Chapter 42
When you can't answer a question, the best way is to replace it with another topic.
Before Tong Ming could ask further questions, Cen Xun made a quick decision and said, "You didn't tell me that the 'teacher' you were talking about was this kind of 'teacher'."
Tong Ming was indeed stuck for a moment, feeling guilty for a second before immediately speaking confidently: "Who said an actor teacher is not a teacher?"
"Forget it, let's not talk about this issue for now," Cen Xun calmly turned the topic to the serious point: "How many people came from Feng Jihan's side?"
Tong Ming was about to speak when a loud speaker suddenly interrupted him: "Okay, now that all the guests are here, let's officially start today's recording."
The two looked at each other and paused for a moment. Cen Xun asked, "Where are the students from our university?"
Tong Ming pointed in a direction: "There, they are standing in a group."
In order to get an invitation letter with the right identity, Tong Ming bribed five players to choose Jingdu Business District. In the end, he only got two of the invitation letters, and the remaining three players naturally followed them into Jingdu Business District.
After all, he was a student of his own university and had a different ID card, so Cen Xun felt it necessary to win him over.
The three players originally thought that Professor Cen and Dean Tong would form their own team, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, they saw Dean Tong walking towards them with Professor Cen, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Dean Tong patted one of the players on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "This strange area is very dangerous. Let's act together."
The player who was tapped on the shoulder was stunned, and the other two players were also dumbfounded.
Holy shit, the boss of Nightmare University will even lead players through dungeons!?
Is this true or false?
Tong Ming didn't say anything more because the director had already started explaining the rules.
There were twelve guests in total, including six ordinary people, two anti-fans, two celebrities, and two reporters. Except for the celebrities, the others' ID cards were not disclosed.
"As the name of our program suggests, the core mission of the guests is to make money!" The director stood at the front, facing the guests, and spoke passionately through a loudspeaker: "Money is the best thing in the world! Money can buy power, money can buy the treatment of the best, money can buy everything you want!"
"In Jingdu Business District, money is the only pass!"
The director smiled mysteriously, "The program team will rank the guests based on their total wealth. The wealth list will be updated daily and settled at midnight. The guest who ranks first on the wealth list will receive a pass card."
"Guests with pass cards can enjoy the beautiful night view comfortably in their rooms, while guests without pass cards will enter the punishment mission."
In the context of the strange domain, the so-called punishment mission must not be a normal punishment mission.
"Finally, our program is a civilized one. Guests are strictly prohibited from killing each other. If you violate this rule, you will immediately enter the punishment mission!"
Upon hearing this rule, Cen Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, barely perceptible.
Not allowed to kill the guests?
Can that kill the director?
The director didn't know what evil thoughts the "top star" had in his mind. He looked at the time and allowed the guest to go to the Jingdu Business District to rest for a while and start the task two hours later.
As soon as the director left, the players immediately formed a group.
Cen Xun saw two people gathered on Feng Jihan's side, one was a young woman in sportswear, and the other was a young man in a hoodie.
Cen Xun withdrew his gaze and, together with Tong Ming, led three players from Nightmare University into the high-rise building. The Jingdu Business District must be dangerous, but the guests would soon go in to make money, so they had to find out what was going on.
The square where they just stood belongs to the area of Cash Bay Central Park. Going further ahead, there are modern high-rise buildings with glass windows and cold facades. Standing in front of people, it will bring a huge sense of visual oppression.
Walking straight towards the square, the first place I entered was Hengmao International Center. As soon as I walked through the glass door, a staff member came up to me warmly and bowed, saying, "Teacher Cen, the VIP lounge is over here. Please come in."
Cen Xun narrowed his eyes slightly and asked the staff member a question: "Can people other than celebrities enter the VIP lounge?"
The staff member laughed and said, "Of course not. They are so poor, how can they enter the VIP lounge? They can only enter the ordinary lounge. Of course, if you invite them in, then of course they can come in."
Cen Xun asked again: "Is the VIP lounge open to me for free?"
Staff: "Don't worry, everything is free. Only drinks and food require additional payment."
Cen Xun pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Let's go."
Along the way, Cen Xun paid special attention to the internal situation of the International Center.
Hengmao International Center is actually a large integrated shopping mall with five floors above it, and each floor is extremely large.
Cen Xun made a rough estimate and found that the Hengmao International Shopping Mall alone could accommodate tens of thousands of players, not to mention the Shengyao Group, Fugui Hotel, and Jinwan Central Park.
Tong Ming couldn't help but whisper in Cen Xun's ear: "Brother, this domain master looks so rich."
Not only is the strange domain large, but the buildings are also very stylish. They are all built with money and their splendor is so visibly rich that it can be seen with the naked eye.
Dean Tong didn’t know whether the principal was moved, but he was.
Cen Xun did not comment on this because he was concentrating on looking for the mirror.
That's right, a mirror.
After seeing the invitation letter, there was one thing that puzzled Cen Xun. The Jingdu Business District was named "Jingdu". Logically speaking, the Jingdu Business District should have a great connection with mirrors, but the Jingdu Business District specifically emphasized that "mirrors are dangerous" and asked players to stay away from mirrors. This was very strange.
If the mirror was created by the Mirror City Business District, the Mirror City Business District should be more happy to see the player lost in the mirror rather than directly canceling the player's guest status.
After hearing the director's oral instructions, Cen Xun became even more confused. Logically, making money was the primary way for the Mirror City Business District Master to prey on players. The presence of mirrors seemed superfluous, more like a distraction. Not only was it of no benefit to the Domain Master's "feeding," it actually interrupted it.
In short, it's very strange.
Cen Xun looked around, but he didn't find any mirrors anywhere in the mall.
We have arrived at the VIP lounge.
Cen Xun calmly walked into the luxuriously decorated lounge, sat down first, and asked the three players who were peeking around to sit down as well.
The players sat down stiffly, secretly looking at Dean Tong and Professor Cen sitting across from them.
Cen Xun said calmly, "First, briefly introduce your names and abilities."
Although his tone was clearly not one of command, the players inexplicably sat up straight and answered his questions obediently.
The player with slightly longer hair was the first to speak: "My name is Song Gu, and my ability is eavesdropping."
The next player was a sturdy one. He said in a gruff voice, "Ye Chui, the ability is perspective."
The last skinny player looked weak, even his voice was faint: "My name is Chai Dong, and my ability is God's perspective."
Tong Ming added: "They are all students from the School of Media."
No wonder all abilities are related to voyeurism. Cen Xun became interested in the player with the God's Perspective ability and asked Chai Dong, "What is the specific effect of your ability?"
Chai Dong said weakly, "My soul will leave my body. During this time, I can float around, but it only lasts for ten minutes. Once the ten minutes are up, my soul will be forced back into my body."
Cen Xun nodded: "Tell me about the contents of your ID cards. Do you have any anti-fans?"
Song Gu shook his head: "The other two people and I are all amateurs, and we don't have any black fans."
This situation is not good. Among the twelve guests, there are two black fans. These two black fans are either in Feng Jihan's group of three or in the remaining group of four wild players.
Cen Xun pondered, "Black fans should have a negative impact on celebrities, but I don't know what role journalists play in this."
Speaking of this, Tong Ming immediately said, "I should know this. The production team gave me this phone while I was on the bus. It has an app for selling news. I guess it means I can exchange explosive news for money."
After saying that, Tong Ming took out his mobile phone, opened the corresponding page and showed it to Cen Xun.
Cen Xun seemed to understand something: "So anti-fans should also have some kind of identity card task to make money, then how can ordinary people make money?"
Compared to celebrities with a net worth of millions, reporters and black fans who have ways to make money, ordinary people seem to have no advantages at all.
Hearing this, Song Gu communicated with the other two players for a moment, raised his hand and said, "Teacher, we only have one voting app on our phones."
“What is the vote?”
Song Gu shook his head: "I didn't say."
Cen Xun propped up his chin with one hand and tapped the table with his finger: "Interesting."
After roughly analyzing the connections between the identity cards, Cen Xun had something else he wanted to discuss with Tong Ming alone, so he asked the three players to step aside. When no one was around, Cen Xun whispered to Tong Ming, "Did you see the location?"
They didn't come here to clear the customs. The reason they came to Jingdu Business District was to find the crack that could connect to reality.
Now Feng Jihan is obviously here for the rift as well. If Tong Ming can directly see the location of the rift, then there is no need for them to continue wasting time.
Unfortunately, Tong Ming shook his head and said irritably, "The location of the rift keeps changing, which means the Domain Master is also on guard against others stealing the rift. To find the rift, I guess we have to find the Domain Master first and beat it up."
Cen Xun asked calmly, "Where is the Territory Master?"
Tong Ming pointed to the top of his head: "The top floor of Shengyao Group."
Cen Xun nodded and stood up: "Very good, I'll go beat it up right away."
"Hey, hey! Sit down!" Tong Ming urgently pulled Cen Xun back to his seat: "I haven't finished yet. There is still a very practical problem, which is that forcibly breaking into Shengyao Group will trigger the alarm."
Cen Xun frowned: "And then?"
"Then the entire Jingdu business district will go into emergency mode."
Tong Ming leaned back in the leather chair, exhaled, and pointed at his eyes. "As for what will happen after entering emergency mode, I have no idea. I just saw someone force their way through. After triggering the emergency mode, that person suddenly went crazy. He was a very powerful person with special abilities, probably from the Heretic Monitoring Bureau, at least Yellow Level. He went crazy without a second thought, so I think we still need to be cautious."
Cen Xun was silent for a moment. "You mean, we need to find a way to bypass Shengyao Group's defense mechanism and sneak into the top floor of Shengyao Group without alerting the Domain Master?"
Tong Ming snapped his fingers: "That's right."
Cen Xun narrowed his eyes slightly.
If it would just drive people crazy, Cen Xun was not actually worried. He had a Shenxing-level nightmare ruler that could keep him awake.
Cen Xun’s only worry was that the Domain Lord would destroy the rift directly after discovering that he could not preserve it.
Cen Xun made a decision: "Then let's hold off for now and try to find a way to infiltrate Shengyao Group."
Tong Ming responded, then suddenly lowered his head, touched his stomach, and asked in surprise, "Brother, don't you feel a little hungry suddenly?"
"I sense it," Cen Xun said as he leisurely opened the VIP lounge's online ordering page. "If you're not hungry, where's the extra money for food and drinks coming from?"
Tong Ming glanced at the prices of each dish and couldn't help but hissed, "So expensive?"
Cen Xun seemed not to notice the prices. He picked a few dishes at random and asked Tong Ming to order as well. Then he called the three players who were sitting obediently in the distance and asked them to order what they liked.
They actually got a share too? The players were shocked by such a generous gift, and for a moment they thought it was their last meal. Chai Dong couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Cen, don't you want to save some money?"
The sweet-smelling red velvet cake was served. Cen Xun picked up the cat-paw-shaped golden spoon and said calmly, "Money isn't saved, it's earned."
"Also, let me tell you a very simple truth," Cen Xun smiled slightly. "The rules were created by the Domain Master. If you really follow the rules to the letter, you will fall into the Domain Master's trap."
“Once you fall into the trap, you may never be able to climb out.”
Tong Ming sat beside him and drank his drink silently. Seeing the player's convinced look, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
Correct, pertinent, and to the point.
Silly players, why don’t you first look down at the huge pit that is Nightmare University. You have been in it for so long, can you still climb out?
But seeing Cen Xun's calm demeanor, Tong Ming had a rough guess in his mind.
Cen Xun should have found a way to make money.
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