Following the address provided by Shen Wenchong, Lin Chi quickly walked through the streets of Xiacheng District, only to see a hut made of black rock standing in the corner of Xiacheng District. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lin Chi stood in front of the door of the hut, knocked three times rhythmically on the carved wooden door that did not match the style of the slum, and asked, "Is anyone there?" ”

Thirty seconds later, the door slowly opened inward.

Lin Chi walked into the room, the cold air hit him, the temperature in this room was even lower than the street outside, and the neatly arranged book spines on the bookshelves leaning against the wall were hung with a little ice ballast.

He looked around in confusion, and soon noticed a pair of white calves peeking out of the gap between the side of the bookshelf and the wall.

"Hello." Lin Chi said hello tentatively.

"Hello." A cold female voice floated from the corner.

Lin Chi walked over briskly and looked at the intelligence merchant sitting in the corner of the room.

The first thing that caught my eye was a set of green short skirts, and a white pullover worn outside, a girl with short ear-length hair, was sitting on a wooden chair, looking at Lin Chi expressionlessly, and her visual age should not exceed eighteen years old.

Although this person's clothing looks like the style of the ancients, but the exposed legs are obviously "immoral" in this era, noticing the faintly visible lines on the girl's calves, Lin Chi immediately understood why the other party lived in such a cold room:

"Puppets?"

"Yes."

Under the neat bangs, the godless eyes and Lin Chi looked at each other, and the girl's voice was colder than the temperature in the room, as if the attribute of "emotion" was not set.

Maybe this is the early puppet?

As soon as Lin Chi thought of this, the introduction of this NPC appeared in his sight:

"Cold Intelligence Merchant", a special NPC, cannot be recruited (for testing).

At the same time, an empty black-bordered progress bar appeared beneath his field of vision.

Lin Chi was wondering what the progress bar was for, so he saw a few lines of prompts pop up in the game system, answering his question:

"You've met a special NPC with 'Opinion'!"

"By increasing her opinion of you, it will be easier to get intel and other rewards, and when her opinion is at its highest, special story events will be triggered."

"Please note that the system is currently in beta, please bear any consequences that may occur."

――And this setting?

Seeing this prompt, Lin Chi was stunned for a moment, and then raised the corners of his mouth and showed a smile.

It's the first time he's seen this kind of setting similar to GALGAME in an in-brain imaging game, after all, GALGAME's set is not suitable for use in this kind of realistic game, and few manufacturers will set such a thing as "favorability".

While stats such as reputation are still used in many games, they are also improved by completing quests. Today, this kind of favorability that rises and falls through dialogue can be said to be extinct in the brain imaging game.

In this way, "War Paradise" can be regarded as breaking new ground......

Thinking of this, Lin Chi bowed slightly politely and said with a smile: "I have admired the name for a long time, I am here to inquire about information." ”

After speaking, the girl didn't make a move, and her face was still expressionless, but the green progress bar under Lin Chi's line of sight rose slightly:

+20 opinion. Current opinion: 30.

"What intelligence is needed?" The girl looked down and asked, the delicate face created by the mechanic, like a beautiful porcelain doll.

Seeing that his favorability had risen, Lin Chi also pushed the boat along the way, and immediately asked, "I heard that there is a secret organization in the organ city, and now I need information about this organization." ”

As he spoke, he rolled up the sleeve of his right arm, revealing the dark gauntlet strapped to his arm: "They may be using this weapon. ”

The girl looked up at the "Demon Slayer Hand Armor" installed on Lin Chi's arm, and after being silent for ten seconds, she spoke:

"Twenty thousand gold coins."

"This information needs 20,000?" The polite smile on Lin Chi's face disappeared.

"Yes." The girl replied.

"Isn't it too expensive?" Lin Chi shook his head.

Before he could finish his words, the favorability that had just increased was instantly emptied, and the progress bar that had just improved was not only emptied, but even a long red bar appeared backwards:

-50 friendship, current friendship: -20.

As the favorability dropped to a negative number, the girl-like intelligence merchant quoted a new price: "30,000 gold coins." ”

Hearing this, Lin Chi quickly understood that the favorability affected the price at which the other party sold the information. If you want to buy information at a low price, you have to find a way to increase your favorability.

"Okay, do you need any help?"

Seeing that the favorability was too low, Lin Chi also decisively changed his mind and began to try to trigger the task from this special NPC.

If she can complete the task she provides, this NPC's favorability will undoubtedly increase significantly.

It's just a pity that things obviously won't be so simple.

"No, I don't." The girl's answer was concise and clear, without any intention of sending a task.

――In other words, is this NPC just a tool used to test the "Friendship System"?

Realizing this, Lin Chi's expression became a lot more serious. After all, if this is the case, the hope of improving one's favorability is obviously getting slimmer......

"If you don't need information, please leave." The girl stretched out her small hand, which had been hidden in the sleeve of her gown, and pointed to the frozen wooden door.

After reaching a negative favorability, she decisively ordered the eviction. But at this time, Lin Chi suddenly thought of something:

"Why do you live in such a place of the hell?" Lin Chi raised his eyebrows meaningfully: "Looking at your appearance, you don't look like a resident of Xiacheng District." ”

"I don't know." The girl's voice was still flat, and she sat motionless in her chair, like a sluggish puppet.

"Maybe it has something to do with an organization called Dollhouse, I guess?" Lin Chi asked tentatively.

- The lower town, though poor and chaotic, is not under the jurisdiction of the guards. Even the bastards at the Dollhouse probably don't pay much attention to an area where no one can afford to buy dolls.

If this girl is also a special mechanism doll similar to the owner of a doll shop, she will probably have to hide in this kind of place except for being exiled from the city......

As soon as these words came out, the puppet girl didn't speak, just nodded silently.

"So, what if I say I'm an enemy of the 'dollhouse.'" Lin Chi smiled.

After saying that, his favorability increased by another 10 points, although it was still negative, but the girl finally did not look like she could draw a knife at any time.

"Really." The girl asked for the first time.

"That's right, I killed a few of them." Lin Chi pointed to the armor on his arm: "Use this." ”

Even if it was a puppet, the girl obviously didn't immediately believe his words, but just asked again: "Can you prove it?" ”

"You can ask the owner of the Broken Water Doll Shop." Lin Chi hugged his arms: "She is also a puppet who doesn't want to be bound, with the network of intelligence merchants, she should be able to be contacted, right?" ”

Hearing this, the girl nodded slightly, stood up and moved her frosty limbs, making a crackling sound.

She walked to the window, picked up the wooden microphone on the windowsill, and whispered something into the microphone with the help of the "spider web" communication system installed underground in the city.

Lin Chi only waited for less than a minute, only to see the progress bar under his line of sight suddenly rise rapidly like a thermometer that had been put into boiling water, and instantly reached the level of almost full!

- Opinion +1000, current friendship: 990.

Seeing that the favorability was about to be full, Lin Chi struck while the iron was hot, and said his proposal to the girl who had just put down the microphone:

"I'm also a guy who has a feud with the 'Dollhouse', and if you can provide them with their information, I can destroy this organization and solve the trouble they caused once and for all......

Before he finished speaking, his favorability bar was finally full.

The puppet girl's originally godless eyes suddenly lit up with a strange light, and her thin body seemed to be trembling slightly, and after blinking vigorously, she asked in a low voice, "Really?" ”

This time, the puppet, which has been in an emotionless state, showed some emotion for the first time.

――Is this the special plot that triggers when your friendship is full?

While thinking about it, Lin Chi nodded without hesitation:

"Of course."