Chapter 28: Trap

Chen Ai had long since taken off her Helmet, eating snacks while reading the replies.

After being captured, she logged off immediately and found Feng Buxi on the forum.

Feng Buxi really hadn't been boasting; he had indeed drawn in quite a few guards, and after the guards arrived, he also proactively logged off to ask about Chen Ai's specific situation.

It must be said that the lack of a friends list in the game is truly annoying, but players are still able to use the method of logging off and on to communicate.

Chen Ai was also getting a headache; she could run away once, but not a second time. After all, although that witch was crazy, she wasn't brainless, so Chen Ai had been caught by that Brown Beard and could only log off again.

Having originally thought she was dead, she discovered she was still alive upon logging back in. How could the quick-witted Chen Ai just wait for death? Naturally, she had to save herself.

She was locked in a wine cellar, and she happened to be able to hear the noisy commotion outside and the conversations of pedestrians on the street, allowing her to roughly deduce that this was the direction of Bar Street.

So, under the planning of enthusiastic netizens, she set up a white flag at the wine cellar's ventilation duct and waited for over an hour until Feng Buxi arrived.

Unfortunately, she couldn't get out through the vent, so Chen Ai used her old trade and drew a rough explanation, asking Feng Buxi to find someone to rescue her.

If one were to ask who in all of Tana City most wanted to find the Red Moon Believers, it would undoubtedly be the Wealth Church.

The Wealth Church almost entirely controls the public security of Tana City; any security issues caused by Transcendental Power fall under the Golden Church, which is a subsidiary of the Wealth Church.

And the Golden Church is located inside the Tana City Chamber of Commerce. People wearing a Gold Tie around their necks are very easy to identify; Feng Buxi, having hung around the bar for three days, had already scouted this out clearly.

While he brought the people from the Golden Church over, his good partner Yun Xiao had already logged off to notify Chen Ai, telling her that those Gold Ties were already on their way.

Chen Ai also hurriedly logged in; she had to ensure she stayed in the wine cellar, because what if she changed locations?

The moment she opened her eyes, Chen Ai saw a beautiful, alluring woman. She sat back cautiously, staring at the other person without saying a word.

Mainly because she didn't know what to say; the other person couldn't understand what she was saying.

"To think you could still wake up." The woman narrowed her eyes, revealing a dangerous aura. "I cannot sense where you came from at all. You do not seem to be an ordinary corpse, yet there is no aura of a Zombie on you."

Zombie?

Chen Ai frowned. Is it a new type of Awakened?

The woman walked over and tugged at the rope by Chen Ai's feet. "You are quite clever, knowing how to untie the rope yourself, which shows you are different from those fellows. And you haven't been affected by the Red Moon to become a madman, so you are definitely not a Zombie."

"Dead yet alive, what exactly are you then?" The woman seemed very interested. "I can tell that my Ritual yesterday had little effect on you, and I cannot sense any life in you at all..."

She couldn't understand, but that didn't stop Chen Ai from grasping the other person's meaning.

It seems that because players believe in the Lord of Calamity, they are somewhat different from other people.

No wonder Big Brother wanted to update this bug. I wonder how these NPCs are made; are they all simulated using something like AI? To think they could accept a bug so perfectly and smoothly...

Chen Zhi, who was staring at Chen Ai, also felt it was absurd.

Ever since Chen Ai was abducted, his gaze had been fixed on her, and he hadn't even refreshed the forum.

It must be said, Chen Ai's few slick moves made his eyes light up.

The fact that he couldn't check Chen Ai's origin and couldn't feel her truly being "alive" was entirely due to himself.

These created players are born with a higher status; their origins cannot be perceived, and their pasts cannot be traced. Because they don't have true "life" to begin with, they don't count as being "alive."

Interesting. I never expected an unintentional act to create such a miracle.

"Looking at you, you cannot speak?" The witch could feel Chen Ai's difference. "Could it really be a new life? Is it a masterpiece of the Red Moon Goddess?"

The witch muttered to herself, "Impossible, it shouldn't be this fast; the final Ritual hasn't even been completed yet."

"It seems someone is coming, someone is coming." Brown Beard entered the wine cellar with a hurried expression. "Gold Ties have appeared outside Bar Street."

"What are you panicking for? Don't forget we were already prepared to flee." The witch pointed at Chen Ai. "Carry her. I already saw her sending a signal; this place is not very safe."

"Her? Sending a signal!" Brown Beard looked incredulous; compared to the night before, his expressions were far more numerous now.

The witch curled the corner of her mouth. "It doesn't matter. All they will find is the trap I left behind. I had already thought about this situation."

Hearing this, Chen Ai logged off immediately and hurriedly looked for Feng Buxi and Yun Xiao on the forum.

She had to warn them that this witch had a trap!

It wasn't just Chen Ai who was anxious; even Chen Zhi couldn't help but want to give Feng Buxi and Yun Xiao a heads-up.

However, he still held back.

This was just the beginning. Once there are more players in the game later, there will certainly be no shortage of similar incidents.

By then, he wouldn't necessarily be able to manage it all. If he intervened this time, what about the next?

He didn't have the brainpower to think about such things right now, let alone the fact that so-called AI didn't exist at all; it was entirely up to the people of the other world to use their own wits, unless he could develop his own brain.

Fine, this Lord of Calamity's brain probably wasn't much bigger than a peanut, otherwise the original owner wouldn't have ended up so miserably, reduced to being an Old God in the Sewers.

Chen Ai's report quickly reached Yun Xiao's hands. Yun Xiao, who had been logged off and watching, put on his Helmet the moment he received the message.

The last time he did something like this was back in elementary school, tipping off his cousin so he could escape from the internet cafe in time and avoid a sound beating.

Now, it was for justice, to prevent the NPCs from stepping into a trap.

However, he still arrived a bit late. After all, the NPCs had carriages, and he could only travel on his own two feet, so it was inevitably a bit too late.

"Feng Buxi, Feng Buxi!" Yun Xiao looked at the ruined bar, his face blank. If it weren't for the fact that it was morning, quite a few people would likely have died in this bar.

The people with Gold Ties weren't stupid either; they certainly wouldn't rush in blindly, especially Feng, who moved the pocket watch in his hand forward.

Feng Buxi, who had already disconnected, suddenly reconnected.

He had originally wanted to take off his Helmet, but he didn't expect to be able to log in again. Feng Buxi felt somewhat pleasantly surprised.

Shaking his head, he looked around in a daze, as if everything just now had been a dream.

A bug?

He stared blankly at the somewhat familiar bar before him.

"Holy crap! This NPC can even restore buildings!" Yun Xiao, standing behind, exclaimed in admiration.

(End of chapter)