Deceitful Game

Chapter 79 The First Encounter

Chapter 79 The First Encounter

"—What's wrong with you?"

Mingpo suddenly turned around, her brows furrowed: "You can still lose all your chips?"

Although Ai Shiping has a quirky personality and no financial sense, Mingpo believes that his personal abilities are definitely extraordinary.

Or to put it another way—if the other person were mediocre, he would never have been able to become friends with such an arrogant person as Mingpo in the first place.

Mingpo might help the weak, or he might have pity for the weak—just like how he donates one-tenth of his annual income. Since he first started working six years ago, he has also been providing targeted assistance to a student in a poor mountain village—the student was only in the second year of junior high school then, and now that child is in college.

Once Mingpo is found to be a friend of the weak, he will never walk alongside them.

He loathed people who dragged him down—though he had forgotten the specific reasons why.

Although Mingpo is a screenwriter for online games, he doesn't actually like playing them. The main reason for this is that Mingpo doesn't want to interact with strangers.

It's not that I'm socially anxious, it's just that I feel it's pointless. So I'm too lazy to talk to them.

But Ai Shiping was different; he could quickly become friends with almost anyone and had a fairly reliable leadership style.

When he joins a group, Ai Shiping becomes the social core of that group in less than a week; he can even play games with strangers he has never met before for a whole day, become their best friend, and then enter their social circle and gain a new batch of friends, spreading and multiplying like a virus.

When Ai Shiping rarely went out, it was usually his "friends" who would come from other places to visit him.

Mingpo actually quite acknowledged Ai Shiping's special ability.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have recommended Ai Shiping to his boss—his eccentric boss liked to collect all sorts of strange and unusual talents and then give them extremely generous treatment.

This "talent" is not limited to the scope of "making the company profitable".

Their company wants anyone with a unique skill.

This is probably one of the reasons why the Faceless God Studio was able to succeed.

—Although I don’t know why, the Faceless God Studio suddenly disappeared in this timeline.

But in any case, given Ai Shiping's personal abilities, it's clear he wouldn't lose all his chips in a game at the "Red Copper" level. "That's definitely not the case."

Ai Shiping chuckled awkwardly, "Actually—I already earned a 'Sun's Pseudo-Gold' before."

"And what about your chips?"

Mingpo glared at her and retorted, "Don't tell me you gave it away!"

Based on his understanding of Ai Shiping, that guy was actually capable of doing something like that.

He first met Ai Shiping when Mingpo got lost in another city, his wallet was stolen, and his phone happened to be out of battery.

He was on the phone with his mother when his phone suddenly ran out of battery. She must have been very worried.

When Mingpo was traveling alone in Chongqing, he was completely unfamiliar with the complex and strange roads, so he had to keep asking people for directions, asking how to get to his hotel.

They were only teenagers at the time, and electronic payments were not yet widespread.

Even if he explained the situation directly to the driver, he should be able to go back to the hotel to get the money.

But Mingper stubbornly refused to accept this approach and decided to walk straight back.

He didn't understand Sichuan dialect very well, or perhaps the locals on the roadside didn't know the way very well either—so those who asked for directions kept giving directions, and after walking for two hours, the scenery along the roadside was still completely unfamiliar.

It was at that time that he met Ai Shiping for the first time.

Mingpo thought that since he was relatively young, his dialect shouldn't be too strong—so he stopped Ai Shiping, who was riding a bicycle, and asked him for directions.

As a result, Ai Shiping very earnestly and enthusiastically inquired about the difficulties he was encountering—and then decided to help him with this favor.

—According to normal logic and behavior, at most one would help Mingpo call the police or tell him where the police station is. After all, you should call the police when you're in trouble.

Or at most, give Mingpo some money for a taxi and let him go back to the hotel first.

As a result, Ai Shiping gave Mingpo his phone and cash, letting him use his phone first, and then he left in a hurry.

Aside from QQ, he didn't even cancel his own account!

They were complete strangers who were meeting for the first time!

With the cash given to him by Ai Shiping, Mingpo reconnected with his parents, got a taxi, bought food, and returned to the hotel—only then did he realize something.

The conversation went so smoothly that Mingpo forgot to ask Ai Shiping for his personal information!

Mingpo thought to herself, "Whose rich kid is this? He's so careless about personal information security, just handing over his phone to someone else like that!"

As a result, Mingpo still managed to contact Ai Shiping through his classmate using the WeChat account that Ai Shiping hadn't logged out of, and was able to return the phone and money to Ai Shiping before returning home.

It was then that Mingpo realized that Ai Shiping only had one cell phone.

Later, Mingpo learned that Ai Shiping was an orphan. His whole family had died in the earthquake, and he was now living with his uncle.

If someone has 100,000 yuan, and he takes out 20 yuan to have a meal with his friends, it can only be considered generous.

If someone only has twenty dollars—but chooses to spend it all on a meal with friends—then they are truly a great philanthropist.

Mingpo was very curious about Ai Shiping from the beginning—

He realized that this person must be an extraordinary individual.

It was from that time that Mingpo and Ai Shiping became friends.

Although they have different hobbies, play almost no games, and even lead completely different lives and social circles, Mingpu believes that it is under these circumstances that friendships are truly genuine.

Because it's a friendship that has nothing to do with "happiness." Even without the joy of playing together, it can still be formed.

Therefore, Mingpo knew that Ai Shiping was truly capable of such wasteful behavior.

It wasn't that he didn't know the value of the chips—but rather that he was able to give them away even knowing their value.

But the stakes of time are not simply "wealth." They are vital assets concerning one's life and existence.

If he continues to dispose of or give things away carelessly, then Mingpo will really swing his copper-headed belt and whip Ai Shiping into a spinning top.

"That's not it, that's not it—"

Ai Shiping felt a little guilty, but tried to appear calm as he pulled out a strange packet of Wrigley's Spearmint gum: "I did buy this—"

"Um?"

"Don't be nervous! This is a secret treasure! It's called 'Nervousness-Relieving Gum'."

Ai Shiping quickly said, "When you chew it, your personal time flow rate will be reduced by half—which can be considered as accelerating it to twice the speed in your consciousness! The effective time is three minutes—I used my chips to buy this with others, so this thing must be useful!"

"————That's true."

Mingpo nodded, his anger subsiding somewhat.

This thing does indeed have value.

In real-world applications—"time slowdown" is more useful than "time stop." The former gives the fraudster enough time to use their chips, potentially turning the tide of battle. And it seems it could be used in games too—

"One day isn't expensive. But you only have one day?"

"—Because the other party needs it urgently."

Ai Shiping chuckled and enthusiastically took out the chewing gum from inside: "Here, I had four pieces in total. I used one, so there are three left. I'll share half with you—two pieces for you, and I'll take one!"

"You bought it with your own chips, and you're giving me two and keeping one for yourself?" Mingpo retorted.

"The best equipment should definitely be given to our eldest brother!"

Ai Shiping replied without hesitation, "Just like how the best equipment should be given to tanks—that's common sense!"

"—Fine, use your common sense."

Mingpo accepted the two pieces of chewing gum and said seriously to Ai Shiping, "I can't help you deal with those assassins for now—I'm afraid we'll have to wait until tomorrow. I won't explain the specific reasons to you."

"It's okay, I'll just stay home and relax all day."

Ai Shiping disagreed.

"No, I'll take you to play a game of deception."

Mingpo shook his head: "Let me help you earn the chips for the advancement game first."

Now that their home is blocked—without Frankenstein's power, Mingpo can't go back to find Gao Fan for the time being, and can only enter the Deception Game with Ai Shiping for the time being.

Although Mingpo could give Ai Shiping some chips to participate in the promotion game directly, Mingpo was worried that Ai Shiping might encounter an accident and fail to pass.

So I decided to play a game of Deception with him first to see how good he was.

If he's still not quite used to the game, I can share some of my experience.

Earning chips is secondary; teaching is the primary goal.

"Okay."

Ai Shiping said with a smile, "Anyway, we're just killing time, let's... Come on, let's team up!"