Tokyo underground city

Chapter 202 Daytime Thief

Lin Huai'en always felt that the fire in "Shadow Forest" burned away something that had always been rooted in his and Yuan Ximu's hearts.

Being idle and bored, he turned out "Gasoline" that had been playing on a loop during the lowest period of Yuan Ximu's life.

If the song title is literally translated, it is "Gasoline".

Just like the title of the song, the whole song is full of "self-destructive" emotions.

Perhaps just like Shen Wanshan, the girl also considered suicide when she was most frustrated in her life.

She was shrouded in the shadow of "Sunset Xixue" and had nowhere to escape. Then her parents and classmates forced her to have very little living space left, and she could only hide in a small bedroom alone.

In order to fight against the constriction and narrowness of real life, she chose the online world and used her best acting skills to gain a living space.

"The identity of an actor is both a source of pain for her and a tool she uses to escape reality."

Lin Huai'en was thinking about the existence called "Sunset Xixue".

"Just like Mr. Shen who used 'photography' as an excuse, she only used 'live streaming' and 'studying acting skills' as a reason to escape."

"Faced with 'Sunset Xixue' hiding in her own private space, neither her parents nor her fans can do anything."

"Because she can only choose to 'move forward' or 'stagnate'."

"Sunset Xixue" is a pure and perfect existence, which is the understanding and dream of fans. However, all they can do is remember the "Sunset Xixue" of the "present" and the "past". They cannot imagine and have no way of knowing what the "Sunset Xixue of the future" will look like.

"'Xiyang Xixue' can only be 'Original Ximu'."

"If she herself doesn't choose to let the 'Snow Fairy' grow, then 'Sunset Xixue' will really be dead."

Therefore, Yuan Ximu chose to face the shadow.

Choose to face the self that constantly compromises with reality.

"If I can't even like the real me, how can I openly say it to others——"

"Am I 'Sunset Xixue'?"

Lin Huai'en couldn't help but feel a little amused when he looked at the girl chatting in front of the camera on the Douyu channel.

Although he was a little nervous and stiff, he was indeed the "Sunset Xixue" he was familiar with.

On the camera, she is chatting with people about various coffees and editing techniques, as well as school and daily life.

The content in the video was taken from the live broadcast, and she began to show her audience the live scenes of various shooting scenes.

Facing Xiyang Xixue's live broadcast, the normally fierce producers and directors could only greet her with a pleasant face.

Even the patience when communicating with the actors about acting skills increased a lot out of thin air.

“And this may be the point of live streaming – we can expose more ‘truth’ to the sun.”

"Let the sun shine into the details of everyone's lives that videos and news cannot take into account."

When the "sunlight" shines deep into the forest, will the "shadows" be reduced?

Lin Huai'en didn't know, but he just hoped so.

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"Anyway, no matter whether my live broadcast is effective or not, I will show the 'more real' dungeon in front of everyone!"

A few days later, Yuan Ximu called Lin Huai'en to the cafe.

She really likes drinking coffee, which is obviously not good for her health.

Lin Huaien sighed and looked at the two new skills she showed to herself——

"Qiang Qiang Qiang——"

The girl photographed the two new skills she had acquired at level 25 and level 30 in front of Lin Huaien: "Level 25 skill [Thought Imprint] and level 30 skill [Cognitive Filter]!"

"With [Mind Rubbing], I can burn what happened in the spiritual world into the relic crystal."

"The [Cognitive Filter] can help me avoid restrictions on blood and violence and live broadcast on a more popular platform like Douyu!"

"Live broadcast on a more public platform?" Lin Huai'en frowned, noticing the details in the girl's words.

"Yes!" Yuan Ximu nodded, "Think about it, if my live broadcast is to show more people the scene deep in the dungeon, then what is the use of my live broadcast on Wilderness House?"

"The Wilderness House is full of explorers. Even without my live broadcast, they still know what kind of place the dungeon is!"

Yuan Ximu continued: "However, Douyu is different. The audience here are ordinary people. They are more curious about dungeons, know less about dungeons, and are more ignorant!"

"It's just that there are live broadcast restrictions on Douyu, and you can't broadcast anything too violent and bloody, so I haven't been able to do anything about it!"

The girl put her hands on her hips with some pride and pointed at the [Cognitive Filter]: "But with the [Cognitive Filter], I can make the real battles in the dungeon become light effects, and even turn our The face changes into someone else’s, and it looks like you are playing a game, so you can move the live broadcast room to Douyu!”

With that said, Yuan Ximu took out a crystal core from her arms, wiped it on her face in front of Lin Huaien, and suddenly turned into a strange cat lady with cat ears.

"How's it going? Isn't it cute?"

Yuan Ximu clenched her hands into fists and gestured to Lin Huai'en: "Meow, meow, meow?"

Lin Huai'en noticed that many people in the cafe had noticed what was going on here.

Yuan Ximu also continued to maintain the effect of [Cognitive Filter] unceremoniously and sat down: "This skill consumes very low magic power and can affect the effects seen by all live broadcast viewers, so I am ready to leave Wilderness House. Live broadcast on Douyu.”

"That's why you just left the mess of 'Maid Head' there and ignored it..."

Lin Huai'en couldn't help but shook his head, and suddenly thought of something: "By the way, only one real-name authentication account is allowed on Douyu, right? What are you going to do with your Xiyang Xixue account?"

Unexpectedly, Yuan Ximu looked at him with wide eyes, her red eyes changed by the cognitive filter becoming big and shining——

"What do you need to say? Of course you have to use your ID card!"

The girl ignored Lin Huaien's surprise and continued to speak loudly: "It's better! You should hurry up and register an explorer team! The Shangcheng Association has been urging us. If we don't register the team well, it will be inconvenient for them to give us rewards. !”

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Lin Huai'en never sent an invitation to Yuan Ximu to join the team, and the girl never urged him.

But when the "Day Thieves" team was established, she naturally took the application form and filled in her name in the deputy captain column.

Even the name of the team "Day Thieves" was given by her.

Lin Huai'en was about to name the team "Star Reachers", but he was disliked by the counter girl of the association's [Control Department] and Yuan Ximu.

"This kind of name has been ruined for a long time, okay?"

Yuan Ximu complained vigorously, and the lady at the counter nodded vigorously to express her agreement.

In the end, Yuan Ximu gave Lin Huaien two choices, namely "Day Thief" and "Black and Red Joke", both of which were gothic names full of maid style.

But it has to be said that the second grade has the advantage of the second grade. At least when applying for a team name, it can be passed once and there is no need to modify it repeatedly.

"If you want to apply for Star Reacher, you have to add at least a three-digit number."

After receiving the application form, the lady at the counter did not forget to give Lin Huai'en a touch-up.

"Okay, okay, I understand. I'm really sorry that I only have this level of naming skills!"

Lin Huaien raised his hands in surrender.

Yuan Ximu, who was standing aside, was still a little angry, and muttered: "Isn't it bad to 'Black and Red Joke'? Such a cool name, just as cool as 'Blood-Hand Human Slaughter'! Why did you just choose it?" Where’s the ‘Daytime Thief’?!”

However, Lin Huai'en shook his head and said, "You came up with the team name for the live broadcast, right? Which one do you think is more likely to attract the general audience, 'Black and Red Banter' or 'Day Thief'?"

"At least... thieves in daylight are not objectionable... the images of 'day' and 'thief' are more specific than 'black and red' and 'joking'..."

The girl sighed and seemed convinced by Lin Huaien.

After registering the team name, the two went to the [Training Department] to fill out the firearms license application form. It takes two days to go through the process, but with the temporary application form, you can already go to the [Welfare Department] to claim the rewards issued by the association to two people.

"The contribution points have been distributed to you, but this part of the contribution bonus will be deducted. After all, you caused too much damage in the Forest of Giant Trees, and you have to use it to compensate for the association's shortfall."

The director of the Welfare Department was a stern man holding coffee. He walked to the cabinet on the side, opened the combination lock, took out a long-handled weapon box, and placed it in front of Lin Huaien and Yuan Ximu.

"The main body of "Mind Image Weapon", "Star Deer Forest", is a wooden shotgun, which can fire various grenades normally. In addition, it can also fire three special "Mind Image" bullets."

At the minister's signal, Lin Huaien opened the weapon box and took a look.

A twisted weapon that looked like it grew from the vines and trees of a dark forest lay inside the box.

Just putting his hand on the gun body of "Star Deer Forest", its detailed performance immediately appeared in Lin Huaien's mind.

"Star Deer Forest"

"Concrete Weapon of Mental Image"

"Weapon Type: White Night"

"Weapon Description: A shotgun grown from trees. It can fire various normal-sized 12-gauge shotguns. In addition, it can use three special bullets - "Star", "Deer", and "Forest" . 》

"Star Bomb" will explode after hitting the enemy. The attack trajectory is very stable and the effective range exceeds 70 meters. 》

"Deer's Bullet, a diffusion bomb, will corrode after hitting the enemy, and plants and fungi will grow from the wound. If left alone for a long time, it will grow into trees." 》

"Forest Bullet" can launch a catching net with an effective range of 30 meters. It is composed of shadows, has a strength of 750, and a duration of three minutes. 》

"Each of the above bullets can be used once every three days, or filled with mental power. 》

"The mental power consumption of each bullet is: Star Bullet, 450; Deer Bullet, 250; Forest Bullet, 350. 》

"It's not a pure mental attack weapon... I heard that the "Abnormal Body" of the mental system usually drops mental attack weapons, so I don't have much hope..."

Lin Huai'en looked at "Star Deer Forest" and said with some surprise.

But the minister actually nodded: "Yes, there is a switch next to the trigger. You can turn it."

Lin Huai'en was a little surprised to find a seemingly inconspicuous twig next to the shotgun, and turned it around.

The next second, "Star Deer Forest", which originally gave people a dark and heavy feeling, suddenly changed its style and became light and ethereal.

"people"

"Heart Image Concrete Weapon"

"Weapon Type: White Night"

"Weapon Description: A shotgun grown from trees. It cannot fire shotguns. It can only use a special kind of psychic bullet-"Human". 》

"Human Bullet: Psychological attack bullet, after hitting the enemy, it will consume the enemy's mental power. When the mental power is zero, the enemy will fall into hallucination or panic state until fainting. 》

"Human Bullet Damage Intensity: 50." 》

"Spiritual power consumption: 100. 》

"This is... a non-lethal weapon?!"

Lin Huai'en looked at the description of "Human Bomb" and opened his mouth in surprise.

"Yes." The Minister of Welfare nodded: "After switching to the "Human Bullet" mode, you can no longer fire conventional bullets. You should pay attention."

"What if there are physical bullets in the gun chamber when switching to "Human Bullet"?"

Yuan Ximu was beside him and asked curiously.

Lin Huai'en, who was touching "Star Deer Forest", nodded proactively: "In that case, only "Human Bullets" will be fired. Only after switching to "Star Deer Forest" mode can we continue to fire live ammunition."

The minister nodded: "Yes, the most special thing about "Mind Image Embodiment Weapons" is that there is no need to learn skills specifically for these weapons. You can use them as long as you get them. But because of this, every "Mind Image Embodiment Weapon" "Weapons" are all precious relics of at least level two or above. If you don't have enough strength to protect it, it will only be targeted by other high-level explorers, so I suggest you not to expose its existence."

Lin Huaien nodded and locked the weapon box again: "So, after I get the firearms license two days later, I will get my own unlocking certification card?"

"Fingerprints are also OK." The Minister of Welfare pointed to the various authentication devices on the weapon box: "As long as you open it on the ground, the alarm will be triggered - don't try to pry it open by hiding in a place without wireless signal, management The firearms and weapons department is [Astrological Platform], they use dungeon technology, and there is currently no good way to shield them from prying eyes."

The astrological platform...this is the second time it has appeared.

Lin Huai'en nodded and said, "Okay, please."

The Minister of Welfare shook his head and said with a smile: "You're welcome, our 'Dungeon Association' is originally the rear support for you explorers...'Team of Thieves in the Day', I have a hunch that we will often be there in the future Deal.”

Lin Huai'en was stunned for a moment, not understanding why he said that.

It wasn't until he walked out of the Welfare Department and passed the hall at the entrance of the association that he noticed that almost all the explorers in the hall were raising their heads to talk about the name that suddenly popped up on the Changying Downtown Association team record list——

"Day Thieves Team, three-star and a half crown kill?!"

"Where did such a group of fierce people come from?!"

"Three-star half-crown kill... If I remember correctly, this is an honor that can only be obtained by killing three anomalies and assisting in killing one anomaly, right?!"

"There have only been a total of ten anomalous bodies in our dungeon. Where did this team come from to kill so many anomalous bodies in one go?! The West Wind Chapter?!"

"The West Wind Chapter only had four kills before! And after the "Shadow Forest" incident, the association readjusted the record, and they only had three kills left!"

Damn...

Lin Huai'en looked at each other and the girl next to him, quickly opened the Wilderness House, and checked his team's record——

[Honorable Kill (Crown)]

["Silver Queen", "Perfect Flower", "Shadow Forest\