Thriller Tour Group

[No.38 committed the crime of “Deception” by privately raising the price to 1000 points, and this is the 33rd time you have committed a crime]

Boom——

There was a thunderclap, and snow-white lightning cut through the sky. The moment the white light dispersed the somber darkness, all the maggots began to struggle desperately for their lives. The lightning fell again and again, and the entire stilted building crumbled, almost collapsing. The struggling maggots sometimes merged together and sometimes dispersed, and the sight of them in a mess seemed very bizarre. 

What did he do to incite the master to penalize him?!

The maggots were in so much pain they went nuts. He didn’t understand, as matters like raising prices privately would not attract the master’s attention as long as it didn’t exceed twice the original price. This was what he had concluded after trying countless times. He had done so before, but he suffered retribution this time!

When half of the maggots on the table turned to ashes, the thunder and lightning finally stopped, and the smell of burnt protein filled the stilted building. The remaining maggots collapsed on the table, convulsing and spasming, and their spirits did not return due to the pain.

[You have committed more than ten crimes in total. No.38, you will receive the punishment of being deprived your strength and being expelled to the 30th Parallel North Tour]

Hearing this, the maggots trembled and were even more frightened than they were facing the torture they received previously. They wriggled desperately, as if begging for mercy and kowtowing.

Suddenly, the maggots seemed to make up their mind. The white and fat maggots suddenly became shrivelled and weak after peeling off a faint golden light and spitting out the points. That seriously injured their vitality, but they didn’t wish to receive the stated punishments!

However, as soon as the golden light floated up, it was suppressed back into the maggots by an invisible force. The maggots were frightened at first, before they seemed to understand something. They tried to suppress their fear and quietly crawled on the table.

The maggots were right to behave so. This was because the mysterious and elegant male voice sounded again, indifferent and profound. 

[Tourists are the precious wealth of the Travel Services. A tour guide who can lead all their tourists back alive is the precious wealth of the master of the Travel Services]

[I hope such a tour guide can return to my side as soon as possible, without suffering from any injuries]

The pressure that only the maggots could perceive gradually disappeared.

[Perhaps it won’t be long before your name is returned to you again] 

After this sentence was spoken, the terrifying power disappeared completely, leaving only the maggots stretched out on the table.

After a long time, the maggots relaxed, and their small black eyes showed a thoughtful look.

Why didn’t he receive the punishment in the end? Even his points were not taken away, and he received neither an itchy nor painful punishment, with only half of his body destroyed. All the answers to his doubts were in the last words the male voice spoke.

The maggots thought of the way too handsome white-haired tour guide that led all the tourists to survive the first scenic spot. His strength was hidden under the pale skin. Even if his face was covered by the bronze mask, his abstinent and cold temperament would cause someone to feel the desire to torture and tie him down. He made you feel as if you should place him in a cage, for your exclusive consumption. 

Even the master took notice of him.

Was he lucky, or unlucky?

The precious wealth of the master of the Travel Services?

The maggots shivered. This was something he shouldn’t be thinking about. Accompanied by a rustling sound, the maggots slowly got back into their skin bag. Wu Laoliu stood up, trembling, and sat in front of the table. His whole body was shrunken, and thin like a piece of paper, and his eyes darted around for a long time. 

Name, name, his name.

Since he became a monster, he had forgotten his real name. He only knew that he could regain his name by playing the role of a “local” to atone for his sins.

To become a human again.

The road was so long that it appeared there was no hope. 

But——

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There was no one but him who would take a bath three times a day. Soaking in the bathtub, Wei Xun casually lifted up a handful of water and let it fall between his fingers as he summarized the information he obtained this morning.

His transaction with Wu Laoliu should have been a success. 

Wu Laoliu, a “Non-staff Personnel” of the Travel Services, bought a bamboo back basket for 1000 points from the Travel Services, sold it to Wei Xun for 1550, and gave eight bamboo back baskets he weaved to Wei Xun.

He and Wu Laoliu didn’t carry out the transaction through the Travel Services. In the end, the goods Wu Laoliu bought and sold was just a “ragged” baby bamboo basket. The other exquisite baby bamboo baskets were weaved by Wu Laoliu and “sent” to Wei Xun.

Although Wei Xun still doubted whether the “original price” Wu Laoliu stated was truthful, in any case, Wei Xun ultimately got nine bamboo back baskets for only 1550 points. Not only did he get them for the whole tour group, but he also got one to play with.

After calculating, each basket cost about 170 or so points. He truly tied a white wolf with bare hands. In any case, Wei Xun didn’t suffer a loss. 

Wei Xu looked at the bamboo basket and placed it down, lost in thought.

First, Wu Laoliu needed points desperately.

What did he need points for? Was it to complete the tasks given out by the Travel Services, or were they for something else?

Wei Xun didn’t know whether there was any tour guide who tried to do what he did with other locals. Even if there were tour guides who did so, there shouldn’t be many of them. This was because this was equivalent to making use of a loophole in the Travel Services. Wei Xun was able to do this because he blocked the livestream, pursued excitement, and liked to risk his life. 

The premise of all this was that Wei Xun was not afraid of the pressure from Wu Laoliu. Wu Laoliu was afraid of the Maria’s Butterfly tattoo on his hand, and this caused him to give Wei Xun a 20% discount.

Wu Laoliu, who was in urgent need of points, was also “colluding” with Wei Xun.

Secondly, the Travel Services limited the various ways that “locals” could obtain points.

If the locals could only stay here and earn revenue by acting as middlemen, ignoring the fact of how much time they spent doing so and the transaction fee they would have to pay the Travel Services, the tour guide couldn’t purchase these goods in bulk if the prices of these goods were too high. 

There were a few abnormal perverts like Wei Xun who could ignore all their negative emotions, but for most tour guides, their points were their lives. The more points in their hands, the better. If tourists died unexpectedly, they could earn points. In that case, why buy goods at the time of purchase?

To Wei Xun, the third aspect was the aspect he was most concerned about.

In the steaming bathroom, Wei Xun scooped up some water and poured it on himself, breathing comfortably.

What was Wu Laoliu? 

Throughout their conversation just now, his last attempt at sounding out Wu Laoliu caused a bold idea to be born in Wei Xun’s heart.

If the tour guide’s countdown to death fell to zero, he would become a monster.

Where did those monsters go?

“I’m not sure whether he’s my colleague.” 

Under the sound of spraying water, Wei Xun walked out of the bathtub naked and allowed the Porno Value to grow wildly, causing the livestream to be blocked again.

“Next, let’s see if those bamboo baskets can be used.”

Wei Xun had no idea what to do if they couldn’t be used. Based on the price of 800 points per basket, Wei Xun could only afford two at most. Therefore, it would be better to take a wager now. If he won, all the tourists would have bamboo baskets, and if he lost, at least there was still one bamboo basket.

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Even if the tourists were strong, they were not made of iron. They drove the corpses across the plank road and fought with the rotten corpses, and were tense all night. Even if they were afraid of III-9, they finally went back to the stilted building to rest for a day.

After lunch, the energetic tourists spontaneously divided themselves into two teams to explore the areas surrounding Baby Bamboo Miao Village. They knew that the Travel Services would not give them too much rest time, and the second scenic spot would appear tonight at the latest.

Getting more clues before then would be helpful for them to complete the next scenic spot.

They had to survive. 

Perhaps no one said it directly, but the atmosphere of the whole tour group was indeed changing subtly.

Miao Fangfei, the leader of the team, was the one who could perceive this change the most. After driving the corpses, they really looked like a team, a group, rather than a random combination of people that could fall apart at any time.

At this time, if she was attacked by a zombified flying fox like when she went up Wuluo mountain, most of the tourists would not escape, but stay and fight by her side.

This felt really good. People were all social animals. When they survived together after facing a desperate situation, the slight warmth brought by the tour group and the little encouragement of their teammates were like a warm and burning light that lured moths, causing the tourists to be unable to extricate themselves. 

All this was due to Tour Guide III-9.

Miao Fangfei sincerely appreciated III-9. No matter how crazy and terrible the previous rumors of him were, Miao Fangfei firmly believed in her eyes.

III-9 was a very, very good tour guide.

She was lucky to be led by such a tour guide, and she shared the fortune with all the tourists here. 

It was time to thank him.

As the leader, Miao Fangfei did not participate in the exploration in the afternoon, but went to III-9’s residence. Wang Pengpai and the other tourists all gave her their points. Miao Fangfei shouldered the trust of her team members to buy the key props this time.

After completing the attractions in the first scenic spot, the tourists were not poor, but Miao Fangfei knew why Yu Hean gave her so many points.

He wanted to give more points to III-9. 

They were infinitely grateful to III-9, but they were still afraid to approach him. At the same time, they were also worried because they didn’t know how to thank the tour guide. Tour guides usually liked points, and this seemed to be a common feature among all tour guides.

They had nothing but these meager points to express their gratitude. With a huge sum of points in hand, Miao Fangfei walked the entire way thinking about buying props.

The price of props sold in dangerous level tour stores was about 1000 points each, and the tour guide usually sold them for 3000 points after raising the price. This only happened when the tour guide’s strength was close to the local’s strength, so the price was not raised too much by the locals.

Intoxicating Xiangxi was a Super Difficult Dangerous-level tour, and it was unclear whether the props sold in the store would be more expensive. Based on past experiences, there was a high possibility that Wu Laoliu would increase the price if Guide III couldn’t suppress Wu Laoliu. In this way, the price of the props would become very high. 

Although Guide III was not a pig-raising tour guide, it was certainly impossible for anyone to make a transaction causing them a loss.

Miao Fangfei estimated that the price of the props would be above 5000. Everyone agreed on contributing to the price and could afford it. Even if the price was more than the estimated amount, they would have no problems with it.

Shi Tao has the least points, only about 4000. Miao Fangfei considered that she had more points in her hand. If the price of props was lower than 6000, she could lend Shi Tao some points.

With props, it would be much easier for them to make it through the next attraction. 

“Come in.”

When Wei Xun heard the knock on the door, he invited in Miao Fangfei, who was cautious about how many points to give. Both of them knew what they were going to do. Miao Fangfei stared at her hands and didn’t dare to look into Wei Xun’s eyes. It was rare that Wei Xun didn’t speak immediately.

Some time ago, he thought about what price to set for the baskets.

But before that, the most important question was whether the bamboo baskets made by Wu Laoliu could be used as a key prop? 

“Look at this.”

Wei Xun simply gave up thinking. He took a bamboo basket and stuffed it into Miao Fangfei’s arms.

He saw that she was scrambling and couldn’t react in time. However, in the next instant her eyes shone and she held the bamboo basket tightly, so Wei Xun could finally confirm his speculation.

It might work. 

“I’ll sell this bamboo basket for 1000 points.”

Wei Xun spoke slowly and always paid attention to Miao Fangfei’s expression. He got nine bamboo baskets for 1550 points, and after calculating, each cost about 170 points. It was really daring for Wei Xun to increase the price to ten times more than the price he bought it for.

However, when buying and selling goods, one would always have to bargain. If he set the price too low, how will there be room for bargaining?

Wei Xun was very conscientious, and his bottom line for each bamboo basket was 500 points. 

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Sure enough, was 1000 points too expensive?

Wei Xun didn’t feel strange looking at Miao Fangfei’s dazed expression.

Wei Xun knew of the stingy nature of the Travel Services. The Travel Services only gave 100 to 200 points even though it was so difficult for him to complete his task. He estimated that the tourists got less points. Even Shi Tao, who had a brother who was an expert, only had 1562 points at that time. 

1000 points shouldn’t be affordable for the tourists.

But it was alright, since he was not a devil. It was completely fine if he gave them a discount!

“I’ll give you a discount——”

“The discount——” 

Wei Xun and Miao Fangfei spoke at the same time. Wei Xun raised an eyebrow and signalled for Miao Fangfei to speak first.

Miao Fangfei was a considerably sincere person. The price she stated should be the highest the tourists could bear. If the price was not too low, Wei Xun could accept——

“As for the discount.”

It seemed that Miao Fangfei’s senses hadn’t returned. She opened her mouth several times but she couldn’t make a sound. Under the “encouraging” look in III-9’s eyes, she clenched her fist, took a deep breath, shed cold sweat on her forehead, and carefully whispered: 

“Your esteemed self, how about five times the price?”

“Five times isn’t possible.”

Wei Xun didn’t think much before rejecting her, “Five times——”

His voice halted suddenly. He looked at Miao Fangfei as if she was a fool and couldn’t believe his ears. 

“How much of a discount did you say?”

The author has something to say:

Forgive Guide Wei for being green and inexperienced 2333

Tour Guide · green and inexperienced · Wei: it’s not easy for tourists to earn points. 

Tour Guide · green and inexperienced · Wei: I only got one to two hundred points when I completed one task. I worked so hard on livestreaming and only earned 1500 points.

Tour Guide · green and inexperienced · Wei: I set such a high price of 1000. I wouldn’t make them cry, right——

Miao Fangfei: Ha, 1000 points? Guide III is testing me again!

Miao Fangfei: A bamboo basket for 5000, non-negotiable! 

Tour Guide · green and inexperienced · Wei: ???

Question: Who is the one bargaining?

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