GBP Chapter 77 His brain seems to have broken down.
Chapter 77 His brain seems to have broken down.
After giving instructions to the system and Xiao Qi, Jiang Yi left the game.
She slowly sat up from the game pod, looked at the weather outside, and prepared to go out and bask in the sun.
— She learned this from the StarNet, which is said to be a retro method that has recently become popular.
—It is said that hanging clothes in the sun can kill bacteria, remove mites, prevent moisture, extend the life of clothing, and give clothes a natural "sunshine smell".
This made Jiang Yi very interested.
Because the previous dungeon environment was so gloomy that even the daylight was hazy, Jiang Yi had never been in the sun, let alone gotten any natural "sunshine scent". So after seeing the message on the Star Network, Jiang Yi decided to go out and bask in the sun.
She was curious about what this natural "sunshine scent" actually smelled like, and whether it could affect her clothes.
It was only because of the sudden arrival of Xu Zhang and his group that the Crimson Robe was interrupted; otherwise, it would have already taken action.
Anyway, sunbathing only requires lying still in the sun.
It suits her perfectly.
She opened the door and staggered out.
"Hey, Little Red Dress, are you done playing?"
She hadn't gone far, and before Jiangyi had even found a spot to lounge and sunbathe, she heard a nonchalant voice coming from not far behind her.
..."Have you had enough fun?"
Jiang Yi narrowed her eyes and turned to look at the person walking towards her, who seemed to have come to find her: "What do you mean by that?"
Did Li Xingzhuo find out that she had locked those people in the game?
But how did he know that?
She looked Li Xingzhuo up and down carefully, but found no signs that he had regained his memories.
"Oh?"
Jiang Yi's unusual reaction made Li Xingzhu raise an eyebrow with amusement: "Weren't you playing a game before? Or did I guess wrong?"
"But why do you look... a little nervous, Little Red Dress?"
"Is there?"
Jiang Yi smiled slightly, mimicking Li Xingzhuo's expression: "Where am I nervous?"
"All right……"
Li Xingzhuo, quite adaptable, shrugged and skipped the topic: "Are you busy right now?"
"What is it?"
"It's like this..." Li Xingzhuo explained his purpose: "Our game has been quite popular on the StarNet recently, and I estimate that other platforms will soon be feeling the pressure."
Other platforms didn't take action initially, firstly because of their powerful backing, unlike small platforms that can be easily bullied without any support, and secondly because they were unsure whether Red's new game would be successful.
What if they target "New World" in advance, and then the red-clothed guy's new game fails and doesn't take off? Wouldn't they just be asking for trouble and making another enemy for themselves?
Only a bunch of shrewd people would do something so stupid.
But things are different now… The game in red has sparked a new craze, with numerous game streamers broadcasting "Reunion" on their livestreams, and its ranking on the new game charts is soaring. Other platforms are definitely getting restless. If they don't act soon, the top-tier platform might really take a bite out of this market.
It was still a very big bite.
At the very least, the "game world" has already been bitten by the "new world." Didn't you see that the "Holographic Horror Game Competition" has generated the lowest level of buzz and discussion in recent years?
The scenes that should have been filled with lively discussions about who would win the prize money and game fans enthusiastically promoting and ranking their favorite games were nowhere to be seen. Instead, the screen was filled with "reunion," "reunion," "reunion"...
Therefore, among these platforms, "Wanjie" is definitely the first to get restless.
Especially since the person in red is a game producer who left the "playing world".
It's practically a combination of old and new grudges.
"So you need to be careful during this time."
Li Xingzhuo's expression turned serious as he earnestly instructed, "I expect 'Playworld' will be making quite a few moves."
"Is that so..."
Jiang Yi nodded thoughtfully: "Then they... may have already 'made a move'."
Li Xingzhuo: "Huh?!?!?!"
Jiang Yi then told Li Xingzhuo about how a group of people had exploited a game vulnerability and entered the game with malicious programs.
Li Xingzhuo asked curiously, "What are they trying to do?"
Jiang Yi: "They probably want to get their hands on special techniques from the game..."
Li Xingzhuo's brows twitched slightly.
As Jiangyi's partner, he had long discovered that Jiangyi's games had some unique "techniques." To be honest, Li Xingzhuo was quite curious about those techniques, such as making players forget the strategy guides they had read outside the game, or preventing players from uploading videos that would spoil the plot...
He even had his technical team try to imitate and replicate it, but without exception, they all failed. Therefore, Li Xingzhuo guessed that this must be the Red Robe's exclusive technology. In any case, the Red Robe had already reached a cooperation agreement with their legion, so after realizing that he couldn't reproduce the technology, Li Xingzhuo simply gave up.
But other platforms are different...
After all, even he was very curious and excited about Hongyi's technology after hearing about it. The desire of other platforms that did not cooperate with Hongyi for this technology could be described as "drooling".
However, from what he knew, the woman in red wasn't the kind of person who would let others spy on her...
So, Li Xingzhu blinked twice and asked, feigning curiosity, "Then what about them now...?"
Jiangyi: "...Still in the game."
...The word "still" is quite subtle.
Li Xingzhuo drawled out an "Oh," deliberately feigning disappointment: "Are we just going to let them go like that?"
His tone was full of indignation: "They came to spy on trade secrets, Little Red Dress, how could you let them go so easily?"
Jiang Yi couldn't tell Li Xingzhuo that those people were actually trapped in the game by her—just the fact that they found themselves unable to exit the game was enough to make them anxious, at a loss, and completely forget the purpose of their visit.
But if she told Li Xingzhuo, she might continue to be asked how she trapped those people, how she bypassed the supervision to achieve this technology... Just thinking about these things made Jiang Yi feel annoyed, so she simply changed her approach: "I adjusted the difficulty of the game." She did not let those who came to cause trouble for her game off lightly.
After this "unforgettable" experience, "they probably won't, and won't dare to, enter my game again in the future," Jiangyi concluded confidently.
However, Li Xingzhuo's reaction was beyond Jiang Yi's expectations—
"What?!"
Li Xingzhuo's eyes widened in disbelief: "Little Red Dress, why are you rewarding them?!"
Crimson Robe: "?"
Li Xingzhuo said with a sour look, "I wanted the more difficult version of 'Double Happiness,' so I specifically paid the copyright fee to buy the game from you! And now these people haven't spent a single penny and are experiencing the more difficult version of 'Reunion'!"
He hasn't even experienced it yet!
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These people are so lucky!
Crimson Robe: "..."
Especially the jealousy on Li Xingzhuo's face... it didn't seem fake at all. Jiang Yi frowned with some worry:
Could Li Xingzhuo's brain... be... broken?
She reached out and touched Li Xingzhuo's forehead.
Could it be that the fever has damaged his brain?
Jiang Yi had seen many players in the dungeon who had fevers due to infected wounds—of course, whether it was "fever" or "inflammation," these were words she had heard from the players themselves—those players with fevers would become dazed and confused, and if they had teammates, it would be fine, but for lone wolf players without teammates, once they had a fever, it was basically a death sentence in the dungeon.
Therefore, in Jiangyi's case, "fever" is a rather serious matter.
But when Jiang Yi placed her hand on Li Xingzhuo's forehead, she paused—
She completely forgot that she didn't actually know how to determine if she had a fever.
Even her movements were imitations of other players' actions that she had seen in dungeons before.
Jiang Yi was unusually confused, unsure of what to do next, and could only let her hand continue to rest on Li Xingzhuo's forehead.
When the cool back of his hand gently touched his forehead, Li Xingzhuo was clearly taken aback.
He wasn't unaware of Jiang Yi's movements, nor was he unable to naturally avoid her touch. However, when his body reflexively tried to move, his mind forcefully suppressed it.
He stood still, letting that beautiful, but cold hand touch his forehead.
Even his breathing became lighter at this moment. Li Xingzhuo slowly raised his eyes, his gaze somewhat unfocused as he swept over the slender wrist of the woman in crimson.
The air seemed to suddenly fall silent. Li Xingzhuo's Adam's apple bobbed, and he felt he should say something to break the tense atmosphere. His gaze drifted slightly before finally settling on the red sleeve of Jiang Yi's robe that had slipped off her arm as she raised her hand.
"Little Red Dress, is your name because you like wearing red clothes, or because you wear red clothes—"
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a clear "ding-a-ling" sound.
It sounds a bit like... a bell.
Where did that bell come from? Oh right, Little Red Dress seems to have a bell hanging on her wrist...
But isn't that bell broken and not ringing?
Before Li Xingzhu could figure it out, his vision suddenly turned completely red.
When his vision returned, he found himself in a quaint, old-fashioned mansion.
Li Xingzhuo turned his head and looked around.
This house… He hissed softly to himself: It looked a bit like the old house in the back hills of the "Double Happiness" bridal chamber in Little Red Dress, the one whose interior wasn't open to the public yet—
Bright red silk ribbons were tied to the half-open vermilion gate, and strings of red lanterns hung under the eaves of the surrounding corridors, with gilded red "囍" characters pasted on the paper covers, swaying gently in the breeze.
The pillars of the corridor were wrapped with red silk, which covered the peeling paint; small red candles were inserted into the cracks between the blue bricks along the wall, but they had not been lit because it was not yet dark.
Although the house was filled with red, a color that symbolizes liveliness and celebration, Li Xingzhuo felt that the whole place had a sinister atmosphere.
What puzzled Li Xingzhuo even more was that, even though he had never been inside the house in the game (the game wasn't fully finished yet), and he had never seen a building like this before, he still felt inexplicably familiar with the place.
It's like... he's been here many times before.
That's strange...
As Li Xingzhuo was trying to recall why he felt a sense of familiarity, he suddenly heard other people's voices.
Huh? Is he not the only one here?
He looked in the direction the sound came from and saw several people sitting far away behind a big tree in the yard.
However, after seeing those people clearly, Li Xingzhuo exclaimed "Wow!" in his heart to show his shock.
Because although those people were dressed differently, their faces were all blank.
On the entire face, only the mouth was opening and closing.
"Damn, this dungeon is way too hard! More than 20 players came in, and we haven't even seen the boss yet, and only a few of us are left!"
"Aren't you just stating the obvious?! 'Double Happiness' is an S-rank dungeon, and one that no one has ever cleared before! You should be grateful you're still alive!"
"Is anyone actually able to clear this dungeon?"
"We've collected everything the village chief asked us to, and the prerequisite quest is complete. Now, if we can survive the boss, we should be able to get out alive."
"Surviving the boss? You make that sound so easy! Just count how many veteran players have died in the quest to find the village chief's items, and some of them were even on the leaderboard!"
"Isn't there still one new person alive?"
"Speaking of which, that newcomer... seems to be really lucky..."
Li Xingzhuo was eavesdropping intently when he noticed that the group of people suddenly stopped talking. He looked over in surprise and found that the faceless faces of those people suddenly turned in his direction.
Li Xingzhuo's heart skipped a beat, thinking he had been discovered eavesdropping. He was calmly looking around, preparing to plan an escape route, when he suddenly heard a voice call out to him, "Hey, you newbie over there!"
Huh, is someone calling him?
What? So those people could see him?
Li Xingzhuo thought that the group of people couldn't see him, which was why they were gathered in a circle and discussing things by themselves; now it seems... he was being ostracized!
Remembering what those people had said earlier about "the newcomers having pretty good luck," Li Xingzhuo suddenly knew what they were up to; he was just about to give them a hard time and ignore them when he heard "himself" respond:
"What's wrong, Brother Liu?"