Chapter 293 Safe House
Dou Hongshan, a plant-specific player, is currently ranked 182nd in the game's points list.
Since he can turn his body into wood, his height fluctuates. Due to his previous injuries, his voice is very recognizable, low and hoarse.
At this moment, this usually serious player was grabbing his dry hair, looking at the bar surveillance footage with a look of frustration, seemingly hesitating about what to do next.
"My cat is very good. Ten minutes is not enough."
"this……"
"You can either start with 10 minutes and then renew if you like it, but if you pay for 30 minutes at once, you can enjoy an additional discount and get 5 minutes."
"I……"
"Card payment or installment payment? The installment fee is very low..."
In the center of the picture, the young man with the cat was smiling and trying to sell the cat in his arms. The girl opposite him was frightened by him and bought 5,000 points on the spot.
"This is all I have on me. I'll ask Doudou to pay for it later."
The girl blinked and looked over expectantly. The three silver-white tits standing on her shoulders also showed the same expression and blinked in sync.
“That’s all…”
Xu Zhiyan smacked his lips, somewhat reluctantly.
He raised his head as if nothing had happened, glanced at the cameras around him, and felt a little puzzled.
Could it be that the player in front of him has no connection with the Joker and others?
That can't be possible. This place is so remote and there don't seem to be many players around. He wouldn't believe if someone suddenly came out and said it was okay.
But now that the money has been collected, we still have to let this stupid and rich player touch the cat.
"Well, five thousand points only allow you to touch for one minute and forty seconds."
Xu Zhiyan put the cat on the bar and pointed at the clock beside him, calculating accurately.
The girl with three tits nodded and stretched out her hand eagerly.
But in the end, the hand didn't reach the cat's head.
"Ran Que! Stop it!"
A hoarse female voice appeared and stopped the girl's actions.
Dou Hongshan almost ran to the bar and grabbed the girl's wrist.
"Sorry, we don't want to do this business."
She pulled the still confused girl behind her, pulled the hood on her head closer, and said to Xu Zhiyan: "I'm sorry that the child is ignorant. The deal is void."
She spoke coldly, enduring the pain in her heart that was bleeding.
"The 5,000 points just now are just compensation."
The money has already been deposited into Xu Zhiyan's account. The other party is a notoriously stingy businessman, and it would probably take a lot of effort to get it back. She doesn't plan to pay more points for the clown, so she hopes that this money can be regarded as compensation to Xu Zhiyan.
"Oh? But she paid, so she really doesn't want to touch the cat?"
Xu Zhiyan held his chin and looked at the short woman in front of him with a smile.
Another one?
Was it a test for him?
He turned his head left and right to look around, but didn't see the clown.
Xu Zhiyan didn't show it on his face, but he was wondering in his heart, is the clown trying to get away with it? If he didn't want to pay in the first place, then he shouldn't have said anything at all!
Before Dou Hongshan could answer, Ran Que at the side pleaded sincerely, "Dou Dou, this cat is so big, I just want to touch it! Just once! I was fascinated by its beautiful long fur when I passed by!"
“Chirp—chirp!”
The three tits also nodded.
Xu Zhiyan ignored the tug of war between the two. After making sure that the clown might not come, he hesitantly pointed at the gray-haired girl beside him and spoke to the hooded woman.
"Summoner Ran Que, ranked 41st on the standings."
"So you...are the Joker's companions?"
The Joker is currently ranked tenth, so it makes sense if the two people in front of him are his subordinates.
No longer a new player, Xu Zhiyan listened to Jiang Huaique and the system's chatter every day, and had already memorized the top 50 players on the points ranking list.
Especially the summoner.
He had wanted to buy items that could store monsters from the summoner several times, but unfortunately the other party sold very few of them to the outside world. In the end, he had to rely on the research and development of the technology tree to meet his urgent needs.
However, the summoner in the game is very mysterious and never shows his face. In the only few leaked videos, it is impossible to tell his personality.
I didn't expect it to be so lively!
It just looks like he's not in a good mental state.
The bar quieted down a bit.
The summoner who heard the clown's name turned his head away, his eyes became cloudy, filled with confusion and puzzlement.
"Copy...copy...game..."
Dou Hongshan didn't bother to explain. He stretched out his hand and brushed it in front of Ran Que's eyes, his hoarse voice full of soothing.
"No, it's not time to enter the dungeon yet. You should rest first."
As she spoke, a light scent of plants and trees appeared, filling the bar and making people feel relaxed from the inside out.
The smell seemed to soothe people's nerves, and Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but relax.
But only for a moment.
The next second he twisted his arm violently, the stinging pain made him no longer indulge in the smell of grass and trees, his mind tensed up again and he sat up straight.
Even though all the defensive gear on his body had no reaction, he still needed to stay alert outside, and he didn't think that indulging himself in this soothing smell was the right choice.
The summoner closed his eyes as he took in the refreshing scent.
She fell asleep.
The three tits on my shoulders also huddled together.
Soon, an NPC came and took the girl from the hooded woman.
Without the girl clamoring to pet the cat, Dou Hongshan finally made time to find an opportunity to send Xu Zhiyan away.
"The matter has been resolved. The cat is no longer needed."
She glanced at the white cat sitting at the bar, and met its emotionless vertical pupils, and felt a sense of panic for no reason.
Is this really the look a cat should have?
Dou Hongshan swallowed quietly and was about to leave, but was stopped by the young man behind him.
"Hey, hey, so why did the Joker call me here?"
You don’t have to talk about it, but you have to give the money!
"Either call him over, or I'll go to the black market and print advertisements saying that the clown owes money and won't pay it back." Xu Zhiyan counted on his fingers.
"I've been waiting here for more than half an hour, and I've put off a lot of other things. Most importantly, I thought this message was something important, and I even gave him an extra hint in the dungeon..."
The incessant chatter finally managed to break down Dou Hongshan's defense.
"How much is it? I'll give it to you."
When she saw the summoner appear here, she felt that she would have to spend money to avoid disaster today.
Xu Zhiyan had long guessed that the woman in front of him should have some connection with the clown, so he was not vague and quoted a price on the spot.
"Give me one hundred thousand."
It seemed that the other party had no intention of saying anything to him, so it would be nice to take some money back.
"One hundred thousand? Why don't you just go and rob?"
The hoarse voice instantly rose octaves. Dou Hongshan guessed that Xu Zhiyan would raise the price, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually dare to open his mouth!
"The hint you gave the Joker didn't play a decisive role. He finally used the mask to kill the astrologer."
She tried to make the profiteer in front of her face reality.
"Well, just tell me whether I gave you any hints or not."
Xu Zhiyan used Tai Chi and pushed the words back.
The Joker and the Astrologer were both players ranked in the top 20 of the leaderboard. He gave special hints during their battle, and one hundred thousand was not an exaggerated price.
“…”
Dou Hongshan was so angry that he glared fiercely at the camera above his head.
The atmosphere was at a stalemate.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xu Zhiyan slowed down his tone and gave other options.
"I know you. You are the plant-attribute player who has always been by the Summoner's side. I don't need money, but in exchange, you have to help me grow some rare plants."
There were many plant-related products on the list of rare items that Asa had listed before, but they were almost non-existent on the market. Qu Ji had previously approached players with plant-related properties, but those people either offered outrageous prices or had never seen them before.
Although the hooded woman in front of him was low in ranking, he had never seen the methods she used to appease the summoner just now.
It was a very strange smell, so he felt it necessary to try it again, perhaps the other party had seen it before.
This condition is much more cost-effective than 100,000 points.
Dou Hongshan pursed her lips and did not answer.
Xu Zhiyan's method was quite rough. He gave a slap in the face and then offered a sweet date. He first gave complicated conditions and then changed them to simpler ones.
…Damn it.
Even though she was already familiar with the other party's tactics, she still felt that giving out precious plants to get rid of the other party was a cost-effective option.
"Okay, what do you want—"
The rest of Dou Hongshan's words got stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter them.
After she agreed, Xu Zhiyan immediately took out a piece of paper from somewhere and handed it to her. Looking at the densely packed names of plants on it, she almost fainted.
Damn, this isn't any easier than paying the money!
Is this person crazy? Who the hell would carry something like this when they go out?
In the following time, Dou Hongshan produced plant seedlings according to the names on the list, while cursing the clown's ancestors in his heart.
To be honest, if she didn't know that Xu Zhiyan came here for the first time and accepted the invitation of the clown, and that everything happening before her eyes was due to the summoner's accident, she would have thought that the other party came to her specifically to induce plant growth!
Xu Zhiyan was also surprised.
Although he really wanted the clown's money, he had just proposed asking him to help him grow plants on a whim.
He didn't expect that the player in front of him was so strong. He actually collected almost all the items on the list for him and it seemed that he was about to complete the list.
The plant has been induced to grow.
Dou Hongshan's mental strength was almost exhausted. He reached out to take the mental strength supplement handed to him by the NPC and drank it in big gulps.
Xu Zhiyan did not embarrass the other party any further.
"Thank you very much. Please convey to the Joker. I think this negotiation is very meaningful."
He looked up and stared at the camera for a while before he slowly spoke the rest of the words.
"As for the original one...if you want me to join, it will be difficult for me to obey."
After the hooded woman came out, they didn't lower their voices when talking about any related topics. Whether it was the summoner who fell asleep or the NPC who handed over the low-level potion in time, it all indicated that this bar was the territory of the person in front of them.
Moreover, they were doing the business right near the bar, making the place full of water stains and mud, and no one came to stop them.
The Joker vaguely hinted at an invitation in the copy. He and the people of the Utopia are in a rather hostile state, and he is indeed a good option to win them over.
But no matter what, he didn't really want to be associated with him.
Unexpectedly, the woman sneered.
"Boss Xu, you don't meet our standards at all."
Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised.
After Dou Hongshan finished her supplies, she stood up and turned around to leave, but when she sensed that the young man behind her had not left yet, she thought for a moment before speaking in a low voice.
"You have no awareness of death."
"You can't even kill people..."
Although she was very restrained, the contempt in her voice was still strong.
Xu Baiwan, the profiteer, was notorious. He had experienced many dungeons, but except for the Pope's Iron Knight who was chasing him to kill him at that time, he had hardly ever taken the initiative to hurt any player... Of course, his wallet had been hurt a lot.
Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows and touched his chin in response.
"When you say killing, do you mean killing indiscriminately regardless of the other person's identity?"
This organization took in mad dogs.
No matter what this guy's difficulties and purposes are, it is hard to accept the indiscriminate killing of players.
Xu Zhiyan stood up, hugged the cat and said goodbye politely.
"If this is the philosophy of your organization, then I am indeed not suitable."
He doesn't want to be a savior.
Nor will I become a devilish lunatic.
He just wanted to be an ordinary safe house heir, a businessman who makes money with a neutral identity.
"Thank you for the treat."
After saying that, Xu Zhiyan turned and left.
The door in the dark alley opened and closed, and the noisy sound filled every inch of the space.
The conversation ended on a sour note.
But Dou Hongshan didn't care.
No one knows when the Joker appeared in the shadows. Maybe he was there a long time ago, but he never came out.
"Why don't you explain it?"
His voice was so quiet that it was almost drowned out by the music.
Dou Hongshan shook his head.
"He's right, and that's exactly what we're doing."
It is better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go.
After a long period of baptism, they have become less sensitive to the lives of their own kind.
"The summoner's condition is getting worse and worse. We have to hurry." After saying this, she suddenly became angry, as if she had finally explained something heavy.
"Don't mess with Xu Baiwan, this money-burning machine, again!"
"It's fine when the Summoner is awake, but when she's not awake, none of you can rest easy!"
"Our money didn't come from the sea tide!!"
"You ask me to take over the dungeons, clean up the mess, and pay back the money owed. You guys really don't care about any of them!!"
"When I die, you will all be left standing outside drinking the wind!"
Dou Hongshan roared at the clown in the shadows, but in the bar hall, several figures hidden in the crowd also stiffened a lot, as if they were hit by a map cannon.
Finally, she looked at the clown and said something.
"It won't happen again."
Don't think she didn't know why the Joker came over.
Just now when Xu Zhiyan was blackmailing her, she thought about whether she should just have someone drive this guy away. It was all the clown's fault...
On the other side, after Xu Zhiyan got the things, he quickly returned to the safe house with the cat in his arms.
There were no ghosts or gods around, only a few monsters busying around in the hall.
"Huh - I'm finally home."
With a long sigh, Xu Zhiyan collapsed on the sofa and took a deep breath.
Just now in the bar, he almost thought he couldn't get out.
After he tricked the hooded woman into causing the plants to grow, a few more players mixed into the bar, and he could feel their sharp eyes on him.
But for some reason, those people just seemed to be looking at him, with no intention of causing a conflict.
After instructing the monster to deliver the newly obtained plants to the Nightmare Community, Xu Zhiyan, who had been busy for half a day, finally came out of his tense state.
Outside the window, the sun slowly sets, indicating that dusk is about to come.
Before Xu Zhiyan had enough rest, the safe house system appeared secretly.
[Host~ Are you not busy now? Let's talk about the safe house upgrade! The blood recycling has been upgraded by two levels!]
In fact, the system was very excited about the upgrade.
But after Xu Zhiyan woke up, he immediately changed the yard into an ugly one, which completely confused the yard.
Later, the white cat cracked the passage, and all the monsters in the safe house were summoned by Asa for emergency training. Everyone had learned what to say and what not to say.
Xu Zhiyan doesn’t know about this yet.
"Let's talk about the upgrade tomorrow. I plan to change the style of the yard," he said.
It was almost night, and who knew if the safe house would log into the dungeon tonight. He didn't want to receive guests in such an ugly yard.
The system wanted to scream in its heart, but spoke very honestly.
[A yard? Isn’t a yard nice?]
Damn! If it is wrong, please punish it instead of letting it say such things against its conscience!
When Xu Zhiyan heard this, he showed an expression of disbelief.
"Have you got the virus? This yard is so ugly, of course it needs to be changed."
[No, the ghost god likes it very much! ]
The system attempts to send a distress signal to the host.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xu Zhiyan frowned, pursed his lips and hesitated for a long time.
"I'll talk to Bai Jin about remodeling the yard."
He was not an idiot, he knew that ghosts and gods had good aesthetic tastes. In the copy, he had also seen the wonderful buildings that painters had created. He did not think that the other party would really appreciate his shabby yard. The system's words clearly showed that he had been misled.
With a long sigh, Xu Zhiyan buried his face in the big white cat's chest and took a deep breath, his expression very complicated.
"What's wrong with Him?"
"If this continues, I will misunderstand Him..."
He would really misunderstand that ghosts and gods like him.
The rest of his words sounded a bit narcissistic, but considering this was a safe house, he didn't finish.
Feeling that the white cat's movements were a little stiff, Xu Zhiyan let go of the cat.
Facing the beautiful two-color cat eyes, he stroked the smooth cat fur and murmured, "We will sleep together at night. It must be comfortable to hold you without clothes."
The white cat, who had just looked like hesitant to speak, was completely frozen.
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