Chapter 70 Return to Zero
The man on the screen was wearing glasses, had his blond hair tied into a small braid, and one hand tucked into his white coat. It was exactly Xia Tianwu, the man he and Rondo had seen in the live broadcast a few days ago who had gone into the Misty Villa with Song Ci and Zhang Chi. Even his clothes and appearance hadn't changed at all.
The world is so small! Qi Huan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In this case, it seems that if I ask Xia Tianwu, I might be able to get some information about Song Dynasty porcelain.
"He also spent his points to buy me a bear!" Diwu Yuan switched back to his own interface and proudly showed off his 'new equipment' to Qi Huan.
"Don't you have one?"
"It's different. This was bought for me by my partner!" Diwu Yuan said proudly.
Qi Huan: ...
"Let me see if he wants to enter the secret room today." Diwuyuan quickly checked the system message.
Following the principle of not looking at anything inappropriate, Qi Huan sat back in his original seat.
"If he doesn't enter the secret room, you can't enter either?" Qi Huan asked curiously.
"That's not the case. The flow of time in the game is different from that in reality. If he doesn't come in, I can go to other secret rooms to play. He doesn't know about it anyway." Diwuyuan blinked at Qi Huan cunningly.
"What if he comes in?"
"Then I have to go in with him. As partners, we have to go in and out together. Since I chose him, I will be responsible for protecting him, unless I am too busy to go online...ah!" Diwu Yuan was halfway through his speech when he suddenly exclaimed.
Qi Huan: ???
"He will enter the secret room today, in just fifteen minutes." Diwuyuan spoke quickly, immediately grabbed the spoon and started eating like crazy. After a quick inhalation, he was actually two minutes early, and after entering, he was in a waiting state.
This waiting state is similar to the time spent queuing to wait for random teammates to enter the escape room. When the room is full, it will start to move out, and the duration is usually about two to three minutes.
Diwuyuan suddenly became idle again, his eyes cast towards the plate of snacks on the table that he had not had time to touch.
"Players cannot contact the outside world, but can players add each other's contact information and form a team?" Qi Huan understood and pushed the cloud-like soft white ball in his hand towards the young master.
Although he didn't bring much food, it didn't stop him from making delicious food for everyone.
This dish is a representative example of simple but delicious ingredients. The main ingredients are egg white, flour and bean paste. The outer layer is whipped egg white, and the inner layer is the prepared bean paste. It looks like a fluffy cloud, and tastes soft and dense. It has a slight sweetness in its fragrance. It is a well-known children's dish in Liao cuisine - even picky children will like it.
Of course, Qi Huan didn't make this dish tonight just because Diwu Yuan was a "child", but he thought that this light taste was very suitable for the taste of the young master and Hei Tuanzi.
As for his spirit body, the little guy was not very interested in eating, but just liked to mess up when he was cooking. For example, when he was about to start the oil pan after beating the egg white, the little guy jumped into the egg white basin and messed around. If the shop owner hadn't stopped him and confirmed again and again that the food was edible and would not be contaminated, he would have prepared to make another one.
"There are many restrictions on contact. When the level is low, the system usually randomly matches you into a team, unless you have special items. When the level is high, you can contact each other more freely." Diwuyuan felt that this was public information that could be known on the game platform, so he answered readily.
As he spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks towards the snowy bean paste that Qi Huan handed over. With a light touch of the chopstick tip, the white ball sank a little, like clouds and snow, soft and fluffy, and looked very delicious. The young master's eyes lit up and he quickly picked up one and put it in his mouth.
The outer layer was slightly crispy, with a faint sweetness from the icing sugar, but the inside was dense and soft, like a real cloud fried into a ball, and this is probably what it tasted like. Diwu Yuan ate with a smile on his face, finishing it in two or three bites, and couldn't wait to grab another piece.
"Is your partner of low or high rank now?" Seeing that Diwuyuan liked it, Qi Huan passed the plate over again. The ingredients of this dish are simple, but it takes a lot of effort. In order to maintain the color and taste, and achieve this cloud-like and snow-like effect, it needs to be fried carefully. If you are not careful, the shell will be burnt.
"Low level." Diwuyuan had half a mouthful of snow-white bean paste in his mouth, and his voice was a little unclear.
Qi Huan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Well, it seemed that it was impossible to contact Song Ci and Zhang Chi through Xia Tianwu. He looked at Diwuyuan again, his eyes brightened again, "What's your level?"
"My level is the highest," Diwu Yuan raised his head proudly and paused before continuing, "However, after signing the partnership contract, my authority will be temporarily reduced according to my partner's level."
Qi Huan was speechless. You guys are still following the wooden barrel principle to level it downwards.
"Then you said before that you would help me find the two players I like, can you still do that?"
"Huanhuan, I'm sorry. I said that on purpose to irritate Jiufang Yu." Diwuyuan paused with his chopsticks that were stretched out to pick up the snow-covered bean paste and lowered his head. "You can ask for permission, but I signed a confidentiality agreement and have the obligation to maintain the game environment and abide by the rules of the game."
"Is there no compromise?"
"No." Diwuyuan shook his head firmly and looked at him apologetically.
"Okay." Qi Huan sighed helplessly, not wanting to embarrass him.
"Huanhuan, do you want to watch the live broadcast of me playing games? It will start in less than half a minute." Diwuyuan asked again.
"Let me see if the player I like is in the secret room first." To be honest, Qi Huan was more concerned about the situation of Song Ci and Zhang Chi in the game. He logged into the game live broadcast area and searched, and found that the platform showed that Zhang Chi had just ended the live broadcast and was resting, but Song Ci was about to start the live broadcast of the next secret room in half a minute. The name of the secret room was [Endless Night Banquet].
Qi Huan's heart skipped a beat. Could this be such a coincidence?
"What is the name of the secret room you are about to enter?"
"Endless Night Banquet."
Qi Huan: !!!!!!!!!
"It seems that the player I like is in the same secret room as the one you are about to enter!"
"Is this true? What a coincidence?" Diwu Yuan was also a little surprised.
"If you have a chance, could you please give them a message for me? Something unrelated to the game content?" Qi Huan was looking at Song Ci's perspective. Seeing that the system entered the countdown, his speech speed also became rapid.
"No." Diwuyuan shook his head again, and felt very sorry for Qi Huan. He said weakly, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay. You're just following the rules." Qi Huan couldn't help feeling disappointed, but he also understood Diwuyuan's position. "I'll wait until they come out and remove the blockade."
The countdown ends and the secret room opens.
"Plop!" Song Ci fell into the water as soon as he came up.
Oh no, he can't swim! Qi Huan was a little worried at first, but when he saw the depth of the pool, he felt relieved. With Song Ci's height, he just needed to stand up.
Sure enough, with the guidance of his partner, Song Ci stood up safely.
He seems to have lost weight. I will have to make more delicious food for him when we meet. Qi Huan looked at his friend's face on the screen and couldn't help feeling distressed. How come the little bit of meat he had put on with great difficulty seemed to be getting less and less?
At this moment, a prompt popped up on the system platform, listing the names of all the players participating in this secret room, asking the audience whether they wanted to bet on the players' victory or defeat.
Is there any need to think about it? We must support our brothers!
There was a little over 710,000 yuan in the account, which was the reward that was not mentioned in the last live broadcast and the share of the sales of the original products on the shelves. Qi Huan bet all the money in the account on Song Ci without hesitation, without even looking at the odds.
Seeing the empty account, Qi Huan's head sobered up a little. Oops, it seems that he had been too harsh. After the efforts of live broadcasting and opening a store some time ago, the red envelope support from Jiufang Yu, and the windfall from the beast tide two days ago, plus the amount of damages and compensation confirmed yesterday, the debt in his account has been reduced to a fraction of the previous amount, but after all, he still owes nearly two million.
Forget it, even if I lose everything, it's just a matter of one more live broadcast and a few more days of waiting. It's more important to support my brothers. Qi Huan quickly reached a settlement with himself.
Speaking of which, he hasn't done a live broadcast for several days because the base was destroyed by the beast tide. He has nothing to do these two days, so he is really going to prepare to start a live broadcast.
When he switched back to the live broadcast interface, Song Ci had already started looking for an exit.
This secret room seemed to be the theme of a puzzle, which was exactly the area in which Song Ci excelled. Qi Huan felt more reassured after seeing it.
Then he heard a rustling sound of chewing, and when he looked sideways, he saw that Diwu Yuan was still eating the snow-white bean paste.
As a partner, shouldn't this kid do his best to help Xia Tianwu solve the problems in the secret room? Qi Huan was speechless.
Wait, Qi Huan blinked his eyes, and suddenly thought of another thing. Diwuyuan and Xia Tianwu are partners, and Diwuyuan is a special player. Song Ci also has a partner, that handsome guy Tang Si, so could Tang Si also be a special player?
Qi Huan quickly cut open another interface and started searching based on Tang Si's name with a try-it attitude.
After all, he was from the empire, and there were issues like duplicate names, so he didn't have high expectations at the beginning.
But what he never expected was that Tang Si was actually a very famous person! He also had a lot of data.
He is the youngest major general in the Empire, the first Sentinel to break through the double S-level, the strongest individual combat force in the Empire, with countless merits and countless fans.
Qi Huan was more and more surprised as he flipped through the pages. He was dumbfounded. At first, he couldn't believe that the gifted man he had searched for was the same person as Song Ci's partner. He didn't know whether the Empire didn't control portrait privacy as strictly as the Alliance, or whether Tang Si had too many fans and couldn't manage them all. His photos could still be found online. After comparing the photos, he confirmed without a doubt that the Tang Si in the secret room was the famous sentinel.
In this way, he could understand the game's practice of blocking external contacts. If some of the players in the game were people like Diwuyuan and Tang Si, in addition to maintaining the information balance of the game, they would definitely consider issues such as security. Otherwise, with the fanaticism of the fans, their private channels would probably be paralyzed by a large number of messages in a matter of minutes.
With Tang Si's fighting power, at least there is no need to worry about safety issues. Song Ci is weak in body but smart in mind. With Tang Si as a partner, he can be said to be both civil and military. Qi Huan breathed a sigh of relief and felt a complete sense of security for his friend.
When he had almost finished looking through Tang Si's data and switched the screen back to the live broadcast of the game, he saw Song Ci Tang Si and a group of players gathered around a tall, strange wooden wall.
What’s even funnier is that a large group of players are almost all wearing ancient women’s clothing!
Among the crowd of eye-catching men, Xia Tianwu and Song Ci can be considered beauties among them.
Diwuyuan and Tang Si did not change into women's clothes, but still wore their original clothes. One looked even cuter, while the other looked as handsome as a jade tree.
Xia Tianwu in the secret room was shaking his finger at Song Ci, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not great. Before I came in, I used all my points to buy him a bear, and I've already spent them all..."
Upon hearing this, Qi Huan couldn't help but look at Diwuyuan. The young master next to him was shaking his feet happily, without any guilt at all for spending all other people's points.
On the screen, Xia Tianwu held a bunch of statues that were not even as big as his fist in his arms and patted Diwuyuan's head gently, "Give me a hand."
The young master pouted in disdain, but still reached into the chest pocket of his overalls, took out a piece of paper, and folded it into the shape of a paper crane in a few seconds.
He blew at the paper crane, and the crane suddenly grew larger as if it came alive, spread its wings, and flew to the three-meter-high wooden wall with Xia Tianwu.
Qi Huan's pupils trembled slightly, and he stared at the paper crane in astonishment. How could it be so much like a spiritual being, as it kept growing and shrinking?
Spirit body! Qi Huan suddenly thought of Diwuyuan's mysterious and unknown spirit body. He looked at the paper crane on the screen, then at the young master, and finally fixed his eyes on the handkerchief stuffed in his chest pocket.
Speaking of which, it seems that the young master almost never leaves his handkerchief, and I seem to have seen this handkerchief move before, but I thought I was seeing things at the time.
Could it be that Diwuyuan’s spirit body is actually a handkerchief?
But looking left and right, it was just an ordinary handkerchief, and there was no transparent shadow as Jiufang Yu said. No, if it was materialized, there would be no shadow.
How can I be sure?
He was staring at the handkerchief, thinking about this and that, when he suddenly found that it had quietly moved two centimeters to the left side of his pocket.
Qi Huan: ???
As if wanting to confirm whether Qi Huan was really staring at him, the handkerchief silently moved another three centimeters to the right.
Qi Huan: ????
Seeing Qi Huan's eyes following him, the handkerchief paused for half a second, and then with a "whoosh" the entire handkerchief sank into his pocket.
Qi Huan: ...
Okay, that's it, it's confirmed.
It turns out that Diwuyuan’s spirit body is not a mythical beast or something, but just an ordinary handkerchief?
Qi Huan's shocked face.
However, if its 'usage' is like what happened in the secret room just now, by folding it into different shapes it can temporarily possess various abilities, such as being able to fly when folded into a paper crane and being able to cross water when folded into a boat, then that seems to be extremely incredible!
"Why are you bullying my Xiaobai?" Diwuyuan, who had retreated from the secret room, sensed the consciousness transmitted from his own spiritual body and protested to Qi Huan.
Qi Huan spread his hands innocently, "I just looked at it twice."
"You can't even look at it. It's extremely shy and will get very anxious and uneasy if someone looks at it." Diwuyuan continued to speak up for his own spirit body.
"Okay, okay, I won't watch it anymore." Qi Huan surrendered. It turned out that Diwuyuan's spirit body was still an I-type personality.
Just as Qi Huan turned his eyes away from Diwuyuan, cheerful music came from the live broadcast, mixed with the sound of clinking coins.
The display screen was shining with golden light, and a bunch of special effects of gold ingots and coins fell down, filling the display screen like a mountain of gold.
Just as Qi Huan was wondering what was going on, two lines of gorgeous and exaggerated golden characters appeared on the display:
[The player you bet on, Song Ci, successfully passed the secret room [Endless Night Banquet], with odds of 1 to 3. Congratulations on winning a bonus of 2,142,183 silver coins. The bonus has been paid to your personal account, please check it carefully. ]
Two million and one hundred thousand, that is to say, if these two million are withdrawn, the debt can be completely cleared!
From today on, he is free! He is free!!!
"Brother, well done!" Feeling debt-free, Qi Huan excitedly gave a thumbs up to the words "Song Ci" on the display screen.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
