Chapter 107 Safe House
[It is detected that the player has gained enough benefits in the current copy. ]
[That’s about it.]
Looking at the words on the panel, Xu Zhiyan was a little stunned at first, then pointed at the panel and said dissatisfiedly.
"What's your employee number?"
【？ 】
A question mark popped up on the panel. The system didn't quite understand why this greedy player in front of it suddenly wanted a work number.
Xu Zhiyan looked at the panel and expressed his guess.
"It should be you who communicated with me at the wrong time in the blind school before, right?"
Game systems are usually rigid, like emotionless AI, but in special circumstances, they will switch to a more intelligent dialogue partner.
【……】
Although separated by a panel, one could inexplicably sense the gaming system's faint despair from these six black dots.
On the grass in the sanatorium where the patients were basking in the sun, the monsters were still fighting each other. Bloody limbs flew several meters away from time to time, which looked very terrifying.
Amid the noisy roaring in the background, Xu Zhiyan acted as if nothing had happened. He stroked his chin and pondered for a while, and he felt that he had guessed right.
He remembered that the intelligence of this system was not very high?
"How do you know I got enough benefits? Do you even need to check the contents of the players' backpacks?"
Xu Zhiyan's face was filled with surprise, and it was almost as if the question "Do players have no human rights?" was written on his face.
"Also, I'm just asking for due compensation. Go find a game in the real world and see if the operator will compensate you if you encounter a BUG problem?"
His voice was loud and clearly transmitted to the live broadcast room.
But he couldn't care less at this moment.
Xu Zhiyan needs to figure out to what extent the game system monitors players.
If the main system really does keep a comprehensive detection record of the player's current status and the number of items in the backpack, then he will have to be more careful when storing items in the future.
The boss of the nightmare community and the ghost in the safe house look almost exactly the same, and he is not sure how much the main system knows.
The audience who were watching the live broadcast were shocked by the conversation, and only realized later that Xu Zhiyan was actually asking for compensation from the system.
[6! Greedy indeed]
[Does Xiao Baiwan not even let go of the system's wool? 】
[Hahahaha that seems to be true. After all, this kind of bug is relatively rare. When I play a mobile game, people even give me a compensation package.]
[What Xiao Baiwan said seems to make sense. This is indeed a bug in the game and has nothing to do with the players! ]
Speak according to your perspective.
The audience in the live broadcast room are also players.
Now Xu Zhiyan’s words seemed to have opened the door to a new world. Everyone put themselves in his shoes and said that if they encountered such a BUG, they would definitely need compensation.
[Yes! I think Xiao Baiwan is right. This is indeed the fault of the game. There is no blame to be given.]
[And the collapsed dungeon should be really tragic. ]
[Yes, even Smiling Tiger and Mad Dog were completely paralyzed and unable to move. Little Million wasn't injured this badly before his livestream was interrupted.]
[Support! I support Xiao Baiwan this time! ]
[+1, who knows if we will encounter any bugs in the future? If we run out of survival items and there is no compensation at all, it will be too tragic. ]
[+2! I agree with both hands and feet! ]
【+3! I agree on behalf of my entire community! 】
【+4……】
I don’t know if it was because there were too many players’ feedback in the live broadcast room, or because the main system couldn’t find any rebuttal to what Xu Zhiyan said.
The panel paused for a long time before it managed to utter a few words of explanation.
[When the game is not in progress, the main system will not monitor the player's status. ]
[The system will not detect items in the player's backpack, please rest assured. ]
[As for the income, the system simply estimates that you have obtained enough items from the dead player based on the fact that you just robbed the player's corpse.]
As the conversation progressed, the speed at which the pop-up windows appeared became slower and slower. It was obvious that the system had never encountered a player who took items from corpses.
When Xu Zhiyan heard the last sentence, he frowned and retorted.
"Robbery? That's really too much. I just made a deal with these dead players."
He spread his hands, looking helpless, as if he was really innocent.
"They are dead, so what's the use of the props on them? Besides, I can't go through their system backpacks and just take away the props they carry."
"This is a reasonable reward for collecting their bodies and preserving their belongings!"
Xu Zhiyan felt from the bottom of his heart that he was a good person, so he added: "People are so impetuous these days, who can still remember the players who just died? Only kind-hearted people like me will collect the bodies, okay?"
[…This is not a deal, the other party did not agree.] The game system felt that its CPU temperature was gradually rising.
“But they didn’t reject me either.”
Xu Zhiyan was confident and justified.
【******】
A row of asterisks appeared on the screen. I didn't know whether it was because the game system burned the motherboard or because I was blocked for cursing.
Seeing that the system was a little excited, Xu Zhiyan thought for a moment and guessed, "Did I touch the system's cake?"
"That seems to be the case. Once these players died and the dungeon was closed, they disappeared...were all the items and points recycled?" The more he spoke, the more he felt that his guess was right.
However, after seeing the following pop-up window, he was sure that the system seemed to be swearing.
【***, players please stop playing in moderation. 】
【Compensation is being calculated...】
Finally, in the intermittent dialog box with asterisks, Xu Zhiyan finally saw his compensation.
[Since players Xu Zhiyan, Gan Mi, and Xinan were trapped due to a copy bug, each player will be compensated 20,000 points when they leave the copy. ]
"You're so stingy, I don't accept it! I used an S-level stabilization item when I left the dungeon. If it weren't for it, both of them would have died in there. Is it reasonable for you to give the same reward to all three of them?"
Xu Zhiyan argued with reason.
After cheating Gan Mi out of 200,000 points, 20,000 was a bit too little for him.
This was the first time the game system had to deal with a player who was greedy but had some twisted logic in his words, and it was really hard to cope with it.
But the main system has a limited budget for it.
[You can leave even without using stabilizing items...Since the player Xu Zhiyan has made outstanding contributions, the compensation has been adjusted. When the player Xu Zhiyan leaves the dungeon, he will be compensated with 50,000 points. Players Gan Mi and Xinan will be compensated with 5,000 points.]
Perhaps it was afraid that Xu Zhiyan would want to take the 60,000 for himself, so after saying this distribution method, it hastily added.
【This is the best solution! 】
【I hope players will take care of themselves! 】
Xu Zhiyan stared at the two exclamation marks for a long time, and finally let the game system go, reluctantly accepting the compensation plan.
A piece of junk that can’t be sold for 5,000 points, but after using it up you’ll get 30,000 points more... Well, that’s not bad!
As for the compensation for the other two people?
This is set by the system. What does it have to do with Xu Zhiyan?
As time passed, the battle came to an end.
Dean BOSS screamed and fell down.
Its body was almost completely torn into pieces, and the nurses who rushed over recklessly began to enjoy the fruits of victory.
Seeing these monster nurses feasting and dividing up the body of the boss dean almost instantly, Xu Zhiyan unexpectedly saw the process of upgrading the copy.
The monster nurses returned to their original state, and the remaining medical staff also gathered around. They were like humans who had survived a disaster, filled with joy at having survived a calamity.
The sign of the sanatorium turned into powder in the air, and new changes will come here.
After the gathered NPCs finished talking, a nurse who had just gained strength and devoured the most monster fragments raised her head and looked at the young man in a hospital gown standing nearby.
It stared at Xu Zhiyan, as if it wanted to remember what he looked like.
'Thanks'
After saying a silent thank you, it withdrew its gaze.
“It’s not easy.”
Xu Zhiyan sighed deeply.
He didn't know if it was because the safe house was full of monsters, but he often felt that monsters were purer and simpler than humans.
Come to think of it, this was also the first time he saw a copy being upgraded successfully.
In the past, the dungeons I had entered were either permanently closed or simply shattered. I didn't expect that in addition to the players having to escape in the dungeons, even the NPCs would be forced to fight.
In theory, the copy upgrade screen will not be shown to players.
After discovering that Xu Zhiyan had not left for a long time, the main system couldn't help but kick him out of the copy.
In a moment of distraction, Xu Zhiyan's eyes went dark and he entered a state of leaving the copy.
[The Punishment Dungeon Nightmare Community has been closed]
[Dungeon Star Rating: None]
[Note: Due to a BUG in the copy, the copy was lost, and we hereby compensate three players. ]
[The copy of Death Sanatorium has been settled]
[Instance star rating: ★★☆]
[Note: The players were wiped out, and the instance is being upgraded normally. ]
Probably because I left as an NPC, the content of the inventory is much simpler.
When Xu Zhiyan looked up, he saw Gan Mi and Xinan lying in the lounge of the Shell like sculptures.
But before he could go over to say hello, a new pop-up window appeared again.
【Welcome players to the rest area 'Shell'】
【Your stay time is 0 hours, please enjoy it. 】
Looking at '0', Xu Zhiyan almost wanted to scold the system again.
But fortunately, he had purchased Shell's property before entering the punishment copy, and now has the opportunity to enter and exit without time limit.
[It is detected that the player owns a property, and the stay time is extended indefinitely. Please enjoy it. 】
After turning off the panel, within a few seconds, Xu Zhiyan felt that his arm seemed to be repaired and began to regain consciousness.
When I turned around, I saw Gan Mi and Xinan also climbing up from the cushion.
Gan Mi, who was finally able to move, couldn't help but swung his arms and sighed, "I can finally move. Xinan, stay away from me from now on."
"Um?"
The silver-haired young man standing aside didn't expect that this would be the first sentence after his temporary partner was able to move.
"I have idiophobia. I'm afraid that if I enter the same copy with you again, I will die of an allergy." Gan Mi shook his head and spoke bluntly.
"You're too cowardly." Xinan didn't give in at all, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Do you mean that if I go to die with you, I won't be a coward?" Gan Mi felt the blood vessels in his forehead throbbing.
“That’s an opportunity.”
Xinan believed from the beginning to the end that the BOSS trapped in the nightmare community could be killed.
Gan Mi sneered and didn't buy it.
"Opportunity is your uncle! I should have let you die in there earlier. Xu Zhiyan and I will divorce...Xu Zhiyan, what are you doing?"
When he turned around to look for recognition, he saw a thin, black-haired young man holding a plate of melon seeds that came from nowhere, sitting by the door, watching the show with a smile on his face.
Seeing Gan Mi's gaze falling on him, Xu Zhiyan paused from cracking melon seeds and couldn't help but remind her.
"Don't just talk, hit him! Hit him!"
After discovering the two people arguing, he deliberately chose a seat near the door, hoping that he could watch the fight safely after the two people started.
“…”
Gan Mi's mouth twitched. Why did he feel that Xu Zhiyan was such a bad person?
However, being interrupted by the other party, he thought of other things - such as those inexplicable heartbeats.
Perhaps because he had left the dungeon, Gan Mi felt that his mood had calmed down a lot.
He tried to analyze how he had acted like an idiot in the dungeon and had given Xu Zhiyan 200,000 points, and attributed it to the illusion he had after being rescued from a near-death state.
The more powerful the player is, the less likely he will show signs of fatigue in the dungeon.
Gan Mi reflected on his past experiences.
He encountered many desperate situations, but every time he did, he turned the tide and fought to the death to gain a glimmer of hope.
This was the first time he was rescued.
Tachycardia, a wonderful experience, made him unable to help but feel good about Xu Zhiyan.
However, as a player whose IQ far exceeds that of ordinary people, Gan Mi knows himself very well. He is not the kind of person who would fall in love with someone after being rescued once and then remove his own brain.
He felt that he should have some affection for Xu Zhiyan, and considered him as a player with whom he could team up in the future.
I have to say, compared to Xinan, Xu Zhiyan is much more reliable. As for the 200,000 points given out...
Forget it, two hundred thousand will be used to buy his life. Gan Mi’s life is still worth this price.
Seeing the mad dog beside him looking at the young man sitting at the door with an expression as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to, Gan Mi ignored Xinan and strode up to Xu Zhiyan.
He extended his hand to the young man who had escaped from the copy together with him.
“Join us.”
"You will definitely benefit from it."
Xu Zhiyan paused while cracking melon seeds.
After cheating Gan Mi out of 200,000 points, he realized that the other party was a fat sheep.
I want to kill you. I really want to kill you.
But joining is impossible.
Gan Mi Xinan killed people like crazy, and the number one behind them even killed Jiang Huaique's sister.
Although Xu Zhiyan puts profit above all else, he still has some conscience and he doesn't think he is in the same league as this group of people.
What's more, let's take a step back.
The secret of the safe house is too big.
As he upgrades in the future, more magical props will appear. He needs an anonymous gimmick to be able to bring out more resources without being conspicuous.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyan glanced at Gan Mi, who seemed to be a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered, and still couldn't bear to let her go.
He could only act like a scumbag and neither refuse nor accept it, and made up an excuse.
"Not for now. I still have an agreement with Anonymous."
After listening to this, Gan Mi nodded and withdrew his hand.
Anonymous invested a lot of money in the person in front of him, so it would be normal if there was an agreement.
Fearing that Gan Mi would say something that would waver his opinion, Xu Zhiyan made an excuse to go find Anonymous, and after his wounds were fully healed, the three of them parted ways.
Inside the Yunshan old house.
From the hall to the yard, everything was cleaned spotlessly.
Everyone in the safe house was looking forward to it, eagerly waiting.
Especially during the Qu season.
As a butler-level monster entrusted with online shopping accounts and bank card passwords, it has endured too much.
God knows how much furniture the ghost god destroyed during the time when Mr. Xu was away. It was so nervous every time it restocked the furniture!
The other monsters are not much behind.
It is estimated that the slices of this nightmare community are too perverted, and some exciting plots are often staged in the live broadcast room, causing the mood of the ghost master to linger on the edge of collapse all day long.
They have to enter and exit the copy through the doors on both sides of the hall, and the ghost master is going crazy in the hall.
In addition to not daring to breathe when walking and trying hard to reduce their presence, from time to time the content of the live broadcast room would cause some violent energy fluctuations and accidentally injure them.
In short, all the monsters are looking forward to the return home of the other owner of the safe house.
As soon as Xu Zhiyan came back, he was warmly welcomed.
He didn't bother to be polite with anyone. He took off his shoes, lazily collapsed on the sofa in the hall, and completely relaxed.
Party A sat opposite in silence.
However, it seems that the number of chains on the opponent has been reduced. It should be soon that all the chains can be removed.
After a few brief greetings and sending the monsters back to do their own things, Xu Zhiyan saw Xu Xiaohua who was caught by the scoop net.
"...Xu, Xu Xiaohua?"
With a serious expression, he pointed at a black monster that was jumping down from the second floor.
This monster was about one meter tall, black all over, covered with a hard shell, and its hair hung to the ground. The ends of its hair seemed to have life and were constantly wriggling.
"Dad! It's me!"
The voice is still that cute little kid's voice.
However, the contrast between the voice and the appearance was too great, Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but shiver, and his hair stood on end.
"...You, don't call me dad yet."
A human baby with a cute appearance, and a black monster with a terrifying appearance. No, no, he can't accept the latter calling him dad!
These words seemed to stimulate Xu Xiaohua. Although it had turned into a monster, its intelligence was still only that of a four-year-old.
"Wow, dad, don't you want me anymore?"
"It's not that I don't want you, it's your appearance... Never mind, it's okay. Dad just didn't see it clearly."
Xu Zhiyan originally wanted to say that he couldn't accept it, but when he heard the little girl's sobbing, he changed the subject and finally accepted his fate.
However, he was afraid that Xu Xiaohua would pounce on him and break his ribs, so he decided to set a rule.
"Xiaohua is a big kid now. Daddy can't hold her anymore. Let's not have any physical contact for now."
Seeing the hairy head nod a few times, Xu Zhiyan called up Xu Xiaohua's panel.
【Name: Unknown larva (Xu Xiaohua)】
[Level: B (Open ductility, upgradeable)]
【Threat: D】
[Note: The safe house reserves creatures, and the owner of the safe house needs to fill in the notes. ]
Unknown larva?
What the hell is this?
Xu Zhiyan looked at Xu Xiaohua calmly, feeling that a four-year-old child wouldn't be able to explain anything, so he asked Lao Yang to take the child away.
After all the monsters in the hall had left, leaving only him and the ghost, he began to speak in confusion.
"Bai Jin, have you looked at Xu Xiaohua's dashboard? What is an unknown larva?"
There was a slight sound of chains colliding.
The ghost's faint voice explained the reason.
"Because the Nightmare District is a place to cultivate [stable] NPCs, although monsters will be bred in it, not all monsters have the opportunity to grow."
Those children who made the mistake of 'having no parents' were classified as failures by the system after they turned into monsters.
“It’s a completely new breed and no one knows what it will become until the growing season is over.”
After listening to this, Xu Zhiyan looked solemn.
"What about the appearance? Will it become more and more terrifying?"
This is really life-saving. He doesn't want to be chased by a big black monster and called daddy every time he returns to the safe house!
The ghost's voice came with a chuckle.
"No, what you just saw was its 'cocoon' state."
It turned out that just after Xu Zhiyan pulled Xu Xiaohua into the safe house, the little girl was taken to the monster room by Qu Ji and had her own room.
The monster room will provide the correct food that monsters need to grow.
The entire safe house is basically filled with monsters that have grown into their full forms, so no one has ever discovered that these energies can cause monsters to transform.
Xu Xiaohua was greedy, so she took advantage of her father's absence to eat a big meal.
As a result, the power she replenished was too much, causing her to transform into a monster on the spot and become an "it".
"Once this transformation period is over, it will probably return to its original state."
After hearing the explanation, Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief.
After solving the problem of his adopted daughter, he began to happily count his gains with Party A.
"I thought I was going to fail this time, but I didn't expect that even the copy would be taken down."
Compared to the 250,000 points and the props looted from the sanatorium, the acquisition of the Nightmare Community was indeed a pleasant surprise!
Seeing that the host began to plan the use of the nightmare community, the safe house system appeared hesitantly.
[Host, host! I've upgraded!]
[Promoted two levels in a row! ! ]
The power of the ghost slice this time was so strong that it was unbelievable. The safe house system was about to cry when it saw that it had been upgraded twice.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhiyan just glanced at the panel and turned it off.
"We'll talk about the safe house later."
"I have more important things to do right now."
After saying that, he climbed up from the sofa, took a few steps barefoot, and came in front of the ghost.
Seeing that the ghost god still had the cold and desolate look of a banished immortal, he couldn't help but reach out and lift up the white talisman covering the other's eyes.
He stared at the other person's dazed golden eyes, licked his lips and asked.
"Bai Jin, besides the safe house..."
"What else can you give me?"
Perhaps because the ghost didn't expect the other party to ask such a question, he didn't move and just looked back at the young man.
“Everything.”
He didn't know what Xu Zhiyan needed or why he asked such a question, but He was willing to give him everything he had.
Hearing this answer, Xu Zhiyan's eyes became even hotter.
He thought for a moment and then stated his request.
“It might be a little offensive.”
"But Bai Jin, I want your body..."
This time, I didn’t get any skills in the dungeon, and my spirit value didn’t change at all.
The level of the dungeon he entered kept getting higher and higher, and the players he encountered became more and more difficult. If he continued like this, it would be too dangerous.
Since hand bones can withstand attacks, can he obtain some other body parts?
The ghost was completely frozen in place.
For a moment, I was unable to think about the meaning of this sentence.
He felt that he must have been disturbed by the slice, and those indescribable images popped up in his mind one after another.
Even though he knew Xu Zhiyan would not make... that kind of request, he still couldn't help but think of something wrong.
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