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Chapter 32: Mystery Solved
In fact, the information Beard Guy disclosed belonged to the kind of information that was released for free in the player forum. After all, as long as one became a formal player, one would be able to figure this out soon.
It was precisely because of this that the gap between novice players and formal players was not just a little bit.
"By the way, how did you all get the player qualifications?"
Pushing the finished instant noodle box aside, Bai Zhi asked the people in front of him.
"Uh… I had a strange dream."
Night Owl was the first to raise her hand to respond.
"I can't remember the content of the dream. Anyway, after I woke up, I was inexplicably and confusedly reminded that I had obtained the player qualification."
"In terms of me... I probably got it from an online chat group."
Looking at the rather unsightly black finger marks on her calf, Gentle Smile and Soft Heart, who felt more and more tired, sighed helplessly.
"I clicked a link the classmates shared in the group, and then a panel popped up and said that I had obtained the player qualification... If I had known about it earlier, I would not haven't been so curious."
"Actually, there are no fixed patterns about how to obtain player qualifications. Relevant departments have made statistics on this aspect, but after a series of investigations on hundreds of players, the results remain the same. Nothing in common was found, otherwise the number of players would not be so small."
Beard Guy shook his head.
"The only known controllable method is that in the monthly refresh of each player's personal exclusive system mall, there is a very small probability that the player will be eligible to obtain a player qualification card. This kind of card can be sold for a very high price in the black market. It's very priceless ... I got the player qualification while playing basketball."
"Me? When I was surfing the Internet, suddenly a prompt popped up on the web page."
Seeing that the other three were all looking at him, Bai Zhi replied calmly.
"[Want to understand the meaning of life? Want to...really live?] It's probably just such an inexplicable prompt."
"This is a new way to obtain player qualifications?"
After listening to someone's words, Beard Guy's eyes suddenly lit up slightly.
"Yes, yes, then one of the following two options is Yes, the other is Absolutely Yes. There is no rejection option at all." Said Bai Zhi as he stood up.
"Although players are the only main force that can fight against those anomalies, the casualty rate of players is also high, right? When the player dies, the original ID will be discarded, which is why the simple ID [Black and White] can still be used."
"The user ID is the code that represents the identity of a player, the player ID is just a code name, but the casualties among players are indeed very heavy. But compared the powerlessness to the power to resist in the face of strange anomalies, the number of people who want to become players is still quite large..."
After being stunned for a while, Beard Guy also hurriedly stood up.
"Are we going to conduct another detailed investigation now?"
Before he knew it, Bai Zhi had quietly become the leader of this temporary team because of his calmness and composure.
"Of course, but you'd better be mentally prepared, because the remaining right arm that was sealed may not be in this villa..."
Waving his hand, Bai Zhi took his flashlight and walked upstairs.
"In order to pay attention to efficiency, I will search the third floor and the top floor, and you can search the first and second floors."
"Uh……"
The fact seemed to be as Bai Zhi said, after spending about an hour searching the entire villa in detail, they still haven't found the missing right arm.
The drawers of the wardrobe had all been searched, the sofa had been cut open with a knife, and even the trash can full of flies in the kitchen had been searched carefully while ensuring the strong nauseous feeling... But in the end, nothing was found.
Even in the end, Beard Guy dismantled the toilet angrily, broke the underground water pipe, and went to check around the villa in the rain, but what he gained was still only disappointment.
But this was not the point. The point was that with the slow passage of time, the four of them could clearly feel that the surrounding temperature was constantly decreasing. Even if there was a fire in the lobby on the first floor, the coldness that seemed to be attached to the bones still lingered.
Gentle Smile and Soft Heart was in the worst condition. She had been attacked twice in a row, and there were those strange black finger marks attached to her body. Even if her physique attribute ranked second among the players present, her face was pale at the moment, and her whole body was very weak by the fire.
As far as the current situation was concerned, Night Owl was the one who was in the best condition at the moment. Although Beard Guy was said to have the strongest physique, the fact that he hadn't stopped searching from the beginning and his tense nerves had already consumed a lot of his physical strength. Bai Zhi's physique was only 6 points, which was equivalent to half-crippled. If it wasn't for him regularly taking out food to replenish his physical strength, he would've probably collapsed on the ground by now.
"...Are you still in the mood to have BBQ?"
Shrinking into a ball and leaning against the fire, looking at Bai Zhi who brought out a lot of seasonings and prepared skewers to grill, Gentle Smile and Soft Heart's complexion was extremely complicated.
"I need to eat to replenish my energy. Would you like one?"
While brushing the seasoning on the skewer with a brush, Bai Zhi looked towards Gentle Smile and Soft Heart.
"This is the best beef I've ordered online, and it's definitely chewy."
"Please, you are the only one who is in the mood to eat now, right?"
Rolling her eyes, Night Owl who was sitting far away from the puzzle pieces that had been brought to the lobby on the first floor complained weakly.
"If it continues like this, and if we still cannot solve the puzzle, all of us will die here, you know? But you still have the moon to grill meat..."
"Well, at least I won't be hungry after I die."
Putting the skewers on the fire, Bai Zhi looked casual.
"..."
"Continuing to stay here is to wait for death, let's escape from this villa directly!!"
Beard Guy, who came down from the roof with nothing again, was soaked all over, his tone was very bad.
"This is simply an impossible puzzle to solve, and the lost arm hand is impossible to find!!"
After running around for a long time and getting nothing, coupled with the coldness that seemed to be penetrating more and more into his body, he became desperate.
"Come here and warm yourself up a little by the fire, and then eat some barbecue to replenish your strength. Going out now is courting death."
While concentrating on brushing seasonings on the skewers from time to time, Bai Zhi spoke quite calmly.
"You……!? "
"I have solved the puzzle, and I already know where the sealed right arm is."
Turning his head to look at the other party, Bai Zhi still had a calm expression on his face.
"If you are willing to believe me, I'll carry you."
There was still about an hour and a half before dawn.
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