Chapter 4: Chapter 4: A world of infinite possibilities
Jason also did not know that he had to bring a partner until he arrived at the spot in a hurry. Although his goal for this visit was not the bounty, not being able to get in meant that he might miss the opportunity to meet the little rich girl.
On the way here just now, Jason checked the recent bounty tasks one by one. Although there were indeed many tasks, but there was only this task that issued the bounty afterwards, in other words, both of them participated in the same task.
Jason was looking around near the entrance and the other players had almost all entered the venue. Jason was about to leave and find another opportunity when he saw from afar, near the entrance, someone making a scene.
Two Minotaur securities were stopping a girl from entering.
"Miss, don't embarrass me! There are rules, no one is allowed to enter without a partner, if I let you in, I'll lose my bounty!" One of the Minotaurs said with a strong accent.
"Brother Minotaur, could you please bend the rules a little and let me in, when I collect the bounty, we split it 40/60! What do you think?"
"I am not saying you can not go in, but if you enter alone, it's against the rules of the game and your equipment will be seized by the task issuer on the spot. Look at your equipment, without 10 or 8 thousand savings plus a few years of effort, it is unable for you to get all your equipment, it is not necessary to lose all for so little bonus."
Merry was of course clear about the rules of the game, but once she thought of the high reward mentioned in the notice, she still remained undeterred.
This task issuer seemed to be a rich man, after coming full circle, maybe this last challenge was the highlight.
"Brother Minotaur, why don't you come in with me?" Merry asked, like someone drowning clutching at a straw.
"I already have a dance partner." Minotaur said looking at the other Minotaur next to him who was as strong as himself.
"Brother Minotaur, do me a favor, my dance partner had a car accident and died on the road, I'm all alone, his last wish before he died was to have me come and collect the bounty for us..." Merry cried with sniffles... and full-on snot sobs, her two eyes were like two broken dams, tears gushing out exaggeratedly.
Minotaur "...",
"Who says I'm dead?" Jason walked up the steps from afar, thinking he was handsome, his voice echoing in the middle of the quiet square at the moment. Jason, with his head held high and eyes closed, looked like a prince descending to save his damsel in distress. Jason felt he could definitely trigger the "holy light moment" this time, and his back must be shining brightly at this moment.
This damn suffocating feeling ... Merry did not even dare to turn around to see who was coming.
"Hi bro, can you walk faster, or I'll have to close the door." The Minotaur urged.
"Okay, okay." Jason then stepped up quickly, "I'm her dance partner, sorry, I am a little late."
"I thought you said he was dead?" The Minotaur turned his head and asked Merry, who was still confused.
"Ah... Huh? I mean, the other dance partner, yes, the other one, he's unfortunate." Merry thought for a moment, no matter who this person was and what his purpose was, since the opportunity has now presented itself, she could go in with him and collect the bounty first.
The two Minotaur looked at each other, and let them into the venue anyway.
The venue was exquisitely decorated with a suspended mechanical dance floor, floating quietly in the middle of the venue. There was no host in the venue, and no other organizers were visible. For other players who came in first, some of them already reeled and staggered on the dance floor.
"Who are you?" Merry asked impatiently as soon as she entered the venue.
Jason had no intention of answering properly and said with a glib tongue, "Your dance partner, did you forget that so quickly?"
"If you don't tell me, I'll go back now and you won't get a penny." The noisy echoes of rowdy music and cheers didn't drown out Merry's deliberately muted voice.
"You won't." Jason had just observed for a while, he knew how much Merry wanted the bounty, "Forget about it, come dance!" Jason tugged Merry and squeezed into the middle of the dance floor.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Merry exclaimed as Jason dragged her around the dance floor and danced without any pattern.
Merry stopped refusing and wandered along with Jason's steps.
Merry looked around and asked Jason, "Did you find anything wrong."
Jason looked around him and saw nothing inappropriate, everyone was smiling happily and drunkenly. Wait, drunk, there was no alcoholic beverage spotted in the venue, how could they be drunk, could they have been drugged?
Jason looked to Merry, sure enough, the two came up with the same idea.
Merry pulled out two gas masks from her fanny pack and slipped one to Jason.
"Find out if there are any organs." While putting on the mask, Merry said to Jason.
The two began to observe the venue, the venue was not very large, but very luxurious, the suspended stage above was almost as big as the dance floor below, someone was trying to climb up, but failed.
Merry looked around and didn't find anything strange.
"The dancing machine."
"What do you mean?" Merry asked.
"The dancing machine! I'm talking about the whole venue being one big dancing machine." Jason said excitedly.
Merry looked down at the floor, indeed, with the crowd's chaotic dance steps, the soles of the feet lit up patches of light.
But the music at the venue was very noisy, and it was impossible to hear the rhythm and get the point.
"Close your eyes." Jason said.
"What?" Merry wondered.
"Trust me." Jason looked like he had it all figured out.
Merry listened to him and closed her eyes. Only now did Jason have a chance to see clearly the person in front of him, although it was the image of the figure set in the game, Merry's fair skin, her lotus pink hair, her two bun atop the head, revealed a little playful while elegant. Jason also hurriedly closed his eyes, if he looked anymore, he might lose control.
The two swayed, and after a while, they really gradually found the rhythm.
Merry was a little excited, "Don't stop, keep dancing." Jason seemed to understand the purpose of this dancing machine, which was to make the people who entered the venue dance out of their minds. The other people were fascinated and had long forgotten about their temporary dance partner.
The two danced for a while, and suddenly the music stopped abruptly, and a hole appeared under their feet, before they had time to react, they fell down.
Underneath the feet was unexpectedly a bamboo forest, everywhere was verdant, and in the distance also came a burst of Guqin sound.
The two looked at each other, before they could react, screams came from above their heads, it turned out that the dance floor above was not a suspended stage at all, but a huge pendulum, as long as someone passed the so-called test, the others would be killed. This was a trap, the double bounty was a gimmick, the real purpose was to screen out these people and trick them here to seize by force.
Not knowing what organ was mistakenly touched, Merry and Jason still fell into another trap.
But having come in, it is afraid that there was no way out.
There was no one else in the bamboo forest, and there was a path that curved around to the front. The two braced themselves to walk ahead to the end of the path, where a circular field was vacated in the middle of the bamboo forest. In the middle there was a robot sitting in meditation.
"Life is impermanent, always bear in mind." The robot mumbled.
"Sitting in meditation like a Taoist, but reciting Buddhist sutras, what a heresy ..." Jason chanted.
The robot heard the sound of speaking and suddenly opened its eyes, before the two can communicate, Jason has rushed up.
Both of them hastily pulled out their weapons to defend themselves. The robot indeed practiced two kinds of kung fu, one was Xing Yi Quan, and the other was the Warrior Monk set.
The three fought back and forth for hundreds of rounds. Merry and Jason, working together, were barely able to tie the game. The robot did not seem to be in a hurry to defeat them right away, and its moves were light touches.
Merry immediately found something wrong, she just missed, according to the strength of the robot, Jason would have been beaten down already, but as soon as Merry stopped, it immediately also weakened.
Merry guessed in her mind that this stuff was likely to be strong when it met with strength and weak when it met with weakness.
Merry gave a secret signal to Jason, signaling him to stop, Jason did not know why, after dodging its round of attacks, he also stopped. As expected, once the two stopped, it also immediately stopped and returned to the same place to sit in meditation.
"Life is impermanent, always bear in mind." The robot kept on mumbling.
"Hey, what is this place and how do we get out." Jason asked.
"Not sure." The robot also replied in no good humor.
Jason was speechless and looked at Merry helplessly.
Merry thought for a moment and asked, "Taoist priest, what is this place and how do we get out?"
"Greetings, benefactor, this is the bamboo forest inside the square, please follow me, I will send you out."
As it happened, this guy's attitude depended entirely on how it was treated. Jason was dumbfounded, how could this be possible?
The two followed the robot into the bamboo forest again.
"Excuse me, was it you who held the ball just now?" Merry asked.
"No, someone was looking for a reason to collect money." The robot replied politely.
"Then you are?"
"I am the guardian god of this bamboo forest." The robot was more polite.
The two followed the robot to the depths of the bamboo forest, where there was a well, which looked like a well from afar, and when they got closer, there were a big word written on the mouth of the well: Exit.
Both of them were truly speechless.
"Benefactors, this is the exit, please."
The two hesitated a bit, wondering what was behind this place. But now that there was no other way, before they step out of the door, Jason suddenly turned back, he asked like Merry did: "Taoist priest, please, is there a reward for us?"
"Oh, yes!" Merry and Jason almost dropped their jaws, how could it work in this way! Sure enough, with infinite possibilities.
After the words were said, a considerable amount of bounty really appeared in their accounts, what a ... a low-hanging fruit.
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