Chapter 3 The Most Beautiful Xiangxi (3)
[00:05:00]
Another countdown appeared, right below the yes/no. Wei Xun had to make a choice within five minutes, either to replace Bingjiu or refuse.
"Who are you?"
Wei Xun was not in a hurry to choose. He was a little curious about the male voice: "What about Shock? Are you also my exclusive customer service?"
[You can understand it this way]
The male voice seemed to be chuckling, and he looked easy to talk to. This made Wei Xun continue to test: "What if I refuse?"
"There was an error in the journey, it's your hotel's problem."
[Yes, if you choose to refuse, Shock Global Hotel apologizes for this and will send you directly to the end. ]
Wei Xun became interested: "Let me pass this journey directly?"
[It is impossible for primary travelers to pass the dangerous journey. The end of your journey is death. The hotel will compensate you with painless quick death service. ]
Wei Xun laughed: "Maybe I can."
The other party chuckled and did not answer. Obviously, if Wei Xun refused, there would only be this solution.
Wei Xun knew what was good for him and didn't bother to argue about it anymore. After all, time was precious.
"I'm a newcomer. You asked me to replace Bingjiu. You should let me improve my abilities."
Wei Xun said helplessly, "This is a dangerous journey. I have no experience in leading a group. If I die in the end, I might as well just choose a painless and quick death."
After thinking for a while, he added, "It doesn't matter if I die at that time. What will happen if the tourists don't have a guide to guide them?"
Wei Xun remembered the sentence [The hotel does not allow the absence of tour guide Bingjiu]. Tour guide Bingjiu is indispensable in this journey.
What if there is no tour guide in the journey?
Wei Xun was testing the rules of the hotel.
[Every tourist is an important asset of the hotel. If you want to protect tourists in a dangerous journey, the tour guide really needs strong power. ]
[You will get the temporary title "Bingjiu", which will only be effective during this journey]
[Please, you must protect the tourists]
This sentence seemed to be meaningful. Wei Xun still wanted to ask again, but found that he couldn't speak anymore. There was only a yes or no option in front of him.
Now that things have come to this, Wei Xun will stick to the decision he made.
Replacing a crazy tour guide?
This is really-
Too exciting.
It's just a bit of a pity that I didn't know the name of this 'little customer service'.
Before the countdown reached zero, Wei Xun chose "Yes"
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In the bus, besides the sound of Lin Xi crying, there was only the rustling sound of rain. The atmosphere was so tense that it was almost frozen. The passengers were like a group of chickens with their necks shrunk, not making any sound. In fact, they all pricked up their ears to listen to the movement in front.
"Wuwuwu, spare me, please spare me, wuwuwu..."
Lin Xi was crying so hard that she almost died. She could only repeat this sentence over and over again. Wei Xun's silence made the despair in his eyes deepen.
Suddenly, Lin Xi clenched his teeth, his eyes were determined, and he pulled out a Swiss Army knife from somewhere. The sharp blade did not stab Wei Xun, but chopped himself backhanded, and once held the knife against Wei Xun's right hand!
Lin Xi's movements were fast and fierce. He was not acting. He was willing to lose one hand just to be forgiven! Seeing him do this, only the fat man hesitated and said "Ah". The others were either indifferent or trembling. No one moved.
But just when the blade was about to cut his skin, someone stepped on his wrist.
It was a light black soft-soled shoe, stepping lightly on his wrist without much force. But Lin Xi was like being stepped on by a hard-soled military boot. His hand softened and he let go of the knife. He was several inches shorter and crawled deeper on the ground. His eyes burst with ecstasy of surviving a desperate situation!
The mysterious young man sitting in the front finally stood in the front. The bronze mask shaped like an evil ghost replaced the mask and sunglasses, covering the upper half of his face, revealing only a small half of his pale and thin chin, and lips that were pale to almost colorless. The silver butterfly wing brooch with five rhinestones on his chest was mysterious and luxurious.
The entire bus was silent, and all the passengers' eyes were focused on him, as if they were terrified.
"Hello, passengers. I am the tour guide for this trip, Bingjiu."
In the spotlight, the man's lips curled slightly, as if he was chuckling:
"I will accompany you all through this six-day and five-night trip."
After he spoke, the lights suddenly brightened, illuminating the bus. The sound of rain outside gradually weakened, and the dark night returned to the normal cloudy light. The traces of bloody hands on the window glass disappeared, and there was no sound from the foreign objects on the roof.
The heavy, terrifying atmosphere that enveloped the bus dissipated. Under the warm yellow light, the old but clean bus was actually a bit warm.
Wei Xun took in the faces of all the passengers. Their eyes were still fearful or daunted, but most of the passengers were leaning forward, as if they wanted to get closer to Wei Xun.
The tourists were afraid of the tour guides, but they also relied on them, even though Bingjiu was a "madman" who would kill the group.
The tour guide played a bigger role in the journey than he thought.
Wei Xun glanced at his left wrist. His necklace had disappeared. Instead, there was a small half-blue-purple butterfly tattoo branded on his pale wrist.
He remembered the blue-purple light he saw when he was dying. The fragments of the Maria butterfly, the relics left by his relatives, why were they related to the Horror Global Hotel?
Could it be that the disappearance of his family was related to the hotel?
The bus started moving. There was no driver in the driver's seat. Only the steering wheel was turning, heading to the first scenic spot of this journey.
Only after completing the journey and entering the hostel can there be a chance to know the truth.
"Now start the roll call."
Wei Xun held a piece of silver-shining paper in his hand. This was the list of passengers that automatically appeared after becoming a tour guide. In addition, a thin book "Temporary Tour Guide Rules" appeared in Wei Xun's mind.
"Family No. 1, Zhao Hongtu, Hou Feihu."
The two passengers sitting in the middle row immediately answered "Here", not daring to delay for a moment. Although they knew each other, they were not real family members, but were assigned to a group during the journey.
Wei Xun could remember the information of the passengers with a glance. At the same time, he was also thinking about two things at the same time, quickly browsing the temporary tour guide rules in his mind.
The 10 points for completing the task were exchanged for time by Wei Xun, and now his death countdown is [24:01:35]
24 hours, not enough to survive the entire journey. He needs to get more points.
Wei Xun is looking for a way for the tour guide to get points.
"Family No. 2, Shi Tao, Miao Fangfei"
"Here!"
[Temporary Tour Guide Rules]
[1. The tour guide accepts the commission of the hostel to lead the tourists to visit all the attractions on the itinerary, and provide guidance, explanations and related tourism services for the tourists. After the journey, the hostel will pay the tour guide a corresponding salary according to the level of the journey. ]
[2. The tour guide shall not take the initiative to kill the tourists. If the tour guide takes the initiative to kill the tourists, 10,000 points will be deducted! ]
[3. The hostel and the tour guide are not responsible for the accidental death caused by the tourists' own behavior]
There are only three rules for tour guides.
[More details will be known after you officially become a hostel tour guide]
Wei Xun sneered in his heart. Even if there are no other details, he can dig out more information.
"Family No. 3, Lin Xi."
"Here!"
Lin Xi was clearly kneeling on the ground with snot and tears on her face just now, but now she wiped her face clean and sat back in her seat. Her eyes were shining when she looked at Wei Xun. She answered quickly and well, like a big dog wagging its tail at him desperately.
Wei Xun glanced at Lin Xi, who immediately sat up straighter, like a primary school student who was always expecting the teacher to call his name, his eyes were shining.
[Name: Lin Xi]
[Rank: Intermediate Three Stars]
[Achievement Title:
[Eyes that Discover Beauty (Green Title): As an idol surrounded by handsome men and beautiful women, you have a pair of discerning eyes that can see the appearance score of others at first sight! ]
This title made Wei Xun guess why Lin Xi was hostile to him as soon as he got on the bus.
Perhaps it was because Wei Xun's appearance score was higher that made Lin Xi feel a sense of crisis.
There was no way, he was just so handsome.
Every passenger on this bus had a title, and most of them had more than one title, obviously they were all veteran passengers. From the title, Wei Xun could get a lot of useful information.
"Family No. 4, Wang Pengpai."
"Here!"
The fat man was enthusiastic, his big round face smiled like a flower, and he was as flattering as a dog. He had two titles.
[Name: Wang Pengpai]
[Rank: Intermediate Four Star]
[Achievement Title:
[Little Driver (Green Title): Little Driver, beep beep, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, you will not feel afraid even when driving on the steepest mountain roads - of course, before you grow into an experienced driver, the probability of your car accident is as high as your courage]
[Xiangxi, Repeat Customer (Blue Title): This is your second time to participate in the Xiangxi trip of this hotel. Due to your understanding of this place, you will receive a broken travel map at the beginning of the trip]
Although Lin Xi and Wang Pengpai seem to be loyal to the tour guide at the moment, Wei Xun still lists them as key targets to beware of.
The title of Painless is probably very rare, otherwise they would not have mistaken Wei Xun for Bingjiu. And these two people know that Bingjiu is a Painless Person, and they have a deep understanding of the tour guide Bingjiu.
It is even possible that they have experienced the journey led by the tour guide Bingjiu.
Wei Xun needs the tiger skin of Crazy Bingjiu, but even if he calls himself Bingjiu, Wei Xun knows that he can't behave exactly like Bingjiu.
However, he does not have to worry about being exposed during this journey.
[Bingjiu (temporary title): When you wear this title, you will get the rank and some titles of tour guide Bingjiu, and in the eyes of anyone, you will be Bingjiu himself]
Wei Xun's personal information is now as follows:
[Tour guide information]
[Code name: Bingjiu (only in this journey)]
[Rank: Silver Five Star (Bingjiu's rank)]
[Death countdown: 23:55:23]
[Points: 0]
[Journey salary (dangerous level): 1500 points (temporary tour guide salary is halved and credited at the end of the journey)]
[Achievement title (title belonging to Bingjiu, only effective for this journey):
[Bingjiu (temporary title): When you wear this title, you will get the rank and some titles of tour guide Bingjiu, and in the eyes of anyone, you will be Bingjiu himself]
[Cold-blooded (purple title): You are a real cold-blooded person who does not feel pain and is not affected by any negative emotions. But your blood is so cold that you always feel that the surroundings are not warm enough! 】
[Pornography (blue title): You seem to like pornography very much, but pornography is not allowed! When your pornography value is higher than 10 points, your live broadcast camera will be temporarily blocked! 】
[Current yellow value: 0]
Wei Xun's eyes fell subtly on the last title.
Yellow value? Live camera?
As if it was a trigger keyword, Wei Xun had a piece of information in his mind.
[Live broadcast is a supervision of the tour guide. If the tour guide violates the rules during the journey, he will be punished by the hotel]
[Live broadcast is also a reward for the tour guide. Every 100 viewers in the live broadcast room will convert 1 point, and all the points rewarded by the audience will be obtained by the tour guide]
[The journey will start live broadcast when arriving at the destination. Only tour guides who have reached the gold level can choose to turn off the live broadcast (except for the influence caused by some titles and props)]
Salary and live broadcast are the ways that Wei Xun has found so far for tour guides to get points.
It’s just that the salary can only be obtained after the journey is over, and this item alone includes many tour guides’ responsibilities. For example, Wei Xun did not get any reward after taking the name seriously, because this is what the tour guide should do and it is counted in the final ‘salary’.
Similarly, Wei Xun will not get extra points if he takes the tourists to visit ‘attractions’ and the like.
Earn points through live broadcast?
Wei Xun doesn’t think it’s reliable. Those ‘audiences’ are also tourists or tour guides. Let’s not talk about whether someone will reward him with life-saving points. According to the rules, for every 100 viewers in Wei Xun’s live broadcast room, he can get 1 point.
10 points for one day is a novice benefit. Now 100 points are needed to redeem one day.
For a six-day journey, he must get at least 500 points. In other words, the peak number of people in Wei Xun’s live broadcast room must reach 50,000.
50,000 is not a small number. How many people are there in the entire Horror Global Hostel? One thousand? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand? Or more?
Wei Xun’s points are still zero now, and he must make plans early.
Is there any other way to get points as soon as possible?
Suddenly, the bus stopped.
“Wuluoshan Station, we’re here”
With two slams, the front and rear doors were all opened, and a cold and humid water vapor came from the outside, adding a bit of chill to the hoarse and harsh reminder sound in the bus.
[Itinerary Announcement]
[Please ask the tour guide Bingjiu to lead the passengers to Xiaolong Yizhuang, located halfway up the southern foot of Wuluo Mountain, before 6pm. Remember not to be late]
[This journey is a dangerous journey. Please follow the tour guide closely to avoid unnecessary danger. ]
Disposable raincoats appeared at the hands of every passenger. This is a "benefit" provided by the journey. Wei Xun also had one, but his attention was attracted by a new message.
[For the supplementary regulations of dangerous journeys, please check the tour guide Bingjiu]
[For each passenger who dies accidentally in a dangerous journey or above, the tour guide will receive 300 points. ]
[Note: Oh my God, a passenger died accidentally! It seems that the difficulties of this journey are beyond imagination. The kind hostel owner has issued a subsidy. Please use the points to improve yourself and better protect the safety of the remaining passengers! ]
Wei Xun looked into the car. The passengers were all wearing colorful disposable raincoats. Some looked out the window vigilantly, and some looked at Wei Xun carefully, with deep worry and fear in their eyes.
If the tour guide kills a tourist on his own initiative, 10,000 points will be deducted.
If a tourist dies ‘accidentally’, the tour guide will receive 300 points.
Wei Xun finds this interesting.
Is the supplementary regulation really a protection for tourists?