Chapter 205: Scavenger (1) The year 1985 million people died...
Just after entering the dungeon, Gao Mengtang felt dizzy and lay on his back on the bed, his vision gradually blurring.
The ringing of the cell phone was so annoying that it gave me a headache. It rang three times. Gao Mengtang picked up the phone reluctantly: "Hello, how are you?"
"I called you three times before you answered. What were you busy with just now? Were you choosing a grave for yourself?" The man on the other end of the phone was very unhappy and spoke in a cold tone.
Gao Mengtang: “Eh?”
"Paper Man Amusement Park, Linyuan Haunted House. Get over there now, immediately, the driver will be here soon."
"If I see a policeman's hat while I'm sunbathing one day, I guarantee you won't see the sun the next day." After saying this, the man hung up the phone.
A blind beep sounded, and Gao Mengtang was stunned for a few seconds before he realized, "What is this? It's so nonsensical, and you're scolding me."
At this time, the system prompt sounded: "[000 Blind] has successfully logged into the copy [Scavenger]"
"Background: When you are at your wits' end, you become a "scavenger" of the mysterious organization "Wuyun", responsible for helping the wealthy people of "Wuyun" deal with unspeakable troubles, such as crime scene cleanup, underground investigations, or... assassinations."
"Hurry up and start working. You can't afford to make the leader of the Dark Clouds, Thunder God, angry."
Task Panel Updates:
[Main Mission]: Kill Thunder God.
Gao Mengtang was halfway through changing his clothes when he heard an angry horn outside the window. He was still putting on his coat when the door was kicked open with a bang. A driver in a black suit rushed in, grabbed Gao Mengtang by the back of the neck without saying a word, dragged him out without saying a word, and threw him into the back seat of the MPV.
"What's the hurry?" Gao Mengtang said dissatisfiedly, "If we were five minutes late, would the corpse turn into a zombie and jump out?"
The driver had just sat in the driver's seat and when he heard these words, he thought there was something wrong with his hearing and looked back at Gao Mengtang in surprise.
Is he the Scavenger No. 0? Lei Gong only asked him to pick up people, but he didn't tell the driver that Scavenger No. 0 was actually... so beautiful.
Could it be that they arrested the wrong person?
The driver confirmed the address again and it seemed that he had found the right person.
"Sir, you don't have to worry." Wei Wei was already sitting in the car, he kept smiling, "We will handle it properly and will not let Lei Gong down."
The driver glared at Gao Mengtang and continued driving to the next "scavenger"'s home.
Gao Mengtang sat in the second row, and there were already three people sitting in the back row, Wei Wei, Tu Cheng, and Lin Li. They communicated through a mind link.
"Who is Lei Gong? Has anyone figured it out?" Wei Wei asked.
Lin Li: "Dark clouds...thunder...destruction and rebirth."
"Great," Tu Cheng laughed, "This is my first time entering a dungeon as a player, and it's level one difficulty. Should I say I'm lucky or unlucky?"
When it comes to the difficulty of level one, everyone's expressions become more serious.
In a first-level difficulty copy, the mortality rate is over 90%.
Moreover, the statistical sample is the top 30% of players in the overall ranking, because only these players have entered the first-level dungeon.
"Wei Wei, have you ever entered a first-level dungeon before?" Tu Cheng asked, "How many people died?"
After a moment of silence, Wei Wei said, "I went in twice. The first time, I was the only one who came out alive. The second time, only Yin Mingwu and I came out alive. The survival rate of the top 100 players on the honor list is only 50%."
"I won't die here, will I?" Tu Cheng said jokingly, "But dying in a first-level copy is still an honor."
Lin Li suddenly raised his head and stared at Tu Cheng: "All your expectations have been dashed. You can't see the light, but you still have hope."
Tu Cheng: “…I don’t understand.”
For a moment, everyone fell silent. It was eleven o'clock in the evening, and it was pitch black outside the car window. The driver picked up three more people, He Lun, Bai Jie and Wo Lanbei.
The car was packed with people. The driver stepped on the accelerator, swung the rear end of the car, and drove towards the city center.
The system showed that there were a total of 12 people entering the copy this time. There were 7 people in Gao Mengtang's car, and another car brought 5 players.
As soon as he got off the car, Wei Wei lit up a cigarette, but before he could take a puff, he whispered, "What bad luck! I didn't check the almanac before I went out."
"Wei Xiangchen!" Gao Mengtang strode over. "You have caused us so much trouble. What trouble is Heiou going to cause again? You drag us into this! I will never forgive you..."
Before he could finish his sentence, a middle-aged man behind Wei Xiangchen spoke first: "Chief Gao seems to have a lot of opinions about Hei Ou. Come on, just say it directly. We will listen to your advice and change it."
A line of black words lit up above the man's head: [013 Soul Divider]
Gao Mengtang: “…”
This ID card looks familiar. I seem to have heard of it somewhere.
"Why aren't you talking? I'm listening." The middle-aged man said with a smile. He was of medium height, plain-looking, dressed like a construction laborer, and ordinary in every way. But for some reason, he had an aura that was hard to ignore.
Gao Mengtang blinked slowly: "Who are you?"
The middle-aged man's expression remained unchanged, he still maintained a smile, but his eyes suddenly turned cold. This slight change was extremely oppressive. If it were someone with poor psychological endurance, he would definitely be confused.
Unfortunately, he was facing Gao Mengtang. Gao Mengtang was not panicked, but said seriously: "Soul Splitter? I have heard of you, but I suddenly can't remember... What is your name?"
As he spoke, Gao Mengtang stretched out his hand and wanted to shake hands with him.
The other people present all had an expression as if they wanted to say something but were hesitant, as if they were constipated.
The middle-aged man had big, bright eyes, as sharp as a tiger's. He stared at Gao Mengtang for a few seconds, waved his hand impatiently, walked away and talked to the other three players of Heiou, leaving Gao Mengtang there.
Gao Mengtang raised his right hand in the air, looking very embarrassed.
After a long pause, Wei Xiangchen said with difficulty: "He is Yin Mingwu, don't you know him?"
"Of course I know Yin Mingwu, but I don't know what he looks like! I've never seen him." Gao Mengtang was even more unhappy because Yin Mingwu deliberately ignored him and refused to shake hands with him.
All 12 players have arrived and the mission panel has been updated.
Decomposition Task 1: Cleaning up the crime scene - Haunted House [Linyuan]
Background story: [Linyuan] is a holy place for haunted house lovers. It is well-equipped and creates an excellent atmosphere, which makes tourists both afraid and yearning.
If you tell a lie a hundred times, it becomes the truth. So, if you play tricks a hundred times, can you become a ghost?
It seems to be the case, because an incomprehensible tragedy occurred in the Linyuan Haunted House...
[On January 1, 343, tourists who walked out of the forest garden were more terrified than usual. They said, "I saw a particularly realistic corpse," "I smelled blood," and "I heard someone screaming."]
[The staff disagreed because there were many dead bodies in the haunted house. Of course, they were props.]
[Until the amusement park closed and the haunted house staff were doing maintenance as usual, they turned on the lights in the park and saw the body... a real body.]
[Who killed these tourists? Why did they do it? The most important question is... how to deal with it? ]
Mission description: To clean up the crime scene, you need to destroy the body and eliminate all traces. Do whatever it takes to make sure that there is no trace of the body and that the blood evaporates completely... In short, make it look like nothing happened at the crime scene.
The driver snatched half a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from Wei Wei, lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth: "Thunder God used some tricks to stop the police. You have three hours. After three hours, when the police come, you have to make this haunted house as gentle and harmless as a fairy tale paradise. Do you understand?"
The players snorted and responded perfunctorily.
"Mission failed. Thunder God will kill all of you." The driver added grimly.
System: "If the NPC police discover anything unusual, all players will be killed by Thunder God. This plot cannot be reversed."
My heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally stopped beating.
Mission failure means immediate annihilation?! The Yue Banner members still pinned their hopes on Wei Wei's resurrection technique. If they were to be wiped out, they wouldn't have time to perform the resurrection technique. They only had one chance.
As they were talking, the group groped their way into the Paper Man Amusement Park in the dark.
In the amusement park near the early morning, there was no laughter of tourists, no colorful lights, and it was empty everywhere. The wind blowing on our bodies was particularly cold.
They followed the path, crossed the cordon, and came near the forest garden.
"Get in," the driver said, "if you can solve this little problem, Thunder God will definitely benefit from it."
Why did Lei Gong help to clean up the mess? How did the tourists in the haunted house die? Did the people from the Wuyun organization know about it? The driver didn't mention any of this background information, and the players were reluctant to ask more.
In low-level copies, ambitious players would like to collect more information, strive for a wonderful clearance, and obtain more rewards.
For most players, the most important thing for a level 1 difficulty dungeon is to stay alive, and everything else is secondary.
But Gao Mengtang does not belong to “most players”.
"Is the accident at the amusement park related to Lei Gong?" Gao Mengtang asked, "Why do we have to clean up the scene?"
As soon as he opened his mouth, the other nine players turned their heads and looked at him in surprise.
In the most difficult copy, the whole team will be wiped out if you are not careful. The top 100 players on the honor list have only a 50% survival rate after trying their best. Yin Mingwu, who is ranked first, did not do anything out of line. Why would a blind man still care about these details?
Gao Mengtang didn't think there was anything wrong with him, but everyone else looked at him as if he were a strange creature, which made him feel uncomfortable: "What's wrong?"
“Ha, you’re quite curious.” The driver sneered. “I can tell you. The Paper Doll Amusement Park is owned by a man called Inari. Inari is a man that even the god of thunder cannot afford to offend. Got it?”
Gao Mengtang: “Oh.”
Wei Wei was absent-minded at first. When the driver mentioned the name "Inari", he suddenly raised his head and asked in surprise: "Inari?"
"What's wrong?" asked the driver.
"It's okay," Wei Wei quickly recovered, "The name is nice."
The driver sneered. “Just worry about your own name. If you fail the mission, you won’t even have a tombstone.”
They entered the forest garden from the back door, and Gao Mengtang asked in a low voice: "Awei, what's wrong with the name Inari? It should be the name of a flower, right?"
Wei Wei lowered his voice and said quickly, "Three years ago, in the 363rd year of the New Era, I was still a member of the Ghost Bamboo, and had just touched the threshold of resurrection. A wealthy man found me and offered a large sum of money to let me resurrect this person named Inari."
"Then what?" Gao Mengtang asked quickly.
Wei Wei: "Inari's ghost has not yet dissipated. This person has a very indifferent desire for life. I have tried my best, lost my appetite, and worked hard for more than a month, but I still cannot revive him. I did not get the 20 million, but only 150,000 in hard work fees."
"No wonder you can remember him!" Wo Lanbei laughed wickedly, "Do you dream about the 19.85 million that you didn't get every night?"
Wei Wei glanced at him and ignored him, but looking at his annoyed expression, Wolan Bei's guess was completely correct.
"The point is not 19.85 million," Wei Wei said reluctantly, "The point is that when that rich man found me, Inari had been dead for 20 years."
The timeline of the copy is 343 AD. According to the time calculation, Inari died in this year.
Wolanbei seemed to have forgotten that this was a Level 1 instance. He laughed heartlessly and said with a pinched throat: "I was reborn, five months before Inari's death. This time, I want to take back the 19.85 million that belongs to me."
"Would you please shut up!" Wei Wei scolded.
"Okay, okay, I won't mention it!" Wo Lanbei laughed even louder, "Isn't it just 19.85 million? You still have many opportunities to earn 19.85 million. 19.85 million is just a small amount of money for you. There's no need to mention 19.85 million often..."
Wei Wei couldn't bear it any longer, so he pulled out a dark green tentacle, wrapped Wolan Bei's entire head, and forced him to shut up.
With Wolanbei's jokes, the atmosphere became more relaxed. Gao Mengtang couldn't help but say something funny: "You only care about Inari and don't care about me at all. I was born in the year 343 of the New Era."
"Ouch! That's incredible!" Wolanbei pulled away He Luo's tentacles, "Wei Wei, the year your 19.85 million died, your leader was born!"
Wei Wei: "Shut up!"
"Don't mention 1985." Bai Jie kindly reminded.
He Lun agreed: "That's right, always mentioning 1985 makes Brother Wei very sad."
Neither of them realized that they had mentioned this sad number again.
The Black Gull members were dumbfounded and shocked as they watched the people around them laughing and making noises.
What time is it! Their lives are in danger, and they still have the mood to laugh and joke?
"The new area [Forest Garden] has been unlocked." The system prompt finally brought the atmosphere back on track.
System: "Are you really just "scavengers"? The mysterious and violent organization [Dark Cloud] has long been targeted by the police. How can we obtain more intelligence about Dark Cloud? Of course, we can plant undercover agents."
"Among the 12 players, there is an undercover policeman. His purpose is a little different from yours."
"Players are being selected to become [Undercover Police]"
"The extraction was successful. For players who obtained [Undercover Police], the task panel has been updated."
The six people from Yue Fan looked at each other with bewildered expressions. It was obvious that the undercover policeman was not among Gao Mengtang and the other six people.
Among the four members of Black Gull, one is an undercover agent.
The hostility that was already flying in the air was now like a dynamite with a lit fuse, which could make a "bang" at any time and blow everything to pieces.
The two groups drew a line of separation between them and faced each other expressionlessly.
"I hope the undercover agent is Wei Xiangchen," He Lun said sullenly during the mind link, "He has a bad memory and is easier to deal with."
Bai Jie: "I second the motion. I really hope the undercover agent is Wei Xiangchen."
"But I just used the skill [The Most Terrible Steal] on the four Black Owls," Bai Jie continued, "The undercover agent is Yin Mingwu, and his mission is to kill at least five players."
The six people controlled their gazes and did not look in Yin Mingwu's direction, pretending to know nothing.
Wo Lanbei cursed: "It's bad luck to be involved with these stinking crows. Is there anything good that can happen? Except that Wei Wei lost 19.85 million."
"I have good news... um, maybe not good news." Gao Mengtang said, "I'll share my dashboard with you guys, take a look."
Identity: [000 Blind]
Specialization: Salvation
The real moon man (What virtue does the night light have, if it dies, it will give birth again)
The above is Gao Mengtang's original panel, but when the system extracted the undercover police, an entry quietly appeared below these three lines of text:
[Resurrection (What is your relationship with Inari?)]
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