Please this player not to harass NPCs

Our patron saint, at the moment when the light is about to disappear, guarded us for the last time.

——Shen Chiyu

Chu Mie begged countless times in his heart not to encounter the dungeon that made Zhou Shangqi the "protagonist".

It may be that the more you are afraid, the more you will come. Not long after Zhou Shangqi wanted him to be the next captain, Zhou Shangqi encountered his "script".

After Zhou Shangqi confirmed that the dungeon required him to be the protagonist, he immediately announced to everyone that Chu Mie would be his next successor.

Everyone was very worried because of this, but when they heard that Zhou Shangqi wanted to make Chu Mie the next captain, their anxiety reached its peak.Everyone's reaction was extremely fierce, and they completely disagreed with making Chu Mie the captain.

It's not that everyone doesn't recognize Chu Mie's ability, but because everyone doesn't want to think about what to do with the team after Zhou Shangqi's death. Besides, Chu Mie is only 21 years old, and it's too difficult for him to be the captain now.

Shen Chiyu said anxiously: "Brother Zhou, don't think too much. We will definitely find a way to help you with your dungeon. It's not that our team members are incapable!"

"Yes, Brother Zhou." Another team member said half jokingly, half seriously: "Xiao Lin is still young, so you let him bear such a heavy burden by himself. Those of us who are older than him are still here, you Isn't it too weird for him to protect us instead?"

Chu Mie knew that everyone disagreed with making him the captain, not because they didn't trust him, but because they loved a junior like him, and didn't want him to bear the burden of protecting everyone early.

Zhou Shangqi shook his head, looked at everyone seriously and said, "I know everyone's thoughts, but I have my own considerations in choosing Lin Jinhan as the captain."

"We not only want to survive, but we also need to find a way to leave this ghost place completely. Many secret messages need to go through more dungeons to obtain, so the captain I want is not only strong, but also a calm and sober person .”

"There are indeed high-strength people in the team, and there are also calm and clear-headed people, but there are people who have both—I think you understand it in your heart."

Those with high strength, such as Shen Chiyu and Liang Weiyin, are extremely impulsive or emotional; those who are calm and sober, such as Jiang Yuan and other older players, but their own strength is not that strong.

Although Chu Mie is young now, he has been in the dungeon for more than two years. In addition to his developed motor skills and frequent access to dangerous dungeons, his strength is actually similar to that of Zhou Shangqi, and he will only be stronger than Zhou Shangqi in the future. powerful.

"And ah..." Zhou Shang looked forward to the thoughtful team members, stepped forward and patted Chu Mie on the shoulder: "He has been a team member with me for a long time, and he knows the origins and personalities of everyone in the team , I am very relieved to let him be the captain."

Jiang Yuan was persuaded by Zhou Shangqi, and sighed: "Brother Zhou, we understand what you mean, did Lin Jinhan agree to be the captain?"

All eyes were on Chu Mie.

"I agree." Chu Mi pursed his lips, and said with firm and serious eyes, "But we'll talk about this later."

"Compared to thinking about what to do in the future now, I prefer to discuss how to solve Brother Zhou's next dungeon."

——He didn't want Zhou Shangqi to die.

Zhou Shangqi was taken aback when he heard his words, and then showed a relieved and helpless smile.

"That's reasonable!" Shen Chiyu was the first to react, and said loudly: "Brother Zhou, you are too pessimistic. You say that the three cobblers are the best of Zhuge Liang! Let's all think about it together, but we can't think about it yet." Is there a solution?"

Song Zhiyi, who was silent at the side, suddenly said, "Brother Zhou, please survive. I don't want to lose... a family."

As soon as these words came out, everyone who pretended to be relaxed became sad and depressed, staring at Zhou Shangqi, silently begging Zhou Shangqi not to keep mentioning that he might die.

Zhou Shangqi's eyes were also a little red, he raised his head in embarrassment and took a deep breath, then deliberately smiled and said: "Well, since everyone has said so, then I, Zhou Shangqi, will try my best to survive."

"Not as much as possible." Chu Mie's voice was a little hoarse: "It is necessary to survive."

Zhou Shangqi smiled, but did not respond to Chu Mie's words.

…………

Zhou Shangqi found Chu Mie alone after this conversation, and handed him a copper key.

Chu Mie asked, "What is this?"

"The key to a small restaurant." Zhou Shangqi smiled: "This was originally Aunt Qin's small restaurant. After Aunt Qin died, the mirage wanted to erase her real existence. I was afraid that she really had nothing left, so I bought it." to her diner."

"Aunt Qin—" Chu Mie murmured sadly, looked at Zhou Shangqi belatedly, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said, "Brother Zhou, what do you mean by giving this to me?"

"Be prepared." Zhou Shangqi stuffed the key into Chu Mie's hand: "You also know that if you die in the dungeon, the real existence will be completely erased. The only ones who can remember the dead are us who also live in the dungeon."

Chu Mi clenched the key in his hand.

"You also know that our team has a requirement that everyone turn in something of themselves, just to prove that we ever existed."

"I put yours, and those of the teammates who have died so far, in the counter drawer of the small restaurant. When necessary—" Zhou Shangqi couldn't bear it, and continued: "Just take those out Put it where you are."

Chu Mie understood Zhou Shangqi's meaning, tried to imply that he should not think too much, and pretended to be calm and said: "Then brother Zhou, is there anything you want to keep with me?"

"Me?" Zhou Shangqi was taken aback, scratched his chin, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and spread his hand in front of Chu Mie.

Chu Mie: "?"

Zhou Shangqi smiled awkwardly: "I don't have anything special, I just like smoking. If you don't mind, just put this pack of cigarettes away!"

"it is good."

Chu Mie took a deep look at Zhou Shangqi and took the pack of cigarettes.

…………

Everyone still thinks all this is too simple.

As a "protagonist", the restrictions on character design are far greater than those of other "supporting roles", and there are far more plots that require forced walking than others.

What's more troublesome is that the initial Honkai value of other characters who just entered the dungeon is 0, but the "protagonist" is different, the initial Honkai value is 50.

The background of Zhou Shangqi's dungeon is an old community in a remote city. The community is very old, and incidents of robbery and theft often occur.

Zhou Shangqi said that the environment in which he grew up when he was a child was similar to this dungeon, so it is no wonder that this dungeon chose him as the "protagonist".

Due to the limited number of people entering the dungeon, the only people who entered the dungeon with Zhou Shangqi at that time were Chu Mie and Shen Chiyu.

Zhou Shangqi is excellent and powerful.

He calmly made many actions that could reduce the Honkai value to a certain extent. Chu Mie and Shen Chiyu even took the risk of increasing the Honkai value to assist Zhou Shangqi in his actions.

Chu Mie's identity in this dungeon is a gangster, while Shen Chiyu is the child of Zhou Shangqi's neighbor's house, and Zhou Shangqi is an unemployed vagrant who has no job for the time being.

The key plot at that time required Chu Mie to accidentally push Shen Chiyu down the river near the community. After seeing Shen Chiyu drowning, he ran away because of fear, and Zhou Shangqi, who was a jobless vagrant, would see this scene and go into the water to rescue Shen Late rain.

According to the script given in the dungeon, Zhou Shangqi would be entangled by her hands and feet when he rescued Shen Chiyu, and both of them drowned.

Fortunately, although the key plot cannot be rejected directly, there can be some changes.

Shen Chiyu can swim, so she and Chu Mie discussed that after she was pushed into the water, she would pretend to be drowning to carry out the plot. At this time, it would be fine if Zhou Shangqi went into the water to rescue Shen Chiyu.

At that time, they had already made preparations that the Honkai value might increase to a certain extent, so except for the ending of drowning, other actions would be done according to the script requirements.

But no one expected that there was something in that river, it directly entangled Shen Chiyu's limbs and forced her to drown.

As agreed, Chu Mie pretended to be afraid and left the river, and found a high place a little far away to observe the situation of Shen Chiyu and Zhou Shangqi, so as to prevent accidents.

When Chu Mie saw Shen Chiyu drowning, at first he felt that Shen Chiyu was imitating drowning, but when he saw Shen Chiyu being dragged and poured down a large mouthful of river water, he realized something was wrong, and immediately went to the river. rush over.

"Hmm... help..."

Shen Chiyu didn't expect that there would be something in the water at all, so she didn't bring a dagger on her body, and the water plants directly bound her limbs, making it impossible for her to fight back.

Zhou Shangqi's expression changed, and he jumped into the river without hesitation.

He was carrying a dagger, so he immediately swam to Shen Chiyu's side, and used the dagger to cut the aquatic plants that were entangled with Shen Chiyu's left foot.When he was trying to cut off the water plants on his right foot, the water plants got tangled up on his feet as if they had thoughts.

If he was distracted to tear off the water plants wrapped around his feet, the water plants on Shen Chiyu's feet would get entangled again, and he would never be able to save Shen Chiyu if this continued.

It was equivalent to giving him a multiple-choice question: whether to choose to use his own life for Shen Chiyu to survive, or to ignore Shen Chiyu and get out of the river quickly.

Shen Chiyu had been dragged into the water for a while.If it dragged on, she would drown before Zhou Shangqi could save her.

This dungeon is his own business, Chu Mie and Shen Chiyu don't need to follow him to this dungeon, the current situation is also to save him.

The choice is instant, and Zhou Shangqi chose the former without hesitation.

He ignored the water plants that were slowly entwining him, and concentrated on cutting off the water plants entangled with Shen Chiyu.

The dungeon world is full of malice towards the "protagonist", so the moment Zhou Shangqi entered the water, he could keenly feel that the aquatic plants gathered around him, and even loosened the grip on Shen Chiyu a little.

When he completely cut off the aquatic plants that entangled Shen Chiyu, he was already tightly entangled around his ankles.

Shen Chiyu was a little unconscious because he choked on the water and exhausted a lot of energy during the struggle.

"Brother Zhou!!!"

Chu Mie finally reached the river, and immediately jumped into the water and swam towards Shen Chiyu and Zhou Shangqi, regardless of the increase in his Honkai value.

Zhou Shangqi felt that those things were constantly dragging him underwater, and he tried his last bit of strength to lift Shen Chiyu to the surface of the water, and said with all his strength: "Lin Jinhan, save Chi Yun first!!!"

Chu Mie also noticed that Shen Chiyu was unconscious now, and immediately swam to the shore with Shen Chiyu in his arms.When he was halfway through the swim, he noticed that Zhou Shangqi hadn't followed, and when he looked back suspiciously, he realized that Zhou Shangqi was actually being dragged down.

"Brother Zhou!!!"

"cough……"

Zhou Shangqi choked on his saliva and shouted hoarsely, "Save her first!"

Chu Mie's heart was beating like a drum, and he felt his brain burning so badly that he felt that he was about to collapse, but he still hinted to himself as much as possible: Calm down, send Shen Chiyu to the shore first, and then save Zhou Shangqi!

Chu Mie tightened his grip on Shen Chiyu's hand, and took her even more strenuously to swim to the shore. With the loss of a lot of physical strength, his heart became more and more anxious.

What he didn't know was that Zhou Shangqi looked at him with solemn and apologetic eyes at the last moment, and his lips moved silently:

【Lin Jinhan, I'll leave it to you in the future. 】

The water quickly covered Zhou Shangqi's face, leaving only a string of bubbles.

When Chu Mie finally dragged Shen Chiyu to the shore, he didn't care to take a breather, and immediately rushed towards Zhou Shangqi's direction.

But when he looked back, Zhou Shangqi was no longer on the water.

Chu Mie's pupils shrank.

According to the position of Zhou Shangqi in his memory, he took a deep breath on the surface of the water, and then plunged into the water.

He saw many aquatic weeds gathered together under the water, and he was convinced that this was the thing that dragged Zhou Shangqi down just now, so he took a dagger and tried to cut those aquatic weeds without hesitation.

But there are too many aquatic plants, and they will continue to regenerate after he cuts them open.

The air in the lungs gradually became thinner, and the suffocation became more and more intense. Chu Mie only felt a splitting headache, and felt a little dizzy.

Damn it!If you bear it a little longer, you may be able to save Zhou Shangqi!

But the instinct to survive and the overly strong sense of suffocation forced Chu Mie to temporarily swim back to the surface of the water to breathe.

"Whoosh..."

Chu Mie was panting violently, and just about to dive back into the river again, he heard a prompt:

[The protagonist has completed the main storyline, and the dungeon is over. Players will leave the dungeon within 3 minutes. 】

Chu Mie froze in place.

The protagonist...has completed the main storyline.

What is the main plot?He thought about it blankly—as if drowning to save someone.

His hands and feet were weak, and he came to a conclusion in an empty heart:

Zhou Shangqi died.

Brother Zhou, who was like a family member and a patron saint, died.

Huge despair and pain permeated his chest, eroding a big hole, making him almost unable to breathe.

"Zhou... Zhou Wu..."

He roared and began to cry, slapping the surface of the water unwillingly, not knowing whether it was tears or water on his face.

He doesn't believe it!

Zhou Shangqi is so powerful, and they have made a lot of preparations, but they still fall short in the end!

Chu Mie didn't want to believe all this, and dived into the river again, trying to cut off all the aquatic plants that trapped Zhou Shangqi in the river forever.

Maybe... Maybe Brother Zhou can still be saved?

He even hinted at himself a little naively.

But a dazzling white light suddenly appeared in front of him, and it turned into a familiar floor in a flash.

That's the floor of his room.

They ended the dungeon and returned to reality.

He sat on the bed in a daze, as if he hadn't reacted yet.

"Buzz-"

The phone started vibrating constantly.

Chu Mie picked up the phone subconsciously, and found that the phone was full of text messages from his friends, there were about thirty messages.

[Lin Jinhan, how is the dungeon this time?Brother Zhou is back? 】

【Are you all okay? 】

[When you see the message, remember to reply quickly, so that everyone doesn't worry! 】

[Lin Jinhan, why can't I get in touch with Brother Zhou? 】

[Did something go wrong in the dungeon? 】

[Don't scare us, if you come back, you must reply quickly! 】

【Brother Zhou, have you——】

[Brother Zhou can't come back, can he? 】

Chu Mi looked at the information on the phone, tears fell uncontrollably, and landed on the screen of the phone.

He knelt on the bed, buried his head deeply between the quilts, like a wounded and howling cub, trembling all over while suppressing the cry, and dared not reply to everyone's messages at all.

Clenched in his left hand is a brass key.

…………

That year, the 21-year-old Chu Mie took over Zhou Shangqi's position and became the new patron saint.

The author says:

Cough cough, I will end it as soon as possible|ω｀)