Chapter 31 A big harvest!!!
The deafening noise outside continued. The people who had just escaped from the store looked at each other for a while. Qiao Song took the initiative to ask, "Let's find a place to sit first?"
She touched the wall to turn on the light, and moved a few chairs from the counter as if she was back home.
Huangmao knew that the last copy she was in was a convenience store copy, and he didn't think much about it. Instead, he was wondering how Qiao Song knew that the convenience store branch would be fine even if the copy collapsed.
"Of course it's because among the school's fixed locations, this is the only place that has always been kept independent."
All individual buildings in the school will generate fixed rules, and the public toilet where Huangmao hid last night is no exception. It is all within the rules and even has sculptures hidden inside.
But this small convenience store on a single plot of land has nothing.
"So, this place should be independent of the Kaidan Middle School dungeon. Even if Kaidan Middle School collapses, it will be fine."
How could a miserly boss open his store in someone else's copy without taking more measures?
Huang Mao gave a thumbs up: "Awesome."
They were almost at the parking lot in their electric scooter, but from a distance they could only see a large black screen stuck there, and there was a high probability that they couldn't even get through the parking lot.
"It seems we have no choice but to stay here for now. The dungeon lasts seven days, so we should be able to survive for four more days."
Fortunately, although the convenience store branches in this kind of copy do not sell item cards, they have basic daily necessities. Huangmao was just a little regretful that he had no place to sleep. This store is not big, and if he sleeps on the floor with so many people, it would probably be a bit crowded.
"Now that I think about it, the portable cabins provided by the primary convenience store dungeon were really cool. It's a pity that I was poor at that time and couldn't afford to buy them."
Qiao Song was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
She has this thing.
When I bought it, it was still in the form of a prop card and I had never used it.
It just so happened that she hadn't experimented with the function of this thing yet.
【Portable mobile cabin (multi-living version)】
[Ding——It is detected that the owner of the hut is in an independent space outside the copy. Would you like to enter the hut? ]
There are several options below, indicating that new residents' rooms and temporary guests' rooms can be added.
When Huangmao saw Qiao Song take out this thing, he immediately exclaimed "Wow" and was almost bowing down in worship.
"Isn't this thing only produced in the novice copy? Sister Qiao, you can actually afford it!"
The fat guy actually knew more about the property than the yellow-haired guy. He touched his not-so-obvious chin and said in shock, "It's not even a one-bedroom apartment, it's a multi-bedroom cottage. You actually bought it."
Qiao Song raised his eyebrows: "Is this thing hard to buy?"
The fat man explained: "It's not a question of whether it's hard to buy or not. This thing is like a hidden item. Because the price-performance ratio is too high, most convenience stores will try their best to hide it and not let people buy it. Infinite Highway mainly promotes the luxurious one-bedroom apartments that allow players to stay overnight in the dungeon. The one-bedroom apartments are actually pretty good, but most of the functions are too useless. It feels like all the money was spent on decoration."
Although the desperadoes on the Infinite Highway also want to live a good life, all their money is spent on food and accommodation. How can they buy equipment and props to leave here and return to the real world?
So these underworld capitalists are really cunning.
The fact that they can own a fleet of portable one-bedroom apartments shows that they have strong capital, but Huangmao and his friends have only heard of this type of multi-bedroom apartment, and this is the first time they have seen one.
Tang Xiaoxiao was also curious at this time: "Why can't the old players save up enough money and return to the convenience store copy to buy these household items?"
The fat man sighed.
"Old players need a special item to return to the convenience store dungeon. Not everyone can afford it. From what I know, the price of that downgrade item seems to be around one or two thousand. It's too cost-effective to spend that much money just to buy lodging items."
Qiao Song's mind immediately became active, so in fact, Lao Ma and Xin Boyu, who were in the convenience store at that time, really returned to the convenience store for a wish star card.
Can a wishing star card have such a big effect?
According to the instructions on the card, this type of wishing card is divided into many star levels, and the one at the convenience store is even just a one-star card.
However, this card really came in handy in this middle school copy, otherwise she would not have been able to repair the ghost story editor.
What a pity. I don’t know if I can get the editor after the copy is destroyed. It’s a real artifact.
However, Qiao Song also knew that the game system would not allow such things to actually fall into the hands of players.
She had only touched that thing for 60 seconds before and created something that was enough to change the entire mechanism of the instance.
This function is a bit too strong, but how did that fish-headed man take advantage of such a strong thing in the first place? Even if this thing is destroyed, it shouldn't be easy.
The Wish Star Card she used, although it was a disposable prop, still remained as a prop card after use, but the color returned to black and white.
I don’t know if it will have any other uses in the future.
"Then I will set up a temporary tenant status for everyone today, so you can have a good rest for a few days."
The yellow-haired man immediately smiled happily and asked the fat man to pay.
This kind of portable house is not uncommon on the road. Many players will rent out the houses. Several people live in one room, and there are special charging standards.
The yellow-haired man rubbed his fingers together and said, "I've never lived in a multi-room apartment like yours. Wait, one room per person? That's too little money! Fatty, take 300, take 300!"
It was the first time that Qiao Song heard that a motorcade would let others live in its prop room.
"Everything in the game world costs soul coins. If you take the bus, you can only rest for one day, and then you have to go into the dungeon. The places in the dungeon are not safe to sleep in, so some players will rent houses like this from other teams to rest for two or three days in order to get a good night's sleep. After all, you can't buy it, and you can't afford it, so of course you just rent a house to sleep in."
"If you want to roam the Infinite Highway for a long time, you need a car and you have to save money. Otherwise, you will be forced to enter the dungeon again when your money runs out."
This is really the way the underworld capitalists play. This hellhole place is as cruel as real life.
Worker Qiao Song sighed and arranged rooms for everyone. Everyone came over and pressed her prop card. After entering the biometric information, a bunch of keys appeared in Qiao Song's hand.
Xiao Ni, who cried so much that she was almost swollen, can actually use the door key even though she is a ghost.
It was the first time for the little boy to have his own room.
In the past, many people slept in one big room in the orphanage, and everyone lived together in the dormitory at school. I didn’t expect that after I died and became a ghost, I would have my own room.
He took the key reluctantly, but this time he finally stopped hunching over. Instead, he stood up straight and said thank you very seriously.
Qiao Song ruffled his hair and said, "Your eyes are all swollen from crying. How can you still look like a water ghost? Have a good rest. Tomorrow, Tang Xiaoxiao will take you to study together."
Tang Xiaoxiao, who happened to be picking out snacks in the store, immediately turned around and said, "Okay, the knowledge of the third year of junior high school is no problem for me. I can't study alone, so you can come with me tomorrow."
Xiao Ni: ...
"oh……"
Although his tone didn't sound particularly reluctant, the smile on his face was more genuine than ever.
After all, he will no longer be a wandering ghost, he really has a home.
After picking out what he wanted to eat and paying the self-service bill at the front desk, Qiao Song took the key and entered his room.
As the holder of the prop card, her room is the master bedroom and is larger than others. After each person uses the key to enter his or her own room, the key will turn back into a card. After clicking it, you can see that there are other rooms in the apartment, but only the owner knows which rooms are occupied.
"Currently, there are 6 rooms that can be unlocked, all with basic decoration, just enough for the five of us and one ghost."
Qiao Song clicked on the touch screen of the room, which was like a decoration game, filled with all kinds of strange decoration plans. New beds, new tables, wallpapers, lamps, everything could be replaced, but it required soul coins, and they were not cheap.
The stingy Qiao Song said that as long as she had a bed to sleep on, she would be fine. She just wanted to return to the real world as soon as possible instead of traveling around the infinite highway on Miracle XX here.
When she sat on the bed and took out the used wishing card, she stared at the black and white card surface. The orange-gold star had disappeared, and only the white grid background remained on the main card with a big black hole in the middle.
It feels like a bare flower pot, as if you could put something in it...
Suddenly, she took out her toolbox and pulled out a net bag, which contained the raw materials for a wishing star that she had fished out when the convenience store exploded.
After being locked in the net bag for so long, the star still had the strength to struggle and wanted to escape as soon as it saw the light. Perhaps only the special formalin solution in the convenience store could calm these raw materials. Qiao Song directly picked up the net bag and stuck the star on the card.
A floating light screen suddenly popped up on the black and white card that had been used once.
[Do you want to synthesize the prop card? ]
Qiao Song's eyes lit up. She looked at the net bag, then at the card that had obviously been used, and finally clicked OK.
[Ding——Synthesis failed, friendly reminder, new prop cards cannot be made if raw materials are missing]
It was not as easy as she had imagined, but at least she knew one very important thing: these used wishing star cards were actually renewable, and new cards could be directly synthesized as long as the corresponding raw materials were found.
If you can get the raw materials in time, then wouldn't this be a universal prop card that can be used continuously?
No wonder Xin Boyu and the others wanted this thing so much, it is indeed valuable, but...
Qiao Song always felt that there must be some reason. Why did this wishing star card only appear in the primary copy?
I can’t figure it out. I’ll see if I can get some information out of Huangmao’s old players tomorrow.
However, when she woke up the next day, before she had time to discuss the copy news with Huangmao and the others, she heard someone knocking on the door outside the convenience store.
Didn't the system say that the instance would collapse for several days? Why is there someone knocking on the door now?
Qiao Song walked to the door of the convenience store with a hammer in his hand and saw a familiar figure.
They were the old man named Wang Deming from the political and educational building and the grandma from the garbage station. Between the two old men stood a very ordinary girl in a white dress.
"We are here to express our gratitude." Wang Deming smiled and looked at Qiao Song. "Miaomiao said that it is not easy for you players to pass dungeons, so she asked us to send some props over."
After saying that, the old man took out a radio.
"Take this. We used Yin energy to transform it. Normally it's just a radio, but occasionally it can also receive special channels that only ghosts like us can hear."
【Radio of the Dead】
[When you are bored, you can use it to listen to opera and news broadcasts, but you can also occasionally access some mysterious channels. It can be attached to any means of transportation, or it can be removed and carried alone. When you occasionally encounter a ghost in a special state, there is a certain probability that the attacker will be trapped in the radio. Please note that this product cannot be carded, and once it is physically attacked, it will be completely damaged! ]
Wow, this prop is very useful. Qiao Song happens to be quite interested in those special news channels on the Infinite Highway.
She didn't hesitate and accepted the things happily.
The girl next to them nodded and smiled softly: "Thank you for everything you have done. This is what the other ghosts in the school asked me to give you."
She took out several school badges with names erased from them.
【Kaidan Middle School Reminder Nameplate】
[A one-time clue item that can reveal the weakness of a ghost you encounter. Note: Only for those below red clothing.]
There are a lot of props in this item, with a total of more than twenty school badges, enough for Qiao Song and Huangmao to get several each.
But what surprised Qiao Song the most was the fat security guard standing next to him.
He actually came out during the day today and was gesturing to Qiao Songhuai about something.
Old man Wang Deming smiled and translated, "He is thanking you. This young man came from another dungeon to look for his brothers and sisters. He helped us fight that tree for a long time at night. Every time when my wife and I were about to lose our minds, he was the one who held us back."
It turns out that the fat security guard also has children attending this school, but they were not sacrificed, but were missing.
Yesterday, when Qiao Song shattered the core of the copy and took Xiao Ni away, those detained and completely transparent souls also flew away.
"He said that his brother and sister can finally go back. If you go to their copy in the future, you can come to him and he will provide you with some help."
After Mr. Wang Deming finished translating, the fat security guard, who had no tongue and could only make humming sounds, took out two business cards from his pocket, one for Qiao Song and one for Huangmao and the others.
Qiao Song finally understood why the fat security guard couldn't speak. He saw a few big black words written on the blood-red business card.
[Hell Community Tongue-Pulling Apartment Security Team]
Isn’t this the big red dot copy we saw on the map before?
Hell Community, what a murderous name for a dungeon.
Qiao Song put away the business card that was filled with a dark red aura. The yellow-haired man next to him took the business card with both hands with almost a bit of respect, and thanked the security uncle earnestly.
A business card of this color and a copy of this name are at least at the Redcoat level. This thank-you gift is very important, and they sincerely hope that they will not need to use this thing in the short term.
"We came to see you now for another matter." The old lady next to him suddenly said, "The copy collapse will end today. The remaining few days are the time for the school ghosts to move freely. Although you may still not be able to leave, if you want to wander around the school, or look for props or something, it's okay to walk around."
Wang Simiao also nodded at this time:
"All the ghosts in the school have been warned, and they won't do anything to you. If you're really worried, you can wait a few more days. After three days, the black light curtain over there in the parking lot will open, and you can take a bus from there back to the highway."
After listening to this, Qiao Song curiously asked Huangmao and the others, "Are there still scattered props in the dungeon?"
The yellow-haired guy next to him, with a look of ecstasy on his face, had already started rubbing his palms.
"Of course there are! In high-level copies, special items are contaminated with enough Yin energy and will automatically turn into props, such as the radio that the old man just gave you. But it usually only works for those above the Red Clothes level. Could it be that this copy has already broken through the level yesterday? Didn't the fish-headed monster die?"
Wang Deming smiled and said, "The Ghost Story Middle School is not actually destroyed, but a new dungeon world should be formed here in the future. Some of the ghosts that erupted last night have dissipated, and some have stayed. The special ghosts may gather together in the future and become special red clothes."
When Qiao Song heard this, he suddenly took out several net bags from his toolbox.
Gone.
All the special sculptures she had created using the ghost story editor had disappeared.
A subtle premonition lingered in her heart, but Wang Deming just smiled and didn't explain anything further.
"We may have a chance to meet again in the future, but we hope that you can survive well and return to your own world one day."
After delivering the information and props, they left.
After discussing with Huangmao, Qiao Song and the others, they decided to explore the campus some more. Since they had already completed the game, and the ghosts in this copy would not do anything to them, it would be a good idea to take this opportunity to loot some good stuff.
Unfortunately, when she immediately went back to the back mountain to look for the ghost story editor, she did not find the golden jar. The original wish pool and the small valley with the wish tree had also disappeared, and the entire terrain seemed to have been reshaped.
Perhaps it was because of the copy collapse, most of the campus collapsed, as if there had been an earthquake, with ruins everywhere.
The staff dormitory was relatively intact. Qiao Song went in and searched for a while, then suddenly had an idea and took out his portable apartment card.
This kind of thing cannot be used in the copy. It can only be used by returning to the Infinite Highway or the convenience store space outside the independent copy just now.
But it’s different now. There is no new copy generated here, so she can open the door of the apartment outside the convenience store!
She grabbed Tang Xiaoxiao, who was still learning the skills of searching for props and items with Huangmao and the others.
"Don't worry, you guys. If you want to sleep better at night, go to the dormitory and move the mattresses. I will put all the furniture you can bring back in your room."
After thinking for a while, she said, "Huang Maosheng, I will refund your room fees later. Please help me pick out some more useful furniture."
In an instant, several people had new motivation to work. Although it was just a short-term stay, they could avoid rent fees and live more comfortably for the next few days. Who wouldn't be happy about that?
The last group of people got all kinds of useful home decorations and tools from the faculty and staff dormitory for free. Qiao Song didn't spend even one extra soul coin, but her entry-level apartment instantly had a bit of the feel of a fully furnished apartment.
In the last three days, although they didn't find any useful props, they at least decorated everyone's room in a decent manner.
Huangmao was a little reluctant and grumbled to Fatty for a long time that they should find a way to get an apartment like this in the future, which would be perfect for the team.
Qiao Song didn't care: "Our next copy will be mandatory in 7 days. If your time is suitable, you can go together, but you have to pay for the room yourself."
The yellow-haired man immediately started calling her "Sister Qiao".
Seeing that Qiao Song was still looking at the convenience store with an inexplicable look, he took the initiative to ask attentively: "Sister Qiao, is there anything else you want to buy? I'll buy it for you."
In a few hours, the closed passage in the copy should be opened, so they have already left the convenience store and are now standing at the door.
Qiao Song thought for a moment and asked, "If this kind of convenience store branch only sells ordinary daily necessities, why would it be opened in other copies?"
Huangmao: "Maybe he wants to earn the players' soul coins?"
It’s not the case for the few players who play it.
Qiao Song narrowed his eyes: "I am a little suspicious that they opened a store in the dungeon to purchase goods."
In the primary convenience store copy, in the underground raw material warehouse, there are hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, and kidneys belonging to humans, as well as various parts belonging to ghosts and monsters.
She could understand those parts belonging to humans as being left behind by players who failed in the convenience store copy, but what about those parts belonging to ghosts?
I'm afraid it was obtained from other copies in some way?
She turned around and whispered a few words into the yellow-haired man's ear, which left him stunned.
"This is not good...Will they be discovered?"
Qiao Song looked like he didn't expect a young boy like you, a ghost fire boy, to be so timid.
"The entire instance of Kaidan Middle School was destroyed, so it wouldn't be surprising if something went wrong at the convenience store, right?"
That seems to be the case...
Huangmao thought about it and pulled Wang Xiang, who was still in a daze, to find a car.
They got three electric scooters, and the others went to the parking lot to wait for the copy passage to open, while Wang Xiang rode a electric scooter and stayed to pick up Qiao Song.
Seeing that the tool man was in place, Qiao Song immediately took out a huge demolition hammer and dragged it into the convenience store.
Ten or twenty minutes later, there were several loud bangs coming from the store, as if something was smashed open. Wang Xiang's emotionless face gradually became solemn, and he smelled a very special smell.
The smell of blood? No, it seemed to be the smell of Yin Qi, which I had smelled before when the Yin Qi exploded in the gymnasium.
What is this lady doing in there?
Just when he was feeling a little uneasy, he finally heard a sound coming from the convenience store.
"I got it, hurry up and run away."
When Qiao Song ran out the door, the large net bags in his hands were all filled to the brim.
It seemed that none of them belonged to convenience stores, because I didn't see her making any payment. She just put all these things that she got from somewhere into the toolbox.
After the person in the back seat sat down, Wang Xiang even felt that the seat had become eerie.
What on earth did this girl do in the convenience store... He drove his electric scooter away diligently, only to see from the rearview mirror puddles of black liquid suddenly gushing out from the floor of the convenience store.
Qiao Song also opened the system interface to check the countdown for the opening of the copy.
"Hurry, hurry, there are only ten minutes left, let's get out of the parking lot."
When they arrived, the entrance was just half open. Although they couldn't leave the copy yet, they could enter the parking lot.
The guys who arrived at the parking lot first were not idle either. They dismantled the luxury car next to them that obviously belonged to the principal. Some moved the tires, some removed the leather seats, and even the car perfume was not spared.
When Qiao Song arrived, Tang Xiaoxiao was still learning with Huangmao, so there was nothing else she could take away from the car.
Goodness, she underestimated these people.
Qiao Song directly threw several net bags on the heavy objects they were still moving.
"I'll help you collect it first. Hurry up and leave. The dungeon passage is about to open."
Huangmao sat in the passenger seat leisurely and waited for their exclusive driver Wang Xiang to come back and drive.
"Sister Qiao, why are you in such a hurry? The sooner we get back to the Infinite Highway, the longer we have to live will have to start counting down again."
Wang Xiang was much more proactive. He stepped on the accelerator and drove the car out of the campus.
"I also think it's better to hurry up."
Sure enough, when their car just drove out of Kaidan Middle School, in addition to the sound of copy settlement coming from the system, there was also the sound of black magma erupting from the campus behind them.
Huang Mao exclaimed several times: "What did you and Sister Qiao do in the convenience store? Did you dig a hole in the ground?"
Wang Xiang, the tool man who was only responsible for driving, fell silent.
On the other side, Qiao Song also heard the notification of his own copy settlement. It was the sound of a mechanical system. The intelligent guy before had disappeared.
[Congratulations on successfully completing Ghost Story Middle School]
[Dungeon completion unknown; personal damage level 0; multiple fatal strikes against key NPCs will receive a 100% bonus;]
[Congratulations on receiving 3000 soul coins and a survival gift pack! ]
Not bad, this time her soul coin reward was not deducted.
After the car had been driving for about half an hour, Qiao Song and the others in front of the van turned on their red double flashers, and they all stopped near a bus stop at a certain station to take a break and discuss which copy would be better to go to after 7 days.
Huangmao thought about the pool of black asphalt-like substance that emerged from the school. In the end, he didn't dare to ask. Instead, he looked at the scene in their car in a daze.
Qiao Song was sitting in the driver's seat, but there was a ghost hand stuck on the steering wheel in front of her.
At the same time, she and Tang Xiaoxiao were each wearing a ghostly cloak.
"Why does your car look so strange to me? And why do you use props when riding in the car?"
Qiao Song briefly explained the situation of their car. After learning that these players were so bold as to drive a real hearse car, Huangmao was really convinced.
"I seem to have heard of people doing the same thing as you before, but it didn't last long. I guess it's because there weren't enough ghost cloaks."
The fat man also said: "It's not good for you to keep using props like this, why don't you just go to a hearse-related copy."
The person who was killed in the Huangmao team happened to have auxiliary skills related to hearse maintenance.
"Wang Xiang used car skills to avoid the school bus ghost story at Ghost Story Middle School. The durability of our car has dropped a lot now. We also need to find a place to repair it. Why don't we go to this dungeon for the next one?"
The yellow-haired man put the maps of the two groups together and pointed to one of the small dots.
"And don't you want to ask about the information about the props? There will be many people coming to this copy."
【Hearse Entertainment】
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