"Hmm …" Gu Fei and Slender Waist Dance mumbled. They didn't want to open their mouths.
"It looks like it's going downhill," Sword Ghost said.
"Tree roots?" The two were startled and ran to where Gu Fei was standing.
While Sword Ghost was observing, Slender Waist Dance stabbed the thing countless times, but she didn't even leave a small mark. Gu Fei had a feeling that attacking it directly might not be a good idea.
"Reduce the moisture content in the air?" Sword Ghost repeated the key sentence.
Gu Fei stated his deduction, and both the Sword Ghost and the Slender Waist Dance agreed that it made sense.
"Oh right! There's no fog in this place … "Slender Waist Dance reacted the same way Gu Fei did when he first came here. She didn't know what was wrong with the yard.
"It might take some time for the fog to form, right? Let's observe, "Sword Ghost replied.
Gu Fei and Sword Ghost stood to the left and right respectfully, craning their necks to admire the skill of picking locks. The process turned out to be very simple. Slim Waist Dancer put her hand into her pocket, took out a key that looked like it was used to open a can of luncheon meat, and inserted it into the iron lock that locked the cellar. With a click, the lock was opened.
Sword Ghost frowned. He walked around the room twice and shook his head seriously. "I don't know."
"In other words, the reason why there's no fog in the government compound is because of this thing," Sword Ghost said.
"The water vapor absorber can absorb the excess moisture content within one minute and twenty-two seconds."
Gu Fei didn't respond because he suddenly remembered the diary of the assassin in the fog. He quickly took it out and flipped to the third page. There was a short sentence. "What a thick fog. In such an environment, it's easy to attack and escape. Looks like this mission will be very successful."
Gu Fei lit the torch and reached into the cellar to take a look. It wasn't too deep, so he held the ladder and walked down. Slender Waist Dance and Sword Ghost followed behind him.
"What is this thing?" The three of them were confused. They had looked and touched it, but the system didn't give them any hint.
"Time!" Gu Fei said. "You have to calculate the time!!!"
"The water vapor absorber will automatically start working when the moisture content in the air exceeds the standard for three minutes."
"There aren't any big trees in the backyard," Sword Ghost said.
This hint was also present in the Haze Assassin's diary: An Assassin actually doesn't remember the date? Even a minute or a second of misremembering would be fatal to us.
"Could it be that we can only enter the government building from here?" Gu Fei thought. If that was the case, it would really be disappointing.
Gu Fei fumbled in his pocket and took out a torch. Sword Ghost and Slim Waist Dance looked at him in surprise. Although this was a very common item, most people would not have it.
This was a hint to the time!! Gu Fei thought, if he really didn't discover this half of the content, and just hastily tried to stop the water vapor absorber, then it would really be a matter of time before he died.
"Dual Flame Flash, flash!" Gu Fei didn't hesitate and immediately used a super ultimate skill. The rock was just an inanimate object, so of course it hit.
"We can't be careless," the Sword Ghost said seriously.
"What … is this?" Gu Fei was the first to speak. He looked at the Sword Ghost, a veteran of the game.
"Wait!!!" Gu Fei quickly grabbed her hand to stop her.
"How is it?" Gu Fei immediately asked the Sword Ghost.
"I'll try!" Gu Fei said as he teleported to the top of the rock. He used his sword to chop at the knotted tree roots. In the end, perhaps because the tree roots had been entangled with the rock for too long, they were already related by blood. They were so hard that not even a scar could be left. Gu Fei dejectedly jumped down, but then heard Slim Waist Dance yell: "Ah, look here, so the content of the coin isn't over!!!"
"Wu wu!!" Gu Fei nodded his head and quickened his pace.
"This might not be from a single tree. It might be from many plants that were tied together and then attached to this thing," Gu Fei said.
"Then I'll go up to the woodshed and keep an eye on it. You guys try it!" the Sword Ghost said.
"Exit, it's an exit!" Slim Waist Dance didn't want to open her mouth to speak, so she switched to sending messages. She tugged on Gu Fei's clothes to make him pay attention.
Gu Fei continued to carefully observe. Following the veins of the tree roots, he discovered that after leaving the object, many of the tree roots twisted together into a knot and then scattered into the soil above.
"It's a bit disgusting …" Slim Waist Dance spat out.
"What could it be?" Slim Waist Dance was a bit excited.
"Turning off the water vapor absorber, a large amount of water vapor will be released. Within 35 seconds, a super thick fog will form within the area."
"Damn, another tunnel …" Gu Fei glanced at it. He could see stairs and then a black mass. He immediately thought of the secret tunnel of Black Dragon Mountain. The shape was similar.
Gu Fei looked at him: "We just left for a while …"
"Local culture," Gu Fei quickly explained. This torch was given to him after he joined the group of nine.
Gu Fei nodded. The Sword Ghost left the tunnel and returned to the woodshed above.
"Or should I say it's from the courtyard?" the Sword Ghost suggested a more disappointing idea.
"The fog doesn't affect the inside of the house. We need to make use of the fog to make our move when Giordano comes out to patrol. So, we need to calculate the time!!" Gu Fei said.
"I don't know," the two shook their heads, but encouraged Gu Fei with their gazes.
"Let's look around this room!" Gu Fei said. It wasn't appropriate to call it a room. This was just a hole in the ground.
"What are you looking at! It's useless if you don't have any skills, "Slender Waist Dance rolled her eyes at the two.
The two saw that Gu Fei was fine after touching it, so they walked over to study it carefully. Gu Fei, on the other hand, had retreated far away. He paid attention to the things that were crawling all over the object and moving upwards. As Gu Fei looked at them, he suddenly realized something. "These are tree roots!!!!"
Sure enough, the Sword Ghost's message said that nothing had changed.
"Does this mean that the fog has been cleared?" Gu Fei said.
The three looked around. Suddenly, Slender Waist Dance shouted: "Here!!!"
"This needs to be calculated," Gu Fei said.
"Haha, so there's a switch here!!!" After reading the three sentences on the right copper plate while erasing it, Slender Waist Dance suddenly discovered that there was a switch installed on the second half of the copper plate. She excitedly raised her hand and prepared to hit it.
The bold Gu Fei reached out his hand and touched the object. It was hard and cold, but there was nothing strange about it. He then touched the things, but they were dry. He still didn't know what they were.
"Attack it?" It was the simplest guess.
Gu Fei and the Sword Ghost hurriedly ran over. Slender Waist Dance was using her hand to wipe away some dirt. A copper plate embedded in the wall gradually appeared in front of the three of them. The words on it were clear. The three hurriedly glanced at it and shouted in unison: "Water Vapor Absorber????"
"The problem is that we're all here. We don't know how it works!" Gu Fei said.
"Cough cough …" The two of them coughed. The Sword Ghost walked forward and used all his strength to pull up the cellar lid.
The path gradually widened and turned, as if it was a tunnel that spiraled downwards. Finally, Gu Fei, who was walking at the front, saw a flickering light. This was usually an exit. The exit was so deep that it didn't seem to be a tunnel to the inside of the building or the outside of the courtyard. There should be some kind of secret here.
Gu Fei hurriedly ran over. It turned out that it was not actually a copper coin, but rather an open book. Gu Fei and the others had only read the records on the left side of the book and had not paid attention to the right side. After Gu Fei went up to read the copper coin, Slim Waist Dance noticed something strange on the right side of the book.
That must be it!! Gu Fei felt that all of this could be explained. The Misty Shadow Assassin's diary was essentially a guide to completing this assassination mission. There was a hint hidden in it that if they wanted to assassinate Giordano, they must first destroy this absorber and change the weather.
"Amazing!!" Gu Fei and the Sword Ghost gave a thumbs up and moved closer to take a look at Slender Waist Dance's cool can key.
Was this actually a hint for the mission? It was hinting to the players that if they wanted to assassinate Giordano, they must use the weather conditions of Xia Fog City. However, there was no fog in this courtyard. So, there was a sleeping assassin with his feet pointing towards the tunnel leading to the water vapor absorber?
"Let's go take a look," Slender Waist Dance said.
The three of them arrived at the exit in the blink of an eye and stepped in. In front of them was a spacious room hidden deep underground. The scene in front of them made the three of them widen their eyes, and they couldn't say anything for a long time.
"Mm, alright, open the lock!" Being serious wasn't wrong. Gu Fei couldn't say anything else and could only signal that Slender Waist Dance could start working.
"Such a big root, the tree should be very big, right?" Slender Waist Dance said.
The tunnel was very humid, and there was a musty smell. The three of them covered their mouths and noses as they fumbled forward.
"Let's start," the Sword Ghost said.
"Look, this looks like a big tree growing on the ground, but the roots underground are grabbing onto this thing," Gu Fei said.
"Then, how do we destroy it?" Gu Fei said.
In front of the three of them was a large object with a strange shape. It didn't look like a stone, and they didn't know whether it was a crystal or not. The flickering light came from it, and there seemed to be something flowing inside the object. There were also some unknown things attached to the surface, and it wasn't an exaggeration to say that it was "disgusting".
Slender Waist Dance, the locksmith who specially came from afar, showed the demeanor of a master. She waved her hand and pushed Gu Fei to the side. "Move, let me do it." She didn't look like she was going to open a lock, but to defuse a time bomb.
"Can I touch it?" Gu Fei took two steps forward. He didn't feel anything strange with his body, so he reached out to try.
"These roots connect this thing all the way to the ground. What if we cut them all?" Slender Waist Dance said.
The pile of firewood was quickly cleared out again. The Sword Ghost said as he moved, "No one has moved it, but I remember the shape we set it up."
"What do you mean?"
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