Chapter 83 East of the Old City
Chapter 83 East of the Old City
The place where they live is on the north side of the old city, and there is a small circle somewhere in the east, with the word bar written on it.There is also a small circle on the south side, which says private clinic.In the same way, it says Lao Guo’s restaurant on the west side, and Aunt Xu’s own apartment on the north side (Gu Congsu complained at this time, this thing is shamelessly called an apartment).
They discussed it, and seeing the sunset, they decided to settle the problem of eating first. Although there is a kitchen here, no one really has the time to buy vegetables and cook on the first day.
They followed the map and headed west.
By the time they reached the so-called restaurant, it was almost dark, leaving only a faint glimpse of the distant sky.
"Fuck, they call this a restaurant?" Gu Congsu had a toothache.
"I definitely don't have a business license and sanitation permit." Wang Jinglun's occupational diseases are very obvious.
Apparently, a family vacated more than half of their house, moved a few small tables and chairs outside, and put a canopy on top to complete the restaurant.
At this time, there was no guest there, only an uncle was squatting at the door and smoking a cigarette, and a somewhat sloppy and fat woman was sitting inside watching an old-fashioned TV. Snowflakes drifted by, and the screen was messed up for a while.
"Hey, let's eat." The uncle threw away the cigarette and stood up.
To be honest, no one wants to eat.
"Um... do you have fried noodles or fried rice?" Meng Jing's occupational disease told everyone that these were relatively clean.
"Hey, what's so delicious about these? It's enough for so many of you to order two big pots. It's a hodgepodge. There's meat, fish, and vegetables. You don't need money for the rice, so what if you're full."
It doesn't sound like much.
But Zhou Lang said softly: "Is there any hidden local tyrants? There are a few poor young people here who really can't afford it. The rent just now made my heart hurt. Please help me, don't be too exaggerated."
Xu Qin and Qiu Lu showed the same embarrassed look.
"Okay, that's all." Xie Wenyi said.
They divided two tables and sat down.
The uncle turned his head and yelled at the inside: "Hey, mother-in-law, do you hear me, two big groceries, hurry up."
The woman who was watching TV snorted coldly, said something obscene in her mouth, got up and walked in.
Meng Jing asked the boss for a bottle of vinegar after she was sure that she would not spend any money, and washed everyone's small bowls, and said that it seems that in the future, she will have to bring her own bowls and chopsticks when entering the dungeon.
Qiu Lu said softly, "You guys watch the news."
A vicious serial murder case in the city was being broadcast on the news broadcast. The victim was chopped up at the waist and died in a miserable state, but the murderer has not been caught yet.
"This is what we're talking about here, so it's estimated that the requirements of the dungeon mission this time are the same. We need to find the murderer." Zhou Lang said.
At this time, the boss and his wife brought two large pots, and there were really miscellaneous things in them. The taste was not too bad, but they didn't look very clean.
After Meng Jing dug out a strange looking thing in the pot, she couldn't tell what part it was, and she no longer had any appetite.
The boss sat on the chair next to him, continued to smoke, and tried to talk to them.
"Are you here to borrow? Are you traveling to the provincial capital?"
"Well, yes, everyone is a student and wants to live cheaper." Gu Congsu replied, completely ignoring a few people who didn't look like students at all.
"Well, that's true. There is everything here. There is food to eat, a place to watch when you are sick, and young artists, but you have to be careful. Some people are not easy to mess with." The boss swallowed. Fog, the smell of poor quality smoke.
"For example, who?" Gu Congsu asked.
"Well..." The boss looked not far away and pinched out the cigarette butt.
"Old Guo, three packs of cigarettes, three bottles of wine, the old rules, credit, pay at the end of the month." It was a man's rough and impatient tone.
This man had a shaved head, more than a dozen pierced ears, and an exaggerated lip ring. He looked very speechless.He probably didn't see so many guests crowded here, he glanced at the crowd, and his eyes stayed on Xie Wenyi.
Although Xie Wenyi looked much more serious than him, that person still showed an expression of the same kind looking at the same kind.
"Hey, Lao Guo, the business is good, and I will pay you back next month." The bald head said.
The boss who was called Lao Guo just smiled awkwardly, reached out and took three packs of cigarettes from the shelf, turned his back to them, and spat hard.
"You guys smoke less and see what you look like."
Apparently Lao Guo had said this often, and the bald head was no longer surprised. He took the cigarette and wine, looked at Xie Wenyi again, and walked away shaking his head.
Ren Ran hesitated for a while, and asked, "Boss, who was that person just now?"
"Lord hooligans, don't worry about those of you who come to travel, go back after eating, do you live at Aunt Xu's house?" Old Guo asked.
"Yes."
"Oh, her business is really good."
This old Guo is obviously very envious. Fortunately, when he finally pays the bill, even if they understand the urgency of the system's krypton gold, it is not an astonishing number if a dozen people share it.
After eating, the sky was already dark, and the street lights in the old city were very unreliable. There was only one dim street light tens of meters away, and the whistling sound of electric current could be heard. They didn't stay long, but It is the way back when going back and forth.
Back at the residence, Ren Ran took a change of clothes and was about to go to the bathroom to take a shower. The bathroom was divided into male and female, and also divided into separate compartments, which didn't seem so embarrassing.
Ren Ran walked to the innermost cubicle, and as soon as he turned on the shower, he saw Xie Wenyi standing in the cubicle next to him.
"Any thoughts?" Ren Ran said.
"It won't be peaceful tonight, follow the routine of last time." Xie Wenyi closed his eyes and raised his head, still being washed by the water.
It was only then that Ren Ran discovered that Xie Wenyi, who never knew how to wear earrings into a dungeon, put on both earrings, and the chain with the earrings given to Ren Ran was left in the room by him because he had to take a bath. inside.
After Xie Wenyi finished washing, he stroked his flat short hair and said, "It's still early, and I can still rest. I guess it won't stop after a while."
Ren Ran nodded, wrapped himself in a towel and walked out of the cubicle.
They were both naked to the upper body and they were very close. Ren Ran noticed that there were several scars on his back, which seemed to have been left a long time ago.
Ren Ran went back to his room, took out a novel from his bag, the few of them gathered together, the storage box was more than enough, he vacated a space to bring a book for himself.
After turning a few pages, there was a knock on the door.
"Ren Xueba, come to the boss' room." It was Gu Congsu's voice.
Xie Wenyi's room is opposite to him, next to NPC Aunt Xu, some players avoid too much contact with NPC, so these two rooms are completely out of their consideration.
Sometimes when I think about it, he and Xie Wenyi really did the opposite.
Gu Congsu was sitting in front of the desk, so he squeezed into such a small space and it fit perfectly.
He looked at the small square box in his hand, and while writing something quickly in his notes, he said, "This dungeon also has changes, and the frequency is the same as that of the hospital dungeon. There is no result of data analysis yet, but there may be a system bug."
Although Ren Ran knew that Gu Congsu had been bowing his head to study various data, but in the end he had never actually participated in it, and he didn't quite understand what he was researching. It is one thing to be able to clear the game, but another to be able to completely solve the system. It's the same thing.
Gu Congsu turned his head, and he, who has never been serious and casually joked, showed unprecedented seriousness, "Boss, I suspect that there is something important hidden somewhere in this dungeon, which may help us collapse this ghost system .”
"I understand." Xie Wenyi said.
"What's the situation?" Ren Ran didn't live with them, and he didn't know much about the system outside the customs clearance.
"This is my conjecture and that of Gu Congsu. Any virtual space dimension that appears for no reason must be based on a specific substance. According to the current situation, everything in the dungeon seems to be a pre-set A program, whether man-made or not, the existence of this system is based on certain formulas and data, and the same is true for the magnetic field of each copy. Gu Congsu has been studying these, and in the hospital and this time in the copy, he felt a It only tends to fluctuate in a stable value, so there is a problem with the procedures of these two dungeons." Xie Wenyi said.
"In the hospital dungeon, we split the two lines. As a result, the clues to the old city were interrupted, and the murderer NPC ran out of the dungeon. This is a problem caused by a system bug."
"So if we want to crack the program, it's the best solution when he has a bug, right." Ren Ran said.
"A high school student is a high school student. Although he is a high school student, he can speak easily, great!" Gu Congsu snapped his fingers.
"The entire dungeon is just a game. Think about it according to this logic. What is the easiest key to hide in the game? If you can find this, you might know what's going on." Gu Congsu closed the small square box and looked at the key. Looking at the watch, it's past eleven o'clock.
Ren Ran looked at the two people in front of him, although they looked calm and relaxed, but they were obviously waiting for something else to happen.
"Ren Xueba, something must have happened today. I remembered that day when I opened the window and went out, I saw a corpse that had been cut in half. At that time, half of my chicken leg was still in my mouth. I..."
There was a strange scream in the empty old city. The sound seemed to come from a long distance, and it was not so noticeable in the densely packed city.
But as experienced players, they still noticed it.
They ran out of the room first, followed by other players. There were hurried and chaotic footsteps in the old corridor, and the floor shook several times.
Aunt Xu put on the mask, and poked her head out dissatisfied: "What are you doing at night, the house is about to collapse!"
Xie Wenyi glanced out from the corridor on the second floor, and the eastern part of the old city was lit up with lights.
"To the east! Go there!"
In the middle of the night, the old city was deserted, and the uneven road was covered with puddles from time to time, splashing sporadic stains. They followed the faintly visible lights and ran to the east of the old city.
In the place with the brightest light, some residents are already standing there, they are wearing old pajamas, whispering to each other.
There was a person lying on the ground, cut off at the waist. Before he got close, he could smell a strong smell of blood. The blood scattered along the sunken road, which was weird and cruel.
This is a young woman, dressed very fashionable, with exquisite big waves, wearing a short leather skirt and seductive fishnet stockings on the lower body.
Seeing such a bloody and cruel scene, some female players covered their mouths and turned away.
Xie Wenyi asked suddenly: "Is she a resident here? Does any of you know her?"
Residents shook their heads to express that they didn’t know each other, and some said that most of the people here have moved away, and there are old faces who can’t live without this place. Although this city is not small, you know who lives in it very well. , This woman is not from the old town.
At this time, the door of the house behind the corpse opened, and a woman about 40 to [-] years old came out. She could not be called beautiful, but she still had charm, and she was well dressed, wearing a floral dress.
The author has something to say: The stupid author has said before that the kettle in the hotel is not clean, and now I want to say it again. In fact, you really need to bring your own bowls and chopsticks when you go out to eat. After all, disinfection is very tricky. Stupid author It's someone who has been there, and it's just eating Helicobacter pylori that caused gastric ulcers. .
I can't bear to mention the past. I hope everyone will be careful when going out, be more careful, and pay attention to safety and hygiene. (The nagging and stupid author looks hopeless)
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