A Race to (Be) The Top

Ling Xiaolu was so panicked that his mind went blank, he was at a loss, and even forgot how to log off.

He has avoided many crises by being quick-witted and acting stupid, but none of them came as directly as Zhenjiu.

Zhenjiu's style of dealing with things really does not take detours!

In desperation, Ling Xiaolu pinched the earlobe with his free other hand.

Ruby: Master! !help! ! !

Li Zheng was teleported almost instantly, and the small tree house seemed crowded because of the three people crammed into it.

Naturally, the first thing Li Zheng noticed was the changed color of Zhenjiu's name, and he was highly alert.

Ling Xiaolu seemed to be grabbing a life-saving straw, flustered and flustered: "Master, I thought he was a black name, I really didn't know he was... If I knew, I would never have said it..."

The expression and tone of his struggling for help explained everything that happened in this tree house just now. What a smart person Li Zheng was, he instantly sorted out the ins and outs. attack.

These two people were originally evenly matched, how could Zhenjiu be the opponent with one hand, and within a few strokes, he had to let go of Ling Xiaolu and confront Li Zheng with all his strength.

They fought from the crowded tree house to the outdoors, their claws and swords clashed, crows and spells flew together, it was difficult to decide a winner for a while, until Zhenjiu called to stop.

"Wait a moment!"

The two of them let go of their hands at the same time, and then looked around, nowhere could there be Ling Xiaolu's shadow.

Zhenjiu was a little annoyed at the intervention of the divorce, and his dissatisfaction was written in his long and narrow eyebrows without concealment, which made people have no doubt that if any innocent passerby passed by at this time, they would definitely become cannon fodder for his anger.

Only then did Li Zheng turn his attention to his face. Zhenjiu's appearance had always been a legend in the Magic Continent, and even people who didn't care about such things as Li Zheng subconsciously took a second look.

Zhenjiu and Lizheng briefly made eye contact, realizing what the other was looking at.

"Tsk." He clicked his tongue disdainfully, and lazily took the mask back.

"I'm still willing to be used as a swordsman by my apprentice." He sarcastically lied.

"It's better than someone who needs to be dealt with with a knife." Li Zheng replied sarcastically.

Zhenjiu put her hands in her pockets and returned to her absent-minded appearance.Just like the moment when owlbeast hunted, it was ruthless and vicious. After the outbreak, it retracted its sharp claws no matter whether it was successful or not, but no one dared to say that this sleepy appearance was the main body.

"Little brother said he never confessed to the second person, and I believe him. So how did you know? Guess?"

Disputes do not answer.

Zhenjiu knew that she had guessed right: "No wonder, I said why Li Zheng accepted an apprentice for no reason."

"I accepted him as an apprentice, it has nothing to do with his identity."

"Really?" Zhenjiu shrugged needlessly, "It doesn't matter if you say it's irrelevant. Anyway, your relationship is limited to master and apprentice."

"No one can force my apprentice to do what he doesn't want to do."

"If you don't call your chronic, invisible pressure persecution."

Zhenjiu hit the nail on the head sharply, and Li Zheng kept silent again, and the aura of tension flowed secretly between the two of them.

……

Ling Xiaolu huddled in Dongye, a place that neither of them could enter.

Ling Long went to inquire about the news and finally came back.

"Little Lubi, I finally figured out what's going on!"

He told Ling Xiaolu the information he had collected.

"Zhenjiu was one of the first batch of internal beta players of the game. When he bought the peripherals, he hadn't made an appointment yet. Soon after the public beta, he accumulated too much murderous energy and remained black for a long time.

"Until the company launched the appointment service, he was also the first batch of users to buy rings, but the black name is the name that covers all colors by default, so no one in the game knows that he has upgraded the peripherals.

"Furthermore, Zhenjiu himself rejected the exclusive customer service assigned by the company. The customer service person who handled this matter left very early. As a result, there are almost no people in the department who know that this account is the account of the appointment!"

Ling Xiaolu hugged his head in despair: "Why didn't such an important matter be found out earlier!"

Ling Long was also very wronged: "Why should I check Zhenjiu's account authority for no reason, I will be infected with bird spirit!"

Ling Xiaolu: "..."

"Then what should I do now? Not only Zhenjiu knows, but my master also guessed it. I can't just hide in Ji Meng's house forever!"

Ling Long wants to say that the most dangerous problem now is not the exposure of his identity, but the ticking time bomb tied to his body. Zero doesn't know what he will do out of the ordinary, and removing the collar is their top priority now.

But he was also afraid that after telling Ling Xiaolu, the other party would be panicked. Who would accept that he lived and died with an AI inexplicably?

"You can still delay it for a while. Now all the procedures are working overtime to solve this problem. Try to take off the collar as soon as possible, and nothing will happen."

He didn't dare to speak too seriously, for fear of scaring Ling Xiaolu.The fact is that colleagues from the three departments have been working almost all night long on how to remove the collar, at least to separate the accounts of Ling Xiaolu and Zero.

"Don't worry about signing the contract. As long as you disagree subjectively, it won't take effect even if they tie your fingers!"

Compared with forming a bond, Ling Xiaolu was more worried about how he would face his master and brothers in the future.Why not be honest about it and express your reluctance to accept it in the first place?At least it won't develop to be as serious as it is today!

Ling Xiaolu poked his head out cautiously, and the two men were standing outside Ji Meng's house.

He has fully carried forward the ostrich law, not only can't hide, even the private chat function is disgracefully turned off.

In the end, these two people simply blocked the door, and they had the determination not to leave if Ling Xiaolu could not come out.

Ling Xiaolu was very troubled, gold name and fan name, is there only one way to return home?Can't you just sit down peacefully and fight the landlord together with the three of you?

……

Like many young people, Ji Meng is very afraid of all kinds of relatives who are not senior.

It was a last resort to check the phone number last time, and he asked for it twice in a row. At that time, he was a little hesitant because this relative was famous for gossip.

What he was most afraid of came true, and his relatives took the initiative to ask him to "chat about family affairs". After a lot of greetings, they finally turned the topic to Ling.

It was only when this topic was mentioned that Ji Meng became a little more awake, so that he would not fall asleep.

"Xiao Meng, there is something wrong with the temporary worker you asked me to check last time."

"Did you check again? This matter is over." Ji Meng said perfunctorily.

"No, listen to me! I have no impression of the person you asked me to check."

"There are so many people in the company, it's normal to have no impression, not to mention that Ling is just a temporary worker."

It is still in the testing department, which sometimes even recruits students to work part-time.

"Not only did I have no impression, but I asked other colleagues in the Ministry of Manpower, and they didn't have any impression. Even when I asked people in their departments, few people could tell who this was."

Ji Meng had a headache: "You asked so many people? It's not necessary."

You don't need to think about it, you know that this will cause trouble to Ling himself, and this is not Ji Meng's original intention.

"There is only one department manager who has a good relationship with me, who accidentally leaked something. Guess what it is?"

"If it's a secret research and development project of the company, maybe you don't want people to know about it."

Especially this kind of gossip-loving, big-mouthed internal employees are more difficult to guard against than commercial espionage.

The relative asked mysteriously: "Do you know that the company is secretly researching AI?"

"I know," Ji Meng became very impatient, "Is this a secret? Since a long time ago, various game companies have been researching the field of AI."

From high-level NPCs to small pets, they are all AI creatures with a certain level of intelligence.It is precisely because of these AI that the game is more lively and interesting.

"Then do you know that the company is developing AI players?"

"..." The other side of the phone was silent, "I don't know, how do players develop?"

"It's just using AI to pretend to be a player! Implant the player's memory into the AI, so that the AI ​​doesn't even know that they are AI, just like ordinary players!"

Ji Meng frowned: "What's the point? Will AI charge money?"

"No! But it can stimulate consumption! The operating strategy of all game companies is to coax high-level players, hold on to middle-level players, and stabilize low-level players. Although low-level players don't charge much, they are the cornerstone of the entire game. With them, the middle-level High-level players are willing to spend. It’s not that my aunt said you, although you are still young, you can’t just indulge in games, you should start learning this knowledge, it will be useful in the future!”

Ji Meng rubbed the roots of the mountain, thinking of some reason to end the call.

"The temporary worker you asked me to check should be responsible for testing this project... Oh yes, I also heard that the AI ​​​​switches in the test are all set behind the neck. Next time you meet a player who behaves strangely, touch You will know if there is any abnormality on the back of their necks."

"..."

"Hello? Xiao Meng, are you listening?"

"...I'm listening." Ji Meng was suddenly in a bad mood for no reason, "I see, aunt, I have something to do, so I'll hang up first."

"Hello? I haven't finished yet, hello?"

Ji Meng hung up the phone and walked around the room twice anxiously. He might vaguely remember something, but he was unwilling to accept it.

He turned on the peripherals and connected to the game.

There were two unexpected people standing outside the gate of his own courtyard. If Ji Meng was in a bad mood just now, it was even worse when he saw them.

"Is there something wrong with you two?"

Li Zheng didn't speak, and only shifted his gaze to Zhenjiu, as if his existence was the reason why he stayed here.

Ji Meng was also stunned when he saw Zhenjiu's name.

"...Did you buy the ring? Or did you mean it?"

The last time Zhenjiu was imprisoned, he offered to help the other party clean up his black name, but was rejected!

Zhenjiu was very relaxed and turned a deaf ear to his question.

"Please ask the little brother to come out and tell him that nothing will happen to me, I just want to say a few words to him."

"Can't you tell him yourself?"

"Alright, then you can ask him to turn on the private chat function, and I will tell him personally."

Ji Meng didn't want to help him spread the word. He spent a lot of effort helping Chang Huanxi to decorate the Vernal Equinox City, but he didn't even take a picture of Ling Xiaolu, and was beaten to death by this pervert. He was simply crazy!

Of course, Ji Meng was simply dissatisfied with his behavior of killing people and massacring the city for no reason, and he was not angry because he couldn't beat him!

"Ruby doesn't even turn on the private chat function, which means he doesn't want to talk to you. If you want to wait, just wait!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Li Zheng and walked away, and slammed the door behind him, which seemed to be a declaration of territorial sovereignty.

Zhenjiu didn't care, and simply sat down on his knees. Anyway, he has never had a fixed place in the game, and he has a lot of time, but he doesn't know how long the other person can spend with him.

Seeing Ji Meng go online, Ling Xiaolu jumped up nervously, and felt that his nervousness was a bit redundant.

"What's going on?" Ji Meng asked angrily, "What are those black and white Wuchang standing at my door doing?"

Ling Xiaolu hesitated: "There was a little conflict between us..."

"You finally realized that the bird head is not a good person? Do you know yesterday..." Ji Meng paused, "Forget it, let's not talk about it."

It's embarrassing to say it.

"But why did that guy suddenly turn into gold? Do you know?"

Ling Xiaolu has been struggling since yesterday, and now he finally mustered up the courage: "My friend... I want to confess something to you."

Seeing that his attitude was different, Ji Meng also looked at him squarely: "What's the matter?"

"That's right, that's right, I'm not an ordinary player... No, I mean I'm an ordinary player, but there's something extraordinary about me... Oh, what should I say!"

Confessing to Ji Meng seems to be more difficult than confessing to Zhenjiu: "Actually, I really don't blame me for this matter. It's really that your company's peripherals have gone wrong. It's not that I don't want to take off this collar, but that it really can't be taken off." It's not that I deliberately concealed my identity, but that I never thought about playing the game as a pet!"

He spoke incoherently, and Ji Meng was confused: "What are you talking about?"

Ling Xiaolu took a deep breath, and repeated what he said to Zhenjiu yesterday in full.After having the first experience, he also described in more detail, more comprehensive, and more vividly.

Ling Xiaolu felt that he could tell stories with his talent.

However, Ji Meng's reaction was not like Zhenjiu's, his eyes became brighter and brighter as he listened.On the contrary, as Ling Xiaolu told, Ji Meng's complexion became darker and darker.

Until Ling Xiaolu told the whole story, he tightly pressed his lips together without saying a word.

Ling Xiaolu thought that he was angry because of his concealment, or didn't believe what he said at all.

"My friend, I didn't mean to deceive you maliciously, can you understand that I don't want to, but I have to wear this to enter the game?

"...Or do you think I'm lying to you about all this, do you remember the first time we met?...I can prove it to you!"

He grabbed Ji Meng's hand and pressed it against his neck.

At first something could be touched, but soon disappeared.

"Look, I didn't lie to you, this one really exists, the one on my wrist is fake! It was made by Xinshan to confuse others, just to divert attention from the collar.

"The collar is not 100% detectable by people, as long as the switch is touched once, it will automatically hide for 15 minutes.

"You, my master, and Zhenjiu all had suspicions about me because of the switch. It's just that you quickly forgot about it, and I have been facing my master's speculation all the time, and I didn't expect Zhenjiu at all. Dove is a golden name."

Ji Meng maintained this posture, motionless, as if turned into a statue.

But the expression on his face convinced Ling Xiaolu that he was emotional at the moment.

If Ji Meng's face was gloomy just now, after Ling Xiaolu tried to prove himself to him, his face turned ashen.

He just stood there motionless, as if he knew some unacceptable fact, his eyes were fixed on Ling Xiaolu.

Ling Xiaolu was so stared at by him, a chill came from the back of his neck.

It was the chill emanating from Ji Meng's fingertips.

"...friend, what's wrong with you? You still don't believe me?"

He timidly pushed Ji Meng's tense and stiff arms.

"friend?"

The author has something to say: Ji Meng: The idiot son of the landlord's family will not collapse!

Ruby: I'm sick!