Showbiz Escape

Chapter 2 City of Zombies 02
Nearly 80% of the game maps in the system are based on real entertainment scenes, in order to allow every player to be on the scene and get the most extreme experience.

For example, the TV station in City C in this game is a breeding ground for countless popular variety shows and hit dramas in reality, and a risk zone that accommodates hundreds of zombies in the game.

This is nothing more than the most common round in the [Vanity Fair] system.

And at this very moment, Wen Zhuo was walking into City C TV station with a baseball bat brought in from a roadside sporting goods store.

The map on the watch indicates that her target customer is here, and the distance is getting closer.

The so-called target customer means the client who pays her to assist in customs clearance. The asking price for this order is 200 million.

Here are her latest discounted prices.

She went up to the third floor along the stairs. During the period, she deliberately avoided the zombies wandering in the building in order not to startle the enemy.

Until the watch showed that the distance between her and the customer was only 50 meters, and the other party was at the other end of the corridor.

Under the dim light, the door of the studio was suddenly slammed open, and then a beautiful girl ran out like crazy, followed by four or five ferocious zombies with teeth and claws.

The girl ran towards Wen Zhuo. Wen Zhuo squinted his eyes to identify carefully, and confirmed that this was his client.

Zhao Meitong, who plays the heroine in a small production online drama, plays the female supporting role in a big production star drama, and has been involved in an affair with a certain traffic niche, a tepid third-tier actress.

Seeing that Zhao Meitong was close in front of him, and the speed of the zombies behind was not too fast, the two sides opened a distance of about ten meters.

Wen Zhuo grabbed Zhao Meitong's wrist, pulled it backwards, and then swung a baseball bat, hitting the head of the zombie in the front.

This thunderous blow immediately dented half of the zombie's head, and the dirty brains flowed all over the ground.

She flew up, and the moment she kicked another zombie on the left, she decisively hit another stick with her backhand, and opened the zombie on the right as well.

Don't look at her looking weak, but in fact her agility and strength are beyond imagination. She moves smoothly and directly hits the vital points, and solves this group of guys who are in the way in minutes.

When the crisis was resolved, she held out a bloody baseball bat and extended her hand politely. The opening remarks were very official.

"Miss Zhao, right? Hello, I am the bounty hunter you entrusted this time, I hope we can get along well."

Zhao Meitong had a surprised expression on her face, and after a while, she took her hand in disbelief.

"Your nickname on the forum is..."

"[not fond of cold wine]."

"Then your code name is..."

"Ace of Hearts."

Zhao Meitong got an affirmative reply, and gasped on the spot.

"How is it possible? Shouldn't the Ace of Hearts be the most comprehensive among the bounty hunters? Why is it such a young girl?"

"The comprehensive strength of a bounty hunter is judged according to the completion of our performance. It has nothing to do with gender. I currently have a success rate of 92% in bringing clients, so I deserve this title." Wen Zhuo glanced at the other party, smiled coldly, "Of course, if Ms. Zhao is not satisfied with my gender, she can also choose to unilaterally terminate the contract and entrust a male hunter to take you after the next match—but the deposit will not be refunded."

After she finished speaking, she turned around to leave, but Zhao Meitong grabbed her nervously before taking two steps.

Zhao Meitong explained quickly: "No, no, you misunderstood. I have no intention of terminating the contract. This game is very important to me. It may be related to whether I can win the big IP that I have been talking about recently. Otherwise, I wouldn't entrust Ace of Hearts!"

"I don't care about the others. I only care that the two sides cannot achieve mutual trust, which can easily affect my performance. I don't want to take this risk."

"I trust you! Why don't I trust you if you alone can bring down this group of zombies?" Zhao Meitong quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I just asked casually. I shouldn't have gender bias. Can you listen to everything?"

In fact, Wenzhuo didn't really want to leave. In their line of business, it was very important to ensure the obedience of customers in the game. Therefore, it was necessary to grasp the other party's psychology, so as to prevent the customers from making their own decisions and causing side effects and delaying the progress of the game.

So she nodded kindly: "It's rare that Ms. Zhao is sincere, this is the best."

"Then can you take me out of this ghost place quickly?"

Wen Zhuo casually pushed open the door of an office next to him, searched around the room, but found no powerful weapons, and finally picked out an umbrella with a pointed top, and handed it to Zhao Meitong.

"Take self-defense, follow me closely later, don't fall behind."

Zhao Meitong nodded sharply: "Okay, okay!"

At this moment, the watches of the two vibrated at the same time, and the system sent a reminder for the next stage of the task:
[The location of the weapon supply box on the map has been updated, please go there by yourself. 】

[The main task has been released, please click to select the clearance conditions: A. Find the serum antibody of No. 0626 in the underground laboratory of Jingtai Road; B. Go to Qingfeng Building to rescue the trapped Professor Li; C. Keep the children stranded in the library of the Experimental Primary School Send to safe area. 】

There is no doubt that any of these three routes will be difficult.

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At the same moment, in a shop in a certain internet celebrity food street in City C, 24-year-old singer-songwriter Li Qin just smashed two zombies to the ground with a chair.

Of course, he didn't smash it himself, someone helped him smash it together.

Panting, he threw the chair away and thanked the man next to him.

"Thanks to you, brother, how do you call it?"

"My surname is Ye, Ye Lingchuan." The young man casually dragged the fallen zombie aside, raised his head and said with a smile, "You probably don't know me, but I know you."

"you know me?"

"Yes, weren't you the champion of "Battle of Sounds of Nature" last year? I have watched all your competitions, and I especially like the song "Falling Tenderness" you sang in the semi-finals." Ye Lingchuan said, seeming a little embarrassed, "I I seldom speak on the Internet, and because of you, I even opened a trumpet to scold Zhang Heng's fans."

Zhang Heng is the runner-up of "Battle of Sounds of Nature", and he and Li Qin are both talented and arrogant. The two have not been able to deal with each other in the show, and the competition for follow-up resources is fierce. Scolding wars occur frequently.

Sure enough, these words hit Li Qin's heart accurately, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"Brother, you have vision. I didn't expect to meet my music buddy here."

Ye Lingchuan held his hand sincerely: "This is the first time I have such close contact with the singer I like. Although we won't remember each other after we go out, at least we can form a team temporarily in the game and treat it as a companion." .”

"Okay! I haven't participated in the game for a long time, and I don't have enough experience. I'm looking for a teammate to strengthen my courage."

The two hit it off, and it happened that the watch vibrated at this time, and the system task reminder also came.

Li Qin stared at the three main line customs clearance tasks, lost in thought.

"So we are going to get the weapon first, and then choose one of the three missions?"

"should be."

"Then which do you think we should choose?"

"It's better to go to the laboratory to find serum antibodies."

"It's fine, anyway, it's the same wherever you go."

Ye Lingchuan agreed with a smile, but after turning around, when his back was facing Li Qin, the smile disappeared quietly and silently turned into indifference in his eyes.

Indeed, it's the same everywhere.

No matter where he goes, Li Qin will definitely die in this game.

Because his client is Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng offered 200 million yuan, asking him to frame Li Qin in the game and get out of the game.

As long as Li Qin is out of the game, affected by the system's punishment mechanism, the company's resources in the next stage will most likely be tilted towards Zhang Heng. Both of them are currently on the rise in their careers, and any step is critical.

Obviously, Zhang Heng is much smarter in this regard, and perhaps there is also an element of advice from his agent.

To be sure, he chose to contact the bounty hunter nicknamed [Chuan Ye] in the forum, code-named Ace of Spades.

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[Vanity Fair] In addition to binding players in the entertainment industry, the system has also selected a group of talented internal staff. They are called bounty hunters. Each of them has a dedicated anonymous account. The profile indicates the skills and fields they are good at. Receive orders in the system forum.

The bounty hunters are further divided into the heart group and the spade group. The heart group is responsible for assisting players in clearing the level, and the spade group is responsible for destroying the player's level.

There are 100 members in each of the two groups. According to the points ranking, the top thirteen will display a special mark on the forum, coded by playing cards from A to K. Except for special circumstances, they basically do not know each other.

Just like Wen Zhuo is the Ace of Hearts and Ye Lingchuan is the Ace of Spades, the two of them have already entered the same round by coincidence, and just now they had to pretend to be unlucky inexperienced guys and enjoy it.

It's really a pity today.

Ye Lingchuan thought, that girl surnamed Wen is really gentle and lovely, if he hadn't got serious business to do, he would be willing to accompany her to clear the game, but now he can only separate from her on purpose.

I don't know if she can pass the level on her own. According to her, if she loses this round, she might be bullied even more in the crew when she goes back--he is too aware of the phenomenon of worshiping the high and stepping on the low in the circle.

Fortunately, bounty hunters are different from players. Even if they leave the game, they still retain the memory of other players in the game.

When he returns to the real world, he still has a chance to find her.

(End of this chapter)