Chapter 3: Village in the Rain (3)
The hotel reception is on the second floor, and a young couple is sitting on the sofa in the guest lounge.
There was no staff at the front desk, and Yima was checking in alone.
Su Yue and the others looked at each other in confusion with the young couple.
The one who spoke just now was the boy among the two.
That is the "second batch" of tourists.
It is logically reasonable because according to Yima, the game does not officially start before checking in.
Before the game starts, it is true that players arrive in batches, and this is not uncommon.
Su Yue glanced at Zhou Hu, and as an old player, Zhou Hu immediately understood what the boss meant by this look.
You must first determine whether the other party is a player or an NPC.
Because if it's a player, no matter whether it's an enemy or a friend, at least everyone has the same goal, which is to stay alive. If it's an NPC, then it might be a mole, and things will be much more troublesome.
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The couple is very young. The girl is probably nervous because she is in an unfamiliar environment, while the boy is carefree and looks nonchalant.
Zhou Hu walked over and asked with a casual smile, "Hey, are you also tourists visiting the village?"
The girl looked at Zhou Hu's face, which was intimidating without even being angry, and shrank back into the sofa.
Zhou Hu: “…”
Fortunately, the boy was quite brave and replied, "Yes! Are you here to play too?"
"Yes." Zhou Hu said.
The boy's reaction seemed to have completely replaced the identity of a tourist, always feeling like an NPC, so Zhou Hu asked again, "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Yuzhou." The boy patted the girl's shoulder and said with a smile, "She's from Yunyang. We fell in love online."
Zhou Hu was stunned. That wasn't right. Yuzhou and Yunyang were both real-life place names.
Unless it is such a coincidence that the game world also has the same place name, otherwise they should be real people.
But are real players so relaxed?
Hidden master?
Zhou Hu has actually never been good at talking. He is more accustomed to solving problems directly. He got stuck when asked this question.
However, Su Yue came to the rescue just in time, with a smile that made people feel very approachable at first glance: "How did you know about this place? Did you see it online?"
The girl met Su Yue's eyes, and her expression relaxed a little. She glanced at the boy and said, "No, it's a free trip he won in a lottery."
Su Yue was stunned: "Did you win it in a lottery?"
"Yes!" The boy cleared his throat loudly, "I won a free trip for two in the lottery, so I brought my baby here!"
What is going on? Zhou Hu is now completely confused.
The boy boasted, "I even gave my baby a surprise! I lied to her and said we were just going out for dinner, but when I opened my eyes, I was already on the tour bus. Baby, am I awesome?"
The girl nodded hesitantly.
Zhou Huren was completely stunned and looked at Su Yue and Cang Zhi for help.
Su Yue didn't quite understand either.
According to the process described by the boy, they are indeed players, because he said "as soon as they open their eyes", players must wake up from a sleeping state when entering the game. This is the most basic difference between them and NPCs.
But the lottery statement is totally wrong. If the game wants to attract people to join, they should either directly announce it to old players, or directly drag in new players who are completely in the dark. It is impossible to inform them about the lottery first.
So no matter whether the boy is a newcomer or an old player, he is definitely telling lies.
The girl seemed to know nothing, but because she trusted her boyfriend, she reluctantly accepted this outrageous statement.
Su Yue didn't know why the boys were like this. Was she on guard against them? Or did she have other ideas?
While he was thinking, the boy laughed again:
"Have you had dinner here yet? The food is really good and free, but it's gone after a certain time. I have to go back for more tomorrow morning."
He quickly glanced at Yima, and after making sure that she wasn't paying attention, he stood up again, acting like a brother, and was about to put his arm around Su Yue's shoulders.
Su Yue dodged the boy's action without making a sound.
At the same time, he made a "don't get excited" gesture to Cang Zhi, who stood up next to him with an unhappy look on his face.
The boy didn't get the hug, but he didn't take it seriously. He lowered his voice and continued, "Hey, guys, did you see those golden jars outside the villagers' yards? The guide lady wouldn't let me see them, but they look pretty cool. Are you interested in going to take a look?"
Su Yue: "..."
Why does he feel that this boy is just a big fool who loves to pretend, is greedy for small gains and doesn't know how to live or die?
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The boy seemed to want to have a good chat with Su Yue about the golden jar. Fortunately, Yima had finally completed the formalities.
He probably felt that he couldn't say these things in front of the guide, so he winked at Su Yue with a very familiar expression that said "let's talk later". Su Yue turned her eyes away and ignored him.
Yima stood in front of the old reception desk, still smiling. "Before the tour officially begins, please allow me to inform you of the three rules for touring the village."
“First, please watch all performances with a happy mood.”
"Second, after the curfew bell rings, please do not leave the room under any circumstances."
"Third, do not leave the village without permission."
"For your safety, please be sure to follow the rules. I will bring gifts for everyone tomorrow." Yima said with a smile, "I wish you all a pleasant evening. Good night."
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Yima left with the child in her arms, and before leaving, she handed a bunch of door keys to Zhao Shuo, who was closest to her.
"Everyone has a key, and each key corresponds to a room. Everyone can only sleep in his or her own room. Please be sure to abide by this, dear guests." Yima said with a smile.
Only tourists were left in the stilt bamboo house.
The window at the end of the corridor was open, and a draft blew through, making it feel eerie.
clang--
The first bell, signaling curfew, rang out solemnly through the villages and bamboo forests.
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In survival games, some things are called "game rules," like the framework of the world; breaking them means death. Other things are called "game settings," like clues to a puzzle; breaking them doesn't guarantee a defenseless death. I'm not sure which of the three rules Ima mentioned falls into this category.
But on the first night of the game, I knew nothing about the background and settings.
Obviously it is better to abide by the rules.
There are still ten minutes until curfew, and we are not allowed to leave the room after curfew, so the first thing to do now is to separate the rooms.
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There are stickers of different colors on the keys, and the same color means they are in the same room.
There are five rooms in total, two on the second floor and three on the third floor.
"I suggest Su..." In the end, Zhou Hu was unable to call Su Yue's name directly because of an inexplicable sense of awe.
"I suggest that the boss and I be on two separate floors. Since we're both veterans, if anything does happen, we can both take care of everyone."
In fact, once the curfew arrives, you can’t even leave the house, and there’s nothing you can do to take care of things.
But no one had any objections.
"Veteran? What veteran?" asked the boy in the young couple.
"A veteran in playing games." Zhou Hu answered while observing the boy's reaction.
The boy looked bewildered, but only for two seconds before he slapped his thigh and said, "I'm also a veteran gamer. I'm pretty good at it! Can you guys play PUBG? Or King of Glory?"
Zhou Hu: “…”
Su Yue: "..."
No matter whether he is pretending to be stupid or really is stupid, this guy is really too stupid now and no one wants to pay attention to him.
Zhao Shuo handed out the keys silently, and the boy didn't care. He started bragging to his girlfriend about his glorious gaming achievements.
Su Yue and Cang Zhi must be in the same room. When they took the door key, they actually smiled at each other, which attracted the attention of single guy Zhao Shuo.
Afterwards, Zhao Shuo and Zhou Hu formed a group, while Briefcase and the short guy formed a group. It seemed that Briefcase took the initiative to find the short guy. The short guy didn't seem to want to form a group with anyone, but he still agreed.
The girl in the couple took the initiative to offer to live with the girl, otherwise the girl would be left alone.
Although the boy didn't look happy, he still agreed.
The short guy had always wanted a room of his own, so when he saw this situation, he immediately discussed with the briefcase and asked for a room of his own, and let the boy share a room with him.
Briefcase was originally afraid of short people, and when he heard him say that, he was overjoyed and agreed immediately.
After the rooms were divided, Su Yue Cangzhi and two girls lived on the second floor, and the rest lived on the third floor.
"That's good. Everyone gets what they want." Zhao Shuo muttered, "Let's..."
clang--
The curfew bell rang for the second time.
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Everyone immediately stopped chatting, and those who needed to go upstairs went upstairs, and those who needed to go into the corridor went into the corridor.
Su Yue was about to enter the room when the girl behind him timidly called out, "Classmate, can I ask you a question?"
Su Yue rarely gets called that, but he quite likes it because it makes him look younger. So he smiled happily and asked the girl, "What's wrong?"
"I want to ask." The girl bit her lower lip, her face a little pale, "Did you hear any noise outside the village just now? What was that? A tiger?"
Sure enough, she also heard the roar and was very concerned.
Looking at the girl's expression, you can tell that she knows nothing about the current situation. Although she has some doubts, she still chooses to believe her boyfriend's lies.
She looked frightened now, and it was almost night.
She was in the same room with the little girl, who was not very courageous and had been through a lot of stress today.
Su Yue had seen people who scared themselves crazy before.
In this kind of game, going crazy is basically the same as dying.
So I'd better keep it a secret from her tonight.
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Thinking of this, Su Yue subconsciously glanced at Cang Zhi. Cang Zhi received his message and said to the girl, "That roar is from the beast sleeping in the mountains, roaming..."
Su Yue: "..."
no.
He just looked at Cang Zhi for approval, but it was understood as an order to "explain the situation."
If he continued talking, something would happen. Before Cangzhi could finish speaking, Suyue quickly reached out and grabbed Cangzhi's wrist.
This means "stop".
Cang Zhi immediately shut up and looked at Su Yue in confusion.
Su Yue expressionlessly pulled Cang Zhi behind him, then said to the girl with a very kind smile, "Ignore him, his chuunibyou hasn't gone away yet."
The girl seemed to understand, but she said timidly: "...Oh."
"He just makes up some fantasy stories every day." Su Yue said, "Anyway, just ignore him."
"I'm not imagining things." Cangzhi argued.
Su Yue looked at Cang Zhi again, and Cang Zhi shut up obediently.
"That's a wild beast from the mountains." Su Yue continued kindly, "This is a very primitive mountain village after all. It's normal to have some large wild animals in the mountains. They won't run down the mountain, don't worry."
While talking, Su Yue was also paying attention to the little girl with them, because the little girl knew the truth. If she thought they were deceiving the girl and tried to explain, things would be awkward.
The little girl actually understood them well and helped them comfort the girl, saying, "Don't worry, we just walked down the mountain. We're all fine, aren't we?"
Su Yue also agreed: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you, nothing will happen."
Following the words "It will be fine", Su Yue felt a slight tingling sensation in his left ear where the earring was, but he ignored it.
After sending the two girls into the room, Su Yue was just about to go back to the room with Cang Zhi to teach him a lesson: "You don't have to explain every situation as soon as I see you," when he suddenly heard a commotion upstairs.
There's still some time until the third curfew.
After all, there are two people above him who call him boss.
Although Su Yue didn't know what to care about, he went upstairs without hesitation.
Cang Zhi also followed behind him.
As soon as we reached the third floor, we found that the boy, Zhao Shuo and Zhou Hu were confronting each other in the corridor.
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When Su Yue saw this scene, his first reaction was that the boy was indeed an old player, and an old player with ulterior motives.
As soon as Zhou Hu saw Su Yue, he said, "Boss, try to persuade this guy. He's crazy and insists on going out for adventure at night."
Su Yue:...?
He remained calm throughout the entire night, and even when he met a group of new people, he tried to calm them down. But this time, Su Yue really wasn't calm.
He looked at the boy in confusion.
"Why can't we go out?" The boy looked at them in surprise, waving his hands exaggeratedly. "Oh my God, you're not really going to follow those three ridiculous rules, are you? Are you guys always very strict about following the school rules when you're in school?"
"I've told you a thousand times, you're going to die!" Zhou Hu shouted angrily, "Don't you understand the word 'die'?!"
"Okay, okay, you keep talking about games and then death. It's not that easy to die. Anyway, I won't bother you even if I die." The boy waved his hand impatiently.
Zhou Hu's face turned dark. The boy didn't take it seriously at all. He turned around and looked at Su Yue and Cang Zhi.
The boy had been very enthusiastic towards Su Yue just now, and now, upon seeing Su Yue, he smiled happily: "Dude, you're here! Want to go exploring together tonight?"
Su Yue: "..."
"I'm not going." Su Yue said, "Why do you insist on going?"
"It's interesting. Every household has a gold jar at the door. It's definitely made of real gold, shiny and bright! I want to see if it sinks and what's inside. If it's gold, that would be even better. I'd be happy just thinking about touching so much gold."
The boy's eyes lit up when he said this, leaving no doubt that if he really saw a golden jar, he would definitely move the entire jar away and disappear into the mountains overnight.
"That's not real gold." Su Yue said, "If you really want to see it, wait until tomorrow. It's really dangerous."
He rarely spoke so much to others. After all, it was rare to see someone so eager to commit suicide. However, what was even more outrageous was that even after Su Yue talked to this extent, the boy still turned a deaf ear.
"Forget it," the boy waved his hand impatiently. "Dude, I saw your hair color was trendy, and I thought we'd get along, but it seems we're not the same kind of people. If you insist on being so cowardly that you don't even dare to go out for a stroll in the middle of the night, then let's just leave each other alone, okay?"
Su Yue: "..."
He silently repeated to himself ten times, "Don't be angry!" and then, in a calm tone, he dissuaded him again, "There's nothing good about strolling around here. I'm telling you one last time, it's really dangerous."
The boy frowned and smiled with a "don't tease me" expression. "I get it. Stop saying it's dangerous. I'm getting calluses on my ears. Is this some kind of local folk performance?"
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Su Yue took a deep breath, turned 180 degrees on the spot, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Azhi! I'm going to turn evil!"
Cang Zhi, who was standing behind him like a bodyguard, slid over and held Su Yue's shoulders.
He patted Su Yue's back gently, as if soothing an angry child. As he stroked his fur, he soothed him in a tone that was completely inconsistent with his cold appearance.
Cang Zhi: "Don't be angry, it's not worth getting angry with an idiot."
"Who are you calling an idiot?!" the boy said angrily.
"I'm talking to you!" Zhou Hu yelled even louder, "Idiot!"
He was almost pissed off at this boy who refused to listen, but he wanted to maintain his image in front of the boss. Now that he saw that the boss's husband had started to scold him, he gave up on restraining himself.
Cang Zhi was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders and long legs. He wasn't exactly a muscular or athletic figure, but his fighting prowess was undeniably impressive. He resembled a large black dog, usually docile around his master, but when he got really aggressive, anyone who saw him would be intimidated.
Of course, Cangzhi’s current posture is just to the extent of “slightly baring his teeth”.
However, Cang Zhi, together with Zhou Hu, who already has a ferocious appearance, is enough to intimidate this boy.
The boy saw that they were about to surround and beat him up, so he just raised his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I won't go, okay?"
Zhou Hu stared at him: "Serious?"
"Seriously!" the boy said unhappily.
"There's less than a minute left until curfew," Cang Zhi reminded.
This sentence was the highest level of warning. Everyone scattered like birds and beasts. No one could verify whether they took it seriously or not. This was the best they could do.
Only the boy didn't take the curfew seriously, but since everyone else had left, he felt bored staying here alone. He cursed and muttered, "Why do you care so much about other people's business?" and went into his room.
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In the guest room, Cangzhi was checking every corner.
The guest rooms were old, the facilities were basically normal, and there were no strange living creatures or corpses.
What is concerning is that there are some paper-cut decorations on the wall, which look a bit evil.
But Su Yue didn't seem to care.
He sat on the bed and watched Cang Zhi packing up, and suddenly said, "That young couple is wearing couple shoes."
Cang Zhi put down the vase on the table and looked at him: "Should we wear it too?"
Su Yue looked at him and raised the corner of her mouth: "No, we are not a real couple."
Cang Zhi uttered an "oh" and revealed an expression that seemed a little aggrieved. Su Yue smiled and sighed, "Hurry up and clean up. After that, take a shower and go to bed."
Cangzhi wouldn't really be angry with Suyue, so he responded obediently and went to check the bathroom.
The third bell of curfew rang, and Su Yue walked to the window. The window could not be opened, but the glass was very transparent. Qiyun Village was sleeping in the night. The street lights and residential lights were out, and only the starry sky above his head was shining.
Su Yue raised his hand and tried to break the glass, but after thinking about it, he put his hand down again.
"Let's see the situation today and see what happens tomorrow."
He muttered to himself and took off the large plain ring on his left index finger. A tiny talisman could be seen inside the ring.
Su Yue used a strange and beautiful technique to pinch the inner circle of the ring, and an electronic screen with a very cool style appeared in front of him.
This is something that only gods can see, a very trendy email interface.
Display, unread message 1.
Yes, Su Yue is not an ordinary player.
He is a god.
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Among the thousands of gods in the divine realm, each with their own responsibilities, Su Yue oversees this survival game world. His primary job is to regularly enter these game worlds for spot checks. If a bug appears, such as an NPC that's too difficult to defeat or a dead end that's impossible to beat, he reports it to the Supervisory Office.
Gods will be extremely weakened in the game, and their divine power will be basically limited to zero. Unless in extremely special circumstances, they are no different from ordinary players.
The biggest advantage gods have over humans is that they can't actually die, but they can experience the pain of death. Su Yue's predecessor, a priest, resigned because he was so bad at the game that he died every time he entered it, feeling the pain of being abused.
As a supreme god with extremely high self-esteem and top-notch overall qualities, Su Yue maintains rigorous training. Even though he can't use any divine power in the game, his abilities still maintain the level of a top player.
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As for Cang Zhi, who has always been with him, he is not a god, nor even Su Yue's boyfriend. Although everyone thinks they are, Su Yue will use the term "boyfriend" to avoid trouble.
But when facing Cangzhi, Suyue always just called him "Azhi, Azhi".
Because Cangzhi is actually a puppet made by Suyue using his divine power.
With strong physical fitness, basic logical behavior, and simple learning ability, they will become more and more in line with Su Yue's wishes according to the algorithm.
Just like a more advanced artificial intelligence, although it does not have its own thoughts, it is Su Yue's companion on his lonely journey to overcome difficulties.
It is also a good helper for home challenges that combines a fighter, an electronic pet, a chat room, a mobile luggage rack, and a pillow.
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The appearance, name and part of the personality of the Cangzhi doll are completely based on Su Yue's ex-boyfriend, the main god Cangzhi.
The data was given to him by his ex-boyfriend. When they broke up, his ex-boyfriend told him that he could use him as a real punching bag and that he was sorry for always making him angry.
So it doesn't infringe on the right of portrait. Of course, God doesn't care about this either.
But making sandbags is too unskillful.
Besides, Su Yue doesn’t want to beat Cang Zhi every day, and Su Yue doesn’t hate him.
They parted peacefully.
Cang Zhi is a heartless god, a piece of wood. Actually, they had the best relationship before they started dating, and even after they were together, he obeyed Su Yue's every word. But being in a relationship with a piece of wood wouldn't be happy, because he never seemed to truly like anyone.
So Su Yue proposed a peaceful breakup.
如果和平分手之后对着沙袋天天揍，搞得好像多么耿耿于怀曾经多么爱。
At that time, the divine master of the Academy of Classics warned Su Yue that he must get a pet or an assistant to accompany him, otherwise he would have psychological problems if he went through the levels alone for too long.
The divine master provided Su Yue with three templates: "Giant Black Dog", "Freckled Garlic Head" and "Pet Pig Wearing Little Red Riding Hood".
Su Yue: "..."
The beauty lover Su Yue decisively did not choose any of the three and made a simulated Cang Zhi.
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"Suyue."
Su Yue turned around and saw the puppet Cang Zhi coming out of the bathroom. He had already showered and was wiping his wet hair with a disposable towel. He had broad shoulders and a slim waist, and water droplets flowed down his taut muscles. He really had a great figure.
"I've checked the bathroom and there's no problem," said Cangzhi.
"Okay." Su Yue said with a smile, "I'll go wash up later."
Cang Zhi sat down next to Su Yue and said, "I don't quite understand what happened just now."
Su Yue turned around: "Hmm?"
"The boy just now swore that he would not sneak out, but it seems that human oaths have no real effect." Cang Zhi said, looking a little confused.
"Yes, human oaths have no real effect." Su Yue replied.
"Then do you still believe him?" Cang Zhi said, "He doesn't look like he really won't go. He just wants to get rid of you."
"I'm not a true god here. If I die trying to stop him, these newcomers might not survive." Su Yue said, "Besides, if someone is determined to commit suicide, even gods can't stop him."
Cang Zhi nodded: "It's hard to persuade a ghost who wants to die with kind words, right?"
Su Yue looked at Cang Zhi's serious study expression and smiled: "You learn very quickly."
Cang Zhi saw Su Yue smiling, so he smiled back and asked, "What are you doing?"
"The supervisor sent me a message and I was about to take a look." Su Yue replied.
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After entering the game world, the gods will cut off their connection with the divine world, but in order to prevent emergencies, the position of supervisor is set up to communicate with the gods in the game.
Su Yue's earrings and rings are both means of communication.
Ear studs are sirens.
When problems arise with the world's behavior (for example, a huge logic bug in the game world prevents progress, or even gods are trapped in the game world), you can use the earrings to send an alert to the Supervisor for help.
When the god's own behavior becomes problematic (such as attempting to reveal its identity in front of humans or actively disrupting the order of the game), the earrings will use a tingling sensation to warn the god and automatically send an alarm to the supervisor to draw attention.
In theory, when the supervisor receives a warning message, he should send a message to the priest to inquire about the situation.
Every time Su Yue enters the game world, a string of alarms will sound, because Su Yue always wants to protect as many people as possible and will jump wildly on the edge of violating the rules.
However, the previous supervisor had a good relationship with him. He had agreed with Su Yue that if Su Yue was really in danger, he would send twenty messages in a row, otherwise he would pretend not to see them. Otherwise, Su Yue would be very annoyed by receiving messages all the time.
But the old supervisor just resigned and was replaced by a new one.
It is said that he was transferred from a very high position. I don’t know what he was thinking.
Su Yue hadn't even said hello to the supervisor yet; he wasn't one to initiate a greeting. He checked the time the message was sent; it was right after he'd said, "I'll protect you," to the girl.
At that time, her earrings felt a prick, probably because she thought his words were hinting at her identity as a god, and the other party sent a message almost immediately.
Quite responsible.
Su Yue opened the message with this in mind. If the other party asked him why he violated the rules, he would apologize.
-[Supervisor Z: Are you in any danger? Please reply if you need help.]
Su Yue was a little surprised.
Indeed, no matter what the situation was, the message sent by the earring was the same, but the other party actually thought that he was in danger rather than violating the rules.
It's quite exaggerated, but others also have good intentions.
-【Su Yue: Dude, I just played the dungeon for a few hours, I won't be in danger, thanks.】
-[Su Yue: I was just trying to cheer the little girl up and accidentally triggered the alarm. Don't mind.]
-【Supervisor Z:……】
-[Suyue: Cat waving.jpg]
Su Yue was very familiar with the previous supervisor. He would habitually speak in a joking tone whenever he opened the chat screen, and he maintained the same attitude towards the new supervisor.
Anyway, the master told him to relax more often, and the other party will definitely understand.
-【Supervisor Z: So you are okay now?】
-【Su Yue: It's okay, don't worry.】
-[Su Yue: I usually won't be in trouble if I don't call you too hard. Don't worry, I'm very strong.]
-【Supervisor Z: Yes.】
-[Suyue: high five.jpg]
-[Su Yue: If nothing else, I'll log off and go spend time with my boyfriend?]
-【Supervisor Z:……】
-[Supervisor Z: Good night]
-【System prompt: Supervisor Z has disconnected.】
Su Yue:?
What's wrong with this god?
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