Chapter 338 Safe House
Yunshan old house.
The safe house was particularly lively today. The monsters responsible for opening the door to the new copy were clamoring and making panicked and sharp noises.
The coordinates are correct, and the safe house anchor point has been dropped, but who can tell them why the copy of the passage they built is not the one originally planned? !
Qu Ji comforted the other monsters and went to the safe house to connect to the unexpected new copy.
No information, no content.
It didn't know what was going to happen inside, and its fingers couldn't help but entangle them together.
Although he has grown a lot, Qu Ji still gets nervous every time he encounters an accident. Just as he kept muttering "Brother Xu", the gray stone door in front of him slowly opened.
Qu Ji only took a glance and the whole monster froze in place.
Good news, it knows which replica this is.
Bad news, it saw something it shouldn't have!
Monsters who have been to school are different.
He unexpectedly discovered that the door opened to the underground altar of the Monster Nest Island. After seeing the two owners of the safe house rolling on the ground and kissing, Qu Ji tried his best to reduce his presence, but the other monsters standing beside him opened their mouths wide and made "oh" sounds.
Qu Ji's whole body shook, and his spine cracked instantly. Several hands stretched out from inside and covered the monsters' mouths tightly.
It looks a bit funny and makes quite a lot of noise.
The unusual sound made Xu Zhiyan's oxygen-deprived brain spin. He tried hard to tilt his head back and try to escape. He rested his elbow on the ghost's chest and mumbled unable to utter a complete sentence.
"Bai... Bai Jin... the door, the door is open."
Soon, Xu Zhiyan felt himself being released. He took big gulps of oxygen and felt that he was finally alive.
The ghosts and gods did not speak.
"Bang--"
The wide-open stone door closed and began to slowly disappear.
"The door will appear in another place. We still have ten minutes." He lowered his head and pecked the swollen lips of his beloved, his voice softer than ever before.
From His perspective, the young man was lying on the stone floor with his eyes narrowed, his chest heaving violently, his hair helplessly spread out, leaving his exposed forehead covered with sweat. His clothes were full of wrinkles due to his previous movements, and even the buttons on his collar had been unbuttoned at some point, revealing his delicate collarbone.
Meeting Xu Zhiyan's watery eyes, the ghost couldn't help but tighten his hands on the other's waist.
He really wanted to take people back like this.
But the remaining rationality kept beating on His nerves, telling Him not to do so.
The main system was already suspicious of the people in front of it, and now with Cen Jinyue's death, it would be safest to let Xu Zhiyan return to the player group and stay with others. This would also make it easier for the safe house system to negotiate.
Ghosts and spirits are not stupid.
He had waited so long for the other party's response that he certainly would not allow his uncontrolled impulse to ruin the other party's good fortune, not to mention that his goal had already been achieved.
On the other side, Xu Zhiyan, who had caught his breath, regained his IQ.
As if he thought of something, his brows raised, he turned his head to look at the place where the safe house passage disappeared, then turned back and glared at his own Party A.
Damn it, don’t think he doesn’t know what Bai Jin is thinking!
The two people just confirmed their relationship in the copy, but the other party couldn't even wait to go back and announced the progress of their relationship as soon as the channel was opened.
With so many monsters watching, he believed that within three minutes, all the monsters would know that he was with the ghost. He could already imagine the group of big-horn monsters howling with their mouths pricked up.
But a few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan sat on the altar with only half of the stone slab left, and caught a glimpse of the ghost who was seriously tidying up his clothes.
Suddenly, he felt that it didn't matter if the monsters knew about it?
...Anyway, his client is very cunning, and the monsters will definitely know about this in the end.
Thinking of this, he decided to give up and pretend nothing happened.
"Go back first and let the system negotiate with the main system. Not even a single point less than 2.8 million points will do."
Pretending to change the subject, with the bonus of money, Xu Zhiyan finally seemed to have returned to his original state, and his tone was calm and normal.
Of course, business is more important!
He jumped off the stone altar and fled towards the door to cover up his abnormal heartbeat.
The ghost laughed softly, and did not expose his lover's duplicity. He just stared at the red ears exposed from Xu Zhiyan's back until the other's figure completely disappeared.
After a moment, the ghost standing there slowly closed his eyes.
The air around the underground altar began to fluctuate slowly, and the sound of iron chains colliding continued to be heard. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the hall of the safe house.
The dancing monsters seemed to have pressed the pause button and entered silent mode in an instant. They immediately shrank their bodies and moved away.
The ghost was in a good mood and ignored the monsters. He spoke softly to the air in front of him.
"Go talk to the main system. It will cost extra money to give up the passage."
The safe house system appears immediately.
[Okay Mr. Ghost! ]
[Specific pricing is...]
"It cannot be less than three million points. The more the better." He even added 200,000 points to the minimum limit given by Xu Zhiyan.
[receive! ]
The system agreed while sighing in its heart.
It is true that those who are close to vermilion will be red, and those who are close to ink will be black!
Its host is really strong. Even the ghosts and gods who used to be detached from the world have been abducted and led astray.
…
Xu Zhiyan successfully returned to the player group.
Everyone cautiously asked about the owner of the strange nest in the church.
Considering that one lie requires more lies to cover it up, he simply pretended to be confused once and for all, and said, "What are you talking about?" "What church monster nest owner?" "My head hurts, it seems that some memory has disappeared..."
First, an unlucky player had his mind controlled by the devil priest after just one look, and then the clown lost his memory after going underground to recover.
Xu Zhiyan pretended very well, and soon everyone accepted the fact that his memory had been erased. They all lamented that there were such terrifying and powerful monsters in the copy.
Subsequent copy logouts were not smooth.
The door of the safe house appeared in the center of the island. The main system took a long time to allow players to enter the safe house to rest.
After Xu Zhiyan replaced Xu Xiaohua's box with a new one, he went with the flow and huddled in a corner of the special docking courtyard with the other players, looking at Liu Liu who kept stealing glances at him.
"You... have been... detained."
"Wait for the main system... Once you've paid the money, we'll let you go..."
A centipede-like monster with many hands waved its arms, exuding a sense of pressure, while delivering water to a row of players in the corner of the wall, it explained.
Everyone was shocked when they heard that they were detained.
Of course, Xu Zhiyan is no exception.
He was more shocked than the others.
Hey, what did the ghost say to the system? They didn't seem to talk about taking players hostage in exchange for money just now!
Fortunately, the results are very good.
About two hours later, Liu Liu came back and gave each player a bowl of hot instant noodles.
"Master system, settle the balance... and you can leave now."
It spoke a little slowly, but none of the players dared to say anything. After hearing that they could leave safely, they all showed expressions of relief.
The monster in front of me is really scary.
The crisis was resolved. Jiang Huaique breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to talk to his teammates, but then he saw Xu Zhiyan had already opened the lid of his instant noodles and started eating.
"Hey, we can leave soon anyway, why eat instant noodles?"
"Well... who knows when the main system will complete the payment." Xu Zhiyan has dealt with the main system many times and knows that the other party is difficult to deal with. Now that there is an additional ransom payment, it may take some time.
Jiang Huaique sighed after hearing this and thought so too, so he opened his portion of instant noodles.
Suddenly, his expression paused. He first looked down at his noodles, then frowned and stretched his head to stare at the instant noodle bucket in his teammate's hand with a puzzled tone.
"Why are there scallops and abalone in your noodles...wait, is that a lobster?"
The more Jiang Huai Que looked, the more he felt something was wrong.
He flipped over the instant noodles in his hand with a fork and found only a boiled egg and some green vegetables in it.
"?"
Why are we treated differently?
Xu Zhiyan slowed down his chewing. He looked at the exaggerated seafood grand slam instant noodles in his hand, then looked at the dry vegetables in his teammate's bowl. He picked up a few scallops and shrimps, thought for a moment, and picked up a vegetable again.
"I'll trade with you," he said.
"Fuck, is this a question of changing?" Jiang Huaique almost broke the chopsticks.
As the smell of food spread, more and more players realized that they might not be able to leave for a while, so they started to eat. Jiang Huaique looked at the others who didn't even have braised eggs and green vegetables, and silently closed his mouth.
Feeling the strange looks from others, Xu Zhiyan threw the bowl away after finishing his meal and explained.
"I am the SVIP of the safe house."
Isn't it right that he has privileges?
After hearing this, the other players could only grit their teeth and accept this explanation. After all, money really can do anything.
…
The main system finally settled the final payment.
The released players recovered in the shell before leaving.
When Xu Zhiyan returned to the safe house with a changed identity, the first person to greet him was the system.
[Host! Please praise me! Hurry up! I negotiated a compensation of 4.2 million with the main system this time!]
Although it still acts silly in front of its own host, the safe house system is not at a disadvantage when facing the main system, and it exceeds the task. It is in a state that needs to be kissed, hugged and lifted up.
Xu Zhiyan likes anything that can make money for him.
With the good news in front of him, he was not stingy and used exaggerated words to satisfy his naive system, and his tone was full of sincerity.
"Oh my God, I am so lucky to have such a perfect system like yours. You are one of the pillars of the safe house. I don't know what I would do without you..."
The system was so confused that it lost its way.
[Host! I will definitely work harder to make money next time! ! ! ]
The system that was silently complaining about the people being associated with good people has now turned into a money-grubber.
At the head of the hall, the ghost god found the conversation between the master and servant somewhat amusing. On the silver panel beside him, Asa typed a string of silent ellipsis marks.
【……】
Sure enough, the AI's intelligence is already set at the factory.
Fortunately, it still remembered its mission, continued to report, and hurriedly organized the memories brought back by the ghosts and gods.
[In this battle, all information about Shiva has been collected. ]
[Asa believes that the weapon system needs to be further upgraded. I hope you can persuade Mr. Xu to continue the project development.]
The opponent is getting stronger and stronger. It understands Xu Zhiyan's idea of being reluctant to use a large number of weapons because he is reluctant to spend money, but according to its estimation of the combat power of the ideal country, Shiva still needs to continue to be upgraded to play a sufficient role.
As for the financial expenditure...
Well, it's just an ordinary money-burning machine.
The ghosts, who had always had a calm expression, were slightly stunned when they saw this.
"I'll try my best."
He replied.
Persuading Xu Zhiyan to spend more money to develop weapons that might not be used... He was not very sure about this matter.
Asa got a satisfactory answer and continued to report new problems.
[Thanks to Mr. Xu's previous promotion, orders for the Thunder Longbow and its matching arrows have exploded. We have modified the material output of the remaining ports and accelerated production.]
[In addition, I need you to connect your memories with Mr. Xu.]
The ghost nodded, but what was displayed on the silver panel next made him a little confused.
[Based on the conversations between Mr. Xu and you in the past, as well as the information he was able to obtain in the present world, before coming to the safe house, Mr. Xu lived in the city most of the time, and only went to the Xu family's old house a few times.]
[But from the memories you brought back, it seems that Mr. Xu lived in an old house in the suburbs when he was a child.]
It chooses its words carefully.
[The person who stayed in the old house with young Mr. Xu has a chance to be half of your heart...]
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