Chapter 156 Safe House
[Logged into the dungeon Dark City]
[Instance star rating: ★★★★]
[Safe house broadcast has been activated]
[Players detected within 100m...]
Xu Zhiyan waved away the monsters in the safe house, leaned against the wall and let the system call up the background of the copy.
Because before logging into the copy, he can only determine the copy level but cannot know the specific content, and he cannot watch the live broadcast in advance to understand the player status.
The shelves are ready, and once the player type is determined, the stock can be immediately restocked based on the player’s needs!
[Accessing the dungeon background for you! Hmm? This seems to be a dungeon divided into factions!]
[Instance Notes: This is a city without daytime, full of man-eating monsters. Humans will turn into monsters if they eat monster bodies, and monsters will turn into humans after eating humans whole, and be hunted down by monsters...]
[Instance Mission: Players will win if they remain in human form at the end of the instance.]
After reading this copy information, Xu Zhiyan took a deep breath and felt a chill down his spine.
Sensing the host's complicated emotions, the system asked in confusion.
[This instance doesn't completely pit players against each other, and it doesn't directly divide them into camps, which is good!] It has heard that there are instances that put players on opposite sides more directly.
[As long as the players unite to fight monsters, it should be easy to complete the task! ]
Xu Zhiyan shook his head: "This is no different from setting the players against each other."
Compared to the naive safe house system, he saw more possibilities of passing the level from the notes.
"There are only monsters in this city. If we suddenly throw in a few delicious humans, all the monsters will flock here, doubling the danger. You don't think the players can just fight the monsters honestly, do you?"
Xu Zhiyan has already experienced how terrible the system is.
He doesn't think the main system will allow players to unite and overcome difficulties together.
"Players may form alliances at first, but divisions will emerge after they kill their first monster."
There was clearly a player within a 100-meter radius, but the other party had not yet entered the safe house. Xu Zhiyan was bored and simply explained it to the system.
"Rather than being hunted by monsters all over the city, some people will definitely choose to eat monster meat and become a monster."
You only need to devour a human player before leaving, and you can get through the entire dungeon smoothly and safely. This is a very cost-effective deal.
[How could it be! If one more person turns into a monster, there will be one less person when you leave the dungeon!]
The system is simple but not stupid, and its computing power is still very strong. It immediately calculated the consumption after humans turned into monsters.
Xu Zhiyan licked his lips, and his brows relaxed a little.
"This is just my guess. Maybe these players are not as bad as I thought. But why haven't they come yet..."
He stretched his head and looked around to make sure that the players in the copy had not arrived yet. He couldn't help but stand up and look at the monsters lying against the wall.
Liuliu has a tall body and he stood up easily, shaking his head from side to side, with his mouth wide open and a funny expression on his face.
The blood in the bucket stood up like a flagpole, and the two eyeballs at the top swayed left and right, staring out the door, no one knew what they were looking at.
After the safe house was renovated, the walls in the courtyard were two meters high.
Xu Zhiyan walked over and patted Liuliu's arm, asking curiously, "What are you two looking at so excitedly?"
"Outside, there's a fight outside..."
Liu Liu was frightened and answered quickly.
"Mr. Xu, the players outside are fighting!" Honghong has always been eloquent and she directly acted as a broadcaster.
"The player is fighting with another group of dark players, but the dark players seem to be teasing mice, and it's mainly the normal players who are attacking!"
"What? The fight has already started now?"
Xu Zhiyan was stunned and a little confused.
He thought that the players would have disagreements after hunting monsters, but he didn't expect that the players would be completely divided into two factions in the early stage of the copy.
As a non-physical organism, the system easily gains external vision.
[Oh my god! Host, you are so awesome! You actually guessed it right at the first try. Oh, the fight is so intense!] It is the same as the monsters. Usually, you can only see players fighting in the live broadcast room. Live fights like this are rare.
It is the nature of all living things to watch the fun.
Even the system is no exception, although it does not seem to be a living thing.
[Wow! It turns out that when players turn into monsters, they also turn into hard black skin... Oh no! Are the players trying to kill all the black-skinned monsters here? That's awesome! But it seems like they can't beat them!]
After saying that, the system thought of Xu Zhiyan who was still standing in the yard and couldn't see anything, and decisively sent out an invitation.
[Host! Do you want us to bring a small stool for you to watch?]
"No thanks." Xu Zhiyan shook his head and replied.
Although he was eager to watch, he did not accept the invitation because he could watch the live broadcast on his mobile phone... It would be too weird to climb the wall with monsters and watch players fight!
He took out his mobile phone and found the live broadcast room. He stood by the wall and searched for relevant copy content.
Ten minutes later, the real fragrance arrived, albeit late.
The new little monster in the safe house brought a small square stool. Xu Zhiyan coughed lightly, held Liuliu's arm and stood on it.
Damn it, live streaming is not as good as the live show!
More and more monsters came to watch, and Xu Zhiyan found that he had to switch his phone to the live broadcast room in order to see enough players.
But it’s too troublesome to cut it all the time, so it’s better to just watch.
The safe house appeared in an underground garage in the copy of Night City. Since this city has not been inhabited by living people for a long time, all the surrounding vehicles can be seen rusted. However, the power system of the entire city is complete, so there are still dim lights here.
The appearance of the monsters in Night City matches the name of the dungeon.
The monsters were covered with a dark and rough skin, making them look like humans covered with a black shell. There were no pupils in the monsters' eyes, only the whites of the eyes. Their sharp nails indicated that their main method of attack was to tear the target into pieces with their hands.
[Currently, the thirteen humans and sixteen monsters here are all players.] The system has already scanned the composition of these players.
"Can players who have mutated enter the safe house?" Xu Zhiyan was a little curious.
[Not necessarily, it depends on the main system.]
The safe house system is not very clear whether these monster players can enter. Thanks to the gods, the safe house has not been developed before and only exists in low-level copies.
[This is our first time logging into a dungeon with factions and mutations. The safe house only prohibits human players from killing each other, and we are not sure whether monster players will be allowed to enter.]
Xu Zhiyan stroked his chin and looked at the players who were still fighting outside the safe house, thinking in his mind how to use this copy to earn more points.
Now the human players are clearly at a disadvantage.
Monster players have status bonuses, each of them is like a god, can use props, and become extremely powerful and flexible, a hundred times more useful than a human.
The monsters' abdomens vibrated slightly, as if they were saying something. The human players looked angry and contemptuous after hearing it.
[So urgent, I really want to know what they are talking about!] The system was scratching its head anxiously.
The monsters in other safe houses also nodded after hearing this.
Xu Zhiyan could roughly guess from the expressions of the human players that these people were scolding the monsters.
Seeing the players gradually becoming exhausted, their bodies covered in blood, their expressions becoming increasingly desperate, and they seemed to be thinking of fighting the monsters to the death, he told Liu Liu to open the door of the safe house and let the system re-release the information.
"Remove some of the hidden smoke at the door and say we're closing in ten minutes."
[Good host! ]
The system perked up and started broadcasting. The other monsters also realized that someone was coming, and returned to their jobs, leaving the home field to the players.
Xu Zhiyan looked outside the door with a complicated expression.
If they continue to fight like this, the monster players will soon have thirteen human corpses.
Although carrying a corpse will also lead to being hunted by the same kind, the appearance of a monster is obviously more suitable for escape than that of a human. Carrying an extra corpse is obviously much better than killing someone at the last moment.
All he could do was give these thirteen unlucky players a glimmer of hope. He couldn't do anything about the rest.
In the blink of an eye, the two players who were confronting each other paused for a moment, and received the news that the safe house was about to be closed.
The human players panicked.
The safe house was within reach, but they couldn't get in because of the monster.
In the chaos, a thin player standing at the outermost edge suddenly pointed in the direction of the safe house door and shouted something loudly.
After hearing this, the short boy closest to the safe house hurriedly took out an item and threw it to the thin player. The other player raised the item in his hand and started to use it without thinking.
The next second, a dazzling white light flashed.
The monsters were frozen in place by the light, and everyone rushed to the safe house, except for the skinny player who remained standing.
Xu Zhiyan looked at the player's face and was a little surprised.
The other person looked to be in his forties, with curly hair and a gentle temperament between his eyebrows.
If she wasn't covered in blood and holding a jewel-like prop in her hand, she would look more like the aunt next door that you meet on the road while buying groceries.
There should be some restrictions on the use of props, and she can't just run with everyone.
In the chaos, the crying human players rushed into the courtyard. The first person accidentally fell, causing the players behind him to fall as well, and twelve people were piled on the ground.
Xu Zhiyan was still standing on the stool, without even looking at the player who rolled in.
There were wailing and crying sounds mixed together.
The players who survived the disaster collapsed to the ground, and no one could get up.
Someone discovered the young man standing on the stool.
After asking, they learned that the other party had found the safe house first. Although the players were surprised that there were other living people besides them, they did not say much.
Frowning at the players lying on the ground, Xu Zhiyan secretly glanced at the live broadcast room on his mobile phone and jumped off the stool.
Arriving at the door, he squatted down with his bangs covering his face. He tried to look at the players at eye level and asked in a low voice, "Have you ever thought about bringing her in?"
He pointed to the still open door, his voice full of confusion.
Outside the safe house, under the flickering lights, the monsters regained their mobility, piled up in a pile, and were fighting over something.
Just now they were restricted in their movements, and the player who used the props was also restricted in their movements. If the others did not rush into the safe house at the first time, but instead carried the aunt, they would still have time.
Or according to their positions, the boy who takes out the props first is closest to the safe house. If he activates the props, almost everyone will have a chance to survive.
Because the monsters are stiff when they recover, the boy is closest to the safe house. Even if no one is paying attention to him, he can reach the safe house by running a few steps. He may be injured, but he will definitely not die like the player.
But now that things have come to this, Xu Zhiyan will not ask for anything more from the players.
He tried to ask these people, but he was just considering whether it was his own misjudgment that caused the players to give up on the lady because of the broadcast's urging.
...but it shouldn't be.
Xu Zhiyan recalled the broadcast and confirmed that he had asked the system to play it ten minutes later. It shouldn't have taken so long.
No one answered.
The players lying on the ground didn't know why the person in front of them asked this, but they just lowered their heads and looked away.
No one...
No one wanted to help the player who helped them enter the safe house.
Thinking of the content in the live broadcast room, Xu Zhiyan moved his gaze and fell on the face of the young man who gave the props.
"Do you want to rescue her?"
"If she's still alive."
The short boy gasped for air, tears and snot all over his face, and shook his head frantically: "I'm not going out! She's dead, what does it have to do with me..."
Xu Zhiyan tilted his head, his eyebrows twisted together. He seemed to have encountered a daunting problem, and it took him a long time before he slowly spoke.
"But she's your mother."
"She was smiling when she watched you run away."
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