Several people gradually found the surviving new players.
Originally, most of the new players gathered in the yard, but soon, some people thought it was unsafe to gather together.
Not only because the monsters outside might sense that there are many people here and would rush over first, but also because the newcomers finally realized that the scary thing about this game is not just the NPCs in the dungeon.
These people, who are also players like me, will sometimes push me to die.
So this group of players left the courtyard silently, but most of the players did not leave in the end.
After all, humans are more inclined to stick together in an atmosphere of terror.
These players who wanted to form a group all thought that they were quite strong. Even if they had to push the weaker ones out, it would not be their turn. They used things in the yard to block the gate, and during the time when they were found by Jie Fangcheng, they comforted and encouraged each other, and vaguely formed a small group.
To be honest, although everyone entered the infinite game after death yesterday, went through the novice mission guidance, and also understood from the narration of old players that this is a very cruel horror game... but no one has any concept of this "cruelty".
Look, the old players are quite friendly. They basically answer all the questions. One old player even chats with them.
Although the paper dolls are a bit scary, the female player will still knock on their doors one by one and offer them help. As long as they stay in the house honestly, why do they, the novice players, need to care about the flood outside
After all, they are just some newcomers with no personal skills or props, and there are tall people to hold up the sky even if it falls.
Besides, there are so many of them. Even if someone really dies, it won’t be me, right
—Why not
The players gathered together again and counted their numbers. There were thirty players in total, and the novice players following behind Jie Fangcheng and Nie Shuangshuang didn't look like they were there to watch the big guys fight the BOSS. Instead, they looked like they were on a spring outing, and they were talking and laughing.
At this moment, the bustling crowd was silent.
Sixteen.
In the short period of time when Jie Fangcheng and Nie Shuangshuang were dizzy due to the current, two veteran players died and half of the new players died.
Everyone was just observing silently, looking at the expressions of the veteran players and the reactions of the people around them.
Some people looked panicked, and they had obviously realized that this game was not something they could easily complete as they had imagined.
Some people were panicked but also a little dissatisfied, and would glance at Jie Fangcheng and Nie Shuangshuang covertly from time to time.
Aunt Li finally woke up on the way and could only sigh after discovering the current situation.
"So what do we do now?"
Nie Shuangshuang looked at Jie Fangcheng.
Xie Fangcheng turned his head and looked to the west.
According to the words of the fetus they saw underground, the base camp of the City Lord and the Heavenly Master is not in the City Lord’s Mansion, but in the lake to the west.
Neither Jie Fangcheng nor Nie Shuangshuang can swim, so if they want to capture the city lord and the Heavenly Master, they obviously need to make some further plans.
After all, although Nie Shuangshuang is fast, her strength does not allow it.
Jie Fangcheng's strength is acceptable, but his speed is not.
If the two of them work together, they might be able to catch up with the City Lord and the Heavenly Master...
Jie Fangcheng has already spoken: "Send you back first, Shuangshuang and I will go find the city lord and the Heavenly Master."
As soon as he finished speaking, voices of opposition came from the crowd: "No!"
Soon, the crowd began to talk at once.
"That inn is so spooky, and we don't have any skills or items. Brother Jie, you and Sister Shuang are the strongest. If you're not here, what should we do if something happens?"
"Yes, yes, at least one of you should stay to help us, right? You can't just watch us die..."
"We must learn from this experience. So many people died in vain, right?"
"That's right, let's not separate. Just now, so many people died because you two ran away without consulting us. Now you want to fight the BOSS with you two, what's the difference between that and the current situation? Aren't you just sending us to die in vain?"
Nie Shuangshuang looked at the person who was speaking coldly: "What do you mean?"
Someone immediately spoke up, "I think we should really go back to the inn. Brother Jie, stay here. Sister Shuang, you're quick. Please take the trouble to go find the city lord and the Heavenly Master. Once we find them and have confirmed information, we'll go with Brother Jie."
Nie Shuangshuang asked: "Is the BOSS fixed? They will be waiting there after I find it?"
The player who said this fell silent.
But someone else spoke up confidently: "But you don't have any other options, right? Anyway, I don't agree to separate. If you want to fight the BOSS or do anything else, you should take us with you. Otherwise, this dungeon is so scary, we will die quickly."
Jie Fangcheng is indeed slow, but this slowness is relative.
He was not as fast as Nie Shuangshuang, but he was much faster than the novice players.
Nie Shuangshuang is fast and can catch up with the BOSS and delay it for a while. If the two of them work together, it is really possible to defeat the BOSS.
But it's impossible with these newcomers.
Not only were the newcomers too slow, but when they first saw the "Madam", Lu Tonghe and Aunt Li, a few old players, tried to lead everyone to move together, but the newcomers fled in panic, and would not listen to others seriously at all when they were scared.
Sun Yan watched from the sidelines as if he was enjoying a good show.
Ninety percent of the newbies will only hold back the team, it would be better if they all died on the first day, the difficulty of the dungeon could be lowered a little. After all, some newbies are not only a burden, but also make things worse, so he really doesn't like to take new players to the dungeon.
In his opinion, these newcomers are useless and should just be given up.
But seeing that these two big guys, Jie Fangcheng and Nie Shuangshuang, insisted on taking these burdens with them, it was really...
Aunt Li frowned. She was about to say something when Nie Shuangshuang lost his temper and quickly pulled out a big knife.
"Why should I take you with me? What does your life or death have to do with me? Jie Fangcheng and I have done our best to send you back to the inn! If you want to go back, go away!"
The knife in her hand gleamed brightly in the sun, and finally, the people who had been mumbling stopped talking.
But looking at their expressions, Nie Shuangshuang could tell that they were obviously suppressed by her use of force, and she didn't know how they were cursing them in their hearts.
Oh shit!
Nie Shuangshuang couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
It's not like she hasn't encountered this situation before. After all, she came from the Ronghua Guild, and many players have taken Ronghua's efforts for granted.
But no matter how many times this happens, it makes people feel very discouraged when they encounter it again. They really want to just walk away and let these people die!
She looked at Jie Fangcheng.
Jie Fangcheng still had a calm expression on his face, and it seemed like he had seen more than she had ever seen before.
Nie Shuangshuang put the knife on her shoulder and raised her chin towards Jie Fangcheng.
"Walking."
"oh."
The two of them took the lead and arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion first.
There were originally a bunch of monsters blocking the entrance, which prevented the players from getting out.
But at this moment, the monsters saw Jie Fangcheng from afar and started screaming and running away, and the entrance was empty in an instant.
If we had seen this phenomenon yesterday, the new players would definitely have applauded to some extent.
It was quiet now. Several players huddled together in the courtyard looked at each other and curled their lips.
—See, what did they say
So what if he has such strength? He just rushed forward blindly like a brainless person, causing so many players to die.
Nie Shuangshuang knew what those players were thinking without even looking back. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and the more aggrieved she felt.
"So annoying!" Nie Shuangshuang cursed, "I bought this dungeon fragment originally just to let Aunt Li clear the first level dungeon, to help her get a feel for the game, and to help her clear the universal dungeon. Not only did I waste my points, but these players are so shameless!"
Jie Fangcheng's reaction was flat: "Oh."
Nie Shuangshuang glared at him: "What's your reaction? Aren't you angry? These people are really... really!"
It's not just this group of people, all the people of this kind she meets really make her feel uncomfortable.
If I don't help, I won't be able to get over the hurdle in my heart.
Please help me. It really feels like I have eaten smelly socks, so disgusting, depressed and unhappy.
In the past, she often went to dungeons with her partner, the vice president of Ronghua. That girl was unlike her. She appeared gentle on the surface, but was actually quite smart and decisive. She was also a good manager and would never let her own people suffer any loss no matter what dungeon they were in.
Nie Shuangshuang didn't have to consider all these at that time. The vice president just said how to fight and that was it. It's not like now, the team's morale has long been dispersed.
"If only Yingying were still here." Nie Shuangshuang murmured with a sad expression, "There were players like this back then... But she was so good, she always satisfied everyone. Now..."
Jie Fangcheng glanced at her, then looked at her again, with a strange expression on his face, as if he was wondering why she was so rude... No, even a cheerful person like her could actually have such sad moments.
Nie Shuangshuang saw through him in a second and said angrily: "What are you doing???"
Jie Fangcheng immediately shook his head: "Nothing."
Nie Shuangshuang was so angry when she saw him that she even forgot to be sad: "Brother, besides being angry with me, can you think about how we can kill the city lord? How can we pass the dungeon?!"
Jie Fangcheng said honestly: "Let's cooperate, you come to me to fight."
“…” Nie Shuangshuang turned around and glanced at the players following behind her.
What she said just now was all said in anger. Now that she knew that the City Lord and the Heavenly Master were involved, the situation in the dungeon became quite complicated and dangerous. If it was really like Jie Fangcheng said, letting these newcomers wait in the inn while the two of them went to find the City Lord... then it would be very easy for something to go wrong.
"Just... ignore them?" Nie Shuangshuang frowned, "Isn't this bad?"
"Yeah." Jie Fangcheng nodded. "The evil ghosts have already developed self-awareness. They won't simply kill the players. They might tease them first before killing them. That's too much."
"Yes." Nie Shuangshuang also agreed.
Jie Fangcheng looked at her knife and said, "How about I help them?"
"Ah?" Nie Shuangshuang didn't react for a moment.
"I'll act quickly, so it won't hurt. They should have died anyway. Since they won't obey, just kill them now." Jie Fangcheng continued calmly.
Nie Shuangshuang opened her mouth wide and looked at him.
"… You, you're going to kill them all? Are you serious???"
Xie Fangcheng then looked at her again and lowered his voice: "It's fake."
Killing people at will, what’s the difference between this and being a demon
Nie Shuangshuang: “…”
Nie Shuangshuang roared, but also lowered his voice: "Then why did you say that just now???"
"Scare them."
Nie Shuangshuang turned her head.
When Jie Fangcheng said that just now, many of the players behind heard it. Finally, the expressions of the few disobedient players who had been exchanging some strange glances just now were very interesting.
Nie Shuangshuang finally felt a little better.
She looked at Jie Fangcheng, walked in silence for a while, and then suddenly asked in a low voice: "Is it true or not?"
Jie Fangcheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Is this true?"
"oh."
Only then did Nie Shuangshuang feel relieved.
As they were talking, everyone finally returned to the inn.
This time, the silent new players behaved much better. No one raised any objections and they all returned to their rooms obediently.
Their paper dolls were still sitting obediently in the room. The originally creepy dolls looked somewhat friendly at this moment.
Jie Fangcheng and Nie Shuangshuang stood in the corridor, and Nie Shuangshuang looked down at the skylight.
The patio was dark and quiet during the day, but I didn't know if this quietness was due to the constraints of the copy or simply because Jie Fangcheng was here.
"This instance has changed so much. I don't know how much of a constraint those rules still have on these NPCs." Nie Shuangshuang said, "What the player just said is right. If we leave, they are likely to be in danger."
No one knows whether the city lord and the heavenly master will follow, nor does anyone know whether the resentful baby in the well will come out during the day.
"But if we don't go find the City Lord and the Heavenly Master, what will happen to the Hundred Days Banquet... Or should we still hold the Hundred Days Banquet?"
The city lord and the heavenly master are together, and the child underground might be the lady's child—the eldest son for whom the hundred-day banquet was originally to be held.
After all that, can we really hold this hundred-day party? Why hold it when the child is dead
However, if the Hundred Days Banquet cannot be successfully held, their conditions for passing the level cannot be met.
The strategy in Nie Shuangshuang's hand was like a piece of waste paper. She smiled bitterly and said, "Who would have thought that a level one guide would become so difficult and so strange."
"Yes." Jie Fangcheng also agreed.
Nie Shuangshuang couldn't help but feel a little sad again: "If only Yingying was still here, she would have a good brain and would definitely know what to do in this situation. Now... now, let me think about it."
Nie Shuangshuang hesitated for a moment and took out a somewhat strange "cell phone" from his backpack.
Jie Fangcheng had never seen a mobile phone since he entered the game, so he looked at it with great curiosity.
Nie Shuangshuang was reminiscing over there.
"I remember when I went to a dungeon with the guild members before, there was someone who was quite capable and also had a good brain... Let me take a look."
As he spoke, Nie Shuangshuang took out a notebook and started flipping through it.
Jie Fangcheng leaned over and was stunned for a moment: "What is this?"
"Address book." Nie Shuangshuang didn't even raise her head.
Jie Fangcheng was at a loss: "Why are you remembering this?"
After leaving the dungeon, players have a friend list to use.
Although the game system is rather crude, the basic functions of the friend list are still there, and you don't need to write anything to change notes.
However, if the player is in a dungeon, he cannot communicate with people outside, so there is no need to look at the address book.
Nie Shuangshuang stuffed the props in her hand into his hands.
"look by youself."
[Item: Little Genius Phone·Rare·3/3 (Damaged)]
[Introduction: It is said that the Little Genius Phone can call anyone. If you call someone in danger, it may save your life! ]
[Tip: Even so, calls to overdue calls cannot be made! ]
[Function: You can call a designated contact. If the other party accepts your invitation, he will come to you within ten minutes.]
[Special note: If the other party is in a copy, they cannot accept the invitation. ]
[Special note: This item is damaged and can only be used in level 1 copies. Please use with caution.]
Props like this that can be used to hire off-site assistants are all rare items, and the starting price in the market is one million points.
Even though it had been downgraded to a level one copy only, Nie Shuangshuang's heart still bled when he took it out.
She originally wanted to leave this prop to Aunt Li.
For all-people copies, except for the fifth-level copies, players cannot choose the copy level they want to clear. The system will judge the player's strength and then automatically allocate it.
But for someone like Aunt Li who hasn’t completed the game many times, it’s obvious that there’s a high chance that she’ll be in the first level.
The difficulty and time of the national copy will be reduced, and the first level copy can be completed in two or three days.
Give this item to Aunt Li so that she can summon helpers after entering the dungeon.
Nie Shuangshuang has completed the dungeon too many times, and last year's national dungeon was randomly assigned to a level 4 dungeon. This year, she is ready to complete the dungeon with a few players. She can help Aunt Li complete the national dungeon before completing the game, which is foolproof.
But she never expected that this prop had not been given to Aunt Li yet, and Nie Shuangshuang now had to consider using it herself.
She flipped through the pages, explaining, "We're clearly stuck in a dead end now. Relying on the two of us... I'm not looking down on you, but I don't think with our brains, we can come up with a way to keep the remaining players alive while also clearing the dungeon. If it were just the two of us, I think we could give it a try, but with so many people, we can't just let them die."
"Oh." Jie Fangcheng expressed his understanding, "So you are looking for someone now?"
"Yes, I know someone who is pretty smart. I just don't know if he is willing to help now or if he is in the dungeon."
After she left Ronghua, she had no contact with her old friends. If she rashly approached them now, she didn't know whether the other party would agree.
do not care…
"Then why don't I call someone for help?" Jie Fangcheng suddenly said.
"Ah?" Nie Shuangshuang looked up.
"Ah..." Nie Shuangshuang hesitated, "Are you sure it's amazing? How amazing is it?"
"Awesome," Jie Fangcheng made a very straightforward analogy, "My strength among players is equivalent to how good his brain is."
"Oh oh oh!" Nie Shuangshuang felt relieved a little, but wanted to continue questioning.
Jie Fangcheng asked again: "But if I don't add friends, can I still fight... Hey? Yes, I can fight."
Nie Shuangshuang: “…”
Nie Shuangshuang: “!!”
This is what it is used for
This prop is also very convenient to use. Jie Fangcheng pressed a dial button, and soon a screen appeared in front of him, which looked very much like a friend list.
The list contained people who had completed the game with him, and it was searchable. Jie Fangcheng quickly found Zhang Daoan's name and dialed the number.
After two beeps, the other end picked up the phone.
"Manager Jie?"
"Hey? I can actually dial through!" Jie Fangcheng held up this "mobile phone" and felt very curious. "Hello? Is that clear?"
The other party paused: "Clear. What is this?"
Jie Fangcheng explained this prop in a few words.
Zhang Daoan understood immediately without him saying anything: "Have you encountered a problem that is difficult to solve?"
"Yes." Jie Fangcheng was very straightforward, "Can you come over and help?"
Zhang Daoan agreed without asking: "Okay. I will be sent over in ten minutes. Wait a moment."
"Uh-huh."
Jie Fangcheng hung up the phone, and before he turned around, he suddenly dodged.
murderous look!
Wow! What kind of monster is so powerful? It actually touched me before I discovered it?
Jie Fangcheng lowered his head and saw a familiar, shiny machete standing upright where he had just stood.
Jie Fangcheng raised his head following the knife.
Nie Shuangshuang looked at him expressionlessly.
Jie Fangcheng was surprised: "What are you doing?"
If he hadn't rolled quickly, the knife would have really hit him.
Nie Shuang threw away the knife, rushed over, and shook him with both hands around his neck.
"You just used it like this, you just used it like this, you just used it like this??? Do you know how expensive this thing is!!!"
She didn't have a knife, so Jie Fangcheng couldn't attack her directly, so he was swayed back and forth by her pinching.
"Ahem, didn't you give it to me?"
"I'll let you take a look at it! I'll let you broaden your horizons and see the world!!!" Nie Shuangshuang roared.
"Ah," Jie Fangcheng returned the phone to her, "Then I'll give it back to you..."
"What's the point of using them all?!!"
This kind of prop is disposable. Although it still maintains its original appearance after use, you can see it as long as you hold it in your hand. There will be a "used" mark on the back of the prop to prove that the prop cannot be used again.
Xie Fangcheng spoke while shaking, his voice sometimes far away and sometimes near: "You have to hire external help anyway, so I hired a more powerful one."
Nie Shuangshuang paused.
Of course, she knew that what Jie Fangcheng said was right. She had to use the props anyway... But why was she so unhappy?
Nie Shuangshuang looked dangerous: "Are you sure you are very powerful?"
"Sure, sure." Jie Fangcheng finally escaped from her hand and nodded like a chick pecking at rice. "He's very powerful. You'll know when he comes. He can tell at a glance what wrong things you did when you were a child." It would have been better if he didn't say it. After he said that, Nie Shuangshuang's heart began to beat again.
Why does this sound unreliable? Is this a charlatan?
Nie Shuangshuang couldn't help but ask, "The person you're talking about is so powerful. How many times has he cleared the dungeon? Which guild is he from?"
Jie Fangcheng made a “yeah” gesture to her.
Nie Shuangshuang was angry: "What's the point of making a scissor hand gesture? Stop being cute at this time???"
After that, Jie Fangcheng was heard to be very honest: "What scissor hand? Twice."
"..." Nie Shuangshuang asked, "What do you mean twice?"
"The number of times you've passed it." Jie Fangcheng said, "If you've passed it twice, you're pretty strong, isn't that amazing?"
murderous look!
Nie Shuangshuang quickly raised her knife again: "I will kill you ah ah ah ah!!!!!"
At this moment, a white light flashed in front of Jie Fangcheng.
Jie Fangcheng quickly pulled the person in the white light behind him with one hand, and easily grasped the chopped blade with the other hand.
"Stop it."
Although Nie Shuangshuang was angry, she was still controlling her strength.
However, no matter how hard she tried to control herself, she didn't expect that this seemingly slow-paced man would appear so relaxed when catching her knife.
She was stunned for a moment, and then she heard Jie Fangcheng continue to say: "Look at you hacking and slashing randomly, this brother is not strong enough, he can't dodge if you hack at him."
Nie Shuangshuang: “…”
fire!
Nie Shuangshuang felt that the fire in her heart that had been extinguished suddenly burst out at this moment!
Without saying a word, Jie Fangcheng immediately pulled the people behind him and retreated.
Zhang Daoan staggered as he was pulled. He did not expect this to happen right after he came in. He asked, "What happened?"
Jie Fangcheng was speechless: "This girl is too violent, stay away from her!"
Nie Shuangshuang: "!! I'll chop you up!!!"
Zhang Daoan: “…”
.
Only after Nie Shuangshuang's anger subsided did Xie Fangcheng come back with Zhang Daoan.
Nie Shuangshuang's knife was at hand, and she introduced herself coldly: "Nie Shuangshuang."
It looks like he could pick up the knife again at any moment.
Zhang Daoan still had an elite demeanor, but he had changed his suit into a windbreaker that looked very scholarly.
He nodded politely: "Zhang Tao."
Jie Fangcheng looked at him.
This kid really... changed his name again.
Nie Shuangshuang's expression clearly showed that she was not going to talk about the current situation, so Jie Fangcheng took the initiative to take on this responsibility.
"It's like this, our dungeon... um, let me show you the strategy." Jie Fangcheng handed him the strategy directly, "This dungeon was originally like this, but now, this Heavenly Master and that City Lord are together."
Zhang Daoan took the guide and flipped through two pages. He quickly understood the current situation and grasped the key points.
"The Heavenly Master is with the City Lord, where is the Madam?"
Good boy!
Nie Shuangshuang immediately looked at him with higher regard.
Jie Fangcheng explained: "It should have turned into a monster."
"Should?" Zhang Daoan repeated.
“Um…” Xie Fangcheng recounted what happened in the morning.
Zhang Daoan nodded: "That's probably it. Is the account book here?"
"Ah? Is the account book useful?" Nie Shuangshuang was suspicious.
She also looked at it and found that the only useful thing in the account book was that the shopkeeper Han from the east city bought four bottles of wax at the City Lord's Mansion.
Zhang Daoan nodded and said, "It's very useful. From the account book, we can see who the city lord usually interacts with. If the account book is very old, we can also see when the changes began from some of the expenditures of the city lord's mansion."
"Oh," Nie Shuangshuang handed over the account book and asked, "But what's the point of looking at this?"
Jie Fangcheng had already started to let go, and even looked at Nie Shuangshuang with a bit of sympathy.
Over there, Zhang Daoan explained: "You found a stone bed underground. Did you count how many '正' characters there were on the bed?"
"Ah... No, no." Nie Shuangshuang glanced at Jie Fangcheng, feeling a little guilty, "Will this work?"
Zhang Daoan didn't say anything, just nodded: "Next time you come across such clues, remember them."
Although his expression was calm and his words were not harsh, it always sounded like he was saying, "Use your brains. Don't you remember such a simple clue?"
Nie Shuangshuang retreated with a red face.
She confronted Jie Fangcheng and asked in a low voice, "Can he really do it?"
Jie Fangcheng replied: "If he doesn't work, you won't find anyone better."
Damn, are you that smart
Soon, the person holding the account book proved to her that... there was.
"From the account book, the City Lord's Mansion's expenditures more than five months ago were relatively normal and reasonable. The fetus you saw underground has already taken shape. According to the description, it should be five or six months old. If the time matches, it should be the Madam's child - the eldest son of the hundred-day banquet that this instance is going to hold."
"Ah." Nie Shuangshuang had indeed thought about this conclusion, but she felt it was unlikely.
After all, if even the city lord’s eldest son was dead, why would the city lord hold a hundred-day banquet
Thinking of this, Nie Shuangshuang also asked: "Why is the city lord holding a hundred-day banquet? Aren't all the children dead?"
"It's Madam's child." Zhang Daoan said, "But who said that the city lord only has this one child?"
Nie Shuangshuang opened her mouth.
Zhang Daoan turned to a page in the account book.
"Look here."
Nie Shuangshuang lowered her head to look.
[January 9, two sets of safety locks, 92 taels of silver.]
"This... is this one a two-pack? I see other kids need only one pack of things."
After Nie Shuangshuang finished speaking, she understood.
"Clothes and the like are consumables. It's normal for parents to buy them when they remember to buy them, or to use their own private accounts instead of the government accounts."
Two children.
The one my wife had was a newly formed fetus... or you could say it was a dead fetus.
There is another one...
"The Heavenly Master... is pregnant with the City Lord's child?" Nie Shuangshuang was shocked. "Where did the child go?"
"There are not many clues, so we can't be sure yet. I guess it should be in the lake in the west," said Zhang Daoan.
"…Ah?" Nie Shuangshuang was shocked again, "Why?"
Zhang Daoan explained: "From your description, the city lord and the heavenly master can live in the city lord's mansion, and the city lord's mansion also employs musicians and the like. It is obvious that they usually enjoy themselves in the city lord's mansion. In this case, why is it necessary to set up the base camp in the lake?"
Nie Shuangshuang hesitated: "Because of a hobby?"
Zhang Daoan glanced at her and continued to analyze: "The child may be in the lake. The City Lord and the Heavenly Master are human beings after all. Although they have absorbed other people's children to support themselves by unknown means, they will not like the one in the lake."
At this point, he paused for a moment, then continued: "Then the child is in the lake, is there anyone who can help watch it?"
"... Madam." Nie Shuangshuang was stunned, and soon discovered that this person's inference... was actually very likely correct.
When the lady appeared, there were stones on her feet, but they were obviously not chained. Perhaps the heavy stones were placed there to prevent her from floating in the water.
"How could it be..." Nie Shuangshuang couldn't figure it out. "It's okay if it's just a Heavenly Master, but this NPC's behavior is completely broken. Why would the City Lord's wife agree to it?"
"It may be because of the child." Zhang Daoan guessed, "Since the strategy says that the child born by the city lord's wife has problems, then maybe the child really has problems. In order for the child to survive, the city lord's wife may have agreed to some conditions. But now we know too little information, so it's just speculation."
But Nie Shuangshuang always felt that her guess was just a guess, and the guess of the person in front of her always made her feel that it was true.
Nie Shuangshuang couldn't help but look at Fang Cheng again.
Jie Fangcheng looked like he was giving up, and asked, "Do you have any idea on how to clear the level?"
"A little bit." Zhang Daoan stood up, "But I'm not sure yet, I might need to go out and take a look."
"Ah, where are you going?" Jie Fangcheng also stood up.
Zhang Daoan walked to the door and really wanted to "take a look".
He just stood there without saying anything, and after watching for a long time, he walked back in.
This time, Jie Fangcheng couldn't help it.
"finish watching?"
"right."
Jie Fangcheng poked his head in and tried to watch as well.
Nie Shuangshuang was behind them. Seeing Jie Fangcheng looking at her like that, she couldn't help but stick her head out as well.
The two heads swayed left and right, looking around.
"Let me see, is there anything?"
No.
It looked quiet outside, like an ordinary day in the city.
"It's nothing." Nie Shuangshuang turned her head and said studiously, "Brother Zhang, what did you see?"
Zhang Daoan smiled: "Let me see how many people are here."
"Ah?" Nie Shuangshuang poked her head out, "How do I see this? Where can I see it?"
"Stupid, look at the smoke!" Jie Fangcheng came back to his senses.
It is noon now, and every household is cooking, with smoke rising all around.
Nie Shuangshuang suddenly realized what was going on and understood after looking around.
"Oh... there are quite a few people around."
Although the streets were deserted, at this time of day, you could see several families nearby cooking one after another, obviously they were occupied.
"What's the use of this?" Nie Shuangshuang asked.
"This means that the population of this city may not have decreased too much, or it is much better than I thought. But you tried it last night, and the resentful baby in the well will attack adults who don't light enough candles. This means that almost every household here may light candles at night. The dungeon guide also said that the only store in the city where you can buy candles is Xiong Si, and the boss of Xiong Si will ask for more things as you go further, and in the end he will even ask for people's organs and lives."
Jie Fangcheng understood: "If Xiong Si's boss wanted these things from the people in the city, there wouldn't be so many people alive in the city. In other words, Xiong Si's boss has a completely different attitude towards the 'guests' who come to the Hundred Days Banquet and the people in the city... In short, he hates people like us."
Nie Shuangshuang seemed to understand something, but was not sure: "So..."
"So, the NPCs in the city... are very likely very dissatisfied with the city lord." Zhang Daoan said.
"Then, what happened?" Nie Shuangshuang was at a loss.
Players will only pay attention to the love, hatred and grudges between NPCs when they are key NPCs. Who would pay attention to what thousands of background boards think at other times
On the other side, Jie Fangcheng, who had completed a copy with Zhang Daoan, already understood.
"You want to start a coup against the NPCs in the city?"
"right."
"Ah?" Nie Shuangshuang was shocked. "Is this possible???"
"why not."
Nie Shuangshuang was stunned: "This... revolution? Can your idea... work?"
Jie Fangcheng patted her shoulder and said, "Let me introduce you to this guy. He used to be a university professor."
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Xie Fangcheng continued: "People who teach Marx are specialized in this field."
(End of this chapter)