A Race to The Top

Ling Xiaolu was panicked, his brain went blank, at a loss, and even forgot how to go offline.

He has avoided many crises by being alert and agile and pretending to be foolish, but he never came so straightforward as the mochi.

Lu Jiu's style of doing things really does not make detours!

Ling Xiaolu pinched the earlobe with his free hand in desperation.

Lubi: Master! Help! !

Li Zheng was transmitted in almost a second, and the small tree house was crowded with three people.

Li Zheng's first sight is also the changed color of the name of the rookie, and he is highly alert.

Ling Xiaolu caught the life-saving straw and was flustered: "Master, I thought he was talking about a black name. I really don't know what he is...if I knew I would not say..."

The expression and tone of his struggling to ask for help explained well what happened in this tree house just now. What a clever person is Li Zheng, who instantly sorts out the ins and outs, with a long-sleeved snake sword in his hand, and starts to the Habitat without a word. attack.

The two men were already evenly matched. How could Lujiu be the opponent's opponent with one hand, and within a few strokes, he had to let go of Ling Xiaolu and use all his strength to confront Li Zheng.

They went from the crowded tree house to the outdoors, claws and swords clanging together, crows and spells flew together, it was difficult to decide a victory or defeat at a time, until the dove called to stop.

"Wait!"

The two stopped their hands at the same time, and then looked around, there was no shadow of Ling Xiaolu.

Lu Jiu was a little stunned by Li Zheng's intervention, and his dissatisfaction was written unabashedly in his narrow eyebrows, making people no doubt that if innocent passers-by pass by at this time, they will surely become the cannon fodder for his anger.

Only then did Li Zheng turn his attention to his face. The appearance of the monk dove has always been a legend in the Magic Continent. Even people who have nothing to do with Li Zheng and indifferent have subconsciously looked at it more.

Lu Jiu and Li Zheng met briefly and realized what the other was looking at.

"Tsk." He smacked his tongue disdainfully, and lazily took the mask back.

"I was willing to be a swordsman by my apprentice." He sarcastically.

"It's better than someone who needs a knife to deal with." Li Zheng replied blankly.

Lujiu put his hands in his pockets and returned to an absent-minded appearance. Just like the moment when the owl is hunting, it will put away its sharp claws after the outbreak, no matter whether it succeeds or not, but no one dares to say that this sleepy appearance is the main body.

"Little brother said he never confessed to the second person, I believe him. Then how did you know? Guessed?"

Li Zheng does not answer.

Lu Jiu knew that he had guessed it correctly: "No wonder, I said that Li Zheng somehow accepted an apprentice."

"I accept him as a disciple, it has nothing to do with his identity."

"Really?" Lujiu shrugged senselessly. "If you say that it has nothing to do, it doesn't matter. Anyway, your relationship is limited to mentoring and apprenticeship."

"What my apprentice doesn't want to do, no one can persecute him."

"If you don't care about your chronic, invisible pressure, it's not persecution."

Lu Jiu sharply hit the nail on the head, and Li Zheng was silent again, as the raging aura secretly flowed between the two.

…

Ling Xiaolu huddled in Dongye, a place where neither of them could get in.

Ling Long went to find out the news and finally came back.

"Fawn, I finally figured out what's going on!"

He told Ling Xiaolu about the information he had collected.

"Munji is the first batch of players in the game's closed beta. He hadn't made an appointment when he bought the peripherals. Soon after the open beta, he had accumulated too much murderous value and remained a black name for a long time.

"Until the company launched the appointment service, he was also the first batch of users to buy rings, but the black name is the name that covers all colors by default, so no one in the game knows that he has upgraded the peripherals.

"Moreover, Yunjiu himself rejected the exclusive customer service provided by the company. The customer service who handled this incident left early. As a result, there are almost no people in the department who know that this account is an appointment account!"

Ling Xiaolu held his head in despair: "Why didn't you find out such an important thing sooner!"

Ling Long was also very aggrieved: "Why should I check the account permissions of Yunjiu for no reason? I will be infected with the bird's breath!"

Ling Xiaolu: "..."

"Then what should I do now? Not only did Lu Jiu know, my master also guessed it, I can't just keep hiding in Ji Meng's house like this!"

Ling Long wanted to say that the most dangerous problem now was not the exposure of his identity, but the untimely bomb tied to his body. Zero didn't know what extraordinary move he would make. The removal of the collar was their top priority now.

But he was afraid that after telling Ling Xiaolu, the other party would panic. Who could accept that he would coexist and die with an AI inexplicably?

"You can still postpone it for a while. Now all the programs are working overtime to solve this problem. If you try to remove the collar as soon as possible, nothing will happen."

He didn't dare to speak too seriously, for fear of frightening Ling Xiaolu. The fact is that the colleagues in the three departments have been studying almost all night long on how to remove the collar, at least to separate Ling Xiaolu's account from Zero's account.

"Don't worry about the conclusion of the contract. As long as you disagree subjectively, even if they tap your finger, it won't take effect!"

Ling Xiaolu was more worried about how he would face his master and brothers in the future than to make a bond. Why didn't you say it frankly in the first place and expressed your unwillingness to accept it? At least it will not develop to such a serious degree as it is today!

Ling Xiaolu poked out his head cautiously, and the two people stood outside Ji Meng's house.

He fully promoted the ostrich Dafa, not only could not escape, even the private chat function was shamelessly turned off.

As a result, these two people simply blocked the door, and Ling Xiaolu couldn't come out, and they had the perseverance not to leave.

Ling Xiaolu is so distressed, is there only one way home for a golden name and a fan name? Is it not possible to sit down peacefully and fight against the landlords with the three?

…

Like many young people, Ji Meng is very afraid of all kinds of relatives who are not senior.

The phone call for checking the zero last time was a last resort, and he asked twice in a row. At that time, he hesitated because this relative was famous for gossip.

The thing he feared the most had really come, and relatives took the initiative to come to him to "chat homework", greeted a lot of each other, and finally turned the topic to zero.

Only when it came to this topic did Ji Meng wake up a little bit, so that he could not listen to sleep.

"Xiao Meng, the temporary worker you asked me to check last time has a problem."

"Did you check again? This matter has passed." Ji Meng said perfunctorily.

"No, listen to me! I have no impression of the person you asked me to check."

"There are so many people going up and down in the company, and there is no impression that it is normal, not to mention that Zero is just a temporary worker."

It's the testing department, which sometimes even recruits students to work part-time.

"Not only did I have no impression, but I asked other colleagues in the Ministry of Manpower, but they didn't have any impression. Even the people who asked their department did not know who it was."

Ji Meng had a headache: "You asked so many people? It's not necessary."

Needless to think about it, this will cause trouble to Zero himself. This is not Ji Meng's original intention.

"There is only one department manager who has a good relationship with me. He accidentally leaked a sentence. Guess what?"

"If it's a secretly researched and developed project by the company, maybe you don't want people to know it."

In particular, such gossipy and big-mouthed internal employees are more difficult to prevent than commercial espionage.

Relatives asked mysteriously: "Do you know that the company is secretly researching AI?"

"I know," Ji Meng was very impatient, "Is this a secret? Since a long time ago, various game companies have been studying the AI ​​field."

From high-level NPCs to pets, they are all AI creatures with a certain level of intelligence. It is precisely because of these AIs that make the game more lively and interesting.

"Then do you know that the company is developing AI-based players?"

"..." The other side of the phone was silent, "I don't know, how do players develop?"

"I'm just using AI to impersonate a player! Implant the player's memory into the AI ​​so that the AI ​​doesn't even know that they are an AI, just like ordinary players!"

Ji Meng frowned: "What's the point? Will AI recharge?"

"No! But it can stimulate consumption! The operating strategy of all game companies is to coax high-level players, grasp middle-level players, and stabilize low-level players. Although low-level players don't charge up much, they are the cornerstone of the entire game. With them, China Only high-level players are willing to consume. It’s not that your aunt said you. Although you are still young, you should not just indulge in games. You should also start learning this knowledge. It will be useful in the future!"

Ji Meng rubbed Yamane, thinking of some reason to end the call.

"The temporary worker you asked me to check should be responsible for testing this project...Oh yes, I also heard that the AI ​​switches in the test are all set on the back of the neck. Next time you meet a player with a strange behavior, touch it. If there is any abnormality on the back of their neck, you will know."

"..."

"Hello? Xiaomeng, are you listening?"

"...Listening." Ji Meng suddenly felt bad for no reason. "I know auntie, I have something to do, so I'll hang up first."

"Hello? I haven't finished talking yet, hello?"

Ji Meng hung up the phone and walked around the room two times irritably, perhaps remembering something vaguely, but he was unwilling to accept it.

He starts the peripheral and connects to the game.

Two unexpected people stood outside the gate of his home. If Ji Meng was in a bad mood just now, it would be even worse when he saw them.

"Are you two okay?"

Li Zheng didn't speak, and only shifted his gaze to Yunjiu. It seemed that his existence was the reason why he stayed here.

Ji Meng was also stunned when he saw the name of Lujiu.

"...Did you buy a ring? Or do you mean you are?"

Last time Yunji was in jail, he took the initiative to fund the other party's black name, but he was rejected!

Yunji was very relaxed, turning a deaf ear to his problems.

"Excuse me, ask the little brother to come out and tell him I'm not going to be so good, I just want to say a few words to him."

"Can't you tell him by yourself?"

"It's okay, then you let him turn on the private chat function, and I will tell him personally."

Ji Meng didn't want to help him spread this. He spent a lot of effort to help Chang Huanxi arrange the vernal equinox city. As a result, he didn't even take a photo of Ling Xiaolu, so he was beaten to death by this abnormality. It was crazy!

Of course, Ji Meng is purely dissatisfied with his behavior of killing people and slaughtering the city for no reason, and he is not angry because he can't beat him!

"Lubi doesn't even open the private chat function, which means that he doesn't want to talk to you. If you want to wait, just wait!"

After finishing talking, he didn't pay attention to the dispute, and went away, and he closed the door heavily, which meant a declaration of territorial sovereignty.

Lu Jiu didn't care, he simply bent his knees and sat down. Anyway, he had never settled down in the game, and he had a lot of time, but he didn't know how long the other person could spend with him.

Ling Xiaolu jumped up nervously when he saw that Ji Meng was online, and felt that his nervousness was a bit redundant.

"What's the matter?" Ji Meng asked angrily. "The pair of black and white impermanence is sticking at my door. What are you going to do?"

Ling Xiaolu hesitated: "A little conflict happened between us..."

"You finally realized that the bird's head is not a good person? Did you know that yesterday..." Ji Meng paused, "Forget it, don't say it."

Shame to speak out.

"But why did that guy suddenly become gold? Do you know?"

Ling Xiaolu has been struggling since yesterday, and at this moment he finally mustered up his courage: "Friend...I want to confess one thing to you."

Seeing that his attitude was different, Ji Meng looked up at him, "What's the matter?"

"Yes, that is, I am not an ordinary player... No, I mean I am an ordinary player, but I have something unusual... Oh, what should I say!"

It seems to be more difficult to confess to Ji Meng than to Chen Jiu: "Actually, I really don’t blame me for this. It’s really something wrong with your company’s peripherals. This collar is not because I don’t want to take it down, but it really can’t take it off. The identity is not that I deliberately wanted to conceal it, but I never thought about playing the game as a pet!"

He was incoherent, and Ji Meng heard it in a cloud of fog: "What the **** are you talking about?"

Ling Xiaolu took a deep breath and repeated what he had said to Lujiu yesterday. After having the first experience, he speaks in more detail, comprehensiveness and vividness.

Ling Xiaolu felt that he could use his talent to tell stories.

However, Ji Meng's reaction was not like that of Lu Jiu, his eyes brightened as he listened. On the contrary, as Ling Xiaolu said, Ji Meng's face became darker and darker.

He pressed his lips tightly and said nothing until Ling Xiaolu told the whole story.

Ling Xiaolu thought he was angry because of his concealment, or didn't believe what he said at all.

"My friend, I don't mean to deceive you maliciously. Can you understand that I don't want to but have to wear this to enter the game?

"...Or you think I'm lying to you all this, do you remember the first time we met?...I can prove it to you!"

He grabbed Ji Meng's hand and pressed it against his neck.

I could touch something at first, but it soon disappeared.

"Look, I didn't lie to you, this one really exists, this one on my wrist is fake! Xinshan made it to confuse others, just to divert the attention of the collar.

"The collar is not 100% detectable. As long as you touch the switch once, it will automatically hide for fifteen minutes.

"You, my master, and Yunjiu were all suspicious of me because of the switch. It’s just that you quickly forgot about it, and I have been facing my master’s speculation, and I didn’t expect it at all. Dove is a golden name."

Ji Meng maintained this posture, motionless, as if turning into a statue.

But the expression on his face convinced Ling Xiaolu that he was emotional at the moment.

If Ji Meng's face was gloomy just now, then after Ling Xiaolu tried to prove himself to him, his face turned pale.

He just stood there motionless, as if he knew something unacceptable, his eyes fixed on Ling Xiaolu.

Ling Xiaolu was so frizzy by him, chills came from the back of his neck.

It was the chill that radiated from Ji Meng's fingertips.

"...Friend, what's wrong with you? Do you still don't believe me?"

He timidly pushed Ji Meng's tense and stiff arm.

"friend?"

The author has something to say: Ji Meng: The stupid son of the landlord's family can't be collapsed!

Lubi: I'm sick!