Chapter 16 The Deliveryman (16)
white night:"……"
Is it possible that that person is me?
"Survival is my greatest strength" looked at the person opposite him and said, "Make money to level up to level two. From what you just said, you're also in this mental hospital?"
Earning money to level up to level 2: "Looks like there's dungeon overlap."
"Huh?"
"The three of us are in the same instance environment, but our specific tasks are different. At the moment when the strange phenomenon occurred, some parts of spacetime overlapped."
"Holy crap! That's an increase in multiple bizarre powers, it could easily kill people."
I can't help but feel a lingering fear as I say, "Luckily, I bought protective gear, and I survived it in just one night."
Earning money to level up to level 2: "I lost 3 health points."
Bai Ye didn't lose any health, but the newly added 0.5 damage value left him feeling uneasy.
A new player, still in the protection period, was actually directly harmed by something strange.
What does this tell us?
This indicates that the other party is highly unpredictable!
"I want to ask, if a damage value is reached, is it always necessary to rent a place for treatment? I mean, for damage values below 1."
As soon as Bai Ye spoke, the two people opposite him sat up straight.
"No, bro, are you in your newbie protection period? Are you injured?" I, the survivor, can't believe it.
Earning money to level up to level two: "You encountered a high-level weirdo in the mental hospital?"
Bai Ye didn't hide anything and told them about his 0.5 damage value.
"Survival is the best" immediately recommends renting a room. "Get treatment quickly and absolutely do not bring damage points into the dungeon. Don't think that renting a room with 0.5 damage points is not worth the money and time spent on treatment. Let me tell you, having damage points is like having wounds on your body. No matter how small the wound is exposed to the strange world, it is very likely that the strange will take advantage of it."
"Sigh, this is why we veteran players can't accumulate enough Ghost Coins. Every time we go out to do a dungeon, it seems like we've made a lot of money, but then the healing and time wasted make it all go to waste in no time."
"Make money to level up to level two," he nodded, then added, "Whether it's day or night, I suggest you stay in the neighborhood a few more days. After your treatment, go to the equipment area to exercise. Is your strength level not activated yet?"
"What strength value? Oh right, I heard you mention it before, why isn't it on my information panel?"
Bai Ye has limited knowledge of the information on his screen; he doesn't know what many veteran players do.
But when asked about earning money to level up to level 2, he said, "No one knows all the information from the beginning; everyone has to figure it out on their own. Experienced players might keep things to themselves and not share them. I only triggered my strength value after working out in the weight room."
As he spoke, he showed off his broadsword after earning money to level up to level two. "This weapon was purchased from the convenience store. Once the strength stat is unlocked, the convenience store will open up related items."
"Have you opened the convenience store?" I, the strongest survivor, doubted this.
Bai Ye: "You mean that shabby little shop with its rough art style? I've been inside."
"That's fine. Heal first, then clear the damage value and continue training. Once you unlock the strength stat, spend money to buy weapons."
Still haunted by the experience of being in a mental hospital, "Survival is the Strongest" was even more unwilling to become a deliveryman, and muttered that he was going to find people to do a life-or-death mission.
After a moment of silence, he said, "Since the space is folded, I haven't been able to protect you properly. Let's forget about the protection fee."
Before Bai Ye could say anything, the other person had already gotten up and left.
In the end, he had no choice but to rent a place to start treatment.
"Dear player, what kind of room do you need to rent? Would you like a monthly or yearly rental?"
In the lobby on the first floor, at the empty service counter, a figure suddenly appeared.
The figure was so ethereal that if you reached out to touch it, your hand would pass right through it.
Bai Ye withdrew his hand and said to the figure, "Rent the cheapest one, just a monthly rent will do."
"Okay player, room 201 on the second floor has been selected for you. Deductions will be initiated."
"Payment successfully. Here is your room key. Welcome to check in."
A chip card floated lightly into Bai Ye's hand, and the moment he grasped it, the illusory figure opposite him vanished.
Bai Ye glanced at the right side of the hall, where the stairs leading to the second floor were at the end.
Before this, when he first visited the lobby on the first floor, there was no staircase at all.
"It seems that all the rules and mechanisms in this strange forum are triggered."
As long as you don't get involved or touch it, you will never show it on your own initiative.
Bai Ye took the room key and went upstairs. Just as he reached the second floor, he suddenly heard a "ding."
That sound was so familiar; it was the elevator door opening.
Bai Ye subconsciously turned around and looked in the direction of the sound. At the end of the corridor on the second floor, an elevator door slowly appeared.
The elevator doors opened, and a person stepped out.
The other person's face was blurry; he couldn't see anything clearly.
But as the person passed by, he paused for a moment and laughed, seemingly puzzled.
Bai Ye found the smile strange and wanted to ask it, but the person beside her had already gone downstairs.
However, after hesitating for only a second, the other person disappeared from his sight.
"!"
Did they come down from the upper floor?
That's fast!
...
Bai Ye rented room 201. She swiped her card to enter and was completely taken aback.
Nothing special, the room, which was only about ten square meters, was completely empty except for a ward that looked very much like a coffin.
It was indeed a coffin, the only difference from an ordinary coffin being that it was made of extremely high-quality crystal. Aside from that, the surface of the coffin was covered with various patterns, giving it a very complex and profound appearance.
Bai Ye circled the treatment pod but didn't see any electrical outlets.
"Therefore, the energy source is not electricity."
He touched the outside again, but found no energy stone inlays or anything like that, thus ruling out energy supply once more.
As for those patterns, Bai Ye couldn't understand them and simply ignored them.
Open the intensive care unit and lie down inside.
The hatch began to close automatically, and a mechanical sound rang out the instant it closed.
[Healing activated. Player damage detected: 0.5. Estimated healing time: 12 hours. Healing cost: 38. Please pay in advance.]
Bai Ye suddenly opened his eyes, stared at the crystal-clear treatment pod, and cursed under his breath.
"Weird! You're so stingy, have you gone crazy from making money?"
"Renting a house costs money, staying in a house for treatment costs life points, and now you're telling me I have to pay for opening the sanatorium myself?"
"You skinflint! Even capitalists aren't as capable as you!"
[Player detected as emotionally agitated. Please remain calm; this will aid in healing.]
Players can choose to recharge: recharge 100 and get 10 free, recharge 200 and get 20 free, the more you recharge, the more you get.
[Does the player wish to initiate treatment? A one-time treatment costs 38; please pay in advance.]
"..."
Bai Ye was furious.
Inside the treatment pod, they punched and kicked.
After venting his frustrations, he reluctantly decided to top up his account, but only by 100 yuan at a time.
"Don't even think about making money off me, I absolutely will not recharge more."
[Player selects to recharge; recharge of 100 has been successful; 10 bonus credited. Healing initiated; 38 deducted; healing begins.]
Bai Ye lay in the treatment pod, originally angry and irritable, her mood at its worst.
It feels like being exploited again and again by unscrupulous capitalists.
But the moment the treatment began, warmth, sunshine, happiness, bliss... all the wonderful feelings rushed into my brain at once.
His body was levitating, his soul was rising, floating as if he were about to ascend to the heavens.
Soft clouds embraced me, warm water washed over me, sweet delicacies filled my thirsty stomach, joyful sounds filled the air, passionate emotions stirred within me, and happiness unfolded layer by layer…
When Bai Ye woke up, a mechanical voice announced that the treatment time had ended.
He lay comfortably in the intensive care unit, unwilling to get up.
It's so wonderful; I've never felt so comfortable with my life before.
It was as if he was having a wonderful dream, a dream that contained everything.
[Player detected to be in a good mood. Initiate a second treatment?]
Bai Ye's smile froze. Without saying a word, he climbed out. "Working like a capitalist, don't even think about making money off me again!"
Looking at the screen again, there are 439 Ghost Coins remaining, and another 72 from the recharge.
As Bai Ye left the room, she glanced longingly at the crystal coffin—or rather, the treatment pod.
This stuff is really good; it heals injuries and improves my mood.
"Sigh, it's a pity I can't stay any longer, it will cost me health points. I need to hurry to the equipment area."
...
A small town under the moonlight, a small park.
Bai Ye stared in astonishment at the huge crowd and the blurry faces passing by.
Where did it come from?
How can there be so many, um, players?
I still remember the first time I entered this community, there wasn't a single person in the small park area.
"Make way, don't block the line, we're in line." Someone shoved Bai Ye.
Bai Ye sidestepped and glanced over, only to find that the line was actually for people waiting to use an ab wheel.
"An ab wheel? Is it the ab wheel I'm thinking of?"
The image that came to Bai Ye's mind was: a shirtless gym-goer, either lying down or kneeling, pushing a wheel back and forth on the ground.
What is the relationship between this type of combined exercise, which is mainly used to train the rectus abdominis and transverse abdominis, and increasing strength?
The queues for the other sections were even longer, so Bai Ye simply joined the queue behind that person, wanting to see the so-called ab wheel training.
Half an hour later, the long queue suddenly shortened, and Bai Ye went from being the 18th person to the 4th.
The training area that had been blocked in front of us was finally revealed.
Bai Ye stepped out of the group and looked ahead, only to gasp in shock at what he saw.
It's an ab wheel, but it's not exactly an ab wheel.
The person in front of them was holding something that was completely black, and except for the two ends held in the hand, it was covered with blood spikes.
Below lay a long, black carpet, its surface uneven and occasionally gleaming. There were no dried bloodstains nearby.
"It's just an ab wheel, why make it so cruel?" Bai Ye couldn't help but mutter.
The person in front chuckled: "What do you think? It's like those little toys that people play with?"
"Brother, please explain in detail."
"Ahem, since you asked, I'll tell you. See those blood spikes on the ab wheel? When you grip it tightly with both hands and push it out, none of the blood spikes can touch your body. Once a blood spike hooks onto your skin, it will immediately suck blood. If the amount of blood sucked reaches 100, 1 health point will be deducted directly."
"?!"
"Look at that black carpet again. Do you know what's inside the pits and craters in it? There are extremely cold stones hidden inside. You've used a refrigerator when you were alive, right? The temperature of those stones is higher than that of a freezer, probably around minus thirty or forty degrees Celsius. As soon as your body touches the ground, the extremely cold stones will absorb blood, and the speed at which they absorb blood is amazing."
No sooner had this person finished speaking than the person exercising in front of him cried out "Ah—" and collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.
Then, as if having a seizure, he rolled around on the ground until he rolled off the carpet before standing up again.
It was so lively before, but now it's all listless, practically half-dead.
"Probably sucked too much blood, lost 1 health point, tsk!"
Bai Ye stood in the queue, and the more he looked, the more eerie it seemed.
The exercise equipment here is even more terrifying than the eerie ones outside.
Isn't the purpose of training to increase strength?
Why are you still deducting health points everywhere?
"Brother, are there usually this many people here?" Bai Ye asked, looking at the long queue on the other side, puzzled.
The person in front of him was about to be called, and hurriedly said, "There was no one there at first, but I heard that a new player was injured by a monster while still in the newbie protection period. It's unheard of! Everyone has to train quickly. The trick of surviving in dungeons won't work anymore. Everyone is preparing to activate their strength value to buy weapons."
"Sigh, how come the power is increasing so fast? I've never heard of a new player getting injured during the protection period before."
After that person finished speaking, it was his turn, and he rubbed his hands together and began to exercise.
White, the victim, Night: "..."
I never expected that I would become the motivation for everyone's training.
Wait, that's not right!
So, am I the first player to be strangely harmed during the newbie protection period?
white night:"……"
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