Chapter 485: Long-awaited Incident Investigation
Ever since they were chased by the BOSS while fishing outside the town of Baboba, the two lazy fishermen, Wolong from Beibu Gulf and Fengchu from Wanfeng Lake, have not come to Tachia for a long time.
There is no way, the psychological shadow is too big.
The "floating corpse" that was fished out for the first time outside the city of Dutata, and the female cultist boss that "refreshed" on my face, although both were quite curious... at least they still had human form.
When the female BOSS transformed...they had already retreated and handed the monster over to the people they called, and they quickly hid far away so as not to be disgusted.
The incident in Baboba Town was outrageous. The boss rushed out in a transformed state and chased them until they screamed...
The two lazy players naturally avoid this kind of thing that is both scary and ruins the gaming experience (fishing) - when mainstream players are busy on this hot land brushing the Night Watch mission, these two crouching dragons and phoenixes are determined not to set foot in the territory of Tachia; when they go online, they either run to the Knight Territory of the orange cat boss to play, or stay obediently in Innaderi.
Now, the mainstream players who have almost completed all the quests in Tachia and have no more "wild monsters" to kill have left this hot land, but the two of them came over leisurely.
"This main city also has a port. Should we go to the port and take a look?"
As they walked out of the city hall and onto the street, Wanfeng Lake Fengchu took the initiative to propose.
"Forget it, forget it. There are too many things to do in this port." Beibu Gulf Wolong shook his head. "Last time, I caught a floating corpse in the port of Dutata City, and it also attracted a BOSS. It delayed my work too much."
"That's right. The main city port is not auspicious." Wanfeng Lake Fengchu nodded. "Why don't we find a quiet place far away from the main city? It would be best if there are no NPC towns or villages around."
"Let's go." Beibu Gulf waved its dragon bone claw.
Although these two lazy players haven't done many things that ordinary players would do... their online time is indeed very stable. They can stay online for more than six hours a day (Earth time) on weekdays, and occasionally use up the daily online time during holidays.
With such a stable online presence, their potential values are naturally not low - after all, the growth of a player's mental power is determined by the total time the soul is projected into the matrix plus their own mental talent, and has nothing to do with how the game is played while online - although they haven't spawned any monsters since leaving the Novice Village, and they're always slacking off when playing with a group, they're not behind in level, and are even at the forefront.
In other words, both of them are level 4 players.
Of course, they didn't go for the second job... The professional (rune) skills of the first job were enough for these two to wander around in the mountains and forests, and even if they couldn't defeat wild beasts or monsters, they could still run away. Naturally, there was no need to stick to the second job task with a very long quest process.
These two guys, whose levels were clearly comparable to those of the previous few echelons of players and whose spiritual talents were relatively good (having a spiritual power of over 400 proved that they were quite capable), just as the golden time (7pm to 11pm Earth time) was about to begin, went against the mainstream players, carrying buckets and fishing rods and running towards the fishing grounds of their dreams...
About forty minutes later in the other world, the dragon and the phoenix arrived at a hilly area.
This hill is about 60 kilometers away from Creek City and is covered with dense vegetation. There are a few wooden houses scattered behind the low-lying area facing the road, and some wood with only slightly removed bark and branches are piled up in front and behind the houses... Obviously, this hill was once a forest farm belonging to a certain family.
Considering that the nobles in the city suffered heavy losses during the siege (anyone who was related to the "Whisperer" sect and exposed was killed on the spot by Yang Qiu), this forest farm, which seemed to have been deserted for some time, may have been reclaimed by the City Hall, but due to lack of manpower, they have not had time to send anyone to take over.
It is impossible for players to have the understanding that "non-public land cannot be trespassed", and the two lazy fishermen who followed an unknown tributary of the Baselo River found that the low-lying land near the water in the northeast of the hills was "particularly neat" and especially suitable for fishing, so they rushed in happily.
Before getting down to business, the two of them carefully searched the surrounding cabins to confirm whether there were any NPCs hiding anywhere - they were really annoyed by unexpected events interrupting their fishing trips, and if there were still a few NPCs lurking in that shabby place, looking like they would give them a quest to spawn monsters at any time, then they would rather change places.
You can do mindless errands, but you will never do tasks that require time and effort to kill monsters... This is the principle of casual players.
"It's stable, no one's here! Let's get started!"
After checking all the cabins for a few minutes and confirming that there were no traces of NPCs, the two excitedly ran back to the river and quickly prepared for fishing...
I mixed the bait (cornmeal) I bought from Westram with the earthworms I dug myself (I used grasshopper powder instead when I was too lazy to catch earthworms) and kneaded them into a ball. I put it on the hook and cast the rod confidently. All I had to do was wait and chat with others to kill time.
While these two newbies in the fishing group were happily chatting about the big guys in the fishing world, on the other side, another team of four players had just left a "NPC town" and were heading towards the hills.
The outfits of these four players are completely different from those of the two young players who are happily fishing.
The leading knight player is wearing a set of shiny Solari armor (actually only a helmet, breastplate, arm guards and leg guards; the other parts are not useful to the undead). The shield hanging on the back strap of the breastplate comes from the Barnes Coalition Scout (a small light shield), and the sword at his waist comes from the Kenyan Cavalry.
The equipment of the wizard, who is one level behind the knight player, is slightly inferior. It is just a set of "store goods" sold by the Undead Chamber of Commerce, but there is nothing that can be done about it... After all, the wizard equipment in this game is too difficult to get. The most expensive and the one with the highest purchase conditions (reputation threshold) among the store goods are considered to be the best.
The outfits of the two walker players at the end were equally impressive—some were from the Kenya Empire Light Cavalry, and some were from the Lionel Principality Border Army. They were definitely top-notch.
These four "elite" players, who can distance themselves from Crouching Dragon and Phoenix just by looking at their appearance, are not as lively as the two lazy players. Except for the wizard, the other three are quite depressed.
"Why don't we just give up, Brother Pin?" The leading knight player turned back tiredly and said, "Mingfeng Chunpu gave up a long time ago, and Miaobishenghua and Entropy Buzeng also went back to kill monsters. What do you think we should do if we still stay here and fight this crappy quest~"
The ID of this knight player is the Russian-style "Ivan". He has the largest skeleton physique among the four, almost the same size as Yao Ming, but the voice he makes is that of a cute girl... Obviously, he is a female player who not only plays a male character, but also a meat shield knight.
"Don't be impatient, Ivan. We can spawn monsters anytime. It's rare that no one will compete with us for the mission. Let's not waste this opportunity."
The wizard player who was called Pin Ge by the cute girl Ivan, with the ID "Only those who work hard can win", is an old player in the first test. Although he was labeled as "old pervert and ungrateful person" by the two blood alliance bosses Qin Guan and La Hongge on the forum, he still has great prestige in his own small circle.
In response to the complaints of the girl on the same team, the hardworking person calmly comforted her: "I know about this mission. There are a few clues, but since it is a mission issued by the system, there is no reason why we cannot complete it. It must be that we missed some clues. Now that no one is fighting for it, let's review it from the beginning. If we can find out what we missed, we will have the upper hand."
"Brother Pin is right. Monsters can be spawned at any time, but good quests are not always available." One of the two Walker players said, "Anyway, we have wasted a lot of time on this quest. It doesn't matter if we spend another night on it. Let's continue."
Only hard work can lead to success. She turned back with a smile: "You are taking sides, aren't you? Are you forcing me to say that if we don't succeed tonight, we will give up, right?"
The player didn't care at all that his little trick was discovered, and he laughed: "How could that be possible? I'm just helping you convince Ivan."
"Come on, I know that no one likes to fight for a mission that has no beginning or end and no certain rewards. Let's just try it one last night. If it doesn't work, we can give up." Only hard work can win. He shook his head self-deprecatingly. "Everyone else has found an excuse to run away. I can't just grab you guys who are too embarrassed to run away."
"Brother Pin is wise!" The Walker player gave a thumbs up.
"Then cheer up, walk faster, don't drag your feet." Only hard work can win. "All the clues for this mission in Xinxili Town have been thoroughly investigated. Miaobishenghua and Mingfengchunpu have both been in that NPC town. There must be no other clues. Although several groups of people have come to Carter Forest Farm and investigated several times, they have not investigated as thoroughly as in the NPC town. We will start the investigation from here and we will definitely get something."
"Okay, okay, okay." Sister Ivan responded weakly, and forced herself to speed up.
While on the road, Aipincaiyingying took out the paper task text that he had read countless times from his backpack and read it carefully again from the beginning.
"Disaster (doubtful) No. 063: Unnamed incident in New Seeley Town"
"Investigator: Codename 'Old Photo', Codename 'Mirror', Codename 'Captain'."
"New Seeley Sheriff Westford Aubrey visited the headquarters in early June of the year 1022 and claimed that a terrible incident might have occurred in the town, but he could not clearly explain the specific cause, nor could he explain what kind of abnormality had occurred in the town."
"On June 4, investigator 'Old Photo' was ordered to go to the town of New Seeley."
"On June 12, 'Old Photo' returned to the headquarters and reported that there was nothing unusual in New Seeley Town."
"On the same day, 'Old Photo' found a note in his belt that said 'If you don't remember anything when you see this note, give it to someone else'. The handwriting on the paper was identified by 'Old Photo' himself and identified by a handwriting expert, and confirmed to be written by 'Old Photo' himself."
"Emergency quarantine investigator 'Old Photo' for a mental evaluation. Rule out the possibility of mental illness. Rule out the possibility of being controlled by psychotropic drugs. Rule out the possibility of cognitive interference by mental magic."
"On June 18, it was confirmed that the 'old photo' was distorted and modified by some unknown energy suggestion in short-term memory. The possibility of mental contamination cannot be ruled out. The isolation observation period has been increased to sixty days."
"On July 20th, Investigator Mirror was ordered to go to New Seeley."
"On July 26, Mirror returned to headquarters and reported that it had found nothing."
"…I have released the quarantine of the 'old photos' and found nothing unusual. I can now resume my investigation."
"…Remove the Mirror's isolation…"
"In January of the new calendar year 1023, the investigation of this case is suspended, the files are sealed, and irrelevant personnel are prohibited from reading them. Anyone who knows about the "063 incident" is prohibited from approaching the town of New Xili."
