Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Since that night, Bai Mengyan has never come to see Ling Yi again.
As for the specific reason... well, it's hard to explain.
October 2nd, 00:00:00!
This time, time in the real world did not stand still; the electronic clock on the wall skipped directly to 0 seconds.
But an invitation brand on Ling Yi's left wrist automatically popped up a window.
[ Myriad Worlds Game Version 2.0] [Click to Log In]
[Player ID: 230922]
[Points: 0]
[Number of games played: 6]
[Number of wins: 5]
[Number of losses: 1]
[Rewards: Martial Soul Formless Ice Mist x1, Ten-Thousand-Year Black Tortoise Soul Ring x1, Nine Secrets Technique - Number Character Secret Technique x1, Storage Ring x1, Huoyan Bird Devil Fruit) x1, Skill Learning Stone x1, Armament Haki (Immortal Version) Inheritance Stone x1, Disease-Curing Pill x3, Advancement Pill x6!]
[Game session record: Werewolf (3 wins, 1 loss), Who Is the Undercover (1 win), Red and Black Cards (1 win)]
[ Points Store ][Click to Expand][Click to Search]
There are no login time limits, game records and reward records have been added, and points and Points Store have been added.
I directly clicked on the [Click to Search] function and searched for: Sage!
Instantly, a row of items related to the Sage appeared in the shop list.
The most expensive is the Sage-Ascending Pill, which is divided into three types Heavenly Dao Sage-Ascending Pill, Great Dao Sage-Ascending Pill, Primordial Chaos Sage-Ascending Pill.
Besides the Sage-Ascending Pill, there are also corresponding Sage-Falling Pill, Primordial Violet Qi, various magical treasures and elixirs refined by Sage, and so on.
However, even the cheapest one at this price point requires a minimum investment.
For now, don't even think about it.
Taking a deep breath, Ling Yi [click to log in] then disappeared from the spot.
What comes into view is a huge square with a surface of gleaming Dali.
The square seemed to stretch endlessly, shrouded in a thick, white fog in the distance.
In the center of the square, there are three signs.
A large group of people had gathered around one of the signs; most of them were acquaintances of Ling Yi.
Qin Feng, Conan, Nami Bai Xiaofei, Dai Mubai, Ji Ziyue, Liu Jianming, Ma Jiaqi, and others were all present.
But most of them were unfamiliar faces.
The number of people was enormous, nearly a thousand.
A set of numbers floated above everyone's head, including Ling Yi's.
These are the players' numbers.
Ling Yi first walked over to the other two signs and looked at them.
One is the gaming section, which lists ten servers—the same ten gaming servers as before.
The other sign is the points leaderboard.
There are three columns in total: the Werewolf rankings, the Who Is the Undercover rankings, and the Murder Mystery rankings.
Ling Yi's lips twitched slightly. So obedient?
What did I say before leaving the game last time, and why did I change it immediately?
As for the sign surrounded by the crowd, it was related to updates to the game rules.
Ling Yi moved forward, but found there were too many people and he couldn't get through.
I simply went back to the game login screen and selected the first server again, which was the "Modern" server.
The next moment, three game options appeared in front of Ling Yi.
[Werewolf] [Click to Enter]
[ Who Is the Undercover?][Click to Enter]
[Murder Mystery Game][Click to Enter]
Without a second thought, Ling Yi chose the murder mystery game.
[Entering this game requires 100 points. Do you want to deduct points?]
[whether]
Just as Ling Yi was about to click "No," another prompt appeared.
[You have been detected as a beta tester and have one free game opportunity. Would you like to use it?]
[whether]
Of course, I'd choose "yes." Werewolf and Who Is the Undercover nowhere near as fun as murder mystery games.
The next moment, Ling Yi's figure disappeared and reappeared in the familiar living room.
This was the living room where Ling Yi played Werewolf for the first time.
In the center is a round, red-lacquered solid wood table, surrounded by a circle of chairs.
[230922 Hello, you are the first player to enter this game room and have the right to draw a script. Would you like to draw a script?]
Go ahead and smoke, you're going to smoke eventually anyway.
[Congratulations to the player who won the murder mystery script: Jianghu Inn (DM1)!]
[Number of players required: 4, please wait...]
Ling Yi inexplicably began to look forward to it. Not counting the game he played with Bai Mengyan and the others before, it had been almost a year since he had played a murder mystery game.
I just don't know how this murder mystery game will work.
But now, he's all alone, so he can only wait.
Although he pulled out the script, he couldn't see its contents because the other players hadn't all gathered.
In murder mystery games, the same script can be used to create countless versions, each with a different ending.
Each different ending will Tilling Changes the entire game experience.
That's the most interesting part of murder mystery games.
In some high-end murder mystery games, even the murderer doesn't know they are the murderer at first.
Only as clues emerge one by one will the truth gradually come to light.
" Ling Yi, I knew you'd choose a murder mystery game." A familiar voice suddenly rang out.
Ling Yi turned around and saw Lü Shouyi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Looking at Lü Shouyi, Ling Yi couldn't help but smile.
Compared to the last time we met, Lü Shouyi has Changes so much.
He already exuded an aura of power, and looked more like Lu Bingkun making No More Bets.
Lü Shouyi had previously obtained a bottle of NZT (the perfect version).
Ling Yi was well aware of just how powerful NZT was; it was highly likely that Lü Lü Shouyi had done something in his world.
"Looks like you've been doing pretty well lately."
"That's pretty good, haha!"
"You went to play the Red and Black Cards game before, so I played another round of 'Who Is the Undercover ' and got a treasure chest containing a piece of ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine knowledge, hehe!"
"With the NZT I received earlier, we've developed a drug that can treat leukemia. Once it passes clinical trials, it will be available on the market."
"The cost is only three yuan, but we plan to sell it for ten yuan a serving. From now on, leukemia patients will no longer have to worry about not being able to afford expensive drugs."
It's clear that Lü Shouyi very happy.
"Looks like everything went smoothly!"
Lü Shouyi shook his head again. "No, it wasn't going very smoothly, but I've found a solution. No one can stop the new drug from being launched."
At this point, a hint of menace flashed in Lü Shouyi's eyes, and he exuded a powerful sense of confidence.
It seems that what Lü Shouyi said about things not going smoothly must really be true.
Come to think of it, the medicine that costs thousands of dollars a bottle can't cure, it can only keep the patient alive, but he can cure it for ten dollars.
He ruined someone's huge business; no wonder they'd come after him.
However, Lü Shouyi a completely different person now, so this kind of thing shouldn't be difficult for him.
As the two were talking, two more figures appeared.
The visitors were Conan and Huang Rong.
These are all players from the closed beta.
"Phew, thank goodness that idiot Duan Yu isn't Duan Yu!" Huang Rong breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Ling Yi and the others.
Then she happily greeted Ling Yi and the others.
"Hello, Miss Huang!"
Hello, Brother Lü!
"Hey, you're from the anime world, why are you in modern clothes instead of hanging out in anime costumes?" Lü Shouyi joked with Conan.
Who says I can only wear anime costumes?
Just then, a game prompt appeared in everyone's minds.
[Player count met, the murder mystery game " Jianghu Inn (DM1)" is now officially open!]
[Randomizing identity!]
[Player 230922, your role is Hong Jiangshui, the waiter at the Jianghu Inn. We are currently transmitting Hong Jiangshui's script information to you...]
The information wasn't much, which saved us time from reading the script.
[Attention all players, scene generation is in progress...]
[Scene generated, Teleport in progress...]
The next moment, the four of them vanished from their spot, and when they came to their senses, they found themselves in front of an inn filled with ancient charm.
The inn is called Jianghu Inn.
Apart from the entrance to the inn and the gravel path underfoot, everything else was shrouded in mist.
[All players are requested to enter the story scene to search for evidence. The search period is 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, you will Teleport back.]
[Each time you search for evidence, you can only bring back one story item. Countdown begins!]
A 15-minute countdown appeared in the upper right corner of everyone's screen.
"Let's go, hurry up and gather the evidence!" Conan said, then ran into the inn.
"Was the murderer hiding evidence during this process?" Lü Shouyi asked.
"Shouldn't it be okay? What, are you the murderer? Unless you're trying to hide evidence, why are you asking this?" Ling Yi looked at him strangely.
"Tch, stepping on someone right from the start? Whoever steps on me is the murderer," Lü Shouyi shrugged.
After saying that, he also walked into the Jianghu Inn.
Huang Rong frowned, and after a long while, she stomped her foot angrily and said, "What a terrible script!"
Ling Yi was a little curious. It was just a script; how could it be considered a "broken script"?
Could it be that Huang Rong received a script that was incorrect?
Ling Yi shook his head and also entered the inn.
The inn has a classic, old-fashioned feel to it; it does look quite authentic.
It's quite spacious, and it's divided into a front hall and a backyard.
The backyard was actually where Ling Yi and his three companions lived, along with their boss, Meng Sanchun.
Meng Sanchun was the victim in this murder mystery game.
"Hey, the body's here. Holy crap, this is such a shoddy job, they just made a paper doll?" Lü Shouyi's voice came from the backyard.
Upon hearing his voice, everyone rushed over.
Before the house was demolished, a paper figure was lying on the ground. Although the paper figure was very realistic, it still gave people a feeling of being out of place.
"Otherwise, would it be so difficult to put a real corpse here? This is fine as long as the meaning is conveyed." Ling Yi squatted down next to the paper figure, rummaged around for a bit, and said.
"That's true!"
" Ling Yi. Don't touch the corpse. There might be evidence on it," Conan warned seriously.
"Sorry, this thing can really pull you out of the story."
Conan didn't reply, carefully examining every part of the corpse.
Solving cases and finding murderers is his forte. He always lost to Ling Yi before, but this time, he's determined to turn the tables.
He actually hoped that Ling Yi was the murderer, because that would be equivalent to him defeating Ling Yi.
Even if Ling Yi isn't the murderer, he still needs to find evidence against him before Ling Yi to secure a higher score.