T/N: I used italic on the original English words in the Chinese novel...
Chapter 10 - 2nd copy
When Gu Wu Ji had once again awakened, he discovered that he was currently inside a forest, a knapsack on his back, with some survival equipment.
There were several people around that were just like him, it was estimated that they were the other players, counting there were approximately around 6 to 7 people appearing.
[You are tourists lost in the mountain"s forest, without any cellphone signal, all the food has already been completely eaten, the stomach is very famished, in addition to being unable to find a way out.]
Gu Wu Ji took out his cellphone to look, and sure enough there wasn"t a bit of signal, on the contrary, there was still a lot of power left.
[At this moment, a small dilapidated hotel appears in front of you, just like finding hope, you excitedly head forward, but no one knows, what things could be waiting for you.]
[Mainline task: Survive for 5 days in the small hotel.]
When the system prompt ends, everyone then began to introduced themselves.
This time, there were no new players, everyone was a person with experience, the scene also became quite harmonious, without a doubt they also weren"t easy to swindle like newcomers, each were on their guard.
Here inside, because of an outstanding face value, Gu Wu Ji without a doubt became the most conspicuous one, attracting the other peoples attention, especially the female players, who couldn"t help but look at him some more.
Gu Wu Ji turned around, looking over towards the other people, revealing a business-like smile, “What wrong? Do you want my autograph?”
The majority of the people felt that this guy was a fool, in this kind of dangerous situation when they didn"t know if they could still get out alive, who would still care about something like an autograph? Seeing his heedless appearance it is estimated that he held on a big thigh to survive the first copy.
Nevertheless, a charming youth walked over, revealing a pleasant smile to Gu Wu Ji, handing over a piece of paper in his hand, “If that"s the case, then can you give me an autograph?”
Gu Wu Ji readily did so signing his name, looking at the other"s very warm look, feeling that this person still had a very friendly appearance.
“My name is Peng Hao Cang, a senior with 4 or 5 times of experience.” the charming youth warmly said, “If you don"t mind, you can follow me this time.”
“Alright.” Gu Wu Ji"s heart was suddenly moved, feeling that he had encountered a good person.
Even if he encountered someone like Fang Jian before, Gu Wu Ji felt that he couldn"t doubt other peoples character just because of one or two people having problems.
Other people seeing this, also felt that Gu Wu Ji truly had a great fortune to encounter this kind of holy father who was willing to help others. Some people seemed to remember something, as the eyes actually contained a bit of sympathy.
Everyone walked forward in this fashion.
Peng Hao Cang also gently reminded by saying: “Xiao* Gu, a famous person in reality like you should cover up when entering a copy"s world in the future, to avoid being deliberately targeted by others.”
*xiao = small (denotes closeness)
Gu Wu Ji increasingly found that the other"s words were very reasonable, and gratefully looked over.
Peng Hao Cang seeing the other"s grateful look, felt a bit startled.
He, without a doubt wasn"t some good pa.s.serby, in reality, like Fang Jian, he was from the lower echelon in a high-level organization.
Due to the reason of Fang Jian actually dying in a low level copy, and not receiving the thing that was decided in advance, made them the people in the organization feel very discontented.
The investigation in the end revealed that the last person Fang Jian came in contact before death was Gu Wu Ji, they believe that Gu Wu Ji must have gotten something good from the copy.
So, Peng Hao Cang specially came to this copy, for the purpose of getting the item from Gu Wu Ji"s body which he had obtained from the previous copy. It"s just that this was also not an easy thing to do, so the first move was to approach Gu Wu Ji.
However, Gu Wu Ji wasn"t the type Peng Hao Cang thought to be, on the contrary he was gullible easily trusting others. Even if he deliberately said such common things to probe the other, the other actually felt very grateful.
Looking at Gu Wu Ji"s back, Peng Hao Cang eyes became more serene and obscured, how can a newcomer be able to kill Fang Jian? It is estimated that he is a deeply hidden scheming old fox, and is intentionally acting like this in his presence.
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Just before dark, everyone finally saw the hotel at the uncharted roadside, the external appearance was very shabby, there was even a warm orange light inside it, which had an obvious contrast with the outside"s cold and eerie appearance.
Everyone knew that there must certainly be something wrong within, so no one dared to take the initiative to enter, after all who knows what kind of people or ghosts were inside? Opening the door might get them killed, one couldn"t say for certain that their life would be accounted for upon entering.
There was also a more serious problem, that was everyone"s stomach was already rumbling from hunger…… After all, their set up was that they had already been lost in the forest for a while, without anything to eat, so they now felt very famished and agitated.
Gu Wu Ji immediately step forward, after stepping forward the rest looked at him in amazement, knocking on the door with a very courteous manner.
He actually didn"t think too much, anyway the hotel was already here and not entering wasn"t good.
Seemingly hearing some movements inside, and with the door having no lock, Gu Wu Ji immediately pushed the door open, just upon entering discovered that the rest was still rigidly standing behind, couldn"t help but doubtfully look at the others at the back, “Are you not coming in? Or do you still like the mountain"s winds?”
The other people couldn"t help but want to criticize him in their heart, it was obviously Gu Wu Ji himself that went ahead to acted on his own, and now had this kind of att.i.tude, even looking at them as if they were the ones who were abnormal.
The eyes of Peng Hao Cang revealed a bit of amazement, but soon after also concealed his own peculiarity, in his opinion, Gu Wu Ji must certainly have the ability to protect himself, to immediately head forward and push the door open, it is estimated that he had already prepared for anything from the beginning……this person had a very discerning mind like this, in addition to having this kind of strength, will certainly not be easy to deal with.
“Since the system wants us to stay in the hotel, we have to go in, otherwise something will certainly happen at night.” Peng Hao Cang having a lot of experiences and having a senior"s demeanor stated, “Everyone should still quickly enter.”
The other people successively nodded, staying in this desolate and open wilderness outside the city really made people"s heart tremble, who knew what strange things might appear at night? Without a doubt they must really go in the hotel.
Unexpectedly, the hotel"s interior appeared very normal, at the very least there was no problem at first glance.
Just like a shop owner an old woman was sitting behind the front desk, the appearance looked very normal, but having a bit of unspeakable gloominess
There were also several young personnel in the hotel, with faces having a bit of impatient expressions, contrary to what one might expect no matter how one looks they appeared like ordinary people.
At this time the dinning table at the center was already filled with food, emitting a tempting aroma, letting the players that were already starving have difficultly in exercising control.
A person even immediately rushed forward, sat down and was just about to eat the food on the table, when his companions abruptly seized him, “You"re crazy, can these things be indiscriminately eaten?”
“What is there to be afraid of? The system must also not want to see us starving to death like this, these food are estimated to let us preserve our strength. What"s more being hungry will make it easy to let other people harm us, when the ghosts actually appears, there will be no strength to even run, then aren"t you just sitting still and waiting for death?” this person spoke convincingly, but in the end still didn"t have the courage to take the first step.
Peng Hao Cang walked over at this time, and said to everyone, “I"m already a person who has experienced several copies, in the copy"s world not all are necessarily evil spirits some may be monsters or some other creatures, some are even human variations that were forcefully detained……”
Having said this, his eyes containing a bit of injustice, soon after also said: “There"s also a lot of graciousness in here, that you will surely encounter, my body still have items to distinguish poisons, so let me come try.”
Gu Wu Ji couldn"t help but remember the kind female servant who helped him in the previous copy, and felt the same with Peng Hao Cang"s words.
However, in reality, Gu Wu Ji was the only person touched by Peng Hao Cang"s words. The other people felt somewhat puzzled, what? There were also ghosts that helps people, how is this still a ghost?
Under everyone surprise gazes, Peng Hao Cang immediately picked a slice of Chinese cabbage and sent it into his mouth, frowning a bit, then stated: “It looks like there"s no problem, everyone can eat.”
If anyone else had said something like this, other people will probably not believe, but Peng Hao Cang had a very reliable appearance, also personally taking the risk, unwittingly gaining everyone"s trust.
All the players went ahead and sat down, impatiently wanting to eat the food before them, not knowing whether this was also related to their hungriness, the taste of these dishes also become extremely delicious, making them unable to stop.
Gu Wu Ji also sat down, but unlike the others who were eating heartily, he was only eating the meager plain rice.
“You"re not going to eat?” Peng Hao Cang looked over at the side with deep concern.
“There"s no appet.i.te.” Gu Wu Ji said with a frown, he also didn"t know why, just glancing at these food made him feel uncomfortable, without a desire/expectation of wanting to eat.
“You also mustn"t be reluctant.” Peng Hao Cang said it like this, but the heart"s fear towards Gu Wu Ji somewhat deepened.
There was completely nothing wrong with the meal. Peng Hao Cang still actively went to negotiate with the old woman who others felt were very problematic, but the other completely didn"t care about his gesture, with an extremely chilly bearing, only receiving the money then sent them away.
The others didn"t care too much, nevertheless Gu Wu Ji keenly noticed that the front desk seemed not quite right……
A personnel came forward leading them to the guest rooms in the second floor.
Because of the personnel having the appearance that was just like an ordinary person, everyone tried to converse with the personnel along the way, wanting to find a bit of information regarding this hotel.
Only, this personnel can be said to have an extremely unpleasant att.i.tude, beyond referring to the several guest rooms where they could rest in, there wasn"t a bit of interest in saying anything else, the face always had an unpleasant expression, making several other players unable to gain a bit of benefit.
When the personnel has turned around to leave, Gu Wu Ji appeared on the way she pa.s.sed, calling out with a friendly greeting, “h.e.l.lo, I would like to inquire about some things.”
There was someone who couldn"t help but sneer out loud, feeling that Gu Wu Ji was simply bringing embarra.s.sment on himself, this personnel obviously didn"t want to reveal a bit of information.
However……
The female personnel that was just very intolerant a while ago, at this moment had an almost 180° change of att.i.tude, started speaking in a gentle voice: “Guest, go ahead and speak you don"t need to hesitate.”
Other people: “???”
This npc would unexpectedly still look at the face?!