Lili
After seeing the three people off, He Lizhou lowered his eyes and opened his palm to reveal a neatly folded piece of paper.
Why do so many people like to pass on little notes...
He Lizhou opened the note and saw only a few words written on it in neat handwriting: Don't trust all NPCs.
This time there was no mystery in the words, and He Lizhou immediately understood what Ming Luohui meant. This was to remind himself that there were still NPCs who were untrustworthy or whose stance was based on the system.
There are innumerable copies in the system, and naturally there are countless NPCs with awakened consciousness. For example, Bai Yimei once personally acknowledged his brother Bai Qiuliang's position. He Lizhou is naturally not a person who trusts others easily, but Ming Luohui deliberately left this note, which can only mean that the current situation seems to be more serious than He Lizhou thought.
After discovering that the characters in the copy had awakened their self-awareness, He Lizhou basically encountered NPCs that were disgusted with the system. This made him think that the situation was good, at least most of the NPCs were in the same camp.
However, Ming Luohui's reminder helped He Lizhou get out of his misunderstanding. The NPCs he could find were all harmless, and those NPCs with malicious intentions would only hide deeper and would not be easily discovered by He Lizhou.
He Lizhou slowly clenched his fists and couldn't help but wonder if the figure he saw last night was an opponent hiding in the dark, secretly observing him.
Before he could figure out a conclusion, Sheng Ju suddenly whispered, "That's it!"
He Lizhou looked up and saw Peng Ningyu being embraced by a slim woman in red. The familiar figure immediately pulled the two back to the shadow of a certain copy. He Lizhou's forehead twitched twice, "Lili..."
Lili in the "Apartment" copy is committed to bringing players into a place that looks like a Colosseum. Although in her opinion that place is indeed a good place, it is very dangerous for players. From the beginning of entering the copy to leaving the copy, several people did not accept Lili's kindness.
How come she suddenly appeared here?
He Lizhou was still confused, but Sheng Ju asked directly.
The two's actions obviously "disturbed" Lili and Peng Ningyu's reminiscing. Lili let go of Peng Ningyu, turned around and glared at Sheng Ju: "Why am I here? Your hotel is almost messed up. Anyone can get in. There are loopholes everywhere. Do you really think you can stop us by registering your information?"
Sheng Ju slowly looked at He Lizhou, but saw that there was no surprise on He Lizhou's face. "Boss Zhouzhou, did you guess it?"
He Lizhou smiled and said, "To verify the player's identity, it is most convenient to check the personal panel bound to the system, but if we really do that, how can we attract non-players?"
Lili thought for a while, not sure whether she understood or not, "Oh."
She held Peng Ningyu affectionately and said, "I originally didn't bother to care about your little thoughts, but when I think about it carefully, if you really died, what would happen to my good sister? So I came to find you."
After she finished speaking, she touched Peng Ningyu's cheek again, "Baby, is the matchbox that your sister gave you useful? I heard that you burned down an entire building in a certain time and space. You're really great!"
Lili's eyes were filled with joy that could not be ignored. Peng Ningyu was quite uncomfortable. She struggled hard, but was held tightly by Lili and failed. "Uh... Thank you, thank you so much for your matchbox."
Lili said lovingly: "My dear sister, I have a lot here, and I don't need them, so I'll give them all to you!"
Seeing that the two of them were talking more and more off topic, He Lizhou couldn't help but cough lightly to draw Lili's attention back, "Lili, you came here, didn't you want to reminisce with Ningyu?"
Lili had a good impression of He Lizhou, and didn't mind him interrupting her and Peng Ningyu's intimacy. "Now that you mention it, I really forgot what I originally wanted to do here?"
She thought about it for a while, but to no avail, so she apologized to them first, "I didn't mean to hurt you in the copy. My mind wasn't fully clear at that time, and I was dizzy and just felt that I had to let you go there."
She was also a little scared, "Luckily you didn't go."
He Lizhou saw that she was actually confused now, so he took the initiative to say: "I'll find you a room to stay in first, and you can think about things slowly."
Although there were no vacant guest rooms, there were still enough vacant rooms in the staff dormitory building. He Lizhou arranged a room for Lili next to Peng Ningyu, which really made her smile.
Fortunately, although Peng Ningyu was a little overwhelmed by Lili's enthusiasm, he still liked Lili in his heart, and even volunteered to talk to Lili about the current situation of the copy NPC.
"Uncle Hu and Lili are both awake and have come here. Will there be more people from other copies coming here?"
He Lizhou had used the inn for emergency shelter in almost every copy. After an NPC awakened in the copy, as long as they inquired about the inn, they would naturally understand He Lizhou's identity. This was actually not friendly to He Lizhou and his team, after all, they were in the dark, while the inn was in the light.
Sheng Ju pinched his fingers and recalled: "In "Apartment", because we destroyed the dungeon, the system punished us and put us into the punishment dungeon, which is "School Rules". If there is an NPC with awakened consciousness in this dungeon, it must be the female student. After all, even the dungeon was just a dream of hers."
He Lizhou agreed with this view, but soon he realized the problem again, "Since the copy of "Apartment" was destroyed, where was Lili during this period, and where did she come from?"
Sheng Ju gave He Lizhou an innocent look in response.
Since the person involved is present, the natural thing to do is to ask directly.
He Lizhou returned to Lili's room again and knocked for a long time but no one answered. Until Lili poked her head out from Peng Ningyu's room next door, "What are you doing?"
He Lizhou: “…”
Seeing He Lizhou's speechless look, Lili became alert, "I didn't ask Ningyu to slack off. Didn't you give her a task? She was just chatting with me!"
He Lizhou was not surprised that Lili knew this. They talked without avoiding Lili. Judging from how much Lili cared about Peng Ningyu, she might have left something to keep an eye on her at all times.
"It's not about this. We came here again to ask you, where were you after the copy was destroyed and before you came to the inn?"
Lili was stunned by the question that He Lizhou suddenly asked. Her eyes gradually became confused and she thought hard: "Yes, where did I go? How did I know that the building was destroyed by you?"
"I seem to have gone to a dark place..."
Lili frowned, but couldn't remember where she was. "No, I went back to when I was still alive."
"It's still not right. Huh? Where was I in the first place?"
Seeing Lili thinking painfully, He Lizhou stopped her: "Don't worry, just think about it slowly, it should be...something has happened."
Lili raised her head in a daze, staring at He Lizhou, and said faintly: "I remember, I entered the special space of the system."
He Lizhou was hit all over. He had entered the system space of System 09. He had no sense of the passage of time while staying inside, but he could hear the sound of the system. So Lili was pulled into the space by the system. But when the broadcast copy suffered heavy losses, Lili could hear it, so she knew that a building was burned down.
This does make sense, but why did the system let Lili out? And why didn't it erase Lili's previous memories?
Even if "dispatched" to other copies, a completely blank person is always much easier to control than one with memories.
Could it be the work of System 09 again? But this was not right. From System 09's words before, He Lizhou could clearly feel that it treated him differently. Even for other people in the inn, System 09 did not care at all. How could it interfere with the affairs of an NPC in an ordinary dungeon that He Lizhou had entered?
Lili tilted her head to look at He Lizhou's expression. "Your expression is really weird. What's wrong? Haven't you found out where I've been?"
He Lizhou saw that although she was confused, she might know some other secrets since it concerned him, so he asked his question. However, he did not expect Lili to widen her eyes in shock: "Do you want to erase your memory? I have never heard of it."
She knew that He Lizhou would not joke with her about this kind of thing, so she frowned and said, "Maybe it's the effect of one of my props?"
Before He Lizhou could refute, she rejected her own idea first, "No, it's something of the system, how can it possibly control itself?"
"But I'm really no different. If I have to say..."
She looked at Peng Ningyu who was sitting obediently beside them and listening to their conversation. "If I must say something special, does it count as me particularly liking Ningyu? The kind of person who I felt close to the first time I saw her?"
Peng Ningyu touched her head sheepishly, "Actually, I like Sister Lili very much, too."
Sheng Ju peeked out from behind He Lizhou and asked, "You two haven't met before, have you?"
Peng Ningyu waved her hand and smiled, "How could that be? That was the first time we met in the dungeon, and Sister Lili and I lived in different places before."
Yes, Peng Ningyu used to live outside the infinite flow game, and Lili lived inside the infinite flow game. The two had no intersection at all, so how could they have met?
I couldn't figure out what to do, and the guests outside were looking for He Lizhou, so this conversation had to end hastily.
He Lizhou returned to the main building and saw another player who had entered the dungeon and was seriously injured. The woman held down her companion's abdomen, which was bleeding profusely, and cried to He Lizhou who had hurried over, "Boss He, please save her quickly!"
When He Lizhou saw the injury, he was overwhelmed and hurried to call Yang Wanhe. When the woman saw Yang Wanhe coming, she realized that she was so anxious that she felt dizzy. There was no point in calling Boss He. She should call a doctor now.
Yang Wanhe arrived at the hall and squatted down to check the injuries without saying a word. After a few glances, his frown slowly relaxed. He stood up and shook his head: "It's hopeless - his internal organs are almost empty. You are lucky to have survived until now, otherwise you would not have been able to get out of the dungeon at all."
The woman exhaled a breath of foul air, unwilling to believe it, and whispered softly: "How could it be possible?"
Instead, He Lizhou's eyes narrowed as he checked the wound. He then called Peng Ningyu over and whispered in her ear, "Go take a look at the wound as well."
Peng Ningyu didn't understand what He Lizhou meant, but she went forward to take a look as he said, and then she understood what He Lizhou meant.
This wound is exactly the same as the cashier's killing method in the "Apartment" copy.
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