Forces of Temptation

Chapter 11: Rust (two)

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The lack of oxygen and fear quickly consumed the player's little physical strength.

A circle of people slumped to the ground in a panic, gasping for breath in revenge.

Fortunately, the right to use oxygen, at least only the time limit is specified, and the amount is not specified.

Rabbit pickup was not happy.

"Oxygen" is at the back of the redemption page in the mall.

Therefore, every time this link is reached, none of the players is not scared to death.

It once admired with great interest the scene where a certain player was flustered, unable to maintain normal thinking ability, and suffocated to death.

… In comparison, these people are a little too relaxed.

Jiang Fang at least gave it some face, and stayed in place without moving.

And that Nanzhou, after making sure that everyone would be safe, actually ran to the Wishing Pond.

He was half-kneeling by the pool in a very temperamental manner, his half-length hair slipped a little from behind his auricle, and he looked down into the water, not knowing what he was thinking.

The players sat crookedly on the ground and decided to leave this unsound artist alone.

Zhao Guanglu breathed heavily and asked, "That game... what happened?"

Wu Yukai swallowed hard to relieve the dryness of his throat, and gave a simple and rude answer: "It's a bug!"

Gravity, which has been running smoothly for nearly a year, suffered a catastrophic bug six months ago.

The inability to log out normally occurs to many people.

At first, it was just a normal card bug.

When some players choose to log off, they need to click several times to successfully log off.

"Tree of Life" received complaints from players and began to race against time to update patches.

After the patch was updated, the problem disappeared for two days.

When all players thought the problem was solved, a terrifying electronic disaster directly caused Gravity to have the biggest scandal in the history of the game.

A large number of players were unable to successfully leave the game, and after going offline, headaches, dizziness, temporary blindness and other problems occurred invariably.

Hundreds of players were forced out of the cabin, and even fell into a serious deep coma.

Overnight, the stock price of "Tree of Life" jumped directly from the building.

While the "Tree of Life" company was being held accountable, a strange dialog box similar to system debugging appeared in the sky.

At the time, however, no one knew what that meant.

Until now, they are still ignorant.

Xie Yangyang asked tremblingly, "What happened to those comatose people...?"

"Dead." Wu Yukai tugged at his hair as if venting, "...Fuck, one by one, they all died."

In the suffocating silence, the rabbit quack laughed.

"Okay, the information exchange time is over." Its depressed mood was cured a lot by the desperate expressions of everyone, "Now, let me announce the rules of the game for you—"

"Ding ding ding--"

A melodious sound of music interrupted Pickup Rabbit's schadenfreude.

A hidden ranking list pops up in front of all players.

On the world speaker below, a series of messages were swiped.

[Congratulations to the player Nanzhou for triggering the Easter Egg Reward—Gold Coins from Goddess of Luck! 】

[Reward: 5 points. 】

[Reward: Gold Coins from Goddess of Luck. 】

[Use of gold coins: When making a wish, put gold coins into the pool, there will be a lucky bonus~]

[Get the achievement "Girl's Prayer"—]

Everyone: "… "

God t Maiden's Prayer.

Looking at Rabbit Pickup's face, it was clearly the Rabbit's birthday.

The hero Nanji Xing bit a gold coin, surfaced wetly, and climbed the white jade statue of the tree of life: "... squeak."

Nan Zhou opened his palm to him.

Nanjixing excitedly shook the water on the tip of his ear, opened the sliding membrane, and landed directly on the owner's palm. Because of the water on his body and his unsteady standing, he rolled twice in Nanzhou's palm before stopping the car.

At this moment, there is only one thought in the mind of a normal person.

… Nan Zhou is not just a pervert who keeps corpses in his storage tank.

When everyone was discussing the issue of life and death, he actually went to the pool to get gold coins.

Pickup is also very upset.

Those who have returned from the dungeon will take the rare oxygen to rest and replenish their physical strength.

Who would be free to play for gold coins

It unilaterally announced that Nanzhou was the most unqualified player it had ever encountered.

Of course, the pickup will not admit that it hates Nanzhou, just because Nanzhou has deprived it of the hard-won pleasure experience in mechanical work.

Nan Zhou doesn't care about everyone and Rabbit Pickup's slander.

He walked back and opened his palm silently to Pika, revealing the gleaming gold coin engraved with the tree of life pattern.

Nan Zhou: "..." How do I use this

Rabbit: "..." Are you showing off to me

One person and one rabbit, whose brain waves did not match, fell into a strange stalemate.

Nan Zhou didn't get the answer, and didn't want to waste everyone's time. Seeing that everyone was sitting on the ground, he naturally chose to be in a group, put away the coins, and sat down cross-legged.

Rabbit pickup didn't respond for a while: "..."

Before it could speak, Nan Zhou looked up and asked earnestly, "Didn't you just introduce the rules of the game?"

Pickup: "… "Fuck you.

Its speed suddenly became like mushrooms on the bus, as if eating Xuanmai.

"The rules of the game are simple, whoever has the most points wins."

This is obvious.

The game's winning mechanism is almost on the surface: Points are king.

The little easter egg that Nanzhou just found triggered the world horn and the current ranking.

The player who is currently ranked first has the highest points, and the level has reached 23.

But his name is very strange, called "Yongsheng-Zhang Yi".

Level 5 Mengxin Nanzhou asked: "What is 'eternal life'?"

Rabbit didn't want to say a word: "Team name."

… the game is teamable

Players who haven't played Gravity immediately pricked up their ears.

Li Yinhang was not surprised.

She once heard a colleague who owns "Gravity" say that there is a single-player mode and a team mode in "Gravity".

In single-player mode, no matter how much the reward is, it belongs to one person.

In the team mode, the rewards are shared, and a certain team points bonus will be obtained at the same time, as well as special team rewards that cannot be obtained in the single-player mode, and the number of people is limited to 2 to 5 people.

And what Rabbit Pickup tells is really similar to the copy mode of "Gravity".

"The official game is divided into two modes: pvp and pve."

"Your demo level, randomly arrived at pvp."

"At the beginning of each level, you have the right to choose between pvp and pve. Of course, the premise is that you have to have a 'select level'."

After experiencing hypoxia events, everyone has learned to behave.

Select the level, 100 points, on the first page of the mall page.

"After the game is over, players can return to a rest spot like 'Rust City' and enjoy it to the fullest."

"Of course, any enjoyment comes at a price."

"Cherish every point you have and make good use of it, they are closely related to your life."

With a little hope, someone asked: "If we die in this game, then in reality..."

This question doesn't really make sense.

They come from reality.

ap;nb--gt;gt;

sp; Those who disappeared in reality, none of them came back.

What's more, being pulled into such a treacherous game simply and rudely has already been written "Dear player, hello, I'm your father" on his face, what else can we negotiate

Sure enough, Rabbit Picka sneered and counted it as an answer.

"The game, there is always a time to clear the level."

Pika said so many words in one breath, and the bad mood gradually eased.

It raised its head arrogantly, and its ears creaked along with it: "The game is over, and the winner can achieve a wish."

"Well, that's the Wishing Pond..."

As soon as the voice fell, it remembered the nasty thing that happened just now.

Its three-petaled mouth drooped downward, and continued to explain reluctantly.

"Now, you can spend 10 points to make a wish."

"After the game is over, as long as the player's final ranking reaches the first, whether it is a single player or a team, your wish will be realized."

"Of course, you will think, if you make 'one hundred more wishes', would it be feasible?"

"The answer is that your wish will be skipped and not fulfilled."

"So, players are asked to make a wish with caution."

Saying that, Picka glanced at Nan Zhou disdainfully.

"... In addition, the wishes made by those who have lucky gold coins have a certain lucky bonus, and their wishes will be fulfilled first."

… with the words "What are you proud of with a rubbish skill" all over his face.

Nan Zhou blinked, not so disappointed.

Sure enough, the reward given by the easter egg will not be too exaggerated.

If you want to achieve your wish, you still have to win the first place in points.

To put it bluntly, this gold coin is a pure color gadget.

Someone dared to ask: "Then... can we still go fishing for gold coins?"

Pickup rolled his huge eyes.

"What does 'Easter Egg' mean? - Only the first person to get it gets the reward!"

It also looked tired of repeating this over and over again. It crossed its two front paws, hugged it on its chest, and said lazily, "Players, please hurry up and make a wish."

Rabbit Pickup just used a cold demeanor to cover up his maddened heart, disappeared with a bang, and went to receive the next wave of guests.

The first person to move is Nan Zhou.

He walked back to the Trevi Fountain and threw the gold coins back into the water without hesitation.

At the same time as the small sound of falling into the water, 10 points were also deducted.

His experience bar at the beginning of level 5 has shrunk back a little, and it looks like he will drop back to level 4 at any time.

Nan Zhou did not care about this.

He closed his eyes, looked very pious, and made a wish.

Seeing that Nan Zhou made a wish, everyone rushed up.

They've just bought oxygen, and it's no big deal to spend another 10 points for a good jackpot.

Some people also took the opportunity to sneak their hands into the pool water, trying to see if they could fish out more gold coins.

… even earning 5 points is good.

But those gold coins seemed to be firmly wedged at the bottom of the pool, and they would not move no matter how they fiddled with them.

Only two people didn't move.

Jiang Fang and Li Yinhang.

After Nan Zhou completed his wish, he saw the two standing far away from the wishing pond, so he walked towards them naturally.

He asked, "Why don't you make a wish?"

Jiang Fang smiled and said, "No hurry. There is no time limit for making a wish, so you have to think about it. It's not too late to make a wish when you are about to win."

Li Yinhang's reasons are very simple.

"I want to wait until I have a little more points on hand," she said. "I'm afraid that when it's time to use the points, there won't be enough points."

After making wishes one after another, the next question everyone faces is who to form a team with.

Among the people here, one counts as one, and no one wants to be a loner.

After going through a dungeon test, they can be considered to have a basic understanding of each other.

They approached and talked in low voices, but they ignored Jiang Fang and Nan Zhou both intentionally or unintentionally.

If these people were to evaluate whether Jiang Fang and Nan Zhou were smart, no one would say anything.

But to say how much people trust them, it is not necessarily true.

At first glance, Nan Zhou seemed to be a loner, and he seemed to be a pervert who didn't play cards according to common sense.

Jiang Fang feels very comfortable and friendly, but after a thorough analysis of Nanzhou on the bus, everyone can come to a basic conclusion even if it is cloudy and foggy:

… This person is an old yinbi.

It doesn't matter if he is overcast, what if he is a perineal teammate.

Everyone has noticed that there is no rule in this game that teammates cannot hurt each other.

If it's a simple game, it's better to have a smart teammate.

Now it is a matter of life and death, and no one dares to gamble lightly.

With people who are too smart, sometimes they die without knowing how they died.

Xie Yangyang formed a team with the pair of men and women who got on the bus together.

Zhao Guanglu actually left with Wu Yukai, who had just started a fierce friction with him.

Probably because he doesn't know anything about games, and Wu Yukai is the one who knows "Gravity" the most.

Seeing everyone leave in groups one by one, Nan Zhou, who was left to the side, looked around, and said "Ah" in a low voice after realizing it, "Why are you gone?"

Li Yinhang: "..." There is another one here.

Nan Zhou didn't seem very sorry. After stating the fact to himself, he turned to Li Yinhang and said, "Who do you want to form a team with?"

Li Yinhang has always been the most pragmatic and very good.

She clasped her hands together with a snap, hugged her thighs sincerely and said, "Boss, I'm with you. I'm not clingy, I'm obedient, and I've worked as a bank customer service for two years. Trust me, what difficulties do I have? can overcome.”

Jiang Fang looked at the eager Li Yinhang, and several key words appeared in his mind:

Physically there may be a hindrance.

Obedient, crisp, not sticky.

Be careful.

With him, Li Yinhang, as a teammate, is functional.

In contrast, Nan Zhou's keyword judgment on Li Yinhang was much simpler.

He stared at Li Yinhang and thought to himself that there were three more storage slots.

Nan Zhou clicked on the friend list, and after asking Li Yinhang's personal serial number in the game interface, he turned to look at Jiang Fang.

Jiang Fang stared at him and smiled softly.

Nan Zhou grabbed Li Yinhang's sleeve, faced him, and took two steps back.

Immediately, he raised his hand and waved at him friendly: "Then, goodbye."

Jiang Fang: "..."

—Nan Zhou, it seems, didn’t even consider pulling him to form a team

"etc."

Jiang Fang quickly adjusted his mentality and took a step forward: "Aren't you going to pull me into a team?"

"Well..." Nan Zhou frowned slightly, "Yes. But you didn't say it."

Jiang Fang: "I thought... We were handcuffed together in the car, and we stayed together after getting out of the car. We should be in a team."

"But you didn't ask me." Nan Zhou showed a puzzled look, "If you want to say it, you want to be with me. If you don't say it, I don't understand."

At that moment, the emotions in Jiang Fang's eyes became complicated again.

"I think… "

He seemed unaccustomed to such straightforwardness, took a breath and lowered his eyes.

After a long while, he showed a little smile, looked Nan Zhou's eyes directly, and tried his best to complete the simple sentence:

"I want to be with you.":,