Chapter 23 School for the Blind
The atmosphere in the abandoned principal's office was gloomy and eerie.
The players looked at each other, not knowing how to deal with this situation.
The dungeon boss is borrowing items, no, the former boss is borrowing items? This is unheard of! Should we borrow or not? Their items are not from the sea tide!
“Boom boom boom…”
Xu Zhiyan walked around to the table, leaned his back against it, and tapped the tabletop rhythmically with his fingertips, making a series of sounds.
The sound sounded regular and harmonious, but it inexplicably added a sense of pressure to the players in front of them.
No one has attacked yet, but it is not certain whether the players will attack in the end.
Seeing that the atmosphere was almost right, Xu Zhiyan put a gentle smile on his face again and started talking about things related to this school.
"Your goal is to find a school for the blind. Do you know where it is?"
Without waiting for the players to guess, he continued, "This entire school was a school for the blind ten years ago. Here, there is a blind child who can see the future because of his special ability. He is locked in a secret room, and the principal uses this ability to make a lot of black money..."
The players were startled, and Ge Lun suddenly asked tremblingly: "Are you the principal who made the dirty money?"
Xu Zhiyan: “?”
What the hell? Shouldn't we assume that he is the grown-up version of that kid?
At the very least, since these people dug up his school worker information, they should have assumed that he had some other identity!
A row of barrages of Hahahahahahs flashed by.
【hhh players' strange intuition! 】
[Why do I feel that he is the BOSS? It’s because this little Baiwan is really too bad, hahahaha. Look at how he tricked people in front of him! ]
[Sure enough, appearance is inversely proportional to the inner self. 】
[Hey, upstairs, appearance is determined by the heart! Maybe there is a living Buddha in Xiao Baiwan's heart? It's just that we can't see it 2333]
[What? Millions of evil Buddhas? Get the guy upstairs out!]
[Hahahaha, it's over, it's over. Look, some players have already started to take out their own pockets to check their inventory.]
The short-haired beauty who had just spoken made a quick choice.
She took out a gun from her bag, stepped forward, and threw it into Xu Zhiyan's arms.
Following her action, others followed suit, reaching into their pockets and giving out whatever rewards they could.
A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan got what he wanted.
Looking at the new supplies and props, he really wanted to check them out on the spot, but in order to maintain his image, he had to hold back and throw them into the system backpack first.
"Come to think of it, there are a lot more people here today, and I don't know any of them. Does anyone want to introduce themselves?" Xu Zhiyan looked around and asked.
Everyone will start choosing a new survival mode soon, so he'd better find out the identities of everyone present first.
The short-haired beauty who had just taken the lead in giving out props was the first to introduce herself: "Wei Linda, Ge Lun's teammate, this is my seventh time entering the game."
Wearing a black vest, camouflage trousers, and a gray jacket tied around her waist, Wei Linda looks heroic with her short hair.
She and Ge Lun are partners, but they were separated at the beginning of the game and did not reunite until a few days ago. Before that, Ge Lun had to leave the dormitory building in the middle of the night in order to find his teammates.
The introductions of the remaining three people were much drier than that of Linda Wei.
Cen Shuai, a young office worker standing even further back than Tan An, entered the game for the third time. He was timid, had dead eyes, and looked very dejected, as if he was ready to lie down and die at any time.
The other two people are a teacher-student team, the female student Qiao Yiyi and the teacher Ding Yan. It is their first time to enter the game and they know each other in real life.
After Xu Zhiyan confirmed the information of all the players, he pondered the information given by the system and gave appropriate prompts.
"The blind state will reduce the difficulty of clearing the level. I suggest that newcomers who seek safety or who don't know anything should choose the blind mode."
After saying that, he looked at a group of old players who had just given props to help, his expression became much more serious, and said.
"As a thank you for the magic props just now, I will give you some small suggestions. If you choose to maintain the current status, then don't forget that this is a school for the blind. Sometimes being unable to see can be a kind of protection."
This is the information he gained from the world ten years ago. He hopes it can help these players at critical moments.
After saying that, Xu Zhiyan submitted the choice of 'Option A' on his panel.
He also needs to find a safe house at the right time. If he chooses B, losing his eyesight would be too fatal. Anyway, he has mastered the skill of pretending to be blind, so he decides to challenge the higher difficulty.
However, this group of players in front of me seems to have no money left, and I probably won’t get anything good out of collecting protection fees.
Xu Zhiyan finished his selection.
New messages popped up on everyone's panels.
[One player submits a status selection (1/10). Please hurry up and make your selection within three hours. Otherwise, everyone will maintain the current status by default.]
Instead of focusing on the struggling players, Xu Zhiyan is not interested in what path others will choose.
Jinsheng has been untied.
Ever since Xu Zhiyan revealed his "boss identity", Yao Xianxian immediately cut the rope that tied up Jin Sheng, trying to get another fighting force.
Xu Zhiyan winked at Jin Sheng, then walked out of the door on his own.
No one stopped me.
The other players just watched as he left the principal's office.
After waiting at the door for about half a minute, Jin Sheng came out as expected.
The two of them went downstairs in silence, and only when they were about to leave the abandoned administrative building did Xu Zhiyan heave a sigh of relief and glanced at Jin Sheng with some amusement.
"Do you believe it? My new identity."
If Jin Sheng also believed it, it would prove that his performance just now was indeed good and he actually fooled everyone.
Jin Sheng scratched his hair, looked around a few times, and after making sure that no one was around, he whispered, "I believed it at first, but now I see that you are fooling them."
Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Jin Sheng to be able to see it? It seems that his performance is still not perfect.
"How did you know I was bullying them?" he asked curiously.
Jin Sheng stroked the dog's head sticking out from his collar and said a little embarrassedly: "You are afraid of dogs. Just now when we went downstairs together, as soon as Xiaoyi showed his head, you turned around a few steps."
Afraid that Xu Zhiyan wouldn't believe him, he held up three fingers.
"I turned the other way three times in total. I'll count them for you."
“…”
Xu Zhiyan choked.
He thought that dog players had a unique way of distinguishing! Like human scent or something!
Is it because of this?
Wait! Did he just turn the other way?
…I was so nervous when I saw the dog that I didn’t notice it at all!
The barrage of comments was full of laughter again.
[Haha ...]
[The noise upstairs hurt my eyes hahaha]
[What are you laughing at! Don’t you have any dignity left, Xiao Baiwan? Hahahahahahaha]
[Hahahahaha I can’t take it anymore! This dog trainer haha, last time he said Xiao Baiwan was short, he was the one too, hahaha]
[Yes, yes, hahahaha]
[Jinsheng: Hehe, a little trick to piss off a small millionaire every day! ]
[Hahahaha no, I think Xiao Baiwan must find time to assassinate Jin Sheng! ]
It was evening, the sky was a little gloomy, and I wasn't sure if it would rain soon.
After the incident of Shunguai ended, the two went to the cafeteria to eat a quick bite.
Xu Zhiyan first opened a bottle of mental power recovery potion and drank it, finally restoring his mental power to normal levels.
[Name: Xu Zhiyan]
[Status: Weak, low mental strength]
[Mental Threshold: 0-59]
[Current Spirit: 44]
After feeling refreshed, he took stock of the props he had just obtained.
The most useful thing given by Wei Linda is a revolver, but there are not many bullets. It is said that you need to go to the system mall to exchange it.
[Name: Revolver (Golden Lynx)]
[Rank: B]
[Type: Attack]
[Introduction: It can load five bullets each time. Although it does not have any status bonus, its attack power is not inferior to that of A-level attack weapons. It has no disadvantages except that it consumes too much. ]
[Notes: Bullets can only be purchased in the Points Mall, and the price is slightly expensive. ]
Wei Linda did not give any extra bullets, so the Golden Lynx can currently fire a total of five shots.
Jin Sheng, who was standing by, shook his head and said in disappointment, "This kind of rich man's weapon is not very practical. It consumes too many points for players. It is not as useful as some guns that burn spirit."
The upper limit of the mental threshold can continue to grow.
Every time you enter the game, the spirit value will be reset, and some weapons that consume less spirit value are particularly popular among players.
Save money and effort.
Although weapons that require additional supplies are more powerful, they are not very cost-effective.
Xu Zhiyan nodded, put away the gun with satisfaction, and did not explain any more.
The 59-capped mental strength threshold is really... a little hard to talk about! Anyway, this weapon may not be practical for others, but it is just right for him.
As for the rest, they were all relatively common supplies and auxiliary props, especially Ge Lun, who gave him two smoke/fog/bombs again.
After eating and drinking, Xu Zhiyan and Jin Sheng agreed to meet during the day tomorrow.
He hasn't been to the new class yet, so it should be about time now.
I thought everything would return to normal.
But who knew that when Xu Zhiyan was halfway up the stairs, he saw new information pop up on the panel.
【3, 2, 1……】
[Status selection time ends]
[There is still one player who has not selected his own status. The blind status patch cannot be updated. All players will play the next game in the current status. 】
Abandoned administrative building, inside the principal's office.
Yao Xianxian put down the knife in her hand viciously and stared at Tan An with eyes that looked as if she wanted to eat him.
"I, I...I just want, I just want more rewards." Tan An collapsed on the ground, stammering to explain.
Qiao Yiyi was still confused and didn't know what was going on.
Her teacher Ding Yan looked resentful.
"Do you want to kill us?" Ding Yan couldn't help but kick Tan An who was on the ground.
It turned out that apart from a few newcomers, Yao Xianxian also chose the blind mode in order to be safe.
Tan An, who is also a newcomer, found out that Yao Xianxian, who was suspected to be a big boss, chose the blind mode. Suddenly, he felt that he could also make some profit. He wanted to use this as an excuse to force Yao Xianxian, who had a broken arm, to give him some financial support.
Yao Xianxian was so angry that she almost laughed.
The first time Xu Zhiyan deceived him, and the second time he appeared as a BOSS, and he gave the props willingly.
But who is this Tan An? What kind of idiot dares to shit on his head?
As a result, the argument lasted too long, and Yao Xianxian got so angry that she beat Tan An up.
The dispute lasted too long, and when Tan An tremblingly opened the panel to make a choice, the selection entered a countdown. He was too hesitant and ultimately missed the status selection.
However, Xu Zhiyan, who was far away in the dormitory building, didn't understand.
He smacked his lips, not knowing what chaos had happened to the others, and could only mutter.
"Amazing, this group of people..."
But soon, Xu Zhiyan had no time to pay attention to other things.
As soon as he walked to the door of Room 603, he saw the door in front of him open automatically. It was pitch black inside and he couldn't see his hand in front of him. A creepy feeling came over him.
Looking at the darkness inside, he suddenly thought of Bai Jin and felt complicated.
If he really saw Bai Jin, who had waited for him for ten years, what would he say? Should he tell him that the first ten years of waiting were not in vain, and that the school worker Xu Zhiyan died for you?
Would the game system really allow him to say these words?
Will a dungeon boss who has eliminated his resentment still be a boss?
He couldn't tell whether Bai Jin would still exist as a BOSS without those resentments, or if he would be erased.
To be on the safe side, Xu Zhiyan decided not to tell anyone until it was absolutely necessary.
But the price is that he may have to bear more pressure himself.
I caught a glimpse of a dark shadow creeping in the corner of the room.
Xu Zhiyan scratched his hair, laughed awkwardly, and turned to leave.
But from the wide-open door behind him came a familiar voice, with some unspeakable apology in it.
"Ten years ago, I lied to you. I shouldn't have lied to you..." The voice of the adult Bai Jin came faintly from inside.
Xu Zhiyan was stunned, and his few remaining consciences were somewhat touched.
"……?"
Fuck? Is there really someone who would stick to this same old thing for ten years?
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