After the train ticket was sent out, Wen Shi used the communicator to contact Ji Yuanzhi to discuss the date of the next copy.
Song Yan squeezed to the door and carefully poked half of his head in: "Boss, do you want to place an order?"
He had heard Qian Lai say before that the other party invested money very frequently.
Wen Shi nodded: "Yes, life is not easy."
He has a large family to support.
The number of times the boy used [One Sword to Eliminate All] was not recorded in the system. In order for Xie Tangyan to acquire the swordsmanship as soon as possible and to further improve the functions of his home, he had to keep running for money.
Song Yan: "Then I want to go too."
Wen Shi was halfway through sending the message when he looked up at him and said, "This dungeon should be quite difficult. There may not be a suitable team item to take you in."
Song Yan earnestly recommended himself: "I upgraded the mirror, it's very useful."
Wen Shi immediately became interested.
Song Yan's mirror needs 10,000 points to evolve. Thanks to the high settlement in the last book, he had the opportunity to upgrade it. With such a huge expenditure, its function should not be useless.
Song Yan told him the new function without hiding anything:
“The status bar is currently updated to [Philosophical Mirror], and the introduction says [This is a mirror that you can’t put down. It comes with dialectics and helps you question every rule].”
Questioning the rules
The rule of survival in the game is to follow the rules, but he wants to help others question it. The last earl who questioned it like this had gone crazy.
Song Yan sighed while holding a philosophy book in his hand: "It will take 20,000 points to upgrade to the next level."
Although the mirror is his transformed body, it is more like a money-eating beast.
Happiness depends entirely on comparison. Compared with Song Yan, who was a bottomless pit, Wen Shi suddenly felt that it was not very difficult for him to support his family.
"I'll ask for you if there are any advanced three-person team props."
Wen Shi continued to send messages to Ji Yuanzhi, first clarifying Song Yan's background and also explaining his abilities.
Even if he didn't tell Yu Xingzhou about the former, he would tell Ji Yuanzhi. As for the skills, if he didn't show the appropriate value, the high-level team props would not be cheap, and Ji Yuanzhi would definitely refuse.
About half a minute later, he received a reply from Ji Yuanzhi: [Sure, I'll come see you at 10 o'clock the day after tomorrow.]
Wen Shi conveyed Song Yan's original words.
After Song Yan turned into a human, he moved to the guest room opposite. Two days later, at exactly ten o'clock, when he came to knock on Wen Shi's door, Ji Yuanzhi just walked out of the elevator.
From Ji Yuanzhi's perspective, this was just an ordinary young man, a little timid, and would subconsciously avoid looking at people.
"Hello, I'm Song Yan." Song Yan took the initiative to greet.
In the past, he had a memory of being a virtual successful person. He was relatively bold in dealing with people. However, after knowing that he was an incarnation, the cowardice and confusion in his character were magnified.
The scrutinizing gaze behind Ji Yuanzhi's glasses disappeared, and he nodded: "Ji Yuanzhi."
The door suddenly opened.
Wen Shi heard people talking in the corridor and knew that the two people had arrived.
The three of them sat down at the dining table. Ji Yuanzhi did not rush to use the team props, but first talked about the information he had obtained from the investigation.
"There are many legends about mermaids. Since you mentioned misfortune, the information is all expanded around this aspect. There are two most brutal theories. One is that mermaids are a symbol of disaster. Wherever they appear, they will bring disasters such as floods. The second one is relatively romantic and unpopular. Legend has it that mermaids, like animals, have a mating period. During the mating period, they will come ashore to find targets to mate and lay eggs. If they succeed, they will eat the mating partners." Song Yan shuddered. How romantic is this
Ji Yuanzhi handed Wen Shi a list of props he had purchased beforehand: "You can refer to them and purchase as appropriate."
Some special products in the game store have strict restrictions on the time and quantity of each listing, and almost all of the items on the list are things that can only be found on the black market.
One of them is [painkillers]
, Wen Shi was quite interested.
When it comes to mermaids, the most widely known thing is their beautiful singing voices and well-known fairy tales. Legend has it that after the fish tail turns into legs, every step they take will be very painful. It is worth stocking up on painkillers in advance, even if you don't need them in this instance, they can still be useful in the future.
Seeing that his eyes were focused on this column for a long time, Ji Yuanzhi asked, "Painkillers?" Wen Shi nodded.
"Can you help me buy a box? I'll transfer the points to you."
He has no way to buy it.
A box of painkillers costs 800 points. There are seven pills in it, and each dose can relieve pain for two hours. In addition to relieving pain, it has no blood-replenishing effect, and the cost-effectiveness is very low, so the game store rarely restocks it.
Ji Yuanzhi reminded: "The purchase price will be fifty to one hundred points more expensive."
Wen Shi: "It doesn't matter, as long as I can buy it."
Song Yan raised his hand weakly: "I want to buy a box for you, too."
It took an hour to get the painkillers. At the same time, Wen Shi received the transfer from the hotel manager. The pile of scattered props was finally sold for a little over 19,000 points, a discount of more than 1,000 points. He was able to sell them within a few days. Wen Shi was already quite satisfied with the result.
After making sure there were no other problems, Ji Yuanzhi instructed Wen Shi: "After I send you a team invitation later, you must immediately use the medium to the dungeon."
Wen Shi nodded: "Okay."
[Player 377777 invites you to form a team. ]
After Wen Shi chooses to agree, he can use the ticket seamlessly.
[Waiting for other members' consent.]
[Matching the directional copy "Mermaid Coast", please wait... ]
[All members formed a team successfully and matched successfully]
"The copy of Mermaid Coast is loading..."
Without waiting for the familiar advance summoning prompt, Wen Shi took the initiative to ask: "Can't I summon now?"
"Players, please note that the target of the summoning does not have a ticket. Please summon it in the dungeon."
Mermaid Coast is different from Sunset Town. There is a possibility of evading the ticket at the latter, but at every stop after Sunset Town, you must have a ticket to take the train.
"Loading completed."
[Mermaid Coast: Normal Medium to Large Instance
Difficulty: S
Initial number of players: 200
Plot summary:
Legend has it that a long time ago, humans captured mermaids for medicine, food, and playthings, and the Mermaid Coast was once the largest mermaid trading point. Later, the mermaids launched a bloody revenge and crazily slaughtered the people living nearby. Over the past hundred years, mermaids have gradually become a horror legend on this land.
Mingzhu College is a music school famous both at home and abroad. It is known as the cradle of all-round artists. It has the strongest faculty and the most stringent teaching requirements.
Because mentally fragile students often choose to commit suicide, as a cash cow for the area, the local government allows Mingzhu College to have a 5% mortality rate each year.
Recently, there have been some rumors about the reappearance of mermaids on campus. The local residents hate mermaids so much that, although they are just rumors, people are already in a panic. The college has decided to close the school before the end of the semester, and all students are not allowed to leave the school without permission.
Role: Your name is Aaron, and you are working hard to inherit Frank Hospital. In order to become an excellent dean in the future, you are ready to develop yourself in all aspects, and for this purpose you come to the Pearl Conservatory of Music for further studies.
Note: You need to identify yourself. If you think you are a mermaid, do not be discovered by local residents.
Warm reminder: There are many different opinions about the ancestors of humans, one of which is fish. Perhaps at some point in time, the genes of the fish that disappeared in your body will be revived, so don’t be too confident that you are a human.]
Wen opened his eyes during the bumpy ride.
He returned to the train, but this time he had a hard seat. Song Yan sat next to him. Because it was only his second time, Song Yan had not yet adapted to teleportation and was a little dazed.
Ji Yuanzhi was sitting opposite Wen Shi, and there was some noise in the carriage.
He looked around and with just a quick glance he was sure that this carriage was basically filled with players. Players were easy to distinguish from normal passengers, as they would immediately look around.
"There are a lot of people." Wen Shi was a little surprised.
Several unfriendly glances swept over him, and Wen Shi's back unconsciously tensed up a little. He looked around vigilantly, but couldn't find the source of the malice.
After a while, the vague gaze drifted over again, and Wen Shi's expression turned cold.
Things have been going smoothly recently, so he almost forgot that there are still many people who want to obtain the 3S copy through him. In the past, the number of players in the copy was small, so this situation was not obvious, but this time the number of players is large enough, and there may be some members of the underground organization.
It's a good thing that he teamed up with Ji Yuanzhi by accident, at least he has someone to look after him.
The broadcast interrupted the noise in the carriage.
"Welcome passengers to the K9999 train. The final destination of this train is the Mermaid Coast. Please cooperate with the train attendants in ticket checking."
After the broadcast ended, it was exactly 7 p.m.
According to the train schedule, we will arrive at our destination in less than half an hour.
There were no suitcases on the luggage rack. Wen Shi checked his belongings. On his right hand side was a black backpack, and the players around him also had similar items.
When I opened it, there was an admission letter inside.
[Student Aaron:
With the recommendation of our admissions office teacher and approval of the admissions committee, you have been successfully admitted to our college.
Please bring this notice and report on time on the 31st of this month!]
This is not a standard admission letter. Generally, formal notices do not use the time of this month. The admission process is also very strange. According to the background of the story, this music school is very powerful. Since it is a higher education institution, it should have a formal entrance examination.
What the hell is teacher recommendation
Wen Shi continued to rummage through the backpack. In addition to mobile phones and power banks, there were also sunscreen, sunglasses and other sun-protection items.
This inevitably made him think of his possibly questionable species identity, as mermaids can be associated with the term "sun-fear".
Wen Shi nudged Song Yan with his elbow: "Let me see your bag."
Song Yan handed it to him generously.
Wen Shi heaved a sigh of relief after checking: "Not bad."
It's the same configuration.
Several players unconsciously tightened their zippers when checking their backpacks and began to conduct confidentiality checks. Reversely, this sudden nervous behavior in the middle of the process indicates that they are likely to have sunscreen products as well.
"Keep the notification letter safe." Wen Shi reminded Song Yan. This might be their proof of admission. If it was lost or damaged, it would be troublesome.
The flight attendant had already started checking tickets from the front row. Ji Yuanzhi took off his glasses, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and rested. He did not expect to get a good rest in the school dormitory tonight.
Song Yan was far from calm, and he was still worried: "Train tickets..."
Wen Shi interrupted, "Look in your clothes and pants pockets."
Although they entered by relying on team props, they did not sneak into the dungeon, so Song Yan definitely had what other players had.
Song Yan finally found a crumpled ticket inside his clothes.
Wen Shi's eyes paused. This ticket was different from the one in his hand.
The conductor had just walked over here: "Hello, please show me your ticket."
Song Yan and Ji Yuanzhi handed them over one after another. The attendant glanced at them and returned them. When it was Wen Shi's turn, the attendant looked at the ticket that looked like a work of art and smiled more deeply: "You bought a limited number of commemorative tickets. The ticket holder can exchange them for a souvenir."
She spoke softly, but
The carriage was very quiet during the ticket checking, and most of the players heard it and couldn't help but cast envious glances.
Everyone has just entered the dungeon, and the game is really discriminatory.
Wen Shi was not flattered at all.
In order to get this ticket, he almost staged a bathroom escape, so it was normal that the reward he got was different from an ordinary ticket.
The flight attendant quickly brought out the souvenir, which was a small mermaid pendant with Q-version long hair dragging down to the tail. It looked very cute at first glance, but upon closer inspection, the mermaid's eyes had an indescribable weirdness.
[Mermaid Amulet*1: Can help you resist one injury inside the academy.]
Wen Shi hung the pendant directly around his neck. He was wearing a thin coat that just covered the entire pendant, and outsiders could only see the red rope around his neck.
The attendant smiled with satisfaction and said, "You can enjoy the food and water on the train for free. Have a pleasant journey."
The saleswoman was not far away and came to Wen Shi upon hearing this.
When warm, take out only one bag of filling.
Song Yan thought there was something mysterious about this bag of candy and took a closer look at it.
Wen Shi explained: "The conductor gave me some food and drink benefits because he liked me because of the ticket. The food on the cart is nothing special."
What is truly valuable is the mermaid amulet.
Song Yan was stunned.
So is it just pure greed
Wen Shi added with a smile: "It's for the little octopus to eat."
Based on his understanding of Big Eyes, he might still be frustrated that the tea party didn't start on time. However, the little octopus, eight out of nine brains, was innocent and easy to coax. If he stuffed a candy into it with his own hands, it would definitely make it feel sweet and faint, and then it would hold his fingers limply and forget about the tea party.
"Hmm..." Song Yan turned into a mirror and left the copy and disappeared with himself, which probably brought a big blow to the little octopus.
One is not enough, it seems I have to feed two by hand.
"Please change seats."
When Wen Shi was making his wishful thinking, a gentle bass voice came, and the change of position was not directed to him, but to Song Yan who was next to Wen Shi.
Song Yan looked at the man who suddenly came over in confusion, and inexplicably felt a sense of fear. This man was delicate and pale like a statue, his left eye was wrapped in gauze, and there were a few traces of blood seeping out from under the gauze, as if that eye was always dripping with blood, which was even weirder than the eyeball of the mermaid pendant just now.
While Ji Yuanzhi calmly picked up the glasses on the table, his fingers holding the legs of the glasses tightened slightly.
He had seen this face before, a very important NPC in the "Big Factory" copy.
Jian Qingrong had shed the hypocritical image of being submissive and timid on the propaganda board, nor did he have the gloomy and calm look he had when he was watching Wen Shi's speech from the audience. There was a hint of morbid weirdness in his only remaining right eye.
The three people were in their own states. Wen Shi was stunned for a few seconds, tilted his head and said "eh".
How come it’s the real person who came
He suddenly realized something. As long as he had a ticket, he could get on the train. The K9999 train definitely passed through more than one copy, so it was normal for Jian Qingrong to come.
Poor Song Yan, this silly boy, still opened his big puzzled eyes and asked: "Sir, who are you?"
Jian Qingrong's eyelashes drooped slightly, a weird smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he stared at Song Yan without saying a word.
What a lucky guy he is. Fortunately, he wants to kill the other person right now and do some slice research.
An ignorant young man can always stay with Wen Shi, but he can only accompany her by gouging out his eyes.
Feeling the temperature around him drop, Song Yan's throat rolled: "Big, big boss."
Wen Shi: "Leave me alone."
He silently tore open the package and stuffed two sandwiches into his mouth.
Damn it, this time the guy can’t be appeased with sugar.
(End of this chapter)