[Ding—Congratulations to player [Sun Ting] for increasing his score by 87. ]
[Ding—Congratulations to player [Sun Ting] for increasing his score by 76. ]
After two system prompts, Sun Ting was still happy even though she was dying due to severe injuries.
Sun Ting immediately understood how the two scores were increased: it was because of the two dead octopus guards!
Although the two guards were not killed by Sun Ting, but were stabbed to death one by one by Zhang Min with a dagger, the thing Zhang Min gave her to eat was obviously very lethal to the NPC and could make these monsters lose their ability to resist.
She took the medicine Zhang Min gave her, and the guards ate her flesh. Judging from the situation, she had more or less contributed to the death of the two guards.
It turns out that the NPCs on the ship also have scores
Will I get the NPC's points if I kill the NPC
However, although this guard is so powerful, his score is not that high.
That’s not the case. Seventy or eighty points is actually considered very high. But considering the strength of these two NPCs, only a big shot like Ning Suisui who is on the leaderboard can compete with the guards. Ordinary players can forget about it.
I can only say that this score is not worthy of the strength of these two guards... No!
Sun Ting reacted.
I was just an assist! Zhang Min should be the one who got the most points, right
Although Zhang Min is an NPC, since the guard has points, Zhang Min should also have points, right? She should also be able to gain the guard's points, right
Sun Ting couldn’t help but think: Zhang Min’s strength is not that strong. If I recover... can I get her points
Just then, Zhang Min suddenly turned around.
After the two looked at each other, Sun Ting was stunned for a moment, first feeling guilty, and then suddenly startled.
Zhang Min... why don't you take the medicine yourself
Although Sun Ting was not dead yet, her limbs had been bitten off and even her stomach had been cut open. She was in so much pain that she didn't even have the strength to moan. She lay on the ground like a useless person.
If an ordinary human had suffered such an injury, he would have died long ago. The reason why she is still alive is entirely because she is an old player who has completed the game many times and her body has been strengthened many times.
But if she doesn't take the medicine, Sun Ting will die sooner or later.
At this time, Zhang Min dealt with the two guards. He suddenly turned around and looked at her, then chopped the two octopuses into pieces and pushed them all back into the pool.
After doing all this, she turned back again.
Sun Ting said weakly: "I won't repay kindness with enmity like them..."
Zhang Min just sneered: "Really?"
"Really." Sun Ting looked at her.
At that moment, Sun Ting was indeed moved.
Zhang Min’s ability is average, but I don’t know how many points she has now.
If Sun Ting can kill Zhang Min and get the value, she can use the points to pay for tomorrow's boat fare, and she can also use the points to try to make a deal with Ronghua's people. Then the current dilemma will have a chance to be resolved.
But it was only for a moment.
No one can be tempted by the treasure that is right in front of them. Sun Ting is not a saint and has the determination to resist all temptations.
But she doesn't think she is a bad person.
Zhang Min saved her, and it was impossible for her to survive and then stab her benefactor in the back.
Although this benefactor is data set by the system, he is an NPC that will be reset the next time the copy is opened.
But now... Sun Ting felt that Zhang Min might not save her.
Sun Ting also heard what she said just now. This was a person who had been hurt by an ungrateful beast, and at the moment when Sun Ting's heart was moved, the two of them looked at each other.
Zhang Min obviously didn't believe her words. He just glanced at her, raised the dagger in his hand, hesitated for a moment, but didn't stab her.
"Forget it." Zhang Min said, moved her legs and walked around Sun Ting.
It is true.
Sun Ting closed her eyes in despair, knowing that it was useless to say anything.
Zhang Min's father saved two octopuses and was eaten by them.
Zhang Min saved me, but at that moment, I started to think about Zhang Min's points inappropriately.
If I were Zhang Min, I should kill her right now to prevent any future trouble.
The moment Zhang Min passed by, Sun Ting still spoke.
"… Thank you."
Anyway... before this, Zhang Min must have thought about saving herself at some point, right
Zhang Min paused and walked away without looking back.
In silence, on the messy floor, with only half of her body left, Sun Ting sighed inwardly, closed her eyes and waited quietly for death.
Perhaps it was the body's self-protection mechanism at work, she no longer felt any pain, only tiredness.
It would be better to die... If I die, I won't have to continue struggling to survive in a place like this.
But after she waited for about half a minute, she felt as if her body was getting cold, and then she heard footsteps coming from outside the door again.
Sun Ting was almost dying. She forced her eyes open and vaguely saw Zhang Min standing at the door with a gloomy face. She threw something in her hand towards her.
With a dull thud, the medicine bottle hit Sun Ting's cheek.
"If you can drink it, drink it. If you can't, just leave it to fate!"
After smashing the bottle of medicine, Zhang Min left again.
Sun Ting's pupils, which had been on the verge of dilation in despair, suddenly burst into an arrogant glow. She originally didn't even have the strength to lift her eyelids, but now she struggled to raise half of her body and picked up the bottle of medicine.
The mouth of the medicine bottle produced by the system was sealed tightly. Sun Ting tried hard to open the bottle cap with her mouth, but to no avail.
She groaned in pain and bit the bottle cap and bottleneck together with it with her teeth.
Sharp glass fragments mixed with medicine and blood flowed into her body from her throat, and the medicine produced by the system took effect quickly on her body.
When granulation tissue began to grow on her fingers, Sun Ting exchanged for another bottle of medicine, opened the cap and drank it.
The wounds on his body healed quickly with the help of the double potion, and soon, the dying man who was almost dead returned to his original state.
Sun Ting sat in a pile of blood and monster slime, breathing heavily, with severe pain still lingering in her body.
She just sat there, tears mixed with sweat flowing down her face, and then she covered her eyes with trembling hands.
—I survived.
Even though it was hard, I finally survived!
Even though she had already prepared to stay in this dungeon before entering it, after all, a level 5 dungeon was not something that she could easily clear with her strength.
But who would want to die if they could live
The overwhelming sense of happiness of surviving the disaster instantly overwhelmed her.
Zhang Min... This NPC really helped me!
Just then, footsteps were suddenly heard at the door again. The person came very quickly and it was obviously not Zhang Min.
Sun Ting immediately raised her head and prepared for battle.
The next second, a familiar pretty face appeared at the door.
"Yan Xiaotong" was stunned, and then her expression became very surprised.
"You're here! Are you okay? We've been looking for you for a long time!"
As if to confirm her words, soon, the other four members of the Golden Leopard also appeared at the door.
These players like her all talked about Sun Ting's concerns.
"Sun Ting, are you okay? There's so much blood on the ground... Did you fight with the guards?"
"Come on, don't just stand there in a daze, be careful there may be other NPCs coming nearby!"
"Come on, can you still walk?"
"Yan Xiaotong" looked a little worried and ashamed: "We didn't know how strong the guards were at that time. We couldn't help you at that time. You left suddenly, and we didn't know you came here. If we had known earlier, we would have come to help you a long time ago. Look at you..."
As she spoke, she looked at the bottle on the ground with a very unbearable expression: "You've suffered a lot, right?"
If it were in the past, Sun Ting would have felt quite touched.
It’s not that she doesn’t know what people like “Yan Xiaotong” are thinking, but even though she knows what they are thinking, all players are like this, all players in this game are like this, they would rather let others die than put themselves in danger.
The members of the Golden Leopard Team are at least willing to pretend, at least on the surface they can still maintain a semblance of human form. Most of them are players like their own guild leader, who speaks a lot of high praises when they leave the dungeon, as if they are friends for life and death with you. Once you enter the dungeon, as long as it is beneficial to themselves, the dungeon owner doesn't care whether you live or die, and the mainstream approach is to use all despicable means to protect their own interests.
But now, Sun Ting just looked at her calmly and found that she didn't seem to need any tenderness from her own kind.
If the people from the Golden Leopard Squad really wanted to help me, they would have come long ago.
They came late just to see what would happen to them, the guinea pigs who did not pay the boat fare.
Compared with this false tenderness, Sun Ting vaguely had a new idea.
What if one's fellow humans were not these deceitful, despicable players... but NPCs like Zhang Min
But this is just a momentary thought.
The uncertainty of NPCs is too great. These system data have no memory and will be refreshed when the copy is restarted. Of course, it is not impossible to cooperate with NPCs, but that is to cooperate with powerful key NPCs in the copy.
With Zhang Min's strength, how could she be a key NPC
In this case, of course the players seem to be more cooperative.
However, good cooperation does not mean that you cannot choose your partners.
So when "Yan Xiaotong" asked indirectly what had just happened, Sun Ting lied very straightforwardly.
"I have no idea."
"have no idea??"
"Yes." She really didn't know what she had eaten, nor did she know where it came from. "I was beaten half to death by the NPC. I was half-dead and felt someone threw a bottle of potion to me and left."
"Yan Xiaotong" They looked at each other.
If it was any previous copy, they certainly wouldn't believe it, but this copy has Ronghua's people in it. Even if Ronghua now looks very different from before, there's no guarantee that these notorious Lei Fengs will still have a trace of kindness in their hearts.
As they were talking, they returned to the hall from the utility room where they were just now.
"Yan Xiaotong" always felt that the player in front of her, who looked honest and unremarkable, was lying, so she smiled and said, "But you have escaped death. Let me pay for you to express my apology. Your room is not available yet, right? I will also pay for your boat fare tomorrow."
Sun Ting just shook her head.
"What's wrong? Are you blaming me for not helping you in time?"
"I dare not." She looked indifferent, and glanced towards the corridor, where she saw a familiar, sloppy figure.
Sun Ting immediately said: "Thank you, Miss Yan. I have something to do now. I'll leave first!"
After saying that, Sun Ting turned and walked towards the corridor.
The Golden Leopard Squad was watching from behind her, and some of them were whispering, "She's not telling the truth. Should we bring her back?"
"Yan Xiaotong" looked at the person Sun Ting was walking towards and cursed in a low voice: "You are stupid! She went to find Jie Fangcheng! What the hell!"
After saying that, she frowned, and a hint of annoyance and anxiety flashed in her eyes.
"This is our last copy... We must get the ranking skill!" "Yan Xiaotong" pursed her lips tightly.
Her ears twitched and her expression changed again.
"Sui Sui and the others' points were taken away!"
"What???"
His eyes immediately lit up and he rushed over with a stick in his hand.
"Let's go!" "Yan Xiaotong" made a prompt decision and led the four people behind him to display their magical powers. They disappeared from the hall in almost the blink of an eye.
Jie Fangcheng didn't even have time to take off his shoes. After chasing for two steps, he realized that these people were the type that he could never catch up with.
No, this won’t work. Next time, we have to wait until they are in a confined space before taking action.
Just like just now in the restaurant.
Don't be fooled by the old, shabby and small restaurant. Its "system-produced" attribute is there. When he was chasing Ning Suisui and beating her, the girl swung her axe twice but the table didn't even break, only two white marks were left.
No matter how fast she was, there were so many people in the restaurant and the space was limited. Finally, she was hit by Fang Cheng and immediately handed over the points.
At this time, Xie Fangcheng's score has exceeded 700 points due to his unremitting efforts. This is also because there are players like Liu Guangming who can split his body into pieces and run away from the skull hole that Xie Fangcheng just smashed. Otherwise, Xie Fangcheng feels that it is not surprising to break through four digits in this wave!
"Why are these people running faster than rabbits?" Jie Fangcheng muttered, then turned to look at Sun Ting, "You said just now that you have important information to share with Ronghua?"
"Yes." Sun Ting nodded without hesitation.
She also figured it out. In this copy, other players are unreliable and the NPCs are very uncertain. There is only Ronghua.
Even if Ronghua started charging fees, these people are much more trustworthy than the vast majority of players.
"Oh, then come with me."
As he spoke, Jie Fangcheng walked in front while Sun Ting was behind, thinking about how to smooth over what had just happened and reveal that NPCs also had their share without exposing Zhang Min, and that some NPCs might have the means to deal with monsters.
As for the NPC, maybe they can also get points after killing monsters... Don't tell them about this!
Just as Sun Ting came up with an idea, Jie Fangcheng in front of her stopped.
"Have you finished moving?" Jie Fangcheng asked.
Sun Ting glanced behind and saw Ronghua’s people coming towards them. They no longer looked as shattered as they did in the corridor just now. They looked more relieved and relaxed.
"It's over, it's over!" Everyone talked at once.
Someone even laughed: "Brother Jie, what's wrong with you? Didn't you go to grab points? How come you grabbed a girl back?"
The implication of these words was too strong, and Zhang Daoan glanced at the person who spoke.
"Liu Yuansi?"
Liu Yuansi didn't know why, but he felt a chill coming out of his back.
He scratched his head: "Ah, Brother Zhang, what's wrong?"
Although everyone had quickly accepted that Jie Fangcheng was a big shot from the underworld, a powerful figure who could decide their life and death, Jie Fangcheng's temperament was too prominent. Nie Shuangshuang originally had a serious attitude and wanted to hug her thigh, but within half an hour, she had returned to her state of roaring at every turn.
Even though Ronghua has such a serious and lofty philosophy, everyone is familiar with each other and is used to speaking without restraint. Wei Yuan always tells a hellish joke, and the joke at this time is really a conditioned reflex.
But everyone likes to joke with Jie Fangcheng because they feel they can get familiar with him very quickly, but it is really difficult to get familiar with Zhang Daoan.
At this time, Zhang Daoan called Liu Yuansi's name like this, and Liu Yuansi stopped smiling. He shrank his neck and looked left and right in a daze.
The people around him kept their distance from him, and some even comforted him: "It's okay, Brother Jie said, you're already dead, so what does it matter if you die again?"
Liu Yuansi was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Damn it! What's wrong with me?"
Zhang Daoan just smiled and said, "Nothing, the name is very special and easy to remember."
Damn it!
It’s a good thing that Brother Jie remembered his name, maybe there is a back door to go out.
It is terrifying to hear Zhang Daoan say this!
The two people being joked about didn't care. Sun Ting had seen a lot of things. What was this? To put it bluntly, if you are a little bit pretty, don't worry about whether you are a man or a woman. There are many worse things you have encountered. And Liu Yuansi, who said this, obviously had no ill intentions. In short, he was just being rude.
Jie Fangcheng didn't care at all. He didn't even realize it was a joke and cheerfully introduced: "Sun Ting, she said she had an important discovery to share."
Zhang Daoan turned his gaze to Sun Ting's face: "What major discovery?"
Sun Ting hesitated for a moment: "This... there are so many people around, is it convenient to talk?"
Zhang Daoan waved his hand.
Everyone looked at him in bewilderment.
Zhang Daoan turned to look at Wei Yuan.
Wei Yuan suddenly had an idea and hurried forward. He pushed his hands on the ground and erected earth walls in all directions, covering Zhang Daoan, Jie Fangcheng and Sun Ting.
The square earthen wall was impenetrable and stood like an enlarged version of a long coffin.
It was rare that even in the darkness, Zhang Daoan's expression turned cold.
Jie Fangcheng also asked: "Why did you let Wei Yuan set up a coffin? Do you like this kind of environment?"
Zhang Daoan said in a cold voice: "I mean, let's go upstairs and talk."
"Ah?" Jie Fangcheng was surprised. "Is that what you mean? Why are you hinting at them? You should tell them directly. How can anyone know what you mean by waving your hand like that?"
"You don't understand either?" Zhang Daoan asked suddenly.
"Know what? Wave your hands?"
"..." Zhang Daoan looked at him steadily, then looked at Sun Ting, "What do you want to exchange your information for?"
Sun Ting was stunned for a moment, and she immediately said: "I hope to join Ronghua."
"Join Ronghua?"
"Yes. My strength is average, not on the leaderboard, I have cleared the level 72 times, and now I am the vice president of the [Qingfeng Fuyue] union. After I get out, I will apply to join Ronghua."
"You should talk to Ronghua's president about this matter after you get out, but it seems that the information you got is very important."
Sun Ting nodded: "Yes."
Before she could speak, Zhang Daoan stopped her.
"You are one of the players who didn't pay the boat fee. You were able to return here alive. It seems that the guard is dead?" He analyzed, "Among the players, Ronghua and the Golden Leopard Squad should be the only ones who can deal with the guard NPC. You are useless, and Ning Suisui and the others won't help you. Without anyone to help you, you should not be able to kill the guard with your strength... It seems that an NPC helped you."
Sun Ting was stunned and her expression changed instantly.
Zhang Daoan understood.
"Killing the NPC is not important information. What's important... the most important thing on this cruise ship is the score. Killing the NPC will increase your score? The information you want to tell us is that killing the NPC will gain points? And on the ship, there are NPCs who will help players? Who is the NPC who helped you? Did he gain points?"
Sun Ting opened her mouth, unable to understand how this person had deduced this.
Xie Fangcheng's words made Sun Ting feel like she was falling into an icy cave.
"Killing an NPC will earn you a share? Isn't that what you speculated before?"
Not long after entering the game, Zhang Daoan said this - no one has ever completed this game in history. It is obviously not as simple as players killing each other and competing to become the top three to complete the game.
At that time, Zhang Daoan said that it was very likely that the NPC had points.
After Zhang Daoan finished speaking, he looked at Sun Ting and said, "Besides these, do you have anything else to offer us in exchange for compensation?"
Sun Ting was silent for a moment and shook her head.
Zhang Daoan looked at her and said, "But... if you can lead us to find the NPC who helped you, I think we can still cooperate."
Sun Ting raised her head abruptly: "Are you looking for NPC to cooperate with?"
Zhang Daoan didn't say yes or no: "It depends on the other party's situation."
Almost instantly, Sun Ting understood the hidden meaning of his words.
If the NPC is strong, then it is cooperation.
If she is weak, she may kill NPCs to get points, or she may control her as a weapon.
This was obviously not the result Sun Ting wanted to see, and she refused almost without hesitation.
"I can't find her either."
Sun Ting knew Zhang Min's strength. This NPC was obviously not a strong NPC. If she was really controlled and killed, wouldn't Sun Ting have killed her? What was the difference between this behavior and the two dead octopus guards
Anyway, I absolutely cannot tell anyone about it easily. After all, Zhang Min is not strong enough, at least not comparable to Jie Fangcheng - or rather, Jie Fangcheng is uniquely strong in this copy.
Uniquely strong.
For such a strong player, why doesn't he just kill all the NPCs? Wouldn't that be more convenient
Sun Ting vaguely understood something and was stunned.
Zhang Daoan took out a walking stick from his system backpack and knocked on a wall.
Soon, Wei Yuan withdrew his skills and asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Zhang Daoan looked at him and asked, "Why didn't you come in just now if you were so curious?"
Nie Shuangshuang interrupted: "Wei Yuan said he thought this thing looked like a coffin, which was unlucky."
Jie Fangcheng was speechless: "After someone dies, you still have to consider whether it's auspicious or not? You are so superstitious!"
Wei Yuan was depressed.
Even in the fucking underworld, there is still superstition
Everyone was noisy and wanted to continue working on their work. Before leaving, Xie Fangcheng turned his head slightly and glanced at Sun Ting who was still standing behind him in a daze.
He couldn't help but confront Zhang Daoan beside him: "You really don't care?"
Zhang Daoan said that, but this kid is just cruel, he has a good heart.
Sun Ting was unwilling to reveal the situation of the NPC who helped her. Zhang Daoan only tried to test her and was obviously very satisfied with Sun Ting's attitude.
At this time, many players had already noticed the scene here. They were staring from the dark, waiting to rush up and grab the first-hand information as soon as Ronghua's people left.
Zhang Daoan and others will not make things difficult for Sun Ting, but others may not.
When Jie Fangcheng asked this, Zhang Daoan just turned his head back.
Sun Ting's expression changed, and she obviously noticed the current situation.
She was not a stupid person. After hesitating for a moment, she followed him very decisively.
This time, she took a quick look around and went straight to find Wei Yuan.
"President Wei, I want to join Ronghua, is that possible?"
Sun Ting said so.
Zhang Daoan turned his head and explained in a low voice into Jie Fangcheng's ear.
"Manager Xie, don't you want to be the president?"
"yes."
"Then let Ronghua develop on her own." Zhang Daoan smiled, "This player is a smart person. She will find a chance for herself."
After saying that, Zhang Daoan turned around and looked around.
Countless pairs of inquiring eyes scrutinized Ronghua people, like leeches lurking in the cracks.
"But where there are smart people, there are stupid people."
(End of this chapter)