"This is the first time I've been in a dungeon, and it's a novelty. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" The blond young man folded his arms around his chest, exclaimed, and looked at the other group of people who were busy working in front of him with interest.

"Hey! That guy over there! You're new here, right? Get moving! Don't hold us back! The other group seemed unsurprised by the man's sudden appearance, and except for one who shouted like that, the rest went about their business as if they didn't see him.

"Red! This time it's red! Survive this wave and rest! The other shouted too, and his voice caused a small commotion, but it was evident that not everyone was as happy as he had appeared, and there were even a few with a look of disgust and irritability on their faces.

The young man followed the voice, only to see everyone staring at a translucent crystal pillar standing on the ground. The only difference between this pillar and the others is that it has a scarlet eye on it. The eyes were slightly curved upward, as if they were smiling, revealing a malevolent, mocking aura.

The eyes faded away, and the chaotic patterns began to emerge on the pillars instead, changing quickly and seemingly unrelated to each other. "Upside-down Hanging Man-Plum Blossom 4-Southern Barbarian Invasion-Flame Blasting Technique-Blue-Eyed White Dragon-Evisin ......" The young man muttered with interest, touching his chin, "It's all card patterns, what's the point?" ”

The group did not seem to have the same insight as the young man, and everyone appeared to be a little flustered and agitated.

"What's that? What does it mean? Have the rules changed again this time? Hey, does anyone get it! ”

"Square pieces of paper, round pieces of paper, Go pieces, chess pieces, letters, wedges, gold, silver, ......" But the group of people did not keep dwelling on this, but subconsciously looked at the other pillars around them, and something appeared in each pillar, but they couldn't see anything special, and the heads of the group began to sweat.

The man who greeted the young man at the beginning seemed to be a leader, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "In that case, then we will still follow the old way, and each of us will pick a pillar of one kind of thing, stand beside it, and each of us will have a destiny—"

"Well," said the young man, calmly approaching, with a very friendly smile on his face, "although I don't quite understand what this is, I can assure you that the string of patterns just now represents a square piece of paper. ”

Seeing the somewhat distrustful look cast by the leader, the young man shrugged his shoulders indifferently and spread his hands: "Believe it or not, but I really know." I've spent a lot more time learning about this game world than you guys. ”

"Life player...... the leader nodded, "Okay, then trust you." Everyone, stay away from the pillars of square pieces of paper! You too. That kind of pillar will explode. It's rare to get into a dungeon, and you don't want to just quit, do you? ”

"Oh......" The young man nodded, then raised his hand to the group, "I mean, this situation is no different from the plan you just said, right?" Are you kidding me? ”

"Huh?" The leader looked back at the group of people, and after a closer look, a considerable number of them did not stay away from the pillar with square pieces of paper, but took the initiative to lean over, and even more, hugged it directly.

"Ah...... There's no way around it. The leader shook his head and smiled wryly.

"Oh?" The young man was a little curious, "Why do you say that?" Aren't you actually the leader? Or are they just so distrustful of me - or your experience? ”

"They just don't want to stay in this dungeon anymore." The leader shook his head again, "Do you know how long I've been stuck in this dungeon?" It's been two whole days. Time flows at a slower rate than in the real world, so it's actually only 16 hours - but for me, that's really 48 hours. ”

"Wow." The young man's expression was a little surprised, "This-this is really, really, quite powerful." ”

"It's understandable that a few of those people have been around longer than I am, and they can't stand it, right?" The leader pouted, "This game does not allow you to quit the game in the dungeon, and there is no other way to quit the dungeon except for forcing you to quit after death, so if you really can't stand it, you can only choose to die, right?" ”

"Hmm......" the young man nodded, "but you look tired, huh?" To be honest, I feel like you're reluctant to play anymore, why are you still holding on here? Is it lucrative? ”

"That's one thing. After all, if you force a retreat after death, all the benefits will disappear. "But the other problem is that an hour after I entered the game, one of the pillars had peach-colored eyes that opened. We took a break for a while, and the boss himself spoke to us. ”

"Well, it sounds like different colored eyes mean different things—it's fine, you go on."

"That's when the Boss made us a proposal that seemed very favorable to us at the time." "He said that if we signed a contract with him that we would return 50% of the proceeds to him after each death, he promised to resurrect all of us immediately after death. ”

"Oh? That sounds great, but it's weird...... What does the boss want from his own dungeon? The young man's eyes widened in surprise and asked with increasing interest.

“…… Someone asked that question at the time. The leader closed his eyes, "The boss explained that all these rewards were directly awarded to us by the system, but the system didn't allow him to grab them directly, so he had to collect them from us. As for the reason for these things, he did not give a clear explanation, but said, 'It is right to be useful'. ”

"Ah, so you can't die even if you want to die now, can you only get stuck in this dungeon?" The young man nodded, a sympathetic expression - but the corners of his mouth were unusually slightly curled.

"But even that was taken into account in the treaty." The leader looked at the pillar behind him, and once again confirmed that it was not a square piece of paper, so he didn't pay attention to the young man's expression, "As long as I pass this point and voluntarily hand over 20% of my gains to the boss, I can let the boss send me out of this dungeon directly." ”

"Yes...... "The young man nodded thoughtfully, and opened his mouth to ask something again.

"Okay, we'll talk about it later, it's almost time." The leader breathed a sigh of relief as he spoke, and leaned against the pillar behind him, "I'm about to pass this level, and the time is about the same as what he said." The red eyes represent the explosion, and after the pillar explodes, you can get a period of rest, but this should be the end of the level. ”

"Oh, by the way, it suddenly came to mind, what do black eyes represent?" The young man said suddenly.

"Black? It hasn't been seen yet -- since it's almost over, it's probably not set this color at all. The leader smiled and said, "Why, do you like black so much?" The second secondary school disease is very serious. ”

"It's not -- it's just that the black eye inside the pillar behind you has been in it since I came, right?" The young man smiled with a spring breeze on his face, as if he were saying something particularly deserving of pleasure.

"What!" At the same time as the leader exclaimed, all the pillars where the square pieces of paper appeared suddenly turned red, and they burst open in an instant, and those who were leaning nearby were instantly blown to pieces. After a while, the fragments of the corpses gradually dissolved into unrealistic-looking white fragments, floating one by one and dissipating into the air.

However, neither the leader nor the young man could see this scene, because, at the same time as those pillars exploded, the eyes inside the pillar they were approaching rapidly expanded, and finally turned into a huge black ball, swallowing both of them at the same time, and after the black ball disappeared, the two of them had also disappeared there.

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"It's disrespectful to put you in a prison even though we invited you. However, the established rules cannot be violated, so I have to grieve you. The young man was awakened by the sound of a flat, soft voice, but for a moment he could not open his eyes because of an excessively dazzling golden light, and only vaguely saw what appeared to be a strange man in a robe standing in front of him.

"No, it's okay, it's okay, I originally said that I was going to take the route of a normal player." The young man quickly judged that this guy should be the owner of this copy, "Speaking of which, who is that-his name is Xiao Yat now, right?" Where is that guy? Didn't you come with you to me? Apparently he came to contact me. ”

"Xiao Junshi's words - we are currently cooperating with us in some small experiments to improve some of the infrastructure of this dungeon. For example, you have a general understanding of resurrection or something, right? The two-color ball said politely.

"Ah, a cursory understanding. This kind of setting of yours seems to make players feel painful. The young man laughed.

"Really? At that time, their faces were full of excitement, as if they had taken a big advantage. "Anyway, when he's done, I'll definitely ask him to catch up with you." ”

The young man nodded: "Okay, then that's it." So, where is the parasite you are talking about? Also, did I ask you to find someone with a similar mental structure? ”

"Ah, let's find a person who seems to have a similar personality, has something in common with the world, and is always in a similar mental state to the forerunners, but the specific spiritual structure or something, anyway, none of us understand, whether it meets your requirements or not, it's really not clear." The two-color ball smiled, "If you don't mind, I'll invite them over for you to check them out." ”

"Is it here?" The young man didn't seem to be dissatisfied, nor was he particularly curious, just expecting an answer.

"Yes, the interlocutor who has been swallowed by the black hole caused by the black eyes must remain in the prison for a certain amount of time before they can leave. This is a predetermined rule, and even if I am the master, there is no way to change it at will. The two-color ball nodded, "So I have to wronged you, is it okay?" ”

"Well, no." The young man said, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, "Seriously, I'm a little curious, do you trust me so much?" Although Xiao Yat is asking me for help, I also know that your relationship with Xiao Yat is not so harmonious. After all, how much do you really know about me? Are you comfortable letting me help treat that person? ”

"Kevin Cruise, his real name is unknown, the current records have only tracked him up to half a year ago, and the records that can be queried are that he appeared in the Demon Capital of the Celestial Empire, and then smuggled to the United States through Wang Li and began to live in the United States." The two-color ball smiled a little smugly, "According to intelligence analysis, it is very likely that the magic it has used so far is related to the psychic - is it enough?" ”

“…… Quite enough. Really, you guys, can you even find out this kind of thing? The young man said with some admiration.

"Well, now that I think you can't read minds, I can almost confirm that these conclusions are true." The two-color ball nodded, muttering to himself - though he was clearly not talking to himself.

“…… What do you mean? Are you lying to me? The young man raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.

"Well, a large part of the above is just an uncertain conclusion that I have drawn based on my analysis." The two-color ball laughed evilly, "Don't say the name, because you're a player, 'real name unknown' is inevitable." It's been confirmed that you're in the United States, but I think you first appeared in the Celestial Empire, so it's likely that you were smuggled there. As for the spiritual aspect of magic - it's pretty obvious from the inexplicable lines you say about 'mental structures' or something, isn't it? ”

"Uh...... And then what? The young man asked, exclaiming, laughing with joy.

"Wang Li's question--Actually, it was only a rough mention by Xiao Yi at first, if it weren't for a collaborator who went to investigate everything, I wouldn't have known that he happened to be the person we needed, and I wouldn't have learned so much information about you from him. It's really just pure luck. As he spoke, the two-color ball laughed again, "Oh, I've always felt weird when I talk lately, this kind of thing is obviously the guidance of fate." ”

"Oh." The young man seemed to be really happy, "Okay, then let's stop talking nonsense, let's get ready to start." But, as I said before, the most I can do is confirm the location of the seed, and if I want to destroy it without harming the host, there really is nothing I can do. You'd better really have the kind of abilities that you say you have. ”

"Ah, yes, it really just needs you to confirm the location. Even if something goes wrong, it's just our own problem, and we won't bother you. Seriously, I don't care if the Precursor dies, if you're in the mood, you might as well give it a try. ”

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On the premise of being conscious, Wang Li once again inexplicably shifted his position, moving from the original dream-like place to a dark prison cell-he didn't know why, anyway, after he came to this place, his first feeling was that this was a prison cell.

There were three other people in the cell, the strange golden retriever who had given him a business card, the strange golden retriever who had helped smuggle himself into the United States, the strange man who had just said something terrible, and then pestered him for information, and one eye was always shining - but Wang Li's attention was completely attracted by a third person who was completely unknown to him.

Thin, pale, with an atmosphere of a dead house that stays at home forever, his expression seems to be a little lazy, and the corners of his mouth seem to subconsciously hang a smile that seems to say "it doesn't matter". The third person looks like a decadent otaku at all, completely different from himself who looks serious, serious, and can be called hardworking......

However, the moment Wang Li saw him—before that, Wang Li had noticed his presence and felt his aura—the aura of his kind. This was a rare experience for Wang Li, he had never imagined that he could feel the existence of people similar to himself so clearly.

"Indeed, it meets the requirements." The strange golden retriever spoke, sounding as if he was talking about himself, but Wang Li didn't know what to do. With some intuition, Wang Li knew that that the same kind was the one who needed to be comatose on his behalf. But precisely because they are the same kind, Wang Li clearly knows that he is really powerless now.

However, Wang Li has not completely given up hope, although he himself does not know, he has been waiting, waiting for a certain sentence he wants to hear. What does that sentence do? Wang Li didn't know, but he knew that if it was the same kind, that person would definitely say such a thing.

"Ha, speaking of which, it's a benefactor, right?" The same kind spoke, but this was not what Wang Li wanted to hear, "Is it okay? ”

"I'll tell you, I don't care. I say so, is it okay? ”

“…… Well, it can't be said that it's completely okay. But there's no other way, there's going to be so much fun going on -- I really don't want to miss it. Only then did Wang Li realize that the same kind of person was sweating on his head, and his voice was a little strange, he should be trying to suppress some kind of pain—but it didn't matter, Wang Li just listened quietly and waited.

After a few more words, the golden retriever closed his eyes, as if using some kind of ability.

The same kind looked at him, and suddenly showed a strange smile.

"Mr. Wang Li, is it? Fortunately, I will be honored. I don't feel like I need to waste time explaining a lot of things to you, which would be great. So, let's get straight to the point. ”

"Mr. Wang Li, let's make a deal, shall we?"

"Okay." Wang Li let out a sigh of relief, and for unknown reasons, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.