Chapter 351 Safe House
Just as Xu Zhiyan had expected.
When Liu Liu was holding the box and eagerly went forward to pay the fee, the system hurriedly transmitted a new message.
[Host! We have received new information from the main system.]
Xu Zhiyan's fingertips gripping the cane slightly tightened, and he stopped talking to the embarrassed player in the yard and turned back into the room.
[It has been detected that the first batch of players have arrived at the safe house. Since some players in the ideal country always violate the rules of the game, causing the game to not proceed smoothly, a bounty is hereby offered. ]
[If someone can kill Wang Ying in this instance, the main system will subsidize the safe house with 10,000,000 points. If someone kills Gan Mi, the subsidy will be 8,000,000.]
Seeing the conditions offered by the main system, Xu Zhiyan almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
Gan Mi is actually cheaper than Wang Ying!
"Hey, was the difference of two million taken away by the middleman?" Although he said this, he didn't think he could get the money.
The information was expected.
The main system transferred power to the safe house simply because it wanted the safe house to help deal with the mimics.
"Go back to the main system. We are a peaceful third-party force. If the players have no intention, then we can't do anything." Xu Zhiyan said.
Doing so will definitely cause dissatisfaction in the main system.
But what does that matter?
It is impossible for him to blindly obey the main system. The safe house exists in the cracks. Now the dispute between the main system and the mimic has involved destroying the balance of the game. Both sides are in dire straits. It is a good time to muddy the waters.
In the following period of time, more and more players entered the safe house.
Just when Xu Zhiyan thought everything was perfect, an accident still happened.
[Host! Two players seem to be overthinking, thinking that there is something wrong with the supply route we set up, and are heading in the opposite direction. According to their pace, they will encounter Gan Mi in about half an hour!]
System anxious report.
Qu Ji also walked in quickly with a frown on his face.
"Brother Xu, someone said they wanted to leave the safe house."
It's the Joker and Dou Hongshan.
After they finished their repairs, the two expressed their desire to purchase weapons, and said that they would leave the safe house and return to the copy after purchasing the supplies.
Xu Zhiyan felt overwhelmed after hearing this.
"It's really going to cause me trouble."
He stood up reluctantly and let the ghost beside him button up his coat. He put on the mask and walked towards the courtyard holding the cane.
It can be seen from the purchasing choices of Joker and Dou Hongshan that Dark Alley does not have sufficient funds.
After seeing the Joker give up his high-tech weapons again, Xu Zhiyan touched his chin and asked, "Are you planning to use the twelve levels of thought confinement to kill those two people?"
His brisk tone startled the two people in front of him, and they both cast cautious glances at him.
"Relax, the safe house is a by-product of the game, and I am the heir of the safe house. It's not surprising that I know more." Xu Zhiyan leaned on his cane and gave a suggestive explanation.
The clown and Dou Hongshan looked at each other.
The guy whose face could not be seen clearly under the bird-beak mask revealed an unusual identity - the heir of the safe house.
For players, each safe house has a conscientious merchant NPC. These uniformly trained NPCs will appear when players need to purchase items. Although their faces cannot be seen clearly, the content of their conversations is basically the same.
The businessman in front of him with a distinguished temperament was obviously different from other NPCs.
Xu Zhiyan didn't say anything more. Instead, he moved aside and asked the two to talk inside. He knew that if he didn't throw out something, it would be difficult to pry information out of Dou Hongshan given how tight-lipped he was.
Sure enough, Dou Hongshan declined the invitation.
"Just talk at the landing point."
She is still so cautious.
The battle between the mimics and the main system is becoming increasingly intense. It doesn't seem surprising that other forces in the game would take advantage of the situation?
Xu Zhiyan nodded and tapped his cane to show his friendliness. The next second, a light-colored film separated the three people from the other players and they entered another enclosed space to ensure that their conversation would not be leaked.
"Caution is an excellent quality. After all, so many people died because of Mimics in the last round of the game. I understand you very well."
This sentence made Dou Hongshan's eyes suddenly widen and he looked over without blinking.
Feeling the other party's inquiring eyes, Xu Zhiyan asked with a smile: "Although the safe house does not participate in the fight between players, we have received a cooperation request from the main system before. You know, this is the first time it has taken the initiative to cooperate with us... So who is behind you?"
After saying that, he quickly added.
"Of course, I'm just a little curious. Not everything needs an answer."
In fact, Xu Zhiyan couldn't wait for an answer.
Dark Alley has little money left. Whether it can blackmail the main system again depends on Dou Hongshan’s answer!
After realizing that the heir to the safe house was not an empty shell but knew a lot of things, Dou Hongshan gave an answer that satisfied Xu Zhiyan.
"We did receive some funding from the main system after killing some mimics."
This answer was somewhat unexpected to Xu Zhiyan.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
The main system has a natural hostility towards humans, so it certainly would not consider using human players to balance the other side at first. It was probably only after they emerged in the dark alley and killed the mimics that the main system discovered the existence of such a group.
With a complicated expression hidden under the mask, Xu Zhiyan made an excuse to communicate with the main system and quickly left.
"Bang--"
Once inside, mask still in hand, he hurriedly called the system.
"Tell the main system that we are willing to help the players of Endless Cards and let them try to kill Gan Mi. We are all family and we don't need any rewards, but the weapons expenses need to be reimbursed by the main system. After all, we are a neutral organization."
[Ah, but the main system refused to pay more before.]
The system is in trouble.
Xu Zhiyan narrowed his eyes and said, "If it doesn't agree, tell it that we have evidence that the main system violated the rules and sided with a certain player a few months ago."
He doesn't do business at a loss, so free is impossible.
The negotiation process was compressed to the limit, and under coercion and inducement, the safe house finally got a new weapons order. The main system was willing to pay 12 million points to pay for the people of Endless Cards.
However, Xu Zhiyan only gave the Joker an extra weapon worth two million points in the end, and concealed the investment in the main system.
The elegant businessman who was out of tune with the miserable players stood aside and spoke to the two.
"You need some long-range weapons, otherwise you won't be able to get close at all."
"As a reward for providing weapons, you need to assign one person to bring back the two players who got separated on the road."
Seeing that Dou Hongshan and the Clown were both silent and frowning, Xu Zhiyan took out two small bags from his pocket and put the two spherical devices into them in front of them.
"If you can't beat Gan Mi, open the bag. Don't move at other times."
Liu Liu took the bag, and his huge and strange body hovered to the side of the Joker and Dou Hongshan, and tied the bag to the most conspicuous place around their waists.
The clown remained silent throughout the whole process and allowed himself to be manipulated.
It was not until Liuliu tied the bag that he expressed his doubts.
"Why Gan Mi?"
"Because the ghost lion is located far away, if you want to see Wang Ying, you will definitely meet Gan Mi first on the way." Xu Zhiyan explained.
Before sending the two away, he finally couldn't help but ask.
"Why did you choose to go out even though you knew you couldn't win?"
He was somewhat unable to comprehend the current state of the dark alley.
The revenge of the Utopia was swift and terrifying. When the mimics finally faced the Dark Alley, they demonstrated their extraordinary information-gathering capabilities. In a very short time, they counted all the forces secretly cultivated in the Dark Alley and assigned them to the dungeon.
From the information given by the Joker before, we know that killing the astrologer's twelve levels of thought confinement is the strongest attack in the dark alley at present, but the means that have been exposed can no longer kill a powerful mimic.
Xu Zhiyan, who had fought against Cen Jinyue, knew better than anyone how powerful the mimic was.
If there was only one Mimic in the dungeon, using Shiva and powerful items to assist might allow them to fight. But now there are two Mimics in the dungeon, and unless they are killed with one strike, they will inevitably be attacked by the two of them.
The only chance to kill them was ruined by the main system at the very beginning. Now no matter how I calculated, I couldn't kill the two of them.
The Joker spoke in a hoarse voice before turning and leaving the safe house.
"The Ghost Mask will have a new owner."
Dou Hongshan hesitated for a long time before whispering, "If we can kill a mimic ranked in the top ten, the main system will promise us that it will upgrade the ghost mask to 4S."
With Dark Alley's current strength, it is difficult to rely on players to inflict serious damage to the Mimic, and props become the only breakthrough.
After saying that, she turned and left, leaving Xu Zhiyan standing there in a daze.
"4S... two levels in a row?"
He couldn't tell whether this was a pie in the sky set by the main system for Dark Alley, or whether it was just an excuse to erase the traces of violations left by the players he had supported in the past.
But no matter what Xu Zhiyan thought, this round of special copies was destined to be extraordinary.
As soon as I returned to the room, I heard the noisy sound of the system.
[Host! We collected 12 million, but only gave an additional 2 million for weapons and equipment. Is this okay?]
"Who said he only gave two million?" Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows.
"Don't talk nonsense. The small bag I gave you later is worth more than 10 million points."
[Huh? Aren't those two portable minecarts?]
The system was very confused. This thing was a mining tool produced in the Nightmare Community, and it was disposable. It was not on the shelves. Of course, if it was on the shelves, it would definitely not be too expensive. It would sell for 2,000 points at most.
"The minecart is just a giveaway."
Xu Zhiyan smiled and didn't explain further.
He unbuttoned a few buttons of his clothes, walked towards the black and gold bench, and yawned not long after sitting down.
This login was too sudden. He didn't get enough rest the day before, and now he had been up until almost five in the morning. Now that he had arranged everything and suddenly relaxed, he couldn't help feeling sleepy.
Seeing his beloved's fatigue, the ghost took the coat and handed it to the shadow behind him, suggesting: "Go and rest or take the potion?"
Given Xu Zhiyan's personality, I'm afraid he won't take a rest.
The monsters on the side had already prepared insomnia potion.
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyan waved his hands and said, "No, a bottle of the magic medicine for staying up late costs 3999, and it costs more than 2,000 on the black market. How can we waste money!"
He won't stay up all night and take drugs worth 40,000 or 50,000 yuan.
As he spoke, Xu Zhiyan skillfully grabbed the ghost's collar and kissed his chin openly.
"According to speculation, the copy will be finished in more than an hour. Bai Jin, please give me some spiritual energy and I will go to sleep after I finish reading it." Perhaps he was relieved, his tone was very frivolous, and his words were inappropriate, like a playboy.
The ghosts and gods laughed.
He reached out and grasped the young man’s chin, then kissed him hard.
The gentle force quietly flowed through Xu Zhiyan's limbs along the place where their lips and teeth were connected. The safe house became quiet in an instant, and the monsters around it seemed as if the still button was pressed, and they didn't even dare to put their feet down.
After the kiss, Xu Zhiyan leaned lazily on the ghost.
Looking at the live broadcast room that was continuously playing, he held his mobile phone and was active in it for a while, then put it away.
"Do you think it's possible for a mimic to still retain human emotions?"
There was no sense of sadness or joy in Xu Zhiyan's voice.
The ghost was stunned. He had never thought about this question before.
Fortunately, Xu Zhiyan was not looking for an answer. He glanced at Gan Mi's live broadcast room placed in the corner and said calmly: "I rarely bet on things I am not sure of. I hope that Boss Gan can let me win a little money this time."
The enlarged screen was split in half.
He gave two coordinates, and the Joker and Dou Hongshan followed their promise. After meeting the only remaining trapped players, Dou Hongshan led his men back, while the Joker continued to move forward.
Asa, who had delivered information several times along the way, looked at the woman heading towards the safe house and raised an objection.
This choice is stupid.
【They should come back together. 】
Xu Zhiyan suddenly felt that the scene was a bit desolate.
"Dark Alley has given up on Joker."
This man, who was never called by his real name throughout the entire game, always used the code name of the Joker and became the sharpest sword in the Dark Alley. Before this, he carried the future of the Dark Alley on his shoulders and received the most perfect supplies for the Dark Alley. All the props left by the Summoner and Dou Hongshan were also given to him.
He tried his best, but ultimately failed to live up to expectations.
At this point, the Joker has reached the end of his talent. Not only himself, but everyone else has realized that he can't go any further.
"The Joker failed to be Dark Alley's trump card against the Mimic."
"Gan Mi is currently the lowest-ranked mimic in the front row. Today is not a good time to kill Gan Mi, but it may be the Joker's last chance."
Dou Hongshan did not say it explicitly, but it was not difficult to infer from the previous conversation that the Dark Alley was already constrained by the main system, and they must have paid something when they received support, so they probably could not avoid fighting.
The Ghost Mask will have a new owner.
Perhaps there is a new talent among the candidates cultivated in Dark Alley.
The live broadcast continues.
Gan Mi stood on the ruins holding a wine glass, with a disgusted and slightly irritable expression on his face. The monster meat, which was not very delicious, made him unhappy to eat.
He frowned and looked at the black spot in the distant sky.
"What?"
However, the next second, the black dot continued to grow larger and fell rapidly with the force of breaking the sky.
By the time Gan Mi realized that this was a long-range missile, the explosion had already occurred as the black spot landed.
"Boom——"
A huge mushroom cloud floated into the sky.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan no longer cared about the clown. He immediately reached for his phone, opened the live broadcast room and started typing.
[Oh my god, what kind of weapon is this? Oh, I remember! This seems to be the short-range superconducting rocket launcher sold in the safe house before. Hiss, the price is 400,000 points. This power is really good...]
He has saved the Joker twice, so it’s not too much to use him as an advertisement!
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