Survival game: my plug-ins can stack up

Zhao Xun walked along the corner to the grocery store based on his memory.

Before coming, he looked at the route near the grocery store. At this time, his memory was still fresh and he would not go wrong.

There were no pedestrians on the road, except for the occasional person lying on the ground, dirty and whose appearance or even gender could not be clearly distinguished.

Everyone who fell on the roadside either had serious injuries or was emaciated, and they all looked like they were taking in less air and letting out more air.

These people will not receive any help and will basically die.

Zhao Xun suddenly thought that he did not see the body on the roadside.

Given how dirty the slums are, it's only natural that corpses appear on the roadside.

But in fact, after walking for such a long time, he only saw people who were about to become corpses, but he didn't actually see the corpses.

Therefore, there is a department in the underground city specifically responsible for handling these corpses.

It stands to reason that such a department should be set up, but how are the corpses disposed of?

Throw it to the surface?

But when he was outside, he saw no traces of corpses, and the entire snowfield was clean.

If it's been snowing, it's normal for the bodies to be covered up.

But it wasn't snowing all the time outside, there should always be traces of fresh corpses being thrown up there.

But there was nothing.

Even if the corpses are not discarded every day, but are collected and processed after a certain amount is accumulated, and the time when he appeared in the game happened to be many days after no corpses were thrown to the surface, and it happened to have snowed before, covering all the original corpses.

But he exploded two areas on the surface, and neither of them revealed a severed limb. This is not normal.

What's more, when the corpses accumulate, they also need a special place to place them.

But on the map, he saw neither a crematorium nor a building that met the conditions for storing corpses.

It seems that the body was not thrown away casually, but must have been processed in other ways.

Since it is not cremation, then...

Somehow, Zhao Xun suddenly thought of that laboratory.

The only place capable of disposing of corpses is the laboratory.

Although normally there should be no connection between the two, as a underground city, the body must be properly disposed of before it is thrown to the surface. If some unconventional methods of disposing of the body are used, the laboratory is indeed very suitable. .

This actually made Zhao Xun more interested in the laboratory.

Maybe a hidden mission will be triggered there.

However, this will have to wait until he is busy with other things.

Zhao Xun walked quickly through twists and turns, and finally found the grocery store.

Compared with what I saw in the surveillance video before, the grocery store was a lot messier, and there were a lot less things inside. Many boxes and boxes had been overturned on the ground.

It seems that many people came and stole things while the shop owner was away.

There was no new news coming from the white coat side, which meant that the latest traces of the desperate couple had not been found, so there was a high probability that they were still with the grocery store owner.

But other people entering and exiting the grocery store did not notice the couple's existence, which means that there should be a passage leading to other places in the grocery store, or a dark room or something like that.

Zhao Xun quickly got into the grocery store and saw a hidden door inside.

The grocery store was very dark, and there were no lights. In addition, the door was the same color as the surrounding walls, and the surroundings were filled with all kinds of debris. You might not even notice it if you look closely.

However, Zhao Xun has a five-fold increase in night vision, so he can see quite clearly.

The boxes that should have been neatly stacked were all scattered on the ground, and the door was half blocked. Let alone a human, even a mouse would have difficulty getting through.

But this didn't bother Zhao Xun. He turned into a cockroach, squeezed in through various cracks, and quickly reached the door.

He squeezed in through the crack in the door smoothly.

It was indeed a small room inside.

It should be used by the owner of the grocery store for his own residence. There is only a bed and a toilet inside. It couldn't be simpler.

But compared with those waiting to die outside, the conditions of grocery store owners are pretty good.

The smell in the room was terrible, the smell of old mold and rotten wood, mixed with the sour smell emitted by the human body that had not been bathed for a long time, accumulated in this unventilated room, giving people an indescribable suffocation. feel.

The shopkeeper was tied into a zongzi with strips of cloth made from disassembled sheets and fainted in the corner.

There was still a ball of smelly socks stuffed in his mouth and he couldn't speak even if he woke up.

The desperate couple huddled by the door, paying attention to the movements outside from time to time, as if they wanted to find a chance to leave here.

Zhao Xun changed back to human form.

The desperate couple felt a tall figure suddenly appear beside them. Just as they were about to pick up the knife at hand, they were hypnotized by Zhao Xun.

Hypnotizing two people at the same time is not difficult for the five times strengthened [mental power].

After the hypnosis was completed, Zhao Xun immediately asked the question he was most concerned about: "Do you think you are a 'prisoner'?"

The couple looked at each other and then smiled bitterly.

"We are worse than prisoners." The man said bitterly. "Prisoners at least have a stable place to live and food is delivered regularly. What do we have?"

"Then do you think you are like a prisoner? If you don't think you are, then who do you think is more like a prisoner in the dungeon?" After thinking about it, Zhao Xun added, "In other words, is there a prisoner in the dungeon? An organization named 'Prisoners'?"

Both the couple looked confused.

"We have never heard of an organization like the Prisoners." The woman shook her head.

"We haven't met anyone who looks like a prisoner," the man continued.

Zhao Xun frowned slightly.

From this point of view, this couple was not the target of his mission.

As for all the information about the "prisoner", he was completely blind now.

This side mission only has a short sentence, not even ten words.

Because there was no explanation or direction, and there were no literal "prisoners" in the dungeon, it was difficult for him to determine the mission goal.

Zhao Xun was just thinking about waking up the owner of the grocery store to see if he could get more information, when he heard the man beside him muttering to himself.

"To put it bluntly, in the underground city, except for the upper-class people, who doesn't live like a prisoner?"

Zhao Xun's footsteps paused.

In fact, he has also had this idea. After all, from all the information he has learned about the dungeon so far, the upper class people live a very comfortable life, but everyone else is in dire straits.

Not only is it difficult to obtain basic food and clothing, but there is also no human rights and fairness.

Take the case of the daughter of a desperate couple being transplanted with organs. People at the top most likely kept other people alive for the sake of more productivity and as a mobile organ reserve.

These people are all "prisoners" in another sense.

But his own thoughts were of no use.

His mission is to "liberate the prisoners." Since there are no "prisoners" in the literal sense, "prisoners" must at least feel that they are "prisoners" in order to be "liberated".

Otherwise, no matter what he does, the other party may not feel "liberated". Instead, they may think that he is nosy and disrupting their lives.

But if the exploited NPCs consider themselves "prisoners", the meaning is different.

There is also the value of "being liberated".

However, if the prisoners in the dungeon he wants to liberate are all the people living at the bottom, things are a little troublesome.

This is not as simple as killing a few people and releasing the imprisoned prisoners.

For Zhao Xun, the only good news is that if the mission target is a group, if some people die during this period, it should not be counted as him not completing the mission.

After all, the side mission did not require him to "keep all the current prisoners alive." In this "liberation" process, there will inevitably be sacrifices and there will inevitably be things that are not taken into account.

Therefore, achieving the purpose of liberating this group should be regarded as completing the task, and it is impossible to ask him to ensure that everyone is alive.

In this case, the life and death of this couple is not within the scope of his concern.

After confirming this, Zhao Xun did not leave in a hurry, but asked the couple to wake up the grocery store owner.

After some hypnosis, Zhao Xun first asked the shop owner for basic information.

The shop owner has lived in the slums for three years. He is thirty-five years old, single, childless, and has no wife.

However, in this chaotic area, robbery and murder can occur at any time, and no one will control it. The shop owner can still keep the grocery store open, and his identity cannot be as simple as it appears.

Apart from anything else, it’s impossible to get the store owner’s supply without some connections and background.

Zhao Xun asked the shop owner directly: "Are you related to a high-ranking person?"

The couple on the side looked confused, and they couldn't understand why Zhao Xun would ask such a question.

The shopkeeper nodded honestly: "It does matter."

The couple's eyes widened in surprise, and they both couldn't believe what they heard.

A person living in the slums is actually related to the upper class.

There was no way they could connect the people who lived in the two places.

In the underground city, the slums are where those at the bottom live, while the technology building is where the upper class live.

The upper class never bothered to come to the slums because it would dirty their shoes.

Therefore, the upper-class people disdain to talk to people in the slums. Even making eye contact seems to dirty their eyes.

How did this shop owner manage to be related to the upper class?

While the couple was in shock and confusion, Zhao Xun already had a guess in his mind. He asked the shop owner: "Are you sent to the slums by the upper class?"

"Yes." The shopkeeper nodded again.

Zhao Xun showed a clear look.

This shop owner should be about the same level as the white coat.

Although he can enjoy some upper-class benefits, he is at the lowest level in the entire upper-class circle.

The authority is not high, and you need to do some dirty work.

"What is their purpose of letting you stay in the slum?" Zhao Xun then asked.

"Know all the news about the slums." The shopkeeper replied, "We also inspect the slums every day and report the number of deaths."

There is not much surveillance in the slums, and even if they want to install surveillance in some places, it will be destroyed quickly.

In order not to waste surveillance resources, they came up with a way to send people to monitor.

"You should be more than just a watcher in the slums, right?" Zhao Xun asked again.

The slum is very chaotic and very large. There is only one watcher, who is too busy at all.

Therefore, nine out of ten grocery store owners are responsible for only one area.

"Yes." The shopkeeper admitted.

The desperate couple had expressions of surprise on their faces, as if they had not yet digested the news they had just received.

They never imagined that in the seemingly unregulated slum, one was actually being monitored by people from the upper levels, and there were more than one surveillance.

What on earth do you want to do?

What can these people gain from the ghetto?

Compared with the confusion of the desperate couple, Zhao Xun was much more organized. He immediately thought of a possibility: "Are you reporting the death toll in the slums to arrange for people to come and clean up the bodies?"

"Yes." The shopkeeper replied.

"Then do you know where the body was transported? And how it was disposed of?" Zhao Xun asked one more question.

"This is not my responsibility." The shop owner shook his head, "I have no right to know."

Such an answer made Zhao Xun even more suspicious of the laboratory.

Normally, there is no confidentiality regarding the disposal of corpses, but even the store owner responsible for reporting the corpses didn't know how the corpses were handled. It seemed like this matter was kept well hidden.

According to the white coat, only a small number of people know about the laboratory, and it is classified as top secret.

The white coat has not said that there are other secrets, so it is more likely that the two secrets are related to each other.

Almost as soon as Zhao Xun finished his thoughts, a pop-up window suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Hidden mission: Reveal the truth about the laboratory to all residents in the dungeon and destroy the laboratory. 】

Zhao Xun raised his eyebrows slightly.

This hidden mission... undoubtedly confirmed his suspicion.

But there’s no rush to hide the mission, let’s put it aside for now.

Zhao Xun looked at the shopkeeper again and asked: "In your eyes, except for the people living in the science and technology building, do all the residents in the entire underground city look like 'prisoners'?"

"I think 'untouchable' is a more appropriate description." There was a trace of disdain in the shopkeeper's eyes, and then he sneered, "However, 'prisoner' is also quite appropriate, they are all trapped in the dirty areas of the underground city. They're just rats. If we're in a good mood, we'll give them some benefits. If we're in a bad mood, we can just kill a few people to vent our anger."

Even though he has lived in the slums for many years, in the shop owner's heart, he is still the superior one.

When the desperate couple heard this, their expressions changed.

There was clear murderous intent in their eyes when they looked at the shop owner.

The pain of losing their daughter was doubly churning in their chests, making them feel like they were about to be swallowed up by hatred.

This kind of emotion was in urgent need of an outlet, and the shop owner in front of him who belittled ordinary residents like them became the best outlet.

When Zhao Xun heard the shopkeeper's answer, he was even more certain that the identity of "prisoners" refers to all the ordinary people in the underground city.

He stood up and glanced at the couple whose faces were full of anger and hatred.

"It's up to you." After Zhao Xun said that, he transformed into a cockroach again and walked towards the door.

When he walked to the door, he heard the slight sound of the blade piercing the flesh, followed by a short scream from the shop owner.

The scream lasted only half a second, and was quickly muffled by something, leaving only the sound of whimpering. (End of chapter)