Chapter 90 Nightmare Community
After a conversation, the crisis was resolved.
However, Gan Mi was relatively smart and did not offer his "sincerity" easily.
He said he would talk about everything after leaving the copy.
Xu Zhiyan felt a little regretful.
If you can’t cheat Gan Mi now, it will probably be even harder to cheat her in the future.
He had no intention of escaping from the danger in the hands of the big boss, and even felt that he was at a loss for not getting any actual benefits.
But later Gan Mi promptly stated that everyone could cooperate in the copy.
He works at the gate and can find traces of the Beast of Error every day from the rare surveillance cameras in the community.
"If you need it, I can provide you some." Gan Mi said with a smile.
He was very friendly towards the young people who might become his teammates in the future.
Ten hours are given for killing an error beast, plus sporadic tasks during the day, Gan Mi is the player with the most correct time in the entire Dream Community.
Xu Zhiyan expressed his gratitude in time.
I didn't expect that there was a surveillance camera in the guard room. In this case, could he observe "The Last Dream" through the surveillance camera?
But before he could propose the idea of borrowing surveillance.
Gan Mi seemed to have thought of something, her smile became somewhat sinister, and her tone was filled with annoyance.
"Do you know who was the first to complete the first stage of the mission?"
He looked at Xu Zhiyan and said unhappily, "I have only accumulated three days of correct time, and I don't know how the tasks for the next stage will change."
In fact, Gan Mi had some doubts that the person who would first complete the first stage of the task was the young man in front of him.
But there are some contradictions.
For example, he believed that a smart person like Xu Zhiyan would not mindlessly complete large-scale tasks right from the start.
Because no one knows what the tasks of the next stage will be like.
In many dungeons, the rewards for each stage are different.
Once you miss this stage, you will never have the chance to get the relevant rewards again.
"I'm worried that the second stage will no longer reward the correct time." Gan Mi was a little distressed.
"Huh? The first stage of the mission?" Xu Zhiyan was stunned when he heard it, then shook his head.
"Come to think of it, I'm also wondering who is so bored that he actually completed the first stage of the task. The time I prepared correctly is not enough."
He frowned and sighed heavily.
It was as if the person who was mentioned as the first to complete the first stage of the task was not him.
In order to prove his innocence, he even took a look at his correct time.
"You have three days, but I only have less than two. Could it be He Zui? Magicians are very flexible, so they should be able to complete these tasks much faster."
As he said this, he cast an envious look at Gan Mi.
The comments were full of laughter again, and together with the self-auction just now, everyone had a new understanding of Xu Zhiyan's ability to lie with open eyes.
【It’s so true! 】
[Hahaha, if I hadn’t known that Xiao Baiwan was the first to complete the first stage of the task, I would have almost believed it! ]
【Hahahahahahahaha】
[Why does Gan Mi look for the first person to complete the stage task? How strange]
[Because this is not a level-breaking copy at all, it is a time copy. 】
[Isn't it possible to complete tasks in a tight schedule? Is there any kind-hearted class representative who can summarize it? ]
[I'll do it! Unless the dungeon is destroyed, players must stay for thirty days, but the dungeon stage tasks will only become more and more difficult. ]
【I understand! 】
It turns out that if everyone can slow down the progress of the main line or phased tasks as much as possible, the entire copy can be kept at a relatively simple difficulty.
[Tsk tsk tsk, come to think of it, everyone is so miserable. I see that Mad Dog and Boss Gan haven't done much in their identity missions.]
[Normal, right? It’s only the fifth day now?]
[If we divide the difficulty into three levels: low, medium and high, it is normal to enter the next level after the tenth day. ]
If Xu Zhiyan saw this analysis, he would definitely cry out in injustice.
He didn't intend to advance the mission so quickly!
And based on his 0 yuan start and Xu Xiaohua's appetite.
If you hadn't met Bai Jin, it would take at least ten days to increase his favorability by delivering food.
Seeing this, Gan Mi confirmed that it was not Xu Zhiyan. He waved his hand again and denied it: "It's not He Zui."
"But it doesn't matter. The Error Beast lasts ten hours each. If you really don't have the correct time and can't find the Error Beast, you can come to the guard booth at the East Gate to find me."
After a few words, Smiling Tiger apparently put Xu Zhiyan into his own camp.
He didn't think that being number one could give him anything less than anonymity.
The two of them exchanged a few pleasantries and became closer.
The topic also shifted from the content of the copy to the business transactions of the shell.
Seeing that it was already past half past two, Xinan finally managed to interject a word between the two of them.
"Next one."
After listening to this, Gan Mi realized that the time had come.
He and Xu Zhiyan waved goodbye.
"When you leave the dungeon, you can come find me..."
"Of course, of course."
Xinan frowned, realizing that the two of them had been talking for a long time without making any concrete agreement.
Gan Mi was the first to leave the small room.
101 The living room was a mess.
Ms. Wang, lying on the ground, was breathing her last.
Xinan did not leave.
He made a knife flower, put away the sharp double-edged knife, and looked at Xu Zhiyan intently.
After Gan Mi left, Xu Zhiyan stopped smiling, and his whole demeanor became sharper than when he was chatting with Gan Mi just now.
After being ignored continuously, Xinan no longer knew how to start talking.
Unexpectedly, this time Xu Zhiyan looked back first, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised and a hint of smile in his eyes, and spoke first.
“The control is good.”
"I thought you were going to cut me off with that knife just now."
Xinan didn't expect the other party to say that. His pupils suddenly shrank and his face was full of disbelief.
After being scolded and interrupted many times, he subconsciously thought that the young man in front of him would still treat him coldly.
This compliment came unexpectedly, and Xinan felt his heart beating faster.
On the other side, Xu Zhiyan pulled himself out of Gan Mi's nonsense as quickly as possible, trying to recall what was written in the dog training manual he had read before entering the dungeon.
Reward mechanism.
When the dog does something right, reward it to let it know that it is right.
When the mad dog saw it was him, he stopped his attack.
This is correct and deserves praise.
However, since Xu Zhiyan is so stingy with everyone, material rewards are out of the question. A few words of praise would be great.
"You're better than I thought."
There was appreciation in his tone.
Seeing Xinan change from 'wanting to speak' to 'being a little nervous after being praised', Xu Zhiyan took a step forward.
"If you've made up your mind, you can come find me at 1402."
He still remembered that Xinan had seen the monster in 1402, so there should be natural suppression when talking there.
In the end, Xinan was unable to say a few words to Xu Zhiyan.
The silver-haired young man holding a double-edged knife was pinned to the ground and beaten at first, and was looked down upon for a long time, but finally he received a few words of praise.
The wrong encounter made Xinan's thoughts confused.
He felt that he shouldn't be excited about these compliments, but he couldn't help but recall the look in Xu Zhiyan's eyes when he looked at him...
Xu Zhiyan frowned as he watched the dog fleeing to Xinan, not understanding whether he had done anything wrong in training the dog according to the manual.
But he has done this kind of thing many times.
There are other more important things to do right now than to think about Xinan's thoughts.
After making sure the two had left, he immediately turned around and took out some simple healing items.
Ms. Wang was dying.
In the situation just now, Xu Zhiyan could not show any sympathy for this NPC at all.
Only if Gan Mi and Xinan feel that the half-dead Ms. Wang is just a dying NPC and dispensable, will she be safer.
After the treatment, Ms. Wang's injuries improved a lot.
The part of her body that was chopped off by Xinan had begun to slowly grow new flesh and skin, just like when her fingers were cut off before.
It was almost 2:50 in the morning before Ms. Wang woke up completely.
I don’t know if it’s because she used up too much energy in the recovery just now, or if it’s just time, but her body has turned back to its previous thin appearance.
Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the person had woken up.
If the other party doesn't wake up, his mission will be overdue!
Ms. Wang staggered to her feet, touched her head and looked at the mess in front of her, with confusion in her voice.
“Here…what’s happening here?”
It seemed that the game system's protection mechanism for NPCs was activated, and she had no memory of what happened before.
Xu Zhiyan made up a story: "Two thieves just came in and tried to steal something, and then we had a fight..."
Ms. Wang nodded in a daze. She remembered Xu Zhiyan, and she was inexplicably repulsed by the memory just now.
Thinking of the order to be delivered, Ms. Wang told Xu Zhiyan where the key was.
"The key is placed under the LED sign of the breakfast shop. You can reach it with your hand."
Seeing that the time was about to expire, she didn't want to keep the other person any longer.
Xu Zhiyan nodded, picked up the packaged meat filling, and without his melancholy pink electric scooter, he could only run to the commercial street on his own two legs.
The cold wind howled at night.
The roads in the community are very quiet.
After cursing Gan Mi eight hundred times in his heart, Xu Zhiyan finally arrived at the healthy breakfast shop panting.
Because it was so cold, his hands were shaking when he was looking for the key.
Fortunately, he finally completed the task before the time limit.
Opening the task panel, Xu Zhiyan stamped his feet in cold anger, but was quite satisfied with the reward.
[Estimated profit of this order: Correct time (6h)]
This is already the highest reward amount for special orders. Although he is also tempted by those four hours, it is nothing compared to the profits brought by Chu Fei.
Xu Zhiyan was so tired from running that he sat on the steps and gasped for breath.
After resting for more than half an hour, he took a deep breath and slowly stood up.
Thinking of his poor physical fitness, Xu Zhiyan decided that after leaving, he would either find some props that could enhance his physical fitness, or open the hot spring in the sealed room of the safe house.
Otherwise, if he continues like this, the system won't have to give him any difficult tasks. If it arranges a long-distance run, he will just rest on the spot.
Waited for a while longer.
No new special orders have appeared.
Xu Zhiyan hesitated before locking the door of the breakfast shop and putting the key back in its place.
Do you want to visit the kindergarten?
As soon as this thought arose, it was denied.
This is not a good time, as it will soon be rush hour, and the community will be busy. If some noise is made, there is no guarantee that there will be no problems.
And he also has to make breakfast for Xu Xiaohua.
It’s better to go in the morning when there are fewer people, or at midnight.
When we got back to 1402, it was already past four o'clock.
He first went to the children's room to take a look.
My daughter is still sleeping.
After covering Xu Xiaohua, who was sleeping in a sprawling position, with a blanket, he pinched her temples and walked towards the stairs.
“Squeak—”
As soon as the door was opened, Bai Jin's slightly resentful voice rang out.
"Where have you been? Why did you come back so late? Did you go to your friend's house to play games again?"
It felt that this was different from what it expected.
In the afternoon, Bai Jin felt good about himself when he got a new strange hint.
As long as Xu Zhiyan needs it, then it can also negotiate some conditions... Especially its identity, which is very interesting, Xu Xiaohua's mother.
But before Bai Jin could fight for something for himself, Xu Zhiyan hadn't come to see it since the afternoon.
Even Xu Xiaohua didn't come in again!
It has been so lonely, cold and pressed by a broken jar since this afternoon.
Xu Zhiyan was overwhelmed by this series of questions.
Coupled with the sad and aggrieved tone in the voice, it makes it seem like he is a scumbag who stays out all night.
He shook his head, shaking off the weird thought.
"Something."
After giving a perfunctory answer, Xu Zhiyan felt like even more of a scumbag.
He glanced over the white embers and reached into the clay pot.
Before he could speak, the system's emotional voice appeared.
[Host, host, host! The item you requested will be ready soon! Mr. Ghost said it will be available to you in about six hours!]
"Has the prop transmission anchor point been established?"
Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised.
Can he say that he is worthy of being Party A? This efficiency is really amazing.
When it comes to things that require system construction, it immediately becomes quite weak and starts to stammer.
[Host, since the status of this punishment copy is not stable, there are two options now.]
[One is that I build a temporary teleportation point for you. This is very quick and I can build it right now, but the duration of this teleportation anchor is only a moment.]
In other words, if you choose to temporarily teleport an item, you can get it immediately.
[You’ll have to wait for the other continuous channel… Woohoo, this is too difficult.]
The safe house system didn't even dare to specify the time this time, but it was obvious that it could not be set up in the next two days.
Xu Zhiyan touched his chin, thought for a moment, and chose to teleport temporarily.
Although if he established permanent teleportation, he would be able to get more suitable props through the safe house, but freeing Bai Jin in advance would do more good than harm.
At least Xu Xiaohua has someone to take care of her!
After completing the agreement with the system, Xu Zhiyan withdrew his hand from the pottery jar and looked at Bai Jin, who was sulking.
“…”
I was speechless. What on earth was this pervert angry about? Was it because he came home late?
However, facing the suppressed pervert, Xu Zhiyan was full of confidence.
"Can you leave the house?"
He sat cross-legged next to Bai Jin and poked the muscles on his waist.
Mm, hard.
Does it take so much muscle to be an artist?
Bai Jin was originally a little depressed, but after hearing this topic, his expression became a little subtle.
"I never left."
"I have no memory of anything beyond the tenth floor."
It doesn't know.
But for so long, it has only been active in the houses under its own name.
Xu Zhiyan smacked his lips.
He thought that Bai Jin might not be able to leave, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't even have many memories.
“Do you remember your work?”
"Those in the living room?"
"No, it's your work from before... when you were still alive."
“…”
After the brief conversation, there was a long silence.
In the warm bedroom, the topic between the two seemed to have reached a dead end.
They chatted until the sun rose high in the morning, and only then did Xu Zhiyan confirm that Bai Jin really had no memories.
"I feel like I've lived a long time, probably more than twenty years, but I can't remember."
The sealed great artist said this and closed his eyes.
"More than twenty years... If you count the time I've been alive, it's definitely more than twenty years." Xu Zhiyan frowned and thought.
This seems to be correct?
"Then do you still remember why you want to paint?"
Bai Jin shook his head and answered.
“All I remember is that I have to finish the last piece.”
It opened its eyes, looked at the ceiling expressionlessly, and mechanically spoke out its few memories.
“I don’t know what to paint.”
"But every once in a while, someone comes here, an impolite intruder."
Speaking of the intruder, Bai Jin finally showed some expression.
But strangely, it was not angry at the other party's intrusion.
Something akin to pity appeared on the man's calm face.
"I don't know if you've ever seen a soul in pain."
"Although each of them is smiling, doing their own thing, and doing what they say is right, their souls are in pain."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyan immediately thought of Chu Fei's mother.
The other party has been doing the right things and is also very contradictory... No, it's not just her.
Who among all the residents in this community is not like this?
He still remembered the shocked look on the face of the fried rice restaurant owner when he heard that the curry fried rice did not require curry.
When passing by "The Last Dream", the residents had a look of redemption...
Xu Zhiyan frowned and looked at Bai Jin.
Could it be that this guy is not some kind of perverted murderer? Instead, he was commissioned by some NPC to free the other party?
But before he could finish his thoughts, Bai Jin's next words made Xu Zhiyan's mouth twitch.
"They died soon anyway."
"Why not be the model for my final work?"
Xu Zhiyan held his forehead with his hand.
He knew that the guy in front of him would not be the spokesperson for truth, goodness and beauty. His train of thought was really amazing.
In this way, Bai Jin began to hunt down all NPCs who mistakenly entered 1402.
"But I don't like the state they are in when they come. Those confused souls are dry and not full, unlike your soul, which is full of vitality and fascinating."
Even at this point, it even did not forget to praise Xu Zhiyan's soul.
"I try to keep them from receiving any external stress."
"I give them their last sweet dream."
Xu Zhiyan lowered his head.
He finally understood what the safe house system meant when it said "there is a possibility of being marginalized" when he came here.
The NPCs in the Dream Community, for some unknown reason, have their lives stuck in an absolutely stable framework, and they must do the right thing.
Bai Jin is the incarnation of a ghost or god, and these correct things cannot control his life.
The consequences of not following these rules and regulations appeared, and after the main system found an opportunity, it finally got rid of it.
But it has enormous power and will not really die.
That’s why it has become what it is now.
Neither alive nor dead.
"The final work."
Xu Zhiyan raised his eyes to look at Bai Jin and asked word by word.
"Who gave you this mission?"
Bai Jin shook his head blankly.
It doesn't remember.
Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips. Seeing that it was almost time, he ended the conversation and went to make breakfast for Xu Xiaohua.
It will take some time to get the props customized for ghosts and gods, but Xu Xiaohua can't wait for Bai Jin to cook.
Xu Zhiyan did not go out after making breakfast throughout the morning.
Because he was thinking about the item transmission, he was quite perfunctory when playing games with Xu Xiaohua.
Watching the pointer drawing circles on the dial bit by bit, he touched his adopted daughter's head.
"Do you want a mother?"
Although Bai Jin was a mother and the child made an indelible contribution, when Xu Zhiyan thought of Bai Jin's natural suppression of Xu Xiaohua, he felt a little sympathy for the little girl in front of him.
Xu Xiaohua’s radar sounded.
She shook her head wildly as if she had heard something horrifying.
"No! I don't want my mother!"
"I've figured it out. If I don't want to go to school, then I won't go to school! I can grow up and deliver food with my dad!"
"...This may not be up to you." Xu Zhiyan sneered.
As soon as ten o'clock arrived, Xu Zhiyan stuffed the building blocks into Xu Xiaohua's arms and rushed to the bedroom.
He almost couldn't wait to put his hand into the jar.
"Are you ready?"
[Alright, alright!] The safe house system answered immediately.
[After you receive the item, the system connection channel will be temporarily closed for a period of time. You only need to bring the prop to it to control the other party's actions.]
It's finally not a garbage system!
[I will open the passage immediately. Once you grab something, hold on tightly and don't let go.]
Xu Zhiyan nodded.
He simply couldn't stand the thought of finally being freed from the stress of cooking and raising children.
As for whether Bai Jin can be taken out, it won’t be too late to talk about it later.
There was a cool touch on my wrist.
A familiar smell of ashes inexplicably filled the air.
It's a safe house.
The next second, Xu Zhiyan felt his palm touching something!
It's hard and a bit uncomfortable.
But thinking of what the system said, he held the thing in his hand tightly and did not dare to let go.
Only after the smell of ashes in the air dissipated and the temporary passage was closed did he dare to pull his hand out of the pottery jar.
It is a bone bracelet.
It is made up of small bones strung together.
Xu Zhiyan frowned and looked at the thing in his hand, a little puzzled.
No pop-up window, unknown material.
And there is something wrong with the thickness.
He put it on Bai Jin's wrist and tested it. He felt that the band was a little loose and easy to slip off.
But if it is a necklace, is it a little too thin? How can it be called a necklace?
Xu Zhiyan had completely forgotten that what he said was "I want him to be used by me and be my dog", so he was unable to match the train of thought of the item's maker.
God knows he just said it casually at the time and didn't really mean to get a dog collar.
After all, this is Party A's slice, and these memories will return in the end. He keeps asking Party A to do him a favor, which is... ahem, not good.
But the system was temporarily closed due to establishing an anchor point, so Xu Zhiyan had to figure out where to bring the thing himself.
Bai Jin took a glance and understood the design concept. He licked his lips and looked a little excited.
"Bone collar, dear, I like it very much... No, I should say everything related to you, I like it very much. Do you want to put it on me personally?"
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyan shuddered, his scalp went numb, and he almost dropped the thing in his hand.
He quickly put the string of bones on Bai Jin's right hand, and pulled it up to the upper arm.
Well, it’s okay as an armband.
Bai Jin raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him would put a collar on his arm.
But thinking that the other party is still very naive when it comes to these things related to interest, it can't help but find that the other party is a little cute.
Just as it was thinking about all sorts of things, the pottery jar on its chest was taken away.
Bai Jin didn't move.
It sensed something was wrong.
Its power did not recover after the pottery jar was taken away. Instead, it became... a little strange?
Just when it was still confused, its body suddenly sat up by itself.
Sit, stand, re-tighten the towel around the waist, walk, sit, squat, stand up...
Its body is controlled by another person.
"not bad."
Xu Zhiyan spoke calmly.
It’s just that this kind of control is a bit brain-intensive. He is now performing these precise movements just to intimidate Bai Jin.
Judging from the other person's appearance, he was indeed shocked.
"Your body now belongs to more than just yourself. I hope you will be obedient from now on." He cleared his throat and spoke the carefully prepared lines.
However, Xu Zhiyan forgot.
He was facing a pervert.
"Of course, dear, although this is my body, you can do whatever you want..."
"Shut up."
Xu Zhiyan couldn't handle the other party's dirty talk.
However, apart from not being able to control what the other person said, he was very satisfied with the overall experience.
Soon, the family was back to being a family of three.
At noon, Xu Zhiyan looked at Bai Jin's back as he cooked and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Considering that it may take a little time and adjustment for Xu Xiaohua to accept Bai Jin.
As a father with little fatherly love, he was about to go out after lunch. He only touched his stepdaughter's head before leaving.
"Talk to your mom. Dad left first because of something."
"Bang!"
The door was closed, leaving Xu Xiaohua standing there alone, her big eyes filled with despair.
She turned around and looked at Bai Jin, who was about to laugh, and her eyes turned dark.
Downstairs, Xu Zhiyan went straight to the abandoned kindergarten.
But what he didn't know was that not long after he left, a silver-haired young man in an electrician's uniform came to the downstairs of Building 167 carrying a toolbox.
He adjusted the brim of his hat and walked in.
【14】
Xinan pressed the elevator button.
He inexplicably wanted to meet that person.
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