Infinite Secret House 35: Variables in the Copy World
Most players in the Homecoming Club have received orders to search for a human named Xia Shi in the dungeon.
This should be easy to find - many monsters don't look human at first glance, so even if they're wearing human skin, they're easily spotted.
Xia Shi is a pure human being, and it is obvious that he is mixed in with the monsters.
Later they discovered that Xia Shi was not among the monsters, but among the players, making it difficult to guard against him.
So every player in the Homecoming Association had a player handbook in hand, and on the days when they were not working in the dungeon, they would frantically memorize the names and faces of the other players.
The manual is also continually updated as new players enter the game.
But the tormented Homecoming players actually didn't know why they were looking for Xia Shi.
They just followed orders.
After all, returning home will give a lot.
Even the few people present now, except Chen Yuan, still didn't understand why they were looking for Xia Shi.
Everyone's eyes were cast towards their president. Could they possibly hear the reason today?
Unfortunately, Shen Yuan was not the type to answer whatever someone asked him, not to mention that he had doubts about Xie Yunsui's background.
After waiting for a long time without any response from Chen Yuan, Xie Yunsui understood. Asking such a profound question as soon as they met did indeed indicate that he was not friendly.
After thinking about it, Xie Yunsui took the initiative to expose his identity in this copy.
He is not a contestant, but belongs to the camp of monsters outside.
As soon as these words came out, before Chen Yuan could react, Mu Jinghui was stunned: "You just helped us deal with the patrolling monsters."
Before they went down to the third floor, they used props to hide on each floor and moved down slowly, aiming to avoid alerting the enemy.
Because someone provoked the monster yesterday, the consequences were serious. They always thought that monsters were unprovoked and unbeatable.
Zhou Baishuang suddenly realized: "No, you didn't kill the monsters at all, you just knocked them unconscious!"
After seeing Xie Yunsui knock out the patrolling monster, they tried to knock out the monster as well.
Now think about it, if you can knock the monster out, that means you can kill it, so why not just kill the monster directly?
Xie Yunsui silently glanced at the two men's expressions and said quietly, "The Homecoming Society has been developing for so long, and yet they still haven't figured out a mechanism to kill monsters?"
Shen Yuan was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Generally, people who want to fight to the death against the boss never leave the dungeon again.
They just knew that the dungeon boss was difficult to fight, so if they wanted to survive, they had to give up the idea.
But it sounds like Xie Yunsui has other intentions?
Seeing that he really didn't seem to know, Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "It seems that this information is very valuable. President Shen, if you want to know, please use your information in exchange."
Chen Yuan thought about it and realized that he really had a lot of secrets.
If we were in Star City or other copies, we could slowly deal with it.
But his first performance was coming up in the daytime, and he really didn't have time to chat slowly.
It seemed like Xie Yunsui was also very busy, otherwise he wouldn't have come to him in the middle of the night as a monster.
Chen Yuan checked the time and said, "We both have secrets, and we both want to know each other's secrets. How about setting up a three-question, three-answer system? No matter what the other party asks, you must answer honestly. How about that?"
Xie Yunsui thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
Shen Yuan is not a fool, he would not use ambiguous words or false statements to trick people.
Similarly, it is difficult for him to lie.
They don't know how much they know about each other, and it's easy to be caught if they tell lies.
Once exposed, the precarious trust between the two was further shattered.
After a pause, he asked again, "Are three questions enough?"
Chen Yuan: "If it's not enough, ask again."
Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "You're quite straightforward. Who goes first?"
Shen Yuan: "Me."
It’s not a disadvantage at all.
Xie Yunsui leaned back and said, "Excuse me."
He didn't compete for first place in this regard; there was no need.
However, I still had three questions for Chen Yuan in mind. He would probably ask the question I just mentioned, and maybe also ask him why he was looking for Xia Shi, and add a question related to the secret house?
While thinking, Shen Yuan asked the first question: "Are all the things you said to me just now true?"
Xie Yunsui: "..."
Xie Yunsui raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure you want to use the initiative to ask questions on such a useless issue?"
Chen Yuan: "Whether it is useful or not, I will make the final decision."
Xie Yunsui was speechless. The little trust he had hoped to maintain was already shaky. "No. Did someone ask you to go back to the hometown to look for Xia Shi?"
"Yes." Chen Yuan asked again: "How long have you been in this world?"
Xie Yunsui: "One month. What's the name of the person who asked you to find Xia Shi?"
"Jingchuan."
"Huh?" Xie Yunsui was stunned. Who is this?
Shouldn’t it be Yin Hui?
Chen Yuan seemed to have seen something from his expression, and the corners of his lips curled up: "I can tell you that he was the previous president of our Homecoming Association."
"Now let me ask you, are you coming to me hoping to influence the winner of this stage performance and increase your chances of leaving this instance?"
None of these three questions were questions that Xie Yunsui had anticipated.
Xie Yunsui looked puzzled. "You don't care why I can't kill the monster, and you don't care why I'm looking for Xia Shi?"
Chen Yuan said: "I care about both. Do you want to give me two answers for free?"
"..." Xie Yunsui finally understood that in Chen Yuan's eyes, confirming the identity of his friend or foe was more important. He thought for a moment and replied, "Before answering your question, I can first tell you how I left the dungeon."
He pulled a ballot from his pocket and placed it on the table.
Chen Yuan took it, and several people nearby also stretched their heads to look at it silently.
When I saw the words "You will cast a precious vote for No. OOO" on the back, my eyes were filled with disbelief.
Xie Yunsui then said, "I have more than one vote. Whoever I choose could potentially leave the dungeon. I came to you simply because I was afraid you'd die in the first stage."
Now it was Shen Yuan's turn: "..."
Xie Yunsui continued, "I don't want to influence you or any of you in your clearance process. You're the first person I can find who's related to Xia Shi and who 'should' know a lot of intelligence information that I don't. I just want to get what I want."
Shen Yuan was silent for a few seconds, then said, "You have another question."
Only after he finishes asking the question may they have the possibility to move on to the next topic.
Xie Yunsui hesitated for a moment, thinking about what the third question could be.
He was looking for Xia Shi because the previous president wanted to find Xia Shi. Did the previous president learn about Xia Shi from the previous president?
Xie Yunsui just realized that he was not sure how many years Xia Shi had spent in the copy.
Judging by how fast he was growing up, it seemed like he had gone through more than one president of the Homecoming Club.
So during which presidency did Yin Hui appear?
He slowly asked, "Among all the members of the Homecoming Society, including the president, is there anyone named Yin Hui?"
Several members of the Homecoming Association have silently comprehended the information revealed in the conversation between the two.
Why is it always related to Xia Shi?
Who is Yin Hui?
Didn’t this guy say he’d only been here to destroy the world for a month?
How do you know so much?
Compared to him, we seem like newbies who have just arrived.
Looking at his own president again, his facial expression was always mysterious, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
In fact, huge waves were already rising in Shen Yuan's heart.
He suddenly thought of a notebook left by the previous president of the Homecoming Association.
That was handed to him personally by President Jing when he took over the position of president.
President Jing said that it contained valuable wealth left by previous presidents. If one wanted to lead the Homecoming Association well, one had to read and memorize the contents carefully.
After explaining everything, Jingchuan resolutely entered the Ghost King's Feast dungeon and never came back.
Chen Yuan didn't know whether Jingchuan had thought that he would never be able to come back before going to the Ghost King's Feast copy.
Jingchuan was his guide in the destroyed world, and it was also he who helped him become the president of the Homecoming Association. They shared a common ideal, which was to do their best to return to the original world at all costs.
When he was completely sure that Jingchuan would not come back, Chen Yuan opened the thick notebook.
The yellowed cowhide cover has countless mottled marks, and the edges are smooth, showing that it has been read frequently.
There are only three lines of words on the title page, which are the most important warnings left by the pioneer president at the cost of his life to those who come after him:
"Find Xia Shi."
“Try to gain his trust.”
"Be careful of his boyfriend, Yin Hui."
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Xia Shi is not fixed in a certain copy. Some members come into contact with Xia Shi in a certain copy and try their best to gain Xia Shi's trust. When they leave the copy and someone else goes in to continue the strategy, they will find that Xia Shi is gone.
The length of time for each copy varies, and some players are forced to complete it before they even have time to talk to Xia Shi.
All previous presidents were stuck on the second principle and were unable to proceed to the next step.
For several presidents, not to mention meeting Yin Hui, even his name could not be heard from other places.
By the time of Jingchuan and Chenyuan, not to mention Yin Hui, even Xia Shi had never been heard of by the players outside.
What puzzled Chen Yuan the most was that Baixiao Tower, which had a century-old heritage, did not even leave a single message from Xia Shiyin to these two people.
He once suspected that a certain manager of Baixiao Tower had completely destroyed the relevant information, but the reason was unknown.
How did Xie Yunsui know Yin Hui?
However, Xie Yunsui's words seemed to imply that Yin Hui was a player?
However, the content of the notes clearly shows that Yin Hui's identity is the same as Xia Shi's, a variable in the copy world.
To be precise, Xie Yunsui has never appeared in Star City. He said that he got the secret house in the first novice copy and has been stationed in the copy world ever since... Of course, he also admitted that this was a lie.
No matter how much of a lie it contained, Shen Yuan intuitively felt that Xie Yunsui was also a variable.
variable.
The variable that the previous presidents had been searching for so hard, now a living one walked before him.
Can I find a way to return home from him?
Chen Yuan's mentality suddenly changed.
Maybe he was thinking about keeping a distance from Xie Yunsui just now, but now he just wants him to stay.
Each of his questions was related to Xia Shi and Yin Hui. If he said no directly, Xie Yunsui would definitely leave without looking back.
"I can't answer your question right now. We're about to have our first stage performance of the day. After this competition is over, we'll—"
Before Shen Yuan finished speaking, a loud whistle sounded throughout the entire tenth floor.
An announcement followed: "The first official stage performance is about to begin. All contestants, please go to the 17th floor to prepare. You have half an hour to prepare. If you fail to arrive on time, you will be automatically eliminated."
Before I knew it, it was already dawn.
Shen Yuan said: "No matter what, I will survive the first stage."
Xie Yunsui propped up his head and said, "I'm taking a risk by staying here, President Shen."
Chen Yuan: "When I come back, I will tell you everything I know about Xia Shi and Yin Hui for free."
Xie Yunsui looked at him steadily, while Shen Yuan looked back at him firmly without wavering.
Xie Yunsui chuckled, took the ballot from the table, picked up Shen Yuan's pen, and wrote the code "077" in three circles.
After the ballot was used, it turned into starlight and disappeared.
Xie Yunsui had a hint of smile in his eyes: "President Shen, please don't let me down."
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