signingbooks Chapter 299 New Life
Chapter 299 New Life
Chapter 299 New Life (20)
A new task soon appeared on their arms, and as they had expected, it was exactly the same as yesterday's.
"It seems the mission will indeed continue until we've watched all the videotapes," Jiang Jing remarked.
She's not doing any tasks today either.
[Within two hours, go to room 401 to borrow today's videotape and watch it in its entirety.]
The task is exactly the same as before.
Buying this task is simple; just remove the word "watch".
Lu Jinzhao did not immediately choose to modify the task, but waited for the reactions of others.
Ning Jianwei had already made plans, and after the task was released, she didn't hesitate much and directly chose to remove the word "watch" from the task.
Passengers will not know how much the changes will cost until the mission is modified.
If you don't have enough money to buy a life, the modification will fail immediately.
Ning Jianwei had a considerable amount of money to buy her life, which was one of the reasons why she dared to try entering this platform.
This time, she naturally succeeded in making the changes.
just
"It's quite cheap?" Jiang Jing, who had also modified the task, couldn't help but exclaim.
"Five hundred per word, a thousand per day, does that mean this task will last for a very long time?"
This statement itself is nothing special; everyone at the death platform tacitly shares certain information.
At 500 yuan per word to buy a life, it is indeed considered cheap in the death platform.
They originally expected the cost per word to be at least three thousand, after all, this wasn't the first time "new student" had appeared, not to mention the special circumstances like Anning City.
The fact that it only costs 500 now suggests that the mission will last a long time, such as a month or longer. In that case, the cost of 1,000 a day to buy one's life would be deadly enough.
But these words struck Lu Jinzhao like a thunderbolt.
five hundred?
She recalled her dream in which her mother spent four thousand to change a single word, and at the time she had lamented the high cost. But now, it only cost five hundred?!
There must be a big problem here.
Why did the cost drop from four thousand to five hundred?
Lower costs mean lower returns!
"The breathing room gained from modifying the mission has become smaller?"
That's all she could think.
But five hundred is still much cheaper than four thousand!
This is the second time [the product is being sold]. If the first time it was 4,000, it wouldn't be surprising if the second time it was 6,000, but the price has been reduced to 500.
The fortune teller standing nearby looked puzzled upon hearing Jiang Jing's words: "Five hundred?"
"That's too cheap."
She seemed to realize something, as did Ning Jianwei.
"Either this mission will last a long time, or a single mission modification won't have any impact."
"Let's try again tomorrow and see if it's 500 the first time and 500 the second time."
If the price is higher the second time, that would be reasonable, although it would definitely be bad news, but it would also mean that the logic of the mission is as they expected.
What they are worried about now is that the price for the second revision is still 500 per word, and it will not gradually increase over time, and the progress of the videotape does not seem to be going to last for a long time.
Even without the information from Lu Jinzhao's dream, they knew this was not a good sign.
After hearing Jiang Jing's information, some who were initially hesitant and didn't have much money to buy their lives decided to change their missions. Others, like Lu Jinzhao, who had originally planned to change their missions, changed their minds. Lu Jinzhao couldn't tell anyone about what happened in her dream, but she clearly explained why she changed her mind.
"It's too cheap. I doubt that modifying this mission will yield much benefit."
There was one more thing she didn't say.
In the past, no matter how much the mission wanted to cause death, it could not change the rules. But this is Anning City, Anning City where supernatural phenomena have been leaked. She still cannot judge whether the mission itself has been distorted.
Is the 500 yuan "life-saving money" a trap? Is there any bait hidden inside?
It's important to understand that neither the platform nor the ghosts within it can possibly have any "good intentions," so how can we reduce the cost of modifying tasks?
How could someone be so kind?
If the rules for platform operation remain unchanged, then a reduction in task costs means that the benefits of modifying tasks will be lower.
If the rules governing the platform's operation have changed due to a paranormal leak, then the reduced rewards for modifying tasks indicate a significant risk involved!
"But it's always better not to do any missions than to do them, right?"
Jiang Jing believes this point will not change. The benefits of modifying the task may be less, but there are still benefits, right?
It's better than sitting and waiting to die.
"Perhaps." Lu Jinzhao didn't think her idea was wrong; everything still needed further verification.
"So who's going to get the videotape today?"
The newcomers didn't understand what they were talking about, only that it was probably something that had nothing to do with them. What they cared about more right now was who would borrow the videotape.
Shi Yan suddenly let out a sneer: "What's there to worry about? Just borrow it and pay it back on time."
The newcomer looked somewhat resentful at being mocked, not understanding why Shi Yan would speak like that, but she didn't intend to refute anything.
Shi Yan, after speaking, walked into the building, seemingly intending to borrow the videotape directly.
The person who was being mocked immediately calmed down upon seeing her actions.
Well, she's going to do it herself anyway, so let her say a few words.
Although Ning Jianwei and the others did not intend to watch the video, they still followed them into the building.
They wanted to see if anything had changed about 401, or rather, the woman who lived in 401.
After all, another night had passed, and someone had broken into room 401 last night.
The stairwell, which was crowded on the first day, is much more spacious today.
When Lu Jinzhao arrived on the fourth floor, Shi Yan just knocked on the door of room 401. The woman seemed to know their purpose, and a pale arm reached out from the crack in the door, handing over a videotape.
This time she didn't say anything.
Shi Yan took the videotape, and the woman immediately withdrew her hand, and the door was closed.
"She looks... no different than before?" said another passenger from Anning City.
Indeed, Lu Jinzhao also carefully observed the woman through the crack in the door. Although he could only see a small part of her, she was the same as before.
There was no sign of her lower abdomen protruding.
"Are we still going to room 402 to watch the video?"
The events that happened in room 402 yesterday are still fresh in everyone's mind, and the newlyweds are almost all reluctant to step into that room again.
"Let's try another one. See if there are any players in the rooms on other floors," Shi Yan said after a moment's thought.
As long-time passengers, they had witnessed too many deaths, all sorts of bizarre and tragic ways of dying. Although yesterday's scene had also frightened her, it wasn't enough to break down her psychological defenses, and she didn't even dare to step into that room.
She was worried that yesterday's events might have caused some kind of anomaly in room 402, and just in case, it would be best to replace the machine.