Slacking off in the Game of Survival

Chapter 17 Dark Rock Incident(5)

The person in the pit raised their head upon hearing the sound, their face full of hostility. But when they saw who it was, their anger instantly reached its peak.

“How come it’s you again?”

Qian Yue leaned lazily against the pit with an ice pick in her hand, squatting down carelessly. She was taken aback by the words. “You know me?”

Fang Nan, “!!!”

“You cheated me out of my money and deceived my people. And now you’re pretending not to know me?!”

Song Zeyang, in the pit next door: 0.0

Did he just hear something incredible?

Qian Yue, “?”

She remembered now.

In the previous instance, she encountered a group of malicious people who came to ask for directions. She scammed them for a few pieces of bread and even took a pig’s elbow.

Thinking of that secret recipe pig elbow, Qian Yue couldn’t help but swallow her saliva.

But what does “cheating money and deceiving people” mean? How poor is this kid’s language proficiency!

Qian Yue, “Are you a hunter?”

Fang Nan’s face darkened. “My brothers will be here soon. I advise you to let me go quickly.”

Qian Yue picked up a small stone and threw it at Fang Nan’s forehead. “Answer my question first.”

“You!”

Fang Nan held his forehead, filled with uncontrollable anger. No one had ever dared to hit him! And it was his forehead!

Qian Yue picked up another one.

Fang Nan instantly lost his nerve, “…Yes.”

Qian Yue casually flipped her wrist and played with the stone in her hand. She asked, “How much food do you have left? Is there any of the secret recipes?”

Fang Nan became instantly wary, “What are you up to?”

Qian Yue replied, “You destroyed the trap I painstakingly set up. You should compensate me, at least.”

Fang Nan was shocked!

“You’re talking nonsense!”

He had never seen such a shameless person before!

Clearly, she threw something from the tree, he didn’t know if it was a stick or a spear, which scared him and made him dodge to the side, resulting in him falling into the trap.

—He even suspected that she did it on purpose!

Qian Yue, “Unwilling?”

Fang Nan sneered, about to say something harsh, but then he heard Qian Yue ask, “Do you know why there’s a pit here?”

Fang Nan frowned, “Wasn’t it you who dug it?”

Qian Yue lied with her eyes wide open, “Of course not.”

A biologist vs. an elementary school newbie with poor language skills— astonishing lies easily rolled off her tongue.

“Do you know what the Permian and Triassic periods are? Most of the prehistoric creatures during this period were amphibians—you do understand what amphibians are, right?”

Fang Nan, “…Of course!”

Even if he truly didn’t understand, he couldn’t show it at this moment!

Qian Yue continued, “Less than two hundred meters away from here, there’s a river where many dinosaurs reside. Prehistoric creatures crawl out of the river to lay their eggs every season.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Nan suddenly had an ominous feeling.

Sure enough, the next moment, Qian Yue said, “You have fallen into a pit filled with those creatures’ eggs.”

She lowered her voice, a seductive tone reminiscent of a demon whispering, “Don’t you see the pile of broken shells under your feet?”

Fang Nan instinctively looked down, and then his heart clenched!

…

Actually, Fang Nan didn’t really know what a dinosaur eggshell was, but after listening to Qian Yue’s well-founded arguments, he believed it to some extent.

Plus, when he saw something grayish-white in the soil, he subconsciously thought that he had crushed the egg himself.

Qian Yue continued to exert pressure, “It’s getting dark soon, those dinosaurs…”

“I’ll give it! I’ll give it!”

Fang Nan was really flustered this time, completely different from his previous calculated and mysterious demeanor.

“Three portions of bread, right? You pull me up, and I’ll give it to you immediately.”

Qian Yue rolled her eyes, “Pull you up first? Do you think I’m stupid?”

She sneered, “Also, who told you it’s three portions?”

Without saying a word, Qian Yue untied the rope that had tripped Song Zeyang earlier and tied it to the bucket, then lowered the bucket down.

The bucket “thudded” and landed on the ground, causing Fang Nan’s heart to tremble.

Qian Yue smiled faintly and heartlessly said, “Fill it up, thank you.”

“So, you just let him go like that?”

At the bottom of the pit, Song Zeyang sighed repeatedly upon hearing that Qian Yue let Fang Nan go.

Qian Yue raised an eyebrow, “What else should I do? Leave you two to fight it out?”

Song Zeyang hurriedly said, “That’s not what I meant. You don’t know what kind of person he is! He will definitely come back for revenge.”

Qian Yue responded indifferently, “Oh.”

Song Zeyang, “?!!”

Does this person even know the seriousness of the situation? Why isn’t she panicking at all?

Qian Yue said leisurely, “That’s why I came to find you, right?”

Upon hearing this, Song Zeyang automatically interpreted it as “I’m so weak, I don’t know what to do, so I came to ask for your help.”

The man was suddenly speechless, his face quickly turning red, and finally stammered, “There are too many of them, even if I join, it won’t be enough…”

“But, but I will protect you…”

Qian Yue, “?”

Who’s protecting whom?

“You misunderstood.”

Qian Yue explained sincerely, “I came to collect compensation from you — for destroying my trap. You wouldn’t deny it, would you?”

Song Zeyang said, “Wait, aren’t we teammates now?”

Why suddenly ask for compensation?

Qian Yue frowned, “You failed your language class too?”

She never mentioned a single word about teaching Fang Nan a lesson because of him, let alone teaming up with him.

Furthermore, she would never say no to supplies handed to her on a silver platter. It was a bit of a pity that those few people ran away earlier without catching them all.

At this moment, some noises seemed to come from not far away, causing Qian Yue to be on guard.

Although the idea of egg pits and broken eggs were all made up by Qian Yue herself, she didn’t bother to verify them. She just casually picked a few deep pits to use. But who knows, what she said might actually be possible.

Coupled with the fact that it was already unsafe at night, Qian Yue didn’t want to linger with him here.

Following the same routine, she threw the bucket down and urged, “Hurry up and put the things in, I’ll pull you up.”

“Just three portions, no more, you can choose the items.”

Song Zeyang instantly felt touched in the heart. It seemed that the other person still considered him a friend.

Qian Yue, “I can’t handle it if there are more.”

Song Zeyang, “…”

His daydream was completely shattered.

After paying the compensation, Song Zeyang finally had the opportunity to return to the Struthiomimus Camp together with Qian Yue through the offering of some information.

It wasn’t that Song Zeyang couldn’t tell that Qian Yue did not want to team up. It was simply that it was late, and it wasn’t safe for him to go anywhere, so he had no choice but to follow along.

But Qian Yue never made a bad deal. With Song Zeyang’s repeated promises, the information he knew was definitely important and niche.

Qian Yue, “Such as?”

Song Zeyang, “In the game, you can increase the favourability of NPCs.”

In his mind, the expressionless face of the item merchant flashed by. Qian Yue felt speechless and said, “I know about that.”

Song Zeyang, “In the game, there is actually no main questline. It’s just a rumor spread by people on the forums.”

Qian Yue tilted her head and asked, “Although I don’t know about that, is it really important?”

Song Zeyang, “…” It seemed like it was.

He thought for a moment and continued, “Due to the volcanic eruption, the air quality is very poor, and players are prone to respiratory infections. The mask you’re wearing now won’t be enough; it’s just a piece of cloth.”

Qian Yue interrupted him, raising her hand. “If you’re talking about masks, sorry, I already know about that.”

Song Zeyang nodded and shook his head. “Not entirely. In this instance, there are special item fragments that drop. You only need to collect three of them to craft a gas mask. Although I don’t know how to obtain them, I can give this to you.”

Qian Yue took a look— indeed it is.

【Blueprint: Gas Mask (Special)】

Description: Collect the materials to craft a standard gas mask.
Required materials: Item Fragment (Craft) x3, Synthesis Stone x1

This thing was indeed much better than a cotton mask.

But they still needed to carefully consider how to obtain the materials.

“Thanks, let’s go then.”

Qian Yue originally disliked working together with others, but because she had been single-mindedly trying to leave the game before, she missed out on a lot of useful information and now genuinely needed someone to catch her up.

Moreover, since Qi Yeyun knew about that place already, it didn’t matter if Song Zeyang also knew. Besides, she probably wouldn’t be staying there from tomorrow onwards.

On the way, Song Zeyang explained the cause and effect of the situation.

“The two teammates I initially found were working with Fang Nan. It was fine before I encountered Fang Nan, but things went wrong after that.”

The game didn’t have a friend system, and they couldn’t even send messages to each other.

Therefore, Song Zeyang speculated that this group of people was probably a team in real life.

— If they didn’t encounter any teammates, they would play the game normally. But if they did encounter them, they would team up and betray others.

Qian Yue said, “That’s pretty dirty.”

It reminded her of her previous “teammates.”

Qian Yue asked, “But why were they chasing after you?”

Song Zeyang replied, “Ah, can’t you tell?”

Qian Yue, “?”

Song Zeyang pulled out his own backpack and said, “Backpack—oh, I get it. Did you also not buy a backpack?”

Qian Yue turned her head upon hearing his words and finally noticed that although the two backpacks didn’t differ much in style, his looked noticeably more advanced than hers.

Song Zeyang said, “I bought this in the Super Mall. Items of the same type can be stacked inside.”

Qian Yue’s eyes instantly lit up.

There’s actually such a good thing?

She asked, “How many things can it hold in total?”

Without much thought, Song Zeyang continued, “A total of twenty slots. I haven’t tested how many items of the same type each slot can hold, but I assume it’s limited.”

Qian Yue sighed, “Limited by still a lot.”

Unlike her, who was clearly wealthy but could only carry a bucket.

Perhaps Qian Yue’s gaze was too direct, which scared Song Zeyang into instinctively moving his things back to his side.

Qian Yue said, “…I was just taking a look.”

Although she said that, Song Zeyang felt as if she was about to stretch her neck out to take a closer look.

He muttered, “Those people before said the same thing.”

But then they turned around and tried to snatch his things.

Qian Yue sneered, “Do you see me as that kind of person?”

Smartly choosing to keep quiet, Song Zeyang’s eyes betrayed his true thoughts.

Qian Yue paused for a moment and suddenly realized another issue, “They took away your backpack, but they couldn’t take anything from inside, right?”

Backpacks belong to the player’s personal belongings, and other players cannot see or take anything from backpacks that don’t belong to them—except for beggars.

Qian Yue remembered that when a player dies, the backpack and its contents disappear along with the player, turning into data.

She frowned, uncertain, and asked, “Do beggar players have to search item by item?”

Finally encountering something Qian Yue didn’t know, Song Zeyang felt slightly relieved and even a little happy.

“This is one of the things I wanted to tell you.”

Song Zeyang said, “If a character dies, it’s indeed not possible.

However, if the character is still alive, the backpack will drop for about five minutes, and the items inside will become available for picking up.”

Qian Yue’s footsteps faltered.

Her expression turned serious.

Is it still possible to regret it now and chase after Song Zeyang to kill him?