The figure in the red cloak strolled leisurely in the garden. When she walked far away, she saw a narrow alley on the side. She quickly slipped into it and let out a long sigh after disappearing into the darkness.

The man in red just now... Lu Cai recalled the bottom edge of the man's mask, and a red scar ran across his neck like a winding red line.

And that long straight knife!

How did he get here?

But looking at him, he looked like he was visiting a lantern festival.

Maybe he's just slacking off at work.

Lu Cai pulled her red cloak tightly. Now only this cloak could give her a little sense of security.

I still have to find the side quest quickly and get out of it!

Should she go to the Marquis' Mansion or the Imperial Palace?

If the side quest does not deviate from the main storyline, then everything will still revolve around the amber scorpion monster.

Just as she was about to leave, she tried to see if the scavenger had left when she heard someone passing by mutter, "Robbing amber? That's really on point—"

Lu Cai paused, looking in the direction of the voice. He saw two young men, both dressed in coarse cloth shorts, who looked like hunters. But their eyes had a kind of innocent gentleness, and they looked like spoiled young masters.

She stood in the alley, analyzing their data, and found that they were indeed players.

[Side storyline: Happy Lantern Night.]

Mission Description: Today is the Lantern Festival in the capital, and every household is decked out in colorful lanterns. But tonight, the capital is destined for unrest. You discover that a team of secret guards has secretly brought a piece of amber into the capital. That piece of amber marks the beginning of an ominous event...

[Mission Objectives: 1. Find the secret guards escorting Amber; 2. Seize Amber and take her out of the capital.]

[Failure penalty: Players who fail will be deemed dead (ps: Resurrection cards cannot be used in side quests)]

Did you find the secret guard who delivered the amber? The capital is so big, with four exits in the east, south, west and north. How can players find the amber if they don't know where it was shipped to?

It would be fine if there was communication. Find a few more partners and arrange people to guard the four gates. If someone is found at any gate, notify others.

But this is a broken signal...and people who form a team casually may not trust each other.

Secret Guard...

Lu Cai thought of the assassin with the scorpion on his body. He was the Marquis's man, and behind the Marquis was...

When Amber arrives in Beijing, she should be handed over to the person above her first, right?

Just take a gamble.

Lu Cai stepped out of the alley and into the scattered light.

——

The palace was heavily guarded, and the imperial city became even more silent at night.

Except for the palace servants and guards on night patrol, no one dared to wander around inside the palace walls. But at this moment, a moon-white figure passed by the palace corridor.

The man had an upright figure, his clothes were made of luxurious fabrics, his hair was neatly tied up, and he wore a golden crown and a golden hairpin. It seemed that he was a person of noble status.

He was very careful, fearing that the noise would be discovered by the patrolmen nearby.

His appearance could be clearly seen by the palace lanterns on the eaves. He had outstanding facial features, fair skin, red lips, and delicate eyebrows and eyes. If he closed his eyes, his face was so beautiful that he seemed like a banished immortal.

But his eyes destroyed the otherworldly feeling brought by his appearance. When he looked around, he was like an angry wild bear, full of wildness and arrogance.

Gu Xici fell into the side story after waking up from his sleep. After leaving the bedroom, he went to look for Qin Yu, but found that Qin Yu was not there, so he guessed that she did not fall into the side story.

At this point in time, Prince Jin was still in the border military camp. He appeared in the imperial city and was caught, and was accused of returning to the capital without an imperial edict.

Although... these imperial guards may not be able to defeat him, but when you are in a dungeon, you must always be careful.

He accepted the task from the system, saying that he wanted to snatch the amber.

According to the information Qin Yu brought into the palace, this amber was probably what sealed the scorpion monster.

This mission is so weird. What's the point of taking it out of the capital? Once the monsters come out, we have to capture it. A city wall is nothing.

But he couldn't argue with the system, after all, the system didn't understand human language...

He thought, let’s leave the palace first.

He was very careful along the way, dodging several night patrols, and finally arrived at the palace gate. The palace wall was very high, and there were patrolling guards on the wall. Gu Xici was about to climb over the wall to fight his way out.

I heard the sound of swords clashing from the other side of the palace wall. Is a fight starting?

He stopped hesitating and stepped on the stone surface of the palace wall. Faint sparks appeared, and then he stomped his feet hard a few times and quickly climbed over the palace wall.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, he alarmed the nearby imperial guards. He squatted down and slapped his feet. Bright sparks quickly exploded and shot out along the ground. The soldiers surrounding him on both sides screamed and fell down.

Gu Xici looked around. He had always had a good aim. All these people were stunned and would probably need to sleep for a while.

He stood up and leaned against the wall to look out of the palace gate.

A group of men in black were surrounded outside the wall and were fighting hard, while the imperial guards in the imperial city seemed to be banging on the door, and a pale red barrier blocked the palace gate.

This palace gate is far away from the bustling city with dazzling lights, and there are few people coming and going. Even if there are a few people passing by, they will run away quickly when they see the melee here.

Gu Xici raised his eyebrows and leaned forward to look. There was no figure he expected among the group of people surrounding the man in black, but he saw the box that the man in black was protecting at a glance.

Amber? It's easy to get!

He held onto the guardrail and jumped down from the tall stone wall. White electric current splashed in the air, and you could hear the sound of the current rushing past.

Gu Xici squatted down as he fell and then exerted force to move forward, as fast as a flash of lightning, and sparks flew across the dark ground.

The sparks were much faster than the human figures. At the first rush, the people in front trembled and several figures fell down.

Those who had not fallen to the ground had already noticed Gu Xici rushing towards them, and many of them pointed their weapons at him.

At a glance, the besiegers were dressed in all kinds of clothes, from scholars to peddlers, covering people from all walks of life, both men and women.

In comparison, the besieged men in black were much weaker. They were originally just besieged, but the other party still fought them with real swords and guns. Although this group of people were stronger than ordinary people, they were not outstanding in martial arts.

The attack just now was completely different. The sparks flying all over the ground were real. The numbness and pain after being hit by the sparks made them realize that it was a thunderbolt!

Who is this person! He can actually control the thunder!

Wait till someone comes closer——

His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin? Isn't he in the Northwest Military Camp?

Just as I was thinking about it, the person rushed in front of me.

Originally, Gu Xici went straight for the man in black, holding a broken arrow in each hand. The arrows were sharp, making it easy to stab or scratch.

The arrow went straight to the man in black who was protecting the box, but a player dressed as a flower girl came over swinging a small hammer.

Gu Xici was a little confused, dodged and looked at the flower girl with a look of "Is this person crazy?"

He has awakened his superpowers, but the energy is still in the development stage and cannot be released too much at once. Besides, apart from issuing challenges, Gu Xici generally does not fight with players.

Now he was only fighting with arrows, but he didn't want to waste time, so he suddenly became aggressive. The arrow was stabbed, but was blocked by the flower girl. He took advantage of the opportunity to kick her in the shoulder, kicking her aside.

For Gu Xici, fighting didn't distinguish between men and women, only between the strong and the weak. Besides, he wasn't the one provoking the other party. If the other party overestimated their own abilities, there was no need for him to show mercy.

In the world of KB Games, there's no room for mercy. Anyone he admires must at least be a skilled fighter.

Who knew that the flower girl fell down and the other players all rushed over to block him.

These people are all sick!

The situation suddenly changed, and even the men in black who were surrounded were stunned, but they had experienced many storms after all. Taking advantage of the chaos among the other side, the men in black who were protecting the box wanted to break through and escape.

Not far away, Judge Lu, who was standing and watching the game, sighed.

It didn't matter to her who completed the task in the end. She wouldn't get any reward anyway, so she just watched from afar and helped block the door. Once the players escorted Amber out of the city, she could leave the side quest.

Who knew that a young man would suddenly appear...

Of course Lu Cai recognized this face. After all, it was hard to forget him because he looked like that.

She had only heard Qin Yu mention Gu Xici, and didn't say much about him, because Qin Yu wasn't very familiar with him. He only knew that he was a person with superpowers and high fighting power.

Suddenly, a person with special abilities appeared and immediately destroyed the alliance that the players had just established.

Originally, everyone was equally strong. Relying on system weapons and enhanced physical strength, they joined forces to deal with the men in black. If they got amber, they could escort them together and get some rewards in the end.

Now Gu Xici came out to intercept. As a person with special abilities, he could single-handedly defeat the entire team of men in black and didn't need their help at all.

Thinking about how much he worked hard for, only to have the duck that was about to be caught been taken away by someone else, who could swallow this? Wouldn't he have to cause trouble for Gu Xici?

These people are spoiled. Even this KB game can't cure their bad habits.

She looked at the man in black who was about to escape, and shook her head involuntarily. Then she mobilized her special powers and ran towards the man in black.

He compressed the supernatural power in his palm and pulled it into a thin thread about ten centimeters long. He raised his hand and swung it forward, like a thin needle piercing the bodies of the group of men in black.

The supernatural energy hit the other party's body, and they were suddenly stripped of their strength and fell to the ground.

Lu Cai's red cloak was very eye-catching on the dim street at night. She ran to the man in black, grabbed the box and ran away.

The barrier blocking the imperial city's gate lost her energy support and soon disappeared. A large number of imperial guards rushed out of the city gate with great momentum.

The players also stopped fighting among themselves and chased Lu Cai away.

Lu Cai didn't care about anything else and ran away as fast as he could. Soon, only a red dot was left.

A group of people were rushing forward, chasing each other on the empty streets.

Three figures in red, black and white were standing on the eaves of the corner tower of the city wall.

The man in white sighed: "Is that the girl in the red cloak that stinky girl? She really is someone who doesn't follow martial ethics——"

Hei Yi's tone was very calm: "Should we just trap her to death in this branch?"

"Trap her to death?" Bai Yi was shocked. "With her ability to invade and infect, aren't you afraid she'll develop this branch into her base?"

The man in black ignored the guy who was obsessed with eating and waiting to die: "666, what do you say we should do?"

The young man in red was still holding a candied haws in his hand, but he didn't take a bite.

The scar on his face was a little scary, and his bright red eyes made people feel cold all over and afraid to speak when he raised his eyelids.

Looking at the cloaked figure disappearing in the distance and recalling the round back of the head, he lowered his gaze to the candied haws in his hand, frowned, pursed his lips, and looked as if he was in pain from the sour taste.