Two weeks had passed since the end of the Deductive Reasoning quest.
Zhang Heng could finally say goodbye to the monotonous fish and chips and return to the canteen on the second floor. The other three people in the dormitory were now used to him occasionally staying out at night. Anyway, their school didn't have a habit of checking up on them at night. In theory, no one would care if he stayed out all the time.
However, there were still rumors about Shen Xixi being a sugar daddy of a rich old man. Now, the rumor had finally fallen on Zhang Heng's head, especially when someone saw him eating with Han Lu on the food street. Coupled with Han Lu's previous attitude toward him, there was a lot of room for imagination when Zhang Heng didn't return to the dormitory every month.
Although Zhang Heng explained to the public that Han Lu was just his mother's best friend, the person involved did not admit to it. Hence, the rumors showed no signs of stopping. Gossiping was human nature. In addition to satisfying the need for novelty, there were also some dark intentions.
You used to be high and mighty. Now that you've fallen from the clouds, the onlookers seemed to feel a trace of comfort. It was inevitable for them to say a few words. After all, no one would give up on their future and money.
However, probably because he was a boy, it didn't attract as much attention as Shen Xixi's incident. Boys' focus was not the same. Most of the time, they focused on games, sports stars, or paper dolls. What's more, they were only sophomores. Most of them only had a vague idea of their future.
As the two people at the center of the incident, whether it was Zhang Heng or Shen Xixi, they had their own things to do. Hence, they didn't care about this kind of thing.
After the Dreamland of Death incident, Zhang Heng owed Shen Xixi a favor. Considering that the situation was unclear at the time, Shen Xixi and her team didn't know what would happen when they entered Han Lu's dream. Even so, she still chose to take the risk. Although she was sticking to the path she chose, Zhang Heng couldn't take her sacrifice for granted.
At this stage, there was nothing Zhang Heng could do to help. The non-guild player cooperative organization led by Shen Xixi had been gaining momentum recently. Not only did many player teams join it, but many small and medium-sized player guilds also decided to cooperate with them.
Of course, not everyone had the same goal. Most players now knew that there was a high chance of obtaining game items by killing the supernatural creatures. Considering that the number of game items in the dungeon was scarce and the method of obtaining them had always been a mystery, this was tantamount to providing a stable channel for them to obtain game items.
Shen Xixi did not reject such a person joining them. Other than the fact that it was difficult to discern the true purpose of each person, she knew very well that there were very few players like her who were purely protecting ordinary people. It was almost impossible for them to deal with the monsters with their manpower. Therefore, they needed the help of others. No matter what the other party's purpose was, as long as the end result was the same, they were willing to cooperate.
However, the internal situation of the organization had become extremely complicated. Shen Xixi now spent most of her time coordinating and managing the organization. Besides, the city they were in was quite special. Two of the three major guilds had their headquarters here. The major guilds had yet to express their stance on the new organization established by Shen Xixi. They were still waiting to see what would happen.
With the USB flash drive he obtained from the Whistleblower quest, he could now log into the player forum on his computer without having to worry about his IP address being tracked. Hence, he had been browsing the forum frequently.
Soon, he noticed a post.
The title was' Looking for Someone ', and the poster was Scarlet Sword, the name of a supporting character in a fantasy novel.
There were many similar posts in the forum. For example, the team that Zhang Heng robbed of the Infinite Building Block was very angry, and they threatened to look for Zhang Heng all over the world.
Whether it was in team mode or solo mode, there was a chance of encountering other players. And where there were people, there would be grudges. The game team did a good job of protecting the players' privacy. When they encountered unfamiliar players, everyone's appearance and voice were modified to a certain extent. Unless they revealed their identity, it would be difficult to recognize them after completing the quest.
The good news was that there was now a player forum — a place that all players could see. Naturally, looking for someone had become one of the main topics of the forum.
A considerable number of posts were purely to vent their emotions and had no substantive meaning. However, Scarlet Sword's post belonged to another category.
When Zhang Heng saw this ID, he thought of a person — the woman in red he met in the Whistleblower quest.
The two had a short but intense fight. In the end, Zhang Heng used an RPG rocket launcher to blow up the parking lot's ceiling. At that time, the place where the woman in red stood was covered by the debris. Zhang Heng thought she was dead, but he later learned from Mr. Coffee that she was still alive and had chosen to forfeit this round of the quest.
Unsurprisingly, this post was also looking for her.
The woman named Scarlet didn't dwell on what happened in the previous quest. She didn't say anything about that battle, nor did she seem to have any intention of revenge. All she did was politely ask Zhang Heng if he could talk about the thing in his hand.
Zhang Heng knew what she was talking about. The samurai sword was originally Scarlet's weapon, and it broke in two during the explosion. At that time, it wasn't appropriate for him to stay in the parking lot for too long. So, he only picked up the top part, but the bottom part was buried in the rubble. Scarlet must have taken it back after Black Nest cleaned it up.
Both of them were in an awkward situation. Neither of them could use this incomplete game item, and Zhang Heng consulted the bartender lady. Even if he found the lost part, the subsequent repair cost would still be as high as 2,000 game points.
The post received a lot of views, but there were very few comments. Obviously, the onlookers who wanted to watch the drama clicked on it excitedly. However, they were disappointed to see the scolding and bickering that they were looking forward to. Only some of them pretended to be Zhang Heng and asked how they wanted to talk, but Scarlet didn't reply.
Zhang Heng didn't mind getting in touch with her. At the very least, he wanted to figure out the value of the sword so that he could decide whether to repair it or sell it.
So he typed, "I regret what happened in the parking lot. How do you want to talk?"
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