Chapter 56: No People, Only Gold (4) There is indeed a way, ...
After getting the answer, Duan Song gracefully retracted the knife, stepped aside, put one hand in his pocket, and smiled, as if the intimidation just now had nothing to do with him.
Gao Mengtang held his forehead and thought for a moment: "Boss Xu sent you here, just say it, why are you hiding it?"
The researcher wanted to roll his eyes, but he didn't dare: "The crystal pump accident has caused such a big fuss, and Boss Xu doesn't want to be involved in this matter. You keep asking questions."
Blue needle is an addictive drug that can refresh the mind but is harmful to the body.
The crystal pump removes harmful substances and retains the psychoactive ingredients in the blue needle.
The two products are closely related, so it is understandable that Mr. Xu from the Blue Needle Corporation is unwilling to get involved.
After letting the researcher go, Gao Mengtang and Duan Song strolled in the corridor side by side.
They can't help anyway, so they might as well just sit back and do nothing.
"Have you thought of anything, senior?" Duan Song turned his head, intentionally looking for a good angle so that the light from the window would shine on his side face, creating a sense of staggered light and shadow.
That mixed-race face now looks even deeper and more three-dimensional. If it appeared on a movie screen, it would surely cause countless people to scream in amazement.
Gao Mengtang didn't even look at him, thinking: "I'm just wondering, if something happened in the industrial park, it wouldn't be difficult for the Zhongzhou government to mobilize 5,000 people to control the situation. Why are so many people involved..."
The man in black is a secret agent, and his employer is a real estate owner with a strong sense of justice.
The scientific researcher was hired by Mr. Xu, the boss of Blue Needle Corporation.
The Zhongzhou government, which cares the most about this matter and should have contributed the most, only sent 8 people here?
This is like a patient receiving chemotherapy for cancer, and you come to visit him and bring him a bottle of cold medicine. Isn't that inappropriate?
The copy is a metaphor for reality. In the copy, the Zhongzhou government only sent 8 people over, so in reality, the government's interference should also be small.
In fact, they didn't care at all.
After thinking for a moment, Gao Mengtang raised his head and said, "I want to meet Qian Hao."
Duan Song smiled: "Okay."
He caught a man in black and asked for directions using his "high emotional intelligence" method again, and learned that Qian Hao was locked up in a warehouse.
It is not yet known whether the zombie virus is contagious. All people in the park are detained in the warehouse and under unified supervision.
The warehouse conditions were limited, and the thousands of employees who were detained had to be dealt with on the spot. As soon as Gao Mengtang opened the door, he was almost vomited by the fumes.
Covering my nose, I walked through many turns and finally came to the basement where Qian Hao was imprisoned. I saw a man tied to a chair, sleeping with his head tilted.
Qian Hao was startled when he heard the footsteps. He suddenly woke up and shouted, "I am innocent! I didn't poison! My employees couldn't have poisoned!"
A man in black was standing guard nearby, and behind him were two players, [100 Priest] and [780 Lucky Man].
The man in black was also sleeping, with his sunglasses crookedly worn on his mouth. He woke up dazedly when he heard the shouting, and stared at Gao Mengtang with his small eyes with an unfriendly expression.
"I will interrogate the suspect." Gao Mengtang straightened his back.
The man in black was stunned for a few seconds: "Who are you? My boss told me that only two people will follow me for interrogation?"
Gao Mengtang did not answer. With the men in black watching, it was inconvenient for him to move around, so he walked around to look around. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Duan Song put his hand on Qian Hao's head and touched it.
Qian Hao has a round head and is bald in middle age. He was suddenly patted on the head and was stunned for several seconds: "What are you doing? Young man, I am your elder after all!"
Duan Song ignored him and winked at Gao Mengtang.
Gao Mengtang understood and also leaned over and touched Qian Hao's round head.
The lights were dim in the torture chamber that was converted from a warehouse. The two people had profound and mysterious expressions, and they slowly stroked Qian Hao's head with deep meaning.
Qian Hao was so angry that he stamped his feet: "Not only did you accuse me of poisoning you, you even touched my head. I'm not bald! I'm extremely smart, extremely smart! How can a scholar's business be called baldness!"
The two ignored it and fumbled for a while, then the system prompt sounded in their ears: "The Monster Book has been updated."
Monster Name: Gold Grabber [Chieftain]
Occupation: Butcher
Background story: Ben was an old naughty boy who loved scientific research. However, a trick of fate changed the trajectory of his life quietly. ■■■■■... In order to ■■■■■■■■■■■, he decided to develop a crystal pump.
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: Who would have thought that when the Ritian Industrial Park was at its peak, he ■■■■■■■■■■■■■...■■■ zombies■■■■...How sad!
Note: The gold-grabbing chief can be liberated.
: Continue exploring to unlock more information.
Qian Hao is the butcher of this copy? !
Both of them were a little surprised. It was really difficult to connect the short, round-headed old man in front of them with the ferocious and terrifying butcher.
"You two kids, have you touched enough?" Qian Hao roared.
Gao Mengtang quickly withdrew his hand, looked at Duan Song, and quickly left the warehouse.
After walking through the stinking corridor and returning to the fresh air outdoors, Gao Mengtang took a few deep breaths and said, "If we keep them locked up like this, even healthy people will get sick."
"It's just a game. Senior, you still care about me. You are indeed a kind-hearted person." Duan Song teased. He raised his hand and glanced at the time.
On his left wrist, he wore a Patek Philippe watch, the dial of which was broken into a spider shape.
Gao Mengtang asked casually: "The watch mirror is broken, why don't you fix it?"
Duan Song paused, put down his hand, and covered the watch with his sleeve: "That's it, I don't want to repair it."
Gao Mengtang didn't bother about it and continued to analyze the copy.
Some butchers need certain prerequisites to wake up. For example, the Hundred-Eyed Wizard in [8th Floor], if the player stays on the same floor for too long, the dead body will turn into a wizard.
What are the conditions for the Gold-Grabbing Chief to wake up?
In the "Monster Book", after the three words "gold grabber", there is the word "chief". Since there is a gold grabber chief, there should be ordinary gold grabbers. Where are they?
Before he could calm down and think, he heard the sound of monsters mutating from deep in the warehouse, ghosts howling and wolves howling, the sound was deafening, accompanied by the crisp sound of metal knocking.
Ding, ding, ding. Like a pickaxe hitting gold.
Gao Mengtang stretched his head and looked curiously, the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong.
The sound of knocking on the gold mine seemed to come from underground!
Suddenly, Wei Wei's voice came from behind: "Sir Blind! Get out of the way!"
The dark green tentacles wrapped around Gao Mengtang's waist and pulled him more than ten meters away. The next moment, a huge dark blue hand stretched out from the ground - that was where Gao Mengtang had just stood.
The fingers of the giant hand were 10 meters long. When it appeared, the ground shook. The five fingers clenched tightly.
Duan Song dodged backwards at lightning speed and barely avoided it. Not giving him any time to breathe, the second and third giant hands emerged from the ground and attacked continuously.
Compared to the huge size of the giant hand, the attack speed was too fast. Duan Song dodged the first attack, jumped several meters high, and slipped out from between the fingers of the second hand. When he landed, he rolled twice and avoided the attack range of the third hand.
The attack stopped.
Duan Song rolled on the grass for several times, his delicate flaxen-gold curls were covered with grass leaves and dirt. "We are colleagues after all, Wei Wei, you only saved one person!"
Wei Wei turned a deaf ear and said, "Mr. Blind, are you okay?"
Gao Mengtang was still in shock: "I'm fine."
"The Monster Book has been updated." The system prompt sounded again.
Monster Name: Gold Grabber
Identity: Ordinary monster
Attack method: After three "ding, ding, ding" prompt sounds appear, the giant hand will extend to attack all players and NPCs within a certain range.
Gao Mengtang took a quick look, closed the system page, turned around and saw that Wei Wei was also in a bad condition. He was covered in mud, holding the unconscious He Lun in one hand and a small package in the other.
"What happened between you and He Lun? Did you encounter the gold-grabbing man first?" Gao Mengtang asked.
"We are fine." Wei Wei put the unconscious He Lun on the ground. "To be exact, it was the knight who lured the gold grabber out first."
"Our mission was to eliminate the zombies. During the break in the battle, the knight seemed possessed by some evil spirit. He picked up a rotten piece of wood and said, 'This is a peerless artifact.' Then, I heard three ding-ding-ding sounds, and a giant hand stretched out from the ground."
Wei Wei sniffed the person's breath and found that the person was still alive.
"The giant hand attacked five times, and the knight couldn't withstand it the first time. I had to carry him to avoid the attack." After saying that, Wei Wei stared at Gao Mengtang with resentment, "Chief, will you bring him with you next time you enter the dungeon?"
Gao Mengtang: "...You said that the giant hand attacked five times in total?"
"That's right."
But they were attacked only three times.
Guessing what he was thinking, Wei Wei added: "The giant hand that grabs gold is a range attack. After being awakened, it will attack everyone within the range. Someone must have resisted the first two attacks for you."
Gao Mengtang agreed.
Before the giant hand appeared, he and Duan Song stood and chatted, and did nothing, nor did they pick up the rotten wood and say "this is a peerless artifact." As expected, it was someone else who awakened the giant hand, and innocent people were affected.
The grass was smooth as before, with no trace of the giant hand. The group ran back to the warehouse, and as expected, they found a blood-soaked black suit covering a mass of flesh and blood in the corridor.
The black-clothed man's bones were crushed all over his body and he had already died. In his mutilated right hand, he was tightly grasping something.
When I opened my fingers, I saw that it was actually a piece of stone.
Everything is clear. The Gold Grabber will confuse the player and NPCs, making them mistake trash for treasure. After being hit, there will be three prompt sounds, and then the giant hand will attack five times.
"Hiss," Duan Song stroked his chin, "It's a bit troublesome."
The expressions of the others were not very good either.
The traps can be triggered not only by the players but also by the NPCs. They can teach the players to distinguish illusions, but they can't teach the NPCs one by one by pulling their ears. The Gold Grabber's attack is area damage.
If NPCs are infected, players may also be implicated.
Every NPC is a mine.
Wei Wei and He Lun were directly attacked by the gold grabbers. Their monster books unlocked more content. After sharing, two more lines of words appeared on the page of [Gold Grabbers].
Attack method: After three "ding, ding, ding" prompt sounds appear, the giant hand will extend to attack all players and NPCs within a certain range.
Note: Being attacked by the Gold-Grabbing Giant Hand will cause your spirit value to drop significantly.
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After closing the dormitory door and weaving two black clay puppets to guard it, Wei Wei finally opened the package he had been holding tightly in his hand.
The smoke was curling, and the precious light was lingering. In the package, there were piles of broken bones, a dozen pieces of [ancestral bones], and some gems that could not be named but looked very precious.
"I like the resource book the most. Although it is hard work, the rewards are great." When Wei Wei saw the treasure, his tiredness was swept away. "Sir Blind, these are the contributions for the next quarter. Please put them in the camp warehouse."
Gao Mengtang smiled helplessly and put the spoils into the [Shared Space].
After forming a camp, you can obtain [Shared Space], and members who obtain permission from the leader can connect to the shared space.
The shared space can not only store props, but also non-human living things. The enemy rabbit was sleeping on his stomach, and when he smelled Gao Mengtang's scent, he turned on the machine in a second and jumped over to lick his hand.
Gao Mengtang pressed the little rabbit's head and stuffed him back in.
Not long after, Bai Jie also got off work, carrying four lunch boxes. He was responsible for maintaining public security in the park, and patrolled for more than two hours without encountering any unusual situations.
While eating their lunch boxes, the three exchanged information. As Helun was unconscious, Bai Jie ate up his lunch box completely.
Gao Mengtang recalled what happened that day, thinking about it over and over again, and finally thought of Duan Song.
The Black Gull Killer's attitude towards them was... strange.
He could have started a war with Wei Wei directly, but he kept delaying it, and had to wait until 13 days later, when the death squad status was activated. It seemed that Duan Song didn't really want to target them.
"Duan Song is obsessed with getting away from Heiou's control, but because the death contract is indestructible, he has to work for Yin Mingwu." Wei Wei calculated today's income, and He Luo used his tentacles to roll up the pen to help him keep accounts.
Gao Mengtang was puzzled: "Why?"
"I guess that when Duan Song first joined Black Gull, he didn't dislike Yin Mingwu. Like other players, he wanted to stay in Black Gull for a long time."
"Yin Mingwu has a peculiar habit of promoting his subordinates. I have told you about it before."
Gao Mengtang nodded.
Generally, leaders would promote players with promising ID cards, but Yin Mingwu values family background - he likes to promote poor people in reality, and discriminates against and suppresses those with good family backgrounds.
Wei Wei closed the account book and lit a cigarette: "I don't want to talk about other people's private affairs behind their backs, but this matter is serious and I can't care too much. Duan Song was born into a prominent family, and his mother is the richest woman in Beizhou."
He took out a piece and threw it on the ground.
The crystal shattered and the air around it twisted.
This is the [Interference Crystal]. Five minutes after use, the magnetic field will interfere with the system recording, ensuring that the content of their conversation will not be leaked.
Wei Wei continued speaking.
Duan Song is the typical person who is ignorant of the sufferings of the world and thinks, "Although I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I am a rich young man who spends money like water, my parents don't love me and I am also very miserable."
When his mother was young, she loved handsome men and liked an actor. She made him a movie star and gave birth to Duan Song with him. However, after a few years of fame, the star cheated on her.
Duan Song's mother turned from love to hatred and spread the dirt on Duan Song's father everywhere, and the superstar was thrown into prison. Duan Song's face was a replica of his father's.
As a result, Duan's mother also hated Duan Song. She left him to be raised by a nanny, gave him 100,000 yuan a month for living expenses, and did not ask about the rest.
Duan Song is good-looking, but his face is the reason why his mother hates him. He did not inherit his mother's business acumen and ruthlessness. He is not good at studying and has no special skills.
After much calculation, Duan Song's only advantage is that he is rich.
Wei Wei: "A few years ago, Duan Song was far more frivolous than he is now. He flaunted his wealth to cover up his inner emptiness. He was lazy and dissolute, and didn't work seriously."
"After a mission failed, Yin Mingwu told him that the Black Tower Game has arrived. The money in your hand is nothing but a pile of waste paper. You who are showing off the waste paper are nothing but a waste."
"A reprimand would be fine. Yin Mingwu did something excessive," Wei Wei shook his head slowly, "He smashed the watch Duan's mother gave him. It was Duan Song's adult gift and the only gift he received from his mother."
Gao Mengtang immediately thought of the broken watch: "Patek Philippe?"
"That's right. I guess that from that day on, Duan Song began to hate Yin Mingwu and made up his mind to leave Heiou."
While listening to Duan Song's past, Gao Mengtang flipped through the "Monster Book".
"Do you have any plan?" Wei Wei asked, "Have you figured out how to persuade Duan Song to rebel?"
Gao Mengtang closed the Monster Book and smiled sheepishly: "There is indeed a way, but... it's very unethical."
“Those who achieve great things don’t pay attention to trivial matters. Tell me about it.” Wei Wei said with great interest.
Gao Mengtang: "In the Black Tower game, the player's most vulnerable moment is when their spirit value is too low..."
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