[Ding! Congratulations to the player for successfully leaving [Guidance of the Gods], and congratulations on obtaining the reward – Gift of the Gods. Would the player like to open it now?]
The escape system’s voice rang out in his mind, [Master Bai Lixin, would you like to open it now?]
Bai Lixin held the small golden box in his hand, [Open it.]
Escape system: [Ding! Opening the reward “Gift of the Gods”]
[Ding! Congratulations to the player, receiving a reward of 1 million performance points and 1 million mall points.]
[Congratulations to the player for successfully reaching floor 850!]
S419M: [Wow, Lord Host, what happened in this half hour? You earned so many points? The performance points you earned in half an hour are almost the same as those earned in 60 days in the Body of Steel.]
Bai Lixin: […]
What did he do?
Accompanied sleeping!
There were no skills involved, just relying on physical fitness.
In that world, there was no concept of time, but it should have been a day and night’s length of time.
Unexpectedly, only half an hour had passed in the game lobby.
What did Dijia say?
This was just a little reward he casually allocated from his own property?
Just a little allocation?
And it could make him climb 50 floors?
Can you please do this “little” a few more times?
His physical fitness was good enough, he could easily sleep a bit more.
But obviously, this was just a beautiful vision in Bai Lixin’s imagination. Dijia could secretly give him so many points under the surveillance of the main brain, which was not easy. Now he was already on the 850th floor, just a few steps away from that mysterious 900th floor hurdle.
Finally.
Finally arrived here.
Bai Lixin opened the leaderboard. For him on the 850th floor, his current ranking was around 400th, similar to Song Yuantian and Lin Jue’s positions.
He didn’t know how much good stuff Tan Yue had fed Xia Chi, his floor had unexpectedly reached around the 800th floor.
As for Zhou Guang, Liang Xi, Li Cancan, and others, their floors were slightly lower, just around the 700th floors.
Bai Lixin originally thought “Guidance of the Gods” was the next copy, but after opening it, he realized it was just a welfare copy.
Because of the previous 10,000 player copy, it was criticized by players in the forum due to its many strangeness and the twists and turns in it. Fortunately, this copy had been completely blocked, which prevented further escalation of the players’ anger.
But because of this, there were gradually other voices among the players.
They were no longer blindly doing tasks but began to try to resist the rules imposed by the game.
Although the effect might be minimal, at least someone was doing it.
Although Li Cangshan disappeared from everyone’s memory, the aftershocks he brought to the players remained.
Those who participated in the game were ordinary people, some are inclined to good and some are inclined to evil.
For Li Cangshan, his mission was to rescue everyone.
For Bai Lixin, only when he saw the brilliance of humanity that often burst out among the players did he feel that rescue would not be in vain.
After resting in the dormitory for another day, Bai Lixin rested for a total of five days and then planned to start a new copy.
The escape system repeatedly inquired: [Master Bai Lixin, you haven’t been back to the game lobby for even a week. With your points, you can stay as long as you want. Are you really not going to rest for a few more days?]
Bai Lixin: [No, five days if rest is enough.]
S419M: [Lord Host, if you go to work with this attitude, you might kill other colleagues.]
Bai Lixin: [No, quite the opposite. It’s precisely because I don’t want anyone to be killed that I want to end all this quickly and keep myself busy, alright?]
Escape system: [Then shall I begin?]
Bai Lixin: [Yes, please, thank you for the hard work Sister System, help me draw a better copy.]
The escape system hesitated for a moment, biting its lip with little confidence, [Um… I’ll try my best.]
[Ding! Player Bai Lixin will enter a randomly chosen copy. Please confirm.]
[Yes/No]
Bai Lixin pressed [Yes].
[Ding! Player has confirmed. Now starting random copy selection.]
[Ding! Copy selection complete.]
[Congratulations to the player for entering the single player copy – [Xiao Hua]. The copy difficulty is S-level. Now initiating copy teleportation.]
Bai Lixin’s familiar surroundings darkened. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a what seemed to be a modern urban office building.
He was still in an immobile state, surrounded by darkness, faintly able to see the surroundings through the moonlight from outside the window.
There were many footprints on the not so clean floor, and there were some crumpled papers scattered around.
The desks in front of him were neatly arranged, but there was some disorder on some of them. Some computers were still emitting a faint blue light, and some files were open.
Looking out the window from the corner of his eye, he saw towering buildings and flashing neon lights outside. This seemed to be a bustling city.
There were also two people beside him. Their faces were an unhealthy pale, with a hint of fear in their expressions. Since he entered a single player copy this time, these two people were obviously NPCs.
Because he had just entered the copy, these two people were also in a state of immobility.
The escape system’s voice rang out: [Copy entry successful. Now introducing the copy background content.]
[Thirty years ago, a lovely baby was born, named Xiao Hua.]
[Eighteen years later, Xiao Hua grew into a beautiful and lovely girl. She was charming and attractive, the target of many people’s pursuit.]
[Ten years ago, Xiao Hua disappeared.]
[Someone found a severed limb in a flower bed, and after DNA identification, it was confirmed to belong to Xiao Hua. Later, the police found the tools used in the crime nearby, from which they extracted Xiao Hua’s DNA and another person’s fingerprints.]
[The police quickly identified a suspect. Because the severed limb in this case was found in a downtown area, it attracted a lot of public attention.]
[After the suspect was arrested, he claimed to be innocent, saying he was forced to kill by someone else. However, when the case was re-examined, the suspect overturned all previous testimonies, admitting only to harming Xiao Hua but never killing her.]
[The police investigation also entered a stalemate because they had been searching nearby for half a year, and apart from Xiao Hua’s severed limb, they didn’t find any other evidence.]
[In other words, they could not prove the fact that Xiao Hua was dead. Only by finding Xiao Hua’s other body parts could they prove her death and the suspect’s murder be determined. According to the suspect’s confession, they could only prove the suspect’s intent to harm.]
[The suspect had been detained in the detention center all along. During the police’s constant interrogation, the suspect always insisted that he had only harmed Xiao Hua and never killed her. Finally, the suspect was sentenced to ten years in prison for “intentional injury,” and this year is the day of his release.]
[The case became a cold case, Xiao Hua’s whereabouts remained a mystery, but the public always had doubts about this case.]
[They want to know whether Xiao Hua was alive or dead, and where Xiao Hua went.]
[Ding! Below is the release of the tasks.]
[Task One: Please find out Xiao Hua’s whereabouts. This copy is a single player copy, and the task difficulty is S-level. After completing the task, you can receive rewards based on your performance.]
[Friendly reminder: The suspect has been released from prison, and this suspect hides many secrets, including those of Xiao Hua.]
[Task Two: Survive in the copy for 15 days.]
[I wish the player a pleasant gaming experience.]
[Copy background structure completed, now officially starting the copy.]
With a “ding” from the system, the still picture in front of Bai Lixin began to move.
The two people beside him let out a horrible scream and hugged each other, “There are ghosts, there are ghosts!”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Is it going to be exciting right from the start?’
Bai Lixin observed the two people. They seemed to have been frightened by ghosts. Their faces were still pale. One of them was wearing a checkered shirt, with sparse hair and heavy bags around his eyes. He looked about thirty years old.
The other man was dressed in clothing similar to those of a security guard, with a black hat and a flashlight and electric baton on his waist. He was a bit older and looked to be nearly fifty years old.
When the two people saw Bai Lixin, they immediately rushed towards Bai Lixin.
“There are ghosts! There are ghosts in this building, Xiao Xin.”
Bai Lixin glanced at the checkered shirt. There was a work badge hanging around his neck with his name written on it: Zhao Jia.
The other one, the security guard, didn’t have any work badge.
Before Bai Lixin could speak, he suddenly heard a strange sound.
“Tap.”
“Tap.”
“Tap.”
It sounded like the sound of leather shoes stepping on the ground.
Hearing this sound, both Zhao Jia and the security guard screamed exaggeratedly and hid behind Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin pressed his lips into a sharp edge and slowly scanned the empty and dark office building.
The clock on the wall was a silent electronic clock, showing that it was after nine o’clock in the evening.
After taking a few steps, the “tap tap” footsteps disappeared.
The surroundings quieted down.
But the next moment, a sharp and piercing sound rang out again.
“Screech—”
It was the sound of a chair being dragged.
The security guard trembled and spoke, “I’ve heard that this floor is haunted, but I didn’t believe it. No wonder the salary for security guards is so high here. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster!”
The man in the checkered shirt added, “No wonder the boss said no overtime at night, turns out it’s because this floor is haunted. Wuuuu, Xiao Xin, we shouldn’t have stayed for overtime tonight.”
Bai Lixin glanced at the two of them, then looked around.
The light switch was within reach, so he tried pressing it, but the ceiling remained dark.
The security guard’s voice trembled, “The building’s electrical system is under maintenance tonight, so the lights won’t turn on.”
Bai Lixin looked at the flashlight hanging from his waist, “Can I borrow your flashlight?”
The security guard hesitated but still took out the flashlight and handed it to him, “Here you go.”
Bai Lixin pressed it, only to find out that the flashlight was also broken.
The security guard wore a mournful expression, “I forgot to charge the flashlight.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘What a competent security guard you are.’
Just then, as if knowing their fear, the unseen ghost seemed to be playing a game with them.
They heard a “pa”, and the light switch Bai Lixin had just pressed was pushed up again.
The already pale face of the man in the checkered shirt turned even paler, “I-is this, this ghost, right next to us?”
It seemed like he had used all his strength to utter that sentence, and in the end, he could only stand there trembling.
The system wouldn’t just throw him here for no reason. Since he appeared in the office building, there must be a reason.
Bai Lixin had no choice but to ask patiently, “Have you heard any rumors about this building? For example, someone dying or something like that?”
[Ding! Congratulations to the player for successfully leaving [Guidance of the Gods], and congratulations on obtaining the reward – Gift of the Gods. Would the player like to open it now?]
The escape system’s voice rang out in his mind, [Master Bai Lixin, would you like to open it now?]
Bai Lixin held the small golden box in his hand, [Open it.]
Escape system: [Ding! Opening the reward “Gift of the Gods”]
[Ding! Congratulations to the player, receiving a reward of 1 million performance points and 1 million mall points.]
[Congratulations to the player for successfully reaching floor 850!]
S419M: [Wow, Lord Host, what happened in this half hour? You earned so many points? The performance points you earned in half an hour are almost the same as those earned in 60 days in the Body of Steel.]
Bai Lixin: […]
What did he do?
Accompanied sleeping!
There were no skills involved, just relying on physical fitness.
In that world, there was no concept of time, but it should have been a day and night’s length of time.
Unexpectedly, only half an hour had passed in the game lobby.
What did Dijia say?
This was just a little reward he casually allocated from his own property?
Just a little allocation?
And it could make him climb 50 floors?
Can you please do this “little” a few more times?
His physical fitness was good enough, he could easily sleep a bit more.
But obviously, this was just a beautiful vision in Bai Lixin’s imagination. Dijia could secretly give him so many points under the surveillance of the main brain, which was not easy. Now he was already on the 850th floor, just a few steps away from that mysterious 900th floor hurdle.
Finally.
Finally arrived here.
Bai Lixin opened the leaderboard. For him on the 850th floor, his current ranking was around 400th, similar to Song Yuantian and Lin Jue’s positions.
He didn’t know how much good stuff Tan Yue had fed Xia Chi, his floor had unexpectedly reached around the 800th floor.
As for Zhou Guang, Liang Xi, Li Cancan, and others, their floors were slightly lower, just around the 700th floors.
Bai Lixin originally thought “Guidance of the Gods” was the next copy, but after opening it, he realized it was just a welfare copy.
Because of the previous 10,000 player copy, it was criticized by players in the forum due to its many strangeness and the twists and turns in it. Fortunately, this copy had been completely blocked, which prevented further escalation of the players’ anger.
But because of this, there were gradually other voices among the players.
They were no longer blindly doing tasks but began to try to resist the rules imposed by the game.
Although the effect might be minimal, at least someone was doing it.
Although Li Cangshan disappeared from everyone’s memory, the aftershocks he brought to the players remained.
Those who participated in the game were ordinary people, some are inclined to good and some are inclined to evil.
For Li Cangshan, his mission was to rescue everyone.
For Bai Lixin, only when he saw the brilliance of humanity that often burst out among the players did he feel that rescue would not be in vain.
After resting in the dormitory for another day, Bai Lixin rested for a total of five days and then planned to start a new copy.
The escape system repeatedly inquired: [Master Bai Lixin, you haven’t been back to the game lobby for even a week. With your points, you can stay as long as you want. Are you really not going to rest for a few more days?]
Bai Lixin: [No, five days if rest is enough.]
S419M: [Lord Host, if you go to work with this attitude, you might kill other colleagues.]
Bai Lixin: [No, quite the opposite. It’s precisely because I don’t want anyone to be killed that I want to end all this quickly and keep myself busy, alright?]
Escape system: [Then shall I begin?]
Bai Lixin: [Yes, please, thank you for the hard work Sister System, help me draw a better copy.]
The escape system hesitated for a moment, biting its lip with little confidence, [Um… I’ll try my best.]
[Ding! Player Bai Lixin will enter a randomly chosen copy. Please confirm.]
[Yes/No]
Bai Lixin pressed [Yes].
[Ding! Player has confirmed. Now starting random copy selection.]
[Ding! Copy selection complete.]
[Congratulations to the player for entering the single player copy – [Xiao Hua]. The copy difficulty is S-level. Now initiating copy teleportation.]
Bai Lixin’s familiar surroundings darkened. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a what seemed to be a modern urban office building.
He was still in an immobile state, surrounded by darkness, faintly able to see the surroundings through the moonlight from outside the window.
There were many footprints on the not so clean floor, and there were some crumpled papers scattered around.
The desks in front of him were neatly arranged, but there was some disorder on some of them. Some computers were still emitting a faint blue light, and some files were open.
Looking out the window from the corner of his eye, he saw towering buildings and flashing neon lights outside. This seemed to be a bustling city.
There were also two people beside him. Their faces were an unhealthy pale, with a hint of fear in their expressions. Since he entered a single player copy this time, these two people were obviously NPCs.
Because he had just entered the copy, these two people were also in a state of immobility.
The escape system’s voice rang out: [Copy entry successful. Now introducing the copy background content.]
[Thirty years ago, a lovely baby was born, named Xiao Hua.]
[Eighteen years later, Xiao Hua grew into a beautiful and lovely girl. She was charming and attractive, the target of many people’s pursuit.]
[Ten years ago, Xiao Hua disappeared.]
[Someone found a severed limb in a flower bed, and after DNA identification, it was confirmed to belong to Xiao Hua. Later, the police found the tools used in the crime nearby, from which they extracted Xiao Hua’s DNA and another person’s fingerprints.]
[The police quickly identified a suspect. Because the severed limb in this case was found in a downtown area, it attracted a lot of public attention.]
[After the suspect was arrested, he claimed to be innocent, saying he was forced to kill by someone else. However, when the case was re-examined, the suspect overturned all previous testimonies, admitting only to harming Xiao Hua but never killing her.]
[The police investigation also entered a stalemate because they had been searching nearby for half a year, and apart from Xiao Hua’s severed limb, they didn’t find any other evidence.]
[In other words, they could not prove the fact that Xiao Hua was dead. Only by finding Xiao Hua’s other body parts could they prove her death and the suspect’s murder be determined. According to the suspect’s confession, they could only prove the suspect’s intent to harm.]
[The suspect had been detained in the detention center all along. During the police’s constant interrogation, the suspect always insisted that he had only harmed Xiao Hua and never killed her. Finally, the suspect was sentenced to ten years in prison for “intentional injury,” and this year is the day of his release.]
[The case became a cold case, Xiao Hua’s whereabouts remained a mystery, but the public always had doubts about this case.]
[They want to know whether Xiao Hua was alive or dead, and where Xiao Hua went.]
[Ding! Below is the release of the tasks.]
[Task One: Please find out Xiao Hua’s whereabouts. This copy is a single player copy, and the task difficulty is S-level. After completing the task, you can receive rewards based on your performance.]
[Friendly reminder: The suspect has been released from prison, and this suspect hides many secrets, including those of Xiao Hua.]
[Task Two: Survive in the copy for 15 days.]
[I wish the player a pleasant gaming experience.]
[Copy background structure completed, now officially starting the copy.]
With a “ding” from the system, the still picture in front of Bai Lixin began to move.
The two people beside him let out a horrible scream and hugged each other, “There are ghosts, there are ghosts!”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Is it going to be exciting right from the start?’
Bai Lixin observed the two people. They seemed to have been frightened by ghosts. Their faces were still pale. One of them was wearing a checkered shirt, with sparse hair and heavy bags around his eyes. He looked about thirty years old.
The other man was dressed in clothing similar to those of a security guard, with a black hat and a flashlight and electric baton on his waist. He was a bit older and looked to be nearly fifty years old.
When the two people saw Bai Lixin, they immediately rushed towards Bai Lixin.
“There are ghosts! There are ghosts in this building, Xiao Xin.”
Bai Lixin glanced at the checkered shirt. There was a work badge hanging around his neck with his name written on it: Zhao Jia.
The other one, the security guard, didn’t have any work badge.
Before Bai Lixin could speak, he suddenly heard a strange sound.
“Tap.”
“Tap.”
“Tap.”
It sounded like the sound of leather shoes stepping on the ground.
Hearing this sound, both Zhao Jia and the security guard screamed exaggeratedly and hid behind Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin pressed his lips into a sharp edge and slowly scanned the empty and dark office building.
The clock on the wall was a silent electronic clock, showing that it was after nine o’clock in the evening.
After taking a few steps, the “tap tap” footsteps disappeared.
The surroundings quieted down.
But the next moment, a sharp and piercing sound rang out again.
“Screech—”
It was the sound of a chair being dragged.
The security guard trembled and spoke, “I’ve heard that this floor is haunted, but I didn’t believe it. No wonder the salary for security guards is so high here. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster!”
The man in the checkered shirt added, “No wonder the boss said no overtime at night, turns out it’s because this floor is haunted. Wuuuu, Xiao Xin, we shouldn’t have stayed for overtime tonight.”
Bai Lixin glanced at the two of them, then looked around.
The light switch was within reach, so he tried pressing it, but the ceiling remained dark.
The security guard’s voice trembled, “The building’s electrical system is under maintenance tonight, so the lights won’t turn on.”
Bai Lixin looked at the flashlight hanging from his waist, “Can I borrow your flashlight?”
The security guard hesitated but still took out the flashlight and handed it to him, “Here you go.”
Bai Lixin pressed it, only to find out that the flashlight was also broken.
The security guard wore a mournful expression, “I forgot to charge the flashlight.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘What a competent security guard you are.’
Just then, as if knowing their fear, the unseen ghost seemed to be playing a game with them.
They heard a “pa”, and the light switch Bai Lixin had just pressed was pushed up again.
The already pale face of the man in the checkered shirt turned even paler, “I-is this, this ghost, right next to us?”
It seemed like he had used all his strength to utter that sentence, and in the end, he could only stand there trembling.
The system wouldn’t just throw him here for no reason. Since he appeared in the office building, there must be a reason.
Bai Lixin had no choice but to ask patiently, “Have you heard any rumors about this building? For example, someone dying or something like that?”
