Chapter 486 Delayed Trigger
"On June 3, 1023, New Seeley Town Sheriff Westford Aubrey visited the headquarters again and claimed that a terrible incident might have occurred in the town. The words, tone, and demeanor he used to describe it were consistent with the time he visited us on the same day of the same month last year."
"Forced quarantine of Westford Aubrey. Rule out the possibility of mental illness. Rule out the possibility of the influence of psychiatric drugs. Rule out the possibility of mental magic interfering with cognition."
"Wesford Aubrey firmly stated that this was his first visit to the Night's Watch headquarters since he became Sheriff."
"On July 4, investigator 'Captain' decided to reopen the investigation and went to New Seeley Town in person."
"On July 19, investigator 'Captain' returned to headquarters and reported that there was nothing unusual."
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"On September 11, 1023 of the new calendar, 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 New Xili Town, and the investigation is prohibited from being reopened."
The investigation process recorded by the Night Watchman is roughly as above... Three investigators were dispatched and the investigation was launched twice, but no useful information was obtained.
The sheriff who had come to the house twice to commission the night watchman seemed to have forgotten about it and stopped visiting.
The night watchmen in Creek City were already short-staffed, and they could not bear to quarantine investigators all the time; plus, after all, there had been no serious consequences resulting in casualties in the town of New Seeley, and even disappearances were rare, so the incident was shelved.
Until the undead who are willing to be exorcists and clamor for the mission appear.
It would certainly be appropriate to leave this task to the undead.
The players' activities in this plane are just projections. Direct mental attacks will affect the stability of the player's projection and may cause the player to be "instantly killed" and offline. However, if it is replaced by negative effects (DEBUFF) on the essence of the soul such as suggestion and memory modification, the player will be completely immune.
The players' performance also proved that the town of New Xili was not at all bothered by the memory interference of the "insiders"... These idiots almost turned the town upside down and almost made the townspeople go crazy, but no one lost any memory.
But... just because there is no interference from unknown forces doesn't mean that the case will be easy to solve... Anyway, these players still have no clue.
"Sheriff Westford Aubrey, why didn't this NPC die?"
At this moment, Hardworking and Victorious is muttering a question that would scare the crap out of the "NPC" if it heard it.
"Yeah, it's weird. According to the usual horror movie routine, this character who opened the prelude to the incident should have died a long time ago." Sister Ivan turned around and said, "But when we ran to the town, we saw that this NPC was still alive and well. We just searched his study, but this old man wanted to fight us."
In the "Incident No. 063", the name of Sheriff Westford Aubrey appeared twice and was investigated by the Night Watch. Of course, this unfortunate sheriff would become the main target of the players' "forced visits"... During the time when a large group of players were squatting in New Seely Town to complete the mission, this family never slept well.
This kind of rough, house-raiding investigation is bound to cause complaints, but it is also very efficient; but it is also because it is too efficient and finds too many clues that the mission army fails - at first glance, there are suspicious points everywhere, but after checking, all they find are smoke screens. It would be a miracle if most players can still have the patience to investigate further.
Only by working hard can you succeed. I put away the paper task text, opened my personal diary, and pondered while hurrying on the road.
The so-called personal log of the player is a function that uses the matrix as a "server" to archive simple text... This rune application technology that uses the mental matrix to collect a large amount of text and a small amount of simple graphics was developed by the alchemists of this alien world. It is equivalent to a non-physical library with the caster's soul as the carrier.
This rune technology, which alchemists use to record alchemical formulas and material information , was borrowed by Yang Qiu to serve as a "game panel" for players.
Players who work hard to win will record the information they collect in their personal logs while playing games, such as the coordinates of undisclosed monster spawning points, monster types and refresh locations that drop good materials, quest clues, etc.
At this moment, his log contains a lot of clues that he has collected and other players have made public after discovering them in New Seeley Town:
Basic information about Sheriff Westford Aubrey's family , including letters exchanged between family members and others (obtained by forced visits), their workplaces and life trajectories (obtained by blatant tracking).
The basic information of those who were on good terms with their family and had mutual contacts with them was also listed - the results of their blatant stalking and lawless disturbing of the people.
Westford has retired, and his eldest son continues to serve as sheriff... That's right, the New Seeley Town Sheriff's Department, as the main target of player suspicion, has been harassed even more seriously than the Aubrey family.
His second son worked for a wealthy family in the town and served as a butler in the home of Viscount Carter, the lord of the former town of New Seeley.
Because Mrs. Carter was related to a cult and had been killed by Yang Qiu, the Carter family's title was revoked, and their land and properties were reclaimed by the city hall. There was only time to evacuate the civilians who worked for the Carter family.
Naturally, without its owner, the Carter Mansion almost turned upside down...
His youngest daughter is still unmarried and lives with the Aubreys, his eldest brother, and his sister-in-law. Because the NPC daughter is only about to turn sixteen, according to the game calendar in the file, she was only a little over six years old when the incident happened, so she was not harassed by the players...
Only hard work can lead to success. Like other players, he had repeatedly investigated the Public Security Department of New Seely Town, and had also visited Carter's house many times. He even went through all the properties that originally belonged to the Carter family and could be found in the City Hall, but found nothing.
Now he is trying to find clues by replaying the game. He feels that there is not much hope for the Public Security Department line, so he chooses to start from the beginning from the Carter Mansion line.
Just when the player who loves to fight can win was thinking about breaking through from Carter's Mansion... he suddenly remembered this forest farm not far from the town (less than 20 kilometers, which is indeed not far for players).
Miaobishenghua, Enbuteng and Mingfengchunpu have all shared the known clues of the "stuck" mission "Incident 063" on the forum. Their military strategist players can command many people, and in order to ensure that specific triggered plot points are not missed, they have specially arranged teams to go to suspicious locations at different time periods.
For example, at Carter House and the New Seeley Township Police Department, these people staked out the place during the day and at night respectively.
For example, the industries scattered around the town of Carter Mansion, such as farms, ranches, and horse farms, were searched by the player team both during the day and at night in the game.
This is what the hard-working person thought of - what if the Carter family did not search the properties outside the town and then leave, but instead staked out the place?
Will it trigger a hidden plot clue?
Although delayed triggering is rare in traditional games, it does exist... Only hard work can lead to success. I once played a mobile game and remembered that there was a kind of quest item in that game that required you to wait for a while after arriving at the location before it would refresh.
Among these, in the opinion of Aipincaiyingying, if this "stuck link" task really has a "delayed trigger" setting, then the forest farm must be the most suspicious - because there are no NPCs left in this forest farm.
The other industries in Carter Mansion are guarded by NPC butlers, servants and workers. There are many buildings and items, so searching them takes a lot of time.
Only hard work can win. I have tried my luck in this forest farm, but it is small, with few buildings and no NPCs. No matter how carefully and slowly you search, you can only go through it in ten minutes at most.
After all, it was just a small forest farm with only a few rooms, and there wasn't even a common cellar for storing grain, so it really wouldn't take too much time.
Only hard work can lead to success. The more you think about it , the more you will win. The key point may lie here...
"Whether it will succeed or not depends on this time!"
Only by working hard can you succeed. He looked up at the forest that had appeared before his eyes and secretly clenched his fists.
The hilly terrain with dense vegetation is a bit difficult for ordinary people, but it is nothing for players. In just a few minutes, the group of four passed through the depths of the dense forest and came to the forest map where they had visited once yesterday.
And then... Only those who work hard can achieve success. The four of them had just climbed to the top of the hill when they were surprised to see... next to the low-lying area with a few small wooden houses below, there were two players squatting on the rocky beach near the water, fishing with great interest.
Only hard work can lead to success and other four people: "..."
The four of them silently used the identification technique and saw two IDs that were relatively well-known among the casual players: "Wolong of Beibu Gulf" and "Phoenix of Wanfeng Lake".
As for the reason why these two are famous, it is not for any other reason. There are really not many people who would post their fishing experience on the forum.
“Damn, it’s actually these two idiots…” Ivan’s mouth twitched, “What do you say, Brother Pin, I’ll go down and chase those two idiots away? They are mixed in the blood alliance of Boss Vanilla. If they tell their blood alliance that they saw us waiting here for a mission, then our advantage will be gone.”
"No, you're our main tank. If you show up, we'll be exposed." The walker buddy said, "How about this, I'll go to the side and quietly lure the two beast monsters over here, and scare them away and that'll be it."
"Wait, don't be impatient." Only hard work can win. He raised his hand to stop his friend, and said thoughtfully, "If I remember correctly, these two seem to have caught BOSS twice when fishing. Their luck is really strong... Why don't we wait and see what they can catch? How about it?"
"Then won't we be exposed?" Ivan asked doubtfully.
Only hard work can win. She looked at her main tank with amusement: "The four of us are good at running quests, but we can't beat the boss, sister. If a plot boss really spawns here, do you think the blood alliance in Vanilla will not get wind of it as soon as we call for help?"
Ivan said "Uh"...
This is really unavoidable... In their small alliance of more than 200 people, half are professional and semi-professional players, and the other half are bosses who come in to spend money, and some of them know each other.
"It doesn't matter. We don't have to eat alone. If it's really a big BOSS, we can't beat it by ourselves." Only hard work can win. "If it's a big BOSS, then Vanilla and the others can come. We can cooperate with them. This place is not far from the town's teleportation point. If Vanilla and the others want to defeat the BOSS as soon as possible and not delay it until Brother Lahong and his men come to disrupt the situation, they will not be opposed to cooperating with us."
