Shuraba Player

"Here? This is a lost and lost world. You can treat this place as a different world. I will give you a piece of advice. It is best not to leave the town. The town is still safe, but it is very dangerous outside the town. All kinds of disgusting monsters are not only deadly, but also do not drop items and inexperience, completely worth the loss."

As the so-called take money to do things, Astolfo answered quite frankly, and at the same time took out a card from his backpack and handed it to him.

"However, this kind of place is not for your level. Generally, players who are qualified to come here to trade are mostly level 10 or above. Are you lucky? Well, this is an extra bonus for new customers. Giveaway."

[Item name: Pass]

【Type: Consumables】

[Quality: Dilapidated]

【Introduction: Pass to the square outside the auction house】

[Trait: None]

【Conditions of use: none】

[Remarks: The stay time for a single player is one hour]

【Manufactured by: Chu Ci】

"What is this?"

After taking a look at this card, he frowned slightly, and Bai Zhi raised his head to look at the other party.

"Where you should go originally, in the auction house function that will be opened after the player level reaches LV5, there is a special sale of this kind of card, one piece of game currency, very cheap... This is an improved product."

As he spoke, Astolfo pointed to the town center on the west side of the Ruined Square.

"This square is a black market formed by those big organizations that were cleared out because they could not bear the high commissions of the auction house. From the square to the auction house, two dangerous streets have to be crossed. Not everyone has the mind to live there. Yes, so someone has deliberately improved this card for the formation of this black market. It should be a coincidence that you can get here... You entered here through a black door, right?"

Astolfo's words are full of confidence that I have completely seen through you.

"The door is a strange phenomenon that has only appeared in the last month. There are several colors, and crossing the [door] will randomly appear in other places, but in addition to the black door leading to here, there are several other colors. The person who entered through the door has never come back. Your luck is very good. Next time, remember not to drill everywhere when you see the door. Although this thing says that as long as you don't take the initiative to enter, there is no danger, but it is deliberately killed. If you do, the end will be miserable. How about it, is it worth the 50 game coins?"

"In other words, you don't know exactly where this place is?"

Raising his eyebrows, Bai Zhi looked noncommittal.

"It's a different world. Anyway, it's a completely ruined world different from the real world we are in. According to other players' speculations, this world is likely to be a dead world that has been destroyed by strange stories and supernatural beings. Who knows what the original real name of this world is? No one cares about that."

Astolfo shrugged indifferently.

"Okay, do you have any questions?"

"Yes, what does the sanity value attribute represent? What is your sanity value?"

Putting the card away, Bai Zhi nodded.

"Sanity value? Hey..."

As if it was no surprise that Bai Zhi would ask this question, Astolfo smiled strangely.

"This guest, this level of information can be obtained not only with 50 game coins..."

Sitting up straight, Astolfo spoke solemnly.

"You have to pay more."

Chapter 43 Tears earned 50

"How much do you want to add?"

After thinking for a while, Bai Zhi asked the intelligence businessman in front of him.

"For this information, at least 500 game coins are required."

Reaching out a hand, Astolf spoke solemnly.

-Bai Zhi stood up without hesitation, turned around and left.

"Stop, stop, you guys don't know what it means to ask for a price in the sky and pay back the money on the ground? No matter what you say, you have to pay back the price, right?"

Seeing that a client he had finally waited for today was about to leave, Astolfo hurriedly called out.

"If 500 points is not enough, you can ask for a price, and we can discuss it!"

"1 point of game currency."

Stopping his steps, Bai Zhi turned his head and stretched out a finger in front of him seriously.

"..."

It seems that after a series of quite complicated psychological struggles, Astolfo nodded reluctantly.

"...Okay! Just a little bit, it's fate that we meet, just treat me, Fu, as your friend."

"Oh, tell me, sanity."

Nodding his head, Bai Zhi sat down in front of the booth again, and by the way handed back the card that the other party handed him earlier.

"Well, this card is worth a little in-game currency, we've cleared it up."

"..."

Rao Shi couldn't see all the faces of the players here, but Bai Zhi still felt that the other party was looking at him with a rather speechless gaze.

"...the meaning of the so-called sanity value, you will understand it after you reach level ten. Your sanity value attribute is probably around 10:00 to 13:00 right now?"

After taking the card and sighing in his mouth, Astolfo spoke up.

"You should have noticed that the sanity value is unusual. Unlike the other six attributes, the sanity value will automatically increase with the increase of the player's level. The real use of the sanity value is to allow you to contact those The strange and indescribable thing can keep myself from falling into the madness of the Hessians."

"..."

Bai Zhi silently glanced at his sanity value marked "???", and did not choose to speak.

"Our world is like a castle made of sand on the beach, and on the sea, the tide is coming in waves to swallow the castle, and our players are the forerunners who strengthen the castle to resist the tide."

Astolfo looked solemn.

"Those really dangerous and terrifying existences are emerging, and a turbulent tsunami is brewing in the deep sea. Our world is gradually falling into a terrifying crisis."

"A strange or indescribable thing that can cause spiritual pollution has appeared in the world?"

Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows.

"Uh...not yet."

Astolfo shook his head decisively.

"But according to Chu Ci's speculation, because of the existence of the attribute of sanity without any introduction, this kind of thing will appear sooner or later."

"Who is Chu Ci?"

Bai Zhi remembered the manufacturer marked on the previous card.

"An official player with a military background in the relevant departments of the official organization. It is said that he is a doctor of physics and mathematics. He is a veritable boss. He is one of the players who have survived to this day. The relevant department was organized and built by him."

Astolfo answered quite cheerfully.

"How about it? With 50 game coins, you can get a lot of valuable information, so I'll ask you if it's worth it!?"

"Generally, people who say this kind of thing have actually earned me 49 with tears in their hearts."

With a pouting, Bai Zhi, who had already received the information he wanted, stood up from the booth.

"By the way, do you know the existence of [Shadow Crystal]?"

"The Crystal of Shadows?"

After recalling the term in his mind, Astolfo shook his head.

"do not know."

"See you then."

Nodding at the other party, Bai Zhi turned around and walked towards the exit of the square. When he saw the direction he was leaving, a certain intelligence dealer quickly chose to leave the square and return to the real world. .

The area of ​​this trading square formed by players is still very large. If you look down from the top, it is a quite large circular square that is perfectly divided into four average fan-shaped squares. Each area is separated by high walls. A total of It is divided into four regions: southeast, northwest, and northwest.

And the area where Bai Zhi is located is the area on the east side.

When he walked to the only exit on this side of the Eastern District, and was about to leave the square to take a look at the town outside the square, a certain player who seemed to be maintaining order at the entrance and exit looked him up and down. After that, he was handed a booklet and a card.

"This is a beginner's guide customized and printed by us. If you lose it, you can come here to collect it. Idle players are welcome to join the relevant departments."

"..."

Looking at the rather familiar card that was handed over along with the booklet, after a moment of speechless silence, Bai Zhi took over the booklet and the card.

[This is a lost and lost world, players had better not go outside the scope of the town...]

[…This square is a welfare square jointly developed by major official organizations and prepared for the majority of players. Any possible injury incidents are prohibited in the square…]

[Special reminder: Recently, there has been a strange and strange natural phenomenon, which we call "doors". The colors of "doors" are various and appear in any corner of the world from time to time, except for the "black door". "Besides, there is no experience of coming back alive from "doors" of other colors, so please be careful. 】

[…According to our speculation, the role of sanity…]

[…Our world is like a castle made of sand on the beach, and on the sea…our world is gradually falling into a terrifying crisis. In order to protect our world, players are welcome to join the relevant departments! 】

【—Chu Ci】

...the lines of words were quite familiar, so familiar that he had heard them from a certain intelligence businessman a few minutes ago, almost word for word.

"...Because this is a gathering place for players with level LV10 and above, most of the information is publicly distributed here for free, just to attract players? Chu Ci... Saying that Mao is not Chu Xuan?"

After staring at the name marked at the end of the pamphlet and sighing for a while, Bai Zhi turned his head towards the square behind him. As he expected, a profiteer who had set up a stall there had already disappeared at this moment. trace.

"Sure enough, there is no profit or business. I thought he earned me 49 with tears, but it turns out that he clearly earned me 50 with tears... I remember you."

He casually put the booklet and the card in his hand back into his backpack, and Bai Zhi walked out of the square.

"As the saying goes, the grace of dripping water must be reciprocated by a spring. If I don't get 5,000 game coins back from you, I will not be named Bai..."

​​

​​

Chapter 44 Ex-Girlfriend

This is a run-down town.

The dilapidated and collapsed buildings in the town looked vaguely like the western style of Europe in the early Middle Ages. The icy wind came from the wilderness and passed through the town bringing silent howls.

—Strictly speaking, this is a place that has been completely "dead".

Bai Zhi did not venture across the two dangerous streets to the auction house, but after walking out of the square, he chose to enter a dilapidated house and took the "Land of Shadows Freehold" come out.

Other players can only stay in this world for an hour at most every day, but he is an exception. He can theoretically stay here forever with a pass.

"Sure enough, this town is my territory..."

As Bai Zhi took out the "Land of Shadows Permanent Deed", he felt that he had an indistinct connection with the land under his feet, but this connection seemed rather weak and not particularly special. If he paid attention to this aspect, he didn't even notice the connection.

After closing his eyes and feeling for a while, Bai Zhi raised his foot and walked towards the wall on the side, strands of black mist permeated from the land deed in his hand, and wrapped it in an instant. his whole body.

When Bai Zhi opened his eyes, he found that he had come to a familiar place, the dim light was on and off at the top of his head, and the place a little further away fell into a dead silence.

—This is the dark corridor with flickering lights that he once visited.

Looking around thoughtfully, Bai Zhi lowered his head and glanced at the title deed he was holding. Sure enough, the last remaining [Crystal of Shadows] that was left was consumed with the teleportation just now.

Going forward along this promenade, after turning three corners in succession, Bai Zhi came to a hut similar to a lounge. In this hut, fifteen dolls were neatly arranged on the ground. .

For the time being, he didn't care about the dolls on the ground, and Bai Zhi walked to the only intact table in the rest room with a slightly strange expression.

Probably because the land of shadows permanent land deed made him a territory here, so he was able to recognize the unidentified words printed on these shabby leaflets scattered on the table.

"...a haunted house?"

In some large amusement parks, there are often entertainment buildings such as this haunted house, but Bai Zhi has never seen such a thing in this so-called different world.

"...So I just ran out of the entrance of the haunted house? As expected of me."

Looking a little weird, he returned to the 15 dolls on the ground. Bai Zhi put all these vivid dolls in his backpack, regardless of the little boy who captured these 15 people in this haunted house. What does the adult doll want to do, but it has nothing to do with him.

"Perhaps it is also possible that they want to turn them into their own people... It's a pity, I can't stay here for too long."