Chapter 386: Rusty City Strange Stories
Finding clues about ghosts and gods was a pleasant surprise.
The regularization application was not found, and since the thing was not with Qi Shanren, it must be with the other two. However, Xu Zhiyan was unable to leave the factory now, and it was like a fantasy to take the thing from Gan Mi or Xinan.
He had intended to look through the belongings of the fallen rescue team members to see if there was any way to get a new identity.
However, looking at the photo now, Xu Zhiyan finally understood what the safe house system meant by "there is a breath but no coordinates" at the beginning of the copy.
I didn’t expect this rescue team to be so complicated.
If he hadn't seen the completely different name and identity, he would have thought that the City Rescue Team was just a small organization.
As for the NPC being able to travel through dungeons... Having seen Dr. Bai, who has a strong sense of initiative, before, if this organization was formed by slices of ghosts and gods, it doesn't seem impossible?
Having seen so many slices, nothing would be surprising. He touched the golden ring on his left hand and thought calmly.
It’s a pity that the person sitting opposite Xu Zhiyan was not calm.
"Captain...Captain?"
Its gaze moved to the photo, and it was shocked for a moment. Miss Lil's head and the black mist were switching back and forth, as if foreshadowing its inner struggle.
It slapped the table and stood up, and the black mist spread from its head to its upper body.
"Impossible! Are you trying to kill me?"
After roaring, it sat down again, raised its arms and neurotically bit its fingers. After biting off all its fingertips, they grew out again, repeating the cycle over and over again like a crazy psychopath.
"Oh? He's awesome?"
Xu Zhiyan didn't expect the monster in front of him to react so strongly.
Like humans, monsters have their own sources of information, especially monsters like it.
The newborn finger was bitten off again, and it recalled some not-so-nice things.
"I heard from other monsters..."
The Rusty City dungeon was originally supposed to be a place where strange stories about rules gathered. All living things disappeared, leaving only the all-devouring rules waiting for the players to arrive.
However, Miss Lil's fusion rules were an unexpected surprise.
It became a bug in the copy upgrade system and should theoretically be cleared.
But this is not the first round of the game. The main system is affected by many factors and is busy dealing with the mimics. It even has a tendency to self-destruct. The fusion of Lier and the rules has been hiding in the corner of the factory and has not attracted any attention until now...
"I brought new prey here via train. During this time, I changed the guy I was working with once. It was said that it was captured."
It was still frightened when talking about other monsters.
"This guy seems to be looking for something, some rescue team... His purpose is just to catch monsters from all kinds of weird places! He doesn't want to save anyone!"
Xu Zhiyan didn't expect it to be evaluated like this.
However, from the monsters' perspective, this slicing is indeed very difficult.
"If you bring him here, I promise he won't kill you." He was very confident about this.
As for whether the 'Miss Lil' in front of him could survive in the end, that was another matter. The best he could do was to ensure that the slicing could be controlled when the ghost's original body was present.
He was more concerned with the interpretation of the slice than with its fame.
Would the main system really be so careless as to let wild NPCs or monsters like these know about the game? And know it in such detail...
Seeing Xu Zhiyan so persistent, it restored its appearance as Miss Lil again.
"Do you understand what you are saying? Do you think he can save this city? Not to mention that he will never come here because of a phone call, as long as you reveal your abnormal power, you will be targeted by him--" It was interrupted halfway through the words.
Before Xu Zhiyan could move, Qi Shanren next to him stood up.
"Ah? That's great."
With a look of surprise on his face, he stood up and walked quickly to the office landline, picking up the phone: "What's the number? Brother Xu, we can just call ourselves."
Watching the conversation between the monster and Xu Zhiyan, he felt that this dark monster had a pretty good temper, so he naturally let down his guard and became bolder in his actions.
It then stood up and slammed its palm down on the table.
The next second, the phone disappeared.
If it weren't for its slightly trembling body, representing its fear, its aura would have been much stronger than when it captured Xu Zhiyan before.
Qi Shanren stood there stupidly, looking down at his empty palm, and then realized that although it had merged with humans, it was still a monster inside...
Noticing that the atmosphere in the room had changed, Xu Zhiyan smiled and tried to smooth things over, extending his hand to invite Qi Shanren to sit down and wait.
"Let's talk about the rescue team for another time. Let's talk about cooperation."
“Bang!”
The phone reappeared, and its location was right in front of Xu Zhiyan.
"Before that, I'm going to give you new rules. You two must never call the outside world! No matter who you call, it will all come to me in the end! Don't try to find loopholes!" It had a good idea. As long as Xu Zhiyan didn't take the initiative to call the outside world, as an outsider he didn't even have a mobile phone, how could he contact the rescue team members.
Xu Zhiyan nodded nonchalantly.
"Okay, I didn't expect you to react so strongly. Of course, being a cooperative partner is more important to me."
The language is sincere and the expression is gentle.
He even picked up the phone and dialed a random number in person.
It looked at its ringing cell phone with satisfaction, and its expression finally relaxed. Apart from it, no one else in the city knew the rescue team's contact information, and giving Xu Zhiyan new rules was just a double insurance.
"I need gold, lots of gold."
The phone call was over and the discussion turned to cooperation.
Xu Zhiyan flipped his hand and produced a handful of gold coins, threw them casually on the table, and said lightly: "I am a little curious, why would the rules that threaten you like gold."
"Because it devours so many humans."
"Although it failed to gain the power of thought, it has inherited the desires left by humans."
Degenerated into a beast of desire.
Thirst for life and money.
Probably not expecting this result, Xu Zhiyan stood there in a daze.
Then he understood that the thing in front of him was actively integrated by Miss Lil and had completely acquired human thinking. There are many things that normal people pursue in the world, so it can remain rational.
But there's another 'it' in the city that's completely different.
Before death, the devoured human will only burst out with a huge desire for life. These strong thoughts are infinitely superimposed in its body, making it obsessed with life.
Previously, Xu Zhiyan was wondering why a rule for survival would choose living things.
As for money…
Normally, apart from staying alive, most people's basic demand in life is money. If it in the city swallows up enough humans, then the desire for money will continue to accumulate.
The stronger the intention, the easier it is to leave a trace.
Family love, friendship, and love are certainly very strong, but the objects of these emotions are different for each person, and therefore cannot be accumulated like the desire for money.
"If you like money, then it's quite tasteful."
Xu Zhiyan raised an eyebrow and took out more money and piled it on the table.
"Next, let's talk about the sacrifice..."
He said.
The sky dawns and the sun rises and sets.
A day passed in the blink of an eye.
The temperature in the workshop rises and everything is in full swing. When night falls again, the gate of the factory is filled with new packing boxes. If someone opens the box now, they can get a pure gold portrait sculpture wrapped in a special coating.
The cooperation brought Xu Zhiyan more favorable treatment.
The two of them no longer had to live in the dormitory or sleep in the guard booth, and moved to Miss Lil's former bedroom.
"Boss Xu, are you really not going to call for help?" Qi Shanren muttered to himself and threw isolation props at the door as soon as he entered, and peeked around, worried that it would chase after him.
In his eyes, the city rescue team should be righteous NPCs!
Xu Zhiyan found it somewhat funny.
"Of course I won't take the initiative to call, but if someone calls me, that's a different story." After saying that, he threw the mobile phone that had been prepared in advance to Qi Shanren.
"Huh?" Qi Shanren was stunned.
"Boss Xu, is this... the mobile phone in the buyer's office?"
He recognized it at a glance; it was the dirt they had found earlier.
"Well, take it first. If there is a call, please answer it for me." Xu Zhiyan stretched, took the bathrobe handed to him by Xiaocuigu, and walked towards the bathroom in three steps. He has not had a rest since entering the game, and he has been relying on props for support. Now that he has the conditions, how can he not enjoy it.
"Ah? But we don't even have a number..."
Qi Shanren's words were left behind.
The call came faster than expected.
"Boss Xu...Boss Xu Xu..." Qi Shanren hurriedly re-entered the bathroom with his cell phone in hand, but then he froze for a moment and slammed the door shut.
The bathroom was filled with steam, and some water was overflowing from the warm white porcelain bathtub. The heat dyed the young man's originally fair skin with a faint red color, spreading from the inside out.
Obviously, they were all men, so there was nothing wrong with giving each other a cell phone while taking a shower. However, Qi Shanren had the keenness unique to herbivores, and he vaguely sensed murderous intent... It seemed that he would die if he saw something.
After a few seconds, he shouted outside the door: "There really is a phone call!"
Xu Zhiyan, who was soaking in the bathtub, hadn't reacted yet when he saw a crack in the bathroom door. Qi Shanren was holding a vibrating cell phone and trying to hand it over.
"...Tsk, I don't eat people."
Xu Zhiyan came back to his senses and squinted his eyes. The water drops on his hair fell around his eyes, blurring his vision. He walked over and casually pressed the lit green button on his mobile phone, picked up the phone and placed it next to the bathtub, then reached out to grab a towel to wipe his face.
As far as it knew, it was the only one in the entire city who knew the rescue team's phone number. Little did it know that Xu Zhiyan had once received a card with the rescue team's phone number in the Soul Exploration Live Room copy.
After waiting for a while, there was silence on the other end of the phone. Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise.
What happened? He had clearly asked Jiang Huai to call the rescue team, and even the words were carefully arranged to ensure that they would attract Bai Jin's attention. For someone who is constantly looking for missing things, what is more important than clues?
Now that the call has come through as expected, how could no one speak?
"Hello."
After tentatively greeting him, Xu Zhiyan fumbled to take the phone.
The phone had a folding screen. As soon as he opened it, he was met with a pair of dark and deep eyes. The man in uniform was leaning back in his seat with his brows furrowed. If it weren't for the Adam's apple hidden in his collar moving faintly, one would almost think this was a photo.
Being cut by the sharp gaze like an ice knife, Xu Zhiyan's brain started to work rapidly.
...video...video call?
Damn, the technology in this dungeon is quite advanced.
He looked down at his naked body soaking in the water and felt a little at a loss for a moment.
Things are a bit broken.
He originally planned to continue to act mysterious and use ambiguous words to lure people to Rusty City, but after laying the groundwork in a high-profile manner at the beginning, when the latter step of the plan was implemented, he looked as lazy as if he was taking a shower.
Looking at the other side of the video call, the aloof version of Bai Jin looked like he was about to get angry, and Xu Zhiyan felt inexplicably curious.
He had never seen ghosts and gods get angry.
The other party always looked calm and gentle when facing him.
I don’t know if it’s because Bai Jin’s face is too familiar and makes people feel relaxed, or if it’s because of the gentle steam that makes my head dizzy.
Seeing that Pian Pie had a cold face and didn't say anything, Xu Zhiyan's bad habit of talking nonsense came back again.
He sat up straight in the bathtub, with water still on his chest, and squinted his eyes and teased, "Nude chat, 5,000 per time, and you can take it out for a night if you deposit 100,000 at a time~ But you have to come to my place."
The next moment, he saw the cold-blooded man on the other side of the video had his pupils trembling slightly, and he could barely hold back the cold expression on his face.
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