Chapter 604: Using Shadows (Today's 1st Chapter)
It seems that the first round of punishment in this 'Find a Friend' game has come to an end.
At this moment, players from other rooms slowly walked out one after another.
The crowd blocked Qin Shang's view, but screams of fear were like dominoes that caused a chain reaction. As players walked out of the room one after another, screams began to break out one after another in the field.
"What are these people howling and screaming about?"
"Go, go, go, hurry up, there is a weird smell of urine in this room, don't you smell it..."
"Who peed his pants?"
"Hiss! Not really, right?"
"By the way...will anyone be killed in this punishment? I got goosebumps from hearing that horrible scream just now."
"I don't think so. Logically speaking, even if his life is in danger, Tom is not a Cat shouldn't be in danger, right?"
"From what the fox-faced man said, the Bad Guys' Handwritten Order seems to have the ability to lead players out of the dungeon by force if it is crushed. By the way, why didn't the guy called 'Tom is not a cat' crush the Bad Guys' Handwritten Order and leave the dungeon right after he saw the punishment phase begin?"
In fact, Qin Shang also smelled the smell of urine in the room, but he knew that the smell was not coming from the players in the room, because when the first round of the game started, Qin Shang and "Urine is the tears of the bladder" ran to the doors of the two rooms and opened them. At that time, as soon as he opened the door, he felt a nauseating fishy smell coming towards him.
In other words, the urine smell comes from the room itself... or...
There were other people who entered [No. 1 Monastic Grudge] through the "official mission" channel, but the number of people also exceeded the limit that the copy could accommodate when the main storyline was normally unfolded, so this link was added.
As a result, a group of players may have seen something in this game called "Find Friends" that frightened them and left them with a deep psychological trauma, so they were scared to pee, leaving behind the smell of urine.
However, although he opened the door, he was not the first to leave the room.
Instead, he stepped aside to let the other players leave Room 3, and cast a thoughtful look at the "shadow" in the corner of the room.
It would be difficult to kill this thing without the skills of a Shenlu player.
But at this moment, after the first round of the game, only two people were actually eliminated. The speed was a bit too slow. Another thing was that Qin Shang now had something else he cared about more. Compared to other players who were grateful for surviving this round and then curious about what the two eliminated guys had experienced, Qin Shang had something more important in his mind.
That is the next round. After that, you can’t continue to act as the savior and lead other players to survive, right?
In the first round, my purpose in deliberately stealing the limelight from the fox-faced man was to deprive the advantage held by player No. 13 who came in from the "official mission".
Now that the fox-faced man has been deserted by his friends and relatives, the next few rounds must be carried out according to the normal process.
That’s the problem!
If I were to stand up and make a call, saying that everyone should go their own way from now on, the popularity and prestige that I had worked so hard to build up would be gone, and it would also make me seem too greedy.
However, when the next round of the game starts, some players will take the initiative to form a team with me.
If I just push it away and ignore it, it would seem a bit inhumane and might even backfire.
Qin Shang is now in mixed emotions, and this is where his expression becomes tangled.
He even locked the room and heard so many strange noises outside, but he still suppressed his curiosity. His mind was full of thoughts, and his brain was working frantically to think of a way to make good use of the "shadow" next time...
The second round is the stage that truly tests Qin Shang's ability to respond.
And don't be fooled by the white glove of the 'Far Voyage' organization, 'Urine is the Tears of the Bladder', who obeyed his orders in this round of the game. In a word, Qin Shang just let that woman drive him and cooperate with his actions throughout the whole process.
That's just because after understanding the rules of the game, the women also knew the disadvantages if they didn't stick together.
In addition, not far away there is a group of players who came in through the "official mission" channel and are eyeing the opportunity covetously, taking advantage of the time, place and people.
In other words, at that time, 'Urine is the Tears of the Bladder' would obediently follow Qin Shang's arrangements because they were at the same starting line and had the same enemy.
It’s not that the woman is no longer a threat to Qin Shang.
By the second round, the fox-faced man had been deserted by his friends and relatives.
At this time, the threat second only to the fox-faced man is that woman. Don't be fooled by the disgusting name of this woman's Shenlu ID. Judging from the experience of Qin Shang and Wanyan Xiaoshu and Xiaowen in dealing with them, it is estimated that when this woman really turns against them, she will do a lot of disgusting things.
"This woman is quite cunning..."
"Just now, when we were holding the door to get six players into rooms 3 and 4, she could have turned against me and gone straight into room 4 to close the door, and then made me and the fox-faced man fall flat on my face at the same time, but she didn't."
"But she didn't do that not because she thought it was not cost-effective, but because she didn't trust me at all. This woman is very cunning. At the beginning of the game, I just told her that I was the player copied by the "shadow", but after that, she kept holding the door of room 4. In other words, the players she could see were the ones who entered the rooms separately."
"I think the 'shadow' had been hiding in a room before the first round started. When I opened the door of Room 3 and players entered one after another, this guy appeared in Room 3 behind me like a maggot. In other words, the 'urine is the tear of the bladder' didn't see my 'shadow' calmly walking into Room 3. So she didn't trust my operation to lead everyone through this round of confrontational games, but she didn't believe me that I was the player copied by the 'shadow'."
"After all, as the saying goes, seeing is believing, hearing is deceiving. She hasn't seen another person who looks exactly like me, so she naturally wouldn't trust my words 4% based on my lip service. That's why she kept cooperating with me to be the door god at the door of Room 4. It wasn't until we saw the door of Room 5 was closed and I said that Room 3 still needed four players that this woman was completely sure that I didn't count her in. And from the fact that I didn't close the door, she judged that I was most likely planning to enter Room next, and she was completely relieved."
After all, halfway through the first round, we couldn't completely rule out the suspicion that Qin Shang was lying.
What if the player being shadow-copied is someone else and happens to be in room 4?
Doesn't that mean that when there were 4 people in Room 6, only 5 of them were players?
Even if 'Urine is the teardrop of the bladder' is included, it won't be able to meet the number of people required for the broadcast?
In this way, the saying "urine is the tears of the bladder" really makes people think a lot.
So the reason why she didn't jump out to disrupt Qin Shang's plan at that time was not because of how much she trusted Qin Shang.
On the contrary, he did not trust Qin Shang's words, so he did not want to take any risks, and waited until the end to follow Qin Shang's arrangements without causing any trouble...
Otherwise, try to understand it from another perspective and stand in the woman's shoes.
If she really believed what Qin Shang said, that he himself was the player copied by the shadow.
At that time, there was no "shadow" in Room 4, and there were already 6 people gathered there.
Why bother to continue the adventure with Qin Shang and still hesitate? You should know that the whole game only takes one minute from the beginning to the end, and Qin Shang wasted dozens of seconds just talking nonsense with the fox-faced man.
Given people's inherent tendency to prioritize self-preservation in dangerous situations, it was actually reasonable for the woman to leave Qin Shang behind.
But she didn't do that at all, and she didn't even have the intention to do so. She obeyed Qin Shang's plan throughout the whole process, even though she didn't know what Qin Shang was going to do next. This was not the level of trust that could be established between two people who had just met for a short time.
After all, the best solution and the best operation for her at that time was to turn around and go into room 4. Not only would she be able to pass this round smoothly, but she would also backstab Qin Shang and greatly reduce the prestige of that foxy man.
This is the most cost-effective operation...killing two birds with one stone.
By then, if Qin Shang is also stabbed in the back and fails, more than a dozen people will be eliminated in the first round.
From a personal point of view, it would also be easier for her to continue to pass the level later.
She didn't choose to do that, there are only two possibilities.
Either he was really stunned and had no plans of his own, or after being named by Qin Shang, he trusted Qin Shang 100% and was willing to cooperate with the young man's ideas.
Either this is the reverse thinking of the conspiracy theory, or else it means that this woman does not believe Qin Shang.
The reason she cooperated throughout the whole process was just to avoid being used by Qin Shang as a chess piece that could be discarded at any time...
And based on Qin Shang's experience of dealing with those people in Chen Boxu's "Yuanhang" organization.
He would rather believe that there are men without balls in the world than believe that "urine is the tears of the bladder" is a simple naive person.
This is not judging a gentleman by one's own standards.
In this environment, those guys who can assume the best of others... won't live long!
The next moment, Qin Shang's eyes revealed a hint of ruthlessness, and he secretly cursed himself for being hypocritical.
Damn, what the hell am I thinking right now?
He wants to have a good reputation, but he also doesn't want to expose his own selfish motives because of his dark thoughts.
Isn't this just a whore wanting to be a virtuous woman?
People really shouldn't get too immersed in a role. I was so convinced by my own acting just now!
Damn it, I almost thought I was also a partner of justice...
Thinking of this, Qin Shang wanted to raise his hand and slap himself twice.
"Damn it, it's all Yin Shisan's fault. When the hell did I ever become so dignified and care about my reputation?"
"Damn it, justice is contagious. Damn it, I've been infected with the saintly disease of my righteous companions. Quick, Lord Freedom, save me..."
Thinking of this, Qin Shang repeated it silently in his heart twenty times.
It was my freedom to lead them through the first round, and it was also my freedom to defeat them later. Only then did I completely get over the hurdle in my heart...
This game must eliminate at least twenty players.
Otherwise, the main storyline of [No. 1 Xiudao Grudge] will not be able to unfold.
And if there is only one 'chain of cause and effect', even if they are not eliminated in the 'find friends' stage, all the players present today will be eliminated in the subsequent stages.
Of course, only when Zheng Gongwei and I clear [No. 1 Xiudao Grievance], the "Chain of Cause and Effect" will fall into my hands.
So what is the difference between these players in the field being eliminated earlier or later?
With this thought in mind, Qin Shang finally suppressed the thoughts in his heart and became ruthless.
"I'll let you be scolded for being a bad eater. I'm not a Lei Feng, and I have no obligation to help them pass the level. This is a mutually beneficial relationship, so no one should think too highly of the other."
After saying that, he took out a silver-white character card, hesitated for a moment, and then replaced it with his own Bad Guys' handwritten edict.
This thing is a divine road prop, so even Qin Shang carries it with him on weekdays, he also carries it with him when entering the dungeon.
Right now, the skills of all players in the entire copy are in a [Sealed] state, and the Bad Man's Decree is completely useless.
He put away the character card and left the Bad Guys' handwritten edict in front of the shadow in the corner of room number three.
The jade token fell, making a crisp sound.
bang-
However, the shadow in the loose black robe seemed to have crashed. It just squatted in the corner of the room motionless and indifferent.
Seeing this, Qin Shang sneered and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"You have copied the instincts of a high-level player's 'shadow', so your intelligence should be much higher than that of a low-level shadow. In other words, your intelligence level should be at least that of a seven or eight-year-old, and there is no way that it is just comparable to a two or three-year-old child. You don't have to pretend with me. I know that your behavioral ability and intelligence are more than just instincts. You should be able to understand what I am saying now."
"In the next round of the game, I have a plan that I want your help with, so I suggest you better communicate with me..."
You are pretending to be your mother...
This shadow is quite good at currying favor with the powerful.
At this moment in the dungeon, everyone's Divine Path skills were [Sealed], and Qin Shang obviously had a certain degree of appeal among these people. This shadow knew that he could no longer defeat four hands with two fists, so he simply started to disguise himself as a harmless person.
If Qin Shang didn’t know how this thing followed him to Jiangcheng in the real world outside.
I'm afraid Qin Shang would be deceived by his silent and indifferent reaction.
The intelligence level of the "shadow" that copies a high-level Divine Road player is definitely far higher than that of a low-level shadow. Moreover, the number of memory fragments that they can peek into from the player at the moment of copying is definitely far greater than that of a low-level shadow.
The content of his own memory copied by this shadow was definitely several times more than the memory fragments that Qin Shang had stolen when the "shadow" copied it in "Behind the Surveillance".
Don't forget, this guy can go to apply for Qin Shang's temporary ID card and change his flight ticket at the airport.
Does this look like a fucking beast that only relies on instinct to follow the copied player?
If a beast has such a high intelligence level, it must be a spirit...
At this moment, Qin Shang already had a new plan in his mind, a plan for the next round of competitive games.
And he was not afraid that this "shadow" would disagree with his request.
Because neither of them can do anything to each other now, Qin Shang cannot kill the shadow at all before he can use the abilities granted by the character card, without the help of divine skills and props.
Similarly, now that everyone's Divine Path skills are [Sealed], Shadow cannot devour Qin Shang's copied body and transform from a "mimic" into a "humanoid".
During this game session, they both barely had the same goal.
That is, Qin Shang must survive and make it through this round of confrontational game!
After all, if Qin Shang died, Shadow would lose its target host.
At that time, he can only be a "mimic" for the rest of his life, and will never have the chance to replace Qin Shang and become a "human-like".
In other words, on some levels, their current situation is a bit like one where they all prosper together and suffer together.