Chapter 199: Transforming Community Experience (VIII)
"Is it possible that one or both of them came back and took away three identity cards in total?"
Zhang You made a guess.
Zhou Ao shook his head: "But this doesn't make sense, because they are from three different dormitories and don't know each other. Even if they were to bring someone, they should have brought someone else."
"In that case, there is only one possibility that is most likely," Tang Xinjue said, "All three of them have come back."
This means that while Zhou Ao was busy escaping and returning to the community to deal with ghosts, some of his lost companions had already resolved the danger in advance and found a way to take away the ID card, and the time difference was so great that they didn't even see his shadow!
Zhou Ao tried hard to digest this matter in his mind, but in the end he still couldn't understand it:
"Impossible... How did they do that?"
He relied on his mental power and luckily met Tang Xinjue and his group. With the special treatment of "VIP tourists", he was able to skip the "paying" step.
He knew very well that if he missed any step, the probability of his survival would be less than 10%.
In other words, Zhou Ao dared to take all his companions' ID cards because he was certain that it would be difficult for anyone except him to return. Only by actively searching after obtaining the clearance method might there be a glimmer of hope.
Even if those three could escape the ghosts, how could they conjure up the money? Moreover, Xiaowan was more shattered than the freckles on his face at that time, so how could she be resurrected?
Seeing that the little hippo couldn't figure it out, Tang Xinjue shrugged and said, "In that case, I can only find someone to ask."
…
"Oh, you mean those three people?"
The group returned to the neighborhood office. At first, Zhou Ao knocked on the door but no one answered. It wasn't until 606 knocked that the clerk reluctantly came out, picked his teeth, and began to recall:
"One is a little boy with long hair, one is a little girl with a bald head, and the other is a girl with wavy curls. Am I right?"
Zhou Ao nodded like pecking at rice: "Yes! The wavy hair is Xiaowan, her other characteristics are..."
The clerk interrupted him and got straight to the point: "The first two people came back together and each paid 1 jin to get their ID cards. The wavy curls behind were paid by someone else. Any other questions?"
Someone else paid?
Zhou Ao was startled, 606 looked at each other, and Tang Xin Jue asked, " Who paid?"
"I can't say that. I'm only saying this because you're VIPs." The clerk's small body leaned against the office door, cracking the door frame. She pulled a bloody piece of meat from her teeth and said confidently:
"Our office has principles and will not disclose tourist information casually."
"I see." Tang Xinjue smiled, "So it was other [tourists] who helped."
Clerk: "...Did I say that? No!"
It's strange, how did this person hear it?
"Don't worry about these details." Tang Xinjue continued calmly, "What's the name of that long-haired boy? Is he injured in any way?"
"Oh, his name is Zhang Penghui. He has quite a lot of injuries, at least dozens of them. The same goes for that girl, Malik. She's still hanging on by a thread, and I don't know how she recovered her human form so early. Xiaowan, the one behind, is in pretty good shape, but she was lucky...."
The clerk babbled a lot, but stopped abruptly here and said cautiously:
"We are a principled department. We won't say anything we shouldn't. Please stop asking!"
Tang Xin Jue nodded: "So the people who helped Xiao Wan are also VIP tourists like us."
Clerk: “…”
The hand that picked her teeth slowly stopped at the corner of her mouth: "Did I say... No???"
She clearly remembered that she didn't say it!
"You said you wouldn't disclose tourist information, but when asked about the information of those three people, you answered without hesitation. This means that only the information of [some tourists] cannot be disclosed."
Tang Xinjue explained calmly.
Combined with the differences in the other party's attitude when speaking, it is not difficult to determine the identity of these tourists.
——A very small number of VIPs who have priority and privacy rights.
Guo Guo's eyes suddenly widened. "So in this instance, besides us, they..." She pointed at herself and then at Zhou Ao, swallowing twice. "Are there other candidates?"
Zhang You quickly accepted this possibility and spoke calmly:
"The game only says that this is our bonus copy, but it doesn't say it belongs only to us."
They should have realized this from the moment they saw Zhou Ao and his group of candidates.
At this point, the clerk didn't even bother picking his teeth, and hurriedly stuffed his huge body back into the door: "I didn't say anything, this is all your guesses , I didn't break any rules!"
"Clerk! Don't go, clerk!"
Suddenly, a loud shout like thunder was heard in the distance. Everyone turned their heads and saw a tall but skinny woman running towards them quickly with a child in her arms. It was the mother and child who smashed the claw machine!
Guo Guo's heart skipped a beat and she subconsciously took a step back. Tang Xinjue grabbed her wrist and said, "It's okay. It's not coming for us."
In the blink of an eye, the woman had already rushed over, ignoring Tang Xinjue and the others, and forcefully cut in front of them, grabbing the clerk's clothes and saying, "My mother and I are dying, your office has to take care of us!"
The child also swiftly grabbed the other's thigh and climbed up like a monkey: "Don't leave! I'm in charge!"
Tang Xin Jue seemed to have realized something: "So this is the style you need to get things done in your university town. I've learned something."
Clerk: “…”
She stamped her foot, throwing both mother and son off, then retreated angrily and said, "What's the matter?"
The mother and son took two steps back in fear. The mother hurriedly said, "I want to cancel an automatic deduction item. This prodigal child broke the claw machine, and for some reason, the money was deducted so much that it took away all our newly paid wages!"
The clerk pulled out a notebook, flipped through two pages, and shook his head. "There's nothing wrong with the system. The claw machine your son broke had over a dozen non-dead outsiders inside. You let them all escape. Ten percent of the base price is the compensation, which is roughly a year's salary for both of you."
The mother's eyes were wide open, her voice dry. "...Ten, a dozen living toys? If I catch one, will that offset it?"
As she spoke, the boning knife in the woman's hand, stained with black blood, began to tremble slightly with excitement.
Zhou Ao, who was standing next to the knife, began to move back silently.
The clerk still shook his head. "I don't recommend wasting your time. Some of these outsiders have already regained their identities. Even if the rest are still here, No. 2 Street is so big. Will you find your place faster, or will you be sucked dry by debt faster? I advise you to hurry up and find a job."
"How can you earn so much by working! My poor child, he's so thin at such a young age..." The woman hugged the child and started to throw a tantrum.
The child also cried loudly: "Mom, don't be sad, don't miss me!"
The clerk remained indifferent and even took out another carrot and started chewing it. "If you keep crying, it will be considered a disturbance. All of you will be sent to the *** room."
The woman immediately stopped and flattered him, "Can we get a loan first? Don't worry, I'll sell my son to work as a child laborer in the illegal mines tomorrow to pay him back."
Child:"……"
"No, this shows that you just violently assaulted several community residents. Your conduct record is extremely poor, so we cannot grant you a loan."
The woman was desperate and could only resort to one last trick: "Then first arrange for the separation of my household registration. I want to sever my mother-son relationship with this little bastard. He will bear his own debts..."
As soon as the sound fell into the air, the child ran away with extraordinary agility!
Guo Guo, who happened to be standing in the direction of his escape, dodged immediately, but the woman pounced on him and grabbed him. The child quickly changed direction and ran straight into Guo Guo's arms.
[Save me——]
Guo Guo only had time to wail in his mental connection before he was knocked several meters away and hit the wall hard.
“Guoguo!”
"Where are you running to, little bastard!"
A group of figures rushed forward at the same time. In the front, the child's mother's boning knife was wrapped in a gust of cold wind and moved forward fiercely. 606 could see clearly that although the woman scolded the child, the blade was clearly pointed at Guo Guo's head!
Zheng Wanqing's face darkened and she quickened her speed, her silver arm reaching straight for the opponent's blade.
Guo Guo spat out a mouthful of blood after being hit by the child. He was also furious and ripped off the pendant: "You think I'm easy to bully, right?"
He grasped the pendant in his palm and threw it towards the naughty kid's head!
Guo Guo didn't hold back at all, ready to face a tough challenge. However, when his fist landed, there was no pain, nor any crack in the skull.
There was only her slowly shrinking pupils and a pile of powder reflected in them.
In that instant, the already extremely emaciated child seemed to have had his last bit of life drained away, his body completely transformed into a withered branch. Before the fist could land, the "withered branch" automatically turned into powder.
But when she punched down, only powder floated in the air and covered her hands.
“…”
I didn't touch any bones, but I did touch a lot of ashes.
At this moment, several figures rushed up at the same time. The tall and thin woman braked suddenly, her eyes bloodshot: "What are you doing?!"
Guo Guo opened his mouth, then weakly spread out the pendant in his palm and cast a purification skill:
"I am... praying for his soul to be reborn?"
