Chapter 102
The late autumn sun is golden, but the weather outside is already very cold.
In the warm sunroom, An Rou was lost in thought as she looked at the harvesters moving across the fields and the faint line of cattle in the distance.
"Xiao Rou, draw a card."
An Rou glanced at Mrs. Cui, picked up a mahjong tile, and turned it over without even looking at the suit.
"Sorry, Madam, I messed up."
"Again?"
A flash of displeasure fell into An Rou's eyes.
Mahjong tiles are physical objects that have been passed down for thousands of years, but the mahjong table is integrated with high technology, with a screen covering the entire table. The wealthy ladies in the other two seats are virtual projections. The three of them each slid the chips on the screen in front of them to An Rou.
"Xiaorou was lucky today. She must have won about 300,000, right?"
Mrs. Cui glanced at the chips in front of An Rou and smiled kindly, "Are you satisfied with this betrothal gift?"
"Dowry?" An Rou kept smiling.
"Isn't it?" Mrs. Cui said. "Our Gaoshan keeps talking about you all the time, and he's so worried about you that he's about to break you. You two have been together for three or four years now, and his father and I aren't looking for a good match. We might as well get the marriage certificate tomorrow. What do you think?"
An Rou's face gradually became stern.
Mrs. Cui shook her head. "Just listen to me. You know best what the world is like these days, and what life is like at Qingshan Manor. Your parents passed away early, leaving you an orphan with no one to rely on. Being able to marry into our Gaoshan family is a blessing earned from your good deeds in a past life, isn't it?"
An Rou said nothing, tapped the table a few times with her fingers, and converted all the chips into funds and transferred them into her bank account.
Mrs. Cui smiled and said, "That's right. Even if a girl marries into her husband's family and takes his surname, she still needs to have some money to settle down..."
"Take your mother's husband's surname." An Rou suddenly interrupted her, her words vulgar, but her face did not show anger. She smiled, "In my opinion, it is your blessing to give birth to a loser like Cui Gaoshan."
The two holographically projected wealthy ladies opened their mouths wide and couldn't help but look at Mrs. Cui.
Mrs. Cui was also stunned and didn't react.
An Rou tapped the desktop screen and said, "Mrs. Cui, oh and the two ladies, I will accept this severance pay with reluctance."
Mrs. Cui's face was stiff: "An Rou, don't be shameless."
"You're the one who's so shameless!"
An Rou immediately blocked her mouth. "Don't you know what kind of person your son is? How did he get a STD when he's impotent? It can't be inherited from the mother. I don't care if your last name is Cui or Chen. I'm telling you, I quit this crappy job!"
The holographic projector flashed, and the two rich ladies disappeared tactfully.
Mrs. Cui's face turned pale and she shouted sternly, "Stop her!"
Two farm workers strode in and lifted An Rou up without saying a word.
An Rou said in a deep voice: "In a society ruled by law, what do you want to do?!"
Mrs. Cui sneered: "In Qingshan, I am the law!"
An Rou was locked up in the dark cellar for a whole week, becoming emaciated. Fortunately, there were some potatoes and cabbages in the cellar, so she didn't starve to death.
Mrs. Cui also didn't want her to starve to death.
"Have you figured it out?"
An Rou nodded weakly, almost fainting. Cui Gaoshan rushed forward to support her, beaming with joy.
"Mom, are we going to get the certificate today?"
Mrs. Cui's face was filled with disgust: "Let him take care of himself first. It's too embarrassing to take pictures with this horrible look on your face. It's embarrassing."
That night, when it was late and quiet, An Rou sneaked into Cui Gaoshan's room.
The window was open and it was very cold inside.
At two o'clock in the morning, Cui Gaoshan was not there.
She took out a small green glass bottle from her pocket, reached out and unscrewed the cap, pointing the bottle mouth at the glass of water on the bedside table.
There was a pause.
An Rou didn't think she was too impulsive, but she suddenly felt that it was a bit stupid to sacrifice her own life for this family of scum.
There must be a smarter way.
In the dim light coming in from the window, she saw the holographic game cabin on the wall.
A week ago, there was no holographic cabin in Cui Gaoshan's room.
However, An Rou had heard him excitedly mention that his father had finally agreed to take him to play games, and that he had smoothed out the relationship and would soon be able to join the largest gaming guild in Soul Song.
The holographic cabin... the transparent cover, with the label still on. The breathing light was off, and it wasn't plugged in. It was a brand new machine.
It's a machine, there are always malfunctions, right?
For example... electric shock?
An Rou held the bottle and moved over, groping for the plug at the rear of the cabin and taking a look, but she had no idea what to do.
She opened the hatch, and at that moment, Cui Gaoshan's voice was heard outside.
And there’s the loser dad, Cui Qing!
An Rou subconsciously hid in the holographic cabin, but suddenly she had an idea and threw the bottle in her hand out of the window. Then she hid herself in it and closed the cabin cover.
Cui Qing wasn't his stupid son, and he wasn't easy to fool. But it was late at night, so Cui Qing probably wouldn't go into his son's room.
The door was pushed open, and the conversation between the two people became clear.
"...She won't let me touch her. My mom told me to force her, but I don't dare. Rou'er can be really fierce when she gets angry."
"idiot."
"Dad, can you please teach me how to make her behave?"
"Remember when I taught you how to deal with NPCs in the game?"
"Remember! Use money!"
"What if money doesn't work?"
"...Use force to subdue? I already told you I wouldn't dare."
"How could I give birth to a loser like you? A grown man like you can't even beat a woman? Just because of your character, you still want to play the Soul-Calling Song and join Long Yan?"
"Dad, Dad, don't be angry! How about this, I'll try it tomorrow night, and then you can come to my room to help me, okay?"
"Just call your mother."
"Not enough, not enough. Rou'er even dared to get angry with my mom. Dad, why don't you come too..."
An Rou's blood boiled when she heard this.
She shouldn't have thrown the things away just now, but should have poured them all into the family's water cups!
She held onto the hatch with her hands, resisting the urge to rush out and hit someone. Just as she was about to put her hands down, she felt something prick her fingertips.
It doesn't hurt, just a little numb, like static electricity.
Strangely, she couldn't pull her hand back; it was stuck to the hatch by an inexplicable suction force. She grabbed her wrist with her other hand and pulled back, but the moment her palm separated from the hatch, the invisible suction force suddenly intensified.
The electric shock sensation flowed through my arms, spread throughout my body, and into my brain.
Her consciousness, her vision, and the words she heard all blurred at the same time, plunging into darkness.
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"Boss, boss?"
An Rou grabbed the hand that was waving in front of her.
Paopao looked concerned: "Boss, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
An Rou slowly shook her head: "Gone?"
She looked into the narrow alley and saw that the pickle jar in the corner was still there. It seemed that Sheng Jin's body had not been found.
"They left. Kuang Dao was absolutely certain that a ghoul had taken the body, so they didn't search. Luckily," Paopao said. "Kuang Dao is just as arrogant and conceited as people say on the forums. Many people say he wants to emulate Shakuzen Ichiaki..."
"Let's go." An Rou interrupted in a light tone.
Paopao was stunned, feeling that his boss was a little abnormal. No matter what the situation was, his boss had never been so out of touch with the situation before.
He jumped off the roof with An Rou.
"What should we do with the body? Should we carry it back?"
An Rou shook her head, walked to the pickle jar, and knocked on the wall: "Leave it to you."
Then he turned around and walked straight out.
Before Paopao could react, he caught a glimpse of a head popping out of the wall from the corner of his eye. He was startled and hurried to catch up with Anrou.
Looking back frequently along the way.
"Boss, you knew it was there a long time ago..."
"It's very smart. It knows that those who are destined to be born can die temporarily, so it won't let this soul go easily." An Rou lowered her voice.
This ghoul was the smartest ghoul she had ever seen after the Bloodwing Ghoul and Wang Da. Intuitively, it was the most human-like.
If there wasn't a light screen above its head, An Rou probably wouldn't have discovered its true identity. If it were a player like Paopao, it would be even harder to detect.
Paopao: "Boss, how did you know? Oh, you connected to its consciousness?"
An Rou: "Let's talk outside."
The town was not big, so the two of them chose to walk in the alleys with fewer people. After a while, they returned to the place where they had climbed the mountain before.
On the way down, Paopao wanted to say something but stopped himself several times. When he finally reached the halfway point, he looked around carefully and saw no human voices. Finally, he couldn't help but feel curious.
"Boss, where did that ghoul come from? It's disguised much better than Lao Zhang and the others. If we can recruit it to the farm..."
"We can't recruit it to the farm." An Rou shook her head. "It must stay in town to capture the attention of the trial group."
Paopao was puzzled: "What do you mean? Wait, I have a lot of questions, ask them one by one."
Paopao gathered his thoughts. "First, the boss left the corpse to it, saying it needed the soul. It had already come into contact with the Dragon Flame player before, so why didn't it just eat it? If the soul is devoured, the corpse will be gone, and the Trial Group won't receive any requests for help from the player, which would save a lot of trouble."
"It's a ghoul. It doesn't think as much as you do." An Rou explained, "It just doesn't want to reveal its true face in front of Zi Sha."
Zisha was an NPC and couldn't see player corpses. So, the moment Shengjin's health reached zero, his body vanished from Zisha's view. On the other hand, if it had exploded into a ball of light, Zisha would have been able to see it.
An Rou didn't know whether Zisha understood the meaning of the Chosen One being exploded into a spot of light, but judging from the ghoul's behavior, it didn't want to take any risk of exposing its identity.
It’s a pity that it doesn’t know that Zisha has already discovered its identity in her subconscious mind.
Otherwise, An Rou would not be able to read those memories.
Paopao suddenly realized: "The ghoul disguised himself as Zisha's brother in order to conceal his identity? Then Zisha's biological brother..."
"Maybe he's not dead. The ghoul is just parasitic on him." An Rou said.
Paopao nodded.
Zisha was an NPC, and her brother was naturally an NPC as well. If another ghoul were to create a new ghoul from him, its rank wouldn't be very high, perhaps not even C-rank, let alone the current A-rank.
Therefore, this ghoul should be a transfer parasite.
"No wonder it looks so calm. It seems like it didn't even touch the little boy's soul. That's right, how could an A-rank ghoul be interested in an NPC's soul..."
Paopao suddenly paused as he spoke, and hurried to Anrou's side, "Boss, shouldn't we help him and drive the ghoul out? Otherwise, even if the child's soul isn't damaged, he'll be a dying vegetable once the ghoul leaves."
An Rou stopped and asked, "Why?"
"Because ghoul parasites have a time limit. Once a ghoul is parasitized for more than 24 hours, even if his soul and body are intact, he won't wake up. It's... similar to brain death."
An Rou frowned and looked at Paopao: "Why didn't you tell me about this setting before?"
"Well... this situation is rare."
Paopao scratched his head. "Besides, many of the settings in the Soul-Guiding Song aren't officially explained. They're the players' own conclusions. This guide is missing this setting, and that guide is missing that setting..."
"It's too late."
"ah?"
An Rou sighed silently: "Meng Ziyu was first parasitized two years ago. According to the setting you mentioned, he should have been brain dead a long time ago."
"Meng Ziyou?" Paopao asked in confusion, "Boss, do you know his name?"
An Rou turned her head to look at the top of the mountain, then lowered her eyes again.
They had already climbed halfway up the mountain and from this angle they could already see the farm at the foot of the mountain.
She sat down on a bare rock.
"Meng Ziyu and Meng Zisha are indeed siblings. Two years ago, a ghoul parasitized Meng Ziyu and transformed their mother into a ghoul as well. I don't know the exact process.
"However, for some unknown reason, the ghoul did not touch Meng Zisha, nor did he abandon her. Instead, he took her and wandered around in hiding for more than a year.
"Until a few months ago, Meng Zisha was captured by the Longyan Guild. In order to save her, the ghoul fell into their trap and was also controlled by the Longyan Guild."
Paopao looked shocked.
An Rou raised her hand to indicate that she had not finished speaking.
"After being captured by Long Yan, they were imprisoned separately, only seeing each other every few days. It wasn't until midnight yesterday that they were reunited and sent to the Trial Town.
"Of course, the person who sent them here wasn't Kuang Dao, but you should know his name. Meng Zisha calls him the Ripper."
Kaipi, a super player of the Longyan Guild, ranked eighth on the Destiny List.
Paopao’s eyes widened and he couldn’t wait to speak, but Anrou raised her hand again.
"So I guess...Meng Ziyou is probably the boss of the mission assigned by the Dragon Flame Trial Group this time. The leader, Crazy Blade, might not know Meng Ziyou's background.
"After all, for a bunch of low-level players, A-level ghouls are already difficult enough.
"This is why I don't want to bring the brother and sister to the farm. We don't know the details of how Long Yan arranges the trial tasks. Given the current situation, I don't want to attract Kaishi here. This is the general situation, you can ask."
Paopao opened his mouth, but didn't know where to start.
He thought about it and picked up the most crucial question: "Boss, have you... reached a cooperation with Meng Ziyu?"
An Rou was stunned and laughed helplessly.
Paopao, however, took her smile as a sign of agreement and said admiringly, "Boss, your ability to control ghouls is truly remarkable. Oh, and your negotiation skills too!"
In a short time, he could make the ghouls give him their heart and soul, more like a ghost mother than a ghost mother. If other players knew about this, they might label the boss a ghost king.
In the past, even if Paopao wanted to go off on a completely different note, An Rou would have acquiesced half-heartedly. But when her eyes met Paopao's admiring gaze, she unconsciously dodged.
The argument not long ago came to mind.
"That's not the reason." An Rou looked away, gazing at the farm at the foot of the mountain. "I saw Zisha's memories."
It's not just the scene where Zisha persuades her brother to eat, but all the scenes that were present at the same time after Meng Ziyu turned into a ghoul.
Those memory images overlapped with each other, just like An Rou was connecting to the consciousness of multiple ghouls at the same time, so she didn't feel confused.
Every paragraph is very clear.
Paopao's expression froze instantly, and then he jumped up.
"The boss can also read NPC memories?!"
What an incredible bug!
"Boss, are you serious?"
Being able to establish a connection with ghouls and control them. Now, being able to read NPC memories... these two abilities would drive anyone crazy, right?!
The former is self-explanatory. As for the latter... digging out clues from NPCs won't be a problem anymore!
"It's true." An Rou said, then smiled at him, "But don't overthink it. There are many restrictions. It's not available to everyone."
"No matter how many restrictions there are, it's amazing! You're worthy of being the boss, I knew it!"
"You know?" An Rou keenly noticed something strange. "You know what?"
"Uh...of course I know the boss is powerful." Paopao scratched his head. "By the way, boss, what should we do next? This place doesn't look safe either. Shall we go?"
Obviously digressing.
An Rou was confused. This child was sometimes outspoken and sometimes secretive. How could she be honest with him?
In fact, if she kept the conversation going, she was about to reveal that she was an NPC. Since Paopao had chosen to stay, she didn't really want to kick him out. His NPC identity was full of flaws, so even if she continued to hide it, she wouldn't be able to keep it hidden for long.
But Paopao chose to back down in the face of the truth.
An Rou thought about it, gave up the idea, and stood up.
"Whether you can get out of here or not, my decision doesn't count."
You have to ask about ink removal.
But whether she wants to leave or not is naturally the decision in her own hands.
Because there is Mad Blade in the trial group.
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The farm gate was open and someone was waiting outside.
Xie Xin, and the sudden wealth of the big face floating on the surface.
An Rou touched Bao Fu's big forehead and looked up at Xie Xin: "Mr. Xie, where is the ink?"
Xie Xin answered irrelevantly: "It seems that the farmer has seen the person."
An Rou cast a scrutinizing look: "Who are you referring to?"
The tone unconsciously became a little impolite.
Xie Xin smiled nonchalantly: "Of course it's the trial group."
An Rou didn't let her guard down. For a moment, she suspected that Jie Xin knew all about the grudge between her and Kuang Dao.
Is it just... possible? That's what happened in reality.
However, Jie Xin's next words made An Rou very certain: Maybe!
"Do you know, farmer, that destiny is also called luck in the game? It's said that players who die in the belly of a ghoul will have terrible luck when they return to reality. Their companies go bankrupt, their families are separated, and they might even get into a car accident while crossing the street. There's even worse news: entire families may be involved in accidents and become destitute."
An Rou frowned and stared into the other person's smiling eyes.
He must know!
He was hinting that he could take revenge on Cui Qing's family through the game!
"What nonsense are you talking about! Boss, don't listen to his nonsense, it's just unfounded rumors!"
Paopao stopped An Rou. He misunderstood Jie Xin, thinking that she was accusing An Rou of using ghouls to kill players indiscriminately.
Paopao said, "Some people have had bad luck after leaving Soul Summoning Song, but it's just minor bad luck, not the horrific misfortune he's talking about. If it's really like what he said, billions of people have played Soul Summoning Song, and how many of them would still be alive? It would have been the end of the world long ago!"
"I'm warning you," Paopao pointed at Jie Xin's nose. "If you want to stay here and eat and drink for free, then mind your own business. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll kick you out!"
Xie Xin raised his hands and said, "Hey, please don't accuse me wrongly. I just paid in full this morning. How can I eat and drink for free?"
"you……"
"It's okay." An Rou pulled Paopao to the back and looked at Jie Xin, "I need help from Chu Mo. Mr. Jie, can you please show me the way?"
The ink remover has always been elusive. There are hundreds of acres of land on the farm and so many houses built, so it would take too much time to find him.
Xie Xin apologized, "I don't know where that guy is sleeping. But I can roughly guess what the farmer wants to ask him, and I also roughly know his answer."
An Rou waited quietly.
Xie Xin smiled and said, "As long as the farmer makes a decision that suits his heart, he won't interfere. Is the farmer satisfied with this answer?"
This ghost king was probably the reincarnation of a starving ghost. He waited here specifically to say a few words, and then hurried to the cafeteria to have lunch with great interest.
An Rou had no appetite and walked alone on the farm, quietly thinking about Jie Xin's words.
Paopao followed closely: "Boss, don't take Jie's words to heart. He definitely has bad intentions."
An Rou glanced at him and realized that he was referring to the luck that Jie Xin had just mentioned.
Such important information must of course be kept firmly in mind.
It’s just a point to keep in mind, which is completely different from what Paopao worries about.
Apart from Mad Blade, the bad luck or good fortune of other players has nothing to do with her.
Just like the players who died in Zhongsu Town, if they didn’t die in the farm ghoul wave, wouldn’t they die in other ghoul waves?
Paopao is right. With so many players losing their qualifications, if they are really unlucky when they return to real life, the world will be quiet.
The fact is, before An Rou entered the game, Yong'an City alone was in turmoil.
"Is your boss's mentality so poor?" An Rou said with a smile, pushing Paopao and saying, "Go, go, go and eat your meal. Didn't you say you were hungry as soon as you left the house?"
He ran three steps and looked back every three steps before leaving.
An Rou turned and walked into the bun shop, her smile fading.
This trip, while seemingly uninspired, actually allowed me to gather a wealth of information. While everything might seem a bit chaotic at first glance, a general outline has slowly emerged.
Let’s talk about ink removal first.
As analyzed before, the purpose of ink removal is simple - ghost ruins.
There are two candidates in the trial area who are qualified to open the Ghost Ruins. One is Kuang Dao who is ranked 99th, and the other is Kai Cai who is ranked 8th.
The former is a great god, and the latter is a super god.
Judging from the strength, the possibility of opening the chest is the greatest, but considering the whole situation, An Rou thinks that Chu Mo is interested in Kuang Dao.
Firstly, the location of the Ripper was unknown, while Berserker was within the trial area. A master-level Berserker was more than enough to deal with an A-rank ghoul, and it was unlikely that the Ripper would be there to babysit the newbie group.
Secondly, as Paopao described, Kuangdao has a rough style and a strong momentum of rise, and is known as the second Ming among Chiqian.
An Rou vaguely remembered that Cui Qing joined Long Yan and went to work at the holographic command center not long after he started playing games two years ago.
He was promoted to a great god in just two years. His speed is incredible. It is not impossible for him to surpass the god in one step and open the Ghost Ruins.
After all, after becoming rich and rising to SSS level, he devoured two high-level players, Old Man and Ali, in succession. The hidden experience rewards were by no means comparable to those of ordinary SSS-level ghouls.
After locking the target on Kuang Dao, the situation became clear - a trial group of 300 people.
There is only one trial town, so it is conceivable that the scope of the entire trial area will not be too large to allow the entire trial group to disperse.
It is difficult to kill Kuang Dao silently without alerting others, but that doesn't mean there is no way.
The answer given by Jie Xin on behalf of Chu Mo was very subtle: he would not interfere as long as it was in line with his wishes.
What's your intention?
Xie Xin clearly knew that there was an irreconcilable feud between her and Kuang Dao, yet he still emphasized this prefix... This chatterbox doesn't talk nonsense.
——Chu Mo, I hope she can wipe out the trial group in one fell swoop.
The result of this thought made An Rou smile meaningfully.
Chu Mo, the number one player of the Longyan Guild, actually wanted to use outsiders to get rid of his own guild members?
It seems that he is very dissatisfied with the existence of the trial area.
Judging from what the players in the teahouse said, the trial group was recently formed, which means that Long Yan has recently made up his mind to strengthen the training of members.
Chu Mo's dissatisfaction with the trial team actually stems from his dissatisfaction with the guild's decision.
The Dragon Flame Guild, with its dual headquarters in Lengbing City and Lingyu, is clearly already the largest guild in the entire server, yet it is so eager to train new members...
An Rou guessed that the existing players in the guild, including Chu Mo, could not meet Long Yan's needs.
Thinking deeper, it leads to another question: What exactly is the Dragon Flame Guild pursuing?
The three major guilds of Lengbing City, Longyan, Ouli, and Garl, were different from many small and medium-sized private guilds. They all had deep national backgrounds and devoted a great deal of manpower and resources to the tireless research of the Soul-Calling Song. This could not be regarded as ordinary corporate behavior.
Competition between nations...
An Rou's eyelids twitched, and a vague answer emerged in her mind: connection!
The game world and the real world are connected!
Just as Xie Xin hinted, she can take revenge on Cui Qing's family in real life by killing Kuang Dao.
Just as we have heard many times, many people rise in the game and become rich in real life, while those who fail in the game also have bad luck in real life.
There is another rumor that once the Ghost King is killed, the game is completely over!
There must be shocking secrets hidden in the ghost ruins that Xie Xin is in charge of, secrets that make all countries toss and turn sleeplessly!
And... An Rou raised her hand and stared at her palm.
Doesn’t the fact that she entered the game just illustrate the connection between the two worlds?
The biggest sign was actually right in front of us from the beginning.
It's just that out of disappointment with the real world and the mentality of making the best of things, I've never thought deeply about it.
An Rou was stunned for a long while before she suppressed her chaotic thoughts and turned her attention back to the matter at hand.
The situation and motivations have been analyzed to a certain extent. The next question is how to break the deadlock.
How could they completely wipe out these 301 people? Furthermore, they had to be able to successfully escape from the encirclement of Longyan's 300,000 players.
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Paopao hurriedly finished two bowls of rice, and when he rushed over to find An Rou, he hadn't even swallowed the food in his mouth.
An Rou sat in the bun shop with her head half tilted back.
As soon as he saw the familiar posture, Paopao knew what she was doing. An An sat down quietly opposite her, glancing at An Rou from time to time.
An Rou suddenly spoke up: "The trial area includes three mountaintops: Cangling Mountain, Wuli Mountain, and Niaoqu Mountain, which are connected in pairs. The trial town is located on the top of Cangling Mountain, but the trial tasks are scattered across the three mountains, mainly on the inner side.
"It is said that the dead wood forest at the junction of Cangling Mountain and Wuli Mountain, the mass grave on the hillside of Wuli Mountain, and the ghost tomb raft building on Niaoqu Mountain are the three main mission locations.
"Of course, the place with the highest concentration of ghouls is still the trial town, because the A-level ghoul boss will not leave the town, and it needs to constantly differentiate new ghouls to cause chaos and cover its whereabouts.
"The trial group has now dispersed into small groups, totaling 50 groups. The details of the missions in the trial town have also been released. The highest level of ghouls is indeed A, but the one that was just strangled is not yet C-level..."
Paopao couldn't help but ask, "Boss, can you read the player's memory? Remotely?"
An Rou looked down at him, her focus unfocused, and it was obvious that she had not yet retracted her consciousness.
She laughed and said, "Just found out? I know exactly what's going on in your mind right now."
"What am I thinking about?" Paopao asked.
"Heng Bo Bao."
"I didn't, don't talk nonsense!" Paopao's face was burning, but his mind started to work, "I know, the boss has connected to Meng Ziyu's consciousness?"
An Rou nodded.
Paopao was surprised: "It can't be mixed in with the other players, how can it be so bold?!"
"No, it took Zisha to hide under the stairs of the restaurant and steal the leftovers."
“…” Paopao didn’t know what to say.
A. Level Ghoul, for low-level players, he can at least be considered a local tyrant. Stealing leftovers?
It's such a miserable situation.
The smile on An Rou's lips suddenly disappeared and she frowned.
Paopao hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, boss?"
After waiting for a while, An Rou whispered, "Kuang Dao just came in and forced a member of Long Yan to kill the restaurant waiter."
"Why, man is he a ghoul?"
"No..." An Rou's expression showed a hint of disgust. "That member found out that the guy was at the scene of the strangulation of the ghoul, but he didn't get any more clues. Kuang Dao was showing them that if soft tactics don't work, then use hard tactics."
"Depend on!"
Paopao cursed and said angrily, "He really wants to imitate Chiqian Yiming? He doesn't learn the good things but only the bad things. Isn't he afraid of bringing bad luck?!"
An Rou sneered: "He used this style to rise to the Great God in two years. His destiny value is very high, so he has the capital to do so. What a pity..."
Because of him, none of the 300 Dragon Flame players he brought with him this time will be able to walk out of the trial area alive.
Isn't it bad luck?
Paopao understood the meaning behind Anrou's words and asked tentatively, "Boss, are we going to attack Kuangdao?"
An Rou: "Do you have any objections?"
"Of course I have no objection!" Paopao slammed the table and stood up, eager to give it a try. "They didn't treat the NPCs as human beings, so they deserve this. The sauerkraut jars are empty, so we can use these people to fill the gap."
An Rou cut off the connection with consciousness, her eyes regained clarity, and she looked at him in surprise.
Paopao continued, "Boss, it's a deal. I'm going to participate this time, for real! I want to level up as quickly as possible. Silver and the like are just too rubbish. I'm embarrassed to tell anyone about it!"
An Rou asked him seriously, "Have you thought it over? Are you not afraid of death?"
Once the ghoul tide explodes, the scene will be extremely chaotic. By then, her attention will definitely be focused on Kuang Dao, and she may not be able to pay attention to Paopao.
If he died temporarily, it would be fine if he only lost his life points, but if he was accidentally bitten by a ghoul, he would say goodbye to this game completely.
Paopao's expression was resolute: "I've thought it over. I won't die!"
He couldn't hide behind the boss all the time, and as a player, he couldn't hide behind the ghouls all the time. After all, he was also the small leader of the ghoul employees.
"Don't set a flag casually." An Rou smiled, "Sit down and let's discuss the follow-up plan."
The plan is actually very simple:
First, rhythmically detonate a small wave of ghouls in the trial town to attract players from other mission sites to the town, but don't let them panic and ask for help from the outside world too early.
Secondly, if I leave clues about the top-level ghouls only to Kuang Dao, given his conceited personality, he will definitely track them down and become disconnected from the trial group.
The third and final step was to send the farm workers to detonate a large ghoul wave in the town, wiping out the entire trial group. Meanwhile, have Baofu deal with Kuangdao. With Baofu's current strength, he should be able to kill him.
"Since you want to get deeply involved, go to the town with Zhang Da. Remember to follow closely, it can help you at the critical moment." An Rou said.
Paopao seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
"What, is there a problem with the plan?"
"It's possible to eliminate the Trial Group without destroying the farm, no problem." Paopao shook his head. "But... Boss, does Trial Town have to be the location? There are quite a few NPCs there."
An Rou frowned. "I know. They were all captured by Long Yan from all over the place. Even if they escaped from the ghoul tide, what good would happen to them? As long as they stayed in the trial area, they would die sooner or later. And that day won't come too late."
Paopao moved his lips, and An Rou continued, "Or maybe you want to send them back to their place of origin? That's unrealistic. Long Yan is unlikely to capture people from other guilds' territories, and these NPCs aren't captured randomly. Long Yan must have his own set of screening criteria. Even if you send them back, they'll be captured again sooner or later."
"Boss...have you ever thought about bringing them back to the farm?"
Paopao said weakly, "After consuming Ali, Brother Baofu has grown even bigger. The farm can definitely be expanded to accommodate more people. There are only a few dozen people on the farm now, and it's so deserted... Boss, don't you want it to be more lively?"
"It's good to be lively, but it brings more management problems."
An Rou denied it, "Besides, have you ever thought about this? Is this a safe place? If we really want to be safe, why have we been hiding all this time? Is bringing them back to the farm really for their own good?"
Paopao fell silent.
Given his personality, when they really disagree, although he will eventually obey An Rou's arrangements, there will always be some arguments in the process.
The reason why he remained silent this time was because he felt that what his boss said made sense.
If you meet a stray cat on the road and take it home, it becomes your responsibility. NPCs are people in the game, and their responsibilities are even greater.
Paopao scratched his head: "I'm just expressing my thoughts... Hehe, Boss, you're right. I'll listen to you. Boss, when do we start?"
His appearance made An Rou sigh deeply in her heart.
"Bao Bao can't perform Night Walk during the day, let's wait until nightfall."
There are still four or five hours until nightfall.
The trial group had arrived all morning, and no one had come down the mountain from the south. It seemed the information Meng Ziyou had gathered was true; the trial missions were all located on the inner side of the three mountains.
In other words, the farm doesn't have to worry about being discovered for the time being.
Considering that it was unknown when the evening operation would end, An Rou asked Paopao to log off and rest early, and then log back into the game at five in the evening.
After running around, she sat alone in the bun shop, feeling a tightness in her chest.
An Younian came over once, bringing a hearty lunch box. Seeing her dirty clothes, he ran to get her a set of clean ones.
"Rou Rou, the bathhouse is right next to us. I asked Sister Xiang to boil some hot water. Come over and take a bath."
An Rou stared at him blankly for a while, which made An Younian feel uneasy.
"What's going on? Are there more bad guys here?"
An Rou came back to her senses, and as usual, she smiled and comforted him for a while, then let him go back.
She looked at the delicious food on the table, but she had no appetite at all. She kept thinking of the sweet potatoes in Zisha's broken white bowl.
The clean and soft silk cheongsam on the stool made her think of the NPCs in the trial town.
They all looked gray, from their eyes to their clothes, everything had lost its luster.
An Rou stood up irritably: "Bao Bao."
An arc-shaped crack appeared on the ground of the bun shop.
An Rou stepped into the dark crevice, and countless void tentacles surged over, carrying her into the deepest part.
The faint light surged, and the light spots as fine as sand gathered into a human figure, waiting at the end.
An Rou sat down in front of it, resting one hand on her knee, supporting her chin, and quietly looking at the figure in front of her that was made up of soul light spots.
Soul Light Spots—this was the name she subconsciously gave when she saw them gather into human form.
The glowing white figure, as if printed on the wall, really looks like a soul.
It was this that made An Rou realize that the ghoul's instinct to devour souls was most likely due to its desire for souls.
People always lack something and want something. This game setting is very reasonable.
The soul hidden in Baobao's body is, of course, Baobao's soul.
The moment this soul appeared, An Rou felt as if she saw Wang Da.
Height and build...very similar.
But it only has an outline, no facial features, no movements, and cannot speak.
The only thing that can be called a "reaction" is that it appears as soon as An Rou enters here.
It seemed like he was waiting for her to arrive at any moment.
The more it resembles Wang Da, the more it proves that An Rou's previous guess was correct: Wang Da is not a single individual, it is mixed with the will to get rich quickly.
However, this soul is definitely not Wang Da.
It doesn't make her feel uneasy, just peaceful.
An Rou looked at it quietly. It didn't move at all, as if it was looking back at her quietly.
Time passes in stillness.
An Rou closed her eyes unconsciously, her mind becoming hazy.
The moment she was about to fall asleep, she murmured in an inaudible voice: "Baobao, what should I do..."
An Rou woke up suddenly, staring at it with wide eyes.
Did I hear it wrong?
It received her question.
All the soul light spots began to flicker slowly at the same frequency, like endless breathing lights gathered together.
"Save them, Master."
"Save them, Master."
“Save them…”
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