Although She’s Only a Level 1 Noob, She’s Still Incredibly Powerful - Chapter 26 Part 1

“Situ, are you sure you want to go in?” A sharp question sounded in the room. “This will completely change the version of the game.”

As the woman with short, light brown hair spoke, she held the glass in both hands. The thin calluses on her fingertips pressed against the glass, rubbing it with doubt.

Next to her, a man with rimless glasses had one hand in his pocket and the other touching the terminal in the air.

A live broadcast was being broadcasted on the white wall in front of them.

However, this live broadcast no longer had a single camera. They were forced to return to the public channel. All that could be seen on the screen was a zombie with a broken arm struggling on the ground.

Situ Liao looked at the terminal on the wall and said, “This is an inevitable choice for the development of the game. Even if I’m not the one to pioneer this step, someone else will.”

“You’ll be mobbed if you do this.” The woman with light brown hair said, “You didn’t even inform the others beforehand. Everyone will blame you.”

She got up and walked over to Situ Liao.

“Aren’t you afraid that the people from the Abnormal Investigation Bureau will come after you?” She asked. “Last time, after you found a way to change the game together, they seemed to have warned you not to act alone.”

Situ Liao’s eyes moved to her. “These people are stubborn. If I don’t push forward, I’m afraid they won’t take the first step for another ten years.”

“But-”

“Don’t worry. After the game changes, they will definitely not come after me, because they will need me more than before.” Situ Liao smiled and took off his rimless glasses to wipe them. His eyes were large and his eyebrows thick. He looked very easy to talk to.

The woman with the light brown hair knew Situ Liao’s personality. He was unpredictable and paranoid. No matter how good their relationship was, as long as she touched his minefield, this smiling tiger would never show mercy.

She sighed. “May I ask you one last question?”

Situ Liao said with a smile, “Of course. What’s our relationship? Ask if you want.”

“Why did you have to choose this live broadcast at tthis time?”

Situ Liao was still smiling, but the smile did not reach his eyes. “This is a more personal question.”

The woman with light brown hair’s heart skipped a beat because she was nervous.

“I know. I won’t ask again,” she said. “I’m not going with you this time. Who are you going to bring?”

Situ Liao said, “I can do it alone.”

With that, he waved his hand and walked out of the room.

He wanted to enter the game because of Bai Qiuye.

He happened to see the live broadcast on the first recommendation in the strategy section.

A few seconds after he clicked on it, the only person who was still live broadcasting died.

However, in a short period of time, Situ Liao discovered a special existence among the players.

It was Bai Qiuye.

The moment he saw Bai Qiuye, Situ Liao was shocked.

This was because he had a very special item. This item did not have any substantial use, but in a certain aspect, there was no other item that could replace it.

This tool is called “Divine Eye” and can see through a person’s strength at a glance.

Under the effect of [Divine Eye], the players he saw would emit a layer of light.

The weakest ones only had an indistinguishable light.

Those with ordinary strength would have a layer of soft fluorescent light on their bodies.

The stronger one was, the more intense the light would be.

However, when he saw Bai Qiuye through someone else’s camera, he felt like his titanium dog eyes were almost blinded by the light on Bai Qiuye’s body.

At that moment, Situ Liao made a decision. He had to meet Bai Qiuye personally and invite her to participate in the copy that he had been preparing to enter.

Situ Liao opened the terminal.

[Please select the copy you want to expand.]

[If the copy is successfully cleared, the expansion will undergo a full iteration.]

[Activate the copy expansion pack?]

Confirm.

A blue door of light suddenly appeared in front of Situ Liao and he walked in.

His surroundings were dark, and there was only an apartment not far away. Soon, the apartment was like a small dot that kept expanding. The outline of a city appeared, and the traffic came back to life.

[Congratulations.]

[The copy expansion has been completed.]

*

“The map has been expanded?” Li Gushu said, “This… is beyond my knowledge.”

“F*ck…” Bai Qiuye felt like her luck was extremely bad. She was so unlucky that she could not speak.

Zeng Xianqing was also confused. She looked around the street with a helpless expression.

Only Hei Chunhua did not show any shock, as if he already knew that this would happen. He took a few steps out of the apartment door.

Zeng Xianqing asked, “Where should we go now?”

Bai Qiuye pointed above her head. “Why don’t we take a look at Ah Long first?”

“That’s a good idea.” Li Gushu said, “After the copy expansion, the situation will become unclear. If there are NPCs like the police in the copy, the difficulty will increase. It’s good to move his body back first.”

“The apartment door has to be closed.” Bai Qiuye agreed. “If a zombie runs out, all the NPCs in the copy will be infected by the zombie poison. Our copy will become a biohazard.”

Li Gushu looked up. Ah Long’s legs were tied up by a rope. He was hanging upside down, and the other end of the rope was tied to an exposed steel bar.

Li Gushu used the golden staff to pull the rope that tied Ah Long down.

Ah Long’s body fell and hit the ground with a dull thud.

“He hasn’t been dead for long.” Li Gushu said, “Some of the wounds on his body have been opened up a second time. Someone must have used a knife to cut him once before. The second time, they had to use a blunt object to reopen the wounds.”

Bai Qiuye asked, “That means he was still alive until we went to the apartment door to look for him?”

Zeng Xianqing said, “But who killed him?”

“There are only two people who are related to him.” Bai Qiuye said, “The old man in the duty room and that Taoist master.”

Li Gushu nodded. “Coincidentally, neither of them were in the apartment.”

Bai Qiuye saw this and ran back to the duty room.

This time, without the old man in the duty room stopping her, she could explore the place without fear.

Soon, she found a bunch of keys. There was also a heavy door lock next to them. It was obviously used to lock the apartment door.

There was also a phone on the table with 80% battery left.

When Bai Qiuye was born, terminals were already common and mobile phones were gradually being phased out.

But even if she was not used to it, she knew how to use it.

Bai Qiuye took the old man’s phone and found some change in his drawer.

Li Gushu walked over and asked, “Why did you bring so many things?”

“The copy has been expanded 20 times. It covers at least this entire street.” Bai Qiuye said, “Who knows what will happen in such a big copy? What if we need money?”

“Okay…”

Bai Qiuye was relieved to find that Li Gusu was also collecting supplies like her.

But when she saw that Li Gushu even brought the old man’s kettle, she quickly stopped Li Gushu.

“We’re security personnel, not a moving company.”

At this moment, a new message appeared on the terminal.

[Please go to the designated location before 7 am: Golden Eagle Bay Talent Exchange Center.]

“This… is a new gathering point?” Li Gushu said, “It seems that we’re going to be assigned a new job.”

Bai Qiuye sincerely hoped, “I hope it’s not some weird job.”

When they walked out, Hei Chunhua had already returned from scouting.

Hei Chunhua said, “I saw the second batch of people coming in.”

Bai Qiuye asked with concern, “Are they fierce? Are they strong?”

Because when the copy was expanded, the few messages covering “faction” and “battle” made Bai Qiuye feel a sense of danger.

She didn’t know anything about the second batch of players who had just entered the copy.

In such a situation, they had to quickly divide the faction, and later on, it would involve battle. She suddenly felt the urge to back out.

“It’s okay.” Hei Chunhua said, “There are only two above level 60.”

Bai Qiuye: “…”

What did he mean by okay?

Didn’t they say that the average level of everyone was only level 25? Why was it that after she left the copy, she was surrounded by such inhuman bosses?

How could a noob survive in such an environment?

“Maybe I’m really an expert?”

“Is this the inexplicable attraction between bosses?”

Bai Qiuye silently comforted herself.

Li Gushu asked, “Who are the two above level 60?”

“I don’t know one of them. He might be wearing a disguise.” Hei Chunhua said, “The other is Situ Liao.”

Li Gushu: “…Situ Liao…why is it him?”

Bai Qiuye saw Li Gushu’s serious expression and immediately pricked up her ears.

“Who is Situ Liao?”

Li Gushu looked at her strangely. “You don’t know Situ Liao?”

Bai Qiuye said, “I, ahem, I have social phobia. I get scared when I see the posts on the forums.”

“How come I can’t see it …” Li Gushu did not continue to dwell on this question and explained, “He’s ranked 50th in the overall level ranking.”

Bai Qiuye was shocked.

Li Gushu was already at level 60, and was ranked 162nd in the overall level rankings.

This meant that Situ Liao’s level was even higher.

Bai Qiuye worriedly asked, “Is this person easy to get along with?”

“You better not try to get along with him.”
Li Gushu said seriously, “No one can figure out his temper, and he’s a very boring person.”

Bai Qiuye tilted her head. “Bored?”

“He often pretends to be easy to get along with just to have fun.” Li Gushu continued, “He will use his acting personality to continuously attract and deceive others.”

“If you completely trust him, he will shatter your trust like he’s tasting a delicacy.” Li Gushu continued.

The more Bai Qiuye listened, the more her eyebrows furrowed. “What happens after it shatters?”

“Of course it won’t end well.” Li Gushu said, “For example, he will turn around and leave when you turn your back to him, and admire your struggling appearance.”

“This person is too despicable.” Bai Qiuye said. “If you don’t want to cooperate, then don’t pretend.”

“Who knows what’s going on with his brain.” Li Gushu shrugged.

“That’s why even the people around him are unable to believe whether his words are true or false.” Li Gushu said, “Since we are already in the same copy, we will definitely come into contact with him. Just remember not to trust him.”

Zeng Xianqing heard this and nodded. “Situ Liao has two nicknames. One is Smiling Tiger, and the other is Movie Emperor.”

Bai Qiuye sincerely said, “These two nicknames are very fitting for him.”

Hei Chunhua looked at the time and said, “There are still three hours until seven in the morning. Let’s change out of our clothes first.”

Zeng Xianqing asked strangely, “Shouldn’t we hurry to the location before they do?”

Seizing the initiative was the most important thing.

“They entered the copy from different locations, so there is a situation.” Hei Chunhua said, “They don’t know that we were in this copy before.”

“Poor information is an advantage.” Li Gushu nodded. “Because of the existence of the faction, we can’t give up this advantage.”

Bai Qiuye was very pleased. “You guys are really too cautious.”

Zeng Xianqing was speechless.

The second batch of people who entered the copy might have already seen their previous live broadcast.

In this situation, even if they pretended not to know, those who watched the live broadcast would know their situation clearly.

If someone watched the live broadcast, then all their preparations would be unnecessary.

So they gambled that no one in the second batch knew that they were in this copy before.

They dragged Ah Long’s body back to the apartment and went to the resident’s room to find some suitable clothes to change into.

After washing her face, other than the tiredness in her eyes, she looked like a new person.

The talent exchange center and the beautiful apartment were separated by a street, next to the Golden Eagle Bay Hospital.

It was almost five in the morning, and there were people on the street.

Bai Qiuye observed these NPCs as she walked.

Some were listening to music, some were playing with their phones, and some were eating buns as they walked.

They all looked lively and had their own lives.

When passing by the Golden Eagle Bay Hospital, Bai Qiuye took a look inside.