Chapter 204: Transforming Community Experience (Thirteen)
"Please come with me."
After verifying the identities of the four VIP tourists 606, the casino actually showed leniency and offset their ticket costs.
The woman in cheongsam led the four people into the room.
As soon as I stepped inside, the strong and dazzling light disappeared naturally, and a deep and long corridor appeared before my eyes.
Outside the corridor, everything was shrouded in darkness, yet it didn't feel gloomy. It was as if it was meant to be dark, and even if an outsider looked in, they wouldn't be able to see anything.
Tang Xinjue only took a glance and then looked away.
"What you want is right ahead."
The woman lowered her head slightly and gestured for them to enter the corridor .
"What do we want?"
Zhang You repeated these words, frowning cautiously.
There is no free lunch in the game. This is a truth they have learned over and over again from countless copies.
She didn't believe that as long as they entered this entertainment venue, "Mr. Bu" would really help the candidates get what they wanted.
Tang Xinjue arched his brows and said, "If this is true, then I think there should be a door leading out of the dormitory at the end of the corridor."
Their first and final wish is only one.
That means walking out of the "dormitory" and leaving this game.
Tang Xin Jue spoke jokingly, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. The area before her seemed unwelcoming to any spiritual power. Like the small jellyfish she had encountered before, her spiritual abilities were like a drop in the ocean, unable to be utilized.
For some reason, the interior of this mysterious and prosperous entertainment city reminded her of another place - a deserted and empty public area that was temporarily rented out for a freshman welcome party.
They are all independent spaces with their own rules, like a replica that has not been incorporated and is isolated from the game.
A lawless place.
The moment the words came to mind, Tang Xinjue's smile deepened. She ignored the scalpers still watching outside, hung the green ID card belonging to ordinary tourists around her neck, and stepped into the corridor before her.
She never thought of relying on others to get in here.
A faint fragrance floats in the air, soothing one's nerves unconsciously, as if all the danger and tension along the way are dissipated here.
“Everyone has something they desire most in their heart, and the casino is where those desires are fulfilled.”
The woman in cheongsam explained in a soft voice.
"Even if it's a desire buried deep in your heart, unknown to anyone, it will be fulfilled for you here."
"Just need us to spend enough money?"
Zheng Wanqing continued. It was simply because the two sentences flowed so smoothly. If she had majored in advertising, she would have come up with the slogan by now.
But since they dared to enter this den of brothel, they were already prepared to get it for free.
However, the waiter shook his head and said, "Mr. Bu established an entertainment venue and only charges entrance fees."
The girls following behind paused, as if they had not expected this to be the answer.
Under the dim light, the waiter's smile remained unchanged, but his pupils were strangely black:
"That's right. Everything in the casino is free for everyone. As long as you enter here, you can enjoy everything for free. The only metric here is time."
Four black and gold tickets flew out from the cheongsam woman's hands, automatically wrapped around the wrists of Tang Xinjue and the other three, and turned into a pitch-black watch.
In the center of the dial, bright red numbers are ticking away.
"Fifteen minutes left, what is this?"
"This is the remainder of your casino experience. As long as the time is up, you can continue to enjoy yourself here."
"So what's the end of time?"
No response.
The four of them looked up, only to find that the woman in the cheongsam had vanished silently. They were alone in the long, narrow wooden corridor, with no one else in sight.
"Just leaving like that?"
Guo Guo had a lot of questions that he hadn't asked yet, and now he was feeling very anxious because he was holding them all in.
They still knew nothing about this casino, and the waiter's mysterious explanation only brought more questions.
Where does the corridor lead to? How exactly will the casino provide its services? Where are the other tourists who rescued Xiaowan?
The most important thing is, what can you do with only 15 minutes of "experience time"? I'm afraid it's not even enough to pass through this corridor at a normal speed?
There are ice caves, seas of fire, and sewers, and a sky-high ticket price of 200 kilograms, and in the end all you get in return is this short 15-minute experience card?
"Translating what the waiter said, literally, we should be able to do whatever we want here."
Tang Xinjue tried to take off the watch that the ticket had transformed into, but it didn't budge. The same was true for the others.
Time seems to be the only restriction the casino imposes on its guests.
"What the hell is going on here..." Guo Guo was completely lost and gave up thinking, muttering to himself irritably, "If I could really do whatever I wanted, I'd like a tour guide to fall from the sky right now, preferably a handsome guy with blond hair and eight-pack abs. Can I do that?"
She muttered to herself as she walked forward, her nose suddenly bumping into something. She raised her head with a cry of pain, only to find that it was Tang Xin Jue who had stopped them. As if sensing something, the latter looked up at the ceiling.
From the empty, dark ceiling, a large object suddenly descended, landing on the ground with a thud. Then, it gracefully stood up and bowed.
"Let me explain it to you, dear guest."
Guo Guo: “…”
606: “…”
Zhang You paused for a second and turned around: "Do you still remember what you said just now?"
Guo Guo: "...blond hair, handsome, eight-pack abs?"
"I want 100 kilograms of wealth!"
Guo Guo clasped his hands together and made a pious wish to the air in the corridor.
The air didn't react, and her body didn't change at all.
"What about the 50 kilograms?"
Still no change.
Guo Guo took a deep breath, trying to stop his hair from falling out due to excessive consumption of brain cells.
Just now, with a casual request, a humanoid male over 1.8 meters tall was summoned. Why is it not working now?
The summoned blond tour guide gently explained:
"That won't work. When you say it, you need to have a strong desire in your heart at that moment, and then the casino will give you feedback and make your wish come true."
Guo Guo was serious: "I have a strong desire to become rich."
It's not just a moment , it's every second!
The guide remained noncommittal. "But what you need most right now isn't wealth, is it? You need to understand the rules of the casino as quickly as possible, so I'm here."
He bent down slightly, his golden hair falling in front of his emerald eyes, as if he could understand their inner thoughts:
"This corridor itself has no meaning. It exists because of the hesitation in your hearts. This is a buffer left by your subconscious."
subconscious?
Tang Xinjue raised her eyebrows slightly, vaguely realizing the core of these rules. She asked, "What if we stop hesitating?"
The guide smiled and said, "Then the casino is right in front of you."
At this moment, the four of them suddenly realized that the long corridor ahead had become extremely short, so short that they could cross it in just a few steps. An archway stood just a few steps away, connecting them to the scenery outside.
Walking out of this door, the view suddenly opens up.
Outside, there's a small open-air garden. The gentle evening breeze caresses my cheeks, bringing the chirping of cicadas to my ears. Stars twinkle and shimmer in the night sky. Beneath the night sky, a small pavilion stands in the center of the garden, creating a tranquil and beautiful environment.
Their steps stopped at the same time.
Zhang You frowned deeply: "Here..."
The scenery before them was neither dangerous nor unfamiliar; on the contrary, it was all too familiar to them.
Guo Guo also opened his mouth wide: "Isn't this... the small garden in our dormitory area?"
To be more precise, it was the dormitory area of their real-world school. This garden was located right next to their dormitory building, and the four of them often came here to do group work or just take a stroll and chat after dinner.
Although they knew this couldn't be the real world, the familiar environment still gave the four of them an indescribable shock.
Even though only a week had passed in the game, they could hardly remember when they last saw this small garden.
Everything about the real world seemed to be erased and covered up in the busy and stressful examinations.
Only they know that those memories have been blended with the desire to survive into obsession, deeply engraved on the bottom of the consciousness, reminding them all the time.
Live, you must live.
The blond guide walked naturally into the garden. " This is an environment where you can feel safe. You must have just experienced some danger, right? Mr. Bu has always been so considerate. You can all take a good rest here."
Tang Xin Jue glanced at his watch and said, "Thank you, Mr. Bu. If our experience didn't only have 12 minutes left, I would really like to take a good rest here."
There were a few flashes nearby. Zhang You was taking pictures and collecting information. She put down her phone and motioned for everyone to look up into the distance.
Looking across the night sky, I saw the outline of a dormitory building appear outside the garden.
There was sporadic light coming from the windows of the dormitories upstairs. If you looked closely, you could even vaguely see people chatting, talking on the phone, and going in and out to dry clothes on the balcony.
Several people were stunned.
According to the location in the real world, that building was exactly Building 33 where they were.
The next second, four pairs of eyes drifted towards the 6th floor at the same time.
The lights in dormitory 606 are on.
