Chapter 142 The Player with the Big Pink Bow
Pei Hening watched helplessly as the three players were chased away by the administrator, while [WeChat Steps are Zero] also escaped as planned.
"I told you not to move!"
The administrator grabbed the slowest player, pinned him to the ground, and tied his hands behind his back with a rope.
The unlucky guy caught by the administrator refused to give up and struggled frantically.
The administrator slapped him across the face: "You think you're so great?"
The player was stunned, then broke down and exclaimed, "Damn it, why are you beating up a hostage?"
The manager pulled him up from the ground, picked up the fishing rod and bucket that had fallen to the ground, and said, "I'm going to hit you."
The unfortunate guy, unwilling to be dragged away, turned around and kept yelling at the two players who had abandoned him: "Save me! You have to save me!"
Pei Hening followed at a distance, while the bald, husky-voiced bandit walked with his head held high and chest puffed out, keeping close to her feet.
The two players who managed to escape noticed that the administrator was leaving with the unfortunate guy, so they hid in the reeds to rest.
Should we go rescue him?
"Why save him? Wouldn't it be better to have one less person competing with us? Or are you trying to use me to build your 'good person' image?"
The player who spoke first: "...I'll listen to you."
They had only rested for a short while, probably less than five minutes, when, I'm sorry, I somehow attracted another administrator who was leading them over.
They scrambled and stumbled, carrying the fish bucket and fishing rod, running and shouting in despair, "What do you want to do?"
[Zero steps on WeChat] Looking completely innocent: "Would you believe me if I said I didn't do it on purpose?"
The two players: "..."
Is it really necessary to insult their intelligence like that?
This is clearly something she did on purpose!
They hid in the reeds, and to avoid being discovered, they didn't even cast a fishing rod.
How could such a coincidence happen?
Why are they deliberately leading people towards them?
They exchanged a glance, each carrying their own fish bucket, and ran off in different directions!
In this situation, saving one life is the most important thing. The most important thing in life is to learn from mistakes. Repeating the same mistakes over and over again is not a matter of experience, but a matter of intelligence.
[My WeChat steps are zero] I'm following the player who's carrying a 13.4-pound fish bucket.
"I'm sorry, sis, please, I'm begging you, could you please not bring people this way?"
"How about I kneel down and kowtow to you? I'll call you grandma!"
[My WeChat steps are zero] Hearing his words, I smiled apologetically: "The wind is too strong, I can't hear you."
Player: "..."
So you're not even going to act anymore, huh?
Here, Pei Hening followed the administrator to a place not far from the three small bungalows. He saw the administrator put the fish bucket and fishing rod into the leftmost bungalow and then leave with the unlucky guy.
She observed for a while, making sure that no one was in the three small houses and that the administrator was quite far away, giving her at least five minutes of downtime.
She sneaked in.
The bald, smoky-voiced bandit followed behind her with small, quick steps, looking like a general inspecting his territory.
Pei Hening glanced at it and then looked away.
She couldn't control this arrogant little guy, as long as he didn't interfere with her doing her work.
In the small house on the far left, there were seven buckets. Except for the latest bucket which contained thirteen pounds and three ounces of fish, the other buckets didn't even have fish scales.
These empty buckets must have been emptied by those three people.
Indeed, people need to be flexible and use their brains more; being too honest and following the rules makes it difficult to have a bright future.
Pei Hening emptied the fish out of the bucket, quickly left, and headed to the meeting point agreed upon with the player in the Northeast floral cotton-padded jacket.
The little orange cat followed her, meowing anxiously in its husky voice.
Pei Hening tried to reason with them: "These aren't just my fish, I have no right to share them with you. You've eaten so much today, can't you just stop for a bit?"
The little orange cat stopped and looked ahead. Pei Hening sensed something was wrong and hid.
A short while later, she saw the administrator leading a female player who was wearing a white cotton-padded jacket with a pink bow around her neck, dark blue jeans, and a pair of nice thick boots towards the small house.
The female player's wrists were tightly bound behind her back with rope, but she didn't even frown. She slowly turned her head to look at the administrator, a slight smile on her lips, without the slightest panic.
It was as if she hadn't been arrested by the administrator, but was instead strolling through a bustling city street with her bodyguard.
Pei Hening's gaze fell on the pink bow tied around the female player's neck, his expression serious.
If she remembered correctly, this was the player she encountered in the random dungeon "The Goose's Revenge Plan" who wanted to shift the blame onto her and Chu Xuange.
[Beautiful Frozen Lady]'s original words were: "I personally saw a'staying' player grab a player wearing a bow tie around her neck and replace her. It was a real replacement, and she became exactly the same as her."
This player... is suspicious!
Pei Hening held her breath as those past details resurfaced.
According to [Beautiful Frozen Lady], she really did kill all the players who left her sight.
What's the deal with this person?
[Beautiful Frozen Lady] watched helplessly as she was replaced by the 'player' who remained. Could it be that she didn't do anything to her?
What's even more chilling is that the player who opened the breeding cage, [Send me the recipe for roasted king oyster mushrooms], should be at higher risk of being replaced than other players.
Why didn't anyone mention this before?
It seems that none of the players who completed "I Am You" ever doubted her; at most, they would argue with her in the chat channel, and they were very tolerant of her.
Especially [Ms. Beautiful Frozen], the tolerance shown towards her is almost inhumane, allowing the other party to keep throwing mud at her, and she always has to come out and explain.
She had contact with [the beautiful frozen lady], and she was not a soft-hearted person.
The bald, smoky-voiced robber pounded her calves with his head.
Pei Hening ignored the other person, picked up her fishing rod and carried her fish bucket, and followed at a distance.
She needed to confirm who this player with the pink bow around their neck was. Was it [Send me the recipe for roasted king oyster mushrooms]?
Let's look again at why she was so fearless even when the administrator caught her.
The moment the administrator left with the female player wearing a pink bow, Pei Hening slipped into the small house. When she saw the name "[Send me the recipe for roasted king oyster mushrooms]" engraved on the newly added fishing rod, a chill ran down her spine!
Her palms were slightly sweaty as she emptied the fish from the fish bucket and chased after them!
The administrator walked over 200 meters with the message "[Send me the recipe for grilled king oyster mushrooms]".
Pei Hening was worried about being discovered by the administrator, so she followed from a distance.
She followed a gray-white building standing by the river with a plaque bearing the four characters "Repent and Start anew".
This is the prison cell that 999 was talking about.
She saw the administrator take out a key, open the large iron gate, and push the [grilled king oyster mushroom tutorial] inside.
Pei Hening kept staring at her and was surprised to see her radiant smile as she stared at the prison cell.