After pausing the discussion in the channel, everyone met up at the tavern. Other than giving Sword Ghost money, the main topic of the gathering was to analyze the diary that Gu Fei had dropped.
Brother You said, "If it was just an ordinary blank diary, it wouldn't be worth mentioning. But it's a diary with content, so there might be something wrong with it."
Everyone felt that it made sense, so they asked Gu Fei to bring the diary over for everyone to take a look. Gu Fei obviously didn't have any thoughts of keeping it to himself, so everyone met up. After giving the money to Sword Ghost, Gu Fei threw the diary on the table.
"It looks very ordinary!" everyone said.
"The main thing is the content, the content!" Brother You reached for the diary while asking Gu Fei, "Have you read it?"
"I glanced at it when I first got it," Gu Fei replied.
Brother You held it in his hands and carefully flipped to the first page. He looked as if he would turn the diary into ashes if he used too much force. The handwriting was clearly handwritten, and there were only a few lines of content. Brother You read it carefully.
"I, Fog Shadow Assassin Andrew Su. I am unknown, so I am still alive. This is the rule an assassin should follow. If ever I should be famous, it will be the day of my death.
Oak forest, small wooden house.
The oak trees that had just sprouted new leaves were bright red. Gru said it looked like blood. Hmph, what does he know? Has he seen real blood before?
This is the 142nd time I met Gru, and the 187th mission of my career as an assassin. It is said that the Union of Assassins will give a special reward when the mission is completed 200 times. There are still 13 left, this number doesn't seem very auspicious. "
Everyone was stunned, and Imperial God Ming was the first to speak, "Novels?"
No one paid attention to him. Brother You had already flipped to the second page, which had even less content.
The air in Waterside City is still so humid, but I like it.
However, the usual quiet pier is no longer there. There are suddenly many people here, it's very lively, but it's a pity.
At the end of the second page, Imperial Shenming said, "Many people? Are you referring to the players? "
No one was willing to delve into this question. Brother You had already flipped to the third page, which was even less than the second page.
What a thick fog. In such an environment, it was easy to attack and escape. It seemed like this mission would be very successful.
On the fourth page, the content was even rarer. There were only five words in total.
Oh no! He was lost.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Imperial Heaven Divine Ming, who had a look of understanding on his face as he sighed deeply: "How pitiful."
"Is there something profound about the contents of these pages?" Zhan Wushang asked.
"I don't think so … I think it's just the background information of this Boss," Sword Ghost said.
"There's more!" Brother You had already flipped to the fifth page.
"Are we going to sit here and read the diary for the entire afternoon?" Zhan Wushang felt that this was a terrifying matter.
"There's definitely something strange about this diary. I think there's something hidden in it. Perhaps it's a clue to a mission," Brother You said.
Using an item to open a quest was a common method in the game. However, in the past, he could just search for it in the quest list after using it. Now, he really needed to decipher the item in detail. These experts were all about efficiency. They only did quests for the sake of rewards, so they only looked at the most direct prompts and completed them quickly. They did not have the mood to savor the quest's plot at all. The situation before them, which required them to investigate in detail, made them a little impatient.
"There will definitely be something." Coincidentally, this was what Brother You was interested in.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Brother You. Call me if there's a quest." Zhan Wushang got up, "I'm going to go take a look."
"Hey, wait for me!!" Imperial Heaven Divine Ming jumped up. He needed someone to accompany him in this place, so sometimes he had no choice. Seeing that someone was going to go out, he had to grab onto this opportunity!
Sword Ghost also got up at this time: "I'll go take a look as well!" He owed a huge debt and needed to hurry up and think of a way to earn money. He really didn't have the patience to read this diary in detail.
"Go, go!" Brother You waved goodbye to them as he continued to read the diary, but his speed was much faster than before.
"What's written at the back?" Since Brother You didn't continue reading, Gu Fei and Young Master Han asked. The two of them hadn't left yet.
"It's about how he would find his way after getting lost." Brother You said.
Every page was a plan that Haze Assassin thought of.
He tried to fix the compass, but after disassembling it, he couldn't put it back together no matter how hard he tried. The compass had completely become a pile of parts.
He tried to look up at the sky, but the fog in Xia Fog City didn't differentiate between day and night. When he looked up, there was always fog. He couldn't see the sun, let alone the stars.
He tried to distinguish north from south by the luxuriant branches and leaves of the trees or the density of the annual rings, but also because of this unreasonable fog, the sunlight of Xia Wu City seemed to have no yin and yang, and the annual rings of the branches and leaves were all symmetrical.
He made marks along the way, so he returned to the starting point countless times.
He even shouted for help, but he didn't get any response.
Wait, wait, wait …
"Then why isn't he dead?" Young Master Han couldn't bear it anymore.
"It's written here: As an assassin, survival in the wild is the most basic thing. I can definitely persevere, I can definitely walk out of this fog and complete my quest. I, Haze Assassin Andrew Su, will definitely not die in this fog! "Brother You read.
After reading it, Brother You frowned, then carefully read this paragraph two more times. He raised his head and said to the two of them: "What do you think?"
"Think what?" the two of them asked.
"Could this be a clue?" Brother You said.
"You're saying that this assassin's unfinished quest is a quest for the players?" Gu Fei said.
Brother You nodded.
"If that's the case, then you should have received it!" Young Master Han said to Brother You. "Does your quest list show anything?"
Brother You shook his head.
"It doesn't show anything. Who knows what the quest is?" Young Master Han said.
Brother You shook the diary. "There's more to it."
"Continue reading." Young Master Han sipped his wine.
"Hey, it's tiring!" Brother You grumbled. At the beginning, he read two paragraphs in high spirits. Who had the mood to read aloud while reading! This wasn't Brother You's hobby.
"Let's read together." Gu Fei went over and squeezed with him. The two of them looked up at Young Master Han, asking him if he wanted to come over.
"Just tell me the result after you read it!" Young Master Han continued to sip his wine calmly. He felt that it was stupid enough for two people to squeeze together to read a small diary. It was childish for three people to squeeze together.
Hence, the two of them ignored him. Brother You took a deep breath and flipped to the next page.
"It's been 47 days, maybe! I've been lost in this fog for 47 days. Birds, beasts, and even insects have become my food. The dew on the grass is more abundant than I imagined. That might be the only benefit of the fog. I won't give up. I'll keep moving forward in a certain direction and I'll definitely be able to get out of this predicament. "
"47 days …" Brother You turned around and roughly scanned the number of pages. "Looks like he doesn't write in this diary every day."
"Only primary school students write in a diary every day, right?" Gu Fei said.
"That's true." Brother You nodded in agreement.
"Continue." Gu Fei waved his hand and flipped another page.
"I thought I'd get out of this predicament if I kept walking in a certain direction. Looks like I was wrong. The place I passed this morning seemed familiar. I don't want to admit it, but I know deep down that I rested here a few days ago. The embellishment to conceal my tracks is a trace to myself. Maybe I'm involuntarily making a mark in my heart. How many of these marks did I leave behind? "
"This! This!" Brother You was excited. "Marks! Is this another kind of hint? "
"What kind of hint is this? Do you want us to walk on the same path as him? "Gu Fei asked.
"Whatever he walks will leave a trace," Brother You said. Brother You said, "Maybe he left some messages for us in the places he passed by."
"Don't be hasty!" Gu Fei comforted Brother You. "Even if we know it's a hint, we have to know what it's about, right? Are we going out of the city to search blindly? What are we looking for? "
"Yes, yes, yes!" Brother You nodded repeatedly. "Hurry up and continue!"
Hence, Gu Fei flipped another page.
"I don't know how many days have passed. Really. The last time I recorded the date was on the 47th day. But how long has it been? I suddenly feel like I'm in a trance. This is really a scary thing. An assassin can actually not remember the date? Even a minute or a second wrong is enough to be fatal to us. This fog is slowly eroding my will. I can feel it. "
"Uh, why does it feel heavier?" Gu Fei said.
"Look at the back." Brother You felt that there were no clues to follow from this description of his mood. He did not care and flipped to the back eagerly.
"I didn't move. I didn't move the whole day. This is not the first time. Once I wake up, I sometimes forget which direction I came from and which direction I should go. That's right, I know that my head should be facing the direction I came from and my feet should be pointing in the direction I'm going. But now I'll continue to change my posture when I sleep. When I woke up this morning, I couldn't hold my dagger in my hand. It was two yards away from me … Is my body starting to slow down? "
"Why is it these again!" Brother You was a little impatient and flipped to another page in a hurry.
"I saw an oak tree, orange-red. I've seen leaves like this a few times at Gru's place. It was always in September. September … Have I been in the fog for half a year? Is Gru still waiting for me to return the mission? Can I still do it? Maybe he should find someone else to do this mission. "
"Ah! I got it! " Brother You shouted again. "We should find the NPC called Gru in the wooden house in the oak forest. If we show him this diary, we'll definitely receive the mission!"
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