impossible for skilled players to have no conflicts. As long as it is not too excessive, they will generally turn a blind eye."
As if seeing Xia Bai's confusion, Ling Changye told him the truth, "Of course, the main reason is that the Tourism Administration can no longer handle it, for many reasons. The Tourism Administration has been systematically leaking games to society little by little, so that the whole society will slowly accept the existence of games."
Hearing this, even Lin Xiang temporarily put aside his romantic thoughts, "In other words, we will soon usher in an era of universal gaming?"
"At least until next summer. If we haven't cracked the game by then, a new era will probably be here," said Ling Changye.
"That's good, otherwise the people in the Game Management Bureau would be exhausted. They have to deal with the game and the players, and also hide the truth from ordinary people and appease them." Lin Xiang said, "If everyone works together, maybe we can crack the game faster."
As they were talking, they arrived at the hotel, the same hotel that Yan Jingye had arranged for them.
Just after they checked in and were having supper, they all received a message. The group was created relatively late this time, and the 13 players who wanted to join the Dihao Apartment game were all added to one group.
Although Wang Jingyan was not there this time, Lin Xiang still looked at the group members, greeted everyone in the group, and then said to them: "I don't know what kind of people they are. By the way, is the attack team still Xia Bai, Ling Captain and Erwa?"
Ling Changye: "...Last time you prepared the map of Wugu Village very well, but this time it was a bit sloppy?"
Lin Xiang tried hard to establish a good image in front of Yang Mei. "Because Dihao Apartment is also in Datai City, the map of Wugu Village that I prepared last time was mainly for Datai City, so I can continue to use it this time."
Ling Changye: "Why don't you take a look at the bounty posted by the Tourism Administration for Dihao Apartments?"
"Hey!" Lin Xiang was very obedient and immediately opened the game app to watch, "Ling Changye, Yang Mei, Yang Mei..."
Lin Xiang raised his head and looked at Yang Mei in shock. "I was wondering why I felt a sense of familiarity when I heard your name. It turns out that you are a member of the assault team."
“…”
Xia Bai: "Maybe you can be more familiar with him. You must have seen his name in the player exchange center."
Lin Xiang inexplicably had a bad feeling, and he nervously searched for Yang Mei in the communication center.
Hundreds of pages of posts.
“…”
He could tell just by looking at the title of the post, "So, it turns out to be the boss of the top-ranked [Wan Gui Mi], hahahaha, no wonder he's so cute."
Xia Bai: "Perhaps, you should think about his other basic information."
Lin Xiang, who was already confused, asked: "What basic information?"
Xia Bai: "Just the most basic information, gender, age, etc."
Erwa took the initiative to speak, which was very rare. He looked up at Lin Xiang and said, "Yeah, gender."
Lin Xiang: “…”
Lin Xiang: “…………”
Lin Xiang turned his head very stiffly and looked at Yang Mei.
Yang Mei smiled sweetly, "Brother Lin Xiang, you wouldn't think that I don't look good in Lolita just because I'm ranked first in points, right?"
After about two minutes, Lin Xiang said with red eyes: "Of course not."
Yang Mei threw him a coquettish look, "Beauty dresses up to please herself."
Lin Xiang lowered his head and ate his rice in silence.
Xia Bai could finally have a good meal in peace.
The pleasant midnight snack is over, and I can still have a good sleep tonight. Dihao Apartment is located in the downtown area of Datai City. I can enter the game in the afternoon and don’t have to get up early.
Not long after returning to his room, Xia Bai was bombarded with messages from Lin Xiang.
Lin Xiang: [Ahhhhhhhhh!]
Lin Xiang: [How can Yang Mei be a man! How can she be a man when she is so cute! Ah! ——]
Lin Xiang: [【Bear roars.jpg】]
Lin Xiang: [This is the first time in my life that my heart is moved! My first love in adolescence!]
Lin Xiang: [How could that be! I feel like he has feelings for me too. I stayed up last night thinking of a name for our child!]
Xia Bai: “…”
He was curious: [What is the child's name?]
Lin Xiang: [Lin Yangyang [breaks down and cries.jpg]]
Xia Bai: “…”
It seems that this was a sad and sleepless night for Lin Xiang.
The next morning, Yang Mei came to find Xia Bai early in the morning. Xia Bai opened the door and saw that Lin Xiang's room next door was opened a crack, and then slowly and silently closed.
“…”
Yang Mei said, "Brother Xia Bai, we won't be in the game until five in the afternoon. Can you go shopping with me in the morning? I heard there are a lot of exotic clothes here. Maybe I can come up with a new style."
"But I have something to do this morning." Xia Bai said, "Lin Xiang is fine, why don't you let Lin Xiang go with you?"
"Oh, I see." Yang Mei knocked on Lin Xiang's door a little disappointed.
There was no response from inside.
Yang Mei: "He doesn't seem to be awake yet."
Xia Bai said blankly, "Does he hate you after he found out you're a boy?"
The door opened immediately, revealing Lin Xiang, who had an expressionless but resentful look behind the door.
Lin Xiang accompanied Yang Mei to go shopping. Xia Bai lay back on the bed leisurely with Erwa in his arms. At noon, he went to have lunch with Ling Changye and spent a pleasant half day.
After taking a nap, Xia Bai comforted Erwa for a while, then handed him over to the assault team, and they gathered at the big car on time at three o'clock.
When getting on the bus, I saw Lin Xiang, who looked hollowed out, sitting in the last row. After seeing him, I waved to him weakly and handed him a cup of red bean and taro milk tea.
"Thank you." Xia Bai sat next to him and sucked a taro ball. "Did you have fun this morning?"
Lin Xiang: “…”
After Ling Changye got in the car, he also asked the same question politely and friendly.
Lin Xiang: “…”
If he hadn't been blacklisted forever by the Tourism Administration, Lin Xiang would have wanted to get off the bus right now. It didn't matter if he didn't play the game, he could already imagine how difficult it was.
Yang Mei was the last one of the four to come up, because he changed into a new set of clothes, pure men's clothes, white shirt, black vest, suit pants, and sneakers.
When Lin Xiang saw him like this, he turned to face the window, as if the scenery outside the window was very beautiful.
Xia Bai and Ling Changye stopped teasing him. Other players got on the bus one after another. They were looking at which players would be participating in this game.
This time, players signed up for the game very quickly. Lin Xiang said he might be first, but in fact he was not. He was only second.
Several players have figured out the rules of the bounty mission and use the basic principle of "first come, first served" to only fill in a contact number, with an unknown name and address. The real ones may only be the game ID and contact information.
They got the list in advance, but except for four honest men, they didn't know who the others were.
Generally speaking, the faster a player signs up, the more likely he is to be someone with a background or other purposes.
When one of the men got on the bus, Xia Bai noticed that Ling Changye looked at him for a few more seconds. He also took a closer look and saw that he was a man about thirty-five years old, wearing a black baseball cap and holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand. His outfit was quite alternative.
When he looked at this person, Xia Bai noticed that someone was looking at him. He turned his head and saw a beautiful woman.
The woman had a great figure, which could be seen even in her conservative sweater and wide-leg pants, and beautiful eyes, which could be seen even in her black-framed glasses.
When Xia Bai looked over, she immediately looked away. Looking away too quickly would make people feel guilty.
However, Xia Bai was very sure that he had never seen this woman before.
The woman walked towards the car with her head looking to the other side. Her walk was a bit strange and she almost fell after taking just two steps.
Xia Bai: “…”
After all the players arrived, Ye Jiyue from the attack team service team said, "Hello everyone, I am Ye Jiyue serving you in this game. We are going to Dihao Apartment now. The whole journey will take about 15 minutes."
The Dihao Apartment is located in the urban area of Datai City, but in the old city. The car turned from the very modern new city into the relatively dilapidated old city and stopped in front of a dilapidated building not far behind a shopping mall.
This 11-story apartment building is where they play games.
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