No Life

It was the first time in Paopao's life that he drank so much alcohol. He felt dizzy, but as soon as he quit the game, he suddenly became sober.

The conversation that took place in the farm dance hall seemed like a dream. Now, the dream is over.

He sat in the holographic cabin, wet and stunned for a long time. When he came to his senses, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening.

I rushed home after a quick shower. The house was quiet; my aunt had already gone home from work.

There was no one in my brother's room or study.

"He hasn't come back yet..." Paopao frowned and muttered, "He's not really busy investigating, is he?"

He opened his phone and searched for "Qingshan Farm".

Apart from a few pieces of economic news, nothing was found.

I couldn't sleep tonight, so I thought about running around and decided to go for a run.

Qingshan Farm is located in the western suburbs of Yong'an City, near the mountains. The navigation system indicated a two-hour drive. With few cars in the middle of the night, it was considered a fast route, perfect for the trip.

He couldn't drive, so he had to take a taxi. He waited for a long time before he finally got one.

"Master, please take a look at the ID."

"How about yours, young man?"

With today's public security situation, taking a taxi is far from safe, and it's even more dangerous in the middle of the night. Checking each other's IDs before getting in a taxi is standard practice.

The documents of both parties are fine.

Paopao got into the car and looked at the night scene outside the car, which was either dark or bright, and his eyes slowly lost focus.

What is Qingshan Farm's relationship with the owner? Why investigate it?

The boss built Yong'an Farm in the game. Does that mean that Qingshan Farm was also built by the boss?

When he came to his senses, Paopao was shocked to find that he had fallen asleep and was woken up by the driver.

"Are we there?" he asked, and was about to open the car door, but it was locked.

Paopao immediately became alert and stared at the driver in the front seat.

The driver said, "Young man, this place is out in the middle of nowhere and it's not safe. You'd better not get off. Look, there's a police seal on the door."

I ran over and saw a seal on a big door not far away, and there was a cordon one meter outside the door.

“Is this Qingshan Farm?”

Paopao suspected that the driver had taken him to a place suitable for robbery.

"I'm not lying to you."

The driver turned on his high beams, illuminating a vertical oval rock with four large blood-red characters on it: "Qingshan Farm."

Paopao quickly opened his phone and looked at the map, and the location was correct.

Not only was Qingshan Farm closed, it was also sealed off by the police?

What's going on?

Paopao felt more and more that the boss had a close relationship with this farm, and was most likely the owner of this farm.

The driver was quite enthusiastic: "Young man, what are you doing here? If you want to find someone, it seems there is no hope. If you want to ask something, there is a gas station not far away. You can go there to ask."

As the saying goes, "Old ginger is still wiser." Paopao really asked the right person at the gas station.

"It was just sealed off tonight, and everyone inside was taken away. Wow, there were over a dozen police cars packed full, like a wedding motorcade. Hey, anyone who gets married with this kind of pomp and circumstance will definitely not have to worry about being robbed for ten years."

Seeing the gas station attendant start to run away, Paopao quickly brought the subject back to the topic: "What's going on? Why is there such a big commotion?"

"I don't know what crime he committed. Anyway, that farm is not a good place. Everyone from the top to the bottom is as fierce as a ruthless person. Oh yeah, about a month ago, the police went in too."

"Why?"

"I heard that a girl died in an accident inside and was taken away after being released for two days."

Paopao's heart skipped a beat: "Girl? How old is she? What kind of accident happened?"

"What kind of accident? I think she must have been abused to death by her son." The gas station attendant had a deep prejudice against Qingshan Farm. "I've seen that girl several times. She was very charming and always loved to laugh. She was very beautiful. What a pity."

The taxi started its return journey.

[People died in Qingshan Farm] - Under similar keywords, Paopao was unable to find any information, not even a single piece of news.

[Accidental Death in Yong'an City] - Once the scope was expanded, there were too many news reports, one after another, but none of the deaths occurred at Qingshan Farm.

He turned off his phone screen, leaned his head against the car window, and felt increasingly depressed.

I was totally wrong. The boss is not the owner of Qingshan Farm.

The boss died at Qingshan Farm.

Young, beautiful, and loves to laugh...the person the gas station attendant described is so similar to the boss.

It turns out that the boss couldn't log off because he was dead.

As for the cause of death, I'm afraid no one knows except the people in Qingshan Farm.

If the boss had not personally admitted that he was an NPC and asked him to pay attention to the news about Qingshan Farm, he would not have known.

A good person died silently.

Auntie always comes early and pushed open the gate of the villa before dawn.

I was startled by the figure sitting on the steps.

"Master Ming?"

Paopao looked up at her, then lowered his head again.

"Why don't you come inside? It's so cold!"

Auntie hurriedly took out a blanket from the house, covered him with it, and then pulled him back into the house.

"Master, you... didn't stay up all night, did you? Then go to sleep later. I'll make some ginger soup and porridge right away. Drink it warm before going to sleep."

After drinking the ginger soup, Paopao recovered and asked her, "Where's my brother? Is he working overtime?"

My aunt, busy in the kitchen, replied, "That's right. She called me last night and said she wouldn't be back because she had some urgent work to do."

In a hurry for work?

It is true that his brother often works overtime, but it is rare for him to work all night.

They must be investigating last night's mission. Long Yan kept the trial area so tightly under wraps that the entire trial group was unexpectedly wiped out inside, and even a top-tier member died...

"Auntie, when the meal is ready, pack a portion and I'll send it to my brother."

-

Central City, President Long Yan's office.

Shi Xi was sitting behind his desk and looked up: "Have you picked everyone?"

"Okay, one great god, four golds." Kaili sent over the list.

Shi Xizheng glanced at the message on the screen and hummed, "You and Sventovit are of similar rank and strength, and the Gar Guild is similarly equipped. But we're missing a great god."

Before Ali's death, the Gal Guild had three players on the Destiny Leaderboard: one Super God and two Great Gods. After Ali's death, only one Great God remained.

This doesn't mean that the Gal Guild doesn't have other great players, it's just that their destiny isn't high enough to make it onto the Destiny Rankings. However, the Gal Guild didn't even send a single great player who wasn't on the Rankings, indicating they still didn't prioritize them enough.

It is a good thing that Long Yan has both the right to speak and the power to act.

Shi Xizheng glanced at the time.

"There's still half an hour until dawn. The Garr team has arrived in the central city. Take your men to rendezvous with them. Leave as soon as the location is revealed, and don't forget to report in real time."

After saying that, another message popped up on the screen.

It was sent by the logistics members downstairs and has nothing to do with the joint team's actions.

Shi Xizheng frowned and looked at Kai Li: "Go ahead."

After opening the chest and leaving, he went offline and walked out of the holographic cabin.

The secretary was standing by and handed over a bath towel.

Shi Xizheng glanced at the neural sensor stuck on his body and said, "Bring him in."

The special police at the command center quickly brought the person there.

Shi Xi was looking at his brother with a frown: "What are you doing here?"

Paopao picked up the lunch box in his hand and said, "I'm bringing you lunch. Auntie's been nagging me since early morning about you being too busy with work to eat. I'm tired of hearing that."

The secretary took the lunch box.

Shi Xizheng scolded calmly: "Since you got up early, go to school early, or study at home. Don't waste time in the future."

"Oh." Paopao scratched his head. "Brother, you stayed up all night playing games? I thought you just slept in the office because you worked overtime too late... Is there something important going on?"

"Don't ask nonsense." Shi Xizheng blocked his mouth as usual and looked at the special police. "Send him out."

Paopao pouted and turned around with the special police.

Shi Xizheng asked from behind: "Do you have money? Don't take the subway, take a taxi back."

"Forget it," he said again, "Xiao Qin, send a car to take him there."

"Yes!" the SWAT officer replied.

By the time the SWAT closed the door, the secretary had already opened the lunch box: pickled cabbage porridge, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, and a poached egg.

"President, please have breakfast first. It's still hot," said the secretary.

Shi Xizheng wanted to go back to the game immediately, but after taking a look, he walked to the table and sat down.

"What's the progress of the joint team's contract approval?"

"We completed the process and got the anti-counterfeiting electronic seal an hour ago. Gar said they'd send it back before seven o'clock."

"Hmm. NDA?"

"Together. There are also separate confidentiality agreements for our Dragon Flame members, which have also been signed. President, would you like to take a look?"

"No need. When I come online, take some time to check carefully. You may encounter many external forces while tracking Yong'an's use. Don't miss any possible leaks."

"Okay, don't worry."

The sun rises late in winter and the street lights are still on.

The dim light just concealed Paopao's shocked expression.

He was wearing headphones.

If he wasn't so familiar with his brother's voice, he would hardly believe his ears.

Tracking Yongan Farm?

How did he know about Yong'an Farm? Did he leave any traces in the trial area?

Paopao understood immediately. Hundreds of trial players had visited the farm, and the plaque was hanging at the entrance. Long Yan wasn't surprised to know about it.

The key is tracking.

His brother didn't say "investigate," but "track." He knew Shi Xizheng's character very well, and his words were always precise.

Long Yan must have found a clue, a very clear clue.

No, I must tell my boss immediately!

-

Shi Xi was eating politely but very quickly, finishing the breakfast his brother brought him in just five minutes.

My stomach feels warm.

There are no seasons in the Soul Song game, but time remains synchronized with the real world. In a quarter of an hour, it will be dawn.

He lay back in the holographic cabin and opened his eyes to see someone he wasn't expecting.

Chu Mo stood beside the sofa and opened his eyelids as he woke up.

"Sorry to take your seat." Shi Xizheng made a joke and got down from the sofa. "You've been away for so long. Which mission have you been doing?"

The ink remover said nothing.

Shi Xizheng waved his hand at this, "Forget it. Talk to the logistics staff downstairs in a couple of days and have them write a report for you. Today, focus on the mission at Yong'an Farm. Kaishi just left, have you met him?"

Chu Mo still didn't say anything.

Shi Xizheng frowned: "What's the matter?"

Chu Mo: "How is she?"

Shi Xi was buttoning his shirt sleeves when he heard this. He paused and said with a smile, "I have to apologize to you. I've been so busy lately that I forgot to ask someone to update me on the situation. I'll send someone as soon as I finish this task."

"Lü." Chu Mo's hoarse voice lowered, "What happened to her?"

Shi Xi met his dark eyes and sighed softly.

This guy is not easy to fool.

Reporting her recent situation once a month was something they had agreed to from the beginning, and he had been having a headache over this matter the past few days. He had thought that since Qi Mo was away these days, he could at least delay it for a while.

"Sorry, I have to reply to a message first."

Shi Xizheng opened the light screen: [Closely monitor the signs of ink removal, immediately!]

The recipient is the logistics staff downstairs.

He used silence to delay for a minute, then sat on the sofa, fingers crossed: "I can tell you, but Qimo, you have to control your emotions and don't get excited. Okay?"

An ominous premonition lingered in Chu Mo's heart, becoming stronger and stronger.

At this time, silence made his aura even more compelling.

Shi Xi was carrying the invisible pressure with his usual calmness.

Another minute passed and the medical team should be in place.

He sighed and spoke softly: "Except Mo, An Rou died. It was an accident."

What responded to him was not a question or an inquiry, but a loud bang.

Debris fell, smoke and dust filled the air, and a gap appeared in the ceiling, just in time to destroy the teleportation array. The array pattern burst into a bright light, then suddenly contracted and went out completely.

The remaining lightning in the air was still flickering.

Shi Xizheng raised his hand to block the debris falling from above his head, sighed, and turned on the light screen again.

Logistics quickly responded: [Vital signs fluctuated, but remained stable.]

He breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes falling on a newly formed channel: [Longyan Gar Joint Execution Group].

An Rou...

An indescribable feeling surged in his heart, some strange, but more of a sense of melancholy.

When Shi Xizheng first heard the name of the owner of Yong'an Restaurant, he was surprised. But he didn't think much of it. There were so many NPCs in the Soul Calling Song that it was common for names to overlap with real people.

But Shi Xizheng still sent someone to investigate An Rou's identity, and it was confirmed that she was an NPC, and her family background and growth trajectory could be verified.

No problem indeed.

It was just that her name coincided with the name of the person Chu Mo cared about the most, which made Shi Xizheng unable to ignore it.

Shi Xizheng specifically asked Chu Mo to go to Zhongsu Town to investigate the situation. If this NPC could improve Chu Mo's mental state, it would be a good thing.

Unfortunately, Chu Mo refused.

Shi Xizheng was still feeling a little regretful until a super-large ghoul wave broke out in Zhongsu Town. The mission location was exactly the farm owned by An Rou, and Chu Mo also appeared there.

He thought that Chu Mo had finally seen the name of this NPC and rushed over specially.

After that, An Rou's life or death was unknown, and Chu Mo never returned to the central city, but his vital signs remained stable.

When reviewing the Zhongsu Town mission, Shi Xizheng even vaguely suspected that Chu Mo had rescued An Rou and had been with her. However, after the incident in the trial area yesterday, he rejected this possibility.

Chu Mo is a member who has made great contributions to the guild, and it is impossible for him to allow the trial team to be wiped out by the ghouls.

Regardless of whether NPC An Rou is currently at Yong'an Farm, Chu Mo will not be there. Chu Mo's visit today just confirmed this conclusion.

But... Chu Mo has already learned that the real An Rou is dead. If the NPC An Rou is still in Yong'an Farm...

I'm afraid that Qi Mo may not be the right person to carry out this task.

Shi Xizheng stood up, waved away the Longyan members who came over after hearing the noise, and paced slowly in the office.

Do you want to send another super god?

Before he could figure out the result, the message from the joint team arrived.

[Kai Ripper: President, the location has appeared! ]

-

A black line crashed straight into the sky, paused imperceptibly at the highest point, and then flew towards the outside of Lengbing City with the force of thunder.

The strong wind hit his face, but Qi Mo was unaware of it.

An Rou is dead.

An Rou is dead.

An Rou is dead.

She is the only bargaining chip in Long Yan's hands, and it is because of her that Long Yan is qualified to cooperate with him.

Shi Xizheng had no reason to lie.

An Rou...is really dead.

Why?

He asked Long Yan to ban female players from entering the game, hoping that she could stay away from the Soul-Calling Song and live a good life.

But she still died.

Why on earth?!

It must be Him, it must be Him who is manipulating everything behind the scenes!

He killed An Rou through some means and created another An Rou in the Soul World.

He was mocking, He was scorning, He was playing with him!

He deserves to die, and the laws of nature in this world should have died long ago!

Does He still think He is the omnipotent Creator? !

The Youqi Sword suddenly burst out with dazzling lightning.

All the anger in Chu Mo's eyes was restrained and turned into solid ice.

good.

Your goal has been achieved.

Now, I will kill your creation.

-

In the central city, Sventovit walked into the teleportation array, felt something in his heart, and looked up at the sky.

"What is that?"

When he saw the streak of light after opening the chest, he was startled: "Remove the ink."

Witt looked down at the location on the screen and was slightly puzzled: "His direction is the same as ours."

"No way? The president didn't say he was involved."

Witt shared the light screen, and Kairi frowned: "Indeed. But that guy always goes alone, and the same direction does not mean the same mission. Ignore him, let's get going quickly."

Witt nodded and led the members of the Gal group into the teleportation array.

Five minutes later, all team members were divided into groups of two and teleported to the westernmost town in Lengbing City.

The teleportation array was fast, but only within Lengbing City. From here, they had to rely on movement skills to catch up with their target.

Two super gods, one great god, and seven golds, all of them moved very quickly and arrived at the city gate in a short while.

After stepping out of the city gate, Witt confirmed the direction of his location and subconsciously looked up at the sky.

The streak of light disappeared.

Maybe he ran ahead of them, or more likely, his goal of removing ink was not consistent with theirs.

"How far?" asked Kairi.

Witt shared the light screen: "The speed is slower than expected. It is about 310 kilometers away from us."

"Only moved 10 kilometers in fifteen minutes? Then we can catch up before noon."

Kai Li said as he slowly exhaled and raised his hand: "Everyone, move as fast as possible and go!"

-

An Rou slept soundly, but couldn't get rid of the headache from the hangover.

She tapped her forehead and sat up. She opened her eyes and saw the white figure in front of her. She was stunned.

Calling it a “human shadow” is not quite accurate.

It first appeared as a shadow on the wall, a two-dimensional surface, but now it has become three-dimensional, more like a half-finished, glowing holographic portrait.

However, the head is like a peeled egg, without any facial features, and the body lacks many detailed outlines.

"Baobao?" An Rou called out tentatively.

"Master." Thousands of soul lights answered together.

An Rou smiled, then frowned and pressed her forehead: "Why am I..."

Hazy memories flooded into my mind.

The bright starry sky, the beating heart, the soothing and steady rhythm...

An Rou opened her mouth and was brought back to her senses by a surge of soul light.

A life potion was held by several void tentacles and brought to him.

An Rou's fingers moved, and after a moment's hesitation, she picked it up and forced out a strained smile: "Bao Bao, you even hide your own money. Tell me the truth, what other good things have you hidden?"

As he spoke, he opened the life potion and drank it.

Successfully concealed the embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, the soul light spots suddenly began to tremble, the void tentacles surged, and many objects appeared around.

Broken bricks and tiles, shattered weapons, props whose original objects were unrecognizable, as well as mud, broken branches and weeds... Only a very small number of them, like the life potion in his hand, were intact.

The medicine in my mouth almost spit out.

An Rou quickly wiped her mouth and pointed around: "Bao Bao, even if you like to pick up junk, pick up some good stuff, right? What kind of garbage is this? Clean up, clean up, get all the mess out of your stomach!"

Behind Yongnian Street, a crack appeared in the uncultivated wasteland. After An Rou was sent away, the crack disappeared, reappearing farther away. Then, with a crashing sound, a small mountain of garbage appeared out of thin air.

"Have you finished vomiting?"

Bao Fu grunted, but the sound did not come from underground, but from outside the farm wall.

An Rou was stunned, then she realized that it was daybreak and the farm was not in flight.

The dust and weeds on the ground were vibrating slightly, but she couldn't feel it with her feet.

An Rou, wearing her goose-feather boots, ran to the wall in a few steps. The wall was too high to jump over, and she was too lazy to go around. Just as she was about to get back into Bao Fu's belly, she heard the sound of running behind her.

"boss--"

Paopao ran over quickly, panting: "Boss, where have you been hiding? I've been looking for you for a long time!"

An Rou asked curiously, "How big is the farm? How could you run like this? Why is your voice hoarse?"

"I'm just calling you... There's no time to explain, Boss, something big has happened! Long Yan is chasing us!"

An Rou frowned: "What's going on? Tell me slowly."

"We can't slow down. If we slow down, we'll be caught up. They have ways of tracking farms!"

Paopao calmed down and spoke quickly, "I overheard a conversation between my brother and his secretary. Long Yan sent an execution team to track down Yongan Yongshang. From the tone of their voice, it sounds like a big deal!"

"The more anxious you are, the less clear you are." An Rou said, "You eavesdropped on your brother. How did you eavesdrop?"

“…Is it important?”

"Of course it's important. The cleverness of your eavesdropping method determines whether what you hear is true or not."

It seems to make sense.

Paopao scratched his head. "My brother worked overtime all night, so I went to the holographic command center to deliver breakfast to him. I hid an old cell phone in the base of the insulated lunch box. Don't worry, boss. The phone is silent and the vibrate is off, so it won't be discovered! Who would dismantle the base of a lunch box while eating?"

An Rou smiled and said, "You are quite smart."

It seems that what I overheard was true.

"Are you sure you heard Yongan Farm? Yongan?"

"Absolutely and definitely!" Paopao nodded heavily.

It seems that it is indeed an issue of the trial area, and it has attracted attention.

An Rou frowned, thinking, how could Long Yan track Yong An? Had he been discovered during his nighttime journey? Then Long Yan should have caught up with him long ago; it's unlikely he would have waited until daybreak.

The speed of getting rich quickly is not even as fast as some high-level players running at full speed.

"Tell me what you heard."

Paopao thought back to when he was in the car, his mind was a bit dazed by the shock of the news. However, he had a good memory and quickly repeated the conversation between Shi Xizheng and the secretary word for word.

Before An Rou could say anything, he immediately realized that he had missed a very important piece of information: the Gal Guild!

An Rou nodded. "From what your brother said, Long Yan and Garl have formed a joint team, and their target is indeed our farm. He also specifically emphasized the confidentiality agreement... Is the guild so strict when carrying out missions? Does everyone participating in the mission need to sign a confidentiality agreement?"

"Anyone who joins Longyan must sign a confidentiality agreement," Paopao said. "If you encounter any important missions or situations, you must also sign an additional confidentiality agreement as a patch. The trial area... should have this too."

An Rou said, "It seems that our Yong'an Farm should be an important task."

While feeling urgent, she also felt helpless.

Before the old farm was rebuilt, An Rou had never considered expanding into a fish-eating business or creating a quest instance. After the fish-eating business began, she also tried to keep the farm clean and had never considered turning it into a quest instance.

However, due to various reasons, a huge wave of ghouls was brewing on the farm.

Now it has not only become a copy, but also a high-level copy that the Dragon Flame Guild treats with caution.

Since Long Yan already knew about the existence of Yong'an Farm, he must have heard from the members of the trial team that there was a top-level ghoul and several A-level ghouls here.

No wonder.

Speaking of which, this matter is indeed Chu Mo's fault. If it weren't for him, the farm would have been moved into the land of no life long ago. How could it have caused so much trouble?

"Boss is smarter than me. Think about what went wrong quickly. Did we leave any clues in the trial area?"

An Rou shook her head: "I'm not sure either. Maybe it's the bodies left behind by the trial group? Do they have something with a positioning function?"

Paopao: "I suspected so! So I asked Lao Zhang to check as soon as I came online today, but they were all in a state of temporary death, so they couldn't find anything..."

"Wait!" An Rou suddenly interrupted him, "Gar Guild! What happened in Long Yan's territory has anything to do with Gar? Why did Long Yan form a joint team with them?"

Paopao was stunned.

That's right! Long Yan's strength is many times greater than Gar's, so there's absolutely no reason for him to cooperate with Gar. Besides, this mission involves the Trial Area, which Long Yan has been keeping secret. How did Gar know about it? And what right did he have to get involved?

An Rou pondered for a moment and slowly shook her head. "There's only one reason Long Yan would cooperate with Gar. The Gar Guild had their sights on us before Long Yan did, and they have key clues that Long Yan doesn't have."

"Yali?" Paopao frowned, puzzled. "We all knew that since Yali has lost his qualifications, he will definitely report it to the Gal Guild. Could it be that he left some tracking items on the farm..."

He glared.

An Rou also thought of it and looked at him: "Transmission card."

Paopao immediately took out the teleportation card from the prop column.

Ever since he put this tool away, he hadn't had time to study it. Now, within the intricate array patterns engraved on the black card, a tiny bit of light flowed along a line, from beginning to end, in a cycle.

If you don't pay close attention, you won't be able to catch it.

"It must be this!" Paopao pinched the two ends of the card and broke it hard.

-

On the deserted black land, a rapidly moving cloud of dust suddenly stopped.

Ripper stopped beside Witt: "Why did you stop?"

Witt shared the light screen: "The target has slowed down."

On the map, the green cursor is where Witt is, and the white cursor is where the teleportation card is.

At this time, the white cursor is still to the west of the green cursor and has not changed direction from beginning to end.

He opened the body and looked at it intently for a while, but didn't see any changes.

"How far away is it from us?" he asked.

Witt used the map's built-in measurement function to check: "Less than 100 kilometers."

In the last hour, the speed of distance contraction has increased significantly.

Kaipi patted his shoulder and said, "Maybe they think they're far enough away from Lengbing City and safe. That's a good thing for us. Let's put it this way. I'm the fastest, so I'll chase after them and do some reconnaissance. You take the other two groups and continue chasing at our current speed."

Seeing that Witt didn't agree, Kairi laughed and said, "Don't worry, our cooperation was decided by the higher-ups, and I won't steal your mission. Right now, we only know that we're after Yong'an Farm. Who knows what Yong'an Farm is like? Knowing ourselves and the enemy, I won't act rashly."

Witt finally nodded: "Be careful."

"Okay."

Open the chest and take out the double-edged sword. After activating the skill, throw it forward with force, then catch up with it at the maximum sprint speed and jump steadily onto the spinning double-edged sword.

The double-edged sword carried him away quickly.

"Set off."

Witt and the other team members used their movement skills again to catch up.

But Kai Du's movements were obviously several orders of magnitude faster than theirs, and soon he disappeared from everyone's sight.

Traveling in a barren land is a very boring thing. All you can see is the unchanging black soil, weeds, and a few dead trees occasionally.

From time to time, wandering low-level ghouls would appear, sensing the scent of souls and charging at them in a rage and excitement. A low-level player would have been in for a tough fight. But the team was comprised of high-level players above Gold, and at full speed, they didn't even bother using a casual strangle move.

Anyway, low-level ghouls can't catch up with them.

The team stops for 30 seconds every 10 minutes to allow team members to replenish various medicines to maintain the best combat condition.

At the third stop, Witt received a summons for disembowelment.

[Kai: Damn! I got tricked!]

【Witt: What's going on? 】

【Law: What’s going on?】

Kai Du sent a voice message directly.

"We're exposed! They put the teleportation card on a demented ghoul! There's no sign of a farm nearby!"

The team members looked at each other in bewilderment. Even though they had understood the background of the mission in advance, they had not expected that the target ghoul would have such a high IQ.

[Witt: Is there any clue on that ghoul? ]

Kai Du: "Not a damn thing. If you insist, after I killed it, it dropped an ID card. It belongs to our Long Yan."

It seems that the more than one hundred bodies lost in the trial area are all on Yong'an Farm.

[Law: Kairi, you and Witt are not together? ]

Kairi: "I'm fast, so I went to scout ahead of time... Sorry, President, I'll report in advance next time."

Shi Xizheng did not pursue any responsibility.

Kairi and Witte were both top-tier players, both in terms of strength and mission experience. It was impossible to require them to report everything. Otherwise, it would be like tying their hands and feet, which would be worse than too much.

[Lv: Witt, did you find anything else on the way? ]

Witt looked at the team members on both sides, all of whom shook their heads. He was about to reply when his gaze suddenly stopped.

I caught a glimpse of something unusual out of the corner of my eye.

Witt took a step forward a few meters, squatted down, and gently placed his fingers on the ground.

[Witt: The target did pass by here, there are traces on the ground.]

When others came over, they discovered that there were holes on the surface of the ground. The outline was like an upright eye, and the middle part was as wide as a fist.

Because the soil on the Land of No Life is soaked in the ghoul corpse poison and is dark black, it is very inconspicuous.

[Witt: These holes are deep, evidence of the ghoul carrying something heavy. The distance between them is about five meters. Wait a moment.]

Open the chest: "Is there anything unusual?"

【Witt: No, wait a moment.】

He followed the trail for a while, then deviated from the direction and walked further and further away.

Opening the chest: "What did you find? The others? Are they all fucking dumb?"

A team member hurriedly sent a voice message back: "We don't know what Team Leader Witt discovered yet. He's gone."

【Law: Open the chest, be patient.】

Kaiche suppressed his temper and said nothing more.

After waiting for a while, Witt finally sent a message in the channel again.

[Witt: About 200 meters away, there's another row of holes, running parallel to the ones we initially discovered. Guild Master Lu, fellow soldiers, we can now confirm that we've found the target traces.]

The team members looked puzzled.

Kai Du gasped, "This thing is so big? The distance between its two legs can be 200 meters?!"

Shi Xizheng also sent a voice message: "That's why it can support the entire farm. We've measured the remains of Cangling Mountain. Although the edges are irregular, the shape is roughly between circular and square, with a diameter of up to 320 meters. Witt, what shape is the trace?"

[Witt: These aren't human footprints, they're probably mutated organs of a ghoul.]

Shi Xizheng: "That corresponds to the ghoul wave in Zhongsu Town. The ghoul boss at that time was also a madly transformed ghoul. You can follow the traces and try to track it down."

Two extremely long traces extended all the way to the west, in the same direction as the opening of the chest.

Witt led the team forward, while Kairi returned the same way. Kairi was fast and soon joined the stagnant joint team.

"What's going on?"

"The trace ends here."

All the puncture holes disappeared.

Kairi cursed, "Could it be that thing flew away again?"

Witt pondered, "President Ritsu's analysis should be correct. Ghouls cannot use flying skills during the day. The traces must have been deliberately erased."

Not only that, he became more and more convinced that Shi Xizheng's analysis of Yong'an Farm was all correct.

There are not only ghouls there, but also humans and players.

-

An Rou brought a chair and sat at the edge of the farm, eating a meat bun while cheering for Paopao.

Running on the barren land about twenty meters below the farm, running on his own two legs.

He scattered handfuls of gold coins as he ran, repairing the traces left on the ground by his sudden wealth, and was exhausted.

From Paopao's perspective, you can just see the space below the farm.

Beneath a layer of soil nearly ten meters thick lay two rows of thick, long, white bone blades. Twenty-four of these blades, like centipedes, supported the entire farm steadily forward.

"Boss, take a break!" Paopao shouted.

An Rou asked Bao Fu to stop, but she didn't let the farm land. A rope was set up at the edge of the farm for Pao Pao to climb up and down. He immediately guzzled energy and stamina potions.

"I'm so tired! This is not a job for humans!"

"You know what? You're the only one on the farm who can do this." An Rou said with a smile, "It's because we don't even have a game panel."

Paopao sighed, "When will this end?! We can't let Brother Baofu control that ghoul forever, right? It's just a C-rank madly transformed ghoul, and it was quickly caught up by the joint team."

Originally, Paopao wanted to destroy the teleportation card and throw it away, but Anrou stopped him. He temporarily split a ghoul and put the teleportation card on it.

An Rou ate the last small piece of bun and narrowed her eyes: "I've been caught up."

Paopao let out a loud groan, barely catching his breath. "I told you we should let the ghouls run north! We're going in opposite directions. If we go south and the ghouls go north, we can lure the joint team further away."

An Rou shook her head. "If you were the joint team, and the target you were chasing was originally in the west, but suddenly turned north, you caught up with it, but missed it, and realized you were tricked. East, west, south, east, and west, if you were asked to change the direction, which direction would you choose?"

Paopao thought for a moment and scratched his head: "South..."

"Why?"

"Uh..." Paopao already understood that the boss was taking advantage of the joint team's habitual thinking.

He stopped complaining, hurriedly grabbed a bun and devoured it in two or three bites, then asked vaguely, "Then, Boss, what should we do next? If we keep running south..."

He opened the map on the light screen: "It will probably take two or three days to reach the Empty Valley."

"Hollow Valley?"

The Sky Valley is one of the four major camps, a city in the sky built on a high tower.

An Rou's finger hovered on the light screen and drew an arc: "Don't go to the Empty Valley, nor to the Spirit Realm, walk half a circle around Lengbing City, and then go east to Ghost Island."

Paopao wondered, "Why go to Ghost Island?"

"No reason, just to give the joint team more time."

She just didn't believe that the joint team could find the right direction in such a vast land of no life.

Of course, whether or not he could escape depended on whether Chu Mo would let him. He hadn't shown up yet, so who knows what evil things he might be up to.

However, where was that guy hiding? She searched every nook and cranny but couldn't find him.

-

The ink removal was located very high above the farm, in some invisible yet enclosed space.

The Youqi sword was already in hand, and the short black hair turned completely silver-white, with lightning patterns flashing.

He stared at Jie Xin coldly: "You want to protect her?"

"You can't kill me if you don't enter the Ghost Ruins." Xie Xin said, "Chumo, ah Chumo, you haven't forgotten the original intention of making a deal with her, have you?"

Chu Mo's murderous intent did not diminish in the slightest.

Xie Xin put away his gloating smile and shook his head helplessly: "Alright, even if you're not tired, I am. You just want to kill her, I'll give you a chance. Your so-called joint team of Long Yan and Jia Er has been fooled by her, I'll lure them here for you."

A translucent hand shining with water pressed down on Chu Mo's shoulder.

"This little guy under your feet can't defeat two top-level super gods no matter what. You should know this clearly."

Xie Xin's clone interjected, "Whether she lives or dies depends on her ability. How about that?"