The Trial Game of Life

As a high-end player who has been in Eternal Night City for three years, Jin Cheng is no stranger to hidden missions, but this is the first time he has encountered serial missions.

"Hidden missions are generally single." Jin Cheng played with the ring and said, "The hidden moon country, Lancelot, the most popular bard in the whole continent, sounds like an independent and complete world. But I've never heard of it, and I'm afraid no one has encountered it before, or someone has done it, but it was a long time ago."

Tang Cuo: "How to fix it?"

Jin Cheng tilted his head and thought for a while, "I'll let Wen Xiaoming try, and if he can't, then go find the black hat. This kind of chain of hidden tasks is hard to come by, and it's harder than winning the lottery, so let's just leave it at that." What a pity."

The most important thing is that the rewards for the hidden missions are very generous, even if there is only one, it may be the best that cannot be found in ordinary dungeons, such as Jin Cheng's bow.Although the ring can be entered into the dungeon without repairing it, the thing that triggers the mission must be a key item. If the key item is not repaired, the dungeon may not be easy to play.

Jin Cheng took the ring and said, "Use the revolver first, and change it when you find a suitable weapon."

Tang Cuo nodded, and suddenly thought of something else, "This time the difficulty of the dungeon is medium, Mr. Crow didn't come to make trouble?"

Jin Cheng also found it strange, but the secrets of Mr. Crow are not something players like them can pry into. There is no rule for him to appear or not.

The two stopped talking, and Tang Cuo still didn't ask Jin Cheng about his reward.Jin Cheng went to contact Wen Xiaoming, and he rested in the room.

Although the copy of "Decisive Victory in Devil City" passed quickly, it consumed too much. After playing for three or four hours without stopping, Tang Cuo's hypoglycemia was about to occur again.

After struggling to take a shower, Tang Cuo fell asleep on the bed without drying his hair. This sleep lasted eight and a half hours.

Eight and a half hours later, East Cross Street was surprisingly quiet.Tang Cuo was not used to it for a while, and it happened that someone knocked on the door, and it was Chi Yan who came to bring him hot and sour noodles.

"Brother Cheng said it was time for you to wake up, so let me come over and call you." Chi Yan finally took off his green dinosaur pajamas and put on grass green casual clothes. He seemed to have an unusual obsession with green.

"Where is he?"

"central area."

Without Tang Cuo's questioning, Chi Yan told them everything that happened in the past ten hours after they entered the dungeon like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, "Someone from Sister Anning broke into the prison, and their Cheng Ke's elder brother told them to continue going to Area E as originally planned. Once Meng Yufei died, there was no need for them to stay here, and after they left, Area F was in chaos again."

This situation is exactly as expected by Jin Cheng, but the chaos this time is bigger than the previous chaos where old and new players confronted each other on East Cross Street.

Chi Yan was speechless: "They beat so hard that dozens of people were sent to prison at once, and a lot of them were injured. It's not over yet. Compared with them, we are just little kids spitting on each other."

What happened in just a dozen hours was equivalent to a shocking re-education for the new players on East Cross Street and Chi Yan.Those who were clamoring to seek revenge from the old players suddenly lost their bullshit, and when they saw it, they wanted to take a detour.

Chi Yan has experienced the big wheel of fortune, observed the turmoil in Area F all the way, and was popularized by Jin Cheng with a lot of rules of Evernight City, and the whole world of belief is about to collapse.But the young man's melancholy came and went quickly, and he turned around and hooked up with An Ning again.

"Sister An Ning said that she can take me to the dungeon after I reach the E area. The first dungeon is more difficult to play."

You're such a social genius.

Tang Cuo looked at the alarm clock, and then at the ever-changing night outside. He didn't care about what time it was, wiped his mouth, and asked, "Is there something wrong in the central area?"

Chi Yan shook his head honestly, "I don't know either."

Tang Cuo stopped asking, repacked the hot and sour powder box, and went out with Chi Yan.When he was about to leave, the small bell at the door suddenly rang.

"Ding."

"You have a courier, please pay attention to check it."

express delivery?

Before Tang Cuo could react, Chi Yan became happy first, "Express delivery, brother, someone burned something for you. My parents burned me this suit. I just went to get it this morning. How about it?" , look good? Look at this pair of shoes on my feet, AJ limited edition!"

What Chi Yan didn't say was that when he went to pick up the courier today, he saw the pile of things and cried like an idiot.

Only then did he truly feel that he was dead.He was forever separated from his parents, and he could never imagine how his parents felt when they burned these things for him.

It was only then that Tang Cuo remembered that Eternal Night City still had such a setting, and the delivery point seemed to be located in the central area.Counting the time, it has been almost seven days since he and Chi Yan died, and it should be over seven days.

He didn't speak.

Chi Yan only thought that he was sad, so he shut up sensiblely, but in fact Tang Cuo was just thinking about who was paying homage to him.After thinking for a long time, there was no answer.

From East Cross Street to the central area, it is necessary to pass through the area where Luke was originally located, but this area is extremely uneven now, so Chi Yan proposed to take a detour.

When he is hot-blooded, he is really hot-blooded, and when he should be cowardly, he is really cowardly.

When he arrived at the central area, Tang Cuo was not in a hurry to find Jin Cheng, and walked slowly to the delivery point.The express delivery point in Eternal Night City is a serious shop with a Chinese-style decoration style, and a large plaque at the door reads - Eternal Night Logistics.

There is also a line of English cursive characters below, paradiseexpress.

Walking into the store, the layout inside is very down-to-earth.

The [-]-square-meter store is like a large warehouse. The shelves are full of all kinds of things, from various electronic products to fruits and vegetables. There is even a row of Maserati, Rolls-Royce, A series of luxury sports cars such as Lamborghini.But the most conspicuous thing is the money. Stacks of banknotes and hills of gold ingots are piled up on the shelves in such a big way. There is no safe and no protective measures, which makes people jealous.

"Do you want to pick up the goods?" The clerk was an old man in his 80s and [-]s, who came out from behind the counter with an enamel tea cup dangling, his eyes were cloudy and white, like a ghost.

Tang Cuo asked, "How do I get it?"

The old man: "Report the serial number and deduct one point for the courier fee."

Tang Cuo turned around and wanted to leave, but Chi Yan held him back, "Brother, where are you going?"

Tang Cuo: "I have no parents."

Chi Yan: "..."

Tang Cuo: "There are no brothers or sisters."

Chi Yan: "..."

Tang Cuo: "I don't have many friends."

Chi Yan: "..."

Tang Cuo: "Maybe the enemy sent me the explosive package."

Chi Yan: "Brother, stop talking, can I give you this point? I will give it!"

Of course, Tang Cuo couldn't ask Chi Yan to give him this point, he just expressed his dissatisfaction with the courier charges appropriately. 9102, express delivery should be paid by the sender, not on delivery.

Everyone has to pay the courier fee after they die. This poor store will close down sooner or later.

After some tossing, the old man handed Tang Cuo a file bag.

Tang Cuo looked at the thin paper bag, and at the piles of money and gold ingots on the shelves, wanting to get his point back.But he didn't do that, and there was Chi Yan next to him, so he couldn't teach the children badly.

Open the file bag, inside is a letter, light pink letter paper, a white daisy fell out.There are only two words on the letter - thank you.

Tang Cuo stared at the letter for a few seconds, then calmly put it away.

Chi Yan scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks curiously, but he didn't lean over to look. He wanted to ask but held back desperately, but he was suffocated to death.Tang Cuo let him hold back, stuffed the letter into his pocket, and walked ahead meanderingly.

Jin Cheng was in an izakaya in the central area, and this store also sold Lanzhou ramen.The not-so-authentic izakaya sells not-so-authentic Lanzhou ramen, so there is little business.

When Tang Cuo lifted the curtain and walked in, Jin Cheng was joking with the proprietress.The proprietress is a beautiful woman who tied her hair with a hairpin and has a few fine lines at the corners of her eyes, but still full of charm.She was wearing makeup, but her hands were clean and her nails were neatly manicured.

Jin Cheng was sitting in front of the bar, and the proprietress was standing inside pouring him wine. He didn't know what she said, but the proprietress gave him a sideways look.It was at this time that she noticed that there was another guest coming, and greeted her with a smile, "A stranger, what would you like to drink?"

Tang Cuo: "I'm looking for someone."

Jin Cheng turned his head and saw his expressionless face, "Who messed with you again?"

Tang Cuo didn't answer, and sat down in front of the bar, two seats away from Jin Cheng.Chi Yan scratched his head, he didn't dare to sit between the two elder brothers, he said hello to Jin Cheng, and sat next to Tang Cuo.

The proprietress recalled, and raised her chin at Jin Cheng, full of teasing, "Is this the one you mentioned?"

"Isn't it?" I don't know what to lose my temper again.

Looking at the two vacant seats like a moat, Jin Cheng couldn't help laughing.

Tang Cuo was very calm. He had just eaten hot and sour noodles, and he was not very hungry now, so he only ordered a tempura and plum wine for a token.Chi Yan babbled, wanting to eat this and that, struggling with the menu, and finally ordered a Lanzhou ramen.

He wanted to drink, but was rejected by the proprietress.

"Kids, don't be like those men who are full of rotten problems. My sister treats you to sour plum soup."

Chi Yan is also easy to pass, a cup of sour plum soup made him forget the wine, holding the cup to sip, his dark eyes swept back and forth between Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng.He felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Jin Cheng looked at them with his chin propped up, "Did you meet anything on the road?"

Tang Cuo: "?"

"Some people can't hold back anymore." Jin Cheng said it easily, "I vaguely saw the shadows of several people in the few waves of people who took action in Area F."

"Someone came down from the high-level area?" Tang Cuo asked.

"No, it's equipment."

"You mean, among those people who fought against each other, some people's equipment level exceeded what should be in the F area?"

"Bingo." Jin Cheng snapped his fingers.Why is Tang Cuo so annoying? Jin Cheng still likes to take him with him, because he never needs to talk much by himself.

Jin Cheng is good as a teacher, but he always thinks that others have poor understanding, and he has a bad temper and is impatient.

He poured himself another small cup of wine, and while fiddling with the peanuts on the plate, he said: "Suddenly some new faces appeared in Area F, holding powerful equipment, completely destroying the original situation. East Cross is on hold, but if this shuffle is completed sooner than expected, there is no way to move."

Tang Cuo didn't understand.

Although Jin Cheng's temper is easy to offend people, his popularity is not bad, and his enemies did not go everywhere.The current situation is more like those people have some reason to do something to Jin Cheng, and they even don't hesitate to turn F area upside down.

Jin Cheng glanced at Tang Cuo's frowning brows, and smiled, "Do you still remember that song?"

When Chi Yan heard the word "song", he had a conditioned reflex, "The song about crows and sheep?"

"Yeah." Jin Cheng glanced at the other guests in the izakaya, and continued, "Eternal Night City has a very special item called the Twelve Movements, and the score of "Song of Gods, Lambs, and Crows" is printed on the movement. A movement is just a thin piece of paper that serves no other purpose, but it can—make the rules.”

What does it mean to make rules?When Chi Yan thought about it, his eyes widened.

Tang Cuo immediately asked, "You have?"

Jin Cheng raised a finger: "There are twelve pieces of music, and I have one of them."

No wonder, no wonder so many people wanted to attack Jin Cheng, Tang Cuo understood everything.

When Jin Cheng was in Zone A, he had his own teammates who played high-end dungeons with strong strength. Those people might still endure it, but once Jin Cheng fell back to Zone F, it gave them too many opportunities to attack.

Whether it's using ordinary players in zone F to contain him, or destroying him in the dungeon, it's all feasible.However, different districts of Eternal Night City cannot set tasks together, and the setting that players in the high-level districts can go to the low-level districts and low-level districts but cannot go to the high-level districts without authorization ensures that even if Jin Cheng gets angry, he will not be able to find them for the time being. .

The attraction of the twelve movements is too great. Even if you can't get it yourself, you can't let others get it.

Tang Cuo suddenly thought of another question: "Eternal Night City has existed for so long, isn't there anyone else who got the movement?"

After the voice fell, not only Chi Yan, but also other guests in the izakaya pricked up their ears.The proprietress seems to have known about it a long time ago, and continued to fry the tempura slowly.

"Of course there is, but once the holder of the movement enters the process of liquidation or reincarnation, the rules set by the movement will be broken. The movement will also reappear in the copy."

No one knows how long the Eternal Night City has existed, and how many times the twelve movements have appeared.In the records left by those vague predecessors, some rely on music to bring light, some shed darkness, and some try to overthrow the rule of Evernight City.

In Jin Cheng's view, the twelve movements are more like small toys dropped by the gods occasionally.

"At present, there are only three copies known, one is used, one is in the hands of the black hat, and one is in my hands."

Tang Cuo asked, "Why don't you use it?"

Jin Cheng pushed the plate with peanuts in front of him, "Because the timing didn't come."

Hearing this, Tang Cuo looked at the plate.The peanuts are big and plump, and they look like smiling faces on the plate. The most embarrassing thing is that the red skins of these peanuts have been peeled off.