"The news said that it's very troublesome. Do you want to meet her?" Yan Xiaozhu asked.
Gu Fei thought that Yan Xiaozhu seemed to know more about the situation, and he was about to ask if she had the time to meet up and talk about it, but since she took the initiative to bring it up, he was more than happy to oblige.
Since it was related to the government office, the two arranged to meet outside the government office's main entrance so that it would be easier to explain on the spot.
This door was the main entrance to the government office's compound. There were two guards standing guard on both sides of the door. The compound did not stop players from entering and exiting as they pleased. The only place that required permission was the government office building in the compound. Gu Fei arrived at the entrance first. He looked around to make sure that Yan Xiaozhu was not there, so he stood in the middle of the door and waited quietly.
Before he saw anyone, he heard someone's voice, but it did not come from Yan Xiaozhu herself. Gu Fei suddenly heard a light pitter patter coming from the fog. Just as he was guessing what the sound was, he saw Yan Xiaozhu walking out of the fog while kicking a stone. The sound came from the stone rolling on the ground.
Yan Xiaozhu continued her focus. She had already arrived at the entrance of the compound, but she did not raise her head. She continued to "roll" her stone until the stone rolled to the feet of someone and was stepped on. Only then did Yan Xiaozhu raise her head to see Gu Fei.
"Ah, you're here first!" Yan Xiaozhu said.
Gu Fei nodded. She's a talent! He thought to himself. This was the conclusion he came to from a professional point of view. Just by watching Yan Xiaozhu "roll" the stone for thirty meters, he felt that the girl's lower body coordination was quite outstanding. She was a good seedling for martial arts. Of course, it was just a thought. Gu Fei looked at people with this kind of professional eye. He had seen countless "good seedlings" in his life.
"Tell me what you know!" Gu Fei went straight to the point.
"Take a look." Yan Xiaozhu led Gu Fei into the compound and pointed at a group of players in the southeast corner of the compound. "Do you see those people?"
"I see them." Gu Fei nodded. They looked like a bunch of bored people. It was such a good time in the game. Instead of leveling up, doing quests, running for money, or grinding for equipment, these people squatted in a corner, bored to death. The expressions on their faces told everyone: I'm bored.
"They're from Flowers in the Fog." Yan Xiaozhu said.
Gu Fei knew of this guild. Brother You had introduced it to him when he first came to Xia Wu City. It was the biggest guild in Xia Wu City. Gu Fei had forgotten the name of the guild leader, but he seemed to be a Warrior. Gu Fei nodded as he read the information.
"What do they have to do with Giordano?" Gu Fei asked.
"It's like this." Yan Xiaozhu said, "This was originally a reward quest that Flowers in the Fog received after they became the champion of the last competition. The quest asked them to find an NPC called Giordano in the government office. Because the quest in the game could lead to a battle at any time, even though it wasn't explicitly stated in the quest prompt, they were still worried that Giordano would turn into a battle boss after a few words. That's why they gathered a lot of people from the beginning and found quite a few high-level players in the city to help. I was just one of them, "Yan Xiaozhu said.
"Oh, what happened after that?"
"After that? After that, we all met Giordano and heard about the quest he gave to Flowers in the Fog. He said that the government office has been short on manpower recently and hoped that the Flowers in the Fog Guild could help out and take on some of their work. After throwing down those words, he left. "Yan Xiaozhu said.
"What kind of quest is that?" Gu Fei asked as he wondered if this had anything to do with his plan to assassinate Giordano. Because from what happened in Moonlit Night City, the parallel world was not simply a game. In some ways, it was also a world with progress. The incident between Gu Fei and the Werewolves in Luminous Village was a good example. Gu Fei's solo quest chain was actually linked to Reigning The Four Seas' quest chain, which had nothing to do with him at all. This seemed to indicate that there was something amiss.
"I'm not too sure about the specifics, because the people we invited left. After that, it was Flowers in the Fog doing it on their own. I heard that the quest has some sort of progress, and every day they complete something, the progress will increase. In the beginning, even cleaning the courtyard and pulling out the weeds will increase. But after that, the number of tasks they can find will decrease. It's useless to do things like pulling weeds over and over again. They can't find anything to do, so it's not 100% yet. They're still wasting their time! "Yan Xiaozhu said as she pointed at the group of people.
"There's something like that!" Gu Fei wiped the sweat off his forehead. He thought the Reigning the Four Seas quest was troublesome enough, but now he realized there was something even more inhumane here. At least the Reigning the Four Seas quest had a clear goal to complete, but Xia Fog City's quest had a completion rate, and there was no hint of what was going on. Seeing the bored expressions on the group of people, Gu Fei said, "So they have something to do just by squatting there?"
"That's not it! I heard that their quest was supposed to have a 100% completion rate, but one day, a newbie came out of nowhere and wandered around without knowing anything. He even tried to barge into the government office, and was punished by the guards on the spot. At the time, the players who were busy in the courtyard thought it was a good show, but when Giordano came out to announce the progress of the quest, he criticized them for not protecting it well enough, and the progress was deducted by 10%. They were furious, "Yan Xiaozhu explained.
"I see." Thinking of this, Gu Fei glanced at the group of people in the corner, and suddenly realized a huge problem. He asked in surprise, "Wait, why is there no fog in this government office building??"
As he spoke, Gu Fei looked back. Outside the government office building, there was still a thick fog, but inside the building, everything was clear. It did not have the unique style of Xia Fog City at all.
Yan Xiaozhu nodded. Normally, people would look down on people for taking so long to realize this problem, but Yan Xiaozhu did not. This was because she had made this mistake the first time she came here. For a native who did not train in this city, she was very used to such a clear world, so she often took a while to realize this problem.
"There's a reason for this," Yan Xiaozhu said. "Didn't you notice that the fog in Xia Fog City is lighter than outside the city? It's said that this city has a special fog thinner equipment, and this equipment is in this government office building, so the fog in this core area is almost completely gone. "
"What kind of equipment is it?" Gu Fei had never heard of fog dispersing equipment, so the question was purely out of curiosity.
"Who knows? Maybe it's four old wizards controlling a giant energy crystal?" Yan Xiaozhu said.
Gu Fei quickly dispelled his curiosity and continued to ask the important question. "You just said that Giordano will announce the progress of their mission to them every day. In other words, he will come out of the government office every day?"
"Yes." Yan Xiaozhu nodded. "What mission do you have for him?"
Gu Fei did not say anything. To be frank, he did not even know if this counted as a mission, because it was not shown in the mission list. Moreover, he was not very familiar with Yan Xiaozhu, so he did not plan to tell her.
However, Yan Xiaozhu was obviously still young, and did not have the ability to observe people in society. Seeing that Gu Fei did not say anything, she pretended that he did not hear her and asked loudly again, "What mission do you have?"
"Uh, I'm looking for him. I haven't decided what mission it is," Gu Fei said.
"Oh, you're looking for him to issue a mission? Then let's greet the person who's looking at the flowers through the fog and talk to him when he comes out. "Yan Xiaozhu said.
"I have to greet them?" Gu Fei was surprised. He felt that NPCs were a kind of public property.
"Isn't it because of what I just said? After the news spread, some enemy guilds immediately started to cause trouble. When they had nothing to do, they would purposely find people to break into the government office. Even if they were in the dark, they didn't dare to be careless, so they kept a close eye on the players who entered the courtyard. Didn't you notice that when we came in, the people in the corner were still the same, but their gazes were always on us? "Yan Xiaozhu said.
"Yes, and there were bandits hiding outside the courtyard. Now …" Gu Fei looked around. "It seems that there are archers aiming at us."
"This used to be the largest trading place for players in Dawn Fog City. But because of the Flowers in the Fog quest, there are no players here at all!" Women loved shopping, and now that Xia Fog City no longer had a shopping street, Yan Xiaozhu's tone was full of complaints.
"Yes!" Gu Fei casually replied. He did not care about these things, but he realized that if he wanted to assassinate Giordano, there would be a lot of obstacles. Not to mention the players in the fog guarding the courtyard, even without their existence, the number of NPC guards in the courtyard was not small. If he wanted to kill Giordano here, he would have to use Brother Ma's dual pistols. It was definitely not an assassination.
If it was just a player, Gu Fei would not be able to do so, but normal players did not know, so how could he not understand the strength of the system guards? In front of these guys, Gu Fei had to restrain himself. This matter still needed to be considered.
"Okay, let's go!" Gu Fei felt that he already understood a lot, so this trip was worth it.
"Uh, when will Giordano come out? I can help you find out." Yan Xiaozhu said.
"Thank you!" Gu Fei said.
When the two of them turned around and prepared to leave the courtyard, they saw a group of people walk out of the fog. Yan Xiaozhu immediately pouted. "Look, that's the guild leader of the fog, Three Sighs of Flowing Maple. If you can directly greet him, that would be great."
"Huh!!" Yan Xiaozhu cried out in surprise. "Isn't that Brother Drifting?"
Gu Fei also saw that the person walking into the courtyard with Three Sighs of Flowing Maple was the number one mage in the parallel world, Drifting. Of course, this was under the condition that Gu Fei did not consider himself a mage.
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