Chapter 38 The Lost Ancient Country (5)

"I……"

Guan Ciying jumped down from the wall and turned her head. She was so frightened by the densely packed mummies still hanging on the tree that her legs went limp and she almost screamed.

Li Shuntong quickly covered her mouth with his hands.

But in fact he was also quite frightened.

For a moment, the four of them were silent, with only the sound of slightly heavier breathing due to fear.

The surroundings were quiet, and the vague morning light shone through the gaps between the branches where corpses were hung.

After a long time, Gu Qiufeng said quietly: "It should be one of the strongholds."

Guan Ciying covered his mouth and questioned him in a whisper, "Didn't you say that the Starlight Circus will be performing for His Majesty Arcana in a few days? This kind of circus can become a stronghold... your royal family..."

"Hey." Lin Chaoxu interrupted her and quickly said to Gu Qiufeng, "Son, don't blame her. She has always been outspoken and didn't mean to slander His Majesty Arcana!"

Li Shuntong continued: "But, obviously, we need an explanation from the Holy Son."

Gu Qiufeng: "I don't know."

This answer stunned the trio.

Li Shuntong said cautiously: "Son, the 'I don't know' you mentioned..."

"No way. As a BOSS, Arcana's fighting power is terrifying!" Guan Ciying said with tears in his eyes, "She won't be colluding with the dark creatures!"

Gu Qiufeng said: "Instead of worrying so much, why not first see if there are any survivors? Maybe we can get some answers from them."

The four of them suddenly fell into silence.

When Gu Qiufeng approached the magnificent tree, he discovered that the corpses were hung on thick branches with their hands tied. They were so shriveled that their facial features were barely recognizable.

In order to prevent any circus employees from coming out to wake up at night, they walked lightly, step by step in the courtyard, and slowly walked around the corpse tree.

"Where should we look for it?" Li Shuntong asked.

Gu Qiufeng asked: "Don't you have any solution?"

Li Shuntong stared at him for a long while, and finally sighed in defeat: "Son, you really don't let anyone take advantage of you."

Gu Qiufeng said calmly: "I think since you have the courage to follow me into the circus at night, you must at least have some skills."

As he spoke, he divided his attention and used the special perception brought by his ID card to find out what was happening in the entire yard.

Guan Ciying glared at Li Shunyi and pulled him aside. The trio murmured for a while before Guan Ciying reluctantly took out a pocket compass and gave it to Gu Qiufeng: "Here, this can be used to find people. But it can only be used once."

She was holding her chest, looking like she was bleeding heavily.

Gu Qiufeng didn't even look at Guan Ciying. He walked around with a compass, searching for the direction where the surviving civilians might be hiding.

Guan Ciying folded his arms and looked at Gu Qiufeng, whispering: "This person looks a little familiar."

Li Shuntong pushed up his glasses, followed Guan Ciying's gaze, and came to a conclusion: "Do you think the handsome guy is crazy about him? This argument has been used so many times."

Guan Ciying said coldly: "If you keep talking nonsense, I will hang you on the tree full of corpses next to you. He is wearing a mask and his face cannot be seen. How can I be a fangirl?"

Lin Chaoxu said meaningfully, "So you did admit that you are crazy about handsome guys."

Guan Ciying: "...I don't want to fight, don't force me to beat up you two useless assistants and nurses."

However, after being interrupted by the two people next to him, the familiar feeling that Gu Qiufeng had for Guan Ciying disappeared in an instant.

She probably had never seen this NPC before, but Gu Qiufeng made her feel like an old friend had come back to life...

I can't see the face.

Who is that person?

Guan Ciying suddenly cried out "Ouch" and squatted down, covering his head.

Her memory seemed to be forcibly pulled out by something. Whenever she tried to recall it, she would feel a severe dull pain in her brain nerves.

"What's wrong?" Gu Qiufeng just found the direction. When he turned around, he found Guan Ciying staring at him and squatting down. He was startled. "Are you not feeling well?"

Guan Ciying hit his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you guys go find someone first. I have an old headache, it will be fine after a while."

Gu Qiufeng said "Oh", turned around and told the remaining two people to leave first.

Guan Ciying: "..."

Damn it, he just left without any mercy.

She was quite surprised. Why did she feel that an NPC looked familiar?

Guan Ciying jumped up, caught up with Gu Qiufeng in a few steps, and asked, "Holy Son, have you died before?"

Gu Qiufeng: “.”

Li Shuntong: "Your brain has finally completely gone bad?"

Lin Chaoxu: "It seems that you are not a flower maniac, you are an idiot."

Guan Ciying: "Get lost! I'm asking a serious question."

"No." Gu Qiufeng thought she had seen his discussion or live broadcast in the forum before. In order to prevent her identity as a player from being exposed, he immediately put a hat on Guan Ciying, "Do you doubt my identity?"

Fortunately, Guan Ciying seemed absent-minded and just said vaguely: "No. Ah, forget it, you think I'm stupid today."

With the compass that the trio bought from the mall at a high price, they found the place where the players were imprisoned without any obstacles.

Gu Qiufeng just took a look and immediately dodged back to hide against the wall.

Guan Ciying reacted quickly. Seeing Gu Qiufeng turning around, he quickly asked the two men behind him to stop.

The clown they had seen before was wandering around the door that was locked to humans, carrying a large axe on his back.

He did not look at all funny or cowardly at this moment. Instead, he looked a little gloomy because of the strange paint on his face.

Guan Ciying and Gu Qiufeng popped their heads up and down the wall.

Both of them had good eyesight and could see the meat residue stuck to the axe clearly.

Guan Ciying: "...What should I do?"

Gu Qiufeng said: "Let's find a place where no one is around to discuss countermeasures first."

In order to avoid being noticed by the clown, they walked back for a long time before stopping.

Guan Ciying said in defeat: "Although we have found it, it is obvious that we cannot defeat that clown."

Gu Qiufeng asked curiously, "How could you hold such a big knife before?"

"That's a prop for scaring people!" Guan Ciying rolled his eyes at him, "And that's not a knife, it's a sword!"

Li Shuntong said to Gu Qiufeng gratefully: "Thank you, Holy Son, for saving our lives yesterday. We didn't know that this circus would be like this..."

Otherwise, how would they dare to confront the clown!

Gu Qiufeng said: "It seems that you are very eager to rescue the survivors."

Guan Ciying gritted her teeth and exchanged glances with Li Shuntong next to her. Then she said, "To be honest with you, Holy Son, we are private detectives and have been commissioned to rescue humanity."

Gu Qiufeng raised his eyebrows.

Another special card appeared.

Save people.

The card that can save people in Werewolf is the Witch card.

Gu Qiufeng said: "Easy. I'll go and lure the clown away."

Guan Ciying was stunned for a moment and said, "Holy Son, you..."

It looks like it's very unbeatable.

Gu Qiufeng silently stopped her from saying the second half of the sentence: "I have the blessing of the God of Light, and the dark creatures can't do anything to me."

"Thank you." Guan Ciying smiled widely, "Holy Son, if you want to order us around in the future, feel free to do so!"

Gu Qiufeng said: "Okay, just continue to help me investigate in the future."

He climbed over the wall again and stood at the entrance of the circus, pondering for a while. He estimated that Guan Ciying and the others were almost ready, so he reached out and knocked hard on the door of the circus.

"Who is it?" The clown's voice came quickly.

So much so that when Gu Qiufeng looked at him, there was a bit of pity in his eyes as a fellow worker.

In the entire circus, the clown is the only one working hard!

clown:"?"

He looked at it for a while, and his angry face immediately turned into joy: "Ah, honorable sir, it's you!"

Gu Qiufeng said calmly: "It's amazing that you still remember me."

"Of course." The clown said happily, "The leader praised your proposal very much and even increased my monthly salary!"

Gu Qiufeng said: "I remember you will open today?"

"I want to see today's show," he said. "Please, Mr. Clown, please save a ticket for me."

The clown felt grateful and agreed immediately.

Afterwards, Gu Qiufeng fooled the clown a few more times by saying "give him a few more words of advice". Figuring that he had almost run out of time, Gu Qiufeng planned to slip away.

The clown suddenly asked: "But why did you come so early?"

Gu Qiufeng was thankful that the mask was still on his face, otherwise his expression would have certainly not escaped the clown's eyes.

After a pause, Gu Qiufeng said naturally: "It just happened. By the way, when is your leader free? I am very grateful to the leader for appreciating me. Maybe we can have a wonderful conversation."

The clown's attention was drawn, and he immediately said, "I'll let the leader know. He also hopes to meet you, my Lord."

Gu Qiufeng broke out in cold sweat on his palms, and the door in front of him closed again as the clown went back.

Guan Ciying came over and said, "We have saved everyone who can be saved. The market will soon be crowded with people. I asked Li Shuntong and Lin Chaoxu to take them to hide first to avoid being too conspicuous."

Gu Qiufeng finally relaxed and said jokingly, "This is really thrilling."

"Thank you for your hard work." Guan Ciying said, "We really appreciate you. Without you, we might have been targeted by the clowns from the beginning and turned into corpses like the ones in the yard."

"So, as long as it doesn't violate the principles, we owe you a favor." She said seriously.

Gu Qiufeng said: "Let's not talk about this for now. Where are you staying? I think I need to rest for a while."

He had been busy all night without sleeping and could not hold on any longer.

Guan Ciying: "Just..."

Suddenly, she closed her mouth tightly and looked behind Gu Qiufeng with a serious expression.

Gu Qiufeng noticed her strangeness and turned to look.

A pair of inhuman white-lashed blue eyes were looking at them coldly.

"Arkana..."

Guan Ciying said in a tense voice, "Fuck, why does he look like he's going to kill me?"