Chapter 59 [Seeking support and collection]

Jiang Xiali and Lin Leyou were stunned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

There's still one player here!

Xue Rui didn't leave?

How could that be...

Oh no! Lin Leyou panicked. He'd been seen!

Wait a minute! Does the mayor's berserk state have nothing to do with whether the player leaves or not?

No, that's not right. The most important thing right now is that Xue Rui saw me! The shopkeeper from the newbie dungeon has now appeared in another of Xue Rui's dungeons. How do you explain that?

His only consolation now is that he went back to take a shower and change his clothes beforehand, so he can no longer connect with the butcher at all!

Jiang Xiali stared at Xue Rui in surprise.

Lin Leyou was the first to react. Although she didn't know why Xue Rui was here, she absolutely couldn't let him know that he used to be the butcher!

So... what should we do?

Lin Leyou didn't even know what she said, "It's you. What are you doing here? Where is everyone else?"

Xue Rui: "I...I came here on vacation with some friends. The others left first. What about you, Mr. Lin?"

Lin Leyou glanced at Jiang Xiali beside him, hoping that he wouldn't expose her later. "Me? I'm here to see my friend, he runs a hotel here."

Xue Rui thought to himself, "Oh right, Boss Lin also opened a shop in the previous instance. Having a friend who owns a hotel doesn't seem like such an unacceptable thing."

But he never expected that an NPC from one instance could actually travel to another instance to visit a friend!

Should he be thankful that this Mr. Lin is different from the hotel owner and won't kill players?

Wait a minute, Xue Rui suddenly realized, these NPCs in the dungeons can actually visit other dungeons?!

Lin Leyou smiled slightly, giving Xue Rui a heads-up, "I have many friends, maybe we'll meet again in other places in the future?"

In addition, it can give him the impression that his NPC identity is very mysterious and that he can appear in many different dungeons.

Xue Rui didn't know what to say. All he knew was that building a good relationship with this Boss Lin in front of him would definitely not do any harm.

"I'm really looking forward to it. By the way, what brings you two here too?"

Jiang Xiali didn't want to communicate with Xue Rui. He looked at Xue Rui as if he were looking at a dead man, so Lin Leyou was the one who communicated with him.

"It should be the same reason you gave: how did you know about this place?"

Xue Rui said, "It's very dangerous over there. The mayor completely changed in front of me. The wind was howling all around, and I couldn't see anything at all."

"Then, he started wandering around various parts of Qingshui Town. The closer I got to him, the stronger the wind became, and I might even be attacked. I could only move away from him... I saw that the mayor wouldn't come this way, so I came over quietly."

Lin Leyou: "That's alright."

The mayor has now gone berserk. According to Xue Rui, anyone who gets close to him and has nothing to do with his wife's death will be attacked, let alone him, who has not yet escaped his identity as a butcher.

In addition, there's Jiang Xiali, who is also a hotel owner.

Xue Rui observed the two NPCs in front of him. Judging from the innkeeper's expression, he knew that there was no chance if he tried to approach him.

So, after much deliberation, he slowly approached Lin Leyou and asked, "By the way, Mr. Lin, does the mayor... have any solutions?"

Lin Leyou glanced at Jiang Xiali and, seeing that he didn't care about this place at all, said, "Don't worry, we'll just hide well, and we'll be safe in a while."

There are specific people to handle this, which I definitely can't say. I can't say that there's a problem with the copy either, and I can't tell Xue Rui the title of "order officer".

Xue Rui was not very satisfied with this answer. He thought that he might have triggered the hidden easter egg in the dungeon because he was walking too slowly.

It's also possible that he was intercepted because he was the last to leave, and was tasked with completing this final hidden mission.

But for him, the clue to how to complete this hidden mission lies in the two people right in front of him.

Or rather, it's about Boss Lin.

In Xue Rui's view, Jiangxia is the innkeeper of Qingshui Town and an NPC belonging to Qingshui Town, similar to the other minor bosses.

The only variable lies with Boss Lin.

Xue Rui still wouldn't give up, "Does Boss Lin know why the mayor turned out that way?"

Lin Leyou knew nothing about it until recently, but now he does, thanks to Jiang Xiali who told him.

Lin Leyou was somewhat embarrassed; he certainly couldn't say the specifics.

The story Jiang Xiali told will definitely require players to investigate on their own while collecting items. If they can find out the truth, they might be able to get some hidden quest rewards.

Unfortunately, Xue Rui and his group of players obtained the items to clear the dungeon, but they couldn't find out the background story of this dungeon.

Although I don't know why Xue Rui stayed, but... wait!

Lin Leyou had a flash of inspiration and suddenly thought of a possibility.

Does the town mayor know about the role players play in dungeons?

If all the players in a dungeon leave, the dungeon will refresh, so he did it on purpose!

The mayor did it on purpose, deliberately letting the other players go, leaving only one player in the Clearwater Town instance, just to ensure that this instance wouldn't end!

It's not that he doesn't attack people, but that he can't attack Xue Rui. If Xue Rui dies, the instance will end and refresh!

After Lin Leyou figured this out, he really admired the town mayor, who actually used the rules between the instance and the players to achieve his own wish.

He wanted to kill those who had killed his beloved wife.

However, he and Jiang Xiali were just unlucky souls who suffered an undeserved misfortune.

Lin Leyou: "I don't know either. I'm not familiar with what happened in Qingshui Town."

Xue Rui and his group were standing upstream and could vaguely see the situation in Qingshui Town in the distance, which was not very good.

In Jiangxia Village, "the town mayor was committing indiscriminate killings in Qingshui Town."

Lin Leyou, "Indiscriminately kill anyone you see?"

Jiang Xiali said, "Yes, we need to be careful. The entire Qingshui Town is his territory. After he kills everyone in the town, he will realize we are here and come over."

Lin Leyou frowned slightly. "Qingshui Town is not small. People inside can escape and hide. It would take a lot of time to kill them all, wouldn't it?"

Jiang Xiali smiled coldly, "Yes, it does take a lot of time."

After speaking, Jiang Xiali stood aside without saying anything more, staring intently at the movements in Qingshui Town in the distance. Lin Leyou also did not continue to speak.

Xue Rui looked at the two of them, and he had many questions. If NPCs could go to other dungeons, could he reasonably deduce that there were special passages between dungeons?