After chatting with [Sparta], Su Shisan took out two business cards from her drawer. The first was from that male madam she’d met in the Main City of Builders.
He wasn’t a good person, but Su Shisan had a habit of keeping business cards. Even trash could be useful in the right place.
“Hello? Is this the boss of the massage parlor? Are you still open?” She got straight to the point when the call connected.
Sure enough, the voice on the other end was the manager, though he sounded tired:
“Yes, it’s me. We’re still open, but we’ve moved. If you want to visit, I can open a portal for you. It’s more private at home than at the shop, isn’t it?”
He made a reasonable point, but Su Shisan immediately understood: too many employees had run off, so the original shop couldn’t stay afloat, and he couldn’t afford the rent for a shop on the Main Road—he had to operate from home now.
As long as they were still open. She took out the other business card: “I have a great candidate for your staff—very good-looking. Are you interested in contacting him?”
The manager clearly hadn’t expected this topic, and after a brief pause, he quickly replied with a laugh: “Of course I’m interested! Can I see a photo?”
Su Shisan remembered he was either a C-rank or B-rank Builder. Either way, he probably hadn’t seen Jun Qian before.
So she added his contact and sent him a screenshot from the surveillance footage.
The moment he saw it, the manager got excited. Broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs, and a handsomeness that shone even through the pixelation—if he could really get such a staff member, the manager was sure he could not only recover, but even surpass his former glory.
“I really need him! Is he your NPC or someone you know? Is he interested in working for me?”
“He’s not, but opportunities are always up to you to seize, aren’t they?” Su Shisan lowered her voice in a conspiratorial tone. “I’ll send you his contact info. The rest is up to you.”
She hung up, a faint smile on her lips. The punishment might not be enough, but she was still weak for now—she’d just collect some interest first.
Let the wicked deal with the wicked. Hopefully, they’d have a lively conversation.
She didn’t rush to check her rewards. After handling the urgent matters, Su Shisan decided to get a good night’s sleep.
Even though she hadn’t needed to do much in this Copy, it had still lasted a full day, and Jun Qian had kept things lively at night—she’d basically stayed up all day and was exhausted.
Even if she hadn’t pulled an all-nighter, Su Shisan would always sleep after leaving a Copy. Resting after finishing a task helped reset her mind and review things later.
So, tired or not, she always made sure to get enough rest.
When she woke up, it was already nighttime. Su Shisan stretched, got out of bed, and went to check her rewards.
[Copy: “Happy District 13 Amusement Park”
Number of participating players: 24
Number of player deaths: 24
Death rate: 100%
Achievement Badges: Continuous Annihilation[4], High-Dimensional Perspective (can be equipped)
Reward points: 19200
Reward Props: Universal Prop Ban Talisman, Home Expansion Card (click to view)]
There was a new Achievement Badge, so Su Shisan immediately chose to equip it and checked its effect.
[“High-Dimensional Perspective”
Achievement: First time building a full-player Copy above your rank and achieving a teamwipe.
Effect: After equipping this Badge, Builders can view the basic data of players and NPCs.]
Su Shisan: “?”
Was this kind of overpowered function for real?
“You can see player data? Does that mean just speed and strength, or can you see their talents and Props too?” she asked in disbelief. “Can Builders really have skills like this?”
The “High-Dimensional Perspective” Badge was extremely rare, so the System checked the database before replying:
“As long as players haven’t used Props to hide their stats, ‘High-Dimensional Perspective’ allows you to see their speed, strength, and other attribute points, as well as their talent skills. Props cannot be seen.”
Faced with Su Shisan’s rare look of surprise, the System paused and explained:
“This skill isn’t as overpowered as you think, Thirteen. Starting from C-level Copies, there are 24 players; B-level has 30, A-level has 50.”
“How would you have the energy to check every player’s stats? It’s strong, but mainly useful for targeting powerful players.”
That was true—she’d been dazzled by the skill description at first, but on reflection, “High-Dimensional Perspective” wasn’t that overpowered. Or rather, it was so strong that it was hard to use effectively.
Even with “High-Dimensional Perspective,” the simulation of her wouldn’t be able to make good use of it. She’d probably only be able to use it effectively the first time in each Copy.
And she was about to level up to C-rank. As the System said, C-level had 24 people, and there would be even more in the future.
Not everyone’s data was useful—like in this Copy, she’d only targeted four or five people.
So essentially, this was a skill for targeting a handful of players.
But that was enough. To achieve a teamwipe, the most important thing was to kill off the smart, strong players. If she could see their stats and skills, she’d have a big advantage.
“How many Builders have this skill, according to the database?” Su Shisan suddenly asked. She’d only just noticed how demanding the requirements were for this achievement.
Over-level challenge, full player count, teamwipe—those three conditions were already harsh, but the “first time” condition at the start was even more so.
Only the first time you did a full-player, over-level challenge and got a teamwipe would you get this Badge.
If you failed to teamwipe the first time, even if you did it the second time, you wouldn’t get the Badge.
“My data shows there are three, but I don’t know exactly who,” the System replied efficiently.
As expected, not many. Satisfied her curiosity, Su Shisan checked the rest of her panel.
Once she had no further questions, the System floated up to eye level: “Thirteen, do you want to look in the mirror? After equipping the ‘High-Dimensional Perspective’ Badge, your eyes turned red.”
Raising an eyebrow, Su Shisan casually summoned a mirror—it was convenient at home, since she could create any ordinary item.
Looking in the mirror, her eyes really had turned red—a blood-red shade, but not too dark, with a hint of gray. Su Shisan touched her eyes and blinked—no special sensation.
“Can I hide this color?” she asked, unsure. If she could only keep this color, it would be inconvenient to act as an NPC.
The System checked with the main System:
“After equipping, you can’t change the color, but in your own Copy you can still alter your appearance, including eye color. In other people’s Copies, if you still wear the Badge and want to change it, you’ll need colored contacts.”
That was fine—it wouldn’t really affect her. After all, her own Copy was what mattered most. Acting as an NPC was just for the experience—Badge or not didn’t matter.
She continued checking the reward panel. The points from a C-level Copy were really generous, nearly hitting 20,000—more than she’d earned from her last two Copies combined.
If her next D-level Copy ended in a teamwipe, she’d have enough to buy a C-Rank NPC.
As for the Prop rewards, there were two this time. One was the clearly useful “Universal Prop Ban Talisman,” which could completely ban players from using Props—a perfect match for her new Badge.
The other was the seemingly useless “Home Expansion Card.” Maybe players who liked decorating their homes would love it, but for Su Shisan, it was pointless.
She only wanted her place clean, tidy, and of moderate size—no need for fancy decorations.
After pondering the purple card for a moment, Su Shisan decisively opened the Builder Mall, clicked on the Builder Trading Area, and searched for the card.
Sure enough, others were selling it. Hers was worth 5,000 points; cards for larger expansions were even pricier.
Her frown instantly vanished, replaced by a satisfied smile as she listed her card for 4,999 points in the trading area.
Not bad—a Copy that awarded 20,000 points, plus a Prop worth 5,000, for a total profit of 25,000 points. A wave of instant wealth.
Closing the reward panel, Su Shisan opened her chat again. He Feixian had messaged her in the afternoon with a video and a caption.
“I’ve compiled all of Jun Qian’s appearances. He was in the Copy from the very beginning! How did he even get in?”
Copies didn’t start when the players entered—there was a period of free operation for the Copy, where Builders and NPCs could prepare, usually at least ten minutes before players were matched.
She clicked the video. Jun Qian first appeared at the amusement park entrance, among the first batch of visitors. The time in the corner showed 6:50, right when the Copy started.
He looked around, naturally approached a local, then split off, and went to buy a ticket.
As an intruder, he shouldn’t have had any game coins or horror coins, so he must’ve stolen money from a local to buy the ticket.
After entering, Jun Qian zipped around the park at near-blur speed, then started sampling the rides. After trying three, he bought food and water from the “Happy Gas Station.”
Only after all that did he return to the entrance—just as the players’ bus was arriving.
The rest of the video answered Su Shisan’s questions. Jun Qian hadn’t specifically targeted the slicked-back guy and his companion—he’d swapped everyone’s tickets from the start.
He simply camped at the entrance, stealing a ticket from each player as they arrived, then returned a fake, perfectly duplicated ticket.
“This guy…” Talk about doing whatever it takes to complete a task—Su Shisan was truly impressed. She hadn’t expected this at all.
With Jun Qian’s method, even if she did nothing, only one player would clear the Copy. He’d never return the other players’ tickets—he only cared about his employer’s success.
After stealing the tickets, Jun Qian didn’t stick with his employer—he just went about his own business.
As expected, he bribed a staff member and, as a visitor, tried out the Ghost House. Since few visitors had died at that point, there weren’t many ghosts, so he cleared it easily.
The video showed Jun Qian thinking for a long time after clearing the Ghost House, then testing out a bottle of water.
So that’s when he came up with the solution—Su Shisan sighed. She should pay more attention to the Ghost House next time.
If it had been a player who reached it early instead of Jun Qian, things could have gone badly.
She’d need to strengthen the Ghost House in the early stage.
With a solution for the Ghost House, Jun Qian returned to the gas station and grabbed an employee identity for himself. Players couldn’t enter the same ride twice, but employees could.
The rest of the footage was what she already knew, so Su Shisan closed the video and prepared to revise the Copy.
First, she added a new surveillance camera. At the end of the Copy, Jun Qian finally told her about a blind spot: a patch of bushes behind the restroom, where you could squat and sneak out to a covered area.
There was supposed to be surveillance there, but the awning covered the camera. Following that route made it look like people disappeared after entering the restroom.
With Jun Qian’s skills and knowledge of the park, once he vanished from the cameras, he’d be hard to find again.
But removing the awning would fix it.
As for the Ghost House, after testing the minimum danger level accepted by “horror survival games,” she added a rule similar to the Ferris wheel: the Ghost House would only open after 8 p.m.
That way, even if someone bribed a Red-Clothed Employee to get into the Ghost House, it could only happen after eight, when the Ghost House’s difficulty was much higher—no need to worry about it being cleared too easily.
Finally, she locked the room with the humidifier and assigned strict guards. She couldn’t just remove that room, since it helped balance the Ghost House’s difficulty.
The game system would lower the regular solution’s difficulty because there was a simple clear method available.
With everything ready, the Copy was officially listed.