Chapter 159 Safe House
"As for you, lucky user Xiao Jiang."
"I'll give you a 40% discount this time."
When Jiang Yufei heard this, he couldn't believe his ears.
Once the copy fails, only death awaits the player.
Even if you don't die immediately, it's not easy to survive in a weird and strange dungeon world with no supplies. Eventually, your consciousness will be slowly worn away and you will become a monster that is neither human nor ghost. It's better to die.
She stared at the NPC in front of her with a bird-beak mask, eyes wide open, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Since the price is 100,000, it means that the cost of this door is very high. The other party is willing to charge only 4,000...
Not only Jiang Yufei and the other players were stunned.
Even the monsters in the safe house stood there in a daze.
Qu Ji, who was hiding behind the door, suddenly turned around and said to Xiao Ke Gu: "Poke me, am I still asleep?"
Little Brittlebone was scratching his head, and his white-boned fingertips were digging at his skull so quickly that sparks were almost coming out.
The monsters were extremely confused.
It was the first time they saw Xu Zhiyan being so generous.
Even the ghosts who had been paying attention to the door outside couldn't help but leave the fireplace, approach the door, and look at Xu Zhiyan's back with a frown.
"Something's wrong."
He spoke calmly, with a hint of worry in his voice.
Qu Ji didn't care about the terrifying pressure and kept nodding, his tone full of disbelief.
"0.4! How can it be so low! Even though the door is open, only 4,000 is too little!"
The door opened with one million points can be used unlimited times and the investment will be paid back in one go.
“Ka-ka-ka!!”
The little brittle head is about to fall off.
A 0.4% discount is totally inconsistent with Xu Zhiyan's personal style. In the past, he would offer a maximum discount of 95%, and installment payment was the biggest conscientious discount. How could it be so little?
Just when the ghost was hesitating whether to pause time and ask, the young man spoke again with a long tone.
"but--"
"Such a big discount of 0.4, but there are conditions~"
No expression could be seen on the face behind the bird-beak mask, but the heavy breathing and speaking style really made everyone's mood change.
"…What, what conditions?"
Jiang Yufei's pupils shrank slightly, and he asked blankly, his heart seeming to be beating in his throat.
The monsters, including ghosts and gods hiding in the safe house, all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah - I was wondering, how could Brother Xu give such a low discount to a player?" Qu Ji patted his chest, his back almost cracked from the shock he had just received.
"I thought Xiao Xu was controlled by someone."
Old Yang came out of his fright and his wrinkled face relaxed.
Little Kegu, who was standing nearby, seemed to have thought of something. He clenched his right fist and clapped it on his left palm, then suddenly realized something.
“Kachaka! Kachaka! Kachaka!!”
It probably thought of what Xu Zhiyan was going to say.
But unfortunately, no one had a translator, and the subjects were not similar, so we couldn’t translate it for the time being.
However, the ghosts and gods listened, nodded and affirmed it.
"That makes sense. This is in line with his style."
“Crack…bang!”
The top student Xiao Cuigu was very excited after receiving the recognition. Only then did he realize that the Lord of Ghosts was beside him. He shuddered, his head fell off, and he rolled away.
After making sure that Xu Zhiyan was not controlled by any player, Guishen glanced at the monsters in the safe house who were watching stiffly, and left without saying anything else.
...Well, I was too worried just now and seemed to have lost my composure.
When the ghost's figure disappeared into the air, the monsters hurriedly helped Xiaokui Gu pick up his head and continued to watch the yard.
Xu Zhiyan didn't keep the secret any longer.
He offered Jiang Yufei a 40% discount.
"Besides the twelve of you, are there any other players outside..."
According to rough estimates, there are at least fifty players who entered the dungeon this time. Even if some of them were lost, there are still many remaining guys who have transformed into monsters in the night.
"Find me ten more clients and you can choose."
From the communication with Jiang Yufei just now, it can be seen that he is a person who has a clear distinction between love and hate, has a conscience and his own considerations.
There are at least twenty or thirty other mutated players in this copy. Xu Zhiyan needs someone to help select a group of decent customers from them.
If ten more people come, another million will be earned.
No one is more suitable than Jiang Yufei.
Xu Zhiyan believed that this person would definitely not select a client like Guo Kangshun for him.
Jiang Yufei instantly understood the intention of this conscientious businessman in front of him. After all, the other party was doing business.
She didn't refuse.
Because the discounts given by conscientious merchants are really too much!
"Are there any other requirements? For example, the client's gender, appearance, or sexual orientation?"
The power of money is omnipotent. Players who can get four stars in the infinite flow are also thick-skinned enough.
Jiang Yufei changed her previous image of an irritable older sister, rubbing her hands as she asked the safe house NPC in front of her, fearing that she had missed any request.
Xu Zhiyan waved his hand.
"You can choose."
"No, if you don't make more requests, I won't feel at ease taking this discount." Jiang Yufei scratched his scalp, feeling a little embarrassed.
I saved more than 90,000 points. Not to mention catching ten customers, I could even chop these ten customers into pieces and send them to me.
“…”
Xu Zhiyan looked at the other person's useless appearance, pursed his lips and said nothing.
He did not participate in what happened next.
Turning everyone into monsters is the best punishment for the players who betrayed us, allowing them to also taste the bitterness of the failure of their plans.
As the reception monster this time, Liuliu will be fully responsible for what happens next.
After confirming that this group of players had paid 100,000 points, there was really no more profit to be made. Xu Zhiyan no longer looked at this group of people and returned to the hall holding his cane.
Qu Ji stepped forward and took the cloak, looking at Xu Zhiyan with admiration in his eyes.
"Brother Xu, when I first heard about the discount, I was so scared that I thought you were possessed!"
Not only Qu Ji, but other monsters including ghosts and gods were all surprised.
Taking off the mask, Xu Zhiyan casually threw the things aside and frowned, "0.4 is indeed too low, but I need a reliable player to help me in the dungeon, so I have to give him a price he can't refuse."
To human players, those monster players who turned against them are enemies, but to onlookers, becoming a monster is just a way to pass the level.
It can even be said that this is a way of passing the level specially set up by the main system.
Xu Zhiyan was not so naive as to think that the players coming out of the safe house would always insist on hiding from monsters in human form. They would probably just think that they acted too late and were beaten to it by others.
If players who have already paid $100,000 are asked to help select customers, they will most likely give up.
So he chose to give Jiang Yufei a big discount in exchange for his labor.
A very cost-effective win-win plan.
A fire flickered in the fireplace.
Ever since the ghost god learned the spell to increase the temperature, Xu Zhiyan never felt cold in the safe house again.
The red that was previously used to draw the magic circle has now been replaced by magic materials. It seems that during the time he was away, the ghosts and gods redraw the insulation system of the safe house.
Although he took off his cloak and mask, after a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared on Xu Zhiyan's forehead.
Because the transactions in the safe house are still taking place in the yard, Qu Ji chose thicker fabrics when preparing clothes.
I'm dressed too tightly. It's so hot.
Seeing that the monsters were busy again, Xu Zhiyan planned to go back to his room to change his clothes.
Sure enough, he prefers to wear pajamas at home rather than formal clothes.
After going upstairs and turning on the light, Xu Zhiyan heard a knock on the door before he even started changing his clothes.
“Dongdong——”
He was stunned and found it a little funny.
Except for a few monsters with higher intelligence such as Qu Ji and Xiao Cu Gu, the other guys in the safe house always push the door and come in directly to find him. Although he has emphasized this several times, it has had little effect.
Thinking of the monsters' clear and innocent eyes, he just followed the group of monsters.
But this time the knocking on the door was very restrained, with a new rhythm, neither Qu Ji nor Xiao Cu Gu.
"Who? Come in."
Could it be that some new monster has learned to knock on the door?
As the door opened, Xu Zhiyan got the answer—it was Party A.
"Bai Jin? Why are you here?" He paused in taking off his gloves, put down his hands, and looked at the ghost with some confusion.
Although ghosts and gods have no problem with their intelligence, why does it feel a bit strange for them to knock on the door? Xu Zhiyan smacked his lips, always feeling that ghosts and gods are incompatible with the words knocking on the door.
The room fell into silence.
The ghost didn't know how to explain why he suddenly came to knock on the door. He just found that Xu Zhiyan's previous behavior was a little abnormal, so he couldn't help but want to ask.
But when he really got there, he didn't know how to start.
Seeing that Party A was slow to speak, Xu Zhiyan pulled off his other glove, turned around and began to unbutton his formal jacket.
"Let me guess what you want to ask."
They had bathed in the hot spring together before, and as a straight man, he didn't think there was anything wrong with changing clothes in front of his same-sex partner.
"Are you asking me why I gave Jiang Yufei such a low discount?" Xu Zhiyan asked while standing in front of the mirror and unbuttoning his clothes, unceremoniously treating Party A as a clothes hanger.
"no."
The ghost took the suit jacket handed to him by the young man.
Although a 40% discount is a bit outrageous, giving up 90,000 to get 1 million is still in line with Xu Zhiyan's style.
The dark figure in the corner came forward and took the coat from His hand.
"I want to know why you saved Yu Rou."
This is why the ghosts and gods think Xu Zhiyan is abnormal.
Although Yu Rou was indeed pitiful, he didn't think that his successor would go through so much trouble, expend so much effort, and use indirect methods to save people for free, without even charging that ungrateful bastard any extra points.
The hand taking off the vest paused for a moment, and then Xu Zhiyan answered nonchalantly.
“Do one good deed a day. It won’t take many resources anyway.” After all the calculations, all the props were recovered, and the cost was just a bag of candy thrown to Jiang Yufei.
His tone was extremely natural, as if he was just doing it casually.
The ghost shook his head slightly.
"wrong."
Do good deeds and accumulate virtue?
These four words have nothing to do with Xu Zhiyan at all. It is already the greatest kindness for him to save people by charging less.
Hearing Party A's denial, Xu Zhiyan didn't turn around, and said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, hey, how can you be so sure that I won't do good deeds every day? What if I change my personality?"
As he spoke, Xu Zhiyan also started laughing.
"Okay, you guessed it right. Actually, I have other things to do when saving Yu Rou. I am a little concerned about what was said in the live broadcast room."
After saying that, he took out his mobile phone, called up Yu Rou's live broadcast room with a black screen, then scrolled up to scroll through the comments and pointed to a few of the discussions.
[Wow, did Yu Rou really die for her stupid son? ? ? ]
[I give up, what a blind sister, this live broadcast makes me anxious, and in the end, she gave away a head. ]
[I saw her awaken a rare characteristic before, and I thought she could achieve something. ]
[A cocoon, wow, it's really rare, but now she has trapped herself in a cocoon and can't get out. This cocoon is very tough and can't be broken from the outside... dangerous! ]
[Speaking of which, Yu Rou is really unlucky. When she was talking to Char Siu before, I remember Char Siu played the victim a few times and said sorry for getting her into the game, but she didn't care! ]
[What the hell, so weird, how did you get involved? ]
[By the way, can cocoons communicate with other cocoons? I remember someone awakened this feature before and said that they can connect to other cocoons...]
After flipping through two pages casually, Xu Zhiyan threw his phone on the table and turned sideways to look at the ghost.
"People who have awakened their cocoons have a certain probability of connecting to other cocoon bags. Xu Xiaohua has been cocooning for a long time, and the system can't detect anything. I'm a little worried."
There is more than one player with the Cocoon trait, but the possibility of letting them enter the safe house in order to detect the Cocoon Bag is almost zero.
Although Yu Rou's appearance was a bit unexpected, it just happened to solve the problem.
"Secondly, I am somewhat concerned about the 'involvement' mentioned in the live broadcast room. Don't you think it's strange? Why would someone involve others in entering the game?"
Xu Zhiyan turned around and continued to unbutton his vest.
"I asked Jiang Huai, Que Jinsheng and others, and they all entered the game alone without exception. In other words, one of the conditions for selecting players in the game is to be alone."
The clothes that the all-round butler Qu Ji prepared for Xu Zhiyan were well-cut, and the black suit vest fully showed off the young man's narrow waist curve.
"Since one of the conditions for entering the game is to be alone, then Guo Kangshun wants to drag Yu Rou into the game. In addition to deliberately leaving her alone, there is another possibility."
Just like the safe house is the intersection between the game and the real world, once you enter the range, you will be pulled into the game.
Xu Zhiyan suspected that in addition to being randomly selected alone, there were other ways to enter this game, or in other words, there were other fixed places in the world, like safe houses, which were also the intersections between the game and the world.
"Of course, the above is just my guess..."
Before he could finish his words, the ghost interrupted him again: "What else?"
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyan did not turn around, but just glared at the ghost in the mirror: "My reason for saving Yu Rou is already perfect!"
The ghost walked forward, stood behind the other person, and put his hands on the young man's shoulders.
“It’s not perfect.”
"You are the successor to the safe house and the new owner of the safe house. You have absolute power here."
The ghosts' voices were very soft, as if they were afraid of scaring the people in front of them.
"If you really want to know the information above, you can just use force to solve it, or give some benefits at will."
The rescue plan and props have been given, and the difficulty of implementation is almost zero. Anyone can do it. Just give some small benefits. He doesn't think any of the twelve players will refuse.
"So why?"
Why go to so much trouble to indirectly mobilize the enthusiasm of the players, let them take the initiative to carry out the rescue, and let Yu Rou hear her son's cold and ruthless words, even emphasizing them repeatedly before closing the door.
What He saw was that Xu Zhiyan wanted to save this woman.
It is not just about saving someone in the physical sense, but on a deeper level, it helps the other person to wake up mentally.
The room was quiet for a moment.
The smell of ashes filled the entire space.
"What are you talking about...it's just boring."
Xu Zhiyan's voice was relatively steady when he answered.
"Don't you think it's fun to play these players around?"
He refused to admit that he wanted to save Yu Rou.
The young man lowered his head and reached out to unbutton his suit vest, but for some reason, he failed to unbutton it after several attempts.
"I just feel sorry for her... There's something wrong with this button. I need to ask Qu Ji to replace it for me." Xu Zhiyan's voice gradually became a little anxious.
The ghost sighed and hugged the young man from behind.
The two hands covered each other's hands, and the bony fingertips easily unbuttoned the button.
"You're lying."
He tried to make his voice softer.
After knowing each other for such a long time, Xu Zhiyan is always smiling.
The sly curve of the mouth after success, the gentle mask before the transaction, and the smile with sparkling eyes after seeing the increase in profits.
This is the first time I'm so angry like today.
However, it didn't work, the person in front of the mirror didn't buy it.
Hearing the ghosts' affirmative doubts, Xu Zhiyan felt a surge of nameless anger in his heart.
This feeling of being watched and explored all the time made him feel resistant and fearful.
"That's why I hate smart people the most... You're always observing, and nothing unusual will escape your eyes."
“We are just a partnership.”
"You don't need to explore what I'm thinking. I can guarantee our interests, but please don't pry into my thoughts."
He almost shouted it out, and at the end he used honorifics.
These words stunned the ghost who was helping to unbutton the shirt. He never expected that Xu Zhiyan would have such a big reaction when he asked the reason for saving Yu Rou.
But it's strange.
Looking at the heir who said these words almost as if venting his anger, Guishen felt that Xu Zhiyan had become more real than before.
In the past, when we got along, Xu Zhiyan was a person who could control his temper to a very exquisite degree.
Whether in the dungeon or in reality, this thin young man always appears confident and at ease.
Even though He had wasted a lot of money before, the other party just came over angrily and didn't say anything harsh after speaking. The timing of the conversation was just right.
The ghost recalled for a while and confirmed that this was the first time Xu Zhiyan was so angry.
Fresh and fragile.
He realized that his questioning was wrong, but He did not regret it.
He wanted to know more about Xu Zhiyan.
He could not suppress his desire.
The young man who had suddenly become furious just now seemed to have opened a hard shell, revealing a little bit of his inner self.
The air, which had been somewhat relaxed, gradually condensed.
Xu Zhiyan looked in the mirror and saw a ghost almost touching him, and his mind was in a mess.
He regretted it the moment he said it.
There was no need, he felt that he was a mature businessman and should hide his emotions.
Compared to when he dared to negotiate with the ghosts and gods when they first met, with his deeper understanding of the game and the power of ghosts and gods, he knew very well how strong his Party A was.
Piercing the other person's wrath is not an option.
Although he was confident that a few words would not turn the ghosts and gods against him, there was still a huge gap in status between the two.
In the past, his rudeness to Party A was all the result of testing. Guishen usually has no desires and seems to not care about anything. He knows that the other party will not be angry about many things, so he is unscrupulous and presses forward.
But this time it was the ghosts who asked...
Forget it, there are some things that don’t matter if the other party wants to know.
There is no need to lose sight of the small things and cause cracks in a solid cooperation because of trivial matters.
After calming down, Xu Zhiyan decided to apologize first.
Two sentences sounded at the same time.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked..."
"I'm sorry, I just lost control..."
They both stopped at the same time.
Xu Zhiyan didn't dare to look at the mirror. He closed his eyes and spoke softly.
"I saved her because she reminded me of someone."
"The one who gave me life...but...but..."
He paused, rarely, and couldn't even finish a sentence.
Suddenly, a cold finger was placed between his lips, and he heard the voice of a ghost.
"Shh... If you don't want to say it, you don't have to." The ghost stood up, covered Xu Zhiyan's eyes with his left hand, and made a silencing gesture with his right hand.
"You said that we are a community of interests, the closest relationship in the world."
"So you can trust me more."
"As much as I want to know, you're not ready yet. It's okay. I can wait until you trust me completely."
His personality has recovered a lot, and although the ghosts and gods are disguised as gentle, they also reveal some aggressiveness from time to time.
"I'm the only one who should apologize."
He made no secret of his desire to know more about Xu Zhiyan.
"I won't ask again."
"But I expect you to be willing to tell me."
After saying this, the ghost let go of his hand.
Xu Zhiyan felt that his brain was a little out of order. He subconsciously felt that these words were a bit ambiguous, but then he thought that the other party was a ghost, and he yelled at him...
In the confusion, he lowered his head.
His eyes fell on the fingertips of the ghost.
After releasing his hand, the ghost continued his work. His pale fingers were unbuttoning the shirt buttons one by one. The black fabric faded away, revealing the fair skin underneath.
He silently took the pajamas beside him and put them on the young man in front of the mirror.
“…”
Xu Zhiyan wanted to say something.
Is there something wrong with this scene?
Didn't he just yell at Party A? Wasn't Party A communicating with him as a partner? Why did the other party put him in pajamas?
After fastening the last button of his shirt, the ghost looked at Xu Zhiyan, who was still wearing suit pants and leather shoes, and was a little unsure.
Changing tops is already off guard, will I be yelled at if I help change pants?
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