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[Chapter 49, Financial Crisis 9-Theft Gang]
In the afternoon, Shanshui B&B.
When Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang sent Shao Qingge downstairs for lunch, a girl excitedly argued with the boss: "The house price at the beginning was 10,000 gold coins, but it rose to 20,000 yesterday, and today it rose to 40,000! Boss, you too. Is it a pit? Doubled a day, why don't you grab the money!"
The boss is righteous: "Everything is increasing in price now. How can there be no reason for the accommodation fee not to increase? You can't live in love."
The woman stared her eyes wide when she was about to swear. The boy behind her suddenly grabbed her shoulders and said, "Tingting, let’s move away. It’s too expensive to live here, and the house price might double tomorrow. ."
There was obviously a trace of panic in the girl's eyes, and she lowered her voice, "But where can we move? Shanshui B&B is the cheapest place to live in City A. Other places may be more expensive. Wouldn't you let me sleep on the street? ! When you first chased me, you said you wanted me to live a good life, but now, let alone a good life, I don’t even have a place to live..." She said that her voice was crying.
The man's face was ugly, and he changed his mouth after a moment of silence: "Boss, can we use instant noodles and milk to pay for the accommodation?"
The boss became interested: "How many do you have?"
The man said: "I'll give you a carton of milk and a carton of instant noodles to cover tonight's accommodation fee?"
The boss held up two fingers: "Two boxes."
The corners of the man's mouth twitched suddenly: "Don't go too far!"
The boss shrugged and said with a smile: "Before the price of goods rose, a box of instant noodles was 3000, and a box of milk was 2000, which adds up to 5000. The accommodation fee here is 10,000 yuan a day. Two boxes are not too much for you, right? Two boxes, love to live. Can't live."
The young men and women glanced at each other, and finally gritted their teeth and agreed.
The woman went through the renewal procedures in the lobby, and the man returned upstairs to move food.
Yu Hanjiang leaned into Xiao Lou’s ear and whispered: “It seems that these two people have no money to pay for the house. They underestimated the trend of rising prices, and they did not pay the house in advance... Or you have the foresight. Directly paid the accommodation fee for seven days."
Xiaolou used to take his parents out for travel during winter and summer vacations, and he was used to paying for his accommodation online in one lump sum, because the price of hotels in peak and off-season seasons will change greatly. Some hotels have different room rates on weekdays and weekends. Book in advance and be prepared.
He spent seven days of accommodation at a time, and only spent 80,000 gold coins.
For those challengers who did not pay the room payment in advance, the accommodation fee has risen to 40,000 only the next day today, and it will rise to 80,000 tomorrow. The initial funds of the challengers cannot even pay the room fee.
At this time, it is a good choice to pay for the room with the materials gathered up.
Once the materials are stolen or robbed, it will be an egg. Therefore, Xiao Lou especially hated the guys who rely on "stealing other people's materials" to pass customs. This is simply breaking the road.
**
When the three of them left the hotel, Shao Qingge decided to go back to the hotel alone with his notes, always paying attention to the situation of the stock market-the materials he had hidden under the bed had been stolen, and the place where he lived was the safest.
Xiaolou went to the city to investigate, and Yu Hanjiang went to the construction site again.
Perhaps because the weather was too hot in the afternoon, no one gathered in the central square to make trouble, and the investors who were holding banners on the roof of the building to make a statement in the morning were also scattered. 80% of the shops on the street were closed, and the whole city appeared empty. Only the supermarket was still full of people and long lines.
Xiao Lou went around in a circle. As Director Liu of the Market Supervision Administration came forward to give everyone a reassurance, the day after prices soared, there was no large-scale bloodshed.
He called Yu Hanjiang and asked softly, "How about your team Yu?"
Yu Hanjiang said: "On the construction site, the boss could not give a solution. The workers all returned home, and the construction site has been completely suspended."
Xiao Lou asked: "Do we need to sort out the transfer of materials?"
Yu Hanjiang said: "Let's see the situation tomorrow. I will find a way to get a car to facilitate the delivery of supplies."
Xiao Lou exhorted: "Be careful yourself, I'll go back to the hotel and wait for you."
When I hung up the phone and returned to Shanshui B&B, Xiao Lou unexpectedly saw a man and a woman who had just discussed with the boss to pay the rent with milk and instant noodles in the lobby with a gloomy face, each carrying a travel bag, but both bags were flat. Obviously there is not much stuff inside.
The woman seemed to have just cried with red eyes, her voice was trembling, and she pointed to the boss' nose and cursed: "Our things were stolen in your hotel. As the boss, of course you should be responsible! What! Tell you not to know? You are shameless!"
The boss looked innocent: "I think you are shameless. If you can't pay for the room, you say something was stolen? Who knows it's true... I haven't seen you go out for these two days, and I've been hiding in my room all day long. , Maybe, you two are the thieves."
The woman was very angry: "Who do you think is the thief? Don't spit someone!"
The man was obviously also irritated, and he came over and tore his boss' collar: "Check the surveillance to see who stole our things!"
The boss rolled his eyes: "Do you think I am a five-star hotel? Where does the little hotel monitor..."
The three quarreled endlessly in the hall. Xiao Lou noticed something was wrong and immediately returned to his residence.
—Someone has come in.
Before Xiao Lou left, he pinched a piece of hair in the crack of the door, but at this moment, the short black hair fell on the corner of the wall.
Obviously, the door was opened. It's just that the door lock didn't show any signs of being pried.
Is it a master who can open the lock like Team Yu
Or…
Xiao Lou suddenly thought of a card.
After clearing the Red Maple Leaf in the 3 of Hearts, you will receive a fixed reward card [Master/Key].
This key can open any type of door lock in the secret room without leaving a trace. A key can be used up to five times, but if two people commit crimes together, it can be used 10 times.
All thieves can follow the challenger's movements at any time, wait for the owner of the room to leave, and then unknowingly and unknowingly use the universal/key to open the door lock and steal supplies.
Maybe the thief was staying at the guesthouse, and he was staring at him with his eyes behind him.
Realizing this, Xiao Lou's back suddenly became cold.
He tried to maintain a calm look, pretending to find nothing, opened the door and entered the room, locked it.
After locking the door, he quickly sent a message to Yu Hanjiang: "The thief stole the supplies of the couple on the second floor, Team Yu, come back as soon as possible. Maybe the thief has already caught our eye on us."
Yu Hanjiang replied in seconds: "Come back soon, pay attention to safety."
***
At the corner of the corridor, a pair of eagle-like eyes kept staring at Xiao Lou's back.
It wasn't until Xiao Lou entered the house that the middle-aged man said in a hoarse voice: "The challenger who lives in 207 is very cautious. There is no material in the house, and all the food is in his travel bag."
The young man next to him said, "Isn't it possible? There are three of them. They can't live for seven days from the food in the bag. There must be a lot of supplies stored in other places. By the way, the tallest person will do it every day." When I went out, maybe I was going to check the supplies, but he moved too fast, and he kept going around very vigilantly, I couldn't keep up with him."
The middle-aged man sneered: "They must have a lot of supplies stored in them. There is not enough food in their backpacks. There will always be times when they can't help but pick up the goods. It won't be too late to start." He paused and turned his head to look. To the young man beside him, "don't care about the 207 residents. Have you investigated the other rooms?"
The young man said with a smile; "Brother Xu, don't worry, except for Room 207, all challengers on this floor put things in the house."
The middle-aged man hooked his mouth slightly: "Action at night."
***
Yu Hanjiang returned to the bed and breakfast soon.
After entering the house, he rushed to Xiao Lou in two steps, his eyes were full of worry: "Are you okay?"
Xiao Lou smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I happened to be outside when they acted. I'm fine." He pointed to the hair in the corner, lowered his voice and said in Yu Hanjiang's ear: "Our room, the thief also came in just now. "
Yu Hanjiang looked at the hair and frowned slightly: "But when I opened the door just now, the door lock was normal."
Xiao Lou touched his chin, thoughtfully: "I have always wondered why the hotel supplies where President Shao was staying was stolen, why is it silent? Are all the waiters in the hotel lobby blind? Or, these things. Can a thief fly into the sky and escape?"
Yu Hanjiang turned to look at him: "What did you notice?"
Xiao Lou said: "If I'm right, this thief, it's likely that the thief came after the United States cleared the 3rd room of Hearts. They have two very convenient functional cards in their hands."
Yu Hanjiang recalled the reward of Hearts 3, and suddenly realized: "cloak and key?"
Xiao Lou nodded: "The invisibility cloak has 30 minutes of invisibility every day. The reward key can open any door lock. When there is no one in the room, they can put on the invisibility cloak and open the door directly to take the supplies. Wrapped in the cloak, the milk and instant noodles will also become invisible transparent objects, and they will be taken away without knowing it."
Yu Hanjiang used his invisibility cloak to enter the warehouse once in the decoration market today.
The cloak of invisibility was originally a limited card for the 3 Secret Chamber of Hearts. Only after the United States clears the level can the limitation be lifted and taken out of the secret room. It is not easy for this thief to pass the Red Maple Room of Hearts 3 by Nomi.
Xiao Lou immediately said: "Moreover, this thief is not purely for customs clearance. They are probably trying to steal a large amount of materials and sell them later to make huge profits in the back room of the financial crisis!"
Yu Hanjiang's face suddenly sank.
He also thought of this possibility.
If it is purely for customs clearance, there is no need to steal so many materials, how much food can you eat in seven days
However, according to Shao Qingge's description, three groups of challengers have been stolen in the hotel where he stayed. The materials lost by the two girls next door include several boxes of milk and instant noodles.
When Yu Hanjiang entered the door just now, the couple in the hall was still making trouble, and obviously a lot of supplies were lost.
This proves that Xiao Lou's inference is correct-the person who stole the materials was not for customs clearance, but wanted to take advantage of the financial crisis and the shortage of materials, stealing other people's materials to earn a lot of gold coins, and take the gold coins out of the secret room.
They knew very well that the challenger who was stolen by them could not survive for seven days.
To trade someone else's life for money is simply eating "human blood steamed buns"!
Yu Hanjiang didn't want to be nosy, but since these people stole the Shanshui B&B, they even sneaked into the residence of him and Xiaolou-he had to take care of their ideas!
Yu Hanjiang analyzed seriously: "The cooling time of the Invisibility Cloak is refreshed at 24:00 every morning, with a 30-minute usage limit. At 24:00, many people will sleep in the house, but some people are not asleep and enter directly. Stealing things in the house is more risky, and I am more inclined to do it at around three in the morning."
Xiao Lou nodded: "At three o'clock in the morning, everyone was asleep at that time. They directly opened the door with the key and carried the materials in the room... But what if someone hides something under the bed? They move too much, why? Doesn't it wake people up?"
Yu Hanjiang said: "So, they must have other tools of crime in their hands."
Xiao Lou's eyes lit up: "For example, inhaled anesthetics? What if someone resists and stuns them?"
Yu Hanjiang nodded: “After they enter the world of financial crisis, they only need to find a way to buy a large amount of narcotics on the first day, and they can survive by stealing things—not only will they live well, but they can also sell money later and make a lot of money.”
Really smart enough.
It is a pity that cleverness is not used in the right way, and it must be cleared at the expense of other challengers.
Xiao Lou clenched his fist hard and said, "What can Team Yu do?"
Yu Hanjiang's eyes were deep, and he said coldly: "Let the snake out of the cave."
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[Chapter 50, Financial Crisis 10-Unexpected Changes]
evening.
Yu Hanjiang rode a small truck borrowed from the construction site in the afternoon to bring in a large amount of supplies.
The two who had been paying attention to the challenger's movements immediately spotted him.
While moving supplies, Yu Hanjiang and Xiaolou said in a low voice, “I didn’t have enough food. I went and took five boxes of milk, five boxes of biscuits, one box of chocolates and one box of canned fruit.”
Seeing this scene from the window, the young man said excitedly: "Brother Xu, he really went to get things, as well as canned fruit. This is a luxury food! Let's sweep the 207 goods by the way tonight, when the time comes. How about transferring again?"
The middle-aged man nodded: "Okay, wait for the evening."
**
At night, the whole street was extremely quiet, and all the rooms in Shanshui B&B turned off the lights.
People fell asleep.
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou were hidden in the darkness, waiting patiently for the thief to come.
Two o'clock in the morning...
Two thirty in the morning...
Time flies very slowly, but Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang are not drowsy. The two of them sit by the bed and wait, worrying that the voice of the voice will cause the thieves to be alert. The two of them silently turned their mobile phones to silent and used "texting". Way to communicate.
Xiao Lou: "Aren't you coming? This thief is too cautious."
Yu Hanjiang: "Wait a minute."
Xiao Lou: "Team Yu, did you really go to the warehouse to bring so many canned fruits? When I carried it just now, I found that the boxes were very heavy."
Yu Hanjiang: "There is no canned fruit in the box."
Xiao Lou looked up at him suspiciously.
Through the light of the street lamp, you can see Yu Hanjiang's handsome face. The man's eyes are particularly deep. He looked at Xiao Lou, and the corners of his lips raised slightly and said, "It's the bricks on the construction site."
Xiao Lou: "..."
No wonder it lifted so heavy!
Team Yu actually went to the construction site and brought back a few boxes of bricks, and attracted the thief to the bait. It was amazing!
At three o'clock in the morning, Xiao Lou was very sleepy.
But at this moment, the two suddenly heard the sound of the room being opened.
Xiao Lou immediately became refined and used the cloak of invisibility at the same time as Yu Hanjiang tacitly.
The door was clearly opened, but you couldn't see where the other party was, as if a gust of wind had opened the door.
When the two thieves approached the bed and found no one in the room, they all froze for a while.
The young man asked, "Where are the people? I clearly saw them entering the house."
The other middle-aged man had a slightly hoarse voice and said coldly, "Maybe he turned the window and left. It saves trouble, it's important to find supplies."
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang could hear their conversation, but they couldn't see where they were—the two wearing invisibility cloaks opened the bed directly. From Xiao Lou's perspective, it was as if the bed was lifted by a pair of invisible hands. The picture is very fantasy.
A large number of cardboard boxes were exposed under the bed, and the young man said excitedly: "So many! Brother Xu, you guessed it, these three people really put their food elsewhere. Great, the harvest today is really rich!"
He leaned over to carry the box, only to find that the box was extremely heavy.
The man gritted his teeth and said, "Is it a box of canned fruit?"
The other person seemed to perceive the error and whispered: "Look out of the box."
The cellophane at the seal was torn apart vigorously, and the two of them leaned over to see...
A neat box of bricks.
Still a brand new red brick.
The faces of the two people turned green for an instant, and they turned to run, but the next moment, the door was closed with a "bang" and locked, and a low and cold voice came in the air: "Waiting for you for a long time."
Another voice with a gentle smile: "We also have the cloak of invisibility, and we also passed through the secret room of Hearts 3, so we guessed the two methods of committing the crime." Xiao Lou's conversation turned, restraining the smile, and said solemnly. : "How many challengers did you steal? This way of clearing the level of starving others to death and struggling yourself to death, it's really for you to think of it!"
The two panicked for a few seconds at first, but quickly calmed down.
The middle-aged man said lightly: "Since you are also friends from Heart 3, you should know the principle of'make the most of everything'. [Incognito Card] and [Key Card] are very easy to use in this world. It is better to cooperate with us. The four of them will pass the level together—I promise that when they leave the Chamber of 3 of Spades, they won’t have less than ten million gold coins in their hands."
Judging from the sound, a man should be in his forties, very calm.
Xiao Lou said coldly: "Rely on other challengers to pass the level? Do you still have humanity?"
The young man gave a weird smile and said, "What are you talking to me about human nature in this world? I just don't want to die, I want to live! What does it matter to me whether other people die? Stop talking nonsense, if you are willing to join us, we The four people join forces to make a lot of money. If you are not happy, then we will not agree. We will not touch your materials again, and you two should not be nosy!"
Xiao Lou had long anticipated that in order to survive in the card world, there would always be people who would do whatever it takes to survive. Without the shackles of law and morality in reality, the harshness of human nature would exceed his imagination.
He is not good at arguing with people, not to mention different ideas, and there is no need to be reasonable.
"A gentleman speaks but does not move" does not work in this world.
Therefore, he intends to do it directly.
Xiao Lou approached Yu Hanjiang's ear and gave a signal. Yu Hanjiang knew, and quickly came to the window to guard the window to prevent two people from turning over the window and escaping, while Xiao Lou activated the circle he had drawn long ago.
Before the two thieves entered the house, Xiao Lou drew many rings to form a dense network of rings, and then lifted the rings to the ceiling by floating.
The two thieves did not realize that there was actually a huge net on the ceiling.
At the moment of awareness, it is too late—
Xiao Lou's finger lightly lifted, and countless metal rings with a diameter of 30 cm suddenly fell from the sky!
The two thieves wore invisibility cloaks, Xiao Lou couldn't see them, but they still existed, and they were entities, instead of directly turning into air—the collision of entities would not directly pass them.
Countless rings slammed down like a torrential rain. However, two rings were waved away in the corner of the room and fell to the ground with a crisp metal landing sound.
-right here!
Xiao Lou is accurately positioned.
Yu Hanjiang rushed over with a vigorous step, kicked his left foot vigorously, and he heard a scream.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Hanjiang stretched out his hand and yanked in the direction where the screams came from. Although he could not see the opponent in his eyes, he could judge the position of the opponent based on the ring and the screams, and grasp the opponent's arm accurately. , Screw it back hard!
The man screamed like a pig.
Yu Hanjiang said coldly: "The invisibility cloak just makes people invisible to you, it doesn't make people invisible to you."
He simply and neatly pressed this person to the ground, Xiao Lou immediately manipulated several metal rings, forming a dense network of rings around him, so that the other party had nowhere to hide.
Yu Hanjiang said: "Pick off the cloak."
The other party gritted his teeth: "Fuck, you can actually do magic tricks?!"
Xiao Lou said: "This is not magic."
The young man seemed to have finally reacted and said in surprise, "Is it a card? Do you have such a great card?"
He finally understood that he had hit the iron plate this time and was in a disaster. The man hurriedly changed his words: "Brother, forgive us, let us go, can you share half of the stolen materials?"
However, before the words were said, his back suddenly felt a strange coldness.
The biting cold pierced through the heart in an instant, from the back to the chest, and the man looked down at his chest in disbelief.
It's a knife.
The knife pierced his heart accurately from behind.
There was still bright red blood flowing down slowly from the tip of the knife, his eyes widened and he stared at the knife in a daze, only having time to speak: "Xu...Brother..."
The next moment, the body with the bloody dagger was pushed out forcefully, and suddenly pressed towards Yu Hanjiang.
Reflexively, Yu Hanjiang hid to the side, and after that, the window was smashed open with a bang, and the glass shattered to the ground!
The middle-aged man swiftly jumped out of the broken window and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.
As a result of being given to death by the sword, the effect of the invisibility cloak was ineffective. Gradually, a young male corpse fell in a pool of blood appeared on the floor of the room. His eyes almost stared out of his sockets. Obviously, he couldn't believe it... Betrayed by teammates.
Yu Hanjiang looked at the corpse at his feet with an extremely ugly expression.
Xiao Lou was also shocked by the sudden change.
After a long time, Xiao Lou trembled: "In order to escape, he stabbed his teammates to death and threw the corpse over as a shield? Or is he afraid that his teammates would just kill others if they tell where they are hiding?"
Yu Hanjiang said with a solemn face: "Damn it! Not as good as a brute!"
I never heard Team Yu swear swearing, obviously this time he was very angry.
No more than three prisoners can escape from his men so far.
Today, of course, there is the reason for the cloak of invisibility, and Yu Hanjiang cannot accurately locate the other person. However, being posed like this, not only did not catch the thief, but also let the other party kill his companion...
Yu Hanjiang's face was green, and he said solemnly: "We have to transfer as soon as possible."
Unexpectedly, things would develop into this way.
Instead of fixing the thief, he exposed himself.
Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "I can't stay here any longer. The beast actually killed all his companions in order to escape. The method is very brutal. Maybe he will go and come back and retaliate against us."
Moreover, there is a dead body in the room, if someone calls the police tomorrow, they will not be easy to explain.
Although they didn't kill this person, they died because of them.
Xiao Lou felt a little uncomfortable, he took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, and quickly called Shao Qingge.
Shao Qingge was sleeping when he was suddenly woken up by the phone, and the man's lazy voice was still a little confused: "Professor Xiao, what's the matter? Look for me in the middle of the night..."
Xiao Lou said: "Something went wrong on our side and we need to transfer immediately. Do you want to come with us?"
Shao Qingge sat up from the bed with a carp, "What's the situation?"
Xiao Lou helplessly said: "I and Team Yu wanted to lead the snake out of the hole to catch the thief, but in the end two thieves, one of them killed his companion directly in order to escape."
Shao Qingge was completely frightened awake: "Kill, kill?!"
Xiao Lou briefly recounted what happened. When Shao Qingge heard the death in room 207, he said decisively: "I will act with you. I don't want to be caught by the police as a suspect. After 10 minutes, the hotel will meet downstairs."
The three of them didn't have much luggage, each carried a bag and met downstairs.
Shao Qingge's face was very serious: "This thief really killed his partner?!"
This person is not only cruel, but also very decisive, and he does not hesitate to kill his teammates at critical moments.
Yu Hanjiang is not afraid of revenge, but Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge seldom face such thugs after all. He is afraid that two people will have an accident. It is easy to hide with a gun and hard to guard against a secret arrow, so it is safer to move to a safe place as soon as possible.
He inspected the construction site in the afternoon. The workers went on strike completely and were completely abandoned. Prices will continue to rise tomorrow, and work on the construction site will not resume in the future. It can be used as a place for three people to hide temporarily.
Yu Hanjiang pushed the truck, and Shao Qingge and Xiao Lou quickly followed.
They planned to go to the underground warehouse to transport the supplies overnight.
On the street late at night, it was terribly quiet, and the expressions of the three of them were more serious than the other.
It was almost four o'clock in the morning when I arrived at the warehouse. Yu Hanjiang opened the door, and Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge also stepped forward to help and quickly moved the boxes.
However, before they moved, they heard a rush of footsteps not far away.
Yu Hanjiang immediately put his finger to his mouth: "Shhhhhhhhhhhhh someone."
Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge hid behind the door holding their breath and looked out through the crack of the warehouse door. They saw a dirty boy walked to the corner quickly, pushed out the broken tricycle full of rubbish, and rode I ran away in a hurry when I got in the car.
Xiao Lou was startled, and said softly: "Is it the one that Team Yu saw before, the little guy who pretended to be a garbage collector?"
Yu Hanjiang nodded: "It's him."
Xiao Lou said in a puzzled manner, "He's watching late at night, where is this going?"
Yu Hanjiang didn't understand this guy's thinking, and said, "It's probably a night owl too."
Xiao Lou looked at the boy’s back, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Team Yu, do you think this guy seems to be paying attention to our movements? On the day I checked in, I paid for the room for 7 days, and he also Pay for 7 days; we hid the materials in the underground warehouse, and he also hid in the underground warehouse; we moved in the middle of the night, and he ran away on the bike too..."
Yu Hanjiang thought about it carefully and it was really: "It's almost four o'clock in the morning, so many coincidences—it can't be a coincidence."
The three looked at each other.
Yu Hanjiang resolutely said: "Catch up and have a look."
The author has something to say: Go to the hospital to check the body and update it late, sorry!
I have to check again tomorrow, so tomorrow is also the night time to go to bed to update, and everyone will do it again before going to bed!
Busy these two days, I will adjust back to noon, yeah.
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