Bai Liu knew nothing about the discussion, and his attention was soon drawn to something else: he saw Jeff.
Jeff was hiding under the stairs, talking to someone stealthily, and then he walked back after the conversation.
Jeff had sneaked out late at night and now he's back.
Bai Liu had a good view from the stairs just now. He saw that there was another person following behind Jelf. This person's height and clothes were the same as the driver who brought them here today.
The two men seemed to be discussing something in a low voice. Jeff handed the driver a bunch of colorful things and gave him a few instructions.
If Bai Liu was not mistaken, the money that Jelf gave to the driver should be from this world.
[You have triggered the hidden branch plot of the plot character - Jeff's bloody conspiracy]
[Explore the entire side story, score 50 points, the current side story completion rate is 15%]
Bai Liu narrowed his eyes slightly, reached into his collar, took out the one-yuan coin with a hole in it, pointed it at the driver, and the character information popped up on the panel.
【NPC: Driver】
[Character Profile: Your driver, the one who brought you to Siren Town. This driver was hired by Jelf, who is said to know Siren Town very well. He has a criminal history of arson and robbery.]
Sure enough, this is also an NPC with status.
Bai Liu and the driver had never had face-to-face contact before. When driving, the driver always sat in the front seat. Bai Liu sat in the last row and could not see the driver's appearance.
When getting off the car, the driver did not get off, so Bai Liu never saw the driver's face, and therefore could not recognize the driver's personal information.
He hadn't noticed anything before, but now Bai Liu came to his senses and realized that it seemed that Jelf had been intentionally or unintentionally blocking Bai Liu from contacting the driver, whether it was choosing to sit between Bai Liu and the driver, or screaming when he was about to get off the car...
Why would these two need to keep their secret secret?
Regarding this conspiracy, based on the information currently known, Bai Liu speculated that Jeff gave money to this driver with a certain criminal history, perhaps to let him do something for him. This matter is currently unknown, and Bai Liu thinks it is very likely to be revenge on Andre.
When they entered the town, the driver told them that many people in this town had not had an economic source for a long time and asked them to be careful.
Before, Bai Liu thought this was a reminder, but now it seems more like a proud and arrogant warning from the driver, and a kind of territorial division of prey.
He was sending a warning to Jeff - without his cooperation and protection, Jeff could easily be harmed by the other townspeople in the town.
Of course, the driver was a resident of Siren Town, and he was also short of money. It was possible that he robbed Jelf and his car because of his lack of money.
This driver must have done a lot of disaster relief work for people in exchange for money. He doesn't look like a good person, and it's obvious that he's crazy about money. He was threatening them in a veiled way when he entered Siren Town. No wonder Jelf stayed up late at night to get the money for this driver.
If you don't get the money in time, you don't know what the driver will do.
Bai Liu returned to his room before Jeff saw him and helped Jeff close the open door.
When Jeff passed Andre's room, he hesitated for a while, then lowered his body and put down a black object. Bai Liu saw through the cat's eyes that the object Jeff put down looked a bit like a large piece of fish meat.
Soon Bai Liu saw a group of white and gloomy wax statues of mermaids gathered in front of Andre's door.
A series of dull creaking sounds of wax figures moving could be heard again in the corridor.
For safety reasons, Bai Liu covered the cat's eyes in his room with a white cloth to prevent the mermaids from snooping, and propped a cabinet against the door, hoping that if a mermaid broke in, it would make some noise to wake him up.
His stamina had been depleted. After doing all this, Bai Liu lay on the bed and closed his eyes.
A dreamless night.
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The next day, Bai Liu woke up and found that the closet door and the door to the room were closed, but the bathroom door was almost open.
Bai Liu opened the bathroom door and found that the wax figures of mermaids that he had covered and tied up had already taken off their white cloths and were overlapping in various twisted and weird postures, moving towards the bathroom door. Some of the wax figures of mermaids had already reached the bathroom door handle and were only one step away from turning it out.
The postures of these wax mermaid statues reminded Bai Liu of the time when he played the 123 wooden man game and suddenly turned around to see the person behind him unable to control his expression and posture.
These eerie, cold white wax figures seemed to be surging behind the door in an attempt to get out, and they infiltrated the room inexplicably.
These human-like marble statues piled up like this give people a stronger sense of oppression, because their eyes are staring at Bai Liu in a small space with a high density, which makes people feel very uncomfortable, or in other words, normal people will feel uncomfortable when being stared at by so many dead eyes.
Bai Liu closed the bathroom door. He no longer cared about the wax statues and did not tie them up.
Because it doesn't make sense anymore.
These things are breaking free faster and faster. If we can't find more weaknesses to control them, it will be a very cost-effective approach to keep tying them up with cloth. Maybe we can train these wax statues to be able to break free quickly.
The moment Bai Liu opened the door, a new prompt popped up on the interface:
[Player Bai Liu completes the main quest - Staying overnight in the house without being mutated, reward points 20]
[Current balance: 23 points, can purchase items, player, do you want to purchase? ]
Bai Liu opened the store. He was so poor now that the things he could buy could be counted on one hand. Bai Liu bought a high-powered searchlight for 15 points, and he had 8 points left - he thought about it for a moment.
...I wonder if there is such a 3D holographic projection device.
[Yes, 4 points for one, and there is a promotional discount going on, 8 points for three, would you like to buy 3? ]
Bai Liu nodded without hesitation: [Yes! ]
As a corporate slave who is short of money, the two words he hates to hear the most in his life are definitely "discount" and "promotion".
After he bought it, he naturally started playing with the 3D projector he had purchased.
The quality of this discounted projector is quite good. After Bai Liu recorded her own portrait, the projected effect was amazing. There was not a trace of inferior quality at all. The colors were lifelike, and the characters were vivid. In the light and shadow, they looked almost like real people.
Bai Liu was very satisfied with the goods he purchased.
But his audience was very dissatisfied. According to the tradition in this game, once a newcomer gets their likes, attention and playback volume, they will have certain requirements for this newcomer.
A group of people gathered in front of the small TV, pointing and gesticulating, sighing.
"Could this new guy be trying to use the projector as a human eye to fool the wax statue of a mermaid? The weakness of the monster book says that it needs to be looked at directly by the human eye. This projector can only fool the wax statue of a mermaid for a while, but it won't last long."
"I actually bought a discounted projector. It looks high-end, but it's totally useless! Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a slow-selling item that no one would buy even for a single point! What is this newbie thinking?"
"...Yes, this projector was on sale when I came in, and now, after so many years, it's still on sale..."
"Fuck! 23 points, which is the highest score in the novice zone, was wasted. I didn't buy anything useful! What's wrong with me?!"
Suddenly, a player in front of a small screen shouted in surprise: "Come here quickly!! There is a new player who bought a flaming torch! This thing can kill mermaids, he is stable!"
The crowd suddenly left Bai Liu's small TV screen and gathered around the novice who was said to have bought the right props. Many people nodded in agreement.
"Yes, this is the conventional prop for breaking through the level. This is a good idea for a novice."
"The flaming torch can be used three times. If he uses it well, he should be the only one among this group of newcomers to pass the level."
…
There were only a few people left in front of Bai Liu's small TV.
[34 people are watching Bai Liu's small TV, 167 people have left]
[50 people cancelled their likes for Bai Liu's TV, 44 people cancelled their favorites for Bai Liu's TV, 17 people disliked Bai Liu's TV, and no one recharged Bai Liu's TV]
…
After testing his own props, Bai Liu left the room and went to Jeff's room to wake him up.
Jeff obviously didn't sleep well last night. His face looked pale and he had two big dark circles under his round-framed glasses.
As for the number of wax statues of mermaids in Jelf's room, Bai Liu estimated that they were about the same as in his own room.
But unlike the wax figures that Bai Liu had locked up, these wax figures were all quietly placed in place. He didn't know if it was Bai Liu's illusion, but he felt that the wax figures in Jelf's room looked more realistic than those in his room, and their faces also became subtly similar to Jelf's...
The mermaid has a translucent red complexion beneath its waxy white shell, and its eyeballs seem to be able to move in its eye sockets at any time. Its expression is comfortable and natural, like a fish that has absorbed enough water, with the scales on its tail stretched out.
There was also a faint fishy smell in the room.
Bai Liu went to Lucy and Andre's rooms to observe again. He made careful comparisons and found that the wax statues of mermaids in these rooms were indeed closer to human skin color than the one in his own room, both in terms of touch and color, and their facial features were beginning to become similar to those of the people living in the room.