"Since you are going to suppress bandits today, why are you running around? Cancel it, and disperse." Cheng Yi waved his hand to drive away the players surrounding him.

“Fuck, Brother Cheng, you can’t be like this. I’m still waiting to exchange my contribution for a knife today!”

"Don't worry about your knife. A stick is enough to deal with monsters like bandits!"

"That's right, after running around in the mountains, how can I have the energy to fight bandits?"

The players noisily called back a few people who still wanted to go to Cheng Yi to take on the mountain-running mission, and walked down the mountain in a mighty procession.

No one acted as an organizer or leader in this operation. The players were all calling on one another, or a group calling on a group. Among the one hundred closed beta players, no one was left behind!

Cheng Yi looked at the backs of this group of outer disciples and suddenly felt a little emotional, remembering the first time he went down the mountain when he was young.

However, the senior brothers, sisters, and junior brothers and sisters of that time have already been buried in the long river of history.

And Cheng Yi himself should be the only one who remembers them.

Since Sect Master Lu can resurrect himself, can he also resurrect them?

Thinking of this, Cheng Yi shook his head and threw the fantasy out of his head.

"Elder Cheng also wants to go and suppress the bandits?" Lu Qing walked out from behind Cheng Yi and said casually.

Cheng Yi had long been accustomed to Lu Qing's elusiveness and said, "Have you met Sect Master? No, it's just that I remembered some past events. Sect Master, you can just call me Cheng Yi. The name Elder sounds weird to me."

"Okay." Lu Qing said, "But under the enthusiasm of those disciples, you will get used to this name sooner or later."

"If they're willing to call me Elder, I can really get used to it. But look at what they call me, Sect Master? 'Big Brother Cheng,' 'Uncle Cheng,' 'Big Brother Cheng,' 'Old Ancestor Cheng...' Although I'm not one to pay attention to details, these titles are really, uh, too creative."

"You'll get used to it."

"Master, do you need me to keep an eye on it?"

"Okay, let's go together." Lu Qing put his arm around Cheng Yi. "It's up to you whether you want to help or not."

Divine movement activated!

The players' anti-bandit actions are actually somewhat blind.

No one has found out the exact location of the bandits, they only know their general direction is to the east.

Meng Qi and others who were wiped out last time were walking in the front to provide information.

Xu Fulai nervously kept himself in second place, fearing that he would miss the reward of the title.

After all, the players were not organized, and the entire team dispersed less than a kilometer after walking down the mountain.

The bandit scouts lurking somewhere noticed the players heading towards them from afar and were shocked. They thought to themselves that this group of people were so cautious that they started a thorough search not long after they came out.

So, the spy immediately simulated bird calls to send a signal to another spy, and the situation became more urgent!

We must hurry back to report the news!

The two of them were not even considered low-level masters, so naturally, they couldn't tell the players' strength.

There is only a deserted path in the forest.

Most players are walking along this path.

Some careful players found several traces of people or wild animals, but they did not track down any valuable clues.

Adhering to the fine tradition of the Fourth Scourge, useful materials were collected wherever the players passed by.

Nowadays, very few players have storage items. Most of them can only put things in their pockets or put them in cloth bags and carry them on their backs.

The realistic setting has caused some complaints from players.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

After all, Lu Qing couldn't prepare a storage bag for everyone.

He hasn't got one yet!

Although it is available in the mall, you need to spend tokens to purchase it.

"If we keep searching like this, how long will it take us to find the person?"

"It's only been less than an hour, don't panic."

There was no automatic pathfinding, no mission guidance, and even no specific directions. How easy was it to find a bandit's lair in the mountains?

Time passes by.

Meng Qi had already reached the spot where they had been killed the previous time. Aside from the remains of the bonfire, there were only a few unnatural traces on the ground. Their remains had long since vanished.

The messy traces made it impossible to trace the whereabouts of the body.

In other words, their equipment cannot be recovered.

"This death penalty is too terrifying..."

"Tell me, given the planner's nature, will there be a situation where monsters touch the player's corpse? Look, they are bandits. Why do bandits kill people? To rob money and sex! Sex, we don't have it, so the rest is naturally money..."

"You know what, it does make some sense..."

Meng Qi seemed to be inspired and stopped moving forward. Instead, he sat down, opened the map and checked the terrain here.

"A bandit stronghold must be easy to defend and difficult to attack. It must have access to water, strategic depth, a backdoor for easy escape, and be secure..."

The map is an accurate map with detailed terrain, just like in other games.

"What is Lao Meng doing?"

"You don't want to analyze the bandit's lair just by looking at the map, do you?"

Meng Qi just waved his hand to tell them not to interrupt.

“It’s true.”

"If you can find out where their lair is, I'll eat this charcoal right there."

Meng Qi stood up and looked at the player who had set the flag: "Found it."

Flag-planting player: “…”

Meng Qi picked up the charcoal and handed it to him: "Eat it."

"Eat it!" The player who planted the flag took the charcoal and put it into his mouth to chew without any hesitation. The more he chewed, the weirder the expression on his face became.

Strange, isn't this a game?

Why is it so hard to swallow!

But in the end, he still managed to chew the charcoal into pieces and swallowed it. He opened his mouth again, revealing a mouthful of black teeth. He reached out and touched it, and his hand was covered with black ash.

"Shocked! Is there any detail that this game hasn't considered?"

Meng Qi called people over and said, "I should have found the bandits' lair. Let's go!"

"How did you find it?"

"I'm from the Criminal Investigation Department."

There is no reason to refute Meng Qi's words.

After all, when it comes to investigating cases, others are professionals!

Meng Qi marked the location he guessed to the other twenty or so people present, took a few strong fighters with him, and headed directly to the target location. The rest of the people were also asked to pass on the message.

By shouting everywhere, the coordinates of the suspected bandit lair were basically transmitted to all players.

Cheng Yi, standing in the distance, exclaimed in amazement, "He really found it! This Meng Qi is so talented!"

If it weren't for the Void Core cultivator's perception, Cheng Yi really didn't know how to find the bandits camped in the mountains. If he were one of these outer disciples, he would probably search mountain by mountain.

"fine."

Lu Qing maintained his clan leader demeanor and laughed it off.

From another perspective, to this world, all players are time travelers.

As a time traveler, it is normal to have different thinking and skills from ordinary people!