A pure white world.
Like a piece of white paper that has not been polluted by pen and ink, although it is clean, it is so clean that it makes people feel a little scary.
This is Mu Qin's entire impression of this safe house, a completely enclosed space without doors or windows. But to Mu Qin's surprise, the air in this closed space is not dull. Mu Qin found that the air was flowing, but Mu Qin did not find anything like a vent in this pale room.
It was the first time Mu Qin came to the safe house, and after a period of panic and daze passed, Mu Qin calmed down and began to check himself and his surroundings.
What he is wearing is not the clothes in the real world, but his gray suit in the game that looks like a prison uniform, and nothing else on his body.
A standby screen flashed on the virtual screen in the center of the room.
This is Mu Qin's second discovery. If the player does not talk to the mechanical female voice of the game system for a long time, and does not operate the virtual screen to inquire about other things related to the game, then a standby screen will appear on the virtual screen, which is very disturbing. A familiar picture.
A snake cross logo with an all black background behind it.
This logo is exactly the same as the small model of the snake cross that Mu Qin got in Zhou Yue's bedroom in the real world. The engraved patterns on the cross, the angle of the black snake's winding, and even the slightly reflective scales on the snake's body are all consistent with it. Exactly the same on that little model.
Mu Qin knew that these were not coincidences, and he thought to himself, if he could use these imprints on the wall to leave a message to contact Zhou Yue, he must ask Zhou Yue a lot of questions.
Regarding the meaning of the snake cross symbol, there is also the fact that Zhou Yue did not die in the real world but became a vegetative state, and why did Zhou Yue carry that white card with her when she suffered an accident and became a vegetative state? And who is trying to fight for this card
Mu Qin wanted to ask Zhou Yue too many questions, but he failed to contact Zhou Yue.
He groped around on the wall behind the virtual screen, and there were many marks and messages left by other players on the wall, some of which were just graffiti, and some were words that he did not understand.
And most of the messages left by these players are full of negative energy.
Mu Qin saw a lot of words like this on it—
"I'm going to die, and I'm definitely going to die in the next game!"
"I want to go home, or die."
"You can commit suicide in the safe house. Is there anyone who commits suicide with me?"
"The above is talking nonsense. You can't die in the safe house. All injuries and damage will be repaired. You can only hurt yourself and feel the pain."
"I'm going crazy I'm going crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy!"
"I killed five people in the last game hahahahahahaha!"
This kind of messy, inexplicable, and some curse words emerge endlessly, engraved on the wall, it feels like a group of lunatics carnival on the wall, wantonly venting their inner pain.
Some people maliciously carved their own handwriting very large, engraving a huge "death" character on the entire wall. As the safe house's self-healing function took effect, these handwriting were also very slowly updated and disappeared.
Mu Qin didn't find Zhou Yue's handwriting. Of course he remembered Zhou Yue's handwriting. Zhou Yue had practiced calligraphy for a while, and his handwriting was always very beautiful.
This kind of fine brushwork combined with seal script feels like some kind of master-level artwork. In high school, Mu Qin, who was infatuated with Zhou Yue, would secretly keep the notebooks and papers written by Zhou Yue every time. The words written by Zhou Yue above were cut out and pasted in his own notebook for collection. This kind of behavior once made Mu Qin feel that he was a bit perverted.
But later, because the old uncle sold the house of Mu Qin's adoptive parents, he also sold off many things in the house. Of course, those books that Mu Qin collected and collected Zhou Yue's handwriting were all gone. Qin is very sorry.
Can't find Zhou Yue's handwriting, Mu Qin didn't give up, he decided to squat to guard the wall. Mu Qing thought, if Zhou Yue in the safe house hadn't been in touch with Mu Qin, Zhou Yue would definitely be anxious. Judging by Zhou Yue's personality, he would most likely take the option of leaving a message on the wall every two hours. In order to insist on getting a dialogue with Mu Qin, Mu Qin only needs to wait by the wall to see Zhou Yue's message.
Of course, Mu Qin can also take the initiative to contact.
Just like Mu Qin can recognize Zhou Yue's handwriting at a glance, for Zhou Yue, Mu Qin's handwriting is also very easy to recognize as if it has been highlighted, so Mu Qin can also follow the engraving on the wall for Zhou Yue to see .
In order to engrave letters, Mu Qin needs a sharp weapon such as a knife. So Mu Qin looked around, and there was nothing in the pure white safe room, except for the floating virtual screen in the middle, there was nothing else.
Mu Qin thought for a while, but instead of leaving the wall, he squatted at the corner and raised his voice, shouting: "Hello... are you there?"
"Are you calling me?" The mechanical female voice immediately came out from the virtual screen in the middle, the voice was invariably sweet, "What help do you need?"
"What should I call you?" Mu Qin said to the female voice, "I can't always say 'hey hey'."
"You can call me '3780', or call me the system directly, or give me a name that you like and can call me easily." The female voice of the system is gentle and patient.
Mu Qin was puzzled and said, "Why 3780?"
"Because I happen to be in system 3780." The female voice said, "Each system corresponds to a player, and I will only provide you with exclusive services."
Mu Qin understood: "It means that I am the 3780th person who entered this game."
"Yes, you can understand that."
Mu Qin thought for a while, and then said to the system: "Then I will call you the system... Then the system, if I rest in the safe house for three days, how will I spend these three days? here?"
The system replied: "If you need to eat, please tell me the food you want to eat."
Mu Qin tilted his head to think for a moment, and deliberately made a difficult request: "I want to eat French steak."
The female voice of the system is still sweet: "Okay, please wait a moment."
Although Mu Qin was told to wait, Mu Qing didn't wait long at all. Within two seconds, Mu Qin saw a dining car... yes, it was a dining car! This dining car appeared out of nowhere, it was a high-end and luxurious metal dining car in a hotel, it was polished so that it could perfectly reflect Mu Qin's face.
No one was pushing the dining car, and it miraculously moved in front of Mu Qin.
There was a white ceramic plate on the dining car, and the plate was covered with a stainless steel cover. Mu Qin lifted the cover and saw a plate of steaming, delicious and tender French-fried steak in front of him.
Served with some delicate breaded vegetables and drinks on the side.
Mu Qin stared at the perfect dish and had nothing to say for a long time. The female voice of the system continued to speak: "Do you need a dining table and chairs? I can place them where you specify."
Mu Qin felt that he could probably understand the situation of this safe house, and Mu Qin said: "Is this place as long as I want, you can conjure it?"
The system said: "Yes, no matter what your needs are, I can satisfy you."
"If I say I'm sexually motivated and want a woman to fuck me, can you make me a woman too?" Mu Qin said these words shamelessly.
The system is more shameless than him, because she is only artificial intelligence, the system said: "The safe house cannot create living things, so I can't conjure a living woman for you, but it can be a fake doll, and I can ensure that the doll has The temperature and the ability to have a certain dialogue, the texture feels like a real person.”
Immediately afterwards, the system further added: "But as far as I know, your sexual orientation is not of the opposite sex. If you need it, I can create a male doll that perfectly matches your aesthetics."
Mu Qin felt that his head hurt a little, and he couldn't help rubbing his head. Then he said to the system: "Forget it, I don't need a woman or a man, just give me a knife."
Then a dining knife appeared on the dining car in front of Mu Qing.
The system continued to add instructions over there: "You can get anything I can make in the safe house, but please note that the things in the safe house cannot be taken out or brought into the game map, you can only get them in the safe house use."
Mu Qin understood this, and without answering, he started to carve words on the wall with a table knife.
Mu Qin didn't know what to engrave, he tried his best to engrave his handwriting more beautifully, because it was written in seal characters, and he didn't worry about being recognized what he was writing, so he boldly engraved Zhou Yue's handwriting. Name, and wrote: I love you.
He wrote five or six rows of "Zhou Yue, I love you" in the corner of the wall.
After finishing writing, Mu Qin himself blushed, thinking that it would be better to cross out these words with a knife, but before he could do anything, he saw that someone answered him, "I love you too." ".
Looking at the handwriting, it was clearly Zhou Yue's.
Mu Qin suddenly became ecstatic, and wrote excitedly: "Are you there? Are you okay?"
"I've been, I'm fine."
"Are you really Zhou Yue?"
"Of course, aren't you Mu Qin?"
Mu Qin was even happier, wishing that Zhou Yue was right in front of his eyes so that he could rush forward and hug her.
It's a pity that Zhou Yue is not in front of him.
The feeling of only being able to talk through text made Mu Qin very sad, and he had a sense of sight of an "untouchable lover".
"I miss you so much." Mu Qin wrote on the wall. He obviously wanted to ask Zhou Yue a lot of questions, but now that he really got in touch, he only focused on writing his feelings for him, "I want to see you."
Zhou Yue also replied with lettering: "I think too, don't worry, we will meet soon in the next game."
When Zhou Yue mentioned the next game, Mu Qin suddenly remembered the things he had experienced in the real world. He wanted to explain them to Zhou Yue one by one, but because the only way to communicate was by writing on the wall, it was really difficult. Too slow and limited, and anyone can write on the wall, the whole wall is very messy, and other people's handwriting can easily overshadow Mu Qin's.
Mnuchin tried to describe what he had experienced in the simplest terms.
Mu Qin wrote: "Zhou Yue, you are not dead, your body is alive in the real world, it is a vegetable."
After Mu Qin finished engraving a sentence, Zhou Yue over there did not reply to Mu Qin for a long time. It took a long time for Mu Qin to see his handwriting popping up on the wall: "I know."
Mu Qin was shocked by Zhou Yue's words. he knows? What else does he know
Mu Qin originally wanted to continue engraving and writing something, but Zhou Yue continued to engrave one step ahead of him: "Mu Qin, the three days in the safe house do not need to be spent completely. Any player can choose to start the game in advance. We will set a Time, at 12:00 noon tomorrow, you and I will enter the game together, and enter the game at the same time, the chances of matching are very high."
Zhou Yue kept writing: "But if you fail, please live on and wait for the next round. We still have a chance to meet."
"I have a lot of things to tell you." Zhou Yue engraved quickly, and soon there was a new row, "But I can't finish talking in a while."
"So you just need to remember the important... In this marginal world, only I will help you, only I can be trusted, and only I will always love you."
Later, Zhou Yue couldn't continue to communicate with Mu Qin by lettering. The reason was that the repair function of the safe house started to work. In just a few minutes, all the writing on the wall disappeared completely, and the entire wall became clean, smooth and bright. When Mu Qin wanted to continue engraving on it, he found that his blade could no longer leave any marks on the wall.
"What's going on here?" Mu Qin asked System 3780.
The female voice of the system answered him: "Players communicate by writing messages on the wall, which is the default communication method allowed by the system, but there is a time limit, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am, and from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The time period for leaving marks in the safe house. After this time period, your destruction will not be able to leave any traces in the safe house."
"Then what time is it?" Mu Qin asked the system.
"Eight o'clock sharp." The system replied
Mnuchin said: "Is the time in the fringe world and the real world synchronized?"
"Yes, sync."
Hearing the system's answer, this time Mu Qin can really confirm that he has indeed returned to the real world after escaping from the game map before, stayed in the real world for two days, and finally came to the world because he was shot and died. This so-called "peripheral world".
It felt as if he was playing well in a certain game, and then he was disconnected for two days in the middle of the game, and when he came back online, he was still at his original position, while Zhou Yue had already walked to the front.
Fortunately, players can start a new game at any time, so at least the gap between Mu Qin and Zhou Yue will not widen. Mu Qin must keep pace with Zhou Yue. He wants to be with Zhou Yue. If you live normally, at least here...
Mu Qin thought, lying on the wall where he and Zhou Yue had an inscription conversation just now.
"I regret it so much." Mu Qin said to himself, "I shouldn't have left at the beginning, I should have stayed by your side... I don't want to accept your help because of my boring self-esteem and my so-called backbone. I'm afraid of the relationship between us. In the future, I am afraid of the fate we will face, so I escaped, escaped, and I can only meet you in this ghost place."
Mu Qin felt that his eyes were moist. He lowered his head, put his head against the wall, and clenched his fists.
"It's really not reconciled, I actually died."
…
Since he couldn't continue talking to Zhou Yue, Mu Qin had no choice but to leave the wall and return to the virtual screen of System 3780.
Because Zhou Yue has already made an appointment with Zhou Yue to start the new game on time at 12 noon tomorrow, Mu Qin must make some preparations before that. The most basic thing is that he needs to know the basic rules of the game. For those, Mu Qin still has a lot to understand.
Mnuchin asked the system: "How many rewards did I get in the last game map?"
"You got a total of 13,200 bonus points in the last game 'Iris Orphanage' map." The female voice of the system always answered all of Mu Qin's questions so calmly.
Thirteen thousand and two.
Mu Qin recited the number silently in his heart... It was more than he imagined. Thinking of this, Mu Qin greeted the system and said, "Open the mall."
The system didn't answer, and directly showed Mu Qin the so-called "mall" on the virtual screen.
The mall interface is the same as the electronic mall in many games, but there are not many things in it. When the system 3780 opened the mall, Mu Qin was dumbfounded when he saw it. There were only five things in the mall. It's five tarot cards.
Five different tarot cards, namely the 3 of Coin and the Servant of the Coin, the Knight of Cups and the 6 of Swords, and the last one is the "Moon" in the Major Arcana.
There are different patterns on the five tarot cards, which are very beautiful and exquisite. They look like real objects when they are suspended in the mall interface, as if they can be taken out of the cards by reaching out.
These only five tarot cards made Mu Qin a little overwhelmed, and he began to ask the system: "Are there only these things in the mall?"
The system answered Mu Qin and said: "In the Marginal World game mall, players will be provided with different products for a limited time every day. The products are different every day. Players are asked to choose and buy at their own discretion."
Mu Qin understood, and he asked again: "Does the mall only sell tarot cards?"
"Yes, the mall only provides prop cards for players."
Mu Qin leaned closer to the virtual screen and carefully observed the prices of the five tarot cards in the mall. All the tarot cards here are a bit expensive, and each card does not cost less than 3,000 reward points, especially the Holy Grail Knight. 5,000 bonus points, and the last major arcana moon card directly reached the high price of 10,000.
Mu Qin didn't quite understand, he actively asked the system: "I heard that every time a new game starts, the system will automatically draw a tarot card for the player who enters the map, 22 big cards from Fool 0 to World 21 In the Alcana Tarot, random draws are made, and the killer will draw the Death card regularly."
"Suppose I enter the game with the moon card I bought in the mall, can I still get the tarot card that the system automatically draws for me when I enter the game?" What Muqin mainly wants to know is this One point, he wants to know how many tarot cards players can hold in the game.
The system answered Mu Qin's question: "The frontier world's item card system adopts the setting of Tarot cards, which are divided into 'main cards' and 'secondary cards'. The main cards are 22 major arcanas. Cards up to World No. 21 are the main cards. The secondary cards are the four minor arcanas of the scepter, the holy grail, the sword and the coin."
"At the beginning of each game, the system will randomly draw a main card for each player. This main card is a fixed card, and it is a card that you will definitely get in the game. Even if you have Holding other main cards at the same time is not affected by it, but you can only bring an additional 'one' main card into the game at a time."
"It means that I can hold two main cards in the game?" Mu Qin narrowed his eyes and stared at the cards in the mall.
The system replied: "Yes, you can hold two different main cards in the game."
Mu Qin touched his chin and thought for a moment, then he continued to ask the system: "What does that deck of cards mean? How many of these coins, holy grails and swords can I bring into the game?"
"The second card is a consumable card. You can only bring one card into the game. After entering the game, the second card will be automatically consumed and take effect immediately."
Mu Qin stretched out his hand, pointed to the sword 6 in the shopping mall, and asked, "Does the sword 6 have any effect?"
"You can reach out and touch the cards in the mall, and instructions will appear next to the cards."
When Mu Qin heard this, he reached out and touched the sword 6 on the virtual screen. I saw that this card that was "touched" by Mu Qin suddenly trembled, as if it was shy when Mu Qin touched it, and then it was enlarged on the screen, and a line of text appeared next to it:
"The swan soars and rises in the shadow of the crows, and takes you out of the dark abyss."
"Consume cards. When you get keys or props that can open the exit in the map, your movement speed will increase slightly."
Mu Qin stared at the description of this card for a second, and finally came to a conclusion: "It seems... useless."
The system said next to it: "You can choose the cards you need to buy, or store your reward points for future purchases and upgrades of better props."
Mu Qin curled his lips, and reached out to touch the description of another card. This time he touched the main card 'Moon' with a price tag of 10,000, and saw such a string of instructions beside the moon card:
"Dreams, fantasies, lost, the moon is the representative of the night, the end of the day."
"Darkness will protect you, but death will not."
"Prop card, when you carry this card and hide in shadows and dark corners, you will become one with the darkness."
"One with the darkness?" Mu Qin looked at the description of the moon card for no reason, and then he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and asked in surprise: "Does it mean that you can become invisible in the dark?"
The system didn't answer Mu Qin's question, so Mu Qin looked at the descriptions of the other decks one by one. Those coins, holy grails and sword cards are basically the kind of cards that are completely useless or have negligible effects. Among them, coins seem to be a little better, especially coin servants. Its effect is that after the game is over, players who successfully escape can get more bonus points.
After seeing so many cards, Mu Qin has no desire to buy any of them. The moon card seems to be useful, but it is too expensive.
Mu Qin wanted to watch something else, so he asked the system, "Can reward points improve my physical fitness?"
So the system changed the mall interface and showed Mu Qin's personal panel for him to see. Mu Qin saw that his physical fitness was listed as data, which was clearly displayed:
Life: Mu Qin
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Strength: 7(10)
Intelligence: 9(10)
Dexterity: 7(10)
Spirit: 10(10)
Stamina: 6(10)
PS: The full score of normal human beings is 10 points, and the upper limit can be increased after strengthening.