The small courtyard, only a few dozen square meters, was empty except for a few broken buckets in the corner.

Yuan Mengge walked to the door of the house, but there was a lock on the door.

This place is clearly abandoned, but the door to the house is locked, the lock isn't completely rusted, and the keyhole looks like it's been opened frequently.

However, a key to such a house should be left near the door.

So Yuan Mengge felt around on the top of the door and sure enough, she found a dusty key.

After taking it off, I tried opening the lock.

With a "click," the lock opened.

After pushing open the door and going inside, she started searching the room.

This is a three-room house. After entering the main house through the front door, there are two more doors on either side leading to two bedrooms.

The bedroom door wasn't locked; it opened with a push.

A layer of dust fell directly from above the door panel.

She searched the living room with a flashlight but couldn't find a box that looked like the one in the prop picture, so she went into two rooms.

Finally, in the room on the right, they found a small rectangular wooden box under the bed that hadn't been slept in for a long time.

The wooden box wasn't big; it was about the width of a 12-inch laptop and twenty centimeters high.

The box had a lock on it, suggesting that the person inside probably didn't want anyone to see it.

[Ding-dong - Obtained quest item: Ledger Box] The system popped up a screen, and the first item image on it immediately lit up.

"Are these ledgers? Could they be ledgers of their illegal transactions?"

As soon as Yuan Mengge heard the system's notification, she knew what it was about.

[Ledger Box: Contains details of Nan Ge's organized procurement transactions. Purpose: Evidence (Please hand it over to the police)]

Yuan Mengge, wearing gloves, carried the box out and then turned and walked out of the house.

It fits perfectly in the motorcycle's trunk.

Then she rode her bike to find the next prop.

The second prop looks like a necklace, but it only shows the address, and I don't know why she's being asked to find it.

However, since it's a prop, it must be useful.

The address, however, is located on the bank of a river on the outskirts of the county town.

Several rivers flow around Lishan County, with a large river in the middle and several medium and small rivers on the periphery.

The necklace was found on the banks of a river. The river was not large, but it was not small either. The water was deep enough that the deepest part of the pool could drown a person.

Yuan Mengge drove to the location indicated by the system, parked the car in the woods by the roadside, and then drove through the woods to the riverbank.

This place is quite large, and there's no precise location. She has to search, and the search area is still within a radius of 300 meters.

"System, can't you just tell me where the necklace is? It's so dark and there's only one small piece of jewelry, it's really hard to find. Do you have any hints?"

[Hint: Near the water.]

Upon hearing this, Yuan Mengge immediately narrowed down the trending topics to the riverbank.

After searching carefully for half an hour, she finally found the necklace.

Because half of it was buried in the sand, only half of the chain was exposed, and the chain had turned black.

This is a silver chain, and the pendant at the bottom is an animal tooth.

[Ding—Item obtained: Snake Fang Chain.]

[Snake Fang Necklace: The necklace of Ami, a girl from the Snake Mountain tribe. Function: A token (Please give it to a member of the Snake Mountain tribe)]

"Snake Mountain tribe? Isn't that a village of ethnic minorities? And I heard their village is located deep in the mountains, very difficult to find. It seems we'll have to find someone who knows the way to take it in. And why would a Snake Mountain girl's necklace be lost in this place?" Yuan Mengge said thoughtfully after seeing the prop information.

And what does this have to do with the mission?

Or is there something between the owner of this necklace and the gang involved in this mission?

Considering the way those three people acted, could this girl have already been killed?

And since it was right by the river, wouldn't the body have been thrown into the river?

Thinking of this, she glanced at the water level of the river.

This is the deepest bend in the river. Two large rocks block the flow, making the current more rapid and deepening the riverbed below, causing it to bend and accumulate a large amount of water in this section.

However, the current here is quite strong, and if the body is not dealt with, it will soon be swept downstream and discovered.

Whether the Snake Mountain girl is dead or alive is still unknown; it's all just Yuan Mengge's own speculation.

Maybe they're still alive and well.

"System, is the owner of this necklace still alive?" She shook the mud off the necklace, cleaned it, and left the riverbank.

Its owner has passed away, and his body lies in this river.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Mengge stopped in her tracks and turned to look in the direction of the river.

After a two-second silence, she whispered towards the river, "Don't worry, I will give your necklace to your people. They will come to find you."

After saying that, he turned and left, heading to the next prop location.

The last prop looks like a videotape.

This is a common piece of evidence from recordings made in this era, and the contents should be quite valuable.

However, the location of this prop is rather complicated; it's in the office of an underground casino.

On the surface, this is an arcade, but once you go inside, the second floor turns into a small casino with poker, mahjong, and slot machines.

It's around 11 p.m. now, and this is the busiest time here.

Yuan Mengge parked her car on the side of the road not far from the arcade and looked at the second floor of the arcade from afar.

The lights were on on the second floor, and people occasionally stood by the window smoking.

There were also quite a few people in the game room on the first floor.

This place is open 24 hours a day, and some people stay until the morning before going home. The morning is when it's least crowded.

If you want to get into the offices inside, you'll have to find a way to make them close down first.

She avoided areas with people upstairs and downstairs, then circled the arcade several times before finding the location of the power cord.

The customers in the arcade were playing a game when suddenly everything went black.

The entire building is without power.

After a moment of silence, a chorus of dissatisfied shouts and curses immediately followed.

I was having so much fun playing when suddenly the battery died.

Everyone was complaining because it was a disappointment, and some people had already lost interest and were going home to sleep.

But many people stayed behind, waiting for the boss to restore the power.

The boss quickly came out and said a few words of reassurance before immediately going to check the circuit.

Experienced people would check the main switch and fuses directly, but they found nothing wrong with them.

So they continued investigating, and it took quite a while before they discovered that the external line was broken. There was no way to fix it, and they had to wait until daytime to call a professional electrician.

Finally, the owner returned, cursing and swearing, apologized to the waiting customers, and explained that they couldn't continue playing that day and would reopen once the power was restored.

The group left, looking disappointed.