Chapter 47 Chapter 47 The old fraudster was choked,...
After hearing what Wen Qian blurted out, the fraudulent old man fell silent. No, why would this little girl react like this? This is not right, right?
He thought carefully about what he had just said... Is there any problem?
So what is she happy about?
This was his usual rhetoric, and most of the time he wouldn't get a response - these people were smart and saved their wallets five dollars.
But not everyone is unconvinced.
It wouldn't be a big loss for a small number of people who believed him. He would point out that there were sinister villains behind these people, and use the rich vocabulary he had accumulated over the past few decades to curse the villains for more than ten minutes.
They spent five dollars to buy a period of good mood, which was a great deal.
However, if the target customer doesn’t turn around and leave, or anxiously ask the person why, but instead happily says thank you…
In this case, how should he respond?
The old man who tried to disguise himself as a great man in the world was silent for a long time. He touched his beard and opened his mouth, but he couldn't organize his words for a while, so he had to touch his beard again.
It seems that he is maintaining his image as a master, but in fact he is using the action of stroking his beard to prolong his thinking time.
"It seems that you, little girl, are also destined to be together. How about this, I, an old man, will do you a good deed today and help you take a look." He spoke deeply, trying to use another of his usual words to reverse the current situation.
Wen Qian gladly accepted it. No matter how you looked at it, this seemed like the beginning of an adventure. Although she had not received any mission yet, she was patient.
Wait a little longer, the task will come out eventually.
"Just spread your hands out. One hand will do."
Looking at Wen Qian's outstretched right hand, the old man seemed to understand and nodded.
"I know that what I say casually is not very credible, but I have seen something from your palm lines."
"The father died before the mother." After saying this slowly, the old man suddenly realized that Wen Qian was a young girl, not those elderly people who were often fooled by him, so he quickly stopped the subject.
Don't curse people randomly.
"I mean, this is something that's going to happen in the very distant future," the old man added. "The very distant, very distant future."
Wen Qian: The future?
The result is obvious, there is an 80% probability that this person is a liar.
As for the remaining 20%, Wen Qian lowered his voice and asked cautiously, "Is this a preview of the next version update? Am I going to have parents?"
Old man: ...what do you mean.
"...You don't have any now?"
"No."
The old man's breath got stuck in his throat, and he suddenly felt uneasy and at a loss.
How could he say such a thing? He was going to die. He had done good things all his life... Well, he hadn't done many good things, but this was different!
"It's like this, actually I'm a fortune-telling liar. Don't be sad, that's not what I meant just now. Actually, I just..." The old man began to stroke his beard again.
He looked around and bent down to pick up the plastic bag beside him.
"Come here, little girl, this is for you." As he spoke, he took out a handful of copper coin bracelets from his bag. "I made this myself. You can take it home and wear it. It's free."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked away in a hurry, picking up his little stool, as if his butt was on fire. Even from a long distance away, one could hear him muttering to himself in frustration.
Wen Qian glanced at the old man's back, then at the rope in his hand.
I thought it was an adventure plot, but I didn't expect it to be like this. Well, actually it can barely be considered an adventure.
However, the most important thing at the moment is not to sigh about these things. Wen Qian put the bracelet into the backpack column and raised his foot to chase after the old man.
"Hey, wait a minute—"
The more she chased, the faster the old man ran. After chasing each other for a while, the chase finally ended.
"Little girl, stop chasing me. I can't outrun you with my old arms and legs." The old man said, panting.
"If you don't run, I won't chase you." Wen Qian dug into his pockets. "I can't take your bracelet for nothing. This is for you."
Unexpectedly, Wen Qian caught up with the old man because of this incident. Looking at the one dollar stuffed into his hand by the other party, he was speechless for a long time.
"Okay, that's it. I'm leaving first!" Wen Qian waved to the old man who was selling bracelets at a low price, turned around and left.
Great, the process of “purchasing” souvenirs is also done.
Fortunately, she was smart enough to catch up and pay, otherwise the purchase of souvenirs in Task 3 might have been deemed invalid.
Wen Qian completed most of the progress of the two travel tasks in one day, and even slept with a smile on his face.
When it comes to efficiency, who can beat her?
When she first arrived in City A, Wen Qian had the pressure of the mission and had not explored the city carefully. Now that the mission has begun to take shape, she is not so anxious anymore.
Treat this as a real trip, and slowly collect the remaining check-in points while exploring the map. The task time limit is very long, so she is not in a hurry.
Another afternoon, Wen Qian dragged his small wooden stick, with the hotel as the center, and turned left and right along the surrounding paths, finally arriving at an unknown road.
She leaned the stick aside and scanned the surrounding area with her camera.
[A mediocre convenience store chain (uniqueness 10%)]
[Large stone pillars found in every city (uniqueness 10%)]
[Suspected kidnapped classmate (100% specificity)]
【Unremarkable Street Light (Uniqueness 10%)】
Wen Qian, who was holding the camera, paused. Wait, what classmates?
She quickly flipped through the series of photos she had just taken, flipped over the last few photos with unclear shadows of street lights, and found the shadow of half a car in the last photo that had successfully checked in.
In this photo of a successful check-in, apart from the green trees on the roadside, the only thing that can be described as "kidnapped" in the check-in description is the car.
Wen Qian put away his camera without hesitation, picked up a wooden stick, stood on the side of the road and looked at the exhaust fumes from the cars going away.
I ran pretty fast, but unfortunately I ran into her.
Wen Qian raised his hand and a red taxi suddenly sped out from the corner of the street.
She bent down and got into the taxi, not worrying about not being able to catch up. She easily filled in the license plate number of the robber's car in the taxi destination column displayed by the system.
[Congratulations to the player for triggering the adventure - the classmate in distress
Please rescue the classmates in distress. It will be an exciting adventure, but you can do it!
Phase 1: Chasing the criminals (to be completed)
Reward: Experience Points +100, Gold Coins +30]
Wen Qian was not worried about whether he could complete the task. Was he afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the little criminals while riding in a taxi produced by the system?
I don’t know if it was because the criminals were too unprofessional or the taxi system had a built-in shielding mode, but during the entire chase, the car in front didn’t notice anything unusual and drove straight to the unfinished building on the outskirts of the city.
From a distance, Wen Qian vaguely saw the boy in a white coat with weak limbs being dragged into the unfinished building by two gangsters.
Tsk, this kind of evil person, Wen Qian frowned and said in a deep voice: "Master."
The NPC driver nodded in understanding: "Understood."
Very good, now that you understand, put her down here, she sneaks in -
"Bang--"
With a sudden acceleration, a textbook rear-end collision occurred.
The NPC driver smiled with his big white teeth: "Don't worry, I understand what you mean. They won't be able to escape again next time."
Wen Qian opened his mouth, his eyes filled with shock... So, is this what she meant? !
"They'll definitely notice something's wrong if you do this, and I'm planning on sneaking in!"
"Is that so?" The driver pondered for a long time. "Then you must be careful. They seem to be rushing towards us. It would be very dangerous if you go over now."
Wen Qian smiled slowly. Thank you very much, but she didn't have to take such a dangerous approach.
The driver was still cheering her on until she got off the bus.
"Don't worry, I'm using inch force. Their vehicles may appear to be fine on the outside, but as soon as they're driven, within 10 meters, problems will arise."
"...Thank you, but please leave."
Game, can these functional NPCs you designed be a little smarter?
[Phase 1 - Chasing the criminals (Completed)
Reward: Experience Points +100, Gold Coins +30]
Wen Qian avoided the two men who were walking towards him and stood in their blind spot.
When she heard the system's notification, her face remained expressionless.
Using reward notifications to evade player accountability? Haha, this is very game-like.
Phase 2 - Rescue the Victims (To be completed)
The intricate unfinished building is searching for the criminals who strayed into it. This is a challenge for the players.
[Mini-game - [Robber Maze] Loading...]
After seeing the two sentences of introduction to the second stage mission, the players who had not yet had time to complain suddenly had their vision changed.
The original empty environment covered with weeds disappeared, and what appeared before his eyes was an intricate dark maze prison.
At the end of the prison, a three-headed Q-version man locked in an iron cage was holding the railings and looking out. Along the way, criminals transformed into monsters wandered back and forth in the maze.
Wen Qian could see how ingeniously designed this maze was. Behind every intersection that looked like a way to survive lay a hidden danger.
But there was no worry on her face.
The maze is indeed good, but unfortunately, it is still located in City A.
And she has the regional map of City A.
The player opened the system map, and the original map navigation function was locked. There was also a line of small text at the back - this function is disabled when the maze mini-game is in progress.
Wen Qian didn't even raise his eyelids and took out the regional map that came with the travel gift package from his backpack.
Thank God, thank Earth, and thank the game for sticking with physical maps.
The system's navigation function is disabled, but the props are not disabled.
The map held by Wen Qian had an overview of the transportation routes in City A on the front, and a detailed route description of the surrounding environment on the back.
Obviously, this map prop was also confused about the current situation. The route it showed flashed back and forth between the real world and the maze environment, and finally stubbornly stabilized into a maze map.
There’s no doubt about it, this is what it detected!
The map that diligently completes its mission marks the possible results of each route.
The monsters running back and forth at various intersections did not bring any sense of crisis to this maze journey - they were identified by the map as taxis that did not obey traffic rules.
For the safety of players, these restless vehicles are marked in red, and the general patterns of their violations of traffic regulations are summarized on the side.
Patrolling a maze of intersections every five seconds—running a red light illegally every five seconds.
Wen Qian, holding the map, had a smooth journey, but to outsiders, her movements seemed a bit strange.
He walked forward a few steps, suddenly turned around and rushed to the construction waste on the side, and then jumped from the construction waste to the sand pile at the edge of the unfinished building.
Standing on top of the sand pile, he removed the wooden plank blocking the abandoned vent and crawled in.
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Chu Lingyu did not take too many drugs. He woke up in the car but did not make a sound. He calmly judged the purpose of this group of people.
After listening to their conversation briefly, he roughly judged that this group of people wanted to make a fortune from him.
To be honest, he hadn't seen a kidnapper with such a simple motive for a long time.
Seeing that the people guarding him were attracted by the loud noise outside, Chu Lingyu easily untied the hemp rope that bound his forearm and loosened his wrist.
The effect of the anesthetic had not yet completely dissipated. Chu Lingyu frowned slightly, looking at his dead and turned-off phone, and cursed in his heart.
He stood up and looked around vigilantly. This was an unfinished building, and the place where he was was one of the few enclosed spaces in the building.
Chu Lingyu, who was not planning to go out the door, looked at the only escape route - the ventilation vent.
The metal grille covering the outside of the vent was covered with rust. Chu Lingyu, who was observing the climbing route, heard a faint sound.
Those people are back?
No, the sound came from the vent.
Chu Lingyu cautiously returned to the place where he was originally tied up, half closed his eyes, pretended not to wake up, and carefully observed the movement coming from the ventilation vent.
The metal grille was easily removed by someone inside the vent.
Chu Lingyu turned his head slightly, trying to see the person clearly. Before he saw the person's face, a familiar voice reached his ears.
"So it was you who was arrested, Chu Lingyu."
Chu Lingyu opened his eyes instantly, looked up at the vent, and his face was filled with unconcealable surprise.
"Wen Qian?"
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