Master Swindler

Those silver watches are about the size of a palm, and each one looks similar. Hundreds of them hang down from the sky, and there is a golden silk thread at the joint.

The silk thread came down from the sky and passed through the clouds. With the eyesight of the two of them, even Lu Qingjia's clairvoyance, they couldn't see the end.

The richest man casually picked up one of the watches, frowned and looked at it for a while: "Some are still walking, while some are stopped, but the distribution is irregular."

I checked the body and back of the silver watch and compared it: "There is no obvious mark."

Lu Qingjia said, "How could it not be?"

He pulled several watches over at the same time: "Look inside the dial, the time at three o'clock."

The date is usually displayed here, but in these silver watches there is only one grid the size of a small grain of rice, and the number "7" is displayed on it, so strictly speaking, there is really no difference.

Lu Qingjia said: "The number 7, what does it remind you of in this world?"

The richest man suddenly realized: "Is this the number of ticket purchases?"

He quickly corrected dozens of tickets: "Because we adjusted everyone's ticket purchase times back to seven times this morning, so the above display is all seven?"

After talking about the richest man, he hesitated: "Is it a bit far-fetched to guess like this? After all, we can't find evidence to prove it."

"Why not?" Lu Qingjia said with a smile: "I asked people to restore the initial count of players, stranded players, and players who have become NPCs."

"It seems that although the NPCs have not been able to recover their memories and abilities, they still have performance in some places."

"The evidence is—" Lu Qingjia looked through thousands of silver watches, and reached out to pull a silver watch hidden in a corner.

The number of times displayed above is different from many silver watches, it is a number '6'.

Lu Qingjia said to the richest man: "You also look for yours, and I didn't ask anyone to adjust your frequency at that time."

"Why?" The richest man asked Lu Qingjia's intentions while looking for it: "You couldn't have guessed this at that time, right?"

Lu Qingjia said: "How is it possible? After the station collapsed, I was able to determine the problem of the watch factory."

"It's just me alone, the sample is too small, it's not impossible for there to be a coincidence, but if you add it, the probability is low. Besides, I can't confirm the risk of returning the number of times."

The richest man only felt teeth ache when he heard this: "So everyone, including your teammates, have been pushed out by you to be guinea pigs?"

Lu Qingjia smiled: "I'm not really someone who can trust my back. Of course, it's risky to take a ride with me."

The richest man didn't expect him to admit it so happily, he was silent for a while, and finally smiled: "Yes, you really don't seem like a player who can develop mutual trust with others."

"But at the same time, it's not the guy who abandons others for the sake of profit, or the guy who pushes his teammates to block the knife when the crisis comes."

The richest man looked at Lu Qingjia and smiled: "Although my customs clearance style is not as refined as yours, but with the blessing of my family environment, I am still of a good standard."

"People like you, although lacking moral constraints, have their own arrogance and behavioral aesthetics."

"If you let yourself act cowardly and ugly, it will be worse than killing you."

Without waiting for Lu Qingjia to reply, he pulled out a silver watch from a certain place: "Look, I found it."

He pointed to the number on it, and it showed that there was only "1", which was the number left after the richest man cleared the customs to the last level.

"If these silver watches represent all players, then there is a trace of whether these watches stop or stop."

Lu Qingjia said: "For example, if it shows '7' on it, but it has stopped, it should undoubtedly be a player who has become an NPC."

"Other watches seem to be working normally, but if they really represent players, there must be a difference between stranded players and ordinary players."

Lu Qingjia randomly took out two silver watches, and suddenly there were tools in his hand.

The richest man hurriedly said, "What are you doing?"

Lu Qingjia took it for granted: "Of course I have to take it apart to have a look. Have you ever heard of a watch that cannot be taken apart?"

He smiled again and said, "For a man who has never disassembled a watch, toy or electrical appliance, what is his life complete?"

The richest man: "..."

What he said was so reasonable that he was speechless for a while.

He could only watch helplessly as Lu Qingjia used extremely delicate tools to unscrew the screws as thin as sesame seeds on the silver watch.

The first one didn't find any abnormality, so he let the guy go back, the second and third, and finally found the difference in the fourth.

"Look!" Lu Qingjia handed him the watch.

The richest man looked inside, and saw that the inside of the silver watch was already wrapped with golden silk threads. Although the surface was rotating normally, the silk thread connected to the sky. As long as the other party wanted to, the hand hidden behind to control everything could be controlled in an instant.

Lu Qingjia said: "Then here comes the question. We are ordinary players and stranded players, which happen to be samples from two camps. Do we want to take it apart and have a look at it?"

The richest man gritted his teeth: "Demolish!"

After finishing speaking, the two quickly opened their own silver watches. Sure enough, as an ordinary player, Lu Qingjia's internal structure was normal, and the gold wire was only for connection.

And the inside of the richest man's watch is beautiful, with gold thread winding, which seems to represent his situation of being more controlled by others than he imagined, which made him feel angry and ashamed.

Lu Qingjia said: "Now I finally understand why in the past three years, no player has accumulated enough points in exchange for a chance to return to reality."

"Because if your time is not as you think, it has been freed from the refreshment of the game rules and the shackles of memory clearing, then it will be easy to explain in this way."

"The stranded players seem to have escaped the curse of repeatedly refreshing amnesia, but they are also completely in the hands of a certain existence. They can be distinguished from normal players every day, and the days when their memories are smooth make them lose their vigilance."

"But in fact, it will only be controlled more precisely. Like ordinary players, it will only be limited by the rules, because as long as the number of times has not been used up, it is not considered a mission failure, and that existence is not qualified to control it like a puppet. player."

"But the stranded players are different. It has all-round control over you. It is more precise and flawless and does not even need to abide by any rules and balance. It can do whatever it wants, and I even doubt that it can directly edit your memory."

"That's why so many people have been unable to complete the performance." The richest man took the words and sneered: "I didn't believe in that stuff early on, so I never expected to escape through performance. From this point of view, I saved myself once."

The two directly put away their own silver watches, but the richest man's side was more troublesome, and the entangled gold wire needed to be removed.

The gold thread was also tricky. The entire silver watch was originally small, and the mechanical parts inside must have been more miniature. The gold thread was twisted and knotted everywhere. When the richest man wanted to untie it, he found that it moved flexibly.

"Is this warning me not to leave unless I want to destroy my watch?" the richest man said in a gloomy tone.

"It doesn't have to be." Lu Qingjia's hair suddenly grew longer, and he got into the watch, fighting with those gold threads, and protecting the parts of the silver watch by the way.

Before they pulled the watch easily from the gold thread, it shows that the gold thread is actually not very strong. Although it is more than enough to destroy the silver watch of the richest man, it is still vulnerable to Lu Qingjia's hair .

After all, Lu Qingjia's hair can split the steel pipe in the first match. Now, in terms of toughness and sharpness in the middle-level arena, there are few opponents.

Although the effect of the gold thread is terrifying, it is not powerful at this level.

After taking off the watch, Lu Qingjia received a message from a female player in the same team, saying that they had arrived, but they did not see Lu Qingjia and the others.

Lu Qingjia and the richest man came out of the space, and sure enough, they saw several people appearing outside.

He said to them, "Come here."

A few people stepped on the gear wheel in a daze. When Lu Qingjia bought the train company, he got the ticketing system on his mobile phone.

At this time, he could control it easily and freely, so he bought tickets for the players in his own team.

A lot of opportunities to buy tickets were wasted, but it also changed the numbers on the players' silver watches to 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 respectively.

Several people successfully took off the silver watch, and a reminder that the customs clearance conditions were fulfilled sounded in their minds.

[The 213 player group's customs clearance conditions have been met, please go to the exit as soon as possible, time is limited, please go to the exit as soon as possible. 】

Before the system finished speaking, a small door with the height of a person appeared not far away out of thin air. It just stood in the air, and no difference could be seen from behind the door, as if the door was just a decoration.

But the door opened slowly, and looking at it from the front, it was another space.

Then it shows a 3 minute countdown.

A few players didn't expect that it was only the third day of entering the game. The game, which seemed to be full of traps and extremely difficult, had already reached the clearance point, and they could even log out immediately. Their faces were filled with joy.

He hurriedly said, "Brother Lu, let's go in quickly."

Lu Qingjia smiled: "What's the rush? I have something else to do."

A few people were stunned, and they still couldn't keep up with each other's brain circuits today.

A male player who had had enough of this place panicked, "Why don't you rush, there's only 3 minutes—ah, tens of seconds have already passed for talking."

Lu Qingjia sneered: "If you want to stay, you can stay, if you want me to go, then go?"

This, why is this still on the hook?Everyone was speechless.

But the richest man had a tacit understanding with Lu Qingjia these two days, but he understood.

He also sneered: "I see, it seems that this space really has a lot of treasures to dig."

Lu Qingjia nodded, and said to the other five people: "Don't worry, the so-called trigger logout condition is just to remove a few watches, and these watches only represent us, it's not like the entire space and even the game copy will collapse Well, let’s set a fart countdown, there are only 3 minutes left.”

Then he said loudly to the existence in the air: "I've already told you, how can you be so mentally handicapped if you don't have the flexibility to respond to unexpected situations? The more anxious you are to send me away, the more it proves that this place cannot withstand investigation ?”

After listening to his words, several players are not in a hurry.

After all, this way to clear the level is too wild, and they are over before they are ready. To be honest, trusting your own judgment is really not as good as trusting the boss, and the richest man also said so.

So everyone ignored the countdown on the door. Sure enough, after 3 minutes passed, the countdown disappeared and the door was not closed. Obviously, it was the chicken thieves who wanted to trick them into not staying in the space.

"What's here?" someone asked.

Except for hundreds of thousands of silver watches hanging in the air, there is nothing around this silver watch space. It is full of whiteness, as if no boundaries can be seen. If you want to find something, the area is so large that it is difficult for the seven of them. Not light work.

It is more likely that something unexpected will happen because of dispersion.

But Lu Qingjia didn't think so, he smiled: "There's a saying that I've been emphasizing since I started the task, have you forgotten?"

A few players couldn't pick out the most important thing for a while because he played too much.

But the richest man immediately reacted: "In this world, the more restrictions are set and the more you want, you must exchange them with equal or even higher chips."

"Since he can specify such trivial and strict rules, correspondingly, players can also easily get the chips he bet on."

"Correct solution!" Lu Qingjia said: "A place that focuses on keeping players, and the rules are more trivial and strict than any dungeon, which is beneficial to the system everywhere. hide."

"And this hidden, can't use abilities or props beyond the level of cracking by intermediate players."

Said that there was a shoulder-mounted bazooka in Lu Qingjia's hand again, and it was fired into the air.

Everyone didn't expect him to be so reckless, and looked up at the sky in a daze.

But they found that the sky in this space was far less lofty than they had imagined, and it would shatter with a single blow.

"Holographic projection?"

Everyone looked at the exposed ceiling and said, although the area of ​​this space is not small, but the height is only less than ten meters, the fake sky disappears, and the real face is exposed.

"No, this thing is much better than holographic projection." The richest man said: "After all, I am also good at space ability. If it is just a technological method, the scope and height of the room are already in my grasp."

Layers of ice cubes appeared under Lu Qingjia's feet, spreading directly upwards, lifting him up to the ceiling.

In the middle of the top, hung a gold pocket watch.

Those golden threads all spread out from this pocket watch. Looking at the posture of this dungeon desperately leaving players behind, and the ambition of trying to create a complete sub-world here, if all are controlled by this golden pocket watch, then all it has The number that can be controlled is probably thousands of today and it is just the beginning.

Lu Qingjia took off the pocket watch, and before touching it, he suddenly felt a terrifying killing intent.

The killing intent seemed to condense into a solid body, cutting Lu Qingjia into pieces, and even the richest man below and several other players deeply felt the coercion.

The pressure brought by the Western Dragon in the high-level world was even worse than before. It made people feel chills on their backs, hairs all over their bodies, blood pooled under their feet, and they almost ran away.

Two of the players did exactly that, and their subconscious reaction made them jump straight into the door.

But Lu Qingjia seemed unaware of the murderous intent, instead he smiled and said: "Don't be so ugly, you are only allowed to take advantage of it, so you can't afford it?"

"Since you want to gamble, of course you have to plan to lose everything—oh no, you haven't lost yet, so don't be so stingy."

After speaking, he took off the golden pocket watch without hesitation.

When the pocket watch touched Lu Qingjia's body, it disappeared and directly merged into his body.

It turned out that it was not a prop, but an ability that was extracted and expressed in the form of props.

The moment Lu Qingjia received it, he knew what the essence of this ability was, and for a while he had to admire the European spirit that Ouyang Bai gave him.

It is indeed the blessing of the European Emperor.

Lu Qingjia removed the frost and landed on a flat surface. When the people around saw it, they all knew that he had found the treasure. Otherwise, the master of this dungeon would not be motivated to kill.

"Are you going to be okay? After all, that—" A player's scalp was still numb when he recalled the killing intent just now.

Lu Qingjia said: "I hope it disregards the rules and shoots at me personally."

Everyone was a little relaxed when they heard the words, and they always felt that as long as that existence didn't come in person, then Lu Qingjia would be able to deal with all the problems arising from this level by himself.

Although it is a bit sour for him to find the treasure, but there is no way to do it. Guan is the one who brought the pass, and the treasure is found by the other person, and it has almost nothing to do with the people around them. Don't have the face to say that those who see it have a share.

With this thought in mind, I'm enjoying myself so far.

Lu Qingjia said: "Let's go, it's time to log out of the game."

The gold watch that controls the player and the entire dungeon has been obtained. If he successfully logs out of the game, the dungeon will be considered broken.

Other stranded players will also return to reality, just don't know how the NPC will handle it.

Several people stepped through the door and entered a stone room made of stones. The moment the seven stepped in, the door was closed.

Instead, at the other end of the stone room, a door reappeared, and the various scenes outside the door changed, which was clearly reality.

Some players are impatient to see this.

The richest man also said: "Yes, the final point of our team was here."

Before the words were finished, a bubble cover suddenly appeared behind Lu Qingjia in front, and then a puddle of mud covered it back.

Because the richest man suffered losses here, he became vigilant the moment he entered, but the others were not.

There were two who reacted too quickly and had no time to dodge, and were instantly covered in mud all over their heads and faces.

It turned out that a player behind Lu Qingjia was doing a slashing gesture, but his hands were empty.

But after being poured by the mud, there was nothing to hide, only to find that he was holding a Taidao in his hand.

And the sword was colorless and invisible before that, it was a sharp weapon for sneak attack, but it was guarded by Lu Qingjia lightly.

Lu Qingjia smiled: "Forget that you have no memory of yesterday. What you know now is all based on my notification, not by your own memory, so the memory has not been unlocked. Of course, I don't know that I have a strong defense ability."

The player's face was ugly, and he yelled at the people around him: "What are you doing in a daze? Let's go together, clear the game, and everyone who sees the benefits will have a share. Why does this guy monopolize it without making a sound?"

The richest man couldn't believe it: "Are you fucking crazy? Don't you have any clues about what you'll be used for? Is there any good stuff that's none of your business?"

The other party smiled grimly: "Hey! We are not as generous as the richest man. Your family has a great career, the richest man, so naturally you don't like these things, but buddies are risking their lives to pass the level. As long as the benefits that are due to me, I will never let go."

These words made the surrounding players a little shaken, but the female player was the one who could sit still the most.

She frowned: "That's enough. Although everyone is greedy for the treasure, Brother Lu got it. It's natural for you to be jealous this time, but if you have a conscience, let me dispel the thoughts you shouldn't have."

"If Brother Lu hadn't brought it with us, we wouldn't necessarily be still running around the station right now. How many people can discover the secret of refreshing? It will be a matter of time before the five of us become NPCs, right?"

A male player heard this and said with a smile: "Brother Lu really deserves to be very charismatic. How long has it been like this? It makes women give up their hearts."

Then he said to the female player: "You women should rely on some tricks to clear the customs. Don't wait to post when you see a man with weak legs. You are willing to give up. It's your business. Why do you care about us?"

The female player's expression was distorted with anger: "What the hell are you farting? Before spraying dung, let's see that my mother's level is higher than yours, so you dare to point and point at me for clearing the level?"

For a moment, swords were on the verge of breaking out in the stone room, and the previous joy and harmony collapsed in an instant.

The richest man frowned, and said with a sneer: "It seems that this room is evil. No matter whether it is a normal customs clearance or a shortcut, no matter how well the relationship outside is managed, it is time to question each other and tear the disguise when you come in."

Lu Qingjia said: "There is no need to doubt it. There is a restriction on amplifying people's negative emotions here. You must have guessed it."

"But take it easy, you think you won't be affected, but in theory, no one is immune."

"You should feel ashamed of your teammates and everyone present, and even want to kill everyone?"

The richest man was startled, and quickly calmed down. He is powerful and of course highly confrontational. After being reminded by Lu Qingjia, he knew how to suppress him.

The remaining five players, the female player and the other player with relatively strong mental strength, began to reflect after hearing this, and tried to calm down their emotions, not to be led by the nose by paranoia, desire, anger and jealousy.

But the remaining three are less resistant.

In Lu Qingjia's opinion, it's not a problem, so he said: "Okay, even if you are dazzled by desire now, you should know that it is impossible to get what you want under the premise that I am already prepared."

As he said that, he showed a sinister smile, completely releasing his killing intent for the first time.

Immediately, the people in the entire stone room seemed to be immersed in a bone-chilling cold pool, which was different from the killing intent that clearly crossed the level before.

Although the previous killing intent was strong, it was still hazy, but the killing intent at this time made people feel the threat that was close at hand, as if the head would fall from the neck in the blink of an eye.

Lu Qingjia said: "Do you still want to take the risk?"

The fear brought about by the killing intent made the three of them regain some sense. Comparing the strength of their own side with Lu Qingjia's and the richest man's side, they realized how stupid what they did just now.

Lu Qingjia didn't take this episode seriously at all, but said to the richest man, "I can understand why even if you pass the previous checkpoint, you will fall short at the last step."

"The rules for stepping into the log-in exit are strict. There are restrictions on stimulating willful and evil thoughts here. Few people are not affected. There are many traps in the original dungeon, which makes it difficult for players to establish complete trust. Things fell short.”

The richest man nodded. In fact, he was just like Lu Qingjia before. He had the strength to restrain everyone in the team. But when he subconsciously counterattacked, he shot too hard. In addition, other players also fought with each other. If someone died, the team was incomplete. , then lose the qualification.

Because when the dungeon was logged out, there was clearly written [Limited to more than six people] next to it.

In other words, one of the people in this room is destined to stay.

So who stays?Who is willing to give up the hard-won chance to pass the level to others? After the sneak attack and internal strife, how can there be any trust in the player who was originally overwhelmed by the dark side of the spell?Where would he be willing to stay in order to confirm the possibility of this sentence being a game trap again?

The richest man sneered: "This thing can be flexible. When we came here, it was limited to four people, but there were five of us."

Lu Qingjia smiled and said, "Can this word be changed after co-authoring?"

The three players who managed to regain their senses sneered: "Whether the word changes with the number of people or not, everyone can't tell whether the rules are true or not, right?"

"You speak so grandly, now you have to keep one, who do you plan to choose?"

In a word, the atmosphere that had finally calmed down became sharp again.

With the strength of Lu Qingjia and the richest man, of course there is no problem, and they are the ones who will survive in the end.

But it's not necessarily the case for the others. They have the same strength, and the gap is not big. Anyone may be left here.

They don't have Lu Qingjia's ability, not even the richest man's ability to survive even if they are trapped. Their memories will disappear tomorrow, and they may not remember at all that they have reached the point where they can pass the level with one foot.

So several players looked at me and I looked at you, and one player made a move in an instant, and sneaked towards the female player.

"Anyway, there is only one left, so let's do it according to our ability."

As long as one of them dies, there is no need to choose, and the rest can all pass the level.

The female player has also been prepared for a long time. She can get here as a woman, she must not be soft-hearted. Seeing this, she immediately fights back, and her heart is ruthless.

However, before the battle started, the two of them were dragged into the ground by the mud that appeared out of thin air, leaving only one head protruding out.

Lu Qingjia said speechlessly: "You should also know your own IQ. Since you are not suitable for making decisions, then don't go around the leader and make your own opinions."

He said to everyone: "You go out, I will be the last."

"You?" The others were skeptical while being shocked.

But the richest man could barely understand, he said: "You doubt that if one person in the team dies, will the number of words above change?"

For example, only six people are allowed to pass now, but if one dies, the number becomes five if the number cannot be kept.

"Or once a person dies, he violates the logout regulations and automatically loses the logout qualification?"

The reason why the richest man thinks this way is entirely based on his understanding of the nature of this duplication.

Lu Qingjia said: "It's not a doubt, it's affirmative. The condition for this dungeon to go out is that all the people who enter the stone room survive and escape."

The richest man was a little worried: "What if? What if you stay."

He shut up halfway through the sentence because he saw Lu Qingjia's expression.

That natural self-confidence, almost arrogant attitude, even if the opponent is left behind, he is confident that he can still pass the level, that is the attitude of a winner who is convinced that this dungeon will not trap him.