Chapter 73 Hopeless Sea (4) Deceit-Fraud
Qis followed Yuna into the hotel along with other players.
The hotel may not look big from the outside, but it is very spacious inside. There are more than a dozen tables of various sizes arranged like a restaurant.
The walls that have been pickled by the sea breeze are constantly exuding a salty smell, and the wooden furnishings are dotted with tooth marks.
Wet fish heads lay across the slippery floor, and mottled fish blood and broken internal organs mixed into feces-like stains.
Qisi lowered his eyes and carefully picked a clean place to walk. He finally found a place to stand next to a wooden table that looked like a counter and stood still.
Yuna glanced at him with a smile, rubbed his shoulder and walked behind the counter, dragging a wooden board out of the shadows.
She placed the wooden board on the table of the counter, and all the players could see the strange hieroglyphics on it:
[The rooms are on the second floor, each room costs 300 yuan per night]
I didn’t expect that I would have a place to spend money so soon... Qisi rubbed the banknotes in his pocket and made calculations silently.
The initial funds he had on hand were only enough to stay in a hotel for three days. Is it required to solve the dungeon within three days, or is there another mechanism to obtain money?
“Three hundred and one nights, do you think this is a five-star hotel?” The voice was a rough-looking man carrying a big bag, with a loud voice, “One hundred and fifty-one nights, you can’t No more!”
This guy has impeccable expressions and temperament. In reality, he must be a skilled bargainer. If you dare to bargain in a weird game, you either have a few brushes or you have courage.
Yuna smiled and stared ahead. There was no shadow of anyone in her clear eyes. She raised the wooden board in her hand and shook her head slightly.
The backpacker did not give up and took a few steps back to the door, muttering: "I don't believe there are no other hotels here. Even if I build a bed on the beach, I won't stay here..."
No one stopped him, and Qiss wished he would die outside so that he could verify the death point of this copy.
But Yuna seemed to have been touched by a switch, and her white hands quickly gestured: "There is only one hotel on the island."
This should be true, even if it is false, No player dares to go out and falsify it at this time.
The clock had already struck eight when I arrived, and there were only four hours left before the required bedtime. Who knew if I would be able to get back after going out.
After all, the backpacker man didn’t dare to spend the night on the beach, so he had to return to the counter and pretend that nothing happened.
He made such a fuss, which was not without gain, but at least eliminated two feasible options.
Lu Li touched the frame of his glasses and showed a polite smile: "Yuna, you also know that we have been shipwrecked and are now penniless. I am afraid that we will be sleeping in the open in three days..."< br>
Qiss noticed that when he said the word "three days", the faces of several players changed, and some doubts flashed in their eyes.
It seems that the initial funds of the players are not the same. The status effect of "Businessman" is "get the same service with less money", and it is not surprising that there is a camp whose status effect is "obtain more initial funds".
According to Yuna, the money the players received was consistent with their own value. So, which identity has higher value?
Yuna turned her face to Lu Li, her eyes still filled with clear emptiness. Being stared at by such eyes, it was easy for her to feel panicked when facing a ghost.
Lu Li asked after careful consideration: "Is there any way to make money on the island? If so, can you tell us?"
"I don't know." Yuna tilted her head. He nodded, his smile becoming more pure, "In my memory, all money is given by my Lord, and the amount is measured by the price that each person can pay."
Lu Li asked: "What price?"
"Health, personality, conscience, life...anything that you know can be exchanged for money can be used as a price."
Hearing the word "conscience", Ziss looked strange.
What is this called? If the money is gone, you can make more money; if your conscience is gone, you can make more money.
Lu Li smiled bitterly: "It seems that we have to save some money on hand... Yuna, can we share a room with more than one person?"
"Okay, But each room can only accommodate three people.”
“The face value of the money we have is too large. It may not be convenient to share it if we rent it together. Can you help us change it?”
"I don't have any form of money here, and I'm afraid I can't give you any change."
It would be great if a senior player took the initiative to step forward and ask questions, taking the risk of being particularly concerned about by NPCs and other players. Chiss was happy to fish in troubled waters.
With the questions and answers, the mechanism involved in the hotel became a little clearer.
[Rules have been refreshed]
[6. Sharing is allowed in hotels, but each room can only accommodate up to three people, no more or less]
[7. The residents of the island do not have any form of money in their hands and cannot exchange it for players]
Lu Li looked around at the people behind him and his voice was still: "Although I don't know what the money means, according to the rules first Article, we'd better save some money to avoid being stretched and passive in the later period. I suggest that we live in groups of three, so that each person only needs to spend one hundred yuan a day."
Tips from the copy. It was already clear that he was just repeating the most obvious clearance plan, but it immediately aroused questions: "Are you kidding? This is a camp copy!"
The person speaking was a man with a stubble on his face. The white man said in a bad tone: "Three players live in a room. Who knows if someone will take advantage of the opportunity to do something evil? Keep your mind tense all the time. It's okay for two days a day, but who can sustain it every day?"
"Isn't it enough for players from the same camp to live together?" A long-haired young man dressed in an artistic style felt sorry for Lu Li, "Why do you have such an attitude? Can you think of a better way? ?”
The white man sneered: "If you want to achieve a balance among the fifteen-person camp dungeons, each camp consists of five people. How can you divide them into groups of three? Moreover, who knows what the other party's camp is. Does anyone dare to be the first to expose it?"
What he said is the truth and cannot be refuted. Players who were originally interested in sharing a house also looked thoughtful and hesitated.
Lu Li shook his head helplessly, his voice still calm: "I'm sorry that I didn't think carefully and couldn't come up with a better plan. Everything I said is just my suggestion. Please use it as a reference. Okay, you don’t have to follow it completely.”
“But in my opinion, there is no need for us to be hostile and wary of each other. This is not a confrontation copy in the strict sense. The main mission must be completed, and the side missions can be completed. But don’t do it. It’s not easy to complete the main mission, and every step requires our concerted efforts.”
Lu Lisheng is elegant, bookish, and very approachable.
He glanced at everyone and said in a clear voice: "I know that many people here have established a zero-sum mentality and are unwilling to give more trust to their companions. But I must say that we are all human beings and have been involved in this. A game full of malice and fear, weirdness and ghosts are our biggest enemies.”
“We should unite and not be divided by weird games, and not get lost in internal conflicts without winners. Don’t wait until the day when someone cracks the final copy and destroys the weird game. Looking back, you only see yourself as a human being and a ghost..."
Chis heard this for the first time outside the forum. The rhetoric of "a community with a shared future for mankind" pioneered by the Kyushu Guild made his eyelids twitch.
Sure enough, the next second, Lu Li took out a badge-like object from his trouser pocket and waved it in front of the players: "As you can see, I am from the Jiuzhou Guild. I hope that at least in this In the dungeon, we can put aside our prejudices and work together for a win-win situation.”
The moment the players saw the badge, they all stopped joking and looked at Lu Li with a more inquiring look. No matter how the ideological trend of the player group changes, the Kyushu Guild is a well-deserved "lighthouse" in the minds of players.
Even in the age when internal conflicts among players are the most serious, Kyushu Guild still upholds the right path, calls for unity, and requires all members to take action to help other players.
Once it is discovered that a member refuses to save others or even harms others, they will be punished internally depending on the severity of the case, and may even be expelled from the guild.
Under such strict rules, the word "Jiuzhou" itself means integrity, kindness and trustworthiness.
Of course, more importantly, with the current distribution of guild power, no one dares to say that they can escape unscathed after offending Kyushu.
Lu Li took the badge back and said loudly: "I can tell you that my identity is a businessman, and my side mission is to kill all scholars. One of the effects of my identity is that 'all the intentions to murder nobles will not be converted into action.' Of course, I don’t intend to kill the scholar, and I hope that the nobles will not kill me.”
If Lu Li proposed cooperation before, the players were only dubious; now he blew himself up. The credibility instantly soared to a high level.
The green-haired girl was the first to respond: "The boss is right! Doing side tasks is nothing more than getting more points. Accumulating points is to survive. Cooperation is more conducive to survival. Before, we all I almost put the cart before the horse."
She then smiled regretfully: "Oh, it's a pity that I am a woman, so I probably can't live with Mr. Lu Li. By the way, my name is Angela, and I have a sister who is willing to live with me. Shall I share the room? "
After Angela said this, she glanced at Liu Yuhan holding the notebook and the long-haired girl who was touching up her makeup, showing an attitude of inquiry and expectation.
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to her.
In the end, your life is your own. In the context of camp games, although players admire people like Lu Li, they never dare to let down their guard easily.
Qisi looked at Lu Li and said lukewarmly: "To achieve a game equilibrium, the three camps must form a closed loop. Businessmen kill scholars, scholars kill nobles, and nobles kill businessmen... As long as you know this , anyone can pretend to be any identity based on what you just said."
He paused and showed a hint of suspicion: "I'm curious, are you really a businessman? I am also a businessman. , why don't you tell me about the effect of another identity and see if it matches mine."
"I'm afraid not." Lu Li smiled bitterly, "Although I advocate unity, I can't guarantee that everyone is willing to cooperate. . If I disclose my identity, it will put my camp at a disadvantage. You know, in the game, any accumulation of information can be extremely fatal."
Having said this, he adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses: "What's more, even if I disclose my identity, I can't prove myself. A real businessman will not stand up to testify or refute. That would expose his identity and put himself in danger." situation; similarly, they dare not tell others the truth in private because they cannot be sure whether the other party is a companion or an enemy."
Even Lu Li himself did not notice that his words described the chain of suspicion that existed between the players. come out.
The suspicion has been laid. The other players are not stupid, and they all look at each other with a little more fun.
Qiss smiled and added: "Even if someone dares to testify for you openly, it still cannot explain the problem - that person may be a player of the same camp as you have made an appointment with."
"On the contrary. In the same way, just as we cannot judge the truth or falsehood of your words, we cannot judge the truth or falsehood of anyone's words in public, and the role of private judgment is very small, close to nothing."
He put the premise that he is not a "real businessman" into the logic of his words. What other players will interpret from this is a matter of opinion.
Since Lu Li wants to be a good person, he can just take the opportunity to choose himself out. As for the remaining three "businessman" teammates, it doesn't matter whether they are dead or alive.
Qisi thought idly that in the future he might be able to develop a tool man who would be completely obedient to his orders. When encountering such copies, he would use Lu Li's rhetoric to attract the attention of others and cover for him.
Lu Li looked remorseful: "I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully. I don't intend to force you to make a decision. Regarding giving up side tasks, it is just my personal unilateral proposal."< br>
Angela said quickly: "Brother Lu Li, don't say that! Isn't it right? It's serious to cooperate to complete the main mission. Whoever likes to do the side mission can do it!"
When the white man heard this, he sneered disdainfully, obviously not interested in Angela's flattering behavior.
Angela glared at him and slapped her nose with her hand.
Yuna turned a blind eye to the discord between the players, picked up a crumpled register, and gestured to the players: "You should book a room quickly, so I can prepare dinner. You can't do it after dinner time. Order again."
Chisi asked: "When is dinner time?"
Yuna replied: "When the bell strikes the ninth time."
Time was running out, so the players painfully took out three banknotes and handed them to Yuna, and then took the key from her hand.
As soon as the banknote fell into Yuna's hand, it disappeared into thin air, not even a bubble, as if it had never existed. It seems the rules mean what they say when they say "no money of any kind is in the hands of the islanders".
Qisi stepped aside, watched Chang Xu pay the money, and then approached him casually: "Brother Chang, how about I share a room with you?"
Chang Xu smiled slightly He was startled: "I thought you wouldn't be willing to live with me, so I didn't come to you."
Qis smiled and said: "It's not too late for me to come to you now, and I can't find any money anyway. Come on, why don’t you pay for one day’s rent and I’ll pay for one day?”
"Why do you want to live with me? You can't determine my identity, and I don't know your identity."
"Didn't Lu Li say that identity is not important, as long as you give up side tasks, this is a team Copy." Qisi smiled brightly, without any trace of calculation, "I think I have cooperated with you once, Brother Chang, and I know the details. You don't seem to be the kind of person who would kill people for side missions, and I am willing to believe it. You, after all, if I don’t even believe you, I have no one I can trust.”
When he said this, he whispered mysteriously: “I said those words to Lu Li because I was afraid of him. Misleading other players, allowing some people to fish in troubled waters, I know you still doubt me, and I don’t dare to ask for your trust, but in this copy, cooperation is indeed the best solution, isn’t it?”
Chang? In fact, Xu had already dispelled most of his suspicions, and being killed once in the Rose Manor was not something worth worrying about.
He looked calmly into Zeiss's eyes, whose eyes were extremely sincere: "My identity is a 'noble', and the first effect of my identity is to 'obtain more initial funds'. Where are you, Brother Chang?”
Chang Xu was stunned: "I am also a 'noble'."
Qisi's smile did not diminish: "That is such a coincidence."
Tell me the identity effect you guessed, and there is a bet The ingredients are in.
There is a one-half probability that the bet will be right, and a two-thirds probability that no clues will be revealed in the short term. Failure is acceptable, and the income is ideal enough. For Qiss, it is worth giving it a try.
Now it seems that the result is good.
Yuna collected a round of money, waited for a moment, and when no one took out any more banknotes, she returned the money behind the counter.
The woman, who was too beautiful to be true, dragged her flowing skirt, turned around and disappeared through the half-covered door.
Chang Xu thought of something and said in a volume that only two people could hear: "We each have fifteen hundred yuan. If we live together, we can pay for ten days' rent."
Is it a test? Or... get the letter?
Qisi clicked his tongue and answered with a crooked eyebrow: "Yes, Brother Chang, the two of us have ten days."
Sorry, I was too busy preparing for the start of school a few days ago, so there was no update. I bow and roll here asking for forgiveness! Thanks to the friends who voted monthly during the period. The author has something to say that I can’t write down anymore. I’ll code it one by one in the next chapter... This book will not eunuch, although the results have been so miserable that many colleagues will choose to cut the book, and some seniors also advised I started a new book, but I still stubbornly wanted to give Si Qi a complete life (Fog). This book won't make any money, but I love writing, and I plan to finish the story I want to write while the financial pressure is not great now. In short, don't worry about me, eunuch. If I go missing, something must have happened/or I'm dead. (By the way, I have only stopped reading for three days. When I use Sword God's Smile during the final exam week, I'm afraid the book review section will explode... I can't use verbal attacks. I walked around the book review section and was really scared. I was so scared that I wanted to take the blame and run away/slip away)
(End of this chapter)