Chapter 330: Inhuman (138) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]
Yun Guang used the identity of Gu King to justify his murderous behavior.
Strange, although Bai Jinshu has not known Yun Guang for as long as Guan Hongyan, he has also cooperated with him on several exploration projects. In the exploration space of the Foundation, he has never shown a bloodthirsty tendency, and has a mask-like abnormal calmness. Among Xu Zichen and Guan Hongyan, two companions with good skills, his combat power is not outstanding, and he is more inclined to be positioned in the "exploration" direction among the senior members of the Foundation.
Given his extraordinary familiarity with all the products in the Foundation's store, Bai Jinshu even suspected that he was actually a customer service expert.
If the Gu King was Xu Zichen, Bai Jinshu could still understand his behavior, most likely because there was something wrong with the person he killed. But if it was Yun Guang, he couldn't even think of what kind of situation would make Yun Guang kill people indiscriminately.
Obviously, Guan Hongyan couldn't think of it either.
Bai Jinshu saw from the corner of his eye that she was biting her lower lip with a troubled look on her face, and it was obvious that she was thinking intensely in her mind.
Before this, the two of them had always assumed that it was Xu Zichen who was in N Port, but it was suddenly replaced by Yun Guang. The amount of information hidden behind this simple change of identity is enough to burn out one's CPU.
Bai Jinshu gave up after thinking for only a few minutes. No matter what, it was impossible that Yun Guang suddenly changed his personality. There must be a reason for Yun Guang to do this that was enough to break his composure.
What's more, Yun Guang and Lu Changfeng's life cards have different colors, one is green and the other is gray.
Bai Jinshu glanced at the two names thoughtfully. If these two colors do not represent safety and death, then what do they represent?
It can't be that his mental state is normal...
At this moment, Xiao Tang shouted from a distance, pulling the two people out of their thoughts: "Hey? I think I see someone familiar again!"
Guan Hongyan looked in the direction of Xiao Tang and saw that not far away, Xiao Tang had already climbed to a height of more than one meter with his hands and feet. He tilted his neck and looked up: "I remember the two sisters in Shi Pang's team, they were called Shi Xiuzhu and Shi Xiulan, right?"
Shi Pang team?
Upon hearing this, Bai Jinshu also looked over and answered, "Yes, did you see their names?"
The surname "Shi" is rare, and the names Xiuzhu and Xiulan appearing together are even rarer. This most likely refers to the twins in Shi Pang's team.
Bai Jinshu suspected that these names were all people who had participated in the "Mirage", but he felt that it didn't make sense. After all, Shi Pang said that although this S-level ghost story would not kill anyone, it was a recognized taboo in the N Port team and would not be triggered under normal circumstances. It stands to reason that there couldn't be so many people who had participated in it appearing here.
Then Xiao Tang and Huang Mao focused their attention on Shi Xiuzhu and Shi Xiulan. Guan Hongyan took a few steps back and quietly put the signs of Lu Changfeng and Yun Guang in her hands.
The names of Shi Xiulan and Shi Xiuzhu were both green and were all hung at a height of about four or five meters. Xiao Tang was not kidding when she said that her vision was 5.0, for she could actually see it when she was standing on the ground.
However, these two names were already very close to the end of the corridor. A little further ahead was the water mirror that looked like an exit. Xiao Tang was a little concerned about that thing and climbed very carefully. It took him several minutes to reach the location of the two names.
"Hey?" She was about to reach out to take it, but suddenly stopped, "I seem to see myself on it."
Xiao Tang's hand, which was originally extended to Shi Xiuzhu and Shi Xiulan, stopped in mid-air and turned to crawl in his own direction.
"Let me see..." She climbed higher and higher, and stopped when she reached about six or seven meters. "Ersi, you are still here!"
"And Sister Hua, Huangmao, you're up there too, let me see... Nianyu is also here, as well as Lao Ma, Xiaofei and the others..."
"What colors are they?" Bai Jinshu asked, raising his head.
"They are all green!" Xiao Tang shouted, "All of us are green, do you want to take them down?"
"Take it." Bai Jinshu felt that his strength had almost recovered. He got off Huai Jiamu's back and said, "If you can't take it all at once, I'll go up and help you."
“No, no!” Xiao Tang waved his hands generously, “I’ll come down to get Huangmao’s clothes. Huangmao, give me your clothes, and I’ll take them all down at once.”
She quickly came down from the top, put on Huangmao's coat, and then jumped down from the top with a bag of crystal cards.
"Here, this is mine and yours, take it," Xiao Tang stuffed two pieces into Huang Mao's hand, then sat cross-legged on the ground and laid out the remaining signs, "Look, they are all green, and the ones in Shi Pang's team are also green."
The dozen or so signs that Xiao Tang brought down from the ground were all green.
"Didn't Brother Yuan say that there would be a bead for me after finishing this strange story..." She muttered as she put the things in the right place. "Where's the bead? Where's Brother Yuan? What on earth is this place for? Is it related to the [Mirage]? All these people can't be in the mirage, right?"
Xiao Tang is not stupid, she can think of everything Bai Jinshu can think of.
There are so many names for this place, it should not be the list that participated in [Mirage].
"Could it be that this is the Buddhist temple that Sister Hong mentioned?" Huang Mao asked tentatively, "The names that can appear here are subject to certain conditions?"
Bai Jinshu picked up the sign with his name on it from the ground. The two words "Er Si" were both green.
"What conditions?" Xiao Tang sorted out so many signs, scratched his head, and looked at the water mirror not far away, "What should we do? Is that in front the exit? Can we get out from there?"
There is a water mirror at the end of this place. Who knows where it leads to? What if it leads to a more deadly place?
Although she is good at courting death, it doesn't mean she really wants to die.
"Boss, boss?" She tilted her head to look in the direction of Huai Jiamu, "Can we get out of here?"
"Okay," Huai Jiamu walked forward a few steps with his eyes downcast, then stretched out a hand, retracted it, and shook off the water. "It's underwater when we get out from here, so we just need to swim up."
"Under the water?" Xiao Tang looked behind him. "Ah... didn't we just come out from the bottom of the water? Could it be that this place is a slope leading all the way down to the bottom of the sea? There's no point in getting out then. The waves in the sea seem to be chasing us and killing us!"
"Should we go back and find the way?" She looked back, "Uh... let's get out of this place first?"
"Since he said he was going out from here, then the exit of the water mirror is probably different from the other exits," Guan Hongyan had adjusted her mood and looked at Huai Jiamu, "Is there something wrong with the place we came out from? It's not the normal exit location of [Mirage]?"
She remembered that his fixed attribute was that he could merge into the dungeon. Xiao Tang didn't know that he was a member of the foundation team, and he told her several times that this was a big weird story brought out of the dungeon by Ersi. It can be seen that his fusion this time became a "weird story".
Since he has become a part of the copy, he must know much more than them.
"Yeah." Huai Jiamu nodded.
After saying "um", he paused for a few seconds, recalled and added, "That...she who can't speak, she left normally, and none of you did."
He was talking about Jinling.
Jin Ling has not appeared since everyone woke up in the sea. Although Bai Jinshu didn't know why Xiao Tang only looked for him and not Nian Yu, it was obvious that Guan Hongyan had said something.
She and Jin Ling were acquaintances, and Jin Ling was also a member of a killer organization within the foundation. She probably had some way of confirming the other person's life, or just like she believed that she would not die, she also believed that Jin Ling could not have been drowned in the sea.
"Hmm... Nian Yu is leaving normally? Why didn't you say so earlier?" Xiao Tang slapped his thigh, "I thought Sister Hua didn't plan to save Nian Yu from the dead sea. I didn't even dare to mention that there was one person missing along the way!"
Guan Hongyan: ...
"I didn't..." She held her forehead with her hand, "I just know that Nianyu couldn't have died in the sea. She's a good swimmer. If she was here, she would definitely have died."
Xiao Tang: "Oh, I'll tell you a little bit. Shall we go now?"
She had already packed all the things on the ground and put them on her back, then she stretched out a hand tentatively with great mobility.
"Wait..." This time, before Bai Jin could say "wait", Xiao Tang was sucked in by something and was pulled in in an instant.
"Ah——" Guan Hongyan was also startled. She stretched out her hand a step too slow and watched Xiao Tang disappear after saying "Fuck!" in a crisp voice.
She gave everyone a look of disbelief. Didn't the guy who just told her story just stretched out his hand and nothing happened?
Huai Jiamu: ...
He sighed softly, "I haven't had time to finish yet."
"This place should be very deep underwater. If we go up from here, we can enter the normal N Port." Huai Jiamu sighed and looked at the crystal plates in Guan Hongyan and Huangmao's hands. "You'd better find a place to put these things later. If you carry too much weight, you may not be able to get up."
Guan Hongyan twitched her lips: "What about Xiao Tang..."
This girl has more than a dozen of these crystal brands on her back...
"It's okay," Bai Jinshu also sighed and held his forehead, "Xiao Tang is lucky and hard to kill."
I believe that after getting out of here, Xiao Tang's impatience and suicidal habits will be significantly improved after this accident.
Guan Hongyan: "...I now believe she is difficult to kill."
At this time, she can still commit suicide so easily, which shows that the usual little troubles will not cause much harm to her at all, which is why she is so forgetful.
However, despite what they said, several people quickly put away the crystal cards they were carrying, then confirmed the location of their equipment one by one, and walked towards the water mirror.
As soon as Bai Jinshu touched the sea water on the opposite side, he felt that this thing was different from the sea they had swam out of before.
The water seems to be calmer and a little warmer.
There is no such deep chill.
After entering the seabed, his guess was confirmed.
Compared with the sea area that was full of mud and sand, this sea area could almost be said to be extremely clear. Bai Jinshu was unsure of the direction, so he paddled his palm in the sea a few times to make sure there was no turbulence and mud, then he opened his eyes.
The sea surface seemed to be about several dozen meters away, and light could be vaguely seen on the sea surface. It was probably daytime outside. The pressure of the sea water was extremely high at this location. Bai Jinshu felt uncomfortable almost the moment he entered the sea water.
Fortunately, there was no turbulence to interfere, so his upward swimming movement would not be inexplicably interrupted, and there would be no other life-threatening danger other than drowning.
Above his head, Xiao Tang, the first person to enter here, was rising very quickly and it seemed that he was about to swim above the sea surface.
This girl is really not afraid of death...
Bai Jinshu twitched his lips. He swam so fast, it seemed that he was really not afraid of any problems.
Looking behind him, Guan Hongyan stepped out from behind him and made a gesture to him, and the water mirror through which they entered had disappeared.
Huai Jiamu swam to his side and stretched out his hand, seemingly inviting him to continue swimming out of the sea in the same posture as before.
Bai Jinshu twitched his lips and quickly declined.
Are you kidding? His life was in danger before, and now Guan Hongyan is right behind him. If he lets Huai Jiamu help him breathe a few more times, he will lose face.
The next step was to swim upstream. When Bai Jinshu emerged from the water, he was already feeling a little dizzy.
I could hear the cries of several seagulls and Xiao Tang yelling, "Brother Yuan! Brother Yuan! Over there!"
Bai Jinshu turned his head and saw a white yacht approaching from a distance, and on the boat were Yuan Shanming, Jin Ling, and Xiao Tang.
"Come up first," Yuan Shanming drove the boat closer and stretched out a hand towards him, "Come."
Bai Jinshu took his hand and got on board, and watched Yuan Shanming pick up Guan Hongyan, Huangmao, and the last one who showed up, Huai Jiamu, who didn't look very well.
After everyone gathered, they heard from Yuan Shanming what had happened.
"There must be dozens of people in the entire Raging Waves Port who came to take advantage of this S. After you entered that day, many more people came one after another. I suspect that some leaders of Port N have never left here for too far. When they saw the seawater backflow again, they immediately returned to Port N. If the trigger was not successful in the middle of the night, there would probably be more people," he said, while taking out a bunch of energy bars for replenishing physical strength and tin foil blankets to prevent hypothermia from this unfamiliar-looking boat and throwing them to everyone. "I waited outside for almost two days. This morning at around eight o'clock, the island of the [Mirage] began to gradually disappear. I went to the vicinity of the [Mirage] with other leaders, and only saw Nian Yu."
Jin Ling pulled Guan Hongyan's hand and sat next to her.
Yuan Shanming continued, "People who came out of the [Mirage] don't have this memory. Since you guys didn't come out, I didn't leave either. I've been waiting here until now, and only saw you guys."
Bai Jinshu looked back and saw that the small island that appeared as a "mirage" had disappeared. Now the sea was calm, the sun was high in the sky and the temperature was moderate. There were also seagulls foraging on the sea. The entire sea looked extremely peaceful, and there was no sign of anyone chasing him to kill him as before.
The live broadcast has also returned to normal. The BUFF of the completed project Mirage in the upper left corner has appeared, and a score has also appeared.
Bai Jinshu took a rough look and found that their regional exploration and story exploration were both not very high C, but their regional reputation had reached an astonishing S.
I don't know what was done in there...
Xiao Tang seemed to be restless, and he kept telling Yuan Shanming where they had been during this period of time, and then looked at Yuan Shanming: "Brother Yuan, do you know where we are going?"
"Not sure..." Yuan Shanming frowned slightly, and said in surprise, "It was night time when you were there? But the [Mirage] ended at around eight o'clock this morning? The team leaders have been taking turns guarding the dock these days. It was a sunny night last night, and the moon and stars in the sky were very clear."
Where does the sea with no stars, no moon, and madly surging waves come from?
"Could it be that we fell into the different dimension because we came out early?" Xiao Tang thought about it for a few minutes, but couldn't come up with anything. He simply waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's not important. Brother Yuan, take a look at this first. We brought out your friend's tablet... Ugh, the nameplate!"
Xiao Tang spread out all the crystal cards on his back, intending to let Yuan Shanming choose which one was his dead team leader friend.
"Eh?" Everyone was stunned the moment they opened it. "What's the color?"
The colors on the names on the signs they brought out had all disappeared and turned into concave marks.
"Maybe it's because we left that place..." Guan Hongyan frowned slightly, "Will it be okay if we take this thing away?"
"They took it away whether there was anything wrong or not," Xiao Tang said nonchalantly, "I can't give it back to him."
"Brother Yuan, who is your friend?"
"Let me see..." It was obviously the first time that Yuan Shanming heard of such a situation in the Novice Village. He squatted down and looked carefully for a long time before picking out a name. "This is it. I didn't expect you to actually find it..."
"This... doesn't seem to be the gray one?" Xiao Tang scratched his head.
Bai Jinshu took a closer look. He remembered this name. When he was in that building, it was placed below Yuan Shanming and was red.
The same color as Yuan Shanming.
Is color related to identity? The two red names currently confirm their identities as team leaders.
Bai Jinshu thought about it in his mind.
The sample sizes of two are still too small. It’s a pity that we didn’t see Shi Pang and Dita’s brands in them, otherwise we could be sure that the color and the identity of the team leader are at least inextricably linked.
The boat carried everyone towards the shore.
Having stayed in the [Mirage] for more than two days, they were bound to miss the S ghost story in the W area which was said to be still underway. Yuan Shanming didn't seem to be in a hurry. When he took them ashore, he talked a few words to the fishermen on the shore and then returned the boat.
After the completion of [Mirage], Port N seemed to have returned to its former peace. The fishermen were hospitable, the streets were clean and tidy, and everyone looked full of energy, not at all like they had been drained of vitality before.
Today, Port N looks like a simple seaside port town.
Bai Jinshu walked in it and always felt that this place gave people a weird feeling.
Noticing their surprised looks, Yuan Shanming turned around and explained, "Don't be surprised. This is how N Port is. When different Ss are triggered, it will cause subtle differences in the people, landforms, and environment here, but it will be fine after it is completed. This is the characteristic of N Port."
Bai Jinshu felt even weirder.
If I have to say it, there is a sense of disconnection that is too great a contrast. It seemed lifeless and uninhabited here just a few days ago, but after they ended the ghost story, it suddenly became noisy and peaceful again.
It's like...
He tried hard to search for some vivid metaphors in his mind, like some refreshed game maps and NPCs in the maps. After the seasonal activities were over, the NPCs resumed their usual peaceful life and the maps became permanent. Except for them, other residents in N Port seemed to have no memory of this and still warmly welcomed the explorers who brought them disaster.
How could there be someone who only cares about eating and not about being beaten? Over the years, so many explorers have triggered so many S monsters, and I don’t know how many disasters they have brought to N Port. Why don’t the people here have any aversion to them and even welcome them with a smile.
This doesn't seem like "there are many S ghost stories in N Port", but rather like "N Port is a port city controlled by S ghost stories".
For example, in order to get explorers to explore them, the S monster took control of Port N and made the people here welcome explorers.
Bai Jinshu didn’t know whether his feelings were right or not, but Guan Hongyan’s expression looked a little strange, and it seemed that she thought the same thing as him.
On the way back, Yuan Shanming met a team leader whose voice sounded familiar. The two chatted for a few words, and then everyone learned that except for the first floor that was flooded, the other rooms of the team leader's residence that was burned down that day were still clean and tidy. So the team leaders who had picked up the team members who had participated in "Mirage" still returned there.
However, the rumor that there was a Gu King who killed people indiscriminately in Port N still lingered in everyone's mind. Most team leaders did not plan to stay here for a long time. They just took their team members to rest temporarily and then went to the surrounding cities.
Bai Jinshuo and the others were soaked after coming out of the sea, and they needed to go back to change clothes before returning to the City of the Dead. Fortunately, Yuan Shanming was the team leader who had stayed here for a period of time, and had his own room and prepared clothes, otherwise they would have to go back all soaked.
However, Port N is still too small for a port town. Not long after they walked forward, they ran into an acquaintance.
As soon as Xiao Tang saw the person in front of him, he shouted, "Damn it! Shi Pang! Grandson, don't leave! You set the fire before and wanted to kill us to raise the death toll, and now you have the nerve to show up in front of us?"
"Xiao Tang!" Yuan Shanming pulled her hard, "Don't be like this, it wasn't Shi Pang that night!"
"No?" Xiao Tang turned around. "Then how will he settle the account for deceiving us? What about... did he encounter a strange thing?"
"That..." Yuan Shanming paused, "Don't ask. Shi Pang also explained this matter to me. It has nothing to do with whether you can get a high score in the Novice Village. That incident was most likely an accident."
"Accident?" Xiao Tang's rebellious nature was fully revealed at this time, "I don't believe it! Shi Pang must have something to do with this matter. What did Brother Yuan tell you?"
"Don't ask so many questions..." Yuan Shanming looked a little embarrassed. He was obviously not good at lying. He could only reject Xiao Tang's questioning stiffly. "It's not something you should know anyway."
"What is it that I can't know?" Xiao Tang curled his lips. "Besides the fact that Shi Pang introduced you to his illegitimate son who he had hidden for eighteen years, and he was afraid that I would talk nonsense and expose their father-son relationship, is there anything else that I can't know?"
Xiao Tang is really mean...
Bai Jinshu wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to do so when he saw Guan Hongyan's expression behind him. He almost wanted to shed tears of sympathy for Shi Pang, who had a stiff face in front of him.
Of course, it would be better to deal with this girl than anyone else. When she gets rude, she can be really infuriating. Shi Pang might not even have a girlfriend, but he has an 18-year-old illegitimate child.
"Hey, that's not what I meant," Xiao Tang puffed out his lips, and seeing Yuan Shanming's embarrassed expression, he continued, "It's fine if you two don't want to tell us your little secret, but at least make up a reason to lie to me. Instead of just saying we can't tell you, aren't you driving my obsessive compulsive disorder to death?"
"Did he bribe you? If he gave you 50 million RMB... no, 50 million points, and asked you to keep it secret, then I can understand it," Xiao Tang said sympathetically, "I will just think of Shi Pang as having an 18-year-old private..."
"That's enough," Shi Pang couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't keep his cheerful look. Even his accent became more serious. "I have a fucking illegitimate child. It's for your own good not to let you know. You kids have good qualifications. When you leave the Novice Village and enter the advanced space, you will find out by yourselves. Don't ask me here, okay?"
Xiao Tang: "... Well, that's what my parents said when they took my New Year's money. They said I would know when I grow up and I could keep the money myself. But after I grew up, no one gave me any New Year's money!"
What a genius metaphor.
Shi Pang: ...
Guan Hongyan couldn't help but burst out laughing, and while trying to smooth things over, she dragged her back: "Alright, alright, alright, we get it. Thank you, Captain Shi."
Shi Pang walked away awkwardly, leaving only a few people from Yuan Shanming's team standing there.
Hearing Xiao Tang muttering, Bai Jinshu narrowed his eyes subtly.
If what Shi Pang said was a lie, then there is really no point in it.
But what if it is true?
This "encountering a strange thing", that is, the empty space they encountered, the reason behind it can be known by walking into the advanced space in the investment industry?
The high-level spaces of the foundation are the backbone of the foundation and the cornerstone of the operation of this financial institution. Without these organizations and the space in their hands, the foundation would never be able to grow to this scale.
So what are the investment banking secrets that only those who become the backbone can know?
It’s not the Gu Field and the Gu King?
Here...is there something more explosive and more secretive than the Gu Field and the Gu King?
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