Chapter 018: Eating Watermelons in the Archives of Lies (7)
Hearing that the boss unlock level had increased, Qin Zhengyi supported her childhood friend, who was a little exhausted, and cursed: "What kind of weird dungeon is this? The boss even asked a series of questions?!"
Then she quickly comforted Song Xiaoyan: "It's okay, we still have room for error."
Guild President Jiang Minxu said to Mo Qianhe beside him, "It's not bad. I've watched other replays of this instance, and there have been many instances where players have completely unlocked the boss by returning the wrong file fragments. We're better than the worst."
Mo Qianhe looked at Jiang Minxu and half-jokingly praised him, "President Jiang has a really good attitude."
The famous star Fang Yiran wanted to rub her hair, but couldn't bear to mess it up. She pounded the desk with her fist and said, "This dungeon is too strict!"
Liu Tang was thinking seriously:
So why does Shiba Inu say he hates nesting dolls? I think there's something fishy going on here...
Only the thin old Cheng remained calm and composed.
Boss unlocking was just too common for him.
In many dungeons, he even took the initiative to unlock the boss.
Because only when the Boss is unlocked will he come out to kill players. If the number of players decreases, he can get more points.
"How can I completely unlock the Boss..."
He thought about it and looked at Yin Guanglai, the fat pig who was in the same team with him.
Lao Cheng pondered for a moment, then pulled Yin Guanglai aside and said to him, "Hurry up and put the file fragment you took back so you can get a guarantee sooner rather than later."
Yin Guanglai took out the fragment he got at the beginning from his pocket. It was the words that the "Water Snow Elf" said to the "Matryoshka Doll" before his death: "Dad has always known about your existence, he just doesn't care and doesn't want to see you."
The fat man said timidly, "That's not necessarily a lie. I wanted to use the line from 'Whispering Orchid Grass' to clarify things for my friend."
Lao Cheng sternly stopped him, "No. Once you put it up, if Boss asks you for the truth, you'll have to reveal that her brother and her best friend had sex. Then the fragments we've hidden will be useless. You'll have to put up another one."
Yin Guanglai was still hesitating, and Lao Cheng continued, "Do you want to see that group of people get into trouble? If you just want everyone to pass the level happily together, then just let them know this information. I don't care."
Yin Guanglai didn't want to give the boy named Jiang Minxu an easy time.
So he gritted his teeth and took out the fragment of the "Snow Elf" file. He hesitated again and looked at Yin Guanglai pleadingly: "Can't I not release it? I will release it after all the information is confirmed."
Lao Cheng said angrily, "What's so uncertain about this? What 'Snow Elf' said was clearly the straw that broke the camel's back. She was clearly lying to provoke him. The truth must be that his father actually misses his daughter 'Matryoshka' very much."
Yin Guanglai looked at Lao Cheng distrustfully and said, "You also said it, but it should be. What if I am wrong?"
Lao Cheng suppressed his inner annoyance and patiently replied, "Why can't you think straight? Look at what happened to that little girl surnamed Song after she answered incorrectly."
"The Boss is 50% unlocked, so I can't answer wrong again. Otherwise, what if the Boss is completely unlocked?" Yin Guanglai said with reason.
"Then let me ask you, if you release the file now and the answer is incorrect, you will face an increase in the boss unlocking level, right?" Lao Cheng asked back.
"Yeah."
Lao Cheng: "If you don't complete the guaranteed level now, by the time others put the wrong file fragments or answer the wrong questions, the boss will have been completely unlocked. If you accidentally answer the wrong question at that time, you will not face an increase in unlocking level, but the already unlocked boss will kill you according to the rules.
Yin Guanglai understood. If he took a risk before the Boss was completely unlocked, there would still be room for maneuver, but once others completely unlocked the Boss, he would not be able to make any mistakes.
Lao Cheng's rhetoric made him completely ignore the possibility that he could give the correct answer after obtaining enough information.
Thinking of this, Yin Guanglai quickly placed the fragments on the file rack and heard the system announcement: "10% of the files have been successfully returned, and the total return progress has increased to 30%. Congratulations to all players, you are one step closer to completing the game~"
The fat man felt as if he had been pardoned. Seeing the Boss appear, relief and fear made his legs go weak at the same time, and he leaned against the filing shelf.
The short-haired woman in uniform asked, "Excuse me, what is the actual truth in the archive fragments you returned?"
Yin Guanglai stammered, "Their father actually cares about the 'Sad Doll' very much and wants to meet her."
A glow spread across the short-haired woman's body, and her expression suddenly softened. She looked down at Yin Guanglai and said gently, "Wrong answer."
At the same time, a message rang out in the minds of all players: "The player answered the question incorrectly. The Boss unlock rate has been increased to 100%. The quick answer mode is turned off, and the mixed mode of Boss calling on the question and quick answer is turned on."
The smile on Lao Cheng's face grew wider and wider, even revealing a hint of grimness.
Yin Guanglai's pupils constricted, and he held his head with his arms, shouting, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
However, the boss did not take any further action. Instead, he turned around and left, walked into the front desk, and sat on a chair.
It seems that the attack has entered cooldown time.
Yin Guanglai saved his life and completed his mission. He held onto the file rack and laughed heartily: "Hahahaha, sure, Lao Cheng, I didn't trust you wrongly!"
From now on he no longer had to worry about not finding the right file fragment.
"How come the Boss is unlocked! I haven't even released the fragments yet!" Fang Yiran felt a little overwhelmed when he heard the announcement.
Jiang Minxu was startled at first, then he analyzed the rules: "So putting the correct fragments back is the 'quick answer question'..."
Mo Qianhe suddenly realized what Lao Cheng was up to. "That old man did it on purpose. He and Yin Guanglai have already completed the guaranteed solo mission. Now that they have unlocked the boss, they can easily watch us being tortured by the boss."
Song Xiaoyan walked over to them, took out a prop that looked like an ear from the hem of her clothes, handed it to Jiang Minxu, and said, "I just found this on me. I don't know how long it's been on me."
Jiang Minxu took the prop and looked at it, and found that it was the eavesdropping prop "Walls have ears".
When using this prop, just tap any part of the other person's body, and the ear will automatically stick to a hidden place on the other person's body.
After that, all sounds around the other party can be eavesdropped in real time.
It is a very useful prop.
Jiang Minxu was about to crush the prop, but was stopped by Mo Qianhe beside him.
Mo Qianhe took out a pen and paper and wrote four words: "Reverse utilization".
Several people understood.
Liu Tang took the little ear with interest and stuck it to the corner of his clothes, then said nonchalantly, "Even if Boss unlocks it, you don't have to worry too much."
The others were at their leisure, waiting for the NPC to say something interesting.
Liu Tang continued to explain: "Didn't the dungeon say that the boss would use a mixed mode of calling out questions and answering them quickly?"
Mo Qianhe understood what the other party meant, so he continued, "So, as long as we don't return the fragments, the 'quick answer' won't be triggered, and the boss will just keep asking questions by name."
Liu Tang nodded.
Jiang Minxu was puzzled: "Is that good for us?"
Liu Tang smiled and confirmed, "It's very, very helpful. Because I know the order in which the boss will call on people to ask questions."
Mo Qianhe and Song Xiaoyan both remembered the rule Liu Tang mentioned in the previous copy, that the Boss would prioritize attacking players with high evil values.
"Players with high evil values will be named first?" Mo Qianhe looked at Liu Tang with a smile.
Lao Cheng, who was eavesdropping on the conversation, looked confused.
What is "evil value"? How come he has never heard of it?
Why did this NPC intentionally give them some advice?
Liu Tang snapped his fingers at everyone, "That's right! Among us, the ones with the highest Naughtiness are Lao Cheng and Yin Guanglai. They're way higher than that. The rest of you haven't even broken a thousand Naughtiness yet, but Lao Cheng's is approaching ten thousand. That's why the Boss will definitely keep picking on him to answer questions until he dies."
Fang Yiran looked at Liu Tang in shock: "But... if he dies, we won't be able to pass the level... what good will it do us?"
Mo Qianhe smiled and said, "Since the Boss wants to ask him a question, he must give an answer in order to survive. We will listen to his answer. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, as long as the Boss gives a judgment, we can get more useful information."
Qin Zhengyi clapped her hands: "I understand! Free information!"
On the other side, when Lao Cheng heard this, he felt as if he was soaked in a pool of ice water and was completely frozen.
These damn bastards actually wanted to take advantage of me.
What the hell is this "bad value"? I've never heard of it.
Lao Cheng recalled the copies he had experienced, and it seemed that every time the boss was unlocked, the first target of attack was himself.
He always thought that the copy was targeting strong players, or that he was just unlucky.
Therefore, every time he enters a dungeon, he will always bring a life-saving item to prevent himself from being the first to be killed by the Boss.
Now that I think about it, it actually agrees with the conclusion that the NPC said.
Although Lao Cheng does not believe in the existence of "evil value", he cannot sit idly by and wait for death.
What if what the other party said is true?
After all, Liu Tang is a special NPC, so it's not surprising that he knows some rules that players don't know.
And judging from the tone of some of the players, they seemed familiar with this term, so maybe it really is true.
Lao Cheng pulled up Yin Guang, who was planning to give up, and prepared to go quickly to look for other fragments. The more he knew about the truth of the matter, the better his chances of winning.
The comments were filled with the joy of revenge:
"Hahahahaha, you deserve it, Lao Cheng. You're being too clever for your own good!"
"This can't be true?! Does this value of good and evil really exist?!"
"The one in front of you, Xin Mo, you've fallen into the trap! Didn't you see the 'reverse exploitation' he wrote?"
"I understand. The main thing is to scare the other party."
"Another murder and a heartbreaker. My wife is truly invincible in this regard!"
Lao Cheng dragged Yin Guanglai, who was unwilling to move, to the door of the archives and suddenly stopped.
He needs to spend more time with the NPC Liu Tang.
Apparently, this NPC had too much contact with the group on the opposite side, causing them to side with them.
But the NPC should be absolutely neutral in nature. If you can contact him, you may be able to get more information from him.
Lao Cheng thought about it, walked up to Liu Tang, ignored everyone else, and invited him to join him.
Liu Tang tilted his head and readily agreed: "Okay, I'm glad to go with you~"
"Hey, you NPC, how come you don't have any stance at all? You just go when someone calls you?!" Fang Yiran wanted to step forward and hold Liu Tang with a dissatisfied look on his face, but was stopped by Jiang Minxu on the side.
【Haha, let me see what kind of melons you have! 】
Mo Qianhe heard Liu Tang's cheering voice.
The moment Lao Cheng turned around and walked out, Mo Qianhe quickly took off the "Walls Have Ears" from Liu Tang, and Jiang Minxu tacitly turned the "Sound Wall" to one-way mode and stuffed it into Liu Tang's pocket.
The little spy set off happily.
The three of them prepared to go to the flower bed behind the teaching building to look for clues.
Before he had taken a few steps, Lao Cheng heard the boss call: "Player Lao Cheng, please arrive at the archives within five minutes and answer the director's questions. The countdown begins..."
Lao Cheng's face turned dark. He asked the other two to go first, and he turned around and went back.
Unexpectedly, what the NPC said came true, and the boss really called on him to answer the question first.
The live broadcast room became lively:
"Oh my god, the first one he called was Lao Cheng! I'm getting goosebumps!"
"There's no such thing as evil value! I'm so scared!"
"Be afraid of nothing! Didn't you hear the NPC say that other ordinary players have very low Naughtiness stats? Only wicked and wicked people like the con man Lao Cheng should be afraid."
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you sounding more and more real?"
"I wish it were true! Some players use other players as scapegoats just to clear a level. They should have been disciplined long ago!"
As soon as Lao Cheng walked away, Liu Tang looked at Yin Guanglai with interest: "Let's get straight to the point. What's the grudge between Mr. Yin and Chairman Jiang?"
Yin Guanglai panicked when he heard this. Of course, he would not admit it and flatly denied it: "You NPC, how can you talk nonsense! I have never met President Jiang before."
Liu Tang noticed Yin Guanglai's expression and nodded. "It's probably true that we haven't met, but why would there be a grudge? Even if you don't tell me, I can slowly look through your records of evil deeds and find out."
Yin Guanglai looked at the other person staring at his head with empty eyes, and sweat began to appear on his forehead, as if some supreme being was settling the sins of his life.
"You're already scamming at just 16... That's pretty impressive! Oh wow, it turns out the idea for this online scam was actually given by Lao Cheng. Wow, it really is true that 'a good teacher produces a good student'!"
"Let me see Lao Cheng's full name, Mo Shicheng. So that's why he's also called 'Lao Mo' and 'Lao Cheng'."
When Yin Guanglai heard this, he was completely in disbelief and quickly surrendered: "Ancestor, my little ancestor, please let me go. Isn't it enough for me to say so?"
Liu Tang withdrew his gaze with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Please start your sharing~"
【Points! Come to my account! 】
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