I was not afraid of Ling Hanfeng's threats at all, and resolutely became a "free volunteer" for the Student Union for one month.
Although I appeared to be calm on the surface, I was actually still nervous inside - it wasn't because I was afraid that these people would embarrass me, but... I found that the time I had to make money had been severely compressed.
This does not only refer to the activity time after school. During the breaks between classes and even during lunch breaks, all the free time I can use is occupied by various messy and trivial matters of the student union. I am very depressed about this. When I think of the money that is flowing away, my heart is cold. In order to make up for the loss, I decided to... work harder to make money!
Among all the money-making businesses I am currently engaged in, being a mercenary in online games is the one that makes money the fastest and has the best cost-effectiveness; and among all mercenary missions, assassination missions have the highest rewards, so all my hopes are placed on my special assassination account - "Zuimengchi".
But I didn’t expect that Butterfly Feifei’s words would come true.
The next night, when I finally finished the "voluntary labor" of the Student Union and rushed back to the dormitory, after logging into the game with "Zuimengchi", I immediately felt that the atmosphere was not right.
The place where I logged off was in the suburbs, near the wild mountains and ridges. Most people usually went their separate ways after logging on, and few people would linger around this login point. But when I logged on today, my first reaction was - there were so many people!
There were at least a dozen people guarding outside the login point. Some were setting up stalls, some were meditating, and some were just standing there stupidly. But when I emerged from the beam of light, these people who were originally doing nothing suddenly stopped setting up stalls, meditating, or standing there stupidly - everyone put away what they were doing and moved closer to the login point intentionally or unintentionally.
This login point on the outskirts of the city is also a small safe zone . As long as you don't leave the safe zone, the other party can't force PK. These people didn't enter the login point, but just gathered around with weapons in hand. Based on my many years of experience in assassination and whitewashing, I can see that they are definitely targeting someone. And this person... is most likely me.
"Hey, what are you doing?" I yelled.
No one paid any attention to me.
This was an expected reaction - only a fool would tell you "we are going to beat you up"! But from their childish behavior of not knowing how to ambush and just standing outside the login point, which made it easy for people to see through their intentions, I guessed that these people were obviously novices and had no professional common sense of assassins. So, even though they were many in number, I didn't panic too much - the veterans of hunting and whitewashing were here, how could you bastards be worthy of my attention?
I observed silently for a while, and gradually I had an idea in my mind.
Time passed minute by minute, the people standing in the safe zone at the login point did not move at all, and the people guarding outside finally made some commotion.
"Why is there no movement?"
“Is the person not in front of the computer?”
Just as these people were talking, the knight in red in the safe zone suddenly moved.
The weapon in his hand suddenly changed from a long sword to a scimitar wrapped in scorching flames, and as he ran out of the safe zone, he pointed the blade at a sparsely populated area in the crowd and quickly launched an attack skill. Suddenly, a dazzling white light penetrated the area, and Zui Mengchi disappeared from the crowd as if he had pressed the accelerator, and the end of the blade light appeared the next second, at the edge of the crowd.
This move is called "Long Rainbow Sunset", and it is an exclusive skill of the weapon "Liu Yan Scimitar" that I changed to. Although it looks very gorgeous, its attack power is actually very limited. However, this move comes with a "sprint effect", which allows people to sprint to the direction of the knife light in an instant, and it is most effective for unexpected breakthroughs.
Sure enough, when I rushed out of the encirclement, those people were still standing there in a daze, not able to react.
"Haha, if you want to stop me, wait another hundred years!"
I said this proudly and immediately ran away. There is a teleportation point nearby. As long as I get there and choose to teleport randomly, they will never be able to find me.
My plan was very good, but I never expected that there was a trap waiting for me.
The "trap" I mentioned is not a figurative word, but a concrete word. I was excitedly rushing to the teleportation point when I suddenly heard a click and my body froze in place. At the same time, the system god was kind enough to pop up a prompt.
[You stepped on a trap, and you will be stunned for three minutes.]
Then the next second, heads popped up from the grass and woods in the suburbs, and quickly rushed over to surround me.
At this point, I knew I was being tricked - those "unprofessional" guys outside the login point were just bait! The real mastermind was waiting here!
A man stood out from the crowd and came to me. He was wearing a blue shirt and looked handsome.
"That move just now was very impressive," he said, "but it doesn't seem to be a professional skill. Is it a unique skill attached to the weapon?"
I didn't answer his question, but just glared at him fiercely.
"Ao Hantian, what on earth do you want to do?"
The other party just asked leisurely: "What do you think?"
My typing hand paused for a moment in front of the keyboard, because I suddenly remembered what Butterfly Feifei once said - "Ao Hantian is a well-known sister-con. If you kill his sister, he will definitely not let you go!"
Could it be that this guy was really trying to avenge his sister, and that’s why he mobilized so many troops? But it was “Mi Nobuko” who killed his sister, so there’s no reason for him to suspect me…
I calmed myself down and decided to play dumb.
[Current] Zui Mengchi: How would I know what you want to do? If you have something to say, just say it!
[Current] Ao Hantian: You still owe me money.
I spat out a mouthful of blood.
[Current] Zui Mengchi: Brother, you sent so many people to block me just for the 1 gold of the teleportation talisman? Why didn't you recognize Grandet as your godfather?
【Current】Ao Hantian: Pay back the money.
I've never met a stingy person like him. How come this guy loves money more than I do? I angrily took a gold coin from my purse and sent it to him via email.
[Current] Zui Mengchi: I have paid it back! Can you let me go now?
Ao Hantian shook his head and stretched out three fingers and waved them in front of me.
[Current] Ao Hantian: You owe me 30,000 gold.
【Current】Zui Mengchi: ...
[Current] Zui Mengchi: Are you crazy? Or do you think I'm a sucker? When have I ever owed you so much money? There should be a bottom line when you lie with your eyes open, okay? =皿=
Faced with my indignation, Ao Hantian just listened silently. When I said I was tired, he said something calmly.
"This 30,000 gold is the compensation you have to pay to my sister for her mental damages."
My heart skipped a beat, but he continued talking.
"You might say that it wasn't you who killed my sister that day, but the assassin who suddenly appeared at the PK scene. That person's name was 'Yu Xinzi', right? I don't know who that person is, but I know you know him, because someone has seen you two doing missions together before, more than once, which shows that you two have a close relationship. I once asked you why you wanted to PK with me , but you kept avoiding the question. But now I think it's very likely that you wanted to create an opportunity in the PK so that Yu Xinzi could take the opportunity to kill me. Of course, this is just my guess, but no matter what, if there hadn't been that PK, my sister wouldn't have been killed, so you, the initiator of the PK, should take responsibility and pay the mental damages, and I will spare your life."
I didn't expect that it was just as Butterfly Feifei said. Ao Hantian really suspected that Yu Xinzi and I were in the same group. Although he was not so sure, his guess was very close to the truth. After all, most people would never think that the two accounts were operated by the same person. But 30,000 gold in mental damages, this huge number is a kind of difficulty no matter how you look at it. I don't think he is just seeking justice for his sister. He is clearly targeting me!
I looked around calmly. There were at least 20 people surrounding me. It would be difficult to break out this time. But I was confident in my skills. As long as I waited patiently, there would always be a chance to escape. Over there, Ao Hantian was urging me again.
"30,000 gold, can you afford it? If you can, I'll let you go."
"Do you think I'm the God of Wealth?" I answered angrily, "I'm just a poor man, where can I find 30,000 gold for you? You might as well just rob me!"
I swear I was just trying to interpret the role of "Zui Mengchi" at that time - after all, this transvestite character is positioned as a hot-blooded teenager. Now that we have fallen out, I can't still speak softly to Ao Hantian! Unexpectedly, after listening to what I said, Ao Hantian nodded very straightforwardly.
"Oh, since you can't pay, you'll have to do it for free."
The next second, I was blinded by the sudden burst of sword light on the screen. Before I could close my mouth wide open in shock, the system had already very gently popped up a prompt saying "You are dead, please click here to regenerate."
Are you kidding me? You just kill me! Where is your master's demeanor? Where is your gentleman's negotiation? Brother, you are not here to ask for money, you are here to take my life!
I was so angry that I was shaking all over. You know, if I could delay for another 30 seconds, my stiffness would disappear and I would have hope of breaking out. But now - as soon as I was reborn at the resurrection point, I saw a crowd of people outside - Ao Hantian had indeed arranged more people outside the resurrection point to block me. These people had no scruples about hanging the title of "Hanyan Pavilion" guild members on their heads, and blatantly came to block me, not taking me, the tenth best master in the world, seriously at all, and their arrogance was very arrogant!
Oh, no, because of the loss of experience due to death, I am no longer the tenth on the master ranking list. This is a big blow to a mercenary account like me who relies on strength to make a living. I originally received a mission from Ao Hantian to kill him, but I didn't expect to lose more than I gained, and I ended up losing myself in the gutter.
I took a deep breath, calmed myself down a bit, and then... logged off.
I made this choice not because I was afraid of Ao Hantian and the others, but because their morale was high and I was not in good shape. If I fought hard just to save my life, it would be a waste of time. You can block the resurrection point if you want to - I thought angrily - you can block me for a while, but can you block me for the rest of my life?
As it turned out, I was really... too optimistic and too naive at that time.
The next day after school, I logged into the game as soon as I returned to the dormitory. I had been planning my escape plan to "break out of the resurrection point" during the day, and now I felt confident and sure of victory. But I didn't expect that as soon as I logged in, I was stunned by the scene in front of me.
The scene was simply a sea of ​​people, shoulder to shoulder, even more lively than the festival activities in the game. As soon as I went online, someone immediately shouted in the current channel "Here he comes, here he comes", and everyone's eyes were focused on me. Countless people shouted "Oh oh oh oh" and rushed towards me. If the resurrection point was not a safe zone where characters could not push and crush each other, I think I would have drowned in the ocean of people.
Immediately afterwards, Butterfly Feifei's private messages came, and she sent several of them in quick succession.
"Junjun, stay in the resurrection point and don't come out. You are wanted!"
"Ao Hantian has issued a wanted order worldwide. If anyone cuts you with a knife, there will be a reward. Everyone says this is the easiest bounty mission in history. Everyone is rushing over to watch the fun!"
"I think Ao Hantian is going to fight you to the death. You'd better get rid of the account Zui Mengchi..."
I was stunned for a moment, and immediately opened the world channel. Sure enough, I saw three golden characters at the top of the pinned message - "Wanted Order". And the content inside, just as Butterfly Feifei said, was aimed at me - Zui Mengchi. It said that as long as I cut Zui Mengchi once and show a screenshot as evidence, I can get the corresponding reward. The more I cut, the more I get. The price is clearly marked, and there is no deception.
Cruel! It's so cruel!
If the wanted order said that the reward would only be paid if I was killed, most people would probably just watch the fun and fantasize about it, considering that I was once the tenth best martial artist. But now, I can get money for just one cut. This kind of task is so easy that anyone with good luck can complete it. Isn't it a national effort to participate? In their eyes, I am not a master at all now, but a god of wealth. I can get money with just one cut. How cool!
I stared at the wanted poster for a long time, and suddenly my nose felt sore and the sadness in my heart surged like a river.
I didn’t expect... I didn’t expect... I didn’t expect Ao Hantian to be a rich man!
Why did I know this only now? Why didn't I do a good job of intelligence work before? Why did I let this big fish go? If I open a small account to kill Zuimengchi, can I also get this bounty? Will the amount be higher if I kill him directly? What a huge income it will be if it accumulates... I can't help but feel excited, and start to imagine the beautiful "money" prospect of "keeping the fat water in the fields"...
But as soon as I saw the screen, my enthusiasm immediately cooled. It sounds great to write and direct a story to cheat for a bounty, but...how can my trumpet fight its way through the crowd and rush to Zui Mengchi? Even if he really comes, as soon as I stick my head out, Zui Mengchi might be chopped into a deadly white light by everyone before my trumpet has time to swing his sword...
After thinking it over, I could only regretfully give up the idea of ​​cheating for the bounty. Although Hudie Feifei advised me to give up Zuimengchi's account, this is the account with the strongest ability to make money after all. How can I just give it up? After hesitating for a moment, I gritted my teeth and clicked on the friend list and started to send private messages to Ao Hantian.
"Brother, this is just a personal grudge. Is it necessary to make a big fuss about it? Can we settle it peacefully and privately?"
“Pay back the money.”
"I'm not a rich man. Even if I sell myself, I still can't come up with this much money! Besides, you've already posted such a huge bounty, why are you still thinking about a mere 30,000 gold?"
“Pay back the money.”
"I was wrong, I was really wrong, I was really, really wrong! I repent, I blame myself, can I go and apologize to your little sister in person?"
“Pay back the money.”
"Can you say something other than paying me back? I'm here to apologize sincerely, can you give me some room for negotiation?"
“Pay back the money.”
"Are you a repeater? Or an automatic reply?"
“Pay back the money.”
“It’s not really an automatic reply, is it?”
“Pay back the money.”
"Ao Hantian is a big bastard!"
“Pay back the money.”
"Wow, it really is an automatic reply!"
Just when I was so angry that I almost vomited blood, a line of reply suddenly popped up on the screen.
"Oh? You still have the energy to curse me. It seems that the pressure from the people is not enough. Tsk tsk."
Before I could react, someone suddenly shouted on the world channel.
"The content of the wanted poster has been updated!" was followed by a long string of "$" symbols.
An ominous premonition instantly hit my heart, and I quickly checked the wanted poster that was pinned to the top. The text content inside had not been changed. The only change was the place where the bounty was marked. Behind the original amount, a zero was suddenly added quietly, casually, subtly and low-key.
The entire Jianghu world was in an uproar! It was boiling!
The original three-digit figure suddenly became a four-digit figure. In a market environment where even a piece of top-grade equipment rarely costs more than a thousand gold coins, this reward made many people who had no intention of participating unable to resist. The world channel was like an explosion, with countless people exclaiming, gossiping, worshipping the gods, and calling friends to team up to kill the bounty boss... It was really exciting and prosperous. I'm afraid that the whole nation's resistance war would not have this momentum. Only I, the newly-minted bounty boss, was gritting my teeth at the screen, and was so angry that I was injured.
Do you really think I'm a money-giving kid? You're a bunch of greedy villains!
I hated it, I gritted my teeth, I was furious, I... I logged off again.
Are you kidding? No matter how capable I am, I can't go against everyone in the world. Apart from escaping offline, do I have any other tricks?
In the next few days, I didn't dare to use Zui Mengchi's main account, but logged in to the secondary account to check the situation. Because the wanted order has never been withdrawn, everyone's enthusiasm for earning bounties continues to rise. The resurrection point where Zui Mengchi is located has become a new commercial gathering center. People who come to wait set up stalls on the spot, doing business while keeping an eye on him, without delaying either end. On the world channel, there are more and more voices complaining about "Zui Mengchi" not going online. Everyone is a person who likes to watch the fun and doesn't mind the big things. They all cursed "Zui Mengchi" as a coward and a turtle who was scared by a wanted order. It's as if I have committed a great crime if I am not cut into pieces by everyone. It really makes me angry!
However, the instigator of this farce, Ao Hantian, acted as if nothing had happened and continued to do what he was supposed to do. A few days ago, a new set of dungeons was opened in the game, and he led a team of experts from Hanyan Pavilion to refresh the dungeons. The dungeon records were filled with the name of their Hanyan Pavilion, which attracted a lot of worship.
I blocked the world channel and closed the list of dungeon records. I tried hard to suppress the urge to smash the keyboard, then controlled the small account "Yu Xinzi" to run towards a dungeon exit. I squatted there pitifully for two hours and finally waited for Ao Hantian.
"Ao Hantian!"
As soon as I saw that "familiar" figure appear at the exit teleportation point, I rushed forward and stood in front of him.
"It's you!"
Ao Hantian hasn't spoken yet, but a line of information popped up in the current window. I looked at the speaker's ID - "Hanqing Momo", which looked familiar. I guess he is a member of Ao Hantian's copy team.
"Momo, who is this?" asked another teammate.
"That's the bastard who suddenly showed up and killed Xiaotong when Hantian was dueling with someone last time!" Hanqing Momo's memory was obviously not bad.
"Yes! It's him!" As soon as I was prompted, a bunch of people came over. I was surrounded by people, but I didn't panic. I just kept shouting at Ao Hantian.
"Ao Hantian, don't do anything yet, I have something to tell you."
"The last time he tried to assassinate the boss, he failed. This time he comes to me again. He must have bad intentions!"
"Boss, do you want to kill him now? Avenge Xiaotong!"
"Go ahead, go ahead, just kill him!"
Everyone was talking at once, and everyone was murderous, but this was exactly what I wanted...
"Yu Xinzi" straightened his back and said righteously: "That's right, I am the one who wanted to kill Ao Hantian. I was also the one who killed his sister. If you want revenge, come after me! Don't bother Zui Mengchi again!"
The scene suddenly became silent.
After a moment.
"Oh my, are you here to protect your friend? Wow, how touching!"
"This guy is indeed a member of Zui Mengchi's gang! The boss was right!"
"Kill him! Kill him!"
Although everyone's words were vicious, they didn't really take action, and were obviously waiting for Ao Hantian to speak. In everyone's expectation, Ao Hantian finally moved his footsteps and walked in front of me.
He only said three sentences.
The first sentence: "Can you hand over 30,000 gold?"
Second sentence: "Can you let Zui Mengchi hand over 30,000 gold for you?"
The third sentence: "If you can't, then you die."
Then, I died, beaten to death by this group of people.
I stared at the eye-catching death notice on the computer screen expressionlessly, remained silent for a while, and then logged off neatly.
I logged back into the game using the account "Zuimengchi", quickly opened the friend list, and started roaring like a lion.
"Ao bastard! It was Yu Xinzi who killed your sister. I persuaded him to apologize to you, why are you still holding on to me!" I really wanted to rush to his ear and yell, "Are you being reasonable?"
After a moment, the other party replied.
"No."
I:"……"
I was totally defeated.
I always thought I was a smart person, and there was almost no difficulty that I couldn't handle from childhood to adulthood, but this time, I was really at a loss.
Ao Hantian is just an unreasonable lunatic, don't bother with a lunatic! I comforted myself in this way, and secretly swore at the same time - I will never have anything to do with this bastard again, not at all!
In the enthusiastic atmosphere where people all over the world were excitedly shouting "The bounty boss is finally online", I asked "Zui Mengchi" to log off quickly, and then went straight to the mailbox and sent an email to "Houshan Sha Shanyu", saying that I would not do the task of "assassinating Ao Hantian". I not only returned the deposit, but also added a penalty for breach of contract.
"Calling What Shanyu" replied quickly. He didn't know that "Zui Mengchi" was my killer account, so he was a little confused about my abandonment of the mission. But business cannot be forced, so after expressing his regret for the failure of the cooperation, he politely expressed his intention to continue to cooperate with me if there is a chance in the future. In this way, this killer business ended silently in a seemingly "harmonious" atmosphere.
In fact, I don't want to give up like this, but I'm a mercenary, and the most important thing is to do business, not to act on impulse. I have other small accounts and other businesses. Although the rewards from those businesses can't compare to the assassin business, a mosquito leg is still meat.
So, I no longer paid attention to this incident and used my trumpet to do other mercenary missions. Although the world channel was full of various condemnations and ridicules about Zuimengchi not being online, I ignored them all - you can laugh at me! Provocation doesn't work on me, working hard to make money is the most important thing! I have to quickly earn back the penalty I paid!
As for Ao Hantian, he needs to pay a lot of money to post the wanted order, I don't believe he can keep fighting with me like this. Humph, I will completely ignore you and avoid you, and see how you fight me!