Arc 2: Luxury Cruise
Chapter 29
"But I have to say, getting close to NPCs and getting to know them does have its benefits. There"s less danger, like how you borrowed money from him…….."
Xu Ziyue was surprised. He turned and looked at Wu Wenshan, "How did you know?"
Wu Wenshan shrugged and spread open his hands, "The players exchange news and information. When you talked about the pool and opera, I didn"t realise at first, but I knew after seeing that NPC."
Xu Ziyue indeed had been a little too negligent. If a player came over knowing that he could lend money, something bad was likely to happen.
"You see, by befriending an NPC you left a very deep impression on the other players. You have an advantage others don"t have, so they would ostracise you and even hide information from you. Those with bad character may even deliberately tried to sabotage you." Wu Wenshan gave an example, "What you"re doing now is lending money. If others come looking for you, one or two would be fine but what if more people come? Would you ask the NPC? Special NPCs like him have all been pre-programmed. He might not be happy lending more money. And what"s going to happen to you? With an NPC disliking or even hating you………You might not be able to bear with the consequences."
"As for not lending………Aren"t you afraid of those who know of some kind of sure-death method deliberately telling you about it while pretending to be helpful to get you to give it a try? In the end, their aim is to get you to die."
Xu Ziyue. "That…..can"t be?"
"Don"t be too attached to the people here." Wu Wenshan patted Xu Ziyue"s shoulder, "They have been on edge for a long time and have all gone crazy. The more worlds experienced, the more mad they become."
Wu Wenshan looked at Xu Ziyue"s deep frown and smiled while sticking his tongue out. He added: "I"ll tell you one thing."
"What?"
"When I was clearing the previous world, I ran into a player. That player was a man. He……uh, I guess he seduced one of the female NPCs in the game. That NPC helped him throughout the entire game, so the game was easier to clear for him compared to the other players. There wasn"t any sense of danger the entire time."
Xu Ziyue had a bad feeling.
Wu Wenshan continued: "Players who knew about it were extremely jealous. They told the NPC about the truth of the game world."
Wu Wenshan smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Do you know what happened next?"
"W-what?"
"Later, that NPC killed her sweetheart player and then, one bite at a time, ate him up in front of the other players." Wu Wenshan grabbed fistfuls of air and acted like he was taking large bites.
He turned to look at Xu Ziyue, "Because she felt that only like this, the player wouldn"t leave this world and leave her."
Xu Ziyue: "……….."
"Hahaha~ In fact, it was also something I heard. Don"t take it to heart!" Wu Wenshan laughed and patted Xu Ziyue"s back comfortingly, "Don"t be scared. Don"t be scared. Not all cases are like that."
Xu Ziyue rolled his eyes, "I"m more scared with you telling me this."
Wu Wenshan waved his hand, "I just said that it"s a possibility. A possibility. I don"t think your NPC knows about these things, so he probably just sees you as a friend. Feelings involved with friendship won"t be as extreme like that female NPC." Wu Wenshan pointed his chin at Austin, "I think his character is quite mild."
Xu Ziyue said: "The word mild is a little strange. It should be gentle."
He had experience now and didn"t bring Austin along like he did with Sun Mo. Whenever he spoke to players, he would walk away and speak softly. It wasn"t like Austin had superhuman hearing so how could he possibly hear that?
Xu Ziyue watched Austin smile and wave at him, and quickly ran over.
As for friendship?
He didn"t know what sentiments Austin had for him.
Not to mention, rather than him capturing Austin, he felt like he was being captured by Austin instead.
"The person on the court has been there for almost half an hour. They"ll be taking a break soon." Austin had helped Xu Ziyue ask.
In fact, there were two basketball courts on the twelfth floor, but only one was used for actually playing basketball. The court there was used by tourist NPC"s while the court here was specifically for those who want to shoot a basket and get a stamp.
Of course, they wouldn"t let one person attempt it the entire time. Usually they are given half an hour and if there were people waiting after them, they would need to swap. Otherwise, they could continue.
After the person on the court left, Austin looked at Xu Ziyue and Wu Wenshan, "Who"s going first?"
Wu Wenshan took a step back and quickly shook his head, "I think…….I"m fine."
"Then…….I"ll try it out?" Xu ZIyue pointed at himself.
Austin nodded and said gently, "Go ahead."
Xu Ziyue picked up a basketball and walked onto the court. He bounced the basketball onto the ground a few times and carefully examined it. It looked quite normal. If this was his first time here, he wouldn"t have suspected how terrifying the basket could be.
Because there was no set distance, Xu Ziyue didn"t start too far from the basket. He randomly gave it a try but missed.
When he was about to throw it a second time and the ball was lifted just above his chest, Xi Ziyue inadvertently made eye contact with a pair of b.l.o.o.d.y eyes……
Xi Ziyue: !!!
"Dong!" The head turned back into a basketball before it came into contact with the ground.
Xu Ziyue even subconsciously lifted his foot and stepped onto it. Because he didn"t maintain his balance probably, he ended up slipping and landed on his b.u.t.t.
"Ugh…………." Xi Ziyue felt like his tailbone was about to break, "Hng……..ah………"
He used himself to perfectly demonstrate what it was like to seek death.
It was already safe, but he just had to step onto it just to be sure.
But that was also an action Xu Ziyue couldn"t control. He had done it before he could even think about it.
That head was supposed to bite, but for some reason it hesitated.
Wu Wenshan ran over to help Xu Ziyue. Austin was also pushed over by the staff.
"Are you alright?" Wu Wenshan saw that Xu Ziyue wasn"t standing properly and felt that he was probably hurt badly.
He had even heard the sound of his body colliding with the floor earlier.
Of course, if the head didn"t change back, he would have also thought that it wasn"t easy for the head too.
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A shorter chapter today