The streets of old London were filled with smoke, and only the dim gas street lamps slightly lit up the gloomy atmosphere.
Qin Zhibo came through the light curtain and came to this familiar scene again.
Taking a deep breath, there was still that extremely realistic smell of kerosene.
Conan, Mao Lilan and others also followed through and were shocked by the realistic scene in front of them. They couldn't help but look around.
"This is London, the city of dense fog." Mao Lilan, who often heard Kudo Shinichi's descriptions, lamented, "It's not so much romantic as it is a bit weird."
"It seems that even the air is dirty and has a weird smell." Ayumi frowned slightly.
Qin Zhibo waved his hand and turned around to comfort a few people, "It doesn't matter. This is just a game console that uses electrical signals to stimulate the brain and simulate the smell. Just smell it a few times and get used to it."
At this moment, Qin Zhibo's eyes swept behind him and found that the four people from the back wave were also following him.
It's not unusual for someone to want to hug your thigh.
But among the four, he was the only one who couldn't see the name above Hideki Morohoshi's head.
In this game, Qin Zhibo's investigator vision is still valid, but it will be restricted.
If it is a character controlled by the player, the name and basic information can also be seen.
But if it is an NPC in the game, because they do not really exist, no information can be seen.
Investigator vision does not lie to itself.
In other words, the current Hideki Morohoshi is actually not Hideki Morohoshi himself?
Qin Zhibo rolled his eyes and thought it was better to pretend not to know and first see what this seemingly human and inhuman thing would do next.
Conan has just combined historical knowledge to explain why the dense fog in London smells like this.
Suddenly, a shrill scream filled the air.
Conan heard the sound and moved, and Qin Zhibo also ran in that direction based on his muscle memory from last time.
When the two of them ran to the position first, they saw a white figure crawling on the ground at the exit of the alley, doing something to a woman lying on the ground.
Seeing this, Conan was about to shout out when he was caught by Qin Zhibo, who had quick eyes and quick hands, and covered his mouth with his hand.
Conan looked puzzled in Qin Zhibo's arms.
This look is saying, what are you doing?
Qin Zhibo made a hissing gesture, and after seeing that Conan understood, he put Conan on the ground and explained to him.
"This is just a game, not a real case."
"And even if you rush over immediately, you will definitely get a corpse, which will trigger the next plot. Jack the Ripper will definitely escape at a speed that you can't catch up with."
"Not as good as."
At this time, Mao Lilan, Hui Yuan Ai and others also ran over, and Qin Zhibo quickly stopped them.
"Everyone, please don't go there. If players go to the area in front, the plot will be triggered immediately."
"Let's discuss countermeasures first and see if we can set a trap to ambush him when he escapes."
In fact, before he decided to enter the game, Qin Zhibo used his limited plot memory to come up with this plan.
The advantage of open world games is that you can freely choose the time to trigger the plot.
Sometimes, it is a very critical mission in the plot time, but it is unlimited in the player's time.
Save the princess, right?
We just don’t save people, we just go for a walk~
Traveling in all directions ~ the road is long and the water is long ~
Therefore, before the plot of Jack the Ripper's escape is officially triggered, he has enough time to cover the streets with caltrops and animal traps.
Only then.
After Qin Zhibo finished explaining his plan, Conan didn't know how to evaluate it.
Well, as expected of you.
At this time, Haiyuan Ai poured cold water on him.
"But even so, most of us are children without fighting ability. We can't possibly lay the kind of trap you mentioned, right?"
Speaking of this, Conan suddenly thought of his own Foot Lijian.
Finally, I turned the switch and it really didn't work.
Not only that, even prisoner tracking glasses and anesthesia needle watches have become ordinary items.
Qin Zhibo patted Conan's head. He understood this feeling. After all, most of his system props were useless here.
"Although our power is not enough, as long as we find the character who can help us in the game, all problems will be solved naturally."
"Which character?" Conan asked puzzled.
Qin Zhibo replied naturally: "It's the great detective Sherlock Holmes."
"Holmes?"
Conan's face was startled at first, and then he was a little confused, "How do you know there is Sherlock Holmes in this game?"
"The case of Jack the Ripper is a real case in history, but Sherlock Holmes is just a detective character written by Conan Doyle. It would be almost the same if there was Conan Doyle."
Of course, we know about the existence of Sherlock Holmes because Qin Zhibo is a beta player.
But of course this cannot be said, and can only be explained in another way.
"Think about it, if all the players in this game are adults, it's okay."
"If there were children, how could a real primary school student catch the famous murderer in history? It's illogical when you think about it."
"So adding an NPC to help players is a simple strategy."
"And this NPC must be famous and easy for people to think of."
"Combined with the background and location of this era, the name of this NPC has already been revealed——"
"It's Sherlock Holmes!"
"Really!" Mitsuhiko's voice was very excited, "If we find Holmes, it will be equivalent to the power of 100 people!"
"Okay! We will definitely win this level!" Yuantai also raised his arms and shouted.
After Qin Zhibo's analysis, Conan also felt that it made sense.
This is a game, and there is nothing impossible about combining reality and fiction.
Moreover, this is a script written by my father. With his character, it is really possible for him to do this.
When he thought about the possibility of meeting his idol next, the corners of Conan's mouth couldn't help but turn up.
"If you want to find that person, you have to go to No. 221B Baker Street."
"But we don't know the way there, and we may need to ask a lot of passers-by."
Qin Zhibo smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, I know the way."
"You know?" Conan looked at Qin Zhibo in surprise, "How do you know the way?"
In fact, Qin Zhibo was also provided with a map by the navigator in his mind, as was the case in the last game.
Faced with Conan's doubts, Qin Zhibo replied casually: "Because of uncle, I have been to London in reality~"
"The London in this game is definitely based on the real world, and it won't change too much."
Qin Zhibo been to London?
Conan was not surprised by this, and was very envious in his heart.
Although I have often traveled abroad since I was a child, most of them went to Hawaii in the United States to learn miscellaneous skills.
Until now, I have never been to London, the holy place in the hearts of millions of Fu fans.
And with my current body, it is almost impossible to go to London.
If only I had been to London earlier!
In fact, there is a more important reason why Conan has been holding back from going to London.
Going on a tour to the most important place in your heart with the person who is most important to you is the ultimate romance.
"Okay, let's go to Baker Street now!"
The three little ones were very excited, as if they were going on a suburban hike.
The expression on Haiyuan Ai's face was also very relaxed. Anyway, he was just following the large army, wherever he went.
Moreover, with Qin Zhibo and Conan as two major intellectuals, she also felt that there was no big problem in conquering this game.
In this way, the team set off in this high atmosphere.
"Hideki Morohoshi" who was walking behind looked through the long alley, took a wary look at Jack the Ripper on the other side, and then left with the large group.
Due to the delay in players coming over, Jack the Ripper, who was unable to trigger the subsequent plot, lay on the ground with an evil and twisted smile on his face.
In the game control room, adults are still trying to save the children.
Many Sindora employees in uniform green uniforms have their own division of labor. Only Dr. Ali, who is wearing a gray suit, sits in the C seat.
Dr. Ali used his extremely fast hand speed to consume the life of the membrane keyboard, but still could not gain control of the game.
Fortunately, the game screen has been obtained, and now you can see the screen that players are experiencing in each game.
Among them, the most noteworthy one is of course the game being played by Qin Zhibo, Conan, Mao Lilan and others.
"It seems that Mr. Qin does not intend to trigger the initial plot of Jack the Ripper and wants to go directly to Sherlock Holmes." Dr. A Li reported to the people behind him.
This novel problem-solving idea made Kudo Yusaku look startled, and then a faint smile appeared on his face.
As expected of you, Qin
This is indeed a "loophole" in the design of this open game.
However, considering that when ordinary players encounter the scene of Jack the Ripper killing people in the street, there is no possibility of not making a sound, so no modifications were made.
I didn't expect him to be able to detect this keenly.
Is it keen? Or have you played before?
"besides."
At this moment, Dr. Ali in front of the console changed his subject, "I found that Cocoon Game's program seemed to be much larger than when I took over."
“I don’t know what those code parts of unknown origin are.”
Dr. Agasa's words made Kudo Yusaku look at Sindora again.
If the underlying code of Cocoon has undergone significant changes, then the only person with the authority to make such changes is him.
"Chairman Sindora, do you know about this?"
".I, I don't know anything."
Sindora had a few drops of cold sweat on her forehead. She sat on the sofa and kept shaking her head. She didn't know what was going on.
This suspicious attitude made Kudo Yusaku even more suspicious. Just as he was about to walk over and ask more carefully, the Sindora Company employee behind him suddenly shouted.
"The first player to be eliminated has appeared!"
Kudo Yusaku quickly turned around and discovered that the eliminated players were not in the London world, but in the ancient Roman arena.
There were not many children participating in the gladiatorial arena. They were basically naughty children with some devil-like attributes. In the end, they were taught how to behave.
However, in fact, these five games have NPCs arranged to help novices get started and players pass the level.
The game of Viking is a one-eyed old pirate, and the game of Dakar Rally is that of a death-defying taxi driver.
The ancient Roman Coliseum is an old gladiator, and Solomon's treasure is Indiana Jones.
Old Victorian London is Sherlock Holmes.
Each player will get help from the exclusive NPC, strengthen their skills, and finally pass the level.
In theory, children can get more help and have the same chance of passing the level.
It's just that in comparison, adults with mature minds are more likely to pass the level.
Therefore, it is a more rational bet to place hope on Qin Zhibo and others.
When the first player is eliminated, the corresponding "cocoon" cabin in the venue will immediately sink and retract into the floor, indicating that the player has been eliminated.
Parents who stared closely at the cocoon and remembered that their children were inside immediately burst into heart-wrenching cries.
When other parents saw this scene, they couldn't help but feel nervous and clenched their hands tightly.
At the same time, Qin Zhibo was leading a team walking on Prince Regent Bridge, the predecessor of Vauxhall Bridge.
The Thames River next to it was filled with smelly garbage, and from time to time a transport ship carrying unknown filth passed by.
If a dead body was thrown into the boat from the bridge, no one on the boat would be able to notice it.
Leaflets and scraps of paper fluttering in the wind can be seen everywhere on the bridge, as well as various paints of unknown raw materials.
The filth makes this central London not as beautiful as imagined.
Looking at the "good scenery" around him, Conan, whose dream was a little broken, couldn't help complaining in his heart.
Although the scenery in this game is quite realistic, it is not that realistic.
Britain during the Victorian era was known as the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" and was the heyday of British history.
At that time, Britain's territory was beyond imagination, and its power was the most powerful in the world at that time.
However, under the appearance of prosperity, there are serious environmental and health problems, such as cholera pandemic and so on.
"Don't you think that clock is weird?"
Morohoshi Hideki, who was walking behind, reminded.
Others looked up at the towering Big Ben clock tower. On a dim clock face, the hour and minute hands formed the time of 12:51.
At this moment, the minute hand suddenly moved back one degree counterclockwise and became 12:50.
"The minute hand actually went backwards!"
As soon as Yuantai finished speaking, the minute hand reversed again, and then again, and it became 12:48.
Qin Zhibo narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that this part was different from the last time he played the game.
Last time, the Big Ben clock displayed the in-game time normally.
Conan thought for a moment and immediately guessed the meaning.
"The number from 51 to 48 is not the time at all, but the number of players participating in the game!"
Mao Lilan looked uneasy, "Then a three-point reversal, that is"
"That's right." Conan nodded seriously, "Three people were eliminated in other games."
Yuantai: "Then doesn't our chance of winning become smaller?"
Ayumi: "Ah? Then we"
The three little ones are children after all, and they are easily susceptible to pressure from other aspects.
Qin Zhibo glared at Hideki Morohoshi who proposed this brilliant point, turned around and comforted: "Don't care about other people, as long as we can win."
"It's better to go find Holmes quickly."
Under the leadership of Qin Zhibo, several people finally found No. 221B Baker Street.
Ringing the doorbell of No. 221B, a voice answered the door.
"Who?"
The person who opened the door was an old woman, the same one Qin Zhibo met the last time he tried the game.
About to meet his idol, Conan took the initiative to ask.
"Is this Mrs. Hudson?"
"We are the client of a certain case, and we are looking for Mr. Holmes who lives here."
Even if the game is not Japanese-made, Conan can still handle it fluently in English.
However, after hearing Conan's request, Mrs. Hudson showed a puzzled expression on her face.
"Holmes? I've never heard of this name."
"If you are looking for Professor Moriarty, I can take you in."