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Chapter 555: Selling out the information earned by Shi Xiang

"That's it. We can't go out for the time being."

"Is that so? If that's the case, then there's nothing we can do... Did you think I would say that? You bastard! How dare you involve Her Highness Alice in such a dangerous matter! Kill you! Kill you right now!"

Kureya grabbed Kobayashi's neck and shook him violently.

Obviously unhappy with his remarks.

Indeed, for Kobayashi and others whose connection devices are not microwave ovens, their heads will not be roasted even if they die in the game, and they can even get out at any time if they want.

But that would be such a waste.

It's a rare opportunity to see the scenery of a different world. It would be a pity to retreat out of fear.

At the same time, Xiaolin concealed the fact that he would not die. If we simply treat this as a game, it would be disrespectful to the creator. Since the creator has set up difficulties, how can they, as players, not challenge it?
His player soul is burning.

"Alice, what do you think?"

Kobayashi looked at the blonde girl.

Everyone present, whether it was the still chattering Kureya or the indifferent Aqua and the others, the final outcome would only be decided by the princess who had the highest status.

“I want to stay!”

"Your Highness Alice!"

"I understand, Kureya. This world is dangerous, but also very interesting. Look, this scenery is similar to the Kingdom, but completely different. I have only seen it in the royal family's secret library. Although I can't confirm it, I think this is the world where our ancestors lived."

Xiaolin was not curious about Alice knowing this.

A long time ago, the royal family and powerful nobles had been constantly introducing the bloodlines of powerful heroes. Those heroes were naturally the ones sent from the island country by Aqua, and they must have left behind information about the island country.

"So... in order to learn more about our ancestors, I don't want to miss this opportunity."

"Your Highness Alice..."

"Very good answer. As expected of Alice."

Sato Kazuma was smiling, but his smile was a little obscene, and he probably wasn't thinking of anything good.

Kureya wanted to say something else.

but--

Alice held the female guard's hands, her big watery eyes shyly, and whispered: "I want to create more beautiful memories with Kureya in this world, is that not possible..."

hiss----

"Okay! Let's create beautiful memories here! No, let's live in this world for the rest of our lives, Princess Alice! I will protect you!"

Kureya took a deep breath, and then her eyes lit up and her face flushed.

She is a bit too conservative.

If there is a killing game in a certain academy, and at the end the big boss will tell them: the world has collapsed, and it is much more comfortable to live here than to go out and suffer, then Kureya will definitely choose the latter without hesitation - to spend the rest of her life with Alice in the game.

"Then it's settled."

Darkness shook her head helplessly.

She seemed helpless about Alice's willfulness, but Kobayashi noticed that the corners of the perverted female knight's mouth kept rising.

Sato Kazuma asked curiously, "It's strange, Darkness, that you didn't stop me."

"Because there must be a lot of strange monsters in this world. If I were to suffer the damage caused by them... how painful (refreshing) would it be!"

"I'm very interested in the wines of this world. I wonder if I can drink wine that tastes better than bubbles."

"Hehehe, my wish is greater than yours! Don't you think that guy in the red cloak in the sky just now is very handsome? He said he is the final boss, right? Well, I have decided, I will fight to the 100th floor and kill him with my own hands!"

“Mei, Mei! Are you serious? But there is no magic in this world!”

"What, no magic?!"

One wanted to take the damage, one wanted to drink, and one wanted to use magic in a world without magic...

Then she looked at Sato Kazuma, who was also rolling his eyes helplessly at them.

"What about you?"

"I'm very naive. Every time, it's Senior Xiaolin who goes to another world to be carefree. This time, I finally have such an opportunity, so of course I can't miss it!"

"I'm going to die, huh?"

"How many times do you think I've died? This game is so fun that it's driving me crazy."

He bit a small wooden stick and made a classic expression.

Xiaolin sighed.

There are really a lot of problem children in my family.

"Okay, it's confirmed." Xiao Lin clapped his hands: "Now, the most urgent thing to do is--"

"It's about grabbing resources as quickly as possible."

A soft voice with a slight rise came from behind.

Turning around, I saw two girls.

One is a weak beautiful girl with breasts that Huihui had just had confiscated by the system and was so jealous that she was unrecognizable. The other is a tall beautiful girl with a wide forehead and droopy eyes who looks a little strong.

"……Who are you?"

"It's me!"

Although the voices were completely different, the tone and actions let Xiaolin know who they were.

Rinko and Koharu.

"How dare you stand me up? You're so brave!"

"Sorry, sorry. It took quite some time to gather our companions, and what happened just now... you know."

"Tsk."

Xiaochun smacked her lips softly, and it was obvious that what had just happened had also caused her a great shock. Then she looked at Xiaolin's appearance carefully and found that it was exactly the same as before, and she was immediately amazed.

"I didn't expect you to use your real appearance. You are really bold."

"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment."

"I'm not praising you!"

Maybe in her opinion, playing virtual reality games with her original appearance is no different from the real-name system in the old days of surfing the Internet, but there are many guys like this, such as the people behind him.

"What's going on, these handsome men and beautiful women."

Koharu also saw Aqua and the others.

It is no exaggeration to say that if these people were allowed to participate in a beauty pageant, it would not be surprising for any of them to win first place.

Xiaolin clapped his hands as he looked at his puzzled companions.

"By the way, let me introduce you. These two are No-Brain and Unhappy. They helped me a lot when I was lost."

"Who is unhappy?"

Although no one was mentioned by name, she still identified it with the person.

"I am Themis."

"Aren't you Koharu?"

"You need to call your ID in the game!"

"Isn't it a bit exaggerated to use the name of the goddess of justice?"

"Leave me alone!"

Xiaochun glared at Xiaolin angrily.

Meanwhile, Rinko is also having friendly exchanges with Aqua and the others. Unlike Koharu, Rinko's ID is Rinko, and she is also a member of the real-name system for surfing the Internet. It is hard to imagine what it would be like if a male character was named Rinko.

"Let's stop chatting here."

Koharu crossed her arms and said to Kobayashi, "I heard your conversation just now, and I think you have realized it. In order to survive in this world, everyone has to work hard to strengthen themselves. And online role-playing games are a battle for resources between players. The more limited money, props, and experience points provided by the system, the stronger you will become."

She was right.

It is better to say that this is the consensus of all role-playing games, and only in this way can it provoke confrontation among players, promote game consumption, advance the plot, etc.

"So, you came here to tell us, do you have any plans?"

"No."

"Oh?"

"It was Rinko. She saw you and told me to warn you. If this game really turns into a game where you die when your health reaches zero, as that red-caped GM said, then the wild is undoubtedly the most dangerous. If you're not sure, it's okay to stay in town... I say, what's that expression on your face?"

"Nothing. I thought you were here to invite us to team up, but now it seems that's not the case."

"I don't want to! It's troublesome to carry so much baggage."

"...I'm a little sad to be considered a burden."

It is obvious from just a few sentences that Xiaochun is one of the thousand closed beta players, and she knows the quick upgrade methods and resource points in the early stages of the game.

If it was a lone wolf player, it wouldn't matter, but now her companion Rinko is also a newcomer. It is undoubtedly very hard to protect her friends and catch up with the first echelon at the same time. So at this time, how could she take the initiative to bring more burdens? Especially since there are a total of ten people in Kobayashi's group.

You can say she's selfish, but that's human nature.

Darkness suppressed Huihui who was about to lose her temper. The thing the little loli hated the most was being treated as a burden.

"Xiaochun, does that mean you are a closed beta player?"

"Call me Themis! ...Yes, I'm a closed beta player. What, do you want to know if I know any information about the game? I know. It seems that you are not stupid. You know that it will be a waste of time to level up in the area around the starting town, and the resources will be exhausted soon. So the best thing to do now is to quickly make the next village a base."

She seemed very satisfied with Xiaolin's quick thinking.

While these people were fighting for resources in the starting town, the closed beta players ran to the next town first and upgraded easily. By the time they rushed to the next town, the closed beta players had already swept away all the useful things and moved on to the next town.

One step faster, every step faster.

This is the advantage of closed beta players.

"You want information that will help you get to the next town quickly and safely? Sure. Although I can't take you with me, I can still give you the information. But you should understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch, so..."

"no need."

"……Eh?"

"Thank you for your kindness, but it's not necessary. Exploring this world is also a kind of fun. Besides... I don't think my companions will be inferior to the closed beta players."

Kobayashi had a confident smile on his face.

Behind him were Sato Kazuma, Aqua, Darkness and the others, ten...nine handsome men and beautiful women. They stood on his left and right sides with Kobayashi standing out, and at the same time showed confident and fearless smiles.

How come these people are so good at posing?
For some reason, Xiaochun saw the figure of a strong person in them, the figure of a super player standing at the top of all games... No, it was an existence stronger than that!
"Ah, really?"

That was all she could say in the end.

Damn it, why does it seem like I lost?

Koharu glared at the man in front of her.

Xiao Lin didn't know why she was angry, but he still said, "Xiao Chun, you should know the information before the sixth floor. After all, the players in the closed beta period could only reach the sixth floor at most."

"That's right. Have you changed your mind? Of course, I can tell you the information if you pay me."

"No, that is not necessary."

"Then beg me. As long as you beg me, I will tell you the information."

"This is..."

"Or I'll take you with me!"

For some reason, Xiaochun's requests became lower and lower, and in the end she even had to beg Xiaolin for help.

Is there anything wrong with this girl's brain?
Kobayashi pushed the impatient girl's shoulder away and said, "I don't need the information. And... I also advise you not to trust the information from the closed beta period too much."

"Ha, I thought that's what you were going to say. Of course I know what you said, and I also took the mission to test it, and it's no different from the closed beta period. Besides, the advantage of closed beta players is intelligence. If you don't use intelligence, you will be compared to ordinary players--"

"So--"

Kobayashi interrupted her somewhat harshly, then pointed to the dim sky. There seemed to be some bright red left on the yellow light shield.

"...Did something like this happen during the closed beta test?"

"————?!!!"

Xiaochun's expression became extremely ugly.

She also suddenly realized that not all intelligence was reliable. Although the task flow was exactly the same as during the closed beta period, it was not guaranteed that all intelligence was the same. It was very likely a trap to paralyze careless players, and they would be caught off guard at any time.

But being afraid blindly will only lead to stagnation. If you want to survive in this game, you will eventually have to face danger.

Xiaochun clenched his fists.

"…Rinko, let's go."

"Good, good."

Hearing her companions' call, the brainless girl who was still chatting with Aqua and the others waved goodbye to them. Kobayashi also smiled and said goodbye to her, but unexpectedly, Rinko blushed, turned around and quickly chased after her companions.

He thought it would end there, but unexpectedly he received an email the next moment.

The sender is Xiaochun.

When it is opened, there is a map and a route on it.

...Huh?
Is it true that good deeds will be rewarded? I didn't ask the other party to share the information, but I still got the information in the end.

No, wait.

Does she really mean well?
Could it be that he felt conflicted when he heard me say that, not knowing whether he should believe the information from the closed beta period, so he gave it to himself in the hope of making himself feel conflicted as well?

Not good. The more I think about it, the more likely it seems.

Kobayashi even had his mind popped up with Koharu's malicious smirk.

"Xiaolin, what's wrong?"

"…Nothing, I just got some useful information about this game."

"That's a good thing, why are you still worried about it?"

Aqua was curious.

Ryuko said venomously, "It must be Lord Kobayashi's little self-esteem that prevented him from accepting this favor. After all, it was obtained by selling his body. I have to say, Lord Kobayashi is really terrible. He captured the favor of two beautiful girls in just a few hours. Did you see the shy expression on Lord Rinko's face at the end?"

"Now that you mention it... Indeed, even Her Highness Alice was bewitched in just a week."

"That's because my brother is very charming."

“Xiao Lin, you are not planning to start a harem here, are you? That is absolutely not allowed! If that were the case, I, I…ha…ha…ha…ha!”

These guys are getting more and more serious.

(End of this chapter)