“But if every copy has contaminants, wouldn’t our workload be enormous?” Lu Shi was more worried that these contaminants would descend upon the world through other means.
"Wei Jin investigated for me. Excluding hidden dungeons, all the contaminants came from A-level and S-level dungeons. After removing the dungeons whose story progression is already closed, we don't need to conquer that many dungeons."
Ye Bugui didn't give a specific number, but he had already discovered that the number of dungeons in the game would be increasing. Many of these dungeons were ones he hadn't seen before.
"I'm fine with it." Lu Shi popped a spicy snack into his mouth, his expression brightening. "Then let's go download some books right away!"
Ye Bugui raised an eyebrow; even he, a capitalist, couldn't bear to exploit people like this.
“Rank A dungeons are much more difficult than Rank B dungeons. You should know that if you die in a dungeon, you’re really dead.” Ye Bugui rarely spoke so much: “Actually, the game rules state that each player has a 15-day rest period after clearing a dungeon.”
"Then why would anyone stay in the amusement park?" Lu Shi asked.
"The moment we enter the game, our real-world bodies immediately disappear. I've specifically tested this; when Wei Jin enters a dungeon, everyone in the company except me forgets he exists."
Our bodies will only reappear after we clear the dungeon, and only then will others remember us.
However, time is synchronized both in the amusement park and in the real world. If you spend a day in the amusement park, your body will also be hungry for a day in reality.
Ye Bugui sneered sarcastically: "If a person stays in an amusement park for a long time, he will die in his real body as well."
“But there are no laws or moral restrictions in amusement parks, so people can do whatever they want. That’s why there are people who are willing to stay there and let themselves die.”
Lu Shi was speechless. He thought that if he hadn't come into this world, he might have made the same choice.
When a person doesn't know if they will see the sun in fifteen days, it's normal to live each day as if it's the end of the world.
"You get some sleep first, we'll do a dungeon run tomorrow." Before leaving, Ye Bugui glanced at the snacks that Lu Shi had eaten on the table.
Spicy strips, turkey-flavored rice crackers, extra spicy shredded beef...
"So the Demon Lord can't live without spicy food..."
A note from the author:
New dungeon tomorrow - Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 18:06:14 on 2022-05-15 and 18:46:30 on 2022-05-16!
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Chapter 26
☪ Good Family Apartment 1
Notification of V entry
Lu Shi hadn't slept for this long in a long time.
He didn't even have that nightmare; instead, he slept straight until ten o'clock.
Inside the restaurant, Ye Bugui had already instructed the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Lu Shi, and also elegantly handed Lu Shi an exquisitely packaged gift box.
"What's this?" Lu Shi fiddled with the gift box, wondering if there was a spirit stone inside.
"The phone." Ye Bugui pulled out another piece of paper: "Instruction manual."
Well, Lu Shi had gotten used to Ye Bugui's indifference. This man only became lively when they went to that hot pot restaurant.
Lu Shi didn't care about Ye Bugui's personality. He had lived for hundreds of years, and he looked at Ye Bugui as if he were looking at a handsome and promising junior.
An hour later, Lu Shi finally figured out how to use the phone.
Our ancient demon lord has once again witnessed the charm of technology.
If the cultivation world had cell phones, there would be far fewer conflicts, right? After all, people wouldn't be idly fighting for supremacy; they'd just stay home and play on their phones instead.
At the same time, Lu Shi also added Ye Bugui and Wei Jin as WeChat friends.
The former's nickname is very simple, just a period. Their bio and Moments are empty.
The latter is much cuter; it's called "Weiweiweiweijin," and its profile picture is a Psyduck holding its head.
After adding each other as friends, Wei Jin immediately sent Lu Shi a file: "Hello Demon Lord, this file contains the rules of the Infinite Wish Game, which will help you better understand the game. Next, I will send you another file to help you quickly integrate into the modern world."
It seems Wei Jin already knows his identity. Lu Shi awkwardly types on his phone:
"Thanks."
"It's nothing." Wei Jin was helping Ye Bugui with his work at the company. Every hour, his heart would race, and he would hear a strange murmur in his ear:
"There are 5 days, 3 hours, 2 minutes and 19 seconds left until the next game."
Wei Jin continued processing the mountain of documents until one moment he suddenly looked up and glanced at the wall clock.
Why is he here? Who is he signing documents for? Who is Ye Bugui?
This daze lasted only a second before Wei Jin immediately remembered who Ye Bugui was.
"Master has entered the game."
He walked out of the room and casually asked one of his assistants.
"Ye Bugui? Lu Shi? I don't know them, President Wei," the assistant said with absolute certainty, as if hypnotized.
Wei Jin put his hands in his pockets and silently prayed for the two of them.
...
Welcome back to Dreamland!
When Lu Shi stood once again in this bizarre and dazzling amusement park, the surrounding noise and freedom only made him feel uncomfortable.
Do these people who laugh and make a ruckus in the streets remember who they are in reality?
"Handsome, I remember you!" A tall boy walked over: "You're that Supreme Demon Lord! Your walkthrough video is so popular, everyone on the forums is talking about it!"
"Thank you." Lu Shi walked quickly toward a convenience store that was flashing red lights not far away.
He took out his own game console and, following Wei Jin's instructions, found the game forum.
Here, players can communicate about anything.
They can curse people in real life, express their darkest thoughts, and even discuss the plot of a game instance.
When Lu Shi learned about this feature, he was puzzled. Wouldn't that mean he could easily clear dungeons just by memorizing the strategy guide?
However, Wei Jin quickly explained to him, "Just like how live streams block comments related to dungeons, no matter if you memorize a strategy by watching a live stream or reading a guide on a forum, your memory will be erased once you enter the dungeon."
Memories will only be preserved if you complete the dungeon yourself.
This is why so many ordinary players join guilds, even paying hefty monthly membership fees. Because guilds offer benefits such as high-level players helping ordinary players clear dungeons.
After quickly glancing at the forum, Lu Shi put away his game console and headed to the meeting place he had arranged with Ye Bugui.
【404 Convenience Store】.
The blood-stained floor, the zombies dressed in employee uniforms, the sub-zero temperature, and the various rotten foods on the shelves all contributed to the deserted state of this convenience store.
When Lu Shi walked into the convenience store, even the zombies at the checkout counter were stunned for a second.
"One bowl of spicy chicken noodles." Lu Shi calmly walked through the blood to the table in the corner, then picked up the severed hand from the stool.
Ye Bugui once said that the food here is the most normal in the amusement park.
“Meng Po soup with rice, hehe,” Ye Bugui’s disdainful tone echoed in Lu Shi’s mind: “With each bowl you eat, your memories in reality will become a little more blurred. In the long run, you’ll just be stuck in this amusement park forever.”
"Yours extra spicy." A familiar voice rang out, and Ye Bugui was already standing by the table.
"You didn't go to the newbie dungeon?" Lu Shi took the dark, greasy bowl of spicy noodles, took a bite, and found it surprisingly delicious.
"No." Ye Bugui sat down, carrying a rotten and smelly bowl of oden. "My attribute values have returned to their initial values, and my points have shrunk to one percent. Fortunately, my character card is still there."
Lu Shi wisely refrained from asking what it was; it was everyone's trump card, and he and Ye Bugui weren't close enough for that yet.
After the two had filled their stomachs and their stamina and sanity had been restored to full, they finally took out the game console.
"Online mode".
Ye Bugui quickly entered Lu Shi's live stream number, and both of them received a system notification:
"Would you like to form a team?"
"Yes!"
A beam of light took the two away.
Lu Shi opened his eyes and found himself and Ye Bugui in an empty room.
Besides the two of them, there was only an old-fashioned television set and a stack of game cartridges.
Ye Bugui skillfully picked out a cassette tape with an "A" written on the back and inserted it into the device.
Then, a series of game covers with different styles appeared on the TV screen.
"Have you been to any of these places?" Lu Shi asked.
"I forgot to mention, my memories of the instance were also erased." Ye Bugui calmly filtered through the files. "Luckily, there's a filtering function."
So only 12 copies remained on the screen for them to choose from.
Just after Ye Bugui selected the dungeon, the screen suddenly distorted. The 12 dungeons kept spinning, and when they finally stopped, only a line of bloody text remained on the screen:
【Haorenjia Apartment】
After a brief period of dizziness, Lu Shi found himself on a bus.
"Next stop: Binjiang Road."
The information provided to Lu Shi by the system flashed before his eyes, and at the same time, his live broadcast room started broadcasting.
"Congratulations to the streamer for entering the multiplayer dungeon 'Good Family Apartment'!"
"The dungeon difficulty is A-level! The streamer has advanced to the Gold Hall. Keep up the good work and make a magnificent finale!"
He is a recent college graduate and is going to rent an apartment in Hao Ren Jia Apartment on Binjiang Road.
"get off."
Ye Bugui's voice was very reliable; he had been sitting right behind Lu Shi.
While the two were talking, a woman wearing sunglasses across from them took them off and glanced at them.
"Teaming up?" The woman glanced at them. "Sherry, she's a streamer in the Golden Hall now."
The level of the lobby is basically equivalent to the player's strength; those who can stay in the Gold Lobby are considered experts.
"Ye Bugui," Ye Bugui said before Lu Shi could speak, "I'm from the Bronze Hall, and he's the power leveler I hired!"