Chapter 57 [Seeking support and collection]

The butcher's knife was kicked out of his hand, arcing through the air before landing on the road a short distance away, its tip embedded firmly in the ground.

The butcher, having lost his knife, froze. He stood motionless, seemingly soulless.

Xue Rui seized the opportunity, ran over, picked up the dagger, and immediately ran to the place they had agreed upon, leaving Lin Leyou standing there.

By the time Lin Leyou came to her senses, Xue Rui had already vanished without a trace.

He blinked, patted his somewhat muddled mind, and recalled the scene from just now. The thought of the chef being chopped into minced meat made him feel disgusted, but that was all.

However... once he left his own territory, his bonus disappeared, but it provided Xue Rui with a convenience, allowing him to kick away the dagger in his hand with a single kick.

If it were a slaughterhouse, let alone one kick, even ten kicks wouldn't send you flying.

Forget it, even if they've cleared the level, he's too lazy to chase after them now. Besides, the dagger in Xue Rui's hand was able to block the butcher's knife, so it must be a powerful tool.

If he were to go looking for players now, without weapons or any buffs, he would be courting death.

Lin Leyou intended to brush the dust off his clothes, but when he looked down and saw the mottled blood and flesh on his body, he clicked his tongue in disgust and put his hand down.

As he walked back, he checked the system messages and, sure enough, there was a notification when he killed the chef.

"Congratulations on successfully killing the chef in Qingshui Town. You have earned 100 points."

His eyes lit up; so many points! That's amazing!

After confirming his score on the panel, he happily headed towards the slaughterhouse. He planned to go back to the lounge there to take a shower, tidy himself up, and then leave when it was almost time.

At this moment, Xue Rui had just arrived at the place they had agreed upon, at the entrance to Qingshui Town. There was a stone tablet there with the three characters "Qingshui Town" engraved on it.

Zhou Feng and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xue Rui return.

Fang Hong: "Wow, you actually got the butcher's knife?"

Xue Rui: "The butcher is much weaker now that he's away from his own territory than he was in the slaughterhouse. I was lucky to get him to drop his knife, but I didn't expect him to just stand there motionless."

Zhou Feng said, "No matter what, we have collected all seven items. It's time to leave."

Fang Hong touched her hair. "Why haven't we gotten any hints yet? And... these items should have a complete story, right? We don't know anything about them right now. Should we go look for them?"

"Forget it, our mission is to collect seven items. Now that we've finished, let's hurry up and leave. The one you mentioned must be a hidden mission, which is definitely more difficult. Many of our people have already died. Anyway, I'm definitely leaving. If you want to find it, you can try to stay and see how it goes."

"I want to leave too. It's terrifying. There were fifty of us, and now there are only about ten left..."

Just then, a dark figure appeared not far away and slowly walked towards them.

The remaining twelve players all went into alert mode.

"What's going on? Who is this? Do we have to fight the final boss after collecting all the items?"

"Are you kidding me? How are we supposed to fight in our current state?"

"Should we run? Is it still not too late?"

Everyone was whispering among themselves, but Zhou Feng...

"Don't worry, everyone. He doesn't seem hostile. Maybe it's just part of the final part of the dungeon."

Everyone quieted down for a moment, and the person walked closer.

He was a tall, middle-aged man who was probably in his forties.

He smiled and said, "Hello, I am the mayor of Qingshui Town. Thank you very much for helping me find my wife's belongings."

Yu Shiwu's wife?

Sure enough, there's a story behind these items, related to the town mayor and his wife. They would definitely have asked more questions when they first arrived in the instance, but now…

As expected, Zhou Feng and his group also received a system notification instructing them to hand over the items to the town mayor.

Everyone visibly relaxed. It turned out that it really was the final scene. Since that was the case, they stopped hiding and handed over all the props they had collected to the mayor.

After accepting the gifts, the mayor looked sad and casually pointed to the road leading out of Qingshui Town, saying, "If you want to leave, just keep going straight along this road."

They did not linger any longer, but instead headed in the direction the town mayor had indicated. Zhou Feng and Fang Hong said goodbye to the others as they walked.

"I'm leaving first, you guys should head back soon too. Hey! My rewards have all arrived, what about yours?"

Xue Rui checked his account panel and saw that the money had indeed arrived. He received 30 points for completing this mission. As for the money, he didn't care much about it, after all…

"Mine has arrived too."

"Let's work together again next time if we have the chance. Bye-bye."

Xue Rui watched Fang Hong's figure disappear ahead, and then the others disappeared one by one, until finally Zhou Feng said, "I'm leaving. You should go back soon too, young man."

After speaking, Zhou Feng's figure gradually faded and finally disappeared into the air.

Xue Rui noticed that he was now all alone, and he subconsciously took a step forward. He waited for a while, but nothing happened, and he remained standing on the road.

Was he not taking enough steps? He took two more steps forward, but there was still no reaction.

Just as he was about to continue walking forward, he heard an unusual noise behind him. He turned around to see what was happening, but before he could see anything, a gust of wind blew his hat off.

He didn't even have time to see what was happening. He only had time to instinctively shield his eyes with his arm to block the strong wind, and even try to keep his body as low as possible, otherwise he felt like he could be blown away by the wind.

Meanwhile, Lin Leyou had already washed herself clean and was packing her things in clean clothes.

"Hello, is anyone there?"

Lin Leyou opened the door to the lounge and looked out, "Jiang Xiali?"

Jiang Xiali smiled and waved at him, "Hey, I've come to pick you up, let's go together."

Lin Leyou was taken aback. He had never expected Jiang Xiali to come looking for him, and they didn't seem to know each other very well. "Okay, let's go together."

As he slung his backpack over his shoulder and prepared to leave, a notification popped up in the system.

"Attention! Attention! The mayor of Qingshui Town has betrayed and gone berserk! Qingshui Town has become the berserk mayor's territory, and no one can leave without his permission!"

Before he could react, he heard Jiang Xia curse, "Damn it! What the hell? Why did it have to be this time that he went berserk?"