Chapter 389 Single Line Operation
Chapter 389 Single Line Operation

"Brother Bing, I'm here." Taiyi's voice rang in my ears, and he spoke to me at an extremely fast speed. "Thirty-two seconds shielding limit."

"City map, currency, list of available weapons and their locations, prepare the hard drive to go to the mainframe room, and be ready to communicate with Noah's Ark at any time."

"Received. Maps and lists will be ready soon. Reading time limit 21 seconds. It's too late to model the currency. I will go to the main computer room in two hours to connect with Cocoon and Noah's Ark. Do you need to copy the data?"

"Test. All of them as much as possible." While looking at the map and weapon list that appeared out of thin air, I quickly wrote down the coordinates and routes of the buildings in different colors.

"Understood. The shielding countdown is seven seconds. Brother Bing, be prepared to accept the backlash of Noah's Ark. I wish everything goes well..."

Beep, beep, beep…

Buzz... Boom!!
As soon as the busy tone sounded, the ground around me began to crack, and vines quickly waved towards me. It was the punishment of Noah's Ark.

That's right, the cough and wave just now were actually me signaling Taiyi. And he could naturally observe my situation from the outside. After all, he was also the developer of this cocoon game. It was not difficult for him to find a loophole to break in, but he needed to compete with Noah's Ark in speed. Thirty seconds was already his limit in a short time. From the beginning when I entered the game and found that something was wrong, Taiyi had already found an unmanned computer room, created an ID to link the entire cocoon program, and began to monitor me. For Noah's Ark, it was not a problem for someone from the outside to watch the game, so he did not stop it. But what he could not have imagined was that someone inside the game just coughed a few times, and someone from the outside would receive the information and start invading, and successfully answer the call. I have to say that this time, the silent cooperation with Taiyi can be said to be tacit to the extreme. Although some functions cannot be implemented, getting the map and weapon list is already a great help to me. As for asking Taiyi to call out currency and weapons for me directly, it is basically unrealistic in terms of time. As a price, Noah's Ark began to implement punishment measures against me. The cracking of the earth, the attack of the vines. In the end, it was all about the model. I chose such an open space so as not to be bound by the model. If I were in a building, I might have been buried alive. And these vines and the changes in the terrain did not have much impact on me.

Soon, the ground stopped shaking, and the vines slowly disappeared. Noah's Ark's punishment stopped. After all, he couldn't just kill me for cheating. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to punish me, and he could just deprive me of my game qualification. On the other hand, my guess seemed to have been further clarified. Or maybe he thought that the thirty-plus seconds of blocking and cheating wouldn't change much. In short, after a few minutes of confrontation, everything returned to calm.

I took a deep breath and calmed my breathing. I recalled the map and list that Taiyi had just given me. In fact, I could have asked Taiyi to mark the key plot coordinates, the NPCs who helped the characters, and even the location of Jack the Ripper. But due to the existence of Noah's Ark, he could change all of this at will, and the data and coordinates I knew now would have lost their meaning. Even if I moved towards Jack the Ripper's location in the shielded state, Noah's Ark would have determined my route of action and thus moved the target's location.

However, Noah's Ark cannot change the building map and weapon list that have been set in the module. Even if the module is updated forcibly, the only way to do it is to temporarily let the players go offline. Otherwise, once a data leak is caused and a data sea is formed, all the players inside will suffer. This is not in line with the code of conduct of Noah's Ark. So I dare to bet like this. Bet that Noah's Ark will fully implement its bet.

"Let's go to the casino first." After thinking about it, I decided to get the funds first. Going to the casino is often the fastest way to make money. What's more, in a place like a casino, the thing I'm least afraid of is cheating. You can cheat? I'm better than you. If Noah's Ark interferes, huh. Then how about physical negotiation?

————————————Detective Conan the Movie: Six & The Phantom of Baker Street————————————

After walking a few streets, I finally came to the prosperous section of London. In this era, bars and some service industries were quite developed in London. And this industry has continued to this day without any change. Only the form and status have changed. I pushed open a shop with a wine barrel and poker signs. There were crowds of people inside. It was the most prosperous time. A child suddenly walked in, which would undoubtedly attract everyone's attention.

"Tsk." I couldn't help but click my tongue. Because it was a game setting, the people's gazes here couldn't be countered by the current murderous intent. They simply ignored it. After all, this kind of inner fear is just a sentence for the computer setting. No matter how powerful the artificial intelligence is, it is impossible to simulate the inner fear in the game without contact, unless in specific circumstances, such as being in crisis or facing danger. But for intangible things like murderous intent and murderous aura, the effect is minimal.

"Whose kid is this? Get out!" At the guest table in the bar, a rough man wearing a vest, a leather hat and a big brown beard was yelling at me while drinking heavily and looking drunk.

"Oh, you're so hospitable." I curled my lips. "I'm hungry, so I came here to gamble and earn a piece of bread. Isn't that too much?"

"Whose wild child is so ignorant of the rules? Take the money and get out!" The rough man casually threw a gold coin. It must be said that this Noah's Ark is quite humane, and there is such a role in the bar and casino.

Although this NPC was rude, his words and actions were all for my benefit. He warned me, a child, to leave the bar, and gave me a gold coin. Maybe there was such a project in the game settings. Children who entered these places that were not related to the main storyline would be expelled by this type of NPC. Perhaps the meaning of their existence was to prevent players from running around like headless flies and wasting time.

But... Am I an ordinary player? "Thanks, uncle. I have the money for gambling." I took the gold coins thrown by the burly man.

"You little brat. Come here!" The rough uncle waved at me.

"What? Want to gamble, uncle?" I smiled at the man.

"How much can you bet with one gold coin, you little brat?" the man said with a disdainful smile. At the same time, he gestured to the bartender at the bar. After a while, the bartender came over with a piece of black bread and a glass of milk. "Get out of here after you finish eating. This is not the place for you."

"Uncle, I'm short of money. There are more than a dozen people at home waiting to eat." I cut a piece of bread with a knife, then drank the milk. The taste was almost the same as in real life. The coldness flowing into my stomach also seemed to be real. This was good and smart.

"Kid over there, my newspaper office is short of a few delivery boys. Are you interested in working for me?" A man with a pointed chin and monkey face sitting next to me turned his head and smiled at me.

"What? Is there a hidden branch line?" I was a little surprised by what this "skinny monkey" said. This game is more interesting than I thought. Indeed, you don't have to search for Jack the Ripper yourself. If you gain some status or credibility in a large news organization like a newspaper, it seems that it is not impossible to use the power of the branch line to defeat the main boss.

"Forget it, boss. The money comes too slowly. I'll starve to death before I can even feed my family." I rejected this side quest. Compared to completing quests bit by bit to build reputation, trading is the fastest way.

"Hmph, what are you trying to gamble for? Go home and have some milk!" At a table in the corner, a strong man with his upper body naked, like a coolie, was playing poker while drinking cheap beer. He was also shouting at the table, but it was obviously for me to hear.

"Haha, every penny counts. If you don't want to gamble, shut up. Besides, if you don't have enough money, you can just use other things as collateral."

"You little brat! You'll pay for your rude words!" The sturdy man stood up and walked towards me. At the same time, he threw the wooden cup in his hand at me.

I looked up to avoid the weak blow and stood on the chair. The steel knife I had just used to cut the bread also swung and turned back in my hand.

"Then, increase the stakes. I'm betting my life, and you... are also betting!" As soon as I finished speaking, I stepped on the front edge of the stool. I jumped forward with all my strength, hooked my right hand on the back of the chair, and swung the stool towards the big man. The sudden attack of the chair made him raise his hand to block it subconsciously. With a loud bang, the wooden chair was smashed. The big man also took two steps back due to the huge impact. At the same time, I had already swam to his side, stepped on his thigh, and directly climbed onto his body, hanging on the back of his neck, and the knife in my hand fell less than a centimeter in front of his left eye.

"Now, your life is mine. Any doubts?" I held the big man's bald forehead with one hand and held the knife in the other hand, right in front of the big man. In a flash, a battle with a huge disparity in strength was over. Who would have thought that a child could subdue a strong man in just ten seconds? However, the facts are in front of us. At this stage, if I want to, I can easily insert the knife through his eyes and into his brain.

"No, no more." The big man's pupils kept shrinking at the close steel knife. Even his feet began to tremble. But he didn't dare to move a step, because he knew that if he moved a little, his glasses might not be saved. If he trembled again, his life would probably be gone.

"Not bad." I smiled. It's not that this big guy performed well. It's that, although Noah's Ark is controlling this game, the NPCs still have a high degree of freedom. At least each individual has his own thoughts. This is very difficult to simulate. It requires a huge amount of data accumulation to achieve such a high degree of freedom. Even... have their own emotions. Killing intent cannot cause such an impact, but facing the sharp knife that is about to pierce the eye, this emotion is very humane. Not only him, but even the NPCs sitting around have their own emotional expressions, either panic, surprise, or fear. Or... some excitement of seeing blood.

"So... let's take a gamble?" I patted the big man's head, causing him to swallow his saliva.

"Okay...Okay."

(End of this chapter)