Chapter 13: The World Suddenly Became Unsafe

Wicked people need wicked people to grind them down!

This phrase seemed to carry a powerful magic.

The three ghosts instantly lost their temper.

They looked at each other, and for a moment, they couldn't find a reason to refute it.

【Confidence from Song Jinnan, Wu Xiuxiu, and Song Ling +3】

【Collect ten instances of positive emotion triggered by you (3/10), reward: Temperament +3】

This works too?

Being a wicked person can also bring positive motivation to others; I've learned it!

Lin Bai looked with satisfaction at the three ghosts who had returned to their human forms. What a simple family; you must know that before I came, you had no enemies...

Forget it, I won't provoke them anymore.

After all, we have a common enemy; everyone has changed from being on opposite sides to being comrades in the same trench. This is a good thing.

The Emotion System not only provided the ghosts' names but also their latest moods, allowing Lin Bai to clearly understand their shifts in thought. He finally didn't have to worry about whether the ghosts would play dirty tricks behind his back.

Lin Bai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The three of you, I have turned this place into a restaurant. I use it for business during the day, and you come out to move around at night. We can basically manage not to disturb each other. As long as we live in peace, the negative influence caused by you will gradually dissipate after a period of time. Once the neighbors return, the sins you caused before will also gradually fade away."

"Is that really okay?" Wu Xiuxiu asked hesitantly. Long-term isolation from the world gave them a natural fear of the outside, not to mention that humans and ghosts walk different paths.

"You don't come out during the day anyway," Lin Bai smiled. "Besides, long-term isolation is not good for character development. Xiao Ling is still young and needs to have contact with the outside world; this is beneficial for her future growth..."

"No, big brother, you are not a bad person." The little ghost Song Ling's eyes lit up and she said, "You are a good person."

She really has a good eye for people!

Lin Bai smiled and nodded, accompanying it with a gentle smile.

"If I kill someone, I will become a fierce ghost." Song Jinnan looked troubled, his face full of annoyance. "Once I lose my true nature, it won't be good for anyone."

"Do you remember what I said earlier?" Lin Bai yawned and asked.

"..." The three ghosts looked confused. They had only listened to him talk all night; who knew which sentence he was referring to?

"The birth of a fierce ghost depends on one's own heart." Lin Bai smiled. "You think that if you kill someone, you will become a fierce ghost, but what if the one you killed wasn't a person?"

Song Jinnan was stunned.

"Go and take another look at the person you killed," Lin Bai reminded him.

To be honest, he didn't know what the game's respawn mechanism was either. The death of Longxi was also an opportunity for him to understand the characteristics of players.

Song Jinnan floated away, and a moment later, he floated back. He had an extra Flaw-ridden kitchen knife and a string of copper coins in his hand. His expression was a bit strange, and he said incoherently, "Shopkeeper, he... that person disappeared. He was just there a moment ago, but in such a short time, his corpse is gone, leaving only this kitchen knife and these copper coins..."

Lin Bai looked at the kitchen knife in his hand and subconsciously raised his guard. Ghosts could throw things out from inside the shop; if they had a sudden thought and smashed him with the knife, it wouldn't be worth it.

Longxi was 1.8 meters tall, and in his hands, he was like a doll. A kitchen knife thrown with such strength would certainly have no small power.

However.

Lin Bai's worry was unnecessary.

Song Jinnan's thoughts were all on the inexplicably disappeared Longxi; he never thought about killing him by throwing a kitchen knife, and he wasn't that kind of person either.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Wu Xiuxiu and Song Ling disappeared as well.

A moment later, they returned. The little ghost Song Ling looked incredulous, nervously looking left and right: "He really disappeared. What if he also turns into a ghost?"

Watson, you've discovered a blind spot!

Lin Bai glanced at her without responding.

After a player dies, the corpse disappears and the items on their body drop. This point conforms to the settings of most games...

So, even in the novice period, dying is not without loss.

This setting is quite good. Getting back the kitchen knife he invested is a small matter; later, when he has no money or Dharma Treasure, he can find ways to harvest players.

This is a way to make a fortune!

Lin Bai smiled: "Lao Song, give me the things! Now, you can put your heart at ease. Although you killed him, he didn't die at all."

Song Jinnan carefully placed the kitchen knife and copper coins at the door: "I don't understand."

"How should I put it! They are a group of special people." Seeing Song Jinnan obediently hand over Longxi's belongings, Lin Bai breathed a sigh of relief and explained, "Just like the old Daoist who trapped you, they possess some magical abilities. Although they are still very weak, they are not something you can kill right now."

"..." Song Jinnan fell into deep thought.

Lin Bai looked up at him and said seriously: "However, don't think that you can kill people wantonly because of this. You cannot distinguish who is a Chosen One and who is an ordinary person. If you accidentally kill even one, the situation Song Ling mentioned is very likely to happen—the other party also becomes a ghost and gets trapped in this shop, and you will fall into endless trouble..."

A third ghost appearing between husband and wife?

At the thought of the glib-tongued Longxi becoming a ghost, Lao Song immediately felt that his wife and daughter were no longer safe. It was too terrifying!

The black Qi entwined around Song Jinnan fluctuated: "That won't happen..."

Before he became strong, Lin Bai had to coexist peacefully with the three ghosts. Naturally, he didn't want them to turn into uncontrollable fierce ghosts. He had to put layers of shackles on them. It was fortunate that the old Daoist had paved the way for him in advance; fooling this group of kind ghosts couldn't be easier.

"But Longxi said he would come back to get rid of us." Wu Xiuxiu said worriedly, "What if he comes back again?"

"I'll handle it." Lin Bai yawned again. It was already past midnight, and even with +4 Spirit, he still couldn't resist the thick drowsiness.

"What if you're not here?" Wu Xiuxiu asked anxiously, "We come out to move around at night, and at that time, you should be sleeping..."

"If you want to throw him out, just throw him out. If you don't want to throw him out, just play hide-and-seek with him!" Lin Bai glanced at them and smiled, "There are two floors inside. When he enters the door, you go to the second floor; when he goes upstairs, you go to the first floor. Don't tell me you still keep the habit of using the stairs to go up and down!"

In the near term, his strength can't do anything to you, and you can't kill him either. But he has more important things to do; he can't waste time with you many times. Once he knows he can't kill you, he will naturally leave.

Of course, remember the most important point: do not have any conversation with him. Your family doesn't look very smart; the more you say, the easier it is for the other party to find loopholes..."

Alright!

The three ghosts looked at Lin Bai in astonishment; they really didn't expect him to come up with such an idea.

This not only raised questions in their hearts: can cooperating with such a guy really deal with that powerful Daoist?

Also, what does "in the near term" mean?

It means that after a long time, that guy named Longxi will have a way to wipe them out!

Good grief!

Not only is there an extra powerful enemy from seven years in the future, but now there's an evolving enemy as well...

They were just staying home peacefully, yet not even a night has passed, and the world suddenly seems so dangerous?

However, the Song Jinnan family had been trapped in the Pawnshop for three years without any contact with the outside world, so their thinking had become somewhat rigid; for a moment, they couldn't think of any good solutions and could only nod helplessly.

"Let's just do that. I'm going to find a place to sleep; you all do whatever you need to do!" Lin Bai yawned again and returned to the inn, bleary-eyed, to recover his energy.

Resurrection Point.

Longxi searched through all his pockets but couldn't find a single copper coin. His expression turned extremely ugly in an instant: "Everything on you drops when you die—what kind of hellish setting is this? Isn't this just forcing people to delete their accounts and start over?"

Returning to the inn to the spot where his corpse lay to pick up the dropped copper coins and kitchen knife was clearly unrealistic; he couldn't beat the boss inside at all, and going there would just be throwing his life away.

Ask the shopkeeper for reimbursement?

Thinking about that NPC's stinginess, it was nine times out of ten impossible.

Besides, how could a Chosen One who couldn't even afford a meal possibly gain an NPC's trust?

The game has Hunger Level and Fatigue Level; once the Hunger Level reaches a threshold, the Fatigue Level will increase significantly, and it won't be possible to recover just by resting.

Therefore, if he wants to continue playing the game with the Longxi account, he must solve the problem of eating before his Hunger Level runs out.

Otherwise, he'll have to delete the account and start over!

After thinking it over and finding no suitable solution, Longxi opened the forum and posted a request for help: "All money dropped upon death; how can I survive without deleting my account?"

The Xianxia World game has an extremely high level of attention, and not long after the post was made, there were many replies.

"Just delete the account! There's no other way."

"Steal. As long as your technique is skilled, you won't be discovered. Whatever you steal is yours; you won't get a red name, and no one will pursue you." Ding Gouzha

"I don't recommend robbing. A level-one alt has limited stamina; you might be able to take on women and children, but once you encounter a strong man, you'll be caught nine times out of ten and sent to the Government." Zuo Jiao Cai You Jiao Shang Tian

"This trash game has gone insane in its pursuit of realism. If you die once, everything on you drops, no matter how much you have. I strongly suspect the game officials just don't want people to resurrect after death, to avoid causing unnecessary panic in society. Cherish life, stay away from beating, smashing, and looting." Jingbuyi

"Buddy, did you get yourself killed? I've discovered a way to farm money, personally tested and 100% effective. If interested, offline trade. Contact email: #￥￥%%%@baiyin. com" Qian Mandun

Most people's methods were impractical. With a half-believing, half-doubting attitude, Longxi went offline to contact the seemingly reliable Qian Mandun and spent 300 big ones to obtain a unique secret manual.

"Find a place with no one around, take off your clothes and hide them, then commit suicide. After resurrecting, you will have an extra piece of novice clothing that won't refresh away with your corpse.

Repeat this process, and then find a Pawnshop to pawn the extra clothes...

After testing, the most cost-effective yield is to die eight times, which can farm over 800 copper coins from the novice village Pawnshop.

If you have too many clothes, the profit rate will drop rapidly as the number of clothes pawned increases; the effort and income will not be proportional. Friendly reminder: make sure to die completely in one go, otherwise you'll be the one suffering. Remember, remember."

"..." Longxi looked at the guide in his hands and couldn't help but slap his thigh, "Awesome! Fleecing the officials—this guy is a talent!"

(End of this chapter)