Abyss game

"Mom, I don't want to go..." The little boy tightly grabbed the corner of his mother's clothes and pulled back.

"Be obedient." The young woman broke away from his hand and forcibly led him forward.

"Mom, don't go, I don't want to go..." The little boy was instinctively afraid when he looked at the huge, shining house in front of him. The double carved mahogany gate was like a blood basin that opened and closed. Big mouth, will eat them.

"Stop making noise!" the woman scolded impatiently, dragging the little boy into the door.

There were a lot of people in the big house, and they started arguing. The little boy stood aside, dumbfounded, watching his mother as if she was fighting against everyone in the room. Hairy hen.

No one noticed him, he was too small, and the occasional glances across his body were cold indifference or pity.

Suddenly, he felt a heat in his palm.

He looked down and saw a quail egg stuffed in his hand, still shelled, white, soft and moist. A boy younger than him looked at him curiously with big clear eyes. .

The little boy blinked: "Give me something to eat?"

The younger boy nodded and shook his head, wondering if he understood.

"My ancestor!" The person who looked like a nanny ran over, reproachfully picked up the younger boy and left.

The little boy clearly heard her mutter "dirty"...

Joe opened his eyes in shock.

He was half asleep and half awake, and felt a headache. He lightly "hissed" his body and hit his head with his fist a few times, not only to relieve the headache, but also to delete the long-term memory of the dream just now.

He sat up and found himself asleep on the couch.This sofa is too small, no wonder I feel uncomfortable sleeping.He remembered that they had been brushing monsters for more than ten hours, and they were so tired that when he returned to the hotel, he didn't choose a place, and fell asleep right away.

"You're having a nightmare." Bai Er's voice came from behind.

Qiao Jingting turned around and saw Bai Er sitting at the dining table with her knees hugged, staring at a porcelain bowl on the table.

"Hmm." It was a nightmare.He yawned, got up and sat opposite Bai Er, and poured himself a glass of water.

Bai Er was still looking at the porcelain bowl.It is an imitation of Ru kiln green glaze, with shallow mouth and fine lines. This color has a very beautiful name, called the sky blue after the rain. The sunlight leaked in through the window and cast a narrow strip of sunlight on the table, which just covered the porcelain bowl. The porcelain is slightly translucent, making the color warm and elegant, and even the shadow has a somewhat dignified taste.

"Look at what this bowl is for, can you see the flowers?"

Bai Er stretched out his hand, and lightly touched the edge of the bowl. The sunlight illuminated his hand so that it was white and red, as if it was shining through. He said softly, "This is the real thing."

"What?" Qiao Jingting didn't understand these things, but this bowl revealed an air of "I'm an antique and I'm very expensive".

Bai You tilted his head and paused for a moment: "It should be said that it is exactly the same as the real product, in terms of glaze color, texture, weight, and material, there is nothing wrong with it."

"It's possible. This game can squeeze thousands of people into it. There are so many scenes and monsters. It's not difficult to put an antique."

"Impossible." Bai Er shook his head, "The only one in the world is at my house."

"Have you ever learned appraisal? Maybe it's because it's done so well that you can't see it."

"I understand a little bit, but I have seen the real product many times. The fine lines of firing that ordinary people need to use a magnifying glass to see clearly, I can see it at a glance." Bai You shook the porcelain bowl in his hand, "The firing of this bowl The texture is exactly the same as mine, and the imitation ones can make the superficial texture hard to distinguish with the naked eye, but these fired fine lines are naturally formed, and it is absolutely impossible to fake them, it is almost like... cloned."

Qiao Jingting was silent for a moment: "Where did you find this bowl?"

"It's just casually placed on the table." Bai Er pointed to the things on the shelf, "Those are all antiques, and they all look like real ones. Here they are just like worthless ornaments, everywhere."

Although Qiao Jingting doesn't understand antiques, he also knows that fakes can never be 100% perfect. Maybe Bai Er didn't look carefully enough, but it's also possible that this bowl can be made real. There are so many incredible things in this game. The thing about copying an antique sounds like no big deal.He suddenly thought of something and said: "I thought of a possibility, as I said before, everything here is a program, which can be changed, appear and disappear at any time, so is it possible that this bowl is not real, but just a program? "

Bai You's face was solemn: "Even if it is a program, it must have imitation samples. The real product was already in my house before liberation. When and how it was imitated are what I care most about."

Qiao Jingting thought about this matter, and suddenly felt a little inexplicable fear.The more they know about the game, the less they know about the world they live in, a game where a bowl in an ordinary inn in a remote city can conjure countless, even the tiniest All things embody mysterious powers far beyond their cognition. They are like a group of puppets at the mercy of others, using blood and killing to put on a show for the creator.

Qiao Jingting scratched his hair: "You said, if you become 'Zun' and return to the real world, will you have a chance to know the truth of all this?"

Bai Er was naturally speechless.

This point, I am afraid that the King would not dare to think about it.

Qiao Jingting didn't like to think about these annoying things that he couldn't figure out, so he teased: "Is there a lot of good things in your house?"

"Well, it's been passed down from generation to generation." Bai Er put down the bowl, tapped the table with his fingers in the sun, as lightly as playing a piano, and whispered, "Do you think I'm disabled too?"

Qiao Ting paused in shock: "It's no disability to have hands and feet that jump around. Listen to that bastard's nonsense, and he doesn't have a few human words in his mouth."

"At home, everyone seems to wish they were colorless, but outside..." Bai Er was silent for a while, and then continued to remain silent.

"Then what about yourself?" Qiao Jingting looked at Bai You's empty pupils.

Bai Yi said flatly: "They all say it's good, but sometimes, I want to bask in the sun."

Qiao Jingting looked at Bai You's lonely look, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he was really not good at comforting people, so he held back for a long time, and said: "Go to the sun, anyway, the eyes can be repaired if they are damaged by the sun."

Bai You looked at him coldly.

"It's not just his eyes that are afraid of the sun, but his skin is also afraid. Under the normal sun, he is like a person in a desert exposed to the sun." Shuai walked over and said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense."

Qiao Jingting shrugged: "Tell me what you want. Hey, where is Brother Dao?"

"Brother Dao went out to find the city lord."

As soon as Shu Ai finished speaking, the door of the hotel was opened, and Brother Dao came back.What they rented was an apartment, and it only cost [-] points a night. Who would have thought that there were so many expensive antiques in it. Even if those things were fakes, such good imitations were rare.

Zou Yidao looked puzzled: "The city owner is a level [-] Gu master, and he is not in the city right now."

"The level is so low?"

"Well, I asked someone to inquire. He didn't form a guild, he just marked the city, which makes sense, but how did he secure the position of city lord with such a low level? Even in a remote city , and it’s impossible that no one wants to snatch it, after all, the entrance fee is a lot of money.”

Shu Ai thought for a while: "Maybe it's not cost-effective after comprehensive consideration."

To defeat the city lord and the NPC guards, you need to spend [-] points to buy a tree spirit scroll, and this city is so remote, so cold, and there are so few people who come, I don't know how long it will take to pay back.That being said, it doesn't really seem like a good deal.

Zou Yidao nodded: "Probably, anyway, an [-]th-level Gu master dares to mark a city, he is really courageous. The Gu master's own attack power is average, and it all depends on the Gu raised." He thought of something and smirked, "Gu Well-raised, everything will be done for you, some Gu masters are unwilling to go, so I just guess, can all that matter be resolved?"

Zou Yidao's daily hobby is smoking, drinking and making dirty jokes, and several of them are used to it.

Just as Qiao Jingting was about to speak, suddenly, a row of small red characters popped up in front of his eyes. He glanced at it in surprise, and it turned out to be a private message sent to him by a person named Xie Muyang. The content is as follows:

Mr. Qiao, I am a national official of the Zen Heart, and Yang Tailin, the Zen Heart, invites you and your friends to Kang Jinlong as guests, and absolutely guarantees your safety in the city.

Seeing him in a daze, everyone looked at him curiously.

Qiao Jingting frowned slightly, not knowing what Qiao Rui wanted to do.

"what happened?"

Qiao Jingting hesitated for a moment, then said it.

Bai Er's expression turned cold, and he didn't speak, Shu Aisi thought, "Maybe it's safer for us to go to the city of Zen Zhexin now."

"No." Zou Yidao said decisively, his voice a bit harsh.

Shu Ai was puzzled and said: "Brother Dao, do you have any old worries with Zen Zhexin?"

Zou Yidao's face became extremely gloomy, and he gave a perfunctory "hmm".

Qiao Jingting asked: "With Yang Tailin?"

"Who is Yang Tailin?"

"The No. [-] person in Zen Zhe Xin." Zou Yidao took a deep puff of his cigarette and said expressionlessly, "Go to Zen Zzhe Xin, you can indeed avoid the pursuit of the sharp peak and the mask, I won't stop you, but I will not go."

"I'm not going." Bai Er said.

Qiao Jingting also said without hesitation: "I'm not going either." He didn't believe Qiao Ruidu, that kid wouldn't be kind enough to give them a shelter.

"Okay, let's advance and retreat together." Shuai's expression was serious, "But Brother Dao, you must at least tell us who is the source of the conflict between you and the mind of a Zen master. If we encounter it, we can deal with it."

Zou Yidao stared blankly out of the window for a long time before saying a name in a hoarse voice: "Yu, Hai."

"he is……"

"There are three levels of [-] in the heart of Zen, apart from the boss, they are Yang Tailin and Yu Hai." Zou Yidao snuffed out the cigarette butt with his fingers, and even though his skin smelled like charcoal, he didn't even blink his eyes.

The three of them didn't ask any further questions, because Zou Yidao's expression was too terrifying.

They didn't go out that day, so they squatted in the hotel to guard the city lord, preparing to salute first and then fight.

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When the sun was setting, the city lord came back, Zou Yidao looked down from the window, pointed to a person who appeared beside the tree of life, and said, "Here, it's him."

"Female?" The distance was too far, Qiao Jingting looked hard, and could only see that the person had long hair.

"Male, the people I inquired about said he is very recognizable, with long hair, looks like a woman." Zou Yidao stood up, "Let's go."

The four went downstairs and went straight to the residence of the city lord.

Zou Yidao knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened. They didn't see anyone at first glance, but when they lowered their heads, the one who opened the door was a golden retriever with a long and shiny coat, which was very energetic.

"Is this Gu?" Qiao Jingting was curious.

"It's a dog." Zou Yidao stroked the golden-haired head, "Gu's eyes are lifeless."

The golden retriever wagged its tail, pushed the door open, and then squatted obediently by the door, waiting for them to enter.

When several people stepped into the door, they were shocked by the furnishings in the house.

This is a single-family villa with a large area, but there are too many things piled up in the house, which makes it a bit crowded. There are messy models, instruments, machinery, and many weird materials everywhere.

A head poked out from the room, looking at them warily.

"Hey, hello." Zou Yidao greeted, "You are the lord of Doumuxie, we..."

"Get out," the man whispered.

"what?"

"Get out, or I'll let the guards in." The man hid behind the screen and said in a low voice.

Zou Yidao shrugged and winked at the three of them: "Go."

Fighting at this time is not good for them, after all, the [-] NPC guards are not easy to deal with, plus this nagging Gu Master.

"I know why you are looking for me." The man suddenly said from behind, "As long as you are attacked in the city, the guards will protect you, but you have to leave as soon as possible."

"It's fine with your words." Zou Yidao thought for a while, and then said, "How do you know who we are?"

"Spike and Mask are offering a reward for you."

Zou Yidao cursed, turned and left.

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"Troublesome, you have been offered a reward." Zou Yidao "tsk tsk" twice, "Two unlucky children."

"How much is the reward? How did the city lord know?"

"He must have just come back from Fangritu, which is one of the four free markets, but a bounty market."

"Bounty market?"

"Well, players are free to post bounties on Fangritu. Bounties can be anything, including people, equipment, and runestones. Other players can also freely receive bounties, just like doing quests. There are special bounty hunters. Spikes and fakes The price offered above is definitely not low, and now you want to move to other cities, it will be even more dangerous." Zou Yidao sighed, "Trouble."

"It seems that we can only kill the city owner and take this city over," Bai Er said.

Zou Yidao nodded: "This is the only way at present. Only by owning a city of our own, arranging guards, and prohibiting people with sharp peaks and masks from entering the city, can we save our lives."

Bai Er said: "I will act tonight."

"He is already on guard against us, it's not that simple, and Gu masters are the most vigilant, because most of the Gu raised are animals, they are much more sensitive than humans, you may not be able to hide from his dog alone. "

"You underestimated me." Bai You said, "If I fail, you can just come in and kill me."

"it is good."

"If we all fail." Zou Yidao took a puff of cigarette, "Then I think the best way is for you to join the mind of Zen."

Shu Ai said: "What about you?"

Zou Yidao laughed and said: "You don't have to worry about me, brother, I can't be happy, I'll go back to Xingrima's beach to see my sister with big breasts."

"I'll go with you." Qiao Jingting smiled with the corners of his mouth crooked, "I won't go to the heart of Zen, and I don't need anyone's protection. One day in this game, I can go wherever I want, and no one can stop me." Not me!"

Bai Er stared at the city lord's house through the window, playing with the pocket dagger with nimble fingers, the sharp weapon looked like the most docile toy in his hand, it didn't hurt him at all, but once it was shot, it would be like a wild beast Licking blood greedily.