ARC 8-Chapter 131: Ancient Substitute

After An Cui quit the instance, 524 immediately came online and told her about Alice in a very cheerful tone. Alice had brought trouble upon herself. She had a win-win situation but she had to make it like this. She had a good hand and ruined it. People who had been bullied by her before saw that her sponsor had turned to pursue An Cui and had abandoned her, so they united to fight back against her. With her temper, she didn't have many true friends in the circle, so everyone pushed her down. She looked quite miserable and was afraid that she would not be able to make it.

By stepping on the remains of the losers, An Cui gained more people's admiration and love with the attitude of a winner.

However, An Cui had no interest in Alice at all, nor did she think it was a big deal to be rewarded by Alice's sponsor, so this topic did not arouse any emotion in her.

524 knew that she definitely didn't care, so he quickly changed the subject and told her that the share of the movie version's box office had been paid to her. It was a huge sum of money, and he was very excited just talking about it.

Unfortunately, money is just paper to An Cui. "It will all be used for charity. You can do whatever you want with it."

She smoked a cigarette and leaned lazily on the back of the chair. She smoked a cigarette every time she finished a copy, and she was as carefree as a god.

524 thought that after following the boss for a long time, his heart has become stronger. He was not so excited that he fainted when he heard that such a large sum of money was given to him to do. He still wanted to use money to buy An Cui to show up, but he didn't know that their boss was much richer than him.

An Cui said a few words and then fell silent. Smoke came out from her red lips, blurring her dark and mysterious eyes. She was like a mysterious banshee lying on a rock in the deep and unfathomable sea in the dark night, fascinating, intriguing and frightening.

After smoking, An Cui exited the live broadcast space and her spirit returned to her body.

She called someone over, "Prepare a virtual lab for me."

The visitor was stunned when he heard this, and then ran to report in ecstasy.

This caused a great shock. This most watched genius scientist of this century stopped doing any scientific research after the experimental accident a few years ago. All her work was taken over by scientists from her original team, but it was obvious that all progress slowed down. Projects that had been relatively smooth in An Cui's hands began to have problems frequently. No matter which industry, people's abilities will always be different. She is one of the most cutting-edge ones, and the most incredible thing is that she is still so young.

Any item in An Cui's previous laboratory, even a screw, has been copied one-to-one to An Cui's room. She can read all the documents in the laboratory and remotely guide the staff in the laboratory to conduct relevant experiments.

An Cui stood in this familiar laboratory, many memories came to her mind, and finally stopped at the explosion.

At that time, her mental state was actually not very stable. She tried her best to control herself and keep herself normal, but her lover at that time became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The obedient and cute assistant with freckles on her face turned out to be a top spy who wanted to steal her research results. He wore a black suit, had aggressive eyes, a confident and ambitious smile, and was completely different from his usual silly and sweet appearance in front of her. He deceived her trust and love with the most pious attitude, but died in an experimental accident to save her after his true identity was exposed.

It's not that she loves him too much. After all, love is just the most insignificant part of her conquest of the stars and the sea. It is only used to spice up her life and meet her physiological needs. But in her already precarious situation, even the smallest deception and betrayal will be magnified.

She understood Luo Chenyu's feelings very well. Sometimes, if you can simply hate and dislike someone, it is good even if there are no good memories at all.

But thinking about it now, she felt differently.

"Although I don't know what's going on, I'm sure the doctor is getting better." An Cui's attending physician said excitedly among the crowd watching the situation in the virtual laboratory through the monitor.

"very good."

"Give her everything she asks for, except anything that hurts herself."

"Protect her safety. Raise the alert to level three. All staff members must thoroughly investigate her ancestors. The incident that happened four years ago must not happen again. She is the most precious treasure of mankind. She cannot suffer any loss."

"..."

An Cui was immersed in her kingdom and almost forgot about 524 and the game until she had a craving for cigarettes but couldn't find them.

524 Seeing her finally come online, she whined and complained.

Okay, let's play a game.

but......

"I'm not used to being in the dungeon without you." An Cui said as she lit a cigarette.

524: "!!!" He suddenly blushed! He actually had a time when the boss missed him!

"Since we are not allowed to contact customer service staff in the semi-finals, I will not participate in the semi-finals. I will just play the live broadcast normally." An Cui likes to play with 524. Sometimes it is quite interesting to listen to his complaints.

524 doesn't know whether to be excited that he has such an important position in the boss's heart, or whether he should just not participate in the semi-finals if the boss says so.

But if you think about it carefully, the purpose of Xingcan Live Broadcasting to find anchors to participate in the competition has been fully achieved. Because of An Cui, the traffic of Xingcan Live Broadcasting platform is now 300 times higher than before An Cui came, saving millions of star coins in advertising fees, and signing many potential anchors. The company has also expanded several times and is no longer a small workshop. Everything is on the right track.

With An Cui's current fame, if she doesn't develop in the entertainment industry or come to their civilization, then even if she wins the championship, the fame and the 100 million prize money will not mean much to her. In addition, if she encounters a weird anchor like Alice again, it will be very annoying.

Thinking this way, as long as An Cui is happy, it doesn't matter whether she continues or not.

So when drawing a new copy, 524 turned off the competition button, so that he would not be restricted by the competition rules. Just like An Cui said, he would play normally and broadcast normally. He felt a little proud when he thought that An Cui did not participate in the competition just to play with him!

The dungeon that was picked out was a C-level dungeon. 524 thought it was just right, the last dungeon was S-level, now it was a bit easier. But when he looked at the script, hmm...

This copy is based on a fictional ancient background.

An Cui raised her eyebrows, became interested, and read the main storyline.

It was a time of chaos, with four countries fighting for hegemony. The people were living in poverty, famine and plague were everywhere, and the law had become a piece of waste paper. Everyone was busy taking care of themselves. The Yun family, a noble family in Shanghe, was forced to migrate because of the war and the rise of their enemies. However, looking around, there were wolves in front and tigers behind, and it was difficult to go either way. The journey was difficult and dangerous. In order to preserve the bloodline as much as possible, the head of the family decided to divide his children, guards, slaves and property into four teams, and set off in four directions to seek refuge with four powerful family friends who happened to have them in the four directions.

The heroine Yun Chu is the unfavored concubine of the Qiao family. When she went to the temple to pray, she gave a poor old woman some silver coins, and the old woman gave her a jade pendant. Before leaving, she dreamed that she and her brother led their team to the north, intending to seek refuge with the King of Zhenbei in the north. As a result, they accidentally entered the bandit's den and were spotted by the bandits. She was kept in the mountains as the third-in-command's woman.

Then she saw her elder sister who always bullied her, who appeared gentle on the surface but was vicious behind the scenes, walking eastward. Not only did she arrive at her destination safely, but she also captured the heart of the eldest son of the clan and got this ideal husband. In the future, this ideal husband would join the battle. A few years later, she became the biggest winner, ascended the throne, and she became the empress.

After waking up, she discussed with her brother and finally managed to exchange directions with her elder sister, changing the fate of her family. She helped her husband conquer the world with the help of predictive dreams and eventually became the queen.

As for the elder sister named Yunzhu, she also entered the bandit's den and was also favored by the third in command. But this was a noble lady who had been spoiled since childhood. She was very proud in her bones. Unlike Yunchu, she was flexible and knew the situation. She refused to bow her head, so she lost her innocence and suffered a lot. In the end, she simply committed suicide.

It's quite strong, An Cui thought when she saw the ending.

"Then Yunzhu will be fine. Enter at a random time." The heroines in non-sad novels rarely make people want to enter. After all, she has a cheat code and can do great things on her own, which makes it boring to play.

524 wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't. Never mind. Even though this show might lose some viewers, as long as she was happy, it was fine. She had fame now anyway, so she had extra money.

...

As soon as An Cui's live broadcast notification was issued, the other participating anchors who were about to start the game suddenly tensed up. After the Alice incident, everyone was very wary of An Cui, fearing that they would accidentally enter the same dungeon with her. She had such a strong personality that even if she stood there without doing anything, her presence was very strong. If they stood with her, they would be compared to her and be eclipsed. Even if they did not become enemies with her, they would probably be overshadowed and their fans would leave and never come back.

However, after An Cui entered the dungeon, they discovered that An Cui was not participating in the live broadcast of the competition this time. They were immediately relieved, thinking that they would not meet her in the dungeon.

Although the audience was a little surprised that An Cui was not playing the rematch copy, they did not pay much attention to it, just thinking that the boss wanted to change the way of playing. In short, first spread flowers, give gifts and flatter the boss, and then pay attention to which copy their boss will play this time after it is over...

【emmmm......】

【emmmm......】

[Isn't this the most unpopular type of copy? ? ]

[And it's not fun either... I can't imagine how our boss would handle this dungeon.]

【......】

That's right, the dungeon with an ancient background is one of the least popular types of dungeons, mainly because all races in this civilization cannot understand why men can have three wives and four concubines, and the status of women is so low. A group of women are always fighting for a man. It is simply unacceptable. After many female anchors enter the dungeon, they often say something that no one thinks is wrong, but they are scolded by the NPC. In worse cases, they are criticized by thousands of people. It is inexplicable and unreasonable.

Over time, ancient-themed dungeons had no female audience except for some male players. Also, because eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, and sleeping were very inconvenient in ancient settings, male players soon found the game boring and stopped playing.

This was a big mistake made by Galaxy Games. They spent so much energy and even sent a research team to the author's hometown to collect relevant information and make these copies. They thought that it would have some effect because of curiosity, but in the end, they were thrown in a corner and gathered dust. Fortunately, Galaxy Games is rich and powerful, so they didn't take this loss seriously, but the copy production team responsible for the ancient background was still very sad. After all, it was a matter of hard work, not money.

After discovering that An Cui went to this dungeon that confused them, many fans felt a little disappointed, but only a few left immediately. Although most of them did not like this dungeon, they still chose to stay and see how the big guys would play in this dungeon, hoping there would be some surprises.

...

As soon as An Cui opened her eyes, she was immediately filled with loud laughter. She found herself lying on the ground, wearing a dress that looked very difficult to lift. The sleeves were so big that they covered the ground, and even the headdress seemed a little heavy, pressing her neck. But these were not the main points. The main point was that there were people all around her, staring at her hungrily. She was like a rabbit that fell into a wolf's den, surrounded by wolves, and they were figuring out how to eat her.

I see. It was after Yunzhu was arrested and before she became the third-in-command woman.

These bandits were not real bandits who killed people without blinking an eye and robbed the people everywhere. They were a group of ordinary people who gathered from all over the place to form a force because they could not survive the war. They were a mixed bag, but overall they still had some principles and bottom lines. Yunzhu's group passed by and was robbed because they were fat sheep. Because they all hated the aristocratic family, they robbed the property and let the slaves go, but captured Yunzhu and her brother. Her brother had been locked up at this time, and Yunzhu was dragged to the lobby because someone had a crush on her because of her beauty.

Because according to their rules, the things that are snatched belong to everyone. If someone wants to monopolize them, they have to get everyone's consent and cannot take them secretly.

"The daughter of a rich family is different from us common people. Look at her white skin. I have never seen such a white person in my life..."

"Will it break like tofu if I touch it?"

"Bah, these are black-hearted people..."

"Hehehe..."

An Cui looked around and finally her eyes fell on the two people in front. The man sitting on the big chair covered with tiger skin looked very strong. He was shirtless, with bulging muscles, a beard, and deep brows. Unlike everyone else who was looking at her, he seemed to have no interest in her. He was playing with two walnuts in his hand with some disinterest and yawned. His teeth were surprisingly white.

Sitting to his lower left was a short but smart-looking man. He should be the third in command, Zhang Lei, because the article said that the second in command was a frail scholar-like man, but there was no frail scholar-like man to be seen here.

524 was very anxious: [What should I do? How about starting over?] No matter how capable An Cui was, she would not be able to get away with it in this situation, surrounded by these wolf-like and ferocious men.

However, An Cui was very excited: [Don't give up when you encounter a problem. It's just a den of bandits.]

524: [? ? Why do you seem a little excited? ]

[Since the basic character setting is so fierce, this time the character setting will be... a little tougher. ]

524: Fierce, fierce? How fierce do you want to be? ?

At this time, the third in command, Zhang Lei, stood up, raised his hand to ask the brothers to be quiet, and was about to say some high-sounding words to monopolize her.

Before he could say anything, An Cui stood up from the ground and said, "So the so-called Dongshan bandits are just like this."

So everyone looked at An Cui, and Zhang Lei was choked. Even the boss Han Xiao who was sitting on the tiger-skin chair looked over. His amber eyes were extremely cold and a little violent, like the eyes of a large cat, which made people feel timid when they looked at him.

"Although I have stayed in my boudoir for many years and have never seen much of the world, I have heard of the name of the chivalrous bandits in Weiyingshan. They robbed the rich to help the poor, and provided a paradise for the displaced people in troubled times. So I thought that you must be heroes with chivalrous hearts, which is why you chose to pass through. I didn't expect that you are a group of frauds who bully weak women. It's really disappointing." She frowned and spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice. She seemed very confident, arrogant and disappointed, as if she really thought they were chivalrous men.

An Cui was not talking nonsense, this group of bandits was set up like this, and their fighting power was very high. Han Xiao ended up being the third loyal male lead, and was captured by the heroine who disguised herself as  to persuade them to surrender. In the end, he led his brothers to conquer the world for them, and those who survived after the end were all granted titles of nobility and appointed as prime ministers, which was very glorious.

The group of people really didn't expect An Cui to say this. They looked at each other in bewilderment and couldn't help but whisper to each other, "We are so famous?"

"They say we are heroes with chivalrous hearts..."

"What you said sounded nice, but I'm afraid you made it up to protect yourself. You nobles are the most cunning and vicious. But don't worry, we are men and have no intention of doing anything to a woman like you. At most, we will marry you as our wife so that you can share our good nights with us, hahahahaha..." Zhang Lei said.

Then the others immediately started laughing as well.

However, An Cui glanced at him coldly, not panicking at all, and said, "I see, it seems that you are not going to let me go. Well, the world is in chaos, there is no pure land, everywhere is the same, it's okay to stay. If someone wants to marry me, it's fine, but I, Yunzhu, have made a vow since I was a child to only marry the strongest man. In this village, I will only be the wife of the chief village chief. What about you?"

The so-called "Yazhaifu" is the wife of the leader of a mountain stronghold. Not just any woman of a bandit can be called "Yazhaifu".

An Cui was originally a predator, with no right to choose, but her fearless aura, demeanor, and words somehow took away the initiative, and everyone's eyes subconsciously followed her words and gathered on the man on the tiger-skin chair. The strongest and the leader, he was the one.

Han Xiao also looked at An Cui, still with that cold and cruel look in his eyes. An ordinary woman would be so scared that her legs would go weak when seeing that. However, the woman in front of him was not afraid at all and even dared to look him in the eye.

Zhang Lei also looked over, and after a few seconds he suddenly realized, that's not right, she is a prisoner, how can she choose someone? Just as he was about to turn around and scold, he saw An Cui staring straight at Han Xiao and said, "It seems to be you. You look quite suitable for my taste. If you have no wife, I will marry you. But I, Yunzhu, have a fierce temper and am very jealous, so you can only marry me in this life. If you dare to look for other women, be careful that I will break your legs."

When she said this, her eyes staring straight at Han Xiao sounded like a threat and a temptation, like a pot of aged liquor, making people feel dizzy just by looking at it.

The whole place was silent. Everyone was dumbfounded. Is this... is this a noble lady? So fierce?! She is so brave! She even wants to break their boss's legs! She must be really brave!

Han Xiao's eyebrows twitched, and a strong interest appeared in his eyes. He was completely curious about this tough woman. He really wanted to know where she got the confidence to say such things.

He stood up from the tiger-skin chair, and his body suddenly stretched out, and the pressure seemed to spread all at once, making people gasp. He was very tall, nearly two meters tall, and his bronze muscles were intimidating. I couldn't help but wonder if he could smash a head with one punch. He walked down the steps step by step and walked towards An Cui, like a cheetah step by step towards its prey, with a wild feeling.

An Cui was not afraid, she looked at him straight in the eyes, even raised her chin arrogantly, which made people feel inexplicably excited and had a desire to conquer this wild horse. An Cui even stretched out her hand to him, as if asking him to support her and worship her.

Han Xiao looked at her hand, looked at her eyes, and grinned, which made him look quite wild. He ignored the hand, walked over, bent his waist, and directly carried An Cui on his shoulders and walked towards his bedroom.

In the live broadcast room, fans who originally had no interest in this dungeon but still watched it casually because of An Cui:

[Huh? Why do I suddenly feel excited? ! ]

[Oh my god, I'm excited! ]

[It's different from what I imagined. It seems a bit interesting.]