The Nightmare Nova screen in the central lobby.

This is a black TV room, which is different from the core hall's magnificent decoration style. It has an inky modern industrial style, with black curtains covering the walls everywhere, dotted with scattered bright silver or golden fragments. It looks as dreamy as the starry sky on a summer night, but a closer look will reveal some bloody handprints on the inky curtains, and those small fragments are human metal prosthetic tooth fragments that have been glued on.

The definition of a "newcomer" in the game is someone who has participated in less than 52 games. Based on the average player's game frequency of once a week, players within a year can be called rising stars. Rising stars have their own special list, and nightmare rising stars are the best among the rising star promotion positions.

There are ten screens in the Nightmare Rising Star Hall. Only the top ten rookies with the highest combined points of the day can go on stage. The competition is always fierce, and many people usually get on stage and are quickly squeezed out. But now the style of this fiercely competitive hall is a bit... strange.

Because the second screen, the third screen and the fourth screen were all hung with Bai Liu's small TV.

Wang Shun rushed over and saw that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, because Bai Liu rushed to the second place, but Du Sanying, who was third, and Mu Sicheng, who was fourth, also hung Bai Liu's small TV in the center of their screens. At first glance, it seemed that Bai Liu alone occupied three nightmare new star promotion positions. Many other viewers who didn't pay attention to Bai Liu were also attracted by Bai Liu. They walked over here in confusion:

"Who is this new guy?! He occupies three screens by himself, so cool."

"That's Bai Liu! The one who caused such a huge quarrel in the forum before! I can see that you don't care about melons. At that time, a group of people said that if you met Zhang Kui, the end would be either death or becoming a puppet. Tsk tsk, from the perspective of this situation, it doesn't look like you are becoming a puppet of Zhang Kui."

"I remember that many people in the forum scolded him because he got a lot of charging points in his first single-player game. Many low-level players were jealous of him and said that he would be struck by lightning sooner or later for showing off. Now he is on the nightmare new star list. I think if this newcomer is ruthless, he will kill a few people who like to show off in the game. I don't know who will be struck by lightning."

[Clear the true end of "Last Train" - 30,000 points reward]

[Clear the true end line of "Last Train" - Attribute points: 100 (the panel attributes can be improved according to the player's own needs)]

["The Last Bus Monster Book - Exploding Passenger Page" Collection Reward - Props: 20 pieces of broken mirrors (quality unknown) - You need to collect all the broken mirrors to unlock the complete props]

["The Last Train Monster Book - Thief Brothers Page" Collection Reward - Props: 1 Thief Black Finger (good quality), 60 pieces of broken mirror (quality unknown) - After equipping the Thief Black Finger, it is like having a third hand, which allows you to steal other people's things inadvertently; the broken mirror pieces must be collected to unlock the complete props]

["The Last Train Monster Book - Ghost Mirror Page" - Props: Mirror frame (quality unknown) - the core tool for holding broken mirror pieces. It takes 400 broken mirror pieces to piece together a complete mirror.]

["Last Train Monster Book" Collection Reward - Item: Passenger's Blessing (Excellent Quality) - The passengers are grateful to you for saving their miserable fate, so they give you blessings. As long as you sit on the seat of the vehicle, their souls will protect you and prevent any monster from harming you]

[Note: Players cannot bring their own transportation by force. It must be native to the original scene.]

[System: Player Bai Liu's comprehensive evaluation of this mini-TV]

[This time, the "Last Train to Burst" game process video was highly praised by 153,266 players and collected by 196,835 players, earning a total of 94,802 points. However, at the same time, 1,359 players disliked this video and voted against it. At the peak, more than 100,000 people were watching Bai Liu's small TV at the same time. There is no doubt that the game video of player Bai Liu enjoys extraordinary appeal.]

[The comprehensive data exceeds 300,000, and the video of player Bai Liu's "The Last Train to Explosion" is rated - it should be a shining silver badge level video. Taking into account the 1:112 thumbs-down ratio, the video is appropriately downgraded and finally rated as a bright silver badge level video. Videos of this level are eligible to enter the VIP library - Player Bai Liu's game video enters the VIP library]

[After entering the VIP library, if any player wants to watch the game video of player Bai Liu's "Last Train to Explosion", they need to become a VIP member of the system and then pay 60 points to the system. The points paid by the audience will be split 50-50 between Bai Liu and the system.]

[Bai Liu's mini-TV series has achieved the following achievements:]

[The first player to leave the grave disco area recently]

[No. 2 on Nightmare Rising Star List]

[One of the first players to complete "Last Train" recently]

[The first player to reach Nightmare Rising Stars in his second game since Spade]

…

When Bai Liu came out of the exit, he saw Mu Sicheng leaning against the exit with his arms folded waiting for him.

Seeing Bai Liu coming out, Mu Sicheng looked at Bai Liu with a puzzled look: "Although I know you probably have a backup plan, how did you get out? That's a god-level NPC..."

Bai Liu smiled mysteriously: "Do you want to know?"

Mu Sicheng hesitated for a few seconds, but finally nodded.

Bai Liu calmly spread out his hands: "Use points to buy information."

Mu Sicheng: "..."

"You only got a few hundred thousand charging points. You want to take this kind of money from me? You really are obsessed with money." Mu Sicheng was particularly depressed. "Forget it. I don't want to know how much money you have cheated me of."

Bai Liu smiled more friendly: "You only have one black finger prop, right? This prop is from the thief series and is very helpful to you. Don't you want to get it?"

"I have one here too." Bai Liu looked at Mu Sicheng innocently.

Mu Sicheng: "..."

"How much do you want?" Mu Sicheng asked speechlessly, preparing to pay for the disaster relief.

Bai Liu smiled happily: "I want the remaining 320 mirror fragments."

"...but I only have 80 broken mirror fragments here." Mu Sicheng frowned. He and Bai Liu looked at each other for a few seconds, and suddenly realized what this guy was up to. "Damn, you're kidding. You want me to help you collect all the other broken mirror fragments? On what basis do you want me to help you collect all the other broken mirror fragments?"

Bai Liu said slowly: "You have to go to other players' places to collect your black fingers anyway, why not help me collect some as well."

Bai Liu didn't expect that the props given this time were all of the puzzle type. Five black fingers were needed to form the "third hand", and 400 pieces of broken mirrors were needed to form a prop. There were five people who passed the level, and each person got exactly one finger and 80 broken mirrors. Although they were all high-quality props, each person only got one fifth and could not use them at all.

[Thief's Black Fingers] Needless to say, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this item is something that Mu Sicheng is determined to obtain, and he will definitely find a way to get five fingers.

But as for the broken mirror pieces...it's not certain who can put them together.

Mu Sicheng sneered: "Bai Liu, have you forgotten that Fang Ke and Liu Huai are both guild players? They have to hand in the good items they get to the guild. It's useless for them to have a fragment of a strong personal attribute like [Thief's Black Finger], so they don't have to hand it in to the guild. I can pay them to sell it to me."

"But the unknown mirror fragments obviously have unknown properties because they have god-level NPC attributes that the system cannot calculate. The last item with god-level NPC attributes, your whip, was so arrogant in the game and its judgment was so ridiculous that everyone saw it. You, a player with an F panel, can use such a powerful weapon." Mu Sicheng folded his arms and raised his eyebrows to look at Bai Liu, "Then how useful will this item with god-level NPC attributes be?"

"Fang Ke and Liu Huai must hand over the broken mirror fragments to the King's Guild. The King's Guild will definitely find a way to collect the broken mirror fragments and complete this item with god-level NPC attributes." Mu Sicheng said with certainty.

"But there are 180 mirror fragments on you, me, and Du Sanying." Bai Liu thought and asked, "How does the King's Guild want to get these mirror fragments from us?"

Mu Sicheng raised three fingers with his right hand. "I can think of three ways that the King's Guild will use. The first is to buy it out, that is, trade it. They buy the broken mirror fragments from us at a high price. And I have to tell you sadly that Bai Liu and Du Sanying have sold the broken mirror fragments to the King's Guild for 60,000 points."

Bai Liu sighed softly: "As expected, Du Sanying would immediately take action for something that would bring misfortune to others. However, for only 60,000 points for each broken mirror with unknown function, the King's Guild is really rich and powerful."

Mu Sicheng continued, "The second method is stealing. This is my specialty. I find guild players with stealing skills or props to follow us and steal the broken mirror fragments from us in the game. But don't worry, if you want to steal something from me, no one has ever done it except you, a psychopath."

"Of course, there is also the simplest and most direct way, which brings the greatest benefits—" Mu Sicheng shook his three fingers at Bai Liu with a half-smile, "I think you should have guessed what the third way with the greatest benefits is."

Bai Liu opened his eyelids and said, "Killing people, if they kill me in the game, everything on me will be theirs."

"You killed a high-level player from their guild. They spent a lot of resources to raise Zhang Kui, and yet he was killed in the game by you." Mu Sicheng threatened Bai Liu in an exaggerated tone, but with a nonchalant smile on his face, as if he didn't care about offending the King's Guild. "You have greatly offended them, and now you want to fight them for the broken mirror. Do you have any self-awareness? They will hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"

"I have it now, but it seems too late." Bai Liu glanced at Mu Sicheng and suddenly laughed, "But you didn't sell the broken mirror fragments to the King's Guild. You meant to leave them for me, right? It seems that you are also ready to be hunted down with me?"

"You are quite narcissistic." Mu Sicheng snorted and looked away from Bai Liu. He put his hands in his pockets and suddenly punched Bai Liu with his fist. "You were the one who asked to cooperate with me first, right?"

Bai Liu staggered after being hit, and suddenly heard the system's prompt sound.

[System prompt: Player Mu Sicheng gave player Bai Liu 80 mirror fragments as a gift]

"Hey, how about we give our group a name?" Mu Sicheng seemed to suddenly remember something. He seemed to be talking to himself with a strange smile on his face. He seemed to be very excited about going against the King's Guild. "When I was being hunted by Zhang Kui, I told Liu Huai that when we kill Zhang Kui one day, our group will definitely become famous. At that time, I gave the group with Liu Huai a very vulgar name, called Thief and Assassin."

But later, the thief stole the assassin's knife, and the assassin cut off the thief's hand with the knife. The puppeteer who controlled everything and was once insurmountable was so easily killed by Bai Liu in the hands of a newcomer.

That group name that didn't have much to offer has long since disappeared from the forum.

"Let's give our new group a name?" Mu Sicheng suddenly said.

Bai Liu didn't really care about these minor details, but with something as entertaining as live streaming, it would be better to have a group name. He first asked Mu Sicheng for his opinion: "What do you think it should be called?"

Mu Sicheng's eyes drifted away: "...What do you think of thieves and conspirators?"

Even Bai Liu couldn't help but: "= ="

…Is this guy just a combination of occupations and no other way to come up with a name? If he knew that Bai Liu was originally a wanderer, he might have come up with a name like Thief and Wanderer, which is full of sourness at first glance…

"You might as well call it..." Bai Liu pretended to think, "The Wanderer and the Monkey."

After two seconds of silence, Mu Sicheng jumped up in anger: "Fuck you! Bai Liu, you are betraying me!"

Mu Sicheng would never have thought that such a funny combination name casually mentioned by Bai Liu would sweep the entire game in the future and become the nightmare combination that countless players were terrified of. As long as they heard the sharp and piercing monkey laugh and saw the smiling young man in the white shirt and suit pants, the victory of this game was already secured.

In the game of eternal sleep in fear, money and laurels will always belong to the wanderer and the monkey.

And their victory is about to begin.