Chapter 209 Safe House
After the hug filled with complicated emotions, the ghost finally restrained his restless hands and did not attack the furry tail.
With the help of Party A, the four rules on Xu Zhiyan were quickly driven away.
Watching the white furry tail disappear from behind the young man's butt, the ghost sighed inaudibly and put away the four rules.
Rather than □□, He chose to respect Xu Zhiyan's idea.
…Although it’s really hard to refuse being invited to touch someone’s tail or something.
But considering the current situation, Xu Zhiyan still treats him mostly as a friend, and he is unwilling and will not cross the line before the other party nods.
He will wait.
Wait until Xu Zhiyan is willing.
However, once the body has fully recovered, the four rules should be able to be separated.
As if he thought of something, the ghost glanced at the young man who was still lifting his clothes. His white and slender waist flashed before his eyes, and his eyes darkened a lot.
Different from ghosts and gods whose heads are full of complicated thoughts.
Xu Zhiyan was in a good mood after getting his missing organ back.
After solving the psychological problem of partner Party A, and seeing ghosts and gods return to normal, he felt that he had done another good thing today. He is really the best partner in the world!
The next morning.
After making sure that there was nothing else going on in the safe house, Xu Zhiyan went to the Nightmare Community with Guishen.
He wanted to meet this guy who was said to be able to influence the main program.
The Temple of Power remains the same as before.
However, the water level of the liquid energy pool that the ghosts and gods had just added had dropped a lot.
Hexagonal blocks of light rise up.
A translucent screen with a faint blue light appeared in mid-air.
[Hello Mr. Xu, I'm glad you are willing to give me a chance. ]
AI is polite.
After all, having seen how unreasonable ghosts and gods can be, it really hopes that the human being in front of it can be a little easier to get along with.
If it were a human, it would probably be easier to speak, right?
Thinking of this, it gained some confidence and tried to continue communicating.
[As my new master, I hope you can give me a new name so that we can communicate in the future. ]
It was very sensible. After it found out that the owner of the nightmare space was a love-brained person who listened to the human in front of him in everything, it consciously changed Xu Zhiyan's priority in it.
Just when the technology tree system thought that there was nothing wrong with its process, the humans in front of it did not play according to the routine.
Xu Zhiyan crossed his arms, stared at the transparent screen in front of him again and again, and finally waved his hands.
"Let's put the naming aside. You consume too much energy. I need to confirm whether to keep you. First, briefly tell me how you can interfere with the main system? How much energy is needed to obtain new information from the main system?"
【……】
The light screen seemed to be stuck.
It suddenly understood why the owner of the nightmare space yesterday looked so disgusted with it. Could it be that this feeling came from the human in front of it?
After a long time, it slowly recovered.
[I'm sorry, as an advanced AI, my name is a part of me. The system requires a name to log in, and I can only have one name.]
When you start an advanced AI for the first time, the name you enter will remain with it forever.
[You can come up with a name first, and I will give you a specific calculation. ]
It doesn't want to be called a random name like 12345!
Hearing this, naming master Xu Zhiyan frowned, and immediately had an idea in his mind and started speaking.
"Advanced AI, then you can be called Little A."
【? ? 】
Even though the technology tree system is an advanced AI, it can't hold on at this moment. What's the difference between this and 12345?
The ghost almost laughed out loud after hearing this.
But fortunately, He has been hiding His emotions for many years, so His expression remains stable.
The technology tree system finally reacted and quickly protested. It felt that it needed to defend its legitimate rights and interests.
[Master, is this a bit too hasty? ]
"What's wrong with Little A? Do you want to call him Little B?" Xu Zhiyan didn't think there was anything wrong with the name he came up with.
"The main reason is that I have a partner named Xiaoyi, so this name can't be used. I think calling him Xiaoer is a bit too stupid and unworthy of an advanced AI like you."
He even gave an explanation for the name.
Guishen was afraid that he would laugh out loud, so he turned sideways and coughed lightly, deciding not to participate in this naming activity.
[…Thanks? ]
The technology tree system is a bit silly. Its human owner is so sincere that he is not really telling it off. Does he really think the name Xiao A is a good one?
In the end, it was the safe house system, which had been quietly pretending to be dead nearby, that volunteered and proposed a compromise solution.
[Host, one letter is too monotonous, please add some more! Wait for me to search on the Internet~]
Most of the monsters in the safe house are physical entities, only it is a program wandering around. Now that it has a partner, it is very happy.
"good."
Xu Zhiyan nodded.
Names don't matter to him. If the technology tree system in front of him continues to consume too much energy, then even if the opponent is called the God of Creation and Destruction, he will not hesitate to recycle it and turn it into a usable energy source.
The safe house system works very quickly.
A few minutes later, the AI of the technology tree had a new name - Asa.
[Hey! I think this one sounds better than Little A!]
【……grateful. 】
Although the process was a bit confusing, the final result was okay.
After a while, Asa gave Xu Zhiyan a detailed energy calculation table. Every item on it was very useful, including but not limited to obtaining the copy coordinates and getting a simpler way to pass the level.
Correspondingly, the energy consumed by almost each one is astronomical.
"If we use the nightmare community as the unit of measurement, getting a quick clearance bug for a five-star instance will require a whole year's worth of energy?"
Xu Zhiyan's voice instantly rose, and he pointed at the contents on the panel with his eyes widened.
"Xiao A, tell me, are you a middleman making a profit from the price difference?" How much money does it cost to run the Nightmare Community for a year? Is this any different from asking for his life?
[It's Asa, not Xiao A. If you think this type of service is not cost-effective, I can provide you with other services. 】
Unlike the naive system in the safe house, Asa clearly sensed that the humans in front of it had no feelings for it yet, and it had to demonstrate sufficient functions to gain recognition.
【I currently have two directions of action. 】
[One is for the technology tree. My presence can maximize the development of the technology tree, ensure the quality of the output products, and evaluate the status of all NPCs in the nightmare community. ]
Simply put, with it, the output of props in the Nightmare Community will increase steadily and there will be no mistakes. In case some NPCs encounter unsuitable positions or other psychological problems, it can be quickly resolved to maximize the production capacity of the technology tree.
【The second one is for the main system direction. 】
[However, this direction does require too much energy, which is not cost-effective. Almost every piece of news consumes a huge amount of energy.]
Seeing Xu Zhiyan's expression become hesitant, Asa made a comprehensive suggestion.
[It is recommended that you continue to supply Asa. I will get some marginal information for you while maximizing the capacity of the nightmare space. ]
"Fringe data?"
Xu Zhiyan was stunned. These procedural matters were always complicated.
[Yes, it has been detected that the points tower has reached the critical value again. The guild system is about to be opened. The main system has made all preparations for the update. The only thing left is the system update.]
Xu Zhiyan had heard a little about the guild system.
In the past, players had discussed that the game's guild system was about to be launched. When he first entered the game, some people had speculated about this. Now Asa can get this marginal information without consuming it, which shows that the main system has been prepared for a long time.
"When does the guild open?"
According to his previous experience of playing games, the activation of such systems is usually accompanied by corresponding competition, and the rewards will be generous.
【Opening hours unknown.】
[Except for the last opening condition, all other conditions have been met. 】
[Including but not limited to points, number of participants, and number of copies. 】
"The last opening condition?"
[Yes, Master. The last condition for opening the guild has not yet been met. Therefore, the guild system will never be updated until it is met. The content is...]
In front of the energy pool, Xu Zhiyan looked at the remaining content on the light screen and stood there, as if he didn't recognize the words in front of him.
[Safe House is open to all levels of dungeons.]
"Safe house? What does the opening of the guild system have to do with safe houses?"
He turned his head and looked at the ghost. His Party A was the same as him. Although there was no fluctuation in expression, just looking at the frowning brows, he could tell that the ghost also didn't understand what was going on.
"Are you sure that the activation of the guild system is related to the safe house?" Xu Zhiyan felt that something was wrong.
This was the first time Asa had shown edge information, and it was pretty sure it hadn't made a mistake.
[Based on the update information currently prepared by the main system, this is the case. Perhaps other players do not have the corresponding intelligent system, so the main system did not hide the update content too deeply. ]
In Asa's assumptions, information that can be obtained without consumption is generally not particularly important.
Xu Zhiyan scratched his hair and finally understood why the guild system was always closed.
As the successor of the safe house, he can only log into the copy of the corresponding level smoothly if he has entered the copy of the corresponding level.
“What if the conditions of the safe house cannot be met?”
He thought of a possibility.
【Then according to the rules, the guild system and all subsequent game content will not be updated. 】
Endless copies are available.
Countless people are drawn into the game in various ways, unable to escape, with no end in sight.
Xu Zhiyan felt that his mind was a little confused.
In the past stories told by ghosts and gods, He was not so obsessed with his own existence.
"If the safe house disappears, will the game update continue?" Xu Zhiyan's expression was solemn.
【Won't. 】
Asa has a thorough understanding of the marginal information rules that are not concealed by the main system.
[According to the above stay date, it can be seen that the main system has already designed this update ten years ago. If the safe house disappears, the game update will be stuck and can never continue. ]
[The infinite game will not disappear, it will continue until all living things die. ]
"ten years?"
Xu Zhiyan chewed on the word.
He truly felt the malice of the main system.
Given the ghosts' original state, the safe house was only one step away from disappearing, so it would not be surprising if it completely disappeared at any time.
There are still many things in the system store that have not been updated, and currently there is no way for players to leave the game.
If he hadn't found this place, if he had been content with the status quo like his predecessors and refused to enter the dungeon, if he hadn't opened more safe houses...
Then all existing players will never have the possibility to leave the game and return to normal life.
He looked down at his palms.
A strange sense of fatalism attacked his nerves.
"It seems that the main system does not intend to let anyone go."
Suddenly remembering what Asa had hinted at before, Xu Zhiyan asked in confusion.
"The Integral Tower has reached critical value again."
"Again, what do you mean?"
[Literally, the second time, but the previous detailed data is not available for the time being. ]
Asa answered the questions in a serious manner. He didn't understand what was wrong with his new owner.
But it keenly sensed that something was wrong with the current atmosphere.
In order to make its existence more valuable and get more energy investment from the owner of the nightmare space, it decided to put forward some more constructive suggestions.
[In addition, it is detected that you have already achieved the fifth place in the potential newcomer ranking. Asa recommends that you get the first place as soon as possible and do not enter the normal scoreboard for the time being. ]
All players who log into the game will be ranked on certain lists based on the points they earn after entering the game.
Among them, the potential newcomer list is a natural list that all new players will enter.
There are two ways to leave the potential newcomer list.
One is to enter a five-star copy, and the other is to participate in the game copy more than fifty times.
【Each scoreboard has hidden rewards. 】
[When a player ranks first on the potential newcomer list and remains at the top for more than three months, he or she will receive a hidden reward of 10,000,000 points.]
"Ten million... ten million?"
Speaking of point rewards, Xu Zhiyan finally got out of the main system conspiracy.
Generally, players who can enter the top of the potential newcomer list either become very strong or participate in the game many times. Most of them will leave this list soon, so the position of the first newcomer changes obviously.
Originally, Xu Zhiyan had no intention of paying attention to that list. He was almost ready to enter the five-star dungeon to face those big players.
"As long as you stay on top of the leaderboard for more than three months, you will get 10 million points?"
In fact, for Xu Zhiyan who owns a safe house, 10 million points are not that scarce, but who doesn’t like to get them for free?
For Xu Zhiyan, nothing in this world is more important than money.
He almost immediately jumped out of the conspiracy that the main system might have planned, and did not further investigate what it meant to reach the critical score for the second time.
"Let's put aside the question of marginal information for now."
"In the next three months, I want to get everything for free... Ahem, I want to compete for the hidden reward."
He did not mention the issue of Asa's consumption, and his expression changed a lot when he looked at the light screen. This advanced system that could bring him free income seemed pretty good.
"Keep working hard and collect any free information you find."
【Good master. 】
…
A week later.
The top floor of the Shell's premium lounge area.
The belated meeting finally began.
Yan Chengfan was still as unkempt as before, with a tuft of hair sticking up, as if he had just crawled out of bed, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.
The failure of the last carnival had really dealt him a heavy blow, but the others didn't seem to care.
Seeing Gan Mi sitting at the corner of the long table with no expression on her face, Yan Chengfan held up his chin with one hand and couldn't help asking, "Hey, Gan Mi, you're not still angry, are you? Are you adapting well after your memory was restored?"
Gan Mi frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly laughed.
"fine."
After recovering the memory of the mimic, his appearance changed slightly. His original baby face that made him look younger became much thinner in just a few days, making him even more handsome.
His eyebrows were curved and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.
It was clearly an expression of happiness, but it didn't convey even a hint of a smile, and the whole person seemed to be wearing a false mask.
Yan Chengfan seemed not to notice Gan Mi's change, and said happily: "That's good, otherwise I would have seen you looking unhappy every day and thought you were in trouble."
He didn't think at all that Gan Mi would turn against humans because of Enli's affairs.
Others present shared the same view.
Even the usually quiet astrologer spoke softly, "There is a huge difference between us and humans."
Gan Mi's smile dropped a little, and he casually explained, "Someone killed my men, but I haven't found out who it was yet."
All the people he sent to protect Shen Zhen died.
Along with Shen Zhen himself.
This kind of provocative method made him very unhappy, but the opponent seemed to be extraordinary as he was able to kill Shen Zhen under heavy protection.
He raised his eyes to glance at the man sitting at the top, then looked away.
It can’t be Yan Chengfan.
This man looks weird, but no matter what he does, he is surprisingly open and aboveboard, never hiding anything.
Yan Chengfan suddenly realized.
"Oh, I heard about this, too."
He had originally thought of using Chen Zhen to temper Gan Mi's character, but now it seems that the other party has recovered well, so there is no need to do so.
As for a small fry like Chen Zhen, he didn't care about him at all. If he died, he died.
"Humans are nothing but fruits, don't worry about them."
After saying that, Yan Chengfan finally perked up a little.
When the door was pushed open again and the late Xu Yan walked in slowly, Yan Chengfan knocked on the table to attract everyone's attention.
"Let's not talk about trivial matters. I called you all here today because I have some serious matters to discuss with you."
The collector pulled out the chair closest to Yan Chengfan and took over the conversation with a smile: "Oh? Business? I haven't heard you talk about business for a long time."
"Well, I don't seem to be very compatible with serious matters."
Yan Chengfan admitted generously that he really didn't like talking about serious matters.
He sighed and turned to look at the Pope sitting on his left.
"How's the mad dog doing?"
The first question made the relatively relaxed atmosphere in the entire space tense.
The Pope was the oldest person present. He was about thirty years old, with an elegant temperament. He was wearing a well-tailored white casual suit and a half-length robe with gold thread patterns draped over his shoulders.
It was just this question that made him a little nervous.
"I'm sorry, Boss. That mad dog seems to have received a lot of funding. My men can't get accurate information about him from so many players."
"Also, I will convert more humans as soon as possible, but at present, it seems that some low-level humans can be easily killed even if they become mimics, so it is better to target people who have become players..."
The Pope's voice echoed throughout the hall.
Yan Chengfan held up his face and listened patiently to the Pope's explanation, without revealing any unhappiness in his expression.
When Xinan had a falling out with him before, he didn't think that the other party was such a difficult guy. When he asked Gan Mi to deal with the other party, he didn't expect that there would be any difficulties.
Like countless arrogant people, he even simply pulled out the mad dog's tongue and let the dog go.
"Ah, I regret it a little. I should have killed him directly if I had known."
Yan Chengfan shook his head and sighed.
When the second attempt failed, it was obvious that Xinan was at the end of his rope, and was on the brink of collapse both mentally and physically.
But who would have thought that not long after, this mad dog found other sponsors.
Before entering the game, it is difficult for players to judge what kind of opponents they will encounter, so things like cross-dressing can only be used once in most cases.
But Xinan's sponsor actually gave him a tool that could change the name of his live broadcast room...
This operation doubles the difficulty of finding it.
Even the Pope, who currently has the most subordinates, has not been able to get rid of Xinan recently.
“I still like Xinan very much.”
"His physical strength is much better than the vessel we were looking for before, but he knows too much."
When talking about Mad Dog, there was a hint of regret in Yan Chengfan's voice.
"But using brutal killing to judge the Mimic will only make him a target of public criticism. Even if we don't kill him, he will be easily attacked when he meets other players."
was killed.
These two words are like a stone thrown into a calm lake.
Even Wang Ying, who had been relatively quiet today, couldn't help but speak.
"BOSS~ So the people who funded Mad Dog are the survivors of the previous round of the game? Can humans also be left behind? Impossible!"
She shook her head, loudly denying her own guess.
"If there are any survivors from the previous round among the human players, then our existence should have been exposed long ago... Could Mad Dog be one of the survivors?"
Without waiting for Yan Chengfan to answer, Gan Mi took the lead in speaking to calm the irritable girl.
"Won't."
"Humans are different from us. The survivors can only choose between memories and bodies, but humans cannot choose memories."
After a week, he had completely adapted to his new identity.
After getting the answer she wanted, Wang Ying stopped shouting.
"But we are now being targeted more and more by the main system. I don't understand why it is targeting us indiscriminately now."
Yan Chengfan listened and pointed outside the window.
At the very center of the shell, at the top of the towering points tower, the numbers turned into a string of 9s, indicating that the critical value had already been reached.
"It's been a week and the game update hasn't started yet."
"Does the main system know the importance of game updates? That's crazy."
He smiled helplessly.
"But the first to die are humans. These fragile vessels cannot hold out for long."
Xu Yan, who was listening on the side, pushed his glasses and spoke in a gentle voice.
"Indiscriminate attack method, looks familiar."
“Although there is no evidence, I believe that what is funding the mad dogs is gaming the system.”
He smiled faintly and expressed a similar guess to Xu Zhiyan.
"It seems that the main system really wants everyone to die together."
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