Chapter 150: Battle of Wits and Courage with the Air

Gu Xiuqi lowered his eyes and stared at the jewelry box with the light of the candlestick on the round table.

Apart from luxury, it seems to have no other characteristics.

The housekeeper didn't seem to be in a hurry, nor did he urge Gu Xiuqi to make a decision as soon as possible.

He just kept his hands on the edge of the jewelry box, waiting for the player quietly.

After a long time, Gu Xiuqi asked his first question.

"This opportunity is only for me, right?"

"Yes."

"In other words, if I use my rent money to secure another player, is that not allowed?"

"I recommend not to take this approach."

"Can other players have the opportunity to trade?"

"As long as they can 'run into' me."

"The rent is only for the player's personal use... What I know so far is that three players, including me, got one yuan."

Gu Xiuqi was thinking about this sentence. The butler sitting opposite knew this very well, so he did not respond to this sentence.

Gu Xiuqi was thinking about two things.

The appearance of the coin seems to be very random, and is not deliberately placed in a place where every player is bound to see or pass by. For example, he was found in Yan Lingqing's room. As for Zheng Xun, as far as he knows, no coins have been found yet.

In addition, when the coin in his hand appeared, there were other players present, which means that the coin did not belong to him alone.

Then there is a problem here.

There doesn’t seem to be a clear clue to the coins that are used as a condition for clearing the level.

There are many ambiguities in it.

Is it a loophole in the dungeon rules, or is the "butler" in front of me, who seems to be thinking about the players, actually hiding something?

Continuing to think along this line of thinking, Gu Xiuqi discovered that there were really many missing details about the so-called "rent" and "coins".

It seems that this butler is very good at fooling people.

If the brain's response to thinking is slower, or if the mood to end the copy early is too strong, it will ignore the unclear points and directly put the only one-yuan coin on the jewelry box.

Gu Xiuqi raised his eyes and asked the smiling butler in front of him a new question.

"What was the total amount of the rent? You didn't specify it."

Before asking this question, Gu Xiuqi thought a lot.

Now he only has one coin in his hand, but he has stayed in the mansion for two days and nearly two nights. One coin may not be enough.

Does the current number of coins in the mansion correspond to the number of players? If the two numbers correspond to each other, then he guessed all the wrong things before and was outsmarting the air. The only requirement for passing the level is 1 coin.

If the number of coins is less than the number of surviving players, then, unlike three meals distributed in equal amounts, players need to snatch each other's coins and collect rent for a few days and nights before they can go out.

If the number of coins exceeds the number of surviving players, there are two situations. One is that one coin is not enough to pay the rent, and each player needs to collect a sufficient number of coins. The other is that the NPCs or bosses in the dungeon are relatively benevolent. They are afraid that these players are stupid and accidentally lost or fell into the sink, so they provide a lot of spare coins. But Gu Xiuqi didn't think they would have such good intentions.

"Your jewelry box with only one groove is very misleading."

He said this.

The housekeeper did not answer Gu Xiuqi's question, and the smile on his face did not change. Such an attitude, in the latter's view, is tantamount to acquiescence.

Gu Xiuqi stood up.

"I refuse to trade."

With so many uncertainties, instead of trusting a steward whose origins and identity were unknown, and even NPCs and bosses could not be determined, he would rather rely on himself to obtain the time limit for the copy.

The butler moved the jewelry box slightly toward him, indicating that the transaction ended in vain.

He looked at Gu Xiuqi.

"A very courageous decision."

To Gu Xiuqi, this sounded like he was a "reckless man".

Without any unnecessary expression, he opened the door of 302 and left.

Because there were a lot of things happening tonight, and he was worried that this "butler" would cause trouble, he stayed in Room 301 for the time being and waited until dawn tomorrow to share the clues with others.

After Gu Xiuqi left, the corridor became quiet again. In room 302, the housekeeper sat quietly in his original position.

"Although I haven't guessed the truth, it's good to stay vigilant."

The fingers wrapped in gloves pinched a section of the silk lining and applied a slight force to pull it away completely.

There is a black bottom box underneath, and except for the central groove that was exposed before, there are four more around it.

The butler stared down at the five grooves above and murmured.

"So, what will you do..."

layer.

Zheng Xun was counting his money and passing the time.

despair.

despair.

The coins made a crisp sound, one after another.

He was smoothing over what happened tonight.

Yan Lingqing died, most likely killed by Xi Li. Because 102 is a safe house, as long as you stay there honestly, nothing will happen.

But why did Yan Lingqing die anyway?

Maybe there was something in the house that forced him to come out.

So what's in the house?

Can't figure it out. He has been here for almost an hour and is still quiet.

The two sentences about clouds and mountains behind the book and photos made him a little confused. I haven't seen Teacher Xiao Gu yet, so I have to wait until daytime tomorrow to ask him.

If Zheng Xun had to think for himself, he would not be willing to interpret them too complicatedly.

Now that this clue has appeared, we should roughly consider the average literary level of the players. You can't just solve a riddle in a book and also take a test on literary knowledge, right? That's too bad.

As for this bag of coins, it should be some kind of prop to pass the level. Although I don't understand why there is only one in other places, but there is a bag in his place.

He wanted to clear the customs in advance, but he didn't know how to meet the housekeeper by chance.

…

"If I shout his name here, will he show up?"

Zheng Xun counted all the coins and put them back into the bag one by one. He sat on the floor, stretched out his long legs, clasped his arms behind his back, dangling his feet and waited for dawn.

Two or three hours passed, and finally, it was almost 7 o'clock in the morning.

At this time, the TV in the room rang again.

Zheng Xun cast his eyes on the TV screen. He thought that the replay of Yan Lingqing's death should be playing this time.

However, beyond his expectation, this time, the protagonist in the picture turned out to be Gu Xiuqi.