Yin Zhu, standing outside the door, never received a reply from Hirano Shan.
Looking down at the blood streaming down her palms, Yin Zhu, relying on her memory, pressed the worm's doorbell: "Please help me."
The worm saw Yin Zhu through the monitor, said nothing, opened the door, pulled her in, and quickly closed the door before asking, "What is it?"
Yin Zhu stretched out her hand, revealing her injured palm.
The worm looked down at its palm, then looked up at Yin Zhu, who remained silent but whose meaning was clear. It pursed its lips and took out a bottle of medicine that could quickly heal wounds from its toolbox: "It's almost gone."
"The main thing is that a window just appeared in my room, you know what that is?"
Seeing the wound on her palm healing at a visible speed, Yin Zhu was in a great mood and slowly recounted her experience.
The worm subconsciously glanced at the walls of its room; the absence of windows was reassuring.
He had never stayed at a service center before and didn't know much about things there, but that didn't affect the worm's professionalism.
He quickly pulled out his computer, did a quick search, and provided a fairly reliable answer:
"That thing should be considered a supernatural entity, a remnant left over from when extraterrestrial visitors were driven away. It likes to eat people and can bewitch people. It was originally captured by the gods and imprisoned, but it accidentally escaped from the heavenly prison. Fearing the majesty of the gods, it can only wander around the service center. — This is what is said online."
After a pause, the worm extended its hand to Yin Zhu: "All the information on the above webpages was obtained through legitimate means. Please pay the website browsing fee of 3678 Vena coins."
"Wait, wait, wait!"
Yin Zhu didn't expect the other party to pull this stunt.
She thought they were all comrades-in-arms, and talking about money would hurt their feelings... The main problem was that the money was frozen, and Yin Zhu had no money.
Subconsciously covering her right hand with her left to relieve her anxiety, Yin Zhu looked somewhat embarrassed: "Um... can I pay you back later? I'll definitely pay you back when I have the money."
"Small businesses, no credit."
The worm rolled its eyes. "You've only been here a few days, and the Good Spirit Officer you took from me is already wanted by the authorities. If the inner city hadn't been under the control of the infected, and the inner city's surveillance bureau wasn't ignoring the outer city's warrants, there would have been at least ten surveillance airships waiting for you when you entered the service center."
"...The problem is I don't have any money right now. You're not going to lend me money at exorbitant interest rates, are you?" Yin Zhu immediately became wary.
On Earth, in this situation, the other party's next move is usually to arrange the loan process for them. Yin Zhu, who has installed the national anti-fraud APP, is an expert in these tactics.
"Shhhhhh!"
The worm quickly stopped Yin Zhu from continuing to talk about dangerous topics: "That's illegal! I'm telling you to be careful, you can't get anywhere in Vina City without money."
They resist the organization, but abide by the law.
The worm sighed, clicked on the benevolent spirit official, a window popped up, and then gestured to Yin Zhu:
“Although we’re on the same side, we still need to be clear about the money. You write me an IOU and pay me back later—of course, if either of us dies in the meantime, then we don’t have to pay you back.”
Yin Zhu carefully wrote the IOU, then suddenly remembered something:
If I'm teleported back to Earth after completing the game, wouldn't that mean I'd be in debt forever? No, wait, the original inhabitants are all dead, so not paying back their debts doesn't seem like such a bad thing, does it?
In the worm's eyes, Yin Zhu simply stared at the IOU for a moment after signing it before turning around and leaving.
Yin Zhu rushed straight to Hirano Shan's door after exiting the worm's door: "Shan Shan, open the door! It's going to be a disaster!"
Hirano Sane, whose thoughts were disrupted, was speechless.
Before Yin Zhu even knocked on the door, Hirano Shan already knew she was there to borrow money. She opened the door, transferred money to the worm in front of Yin Zhu, showed Yin Zhu the successful payment, and closed the door. The whole sequence of actions was so smooth that Yin Zhu was still in the position of opening her mouth when the door opened.
"Ah...ah?"
Before Yin Zhu could say or ask anything, Hirano Shan had already done everything.
Even after a while, Yin Zhu realized that Hirano Shan wanted to be alone. After thinking it over, Yin Zhu decided to go out for a walk. Although it was a bit dangerous, staying in the room all day would be equivalent to making no progress.
Yin Zhu is not like a worm, able to crawl around under Eve's nose and swim freely in the ocean of the Internet.
If all the information is in the hands of the worm, it will be very disadvantageous for the Chosen Ones. It would be like being completely controlled by the other side, and the Chosen Ones would become mere tools of the resistance organization. They might not even know when they are used as cannon fodder.
Moreover, Yin Zhu did not believe that the resistance organization and the Chosen Ones had the same goals.
If it's really the same, how exactly was the One Star destroyed in an unspeakable way? Was it simply a case of the resistance organization failing?
It's really a headache not having a clear task objective.
Yin Zhu dragged her right leg out the door, found a corner where no one was paying attention, squatted down, watched the people coming and going in the service center, and prepared to enjoy the evening breeze before going back to sleep when her leg got tired.
Although the rules say it's best to stay home as much as possible, Yin Zhu is never the kind of novice who completely follows the rules. She analyzes the environment to understand the purpose of the person who created the rules, and the same rules can have completely different results for different audiences.
Take "The Survivor Rules" as an example. The main goal of the survivors who summarized these rules was to survive and hold out until everything was over.
However, the Chosen Ones do not have this goal. They have a goal that is not yet clear. If they really stay indoors all day like the survivors and do not go out, they probably will not be able to complete the game even when the world is destroyed.
Without the Chosen One's complete lack of interference, the world of Rules of the Strange World will simply perish along with the entire instance world.
From this perspective, once the "Survivor Rules" are strictly followed, the rules can actually become a death knell for the chosen ones. The instance never tells you whether the rules are correct; it's entirely up to the chosen ones to judge for themselves. No wonder they tend to choose those with higher intelligence.
Yin Zhu watched the infected people eating meat and drinking alcohol with gusto, feeling a little envious of their carefree lifestyle.
However, all of this seems to be based on the destruction of many infected individuals. Because they were oppressed so much, their resistance was exceptionally fierce? Hey, that's much stronger than any resistance organization.
In a daze, Yin Zhu seemed to realize something.
However, the inspiration was fleeting and didn't really catch Yin Zhu's attention.
Almost every building has shops on the ground floor, and some require transportation by aircraft or vehicle, so Yin Zhu's team's vehicle is not particularly conspicuous in the surrounding area.
Perhaps her legs were a little numb from squatting, Yin Zhu stood up shakily and walked stiffly toward DE08, passing the butcher shop on the first floor.
The boss was still mechanically chopping the cutting board.
"Want one?"
The boss suddenly raised his head, revealing a somewhat chilling smile, with traces of blood between his teeth that sent shivers down one's spine.
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