In the blink of an eye, Xun found herself standing in the corridor of an apartment building, and a crooked text appeared in front of her eyes, informing her of her mission: go to 601 to collect debts.
She was standing on the 6th floor. The corridor was full of debris and the walls were gray and cracked. This is an extremely crude apartment building. Even the lights are half broken, let alone connected to the Utopia network and virtual projection.
An ancient baseball bat lay quietly on the ground, and the blood stains on it had penetrated into the wood, showing a dull red color.
Kaoru had never been to such a dilapidated place before. She felt a little unsafe, so she instinctively picked up a baseball bat to defend herself.
Going down the corridor, she counted the rooms one by one, and then found 601.
"Is this the household?"
The inferior wooden door was covered with debt collection notes and threatening letters, and even the door lock was broken.
This door lock is still very old and needs a key to open it.
Xun was a little surprised. She had never seen such antiques before, and she didn't expect to find them in this era.
How poor is this family to live in a place like this?
Xun knocked on the door, but there was no movement.
She opened the door and found someone in the room. A middle-aged man with sunken eyes and a depressed spirit sat on the chair. There was almost nothing in the living room. Except for a low-quality plastic table and two cups, there was only a mattress thrown randomly in the corner.
"Sorry, I really can't pay the debt. Our family has moved here, and as you can see, there is nothing left at home to pay off the debt."
Xun felt that this person was really miserable, and she didn’t know how to collect debts. In fact, she couldn’t even collect debts even if she tried.
This was when the man in front of her suddenly became transparent. Through this perspective, she saw that there was a golden thing on the man's neck.
The golden thing also said: debt foreclosure.
Xun knew that this was a mission prompt, and he should be able to pass this level by following the instructions.
Although this man looked miserable, he was a character in the game after all. Xun didn't have any mental barriers and said directly: "What you wear around your neck can pay off your debts."
"what?"
The task prompt appears again: grab it.
Xun walked over with a baseball bat and stretched his hand towards the middle-aged man's neck. The middle-aged man ducked back in horror, protecting his neck with his hands. The necklace around his neck was exposed during the struggle.
"I don't want to hurt you, just hand it over."
"Please, I can't give you this. This is for buying milk powder for my child. If I give it to you, our family will really have no way to survive." The man seemed to know that he could no longer hide it, so he begged.
Xun hesitated.
The comments flew by quickly.
"This place is designed to make everyone uncomfortable."
"But it's just a game. Collect the debt quickly so we can see the next scene."
"Is there any other way to deal with it? This won't be the same as last time. Can it have a double ending?"
"probably not."
"There's nothing else to interact with in the scene."
Xun just hesitated for a moment, then swung the baseball bat and hit the man on the body, and then took away the necklace while the man fell to the ground, grinning and groaning.
"The next step is to leave the apartment."
Go down from the sixth floor to the fifth floor.
There is no doubt that the fifth floor is also shabby, but there is a man and woman kissing in the corridor.
The man was wearing a crisp custom-made suit, and he didn't look like the kind of person who would come to a place like this. The woman was extremely beautiful, with silky hair as thick as seaweed and fair skin. Although she was poorly dressed, she exuded an elegant temperament.
"He...found...it doesn't matter..."
"They all... deserve it..."
"...together...children..."
"do not worry……"
She heard some intermittent conversations, but the distance was too far and the information could not be heard completely.
Xun wanted to walk over and take a closer look, but the task prompt in front of her kept flashing to let her out.
She wanted to turn off this annoying reminder, so she continued walking downstairs.
"Actually, it's okay, and there's nothing scary about it." Xun felt a little disappointed. She had watched the live broadcast of the form before, and it was obviously very scary. Why did the latest dungeon become less scary?
She arrived at the door of the apartment.
boom!
With a loud noise, something passed from top to bottom and exploded in front of Xun's eyes.
The middle-aged man who had begged her to let him go before was now turned into a ball of rotten flesh lying on the ground.
Blood flowed from his facial features and body, and a thick smell of rust wafted out.
Xun's eyes widened, and she felt her brain buzzing, and all her senses were gone.
Although it was just a game, it was too real, as if a living person was falling in front of her eyes.
Xun looked at his arms and clothes and found that they were splattered with blood.
After the panic, a feeling of guilt emerged.
"He probably jumped off the building because I had to collect debts and was desperate." Xun convinced himself that this was just a game, but after experiencing it personally, the panic and guilt could not dissipate.
It stands to reason that if the emotion was of this intensity, the Utopia system would have called the police long ago.
But nothing happened.
Xun was very sad. This may be the first time she fully experienced this emotion. Even after being betrayed by a friend before, the feeling was not as strong as it is now.
Because at that time, after she was stimulated, the Utopia system directly knocked her out in order to protect her.
Before she could fully experience the complex emotions of being betrayed, her emotional value fell below the dangerous line and she was sent to a medical center.
Xun wanted to quit the game. She realized that she might not be able to withstand such a huge stimulation in an instant.
But there was no way for her to quit.
The comments are still talking about various "successful passes", but those viewers are not immersed in the scene, how can they feel the strong emotions she feels? Those people were just theatergoers through the virtual screen, casually scrolling through the comments and commenting shamelessly.
Xun was a little annoyed.
In a daze, she felt like she was back in the bar again.
There was an extra cocktail in front of her, and the tip was labeled: Scapegoat.
The door of the bar was opened again, and a large cuckoo bird with a gloomy expression walked in.
This big cuckoo bird is wearing net-like clothes, and its face is covered with messy makeup. The whole bird looks like a dusty bird.
Xun didn't know why a bird had such a complicated temperament.
However, it didn't matter to her. She wanted to quit, but she couldn't.
"Give me a glass of 'Offload'."
[You have accepted the side mission: Make a cup to reduce the burden. 】
