I made myself the protagonist

Chapter 278 Believers
Zhu Qingrong said, looking at his companions beside him.

Yan Ru, who played the role of mother, understood it, and quickly took out a stack of materials from her bag and handed it to Ling Yun.Ling Yun passed several pieces of paper to his companions, and everyone looked at it carefully without saying a word.

While waiting for everyone, Zhu Qingrong picked up a glass of water from the table, took two sips, and then put it back in place. He folded his hands in front of his knees, and there was a stark contrast between his sophisticated demeanor and his immature appearance.

Tang Yao noticed that the other three players were always standing behind Zhu Qingrong respectfully; there was still room on the sofa next to him, but none of them dared to sit down.

The atmosphere in their own base is different, although they also chose Shen Tinglan as the captain; but on weekdays everyone has a very harmonious relationship, and there is no such class division.However, senior veterans like Lin Yuanqi and Hubert did not raise any objections to this, and often analyzed task skills with everyone.

For Tang Yao, these people are not only teammates who share life and death, but also close friends.

And in front of Zhu Qingrong's team, I feel like the company's leaders and subordinates.Not only that, but the other districts they encountered in the last treasure hunt seemed to be the same.

Lin Yuanqi said that in fact, there are only a few "free and undisciplined" people like his own base.

As the number of players increases, there will always be some problems: for example, different players will form small groups; sometimes for some interests, such as points and props, there will inevitably be fights and conflicts.

In order to unify people's hearts and standardize management, most bases will assign positions to players according to their abilities, and the person selected as the base captain also has the most power.For his instructions, other players can only choose to obey.

Like Zhao Zhengxun's dictatorial militarized management in the fifth district, and the Madley Group, which was taken over by Xiao Yi in the sixth district, all adopted a similar model.

Tang Yao was thinking about it, while Ling Yun had already read all the materials at hand.

"I didn't expect us to go in the wrong direction as soon as we came up." Ling Yun took out his phone and searched.According to the information compiled by Zhu Qingrong, it was discovered that three similar murders had occurred in the town in the past ten years.Some of the families who died lived in the suburbs, and some were close to the edge of the town, but the geographical location was relatively remote.

At first, Ling Yun thought that the problem was in the house they lived in now, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"There is one more thing, you see: one of these families has a child missing." Li Xinjian noticed something strange.

The Anderson family, who were killed in 2005, suffered a fire in their house. When they were found, the charred bodies of their husband, wife, eldest daughter, and second daughter were all in the living room. Only the youngest son, who was only seven years old, was missing.

In 2009, five members of Green's family living on a suburban farm, including an elderly man in his seventies, were brutally stabbed to death.Missing is the family's nine-year-old daughter.

In 2014, four members of the Hill family were shot dead, and their young second son also mysteriously disappeared.

"The last is 2021, which is half a year ago. The James family and the nanny were killed, and the youngest daughter Leah disappeared."

Ling Yun stretched out his index finger, tapped the table rhythmically, and looked at Zhu Qingrong in front of him: "Thank you for the information you provided, which saved us a lot of detours."

"Could these cases be done by some local religious organization?"

Standing behind Zhu Qingrong, Liu Jigeng, the player playing the role of the father, suddenly said: "I personally think that this may be some kind of sacrificial ceremony. Those fanatical believers took away the young children after killing people, and they said It may be some kind of sacrifice. The thing to fight this mission may be something like an evil god, a demon, or that organization."

"The possibility you mentioned is not ruled out." Ling Yun nodded: "However, when we searched this villa, we found some clues."

Ling Yun quickly described it, and after listening to him, Zhu Qingrong and others also showed thoughtful expressions.

"Looking at it this way, it's not a religious organization." Feng Yijia muttered to himself.

"It turns out that we were misled by habitual thinking." Zhu Qingrong rubbed his chin: "In the eyes of ordinary people, young and missing children in death cases will only be victims, but this time it is the opposite."

"That's right." Ling Yun affirmed the other party's thoughts. After reading the materials, he came to the same conclusion as Zhu Qingrong: In fact, the real culprits behind every murder case are none other than those missing children .

Of course, these children were normal at first, but there was only one reason for their sudden personality change and such cruel behavior.

"Some evil force in the town bewitched them."

Zhu Qingrong said slowly: "Not only that, but compared to adults, its targets seem to be children under ten years old. So this time, players who play children need to pay extra attention."

Although Pan Rong is also a child, the character she plays is already 14 years old this year, so she doesn't seem to meet the requirements.

Apart from her, Tang Yao, Li Xinjian, Feng Yijia, including Zhu Qingrong, seemed to face higher risks.

"If some players are really bewitched and want to attack other people, it will definitely be either you or me in the end. But there is only one person on the other side, and there are ways for the remaining players to stay alive."

Although Lin Yuanqi didn't say the second half of the sentence, everyone understood what he meant: that is, everyone should unite and strive to kill the possessed player, then the crisis will naturally be resolved.

Of course, if one of Tang Yao and Li Xinjian really encountered such a situation, he would definitely not do this.The reason why Lin Yuanqi said this was simply to test another team.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, Feng Yijia, Liu Jigeng and Yan Ru all looked at Zhu Qingrong in unison, their eyes full of fear.

That alone is worth pondering.

Ling Yun also noticed this scene: Although there were two targets in their team, Liu Jigeng and Yan Ru didn't seem to have considered Feng Yijia's threat at all.

That is to say, for them, Feng Yijia's ability is nothing to be afraid of, but Zhu Qingrong, if he is really controlled, even if there are three people on his side, he may not be his opponent.

Zhu Qingrong...

From the first time Ling Yun heard this name, he kept recalling this character in his mind.Finally, he remembered some sporadic information: Zhu Qingrong's ability belongs to the spirit system, although he has no offensive power, it should not be underestimated.The reason why he was able to become the captain of that base also benefited from this.

Zhu Qingrong's wife died on the first mission, but in reality he is a single father.Although relying on the funds exchanged by points can ensure that his daughter can live without worrying about food and clothing; but her daughter is still young, in order to take care of the child, he vowed that no matter what, he must do whatever it takes to survive.

Zhu Qingrong's ability is called [Believer], and it has a special effect.Like Erika, he is very good at disguising, and he is always the first to rush forward when he is in danger, and he does not hesitate to help others.After a long time, after gaining the trust of his companions, he began to display his abilities.

Once he responded to his questions about "do you believe in me" and "can I be your companion?", he would subconsciously plant a spiritual brand and become Zhu Qingrong's follower.

Zhu Qingrong can arbitrarily choose a follower's ability and use it.The higher the followers' trust and dependence on him, the stronger Zhu Qingrong's ability will be.And he is also the only player in the space with multiple types of abilities so far.

Of course, there is a cooling time for the release of skills, and it is not absolutely invincible.But even so, such an ability can be called terrifying.

That is to say, apart from the rare healing and psionic abilities, from space to combat, element manipulation, time... these abilities are all used by Zhu Qingrong.

Not only that, but he has also reached an alliance with players from other districts in the treasure hunt game. Although the trust level is not high, Zhu Qingrong has also learned different abilities from them.

"The method you said is just a bad idea. I don't want to hurt my companion."

After Lin Yuanqi finished speaking, Zhu Qingrong smiled slightly, and the three people behind him were relieved by what he said: "I think we should investigate the real source of that evil force. This is the correct way to solve the problem."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ling Yun, stretched out his hand and said, "Just now we exchanged clues with each other, and analyzed the truth in such a short period of time. Since that's the case, next, why don't we work together, what do you think?"

After he finished speaking, the expressions of Liu Jigeng and others suddenly became subtle.The three of them knew very well in their hearts that the captain was about to launch the ability of [Believer] on the opposite side.

(End of this chapter)