Three.
Si Jin adjusted his coat and stood in front of the monkey enclosure, gazing quietly at the monkeys obediently counting off inside the wire mesh.
There were originally 144, but after the 12 that died, three more disappeared out of thin air.
So, just as he predicted, the three missing monkeys will become newly hired NPCs and be under Nie Linyuan's jurisdiction.
In early autumn, the dawn doesn't break late; around four or five o'clock, the eastern horizon is already tinged with the pale light of dawn.
Si Jin hurried back to the punishment room and, upon seeing Nie Linyuan, asked directly, "Were you the hunter NPC who roamed outside with animals after 10 PM?"
He remembered that on his first day here, the alarm clock in the security room was ringing, "Close your eyes, close your eyes, the hunters are starting to hunt."
Then, Nie Linyuan appeared out of nowhere, secretly applied medicine to him, and... took advantage of him.
"Huh?" Nie Linyuan's mind was still immersed in the idea that "soaking in cold water can damage the kidneys," so he subconsciously looked up and replied, "No."
Si Jin became slightly serious: "That night..."
"That night I felt I had made a mistake and wanted to take care of you." As Nie Linyuan spoke, he slowly reached out and naturally pulled Si Jin to his side, encircling her in his arms.
A large hand slowly gripped the person's waist and gently pressed down: "The hunter NPCs only appear at night and spend the whole night hunting players. Which player they hunt depends entirely on their mood. But they are very weak and can easily be killed by strong players."
"Therefore, the hunter NPCs are constantly being recruited, killed, and then new recruits are recruited again, in an endless cycle."
"Oh," Si Jin responded, then continued, "Do animals often die in the zoo? Do all the animals kill each other?"
“Hmm.” Nie Linyuan nodded: “I don’t know why, but the animals all have bad tempers, and fights often happen.”
As he spoke, he leaned down and lightly kissed the person's earlobe.
"Hmm." Si Jin responded indifferently, her mind not on Nie Linyuan at all.
His gaze swept past the man "trying hard to seduce" him, then fixed on the strange red alarm clock on Nie Linyuan's bedside table, and he began to deduce.
In this ghost story, players will be infected and turned into animals—the animals will constantly kill each other—the animals that win in the killing will then become NPCs to hunt down the players, or be killed by the players.
Therefore, from beginning to end, the entire ghost story world is a vicious cycle of players killing each other.
"It" doesn't even need to appear. Just leaving behind some rules that give people hope but also contain traps is enough to make this terrifying and cruel cycle close perfectly and keep running.
Such deep scheming.
But in order to survive, the players have no choice but to comply.
Si Jin frowned slightly, his two long, even eyebrows furrowed together as he pondered a breakthrough, when he suddenly felt a pain in his waist.
His brows furrowed even more, but he gritted his teeth to keep from letting out a muffled groan.
He turned to a certain high-level NPC who looked completely innocent and continued, "Where is that mysterious area you took the players to before? Can I go in?"
“It is possible, but…” Nie Linyuan did not get the desired effect, so he could only continue to massage Si Jin’s back: “We have to wait until midnight. I can only bring in people who are still wandering outside after midnight.”
"Okay, I got it. Come pick me up tonight." Si Jin said, then stood up again and walked out as if nothing had happened.
He wanted to see what secrets that mysterious park, which could turn people into animals, held.
Si Jin walked away, but Nie Linyuan's hand was still stuck in mid-air, and he didn't retract it for a long time.
Just now, to test whether he was still capable, he deliberately increased the pressure for a moment when he massaged Jinjin's waist.
I thought I could at least hear a hiss, and if I was lucky, I might even see tears in Jinjin's eyes.
It's bright red, fierce yet easy to bully.
But Jinjin just walked away like nothing had happened, as if... she hadn't noticed anything at all.
Nie Linyuan collapsed back onto the bed, utterly dejected, his heart almost entirely filled with sorrow.
He will never again soak in cold water to try and win favor.
What a terrible thing!
Can taking a few hot baths fix this?
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