Faced with this question, Shi Li was stunned for a moment.
He checked the mission information in his mind.
[Mission 2, become a master and apprentice with Chu Shisan]
According to the literal meaning, it seems that it doesn’t matter who is the master and who is the apprentice, right?
There is no explanation as to what is to be taught.
Then... a small bug?
"Hehe, it's not impossible to learn if you want to."
So he acted like a master: "But you have to become my disciple."
“Master!”
Except for Thirteen, everyone shouted out whether they wanted to or not.
It seems that he is really afraid of losing.
[Ding Dong! ]
【Phase 2 Completed】
[Mission Phase 3, follow Chu Shisan to complete a demon exorcism]
[Hint: The prerequisite for eliminating the monster is that you have to find the monster first]
Sure enough, he said that this person was very casual.
But these 3-stage tasks... and this nonsense task prompt.
Buzz!
At this moment, a sound like a cell phone vibrating suddenly rang out in Chu Shisan's arms.
His face changed slightly, and he immediately took out the source of the vibration, a stone as big as a pebble.
Following the frequency of the vibration, the stone flashed and glowed.
"A demon has appeared."
Except for Thirteen's serious expression, his temperament suddenly changed completely.
This is a mission signal from the Demon Extermination House, indicating that a demon has appeared nearby, and he is the demon extermination officer closest to the location.
"Are you sending me a needle when I'm asleep?"
Shi Li was eager to try it.
"You go home first, I'll be back soon."
However, Thirteen didn't seem to intend to take him with them.
After saying that, he took out two yellow talismans and stuck them on his legs.
call!
A breeze blew and surrounded its feet, making it look very light.
So Chu Shisan jumped directly onto the roof.
"No, I still have a mission to complete."
He quickly climbed up the wall and saw the other person jumping between the roofs, getting farther and farther away.
Fortunately, the LV5 player's physique exceeds that of an ordinary person, and with the help of the [Iron Rod], Shi Li can also achieve this way of moving.
Although he is not as agile and fast as Shisan, at least he won't lose him for a short period of time.
…
At this moment, a piece of wasteland outside the city wall is burning.
The flames shot up into the sky, lighting up the night sky red.
A group of people stood at the edge of the field far away, watching the fire burn.
"Demon fire, this must be a demon fire."
A man in shorts with a serious expression.
His profession is a firefighter.
The duty is to prevent and extinguish fires in the city.
As soon as he received the fire report, he rushed to put out the fire with his team members.
However, the usual firefighting methods were completely useless in the face of this fire.
In fact, it is not correct to say that it is useless. The main reason is that they finally destroyed the east and ran to the west.
As a result, the fire in the east broke out before the fire in the west was completely extinguished.
After destroying the west , they destroyed the east, and the west caught fire again.
We ran back and forth several times, but the fire could not be put out.
In addition, the fire was quite strange. It only burned in this piece of wasteland and did not spread outward.
All these unnatural situations make people think that evil spirits are at work.
So he immediately contacted the Demon Exorcist House, wanting to ask the Demon Exorcist to come and help make a judgment.
"Ah Hua! My Ah Hua!!"
"Don't hold me back, I want to go in and save my wife!"
At this moment, a young man's heart-wrenching cry of pain was heard nearby.
Two young firefighters were holding him to the ground to prevent him from rushing into the fire.
There is a small wooden house on this wasteland, which is the man's residence.
"What's going on? Is there anyone else inside?"
The captain walked over, looking puzzled.
They rescued the man from the cabin immediately, but they did not see anyone else inside at that time.
Looking at the wooden house now, it has already been burned to ashes. Even if there were people there, it would be impossible for them to survive.
"Boss, I asked him just now, and the Ahua he mentioned is a portrait of a woman."
One of the young team members had already figured out the whole story and replied, "This guy is a bit mentally ill. He actually regarded the portrait he bought as his wife."
If Shi Li were present, he would definitely be amazed that in such a backward ancient world, there were already serious 2D fans.
"Have you found out the cause of the fire?"
"Not yet. This guy hasn't said anything."
"Then pour some water on him and let him sober up before asking."
As soon as the captain said this, a team member came over carrying buckets of water.
Puff!
“Cough, cough, cough… cough, cough, cough!”
The young man was choked by the water and started coughing.
"Hey, are you feeling better now? Our captain asked you why the fire started."
The team member carrying the bucket asked.
"Ah Hua...my Ah Hua..."
But the young man still sat on the ground dejectedly, staring at the fire absentmindedly and muttering.
"Maybe I inhaled too much smoke and it blocked my mind."
The captain waved his hand: "Not strong enough, give him a few more buckets."
“No, no, no!”
Hearing this, the young man immediately jumped up: "I'm sober!"
He was a little confused. Wasn't the other party a fire extinguisher? Why was he using torture to extract a confession?
What he didn't know was that this was also the captain's duty.
If this is really a demonic fire, then finding out the cause of the fire might help the demon hunter in his process of exorcism.
"It's good that you woke up. Your wife has burned to death."
"Tell me quickly, how did the fire start?"
The captain folded his arms.
"Did you say that?!"
The young man suddenly became a little angry and wanted to retort.
But when he saw that there were strong firefighters standing around him, and some of them were already holding buckets of water and ready for battle, he couldn't help but become timid again.
So he told him everything he had done and seen.
At first, the captain suspected that the evil fire was caused by that portrait.
Because intuitively, it feels like the young man has been bewitched by the evil painting.
But after hearing what happened next, he changed his mind.
"You mean you were facing the portrait? No, you were facing the wall... rubbing two sticks together to make fire, and that's why you set the cabin on fire?"
The captain took a few steps back inconspicuously and signaled with his eyes for the other team members to step back as well.
Why does it feel like this wet guy in front of me looks more like a monster?
"Where is the monster?"
At this moment, everyone heard a clanging sound.
The thirteenth day has arrived.
"All team members, please stand far away and don't disturb the master's performance!"
The captain took the opportunity to send his men away and walked quickly towards Chu Shisan.
And he recounted the whole thing to him in detail.
"Um?"
After listening to it, Thirteen also felt that something was wrong.
"No, he's not a demon."
As soon as his mind was turned, he shook his head and said, "There is indeed evil spirit in the fire scene."
"All of you, step back and let me go in and take a look at that thing."
After saying that, he took out the dagger.
He blew towards the dagger.
"call!"
The dagger flashed and really turned into a long sword.
"But Master, with such a big fire, you..."
The captain couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"It doesn't matter. My sword can cut down any monster."
As he spoke, he waved his hand in the air, and the fire actually moved to the sides as if blown away by the wind.
Perhaps sensing the threat, the fire suddenly began to shake violently.
Soon, a figure made of flames emerged from above the fire.
【Aiya! 】
This Hokage is in the shape of a graceful woman, with a pretty face but fierce and violent.
At this time, the flames in the entire fire scene were being absorbed by it and turned into power, slowly condensing and shrinking.
"A-Ahua?!"
The young man was shocked when he saw the Hokage's face.
"See clearly? This is the true face of your wife."
Chu Shisan said coldly.
"No, this is not my wife!"
"My wife is not three-dimensional!"
The young man seemed to refuse to accept reality and ran away holding his head.
At this time, Shi Li, who was a little behind, finally arrived.
"Is this a demon?"
He looked at this 2-meter-tall humanoid creature whose lower half and upper half were made of flames.
"Desire|Spark Demon."
"Its initial state is a seed. After absorbing enough yang energy or blood essence, it will hatch into a mature form."
"The mature form has mobility capabilities that the seeds do not have, and can actively hunt and forage for food."
Except for Thirteen, everyone looked solemn.
"Is it difficult?"
Shi Li saw the look on his apprentice's face and reached out to touch the iron rod at his lower back.
"No, it's mainly because this kind of monster has no autonomous mobility in its seed state. It usually only appears in the wild, not in places where people live..."
"Forget it, let's deal with this guy first."
"Didn't I tell you not to come? Retreat to a safe place first and don't get affected."
Having said that, Chu Shisan rushed forward with his sword in hand.
【Aiya! 】
"Death, monster!"
For a moment, the man and the demon started a fierce fight.
Shi Li discovered that although Chu Shisan was not very skilled at the card table, he was a completely different person when he switched to the state of exorcising monsters.
A precious sword danced with great force, suppressing the evil fire.
In less than 2 minutes, the demon fire was already covered with wounds, and many parts of its body were damaged and could not heal.
Two minutes later, he took the opportunity to chop the demon fire into several large pieces.
The flaming body fell to the ground, swaying as if struggling, as if trying to reignite.
"Come put out the fire, quickly!"
Except Thirteen, he turned around and said sternly.
"Oh oh!"
The firefighters who were standing far away and watching the show suddenly woke up from a dream and rushed over with fire extinguishers in hand.
This time, they found that the fire could be put out and would not reignite again.
So a moment later, when the last trace of flame was extinguished, a sound rang in Shi Li's ears.
[Ding Dong! ]
【Phase 3 completed】
[Mission 4, follow Chu Shisan to investigate the source of the monster]
[Hint: Except for Thirteen, the appearance of this monster seems a little unusual]
"How many stages does this mission have?"
He thought about it for a moment and realized that he had reached stage 4 less than a day after entering the game.
That time, the [City of Zombie Beasts] only had 3 stages in total, not counting the hidden missions.
He also found that there seemed to be no fixed pattern for this task stage.
It seems that it was formulated and released temporarily according to the development of the situation.
Because if we hadn't encountered this fire demon, maybe stage 4 would have been other tasks instead of any investigation.
…
The next morning, the market was bustling with people.
This is the largest market in the city. Everything is sold here, from agricultural products to daily necessities, enough to meet most of the people's needs in life.
From time to time, people from the surrounding villages and counties would come up with goods to sell, so it was a place with a large and mixed flow of people.
What was different today was that there were several yamen runners in official uniforms among the crowd.
Every time they passed a stall, they would stop and ask questions.
For a time, it attracted the attention of many vendors.
The two aunties selling vegetables started gossiping.
"Oh my, Aunt Li, what's going on? Usually these officials think our place is too messy and dirty, so they are too lazy to come here!"
"You don't understand this, right? I heard from Mr. Liu next door that more than a dozen monsters appeared in the wasteland near the city last night!"
"A dozen monsters? That's too scary!"
"It's more than just scary. I heard that the monster burned a large field and killed several fire fighters! Fortunately, a demon hunter came out and fought with it for three hundred rounds before finally subduing it."
"Murder and arson are serious crimes. What does that have to do with our market?"
"I heard that the monster escaped from here!"
"ah?!"
While the two ladies were talking, a yamen runner walked up to a street stall.
The stall owner was an old man with gray hair, wearing tattered clothes, and his exposed skin looked old and dry.
His stall was filled with bronze antiques.
These antiques have strange shapes, and coupled with rust and damage, it is difficult to tell what they were used for.
"Old man, what are you selling?"
The bailiff took a closer look and asked.
“Ahhh, ahhhh.”
The old man looked up, pointed at his mouth and shook his hand.
"Are you mute?"
“Ahh.”
The old man nodded again.
"... Then let me ask you, have you seen a young man selling paintings here a few days ago?"
"He was wearing a white robe, very tall and thin, and his face was pale."
"Oh, and the eyeballs spin like a whirlpool."
The bailiff said the same lines that he had repeated over and over again today.
Early this morning, before dawn, they received orders from their superiors.
They are going to the market to search for a man selling paintings, saying that he is related to the demon case last night.
However, they have been asking from stall to stall and door to door, but still haven't gotten any useful answers.
Many stall owners said they had seen the young man, but he had stopped coming to the market to set up stalls a few days ago, and no one knew where he came from or where he had gone.
“Ahhh, ahhh.”
The old man signed for a while and then shook his head.
"What does shaking your head mean? What do you mean by that gesture?"
The bailiff frowned.
"He said he hadn't seen it."
A melon farmer nearby answered for him.
"Do you know sign language?"
"Yes, sir, my wife is also a mute, so she can understand some of it."
"Well, okay , since you can't speak, and I can't ask you anything, what about you? Have you seen the person I mentioned before?"
"I have seen him before. I think he came here a few days ago. I haven't seen him recently."
"Oh? Have you ever talked to him? Tell me everything. Don't hide a single word!"
The yamen runners' attention has turned to the melon farmers.
However, the melon farmer knew the same information as everyone else, so the bailiff, having gained nothing, could only move on to the next stall.
As Yu Guangzhong watched the bailiff walking further away, the old man secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thanks to his foresight, the appearance of the Fire Flower Demon Seed changed immediately after it was sold.
As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. I'm afraid that the Demon Extermination House would never figure out that they can continue to set up a stall here openly.
At this moment, something in his arms suddenly vibrated slightly.
“Ahhh. Ahhhh.”
"You want to relieve yourself? Okay, I'll watch over this stall for you, go ahead."
The melon farmer smiled and signaled the old man to go without worry.
So he walked away from the stall and went to an empty corner.
What he took out from his arms was a stone with sound wave symbols painted on it.
This is the sound transmission stone.
He squeezed the sound transmission stone with his palm and it stopped vibrating.
After a brief silence, voices were heard inside.
[Intern No. 285, report on your situation]
"Report to the commander."
I didn’t expect that the old man was not mute, and his voice was quite childish, like a teenager.
"I have been in this instance for 143 days. During this time, I have strictly followed the rules and have not left the city."
"So far, a total of 51 monsters have been spread through various channels, and they are all lurking."
"But one was accidentally exposed yesterday and was killed by a demon hunter."
"Report completed!"
[Well, this result is barely acceptable]
[If you double it again, you can reach the target task]
[Intern No. 285, I am very optimistic about you and hope you can pass the first stage of the test]
[Remember to hide your identity and don’t be discovered by the natives here]
When it came to the last two sentences, the tone of the voice on the other end softened.
"Thank you for your concern, sir. I will be more careful!"
Although the other side couldn't see, No. 285 still nodded heavily.
[Okay, that’s it.]
"Goodbye, sir."
[Right heart orthodoxy! ]
"Right Heart Orthodoxy!"
After the closing remarks, the other end hung up the call.
"Why……"
No. 285 put away the voice stone and hunched over again.
I don’t know how long this day of hiding from the police and having to change my appearance will last.
However, in order to pass the assessment and officially join the right-wing faction, he was willing to endure it.
When I returned to the stall, a young man happened to walk up to it.
He was dressed in cloth but carrying an exquisite birdcage, and he was slightly fat.
He looks like a guy who doesn't have much family background but has a lot of free time.
"Old man, what are you selling?"
Seeing those bronze antiques, the fat man squatted down curiously.
[Sir, these are good things]
The fat man heard No. 285's answer, but because No. 285 lowered his head slightly, he did not see that the other party did not even open his mouth.
This voice rang directly in his mind.
"Come on, come on, I like this kind of weird toys the most."
"Tell me in detail."
The fat man showed an interested expression.
"This old man is a mute, how can he tell you, haha."
The melon farmer nearby couldn't stand it anymore.
Look at me
But No. 285 raised his head, his eyes turning slightly like a whirlpool.
All of this cannot be seen by anyone except the fat man.
[Since you want it, I will introduce it to you]
A devilish sound seemed to ring in the fat man's mind.