Chapter 87 World Server Linkage (5)
Duan Jiangli had just upgraded to an S-level player when he saw his elder sister passing by the dungeon login hall alone. For a moment, Duan Jiangli even forgot the joy of finally reuniting with his loved one, and just hurriedly followed Duan Chouyu, wanting to see why she wanted to sneak out alone.
"Ah." Hearing Duan Jiangli's voice, Duan Chouyu woke up from his dream and cried out in surprise, but Duan Jiangli quickly covered his mouth and took him away from the hospital without alerting the figure in the hospital.
Duan Jiangli didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the two of them were completely away from the hospital. His eyes were full of red bloodshot from staying up late to clear dungeons in the past few days, and his beard had grown a circle. He looked like a homeless person fleeing from the disaster. Where was the elegant and refined young man from a wealthy family before?
Duan Jiangli wiped his face with his hands to stay awake, and said in a hoarse voice: "Sister, what are you thinking about?"
Duan Chouyu frowned: "I don't know what I was doing just now. It seems that at that moment, if you hadn't called me..."
"So that's how it is." Duan Jiangli breathed a sigh of relief. "Luckily I'm here. We've always speculated that X has a mental pollution ability, this should be it."
Duan Chouyu said: "Although I have heard of it before, in order to prevent such a thing from happening, I have always tried my best to abandon my emotions and even memories as a human. This is the first time I have been attacked by X's mind."
"Sister," Duan Jiangli raised his eyelids and looked at her, "Why is X targeting you?"
Duan Chouyu said helplessly: "I don't know either. The ability to predict is no longer very useful now..."
Duan Jiangli took a breath irritably. He wanted to smoke, but when he reached into his pocket, he found it was empty. Then he remembered that he couldn't buy cigarettes in the game. He withdrew his hand angrily and rubbed the tip of his ear until it turned red. After relieving a little of the depression in his heart, he said, "No matter what, I will never let you get hurt again this time."
"Have you just arrived in City B?" Duan Chouyu looked at his brother whom he hadn't seen for more than half a year with concern, and said, "You look too bad, shall I take you to rest?"
Duan Jiangli waved his hand and said, "No need to rest. I will sleep till dawn after the game is out. Now there is the most important thing. It's dawn..."
A faint bluish-white light could be seen in the distance.
Duan Jiangli smiled and said, "Sister, take me to the World Linkage. I want to see the rankings."
The day was about to dawn, which meant that Gu Qiufeng’s second live broadcast had finally come to an end.
By the time they reached the front of the building, quite a few players had already gathered there, rushing to see the ranking update early in the morning.
Duan Chouyu didn't try to squeeze in. Duan Jiangli stood beside her, using his arm to block the flow of people for his sister, and said, "Mr. Gu really has become the first. He is really amazing."
Duan Chouyu said: "He is very smart."
"Yes, and he is very capable." Duan Jiangli said, "Sister, what wish can the first place winner get?"
Duan Chouyu asked: "Will you believe X?"
"Of course not." Duan Jiangli said, "This is exactly what I'm worried about. What if X doesn't keep his word? A monster like him doesn't have any virtue of honesty and trustworthiness. I'm afraid Mr. Gu will make a wish to leave the game, because this kind of logical loophole is too easy to catch. If X kills us, it can be considered that he has successfully left the game... No matter how you make a wish to leave, there will be loopholes."
"Mr. Gu knows what's going on." Duan Chouyu said, "Don't always worry about others. After you finish looking at the points you care about, follow me back to catch up on some sleep."
Duan Jiangli said reluctantly: "Then sister, remember to wake me up before the end of the world server linkage at midnight today. I want to see how Mr. Gu makes a wish."
Duan Chouyu agreed.
When Duan Jiangli was about to leave, he happened to hear a few players who knew each other talking in low voices outside, but he didn't intend to listen.
"Have you had any nightmares recently? I've been having nightmares lately. I'm so tired."
"What nightmare?"
"I can't remember clearly, but every time I woke up, I felt very uncomfortable. Some psychiatric players seem to be more deeply affected. Now several psychiatric players are busy saving people every day."
“…”
Duan Jiangli walked away without listening any more.
A trace of uneasiness slipped through his heart. Looking at Duan Chouyu's profile in front of him, he suddenly thought that his sister seemed to be classified as a psychic player in some ways.
Could this nightmare that can affect a person's mental state be secretly arranged by X?
What did He want to do?
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Gu Qiufeng breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, I got the first place in points before the deadline.
Without thinking, he slept like crazy in his room, thinking of nothing. When he woke up, he finally felt refreshed. When Gu Qiufeng walked out the door, the sun was almost out outside. A cool breeze blew by, and he remembered that he hadn't seen Xiaoyu for two days.
Gu Qiufeng went to the guild base in Changyu Tavern to look for someone, but was told by members that Yu Chiang had entered an A-level copy and had not come out.
"Did he leave any words for me?" Gu Qiufeng asked.
The guild leader who was questioned shook his head.
"Then was there anything unusual when he left?" Gu Qiufeng frowned, instinctively feeling that something was wrong.
The player recalled: "It is usually difficult for us to directly contact President Yu himself. He always sends messages to us directly. He also told us unilaterally about entering the A-level dungeon."
Gu Qiufeng asked again: "Excuse me, has anyone of you ever entered an A-level dungeon?"
The player looked at him awkwardly: "I have been in the dungeon before, but Mr. Gu, you'd better be mentally prepared. There are only two situations for those who enter the dungeon. One is to log out of the dungeon directly with wounds all over the place, and the other is to stay there for more than a day and never come back."
As for the second situation, since Country H has no official A-level players, it is generally assumed that the player died in the dungeon.
But that's not right.
Gu Qiufeng turned around and left the guild, following the sunset glow to find Xie Songjin's residence. As soon as he entered, he was hit by the smell of alcohol.
Without the nourishment of the soul, Xie Songlan's body turned back into a puppet. Xie Songjin hugged the wooden puppet and drank sip after sip of wine.
Gu Qiufeng said: "There is no alcohol in the game, where did you buy it?"
Xie Songjin pinched his brows and said in a hoarse voice, "The fruit was sent by Miss Duan, and I brewed it myself."
"What do you want from me?" he asked.
Gu Qiufeng sat in front of him and said straight to the point: "Are you sure that Xie Songlan stayed in the A-level copy?"
"Yes." Xie Songjin said, "I saw it with my own eyes. What happened?"
Seeing Gu Qiufeng's serious expression, his eyes suddenly became clearer.
Gu Qiufeng said softly: "President Xie, I want to go to an A-level copy with you. My friend is missing in it."
When Xie Songjin heard this, his hands holding the puppet trembled violently, and then he slowly said: "Most of those who have not come out of the A-level copy for more than a day are dead."
Gu Qiufeng said: "I don't believe it unless I see it with my own eyes."
Xie Songjin asked again: "In my current state, am I going to the A-level dungeon just to hinder you?"
Gu Qiufeng glanced at him and said, "I prefer fair trade. Xie Songjin, you will be my guide to the A-level copy. I will find a way to bring Xie Songlan's soul out."
Xie Songjin said in a trembling voice: "Is it really possible?"
"Pick up Miss Xie and let's get out of the game together." Gu Qiufeng said.
A voice suddenly sounded from outside: "Senior Gu, it would be unfair of you not to take me with you to the A-level dungeon."
Gu Qiufeng thought the voice sounded familiar. He went outside, opened the door, and saw the person. He couldn't help but feel surprised: "You came to City B so soon?"
Duan Jiangli said with a smile: "I feel uneasy if you don't accompany me to the dungeon. So I quickly upgraded to find you. Were you talking about the A-level dungeon just now?"
Xie Songjin suddenly asked: "How do you know?"
He had been in a slump ever since Xie Songlan left, and for a moment he did not recognize Duan Jiangli's identity.
Gu Qiufeng asked: "Did your sister ask you to come?"
"No." Duan Jiangli said frankly, "Of course I came here secretly."
Duan Jiangli took a quick look at the layout of the room and said, "Mr. Gu, I think X is setting up a bigger plan."
He informed Gu Qiufeng about the recent attacks on all the psychic players in City B.
"Not only psychic players, a large number of ordinary players have also shown symptoms of nightmares." Ever since Duan Jiangli heard about those conversations, the uneasiness in his heart has been growing.
His instincts were never wrong.
If Duan Jiangli feels that something is not good, then it must be really not good.
So after secretly hiding the news from Duan Chouyu, Duan Jiangli did not sleep, but walked around the streets and did some simple research, and obtained some rough statistical data.
Gu Qiufeng glanced at him and said, "But if you go to an A-level dungeon in your current mental state, you're looking for death."
Duan Jiangli pointed at Xie Songjin dissatisfiedly: "He is not much stronger than me, senior. I now have enough experience in dungeons, my physical fitness is the best among us, and my skills are also attack output type. I can attack from a distance and also fight in close combat. It is not a loss for you to bring me along. Besides, if something happens to you, I will not be able to beat X alone in the future. I have to protect you to get out of the A-level dungeon alive..."
Duan Jiangli's incessant chattering was quite good.
Gu Qiufeng: “…”
Gu Qiufeng sighed, "Okay, but..." He changed the subject and pointed at Xie Songjin and Duan Jiangli, "You two should hurry up and go to bed. We'll leave after I finish the world server connection."
Xie Songjin: "Okay."
"Got it. Senior, by the way, what wish do you plan to make?" Duan Jiangli said.
Gu Qiufeng smiled mysteriously: "I want to make a wish that X can't refuse me."
As soon as the time reached midnight, all the rankings on the world server linkage leaderboard disappeared. At the same time, all the participating players were drawn into a hall. Looking from a distance, a huge crowd of people from all over the world gathered together, which looked like a vast ocean.
But everyone's eyes were on the tall figure at the front of the hall.
A thought came to the minds of countless players.
Is this the legendary NPC agent?
What wish is he going to make?
Gu Qiufeng cleared his throat, and the first word he spoke was: "X, do you have an instruction manual?"
"No." said the mechanical voice.
Gu Qiufeng sighed and said, "This won't work. You don't have an instruction manual, which makes me doubt the credibility of this wish. You are not even as good as some three-no products, how can I trust you?"
The mechanical voice said strangely: "Then what do you want to do?"
Gu Qiufeng vowed: "Give me three chances to answer your questions."
He sang the same tune as the game's developers, and it was as if they were bargaining in a vegetable market, which made human players all over the world feel dazed.
Duan Jiangli, who was watching from the sidelines, said: “.”
Damn, this familiar bargain!
But more players are like: “???”
Why did they feel that this famous gentleman turned such a grand occasion into a vegetable market?
However, before they could finish complaining in their hearts, Gu Qiufeng slowly used up the first opportunity to answer questions.
"Excuse me, can the wish to return to reality really come true?"
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