Chapter 34 Safe House
It turns out.
If you don't do anything, you won't die.
When Xu Zhiyan was pressed on the table, he was in a daze.
The table top was hard and uncomfortable.
A pale, strong, bony hand brushed across his face. The cold temperature made him arch his body and his hair stood on end.
"You shouldn't do this."
The ghost repeated.
Countless thoughts flashed through Xu Zhiyan's mind in an instant. Finally, he swallowed his saliva and explained, "Calm down first. I have always kept my mouth shut and will not spread it..."
As the shadows grew and the smell of ashes grew stronger, the voices of these evasive arguments grew quieter.
Xu Zhiyan deeply realized the importance of playing dumb!
He hates it so much!
I hate myself for having such a good memory! Why do I have such bad hands!
If I hadn't just accidentally opened the spell, maybe we could be sitting down and chatting peacefully now!
Although the sky outside was clear and the air was bright, the light inside the old house was becoming increasingly dim.
Xu Zhiyan felt the other person's hand sliding down from his cheek, along his chest to his waist through his clothes. The face that looked like neither god nor human came closer, and the golden eyes revealed after lifting the spell paper were full of love, as if to make him fall deeply into it and unable to breathe.
"I'm so sorry..."
"White Ashes is my name, and they are my eyes."
The ghost's tone was still calm, but Xu Zhiyan was almost face to face with him, and he almost laughed out of anger when he heard this.
While she was apologizing, her hands were already reaching inside his clothes!
The fingertips without body temperature caressed the soft flesh on Xu Zhiyan's waist. The young man, who had no strength to begin with, went limp, breathing heavily, as if he was about to melt on the long table.
Just when the ghost wanted to go one step further, the young man under him gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand to cover the pair of golden eyes full of fascination!
Feeling that the movement on his waist had stopped, but the other party had not let go, Xu Zhiyan took a few breaths and said viciously with a hint of anger in his crying voice: "...Take your hands off my waist!"
He is extremely ticklish.
By sheer luck, the other person just happened to touch the itchy spot on his waist, and he felt like he was about to ascend to heaven!
The room was silent, and the two were too close.
For a moment, the only sound they could hear was each other's breathing.
After Xu Zhiyan recovered, he hurriedly pulled down the spell paper on the ghost's forehead to block the pupils that he dared not look directly at.
The sharp sense of sight is still there, but the tingling feeling of being stared at is less.
He finally realized clearly that Bai Jin, who had returned to his original form, was no longer the poor little thing who had waited for him for ten years. The other party's mere gaze was enough to make him breathless, and he wished he could swallow him into his stomach and digest him completely.
Xu Zhiyan felt the moment the hand holding his waist loosened, he put away his thoughts and quickly backed away, all the way to the end of the long table, putting some distance between himself and the other person.
The ghost who had recovered from his loss of composure subconsciously stretched out his hand to pull the person back into his arms, but when he saw Xu Zhiyan's wide eyes, he stopped what he was doing, turned away and stopped looking.
The sound of the chains colliding disappeared.
Almost all the ghosts who watched all this huddled in the corner, wishing they could dig themselves into the ground.
Even the new employee Xiaoqu had his head pressed into the pile of monsters by the other monsters, for fear that he would look up and anger the ghosts and gods, who actually had a bad temper.
More than ten minutes passed.
After Xu Zhiyan calmed down, he straightened his clothes and looked at the ghost... no, Bai Jin.
He finally figured out the whole situation.
It turns out that what he was looking for in the copy was not only the unlocked safe house, but also the bodies left behind by ghosts and gods.
No wonder the ghost said 'find me' when he entered the copy.
Is this what the 'I' refers to?
"Mr. Ghost, are the other parts as crazy as the previous one? Are there any milder ones?" He tried his best to ignore the discomfort brought about by the overly close contact just now and brought the topic to normal business.
The ghosts and gods were a little stunned when they heard the question.
The loss of control came too suddenly, and the young man's fair cheeks were slightly flushed, looking very attractive.
He is different from before.
After the lost body returned, part of the originally blank memory was filled, but the young Bai Jin's time was full of Xu Zhiyan. The young man in front of him had become his obsession, which caused him to be unable to adapt for a long time after the fusion.
As early as when he saw this young man, he sensed a strange feeling. The other party was different from others to him.
And these memories that were poured in were mixed with His own perceptions and transformed into emotions that could not be diluted.
But He knew very well that He could not say that.
It would scare him.
Ghosts and gods think.
"It was an accident."
This is a somewhat guilty answer.
After all, he couldn't even organize his current memories, so how could he control the guys scattered in the copy?
Xu Zhiyan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the answer.
Very good, it will be much easier if there are no perverts!
It was probably the nature of a businessman. When he was safe, he immediately counted on his fingers and said, "Then the previous transaction details are not appropriate."
"Our previous deal only included that you provide protection and I will find a safe house."
Now the workload is increased but the price is not?
How is that possible!
No one in this world can take advantage of Xu Zhiyan!
But asking for more benefits directly seemed a bit too straightforward, and it didn't sound in line with the setting of an honest businessman like him, so he decided to take a roundabout approach.
"Mr. Guishen, if you could see Bai Jin's memory, then you would know clearly that this kid... cough, you stabbed me many times!"
Although there were only two strikes, he held back without mercy and almost killed him.
"And if I hadn't been kind and didn't kill him, you wouldn't be able to merge your bodies now. Well, taking into account the fact that you concealed the truth..." I didn't shoot at that time because I was afraid that two shots wouldn't be enough to kill him, but I can't explain it that way to the outside world.
The ghosts and gods were silent.
Xu Zhiyan's words were like a sharp blade tearing at Him, especially when His emotions had stabilized.
There was no explanation because, at that time, He actually had no idea of looking for other bodies of His own. It was just a momentary thought.
However, Bai Jin's behavior in the copy was not something he could control.
The poor guy who can see the future has only one person in his heart and eyes.
After becoming emotionally rich, the ghosts and gods seemed to be caught in a logical vicious circle.
He began to be reluctant to let the young man in front of him enter the dangerous copy again.
After hesitating for a while, He made the suggestion.
"Ten years. You can rest here for ten years."
After his vision returned, his overall strength increased again. At least for the next ten years, he could protect Xu Zhiyan from being devoured by copies.
But ten years later...
He could not promise more.
"What?" Xu Zhiyan was stunned, feeling that the other party seemed to have misunderstood.
Waving his hands, he explained: "I don't mean to say that I won't enter the dungeon in the future."
"Huh?" The ghosts were puzzled.
Humans have always been afraid of horror escape games. In the past, except for a small number of crazy people, everyone would agree ecstatically after finding out that they could avoid entering the copy.
The young man in front of me is calm and composed, full of cunning, but does he also like to participate in games like a madman?
Just when the ghosts and gods were at a loss.
Xu Zhiyan licked his slightly dry lips and spoke.
"Mr. Ghost, I mean."
"Such a dangerous game requires extra money..."
If there is anything Xu Zhiyan is afraid of, besides being afraid of dogs and death, it is the fear of not having enough benefits.
He accurately inherited the character of his father, an excellent businessman.
As long as the profit is enough, he is willing to take any risk!
The safe house is like a bug in the game. Xu Zhiyan believes that it can benefit him more than 300%!
This time, not only the ghosts and gods were dumbfounded.
Even the monster in the corner widened its eyes of varying sizes and looked over there in confusion.
After a while, Xu Zhiyan got the answer from the ghosts and gods.
"make a deal."
"Everything here belongs to you."
There was a rare joy in the low voice.
Although he gave up all his rights, he watched the young man impatiently call out the safe house system and began to work on its transformation and upgrading.
The ghost only felt that something replaced the heart and appeared in his empty chest.
…
[There are three main ways to upgrade a safe house.]
[Supply recovery, status enhancement, special upgrade]
It’s finally time for the system to show its power.
It uses the game panel to pop up the advantages and disadvantages of various upgrades to its host.
[Safe House Level: 1]
[Room key to be unlocked: 1]
[Number of skill points that can be activated: 1]
[Currently available for dungeons: ≤★☆]
[You have just unlocked a safe house. You can now unlock a special room and choose to enhance your ability in a certain direction in the upgrade panel.]
Xu Zhiyan casually picked up a few items.
Recovery supply means exactly what it says. If you choose to upgrade in this direction, your player's recovery will improve rapidly.
For example, if you enter a safe house with serious injuries, your injuries will be much less severe when you come out; mental strength recovery is no longer like before, where it only increases a little after several hours; some skills and weapons that require CD can also be restored and replenished at this time.
The most important thing is that you can also open the supply store.
Status enhancement is quite interesting. Xu Zhiyan has long known about the status bar. Whether it is injury or poisoning, it will be displayed in the status bar.
Most of the situations that appear in the game are negative.
If the safe house is upgraded in terms of status, it can not only clear the status, but also give the player additional gain status.
For example: increased attack power, no fear of cold, reduced damage, etc.
The special upgrade is for the owner of the safe house, Xu Zhiyan himself.
[It’s like drawing a blind box! Every time you click, you will get a safe house version reward provided by the system. It may be a rare feature that players are eager to get, or it may be a powerful skill that only the BOSS can possess...]
"What's the worst?" Xu Zhiyan interrupted the system.
This is equivalent to a lottery. He has never been a lucky person. No matter what game he plays, he can never get a good reward. If there is no guarantee, he might even lose all his pants.
[The worst yet beautiful safe house decoration!]
It was clearly an electronic sound, but the system was clearly longing for the safe house decor, and the tone was just short of saying "come on, draw it quickly".
"Worst? Is there a probability marker?" Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows.
He only has a few upgrade points available now. If the probability of that useless appearance appearing is low, maybe he can try to draw skills or something.
[Yes! Ninety percent!]
As it spoke, the system listed a number of pictures on the panel, basically every one of them made this eerie haunted house look extremely beautiful, like a scenic spot.
Xu Zhiyan choked.
Does the system also have biased requirements?
But he was destined not to add the rare points to it.
Seeing that the host clicked on the supply recovery function without hesitation, the system calmed down and its mood gradually became depressed, but it still tried hard to introduce other things.
Next is the room to be unlocked.
At present, all the doors in the entire Yunshan old house are locked except Xu Zhiyan’s bedroom and a door leading to the copy.
Each time he gains a level, he can open a different door.
[Monster room, morgue, item upgrade area, library, shuttle room, employee upgrade area...]
There are too many fancy rooms, and the system lists several rooms with names.
Xu Zhiyan touched his chin, unable to make a decision.
As the name suggests, the monster room can provide the monsters in the safe house with a place to rest, so they no longer have to squeeze on the floor of the hall.
It is equivalent to a monster version of a rest area, allowing everyone to stay in the best condition at all times.
As the name suggests, prop upgrade can upgrade existing props, which is an extremely exciting ability.
In the library, you can search for more copy-related content.
…
However, what excited Xu Zhiyan the most was the morgue.
[In the escape game, when all players die and escape from the dungeon, their bodies in the real world will also die.]
[The function of the morgue is to keep the player in the state between the current life and death. The body in the real world will not die. The body in the game will return to the world after being repaired in the safe house. Of course, this takes a little time, and the number of places is very scarce.]
[The restriction is that this player must be killed by the host himself in the game before he can be sent to the safe house morgue.]
This is equivalent to a critical moment. If a teammate is seriously injured and about to die, he can save his teammate's life by simply finishing him off before the monsters.
As long as you can survive, what does it matter if you sleep for two or three years?
It's hard to decide.
But in the end Xu Zhiyan still chose the monster room.
There is no way. Except for the monster room which only requires one key, the remaining rooms require at least two keys.
Especially the morgue with incredible powers, which requires five of them!
“Click—”
After he chose the monster room, the door lock on the room opposite the bedroom on the second floor opened.
Seeing that the brothers in the hall were still in a daze, Xu Zhiyan waved his hand and said excitedly: "Let's go and check out your rooms."
This is the reward after working hard for an entire copy.
Even though he didn't live there, he still found it very interesting and wanted to know what was inside.
At this time, the monsters huddled in the corner realized that the new boss did not choose those high-end sounding upgraded rooms, but instead opened the monster room for them!
Finally they don’t have to sleep on the floor in the hall anymore!
Several older monsters blinked and almost shed tears!
Woohoo that’s so fucking good!
Being in the same room with my boss every day, I always feel like I’m going to be killed at any time!
After all the strange-looking guys reacted, they suddenly seemed to be given an injection of chicken blood. The only relatively clean snake-like monster among them took the lead, rolled up Xu Zhiyan and placed him on the swollen monster next to it.
A group of people...creatures, went up to the second floor in a mighty manner.
Surrounded by the monsters' excitement, Xu Zhiyan felt the soft and dense touch under his body and his whole body froze.
Taking a deep breath, he tried to relax, and his eyes softened a lot.
Although the little brothers are a little ugly, they are very capable of action.
Where can you find such loyal employees who work without eating? They must be treated well!
However, the smile on his face only lasted until he entered the monster room.
As a special room that requires an upgraded key to open, the monster room looks like it has a small door, but inside is an extra-dimensional space with expandable capacity.
After entering, each monster was given a 'space' of its own - something like a bubble.
These bubbles serve as independent rooms for the monsters, which are stocked with what the monsters need, comfortable rest areas, and supplies, such as food.
What made Xu Zhiyan dumbfounded was the content inside.
He could vaguely see what was inside the bubble through its translucent surface.
Some bubbles were filled with smelly blood; some were filled with rotten limbs; and some were filled with various animal heads...
Watching everyone happily running into the translucent bubbles, Xu Zhiyan's mouth twitched.
Fortunately, Qu Ji’s bubbles look perfectly normal!
When he saw that the boy also had his own residence, and it was a small and fresh school dormitory that didn't fit in with the other monsters, he couldn't help but want to go in and take a look.
But in the next step, Xu Zhiyan retracted his foot, pretended nothing had happened, and went downstairs.
It turned out that Qu Ji, who had regained his bedroom, was exploring his new room, and the stored food he pulled out from the drawer was not chicken legs or bread, but pieces of corpses in school uniforms.
"...Don't judge a book by its cover." Xu Zhiyan murmured.
After some trouble, the monsters were finally settled.
The system began to ask Xu Zhiyan whether he wanted to add a copy of the safe house.
It is equivalent to multi-window charging.
[Since the host has only passed one and a half star instances, the safe house can only be expanded to a range of one and a half stars.]
At this point, the system couldn't help but speak up for Xu Zhiyan. Maybe the system followed its master, as even it had changed the way it referred to its brother departments.
[It’s mainly because of the bad game judgement, otherwise we should have two and a half stars!]
Xu Zhiyan found it a little funny. He didn't expect the system to be so smart.
[Opening the safe house to the public requires payment of fees to the main system.]
[One more safe house can be opened for every 100W points.]
"...It's so expensive." Xu Zhiyan touched his chin.
[It is a bit expensive, but it is equivalent to establishing an entry and exit anchor point in a new instance. A 100W anchor point can be used ten times. If our level is high enough, we can use 1000W points to build a permanent safe house anchor point.]
This has to talk about the game settings.
While Xu Zhiyan was in the shell, he quickly took a look at the replay of his own copy. He was surprised to find that although there were a lot of barrages, there were none of the vicious words he had imagined, and they were shockingly friendly.
After asking, he found out that in the escape game he entered, there would almost never be two identical copies.
All copies will be recycled by the main system after being cleared. When they appear again, these copies will be gradually upgraded, with new tasks and more powerful monsters.
Under the premise that the audience cannot obtain copy information by watching, there will be no substantial benefit for watching the live broadcast. The main purpose of starting the live broadcast is for guessing and entertainment.
What's more, without a God's perspective, the audience doesn't know whether the host's behavior is right or wrong. The more people slap people in the face, the fewer people will argue.
Now what the system calls establishing an anchor point is to set the safe house into a newly created game copy.
Each time this newly created copy is opened, the safe house can be used once.
1 million points can be exchanged for ten chances.
There is no need for Xu Zhiyan to stay inside. The monsters in the safe house can help him go inside to collect protection fees.
"If we only look at the players' profits, it's a bit of a loss." Xu Zhiyan said thoughtfully.
As soon as these words came out, the system and the monsters nearby who were ready to show their skills instantly wilted.
Even if the players in the low-level copies are alive, they cannot provide any powerful props. If you have 100,000 points ten times, it is equivalent to paying 100,000 points each time to open the safe house.
As for the gains of low-level players, they may not be able to earn back 100,000 points even after completing several copies, let alone a full 1,000,000 points!
The monsters, in particular, felt particularly lost.
If they had worked for the safe house before because of the pressure of death and because they didn't want to be killed by ghosts and gods, now the monsters have a new motivation. They want to work actively to bring some benefits to the new owner of their room!
Meeting the dejected looks of his younger brothers, Xu Zhiyan almost laughed out loud.
"Open it, give me all 10 million points." he said.
The system was horrified.
[Eh? Host! No! Just open two for fun...]
Xu Zhiyan shook his head, looked back at the monsters with lights in their eyes, and said calmly: "I will collect the players' points and props, but in addition to that, I need you to find something else."
As we all know, there are rewards in addition to dangers in the dungeon.
"There will be a 30-minute waiting period before the dungeon ends. By then, most players will have left the dungeon, and everyone will be able to enter the dungeon."
Hidden items! Strange things! Rare treasures!
Not all players can take away all these things. For the players, it is a blessing to be able to leave alive. Almost no player will stay in there just to find props and complete side quests.
"I believe in your abilities. You can definitely complete the tasks I have assigned you. If you really can't find any, just capture some high-level monsters. Anyway, we can't leave empty-handed..."
By then, wouldn't all those hidden high-level items that were missed be his?
The monsters nodded and said that it was no problem! They would never return empty-handed!
When they looked at the new owner of the safe house again, their gazes were as eager as they could be. Is this the feeling of being needed?
[drop--]
[A new safe house anchor has been established for you!]
The system was so excited by Xu Zhiyan's bandit speech that it almost forgot about the new prompt.
[It is detected that the current safe house has logged into the game.]
[Players will enter at midnight, please be ready to receive them!]
Xu Zhiyan nodded, glanced at the still bright sky, and suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and asked the system: "Do you want a beautiful big house?"
[Huh?] The system probably didn't expect that the host could see it.
[Yes, but upgrade points are too precious...]
"It doesn't matter. You are all my most important family. Of course I will fulfill your wish and choose an appearance you like." Xu Zhiyan smiled unusually gently and his tone was very serious.
If there were barrages, the audience would probably have guessed by now that he was about to start doing something bad.
This really upset the system.
Dali said that everything is fine as long as the host likes it.
Xu Zhiyan nodded, looked around, opened his phone and started searching for tutorials on how to paint walls with putty.
The house is so shabby that he is not comfortable living in it.
But the cost of replacing it is too high. It would be better to kill him than to let him use such precious points to exchange for a set of costumes.
It just so happens that there are ready-made workers in the evening... Players, if you don't do it now, when will you do it!
Behind the shrine, the ghosts and gods quietly looked at the energetic successor.
Listening to the other party discussing system planning in the yard, He couldn't help but be infected, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of His mouth.
The quaint and simple old house is about to be revitalized.
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