Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Ancient Thieves Flourished
A thief's core skill is stealing.
Back in the days of keyboard games, stealing was a skill that represented the thief's profession.
However, due to the fact that there are so many moral issues involved in this skill, each game imposes various restrictions on it, such as a very low success rate, such as stealing players and NPCs to increase PK and even red names.
"Immortal Map" is also very strict on stealing, using stealing on NPCs will reduce the favorability of NPCs, and using it on players is regarded as an offensive behavior, the stolen person can fight back freely, and within an hour of stealing, once the thief dies, 100 items stolen will drop.
The saddest thing is that the skills of the "Immortal Diagram" all need to be upgraded through practice, and the success rate of the beginner stealing technique is infinitely close to zero, and the practice to the advanced level is only 10. Moreover, normal monsters cannot be stolen, and only some humanoid monsters and bosses can be stolen.
Even with all the difficulties, they couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the players, and the thieves practiced stealing to an advanced level with their own skills.
The object of the exercise in March was toilet paper.
That's right, it's the toilet paper of all the thatched houses in Chang'an City.
Having learned the lessons of "Tomorrowland", all subsequent games have appropriately ignored the physiological needs of the player in terms of excretion, and the "Immortal Map" is no exception, and the player does not need to go to the toilet. However, in order to increase the realism of the scene, the game still set up latrines in the major main cities, and thoughtfully arranged several related tasks.
These latrines are uncleaned all year round, smelly, and common people don't want to go near them, and only a few players who do tasks visit them every day.
First, it is hidden and not easy to find; Second, similar items can be stacked without occupying the backpack; Thirdly, there are no undesirable consequences. In summary, toilet paper has become an ideal training object for thieves.
After a period of observation, March found that the toilet paper in all the thatched houses was refreshed at 12 o'clock at noon, so she squatted and took action, and as long as the toilet paper was refreshed every day, it was looted by her.
Not only the women's toilet, but also the men's toilet, she didn't let it go, anyway, no one saw it, so she was not ashamed.
March felt that she had a bottom line, and she had no doubt that if Xiang in the dung pit could steal it, someone would definitely take that practice......
All in all, every thief who has practiced stealing to a high level has a sad past behind him that is unknown and unbearable.
Therefore, March has always been extremely respectful of its peers.
When she discovers that the buns in the storage space have been stolen, her first reaction is not anger, but surprise.
"Illusion" also has stealing?
- She must learn!
March reached out and grabbed a little boy by the shoulder.
The little boy desperately stuffed the stolen bun into his mouth, but unfortunately the bun was so large that he could only swallow half of it at most.
"Don't be in a hurry, eat slowly." March's tone can almost be called gentle.
The boy wasn't very old, he looked to be about ten years old, he was ragged, his size was only up to her chest, and he was clearly an NPC.
There is a minimum age for holographic games, and due to censorship concerns, players are not allowed to play as children.
The boy slowly finished his bun and looked up at her timidly.
"What's your name?"
"My name is Baozi."
Buns eat buns...... March held back a laugh and asked, "Why be a thief?" ”
Just like the hunter who teaches the art of trapping, the presence of the little boy is likely to be related to the skill of stealing.
The server resources are limited, and the system rarely arranges meaningless plots, especially this kind of stealing things while walking on the street, which happens to some players with fragile hearts and may even be directly persuaded to retreat, and it is strange that there is no hidden branch behind it.
"Because, because there is no money at home...... Sister, if you have pity on me, give me some money, I can't eat enough for every meal......" The little boy sobbed.
March didn't answer and quietly watched him perform.
Give money? Dreaming, she has no money herself!
After many years of playing, she has evolved from being compassionate and universal to all living beings when she first played the wet nurse, to today's strange and heart-wrenching, especially in terms of money, she has cultivated a three-foot-thick face with a bend of the city wall.
Seeing that March was unmoved, the little boy stopped crying and asked, "If my sister has nothing else to do, will you let me go home?" ”
His shoulders were still clutched by March, and he struggled a few times, looking at her in bewilderment.
"Okay, my sister is going to visit your house." March smiled and said, "Lead the way." ”
Zhongli pulled Fu Longpan to line up again, but unfortunately before they could get in line, the buns were sold out.
The crowd dispersed, and Zhongli glared at his cousin, his hands on his hips, and his face was not good.
"Cousin spare your life!" Fu Longpan raised his hand to forgive.
"You...... Hum! With a lack of brains, it's no wonder that your aunt is always worried about your life's events. Zhong Liqi hummed and said, for the sake of the two being relatives, he left a little thin noodles in the end, and did not say the sentence "destined to be lonely for a lifetime".
"I'm smart." Fu Longpan argued.
"Then tell me, are you from the Fulong family a player or an NPC?"
"There are players and there are NPCs."
"Trouble being specific."
"There are so many people in our family, and you don't know each other, so it's too tiring to say one by one."
"Then tell me about your patriarch, I saw him last time."
"I don't know." Fu Longpan pondered for a moment, and said a little dazed.
Zhongli said incredulously, "Are you a pig?" I've only seen him once, and I can tell he's a gamer! ”
March followed the bun to a dilapidated bungalow.
A simple winter melon lantern hung at the door, and the white rice paper used to make the lampshade was yellowed, apparently some years old.
"Do you live here alone?" March asked.
“…… Yes. "I used to live here with my family, and then they all passed away. ”
March nodded, she had thought that there should be a teacher or something like this kid next to him, who was in charge of teaching stealing. It seems that there is no such unfolding.
"Who did you learn your stealing skills from?" March crouches down and looks at the boy at eye level.
"I figured it out myself." Baozi replied with his hands twisted.
"Can you teach me?"
“…… Yes? ”
"I want to learn how to steal from you." March said with a smile.
"My mother said that stealing is not good......"
"How many things you've stolen, does your mother know?"
"Uh...... My sister can learn if she wants, as long as my sister buys steamed buns for me to eat every day......"
"It's a deal."
In order to learn a skill, let her get up at six o'clock every morning and line up to buy steamed buns?
NPCs are really getting more and more tormentary, March thought with a smile.
By the way, are the steamed buns in that shop really as delicious as the legend says? She hasn't eaten it yet! Damn it!
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