Because the cigarette box has been held in the hand for a long time, the pattern on the packaging has worn and faded.

"Can you tell me what you plan to do in the future? Maybe I can help. Qi Yan asked.

Gu Zhenzhen was silent for a moment, and nodded: "There is a legend circulating within the circus, which can also be said to be a curse, although now I can't be sure whether it's true or not, but ......"

Hearing this, Qi Jiu's heart jumped slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Do you mean the kraken?" In the nursery rhyme that circus circus, there is a kraken who can help the circus people fulfill their wishes. ”

Gu Zhenzhen was slightly stunned: "You have actually found the relevant clues, sure enough, you can do it even through the identity of a player." ”

Qi Zhen frowned: "But as far as I know, there must be a huge price to pay for trading with the Kraken. ”

Gu Zhenzhen took out the cigarette in her mouth, she looked at the tooth marks she left on the cigarette holder, and smiled: "Do you think I care about the price now?" ”

Qi Yan nodded lightly: "I'm sorry, I know." ”

"If I had a chance to meet that guy, I'd tell him about it." As he spoke, Qi Yan lowered his eyelids slightly, hiding the emotions that flashed from the bottom of his eyes.

Gu Zhenzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at him suspiciously: "That guy? ”

The corners of Qi Ji's lips raised imperceptibly: "Well, Mr. Kraken." ”

Gu Zhenzhen's eyes looked at him even more suspiciously: "Why do you feel like you're very familiar with the Kraken?" ”

Qi Yan subconsciously touched the scar behind his ear, and said ambiguously: "Probably." ”

I don't know if it's an illusion, but after his fingers moved away from the scar, the sensation of touch that seemed to be absent continued.

It's like someone's fingers are touching the back of his ear, and it didn't take long for Qi Jiu's earlobe to turn slightly red.

Is this a side effect of sensory sharing? Qi Yan pinched his hot earlobe, and was stunned thoughtfully for a moment.

After that, Qi Yan and the others exchanged known information with Gu Zhenzhen, who had broken into the staff.

"As far as I know, no player has ever actually cleared this dungeon." Gu Zhenzhen said.

Qin Rang buried his face in his palm in frustration: "Sure enough, the rumors in the animal warehouse are true..."

Earlier, he and Qi Yan went deep into the animal warehouse and saw the suspicious words engraved on the back of the animal cage-

"No one can leave this circus, animals can't, humans can't, it's the circus' curse, everyone will disappear here or become animals! Or die!"

Now that Gu Zhenzhen has confirmed, this terrible legend is not alarmist.

"But as an assistant magician, I don't know what quest the player will die in the dungeon." Gu Zhenzhen said a little apologetically.

Lu Zhi hesitated for a moment and asked, "What if you are an assistant to the cast and crew?" Take the liberty of asking... What are your conditions for passing? ”

"The main task of the cast assistants is to do everything possible to meet the performance needs of the cast and crew, and to 'harvest' as many audiences as possible while ensuring the success of the performance."

Gu Zhenzhen didn't hide it, and clearly informed everyone of his position and main task.

Qin Rang was slightly stunned: "That, then why are you..."

Gu Zhenzhen shrugged: "Didn't you say before that no player has ever been able to leave this dungeon smoothly?" If the main quest of the Cast and Crew Assistant was so simple, would there really be players who couldn't get out? There must be a demon when things go wrong, and the seemingly simple and clear main quest must have a trap, and ......"

"Besides, I'm not here to live, it doesn't matter." Gu Zhenzhen's voice lowered.

Her emotions and senses had crumbled in that damp dawn, and the rest didn't seem to matter so much.

As midnight fell, the wind of the wilderness had stopped, the white fog thickened the circus along the roadside, the flickering neon lights went out, and the silence fell so far that the players in their tents could even hear the sound of the night fog flowing.

Qi Jiu, who was lying on the bed, was not idle, he opened his system interface, and clicked "Yes" on the option of [May I ask if you want to use the "NPC Limited Time Employment Letter" immediately].

[Hello Dear Traveler, the limited-time employment letter skill has been activated, and now you can summon an NPC to work for you]

[Which NPC would you like to issue a time-limited offer letter to?] 】

"Before making a choice, I want to know who among the eligible NPC employees now has a phone on hand and can meet the conditions for an immediate call?"

The system was stuck for two seconds [The system's permissions only allow you to query the NPC situation that you have hired, and now it is detected that the employees Miss Rossetti (daily status), Mr. Lorde, and Xiao Mi all meet your needs, and Miss Yuzi is temporarily unable to provide call services due to the influence of the background of the copy, so I'm very sorry]

"I understand, thank you, Teacher System," Qi Yan only thought for half a second before making a choice, "Please issue Mr. Lord a time-limited appointment letter and inform him that he doesn't need to arrive at the copy where I am, he only needs to take the time to call me and ask about the situation." ”

[Yes, now you need to provide the corresponding phone number information here, as well as the things you want to communicate and understand on this call]

Qi Jiu: "The phone number is 424-10190079, this is the application number to become a circus performer, I need Mr. Lord's help to ask clearly, if you want to become a circus animal trainer, what specific conditions are needed, hard work." ”

[The system has received your request and is syncing the request to Mr. Lorde, please wait a while]

[The demand information has been completed synchronously, and the timeliness of this employment: 10 minutes]

[The system will synchronize the call content for you, please pay attention to answer——]

I didn't expect the system to provide such considerate service, and Qi Jiu, who was lying on the bed, clicked on the call synchronization message sent by the system:

After two busy calls, Mr. Lord finally got through to the number of the circus' hired staff—

"Hello, this is the Highway Circus Cast Recruitment Registration Office, can I help you with anything?" There was a cold mechanical voice on the other end of the phone, as if it had been processed by a voice changer.

"Hello, I saw the number of cast and crew recruitment on the flyer, so I wanted to come over and ask about the recruitment, I hope it didn't bother you." As the head of the new employees at the former Bates plant, Mr. Lord is very good at communicating politely.

"It's okay, since you can know this number, it means that you are exactly the person we need, but you may have to wait for a while, we have just ended the last recruitment, we have found the right person, and we will take the initiative to contact you when the next recruitment begins." The answer was given on the other end of the phone.

Mr. Lorde: "I'm sorry, but I have a position I like, so I'd like to take the liberty of asking you what the requirements are for applying for this position, and I'd like to take advantage of this free time to prepare and improve myself." ”

On the other end of the phone: "Of course, no problem, what is your preferred position?" ”

Mr. Lorde: "Your circus animal trainer position. ”

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone for three seconds: "Although the position of animal trainer has been vacant, because the conditions achieved are very harsh, so far no one can be qualified. ”

Mr. Lord: "Oh? Is that so? It's a pity, can you tell me what such harsh conditions are? ”

Chapter 150: Highway Circus (44)

This time, there was a full ten seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.

Just when Mr. Lord thought that he would not be able to complete the task, the other party finally spoke: "If you want to become a circus animal trainer, the first requirement is naturally to master the skills of communicating with animals. ”

Mr. Lorde: "So, do I need to know the language of the animals if I want to apply for this position?" ”

The other end of the phone smiled: "No, this is just a starting condition, because only in this way can you have the possibility of making the animals submit to you, otherwise everything is empty talk, can you understand when I say this?" ”

"Of course," continued Mr. Lorde, "do you have any recommendations on how to learn this skill?" I'm really, really desperate to get this position. ”

Qi Zhen was listening to the call between the two parties, and was very satisfied with Mr. Lord's adaptability and thoughtfulness.

On the other end of the phone: "You can't learn any skill without reliable teachers and diligent practice, and the best place to do it is inside the circus, and as far as I know, you can't learn this skill outside of the circus, do you understand?" ”

Mr. Lorde: "You were very detailed, thank you for your answer. ”

"If you have the confidence and courage to meet these requirements, you are welcome to apply for the position of animal trainer in the circus, of course, because this position is special and very risky, and the decision on whether you can successfully apply is ultimately in the hands of the animals."

"Looking forward to your final performance, good night." It's the other party who hangs up the phone first.

Through Mr. Lorde's communication with the recruiter in charge of the circus cast and crew, Qi Zhen has a very important message: in order to successfully obtain the position of animal trainer, you must first master the language of communication with animals, and then try to convince the animals that the final decision is in the hands of the animals.

And if you want to gain the skills to communicate with animals, you have to start inside the circus.

In other words, in the following divination, puppetry, and even animal performances, he needs to find ways to learn the ability to communicate with animals.

The circus along the wilderness road was shrouded in night mist.

That night, there were still suspicious noises coming from outside the tent, sometimes familiar calls, like someone desperately asking for help.

Occasionally, looking out through the tent, there seem to be looming images in the thick fog, and these blurry and trivial images are the people and things that players hide in the depths of their memories and are most likely to move them.

But players who have already experienced the first night are well aware that this is a deliberate trick set up by the "dangerous elements" to lure the surviving players out of their safety tents.

No more players are fooled by this.

"After you changed from a magician assistant to a regular player, wouldn't you be able to complete the task of watching the show? After all, there are only two days and two nights left, and there is no way to watch seven performances..."Qin Rang, who was sleeping in the lower bunk, made Gu Zhenzhen, who joined for the midfield, worried.

Gu Zhenzhen: "It's okay, I said, I'm not here to complete the copy." ”

Silence lasted in the tent for half a minute, and the sound of the night fog becoming abrupt at this moment.

"Well, I'm sorry to hear that." Qin Rang was sorry for what happened to Ji Xiaoye and Gu Zhen, his lips moved, as if he had something to say, but finally closed his mouth hesitantly.

Gu Zhenzhen turned over and looked through the tent at the illusion playing in the night fog, she stretched out her hand towards the face in the illusion that was always missing, and gently touched it through the curtain of the tent.

"I'm not going to take this lightly."

Saying that, Gu Zhenzhen bit Ji Xiaoye's cigarette in her mouth again, she took a deep breath, and seemed to numb herself in this way: At this moment, as always, she breathed in the smell left by the other party, and the other party was lying on her side.

Qin Rang's brows furrowed slightly, he didn't understand what Gu Zhenzhen meant by "not accepting", but he couldn't continue to ask, it was too cruel to get to the bottom of it at this time.

In the middle of the night, the staff in blue uniforms once again pushed the snack cart into the tourist rest tent.

He peddled these green snacks and drinks like he did last night, and kept promising tourists that the food was safe and delicious.

Compared to last night, tonight's tourists are obviously much more positive in their willingness to buy.

Although Qin Rang has "popularized" the terrible situation after becoming an animal, most players who have never seen the tragic situation of animals still maintain a skeptical attitude, after all, compared to Qin Rang's "alarmism", they really see that after turning into animals, players will be picked up by the blue uniform staff who ensure the safety of tourists.

Leaving the scene of the performance is equivalent to temporarily getting out of danger of life, as for whether they will encounter the terrible situation that Qin Rang said, they haven't thought about it so far for the time being, in this copy world of nine deaths and one life, there is nothing more urgent than saving their lives.

Moreover, buying green food itself is like taking out insurance, which is the last line of life protection, and it is another matter if you need it when the time comes.

After confirming that there were no green biscuits for sale tonight, Qi Ji went to sleep with his head covered by the quilt in high spirits.

Nothing can disturb him from sleeping, after all, dreaming in the dungeon world is likely to reap "surprises".

The mirror reappeared in his dream, through which two pairs of equally gray-green eyes were staring at each other.

The undercurrent raised fine gravel, and countless white tentacles wrapped in slime floated and gradually converged in the green liquid, softly and impermeably enveloping Qi Jiu.

This "Medusa" Siren, who lives in the deep green sea, has long hair with soft and dense white tentacles, and the green algae held up by the undercurrent floats between the white tentacles.

In the mirror, Qi Jiu looked like the most arrogant prey, bound in a white cobweb crawling with green moss, and he still had the posture of slightly tilting his neck and staring condescendingly at the predator behind him.

The white tentacles that wrapped around him were soft but powerful, with a throbbing pulse and mucus that magnifies the human senses.

"Mr. Kraken, would you make a deal with a normal human?" Qi Jiu, who was wrapped in slime, asked.

"Shhhhh ”

"Why?"

"The actor behind the curtain is just the actor himself, not the character, and now I am not a kraken." 079 lowered his eyelids.

"Who is the one who appeared in my dreams in the skin of a kraken?" Qi Yan understood what he meant in an instant, but he raised the corners of his lips slightly and asked knowingly.