The man in the dark blue robe was named Ke. According to him, others called him "Old Ke". He was one of the first players to enter the KB game, but he couldn't remember how long he stayed in the game.
There is no concept of age in the gaming world, and players are in a state of stagnation. After a long time, they naturally forget their own age.
When Zhao Yan told her about the cases of players who died from excessive use of their superpowers, he also mentioned the number of players who died in dungeons. That number could still be recorded to specific people, and many players whose whereabouts were unknown were not included.
In terms of the death toll, even if the player is immortal, he cannot withstand such a waste.
Lao Ke led the two to his residence, which was also a vaulted cave. The cave was large, with a high vault, and even had a small wooden building built in front and behind it. Strange white and blue plants grew in the background.
Lu Cai glanced casually, not taking it seriously. Suddenly, a rustling sound came from deep within the flower bush. She quickly moved towards the flowers, dagger held in her hand, keeping a vigilant eye on the flowers and plants.
Lao Ke glanced at her and made a "do-do-do" sound with varying speeds. As the sound fell, a white scorpion the size of a pug emerged from the bushes.
Its body is covered with silver-like hard shell, flawless white, its claws waving, and its upturned tail swaying with the waving of its claws.
Perhaps because he had seen so many big scorpions and big scorpion monsters, looking at it, Lu Cai actually felt that it had a kind of pocket-sized cuteness.
Sure enough, the general environment will affect a person's aesthetic judgment.
The white scorpion's claws were dancing, and a "do-do-do" sound was coming from its mouth. It was very weak, and if you didn't listen carefully, the sound of the grass leaves shaking would drown out its cry.
Lao Ke let out another series of "do do do" sounds of varying lengths. The white scorpion straightened its tail, swung its thin legs, and quickly turned around and jumped into the bushes whence it came.
"It's called Dali, a little scorpion monster I found in this dungeon. Because of a problem with the program data, it hasn't grown any bigger—" Lao Ke said, then shook his head. "Lately, there have been more and more error codes appearing in the dungeon, and they can't be fixed."
Cai Lu looked at Lao Ke in surprise: "You mean...fix the code?"
Lao Ke glanced at her and said, "Why else should I fix it? Fix you?"
Lu Cai's eyes trembled, and he pretended to be calm: "Are you cooperating with the management?"
"What? Are you trying to trick me again?" Lao Ke looked at the girl in front of him with a cold expression and always felt that she was a little cunning.
Lu Cai: "I just want to learn more. If I can work for the management, it will be considered as being on the payroll, right?"
Lao Ke led the two of them into the wooden house: "You should ask him! He knows best—" Then he remembered something, "Oh, he's mute..."
666 didn't react to his words and just stood at the door, his eyes scanning the door of the wooden house.
"I was seriously ill and my family signed a letter of consent, which allowed me to enter this KB game." Lao Ke raised his hand and pushed open the door of the wooden house. Inside was a study. Facing the desk after entering the door, there were two bookshelves on each side. Various kinds of rice paper were piled on the ground, and there were also brushes with the hairs blown off rolling at the foot of the door.
Lao Ke bent down to pick up the brush and walked to the desk: "At that time, the game system was still in the development stage. I was a volunteer. Since I couldn't go back anyway, I tested the dungeon in the game-"
So, when players first enter the game, they have the right to make their own choices?
Lu Cai listened to him quietly.
"——That's when 666 and I met. He would send me a letter from home every once in a while..."
Before Lao Ke could finish his words, he started yelling. 666 squatted down beside the table and chairs in front of the desk and broke the wooden board with his fist.
Beneath the wooden board was a secret compartment. Lu Cai moved forward and saw 666 take out an iron box.
The iron box is painted red, 10x20cm wide and long, and looks a bit like the boxes used in banquet gift bags to hold candies and biscuits.
Lao Ke rushed forward, trying to grab the box, but with a flash of silver light, the tip of the knife pointed directly at his throat. If he rushed up a little more, the knife would definitely chop off his head.
It was only at this moment that Lao Ke truly realized that the 666 in front of him was not the little 6 he was familiar with. The blade on his neck must have seen blood.
"Those are my letters from home!" Lao Ke was about to cry, "Every one of them came through your hands!"
666 stared at the box with a focused, almost pious look.
Finding that he cared about the iron box, Lao Ke said nervously: "You also sent this box! If you are reluctant to give it away, I will return it to you!" After saying this, his voice lowered again, "There is a password device on it, I will open it for you——"
666 turned his head after hearing this. At first glance, his eyes were still cold, but upon closer inspection, a hint of hesitation flashed across his eyes.
"I don't want your broken box!" Lao Ke was furious, but he was also afraid of the blade on his neck and was so anxious that he wanted to jump up and down.
Lu Cai stood aside, not getting involved, and just watched the two of them confronting each other in a strange way.
666 seemed to believe what Lao Ke said. He stood up and handed over the iron box.
Seeing the iron box handed to him, Lao Ke quickly took it. He raised his hand and touched the edge of the iron box with his fingertips. A group of underlined horizontal lines arranged side by side appeared above the box. The horizontal lines were bright red, and there were twelve of them in total. The lines were short and somewhat similar to the interface for entering passwords for mobile phone payments.
Lao Ke quickly wrote the password on the short horizontal line with his finger. The password was also bright red. After he wrote one, an asterisk pattern appeared, and the numeric symbols he entered were not displayed.
When the twelve horizontal lines were filled in, the red horizontal line and the asterisk suddenly disappeared. There was only a slight "bang" sound, and the lid of the iron box popped open.
After pulling out a thick stack of envelopes, Lao Ke almost threw the box into 666's arms, as if it were a hot bomb.
666 held the open iron box, his eyes nervously fixed on the empty box. He had no idea what was inside that made him so concerned.
Lao Ke still had a cold expression on his face: "I'll reset the initial information of the iron box for you." He raised one hand and scratched the iron box a few times, "The initial password is '666'——" He said with a bit of frustration, "I gave it to someone else so long ago, and you still have the nerve to ask for it back..."
"Duoduoduo! Duoduoduo--" Outside the door, the powerful white scorpion waved its two big pincers, which quickly attracted the attention of the people in the house.
Lu Cai followed Old Ke, who was holding the letter tightly, out of the house, not forgetting to glance at 666, who was studying the iron box...
He just looked at the iron box, his hand gently stroking the side of the box, as if he was looking through an old object, tracing a forgotten past event, with an almost naive stubbornness between his eyebrows.
If he always looked like this, Lu Cai would definitely find it hard to imagine that he would be like the scavenger described by Qin Yu, killing players without mercy.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sneer. She had been kicked down from the second-floor window by him, and now the wound between her eyebrows had just stopped bleeding. Did she still have the mind to guess whether he was good or evil?
Even if you are a face lover, there should be a limit, right?
Just as she was about to look away, 666 suddenly raised his head, with a few strands of hair sticking to his eyes, and his eyes looked at her quietly.
Although he had no murderous intent or anger in his heart, Lu Cai still couldn't help but tense up, and under his cloak, he held the dagger tightly in his hand.
Seeing that he didn't seem to be about to take action, Lu Cai quickly ran sideways out of the room, then breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around and met Lao Ke's angry eyes again.
Confused, Lu Cai lowered his gaze and saw a dying large yellow-brown scorpion lying in the open space in the yard.
The scorpion's body was dripping with water, and thick black seaweed was wrapped around its chest and abdomen at one end, while the other end hung in a mess on the ground, with faint traces of dragging.
Seeing Dali circling around the big yellow-brown scorpion with small, quick steps, you can guess that it was the one that dragged the big scorpion here.
No wonder he was named Dali. Although he is small in stature, he is very strong.
"You're going too far!" Lao Ke rushed in front of Lu Cai, pointed his finger at her nose and cursed, "They're just a bunch of code that made a small mistake! They could be wiped out by the world consciousness at any time. Even if you kill them, you won't get any points... You... You're so cruel!"
Lu Cai was stunned by the scolding. She admitted that he was cruel and ruthless and went too far, but the question was, how did the other party know?
When my eyes fell on the big yellow-brown scorpion again...wait...it seems familiar?
The big scorpion also saw Lu Cai, and it immediately trembled like a sieve, hissing non-stop. With such a huge body, it could actually look so weak, helpless and pitiful.
Lu Cai: “…”
"Mr. Ke, you should put a leash on your pets. Otherwise, who would know they are domesticated?" She spoke earnestly, full of concern.
Lao Ke's eyes widened: "Could it be my fault?"
"Even if I cut off one of its tails, I would still be very..." Lu Cai sighed inwardly. Her experience as a cashier in a supermarket told her that when dealing with such unreasonable old people, she could only give in.
But Lao Ke interrupted her apology: "One? Did you cut off one?"
Lu Cai quickly distanced himself from the matter: "One of its tails was broken when I saw it. You might as well ask the person inside. As for the broken stinger, it was also broken when this little scorpion attacked me and stabbed me..."
This is a scam! She didn't dare say this.
Lao Ke glared at her for a long moment, as if trying to discern whether she was lying. Finally, he averted his gaze with a snort. He turned and ran to the big scorpion, still muttering, "I hate it when you guys tear the barcode apart. Go ahead and tear it apart, and you're only tearing half of it! If you had just torn it apart completely, I wouldn't have to fix it. I could just rewrite it..."
Lu Cai saw the big scorpion in his hand trembling, as if it was afraid that if he used too much force on it, it would be destroyed.
So, it's their fault that they spared the giant scorpion's life?
Don't understand.
666 walked past, holding the ring-handled long knife in one hand and the red iron box in the other. He slowly walked down the stairs and headed out of the cave.
Lu Cai stared at his back. So, after all this effort, he just came to get an iron box?
She frowned, not knowing whether she was happy or angry for a moment, and felt depressed, as if she had been fooled.
But, he didn't let her come down either. She came down on her own to find the way...
With a gloomy face, Lu Cai also walked out. When he passed Lao Ke, just to be on the safe side, Lu Cai still greeted him: "Mr. Ke..."
Lao Ke raised his hand, signaling her to shut up. "After you get out of the pool, pick any direction, walk three meters, turn right 30 degrees, continue forward three meters, then turn left 30 degrees and walk forward three meters. Repeat this cycle, and you'll be out."
Lu Cai: “…”
She could only thank him and was about to leave when he called her back.
"Wait a minute." Lao Ke stood up and went into the house holding the letter from home. When he came out, the letter had been replaced by a dark blue account book commonly seen in costume dramas.
"Your special ability is data analysis, right?" He flipped through the notebook in his hand. "Did you study computer-related subjects before?"
Lu Cai didn't know what her major was. She only knew that her academic performance wasn't very good, and she had no computer-related knowledge in her mind. "Probably not."
"Oh?" Lao Ke paused, then shook his head. "This is for you. I was sorting out the extra junk around the house a few days ago and was just about to throw it away. Now it seems like it's a good match for your special ability."
Cai Lu took the notebook he handed over and didn't intend to bother with the fact that he compared her to garbage for the time being.
When she opened the notebook, she saw a few words written in calligraphy on the cover that were out of place with the ancient style of the notebook - KB game data code encyclopedia?
The author's name was written in a flamboyant style, and it was vaguely discernible as "Ke".
The author has something to say:
Lu Cai (frowning): Why does 666 seem so silly...
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