Elegant music was circulating in the private room, and soft lights filled the room. Lin Ze raised his goblet and took a sip of red wine. His eyes passed over the exquisite decoration in the room, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"To be honest, if you hadn't brought me here, I wouldn't have known there was such a restaurant in the city. It's been less than a week since you've been here, but you seem to be much more familiar with it than I am."
"That's because you are a student and rarely come to places like this, so you naturally don't pay attention to it on weekdays."
Qiao Qi glanced at him with a half-smile. She was still wearing a white shirt and black trousers, showing off her beautiful figure and looking capable and neat at the same time.
Hearing this, Lin Ze smiled and asked, "I saw you leaving in a hurry last time. Is there something important?"
"Well, a nasty guy got me into some trouble."
"At work?"
"That's right." Qiao Qi shrugged helplessly, "There are always some people who are an eyesore but can't make them disappear."
"Yeah?"
Lin Ze burst out laughing, "I remember that you are not a particularly tolerant person. I remember that when you used to deal with people you hated, you always went up to them and beat them up."
Qiao Qi has been very strong since she was a child. No boy her age could beat her. At that time, she was a veritable bully in the community and school. Anyone who dared to mess with her was beaten until their noses and faces were swollen.
"It would be a good idea to beat him up." A meaningful smile appeared on Qiao Qi's face.
Seeing this, Lin Ze couldn't help but be slightly startled, feeling that there was something in Qiao Qi's words.
"Stop talking about these troublesome things."
Qiao Qi changed the subject calmly and looked at the string around Lin Ze's neck, "What is that on your neck? A necklace?"
"No." Lin Ze shook his head and pulled out a wooden whistle strung with a string from his collar.
The wooden whistle is about the size of one and a half knuckles, and the surface is polished smooth, showing that the workmanship is very meticulous.
Seeing the wooden whistle, Qiao Qi looked startled and her eyes softened: "Have you been wearing this?"
"Yeah." Lin Ze nodded. He had indeed been wearing it. Last year, when he was socializing with Chen Yuxuan in the dormitory, Dai Xin and others thought it was a gift from his girlfriend.
"Xiao Xi will be very happy if she knows." The corners of Qiao Qi's mouth curled up slightly, but there was a trace of sadness and nostalgia in her eyes.
There was silence at the dining table for a while, and the two of them looked at each other in silence. After a while, Qiao Qi broke the silence and said with a chuckle: "Tomorrow is Sunday, you don't have to go to class, let's go somewhere to have fun after dinner?"
"Sorry, I have an appointment tonight." Seeing Qiao Qi's meaningful smile, Lin Ze said helplessly, "It's not what you thought."
"I haven't said anything yet."
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After dinner, Lin Ze declined Qiao Qi's offer to give him a ride, and the two parted ways directly at the door of the restaurant.
Because Qiao Qi picked him up at the school gate and did not drive, he had to take a bus or take a taxi to return to school.
However, because of the impromptu meeting, Lin Ze decided not to go back to the dormitory tonight. He found a hotel near the restaurant, got a single room, put up the do not disturb sign, and sat quietly on the sofa waiting for the meeting time to come.
The time was set at nine o'clock in the evening. When the time came, Lin Ze took out his mobile phone, turned to Chen Yuxuan's message, and clicked on the link.
Following his movements, lines of familiar fonts suddenly popped up in front of his eyes.
Name: Copy No. 30491
Type: Temporary
Time flow rate:1:1
Cost: None
[Note: The duration of this copy is only 3 real hours]
【Do you want to start the game?】
【whether】
"Temporary copy?" A look of surprise flashed across Lin Ze's face, but he directly chose yes without hesitation.
The vision suddenly went dark, lasting for about a second or two, and then a large amount of white light poured in, occupying the entire field of vision, and then gradually weakened and disappeared.
Different from logging into the game normally, this time Lin Ze could clearly feel the entire process of entering the game. When his vision returned to clear, he found that he was already in an endless white space.
What you see is boundless pure white, and your feet feel as if you are stepping on rubber.
"crow."
A familiar voice came from in front of him. Lin Ze looked up. The first thing he saw was a long wooden conference table surrounded by chairs of the same type of wood. A woman was standing in front of the conference table, waving to him.
call.
Although her face was obscured by the hazy white mist, she could definitely tell from her voice and figure that it was Chen Yuxuan.
At the same time, there were already about ten people standing around the conference table, and without exception, their faces were obscured by white mist.
However, Lin Ze quickly recognized Li Kaixin, who was waving to him.
Nodding towards Chen Yuxuan, Lin Zecai walked over and sat down next to Li Kaixin.
"I guessed that Bailu would definitely ask you for help, and it was true." Li Kaixin said in a relaxed tone, as if she was relieved to see Lin Ze at the impromptu meeting.
"What about you? Why did you join the joint team?"
"The reward offered by White Deer is very attractive and I can't refuse it. Of course, this is only one of the reasons. There is also another reason. I think all the teams present are the same. They don't want to see the virus showing off its power on our territory."
Lin Ze nodded lightly, looked around secretly, and asked at the same time: "Do you know the information about the temporary copy?"
In his impression, Li Kaixin has always been very sensitive in game intelligence, and most likely knows about the temporary copy.
As expected, Li Kaixin nodded simply when he heard this: "I know, it is actually equivalent to a one-time small space. It is usually used for meetings between players who are far apart. It has good privacy and security, and can also be used for practice.
."
"Practice?" Lin Zeqi asked
"That's right, in this kind of dungeon space, players will not really die if they die. They can be resurrected as long as they exit the dungeon, and they don't even need to spend points. Therefore, there are often players competing in it, or delving into some extremely dangerous tasks.
Skills are very popular among players, and low-level, one-time dungeon space props like this are sold on player forums for only a few dozen points."
"As you say, there are also high-level temporary copies?"
"Of course, you saw it when you came in. This dungeon only has a duration of 3 real-life hours, and the time flow rate is only one to one. It is considered the lowest type of dungeon space prop, and the duration and time flow rate are even better.
High temporary dungeons, and even permanent dungeons. I heard that the three major guilds have permanent dungeon space props in their hands, and they have built them into headquarters."
Lin Zeqi asked: "Where do so many space props come from?"
"It is said that it was produced by a special dungeon. The relevant dungeon invitation letter has been sold for 500 points on the player forum." Li Kaixin sighed for a while, "Even so, it is priceless. After all, if you are lucky, in the dungeon
If you get a few high-level space props, you can not only get your money back by selling them, but you can also make a lot of money."
"That's it." Lin Ze suddenly realized.
At this time, Chen Yuxuan suddenly clapped her hands, attracting everyone's attention, and then said: "Everyone is here, let's start today's meeting."
She looked around, and despite being blocked by the white mist, everyone could still feel her determined gaze.
No nonsense, she went straight to the topic.
"We received a reply from the virus yesterday and they refused to hand over the murderer."
After the words fell, the atmosphere on the conference table suddenly stagnated, but no one spoke, and everyone looked at Chen Yuxuan without saying a word.
In fact, this result can be said to be expected by everyone. After all, powerful player forces, such as the three major guilds or top player groups, have always been on the stronger side. It is rare for them not to use their strong position to squeeze the weaker player teams.
It is almost impossible for them to surrender to the latter.
Therefore, everyone in the joint team basically has no hope that the murderer will be handed over after protesting against the virus. The current result is not beyond their expectations. More importantly, as the leader of the joint team, Chen Yuxuan plans to
How to do it?
Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Yuxuan said calmly: "When things have developed to this point, other than retreating and fueling the arrogance of the virus, we have only one option: fighting."
"You want to start a war with the virus?" one player said, obviously a little surprised in his tone, "I don't think we are the opponent of the virus."
Others couldn't help but sit up straight. The reason why they responded to Chen Yuxuan's call to join the joint team was mainly to suppress the arrogance of the virus and the reward points promised by Chen Yuxuan. The content of the agreement was just to shout slogans to cheer.
This does not include a war with the virus. The price they would pay in that case is definitely not something they can afford.
Several less patient player captains couldn't help but ask questions.
Only Lin Ze and Li Kaixin remained calm.
Chen Yuxuan raised her hand to make a calm gesture, and then explained: "This is not a war."
Everyone immediately looked at each other, and one of them asked: "What do you mean?"
"Betting battle!" Chen Yuxuan said loudly, "We have a gambling battle with the virus in the form of a team battle. If we win, we will ask them to agree to our conditions and hand over the murderer!"
This proposal was indeed unexpected. After a long pause, a question came out: "What is the difference between this and starting a war?"
"A war will inevitably cause casualties. The reason why everyone here doesn't want to go to war with the virus is because you are concerned about this, right? But what if there is a way to avoid casualties?"
As soon as these words came out, Lin Ze and Li Kaixin's expressions suddenly changed, and they immediately guessed Chen Yuxuan's intention.
Everyone present was the captain of each player team. The leader among the players was not slow and reacted quickly.
"That's right, it's the copy space we are in now."
"As long as you fight in the temporary copy space, you don't have to worry about casualties."