Yun Jian was no longer flustered. She leisurely found a stool and sat down. "If you want us to help you, then tell us the details of your situation!"
The man walked over, but remained wary, keeping a slight distance from the group.
"My name is Mu Yuan, and I'm a junior in college. The day before yesterday was Friday. After finally finishing a week of classes, I planned to go to an internet cafe to indulge myself for one night. But I was too tired, and I fell asleep while playing games at the internet cafe. When I woke up, I was here. I had no food or water, so I started wandering around in the jungle until I encountered the charred corpse. You can imagine what happened next."
After hearing this, they all saw doubt in each other's eyes.
"Didn't anything else happen before you came in here?"
Mu Yuan thought for a moment and shook his head.
Liang Song asked again uncertainly, "Didn't a dialog box suddenly appear, asking you to make a choice or something?"
Mu Yuan shook his head again: "No, I'm very sure."
Because of these two questions, Mu Yuan sensed something was amiss. "Did you have something before you entered this place?"
He first looked at Yun Jian.
Yun nodded.
He then looked at the fourth brother, who nodded as well.
He looked at Bai Yu, who nodded in agreement.
Mu Yuan's face darkened. "Why is that?"
Is he so bad at the game that the system doesn't even bother to ask him?
Yun Jian told Mu Yuan to open the system panel, "Take a look at your basic attributes first, and then see if you have any special skills. If you have a powerful special skill, it can greatly increase your chances of survival."
Mu Yuan looked at everyone blankly: "How do I open it?"
The fourth brother patiently taught him how to operate the equipment again.
Mu Yuan opened his system panel. All the stats were average, and his special skill was... Insight.
When he uses a skill on a creature, he can freeze the creature's movements for one second.
However, there is a limit to the number of times it can be used: once every two days.
Mu Yuan glanced at everyone's expressions and asked, "Is my skill considered good or bad?"
"Not bad. If used properly, it can save your life."
After saying that, he sighed, recalling how his useless skill was a source of bitter tears.
Having learned everything Yun Jian and the others wanted to know, they told Mu Yuan to rest well and then left.
The live stream chat remained silent for a long time.
[New players are still joining at this time, and from what he said, he seemed completely unaware of the situation and was simply pulled in. Will we end up being pulled in one of those days?]
Don't scare me! I enjoy watching streams of this game, but I don't want to actually play it myself!
"Holy crap, this is terrifying. With my IQ, I'd be instantly killed as soon as I went in."
Never before have I so desperately wanted them to get rid of the charred corpses.
Does anyone know anyone at Bete who can help me find out when they'll fix the bug? I don't want to be one of those unlucky people dragged into the game for no reason.
Lin Yongqi has been in contact with her uncle these past few days.
But every time, the man's reply was the same four words: "Still no good."
Seeing this, Lin Yongqi finally couldn't help but call her uncle again. Before she could even speak, the other end said urgently, "No, no, we can't get involved at all. I know you're anxious, Yongqi, but we're just as anxious! I'll tell you as soon as I have good news, okay? Just wait, okay?"
Sensing that the man intended to hang up, Lin Yongqi quickly spoke up, "That game is recruiting new players, Uncle, are you aware of that?"
The man paused in his breathing. "What did you say?"
Lin Yongqi then recounted what she had seen with the man in the Yunjian live stream that day.
She could clearly hear the man's breathing was a little hurried. "Okay, I understand. We'll do our best to resolve it."
Lin Yongqi hung up the phone, but she still felt uneasy.
In the game, Yun Jian and the others also looked grim.
They had absolutely no idea how the system recruited new users, how many people had already been recruited, or where those people were.
"We need to hurry up and protect the new players, otherwise they will have a hard time escaping when they encounter charred corpses, and the number of charred corpses will increase, making our survival environment even worse."
Bai Yu couldn't help but slam his fist on the table.
"But as more and more players enter the game, resources will be even less when distributed among all players, competition will become more intense, and our living environment will become even harsher."
At this point, Yun Jian suddenly looked up: "Unless... the space in the jungle increases."
Everyone looked at her in astonishment upon hearing her words.
They had considered this issue, but a game is a game; it only has a limited map size, and at the edge of the map, there's a thick layer of white fog that doesn't allow anyone to enter.
Bai Yu sighed, "I've been living in this jungle for so long, I'm already tired of it. But I went to the edge of the map a few times and still couldn't get through the white fog. Every time I went in, it was like there was a barrier blocking me and then I was bounced out."
The fourth brother also said, "I've played many map exploration games, and they're all like this. The game will never let you go outside the map boundaries."
Yun Jian frowned. "But the capacity of the map is completely disproportionate to the size of the map. This is unreasonable."
The dead did not leave, but turned into charred corpses. The living players kept consuming resources, and the game was constantly bringing in new players. Resource regeneration was slow, so when they went out now, the resources they could find were far less than before.
If the number of players continues to increase, Yun Jian has no doubt that the game will collapse soon.
The fourth brother and Bai Yu didn't speak again, only Liang Song quietly echoed, "It does seem that way so far, but generally speaking, the expansion of the game map usually relies on system updates."
Yun Jian shook her head slightly, "No, I think the system has already been updated once."
Everyone was puzzled, so Yun Jian explained, "The game developers said they can no longer intervene in the game at all, and I think that's the point of the update. Moreover, there's another very important piece of evidence..."
At this point, Yun Jian paused and looked at everyone.
Liang Song seemed to understand something, and continued Yun Jian's words: "I've never seen a game bring in new players before, but now it does. It's very likely that bringing in new players is a feature that was added after the update."
That makes it clear to everyone.
Bai Yu was a little excited: "Shall we go out now and take a look at the edge of the map?"
Yun Jian stood up. "Let's make some preparations first, and we'll set off in half an hour."
The fourth brother conscientiously went to charge the energy storage ball.
Half an hour later, Yun Jian took Bai Yu and Xiao Zhen to leave. Before they even left the camp, a figure chased after them, "Wait, wait a minute, I want to go too!"
The group turned around and saw that it was Mu Yuan.
“I heard what you said before, and I have realized my situation. You said my special skills are very useful, so I want to train them. I want to overcome my fear of charred corpses.”
Yun Jian glanced at him. Despite his imposing manner, his hands were actually trembling.
Bai Yu glanced at him unhappily, "Do you even have any combat experience? You dare to come with us? What if you encounter a charred corpse and faint from fright? We'll have to spare some attention to save you!"
Hearing this, Mu Yuan lowered his head in shame, then solemnly assured him, "I was unprepared before, which is why I was so frightened by the charred corpse, but this time I'm mentally prepared, and I definitely won't be like that!"
Bai Yu snorted lightly, "That's not necessarily true. Look at your hands."
Mu Yuan quickly put his hands behind his back.
He now knew that Yun Jian was in charge here, so he put on a pitiful look and pleaded with Yun Jian, "Boss Yun, please let me go, I promise I'll do my best!"
Before he could finish speaking, a gleaming knife suddenly appeared in front of him.
Mu Yuan blinked and looked at the owner of the knife, the little girl who had given her the meat.
But at this moment, she was no longer the soft and gentle girl she once was; instead, she had a fierce look on her face, as if everyone owed her a life.
Mu Yuan was a little scared and tentatively pushed the knife away a bit, saying, "We're all on the same side, don't touch the knife, don't touch the knife."
After saying that, he looked at Yun Jian again, wanting to continue to act coquettishly, but just as he opened his mouth, the knife came at him again.
Seeing that he didn't want to waste any more time, Yun said, "Stop making a fuss, let him go if he wants to!"
Xiao Zhen obediently put away the knife, but her eyes were full of wariness when she looked at Mu Yuan.
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