Chapter 399: Rusty City Strange Stories
The rabbit delivery was very fast and Xu Zhiyan received a payment reminder soon. By the time the sun was about to set, he had collected tens of thousands of points just by selling rabbits.
As night fell, everyone received a new system prompt.
[The penalty state is on.]
Xu Zhiyan glanced at his own panel, a sneer appeared on his lips, and he muttered in dissatisfaction, "Not angry, not angry, it's expected."
"How much do you have?"
Gan Mi leaned over with the rabbit in one hand, and the moment he saw Xu Zhiyan's panel, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Ten minutes, that's good enough, it's equivalent to two rabbits." He threw the lifeless rabbit into the hands of the monster crouching nearby, his words carrying a distinctly sarcastic tone.
"You're not bad either."
Xu Zhiyan also pointed at Gan Mi's panel and replied: "Three rabbits for fifteen minutes."
However, as the unlucky ones who were given very little survival time by the main system, the two of them mocked with their mouths but did not stop with their hands. One rabbit cost five minutes, and soon the two of them had earned enough survival time.
After wiping his hands, Xu Zhiyan patted the rabbit monster on the head and said sincerely: "Make sure to finish eating it and don't waste it."
The monsters nodded, even though they weren't too keen on eating rabbits.
After watching the well-behaved monster, Gan Mi suddenly asked, "Can I ask you a question?"
“Who did you give the rabbits to?”
Will there be a place for Wang Ying?
Xu Zhiyan knew Gan Mi's question very well. He shook his head and replied, "Of course, the safer players."
There is definitely no place for the ghost lion.
Not to mention the ghost lion's attitude towards humans, just the other party's super strong personal combat power, he didn't dare let the monster wander around the ghost lion. What if it was killed?
As for asking Gan Mi to add BUFF to the monsters, it was also to protect the Rabbit Express.
In case the monsters encounter Wang Ying on the way and fail to escape successfully, they hope that the other party will let the monsters go because of the skills Gan Mi used.
"I thought you were going to ask me if we could be friends if you were a human..."
After talking nonsense, Xu Zhiyan carefully observed Gan Mi's expression.
Fortunately, these two mimics were not very familiar with each other, so Gan Mi didn't say anything more about it, but just retorted in a bad mood.
"Don't worry, I will never ask such an idiotic question in my life."
After finishing the cleaning, the monsters delivering the rabbit couriers will finally return to the factory area and let the ghosts and gods keep them temporarily. Xu Zhiyan and Gan Mi caught a glimpse of the street lights on both sides of the road, and they both looked towards the central square in the distance.
…
The square, which was spacious and majestic during the day, was still brightly lit.
Strong light poles more than ten meters high were lit up at some point and were scattered across the square, illuminating the place as if it were daytime. There was not the slightest sense of eeriness at all. It was more like an area suitable for human activities than other buildings. It was a pity that there was nothing inside at this time. Not only was there no one, but even the three blood clots that were originally standing in front of the stone tablet were nowhere to be seen.
Standing in the bushes outside the square, Xu Zhiyan touched his chin and spoke.
"This place looks like a good place for square dancing."
His usual inappropriate words made Gan Mi, who was squatting beside him and arranging props, pause. He then picked up a spherical device and threw it into the other person's arms.
"If you want to jump, go ahead and no one will stop you. If you don't want to jump, just get back to work."
"Okay, get to work."
Xu Zhiyan touched the A-level concrete manifestation prop in his hand and asked involuntarily.
"It can make non-solid objects in range show specific attackable parts... What a good thing! How much did you buy it for? Give me a few!"
Based on Gan Mi's retelling and Jin Sheng's previous experience, it can be determined that the monster in the central square of Rusty City is a substance that looks like liquid metal. If the opponent cannot be made to show a specific form, even the most basic physical attack cannot be carried out.
"...Listen to yourself, are you speaking human language?"
Gan Mi lowered his voice and growled.
"It seems that I will need to change to a new container after working with you."
"Ah? Why? I saw that the bodies of you mimics can be used for a long time. The Pope was already in his forties or fifties." Xu Zhiyan was puzzled.
Gan Mi quickened his movements and gave the answer without turning back.
"After my cooperation with you ends, I'm afraid this container will suffer from high blood pressure. I'm afraid of sudden death."
Fortunately, Xu Zhiyan was thick-skinned and didn't care to answer.
"... Well, if you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. Why are you so angry?"
Based on Gan Mi's several experiences in coming to the Central Square, he had a relatively accurate idea of the monsters' resting range.
The two chatted like this for nearly an hour, and finally they had set traps around the entire perimeter of the square.
Everything seems to be going smoothly.
"Once the monster becomes materialized, we should be able to attack it. We must finish the battle before midnight." Gan Mi emphasized the content of the next cooperation.
"It's huge, and we need to divide the work to find its weakness, or its core."
This is also why he and Ghost Lion cannot cooperate.
Even if part of the monster's body is materialized, there are still many parts that cannot be hit.
The two people must divide the tasks accurately. One person attacks to attract its attention. He cannot fight head-on and needs to fight while escaping, and use props to reduce the monster's strength. The other person needs to find the right time and find the monster's weakness quickly, accurately and ruthlessly.
As if worried that Xu Zhiyan might act rashly, Gan Mi couldn't help but remind him: "Before finding its core, mental attacks are useless."
A bit of a tricky monster.
"I will slow down its attack speed, otherwise if I reduce it too much, it will hide under the stone tablet again." If this monster hadn't run away when it couldn't be defeated, Gan Mi felt that he could handle it alone.
Xu Zhiyan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, my analysis tools will definitely make your money worthwhile!"
The plan was perfect.
The two even took into account the possibility of the monster escaping and set up other backup traps.
However, no one knows when an accident will happen.
For example, the moment before the battle begins.
Center of the square.
The man in a suit stood in front of the stone tablet. Gan Mi did not make any unnecessary movements. He raised his palm and clenched it slightly. After the air contracted to the limit, a huge force burst out.
“Ka——”
The stone tablet cracked.
Soon after, more and more "cracking" sounds were heard, and the originally tall and upright stone tablet turned into gravel powder in an instant, as if it was crushed by someone's hands.
“Boom…Boom…”
The sound of stones falling to the ground mixed with the loud noise coming from under the white ground, as if something was about to break out of the ground.
Gan Mi took a deep breath and kept a calm expression.
He slowly took a few steps back, and something magical happened—invisible steps seemed to appear under his feet, allowing him to step backwards and complete the action of hovering in the air.
Glancing at Xu Zhiyan moving outside the square, Gan Mi had never felt his mind so clear.
Well, the preparations are very thorough this time, and there shouldn’t be any embarrassing moments in the cooperation. He can finally leave a good impression in front of Xu Zhiyan...right?
Unfortunately, before the monster appeared, he saw Xu Zhiyan running straight in from outside the range, standing from a distance and waving at him. His expression was very nervous, and he seemed to be saying something.
"What?"
He asked subconsciously.
But soon, Gan Mi knew why Xu Zhiyan did this...
【System failure prompt! System failure prompt! 】
[It has been detected that a creature that exceeds the copy's carrying capacity has appeared. In order to ensure the integrity of the copy, emergency measures will be taken. ]
[From now on, all players will be disabled from using all items except for the basic offensive weapons they hold. ]
One glitch directly disables all game props.
Gan Mi stood there in a daze, and then he realized that compared to the system, Xu Zhiyan was still quite respectable.
[Players please do not resist this. 】
[This is done to protect the secular world. 】
[The coordinates of this copy are very close to the real world. Once the copy is broken, the consequences will be disastrous. Your beloved homeland may become a paradise for monsters...]
Gan Mi wanted to make a few more mocking remarks when she heard Xu Zhiyan's voice coming from behind her.
"What are you standing there for? Run!"
Xu Zhiyan felt that he could understand Gan Mi's mentality very well, but the main system had been inoperable for a long time, and he had long been accustomed to preparing plan B.
Looking at the monster that had already emerged from the cracks in the ground and Gan Mi's behavior that seemed like she was going to confront the monster head-on, he couldn't help but persuade her.
"Gan Mi, don't be upset. If you die, your points will be recycled by the main system, and I won't get a penny. If you believe me, run southeast."
The two were not close to each other, and Xu Zhiyan tried to make his voice louder.
"Southeast, two thousand meters, lead it to the commercial street!"
He stared at Gan Mi's back.
"If you trust me, just do it." Xu Zhiyan lowered his hands and clenched them into fists.
Finally, Gan Mi turned back.
"Why?" he asked puzzledly.
"Since you already have a way to deal with it, then the best solution for you is for me to fight it and die here."
The mimic and humans are mortal enemies, and his death is a good thing for humans.
Gan Mi felt that he had fewer human emotions. For example, he felt that he could never understand why Xu Zhiyan wanted to persuade him to turn against them.
It meanders out from the ruins of the stone tablet, and tremendous power emerges with it.
"Hey, why do you think I'll betray you?"
Gan Mi couldn't help but ask.
The monster had already poked part of its body out from the crack in the ground, tentatively trying to crash into the solid wall of air in front of it.
Xu Zhiyan felt overwhelmed after hearing this. He really wanted to slap Gan Mi in the face, knock him unconscious and drag him away, but the situation was urgent and he couldn't really beat him up.
Finally, he slowly opened his mouth and stated his reasons.
"I think a mimic who would give money to Shen Zhen's relatives, help them get new identities, and carefully conceal her death, has the possibility of becoming a human to some extent."
After finding out about Enli's death, Xu Zhiyan asked the system to check the information of all people related to Enli.
Enli is the younger brother of Gan Mi's body. Chen Zhen and Enli were childhood sweethearts. They were once neighbors and had a good relationship. He remembered that Gan Mi once teased him about sending him an invitation when his brother got married... even though Enli and Shen Zhen were both dead at that time.
But what was surprising was that the day after Chen Zhen's death, her family disappeared mysteriously. If Asa had not been able to access the surveillance system in the present world, Xu Zhiyan would probably never have known in his life that Gan Mi secretly spent a lot of money to send Chen Zhen's relatives abroad, changed their names, and moved away.
"You want to protect them, don't you?"
Although it was clearly a question, Xu Zhiyan spoke in an affirmative tone.
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