"Ding dong!"
[Received a video request. 】
Su Mingan glanced at it and saw the word "Lu Shu" dancing on it.
"Is something wrong?" He answered the call and saw Lu Shu's usual deadpan face.
"Su Ming'an, you must persevere." Lu Shu said this nonsense.
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"Have you noticed, there are fewer and fewer players willing to leave the game now." Lu Shu said: "The Main God Space has been built so comfortably, and the superior mentality of the audience looking down has become more and more serious. They would rather drink tea and talk and laugh, as if watching a real person. Xiu also watched those players hiding and dying miserably in the dangerous game world, and was unwilling to die miserably... There are fewer and fewer players willing to participate in the game. Moreover, there are also a large number of players who are willing to give up their human identities and forever Players who remain in the dungeon..."
Su Mingan recalled more than one system prompt in the second copy. It seemed to have been encouraging him to become an "observer" - to stay in the White Sun Floating City and become the sole ruler.
It has to be said that if an ordinary player stays in a cool mechanical city, has so many androids used by him, becomes the supreme ruler, and has the beautiful Nolia... many people may not be able to refuse. , they chose to stay in the dungeon forever, and it was natural that they would never return.
The number of players is truly decreasing.
Even the number of "human beings" is truly decreasing.
The organizer is cutting the flesh with a soft knife. It will not make you really die, but it will make people willingly degenerate, indulge, and divide... and then be willing to become a piece of data in the copy and enjoy the false reality.
Su Mingan felt a sense of crisis.
"Of course I want to go to the end," he said.
...Whether it is conjecture or not, whether the ultimate goal can be achieved or not.
Since he is different from others and has a unique death recovery...he needs to shoulder this responsibility. He is willing to hypnotize himself, hypnotizing himself to be on the road to victory, hypnotizing himself to succeed, even if there is only a small chance of achieving it...
"In three hours, the guild station will be opened. From now on, it will be our guild's independent small space. More than 10,000 top guild players will gather together." Lu Shu said: "First player, when the time comes, let's speak. Bar."
"Public speaking?" Su Mingan lowered his head and flipped through the backpack rails: "Okay, I have no problem."
"And..." Lu Shu's words paused for a moment. Su Ming'an raised his eyelids slightly and saw his blazing eyes scanning around her body, and the crimson butterfly stayed on the other's fingertips:
"Wait a minute... Let's find a teahouse and meet in the Main God's Space in the same area." Lu Shu said.
"Okay." After Su Mingan opened all the hiding places, he put on his cloak and pushed open the door.
Lu Shu provided a coordinate. When he went out, he only needed to enter the coordinates to reach the server where he was.
[You are about to enter the Main God's Square (Server 2465 - due to the large number of players and spectators, the system automatically divides the Main God's Square into 50,000 squares, each square can accommodate 20,000 players)]
The light poured in as the iron door opened and fell on the upper body. In front of him was a crowded square shrouded in sunlight. The familiar Boss Rabbit Fountain sculpture was filled with radiant water. The sight was brilliant.
There are not as many players setting up stalls as at the end of the first world. Instead, there are small shops opened on both sides. The shops in the center of the square are mainly various equipment stores and pharmacy shops, and the streets spreading around are all kinds of casual shops. storefront.
Su Mingan first saw the ocher-red building in the center of his field of vision. Many players were walking in and out along the red carpet. There was a golden [Auction House] plaque hanging on the door - it should be the content of this update. This way players don’t have to look for a needle in a haystack to buy things from stalls.
Next to it is a ring-shaped iron-gray building, which seems to be open-air. The sunlight above makes the steel sparkle, and there is a lot of people. It should be the [Arena] mentioned by the system, a good place for training in actual combat, some Players who are not very popular can also increase their popularity here.
He knew that the Main God's Square was voluntarily divided into areas by players, including the Dragon Kingdom area and other areas. People of different nationalities lived in different servers, just like a recreated Zhai Xing. It is said that the areas 1 and 2 with the higher numbers are divided into central areas and military areas. Some joint regiments and troops are being established, as if to maintain the peace of the Lord God's world.
Su Mingan walked directly towards the coordinates given by Lu Shu and walked along a street. This seemed to be a living area. The buildings on both sides were also in the Dragon Kingdom style, with white walls and black tiles surrounded by green vines. The shops on both sides were also It tends to the ancient town style of the Dragon Kingdom. Su Mingan even saw Hanfu shops, antique shops, etc. among them.
He walked all the way to the teahouse, and someone immediately came forward to greet him. There are actually quite a lot of people in this teahouse, which has three floors. There are many players sitting by the wooden windows chatting and drinking tea.
But their eyes were all floating upward, as if they were looking at someone.
[Su Mingan: Where are you? 】Su Mingan sent a private message.
[Lu Shu: Come to the second floor. 】
"I have an appointment." Su Mingan said to the store owner who came up, and then walked up the stairs.
...Then he finally understood why there were so many people in this teahouse.
Sitting next to the lattice window, the heat of tea was floating on the table. A young man with a pair of dead fish eyes was looking over here. He was wearing a black Hanfu, with green mantises and crimson butterflies resting on his shoulders. The ground stopped, the light dazzled his calm facial features, and his black and white eyes seemed to be washed by water. The whole picture looked as beautiful as an ink painting.
...Lu Shu didn't even try to hide it at all!
As expected, the other players' eyes were more or less tilted in that direction, and they were discussing in low voices the deeds of "Lu Shu".
Su Mingan walked over with a cloak covering his whole body and sat down opposite him. He noticed that there was a beautiful girl sitting next to Lu Shu, with two long twin ponytails hanging. When she raised her phoenix eyes, there were two straight streaks of light, as sharp as knives. For a moment, there was a feeling of conflict between gold and iron.
"Third in the world rankings, Mizushima Kawakora." The girl stretched out her hand, her eyes sparkling with crystal clear light, her voice was soft, but her eyes were astonishingly bright: "Hello, number one player, I have long admired your name. "
Fortunately, she knew better than Lu Shu and kept her voice very low, so that others could not hear her announcing her home.
"Su Ming'an." Su Ming'an grasped and closed in a controlled manner. He noticed that her fingers were very slender, not like holding a samurai sword, but like a hand that should be hanging on the piano keys... Moreover, on the back of her hand, there was a clear Chu's two white markings were proof that he had successfully passed the level twice.
A real smile played on his lips.
Lu Shu stood up and made tea for him. His technique was very professional, and his jade-like face was blurred amidst the lingering fragrance of tea. At this time, Lu Shu's body did not have the sharpness that controlled the mantis to kill, and his whole body was filled with calmness and warmth. This made Su Mingan, who had just come out of a brutal escape, feel like he had returned to the Dragon Kingdom.
Su Mingan glanced at the tea, and an introduction screen actually popped up:
【Longjing (excellent quality)
Type: The only spiritual recovery product
Effect: After drinking, it can temporarily increase mental points by 3-6 points. Since it is the only recovery item, it has a non-stackable effect.
Manufacturing requirements: advanced tea-making skills, top-quality tea leaves, suitable location, tea-making props, and more than 10 minutes of preparation time. It can be crafted in the game world if all the conditions are met.
Introduction: Who is lucky enough to taste the tea brewed by the fourth person in the world using his lv.7 tea-making skill (logistics skill)? 】
Su Mingan felt that this might be Lu Shu's most useless skill.
"Su Ming'an, I have heard about your deeds, and I have also seen the clips made by players for you." Mizushima Kawakora stared at him: "I admire you...in every sense. But I still have doubts in my heart. .”
"Please say."
"I've never understood..." Mizushima Kawakora nodded at the back of his hand: "You have foresight for many futures. Some things have no warning at all, such as the weaknesses of mechanical women in the second world, but you seem to have always known it before. This Many players are also arguing on the forum. Although some people point out that you may have special skills, some people still suspect that you are an undercover sent by the organizer. They feel that the organizer wants to praise you as the number one, in order to make Zhai Xing Human despair.”
Lu Shu glanced at Su Ming'an with a vague expression.
"...That's it." Su Ming'an said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I can understand such thoughts... After all, they are a group of light chasers. But my lighthouse, Miss Mizushimakawa, what do you think? ?”
Through the mist of tea, he could see the slightly trembling eyelashes of the girl in front of him, trembling like the wings of a butterfly.
"I don't believe it." Mizushima Kawakora took a sip of tea: "Your will, your theories, everything you have shown... are not like what a high-dimensional undercover agent can possess. I believe you are a human being, because Human beings have infinite possibilities... We have also guessed what you might get in the end by completing the level perfectly, so, first player, what would be your wish?"
Su Mingan's fingertips trembled.
Lu Shu brewed the tea and placed it in front of Su Ming'an. He sat down in silence, not saying a word from beginning to end.
"——We have always cared about this." Her voice suddenly came closer.
Su Ming'an suddenly felt a shadow coming over him. He raised his head and saw Mizushima Kawakora's pair of obsidian eyes, which were filled with the warmth of tea and fog in front of his eyes.
"If you want us to support you and believe you, you need to tell us what we need to know." Mizushima Kawakora was very close to him, and the long eyelashes were almost brushing in front of his eyes, and the girl's fair and moist face was also blurred. With a layer of pale tea mist: "You are the number one player. If you want us to follow you, you should at least tell us the most important reason."
"Are you threatening me?" Su Mingan heard the implication of Mizushima Kawakora's words.
"Although I recognize your identity as a human player, I still doubt your intentions." Mizushima Kawa Sora said calmly: "After all, from the surface, you are the kind of person who will resolutely sacrifice his companions for the sake of perfect points. Human. I dare not believe in the goodness of human nature, nor do I think you are completely evil. But if you insist on hiding it, I will only think that you have other intentions - when a person is elevated to the throne, all desires will be destroyed Zoom in, because everything seems within reach to him, and so does the first player.”
"What do you think my wish will be? World peace?" Su Mingan said: "Miss Mizushimakawa, your words tell me that you think the "first player" must be selfless and must have no desires - your level of moral kidnapping, You can compete with that audience."
Mizushima Kawa Sora's eyes became more serious as she stared at him, and then, she gradually backed away and sat back in her seat.
"What rewards you will get if you pass all the levels perfectly, this is already a widely accepted guess." Mizushima Kawakawa said: "I also asked Boss Rabbit what exactly you will get, which can make you so obsessed, but it He refused to tell me."
...Boss Rabbit naturally cannot let go easily.
Su Mingan got this answer because of Death's persuasive approach and Boss Rabbit's playfulness. If Mizushima Kawa Sora had asked him a simple question, he would have just laughed and prevaricated.
"The right to rule the world? The strongest strength? Immortality? Or what?" Mizushima Kawakora followed closely: "What will you get by completing all the levels perfectly? What will make you obsessed like this?"
Su Mingan looked at her with a smile: "What do you think? The "selfless" Miss Mizushimakawa? You should have guessed it, right? Passing all the levels perfectly - you will naturally get everything you want..."
Mizushima Kawakora showed an expression of "Sure enough," and then her voice slightly amplified:
"What about you? What do you want? Such a fanatical first player?"
Lu Shu tugged on her clothes. He didn't expect that this wave of probing questions would be magnified to this extent by her. This almost forced questioning... was different from what they had discussed before.
Other people in the teahouse glanced over, murmuring among themselves.
"...That seems to be Mizushima River who is third on the list, she is also..."
"Lu Shu is here too, what are they arguing about?"
"There's a guy sitting opposite who is hiding his identity. I don't know who he is. Why do you feel like you're being scolded?"
"The big bosses are quarreling, it's really new, but there are more and more people in this place... It seems that they have received the news that the third and fourth names on the list have appeared here."
"..."
Mizushima Kawakora also noticed that her voice was louder. She sat down again and her eyes became calm for a moment.
"You don't know yet, player number one, what you did in the first two worlds was extremely outrageous, and you didn't take the lead at all." Mizushima Kawakora said: "I can't let you continue to rule. I support you as a lighthouse The people in the faction are going crazy. They live like pagans. They spread your deeds like crazy in the forum and even regard you as the only god... If this continues, even if the world game ends, Zhai Xing... will also become Zhai Xing, a dictator like you."
"Mizushima River..." Lu Shu spoke from the side: "Su Ming'an is not that kind of person. The Light Chaser is only attracted by his idea of always having a future. He is actually a kind and good person..."
"What you said makes sense, "selfless" Miss Mizushimakawa." Su Mingan interrupted him, his eyes instantly met Mizushimakawa Sora, and the smile on his lips became more obvious: "I am... Such an ordinary person. Think about it, before entering the game, I was just a college student in the Dragon Kingdom and had never even stepped into society. Such a childish thought for me. As the number one player, I I should be kind and merciful, I should lend a helping hand to every player who is in trouble - this is the number one player you like, right?"
Mizushima Kawakora stood up, her long ponytail brushed in the warm mist, bringing up a burst of mist that captivated her eyes.
"I'm really not worried." She said calmly.
"Are you going to stop me?" Su Mingan raised his head and smiled at her.
"I will replace people like you and become the ultimate winner. I will be the one who passes all the levels perfectly." Mizushima Kawa Sora said: "I will make a wish to make everything better, no matter how lofty your idea is. Regardless of whether I am selfish or not, I will only take the initiative in my own hands - absolutely, I will never let the chance of getting the reward fall into the hands of people like you."
"What a shining lighthouse..." Su Mingan spread his hands: "Then, use everything you have to stop me! In order to prevent people like me from winning in the end, please selfless Miss Mizushima River, please do your best to win To the end, right?”
Mizushima Kawakora looked at this person.
...He seemed to be really happy.
…It’s simply baffling.
Her teacup knocked on the table, making a crisp sound.
"What a dangerous person." She said: "The control of Zhai Xing must not fall into your hands. The number one player is still suitable for someone who is more stable and empathetic. You stepped on your companion Yue Yue's bones were crowned in everyone's eyes without showing any guilt... Su Mingan, I thought you still had a chance to be saved and you could become everyone's savior, but after this conversation, I think you are too If you are in danger...I will no longer support you, I will become the strongest player in the world game and will never let Zhai Xing fall under the control of people like you."
There was no concealment in her voice, and the whole teahouse heard her voice, and there was silence for an instant.
She pulled up the coat on the back of the chair and left neatly, without leaving a single glance.
"Su Ming'an..." Lu Shu seemed to be a little shocked by her outspokenness. He did not expect that this meeting between several senior officials of the First Guild would turn out like this.
The surrounding chatter gradually started. People were surprised and confused. It turned out that the man in black robe was the number one player Su Ming'an. But what Mizushima Kawakora said was too shocking. Many people had already taken screenshots and recorded the screen to prepare it. Discuss it on the forum.
"Mizushima Kawata shouldn't have done it. She shouldn't have accused you like this in public. The public opinion consequences would have been too..." Lu Shu frowned slightly.
"The people you brought really didn't use their brains in advance." Su Mingan lowered his head to drink the tea he made.
Since such a "selfless" person ranked third in the world wants to use her high-sounding hat to forcefully put it on her head... I guess this conversation is just a prelude to her declaration of war.
She just wanted to challenge the "number one player" and find a "legitimate" reason to raise the flag.
Perhaps, it won't be long before she officially comes to visit.
Provoking infighting among human beings in this kind of game... Is her stupid behavior a young man's passion, or is it driven by some invisible hand behind it?
He thinks that his behavior is desperate enough, almost a behavior of trying to survive in a crack - taking the counter-attack chips given by unknown creatures to challenge other unknown creatures, and it is not yet known whether the result can be realized...
Unexpectedly, there is someone more outrageous than him.
He admired [Lighthouses] like her. Naturally, the more people who were obsessed with completing the level, the better.
…but he felt sad for her inciting internal strife.
For such a person, even if she wins in the end...will she really make valuable wishes?
People's hearts will change. Rather than placing his hopes on others, he would rather fight for himself with more fault tolerance.
"Su Ming'an, Mizushima River is like this... She has always been a bit inexplicable. You don't need to pay too much attention to her words... This game is inherently competitive. If you can get everything by completing the level perfectly, you should work hard for it!" Lu Seeing that Su Mingan seemed to want to leave, Shu said quickly.
Then, he saw the almost tragic look that the man cast towards him.
"...It's okay. Even if I'm wrong, even if my final guess is wrong...it's because of my own lack of ability." Su Mingan murmured in a low voice, then raised his voice and laughed:
"The tea is delicious and the clothes are beautiful. Thank you... Lu Shu."
He said, then ignored the glances of all the players and strode out.
