Forces of Temptation

Seeing that everyone was fine for the time being, Yuan Mingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

The information he provided is quite valuable, it should be... enough to gain some trust.

He glanced at the backstage panel and the world channel again, using slightly drooping eyelids to conceal the slight turning of his eyes and the unconcealable anxiety between expressions.

Suddenly, a hand was on his knee.

With a start, he raised his head and met Nan Zhou's black and indifferent eyes.

He looked at Yuan Mingqing quietly: "What were you looking at just now?"

As soon as this sentence came out, Yuan Mingqing immediately became the center of sight in the house.

He hurriedly defended: "It's nothing, it's just a matter of time."

In order to ease the momentary stiff atmosphere, he spread his hands and asked in a jokingly relaxed tone: "Are you still guarding against me?"

Nan Zhou showed a surprised expression, as if Yuan Mingqing had said something unbelievably stupid.

"What are you thinking? Of course I have to guard against you."

Yuan Mingqing: "..."

Made.

It's really an answer I never imagined.

"It seems that if our positions are reversed, you won't be on guard against us." Nan Zhou said frankly, "It's ideal for us to keep this kind of mutual defense until the end."

He went straight to the point again and asked the question just now: "What are you looking at?"

Yuan Mingqing opened his mouth, choked by Nan Zhou's logic.

But inexplicably, the depression and estrangement in his heart eased a little.

Indeed, their attitudes are naturally antagonistic, and there is no need to pretend to be brothers and sisters.

They are just temporary partners formed by the combination of interests. The more they pretend that nothing happened and be polite, the more they will continue to deepen the gap that is equivalent to the sky.

Recognize their ultimate goal and work together for it, that is what they should do most now.

After unloading some of the pressure in his heart, Yuan Mingqing simply made up his mind to learn from Nanzhou, and went straight to the topic: "The 'Rumeng' who joined Laqu Jinsha is our team."

Nan Zhou: "Ah."

Li Yinhang: "Okay."

Jiang Fang: "No surprise."

Yuan Mingqing: "..." The three of you are talking about crosstalk.

He continued: "We still have three days, why don't we think about it, how can we win?"

This time it was Li Yinhang's turn to be puzzled: "At this point, who would go to Douzan Casino? How does Qu Jinsha make money?"

After following the boss for so long, when encountering problems, she thinks that she also has the ability to think independently.

She tried to think about it from the perspective of other players.

"First of all, they don't need to generate income for Qu Jinsha. Because as long as they are on the gambling table, no one knows how much they will lose."

According to the report, except for the two groups of players whose scores exceeded ".", and the players who are currently in the dungeon, all players' scores have been locked, and their current identities are off-site spectators.

The "Gravity" competition has advanced to the present. Although it is close to the end visible to the naked eye, there is no definite conclusion on when it will end.

Under the premise of not being able to open source, they must save money, and at least leave enough points for accommodation, food, and even breathing for one or two months.

Gambling is a bottomless pit.

No one knows how much money will be poured in when the mind is hot when sitting at the gaming table.

"Secondly, Qu Jinsha is too suspicious."

Even in the eyes of a nervous person like her, Qu Jinsha's behavior can be called confusing.

He could have sat firmly at the top of the singles list, won the championship without interfering with the team list, and he could have made a wish.

After all, according to the original rules, everyone has the right to make a wish, whether it is a single champion or a team champion.

He didn't have the need to intervene in the team competition and cause trouble for himself.

Now, he inserted himself into the competition for the team leaderboard without warning, and his clicks were so precise, it was completely abnormal.

Players who have survived to this day, even if they are fools, should have been ground out of the spirit of being soldiers, and it is impossible not to be suspicious.

"Third, the time given by the game party is three days."

"Three days is not enough time for our next dungeon. The game party is targeting us so much, and I am afraid it will not give a dungeon that can be completed within three days. During these three days, we can live in a hotel for free, try our best to Save money and wait for work; but the place Qu Jinsha rents is very expensive, and the site fee, plus the daily electricity, water, and labor costs, add up, and his daily points will only decrease, not increase."

"Unless the official gives him a cheat, let him download a copy with low difficulty and high income, or simply tell him how to pass the level."

"But even so, his casino will eat up a lot of his points every day."

"Besides, since this program has an audience, we and Qu Jinsha should have received a lot of attention now. If the program team can really cheat so openly, why bother to sneak around, Serbian royal family..."

Li Yinhang settled accounts for Qu Jinsha one by one, and the more he calculated, the more he felt that his side had superior advantages.

To be more modest, it cannot be said that the chances of winning are guaranteed, but it is also a starting point with an 80% winning rate.

But Nan Zhou, Jiang Fang and Yuan Mingqing all stared at her.

She thought she said something wrong, so she closed her mouth obediently, and asked nervously, "...Isn't it right?"

Nan Zhou seriously thought about whether to encourage her.

After considering his words, he commented: "Good. But not completely good."

Li Yinhang thought, oh well, it's a shame.

She was depressed for three seconds, and asked positively, "What's the problem?"

"There are not many problems, only one." Nanzhou said, "Other players may just not understand Qu Jinsha's behavior, but I have indeed been hostile to them."

Li Yinhang was stunned on the spot.

……Yup.

In the final analysis, although Qu Jinsha used the casino to make profits and harmed countless people, most of those people died in corners that no one knew about.

For many ordinary players who do not touch gambling at all and are wise to protect themselves, Qu Jinsha is just a distant and illusory symbol that has nothing to do with him, and even a strong man who can find the code of wealth in the deadly game.

After all, everyone more or less has the mentality of being strong.

But when this "strength" will cause harm to oneself, everyone's mentality will undergo subtle changes.

Regardless of whether the purpose of those players who participated in the chasing battle of thousands of people was to abide by the rules of the dungeon, to covet generous rewards, or to truly fear Nanzhou's non-human identity, the final outcome is that Nanzhou not only did not die, but also took away All the points in the prize pool may have recorded this grudge.

Everyone has no filter of Mu Qiang for him at all, and only the fear of the unknown is left in their hearts.

The suspicion planted in the pursuit battle at the beginning will not fade away with the passage of time.

The road ahead of other players is simple.

Or be an outsider and watch the big guys fight.

Either help Qu Jinsha.

Either assist the "Cube Ark".

At present, it seems that there are really many people who do not want them to win.

Thinking of this, Li Yinhang's originally relaxed mood suddenly became heavy.

...and things went wrong again.

Li Yinhang tried to find a way to save some: "Then can we announce the existence of Gaowei people?"

This sounds really unbelievable, and Li Yinhang didn't expect all the players to immediately believe it unconditionally.

But anyway, this is also a way.

Let the players know who they are really fighting against. In this way, even if there are nine players who don't believe their words at all, as long as they can shake three points of their trust in Qu Jinsha, making them unwilling to assist Qu Jinsha easily and just stand by. .

Unexpectedly, Jiang Fang and Nan Zhou shook their heads at the same time at her proposal.

Now, even Yuan Mingqing was surprised along with Li Yinhang.

Based on rational judgment and his understanding of human beings, Yuan Mingqing believed that this was an absolutely effective method.

Even if the words are unsubstantiated, why not give it a try?

"It's not that they won't believe it." Nanzhou pointed out the key point in a flat tone, "I'm afraid that some people will believe it."

Jiang Fang followed up and added: "Not everyone will accept it. I am a plaything that cannot control my own destiny."

Li Yinhang seemed to understand but not understand.

But at least she understood that neither Nan Zhou nor Jiang Fang agreed with her suggestion.

She obediently shut up.

What else did Yuan Mingqing want to say.

But in view of his status, he had no position to advise them, and there was no need to be too courteous to offend Gao Wei, so he chose to keep silent.

At this time, the spiritual channel is still connected.

Therefore, their conversation spread to the ears of the other two at the same time.

Lin Zhisong expressed clear doubts about this: "Why not?"

People have the right to know the truth.

At least they have the right to know why their relatives and friends, including themselves, died.

Jiang Fang is participating in the discussion of countermeasures, and it is obviously contrary to Lin Zhisong's point of view.

He had no time and no mind to ask Lin Zhisong's questions.

He asked this question to Yi Shuige at the other end of the connection.

But Yi Shuige didn't reply him either.

If he could not hear Yi Shuige's subtle breathing, he would have been silent for so long that Lin Zhisong thought he was disconnected.

Lin Zhisong: "They won't do it, but I will."

Yi Shuige finally said: "Do you want to expose this dark thread?"

This secret telepathic communication, because it has not been disclosed to the public, and the data that the high-dimensional people have to process is too large, this tiny stream of information has been successfully hidden, and it is a piece of land hidden in the forest. , humble leaves.

Lin Zhisong was a little anxious: "The situation has come to this point, what's the point of keeping this trump card? Announcing the existence of Gaowei people is the most hopeful way to reverse the situation at present!"

Although he is young and energetic, he also understands the pros and cons.

Three days seems to be beneficial to Nanzhou and the others, but the players' distrust of them is a very difficult hurdle to overcome.

After this period of cooperation, being rescued by Nanzhou on the snow mountain, and witnessing their leap forward, Lin Zhisong's balance has gradually tilted towards "Li Ark".

Especially after hearing the truth about Gaowei people, it is impossible for Lin Zhisong to let "Rumeng" get his wish.

Now that there is an opportunity to muddy the water, why let it go?

As long as everyone is suspicious of Qu Jinsha and maintains an attitude of watching from the sidelines, it will be of great benefit to the situation of "Li Ark".

Moreover, since I have the status of "Bronze", I can endorse the "Cubic Ark", which can at least increase its credibility by three points.

Seeing that both of them were unwilling to give him a reasonable explanation, Lin Zhisong simply turned on the World Channel on his own, organized words in his mind, and prepared to type in information.

But before he could enter the first word, an order came from his ear.

"……stop."

Yi Shuige's voice was unprecedentedly cold and calm.

Without any smiles or ridicule, it is a complete order.

Lin Zhisong's fingertips even froze for a moment.

On the other side of the communicator, Yi Shuige, who was blowing wind on the edge of a newly completed tower, stood leaning on the railing.

Under his brown glasses, in the pupils of his pupils, there are thin white puppet silk threads.

In a declarative tone, he said to Lin Zhisong on the communicator: "If you disclose it, I will kill you."

... Lin Zhisong could tell that he was telling the truth.

He withdrew his hand, took a deep breath, calmed down his turbulent mood, and asked as calmly as possible: "Why?"

"It's obviously an effective behavior, why not do it?"

Is it just because there are so many players who don't believe it, is it necessary to give up such a great opportunity to grasp public opinion?

Yi Shuige said: "If you do this, it will cause deeper confusion and mistrust, leading players to commit suicide, and even suspect each other and kill each other."

Lin Zhisong clenched his lips, ready to die: "As long as we win in the end, we can make a wish and save everyone, right?"

"...I can't save it."

As if afraid that Lin Zhisong would not understand, Yi Shuige repeated: "It is impossible to save everyone."

Lin Zhisong really didn't understand.

He put his hot and trembling fingertips on his thigh, which was also scorching hot, and twisted it hard to keep his mind clear.

"Why? Didn't Yuan Mingqing's answer prove that there is an archive? Our world itself is a copy, as long as we go back to before everything happened, before the server of "Gravity" opened, wouldn't it be fine?"

Even though he ordered himself to calm down many times in his heart, Lin Zhisong's voice still trembled unavoidably: "Could it be...he lied?"

"Xiao Lin, let me ask you." Yi Shuige asked a question, "...Generally speaking, for NPCs controlled by players, the game save can only save the location, can it save the memory?"

With just one sentence, it was like a bolt of lightning struck Lin Zhisong, sending the tingling sensation from the scalp all the way to the toes.

"Didn't Jiang Fang communicate with us after he came back from [Xie Jiang]?"

"He came to Tyrande five years ago, but those people don't remember him. All they have are memories of that moment."

"If we make a wish and want to resurrect everyone, Gaowei people can only read the file and let time go back to a certain point in the past."

"But then it's never possible for us to go back with our memories."

"Because we are not players who go back to the past to refresh the instance with memories, we are just NPCs."

Yi Shuige slowed down his tone, unusually stagnant and depressed: "We... will only continue to open the server, and we will continue to indulge in the charm of "Gravity".... Then, everything will just repeat endlessly."

"Then..." Lin Zhisong felt like his head was about to explode, "Team champion, can't everyone make a wish? We can make a wish to cut off all ties with Gao Wei, and then go back to the past—"

Having said that, he himself realized his stupidity.

These are two paradoxes.

If they made a wish to cut off the connection, and then wished to be resurrected, then when everything was reset, their wish would no longer exist.

As Yi Shuige said, everything is just another round of repetition.

"Currently, we haven't come into contact with the rules of making a wish. We can't say exactly what it looks like..."

Yi Shuige's voice was gloomy: "However, enough people have died. Before the real rules for wishing are promulgated, more people cannot be allowed to die because of collapse and chaos."

He looked into the distance: "If someone wants to cause collapse and chaos, I will kill him first."