Chapter 49 Platinum Joy Supermarket: Shen Su quickly admitted his mistake, but he'll do it again next time. ...
There are five people in total. After the system sprite expanded the house, there are only four bedrooms. We can't let anyone sleep in the living room.
This is not how you treat a guest.
Qin Ke himself did not want to sleep in the living room.
"I'm sorry, Xiaoling can be a little slow sometimes. I'm having it expand into another bedroom. Please wait a moment," Qin Ke said apologetically.
"No."
"No need to trouble yourself."
Shi Yu and Shen Su spoke at almost the same time.
Qin Ke: "No need?"
Just as Shi Yu was about to suggest that he and his assistant could share a room, Shen Su spoke up first.
"That's good." Shen Su draped an arm over Shi Yu's shoulder, raising an eyebrow at her as he spoke. "Perfect timing, we can chat tonight, right?"
Shi Yu met Shen Su's gaze.
He understood. Qin Ke had said that the live stream couldn't see the situation in the safe house, so it was relatively safe to talk here. Shen Su probably had something to tell him.
Shi Yu nodded slightly.
This can be seen as an affirmation of Shen Su's words.
When Shi Yu came to her senses, she found the room filled with an eerie silence.
Everyone looked at him, then at Chen Su, then back at him, then back at Chen Su... and then they all looked away, pretending nothing had happened, and went about their own business.
Qin Ke said to the system sprite, "So you're actually quite intelligent when you're not being a moron, haha."
Shi Yu: "?"
The bedroom allocation has been decided.
Shi Yu and Shen Su went to stay in the double room, while the others each had their own bedroom.
However, no one was sleepy because it was almost midnight.
The next instance merge is about to begin.
Whether the safe house is truly as safe as Qin Ke claims remains to be seen after this instance merge.
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12:00 AM.
All players received a system message—
[Duplicate merge complete!]
The replica merge results are as follows: Replicas B and C are merged into Replica F; Replicas D and E are merged into Replica G; Replica A is not merged this time.
Each instance can only accommodate four players. Instance merging has led to overcrowding. Players have six hours to complete their actions.
If the number of players in a single instance still exceeds four after six hours, the system will randomly assign players to deaths until only four players remain in the instance.
The next instance merge date is to be determined.
Enjoy the game!
The system notification for this instance merge differs slightly from the previous one.
The first dungeon merge involved combining 10 dungeons into 5 dungeons in pairs. This time, there are only 5 dungeons, so it's reasonable to leave one extra dungeon unmerged for now.
However, this time the system did not specify the exact time for the next instance merge.
This is not a good thing for players.
But it didn't matter to the people inside the safe house; they just needed to lie down and wait for the game to end.
"Would you like to see how the other players are doing?" Qin Ke asked.
The warm light from the chandelier shone on the fabric sofa in the center of the living room. Several potted plants were placed against the wall, and a television was set up directly in front of it.
Qin Ke led everyone to sit on the sofa and then turned on the television.
The TV is not an ordinary TV, but a nine-square grid monitor, with each window monitoring one player. It can also be adjusted to a twelve-square grid, or a specific window can be enlarged individually.
"Don't you guys think 'Lu Boyue' is always so busy? He only shows up briefly and then disappears again, just like his dad, a true master of time management!" Qin Ke said while adjusting the small TV. "Actually, he doesn't want to be like this; he's forced into it!"
"Because I not only have to serve you, but also the players in the other nine instances! Because I have to treat everyone equally and not favor one over the other, I not only have to prevent you from going astray, but also try my best to lead you astray... You can imagine how hard I've worked these past few days!"
Everyone: "..."
"However, it's not without its advantages," Qin Ke sighed. "I inherited Lu Boyue's busy schedule, but I also gained his authority."
Everyone: "..."
It turns out that Qin Ke is also a humorous comedian.
Qin Ke precisely located Mu Zhuo's surveillance window and enlarged it to fill the entire TV screen, then brought over drinks, melon seeds, and peanuts.
Thanks to NPC Lu Boyue.
So that they can watch the live stream.
Before the second instance merge, Shi Yu and the other two were in instance E, and Mu Zhuo was also in instance E. At this moment, three of the four surviving players in instance E were in the safe house, and only Mu Zhuo was in the danger zone.
Therefore, after the two instances are merged, it is equivalent to Mu Zhuo dealing with the four people in instance D all by himself.
1v4, very exciting.
Yes, Qin Ke is good at choosing films.
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Mu Zhu put on a protective armor, took out a sniper rifle, and ambushed on the top floor of a building in the downtown area. He coldly watched as two dungeon NPCs below fought each other to the point of bloodshed, while his eyes were fixed on the Lu's Hotel diagonally opposite through the scope.
His two resurrection armors were not used up last time, which means he now has two lives.
Clearing this dungeon should be no problem at all.
But he wanted more than just to pass the level.
He's a veteran player in the game. Players and NPCs are easy to distinguish. NPCs follow a specific program and occasionally get stuck due to bugs, while all player actions are random.
Just then, a person walked out of the lobby on the first floor of the Lu's Hotel.
By the light of the hall, you could see that he was a thin man wearing a plaid shirt, with messy hair and wrinkled clothes, as if he had just woken up from a dream. He looked around nervously, hesitated for a moment, and was about to run to the left, which seemed safer.
A bullet hit him squarely in the forehead.
He fell straight to the ground, his eyes wide open, as if he didn't understand what had happened.
At that moment, an icon in Mu Zhuo's game panel item bar flashed.
[Sniper Accuracy +1]
This gun has a feature that increases sniping accuracy by one point every time you kill someone with it, somewhat like the Mejai's Souls item in a certain game. However, unlike that, sniping accuracy can be stacked infinitely and will not decrease.
In other words, the more people he kills, the better his marksmanship becomes.
The sniping accuracy of this gun has now reached 657. When it reaches 999, he won't even need to fire manually; he can kill people with his mind alone.
The system stipulates that players cannot occupy the top spot on multiple leaderboards.
Now that he's fallen from the top of the looks ranking, it means he can now compete for the top spot on the skills ranking!
Mu Zhuo's blood was boiling!
Thinking this, Mu Zhu fired again, sniping a player who appeared in the scope.
He was a strong man who got off his motorcycle and ran towards the corpse. The two must have known each other, and he was kindly sending the man on his way so that they would have each other's company on their journey to the afterlife.
Two of the four players in instance D have died, leaving two remaining.
Continuing to wait passively for opportunities to come to us is probably not going to work.
Mu Zhu put away his sniper rifle and prepared to walk around the streets to lure people out.
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Inside the safe house.
Qin Ke opened another monitoring window.
Compared to the fighting and killing on other small TVs, this small TV is very quiet.
In the woods on the outskirts, a tall man in camouflage, covered in blood, sat in front of a campfire. This man was in instance A, which had not yet been merged, but he looked very tired.
The firelight illuminated a face with strong features but an ordinary appearance, and his expression revealed a deep weariness.
Firelight at night can easily attract enemies.
But he didn't seem to care.
There are only two possibilities: either the other person is a complete novice and doesn't know anything about wilderness survival, or the other person is actually very skilled.
This person is clearly the second type.
"He is Mo Rugui," Qin Ke introduced to everyone. "Mo Rugui, the second-ranked master on the skill leaderboard, is skilled in close combat and his usual weapon is a military knife."
Qin Ke continued, "He just lost a brother, a brother he met in real life when he entered the game together. He was tricked and killed. In a one-on-one fight, that person might not have been a match for his brother, but that person used a trick."
"That man was also killed by Mo Rugui. His brother died a rather gruesome death. He may have lost control, which is why he was covered in blood. Actually, he wasn't seriously injured; the blood was all from the other man."
"He sounds like a very spirited man," Shen Su remarked.
As they spoke, the other person tapped their fingers on the back of the sofa. When Shi Yu turned around, the other person's fingers almost touched his cheek.
Shi Yu sat on a single sofa, while Chen Su sat sideways on the armrest of his sofa, one hand resting on the back of his sofa.
Shi Yu didn't understand; he couldn't comprehend it at all.
There are so many empty seats, why does Shen Su insist on squeezing in with him?
She would occasionally twirl her fingertips around the ends of his hair, making his neck very itchy.
He had given me warning looks many times.
Shen Su admitted his mistake quickly, but he might do it again next time.
"Yes, Mo Rugui is indeed a very loyal person!" Qin Ke continued, "If you had to describe him, he would be extremely righteous. For Mo Rugui, going to great lengths for his brothers is not just an adjective, he would really do it! Moreover, he is also a very upright person. If he hates someone, he will fight them openly and honestly. Mo Rugui hates people who stab him in the back the most."
Qin Ke let out a soft "Ah," and said, "Mu Zhuo just happens to be the kind of person he hates!"
Nobody likes Mu Zhuo.
No one commented on the live stream of Mu Zhuo committing murder.
From Qin Ke's lighthearted tone, it's clear that he doesn't seem to like Mu Zhuo very much.
very good.
Everyone is on the same page.
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At this moment, Mu Zhuo was clutching his chest and hiding behind some cover.
System notification——
[The armor covering the wound was broken.]
[Resurrection Armor Uses: 0]
He encountered a sniper.
The other person was hiding in a tall building, just like he had been, and was a good shot, hitting him squarely in the heart with one shot. Luckily, he was wearing protective armor, otherwise he would have been killed instantly.
However, his resurrection armor was also ruined.
Although the resurrection armor saved his life, the wound was real. Mu Zhuo used a special medicine on himself and hid behind cover, quietly waiting for the wound to heal.
The wound is too deep; it will probably take about ten minutes to fully heal.
Time passed second by second.
When the wound was halfway healed, Mu Zhuo heard footsteps, not just one person's footsteps, but two voices talking quietly.
"Right in the center, he's definitely dead."
"I'm not comfortable with this, I'll go check it out."
"You stay here! I'll go check."
die?
With them?
Mu Zhuo sneered inwardly.
He held his breath, listening to the approaching footsteps.
Suddenly, he stood up, picked up his gun, cocked it, and fired... all in one smooth motion.
Bang! Bang!
Two more corpses were found in the alley.
Mu Zhuo's chest wound has been completely healed.
So far, all four members of the D instance have been wiped out.
The other three people in instance E, besides him, are probably already at Platinum Joy Supermarket. I wonder if they have figured out a way to pass the level.
Mu Zhu packed her things and prepared to go to Platinum Joy Supermarket.
At this point, the system popped up another notification—
[Due to an exceptionally high player performance, the instance will be merged again in one minute.]
[Duplicate merge complete!]
The results of this instance merge are as follows: Instance G and Instance A have been merged into Instance H.
Currently, only dungeons remain: Dungeon F and Dungeon H.
[A single instance can only accommodate four players. Instance merging has led to overcrowding. If the number of players in a single instance still exceeds four at 6:00 AM, the system will randomly assign players to deaths until only four players remain in a single instance.]
The next instance merge will take place at midnight.
Enjoy the game!
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Everyone inside the safe house also received the system message that the instance had been merged again.
The dungeons have been merged again, but the next dungeon merge time and the Death Judgment time remain unchanged. It's already 4 a.m., and there are less than two hours until 6 a.m., so players don't have much time left.
However, this has nothing to do with Shi Yu and the others who are just watching the show in the safe house.
Qin Ke, munching on a watermelon, clicked his tongue and said, "Mu Zhuo versus Mo Rugui, that's exciting."
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Mu Zhuo's eyelids twitched when he saw the system message.
He was somewhat puzzled.
What is the system doing?
However, he quickly realized that the system was just giving him free kills.
But the moment Mu Zhuo saw Mo Rugui through the scope, his eyelids twitched again.
This time, the jumping was even more intense than the last time.
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