One o'clock in the morning, reality, inside Bailiu's rental house.
Du Sanying was already asleep, Bai Liu and Tang Erda squatted on each side of the coffee table. There were a lot of materials stacked on the coffee table.
An ashtray was placed at Tang Er's feet, and a lot of cigarette butts were extinguished inside. Tang Er's mouth was still holding a burning cigarette. He frowned and looked at the information on the coffee table, reaching out and turning over it. One copy: "These are the information about the owners of the Sunshine Real Estate last year that I just asked Su Chao to print and send."
"If it is exactly what you have analyzed, then the characteristics of the victimized owners of the Sunshine Building fits the rudimentary portrait of Russell Cemetery and Guild."
Tang Erda talked for a while: "But what is very strange is that if these people are really gamers, their life trajectory is really too..."
Bai Liu looked down at these materials: "It's a normal person, isn't it?"
Going to work, going to get off work, eating, living, and vacationing, you can hardly see any trace of this group of people participating in a weird game behind the scenes. They are just a group of tired, surviving ordinary people.
"Yes, game players will be more or less extreme, and they will think about using game items outside of the real rules to escape the squeeze and sanctions of reality, such as the fanatical lamb we have encountered before." Tang Er frowned. "Although this group of people has been greatly oppressed, there is no such sign at all."
"This is also the reason why we didn't find anomalies during our investigation last year. They didn't look like gamers at all."
Bai Liu took out some information, looked down, and asked as he looked at it, "Captain Tang, if you were the owner of this real estate, and you entered the game, what would you do?"
Tang Erda was only slightly taken aback, and then answered without hesitation: "Use points to redeem items to track the trail of the escaping developer, and catch the other party back."
Bai Liu pulled out a copy from the materials he looked at and put it in front of Tang Erda: "Is that so?"
A newspaper was posted on the information-[Sunshine real estate developer suspected of surrendering, claiming that the funds in the collection are not in their own hands, and have long been transferred by overseas shell companies].
The news date in the newspaper was last October, which happened to be after the end of the preseason and one month after the owners jumped off the building.
"After the developer's surrender, all assets were mortgaged to fill the gap in the Sunshine Real Estate. It was far from full and was finally sentenced to life." Bai Liu raised his eyes and looked at Tang Erda, "Now the developer has been arrested, but nothing What's the role, you still have to pay off the loan every month, and you still have to work hard in the game to earn points to survive, what will you do next?"
Tang Erda thought for a while, he didn't know what to do for a while, there was a kind of emptiness that couldn't find a place to fall, he slowly said: "...I may continue to investigate the developer..."
But halfway through, he also stopped.
“It’s meaningless to chase after developers. Even if it kills people, it’s useless. It’s just a waste of points. When money enters overseas, it’s like dripping into the ocean. After three years, it’s estimated that it has been washed for several rounds. The possibility of coming back is too small." Bai Liu calmly analyzed, "The only thing that can solve their plight is money."
"Although the points earned by the points in the game can be exchanged for money, it is a life-saving thing. They have to play the game once a week. They should not dare to easily move the points they have saved, and only dare to repay by earning money from work. Mortgage loans."
Bai Liuping looked at Tang Erda: "What you said is actually correct. They are just a group of ordinary people. They just want to live the life of ordinary people. The extreme emotions brought about by the change for a moment pushed this group of ordinary people into the game."
"Games did not solve their problems, but brought them a huge burden. Despair and pressure are like snowballs that are rolling up. It is not a life intensity that a normal person can bear while working and playing games. "
"They enter the game because they escape reality, and in the game they have nowhere to escape, so they enter Russell Cemetery."
Tang Erda held up a newspaper with a solemn expression: "These people all have jobs with stable incomes, families, normal social connections, relatives and friends, and people who are in the same problems together. According to my understanding, even if they encounter some difficulties. , They shouldn’t collapse so quickly, and they will get to this point in three years."
Bai Liu looked at the black-and-white photos published in the newspaper. These were the people who jumped off the building last year, and said softly:
"It may not be three years for people to collapse."
"It's thirty years."
Bai Liu's gaze fell on a black-and-white photo named [Wang Shuping], and the newspaper next to it was accompanied by the words [Thirty Years of Loan]:
"Whether it is in the game or outside the game, a problem that lasts for three years may be nothing, but once there is no hope for thirty years, it is a great test for ordinary people. The mortgage can still be repaid. Hope, but there is no hope in the game. I think this is the main reason for their spiritual collapse."
Bai Liu looked at Tang Erda: "Not everyone has the resilience of Captain Tang. Hundreds of worlds can persevere if there is no hope in the game."
Tang Er was silent, he put out the cigarette butt in his mouth, leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes and exhaled a puff of smoke. He suddenly asked: "Bai Liu, if you are the president of Russell Cemetery, you want to save these people. What would you do?"
"Use every means to win a game." Bai Liu pulled out the owner's materials one by one and quickly browsed, "As long as you win the game once, the money and game problems can be solved at once."
"Points can be used to repay loans, can be used to solve the problems of ordinary people in the guild, and that wish—"
Bai Liu looked at Tang Erda: "I think the president, he wants to make a wish to get everyone out of this game."
"This is not a game where normal people can survive. Ordinary people are crazy or die in this game. If he wants everyone to survive, he must let everyone leave the game. There is no other way except to win a league."
"This kind of naive thought has never heard of Captain Tang's story. He should be a very young person." Bai Liu's action to search for the owner's information finally slowed down. He took out one from the stack of owner's information and put it on. He turned 360 degrees on the coffee table and pushed it in front of Tang Erda, "This person, can Captain Tang find out his detailed information?"
Tang Erda's eyes fell on the information that Bai Liu handed him—
[2701 household owners: Yuan Guang-owner of the group of victims of the Sunshine owners].
On the last day of the pre-season and mid-season games, the wandering circus conference room.
Tang Erda, who checked the information all night last night, rubbed his temples and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Last night, he looked at the information and saw that the white willow was holding his jaw at four o'clock, with his eyes half-closed. Mu Sicheng, Liu Jiayi and Mu Ke had already waited. In the conference room, these three people looked pretty good.
Wang Shun opened the door and walked in. He looked around and took a deep breath: "Today's team, Russell Cemetery."
"Before you set off to watch the pool, let's announce the good news to everyone."
Wang Shun clicked on the system panel: "I told you before that after the last competition, Chairman Bai has risen to 73 in popularity ranking, and he is the first person in our team to have a gold medal free of death."
"And today, we have the second popular player with a death-free gold medal."
Wang Shun's gaze slowly shifted to Mu Sicheng: "The lag effect of the last match, coupled with Mu Shen's recent outstanding performance, the popularity has risen to 98. Congratulations, you have won a death-free gold medal."
Mu Sicheng was startled, as if he hadn't reacted yet, and then suddenly clenched his fists and jumped up and yelled yes!
"I have emphasized the importance of the death-free gold medal many times. You can't just focus on the game in front of you. You have to look forward to the next game. If we win this game, then we have to Compete with the eight major guilds selected in the mid-season competition and play the challenge."
"Today is also the last day of the Midseason. Except for today's game, judging from the current points situation, the top eight guilds in total points are—"
Wang Shun clicked on the system panel:
"Number one, killer sequence
Ranked second, the King’s Guild
Ranked third, the deer hunter
Ranked fourth, the golden dawn
Ranked fifth, the Gamblers League
Ranked sixth, Kabbalah
Ranked seventh, paradise freemasonry
Ranked eighth, invisible cloak. "
Wang Shun looked at everyone: "These eight teams, no matter which one is the top strong team, and they are basically full free gold medals, so even if we have now qualified for the playoff challenge, today’s The game must not be slack, not only to win, but also to win beautifully, in order to gain the support of the audience, and strive for all of our players to win the death-free gold medal in this game."
"In order to do this." Bai Liu slowly opened his eyes, "We must first interrupt the fog player."
"If the opponent can successfully use their skills to conceal the map and the audience's vision, it will not only increase the difficulty of our game, but also make it impossible for the audience to see the game, let alone get the support of the audience."
Bai Liu stood up and looked around lightly: "Get ready, let's leave."
Everyone responded in unison: "Yes!"
Bai Liu turned and walked forward. Tang Er stood up and strode to the side of Bai Liu. He turned his head and asked in a low voice, "Did you see anything after looking at the information all night?"
"I didn't see anything." Bai Liu replied lazily, "Except for knowing that Yuan Guang and I are colleagues."
Tang Erda's expression condensed, and he asked subconsciously, "Along with me? Is he smuggling too?"
"No." Bai Liu glanced at Tang Er with his left light, smiling but not smiling, "He is an artist."
The other end.
Yuan Guang sat on the bench nervously, shaking his legs, clenching his hands into fists, and breathing deeply, but his face still turned into purple.
Shi Qian, who was next to him, looked both annoying and funny: "As a long-term player, can you look like a general? Is it reasonable to be nervous?"
"From elementary school to university, I don't know how many times I have to speak on stage and introduce myself..." Yuan Guang faintly turned his head to look at Shi Qian, "I'm just as nervous when I'm on stage now when Zhumei introduces my ideas. Breathe."
Shi Qian saw that Yuan Guang was so pitiful, and she couldn't help but repeat the old saying: "Promote to the two teams in the preseason. If you don't beat me, you can also advance to the playoff challenge. Let's just give up..." Right. .
"No!" Yuan Guang's voice calmed down. He looked at Shi Qian, "We must fight this time."
"Abandoning this challenge, we will definitely kill many players to the Grand Guild. We may not be able to win. The Wandering Circus is the guild that we have encountered with the most sufficient funds recently. The players who have died and the ones who will die next. The team members all need pensions, otherwise their family members cannot afford to pay their mortgages, and there are many people who cannot afford to pay their mortgages this month. If they don't win the gambling pool..."
Yuan Guangshen gritted his teeth and took a breath: "In short, I will definitely win this game!"
Shi Qian pretended to be unhappy and retorted Yuan Guang's words: "What you are not yours, we both will definitely win this game, okay!"
Yuan Guangjing said: "Thank you, originally we were just colleagues, I dragged you in."
Looking at the wandering circus group that came in the distance, Shi Qian also clenched his sweaty fists nervously, and exhaled: "Relationships in reality are discussed in reality, and relationships in the game in the game."
"We are standing here now." Shi Qian turned her head and smiled at Yuan Guang, "Then we are no longer a colleague relationship, but a comrade-in-arms relationship!"
Shi Qian said confidently: "We will definitely win!"