I'm bad, but players love me

"Huh?" Oh no, I've become a devil. Ah Dai in the live broadcast room was confused.

You say it went smoothly, but the undercover mission hasn't even started yet and I've been discovered to be from ELO. It's true that I have the innate physique of an ELO member. Being an undercover is obviously a waste of talent.

But if you say this is not going smoothly, the undercover mission hasn't even started yet, and I just sneaked in.

It turned out to be because of the primary copy. This NPC was too easy to trust the players.

The old lady had no idea that her question would reveal so many things to people. "Hey, I'm old, but my eyesight is still good. Who else but the ELO people would care about me, a dead old woman with one foot in the coffin?"

"Let me tell you, your commander is a really good man. Otherwise, people like me would have died long ago."

Seeing that the two were chatting happily, Ah Dai quickly took the opportunity to ask, "I was out earlier, and I don't know what happened here? Can you tell me about it?"

"What could it be? It's a good thing!" the old lady said excitedly. "Do you know Remus? It doesn't matter if you don't know. We are here to watch ELO execute him. This is really a great pleasure!"

Ah Dai was stunned for a moment.

After listening to Ella's words, her lustful heart faded a little. After all, although she was a two-dimensional person, she still had to have a basic sense of good and evil.

At worst, I can just play with the rag to have some fun later.

However, she felt extremely disgusted when she intuitively felt these ELO members being executed in public, especially when these ELO "believers" were watching the execution next to them like ducks with their necks stretched out.

Chapter 8: ELO is coming

"What are you all doing for a living? I've spent so much money on you, and you can't even collect this little bit of tax? So you want to go to the slums and live a life of hunger with those untouchables, right?"

Remus kicked over the subordinate who was kneeling in front of him. "How can you be such a loser and still have the nerve to live in this world? I am really shocked by your shamelessness."

Then he stopped talking and tried to calm his anger. "Lucky for you, kid. The doctor just told me not to get angry while eating."

The plump lips wrapped around a piece of steak covered with sauce, the thick and sweet sauce stained the corners of the mouth and was licked away casually. The dazzling variety of dishes filled the long square table that could seat ten people for a meal.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he wiped his mouth with a napkin and asked the subordinate who had been kneeling beside him, not daring to change his posture after being kicked, and kept a funny look on his face, "Do you know what you should do?"

"By the way," he said, as if he had suddenly thought of something, "you look quite funny like this. How about I find an artist to draw you next time? This might be the only record you'll have in your life. After all, a portrait costs a lot of money, so don't thank me."

"Mr. Remus." The subordinate's eyes were as obedient as ever, but now they seemed even more dead.

She didn't express her thanks in the usual devout and funny way. Instead, her serious and earnest tone was so strange that it seemed as if she wasn't the one speaking. Yet, she spoke with such certainty, "Excuse me, where are my husband and children?"

"Your husband?" Remus laughed heartily as if he had heard a joke, his towering beer belly rising and falling with his movements. He laughed for a long time, until he had laughed enough before continuing, "You really have a talent for comedy. You are my subordinate, so everything you have belongs to me. Is it possible that you only realized this now?"

"Sir, please forgive my husband no matter what!" She bowed deeply.

She thought about it for a long time, and finally, she figured it out. As long as her husband could come back, everything would be fine.

She knelt for a long time, but at least her husband loved her sincerely. They once swore together under the starry sky:

No matter whether they are poor or rich, healthy or sick, as long as the two are together, no matter how humble their bodies are, their souls will always be noble and belong to each other alone. Even God cannot change this.

"They? They must be dead." Remus impatiently examined his carefully manicured nails under the bright overhead lamp. "You talk too much. Get out of here. Oh, and remember to tell the butler that I want gold patterns on the marble carvings on the ceiling. The current one is too simple."

"I have a name. Even if you don't know it and don't bother to say it out loud, I still have one." The subordinate stood up and pulled a 15-centimeter dagger from his sleeve. He stabbed the alarm light hidden next to the dining table. A dangerous red light enveloped the entire hall. "My name is William. Please remember my name."

"Where are the guards? Are they all dead?" Remus shouted loudly, but his trembling legs as he retreated backward revealed his cowardice.

Suddenly, all the alarms stopped. Soft lights once again illuminated the magnificent crystal-walled hall, and the white stone door, inscribed with strands of gold, slowly opened—it was Yun Shuo.

He was still wearing the black robe that covered his entire body, and the crisp sound of his leather boots touching the ground made Remus' hair stand on end.

Yun Shuo smiled and said, "Mr. Remus, right? Some of your guards have fallen into a baby-like sleep, while others have completely woken up from their dreams."

Standing sideways, behind him stood the guards that originally belonged to Remus. Of course, they were now part of ELO, the new companions of all ELO members.

William stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "Commander. Mission accomplished. All evidence of Remus's crimes has been successfully preserved."

"Very well, I'm sorry to have wronged you, William." Yun Shuo patted William's shoulder affectionately and wiped away the footprints left on his shoulder. "Please believe me, believe in ELO. Everything we worry about now is so that people in the future don't have to worry about it."

Taxation is a troublesome matter, especially when you don't have the heart to take action against civilians, the matter will only be delayed again and again.

William only slept outside for one night. She was even reluctant to spend money to stay in an inn, so she just took a nap in the corner. The money for staying in an inn could buy her family a meal of meat, buy some snacks that the children had been asking for for a long time, or buy her husband a new set of clothes.

With a home, you have hope.

When she returned home holding the wreath she had made for her wife and the snacks she had bought for her children, she had a lot of thoughts in her mind. She thought about her children's joy, her husband's shy smile, and her half-hearted, half-joyful sermons when she told her that she would not stay in the inn but still wanted to buy him clothes.

But there was nothing left at home. Her mind suddenly became empty.

Surrounded by a crowd of onlookers, she simply knelt silently in front of the door of her former home, holding her head.

Without them, would this still be a home?

And now, William straightened up. My love, please forgive me for waking up too late.

The former master was dragged out by his own guards like a dead pig, the magnificent house was burned to the ground, and the granary built to the roof was no longer just filled with fat rats, but also with hungry people.

Remus had oppressed them for too long, but he was just one person holding the power over everyone else.

Initially, Ah Dai thought that this ELO organization was at most an ignorant and undisciplined "bandit den".

She also expressed her understanding of this.

After all, ELO was born in the slums. To put it bluntly, "poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people." Breaking the law and committing crimes are ingrained in their nature. It would be surprising if they really didn't do these things.

But it was a completely different situation when the entire slum was doing the same thing, taking pleasure in the death of another innocent person and treating the bloody execution ground as a pastime in their own utterly boring lives.

The barrage also started to appear.

[Why is this still called "ELO"? It should just be called "Galactic Federation."]

[My blind guess is that their commander not only lives for 13.5 billion years, but also wears twin tails.]

This is especially true for the impoverished. The pressure of survival makes them forget who they are, and their lower level of education makes them more susceptible to deception.

The main thing is that God really exists in our worldview, just like the Trisolarans. Regardless of whether they're good or bad, they really exist. Even materialists have to admit it.

[Don't be entertaining, this is a serious issue.]

Chapter 9: The Holy Body of ELO has arrived, get out of the way

Taking advantage of the fact that the old woman was walking slowly and was still some distance away from the execution ground, Ah Dai simply started chatting with Danmu.

"Just a blind guess. Yun Shuo will definitely betray the ELO organization later. Judging from his modeling, it's obvious that Di Chou wouldn't be crazy enough to give such an awesome model to a mediocre villain. Of course, if he turns out to have a twin brother later on, just ignore what I said."

ELO is indeed like a cult, and so far, it seems to have done nothing good. As for Yun Shuo, since there are players "undercover" in the game, they should be able to be cleansed later.

"That's true, but I still feel sick if he gets involved in any of these things. My mysophobia is quite serious." Ah Dai nodded seriously and emphasized.

[No way, our Ah Dai has developed mysophobia? Who was the one who was so crazy about asking for a rag before?]

[You don't understand. That's what our Ah Dai's second personality said. Our fifth personality is just like that. There's no hope.]

[Don't let Yun Shuo suddenly become the leader of ELO.]

In the center of the slums, a woman with a red face and thick neck shouted loudly: "Everyone, follow the commander's order, we will execute Remus here."

"Spear Technique? As expected of the God of Machinery's territory? I thought it would be something more brutal, like hanging or something."

Ah Dai relied on the fact that he was a player to jump over people's heads and snatched a VIP seat in the front row.

The Remus in front of him looked quite familiar, because he was the only ugly fat NPC in the banquet hall before and was remembered by many people.

After all, you may not have the heart to look closely at something ugly, but you must take a good look at something awesomely ugly.

"I'm William," the red-faced woman introduced herself. "I used to be a member of his tax collection team, but he killed my husband and my child for such a trivial reason: my child accidentally fell in his path."

"I clearly realized that in the eyes of such people, our existence is not even worth a speck of dust. Fortunately, the commander accepted me, and I was able to become a member of ELO."

"A large number of us weren't born poor. Many of us were once commoners, barely making ends meet. But these powerful people don't even want us to live that way. They force us to struggle for survival. Why?"

"Because, if this continues, we won't have the energy to seek more. More freedom, more happiness... These wonderful things have already been monopolized by the powerful, but we must not sit idly by and wait for death."

She raised her arms and shouted, and the people sitting or squatting on the ground all cheered in response.

Ah Dai didn't dare to fully believe what the NPC said.

First, if that was the case, why did Remus look like he was going to die? He was not given any chance to defend himself. All sorts of charges could have been thrown at him.

Secondly, Ella's words were quite credible. And given Dichou's nature, he probably wouldn't play a "players are the villains" reversal; they had to make money.

Third, this kind of talk is too inflammatory, like a pyramid scheme.

So she popped up a dialog box and asked: [So, where is our commander? ]

During the livestream, she had a strange expression on her face. "Brothers, even though it's only been five minutes, I'm already wanting to eat back what I just said. With the power of this pyramid scheme, if I were born and raised in the slums, I could really finish this bowl of chicken soup in one gulp."

As a person with a high level of empathy, he gave a reading lecture in elementary school, cried while buying books and asking for autographs, held a parent gratitude meeting in junior high school, cried so hard that even his mother was embarrassed, and vomited while taking the oath at a swearing-in ceremony in high school.

Not to mention something that really brings tangible benefits, even if you just paint a pie in the sky for her, she will swallow it with tears and even thank you in the end.

A fire of sympathy quietly ignited in Ah Dai's heart. "I've decided. I'm going to save Yun Shuo! If I don't save this poor kid who has such a good family background, who else will?"

At this time, although Ah Dai did not play any background music, the bjm of "The light of righteousness shines on the earth~" had been playing for a long time.

[Here it comes, the unique "rescue the wind and dust" plot is coming. 】

What does "saving the prostitutes" mean? Our Ah Dai is ready to save the poor little ones who have gone astray.

[Care for him meticulously, love him, introduce him to the world again, let him be filled with love for the world and life, then find another anchor to kill Ah Dai, dismember his body and throw it in front of this former little boss.]

【Then, a big boss was born. 】

[Wow, Ah Dai, you died tragically, but there's no time to mourn. The next one to enter the battlefield is the boss with the highest black value - Yun Shuo!]

"Wow, no way, that's too bad." Ah Dai said excitedly, "Then I won't be polite. When Yun Shuo has almost destroyed the world, I will use the top-up to revive myself, and then look at him with a face full of shock and extreme disappointment."

[That's enough. He just wanted to be a boss. What did he do wrong? What's the difference between what you did and killing him?]

【The difference is: we are really cool! 】

William in the game hesitated for a long time before replying, "He cannot show up. This is the commander's decision."

Ah Dai's dialog box immediately popped up, [Can someone who hides his head and shows his tail really lead us to victory? ]

"The Commander became Commander for us. Please don't doubt his motives and be respectful!" William swept his eyes over the man in front of him. "Who are you? Why are you so concerned about the Commander?"

The old lady from before came forward and said, "She's also from ELO. She said before that she just came back from outside, so she doesn't know anything."

"Really?" William narrowed his eyes dangerously. "Then how do you prove it?"

Ah Dai was dumbfounded. "No one told me this, so why do I need to prove it?"

【Reopen it, Ah Dai. 】

[It's okay, Ah Dai, it's just a small mistake, and all progress has been reset to zero.]

There are a lot of people gloating in the barrage.

"I can prove it." Yun Shuo walked out from the back, and people spontaneously made way for him.

William opened his mouth slightly, subconsciously wanting to call "Commander", but swallowed the words back. He said worriedly: "Yun Shuo, this person has been asking about the Commander. Is she really a member of ELO?"

As soon as the system saw the player in danger, it immediately exploded in Yun Shuo's mind, shouting everyone from the host to the ancestors, and now to the Wuji Patriarch, making people dizzy.

If Yun Shuo doesn't come to rescue people, he will be annoyed to death sooner or later.

Chapter 10: A hero saves a beauty?

"She just joined ELO recently. Everyone knows that ELO is not a place to support people. It can't afford it, and it won't support anyone for free. Everyone needs to show their own value, and everyone needs to make a living. So it's no big deal to miss some things, right?" Yun Shuo pulled Ah Dai behind him and explained to William.

"But who can guarantee that she is not an undercover agent sent to assassinate?" William's two thick and short eyebrows drooped down, and even though his facial skin was tanned, the yellowish color underneath could still be seen.

She leaned close to Yun Shuo's ear and whispered, "Please believe I'm not exaggerating. Security has been tightening throughout the city of Kori lately. Every civilian entering or leaving needs to show their ID. A rationing system has begun to be implemented for civilians in the city. It's obvious they're trying to wipe us out!"

If it is rationed according to demand, it is no longer a question of how much money you have, but rather that you cannot buy it even if you have money.

Civilians also need to live, and they cannot give up their chance to survive to others.

This means that if they want to obtain enough food to support everyone in the slums, they must have the medal of the powerful class, and they must obtain it quietly.

The possibility of accomplishing this is close to zero.

This means that when the people in the slums have eaten all their food, they have to face two choices:

1. To put an end to it all, even if the power gap between ordinary people and gods is so huge, we must fight.

2. Surrender, admit that everything he did in the past was wrong, offer all ELO members as sacrifices in exchange for the support of the superiors, and continue to survive.

Yun Shuo looked at the people below whose eyes were full of hope.

It has been a dry season in recent years. Although the fields cannot be said to have yielded no harvest, they did not produce much grain either, and most of the harvest had to be used to pay various miscellaneous taxes.