I'll never play strategy games

In the real world, at the gate of the artificial intelligence R&D laboratory of the A920 Deep Space Group, dozens of black hover vehicles landed slowly.Although he was wearing a suit, it still didn't cover the bodyguard's bulging muscles and the specially equipped mechanical anesthesia wooden cabin.

It is ten o'clock in the morning of A920 Mine Star, which is the time for the laboratory staff to go to work.A large group of experimenters who had just finished choosing breakfast from the cafeteria came out of the corridor on the first floor talking and laughing, and ran into several major shareholders of their own group head-on.

"Uh, hello, sir..." Everyone paused and greeted at a loss.

But the major shareholders who usually behaved amiably in front of the media or at the general meeting were as cold as ice, and they didn't even look at them and went straight into the special elevator.

The elevators on the laboratory side are giant glass tubes connecting the corridors one by one, but the special elevators are reinforced with alloy on the outside, so no matter what happens inside, it cannot be observed from the outside.

The female experimenter who had just greeted her turned back hesitantly, and asked her colleague in a low voice, "Why did the big boss come here? Didn't that Meera just recently got into a hot fight with the little male model and is planning to start a company for him?"

When a group has developed into an unshakable behemoth, the operating rules for internal and external employment are basically set.At this time, the decision-makers are not so busy, and the best choice is to be conservative.

So many of the experimenters on the a920 planet have never seen these big bosses since they started working.

The colleague took a bite of the fig tart and shrugged, "Who knows. But I heard that the head of the artificial intelligence research and development team is Li Mingbo, who joined the board of directors at the beginning of this year. There seems to be something wrong with the project, maybe because of this."

No one spoke in the special elevator, and the only female shareholder, Ms. Mela, stood on the right with a cold face and folded arms. She was no longer young, but the years of nurturing made the wrinkles on her face look elegant.

After the elevator reached the 72nd floor, one of the shareholders said to all the bodyguards, "You stay at the door and don't let others come up."

The bodyguards nodded sharply, and quickly distributed in front of the window. Some team members in the headsets were always watching the inside and outside of the laboratory with monitors to prevent anyone from coming up.

"Then let's go in." The shareholder glanced at Ms. Mera, and walked towards the only room on the 72nd floor, which was the hall used for shareholders' meetings.

Ms. Mela snorted coldly, and her high heels poked aggressively on the ground, "Are there still few problems in the development of artificial intelligence? How did it become a big problem for the people I promoted? I'm afraid others won't know that you are targeting me?"

The two shareholders in front gave her a meaningful look, but walked into the hall without answering.

As expected, Li Mingbo, the top person in charge of A920, had already waited inside, and came up to welcome everyone when he saw them.But the shareholders who had a good chat with him just walked to their seats indifferently and sat down, and some even took out cigarettes and lit them.

Only Lady Meera glared at him.

"Tell me, why is the artificial intelligence that you promised to be put into use in September out of control?"

——The secret meeting of all shareholders of the Deep Space Group in the artificial intelligence laboratory only caused fluctuations in a small range.Of course it won't reach Gu Jin who is playing happily.

Fei Ni laughed and shook her hand on the table, "You will be the chef and cut the only steak into two pieces."

Of course Gu Jin would not be too serious about a little girl's solicitation skills, bowed her head, rolled up some pasta, and put it into her mouth bit by bit.

When the thick sauce touched the tip of his tongue, Gu Jin paused without a trace.The aroma of the sauce is mellow, but unlike the traditional salty seasoning, a lot of honey is obviously added to the sauce.

"Did a lot of foreigners who came to Silas go missing?" Lu Xingjian put down his knife and fork.

It seems that he is not used to the food flavor of Silas's side, but the food in the game can be added to the state, otherwise Gu Jin guesses that he will not eat an extra bite at all.

Fenny was stunned for a moment, "Ah, ah yes... there is such a thing."

When she was talking and laughing with Gu Jin just now, her relaxed shoulders were stiff, and there were some beads of sweat on the tip of her nose covered with small freckles.

Gu Jin cut a piece of beef off the bone, and glanced at Fei Ni when he heard this.

The little girl was a little at a loss, and after a while, she quickly glanced behind her.Looking in the direction, he should be observing whether his father who is the cook and the mother who collects money are looking this way.

After any dangerous incident occurs in any place, parents will warn their children to stay away.Most of the children will hold the mentality of looking for stimulation and approval, and talk and ask privately in small groups.

The same goes for Silas's case of the missing alien.

"In fact, not all the foreigners disappeared, only some of them. The other part left after the incident."

"Actually, I don't know much about it. I only know that it started at Uncle John's hotel two months ago. A family of three booked a room at him, but the next morning, the hostess of the house came down and asked John Uncle, have you seen her husband and children?"

"There are only more than 2 aborigines in Silas, and it is very easy to find someone. But that day, we searched the entire town but could not find her husband and children."

"Originally, we thought it was just an ordinary disappearance case. But soon, other hotels also began to disappear guests, and they all disappeared at night."

"The sheriff patrolled every day and forced everyone to stay at home after dark. But it didn't work at all. Outsiders kept disappearing."

Speaking of this, Fini also showed a bit of disappointment on her face, "More than half of our family in Silas relies on the tourism industry for income. After this incident, we earn less and less money. My younger brother is going to study abroad. If the situation doesn't improve, I can only give up this opportunity..."

"Finnie—come here and serve the food!"

Fenny was startled, nodded to Gu Jin and Lu Xingjian, and hurried to the vegetable outlet with the plate in her arms.

"What do you think?"

Gu Jin's voice came from across from Lu Xingjian, and Lu Xingjian took the time to glance at his plate.The spaghetti was only moved, the carrot and broccoli were not touched, but the grilled steak was cut in half, and the remaining meat exposed the pink and juicy inside.

A lot of honey was also added to the barbecue sauce, so he didn't feel too panicked.

Lu Xingjian raised his eyes to meet Gu Jin's gaze. The young man was drinking water one gulp at a time, and his black pupils looked at him slyly.

The translation of that look is "I have analyzed a lot of useful things, come and ask me~"

Due to the particularity of RealSense games, purchase records, player identities, times and locations of online times are all backed up in the background.As far as Lu Xingjian knew, Gu Jin had almost never been exposed to this type of game.

In contrast, although he has almost no free time, Lu Xingjian, who often plays real-sensing games because he needs to test the results of the project, is far better than Gu Jin in this respect.

So it was obvious that either Gu Jin was planning to talk nonsense.Or, he got the internal plot of "Monster Hunter" from someone in advance.

Mr. Lu looked meaningfully at the rather proud young man across the way, but he didn't like the other party's wishes.

"You guessed something very important?" Lu Xingjian asked.

Gu Jin nodded happily, Gao Wan's pride was evident, like a little fox with its tail up.

Lu Xingjian's voice was clear, and he hit him back with a stick, "Well, I don't believe it."

Gu Jin: ...

[Hahahahaha, my little brother is so attractive and I love him so much. 】

[After so many years, this is the first time someone said "I don't believe it" to Jinjin hahahahahaha.Sure enough, once you return to before liberation, no one in this world will know you hahahahaha. 】

[Back then, Young Master Gu was recognized by fans in the deciphering game, and one of the sixteen had abruptly passed the hidden level. Since then, every time he was encountered, he would be treated like crying and hugging his thigh.Now no one wants to offer an olive branch! 】

Comrade Gu Xiaojin lowered his head to cut the meat in grievance, and said harsh words to everyone in the live broadcast room, "After tonight, I want him to remember the name Gu Jin forever."

The taunting skills of wicked fans were all thrown at Gu Jin's head.

【What do you want to do?You want to engrave your name on his face? 】

[Ah, yes, yes, even picking up a stone from the ground can't beat your mouth. 】

[Pass it on, Young Master Gu and a string of codes are on the line. 】

In the corner of the live broadcast room, a group of technical fans who were seriously playing games with Gu Jin gathered to discuss the current plot.

[This plot did not appear in the original version of "Monster Hunter", but as far as I can see, there is no key evidence related to the mission. I don't know what Gu Jin found. 】

【Didn't the npc just say that the incident started at Uncle John's hotel? Gu Jin and his teammates haven't gone to check it out yet, so how could they find out. 】

[Gu Jin may be talking nonsense, the degree of exploration is still zero, what can he find? 】

When Gu Jin first came to this game, Silas had not yet reached dusk, and there was only a ray of afterglow shining on the ground.Lu Xingjian got up and walked out without asking Gu Jin where he planned to go.

"Wait for me." Gu Jin followed, and said in a low voice as if complaining and talking to himself, "I don't know where I messed with you, just like an awkward little girl."

Lu Xingjian was hit on the head by the little girl with the word "Bang Bang", and was a little confused for a while.

Gu Jin had already walked up to Fei Ni again, and quickly asked a few questions.

They stood by the window, the honey-colored afterglow falling on the delicate flowers that were everywhere in Silas City.Gu Jin lowered his head and smiled inexplicably, raised his head to thank Miss Feeney for her answer, and then came back.

"Should we go to Uncle John's hotel now or continue to look for clues outside?" Gu Jin walked to him and asked.

The time limit for exploring the secrets of the Silas town is three days, which translates to only six hours outside the game.According to the settings of the "Monster Hunter" game, whether Gu Jin can complete the task determines the choice of the next game plot for the two of them.

"Where do you want to go?" Lu Xingjian asked.

In fact, he already had the answer in his heart. Since Gu Jin probably came here in collusion with the two families, he should choose the most suitable place to cultivate his relationship.

The small hotel rooms are clearly more appropriate than the street.

Sure enough, without thinking much, Gu Jin replied directly, "Let's go to the hotel, there should be more clues."

He had just finished speaking when he realized that Lu Xingjian was looking at him so clearly, before Gu Jin figured out why he was looking at him like that.

Lu Xingjian just smiled, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Gu Jin looked at him with complicated eyes.

Lu Xingjian continued to speak softly, using the kindness and elegance of communicating with his female companion at the banquet, "What's wrong?"

Gu Jin: "...No, I just feel that you have changed suddenly."

It's scary to be so gentle and gentle to him all of a sudden.

Lu Xingjian seemed helpless, and reasoned with Gu Jin very seriously, "I think when the plot ignored you, you said I was like an awkward little girl. Now I say everything is up to you, and you think my attitude is wrong."

Lu Xingjian is good-looking in itself, the kind of good-looking with a sense of coldness and sharpness, coupled with the aura of a high-ranking person trained in the mall, when she put on airs for Gu Jin with a blank face like just now, she would not let it go. People think he is pretending.

But like now, the connivance that seems to appease a lover appears on him, and it will not violate harmony.

But Gu Jin slowly became vigilant and knocked on fans in the live broadcast room.

"There doesn't seem to be any incident between me and him that can increase the relationship value. Why is he so gentle to me all of a sudden?"

Some of the fans also noticed something was wrong, guessing that the character who sees the stars from time to time is easier to attack, or the plot here is not as smooth as Luo An.

Gu Jincui tapped lightly on the side of his legs with his fingers, looking at Lu Xingjian's back, he felt a little cool.

The Uncle John Hotel that Fenny was talking about was just a little further across the street, with a striking iron signboard.

Lu Xingjian walked in front. From time to time, people from the small town passed by them, and they all smiled warmly at the two strangers, and then hurried into a certain restaurant for dinner.

"Hey, do you find it strange?" Gu Jin asked suddenly.

Anyway, Lu Xingjian had the mentality of seeing what the young master of the Gu family could do while working, and his attitude was exceptionally good at this moment. He turned his head slightly to look at Gu Jin, and the lines of his profile were extremely handsome in the setting sun.

"Do you mean that the people here are exceptionally warm? Or is it full of different kinds of flowers everywhere?"

Gu Jin raised his head, his pupils were filled with the bloody sunset, and under the sunset, the flowers blooming outside the characteristic buildings of Silas seemed to form a river in the sky.

It's beautiful.

"It's not these two points." Gu Jin looked away and looked at Lu Xingjian, "Just now, Fei Ni said that more than 50.00% of Silas's families rely on the tourism industry for income. In the past two months, the number of tourists has dropped sharply due to missing cases. .”

"In other words, the economic conditions of the aborigines in Silas should be very bad in these two months, so why do they all go to restaurants outside for dinner instead of cooking at home?"

"What's more, in a tourist city, every corner was once crowded with foreigners. Local residents should have long been used to cooking dinner at home, instead of going to restaurants that specialize in earning money from foreigners and require long queues. "

Lu Xingjian was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Gu Jin's observations were all correct.

"Also," Gu Jin leaned against the brown wall outside Uncle John's Hotel and looked at Lu Xingjian quietly, "Did you notice that during our dinner time, none of the guests in Fei Ni's tavern finished their meal?" Those who get up, eat something clean and will ask for another one later."

"...It's normal for NPCs to cycle animations at fixed locations as the background. Maybe the game production team is lazy." As a decision-maker, Lu Xingjian subconsciously guessed from his occupation.

Gu Jin shook his head and smiled, "No, this is "Monster Hunter", strongly promoted by Ruiyun Group."

It is obviously his own game, but Lu Xingjian feels that Gu Jin is more like the president of Ruiyun Group than him at the moment.

The young man turned around and pushed open the big iron door of the hotel, and hooked four fingers at Lu Xingjian like a puppy, "Come in first, it's going to be dark soon."

The man guarding the hotel was a bearded man with dark black tattoos of unknown type on his thick shoulders, and he was wiping a snuff bottle with a linen cloth.

Hearing the creak of the iron door, he looked towards the door.

The uncle's small eyes hidden under his bushy eyebrows passed over Gu Jin and Lu Xingjian, then lowered down, and patted the wooden board behind him.

"A young couple is here, find a room for me."

Gu Jin: ...

Could it be that the so-called team formation in this game also has a term called love?

Lu Xingjian: ...

Was the plot here intentionally arranged by Gu Jinrang's planning team?

Gu Jin hurried forward, "We are not a couple, please arrange two rooms—"

Gu Jin originally wanted to talk about arranging two rooms, but then he thought that the two were teammates and had to deal with what happened at night together.The words on the lips turned again.

"Please arrange a room with two beds."

"Tch, you guys are quite shameless." Uncle John didn't even raise his head, and the snuff bottle in his hand made a crackling sound, "I've done it all, and you're still pretending."

Gu Jin felt that there must be something seriously wrong with this broken game plan.

Uncle John carefully put the snuff bottle into the drawer, looked up at Gu Jin expressionlessly, "Our hotel only has a room with one bed, and the only room with two beds was originally provided for a couple with a child. Couples."

"Because I have a child, I specially added an extra bed. If you dare to sleep, I won't stop you."

As he spoke, he took out a key from below and slapped it on the table. The numbers "309" were vaguely engraved on the surface of the metal key.

"By the way, there are sleeping pills in the room. If you take it after dark and sleep, you will most likely be safe."

This happened to be the opening of a key plot, Gu Jin took the key without hesitation, and turned around under the gaze of Uncle John, "Is this man crazy?"

Lu Xingjian was standing behind him, and Gu Jin paused while turning the key, only to remember that he hadn't consulted his teammate just now.

"Do you mind if we share a room?" Gu Jin showed him the key in his hand, "This is the key plot."

Yes, it's not just the arranged key plot, and I don't know how the employees of Ruiyun Group's game development team were secretly mentioned by his parents to open such a convenient back door for Gu Jin.

Lu Xingjian, the young master of the Lu family, did not know how many hats had been put on Gu Jin's head, but he still smiled calmly, "I'll listen to you."

[Jinjin, this person is not the target of the strategy, why is he acting so weird? 】

[As long as the face can still be seen, I didn't even do the language program with my heart, and I just learned those few sentences over and over again. 】

Fans in the studio who didn't know Lu Xingjian's inner activities naturally found him boring.

Gu Jin went upstairs to take a look at the speech in the live broadcast room, "Don't worry, he will be offline soon."

Room 303 is at the end of the corridor. Considering the architectural characteristics of the small building on the side of Silas, the other side of the wall of Gu Jin's room is the house of a certain resident.And if they stand on the balcony, they can even shake hands with the person on the balcony next door.

Gu Jin glanced at the time, it was already [-]:[-], according to the time in the game, it was dark at [-]:[-].At that time, according to Fei Ni, they will need to hide in the room.

Lu Xingjian was not in a hurry to complete the task. He had given them three days for the initial task of the world line, so he could take his time.

What Mr. Lu wants to solve now is his fiancé.

Lu Xingjian sat in the chair beside the bed, watching her little fiancé walking around the room in a daze.

First, he picked up the sleeping pills, took a look, took one with water, and then went to the bathroom.

He even knocked on the wall at the head of the bed, walked to the balcony, and leaned on the railing covered with flowers to look left and right.

Do you not know how to chat with yourself?That's why I'm so helpless.

"Gu Jin." Lu Xingjian said, deliberately stressing the young man's name.

"Huh?" The young man standing on the balcony turned his head.

Lu Xingjian was like a noble king, with deep and calm eyes, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Lu Xingjian felt that if Gu Jin was a smart person, he should understand what he meant by saying this.

The next direction should be that Gu Jin lingeringly confessed to himself, but he refused indifferently, saying that he would put work first.Although there is no need to contact the two marriage contracts for the time being, Gu Jin needs to be more obedient.

At least he shouldn't have colluded with his parents' secretary in advance to affect his work like today.

Lu Xingjian took two seconds to consider his words, and felt that he was already gentle enough to not hurt the young master's fragile heart.

Now all he had to do was wait for Gu Jin to start.

"—Yes." Gu Jin said.

really……

Gu Jin patted the railing, "Come here, sit here."

There are two small wooden chairs on the balcony, probably for the guests to enjoy the scenery.

Lu Xingjian thought that Gu Jin was quite good at using props, but felt that the atmosphere on the balcony was more ambiguous, suitable for romance.

He walked over and sat down on one of them.But I saw Gu Jin dragging the other one and sitting in the room, next to the glass door of the balcony.

Lu Xingjian: ...?

Gu Jin held his face in both hands, and said softly, "You look good, and flowers look even better. I like looking at you like this."

Behind Lu Xingjian, the warm and bright orange-red roses are like a frozen sunset, which is indeed beautiful.

Lu Xingjian felt that he could follow Gu Jin's idea on this trivial matter, so he didn't refuse.

"What do you want to say to me?"

"I want to talk to you about our mission." Gu Jin smiled, his black pupils staring straight at Lu Xingjian, focused and happy.

Lu Xingjian didn't think about what Gu Jin was singing for the time being, so he simply let him continue.

Mr. Lu even made a gentle gesture of invitation.

Gu Jin straightened up, leaned back on the chair slowly, and put ten fingers on his lap, relaxed and comfortable.

"Our mission is to explore the secrets of Silas. So far, the information we have received from the tavern and Fenny is as follows."

His white and slender fingers dangled in the air, "First, the disappearance of Silas started at Uncle John's hotel two months ago, and it hasn't stopped since then."

"Second, all the disappearances happened at night. Third, the missing are all foreigners."

"Fourth, no one witnessed the disappearance of the stranger, not even the patrolling sheriff."

It took Lu Xingjian a step to realize that Gu Jin seemed to be analyzing their mission seriously.

At this time, Gu Jin had already stretched out his second finger, "Looking at the whole Silas, the game also gave us other hints. For example, there are flowers everywhere in Silas. People are addicted to sweets. Even the barbecue has to be sweet. For another example, everyone seems to be very good at eating, and they all go to restaurants that once opened for foreigners."

Gu Jin stopped for a while, the sunset in the distance was only the last ray of light, the night, the medicine will come soon.

The smile on his lips widened a bit, he slightly tilted his head, and stretched out his third finger, "The last is the hotel, there is only one reminder here, that is room 303 where we are, and it is the first stranger who disappeared The place where the incident occurred."

"Combining all the above hints, see Xing, what secret do you think Silas has?"

When the night in the game came, Gu Jin heard a few extremely slight sounds, like the sound of stones hitting the ground.

Lu Xingjian slowly sensed something was wrong, but he was separated from the truth by a veil, so he couldn't touch or see it.

"you……"

The next moment, Gu Jin stood up abruptly, closed the balcony glass door, and locked Lu Xingjian on the balcony with a "bang".

The game system prompt sounded in Lu Xingjian's ear a second later than his action.

[You are attacked by monsters, HP -19]

[You are attacked by monsters, HP -26]

……

【You are dead】

Before Lu Xingjian even looked back at the monster attacking him, he had already lost the right to control the characters in the game.

The last scene in front of me is Gu Jin who is behind the glass bending down leisurely and making a goodbye gesture to his dead body.