The first copy
Knock knock knock.
"Who is it?" the old lady asked behind the door, but she knew it clearly.
The mission only lasts three days, and she is the clue NPC closest to the player, so the other party will definitely come looking for her.
As other NPCs said, everyone is trained before taking up the job, and their professional ethics do not allow them to back down.
The door opened a crack, and the old lady stood behind it, half of her head showing. "What's going on?"
"Robbery."
Grandma: “!”
"I'm just kidding." Du Ming smiled. "It's getting late. I saw that there were only two of us in this neighborhood. I guess we have a good relationship, so I came to grandma's place to have a meal."
[Warning: The old lady is angry about your unfunny joke, and her malice value has reached 50,000.]
The old lady rolled her eyes, and her fear subsided a lot.
[Warning: Because of the silly joke, the old lady relaxed a lot, and her malicious value decreased by 100 points.]
"Come in." He said and opened the door.
"Hey." Du Ming closed the door casually, thinking about the system prompt just now.
The malicious value can actually be reduced.
The furnishings in grandma's house are even simpler than those in Du Ming's house.
There was a low cabinet near the door, holding two pairs of slippers. One of the slippers was quite large, but it fit Du Ming perfectly.
As he thought, the two should have a good relationship and even visit each other frequently.
The dining table is just outside the kitchen, so you can just put down the dishes and chopsticks and start eating.
Du Ming handed the old man chopsticks and was as polite as if he were at home, completely unaware of the other person's twitching mouth.
The pork belly, with its alternating fat and lean parts, was stewed to perfection. Du Ming ate a piece and praised, "Grandma, your cooking skills are truly amazing."
The old lady was coaxed into a happy mood.
Then I heard someone say again: "Grandma, copies can't lie. This applies to everyone, right?"
A mouthful of meat almost got stuck.
Du Ming helped the man calm down.
After the meat was slid down, the old lady heard her own slightly hoarse voice, "Yes."
It is true.
Someone showed a look of understanding.
This copy of the game was almost the same as the one he had played before, except that the NPCs were like living people and had their own thoughts and ideas.
The old lady glanced at the other person and realized that she had said the wrong thing.
But what else could she do?
The game rules restrict not only players, but also NPCs.
Now she could only hope that Du Ming wouldn't be too sensitive, but she was destined to be disappointed.
The two finished their meal in peace and quiet.
Du Ming was also very polite and helped wash the dishes.
When she came out of the kitchen, the expression on her face changed instantly. In the backlight, the old lady couldn't see her expression clearly. She only saw darkness and shadows.
"Now, let's talk about it."
Du Ming held the old lady's shoulders.
For the elderly, the next half hour was definitely more painful than memorizing the rules during the pre-job training.
Under pressure from the rules, she was forced to reveal everything she knew. Although she could have been vague and evasive, a lot of things were still known to the other party.
Du Ming smiled with satisfaction.
He never expected that in this game, the NPCs not only called themselves the world, but also had a training and job system.
It was truly a pleasant surprise.
Du Ming was once again thankful for choosing this copy. Seeing the old lady sweating profusely, he kindly decided to let her go.
"Have a good rest. I'll come see you tomorrow."
Please don't come here.
The old lady screamed in her heart and quickly sent the person out the door.
There was a lot of noise in the group, and they were discussing how to deal with Du Ming and vent their anger.
Feeling guilty, the old lady made an excuse that she was a little sleepy and went to rest first.
Outside the door, Du Ming was thinking about doing this.
The old lady dropped a lot of game stuff, and she must be very frightened at this time. She probably won't contact other NPCs.
It is better to strike first than to strike first.
After returning to his room, Du Ming sent a message directly to his so-called cheap dad.
My dear father, what is your home address? I miss you so much and I'm going home.
In less than three seconds, my dear father called and said something else, "Son, why do you suddenly want to go home? Mom and Dad are in good health, don't worry."
"I'm not worried, I just want to know your home address?"
"Oh, it's so unsafe to come here at night."
"Home address?"
“…”
"address?"
"...Son, are you a repeater?"
"I'm not." Du Ming was very sure.
There was silence for a moment, and then he asked calmly, "What do you want to do?"
"I just wanted to visit my family." Although that wasn't the ultimate goal, I did want to go and see them. So it wasn't really a lie.
Through conversations with grandma and strategies from the previous life.
Du Ming knew that in the "No Lying" dungeon, NPCs didn't have to answer players' questions directly, but repeatedly avoiding the topic would raise serious suspicions of lying.
In the previous life, the NPC in this copy was not so smart that it would reveal clues in response to the player's clever questions.
If this instance were real, the NPCs would be real people. If the NPCs were constantly controlling the game with their subjective thoughts, players wouldn't even think about completing the game.
Therefore, he kept repeating the same topic, just to see if the NPC had any restrictions.
It seems that after a few times, NPCs will be punished for avoiding talking about it.
Is this a different kind of fairness?
Du Ming guessed, and when he heard the heavy breathing coming from the phone, he offered a compromise, "I can not go, but you have to pack up your brother and his things and send them over now."
All people are the same.
First, offer the other party a price they can't bear, then offer them a relatively good deal. People always compromise.
The cheap dad quickly compromised and agreed to let him open the door in half an hour.
Half an hour passed as promised. When Du Ming opened the door, he saw a big package and his tied-up brother with tears in his eyes and a wronged look on his face.
Du Ming adopted a conciliatory policy.
He untied the man and didn't ask for any information. He asked him to take a shower and rest for a while.
After the person relaxed, he handed over a glass of juice and asked, "Do you feel wronged? Do you want revenge?"
My younger brother felt a little awkward and a little resentful.
I thought to myself, aren’t you the culprit?
But I unconsciously wanted to hear what the other person said, and my ears perked up.
"I heard you NPCs also have a rating system."
"How did you know?" The words came out of his mouth and he regretted it right after he said it.
Isn't this just like confessing one's own crime?
Du Ming already knew everything. Whether the other party spilled the beans or not was irrelevant. He simply threw a question at him, "Do you want to become the highest-rated NPC?"
The highest rated NPC?
Of course I thought so.
Who wouldn’t want that!
The highest score meant that the salary at the end of the dungeon was several times higher than others. With the salary, he could do anything, and he could also organize applications to enter the popular dungeon, which was a lot of benefits.
A certain NPC's eyes were shining, and one could imagine the desire in them.
Du Ming understood his desire and patiently said, "I have a way to help you become the highest-rated NPC."
"What's the price?" There's no such thing as a free lunch.
"Just help me pass the level." Du Ming replied lightly.
The younger brother couldn't help but be moved. "How are you going to help me? And how can I help you? What's the specific plan?"
Du Ming sat down. "The specific plan is that you just need to tell me the identity information of other people related to me."
The younger brother was puzzled: “???”
"Look, if you tell me the information about the other NPCs, then when we finally get to the final quiz, I can answer all the questions about them, but I can't answer yours. So, you can get a high score, right?"
The method Du Ming suggested made his brother suddenly enlightened and his eyes brightened.
Why didn’t he think of it!
He then looked at the other person with contempt, an expression that said, 'Only a scumbag could come up with such a heartless idea.'
Then he was beaten by someone.
"Brother, brother! I was wrong, I was wrong." The younger brother begged for mercy and said a lot of nice words in a flattering tone, and only then did Du Ming stop.
But when it came to the real operation, the NPC hesitated again.
It's not that I have a change of heart, but I'm afraid that someone will use the same trick to seduce other NPCs, which would be counterproductive.
Seeing the other party's hesitation, Du Ming said directly: "If you are worried, you can follow me for the next few days until the final test comes."
My brother thought about it and felt that it was feasible, so he nodded in agreement.
Thinking of the good times after the copy was over, the younger brother helped people massage shoulders and legs in a flattering manner, and revealed all the information he knew about his cheap father and mother.
Du Ming listened and took notes, and had a general idea in his mind.
At night, Du Ming slept in the room, while his younger brother slept on the sofa in the living room, under the pretext of keeping an eye on him.
Du Ming knew that someone was afraid that he would run out in the middle of the night and contact the old lady across the street.
But isn't someone being too naive?
Lying in bed, Du Ming silently took out his phone from under his pillow...
On the other side, the Demon King, who was about to quickly head towards 'No Lying', was tripped up by his own lieutenant No. 2.
As a great devil, he naturally has more than one lieutenant under his command.
In addition to Adjutant No. 1 who reports the situation in the Abyss Demon Palace, there are four other adjutants. Each adjutant commands his own soldiers and manages large and small copies.
This time, an adjutant came to report that another copy had been destroyed.
The reason is that the players in the dungeon inexplicably started a cannibalism mode, which affected the NPCs in the entire dungeon and destroyed the background core of the dungeon.
The core is the source of the Demon King's energy and the basis for a stable copy. It is particularly important and only the Demon King can restore it.
Therefore, after the adjutant discovered this, he immediately came to chase and intercept them.
The demon king with two big horns thought for a while and decided to repair the core.
As for that interesting 'scumbag' player, he probably won't be able to cause any trouble in the short term.
Right...
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