Isolated Island (14)

The Days I Clear Escape Games Pretending to be an NPCCh81 - Isolated Island (14)

The people who came up were a player-NPC duo. The NPC was a young man, and the player was a pretty girl —assuming that their core was actually a girl— with a bob haircut.

She had once appeared in the fish market with the corporate drone player; Ren Yifei has a deep impression of this. LKIFRS

"This land use to be a part of our village," the NPC pointed at a piece of land.

"What was it like?" The player with the bob haircut glanced at Ren Yifei, and seeing that he was harmless, she turned to the NPC.

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"I don't know the specifics, but it is said that it used to be an ancestral tomb. The tomb was moved later when this place was bought, so you don't have to worry," the NPC reassured the player.

Ren Yifei pricked up his ears. These NPCs' personas were fake, and their memories were full of mistakes, but they actually remember that this used to be an ancestral tomb? We8diG

This was a very useful clue.

The fairy town was so big that it took a few minutes to see everything. The NPC and player duo walked towards the top, went into the windmill to enjoy the scenery from high above, and then went down.

"Look at that guy, he's so weird. He keeps piling sand with his cat."

"Yeah, he's probably a freak."

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They walked away while talking.

Ren Yifei looked at the sand in his hand and the three almost identical 'snowmen', "Hello, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, am I a freak?"

"No, you're not," he replied in a choked voice.

"Meow~" the black cat cried: Yes, yes, you are. vrNyh0

Ren Yifei stayed there for a long time, and except for two sealed-off places, he had seen all other areas. It was not until noon that he came down and went to the dining hall to eat.

A bowl of lumpy soup was served for lunch, and hot water was also provided.

However, more people still chose to go to the cold room to get ingredients and make their own food. The relationship between the refugees and the owner of the manor was becoming more delicate.

It was known that there were a lot of locked warehouses here, and the owner of the manor probably had more things in her possession, much more than they knew. OmZjLp

The looters have already tasted the benefits of looting, and once the demons in their hearts were released, it would be difficult to drive them back.

"Why doesn't she give us something nice to eat? Does she look down on us?"

"They suspect what we encountered has something to do with this manor. It was them who destroyed our ancestral tombs."

The refugees whispered, covertly making malicious speculations while eating the food provided by the manor. The harsh language was only temporarily stopped when a staff passed by. lAb3Mt

"If you don't want to eat these, maybe you can consider catching some seafood," The violinist appeared behind them and spoke with a soft but sarcastic voice.

"People will die!" A refugee looked at him as if he was looking at the devil, "There are monsters in the water."

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"Yes, yes." Everyone agreed.

The violinist's smile slowly faded, "Then, why don't you guys go to the mountains to find some? Since you don't like these foods, there must be a way to get them yourself, right?" W1bNYU

"But you obviously have it," they unexpectedly spoke as if it was a matter of fact.

Ren Yifei's eyes widened as if he was looking at a group of lunatics. Don't they feel ashamed to be acting so selfishly in public?

"This manor..."

"Curse..." 6LZfz4

"Scary woman..."

"She looks like a..."

Buzz Buzz Buzz, countless sounds entered Ren Yifei's ears, and the violinist's smile completely disappeared.

Ren Yifei was extremely puzzled.

It was as if he was watching a magical stage play where everyone was exaggerated and distorted, human nature became extreme, and all rationality dissipated. This was very abnormal.

Only one morning has passed, but why are the manor's people becoming the target of public criticism? What did they do wrong?

Was it wrong to take them in?

Was it wrong to selflessly provide them with lodging and food?

"Enough!" He slammed his hands on the table, "Are you guys not done yet? Are we now repaying good deeds with animosity? Why don't you go to a mirror and see if you can see a demon? You eat another person's rice yet break their bowl; don't you think it's disgusting?" tRu 4d

"What are you doing? What are you so loud for?" The people around him only felt guilty for a split second before they resumed eating as if nothing had happened, "How confusing, are you showing off your loud voice?"

"It was peaceful and quiet before. He must be a lunatic."

Good, now it was Ren Yifei who needed to be flamed.

"The NPCs' emotions are being stirred up, and they'll soon split into different factions," the corporate drone player was hiding in the crowd and watching the development with a smile, "Everything is under control." d4eYr

"Will this method work? Can it really force that little rabbit to come out?" The bob haircut player hesitated.

"It'll work," the corporate drone player said, "If it doesn't, then we could still draw out the 'ghost', which is also not bad."

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Their voices were very soft and mixed with various other voices. They would not be noticed if no one was deliberately paying attention.

However, it happens that there was someone with particularly good hearing paying attention and listening carefully. BRjq i

"I knew that the players were up to no good. But now is not the time to face them," Ren Yifei thought inwardly while outwardly showing a look of righteous indignation over their unreasonableness on his face.

"I'm guessing that no one is occupying this seat?" Someone appeared in front of him with a bowl of lumpy soup in their hand. Ren Yifei lifted his head and discovered that it was Saman.

"No one," he said indifferently. Displeasure was evident on his face and suppressed anger in his eyes.

Saman sat down and started to eat. The lumpy soup tasted like it was made of bird's nest and shark fin. GAVOMv

"Do you guys think this person has a brain..." the man next to them was still yapping.

Ren Yifei was about to move when Saman reached out and picked up the man's bowl, directly pouring out its contents, "If your mouth just wants to talk and don't want to eat, then I can help you dispose of your food."

The middle-aged man looked at him, and his face instantly became flushed, "You!"

"Am I crazy? A hooligan?" Saman smiled faintly and stuck a dagger into the table, "Yes, I am." LrS sd

Saman's public persona in the Cape of Desolation is that of a gang leader, and he acts very similarly to one.

The middle-aged man stumbled away, and Saman made everyone around him shut up with a charming smile. Ren Yifei was able to enjoy his lunch peacefully.

After lunch, he walked up the mountain with the wooden bucket while Saman trailed behind him, striding forward with his long legs without pause.

"Let's assume this is not me making a fool of myself, but you're following me, right?" Ren Yifei suddenly turned his head, "What's the matter?" iJbpLQ

"I need a local's help," Saman answered straightforwardly.

"I can't help you."

Ren Yifei hugged the cat and directly left. Saman did not chase after him this time and only watched him go.

"You want to work with this NPC?" The glasses girl had passed by and saw everything, "En, he's really good. But I think it's more appropriate to find an older person. And he also doesn't seem to like you very much." FkfvYW

"Have you seen a deer in the forest?" Saman evaded the topic.

"What?"

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"If you were to approach rashly when you're not familiar yet, you'll scare him away. But slowly, over time, he'll come to you," Saman said as he walked away, but instead of going up the mountain, he went down.

The glassed girl reflected over this sentence twice and covered her mouth: F*ck, is he interested in this NPC? YouZy8

Although the people in the Cape of Desolation have no morals —they would take a liking to someone at a glance one second and roll in the sheets the next second— but fall in love at first sight with an NPC? Ah, this is a master of love.

Walking up the mountain, he arrived at the fairy town he had previously visited. The little snowman was still neatly placed in the sandpit, but a few turfs in the grass skiing area were lifted, exposing the compacted yellow soil below.

Has a group of players come?

Ren Yifei did not see the players; it seemed that the group of people had left after checking the area. He was also bored and spent the afternoon making a giant SOS with the white gravel on the side. LWAax8

The drone flying through the sky recorded everything.

"Don't this thing need to be charged?" He shielded his eyes with his hand when looking up at it, "How enviable."

Time became excruciatingly slow when there were no goals or plans.

Feeling bored, he took out the original owner's mobile phone— oh, no, it was 'Gu Xingye's' mobile phone, and rummaged through the records that were still available on the device. 79Waos

He found a certain notepad that had been placed in a very secretive manner.

The earliest entry was about buying a new phone a year ago, and the most recent entry was two months ago when he applied for a name change.

There was not a lot of information about the name change, only about 300 words, and the bulk of it was about how since his parents were no longer in his life, he wanted to decide things for himself, starting with his name.

He wanted to be a meteor, shooting across the sky over the wilderness, and even if it disappeared, at least it was brilliant. dyVmoQ

Gu Xingye? Meteor shooting across the sky?

Ren Yifei finally understood the reason why the skeleton did not respond when he used 'Gu Xingye'. It turned out that the other party had changed his name not too long ago?

So why did that middle-aged man call him 'Xingye' so proficiently?

"Gu Xingye!" MHjB0w

Ren Yifei put away his phone and stood up from the ground, "Who are you?"

It was a stranger, not a player. After seeing that it was only Ren Yifei, he began to recite his lines dryly, "You are Gu Xingye, right? Someone asked me to tell you something. Once you come down, it's best to bring something for self-defence."

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"What?" Ren Yifei was puzzled, "Who asked you?"

The other party shook his head. It was unknown if he did not know or if it needed to be kept a secret. I1fuyc

"En, I see. Is there anything else?"

"No more," he left once he said that.

Ren Yifei thought about it for a while and remembered the fire cabinet next to the windmill tower; there was a fire hatchet in it.

The manor was in chaos. 2BycdI

The people who had eaten the food from the cold room had begun to vomit and have diarrhoea. They got into a fight with the owner of the estate and had some clashes. They even saw blood.

The contradiction between 'have resources' and 'no resources' was expanded.

Ren Yifei had judged that the owner of the manor had no ill intentions towards the food, so to be on the safe side, he only ate the unpalatable steamed buns and lumpy dough. However, not everyone was the same.

Those who ate food from the cold room were punished and were now eyeing the food in the hands of the manor's owner. EeTjZp

For the time being, and only for the time being, they would not steal. This was because they were still under the restrictions of being in a civilised society and believed rescue would come and return them to their ordinary lives.

The days in the manor were too peaceful, and now the danger has finally revealed its true colours— it was targeting people's will.

Their will could not stand against the trail, and once it was ignited, they would burn.

"..." The dining hall was in complete disarray when Ren Yifei came down with a fire hatchet. Things were much more severe than in the morning. Not only was the table overturned, but the kitchen was also a mess. The staff were cleaning up, but he still saw blood. VCIeXu

"Who's hurt?" He went over and tried to help but was turned down.

The violinist, who was still smiling at him that morning, looked at him indifferently, "I hope you can stay away from here."

"I'm sorry," he did not know what he should be sorry for.

"It's not your fault. Thank you for everything you did at lunch," the young cook came over and brought a bag of whole grain flour, "This is all that's left." 3wbqIe

"No, I have enough. You guys should eat them," Ren Yifei turned around and ran out.

He left the dining hall while lost in thought and returned to the mushroom house, discovering that many people were holding coarse-grain flour or cracked coarse-grain steamed buns. Each person had a small bag with them.

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"Where did these come from?"

"The owner of the manor said that it was necessary to distribute the food in the end, so she prepared some for everyone," the refugee replied while carefully guarding the food in their hand. dyaUDl

Ren Yifei sat in the corner. He wanted to say: It was not the owner of the manor who let them eat the food from the cold room; they had stolen it and only had themselves to blame.

But what was the use in saying that? When people are immersed in their own self-interests, they can temporarily abandon all their principles and concepts of right and wrong.

They might not be unaware of it, but they would not admit it.

And do they really think it was a good thing to distribute food now? lpdwHn

It could be a good thing for someone who has the ability to protect or increase their assets. But it was not good at all for those who were powerless to protect their assets.

If the food were distributed evenly for every meal, everyone would be the same, and they would not die even if they were not full. But now that it had fallen into everyone's hands in advance, it may look like everyone is equal, but in fact, they were now following the law of the jungle.

The food will be redistributed over the next two days, and the weak will be targeted.

No, perhaps the fight has already started. It does not have to wait until two days later. 45dlhy

Next to him was Saman, who had his long legs stretched out and his eyes closed.

"Thank you," Ren Yifei whispered.

Although he did not have any evidence, Ren Yifei knew that he was the one who sent the person to pass on the message. Many people were staring at the big rucksack on his back when he came down just now, and if it were not for the hatchet in his hands, it would be hard to say how it would end.

"En," Saman still had his eyes closed, as if falling asleep, but a small smile appeared on his face. n0gwAB

Ren Yifei also lay down, holding the rucksack tightly with both hands. A rope was looped through the zippers' hole and tied together in a tight knot, and the straps were wound around Ren Yifei's body in reverse.

He was afraid that someone would rob him while he was asleep.

Although there was a vigil in the mushroom house, however... if it concerns one's life, it would be tough to entrust it to someone fully.

"No need to be so skittish, just rest well," Saman, who was 'sleeping', spoke. G2Rdcs

Ren Yifei choked: He didn't even open his eyes; how did he know that he was skittish?

However, when Ren Yifei casually glanced around, he found that Saman really did not properly store his belongings. His rucksack was casually placed next to the pillow without any other percussion; this a vastly different from the attitude of everyone else in the mushroom house, who wanted to transform into a safe.

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"Aren't you afraid of waking up in the middle of the night and finding that all of our things are gone?"

"What are you afraid of? I'll make them return whatever they took," Saman slowly opened his eyes, "I can help you." 5EKGSm

"..." Ren Yifei turned around with his rucksack in his arms and his back to the other party, "No need."

A low chuckle sounded behind him.