One o'clock in the morning, reality, inside Bai Liu's rental house.
Du Yingying was already sound asleep, and Bai Liu and Tang Erda squatted on both sides of the tea room, on which a lot of materials were piled up.
An ashtray was placed by Tang Erda's feet, and a lot of cigarette butts had been extinguished in it. Tang Erda still had a burning one in his mouth. He frowned and looked at the information on the tea table , Reached out and flipped through a copy: "These are all the information I just asked Su Chao to print and send over, and they are related to the owner's information of the Sunshine Real Estate last year."
"If it is as you have analyzed, then the characteristics of the victimized owner group of this Sunshine Real Estate are very consistent with the prototype portrait of the Russell Cemetery Association."
Tang Erda paused: "But one thing is very strange, if these people are really gamers, their life trajectory is really too..."
Bai Liu looked down at the information: "It's normal, isn't it?"
Going to work, getting off work, eating, working, taking a vacation, almost nothing. This group of people participated in a strange game behind the scenes. They are just a group of tired ordinary people who are saving.
"Yes, gamers will be more or less extreme, and will want to use game items outside the rules of reality to escape the squeeze and sanctions of reality, such as the fanatical lamb we met before." Tang Er frowned , "Although this group of people has been greatly oppressed, there is no sign of this at all."
"That's why we didn't find any abnormalities during our investigation last year. They don't look like gamers at all."
Bai Liu pulled out the score information, lowered his head and raised his head, and asked while asking: "Captain Tang, if you are the owner of this real estate and you have entered the game, what will you do?"
Tang Erda was only slightly taken aback, before replying without hesitation: "Use the points to redeem items to track down the escaped developer's trail and bring him back."
Bai Liu took out a copy from the documents and put it in front of Tang Erda: "Is this it?"
A newspaper was posted on the information - [The developer of Sunshine Real Estate suspected of surrendering, claiming that the funds were not in his hands, and had already been transferred away by an overseas shell company].
The date of the news in the newspaper was last October, which happened to be the time after the end of the preseason game and a month after these owners jumped off the building.
"After the developer surrendered, all his assets were mortgaged to fill the gap in Sunshine Real Estate, and he was far from being able to fill it up. In the end, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment." Bai Liu looked up at Tang Erda, "Now the developer has been arrested. , but it’s useless, you still have to repay the loan every month, and you still have to work hard to save points in the game, what will you do next?”
Tang Er thought for a while, he didn't know what to do for a moment, he felt a sense of emptiness, and he said slowly: "...I may continue to track down the developer's matter..."
But halfway through he also stopped.
"I don't care about chasing the developer. Even if I get rid of it, it won't make up for it. It will only waste points. Once money goes overseas, it's like water drops into the ocean. After a few years, it's estimated that It has been washed for a round, and the possibility of getting it back is too small." Bai Liu analyzed calmly, "The only thing that can solve their predicament is money."
"Although the points earned in the game can be exchanged for money, they are life-saving things. They have to play the game once a week. They should not dare to move those accumulated points easily, and they can only rely on construction sites." Earn money to pay off the mortgage.”
Bai Liuping looked at Tang Erda: "You're right, they're just a group of ordinary people, and they only want to live an ordinary life. Pressed into the game."
"The game did not solve their problems, but brought them a huge burden. Desperation and pressure piled up like a snowball. It is not something a normal person can bear while playing games at the construction site." Activity."
"They entered the game to escape reality, and in the game they have nowhere to escape, so they entered the Russell Cemetery."
Tang Erda picked up a newspaper with a serious face: "These people all have stable income, construction sites, families, normal social connections, relatives and friends, people who are in the same problem together, according to my knowledge, Even if they encounter some difficulties, they should not collapse so quickly and reach this point within five years."
Bai Liu published the black and white photos one by one in the newspaper, these are all those who jumped off the building last year, and said softly:
"It may not be the first year to let the country crash."
"It's ten years."
Bai Liu's eyes fell on a black-and-white photo named "Wang Shuping", and the newspaper next to it was accompanied by the words "Loan Ten Years】:
"Whether it is in the game or outside the game, it may be okay for a problem to persist for several years, but once there is no hope for ten years, it will be a great test for ordinary people. Mortgage You can still get the hope of repayment, but the game can’t get the hope of coming out, I think this is the main reason for their mental collapse.”
Bai Liu looked at Tang Erda: "Not everyone has the tenacity of Captain Tang. Hundreds of worlds can persevere without hope in the game."
Tang Er paused, put out the cigarette butt, leaned on the sofa, closed his eyes, and let out a puff of smoke, and asked abruptly: "Bai Liu, if you are the president of Russell Cemetery, do you want to save these people?" , what will you do?"
"Do everything possible to win the game." Bai Liu pulled out the materials of those owners one by one, and quickly browsed, "As long as you win the game once, the money and game problems can be solved at once."
"Points can be used to repay loans, and can be used to solve common problems in the guild, and that wish—"
Bai Liu hit Tang Er: "I think that president probably wanted to make a wish to get everyone out of this game."
"This is not a game that can be saved normally. A normal person is either crazy or crazy in this game. If he wants everyone to survive, he must let everyone leave this game. Apart from winning the league once, there is nothing else to do. way."
"This kind of naive idea has never heard the story of Captain Tang. He should be quite young." Bai Liu's search for the owner's information finally slowed down, and he pulled out from a stack of owner's information. One, put it on the tea table, turned it 360 degrees and pushed it in front of Tang Erda, "Here, can Captain Tang find out his detailed information?"
Tang Erda's eyes fell on the information Bai Liu handed him——
[2,701 household owners: Yuan Guang—the leader of the victim group of Sunshine owners].
The last day of pre-season and mid-season, Wandering Circus meeting room.
Tang Er, who checked the information all night last night, rubbed his temples, closed his eyes and rested his mind. After reading the information until four o'clock last night, Bai Liu propped his jaw and half-closed his eyes, Mu Sicheng, Liu Jiayi He Muke has been waiting in the meeting room for a long time, and this guy is in good spirits.
Wang Shun opened the door and came in. He looked around and took a deep breath: "Today's team, Russell Cemetery."
"Before setting off to watch the pond, I'd like to announce a good news to everyone."
Wang Shun clicked on the system panel: "I told everyone before that after the last competition, President Bai's popularity ranking has risen to 73, and he is the first in our team to have a free gold medal."
"And today, we have the second air player with a free gold medal."
Wang Shun's eyes slowly shifted to Mu Sicheng: "The hysteresis effect of the last competition, coupled with Mu Shen's recent outstanding performance, has raised his stamina to 98. Congratulations, you have won a free gold medal."
Mu Sicheng was startled, as if he hadn't reacted yet, then he clenched his fists and jumped up and shouted yes!
"The importance of avoiding the gold medal has been emphasized to everyone many times. The eyes of shouting should not only focus on the game in front of you, but also look forward to the future game. If we win this game Alright, next we will compete with the eight major guilds selected from the mid-season competition and compete in the Challenger League."
"Today is also the last day of the mid-season competition. Apart from today's game, judging from the current points situation, the top eight guilds in terms of total points are—"
Wang Shun clicked on the system panel:
"Number one, Killer Sequence
Ranked 2nd, King's Guild
Ranked No. 1, Deer Hunter
Ranked 4th, Golden Dawn
Ranked fifth, Gamblers Union
Ranked sixth, Kabbalah
Ranked seventh, Heaven Freemasonry
Rank eighth, invisibility cloak. "
Wang Shun said to everyone: "These eight teams, no matter which one is a top team, and basically all of them are full-staffed and free of gold medals, so even if we have already won the playoffs Qualifications for the challenge, today's game can not be slack, not only to win, but also to win beautifully, in order to gain the support of the audience, and strive for all our players to win free gold medals in this game."
"And in order to do this." Bai Liu slowly opened his eyes, "We must first interrupt the player with the fog skill."
"If the opponent successfully uses their skills to cover the map and the audience's vision, it will not only increase the difficulty of our game, but also prevent the audience from seeing the game, let alone gaining the audience's support."
Bai Liu stood up and looked around lightly: "When you're ready, let's go."
Everyone responded in unison: "Yes!"
Bai Liu turned and walked forward, Tang Er stood up and strode to Bai Liu's side, he turned his head and asked in a low voice, "Did you find anything after reading the materials all night?"
"Nothing." Bai Liu replied lazily, "except knowing that Yuan Guang and I are traveling together."
Tang Er's expression froze, and he subconsciously asked: "Coming together? Is he also engaged in smuggling?"
"No." Bai Liu glanced at Tang Er from the corner of his eye, with a half-smile, "He's an artist."
the other end.
Yuan Guang sat nervously on the bench shaking his legs, clenched his hands into fists, and kept taking deep breaths, but his face still turned purple.
Shi Qian next to her was both annoyed and amused: "You've been around for a while, can you look like a general when you go on stage? Is it reasonable to be so nervous?"
"From primary school to university, I don't know how many times I have to give speeches on stage, introduce myself and so on..." Yuan Guang quietly turned his head to Shi Qian, "When I go on stage to introduce my ideas to the main beauty I would be so tense that I could hardly breathe."
Shi Qian and Yuan Guang are really pitiful, and couldn't hold back and repeated: "Two teams advanced to the preseason, if you don't beat me this time, you can also advance to the playoff challenge. Let's just give up. ..." Right.
"No!" Yuan Guang's voice calmed down, and he turned to Shi Qian, "This fight must be fought."
"Giving up this challenge and going directly to the challenge will definitely bring a lot of players to the big guild. We may not be able to win yet. The Wandering Circus is the guild with the most abundant deposit that we have encountered recently. The experienced players and The next team members need pensions, otherwise their families will not be able to repay the mortgage, and many people will not be able to pay the mortgage this month, if they don’t win this gambling pool... "
Yuan Guang gritted his teeth deeply and took a breath: "In short, I will definitely win this game!"
Shi Qian pretended to be upset and refuted Yuan Guang's stance: "What's your fault? It's the two of us who will definitely win this game, okay?"
Yuan Guangjing paused: "Thank you, originally we were just colleagues, and I dragged you into it."
Shi Qian smiled: "Talk about the relationship in reality in reality, and the relationship in the game in the game."
"We are standing here now, then we are no longer a relationship of colleagues, but a relationship of comrades-in-arms!"
Looking at the wandering circus group coming from a distance, Shi Qian also clenched her sweaty fists nervously, let out a breath, and said with firm eyes: "We will definitely win!"