Chapter 290 Safe House
The yard, which has been expanded several times, is like a pirated puzzle. Every corner is ugly and has its own characteristics, and no place is repeated.
"That's good."
The cold winter wind blew, but Xu Zhiyan did not feel cold. The hot body temperature of the ghost was transmitted through his clothes, and he heard the other party repeat what he had just said.
The breath hit his ear, and the young man couldn't help but flinch.
Although the replica was not ideal, Xu Zhiyan was still happy when he heard the joy conveyed in Party A's words.
"You like it? That's great!"
It is a gift to some extent. If the recipient likes it, that is the greatest affirmation of the gift, even though it is... a bit ugly.
"I like it very much."
The ghost's tone was full of affirmation.
Although it is just a simple trading relationship at present, Xu Zhiyan has him in his heart, so how could he not like him.
Especially since this is not just a gift, but a sharing...
Xu Zhiyan was sharing his life with Him, and these strange buildings comforted Him very well.
The few remaining dead leaves in the yard were blown to the ground by the cold wind. Xu Zhiyan was suffocated and felt a little drowsy. He took a step back and broke free from the other person's arms, forcing himself not to think about yesterday's conversation. He coughed lightly and spoke.
"Bai Jin, although you were unable to accompany me into the dungeon, you have actually provided me with a lot of help."
Turning his face away seemingly unintentionally, Xu Zhiyan said this without any reason.
The monsters who were watching secretly pricked up their ears, and the safe house system, which was covered by Asa's mouth, also displayed a question mark on the panel.
[Wait! Shouldn't the next topic be about changing the yard back? ! Does the host want the monsters to receive guests in such an ugly yard? No! ]
The system's focus is relatively specific.
[The current atmosphere is not suitable for talking about this. ]
Asa replied quickly.
【? If not the yard, what else can we talk about? Isn’t the topic about the yard being ugly? QAQ No! ! 】
Asa wanted to refuse to answer the stupid noisy system, but after seeing the crying expression at the end, he had no choice but to explain.
[Mr. Xu has a very high EQ and IQ. Although he seems to not understand certain special emotions for the time being, this does not prevent him from being sensitive to Mr. Guishen's other emotions.]
[Keeping partners emotionally stable is also something a good businessman needs to do. ]
[However, the emotional content this time exceeded expectations. I hope to be able to proceed to the next stage before the small world is completed. ]
Asa's analysis is as detailed and cold as its procedures.
The safe house system was confused.
[I can understand all your words, but why can't I understand them together? ! ]
Wait! Is the ghost master emotionally unstable? How come it didn’t notice it?
[…Don’t even think about listening to my analysis anymore.]
Asa's reply was unusually emotional.
Yes, after Xu Zhiyan came back yesterday, he became sensitive to the fact that there was always a hint of anger in the emotions of ghosts and gods.
The return of the blood was like a fuse, and he realized belatedly that his client seemed completely different from the indifferent vase when they first met.
Just by standing there without saying a word, a terrifying pressure was conveyed. Although the other party now seemed to be trying his best to suppress himself, Xu Zhiyan always believed that it is better to ease than to block, and the problem should be solved from the root.
After thinking for a while, he added another sentence.
“You are important.”
After thinking about it, Xu Zhiyan felt that the ghosts and gods were always in a state of anger, probably because of the broken mouth of blood in the copy, which was always saying bad things.
That guy had mentioned ghosts and gods in front of him more than once, and he always used a disdainful and sarcastic tone, as if he had "Your original body is not as good as me, I'm the best" written on his face.
He was answered with a low, husky chuckle.
The ghost was a little stunned at first, but then he realized that Xu Zhiyan was coaxing him.
It was a very novel experience, but He didn't hate it.
“I’m honored.”
He answered with a smile.
Not only Xu Zhiyan was thinking, but after Guishen finished answering, he couldn't help but recall what happened in the copy.
Hmm, why did his sweetheart suddenly come to coax him? After thinking about it, the ghost and the god could only think that it was because when Xu Zhiyan talked about him in front of the blood pool, he pretended to complain that he could not enter the dungeon...
It must be because of this!
The ghosts and gods felt that they had found the reason.
As for the provocation of the blood, He didn't care at all. After all, even the blood slices were recovered. From His perspective, those stupid things turned out to be His own doing.
Although the two people's train of thought were completely incompatible, the result was perfect.
The burning jealousy subsided.
Feeling the ghost's mood suddenly improve, Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Go back, it's a bit cold outside."
Without Party A's warm body, it was really chilly in this cold winter.
As for the yard.
Xu Zhiyan looked around and saw the yard that he had messed up so badly, his face slightly reddened.
No! He has to go see some works of architectural masters this time!
…
Returning to the safe house, Xu Zhiyan was preoccupied with something on his mind. He couldn't wait to go upstairs and turn on the computer, determined to transform the yard into a high-end and classy place!
The ghosts and gods left in the hall remained silent, but all the monsters could feel his happy mood. Now even the monsters who were working honestly relaxed and began to whisper to each other.
"Alas, the dungeon that Brother Xu went to this time was so dry, there were no local snacks at all!"
“Come to think of it, I didn’t send anyone to search this time. Wow, maybe there’s something delicious in the hotel.”
"Although I want to eat it, but this instance seems to have a big problem..."
"Fortunately it's still controlled by the main system. Tsk tsk tsk, it's really rubbish."
"Push, overthrow the main system?"
Qu Ji, who was sorting out the inventory, listened, raised his hand and tapped the monster's head, and explained softly.
"This time the copy is fully monitored by the main system."
Therefore, it is safest not to go out to search, not to mention that all the props in the hotel have already been cleaned out by blood slices.
The Yunshan old house is no longer the dry and pitiful little shack it used to be. Today, the safe house is like a perpetual motion machine for making money. It has all kinds of best-selling items, and the hot sales make a lot of money.
There are advantages in exchanging points for real-world coins, so the snacks in the real world are replenished every week. Why do these guys talk about it as if it is abusing someone!
The monsters who were caught chuckled, touched their foreheads, and muttered while working.
"How can this be the same! The snacks that Brother Xu brought back are so delicious!"
Under Xu Zhiyan's management, there was no monster that did not adore him, to the point that his aura was so great that in the monsters' eyes, the garbage he searched for in the dungeon was tastier than those found elsewhere.
After Xu Zhiyan went upstairs, Asa finally gave the system permission to speak.
It slid in the air and came in front of the ghosts and gods.
[Master! Master, please say something! Aren’t you going to change the yard?]
The ghost tapped the armrest of the chair with his bony fingers and answered indifferently.
"Why change it? It's fine now."
To Him, external things are no longer just decorations, but tokens of His heart. How could He be willing to change such precious things?
As for the appearance...
What Xu Zhiyan reproduces is the best in the world.
The system that I thought would give me a satisfactory answer crashed. It paused for a long time before it called out.
[How foolish! Master, you are so foolish! ! ! ]
Help! It's really worried that the new yard of the safe house will be seen by players tomorrow!
Lust blinded his mind, and he really didn't plan to change the yard. Even Asa, who was usually calm, couldn't help but come up with a reason that seemed appropriate, racking his brains.
[Mr. Ghost, although Mr. Xu's design is... very special, I am a little worried that if the things in the yard are seen by someone with ulterior motives, they might associate it with Mr. Xu's identity.]
Perfect! Although no one would equate the sea snake pool in the yard with the sea snake casino in Asa's system calculations, it is at least a reason.
[Yes, yes, yes! Xiao A is right!]
The system was too busy to agree.
It couldn't help but think that advanced artificial intelligence was great, it could even come up with such an outrageous reason!
But the ghosts and gods don't buy it at all.
He shook his head and replied gently, "It doesn't matter. No one will be able to recognize it."
[……]
【……】
In a word, the two systems were almost breached.
Isn’t this very clear to ghosts and gods?
Shit! So the ghost himself knew that this courtyard and the copy were not exactly the same, but had nothing to do with each other.
Asa didn't persuade him any further.
It found it difficult to understand creatures falling in love, so it just had to be ugly...ugly.
Afraid that the guy in the safe house would gossip in front of Xu Zhiyan and make the young man sad, the ghost raised his voice slightly to ensure that everyone could understand.
“No one will find it ugly.”
“The yard is nice, I like it very much.”
With the ghosts and gods voting against it, the yard remained as it was.
On the second floor, Xu Zhiyan was curled up on a small sofa, unaware that Party A downstairs had forcibly suppressed all dissenting opinions.
He originally planned to look at some architectural designs, but when he opened his phone, it was full of messages from his teammates.
【Jiang Huai Que: Damn, I met someone from the ideal country.】
[Jiang Huai Que: Do you still remember Lu Yaoling? She is the player with the fusion attribute.]
[Jiang Huai Que: When we left the rest area, we saw her with the people from Utopia, but her condition was very bad... I just checked her live broadcast, and it seemed that her characteristics had disappeared.]
Xu Zhiyan frowned.
He remembered the depressed player whom he had met on the mermaid cruise.
Fusion is obviously a very powerful characteristic, but because she knew nothing in the early stage, she could only fuse inanimate objects, thus wasting this special characteristic.
Feature disappeared? Was it sold?
Thinking about the auction that required matching goods, Xu Zhiyan was a little unsure.
But soon, he put this information behind him.
The information behind Jiang Huai Partridge is more useful.
[Jiang Huai Que: By the way, before we left, the clown told us to tell you to 'don't forget'. What deal did you make with him? ]
Xu Zhiyan took out a note from his pocket.
Above is the address the Joker left for him.
"…It's so troublesome, I'd better not go." He muttered with a frown.
The Joker and Mad Dog are in the same guild. Now in addition to the Pope, the Astrologer has also been killed. The two guilds are in a situation of life and death.
As if he remembered something, Xu Zhiyan clicked on the replay video and played back the battle between the Joker and the Astrologer at the end of the Crimson Mirror.
'This is what you prepared to kill the Collector.'
'The ideal country will eventually come true.'
These two sentences before death have profound implications. Xu Zhiyan touched his chin and felt a little worried.
“It will affect making money.”
His in-game goal is to become a neutral businessman, harvest players' wallets simultaneously with the safe house, and treat the game system and dungeon monsters equally, taking all the money.
The Utopia is a huge force, and if he confronts it rashly, it will only make his road to making money bumpy.
"Forget it, I won't go."
Having said that, Xu Zhiyan wanted to reply that he didn't plan to keep the appointment.
But when his finger slid downwards, his pupils shrank slightly and he changed his mind instantly.
[Jiang Huai Que: He seems to be worried that you won’t go, and he said he would give you money if you go.]
【Xu Zhiyan: Got it! I'll go after I take a break.】
[Xu Zhiyan: By the way, did he say how much money he would give? ]
It's stupid not to make money.
Well, although the Utopia is more powerful, he has already killed the doctor, which can be regarded as a feud with the Utopia...
In the blink of an eye, Xu Zhiyan used a different set of logic to convince himself to go to the appointment.
The following is all about skills information.
Although he still failed to awaken his characteristics, Jiang Huai Que got a new attack skill, and it is said that his shortcoming of lack of burst has been well compensated.
Jin Sheng's three skills are all related to characteristics. One is to control the souls of canine creatures, and another is to be able to communicate with other animals. He finally chose the one related to strengthening mental power.
As for Yu Xiu...
I don't know what's wrong with this naughty kid. The skills he got have nothing to do with defense or healing. They're all about attack.
"How could this be? Isn't it said that most of the skills obtained are related to characteristics?"
Xu Zhiyan touched his forehead, imagining Yu Xiu crying while fighting monsters, and burst into laughter.
After laughing enough, he sat up a little straighter.
I’m kind of looking forward to it!
As soon as he returned to the safe house yesterday, he started working on the Heart of the World. I don’t know what skills he can get.
Now that he was back home and his teammates were safe, Xu Zhiyan secretly opened the panel.
Please, give me an attack skill!
However, considering his characteristics, he felt that he might get some skills like "I want them all".
A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan almost laughed out of anger.
[Skill name: Absolute Safety Time (Intermediate)]
【Consumption: None】
[Skill details: When the player uses the absolute safety time, the current space will exist as a safe house, forming an absolute safety zone, with a time limit of 2 minutes.]
[Note: This skill is a special skill and cannot be copied or traded.]
[Skill name: Absolute safe time (advanced)]
【Consumption: None】
[Skill details: When the player uses the absolute safety time, the current space will exist as a safe house, forming an absolute safety area, with a time limit of 3 minutes.]
【Remark……】
[Skill name: Forced plunder (primary)]
[Consumption: Points (10000)]
[Skill details: The greedy heart is always ready to move, and the player can forcibly plunder non-player intelligent creatures in the dungeon. ]
[Note: The looting content is random and cannot be specified. It is possible to loot anything, for example: NPC shoes/eggs on the back of monsters.]
[Tip: After using the skill, it will consume 10,000 points of the player. Each intelligent creature can only be plundered once. ]
Xu Zhiyan could hardly believe his eyes.
The upgraded versions of the first two absolutely safe times were enough to surprise him. The forced plundering at the end sounded powerful, but turned out to be useless upon closer inspection.
What the hell are the eggs on your back!
He wasn't sick, so if he forcibly plundered a monster child, wouldn't he be chased and bitten by the monster? As for whose pants, shoes and coat he plundered...
The scene was so horrifying that Xu Zhiyan almost didn't dare to think about it.
When he saw the message "Please choose a reward from the three skills above" at the end of the options, he was sure that he was not blind and he really got the useless skill x3.
After giving the game panel a middle finger for the first time in a long time, Xu Zhiyan quickly switched to the complaint channel and typed out his questions.
[I am a player who just received the dungeon reward. I encountered a little difficulty. Why is there a problem with the three-choice skill I got? Two of them are repeated? [Screenshot.jpg][Screenshot.jpg][Middle finger.jpg]]
The game system responded very quickly, it seemed to be customer service.
[Hello dear! There are slight differences between the two skills you captured here. Would you like to take a closer look? ]
Xu Zhiyan sneered.
"Complain! I want to complain to you. If you don't exchange the rewards, I will expose you on the black market and see who dares to take the risk of doing guild missions in the future."
As a lucky F, he didn't waste time arguing with the system and chose to simply and crudely file a complaint.
[…Okay, please wait a moment.]
Soon, a new customer service system was implemented.
[Hello dear, I heard about your opinion on this skill reward...]
It typed out a long string of content, but Xu Zhiyan didn't even read it. He sneered, picked up the backup phone, clicked the record button, and repeated what he had just said about complaining.
【You, please wait! 】
After a while, the third system came in.
This time, Xu Zhiyan glanced at the beginning of "Kiss" and directly pressed the play button to play the recording he wanted to complain about again.
…
After repeating it for the ninth time, Xu Zhiyan finally got the desired result.
[Skill name: Forced Plunder (Advanced)]
[Consumption: Points (100,000)]
[Skill details: The greedy heart is always ready to move, and the player can forcibly plunder all creatures in the dungeon. ]
[Note: The looting content is random, and the content cannot be specified...]
[Tip: After using the skill, it will consume 100,000 points of the player...]
He stared at the panel for a long time and finally chose to receive the skill.
Advanced forced looting can loot not only NPCs and dungeon creatures, but also players.
Although it is ridiculously expensive to use 100,000 points once, if you can really steal some rare items from players, you will definitely make a fortune.
He frowned and thought for a while, and felt that if this skill was used well, it would be good.
"... Damn it, I'm really used to being tricked by the system."
Never mind. It’s better than the original three useless ones.
Xu Zhiyan muttered and stood up.
The final reward is an additional benefit, and since the skill is not awakened in the dungeon and has not been used, it should be used as a trump card.
After selecting the skills, Xu Zhiyan suddenly remembered that the big white cat he brought back from the dungeon had not been released yet!
He sat down on the bed, carefully took out the cat-shaped mirror, touched the wooden mirror, and couldn't wait to unlock the seal on it.
…
Nightmare neighborhood.
The ghost who rejected the systems' request was standing in a bright white office. Everything here had a sense of advanced technology, which was somewhat out of place for him.
Asa no longer worried about the contents of the yard and resumed the elite AI mode. It had gone there before to report information. After getting more codes from the wild system, it discovered something odd.
The ghosts and gods are now viewing the content.
[Mr. Ghost, although the content analyzed so far is incomplete, this does not seem to be the first round of the game. ]
[The database has the previous round of rankings, and is being parsed...Mr. Ghost? Mr. Ghost, are you listening? ]
Asa, who was reporting seriously, suddenly felt that the ghost's eyes were empty.
As an intelligent AI that can turn pages based on gaze tracking, it felt that something was not right. It had never seen ghosts behave so out of control before!
After shouting four times, it saw the ghost suddenly raise his hand and touch his own cheek in disbelief.
Asa didn't understand.
Should it continue to report, or wait a little longer?
In the bedroom on the second floor of the safe house, Xu Zhiyan was pleasantly surprised to find that the big white cat that was released from the small mirror was not dirty and had broken claws like the one that was stuffed in before. Instead, it was strong and healthy, with long white fur and looked majestic.
The white cat was very big, and apart from the shock in its beautiful heterochromatic eyes, it had no other injuries.
All those experiences as a cat came flooding back to Xu Zhiyan's mind, and he felt his heart melt as he watched. Since there was no one else in the bedroom, he wasn't worried about being seen, so he grabbed the big white cat and began to touch it happily.
"It looks like everything has recovered."
Pinch the cat's paw, hmm, it's very soft.
He couldn't help but hug the cat, turned over and put it on his belly...hiss, it's quite heavy.
Seeing that the white cat was still in shock, Xu Zhiyan patted the cat's head lovingly: "Don't worry, this will be your home from now on, there will be plenty of cat food! No, you don't seem to eat cat food?"
He talked to himself while petting the cat.
The big white cat finally responded.
It looked down at itself stiffly, then raised its paw, as if it couldn't recover from the shock.
Xu Zhiyan was so touched by the white cat that he couldn't bear it anymore!
He turned over and pressed the big white cat under him. He rubbed it over and over with his hands in a very dishonest manner, then lowered his head and sucked hard on the cat's forehead.
Hmm? Why doesn't it smell like cat?
In Xu Zhiyan's impression, the kittens in cat cafes all have a cat smell, a smell that is hard to describe, but why is it that the big white cat doesn't have that smell? Forget it, maybe the cats in the dungeon are different from those in the real world.
After figuring it out, he reached out and pushed the cat down, then knelt above the big white cat with his legs apart, and continued to kiss the white cat a few more times.
"Little kitty, from today on you are my cat in life and my ghost in death! If you are obedient in the future, I promise you will follow me and enjoy the good life."
He took advantage of the fact that cats couldn't understand human language and chattered while petting the cat.
Finally, the big white cat reacted and stared at the young man with its eyes wide open, with a hint of struggle in its eyes.
Xu Zhiyan doesn't care.
The world outside is so dangerous. He brought this cat out from the copy, so it belongs to him!
"It's okay if you don't want to."
"I don't want your heart, you just need to give me your body..."
As he said this, he found it funny himself. He lay down next to the big white cat again, picked up the cat and kissed it hard again.
At that time, he thought the big white cat was going to die and was sad for a long time. Unexpectedly, the game system finally did not act like a dog this time and did a good thing.
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