Cai Lu rushed into the stairwell and ran up four floors. He looked up and saw the number "10" on the wall, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
She still remembered the way to Qin Yu's house, but she had to contact Qin Yu first.
When I opened the friend list, I saw the replies from Qin Yu and Yue Xiaoyan.
[Qin Yu: Where are you now?]
[Yue Xiaoyan: Are you okay?]
Lu Cai could only reply one by one. He first informed Yue Xiaoyan that he was safe, and then began to ask Qin Yu if he could go to her house to take shelter.
[Qin Yu: It’s okay. When will you come over?]
Just as she was about to reply that she was already on the 10th floor, she heard footsteps behind her. She drew her dagger and turned instantly, only to see a young man in a Tang suit standing on the platform connecting the 9th and 10th floors.
Lu Cai frowned and saw that 666 had put away his long sword. He stood at the bottom of the stairs with an expressionless face. He raised his head and looked at her steadily with his red eyes.
For a moment, the two were silent.
After a while, Lu Cai was sure that if she didn't speak, the other party would probably remain in this stalemate.
"You...are passing by?" Lu Cai didn't dare to say that he was following him.
666 didn't react at all and remained like a piece of wood.
He was motionless. The lights in the stairwell were bright, and Lu Cai noticed that there was redness and swelling on the left side of his forehead, which seemed to be caused by a bump.
Lu Cai shifted his gaze from his forehead: "You...are you following me?"
666 took a step onto the stairs and then walked up slowly, his meaning was very clear.
He was just being hunted by his former colleagues, and now he's on the run with this "fugitive"... He doesn't have to fall so quickly, right?
"Mr. Liu, you probably misunderstood." Cai Lu was about to reject his plan to drag everyone into this misfortune. "Although I have some conflicts with your... former company, this doesn't mean I want to take you in."
He was a homeless refugee with no money and no house, yet he dared to ask for shelter. Cai Lu was glad that he was bold enough.
She thought, 666 couldn't speak, but he should be able to understand what others said. Besides, he was quite skilled and must know more about the dungeon than she did...
Yes, he was quite familiar with dungeons, so it was somewhat useful. But then he thought, when the game management went after her, they only sent out one scavenger. This time, to catch 666, they sent out an entire team.
No, no, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, it's not worth it.
666 stopped walking and stood halfway up the stairs. Seeing his expression, Lu Cai knew he had heard everything, so he turned around and left without saying anything more.
When Lu Cai reached the stair door, he turned slightly to the side and glanced behind him. After making sure that he was not following him, he walked into the floor as usual.
She first sent a message to Qin Yu, who said he would come out to pick her up. Just as she was about to close the system interface, she saw a purse icon in the lower right corner of the homepage.
Huh? Lu Cai paused in closing the interface.
She was excited and opened her purse. It was an interface with a pure white background. There was a big "0" in the center. On the left side of the bottom was the "income port", and on the right side was the "expenditure port". The interface was as clean and clear as the points number.
The excitement subsided. Having an extra points wallet was considered an improvement, but her system was separated from the main system and the copy world system. It seemed that she could not obtain points from the copy missions.
After shutting down the system, Lu Cai saw Qin Yu running from the path between the single-family buildings.
"Come back with me first." Qin Yu looked around and led her back.
Lu Cai suddenly remembered that Shi Rukui had said before that there would be surveillance cameras on the ceiling of each floor. If he followed Qin Yu back like this, would he cause trouble for her?
Qin Yu probably saw through her thoughts and just smiled: "Have you also heard the rumors about the floor monitors?"
Rumors? Lu Cai raised his eyes.
"I don't know if this is true or not, but after many players' tests, it's confirmed that the management's monitoring of the building is not comprehensive." Qin Yu led Lu Cai back to Building 30 in the East District. "The areas they can monitor are only the 9th floor building area, the 8th floor hotel area, the 3rd floor mission area, the 2nd floor points insurance area, and the 1st floor registration hall. Everywhere else is restricted."
"So, even if they are the game management party, they don't have complete control over KB Games?" Lu Cai followed Qin Yu into the house.
Qin Yu nodded. "This is the current research result." She walked to the refrigerator and opened the refrigerator door. "Beef fried rice, want some?"
The refrigerator was neatly packed with fried rice in fresh-keeping boxes, which were left by Lu Cai the last time he came here.
Qin Yu heated up the fried rice, took the chopsticks and handed them to Cai Lu, who was sitting at the table. "What are you going to do next?"
Lu Cai shook his head: "It's a bit troublesome for me to go outside now. There are always a lot of players taking pictures on the side." She was suddenly stunned, and Qin Yu opposite her seemed to have figured something out.
The management's monitoring of the community wasn't pervasive, but what about now? Whenever a player saw Lu Cai, they would take a picture and post it online, completely exposing her.
They turned all the players into monitors.
"Can you go into the forum and take a look?" Lu Cai looked up at Qin Yu, "and see how many new posts there are about me recently."
Qin Yu immediately entered the forum and frowned as soon as she saw it. Lu Cai directly analyzed the data through her system and saw the forum interface.
The background color of the forum is pure black, and the layout is not fancy. The posts are arranged from top to bottom according to the last reply time. The top few posts are all "actual combat analysis", and the protagonist of the "actual combat" is all Lu Cai.
One of them was a boss fight in the "Return of Doom" dungeon. The footage was secretly filmed, so the movements weren't very clear, yet many people were seriously analyzing it, saying things like, "Her jump was very meaningful, preparing for the subsequent attack," and "This stabbing move was very tricky, it could be used for both offense and defense."
Lu Cai almost believed that he was so calculating and that every move he made was carefully planned.
There were also a few videos of her and 666 fighting in the shopping district. They were all newly posted, very recently, but very popular. Several of the posts had gone off topic during the conversation, and Lu Cai only just realized that 666 had actually staked out a candied haws shop just for a candied haws! So when he first met him, the candied haws he was holding was a gift from the shop owner?
At the back is a post with many replies but declining popularity. The video content in it is actually Lu Cai fighting two giant scorpions embedded in the stone wall under the water of Nanshan Lake in "Amber Legend".
The only people present at the time were Yue Xiaoyan, Shi Rukui and Zhao Yan.
"They want me to doubt you." Seeing Qin Yu's bitter and resentful expression, Lu Cai tried to comfort him, "Before it was you, now it's them three. These are the only players I know..."
She suddenly frowned and stood up: "They know that I have a close relationship with you."
Cai Lu must leave immediately!
She hurried to the door, raised her hand, and just as she was about to touch it, she realized something was wrong. Lu Cai immediately took action, erecting a barrier, and then with his backhand, he swung out a strand of red silk, binding Qin Yu tightly.
Qin Yu was not on guard against her, so he was restrained and subconsciously resisted, but because he trusted Lu Cai, he followed her special ability and fell into the corner.
There were several small holes in the door, and metal rivets penetrated the door and hit the barrier.
Lu Cai retreated to the living room window, and when the people outside broke in through the door, he jumped through the window and left.
The one who brought people was 555. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Lu Cai climbing out of the windowsill. The player who was tied up in the corner of the living room had the red line on his body slowly fading as Lu Cai left.
Qin Yu, now free, seemed to be trying hard to suppress his anger: "The security in this community is terrible! I want to complain!"
555: "......"
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Lu Cai jumped out of the house. There were still many men in suits blocking the way outside, but their skills were obviously not as good as the leading scavenger.
When she rushed into the stairwell, she found 666 still standing there, without even moving his feet.
The footsteps of the pursuers behind him were getting closer. Lu Cai rushed over. When he passed by 666, he couldn't help but say, "Someone is chasing us from behind. Run!"
Then, without caring whether he could hear or not, he simply climbed over with the handrail and jumped down the stairs.
She rushed all the way to the fifth floor, but there was no fifth floor among the monitored floors that Qin Yu had just mentioned.
Lu Cai rushed in without hesitation.
Out of the stairwell, she opened her cloak. Even without the hood, it was good enough to hide her black T-shirt and camouflage pants. Thanks to the community forum, this outfit was very eye-catching.
After entering the leisure and entertainment area, Lu Cai was once again shocked by the scenery on the unfamiliar floor.
The fifth floor is more spacious than the sixth floor. It is a huge small square. The four walls are closely attached to the four-story shopping mall buildings, which are all rented shops. There is a flat house in the open space in the middle.
Lu Cai walked over slowly and saw the house's doorplate: "Weightlessness Experience House, When You Lose Your Way, Move Freely in Total Darkness, The Illusion Is Really So Wonderful" and a series of seemingly unreliable entertainment and experience projects.
What stopped her was a group of haunted houses, because next to the doorplate, there was a thoughtful explanation: "Please choose different types of haunted houses according to the player's needs. Currently open areas include deserted village ancient roads, campus social nights, the basement floor of the hospital, low-priced community houses..." The most outrageous thing was that there was also a warning: "Players with supernatural powers are prohibited from experiencing this project."
She really wanted to know what the supernatural player did in the haunted house that made the boss so nervous and highlight the sign "No Entry".
Looking around, he saw that most of the surrounding shops were physical training halls, martial arts introductory halls, and mental training rooms. Lu Cai finally realized that this was the player training ground. How could they call this a "leisure and entertainment area"?
Cai Lu found a secluded bench to sit down, take a short rest, and think carefully about his future plans.
The plan to go to Qin Yu's house for free food and shelter seemed to be a failure and would only cause trouble for Qin Yu. However, if he wanted to stay hidden in the community, he had to find a way to earn points.
The system reminded that Yue Xiaoyan sent another message.
[Yue Xiaoyan: There are so many more of your posts in the community forum! Lu Cai, you're famous!]
[Arbitrator Lu: ...]
[Arbitrator Lu: Thank you.]
At the same time, Qin Yu also sent a message to report that he was safe.
[Qin Yu: They have no evidence to prove that you and I are in cahoots. Everything is safe.]
[Lu Cai: That's good. I won't be coming over soon. You have to eat my beef fried rice well to make it worth its price.]
Qin Yu never responded.
Yue Xiaoyan sent another message over there.
[Yue Xiaoyan: Are you in the single-family area? There's a new post on the forum. Players living in the single-family area said they saw you.]
Lu Cai frowned as he studied his system interface, feeling it was a bit troublesome. It would be great if he could have a group chat.
She pulled out the code book and began to read the records inside. The book said that the group chat function of the KB game had not yet been developed. It was probably to increase the thrill of the game and eventually abandon this feature.
But it recorded in detail the basic code of the friend dialog box. Lu Cai compared the chat boxes of Yue Xiaoyan and Qin Yu and found subtle differences.
As she studied, she operated in her own system, her eyes full of red numbers. She constantly modified the data, integrated and arranged it. After countless calibrations, the string of numbers finally started to jump.
Lu Cai was so excited that he almost held his breath. The data was running, and a red chat box was constructed. On the left was the list of people, and on the right was a blank chat area.
This is just a framework.
She suppressed her excitement, raised her hand and threw the complete code into the system slot, trying to add Qin Yu and Yue Xiaoyan.
A light red prompt appeared in the chat box: "You have added your two friends 'Qin Yu' and 'Yue Xiaoyan' to the chat group."
There was a reply soon.
[Yue Xiaoyan: ???]
Fortunately, the chat font is black, otherwise the whole text would be red and it would hurt my eyes.
[Yue Xiaoyan: What kind of high-end stuff is this?]
Unable to suppress his joy, Cai Lu smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled.
[Lu Cai: I did a little experiment, and it worked pretty well.]
[Qin Yu: This is actually a group chat?]
[Lu Cai: Add us to a group, it will be easier to contact us later.]
Cai Lu continued to invite people, "You have invited two friends 'Zhao Yan' and 'Shi Rukui' to join the chat group."
Zhao Yan replied quickly, but there was a red exclamation mark after Shi Rukui's name.
[Zhao Yan: What is this? Has KB Games developed a group chat feature?]
[Yue Xiaoyan: How could this KB game system be so good? It was developed with investment from our CEO Lu!]
Mr. Lu, who has zero assets, doesn't even blush.
[Lu Cai: Follow the management's path and leave them with no other options!]
[Zhao Yan: By the way, what happened with the 'battle in the shopping district'? Are the management coming after you?]
[Lu Cai: It was a misunderstanding. They were hunting down a traitor within the organization, and I was implicated.]
As soon as it was sent out, a shadow was cast.
Lu Cai suddenly looked up and met the bright red eyes of the "traitor", and was stunned.
Why did he follow her again?
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