Chapter 111 Players in Action
On the night that the interns from Qingshan Hospital stayed at Ping'an Home, except for Tang Siyang and Qu Le who made some noise, the other players were quiet all night.
The bus from Qingshan Hospital arrived at the entrance of Ping'an Home at eight o'clock in the morning. The players naturally woke up earlier and cautiously ate the food they brought with them for breakfast. The bolder ones asked the official players and other veterans living here for advice. Some went to the convenience store at the entrance to buy food, while others went directly to the breakfast shops around the community.
Therefore, early this morning, many players gathered at the 404 convenience store at the entrance of the community and at the entrance of Ping An Real Estate to discuss what happened last night.
When Murphy, Xiang Tianyi and others asked them about it, they were all squatting on the steps by the roadside, eating soy milk in one hand and bread in the other while talking.
Tang Siyang and Qu Le recounted what happened last night, leaving the others stunned and somewhat disappointed.
“It feels like nothing happened.”
"It's a good thing nothing happened. I don't know if that thing is weird or bad."
"It's a good thing that there's no danger to life. Everyone is safe."
The players were discussing the matter non-stop, and some had more specific concerns.
"By the way, why did Luo Qing ask how many people are in your family?" asked a player.
Tang Siyang and Qu Le both shook their heads, but Mo Fei's eyelids twitched.
Asking about the family situation? As far as he knew, Luo Qing would not ask such questions easily.
"I don't know. Maybe you consider whether they have a partner or are a couple with children and think it would be inconvenient to live in the dormitory?" Qu Le guessed.
"It's possible. Generally speaking, when renting a house, you have to ask about the situation. But for your staff dormitory, if you, a group of interns, get converted to regular employees, you might have to consider more." Xiang Tian nodded.
"Anyway, we just tell the truth." Tang Siyang said.
"Brother Qu has a large family, and I'm alone."
Murphy's left eyelid couldn't stop twitching. This little Tang girl was just like him, the only one at home.
Luo Qing definitely didn't ask this question out of boredom; there must be a reason behind it.
After Murphy's inquiries, it seems that he is the only one Luo Qing can introduce jobs to, especially players from big companies in Guicheng.
The official Liu Yanran works at Ping An Real Estate. Many other official players who rented houses in the early days have found jobs on their own. Cui Xiangwan and others are still working part-time.
Mo Fei was just thinking about how to talk to Tang Siyang alone when he heard a player shouting.
"Oh my god, everyone, check your phone."
Mobile phone prompt?
Mo Fei and Xiang Tianyi looked down at their phones, but there was nothing.
Tang Siyang and Qu Le beside them both shouted.
"Oh my god."
“We’ve become short-term residents!”
"What?" Xiang Tianyi asked hurriedly. Tang Siyang immediately turned his phone over, but it was meaningless. The prompt sent from the copy phone could only be seen by that person.
"Dear interns, Qingshan Hospital has rented staff dormitories for you. For the next month, you will become short-term residents of Guicheng. Guicheng short-term residence permits have been issued to you. During your stay in Guicheng, please abide by local laws and regulations and do not..."
As Tang Siyang was reciting, Xiang Tian's eyes were burning.
"Oh my god, you guys didn't spend a penny and you became a short-term resident for a month."
"Oh my god, this dungeon prompt means we have to work in Qingshan Hospital for a month. This is the longest dungeon ever."
"This is terrible! I need to ask other compatriots who can leave to tell them that we can't leave for a month. My parents should not build a cenotaph for me."
"This reminder just came this morning. Did they just sign the lease contract? Then when we go to the hospital, can they sign any kind of labor contract with us?"
"That's a nice thought. Which copy has ever signed a labor contract?"
Players were discussing this constantly. This "short-term resident" identity was something they had never heard of before. Everyone's [Outsider Work Permit] had been converted into a [Ghost City Short-term Residence Permit].
"You said, although we don't rent a house here at Luo Qing, we live in the staff dormitory. Will we also be protected by her?"
"We should be safe after get off work, but I can't say for sure about the dungeon."
"Oh, I didn't ask for a business card."
The storefront of Ping An Real Estate was still closed at this time, and Liu Yanran had not yet come to work. Xiang Tianyi and Mo Fei sent the latest player intelligence to the group chat of "Outsiders around the World Unite".
At the same time, Murphy thought about it and called Tang Siyang.
"You are short-term residents now, so you should be able to contact us. Let's try to add you as friends so we can add you to the group."
They tried it on their phones and found that they could add friends to chat. The players were excited and quickly added the old players as friends, looking forward to being pulled into the group chat by them.
"The message we received said that the internship period is only one month. So when we release the dungeon, this friend won't be automatically blacklisted, right?"
"Silly brother, the dungeon is over, and our work at the hospital is over, but we'll definitely be off work in the afternoon. Then we can just come over and rent a room and exchange our short-term residence permits for their temporary residence permits."
"Giving us a month's notice really means we can come and work. Our lives shouldn't be in danger."
This group of players at Qingshan Hospital was making a lot of noise, so Mo Fei took the opportunity to add Tang Siyang as his friend and pulled her aside.
"Ms. Tang, last night, besides asking how many people are in your family, did Luo Qing say anything else to you?" Mo Fei asked in a low voice.
Tang Siyang shook his head. "No more. After she finished asking, she let us rest and left."
"Is there something wrong?"
Murphy thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. I personally think she might add you as her friend and maybe even recommend a job to you."
"But you're just at Qingshan Hospital now, so maybe you have to wait until this instance is over."
Tang Siyang was confused by what Murphy said. "Why?" she asked.
"Well, maybe she will take care of the orphans." Murphy said.
"Don't tell anyone else what I'm telling you." He quietly made a hushing gesture.
Tang Siyang was a little confused, but agreed.
After a while, the shuttle bus from Qingshan Hospital to pick up employees arrived. All 35 players got on the bus and got ready to go to work.
In the safe home, the old players who have work go to work, and those who don’t have work go out to explore. Everyone has their own arrangements, but the messages in the mobile phone group chat never stop.
Li Ying was looking at the messages in the group at this moment, sitting on the sofa and thinking about something.
In the copy phone, the [Talent Introduction] application submitted by Li Ying yesterday was still showing as under review. However, the full physical examination conducted at Qingshan Hospital did produce a report, and the reports in all aspects were almost the same as in reality.
"Brother Li, what are you planning to do today? Are you going to the Yinhuai Village that Sister Xiang mentioned?" Cheng Lixue was eating bread and drinking milk at the dining table.
"I'll think about it again. I haven't decided yet." Li Ying said.
Since I came back to reality yesterday, whether it was at Qingshan Hospital or the news I learned from the group chat this morning, they were all new gains.
According to Li Ying, the official intelligence officers from both worlds may not have set out yet. Once this wave of intelligence is sent out, or if a player takes the news out, there will probably be an uproar in reality.
Li Ying was actually struggling with whether he should go to Yinhuai Village to wait for the dead player "Zhang Wei" mentioned by Xiang Tianyi and others, or go to Happy Amusement Park.
The [Happy Amusement Park] copy should be the outbreak point of the seven-day closure of the strange world.
Although Cui Xiangwan and others shared their part-time jobs at the amusement park in the group chat last night, they were still undergoing new employee training and could not walk too far even during their breaks, let alone take a close look at all areas in the Happy Amusement Park.
It would be even better if we could go with a player who encountered the incident in Happy Amusement Park at that time and conduct detailed observation and comparison.
Thinking of this, Li Ying sent a message to Mo Fei in private chat.
[Li Ying]: Brother, I want to go to Happy Amusement Park today. Can you accompany me?
After receiving the message, Mo Fei and Xiang Tianyi were walking back at the gate of the community. He was stunned when he saw the message.
He has not yet given time to take the next step in the resume and online test he submitted to Anxi Technology. He has nothing to do today, so it is not impossible for him to go to Happy Amusement Park.
Besides, Murphy himself also wanted to know, after leaving the identity of "copy player", entering Happy Amusement Park as a temporary resident, what kind of amusement facilities would they take?
So, he replied to Li Ying straightforwardly.
[Murphy]: Sure, I was thinking of going there too.
Xiang Tianyi was muttering beside him at this moment, "Mo, do you think I should go to Yinhuai Village, or Yinhuai Village, or Yinhuai Village?"
"But they will definitely be on guard. Is there anyone among us who can tell fortunes? Can you tell me where Zhang Wei is?"
"Why don't I apply for a job at a photo studio, learn more about posthumous photos and tombstones, and take root among the people of Ghost City."
Her thoughts seemed to be jumping out of control with every word she said, but Mo Fei was very calm: "I think both are fine. You can ask who can tell fortunes in the group."
Xiang Tianyi did what he said and sent a message in the group to ask, and also @Liu Yanran to ask her to help @all members.
Li Ying received the message from Murphy. He said something to Cheng Lixue and went downstairs quickly. The two players gathered and prepared to set off together.
Xiang Tianyi tried to find a fortune teller in the group but failed, so she said goodbye to Li Yingmofei regretfully and went to the photo studio street.
Since Zhang Wei would take a posthumous photo and order a tombstone after his death, there must be more secrets about the "deceased" in the photo studio in the ghost city.
Xiang Tianyi planned to go straight to the street of photo studios today. Generally speaking, photo studios must have sample photos, sample albums for display, and customer photos and so on. She planned to take a lot of photos when no one was paying attention.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Tian Fang got up early and finished cleaning a room. She finally finished reading the messages in the group chat.
These kids are really good at talking, but the news is indeed very important.
Tian Fang took her cleaning tools and went back home first. During the seven days when Ghost City was blocked, other people could not go to work, but she was close to the water. Every day, except for eating and sleeping, she had no internet on her mobile phone, so she cleaned every empty room one by one. At that time, several players who were stuck in the community also took turns to come and help her with the work.
The houses arranged for the new players from Qingshan Hospital last night had already been cleaned.
Tian Fang likes to get up early to work. She feels energetic when she gets up early. After having breakfast and cleaning up a room, she looks at the time and it is not even nine o'clock. It is only morning. She feels that there is plenty of time in a day.
For her cleaning job, her boss Luo Qing did not set strict working hours, so Tian Fang arranged it according to her personal habits.
After getting up early this morning and cleaning up a room, Tian Fang had something to do and would continue working when she came back in the afternoon.
Tian Fang is going to the Museum of Wonders and has asked her boss for three hours off.
She got on the Ghost City subway at 9:10 and looked at the interface that was stuck in the group chat.
[Mo Fei]: @李盈 and I went to Happy Amusement Park to review what happened before and after.
[Cui Xiangwan]: You can come and have lunch with us at noon. We part-time employees also have employee discounts, so we can give you a discount by paying with your credit card!
[Xia Tian]: I feel like the short-term residency permits these new Qingshan Hospital players have are more like the visas they get back home. A single-entry visa or a one-month work permit?
Li Xiang: That makes sense. I agree with Xia Tian! We temporary residents have temporary residence permits, while they have work visas.
[Xiang Tianyi]: If anyone knows a fortune teller, call me! Don't care if it's Plum Blossom Divination, Big and Small Liu Ren, or even Tarot cards! We don't have anyone here who understands metaphysics, do we?
Tian Fang thought about it and wrote a message by hand and sent it.
Tian Fang: I'm going out for a bit and will be back at about 1:00 PM. If there's a room you need cleaned urgently, please message me. Thank you.
There are still empty rooms in the community that have been cleaned, but Tian Fang is a little scared. Sometimes, the longer she goes out and can't come back, the more things she suddenly has to do at work.
She was afraid that once she left, many people would come to look at the house.
Tian Fang went downstairs carrying the small bag and lunch box that she had packed long ago. She first went to Ping An Real Estate and handed one of the lunch boxes to Liu Yanran.
"Xiao Liu, I'm going to the museum soon. I can't have lunch with you today. This is ready. Just heat it up in the microwave."
"It's okay, it's okay Auntie. I can eat anything I want. You even made this specially for me." Liu Yanran felt embarrassed.
"It's not easy to cook for one person. I brought my own lunch at noon. You can eat it if you don't mind." Tian Fang said.
Having said that, Liu Yanran was no longer polite, but she had originally planned to eat some junk food at noon, ahem, now she wanted to eat healthily.
"I have to hurry up and leave." Tian Fang looked at the time.
It takes half an hour to take the subway from Pinganli to the Qimiao Museum, and she is not sure whether the "Interlaced" exhibition hall is open.
Since entering the [Wonderful Museum] copy, Tian Fang not only came out alive, obtained props, received a high-rated clearance evaluation, but also got Luo Qing's business card. After that, he successfully came to Ping'an Home to rent a house and even found a job.
Thinking back on it all, the gears of fate started from the museum.
So, Tian Fang wanted to go back to the museum to take a look.
I wonder what's happening with those little girls now? Are they on display, working or slacking off? Or are they taking a break?
Tian Fang got on the subway. It was supposed to be past the morning rush hour, but there were still a lot of people.
Especially——
Tian Fang saw groups of students in school uniforms in the carriage, with the words "Third Primary School" written on them.
"Auntie, auntie, please sit in my seat." She was pulled by a primary school student and was about to give up her seat.
The child looked at her and the teacher beside him proactively, as if waiting for praise.
Tian Fang couldn't help laughing, "Thank you, little one. Please sit down. Auntie won't sit anymore."
"Auntie, please sit down. We can get there quickly." said the child.
"Auntie is also very fast. I got off as soon as I got to the museum." Tian Fang said
"Then we'll do the same. Auntie, please sit down. We also want to go to the museum." said the child.
Tian Fang was stunned. It was such a coincidence that this group of elementary school students also wanted to go to the museum.
She nodded in understanding, "You guys are going to study abroad, right?"
Tian Fang knew that taking children to museums for study tours was a common thing in real life, and the same was true in the ghost city.
Thirty minutes passed quickly. The children were chattering in the carriage. Some people found it noisy, while others found it lively.
Tian Fang got off the bus with her classmates from Class 2, Grade 4 of the Third Primary School. However, the children from the school had to travel with a group, so Tian Fang waved goodbye to this group of young passengers who were traveling with her for a short distance.
Although she had a good impression of these children, she couldn't help but feel a little worried. Children are reckless. If they enter the exhibition halls of the Wonderful Museum, especially the "Interlace" exhibition hall with so many vases, it would be bad if something went wrong.
Tian Fang walked quickly. She thought that if she went in earlier, maybe she could tell those vase girls.
She swiped her temporary resident card to enter the museum, and after scanning the code, she got to the electronic guide. The four consecutive exhibition halls, [Rest], [Interlace], [Mirror], and [Cage], were still open.
Tian Fang brought her own lunch box. She first went to the locker to store her lunch box bag. When she came back, she saw elementary school students in school uniforms queuing up in a group from another special entrance to enter the museum.
But...under the guidance of their teachers and museum staff, the primary school students quickly passed through the central hall, and a long line entered the entrance of an exhibition hall.
But Tian Fang clearly remembered the layout here. The place where the students entered was not any of the four exhibition halls she had visited!
They entered an exhibition hall that she couldn't see!
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