hapter050

Shi Jiu probably guessed who the NPC hiding in the factory was. There were many people there during the day, and there were also some warlocks in the factory, so she wouldn't come out.

So that night, Shijiu did not return to the dormitory, she waited quietly in the factory.

The factory was very quiet at night, with only the sound of turning gears.

Click, click, click.

Hearing something strange, Shijiu turned and looked in the direction of the sound. Under the dim light, a strange figure appeared next to a huge gear.

Yes, only the body, no head.

[Bullet comment]: It was really weird to see this thing late at night.

[Bullet comment]: It's actually the Headless Woman! It's said that the Headless Woman specializes in eating other people's heads, especially the heads of good-looking people!

[Bullet screen]: Ahhhhh, Jiu is so calm.

The headless woman flashed and quickly appeared in front of Shijiu. She was wearing a red dress and had a nice, curvy figure. However, the fact that she had no head made her look very strange.

"It's you, the one who released the flowers." The headless woman's voice had a queen-like quality and was very pleasant to hear.

Shi Jiu shrugged: "Isn't it obvious?"

Perhaps not expecting a human to be so arrogant in front of her, the headless woman was silent for a moment. "I told you, if you release me again, I'll kill you."

Shi Jiu: “Oh.”

“.......”

"Arrogant human!" The faceless woman was angry. She roared, and the nails on her hands became sharp in an instant and stabbed towards Shijiu's neck.

Shi Jiu was so arrogant because she had already made preparations. She turned her body to the side and nimbly dodged the attack of the faceless woman. Shi Jiu took a step back, and behind her were the brightly blooming flowers she had brought.

Shi Jiu's hand moved, and the next second, the flowers behind him grew rapidly, and several thick green vines directly surrounded the faceless woman.

The faceless woman was unable to break free for a moment. She was a little surprised: "Are you an elf?"

Shi Jiu didn't know what the elves meant, but now was not the time to care about that. Shi Jiu walked in front of the faceless woman, lowered her eyes and looked at her, and said, "I need your clues."

"I won't hurt you, but I hope you can tell me some clues."

The faceless woman chuckled. "Want some clues? Okay, first remove these plants."

Shi Jiu refused without a second thought and said, "No."

What the Faceless Woman fears most is plants, and the plants here can restrain her.

"......." The faceless woman said, "Now you are begging me. If you don't let me go, I won't tell you any clues!"

Shi Jiu smiled and said, "Oh, actually I don't have to beg you."

Shi Jiu lowered his eyes to look at the faceless woman, lowered his voice, and said, "Killing you will still give us clues."

“.......”

[Bullet comment]: Hahahaha, why does Jiujiu suddenly have the aura of a gangster boss?

[Bullet screen]: Starting to threaten NPC again, hahahaha!

[Bullet screen]: Shijiu is worthy of you!

"Heh." The faceless woman was furious at Shijiu's words. She snorted and said, "Don't think you can threaten me."

The faceless woman finished her words, and the next second she suddenly exploded. A large hole appeared where her heart should be.

NPCs choose to eliminate themselves, and players will not get any clues.

[Bullet comment]: The faceless woman is also a ruthless person. This is the first time I have seen an NPC choose to self-destruct.

[Bullet screen]: This reversal happened so quickly, the faceless girl was eliminated, what about the clues about Shijiu?

[Bullet comment]: There must be other ways, otherwise I don’t think Ajiu would just watch the faceless woman blow herself up.

The faceless woman was indeed eliminated, she was dead, and the game system didn't give any clues at all.

Shi Jiu seemed to have anticipated this outcome. She stared at the faceless woman for a moment, then reached out, a faint green light appearing on her fingertips. Shi Jiu's fingers gently tapped the faceless woman's wound, and a surprising scene unfolded: the wound on the faceless woman's body slowly began to heal.

"Why am I not dead?" Not long after the Faceless Woman's wounds recovered, he heard the Faceless Woman's somewhat surprised voice.

"You can actually bring me back to life?" The faceless woman didn't believe it. Before Shijiu could say anything, she blew herself up again.

Shijiu: “….”

Shi Jiu used the same trick again and the faceless woman's wound was healed.

Faceless Woman: “…”

Perhaps it was too unbelievable, so the faceless woman didn't say anything this time. Her heart started beating again, and Shi Jiu knew that the faceless woman had regained consciousness.

Shi Jiu said: "Don't blow yourself up, if I really wanted to kill you myself, you would have been eliminated by me long ago."

Perhaps Shijiu's words aroused the rebellious psychology of the faceless woman, and the faceless woman blew herself up again.

But soon, she came back to life.

Faceless Woman: “?”

Shi Jiu smiled and confessed, "Sorry, my healing ability is 100%."

What I mean is, you want to die in front of me? No way!

Faceless Woman: “…”

[Bullet screen]: Hahahaha, the faceless woman is probably questioning her life.

[Bullet screen]: It’s too difficult, hahahahaha, I can’t even die if I want to!

[Bullet screen]: I feel sorry for the faceless girl for a second hahahaha!

"I won't kill you. You know I need clues, so you can make a request." Shi Jiu said, "If the request is reasonable, I will accept it. Let's exchange."

Shijiu also has his own considerations. This copy is more or less strange. If the faceless woman is really eliminated, there may not be any clues. To be on the safe side, Shijiu still wants to get the task from the faceless woman.

"You can get clues if you want." The faceless woman thought for a moment and said, "I need you to help me find my child and my man." said the faceless woman.

Shi Jiu agreed, "Okay."

After reaching a deal with the faceless woman, she became much more obedient temporarily. The small factory gradually returned to normal and the workers all returned.

According to the clues given by the faceless woman, her child was lost near the gold mine. There are three gold mines in Blood City. Because the faceless woman has been trapped in the factory for a long time, she doesn't know which gold mine the child is.

Shi Jiu returned to his old dormitory. There were still many old people sitting under the sycamore tree, drinking tea and enjoying the cool breeze. As Shi Jiu walked over, the chubby uncle under the tree noticed Shi Jiu and said, "Xiao Jiu is back!"

"Second Uncle." Shi Jiu called out.

"Come, come, the wine has arrived just in time. Would you like to come over and have a cup of tea with me?" said the second uncle.

"Okay." Shi Jiu agreed.

After a brief chat, Shi Jiu got down to business. She asked, "Second Uncle, I want to ask you something. Has anything happened at the gold mine recently?"

"Gold mine?" Uncle thought for a moment, "The gold mine seems to be quite peaceful recently, nothing has happened."

Uncle Jia, who was standing next to his second uncle, asked in confusion, "Why are so many young girls and boys asking about the gold mine lately?"

Shi Jiu: “Are there a lot of people?”

Uncle Jia: "Not even me. I know three or four people who asked me about the gold mine."

"Didn't the Earl of Kingsell plan to host a dinner?" Second Uncle suddenly remembered something and kindly explained to Shi Jiu, "The Earl of Kingsell owns two gold mines."

"Speaking of this matter, it suddenly occurred to me, have you seen the report? It is said that Count Wayne's fiancée ran away." Uncle Jia said.

"How long has this been going on?" someone said.

"Count Wayne doesn't believe that his fiancée is dead, and he hasn't given up looking for her yet." Someone else spoke, obviously more interested in this kind of thing.

"You said that Earl Wayne is successful in his career, and many young ladies from the Earl's family want to marry him. Who would have thought that he would fall in love with a woman with no background? And that woman didn't appreciate his kindness and actually ran away. Hahahaha."

"It is said that Count Wayne has contacted the army to find that woman. Now anyone seen on the street thinking of her will be arrested."

Someone whispered, "Why do I feel like Count Wayne is arresting people this time because he's angry?"

"If a woman played tricks on me like that, I would be furious!"

"That Earl Wayne is also a ruthless man. Anyone who provokes him will suffer a bad fate."

Shi Jiu, who was listening silently on the side: “…”

After hearing so much, Shi Jiu felt that the domineering president must want to find her and kill her.

Not long after Shi Jiu returned to the dormitory, she received a message from An Qi in the game system.

[Ajiu, have you seen the game announcement? The mission has become transparent! ]

After seeing An Qi's message, Shi Jiu immediately opened the game announcement and took a look. There were actually quests available, and there were currently ten quests. This meant that on average, there were about five people competing for each quest.

I just saw it.

Shi Jiu replied to An Qi's message.

An Qi didn't reply to the message.

Shi Jiu was observing the missions. The most difficult one right now was the gold mine mission. There were about ten trainees whose missions were to be conducted in the gold mine.

This means that Shijiu has to compete with these dozen or so trainees for the task.

[There are so many people competing for the gold mine mission. Thirteen people competing for one mission. This is too abnormal.] An Qi sent a message.

Shijiu: [Yes.]

An Qi: [My mission this time was okay, there weren't many people.]

An Qi: [What about you, Jiu?]

Shijiu: [Mine is a gold mine.]

An Qi didn't reply for a long time. After a while, she sent a message: [Come on, Jiu!]

Knowing that Shijiu's mission was difficult, Anqi was also trying to find a way to help Shijiu. Taking advantage of her free time in the afternoon, Anqi went directly to Shijiu's dormitory.

When she saw Shijiu coming out, Anqi happily jumped in front of her and said, "Good news, Jiu!"

"Guess what I got for you!" An Qi asked mysteriously.

"What?" Shi Jiu asked with a smile.

"Dangdang~" Anqi finally stretched out her hands, which were originally behind her back. In her hands was an exquisite small golden invitation.

"The Earl of Kingsall is hosting a banquet, and this invitation is from my cousin."

"But my cousin couldn't go because of something, so I asked for it for you."

Shijiu was a little surprised: "Thank you~"

An Qi smiled and said, "You're welcome. Without you, I wouldn't have made it to the third elimination round. It's my duty to help you!"

"I believe in your ability, there will be no problem!" An Qi warned worriedly, "But you still have to be careful. Some trainees have already formed an alliance. They want to eliminate other trainees."

"Look, these three trainees with gray avatars were attacked by other trainees."

"Okay, I'll take note." Shijiu said.

"Oh, there's one more thing," An Qi said. "Do you know the custom of holding banquets in Wucheng?"

"Um?"

Seeing Shijiu's expression, Anqi realized that Shijiu didn't know. She explained to Shijiu: "If you have a partner, you should bring your partner to the party."

"My cousin has a boyfriend."

Shi Jiu understood what An Qi meant: "So..."

An Qi said: "So you are missing a man now."

Shijiu: “…”

In this copy, Shi Jiu is most familiar with the old men under the sycamore trees. Apart from them, she doesn't know any other men.

An Qi was only familiar with Da Zhuang, but Da Zhuang was very busy and had his own tasks to complete. An Qi was a little hesitant to ask someone else for help.

Shi Jiu thought about it and quickly decided on a plan.

Hearing Shi Jiu's idea, An Qi opened her eyes wide in disbelief: "Are you sure, where are you going to find a man?"

Shi Jiu nodded: "Yeah."

Shi Jiu: "Isn't that a good place to trade with men?"

An Qi: “That’s right.”

On the afternoon of the day the banquet began, Shijiu went to the most famous duck exchange in Wucheng - Neon Hall.

The Neon Hall's building is semicircular, with many neon lights on the outside walls and a very dazzling sign hanging above the door.

Shijiu dressed simply. After all, she was going to a party, and her rustic look would have been a bit odd. She borrowed a light blue dress from An Qi and wore a lace-trimmed hat with a large brim that covered half of her face.

As Shi Jiu just walked to the door of Neon Hall, a receptionist came over. She was a neatly dressed girl in a small suit.

"Hello, are you here for business?" said the girl.

Shi Jiu understood that this was a code word in this line of work, so he nodded and said, "Yes."

"plz follow me."

The staff took her to the lobby and thoughtfully poured her a cup of coffee. The staff came over and asked, "Excuse me, what level do you want?"

Shi Jiu took a sip of coffee and asked, "What grades are there?"

"Five files in total." The staff member said, and then took out a stack of photos and said, "They are marked on them, you can take a look."

Shi Jiu simply flipped through them and found that the fifth grade was the best, the first grade was the worst, and the third grade was considered handsome.

Shi Jiu weighed the pros and cons and asked, "Excuse me, how much does the fourth gear cost?"

The fourth grade is more in line with Shijiu's requirements, both in terms of appearance and temperament.

The staff member said, "Five thousand ladies a night."

“.......”

To be honest, I didn’t expect that the wine would be so expensive.

She worked in the factory for such a long time, but she didn't expect that she couldn't earn as much as others did in one night.

On the second floor, which Shijiu hadn't noticed, there was a silver-haired man standing in front of the French window, looking down.

"What are you looking at?" A seductively dressed man holding a red wine glass appeared beside him.

The charming man is the owner of this neon hall, named Ed.

Ed followed his gaze and saw the girl in a light blue dress sitting in the hall below.

Ed shook his wine glass and joked with a smile: "Why, are you interested?"

I thought he wouldn't respond, but after a while, Ed heard a "Yeah."

The wine in Ed's glass spilled out. He was incredulous: "Hey, have you finally let go of your fiancée?"

The silver-haired man didn't answer, so Ed continued, "It looks like this lady is here looking for a man."

"How about it?" Ed's eyes curved with laughter. "Since you're interested, why don't you give it a try?"