Lin Huang had imagined how the phantom city would look like many times. However, when he actually entered the city, it was still different from what he had imagined.
It was completely different from the other places in the Abyss. It was a huge, bustling city with skyscrapers that were almost identical to those in the human world.
If the streets were not filled with creatures of all shapes and sizes, he would even feel as if he had returned to the grade-A foothold in the gravel world.
"Why are there so many of them?" That was what Lin Huang was most surprised about.
As far as he was concerned, the gatekeeper alone was enough to stop the majority of the people from entering.
"There are actually not many outsiders in phantom city. Most of them are local residents," Virtuoso explained. "These residents are the same as the buildings here. Some of them were built by the controller of the castellan's seal, while others were automatically generated by phantom city."
Hearing this explanation, the first word that popped into Lin Huang's mind was' NPC '.
If phantom city was seen as an RPG game, then these local residents would undoubtedly be the NPCs of this world, while outsiders like Lin Huang would be equivalent to players.
"So, how do we differentiate the players- the outsiders and the local residents?" Lin Huang almost blurted out the difference between players and NPCs.
"There's no good way." Virtuoso smiled and shook their head. "However, generally speaking, people with exaggerated appearances and styles are more likely to be outsiders. However, this method of identification isn't 100% effective. "
"The castellan's seal that you want should be in the hands of an outsider, right?" Lin Huang asked again.
"It's not as simple as you think …" Virtuoso shook their head. "The establishment of phantom city does require at least one real life form to activate the castellan's seal.
"However, the castellan's seal might not be a complete piece, but a few pieces. As long as they can be pieced together into a complete piece, it can still be activated. If that's the case, the pieces might be in the hands of a few different people.
"Also, the castellan's seal must be left inside phantom city, but the controller of the castellan's seal might not always stay in phantom city. While he's away, he might hand over the castellan's seal to the local residents for safekeeping. After all, many of the local residents were created by him, and he knows very well who is trustworthy. Therefore, the castellan's seal is not 100% in the hands of outsiders. "
"Then what are your plans?" After listening to Virtuoso's description, Lin Huang immediately felt that this mission might be much more difficult than he had imagined.
If this city has a City Lord, there's a chance that the City Lord Seal is in the City Lord's hands. Even if it isn't, he definitely knows something about the City Lord Seal.
"If there isn't a single City Lord, but a group of people managing it, then find the few with the highest positions in the group. Even if I can't find the City Lord Seal, I should be able to find some useful information. "
"What I'm most afraid of is that there is no one to manage it, or the manager is just a puppet. No one knows who the founder of this Magical Fantasy City is …"
Virtuoso suggested a few possibilities. "No matter what, the first thing we need to do now is to gather information. Collect as much information as possible about this Magical Fantasy City. "
"Should we split up?" Lin Huang asked.
He suggested this because it would definitely be more efficient for them to gather information if they split up than if they worked together as three.
"I agree to split up." Saber9 nodded.
They were no longer in the foggy swamp, so there was no need to worry about anyone getting lost.
The three of them had different styles of doing things, so the way they collected information would be different as well. This way, they would have more sources of information. Theoretically, even if the information they obtained was quite repetitive, the total amount of information they could obtain would be greater in the same amount of time.
"Then we'll move around freely for two days. During these two days, we'll gather as much information as we can. Even if we discover crucial information, hold it in. Don't act rashly for now.
"Two days later, we'll gather at the bottom of the tallest building. We'll gather the information we've obtained, then discuss our strategy. "Virtuoso came to a decision very quickly.
Lin Huang and Saber9 agreed as well.
After that, the three of them each chose a direction and left.
Lin Huang chose to be cautious even though he was leaving the team and moving around on his own.
After all, nobody knew if there were lord-level beings in this Magical Fantasy City.
According to Virtuoso's description, if the person who obtained the castellan's seal was a lord-level powerhouse, they could imagine lord-level local residents. Moreover, access to Magical Fantasy City would also be restricted to lord-level.
If there really were lord-level beings in this Magical Fantasy City, not only did it mean that the three of them had a slim chance of obtaining the castellan's seal, but it also meant that this was an extremely dangerous city.
One must know that although outsiders were equivalent to players in this Magical Fantasy City, they did not have a second life. Players could be resurrected if they died. As for outsiders, once they died, they would truly perish.
Even if Lin Huang had imperial beasts that could take his place, he would not be able to resurrect himself if he were to face a Lord's Dao rune attack.
As for Virtuoso and Saber9, even if they had life-saving techniques left behind by their Primordial bodies that could withstand lord-level attacks, there was a limit to the number of times they could use them.
Lin Huang was being cautious because he wanted to guard against lord-level beings in this city.
He did not sense any Divine Telekinesis probing, so he was very cautious and did not extend his Divine Telekinesis.
He scanned his surroundings; there were all sorts of creatures.
There were Abyssal creatures, Bug Tribes, and even Immortals and Protoss …
He was dressed in a strange black robe, but he was the most ordinary one in the crowd, so he did not attract any attention.
Sensing that no one was looking at him, Lin Huang was relieved.
His gaze soon locked onto a coffee shop nearby, and he raised his brows slightly.
"There's even a coffee shop here?!"
This Magical Fantasy City was extremely similar to a human city. This made him suspect that the person in charge of this castellan's seal might be a human. Or perhaps he had spent some time in the human world under some sort of identity.
He walked toward the coffee shop, then sat under an outdoor umbrella and ordered a cup of coffee.
Very soon, a waitress with bunny ears came over with a cup of coffee.
If this were any other place, Lin Huang might not be able to help himself from taking a few more glances at the bunny eared waitress. However, he had seen all sorts of strange things along the way, so the bunny eared lady before him had become ordinary.
When the bunny eared lady walked to the table with the coffee, Lin Huang did not forget what he was here for. A red gleam flashed through his eyes, and he exchanged glances with the waitress for an instant.
In just an instant, he had successfully read the other party's memories.
He had borrowed Grimace's Ocular Skill Rule.
However, the bunny eared lady knew nothing about this. She merely smiled as she put down the coffee and turned to leave.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang picked up the coffee and began to extract the useful information he needed from the memory …
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