Xing Ye was just thinking about it, he had no intention of attacking at all, but Linda took the initiative to say that she could defend herself, probably because she didn't want to be attacked unexpectedly.
He's a very peaceful player.
"What is your purpose?" Xing Ye asked.
He understands a person, and the most critical factor in analyzing a person is motivation. He doesn't know what the other person wants to do. If he doesn't figure out the motivation behind his behavior, Xing Ye will not trust a person easily.
Everything happens for a reason. For example, Teacher Ding's kindness is based on betrayal, so why is Linda so indifferent to the world?
Little Mirror walked up to Xing Ye's back and used his two-meter-tall body to support him.
After Linda saw her face in the mirror, she turned her head away awkwardly and stopped looking. It seemed that she was a woman who paid great attention to her appearance, and the puppet's appearance did not conform to her aesthetic standards.
"Your problem is also my problem," Linda explained. "What's the point of you all working so hard on quests and fighting other players?"
Why? Xing Ye entered the game to investigate his brother's death. After encountering a mirror in the first world, he realized that Xing Shuo might not be dead. He had become a prop in the game world, waiting for him to rescue him. Later, after learning that the possibility of his brother still being alive was extremely slim, Xing Ye lost his will to fight.
It wasn't until he saw the mirror again in the game world that he rekindled his fighting spirit.
Even if Xing Shuo really died, he wanted to know what Xing Shuo had experienced in the game. Who should he seek justice for his brother from? The system or a player who tricked his brother into entering the game?
At the same time, Xing Ye also wanted to rescue Jingzi. He didn't want the family that had once helped him to experience the pain of losing a loved one. That was too painful, a hundred times more painful than welding nerves.
"I have reasons to become a high-level player, and I am determined to keep exploring the truth of the system." Xing Ye answered simply.
Linda said in a particularly bored tone, "Wow, you guys are so inspiring, your ideals are so lofty, but I just want to be a salted fish, I don't have as strong fighting spirit as you."
Xing Ye was very puzzled: "Don't you want to leave the game?"
Linda was puzzled. "Why do you want to leave? I don't know what you're like in real life, but I'm useless in real life. I'm short, fat, have short hair, and no money. I'm a very mediocre woman.
And what about me in the game world? The system will always give obedient players a very good life experience.
I have been a princess of a certain country, a femme fatale who caused a war, and a wealthy woman with enough money to support four or five handsome young men. Even in this world of Puppet City, I am still the most beautiful puppet.
In the real world, no one would love me this much, treat me well unconditionally. I'm already stressed out at work every day, and even the fruit cores I buy are rotten. I'm so unlucky, but one day I suddenly enter the 'Challenge Fate' game and become someone blessed by fate. Isn't that something to be happy about?
Xing Ye didn't understand her thoughts: "Don't you think the game will affect your normal life? Don't you want to complete the game as soon as possible and get out of the mission? Don't you want to become a high-level player to earn money? Aren't you interested in the generous gifts that the system mentioned at the end?"
Linda indeed looked very uninterested and said, "That's for you ambitious and capable people. I'm confused in every world. Instead of racking my brains to think about it, I might as well enjoy life.
Anyway, time in the real world doesn't pass in the game world, so I'll just treat it as a beautiful dream. Isn't it nice to find some free fun for myself in my busy life?
It's easy for players who follow their fate to gain points. As long as I keep my points above 500, I can stay alive in the game world forever. What's wrong with that?"
After saying that, Linda no longer wanted to pay attention to Xing Ye and the mirror. She really had no interest in anything.
Xing Ye didn't understand, but he knew there were people like this in the real world. They spent their lives aimlessly, doing things they didn't want to do under the pressure of society, and their personalities were smoothed out to fit in with society.
Linda regards the game as her safe haven. She does not hinder others from doing tasks, nor does she actively complete tasks. She goes with the flow like she would in real life.
Such people will not be teammates, nor are they enough to be enemies.
"Okay, I understand." Xing Ye said calmly, "I hope you won't tell other players about my and your sister's identities. If I find out it was you who leaked them, I'll make you live a life worse than death."
Linda didn't care about his threats: "Why should I meddle? Besides, how are you going to make a puppet like me suffer?"
Xing Ye said seriously, "If my companions and I are harmed, I will tear your body apart, pull out the core wire, cut it into pieces, and then weld it back together. I know you're not afraid of death. Your goal is to enjoy the fun the game brings you. I believe you don't want your enjoyment to turn into a nightmare. The human spirit has its limits, and I am confident that I can drive you crazy in this world."
When Linda heard this, all the parts of her body stood up, and she felt a chill even as a puppet.
The puppet in front of her, which was only one meter tall, gave her unprecedented pressure, like a mountain pressing on her heart.
Looking at the puppet's small black eyes, Linda knew he was serious. She nodded involuntarily and said, "I will."
"Very good," Xing Ye said, "Then please help my companion conceal his identity."
He pointed to the maintenance room. With the city's most popular beauty puppet as a cover, Cao Qian would be much safer.
"I just won't tell you why I should help..." Linda took a step back.
"Because I will count her safety on you." Xing Ye said calmly.
Linda saw her own terrified face in the bronze mirror. She nodded with difficulty: "I, I will help..."
"Very good." Xing Ye leaned calmly on the mirror's big copper belly, suppressing Linda with a condescending attitude.
For those who have no ambition, we must also be wary of them betraying others in order to save their own lives, but such people are often the easiest to manipulate and will become much more honest after a little warning.
Xing Ye: "How are you going to explain that she turned into a tin man after returning home today? What will you say tomorrow if your sister goes out of town for a long time and doesn't come back?"
Linda summoned her limited intelligence and thought hard, finally saying, "I'm acting as a guarantor for my sister, allowing her to buy something on credit from Old Nick. My sister has to work for Old Nick to pay him back, so she can't go home for a few days. It doesn't matter if my lie is exposed. After all, this is a place where you can lie freely and everyone knows it."
"That's a good reason. Let's do it tonight, not tomorrow night." Xing Ye said, "Go home now and tell your family that your sister won't be back for the time being."
"Okay, okay."
Linda agreed and ran away immediately. If she didn't leave now, it would be dark, and it would not be safe for a beautiful puppet like her to walk on the street at night.
After successfully sending Linda away, Xing Ye and Jingzi waited patiently for Cao Qian.
Three hours later, Cao Qian came out with a brand new body.
Each wooden stick on her body was welded with iron sheets, and Old Nick replaced her joints with new metal balls, making her arms more flexible.
Cao Qian happily kicked twice in the air. The wind from her pair of iron legs seemed to be able to break the fragile wooden wall. Old Nick was a little scared and hid behind his son.
Even so, Cao Qian's head would still catch fire easily if rubbed; it was a match head after all, and the head couldn't be covered with tin. However, Cao Qian could solve this problem by wetting her head. As long as her body was no longer fragile, everything would be fine.
Xing Ye was a little surprised. Old Nick was obviously very reluctant. He thought the project would be very perfunctory, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good.
At this time, Little Nick said, "Dad, let me take Stickman home. It's not safe for a girl to be alone at night."
Old Nick muttered, "You're not really into the stickman, are you? I don't agree with this daughter-in-law... Forget it, come back early."
After the four guys walked out of the repair shop, Old Nick closed the door.
As it got dark, all the puppets went home to rest and there was no one on the street.
At this time, Little Nick said excitedly: "Cao Qian, you are Cao Qian, right? That kick just now was so cool, the posture and force are exactly the same as the kick that kicked me from the third floor to the second floor in the last world!"
Xing Ye: "…"
Cao Qian: "…"
It turned out to be Guan Ling, no wonder he took the initiative to help them.
Guan Ling wanted to be Xing Ye's teammate in the last world, but Xing Ye said that they were not familiar with each other and it depended on Guan Ling's performance in the later stages. Guan Ling then made a wish to be in the same world with Xing Ye, and unexpectedly it came true.
He is the son of the only repairman in Puppet City, a new type of robot with particularly thick iron plates. He can receive tasks to explore illegal mines as soon as he enters the world.
The luck of the players who follow fate... Never mind, I can't be jealous.
"If you're Cao Qian..." Guan Ling looked at Xing Ye's figure, which was five centimeters shorter than a stick figure, and a look of surprise appeared on his very human face. "Could it be that you're the boss?"
Look at the workmanship, the eyebrows are raised so high, Xing Ye... Xing Ye and Cao Qian have no eyebrows, Cao Qian has two hairs done very perfunctorily with cloth strips because she is a woman, and Xing Ye is just bald.
"Yes, I'm Xing Ye." Now that he was recognized, Xing Ye said with dignity.
Even if he is only one meter tall, he must maintain the momentum of two meters.
"Huh? Who is Xing Ye? Aren't you my good friend Pinocchio?" According to the pre-planned plan, Big Mirror pretended to be stupid whenever the players were mentioned.
"It has nothing to do with you, be good." Xing Ye also pretended to be perfunctory to him.
Cao Qian looked at the mirror suspiciously and whispered, "Is he the puppet who can't lie? He looks so foolish and naive! He even foolishly sold himself to guarantee me before. Apart from the mission target, is there any other puppet in Puppet City who is so honest?"
Of course, Xiao Jingzi couldn't be the target of the mission. He was a ghost who had returned to life.
Xing Ye asked, "Do you think I, a player who defies fate, can be so lucky that my friend is the target of the mission?"
"Not likely." Cao Qian said.
"Mirror," Xing Ye said, "If someone asked me if I was a player, what would you say?"
To prove that it could lie, the mirror said, "If you tell me it's not true, then it's not true. I listen to you the most."
"Do you understand?" Xing Ye said to Cao Qian, "Good people may not lie. We can't simply assume that our target is the kindest puppet in this city, nor can we blindly assume that there are no kind puppets in Puppet City. Neverland is just Benedict's dream. In my opinion, Neverland doesn't exist in this world."
After he said this, Cao Qian knew that after a day of observation, Xing Ye had new ideas about the mission in this world.
The three of them walked to Xing Ye's house and closed the door. Guan Ling also pricked up his ears to listen to Xing Ye's analysis.
In view of his performance just now, Xing Ye and Cao Qian decided to accept him temporarily. After all, if it weren't for Guan Ling, they would both still be disabled.
However, the shadow cast by Guan Ling's previous arm surgery on Xing Ye was too great, and he still felt the pain in his soul, so he asked Guan Ling to sit in the corner, away from them.
Guan Ling kept a distance from his companions with a wronged look on his face. Jingzi sat quietly next to Xing Ye, and Cao Qian also pretended to listen to the class attentively.
There was just no paper and pen, otherwise they would have taken notes.
Xing Ye was quite speechless at their performance, but it was a good thing that they listened attentively, so he said, "Actually, after listening to the narrator's introduction to the story, the image that emerged in my mind was not a fairy tale world of eternal happiness or a beautiful story like Peter Pan protecting children, but a myth of God's creation and destruction of the world."