BXBX NOVEL Chapter 186 - 186: 184: Thriving!
Chapter 186 - 186: 184: Thriving!
“I knew it on the second day of the game. Taking hostages is completely meaningless!”
“It is useful, as long as your hostages are under 14 years old, the police won’t shoot. Try it if you don’t believe me.”
“I won’t try it!”
“Are you even human?”
“Compared to the pervert, you won!”
The scene of the Metropolis Police shooting both robbers and hostages immediately aroused lively discussions among the players.
Particularly on video platforms where you can comment while watching. The comments exploded instantly, and they had to control the display area of the comments to continue watching the video.
After the bank robbery ended, the video moved to a blacksmith’s shop, where a player was concentrating on blacksmithing.
“The number of blacksmiths in Metropolis has surged, with an increase of 720,000 in a week. The most forged items are — knives and swords.”
“As for whether it is a knife or a sword, considering that too many blacksmiths’ works are too abstract to tell, they are therefore jointly ranked first.”
The novice blacksmith in the footage finished quenching and pulled out a slightly flat iron bar from the water trough?
“The Metropolis ski resort has opened with only a few scattered guests in the first two days. But after the young JK skiing instructor started her class, the number of guests has surged. So far, a total of 800,9128 membership cards have been issued, securing the sales champion of this month in advance.”
The gentle JK young girl in the footage, facing students who just couldn’t learn, suddenly pulled out a baseball bat and whacked it on a player’s back of the head.
—Skiing does not have a system skill, you really have to learn it yourself.
The dazed player fell to the ground after being hit by a bat. Before he could react to what had happened, he saw the JK young girl throw away the bat, kneel down on the ground nervously, and ask: “Are you okay? Does it hurt? I’m sorry!”
She then gently extended her hand and rubbed the player’s whacked back of the head.
The player on screen has a look of “Who am I? Where am I? What just happened?”
“In the past week, many companies, property managers, and security personnel have been deeply troubled by the ‘Spider-Man’ problem. Especially the iconic buildings of the Metropolis – the Twin Towers, where people are constantly seen climbing the outer wall of the building without any protective equipment.”
In the footage, five players are connected together with a thin safety rope, trying to climb up the hundred-story Twin Towers.
However, while the top player was concentrating on climbing, a window with special anti-peeping treatment was suddenly pushed open from the inside!
Although it was only pushed up to a 45 -degree angle, it happened to push away the gripping point of this player’s right hand!
The player who was using his right hand to pull himself up suddenly lost his grip. He couldn’t remain attached to the narrow window frame of the outer wall and screamed in desperation as he fell downward!
What’s worse is that the safety rope, which was supposed to protect him, didn’t catch him at all! Instead, the four people below were pulled down one after another!
“Ahhhhhhhhhh—” The screams of the five players overlapped.
An ordinary staff member who was just holding coffee in one hand and had just pushed the window open with the other, watched the falling “Spider-Men” with a pale face.
He dumbly withdrew his gaze, expressionlessly closed the window, and disappeared from the footage.
“This has also led to a lot of bloodshed.”
Upon hearing this, players initially thought that the “bloodshed” referred to the players falling to their death.
But soon, they saw the five players who had died from falling revived, rush into the building they had just climbed without saying a word.
Soon a window was smashed — it was the same one that just had been opened.
An employee in a suit and his coffee were thrown out of the window, screaming in absolute agony.
——These players actually chose the wrong person to take revenge on. The randomly opened windows were Easter eggs planted by Lincoln after seeing players climbing buildings with bare hands during the closed beta test.
And not just the highest Twin Towers, many other tall buildings and characteristic architectures also have similar Easter eggs…
Added to enhance players’ gaming fun!
Of course, this is definitely not going to be mentioned outside… “In the past week, battles have taken place in every corner of Metropolis.”
“In every bank, a gunfight is taking place.”
“Every gun store is doing bustling business.” “Every convenience store has its cash register pried open.” “Every vending machine has its glass shattered.”
“Every beverage machine has its coin slot pried open.”
The voiceover gradually rise from calmness to impassioned—
“Ownerless cars are being driven away; owned cars, the owners were thrown onto the streets, and still being driven away.”
“Gunfights on the streets, in shops, in houses, on trains, and even in the bustling square!”
The battles that took place in different player worlds are pieced together into the same world, creating a scene where battles are happening everywhere in Metropolis.
The war is rampant, and the smoke from gunfire is everywhere!
The voiceover becomes almost deafening— “Because of you, Metropolis today is thriving!!!
Suddenly, numerous question marks emerged from the comment section.
Looking at the damage and chaos caused by the players all over Metropolis, it doesn’t feel apparent when played alone, but when viewed together, even they found it shocking!
Battles are happening at every corner of the street, every storefront, every building. There’s chaos and destruction everywhere.
But just when they were beginning to feel a bit introspective, what did the news just say???
Thriving?!
A strong urge to complain prompted them to start commenting furiously.
“This is ridiculous!”
“Is your prosperity measured by the number of gunfights?”
“Military equipment, insurance, police, the three pillar industries of
Metropolis. ”
“I don’t agree if there’s no hospital.”
“Hospital my foot! Pistol at sight! It not only determines superiority but also decides life and death! Directly sent to the crematorium! Even funerary would be more reliable than hospitals!”
“Reliable indeed! There were 30 million cumulative player deaths alone, if the dead didn’t turn into light, the funerary would definitely be the number one pillar industry! Wouldn’t that give a buy one get one free, half price for second tombstone?!”
The players’ excited complaints did not hinder the continuation of the video.
The voiceover passionately finishes saying “thriving!” and the clip ends. The screen goes back to the news studio.
A male and female host sit in their seats, holding scripts, as if nothing had ever happened.
It’s just the male host has a thick bandage around his head, with some blood oozing out.
Still, the female host speaks calmly and continues the broadcast, “At the end of the program, we have an important reminder: a new type of gambling Russian Roulette, is spreading among Metropolis residents, please be vigilant!”
As she speaks, a picture-in-picture appears in the upper left corner of the live broadcast, with five players standing in a circle.
One of them opens the bullet chamber of the M1917 Revolver in his hand, loads five bullets, quickly spins the chamber and retracts it into the gun.
The players then take turns holding the gun to their heads. Whoever gets the empty chamber is the winner, who can take away the gambling money of the player who got the bullet.
“What’s the problem with this?” The players were puzzled.
You claim gunfights are thriving, does playing a round of Russian Roulette count as a big deal?