The onlookers found it difficult to accept Jie Fangcheng's green glow, but Jie Fangcheng himself got used to it quickly.
As a result, when he was teleported into the copy, he first felt that the light in front of him was wrong.
No more green light!
Jie Fangcheng looked down and first saw the long black hair hanging down in front of his chest, and then the bright red - that was the color of the Chinese inner garment he was wearing.
"Huh? Where are my props?" Jie Fangcheng asked, but no one answered. Then he looked up and was stunned again.
In front of him was an old classical Chinese-style bedroom. There was no one else in the bedroom except Jie Fangcheng himself.
[Ding—You have entered a new instance: Red Infant Troupe.]
[Instance: Red Infant Troupe (Level 1) (All-People Instance)]
[Introduction: The Red Infant Troupe is a well-known troupe in the surrounding area and is deeply loved by the villagers. As the festival is approaching, the Red Infant Troupe was also invited to Shoufang Township to present the wonderful "The Story of the Black Pot" to the villagers. As the new actors of the troupe, you are responsible for performing this play well. Come on! Let the villagers feel at home! ]
[Content: Playing the role seriously and gaining recognition from the troupe owner and fellow villagers, this is what it means to be a qualified opera actor, isn't it?]
[Clearance conditions: Successfully perform in "The Story of the Black Pot". ]
[The highest survival rate in the history of this instance is higher than 30%, the system will no longer provide new prompts. ]
Opera troupe
There was a bronze mirror as tall as a person in the bedroom. Jie Fangcheng walked in front of the mirror and took a look.
He hasn't changed at all, except that his hair has grown longer, with the ends hanging down to his waist. He is now wearing a bright red inner garment, which makes him look a little weird.
It was getting light outside, and Jie Fangcheng didn't know what was going on, so he simply opened the door and walked out.
This was indeed a country opera troupe. Outside was a spacious yard, where the instruments needed by the actors for practice were placed.
It was quiet.
This copy is just him
Jie Fang clarified and cleared his throat.
"Ahem, is anyone there?"
Just as he finished speaking, the door of the next room opened and a terrified face peered out.
Zhang E is an "old-timer player" who has cleared the dungeon twice. This kind of single-room situation is actually quite common in the dungeon. Although he has not experienced it, as an experienced player who has cleared the dungeon twice, Zhang E has also read many posts and strategies.
Compared with a copy in which a group of players are together, this kind of single-room copy has a high probability that one of the difficulties is that the player himself can distinguish which people around him are players and which are NPCs.
The NPC's disguise will be very realistic, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, and in the later stages, after a player dies, it is possible that the NPC will replace the player's identity and act.
Players must be extremely alert in case the people around them are not real people.
It is also generally recognized that the later you come out of this kind of copy, the better; the earlier you come out, the more likely you are to be targeted by NPCs.
As a result, he never expected that there would be such a fierce person among the group of players who entered the dungeon!
Yes, it's a tiger.
How could someone suddenly push the door open and shout so loudly? Are they trying to kill themselves
A highly intelligent NPC would never do such a ruthless thing.
"Are you crazy...?" Zhang E was stunned when he saw Jie Fangcheng's face before he finished speaking. "You... have we met before?"
"Ah?" He asked without any clue. Jie Fangcheng looked at him and shook his head, "No."
As soon as he finished speaking, people in other rooms finally opened their doors one after another.
They all had the same long hair and were dressed in red inner garments. They stood there like ghosts who had died unjustly, and looked very creepy in the pale morning light.
Fifteen people.
Zhang E looked at the "people" around him calmly, trying hard to identify who was the player and who was the NPC.
At this moment, a player looked at Jie Fangcheng's face and couldn't help but say "Oh my god!"
Jie Fangcheng also looked around.
There was no Zhang Daoan or Lang Gu, and there were no familiar faces among the players around. It seemed that he had to complete this dungeon by himself.
At this moment, attracted by someone's "Oh my god" voice, Jie Fangcheng turned his head away.
The player who made the sound couldn't help but take two steps back. The expression on his face was filled with a bit of fear amidst the horror, and there seemed to be a little bit of admiration in the fear.
"Brother Jie." The man nodded and bowed, with a very servile expression, "You don't know me, but I can still clearly remember your heroic figure punching Xiao Chaoyang!"
oh!
You can tell at a glance that he is a player.
After being reminded by this sentence, Zhang E quickly recognized Jie Fangcheng's face.
There is no way. If we want to say what is the hottest event in the player community right now, it must be the one where Jie Fangcheng and three others challenged the Chaoyang Guild, and then the scandal of Ji Ge broke out.
At that time, after Chaoyang Guild dismantled the floor of the first floor, Jie Fangcheng was still standing by and watching Wei Yuan count the tickets. After all, the players of Ronghua Guild were indeed not strong enough. If he left and Ji Chaoyang led his men to launch another sneak attack, then with the strength of the other players in Ronghua, they would definitely be killed.
Only Jie Fangcheng and Lang Gu could take turns guarding it, so his face became very famous.
Some players are reluctant to pay for tickets, so they will secretly watch at the entrance of Chaoyang Union to recognize this legendary warrior.
When players see Lang Gu, they will say, "Did you see that? That's the murderer in the player lobby." When they see Jie Fangcheng, they usually say, "Grass, so green."
green.
Yes, this has become the first characteristic of Jie Fangcheng. When Zhang E saw him for the first time, all the green light on Jie Fangcheng's body was washed away, leaving only an ordinary red dress, which made Zhang E unable to react for a while.
When this was pointed out to him, Zhang E's expression suddenly changed into one of fear mixed with a little bit of amazement, and amazement mixed with a little bit of admiration.
Apart from anything else, the fact that the three of them picked the Chaoyang Trade Union is enough to make them admired by everyone.
As for whether it is a plug-in, to be honest, if it is a plug-in, most players would think "we have to get along well with the plug-in guy and let him lead us".
The game is being hacked? What does that have to do with these players
Once Jie Fangcheng's identity was exposed, the difficulty of this copy instantly dropped by 50%.
You no longer have to worry about which of these people are players and which are NPCs. Just look at the expressions of the players around you and you will know.
Those who are also afraid of worship are most likely players, and those who are confused are basically NPCs.
"Who is this?"
Someone was still asking in a whisper, and it was obvious that he was an NPC.
There are eight people with confused looks, which is also in line with the rules of the copy.
So the other seven players quickly got together, and no one expected that the first step would be so simple.
Zhang E said warmly, "Brother Jie, what do you think of this copy? We will definitely listen to Brother Jie, right?"
With such a big boss around, everyone naturally nodded.
"Yes, yes, yes, it's really satisfying to see Brother Jie beat up Xiao Chaoyang!"
"No need to ask, we just need to listen to the boss, boss, please lead us!"
"Boss, what are we going to do now?"
Jie Fangcheng had not expected this to happen at all. He was a little confused and asked first.
"I have a little question."
Everyone said that the boss was really humble. They didn't know what the question was. They didn't know if they, the little idiots who could only clear the first level of the national copy, could answer it.
Jie Fangcheng pointed at the other eight people standing there in confusion and said, "Are they not players?"
quiet.
No one expected that Jie Fangcheng, the big shot who had been talked about all over the forum in the past two days and whom almost everyone had visited, would actually ask this question.
Those eight people were not players, so six of them reacted quickly to this matter. Everyone naturally thought that a big shot like Jie Fangcheng must have known about it a long time ago, but who could have thought that Jie Fangcheng would ask such a new question.
"Well," Zhang E explained, although he didn't know whether he really didn't know or was pretending not to know. "Generally, when entering a dungeon, players gather together, and there will be about five minutes of safe time for players to discuss. But if it is a single room, it means that NPCs will be mixed in with the players. One of the difficulties of the dungeon is to distinguish between players and NPCs. Generally, this situation is most common in the first-level dungeons, because new players who don't know the game at all will enter and confuse the players. But during the national dungeon, no new players will enter, so it is easier to distinguish."
Especially with Jie Fangcheng around, it is easier to distinguish them.
Jie Fangcheng suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Thank you."
Everyone: “…”
Is this really a big shot? How come he doesn't even know such a basic question?
While they were talking, the eight NPCs over there also gathered together and whispered, glancing at the players from time to time.
These NPCs are very intelligent. Many players have discovered that they are more like copies of the players. They not only know settings such as the game and the players, they even clearly know some things that only the players know.
For example, the first trade union is Chaoyang Trade Union or something like that.
It's just that NPCs are relatively backward in this area of knowledge. In the past, players would use the latest information among players to identify NPCs, but everyone focuses on different aspects, and there are indeed some lone ranger players who don't pay much attention to popular events in the player community, so relying on this to identify NPCs is not very accurate.
Just three days before the national copy, a real national event occurred.
Jie Fangcheng is now so famous that even the farming players who don't care about worldly affairs know a thing or two about him. Moreover, if you want to participate in the national dungeon, you have to go to the teleportation point in the player lobby to enter the dungeon.
There are so many booths in the player hall. It can be said that any player who can enter the national dungeon knows the name of Jie Fangcheng.
Even if you haven't seen him in person, you must have heard of him.
You don't even recognize him? He must be an NPC.
The eight NPCs didn't know how they were exposed, but they knew each other was NPC. It can be said that the mission of these NPCs mixed in with the players is to kill the players and replace the players to "pass the copy."
Now that they were so thoroughly exposed, the eight of them stopped pretending and stared at the players.
"What should I do? They found out."
The players who were teleported into the first-level dungeon in the national dungeon were generally not very strong, and they came to their senses at this time.
Just identifying the NPCs is not the point, these NPCs will want to attack and replace the players, that is the point.
Can the seven players withstand the attacks of these NPCs
Before the player could figure it out, Jie Fangcheng quickly pulled out his golden giant sword from his backpack.
Zhang E was stunned for a moment, and stopped himself reflexively: "Brother, don't be impulsive! The NPCs in the game are too strong, especially in this kind of dungeon where identities are confused. Those NPCs are all very powerful! Before we figure out the killing mechanism of this dungeon, we still have to wait and see..."
Jie Fangcheng rushed out like an arrow.
Zhang E opened his mouth: "…It's changing."
Jie Fangcheng had already discovered that, although his clothes had been changed, the properties of those green props were still there. His speed was not slow, so Jie Fangcheng couldn't help but look a little surprised.
The faces of the eight NPCs opposite him all showed a look of bloodthirsty excitement.
No matter what the killing rules of the copy are, actively attacking the NPC has definitely triggered the NPC's killing rules.
Both parties are very satisfied with the current situation, and it is a complete win-win situation.
Several NPCs took out their weapons one after another - these NPCs were just like ordinary players, possessing weapons of various shapes and sizes, and all the knives and swords were stretched out towards Jie Fangcheng.
Jie Fangcheng swung the giant sword in his hand, knocking down a group of people.
The screams of "Ahhh" instantly resounded throughout the theater.
The eight NPCs flew backwards together and fled in panic after landing.
What is Jie Fangcheng's current speed
He randomly chose a direction, rushed out, and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
Not long after, a shrill scream was heard from that direction.
Soon, Jie Fangcheng came back with his sword in his hand.
Although due to his position, he couldn't tell at a glance whether a person was a bad person like Lang Gu, but he could still smell the faint stench.
At this time, Jie Fangcheng killed an NPC that was worth killing. He did not seek to kill them all. After returning, he faced a group of stupid faces and hesitated for a moment: "That is not a good thing."
It took everyone a while to understand what he meant.
This is not what shocked everyone!
Most people have only heard of Jie Fangcheng's demolition of the Chaoyang Federation of Trade Unions, but this is the first time they have faced such an impact.
This is really a big shot!
Just when everyone was having all sorts of chaotic thoughts in their minds, finally, the first real NPC appeared.
An old man in a short shirt and with gray hair pushed open the theater door and walked in with a cane.
Seeing everyone standing in the yard, the old man snorted coldly, his words were full of sarcasm and ridicule.
"Dear famous actors, you got up at dawn to practice? Are you working so hard because you know you'll be performing in three days?"
After he finished speaking, everyone stopped looking at him and turned to look at Jie Fangcheng who was standing among the players. Their eyes were filled with anticipation, excitement, and anticipation for a good show.
This old man actually spoke to the boss like this, isn't he looking for death
Just now, the big guy was stared at by several NPCs and he was so unhappy that he rushed forward. The old man was still leaning on a cane. Didn't the big guy dig out the cane and chop the old man to death
Holy shit! So cool! Is this the joy of playing with a boss?
But the scene that everyone imagined of Jie Fangcheng rushing over and beating up the old man did not happen. Jie Fangcheng just stood there. Although he was holding his huge golden sword, which looked crooked and had a kind of nonchalant and leisurely feeling that made people vomit blood, he really did not react.
The old man's taunting received no response, and his expression became even uglier.
"Let me tell you the truth! The class owner is very dissatisfied with your abilities. With your current abilities, you want to go on stage? Maybe in your next life!"
After saying this, the little old man, leaning on his crutches, sneered again, and walked leisurely past the crowd and returned to the back hall.
Everyone continued to look at Jie Fangcheng.
Zhang E couldn't help but said, "Brother Jie, aren't you going to kill that old man?"
Jie Fangcheng was speechless: "Why would I chop him for no reason? I'm not a violent person."
Why don't you use violence! The top floor of Chaoyang Labor Union is gone, and the first floor is gone!
Everyone shouted in their hearts.
But Jie Fangcheng didn't take action, and everyone couldn't just say, "Brother Jie, I want to see another classic scene of players beating up NPCs. Can you show me another one?"
Isn't this asking for a fight
So even with such a powerful weapon, players found that they still had to follow the normal process of clearing the dungeon.
The appearance of the old man NPC was like a switch, and soon, another group of NPCs came in from outside.
Some of them were wearing costumes, and you could tell at a glance that they had just come off the stage.
Some are busy running around like chores.
Zhang E and his team already had experience in clearing dungeons, so they started collecting information. Soon, they pieced together the main storyline of this dungeon.
The Hongying Troupe is an old troupe that usually performs in the countryside. This time, Shoufang Village invited them to perform "The Black Pot" at the festival three days later. The other actors in the troupe had never practiced this play, so the troupe owner had to find actors from outside to take over.
These players are the ones being sought after.
But when they joined the troupe, the owner found that these people's skills were quite poor, so he did not want them to go on stage.
If they want to perform "The Black Pot" smoothly, they need to gain the trust of the troupe owner.
This copy won't work just by relying on force.
"The Black Pot? What is that?"
Players are quite unfamiliar with this.
Xie Fangcheng was quite familiar with this play.
"The Story of the Black Basin tells the story of a man named Liu Shichang, who was tired from traveling and stayed at the home of the Zhao family. As a result, Zhao Da and his wife were greedy for money, so they killed Liu Shichang and burned him to ashes, making a basin. Liu Shichang's soul attached to the basin. Later, Zhang San went to Zhao Da and asked Zhao Da to pay back the money, and then took the basin as interest. As a result, Liu Shichang's soul appeared and told Zhang San about this. Zhang San took the basin to Bao Gong and asked Bao Gong to make a decision for him. In the end, Bao Gong killed Zhao Da and avenged Liu Shichang."①
The plot of this play is quite common, even simple.
Everyone looked a little more relaxed after hearing this.
"There are seven of us here, and I don't know what the characters are... The NPCs should have scripts, right?" someone asked this question.
It didn't seem difficult to get the script. The NPCs in the theater basically ignored them. Some players who were good at socializing took out some props that could increase the NPC's favorability and soon got the news of the script.
"The script is with the owner. I think we should go directly to the owner."
Everyone nodded.
The group followed the instructions of other NPCs and soon arrived at the room where the class owner was.
But the owner was not in the theater. Only the lame old man was in the house. After hearing the purpose of their visit, the old man looked at them.
"You said you could play 'The Black Pot', so the troupe owner hired you. Now you want to ask us for the script? Ridiculous!"
One player quickly spoke up: "We also want to perform "The Black Pot" better, not because we don't understand the play."
The old man looked at the player who was speaking: "Really? You guys understand this play?"
Having said that, the player could only bite the bullet and nod: "Of course."
"In that case," the old man took out a book from the cabinet behind him and threw it in front of him, "it seems that the theater does not need to prepare props for you."
The player was stunned.
"Go back." The old man twitched his lips, revealing a fake smile on his wrinkled face. "Prepare well. The owner and I are looking forward to your performance."
When everyone returned to the room in confusion, the seven of them gathered around the table and opened the script, only then did they realize that something was wrong.
"This play... is going to start from when Liu Shichang stayed at the Zhao family's house?"
Liu Shichang stayed at Zhao Da's house, but was eventually killed by Zhao Da and turned into a basin.
Obviously, this copy cannot test the players' opera skills, so does it mean that the player who plays Liu Shichang is in danger of his life
The script was quickly turned to the last page.
This book-like script was written with a brush. The front part was written in black ink, but when turning to the last page, a large area of bright red handwriting caught everyone's eyes.
[The Zhao family died miserably, being beheaded by the guillotine.]
It’s just a short line of words, but the font is even bigger than the black font in the front.
Liu Shichang and Mr. and Mrs. Zhao.
The number of deaths in the script that has been confirmed so far is three.
Does this mean that players have to compete with each other for safer characters
Everyone secretly looked at the other players around them. In this atmosphere, no one spoke for a while.
At this moment, Jie Fangcheng spoke thoughtfully.
"From what the old man said, the theater doesn't even provide props... Then will they provide us with food?"
(End of this chapter)