Northern Myanmar: These players are acting strangely!

Chapter 161 The developers really went to great lengths to increase the difficulty of the game!
Guan Xinxin rubbed her temples, seemingly recalling more details, a cold smile appearing on her face:
"By the way, do you know what the average annual income is for the local people here?"

Before Wang Zixu could answer, she answered her own question:
"I can't even earn three thousand red tickets in a whole year."

"The minimum living allowance I receive every year is more than this!"

"I must have been out of my mind to believe that there were high-paying jobs here that could earn hundreds of thousands a month."

She abruptly changed the subject, her tone becoming even more sarcastic:
"Oh right, a high salary is also true."

"However, this high salary is not intended for us."

"Did you know that as soon as someone escapes from the park, the park will immediately issue a reward?"

"One person can get at least a six-figure bounty."

Wang Zixu's lips twitched.

No wonder.

This gap is too big.

It's much faster to just grab a "piglet" and collect the bounty after a year of hard work for a pittance.

Even brothers can't resist the temptation of personal gain. How many people can resist the allure of profit?
When rewarded handsomely, all men are courageous.

Wang Zixu suddenly remembered that Wang Mazi had mentioned the Yan State embassy in that group chat.

At the time, Wang Mazi said not to go to the embassy after leaving.

It's not that the embassy was useless, but that the road ahead was very difficult.

Now it seems that it's probably not just a matter of the road being difficult to travel...

He tentatively asked:
"Why don't those who escaped from the park seek help from the embassy?"

"Won't we be safe once we get to the embassy?"

"Safety?" Guan Xinxin murmured, falling into a brief moment of thought.

Clearly, she had thought about this question, but couldn't recall it at the moment.

Wang Zixu shrugged, and just as he was about to give up asking questions and open the door to leave the room, Guan Xinxin slowly spoke:

"The embassy is very unsafe."

"I overheard those people talking about it."

“In the past, people who had managed to escape from the park would often go to the embassy for help.”

"They were helpless after the authorities took over."

"So later, the various parks here simply joined forces and specially arranged people to keep watch near the embassy."

“Those people work in shifts 24 hours a day without even blinking.”

"These people make money by catching piglets, and there are basically no piglets that escape their net."

"Sometimes we would kidnap Yan people who were alone on the street and sell them to the park."

hiss!
Wang Zixu got goosebumps just listening to it.

This game really goes to great lengths to increase the difficulty for players.

He suddenly felt a pressure from which there was nowhere to escape.

He had previously thought that as long as the plan was meticulous, escaping the park was only a matter of time.

But now it seems that escaping the park may just be the beginning of a new nightmare.

[Haha, the official team is awesome! They've thought of every possible tactic the players could think of, completely blocking any escape routes!]

How can we even have fun here? The embassy is a trap, the locals are accomplices, and it seems there's nowhere else to go besides this extremely primitive and dilapidated mountain!

What else can we do but grit our teeth and keep going?

[I've summarized it: Embassies are off-limits, borders are off-limits. If you want to safely survive the 15 days and receive the promised first-clear bonus, the only way to survive is to survive in the wilderness for fifteen days. If you can make it through those fifteen days, then it doesn't matter if the game ends!]

[Actually, surviving in this primeval jungle isn't too bad, right? Players have an encyclopedia system; they can detect which plants are poisonous and which animals are edible beforehand. Surviving for fifteen days shouldn't be too difficult, right?]

The person upstairs is oversimplifying things! If there were no pursuers, it would be fine, but the problem is, once you go out, you'll be treated like a wanted criminal! The whole area will be teeming with people wanting to capture you for the bounty; how could it not be difficult!

That's right, at that time, we'll not only have to fight against nature, but also against other people—the difficulty will be off the charts!

at this time.

In the dormitory building at the other end of the park.

The dormitory, where the sun and moon seem to be in sync, has moved in with new roommates.

He can no longer stay in the dormitory to rest under the pretext of feeling unwell today; he has to go to work like everyone else.

However, after a whole night of rest yesterday, and by adding the potential points he had just redeemed to his physique, he was able to recover.

I can now clearly feel some subtle changes in my body. I am no longer as weak and powerless as I was yesterday, and my body is obviously much better.

Just one more day!
He consoled himself with a thought, then followed his new roommates toward the office area. Along the way, the new roommates seemed very curious about him, their "senior," asking him all sorts of questions.

One of the bolder ones leaned closer and whispered:

"Brother, I heard... you were locked in the water dungeon yesterday?"

"Why is that?"

Upon hearing this, Riyue Tongcuo paused, turned around, and gave them a meaningful, bitter smile.

"You... really want to know?"

His tone left the others unsure for a moment, but they still tentatively nodded:

"Can...can you tell us?"

Riyue Tongcuo waved to them, signaling them to come closer.

Then, he whispered in their ears, in a volume only they could hear:
"Because several of my previous roommates ran away from the park."

Several people covered their mouths, their eyes wide, their faces filled with shock.

One of them pointed at him, stammering and unable to speak:

"you……"

The sun and moon smiled faintly, as if talking about something unrelated to themselves:

"I was able to get out of the water dungeon because...they were all brought back."

"The outcome was dire."

"So, you must never follow their example."

After saying that, he ignored the pale-faced, stunned newcomers behind him and walked forward on his own.

The sunlight shone through the glass onto his back, but it seemed somewhat cold.

……

……

Today seems to be nothing special, just like any other day.

All the players in Park 404 were like wound-up robots, playing their roles methodically.

They typed away as usual, filmed as usual, and ate and went back to their dorms on time after get off work, without any sign of anything unusual.

Three times a day, just like usual.

Filming, then waiting to get off work.

Time slowly ticked by until evening.

After finishing work three times a day, I was about to return to my dormitory when Director Zhang from the film crew suddenly called me from behind.

I turned around three times a day.

Director Zhang, with a lewd smile on his face, took two steps forward, affectionately put his arm around the shoulder of the man he met three times a day, and asked with a smile:

"Xiao Jie, how's work going lately?"

He nodded, somewhat puzzled, three times a day.

What's there to be uncomfortable about?
Every day, I was tied to a chair and had to recite lines.

Previously, he had to memorize his lines, but now that he's filmed so many, the lines are just a few lines over and over again, and he knows them by heart.

Director Zhang laughed and said:

"You'll get used to it, you'll get used to it."

"Our team has been doing well lately, thanks to you."

"Don't worry, you won't lose a single penny of your commission."

He paused for a moment, his tone suddenly becoming somewhat stern:

"But you can't get too cocky, you know?"

"We still need to be down-to-earth and work hard."

Hearing him say this three times a day, I felt something was off, so I decided to cut to the chase and carefully chose my words to ask:

"Director Zhang, is there anything you need to tell me?"

"Just tell me directly. I will do my best if it is within my power."

Director Zhang smiled, patted the shoulder that he worked on three times a day with force, and his eyes revealed a shrewdness:
"You're a smart guy, kid."

"Then I won't beat around the bush with you."

(End of this chapter)