At 9:00 a.m. on the 6th day, the system's mechanical voice announced, "There are 906 players, 1,903 NPCs, and 10,629 zombies remaining in Shelter I22 (the server where the player is located)."
At 9:00 a.m. on the 7th day, the system's mechanical voice announced, "There are 862 players, 1,526 NPCs, and 3,785 zombies remaining in Shelter I22 (the server where the player is located)."
The zombies were cleared out quickly.
Hunters' hunting skills became more and more sophisticated, but accidents happened from time to time. Often a zombie would suddenly jump out from a corner or behind someone, hugging and biting them, resulting in many casualties.
As time went by, the number of zombies further decreased, and more and more players became suspicious. "Is there something wrong with this drop rate? I have killed more than 30 zombies, but I didn't see any hair?"
"Fifty thousand zombies, did they drop ten crystals? Every day they say someone has won a big prize, but all I see are residents starving to death?"
"The number of zombies has been reduced from 50,000 to more than 3,000. At least we don't have to worry about zombie sieges in the later stages of the game. That's pretty good. As for when the crystals will appear... I can only say, let it be..."
Facing everyone's doubts, Qin Mo had a nonchalant expression and said, "Sorry, in order to protect the personal safety of our customers, it is not convenient to announce the name of the lucky winner." But in fact, he was cursing in his heart.
The think tanks in the team kept saying "I know" and "I have an idea" all day long, but they were never willing to make their own statements.
Qin Mo secretly complained, who knows what that person is thinking! If he doesn't say it clearly, let's go our separate ways. After all, he values his life more than passing the level.
Besides...
Qin Mo's eyes darkened slightly. They were not long-term teammates. They just met in the last virus town and knew each other's details. This time they happened to enter the same dungeon, so they formed a temporary team.
He had seen the high IQ of the think tank. In the virus town, at the beginning of the game, the think tank insisted that all players escort the virus mother to the hospital for isolation, but no one was willing to listen to him.
As a result, the dungeon that was supposed to be easy to pass turned into a hell level difficulty! Players barely made it to the 11th and 12th days, and then fled the dungeon one after another.
After entering the dungeon this time, everyone met by chance. Someone took the initiative to suggest that they join forces and let the think tank lead the pace. The others followed orders and must not repeat the mistakes of the previous round of games!
The others thought it was okay, so they nodded in agreement.
The scam went smoothly, and the temporary teammates thought it was a great idea to obey the mastermind. Things should go as planned, the zombies are all cleared, the system announces the clearance, and then they make a lot of money from the exchange and leave the dungeon.
But I never expected that the exchange would send people to help clean up the zombies early! This sudden move disrupted all plans.
The temporary teammates were very anxious, but they could barely control their emotions and wait for the think tank to come up with ideas. Who knew that at the critical moment, the guy pretended to be dead! He looked like he had a plan in mind, but he refused to say it.
When things are going well, everyone works together and is united. When things encounter setbacks, the temporary team is not so reliable...
Not to mention others, at least Qin Mo is already thinking about a way out.
Qin Mo's thoughts wandered a lot without him noticing, and it was not until someone came up to him and spoke that he came back to his senses.
"The boss wants to see you, please come with us." The leader spoke slowly.
Qin Mo looked around and his heart sank. There were ten people in total, each wearing a neat black uniform, looking orderly. As far as he knew, only the guards supported by the caravan in the entire shelter would wear such uniforms.
Others didn't know what was going on and were still happily guessing, "Maybe the caravan boss wanted the antidote, so he sent someone there specially? Oh, why didn't I go to medical school back then!"
Qin Mo's face was indifferent, and he responded coldly, "Okay, I'll go with you." But he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. The other party took action faster than he imagined, and it would not be easy to get away.
The only way out now was to expose the mastermind behind the scenes and save himself. He lowered his eyelids to hide the calculation in his eyes.
**
Hearing that the white coat was taken away by the caravan guards, Su Han held her chin up and fell into deep thought. To be honest, she couldn't understand what these people were going to do.
As early as two days ago, when the caravan suddenly announced that they also wanted to farm crystals, Su Han felt that something might go wrong.
In order to prevent the caravan from exposing the scam, the rational approach should be to complete the transaction quickly, and then leave the shelter quickly while the moon is dark and the wind is strong. After all, the world is big, and with supplies in hand, you can go anywhere.
For this purpose, Su Han even hired people to conduct surveillance, waiting for the group in white coats to leave the shelter and then giving them a surprise!
But he just refused to leave and stayed calmly in the shelter, as if... waiting to be caught.
Su Han secretly muttered to himself more than once, with an IQ that is enough to fool thousands of people, it is impossible for him to make a fool of himself at the critical moment, right?
But the facts prove that they are so honest! If you have the courage to set up a scam, you have the courage to bear the consequences.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhong Rui asked casually.
Su Han said seriously, "I was thinking about how likely it is that a person would be penetrated while playing a game."
Zhong Rui, "..."
He discovered that his friend's train of thought had completely gone astray.
"What if they were captured by the caravan on purpose? Think about it in a different way." Zhong Rui reminded.
Su Han had a blank expression on his face. "Forgive my limited knowledge, but I have never met such an honest conspirator."
Not only was he honest, he was also stubborn. He knew that the caravan would find out something was wrong sooner or later, but he dared to stay there and wait for death.
"Being caught does not mean you will die." Zhong Rui said earnestly.
"Nothing in this world is absolute." Su Han was indifferent. "If they had known that zombies didn't have crystals in their brains, the NPCs would never have taken the initiative to hunt them. It's a fact that they were deceived."
"The person who deceived him is standing right in front of him, and he happens to have the ability to take revenge. Why would the NPC let them go? Is it because of the vitality potion?"
"But as far as I know, the caravan actually has its own medical team in private, and has recently made a breakthrough in the treatment of unknown viruses. I heard that a semi-finished product has been developed, and it is only a matter of time before the finished product comes out. What will the others do by then?"
"Of course, the only thing that can make people willingly let go of their hatred is sufficient benefits." Zhong Rui looked directly at his friend and said word by word, "If they frankly said that the vitality agent can cure all diseases, what do you think the NPC will do?"
Suddenly, Su Han's expression froze.
**
At the same time, Qin Mo was brought before the caravan boss.
"My last name is Huang, just call me Boss Huang." A middle-aged man sat on the leather chair, leaning back comfortably. He said slowly, "Can you tell me what the probability of obtaining the crystal is?"
Should he insist that there is indeed a crystal in the zombie's brain, but the other party just hasn't found it, or should he just confess and tell the truth? Qin Mo was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle in his mind.
Boss Huang smiled and said nonchalantly, "If you still can't find anything in two days, have you ever thought about what will happen to you?"
Qin Mo immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Today was the 7th day of the game, and in two days it would be the 9th day. He could not leave the dungeon at will before the 10th day. However, he was targeted by the biggest leader of the shelter, and he was doomed.
Only then did he wake up from his dream. Why did others either play the lucky ones or hide in the crowd to make trouble, but he was the only one standing in front of the public in a white coat. This guy was basically pushing him to death!
If the scam is exposed, he will be the first one to be found, while everyone else will be safe and sound!
The more Qin Mo thought about it, the more indignant he became. Why should he be the only one to take the blame for the scam that everyone had set up together? So he decisively admitted, "The crystal stone does not exist at all. The whole thing is a lie from beginning to end."
Boss Huang had already noticed this, so he was not surprised at all. He asked calmly, "Why?"
If the purpose of the show was just to auction the potion at a high price, he could understand it completely. But judging from the current situation, the show was just to trick people into fighting zombies, which was very strange.
Qin Mo began to make up a story.
According to him, a young man named Gao Chen accidentally discovered a batch of medicines that can cure unknown viruses. The young man was about to sell the medicines at a high price in exchange for sufficient supplies to live out the rest of his life, but he was shocked to find that his only relative was killed by zombies.
From then on, the young man hated zombies very much. He deliberately set up a scam just to eliminate all the zombies!
Others had either been rescued before or had been promised a bottle of potion as a reward after the task was completed, so they helped without any hesitation.
Gao Chen, who was mentioned in the story, was the real name of the think tank. Unconsciously, Qin Mo pushed all the responsibilities onto Gao Chen.
"Gao Chen..." Boss Huang muttered, "This name sounds familiar."
Qin Mo didn't intend to hide it anymore and said bluntly, "He is the first lucky person. He brought 100 kilograms of rice into the inner circle and is now working in the caravan."
"It turned out to be him." Boss Huang ordered his subordinates, "Bring him over here."
"Yes." The subordinate took the order and left.
"How many helpers are there in total?" Boss Huang asked again.
Qin Mo lowered his head, "Besides me, there are four other people. They are..." He told everything he knew, and his attitude was very cooperative.
Boss Huang turned his head and said in a deep voice, "Did you hear clearly? Go and clean up the people."
"Yes." Several more people responded and left.
Qin Mo had a blank expression on his face. He thought to himself that he had no choice. If he didn't explain the matter clearly, he would surely die. In this case, it would be better for his fellow Taoists to die than for me. Anyway, they were just a temporary team, and there was no friendship or morality to speak of.
Soon, Gao Chen was brought to the room.
Boss Huang asked slowly, "I heard that you deliberately set up a trap to trick the residents into fighting zombies in order to avenge your personal vendetta. Is this true?"
Qin Mo felt relieved and thought, you have come to this day! But when he looked up, he found Gao Chen smiling nonchalantly.
"It doesn't matter what happened. The whole story is not important anymore." Gao Chen sat down in front of Mr. Huang with a confident smile on his face and a lazy voice. "Do you want to know about this panacea that can cure all diseases?"
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