Chapter 112 Safe House
The black bracelet swung from the ghost's hand.
When it reappeared, it had turned into a dazzling golden color.
The originally black broken bones were now crystal clear, emitting a faint glow, and looked very valuable.
Xu Zhiyan took the prop and placed it on his palm. He could clearly feel the strange power fluctuations inside it, which was very gentle and not prickly.
Separate some love.
When the ghost looked at the young man again, his eyes carefully traced the other's delicate facial features, feeling a little frustrated.
His hanging hands were clenched slightly, hiding his uneasiness.
The transfer of love made the ghosts and gods a little anxious.
He thought that if he separated his love, he would not have that strong possessive desire when he saw Xu Zhiyan again, and he would not be so tormented.
But the opposite was actually true.
The loss of love made Him feel a little unbearable, and He couldn't help but worry about gains and losses.
Xu Zhiyan lowered his head and suddenly realized that something was wrong. He was still wondering how much the bracelet that stored the power of ghosts and gods was worth. Before he could figure it out, he felt the temperature around him drop a few degrees.
Although he didn't know why, he could feel that Party A was not in a very good mood.
Is it because of the division of power?
Xu Zhiyan thought about it for a moment and felt that it made sense. If someone took money out of his wallet, he would definitely be devastated.
But it is still impossible for this thing to make the slices in the copy obey him.
After all, you should be grateful to those who have given you favors.
Xu Zhiyan wondered if he should be nicer to Mr. Party A, but after thinking it over, he couldn't think of anything he could give to the other party.
Since there is no substantive thanks, I'll just talk nonsense first!
Xu Zhiyan suddenly came closer, staring at the ghost's eyes covered by the talisman with a lively look, and spoke in an impassioned tone.
"Bai Jin, don't worry, I will definitely put you back together. I promise that your investment in me will be rewarded."
"We have common interests and are on the same boat. I will not let you down."
After Xu Zhiyan finished speaking, he was almost moved to tears.
In his world, these are probably the most important words.
Seeing that the ghost, who was a little depressed just now, was standing there in a daze, Xu Zhiyan moved his position and the two of them sat side by side.
He felt that he had given the reassurance and now needed to solve some other problems.
"Can this bracelet have a different appearance?"
Xu Zhiyan held the prop that emitted a faint light in his hand and asked in a low voice.
When this bracelet was first in black form, it wasn't that exaggerated.
Now it has been infused with power and turned into such a dazzling color. If I wear it on my hand, wouldn’t it be telling everyone: This prop of mine is awesome, do you want to come and grab it and have a look?
Xu Zhiyan knew very well that wealth should not be shown to others.
He would never do such a conspicuous thing.
The ghosts and gods have not yet recovered from the unexpected words of their beloved.
This content, which sounded like a confession but was not a complete confession, scratched the soft flesh in His heart like a cat's scratch.
He suddenly wanted to overturn his previous evaluation.
Not only is Xu Zhiyan's angry look very vivid, but now it is also fascinating when he says strange things to Him.
The anxiety caused by lack of love is soothed.
The ghost realized that with just a few words, those empty spaces were filled again.
His love began to accumulate in his chest again.
"Can."
As long as it's your wish.
Take the bracelet and blend the translucent bone material back together.
A moment later, a golden round ring appeared in the ghost's hand. Before Xu Zhiyan could reach out to take it, the other party grabbed his hand first.
The round ring was slowly put on the young man's slender middle finger.
The ghost lowered his head, looking indifferent on the surface, but he was extremely nervous in his heart.
Worried that his dirty thoughts would be exposed and scare the people in front of him, he even talked about the origin of the black bones.
"These are impurities produced in the blood vessels when the power flows back."
Not all transmitted power is suitable for being swallowed. Some power will mutate when compressed to the extreme.
To ghosts and gods, the crystals of pure power that cannot be swallowed in the flow are impurities in the blood vessels.
But just after he finished speaking, he paused with his hand covering the young man's hand, and felt that there seemed to be something wrong with what he said?
Is it a bad idea to give a ring made of impurities as a gift?
Is it too late to change the words and say it is the crystallization of power?
The ghost secretly looked at Xu Zhiyan, but found that when he heard the impurities, he was not angry, but his expression was very excited. However, the way he stared at him became very... weird?
"Impurities?"
Xu Zhiyan, who had just felt a little embarrassed because Party A was wearing a ring, was shocked after hearing this.
The impurities are so strong, if there are stones or something on the bodies of ghosts and gods, can't we just take some out and use them as props?
His greedy eyes scanned the ghost's body up and down, wishing that the other party would spit out some impurities in the next moment.
But can ghosts and gods have stones?
Thinking of Party A's identity, he endured it and ultimately did not ask the other party if he could spit out some of the stones.
Ghosts and gods feel frightened when being stared at by their loved ones.
After thinking about it, I couldn't think of anything else inappropriate I had just done, so I had to give up.
The next day, the temperature in the world dropped sharply.
After an autumn rain, the trees outside the yard completely lost their leaves, and their bare branches swayed in the cold wind.
Xu Zhiyan got up and wanted to open the window for ventilation.
As a result, as soon as he opened the window a crack, cold wind rushed in, and he closed the window again with a snap.
“Why is it so cold!”
The exclamation that popped out was responded by the system.
[It’s autumn, host! The temperature has dropped!]
[The weather forecast says that the temperature will continue to drop in the next few days and will reach around zero degrees in about two days.]
“…”
Xu Zhiyan was silent for a moment.
Although the Yunshan old house has been renovated, the previous construction team were all monster NPCs in the dungeon, and they did not pay attention to the installation of heating and air conditioning.
Although an electric blanket and electric heater could help him get through the coming winter, it seemed like he didn't have to stay in the safe house now?
He bought a property in Shell and spent a lot of money. If he doesn't leave now, when will he leave?
"Do you know that Lao Yang has finished assembling the new machine?"
[Done! Done!]
[Lao Yang had already debugged it thoroughly last night.]
As a non-physical system, it can run around at will and has a detailed control over what happens in the safe house.
Xu Zhiyan nodded, took out his phone, sent a message to Jiang Huaique, then washed up and went downstairs.
In the early morning, the hall of the safe house was filled with monsters moving quietly.
Qu Ji stood in front of a door, holding a tablet computer, discussing the revenue from this copy and matters related to the storage of props.
Today, the safe house's operations are becoming more mature and complex. Even though it has many hands, it cannot split itself into several halves and has to find new helpers.
Behind it stood a skeleton creature holding a bag of props.
The name of the skeleton was just given by Xu Zhiyan a few days ago.
[Name: Immortal Creature (Small Brittle Bone)]
[Level: C]
Threat: C
[Note: It's cute, but a little fragile. Be careful not to push it, or it will break.]
Yes, fractures will occur.
When Xu Zhiyan met it before, it was helping Qu Ji move things.
This moving skeleton scared Xu Zhiyan at first, but after asking, he found out that this guy was an NPC college student in his previous life, and became an undead creature after being cursed.
It is a creature that a monster fished out from an undead dungeon. Although it cannot speak, it has no problem with basic arithmetic.
Originally, Xu Zhiyan thought that finally a highly educated monster had arrived and could finally help Qu Ji. He wanted to give the skeleton a more high-sounding name so as to live up to his self-proclaimed naming genius.
As a result, other monsters that came back from the copy rushed in too hastily and failed to brake in time, and knocked it over.
The Eternal Skeleton has 206 bones in its body, and one third of them are broken.
The scene was very chaotic for a while.
Xu Zhiyan watched Liu Liu rushing over and frantically pieced together the bones while looking at the human skeleton diagram.
When Liuliu was putting the bones together, he silently pulled out the panel and gave the skeleton a name, Little Crunchy Bone.
Feeling sorry for this rare highly educated monster in the safe house, he also wrote a note, hoping that everyone in the safe house would be more careful in the future.
Until now, Xu Zhiyan still feels overwhelmed when he recalls the scene of Liuliu fighting with Xiaocui Gu.
When Qu Ji and Xiao Cui Gu saw Xu Zhiyan, they put down what they were holding.
"The profit from this copy is not very good."
Qu Ji was a little frustrated and handed over the notebook.
"The points earned were 25,000, one S-level item, five A-level items, and six B-level items. There were no particularly rare monsters to capture, and the only S-level item was pretty useless."
Xu Zhiyan took the notebook and glanced at it.
This is indeed a copy with relatively low returns, especially the S-level item, which has extremely poor functionality. If you sell it directly, you may not even get 10,000 points.
You should know that the price of S-level items in the system mall is very high.
The cheapest S-level non-disposable item in the mall costs 50,000 points and above, with no upper limit. The more functional the items are, the more priceless they are and they will be bought as soon as they are put on the market.
Currently, if a safe house branch is opened into a copy, one must pay 100,000 points in tax alone. In other words, the current copy's income must be higher than 100,000 to be profitable, otherwise it would be a losing business.
The total income from this copy is indeed less than 100,000.
Seeing Qu Ji's unhappy face, Xu Zhiyan comforted him: "Doing business has gains and losses, this is normal. The main system is so stingy, how could it easily let us get more benefits."
"But in recent days, the quality of items obtained from dungeons has dropped a lot, and many of them can't be sold at a high price."
Qu Ji was anxious, and felt that he had not done his job as a housekeeper.
In fact, judging from the number of props alone, the amount obtained in the safe house at one time has not decreased, but I don’t know if the main system has discovered that there are additional missing props.
For several consecutive days, the high-level items harvested by the monsters were of very useless capabilities.
Although high-quality props are available, the acquisition ratio has become much lower.
Xu Zhiyan nodded after listening to it, without any expression of wanting to blame anyone, and said softly: "It's OK as long as the quantity can keep up. These useless props will be converted into a large amount of points in the future. You did a good job."
Qu Ji seemed encouraged.
It regained its energy and directed Little Brittle Bone to put the props into storage.
Seeing the employees' enthusiasm and seriousness in their work, Xu Zhiyan was very pleased. He even felt that the temperature in the hall had risen a lot.
After telling Qu Ji to find Lao Yang, he watched the two monsters leave.
When I turned around, I found that the fireplace had been lit at some point.
The ghost was sitting on a sofa with broken armrests, silent and quiet, with the only sound of wood crackling in the fireplace around him.
Xu Zhiyan sat opposite the ghost and found that it was indeed much warmer after the fireplace was turned on.
...I really want to move the fireplace into the house.
But he just thought about it.
I heard from the system that after the master room is opened, the temperature of the safe house can be adjusted freely. At that time, the safe house will truly be a place suitable for human habitation.
It's a pity that keys are in short supply.
We will have to wait for a while for such luxuries as the master's room.
Seeing that the ghosts and gods were still silent, Xu Zhiyan lazily slumped on the sofa and asked: "We have five keys in our hands now. Which room do you think is best to open first?"
"Morgue, master room, library..." He counted on his fingers and felt that he needed to consult Party A's opinion.
Unexpectedly, the ghost just looked at him quietly for a while and spoke in a low voice.
"You want to open a morgue."
His voice was very firm, as if He thought this was not a problem.
"…How do you know?"
Xu Zhiyan, who was counting on his fingers, got stuck and asked with a frown.
"Feel."
The ghost replied with a smile.
In fact, it was because He had been paying attention to Xu Zhiyan’s eyes.
When the other party mentioned the morgue, there was a determination in his eyes. Even if he didn't open it this time, he would open it next time.
Xu Zhiyan didn't ask any more questions.
He really wanted to open the morgue, but the other rooms were also very tempting, making it difficult to make a decision.
After playing the game several times, Xu Zhiyan had a general understanding of the game and could see more detailed rules of the morgue.
The function of the morgue is to keep the player in the current state between life and death, and to separate the two bodies before death.
The body in the real world will not die at the beginning, but will be taken over by the main system as the player disappears and die in an accident.
The player's second body will be stored in the morgue of the safe house.
All memories will be stored in the new body, and after the safe house is repaired, the player can return to the world of the living.
To explain it in the system's words, it is a sleight of hand. One can use the old body to deceive the main system, and then use the new body to be resurrected... After experiencing the morgue, players can even escape from the game and become normal people again.
For infinite flow players, it is such a great temptation to go from being a humble player who has been licking blood from the knife edge and struggling in horror dungeons to being an ordinary person with a normal life.
Although the current morgue settings require that everyone who enters the morgue must be killed by Xu Zhiyan himself.
But this does not stop him from looking forward to whether there will be a way for him to leave the game after the morgue is upgraded.
After calling up the panel, Xu Zhiyan finally chose to open the morgue.
“Ka——”
There was a faint sound of a door opening.
[Congratulations to the host for opening the morgue!]
[The morgue is located on the second floor...]
Listening to the system's endless chattering in his ears, Xu Zhiyan looked at the ghosts and gods through the system panel light screen.
Once the other party has assembled the pieces, the safe house can be returned to them.
By then, he will become an ordinary person through the morgue, and he can live freely in the world with endless money.
Perhaps it was because the gaze was too explicit, and the ghosts and gods felt a little uncomfortable being stared at.
"What are you thinking about?"
"I'm wondering when I can put you together." Xu Zhiyan admitted his thoughts frankly.
The ghost was a little touched when he heard this, and a strange feeling was churning in his heart, but the next words of his beloved almost made him unable to control the violent power in his body.
"Once we have you put together, we can calculate the profits, divide the profits, and then we will go our separate ways."
"Disband?"
The ghosts and gods couldn't believe their ears.
He could hardly control himself anymore and wanted to lock the young man in front of him here.
If the price of recovering all the fragments is to be separated from Xu Zhiyan, then He even feels that he will never be complete.
Even though he knew that this idea was wrong and unfair to his beloved, he could not bear it...
Xu Zhiyan was very excited and even talked about the future.
"Yes, now that you have put three pieces together, you can move fifty meters away from here. When all the pieces are put together, I don't know if you can travel abroad, but you can definitely go to this city at will, right?"
He took off his slippers, sat cross-legged on the sofa, and looked full of energy.
"By then the safe house should be on track, the monsters should be able to take care of themselves, and you can come out and play whenever you want."
He won't have to enter the game then.
It would be good to use the money you have to start a business and make something big in the world.
He earned all the money for the safe house, so he probably wouldn't mind if the ghosts and gods took less.
"Let's buy a house in the city center and use your share of the money. That way, life will be much more convenient, and I can take you around. Otherwise, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable staying in the same house all the time? Damn, you! Why is your sofa cracked?"
Xu Zhiyan was halfway through his words when he saw that the armrest on the other side of the sofa opposite him had also cracked.
Damn, this time the ghosts really didn’t move anything, he saw it all!
“…”
The ghost who had just stirred up a huge wave in his heart did not make a sound for a long time.
Xu Zhiyan didn't know what he had just said, which made him jump back and forth on the edge of having his legs broken and imprisoned.
He is still thinking about how to save money.
"It's okay. Just sit on the worn-out sofa first and don't buy a new one for now. I'll go look for a sturdy sofa in the dungeon later."
Party A probably doesn't want to do that, so it's better not to mention it. It's just a broken sofa anyway.
Xu Zhiyan did not pursue the matter. Seeing that the ghost did not respond, he tried to introduce the city they were in.
"The suburbs are still not convenient enough. There are many fun places in the city center. If you start a company, you can rent a house in the CBD. I know a few friends..."
He talked for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the brighter his future seemed.
It was not until a few minutes later that the ghost's doubtful voice slowly sounded.
"Isn't the old house in Yunshan good?"
It’s not that He didn’t want to leave.
Seeing Xu Zhiyan's longing for the city center, he began to wonder if there was something about the safe house that made the person in front of him dissatisfied.
Hearing the question, Xu Zhiyan sighed and slumped back on the sofa as if he had lost all his energy.
"It's not bad here, but it doesn't have air conditioning. I can't find an installer to install it, and I don't know how to do it. It's so troublesome."
The ghost was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.
So Xu Zhiyan suddenly wanted to move out of the safe house because it was too cold here without air conditioning?
Looking at the other person curled up on the sofa, he realized belatedly that the other person seemed to be really afraid of the cold, not wanting to break up with him, nor did he dislike the monsters in the safe house...
Xu Zhiyan said that he felt that telling Party A these things would only add to their troubles, so he simply decided not to say anything more.
"It is said that the temperature will drop in the next few days. I will stay in the safe house for the next two days. After the temperature drops, I will go to the shell and live for a while."
There was a comfortable, free lounge, fully stocked with supplies, so he treated it as a hotel.
After saying that, Xu Zhiyan glanced at Lao Yang and the others who were carrying the necessary things into the shell according to his instructions, so he stopped waiting.
After leaving the hall and changing his clothes, Xu Zhiyan quietly entered the player gathering area from the safe house.
The ghosts and gods who were left behind were struck by a bolt from the blue again.
The safe house was abandoned...
Inside the shell, groups of players left the dungeon and entered the rest area.
Jiang Huaique held up his phone and followed the address inside, passing through the ordinary player rest area and entering the high-end rest area further inside.
When ordinary players leave the dungeon, they will automatically enter the outer lounge. Only players who have purchased real estate in the shell can enter the advanced lounge.
As a poor office worker, it was also his first time to enter the high-end rest area.
The pure white hall is spacious and bright, with beautiful NPC service staff standing at the front desk for players to dispatch and meet all their needs.
Perhaps there are not many players who can afford to buy a house in Shell, so although this place covers a large area, it is relatively spacious.
In dark corners, players would occasionally flirt with NPCs who were perfect in every way.
"Damn it, Xu Baiwan won't let me down, will he?"
Jiang Huaique glanced at the luxurious decoration here and the service he had never seen before. He was dumbfounded and couldn't help muttering to himself.
Suddenly, a blue-haired NPC found him.
"Hello, are you the player Jiang Huai Que? Mr. Xu is waiting for you, please follow me."
Jiang Huaique finally felt relieved.
When he entered the lounge where Xu Zhiyan was, he found that it was also very large, somewhat similar to the presidential suite of a hotel.
But there were strange noises coming from inside.
"Oh my god! Mr. Xu, you are so amazing!"
"Great! How could there be someone stronger than you in the world?"
"Mr. Xu, would you like some fruit..."
Jiang Huaique was horrified, and some strange things came to his mind. He couldn't help but slow down his pace.
"Xu Zhiyan, what are you doing?"
Before he could walk in completely, he saw the other person sitting in the middle of the sofa like a rich man, with several beautiful NPCs, both men and women, gathered around him. Each NPC had a flushed face and seemed very excited.
On the big screen opposite the people, a game is playing?
Wait? This guy asked so many beautiful NPC waiters to watch him play games? Is he crazy?
Xu Zhiyan also discovered Jiang Huai Que, put down the game controller, and sent the NPC away.
Only after the NPCs reluctantly left did he ask Jiang Huai to sit down: "Why are you standing there? Sit down."
Jiang Huaique came back to his senses and found that Xu Zhiyan had indeed asked the NPC to watch him play games. He couldn't help but complain: "Did you hit your head when you entered the dungeon?"
Xu Zhiyan was not angry at his retort, but explained: "They are also quite pitiful."
It turned out that after making an appointment with Jiang Huaique, Xu Zhiyan arrived early and met an NPC on the way who didn't seem very willing to "serve" the player.
Seeing the NPC crying as his arm was being pulled, he couldn't help but think of the NPC in the nightmare community.
Not all NPCs are victims of memories being placed in their memory. There may be more categories of them than players can imagine.
"I saw him crying so sadly, so I asked him to come over." Xu Zhiyan shrugged, looking indifferent.
"Isn't that the one?" Jiang Huaique still didn't understand.
"At first, it was, 'Aren't you late?' Then I asked, and they also have KPIs for NPCs. If they are 'required' by players that day, they can rest."
"...How much does it cost to order so much?" Jiang Huaique didn't think Xu Zhiyan was a good person who spent money to help NPCs.
“It’s free, and the main system is very friendly to people who buy houses in Shell, which are all added value.”
Xu Zhiyan answered with a smile, as if it was a casual act of kindness.
In fact, it was indeed a sudden act of kindness at the beginning.
But during the chat, he found that the NPCs here seemed to know a lot about the players.
Most players don't regard the NPCs here as human beings. Suddenly, a player who is gentle and kind and willing to help NPCs will of course be very popular.
However, no useful information has been obtained yet. Xu Zhiyan did not intend to explain too much about this aspect, and changed the subject and asked:
"Let's not talk about this anymore. How about the thing I asked you about before?"
"I have some idea, but what you want may be a little complicated. We have to wait a little longer. The person who summoned the special feature is still in the dungeon..."
After telling the news, Jiang Huaique didn't hesitate.
He sat down, unscrewed the beer on the table, poured himself a glass, and drank it.
"Tsk tsk tsk, damn rich people, the drinks here are better than those in ordinary lounges, fucking stupid."
After drinking, he wiped his mouth and exhaled a fragrant smell.
Xu Zhiyan knew that Jiang Huai had a foul mouth, so he threw a game controller over to him and asked, "Want to play games?"
Jiang Huai rolled his eyes and took the handle: "Get lost, I spent money on Shell, Xu Baopi, can you reimburse me?"
Xu Zhiyan laughed and answered quickly.
"Reimburse, of course."
Compared to Jin Sheng, Jiang Huaiqie has more experience, and he needs his help in many things.
At times like this, Xu Zhiyan is always generous.
In this way, the two played games for a while, and when they were tired, he collapsed on the sofa and spoke lightly.
"I didn't kill Xinan and Gan Mi, are you angry?"
Jiang Huaique, who was almost falling asleep with his eyes squinted, heard this and had an expression of "Are you stupid?"
"Kill them both? Are you sick?"
"... Could you please speak properly? I've wasted the atmosphere I prepared." Xu Zhiyan was shocked.
He didn't understand why there were people like Jiang Huaique in the world, who had foul words but a kind heart.
"Why should I be angry? Angry that you are incompetent and a weakling?" After saying these two sentences, Jiang Huaique also laughed.
"Although they are the subordinates of the No. 1 on the list, and my sister's revenge has not been completely avenged, but Xu Zhiyan, this is my revenge, what does it have to do with you? Do you think you are a male Bodhisattva?"
"How about this, I'll give you three thousand in cash a month, can you please speak properly?" Xu Zhiyan shook his head and joked.
"Get lost, your father doesn't need these three thousand."
The two of them laughed and talked for a few more sentences until the room became quiet again. Then Jiang Huaique spoke calmly.
"If you kill them, can we still talk so easily after the dungeon is over? By then, I'm afraid the bounty list will be posted on your forehead."
Xu Zhiyan nodded, that was indeed the case.
His tone was a little cold.
"But I regret it."
I regret letting Gan Mi go.
This person is so smart.
There will probably be many opportunities to kill Xinan in the future, but it may be difficult to find an opportunity to kill Gan Mi.
Jiang Huai Partridge seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand.
Suddenly, he raised his phone and asked.
"Have you not paid any attention to other players' affairs recently?"
"What's up?"
"Mad Dog and his master had a falling out."
"What?"
Xu Zhiyan immediately sat up, took out his cell phone and started looking through the news about the players.
In fact, there seemed to be signs that Mad Dog and No. 1 were at odds with each other a long time ago. He had anticipated that this would happen with a certain probability, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.
At the same time, in Yunshan’s old house.
The atmosphere was not very pleasant. Qu Ji was frightened by the pressure from the ghosts and gods, and he trembled subconsciously, but the other party rarely took the initiative to talk to him, so he could only stand firm and stammer to explain.
"Heating equipment...but no one knows how to install it. I've read the instructions before, and they're too complicated."
It didn't understand why the ghosts and gods suddenly asked to install air conditioning and heating. Brother Xu had thought about installing air conditioning before, but it was always shelved and eventually nothing came of it.
Qu Ji waited anxiously for a long time before he heard the ghost's low reply.
"I'll learn."
It's just an air conditioner.
How could He let the safe house be surpassed by the shell?
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