bestfiction Chapter 15: Speaking out of integrity
Chapter 15: Speaking out of integrity
The system couldn't help but think of the security guards that Yan Xun had seen.
The other person remained expressionless, seemingly noticing Yan Xun's gaze through the cat's eyes. They quickly looked over and then spoke to Yan Xun behind the door.
Yan Xun's guess stunned the system. It was a popular infinite flow system, and the dungeons it experienced were simple, obvious, and the truth of the dungeons could be seen at a glance.
But what if the world is really as Yan Xun guessed? Then it's obviously far too complicated.
The system also sensed something was wrong. It tried to contact its main system, but found that for some reason, the world seemed to be shut down. Apart from the live broadcast room still operating normally, it was completely unable to connect with the main system.
It hesitated whether to tell Yan Xun, then saw Su Yumin pick up a bucket of instant noodles from the table and throw it into Yan Xun's arms on the other side.
"Your payment."
"So can you share the information with me now?" Su Yumin asked.
Yan Xun slowly put the instant noodles into the plastic bag, and then repeated what he had just said to Shen Rui.
Su Yumin's smile vanished.
He clearly realized that something was wrong with this instance. He pointed to his cheek and then suddenly sighed under everyone's gaze.
“Sigh.” Su Yumin shook her head. “Actually, I’m not good at decryption.”
"The dungeons I hate the most are these puzzle dungeons."
He probably didn't bother to hide it at this point and directly revealed that he wasn't a novice player.
"I still prefer survival dungeons; the fighting and killing are much more direct."
His words drew the two people on the sofa even closer to Yan Xun.
Perhaps because Shen Rui and Gui Yuchong's fear was too obvious, Su Yumin laughed again. He even maliciously smeared his own neck, "There's a quick way to pass the level. I'm very generous; I can tell you without any reward."
He looked at Yan Xun meaningfully, as if accusing the other of being petty.
"Instances allow for killing each other."
"As long as there is only one player left, the game will be automatically won."
He pointed to the sky as he spoke, "After all, the audience loves to watch it."
"The audience?" Shen Rui looked at Su Yumin, somewhat confused. "What audience?"
“Of course they are wicked big shots, beings from higher dimensions.” Su Yumin looked at Shen Rui with pity. “We enter this game as if we are putting on an exhibition match. If they are happy watching, they will reward us.”
As he said this, he looked at Yan Xun again and said, "A brilliant and interesting performance will attract viewers to give gifts."
Unbeknownst to them, enormous screens appeared in mid-air.
Countless creatures can watch these screens.
They are free to tip these players...
Unseen by Yan Xun, a lucky player received a [Gigantification Potion] as a reward from a certain creature. After drinking it, their size instantly increased dozens of times, resolving the current crisis in an instant.
The player then looked at their live stream and thanked the users who had tipped them.
However, since it was Yan Xun and the others' first time entering the game, the live stream camera had not yet been turned on to them.
Unlike Shen Rui, who was completely unaware of the existence of the live stream, Yan Xun was at least aware of its existence through the system.
Yan Xun remembered what the system had told him before: a user had tipped him 100 lollipops...
"What's a lollipop? A gift?" Yan Xun suddenly asked the system.
"You can exchange them for points, and then use them to buy items in the shop." The system honestly stated, "100 lollipops can be exchanged for approximately 6000 points."
Yan Xun keenly sensed something was wrong. "How many points does it cost to buy a lollipop?"
【…】
[...100 points.]
"What a swindler!" Yan Xun cursed. "His commission is so high!"
The system silently lowered its head, not daring to speak.
"We've been working ourselves to the bone, risking our lives, like slaves, and you just take a cut?" Yan Xun continued to berate the system. "I think you should all be hung from streetlights!"
Yan Xun was internally questioning the system, but on the surface, he was propping his head up as if he was thinking about something.
Shen Rui probably thought he was a better person than her roommate, so she asked again, "You mean, you suspect the security guard is also a problem?"
“I didn’t say that,” Yan Xun said, looking at Shen Rui. “It was just a suspicion.”
"Otherwise, don't you find it strange?"
"How come the security guards who used to be so hawkish and violent towards the fake people have become so civilized now?"
What made things even more complicated for the people in the room was that they didn't know whether all the security guards were at fault or just a few.
"If there are fake security guards, then the mysteriously deceased resident... might have just disappeared like that."
Imagine this scenario: you discover footprints in your home that shouldn't be there, and in a panic, you press a button in your room to call security.
You thought you were saved, but then you saw a security guard in a building uniform come to your door.
You open the door for him, even eagerly letting him into your room, then point to the footprints on the floor and say, "Look at those footprints, there are fake people in my house."
However, the security guard standing behind you remained silent.
Just as you were wondering what was going on, he noticed the security guard looking at you, then slowly walked up to the footprints and said to you—
"Look, are these footprints the same as mine?"
Without any sign of resistance, or even before they could react, the residents were simply swallowed up by the fake security guards.
This association is unpleasant.
Yan Xun couldn't think of a way to identify these security guards for a moment. He didn't know these people and it was difficult for him to notice anything unusual. If he had to say, the name tags on the side of each security guard's uniform might be a good place to start.
Of course, the best approach is to avoid contacting these security guards unless absolutely necessary.
Gui Yuchong was probably startled by the hypothetical scenario Yan Xun had uttered, and he silently moved a little closer to Yan Xun, "...I'm a little scared."
He whispered to Yan Xun.
"Could I move a little closer to you?"
Yan Xun glanced at Gui Yuchong, who was practically sitting right next to him. On one hand, he felt he should probably "hate" Gui Yuchong now, but on the other hand, he wasn't sure when he changed his mind in the original text, so he could only ask the system.
"I don't think he actually dislikes Gui Yuchong at all," the system whispered. "He's just saying one thing but meaning another."
Yan Xun: "?"
He glanced at Gui Yuchong, who was leaning against him, looking at him pitifully.
Yan Xun finally turned his head away and said, "Whatever."