When he wrote about the word "poisoning", Lu Pingchuan's mind suddenly lit up: he remembered that when he was in college, he had seen this sentence in a criminological book about serial killers: "Poisoning is generally a common technique used by female prisoners." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Miss Rebecca, you're the murderer!" Thinking of this, Lu Pingchuan turned the camera on the dial of the system and pointed it at the female robot and said. Sure enough, his move triggered a new plot development, and the female robot suddenly stood up, picked up the wooden wine glass in her hand, turned around and screamed at him: "Why do you think so? ”

"Because, because ......" This time, the system dial did not give a follow-up plot option, and Lu Pingchuan could only organize the language logic in a search, "You...... You're the only one here who doesn't like George, and ...... George's ale is gone, and you sold it to him......"

"You stupid donkey sheriff, you actually slandered me as a murderer!" Unexpectedly, the female robot screamed, and then the wooden wine glass in her hand smashed towards Lu Pingchuan. Lu Pingchuan hurriedly hugged his head and squatted down, but he could dodge. However, this action seemed to trigger a chain reaction of all the robot NPCs present, and for a while, the wine glasses flew sideways and the scolding was everywhere, and all the robots present smashed the cups in their hands towards Lu Pingchuan.

Lu Pingchuan almost rushed out of the bar - the wooden wine glass was not too heavy, and the robot did not carry anything lethal except for the cup, but I don't know which NPC designed by a smoking engineer with this arm strength! Lu Pingchuan was hit by two wine glasses along the way, and he was almost smashed into scoliosis. It was easy to rush out of the gate and run a street, and seeing that there was no robot chasing him out, Lu Pingchuan dared to stand still with his support for the wall, rubbing his back and pumping cold air.

After calming down, Lu Pingchuan understood that this mission attempt was obviously a failure. He was a little annoyed by his recklessness and whim, but the no-strategy challenge is the fun of the game, Lu Pingchuan twisted his waist, and after making sure that the wine glass did not cause him any substantial damage, he tiptoed closer to the bar again - he had to go back to make sure that the mistake just now did not cause the plot line to fail, and if the NPC's plot options were all grayed out, it meant that he had to go back to the mayor's hall to pick up the mission again.

However, a few minutes later, Lu Pingchuan's small chagrin turned into real heartache - when he came to the door of the bar and carefully pushed the door to look around, he saw that the inside had returned to calm, and the wine glasses on the floor had returned to their original places. The bartender robot greeted him, scanned his armband with his electronic eye, and reached out to stop him at the bar door:

"Hello, please pay the riot cleanup fee of 20 gold, otherwise your 'Sheriff Mission' qualification will be cancelled."

What？

Lu Pingchuan was stunned in place, the robot was very patient to keep the action of asking him to pay the bill, Lu Pingchuan after weighing the pros and cons of disqualifying the task and 20 gold, he had no choice but to take out the identity card and swiped the cleaning fee in the hands of the bartender robot. After receiving the money, the bartender immediately changed into his previous respectful posture and gestured to him: "Yesterday, Mr. George, a respected old pharmacist in the town, was found dead at home...... They are all sitting there and you can go and ask them about Mr. George. ”

Lu Pingchuan once again sat back in the middle of the group of NPCs with different styles, but at this time, he understood the disgusting part of the second-to-last quest in the taskbar options - the realistic environment of "The Law of Predator" does not seem to support the practice of constant archiving, rereading and strong brushing of ordinary 3D games, and the game missions here have measures to limit repeated attempts, such as if the result of this interrogation fails again, he may not even have the money to sleep in the hotel tonight.

"Excuse me, sheriff's mission." After careful consideration, Lu Pingchuan once again chose to start with the fat baker. There are also two follow-up developments in the plot options of the system dial - 1: treat him to a drink; 2: Ask him about George, the pharmacist.

"Pick 1." Considering the lessons of the past, Lu Pingchuan decided to try some different options. As soon as the command came out, he heard a "grunt", and the baker took the wooden wine glass and drank it all, and when he put the wine glass down, this prompt popped up in the system dial: "Congratulations, your friendship with Simon the baker has increased by 10 points, please pay Miss Rebecca 2 gold for the drink." ”

"I'm the next Ao!" This time, Lu Pingchuan finally couldn't hold back, and burst into foul language for the first time in the game, "This is the pit gameplay designed by which king 8 eggs!" ”

"Poof, hehehe." Before he could finish speaking, a burst of muffled laughter suddenly came from behind him. Lu Pingchuan was taken aback, turned his head to look, and saw a silver-haired and white-bearded exotic old man standing behind the bar counter, because of the dim light of the counter, until just now Lu Pingchuan regarded him as a robot NPC. Now that the other party turned around and let out a low laugh that obviously did not belong to the machine, Lu Pingchuan realized that there was actually a second human in this small bar.

"What's so funny? Who are you? Lu Pingchuan stood up and frowned at the old man angrily. Seeing this, the old man quickly restrained his smile, beckoned him to come over, pulled out a few bottles from under the bar, mixed a glass of wine and pushed it to him, and said in somewhat jerky Chinese:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't be displeasing to players at work, so I'll apologize for this drink. ”

Lu Pingchuan glanced at the cup suspiciously, but did not reach out to take it: "This is not an answer, who are you?" ”

The old man put down the bottle in his hand, smiled and pointed to the badge on his chest. Lu Pingchuan opened the system dial and scanned it, and the badge showed the NPC's unique yellow font: Bar Owner Henry.

"In the early stage of the game, in order to facilitate players to quickly familiarize themselves with the closed beta environment, each major facility in the main city will be equipped with a certain number of human NPCs to help players quickly adapt to game life." Henry looked at Lu Pingchuan with interest as he spoke, "Don't be nervous, it's just tonic water, not wine, so even if you are caught, it won't be considered a violation." And I have a certain amount of autonomy inside the bar, so I won't count your money either. ”

Speaking of which, not drinking again seems a little unkind. Lu Pingchuan picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and the sweet and sweet aroma immediately filled his mouth, which lifted his spirits: "It's delicious!" How is it ice? ”

"It's the only place in the entire closed beta map where you can have an ice drink, and of course, not every player gets that treatment." Henry said, pouring himself a glass of tonic water, and asked as he drank it, "How did you think of applying for the 'Sheriff's Mission' and be so confident in yourself?" ”

"Well, it's not ......" Lu Pingchuan was embarrassed to say that he was forced to choose the sheriff task because he was distracted and missed the application time when he was listening to the lecture, so he had to casually make a reason, "When you are studying...... I really like to watch police movies, and I want to challenge my ability. ”

"Hehe, if you're a fan of police movies, your performance just now is a little unqualified." Henry put down the cup, looked at the few mission-related NPCs not far away, and said meaningfully, "Did you ask something just now?" ”

"I haven't ...... yet" Lu Pingchuan opened the system dial and looked at the remaining gold coin balance, a little surprised.

"That's right, as a police sergeant, he tried to solve the case without even visiting the crime scene, if such a police movie plot appeared on the screen, it would be ridiculed by the audience." Henry drank all the water and wine in his hand, glanced at Lu Pingchuan, took out a clean damp cloth and began to wipe the cup.

Lu Pingchuan's mind lit up like a thunderbolt in an instant-yes, there are two mission locations clearly marked on the mission prompt: the town bar and the pharmacist George's house, he has spent so much time here in vain and has made no progress, why not go to another mission location to see what follow-up clues there are?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Pingchuan put down his wine glass, turned his head and said "thank you" and rushed out of the door. Henry called out to him and pointed to the baker and waitress at the opposite table, "Remember to pay Simon's wine money first, if you don't want to waste the 2 gold coins." ”

Lu Pingchuan retracted his steps and went to the hostess to settle the account as he said. As he paid for it, he saw a message on the system dial indicating that his friendship with the baker had increased, but except for this small change, none of the values had changed.

"What's the use of that?" Lu Pingchuan turned his head and asked Henry in confusion.

"You'll find out later." The barkeeper lowered his head to wipe his glass intently, and did not answer.