Chapter 52: C9 Dungeon
Xu Mingwang sincerely extended another invitation.
“After you clear this instance, if you find that you’re still entering a dungeon every seven days, then it proves my guess is likely correct. Then you really need a guild. Entering dungeons at such a high frequency can really kill a newbie.”
Bai Cha nodded.
“I’ll consider it.”
“Then good luck, and goodbye!”
Xu Mingwang saw Bai Cha out of the guild gate and watched her teleport back to reality before turning around.
The boy on duty at the front desk curiously approached.
“Guild leader, who is so important that you treat them like that?”
“What do you know?” Xu Mingwang pushed him away.
“She has big secrets.”
*
[Ding—Your game time is up—]
Bai Cha heard the notification while sleeping at night.
She had just barely woken up when she felt the environment around her change.
[Welcome to this dungeon instance, “Hidden Surveillance.”]
[This dungeon instance is a C9-level instance. Number of participants: 10.]
[The mode for this dungeon instance is: single-player role-playing mode.]
[Please play your respective roles well, do not reveal your identities, and try your best to survive for seven days. Players who are still alive after seven days will clear this game!]
[Wishing everyone a pleasant gaming experience!]
Along with the voices in her ears, Bai Cha had also taken in the surrounding environment.
She was sitting in an office, probably in a company in some office building.
It was already late outside, and she could see the bright lights of tall buildings in the distance.
It seemed she was the only one left in the office, with only the light above her head still on.
Bai Cha was sitting in front of a computer, typing.
When she arrived, there was still an unfinished line of text on the computer.
“Damn idiot supervisor is so annoying…”
The last character should have been “person” (人), as the pinyin “ren” (R) had just been typed out.
It was a WeChat chat interface with a person.
Bai Cha calmly finished typing the word and clicked send.
The other party’s chat note was “[Darling Yuqi],” so she should be a good friend… right?
While the other party showed “typing,” Bai Cha scrolled up to browse the chat history.
At the same time, she saw her own appearance in the computer’s reflective screen. It wasn’t her own face.
It was the image of a somewhat haggard, sallow-faced, obviously life-weary office worker with thinning hair. Her facial features were still considered delicate, but due to her poor complexion, her looks were greatly diminished. She also wore round-framed glasses on the bridge of her nose.
Playing a role… Without any prompts from the system yet, players could only find clues themselves.
The character she was playing probably had a habit of clearing chat history once a day. At least, the chat history on the computer only showed up to 7:30 this morning, when she came to work.
At that time, she had also sent a message to this Yuqi.
[gbx]: Arrived at the company. Let me tell you, I’ve been so annoyed lately. Someone threw garbage at my door again. This time it’s a box of rotten meat, damn it.
[Darling Yuqi]: Ah? Did someone do it on purpose? Should you call the police?
[gbx]: I want to, but the problem is it’s too troublesome. I’m working overtime every day and have no time at all.
[Darling Yuqi]: Then buy a security camera, see who’s doing it. You can also talk to the property management, but your shabby little place…
[gbx]: Sigh, don’t even mention it. The supervisor is here. I have to go to a meeting.
Then the time jumped to 11:42 AM when the message was sent.
[gbx]: Damn it, the supervisor dragged me for 10 minutes at noon, I’m only going to eat now.
[Darling Yuqi]: You’re so miserable, then hurry up and eat, aren’t you starting work again at 12:30?
[gbx]: Ahhh! Annoying!
Immediately after, the time jumped to 7:31 PM.
[gbx]: Damn it, a girl in our group didn’t come for some reason today. I was supposed to be on duty with her today, and the supervisor told me to cover for her.
[Darling Yuqi]: Ah? Doesn’t that mean you won’t be able to go home until 11:30 again?
[gbx]: Yeah, I was originally planning to buy a security camera after work today. I’ll just order online, hopefully it arrives tomorrow.
[Darling Yuqi]: Then you have to be careful when you go back. The place you live is already quite remote. I think you should move to a safer place later.
[gbx]: I’d like to, if I had the money.
[Darling Yuqi]: Pat pat.jpg.
Then it was the present time.
11:01 PM.
[gbx]: Fuck.
[Darling Yuqi]: ?
[gbx]: Damn idiot supervisor is so annoying.
[Darling Yuqi]: What’s wrong? Did they give you extra work again temporarily?
Bai Cha hadn’t replied yet.
She looked at the contact list and found the account labeled “[Supervisor 12.3].”
Afternoon
[Supervisor 12.3]: Are you still at the company? Print out this document.
[Supervisor 12.3]: And put it on my desk. I need to see it tomorrow morning.
[Supervisor 12.3]: [Marketing Plan.57.34kb downloaded]
[gbx]: Okay, got it.
Bai Cha quickly skimmed through it, simultaneously typing a reply to [Darling Yuqi] on the computer.
[gbx]: Suddenly sent me a file, told me to print it. I just finished my work, so annoying.
After sending the message, Bai Cha looked at her work desk again.
The marketing plan was right next to her hand, probably not yet placed on the supervisor’s desk. After all, only 10 minutes had passed.
So the point in time she had arrived was right after printing the document, and she needed to put this document on the supervisor’s desk. Great, where did the supervisor sit?
She wasn’t in a hurry and looked at the computer desktop again.
The job of the character she was playing was an e-commerce customer service representative.
The background was full of chat interfaces.
Several of them were urging for a reply.
Bai Cha didn’t reply immediately but roughly understood the overall situation.
Only then did she reply to one of the urgent messages asking when the fireworks would be shipped.
[Customer Service Xiao Ai]: Dear, we are also not clear about this. The fireworks factory exploded.
[Buyer]: ?
[Customer Service Xiao Ai]: But don’t worry, dear. We have already contacted another fireworks factory for you and will inform you tomorrow when it can be shipped.
[Buyer]: …Okay, if it really doesn’t work out, I’ll request a refund tomorrow.
[Customer Service Xiao Ai]: Okay, dear.
After resolving one customer, Bai Cha looked at the other interfaces. One was requesting a refund.
[Buyer]: This thing broke after only half a year of use. Give me a new one. Your quality is terrible. Be careful, I’ll complain about you.
Bai Cha hesitated for a moment. Actually, she couldn’t see what the other party had bought from this interface, probably because it was purchased a long time ago.
[Customer Service Xiao Tong]: Dear, please send me the order to take a look.
Bai Cha raised an eyebrow. The account was different again?
She carefully looked at the backends of several accounts. They were indeed different. Each account was connected to a mobile phone, which meant she was using remote control software to connect to several mobile phones simultaneously.
Was this what being on duty meant? Replying to messages for other customer service representatives as well?
Then what she just said about the fireworks factory exploding… should be okay, right?
The buyer quickly sent the order. This time it wasn’t fireworks, it was a toy.
Retail price: 5.9 yuan.
Bai Cha: “…”
A 6-yuan toy broke after being played with for half a year, and they came to ask for a new one… hmm…
