[I am the person in charge of the Dying Theater, hello everyone, because your performance in the copy of "Canned Rose Fish" is very exciting, the theater hopes to retrieve the relevant data records, make your pass into a documentary, and arrange for the release of the Dying Theater]

[The theater promises to strictly protect the personal privacy of the shooting subjects, and process the information involving personal identity, which will never bring risks and inconvenience to your future life]

[Box office revenue will be divided according to the ratio of 3:7 between the theater and the filmmaker, and the income obtained by the filmmaker will be evenly distributed according to the number of people]

[Note: The documentary "Canned Rose Fish" can only be produced and released with the consent of all surviving travelers in this book.]

[Do you agree?] Yes / No]

Qi Ji hesitated for a moment and turned to the two ladies: "Is this risky?" ”

Ji Xiaoye: "As far as I know, the system can still be trusted in terms of privacy protection. ”

"And for all travelers, the experience of being released can be regarded as the greatest honor, because the system is very strict about the production of documentaries, and you will find that in the future, there are few documentaries in a year that can reach the quality of release." Gu Zhenzhen added.

"I see." Qi Yan asked the system privately, "Will the abandoned plot part be included in the documentary?" ”

The system clearly answers "No"

"Okay." So Qi Yan readily chose to agree.

After all, there is such a thing as the box office, which is likely to bring huge benefits. It's over, and of course we need to maximize the benefits.

"In fact, under normal circumstances, after newcomers arrive in Dying City, they will generally look for a union that is willing to accept them, and a union with good welfare can provide accommodation," Ji Xiaoye enthusiastically introduced the rules of operation of this world, "Of course, each union has its own membership criteria and thresholds. ”

"If you're willing to publish your own data, there are bound to be a lot of unions rushing to invite you."

Qi Yan smiled politely: "I prefer freelancing, and I am not very suitable for the life of part-time work." ”

For him, a trade union, a group with many rules, social interactions, and clear hierarchies, is not fundamentally different from working in a company.

And announcing personal results and waiting for the invitation of the union is very boring, especially like graduates applying for jobs in the talent market.

Ji Xiaoye also smiled: "Indeed, a 'rich' newcomer like you doesn't need to care about these rules and regulations." ”

"But to be honest, if you weren't a boy, I would have tried my best to convince you to join our union," Ji Xiaoye shrugged, "It's a pity that our union only accepts girls." ”

Qi Jiu: "There is a chance to spend this together." ”

"Okay."

Trains stopped at the nameless platform one after another, and sporadically people boarded the train.

Some of them were scarred and bloodstained, and they were holding broken weapons in their hands, and they looked like travelers who had just escaped death from the dungeon world.

After about ten minutes of running, the train left the underground track and headed for the light rail that hung over the city.

A damp gray city came into view.

The dripping rain hit the glass of the high-speed train, and instantly shattered into a thousand strange wreckage.

Night is about to fall, and the city streets flowing under Qi Jiu's feet gradually light up with street lights, blurring into a mottled spot of light in the rain.

And the people who got on the bus were no longer scarred and embarrassed, and some of them even carried shopping bags, which contained fresh fruits, vegetables, and daily necessities.

These people seem to be living an everyday life here, in stark and absurd contrast to the travelers who are struggling on the death line around them.

"Are these NPCs in the city carrying shopping bags?" Qi asked.

Ji Xiaoye shook his head: "Not necessarily, some are travelers like us." ”

"After staying for a long time, you will find that many travelers have settled down in the city, and have no plans to return to the real world, and some have even formed families here."

It may sound incredible at first, but when you think about it, it's really the most affordable way to survive.

Because it can only be exchanged for one hour when it returns to reality, it can only be exchanged for one hour, but in the city of death, 2 coins can live for a day, which greatly reduces the pressure of earning coins.

"But since the bug, the difficulty of all the dungeons has increased by a little bit, and many people who enter the dungeon can't come out, and even the official survival assessment of the dungeon has become of no reference value, and finally this indicator has been deleted by the system itself."

"So the people who have settled down here are absolutely unwilling to enter the dungeon to earn coins unless they have to, but they can't earn enough coins to survive without brushing the book, and now it is difficult to earn enough living expenses just by doing small business in the Dying City, after all, all travelers are very poor." Ji Xiaoye explained.

"If such a vicious circle continues, no one will be better," Gu Zhenzhen sighed deeply, "Now everyone can clearly feel that this world continues to collapse in an irreversible direction, and sooner or later everyone will be finished." ”

"Even this rain has been raining for more than half a year." She looked out the window at the rain curtain and looked depressed.

Ji Xiaoye glanced at her with his spare eyes, and stopped talking.

Qin Rang looked at the two ladies who were not very happy, and tried to adjust the atmosphere: "Although it is a bit blindly optimistic to say this, I think that if one day the world really collapses badly, we will exchange the survival coins in our hands for time and go back, how many are exchanged, anyway, there is nothing to lose if you die once." ”

Gu Zhenzhen: "That's so, but many things can't be solved by going back." ”

"After all... After returning to reality, the memories of our survival here will be emptied. She raised the corners of her lips helplessly, looked at Ji Xiaoye for a moment and then looked away.

"Huh? But this doesn't seem to have a very good impact..."The straight man Qin Rang couldn't understand the other party's concerns and feelings.

Qi Yan patted him on the shoulder and motioned him to shut up: "In the eyes of many travelers, life here is also very important. ”

Travelers who have chosen to settle down here, in addition to considering the utilization rate of survival coins, must have met very important people here.

"By the way, you said that there is a bug in the dungeon, what is the specific reason?" Qi Zhen had been very concerned about this sentence since just now.

Ji Xiaoye's brows tightened: "No one knows the reason for this, since there were frequent rainy days in the city, and then it even developed to a rain that could not stop for most of the year, the people living here obviously felt that the difficulty of the dungeon was rising, and there was even an accident where the dungeon suddenly collapsed and buried all the travelers alive." ”

Once there is a bug in the system and order that people rely on for survival, people's inner security will become shaky and vulnerable.

"On the contrary, there are more and more members of the death row club who illegally come in through bugs to seize survival resources." Gu Zhenzhen added.

Qi Zhen: "Will death row inmates appear after a system bug?" ”

Ji Xiaoye shook his head: "The Death Row Inmates Association has existed for a long time, but the bug in the copy system has only appeared in the past two years. ”

After that, the carriage fell silent, and Qi Ji stared thoughtfully at the rain curtain outside the window.

The Dying City became a blur in the damp twilight.

*

In the Dying City, clothing, food, housing, and transportation all cost survival coins, and Ji Xiaoye and Gu Zhenzhen invited Qi Jiu Qin Rang to have dinner.

They originally planned to send Qi Yan some high-level props as a thank you, but Qi Yan politely refused: "I think there will be a lot of things that need your help in the future." ”

Ji Xiaoye understood, and drank beer happily: "No problem, if you need anything, just come to me." ”

"By the way, if you want to enter the dungeon again, I can apply directly to the system, right?" Qi Yan asked, "What should I pay attention to when entering the book for the second time?" ”

Ji Xiaoye nodded: "As long as you feel that you have rested enough, or the survival coins on hand are not enough to spend, you can send an application to the system at any time." ”

"But you also have to pay more attention in the Dying City, there are a lot of 'consumption traps' for newcomers, all sorts, for example, there will be people who will collect this information into commodities, sell to newcomers with little experience, of course, within the scope of the copy, it is also real information, but I personally don't think it helps much to buy this information,"

Qin Rang "eh": "Why do you say that?" ”

Ji Xiaoye continued to analyze: "Because the entry of the dungeon is random, there are thousands of copies, and it is unlikely that you will just buy the book you want, even if you have this luck, in fact, the reference value of those consultations is not too big, the system has very strict rules in terms of reviewing goods, and players are expressly prohibited from divulging the key information in the dungeon, so all you can buy is the 'pseudo information' that deletes nothing, such as the background of the dungeon, style and type or something, and it is likely to be a lively look." ”

"That sounds like it is..."Qi Ji stared thoughtfully at the rice in front of him.

Ji Xiaoye turned to joke and said: "Speaking of which, I also have a friend who has a good relationship who has also sold this material, and I am really sorry that I have smashed his business again." ”

Qi Yan silently kept this sentence in his heart, and turned his gaze to Qin Rang, who was happily picking up vegetables, and asked Ji Xiaoye and Gu Zhenzhen in a chatty tone, "Do you all spend this time together?" ”

Ji Xiaoye: "Yes, if both parties buy a binding card and write each other's names, they can be bound to enter the next round of dungeon." ”

"The double binding card is sold in the official props center, and the price seems to be 30 a 50 two, if you are interested, you can go and take a look."

Qi Jiu: "Thank you. ”

After eating, everyone left their contact information and went back to their respective "homes".

The rain kept falling, and the sound of the rain made the night even colder.

Holding a black umbrella, Qi Yan walked along the route planned by the system navigation towards No. 79 Dawn Street.

The entire residential area of Xicheng is very quiet, and there are almost no people along the way, and there are independent villa buildings along the street, whether it is greenery or sanitation, it is the specification of high-end residences.

According to Qi's previous life experience, it was clear that there were basically no delicious restaurants near such residential areas, so he found a convenience store that was still open, and went in to buy some food and plan to stock up.

Convenience store shelves are filled with merchandise, and unlike the dazzling array of brands in the real world, the items here are all marked with the "Dying City" production logo.

There are even discounted cat food for sale on the shelves, and the original price of 50 yuan a bag of cat food is now only 20 yuan.

"Hello, a total of 45 coins, thank you for your patronage." The cashier was polite.

Qi Yan walked out of the convenience store with a large bag of snack milk, and roughly calculated, in addition to the relatively cheap time in the city, the other consumption is not low.

Fortunately, I still have 1690 survival coins left, which is enough to lie down for a while.

After walking along the secluded path for about ten minutes, the house number of 79 Dawn Street came into view.

Qi Yan looked up, and a two-story gray building towered in the rain.

The villa seemed to have been uninhabited for a long time, and it was lifeless and prostrate in the rainy night, without the slightest light, and from a distance it looked like a monster sleeping in the rain.

The tightly closed doors and windows were like monster eyes, dark and lifeless.

The rose garden in front of the door has not been taken care of for a long time, and the rain has flooded wildly, and the roses planted by Mrs. have died.

But the daffodils under the eaves sprout and grow wildly during the long rainy season, and the rain and mist cover the yard, and the blooming white daffodils sway with the night wind, like countless flowing white light bodies connected together, illuminating the long-abandoned courtyard.

Qi Yan inherited the villa key from the system, and after pushing the door open, he turned on the light.

The inside of the house is not as decadent as it looks from the outside, the room is very deep, although the furnishings do not look new, but every detail of the house is extremely exquisite, and the former owner must have carefully selected each piece of furniture.

After putting the snacks and milk he bought in the refrigerator, Qi Yan rolled up his sleeves and began to clean his villa.

In order to pass the time, he summoned the system to chat while working.

"Teacher System, after the dungeon is closed, will those NPCs living in the dungeon also disappear?"

[No, they're just on holiday]

The system's answer was a little unexpected, and Qi Yan said in a low voice: "Then why am I inheriting this villa?" ”

[The dungeon has been permanently closed, those NPCs are no longer the characters in the dungeon, the characters are dead, and the property will not be inherited by the actors]

[You can understand it this way, "legacy" belongs to the energy projection of the dungeon in the Dying City. Once the quest is permanently closed, the energy of the quest will be materialized into the Dying City, forming a "legacy" that will be gifted to the traveler who completes the final mission.

"I see, will the NPCs on vacation still be 're-employed'?" Qi Yan asked half-jokingly.

[Of course, after all, NPCs will never run out of manpower]

[After the long vacation, NPCs will devote themselves to a new story as new characters]

Today's system seems to be exceptionally talkative and generous in answering questions.

Qi Ji pondered and asked, "Will this affect my "time-limited hiring skills"?" ”

[Please rest assured, no matter what the current NPC is in, as long as the summoning is successful, the NPC will give priority to completing your "part-time job mission" and work for you wholeheartedly]