What's the crash? I'm playing the game normally.

Chapter 220: Forcefully bribe the NPC old man and enter the next plot!
"You say." All the players were surprised.

"I also know about the mirage you are talking about. My wife once saw a mirage at the seaside, and then it disappeared. I want you to go find her."

After hearing this, Su Yuening and others couldn't help but look at a photo hanging on the wall.

That is a photo of the old man and the old woman.

At the same time, they also understood why the old man suddenly changed his attitude.

Maybe it was because Su Yuening also had a relative who disappeared in a mirage, so the old man could empathize with her.

"But where can we find her?" Su Yuening asked.

"My wife also disappeared. She also saw a mirage at the seaside."

As he spoke, the old man's expression became excited, and he continued to narrate with a hint of panic in his eyes.

"My wife was walking alone on the beach that day, and then she told me that she saw a mirage, and the most amazing thing was that there was a restaurant in the mirage that she had never seen in the city."

"I just smiled at the time, thinking she was a little senile. Even though I didn't go to school much, I knew that a mirage is just some principle of light, a projection. Since it projected our city, it must be a hotel in the city, but it might be in some corner that we didn't find it."

"But my wife is a bit stubborn. She thinks she is definitely not mistaken. That restaurant is definitely not in our city. She said she walks around the city every day. Isn't she clear about whether there is a restaurant or not?"

"I didn't take it seriously at the time. After all, people's eyesight will naturally become blurry as they get older. But maybe because we are both old and stubborn, we even had a fight about it. Eventually, my wife started to not believe it anymore. To prove herself, she started looking for the non-existent restaurant in the city."

"I didn't say anything at the time. After all, she was already retired and it would be boring to stay at home. It would be nice if she had something to do, so I ignored her. So she went day after day to look for her restaurant that shouldn't exist."

Su Yuening and others listened silently without saying anything.

I only heard the old man say with some fear and self-blame: "Then one day she went for a walk in the city, and she never came back. I should have believed her earlier and should not have let her go looking for things."

"Could it be that grandma got lost, or encountered some kind of accident?" Su Yuening looked at the self-blaming old woman and asked after a moment of hesitation.

The old man shook his head and said unnaturally: "No, I have a friend who sells snacks on the street. He told me that he saw my wife. He saw her enter a restaurant... and when I asked him what restaurant it was, he was a little vague and his eyes were confused."

Then the old man's tone became a little panicked.

"At that moment, my whole body went cold. It was clearly under the scorching sun in summer, but I shivered. I knew that my wife had found the non-existent restaurant in the mirage she had been looking for."

"I didn't know where to find her at the time, and I didn't even know if she was still in this world. Now a long time has passed, and this has always been my obsession, so can you find my partner? I know she should be gone, and if you can finally tell me how she left this world, whether she was in pain, or give me one of her relics to remember her by, I will be satisfied."

After listening to the old man's chattering, Su Yuening and others were somewhat moved, but also fell into deep thought.

A restaurant that doesn't exist sounds weird.

How can I find this? There is no way at all, right?

The old man couldn't help feeling sad when looking at the photo.

"This old lady has been with me my whole life, and I still can't forget her. We have been together for more than 30 years. How many 30 years can we have in a lifetime? Although we always quarreled when we were together and had a bumpy life, when she disappeared, there was still a void in my heart."

Li Guo and his companions couldn't help but look at each other.

It seems that this non-existent restaurant is the next part of the game.

They must complete the exploration mission of this restaurant to obtain information.

Everyone couldn't help but feel relieved at this moment. They finally got some clues, so their trip was not in vain.

"Okay, Grandpa, we will try our best to find that restaurant and help you check for the old lady's whereabouts." Su Yuening said very politely.

Just as they were about to leave, Bai Wan came out of the kitchen, having kicked all the empty cans in the kitchen into pieces.

He had also heard the previous conversation, and he walked up to the old man with some curiosity, then took out a large gold coin from his pocket.

Then he said, "Grandpa, we won't do the mission. How about I exchange this gold coin for your information?"

The system says that Bai Wan's gold coin can be used to bribe NPCs, but I don't know if it works.

At this moment, everyone was staring blankly at the gold coins in Bai Wan's hand, not understanding what his family was trying to do.

How can you just not do this task? It concerns the other person's spouse.

That’s thirty years of love…

And then, Li Guo and other players were stunned to see the old man looking at the big gold coin with his eyes shining. Then he took the gold coin in his hand, opened his mouth and bit it with his teeth.

Then the old man put the gold coins in his pocket, and the serious look on his face disappeared, replaced by a kinder smile.

He smiled and said, "Oh, you are thoughtful, young man. Okay, if you find it troublesome, then you don't have to go to that restaurant. It's too far. You don't have to go to look for my wife. The dead should live in memory. People should always live in the present. Come on, I will tell you the information."

Su Yuening: “…”

Li Guo: “…”

Zhang Xueruo: “…”

The players' eyes widened when they heard the old man's shameless words.

Especially Li Guo.

Damn it, you said something so sad just now that I almost cried, and now you give me this.

Didn't you say you've been in love for 30 years? Didn't you say you felt empty inside? Is your emptiness a gold coin?

But Bai Wan smiled and said, "That's right, old man. Be more open-minded and don't always live in the past."

"Hey, young man, you are right. It's just that no one has ever enlightened me. My wife has always hoped that I would step out of her shadow and live a good life. Now your actions have completely enlightened me, an old man." The old man and Bai Wan had a good chat.

Su Yuening's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help but complain: "It wasn't Bai Wan who woke you up, but the gold coins in his hand.

Bai Wan looked at the old man in front of him who was constantly stroking the gold coins, and was also very satisfied with the effect of the gold coins.

At this moment, he doesn't even need his wife's belongings.
Bai Wan also looked at the old man with some interest. This was too realistic.

However, this way you can forcibly skip a process and go directly to the next process.

Of course, this is not the main purpose. The main purpose is to verify whether this method can work.

After all, the non-existent hotel sounds like a rather dangerous and strange place, and entering it should give you a lot of exploration points.

So if you can really find this hotel, you should go in and explore it.

Of course, now that this link has been omitted, a lot of time has been saved, and the main line can be entered faster.
As for this old man, there is no need to pity him. Since this is the main quest, his actions have already led to the deaths of countless players and villagers who wanted to leave.

Whether they want news about their spouse or want something else, sending everyone to this obviously scary hotel will result in the same result.

Then, the old man pointed out the window and said, "The cactus in front of me has always been placed in this position. If I remember correctly, from where I was sitting, the girl should be about a palm's distance away from the cactus."

As he spoke, the old man began to gesture with his palm towards the cactus in front of him.

Zhang Xueruo leaned over to take a look at the approximate location, and then walked outside alone. She first found the approximate location, and then, under the guidance of Bai Wan and others in the house, she approached the location indicated by the old man.

"Okay, stop here! This is almost it."

Li Guo looked at the position where Zhang Xueruo was standing now, and it was completely overlapping with the old man's palm.

Bai Wan and others also came out of the house with four shovels and walked over.

The three of them came to where Zhang Xueruo was standing, picked up the shovels in their hands and started digging hard.
It was much easier with a rough idea of ​​the location, and after digging for about two or three minutes, they were delighted.

clang--

A somewhat dull sound came from under Su Yuening's shovel.

"Hurry, come here! Let's dig it out together!" Su Yuening said excitedly.

Several people each took a shovel of soil, and within a few minutes they dug out a wooden box.

The players couldn't help but show joy on their faces. They brushed off the dust on the box and then opened the very old wooden box.

creak-

The contents of the wooden box were revealed, and inside was a sketchbook and…

A gold coin?
Seeing this, Li Guo and others couldn't help but twitch their lips again.

How come Bai Wan’s gold coins are even in the clues to the key mission? Are your gold coins omnipresent?

Bai Wan was very surprised and said: "Thank you everyone, thank you everyone, thank you for your support."

Then put the gold coins in your pocket.

I never thought that gold coins could be found in this treasure chest.

Then Bai Wan curiously opened a picture book beside him, which contained some childish cartoon drawings.

The scene inside is a little girl standing on the beach. Across the sea is a mirage, and inside is a dreamy and beautiful forest with lush trees and various colorful flowers.

Bai Wan frowned as he looked at the dreamy painting. He raised his hand thoughtfully and wanted to turn to the next page, but was interrupted by Su Yuening.

The look in his eyes was extremely alert, as if he was saying, "Don't touch it with your hands, or you'll destroy the key clue again."

Bai Wan felt very aggrieved when he saw Su Yuening's vigilant eyes. It wasn't like he always had bugs, so this furry monster just knew to be on guard against him.

Su Yuening pulled the aggrieved Bai Wan behind her and started flipping through the album instead of Bai Wan.

The content of each page is almost the same, also a picture of a little girl and a mirage.

As the girl grows taller, the scenery of the mirage keeps changing.

This seems to be a story about a little girl growing up with a mirage.

Moreover, the mirage in the picture looked very beautiful and dreamy, not as scary as it is today.

This little girl should be Chu Xuan, right?

So what is the meaning of this painting? It seems that this girl is not afraid of mirages, and seems to see through the picture...

Girl has a slight fondness for mirages?
Thinking back to what my second uncle once said, mirages only appear after a girl is born.

So does this painting illustrate some connection between the girl and the mirage?

And the mirages at that time seemed very dreamy, not as scary as they are now.

The girl and Mirage have a good relationship, which is good information.

At the same time, the exploration value also reached 40%
Bai Wan and the others also looked delighted, as it seemed that the picture they found was a very crucial prop.

This trip to the beach was not in vain.

Of course, it was all thanks to Bai Wan that things went so smoothly.

Everyone couldn't help but look at their family again.

This abstract family can even bribe NPCs, and the gold coins that burst out of the jars have this effect.

But didn’t this gold coin explode from the old man’s house?
How come it was used to bribe him?
Li Guo and others looked strange.

Using other people's gold coins to bribe them reminded them of the illogical RPG games they played when they were children.

Those games always inexplicably and unreasonably enter other people's homes and take away treasure chests.

"Now that we have obtained the clue, shall we go back for the time being?" Zhang Xueruo looked at the beach. The beach is very unsafe now. It is possible that a mirage will be generated again at any time.

"Wait a minute, there's something under the wooden box." Su Yuening's eyesight was better, and she suddenly saw a yellow sticker at the bottom of the wooden box.

Bai Wan picked it up curiously.

There was a puppet drawn on the sticker, and then the system popped up a prompt about it.

[Prop name: Puppet imitation sticker
Category: Ordinary game props

Effect: Can be attached to any character, making the character perform the same actions or behaviors as you. 】

It turned out to be a game prop.

After seeing this prop, everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

They didn't think of sticking to the character and making the same movements as themselves. What's the use of this ability?

"The effect doesn't seem to be particularly strong. I thought it was some good treasure." Zhang Xueruo said with some regret.

Li Guo shook his head with experience and said, "Your thinking is wrong. That's why this prop may be very important. Maybe it is an important prop."

Bai Wan also nodded.

Some key items are used to complete the game, such as the locator in his initial ghost ship copy, which is used to locate non-existent rooms.

Even though my own ability was blocked, I couldn't use it.

After some discussion, everyone gave the puppet sticker to Bai Wan for safekeeping, after all, he was the captain of this operation.

Moreover, Bai Wan was able to obtain this information by bribing NPCs.

"Let's go. Let's go back before the mirage appears again." Li Guo couldn't help but say.

"Wait a moment, I have something else to do."

(End of this chapter)