15. The game within the game
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The tower, with no top in sight, is an intricate black and white strip of color, making it difficult to determine one's position.
"It's a cover!" Cheng Peng instantly determined the reason for painting the room in such a strange "color" - no matter how powerful a person is, when he comes here from the outside world, he will lose his grasp of the space to a certain extent, resulting in the loss of accuracy in his shots.
It seems that this island of greed is really not peaceful, and even the game's administrators have to use various methods to protect themselves......
After taking two steps in the black-and-white space, Cheng Peng opened the door in front of him.
"Welcome, Mr. Cheng Peng." In front of him were countless horizontal bars that were diametrically opposed to the previous ones, and the same "blurred" black and white "colors" - no, there were subtle differences in color and "color...... In the center of the room, there is a "drill" table full of scientific and technological "color" colors, and behind it sits a girl wearing a sci-fi style helmet, and the welcome words are spoken from the girl's mouth. Adventure 15
In the next few minutes, the girl explained the rules of the game to Cheng Peng in detail - in fact, it is easy to understand that each player has a set of special equipment, the record card is used to play the "color" information, and the ring that matches it can summon a special magic book in the island of greed.
"In this world, valuable things can only be turned into cards for preservation, and you can turn anything you get into cards at any time, or you can change them back to their original state at any time - but remember: 1. If a card is changed back to its original state, it can no longer be a card; 2. The number of cards for each thing is limited, and if the existing cards exceed the limit, they cannot be carded; 3. The card will automatically become the original after 10 minutes after leaving the magic book; 4. If the horn "color" dies, the magic book will disappear, and the cards inside will also disappear...... That's all for it, happy play! β
Cheng Peng listened to the explanation seriously, then thanked him and left the tower.
In front of him was the vast prairie, and the building behind him that he thought was a tall tower was just a very ordinary thatched house.
Cheng Peng felt that someone was spying on him in the distance, but he didn't care, but found a random place to sit down and browse the beautiful scenery around him.
After a while, Wang Ji also came out.
"It's the same as the original." Wang Ji smiled and said, "In this way, it seems to be very beneficial to us." β
"Oh? Where is the advantage? β
"Most of the players in the island of greed are not powerful hunters, and with your strength, you can grab all the cards with a hard robbery!" Wang Ji smiled all over his face, "Even if we don't reward for breaking the level, at least we have more cards, and it is convenient to exchange information with people." β
He had a point.
Whatever the rules of the game are, as long as it is not a world that entertains the "sexual" nature of life, force is always useful.
For example, if it weren't for Cheng Peng and Zhou Dong joining forces and having enough force to capture him alive, how could he be obediently subdued? Words rather than threats of strength are not the usual style of the evildoers of this world - saying the kind of words that seem fierce but are actually weak, and finally taking out Batra's business card, all prove that he has conceded defeat.
In fact, according to his "sexual" personality, it should be a direct resistance and try to kill Cheng Peng and Zhou Dong, but it's a pity that neither of these two people is weaker than him, and the two join forces to make him not even have a chance to fight hard, so he is so honest.
But even so, if Cheng Peng and the others insisted on arresting Xisuo, this arrogant guy would still rather 'commit suicide' than be arrested.
As a plot NPC, he won't die outside the plot, so Cheng Peng and Zhou Dong can't really kill him for a while; If he catches him, he will 'kill himself' again...... So this matter has become an unsolvable problem, and Cheng Peng and Zhou Dong basically have no way to take Xisuo - they can blow up this guy once or twice...... But after all, it is impossible to break out too good things, and it is tantamount to a fantasy to rely on this tens of billions of rings to buy the "Island of Greed" game console.
But in the end, it was the threat of force that worked.
Cheng Peng's eyes and words all proved that "even if he won't be killed, at least he will be beaten", and of course Xisoo didn't want to be beaten - and probably not once, but "once he was beaten", so he had to take out something to redeem himself.
"I really didn't expect to get the opportunity to enter the Island of Greed directly!" When Cheng Peng told Wang Ji how he got the business card, the intelligence merchant sighed, "I thought you would have to try to buy a game console......
"That's what I thought, too." Cheng Peng said with a smile, "I didn't expect it to be solved all at once, but now I owe Xisuo a favor!" Adventure 15
"What do you have to say to NPC - or a villain NPC! It's okay if you don't kill him! If you want me to say that this business card is his life money, it is not a favor. β
Cheng Peng smiled and didn't say anything.
Everyone has a different attitude towards the world, Wang Ji's attitude is similar to Xu Tu's, he doesn't treat NPCs in the virtual world as people; Cheng Peng's attitude is different, even if the other party is an NPC, even if the other party is a villain, it is still necessary to count it when it is time to count favors.
Originally, he only planned to catch Sisuo for two billion, and in order to scrape together enough money to buy a game console, he didn't know how much time and energy it would take. As a result, Hisoka helped him solve it all at once...... Even if you don't take into account the few months between now and the big auction in Youkexin City, even if you only estimate the value of the admission ticket to the "Island of Greed" with the lowest price of 10 billion, it will be an extra 8 billion out of thin air!
Eight billion rings is a huge amount of money, and Cheng Peng thinks it is very cost-effective to save Xisuo once for this money.
"I always feel a little silly...... Wang Ji naturally saw Cheng Peng's attitude, shrugged his shoulders, and muttered in a low voice.
But although he didn't approve of Cheng Peng's behavior, he couldn't help but trust Cheng Peng more because of it.
A person can even be fair and principled to NPCs, and the same can be true for players. At least much more reliable than those who are clearly selfish!
Even if he is a selfish and untrustworthy person, he hopes to make friends who are honest and trustworthy - because of this, Cheng Peng has so many friends.
Because of this, an hour later, Wang Ji did not stop Cheng Peng from letting the gamer who tried to attack them with magic leave.
It's also funny to say, that guy used flying magic to come to the "birthplace", and after seeing Cheng Peng and Wang Ji, he first summoned a magic book - probably planning to use magic to spy on whether the two had cards, but before he could cast a spell, he was deceived by Cheng Peng to the back, slashed at the neck with a knife, and was immediately knocked unconscious.
So when he was woken up by Wang Ji splashing cold water, he found that he had been tied up, and the two newcomers who thought they were fat sheep were looking at him very unkindly.
"I don't like it when people are calculating me." Cheng Peng said that although the tone was not heavy, with the vicious eyes of Wang Ji next to him, it was very convincing, "If you want to plot against my people, you have to pay the price." β
The man looked at Cheng Peng and Wang Ji in despairβespecially the magic book in Wang Ji's hand, which was his magic book.
Without the magic book, he couldn't even run away if he wanted to.
"Tell me, what price do you want me to pay?" The self-proclaimed old bird let out a long sigh and said dejectedly, "Why are you such a powerful person a novice!" I thought the hunters already had consoles......"
"Hand over all your cards!" Wang Ji shouted triumphantly.
The man looked up and smiled mockingly, "It's all handed over, so I can die, right?" β
was pierced of his dirty thoughts, Wang Ji couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and in annoyance and anger, he raised his fist and knocked the man to the ground, crackling is a hard beating.
It's also thanks to this guy who also cultivated "Nian", relying on Nian's protection, Wang Ji's fist-to-flesh beating actually only beat him like a pig's head, but he was still able to stand up.
"Alright, let him go." After Wang Ji was a little tired from the fight, Cheng Peng slapped the rope on the man's body with one palm, "I have also learned a lesson, I believe he will learn to be obedient next time." β
Wang Ji didn't object to this decision - he also saw that this guy belonged to the type who would rather die than hand over the card, and even if he killed someone, he couldn't grab anything. Although he felt that there seemed nothing wrong with killing this guy directly, since Cheng Peng planned to release him, he also accepted Cheng Peng's approach. Adventure 15
"There are many kinds of enemies." After the pig-headed guy rode away in the light of magic, Cheng Peng explained to Wang Ji, "There are no more than eight hundred players in the island of greed, so why kill people for this contradiction? This guy just wants to use magic to steal our cards, and even if he succeeds, it won't be a danger to us. But if he dies, maybe the next person who comes in will be a real murderer, maybe even a master...... Although there are enemies both horizontally and vertically, such enemies are better than more dangerous enemies. β
Wang Ji nodded yes, Cheng Peng's explanation was not only timely, but also very convincing. Although Wang Ji himself is a little selfish and doesn't care much about credit issues, he is not the kind of person who "anyone who stands in my way, whether it is a god, a Buddha, a fairy or a father, a mother and a wife, can be killed with one knife", nor is he an ignorant teenager who can daydream about "Lao Tzu was born to rebel against the sky", so he accepted Cheng Peng's point of view after a little thought.
In the next few days, the two followed the clues that Wang Ji found at the beginning to make their way through the "Island of Greed", and finally came to a small town located in the north of the Island of Greed.
The town was small, and there were only a few players in it, one of whom was the player who told Wang Ji this information.
The man was French, named Phil, and gave himself a Chinese name called "Lixi", and the ID on the forum was called "Big Sword Bear" - when Cheng Peng and Wang Ji met him, he was wearing a bear skin and carrying a broad sword, sitting by the lake fishing.
"You're here a lot earlier than I expected." After the two explained their intentions, the player, who insisted that Wang Ji go to the Island of Greed to see him, was willing to explain everything, smiled and lifted the empty fishhook, "Let's go, let's go to the humble house for a cup of tea first." β
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