After leaving Reigning the Four Seas' encampment, Gu Xiaoshang asked the Han Family Young Master curiously, "Why aren't we waiting with them for Qianli and Sword Demon to appear? We're just here to deliver a message?" That was what she thought at first, but the Han Family Young Master didn't do that. Gu Xiaoshang was a man of his word. He said that Han Family Young Master would be in command, and he didn't ask about the process. He only asked about it afterwards.
"We won't be able to defend them with our lives. Those two still have some brains. They'll scout and look for an opportunity. We can't let them detect our presence. We just need to pay attention in secret and quietly wrap them up. "Han Family Young Master said.
"Then why tell Sword of No Oath? If Reigning the Four Seas lets their guard down, won't they have a higher chance of appearing?" Gu Xiaoshang said.
"The problem is that they'll definitely guess that I'll ambush them here, so if Reigning the Four Seas isn't on guard, it'll become an obvious trap." Han Family Young Master said.
"Are you sure they know that much?"
"Of course." Han Family Young Master said confidently, "Because we both have a good friend who likes to play both sides." Han Family Young Master said as he sent a message to Brother You, wanting to find out if there were any new developments with Gu Fei and Sword Demon. However, he received a cold reply saying, "The other party's message reception has been turned off."
"Damn it, they actually dare to reject my message." Han Family Young Master fiercely muttered. Brother You would definitely cry until dawn if he knew about this situation. It turned out that he had offended them no matter what.
"What about now? All we can do is wait, right? "Gu Xiaoshang asked.
Brother You turned off the message. This made the Han Family Young Master feel helpless. He said helplessly, "I originally wanted to find out more about those two through this good friend of mine. Who knows, we might be able to find out some of their movements. I didn't expect this good friend of ours to have a firm stand. This time, he's determined not to help either side."
"Who's your friend?" Gu Xiaoshang couldn't help but be curious.
"Just a rookie." Han Family Young Master said.
Tears streamed down Brother You's face. Would it kill you to let my name be exposed?
"Our people will now be divided into three groups. We will go to the three coordinates of XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX respectively. He took off his guild emblem. Even if you see these two, do not panic, and do not attack without receiving instructions. They will not realize that you are a match for them. Otherwise, once they realize that something is amiss and start to flee, it will be very difficult for us to catch up with them given their speed. "
"What's their movement speed?" Someone in the colorful clouds wasn't convinced. Naturally, he was very confident in his own movement speed.
Han Family Young Master glanced at the person who spoke, "It's useless to just run fast. How much health do you have?"
"Health?"
"That's a lot of health. Are we going to chase after them and kill them?" Han Family Young Master said.
"Then we can stall for time and wait for everyone to catch up!" The other person said.
"I've never heard of being killed in an instant being considered a way to stall for time … How do we stall for time? Do we stall for one second each? "
The other person wanted to say something, but Han Family Young Master waved at him, "Come, give me a hand."
"What hand?" The other person was confused.
"Lift me up." Han Family Young Master pointed at the tree branch above him. Ever since he arrived in the forest, he had been looking left and right. In fact, he had been looking for a suitable observation point. This was his usual style. Only by seeing the situation clearly could he command effectively.
The person came over and waved his hand. Han Family Young Master stepped onto the tree branch and climbed up a bit. Gu Xiaoshang looked up and asked, "Can you see everything if you climb up the tree?"
"I have a tool." Han Family Young Master took out a pair of binoculars and showed it to her.
"Then you're going to stay here?" Gu Xiaoshang asked.
"That's it for now. Unless Reigning the Four Seas decides to move, let's split up into groups!" Han Family Young Master said.
Han Family Young Master was the overall commander, but Gu Xiaoshang was the one who gave the orders. Han Family Young Master was smart enough to know that he would be pissed if he gave orders to everyone right after he had just joined them, so he didn't do it. The strategy was basically explained to Gu Xiaoshang. Then, Gu Xiaoshang would go and organize everyone. Everything was done in an orderly manner.
"Then we'll be going." After Gu Xiaoshang split up the groups, he was ready to lead one of his own. He greeted Han Family Young Master.
"Go. If you see anyone suspicious, immediately send their coordinates to me. I can recognize those two." Han Family Young Master said.
"Got it." Gu Xiaoshang waved his hand and led his people away.
Brother You was one of the spectators who knew the inside story. He had been loitering around Reigning the Four Seas, waiting to watch the show. He had guessed that the young master of the Han Family would either come to cooperate with the Sword of No Oath directly or bring some people with him to help. However, the way the young master of the Han Family handled things was beyond his expectations. He had actually appeared together with Gu Xiaoshang.
Brother You was a smart person. He knew what was special about Rosy Clouds. He couldn't help but praise Han Family Young Master's foresight. As for how they managed to form a partnership, Brother You had the urge to send a message to ask, but he resisted the urge. I've already turned off my message, and now I'm turning it on again. I'm turning it off again. Brother You thought, restraining his strong curiosity. In fact, he really wanted to inform Gu Fei and Sword Demon about Han Family Young Master and Rosy Clouds. He believed that even Gu Fei and Sword Demon wouldn't have expected this move from Han Family Young Master. They might only think of Reigning the Four Seas and Rosy Clouds as imaginary enemies. They would definitely be careless if they met people from Rosy Clouds.
Aiya, I really want to gossip! Brother You endured in pain.
Gu Fei and Sword Demon finally arrived at Cloud Suburb Lake, quite a distance away from Cloud City. The two looked left and right. Sword Demon analyzed from his gaming experience. "Generally speaking, quests like yours that are similar to searching for clues but don't have clear prompts are usually either to find an NPC for questioning, or when you reach the map area, the system automatically prompts that you've completed the quest. Look, is there a prompt in the quest?"
"No." Gu Fei said.
"Then it's to find someone for questioning. I'm not too familiar with this place. Where are the NPCs?" Cloud Suburb Lake was a popular leveling area for men and women in love. Sword Demon didn't have any breakthroughs in this area, so he didn't have the opportunity to come to this kind of place. He only occasionally passed by this leveling area and didn't know much about it.
"There's a wooden house over there." Gu Fei looked around and pointed to the southwest corner of Cloud Suburb Lake. There was a simple wooden house by the lake. It was the only sign of life in this wilderness.
"Let's go take a look." Sword Demon walked in that direction. Gu Fei saw that there were almost waist-high reeds all around and hurriedly reminded Sword Demon, "Be careful not to step on people."
"People??" Sword Demon didn't understand.
"If you don't believe me, watch." Gu Fei took off his clothes but didn't take his sword. He raised his hand and chanted a spell towards the dense reeds in front of him. Suddenly, flames shot into the sky. Three pairs of men and women jumped out of the reeds in an instant. Their reactions were all different. One pair looked around blankly, one pair ran away in panic without looking back, and the other pair was already cursing loudly. He looked around and stared at Sword Demon. The male player shouted, "That Thief, did you see who it was?"
Sword Demon was startled and subconsciously turned his head. Gu Fei was gone. He glanced down and saw Gu Fei also crouching in the reeds. He made a "shush" gesture and Sword Demon could only cover for him. "I didn't see him."
With this curse, countless heads popped up from the reeds and looked around to find out what was going on. Even two heads popped up less than five meters from Sword Demon, scaring Sword Demon.
"Did you see it?" Gu Fei messaged Sword Demon.
"That's awesome."
"Everyone has their own pursuits," Gu Fei said.
"Yes."
"Stop messing around and call me …" Gu Fei said.
After these ambitious Players popped their heads out, they gradually disappeared back into the water. The reeds by the lakeside returned to their previous tranquility. Sword Specter called out to Gu Fei and pointed in a certain direction. "Let's go that way."
The place Sword Demon pointed to was next to the lake. There was mud and water here, so it was unlikely that anyone would seek an artistic conception here. Sword Demon's kindness could be seen. Back then, Gu Fei was afraid of stepping on someone, so he used his staff as a guide stick to randomly knock around in the reeds.
As the two continued in the direction of the wooden house, Sword Demon said worriedly, "Will there be NPCs crouching in the reeds like this? That won't be easy to find. "
"It's good that I can get in touch with Brother You. He probably knows a bit more." Gu Fei only knew this one thing about the Cloud Suburb Lakeside. How much more could he be expected to know?
The two of them walked around a quarter of the lake and finally reached the small wooden house. This small wooden house was also in disrepair and was so close to the water vapor. Before entering, there was already a musty smell. There was a fireplace in the house, a collapsed bed, an empty bookshelf, and a desk covered in a thick layer of dust. In front of the desk was a pile of wood fragments. It looked like it used to be a chair.
It was clear at a glance, but Sword Demon didn't give up so quickly. Behind the bookshelf, the cracks in the collapsed bed, the drawers of the writing desk, and in the end, he directly stuck his head into the fireplace to observe the chimney.
"There's no need to do this, right?" Gu Fei was amazed at Sword Demon's meticulousness.
"Wait, there seems to be something. Do you have any light?" Sword Demon's voice came from the fireplace.
"Really?" Gu Fei quickly took out a lantern, lit it, and stuffed it into Sword Demon's hands. Sword Demon carried the lantern in and after a while, he said, "Where did you get this thing?"
"Xia Fog City. Yan Xiaozhu sent it to me before I left," Gu Fei said.
"Oh, there …" Illumination was a local product of Xia Fog City. The players there often carried light to mark their location in the fog. Torches were obviously the simplest, but the players couldn't be so simple. Gradually, some people began to make things like lanterns, which could be regarded as accessories in their hands. More exquisite were some of the elemental gems in the game. They were made into pendants and hung around the neck or waist. They were very popular in Xia Fog City. It was said that in Xia Fog City, many fashionable men and women began to use lantern language to communicate, creating a unique romantic atmosphere for Xia Fog City.
"What did you find?" Gu Fei wasn't interested in these things.
"It's hanging on the fireplace. It seems to be a piece of paper!" Sword Demon said.
"What kind of discovery is this …" Gu Fei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He thought that Sword Demon had found some kind of secret mechanism.
Sword Demon's tone was very serious, "This is a game. Everything is designed by the program. A piece of paper hanging on the chimney wall for no reason was naturally set up."
"Maybe someone threw it and it accidentally floated into the chimney. You see, there are a lot of players here. There will probably be a lot of waste paper. Maybe someone didn't pay attention to the environment and casually threw it, so it floated into the chimney." Gu Fei sat on the table that Sword Demon had just wiped clean during his research and joked.
"Get it down and you'll know. Give me something longer, a staff or something." Sword Demon said.
Gu Fei pulled out a staff and handed it to Sword Demon. Sword Demon tossed and turned again and finally came out. He held half a piece of paper in his hand and couldn't wait to study it.
Gu Fei went over to take a look. The paper was dry and brown, but it wasn't caused by being left out for a long time. Instead, it had been baked at a high temperature for a long time. There was only half of the paper, and there were obvious burn marks on half of it.
"What's drawn on it?" Gu Fei saw that there was a pattern on the paper. Sword Demon held it and wanted to see it too.
"You go wash your face first!" Gu Fei couldn't help but say. He climbed around the chimney. Everyone could imagine what it looked like. In the words of Sword Demon, the ashes were also a program design.
"No hurry!" Sword Demon was also a person with a goal.
"The story of this piece of paper should be like this. It was originally thrown into the fireplace to be burned, but the airflow generated by the high temperature blew it up. Later, it got stuck in the chimney and didn't finish burning, so it became what we see now. As for the circles and crosses on this picture, I need a game expert like you to analyze it." Gu Fei said.
Sword Demon looked at the circles and crosses thoughtfully. Suddenly, he reached into his pocket, took out a large piece of paper, and spread it out on the table.
"What?" Gu Fei couldn't help but ask.
"Map, Cloud City." Sword Demon said, pointed to a place above, and took the half piece of paper. "Look, this picture, doesn't it look like Cloud Suburb Lake?"
Gu Fei looked at it a few times and quickly pointed out seven or eight places that were different.
"Of course, it can't be all the same. The map was hand-drawn by the players. I don't think they put too much effort into it. This was made by the system, so of course it's more accurate. We'll know after we look at the different places."
The Sword Ghost eagerly ran out with a small piece of paper and a map. There were rough coordinates on the player-made map, and the so-called scale was marked on it. It only took a little bit of calculation to figure out the approximate coordinates of the area they were looking for. Sword Demon chose the nearest one and quickly found it. He held the piece of paper and looked left and right, gradually becoming confused. Looking at the map and looking at it were really not the same thing. Looking at the map, there was a curve here, but when it came to the ground, Sword Demon saw N curves.
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