Chapter 33: Stop after the last job
After all, this method of looking for a needle in a haystack is really ineffective and completely meaningless to Lin Chen, who has become a horror game player.
In addition, during the day, Lin Chen also received two business calls requiring lock opening, which he rejected without hesitation.
Now that he has a currency converter, what else does he need?
Didn’t you see that Lin Chen has started to eat spicy strips unscrupulously?
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Early the next morning.
The phone rang.
Lin Chen was awakened from his sleep.
After seeing the caller ID on his phone, Lin Chen was a little speechless. The caller was Old Xu, who often assigned him orders on the lock-opening platform.
Lin Chen picked up the phone and said unhappily, "Old Xu, didn't I say I'm going to retire and not take orders anymore?"
On the other side of the phone, Lao Xu's mysterious voice came: "Xiao Lin, listen to me, this is a big order. The employer is a super rich second-generation rich man who contacted me privately."
Lin Chen rolled his eyes, tore open a bag of spicy noodles under his pillow, and said while eating: "No matter how big the order is, I won't accept it. How much can I pay for just opening a lock?"
Old Xu: “One hundred thousand!”
"It's only 100,000 yuan. I've bought boxes of spicy noodles... 100,000 yuan?"
Lin Chen muttered a few words, and his tone suddenly became higher. Someone actually offered a hundred thousand to open the lock?
Old Xu said excitedly: "Yes, this is a super rich second generation, but the safe at home can't be opened. After contacting me, he specifically asked for the most skilled master, so I contacted you. How about we split the profit 90% afterward?"
Lin Chen was surprised. He was paid 100,000 yuan just for opening a lock? What was in the safe that was so valuable?
After a moment, Lin Chen still refused: "Forget it, Old Xu, I really don't want to do this anymore, you can give this order to someone else."
Old Xu was still persistent and tried to persuade Lin Chen in an anxious tone, but was ultimately rejected by Lin Chen with a firm attitude.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Chen stretched himself, and after a moment, he started browsing the forum again.
At the end of the copy, the SSS reward allowed Lin Chen to obtain 200,000 ghost coins, but there was no place to spend this thing in human society, so Lin Chen never treated the ghost coins as money and did not feel sorry for using them.
As for what Xu Qian said, that ghost coins can be exchanged for RMB in human society, Lin Chen had never considered it at all.
Although the top broadcast in the world channel has stopped, the topic about him is still as hot as ever.
Whether it is the government or some civilian fighting group, there are too many people who want to find him. He can't just run forward and expose himself, causing unnecessary trouble.
I thought I would spend the whole day reading forum posts, but an hour later, the phone rang again.
When Lin Chen saw it, he was overwhelmed.
The person calling turned out to be his landlady, Mrs. Hu.
Mrs. Hu is Lin Chen's landlord. She is a plump woman in her forties. She owns more than a dozen properties in Linjiang and is a very wealthy woman.
When he rented the house to Lin Chen, he also gave Lin Chen a very low price. He seemed to be a pretty nice person.
But what bothered Lin Chen the most was that this woman had an undisguised desire for him...
"We have to move out quickly."
"System, please help me convert some RMB. I want to buy a house."
Lin Chen shouted.
[Sorry, your Shengui coins are currently zero, so you cannot use the currency converter.]
!!!!
The system's voice was like a bolt from the blue to Lin Chen, and the spicy strips in his hand fell to the ground.
I have no money?
Damn, I was careless!
Lin Chen looked at the 200 yuan balance in his WeChat account, then looked at the corner of the room where snacks were piled up like a mountain, his face filled with tears.
He only remembered that he had a currency converter, but he actually forgot that he had used all the Shengui coins for the lottery...
The phone was still ringing. Lin Chen swallowed and took the phone stiffly.
"Xiao Chen, I'm the landlord, and this month's rent should be paid to my sister."
"Auntie, can I defer my rent for a few days this month? Give me a week, and I'll double it for you then."
"Xiao Chen, how many times have I told you to call me Sister Hu, but you insisted...ah."
Lin Chen laughed dryly and did not give a direct response.
Mrs. Hu: "You usually pay your rent on time, why do you need to delay today? Are you having difficulties?"
Lin Chen said: "It is a little troublesome, but it can be solved, so it will take a week."
Mrs. Hu: "It doesn't matter if it's a week or not. You know I don't need this. As long as you promise me, I can give you this house when my old man dies. My old man is over 70 and won't live long. I need someone to rely on..."
Damn you!
Hearing Mrs. Hu's blunt words, Lin Chen felt a chill in his throat and said directly, "Wait, I'll give you the rent later."
After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Hu's sad voice still seemed to be ringing in my ears.
Although Mrs. Hu was well-maintained, with a plump figure and smooth skin, Lin Chen still couldn't accept such an immoral thing, especially since Lin Chen had seen Mrs. Hu's husband, who was in his seventies and looked like a tuberculosis ghost all day long...
Lin Chen shuddered, got goose bumps all over his body, and quickly made another call.
"Old Xu, I'll take this order! Um... yes, I won't quit this business yet. I'll quit after I finish this order. Please send me the customer's contact information and address."
The phone hung up.
Lin Chen washed up and walked out of the room resolutely.
Stop after you finish the last job.
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Half an hour later, Lin Chen appeared in front of the gate of a low-density villa area in Linjiang City, which was prosperous on the outside but very quiet on the inside.
After registering in front of the security guard, Lin Chen entered the community.
According to the information on the address, he found the client's villa on a community road that was decorated like a scenic spot.
"As expected of a big boss who can offer a lock-opening fee of 100,000."
Lin Chen muttered to himself as he walked to the door and pressed the doorbell.
Soon, the door opened and a young man appeared in front of Lin Chen.
"You are the locksmith, please come in."
When Lin Chen saw this person, his eyebrows slightly raised. This rich second generation who asked him to open the lock was actually a player with ghost power, and the villa was filled with a pungent smell of blood!
100,000 unlocking fee, smell of blood, players...
Lin Chen sensed something unusual, and seemingly calmly followed the rich second generation into the living room, but in fact, he was very aroused.
Suddenly, the entire three-story villa, all its layout, and life activities appeared in Lin Chen's mind.
This is the effect of fully activating the senses of smell, hearing, and spiritual perception.
Being in human society, in order to avoid always receiving some useless information, Lin Chen usually keeps his perception to the lowest level.
So it wasn't until the rich second generation stood in front of him with ghost power that he discovered the ghost power in the rich second generation.
"It seems that I can no longer suppress my perception abilities. After all, this world is different from what I knew before. There is a big dark side."
Lin Chen said secretly.
In the previous world, Lin Chen thought that he was the only special one. He didn’t know that there were horror games and players in this world, so he didn’t have a sense of vigilance.
"Mr. Lin, please take a seat. I didn't expect you to be so young. This safe of mine is very delicate and precious. It contains a self-destruct device. If the unlocking fails, everything inside will be forcibly destroyed. Do you have the confidence to succeed?"
The rich second generation sat on the sofa and said with a smile.
Lin Chen also smiled and said, "No problem. The reason why Old Xu came to me is because when it comes to lock picking skills, I dare to claim to be second to none in Linjiang."
Lin Chen sat down calmly and sensed that in addition to the rich second generation in front of him, there were eleven other people with ghost powers hiding on the third floor of the villa.
The source of the bloody smell came from the basement of the villa.
In the basement, there were three corpses, two large and one small, lying in a pool of blood!
Did they take over the magpie's nest? And they killed someone!
Lin Chen's eyes turned slightly cold.
