Chapter 42 [Seeking support and collection]
Lin Leyou was speechless.
These people didn't even bother to keep their voices down. Did they really think he couldn't hear them? But judging from their reaction, Lin Leyou knew that his disguise was a great success.
He recalled the voice he had imitated yesterday and asked, "What is it?"
There were five people outside. One of them, a middle-aged man wearing glasses, seemed a little bolder. He said to him, "Hello, hello, the hotel owner sent us to deliver a letter to you."
Isn't the innkeeper Jiang Xiali? Why would he send a letter to a player?
He looked at the letter in the man's hand, walked over and took it, saying, "Okay."
He then took the letter back to the lounge. Once he was out of sight, the people outside breathed a sigh of relief and rushed off into the distance.
Only the middle-aged man remained outside, carefully observing the situation inside by the dim light.
Although it was already morning and daylight, the entire town of Qingshui was shrouded in a hazy mist, and even during the day the light was not very good.
The middle-aged man looked around and considered going in to take a look several times, but in the end he couldn't make up his mind. Seeing that he didn't find anything, he planned to turn around and leave.
It wasn't that he didn't want to go in and check; after all, what could he possibly see from such a distance?
But the hotel owner had previously warned me not to wander into other people's places without permission, or I would be plagued by bad luck.
The meaning is clear: you cannot trespass on these NPCs' private territory, or they will attack you.
Just as he was about to leave, Lin Leyou came out of the lounge and saw that the middle-aged man was still there. He casually asked, "Is there anything else?"
Lin Leyou wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the middle-aged man looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before. However, perhaps because it had been a long time, he couldn't quite place him.
"No, no, I... I just wanted to go in and take a look, I don't know if that's okay?"
Lin Leyou was somewhat surprised that this person was actually asking him. If he agreed, the person would probably come in, but he couldn't attack someone who had entered his territory with his permission.
He can only kill people who break in without his permission, so should he agree to that now?
Time passed second by second, and Lin Leyou nodded, "Okay."
The middle-aged man was stunned. He didn't expect the butcher in front of him to agree. In that case... it should be okay for him to go in and take a look, right?
He tried to push open the iron gate and slowly walked in, his gaze fixed on Lin Leyou, but Lin Leyou ignored him completely and instead walked to the vicinity of the lounge, where he picked up the letter and began to read it.
It was just something Jiangxia had a player deliver, and the content on it...
It wasn't many; I just told him the number of people staying at the hotel: fifty.
Wow, that's a lot! I didn't expect fifty players to participate in this dungeon this time. It seems that this dungeon is very difficult. I wonder what goals the players need to achieve to successfully clear it.
And then there's...
The middle-aged man wandered around inside but didn't find anything. Not wanting to linger too long, he soon said goodbye to Lin Leyou and left.
Before leaving, he carefully put the iron gate that he had just pushed open back into place, which showed that he had a strong will to survive.
The players who had just escaped hadn't gone far. They were waiting for the middle-aged man not far away, and they were all shocked to find him coming out unharmed.
"You...you actually made it out alive?"
"Holy crap, isn't the butcher attacking you?"
The middle-aged man shook his head. "He didn't attack me."
"Did you find anything inside? There should have been some clues!"
"No, I walked around inside and all I saw was a chopping table with lots of pork hanging up. The rest of the place was messy and there was nothing there."
"Isn't there a small hut over there? The butcher must be sleeping in there, right? Could that thing be in there?"
What is the most precious thing a butcher possesses?
They walked towards the hotel while discussing, and Lin Leyou, who was standing near the iron gate, couldn't help but roll his eyes.
These players are really brainless, talking so loudly, are they afraid they can't hear themselves?
Speechless, absolutely speechless!
However… speaking of the butcher’s most precious possession… he thought of the sharp knife he had just placed on the table in the break room; that must be it.
For a butcher, what is the most precious thing? His knife.
Lin Leyou had a general understanding of the items the players needed to obtain. There were seven places to explore in the entire Qingshui Town, and each of these seven places required finding one item.
On their side, they were looking for an opportunity to steal their own dagger.
No wonder, no wonder I found during the test that to stay rational, I couldn't hold the knife all the time, but had to put it down for a while every now and then.
This is not just a restriction on him, but also an opportunity for players to complete the game. Sure enough, although the dungeon was difficult, it wasn't too hard either.
After they steal the knife, they might even turn around and kill the butcher.
The players who had already returned to the inn had no idea that Lin Leyou had overheard their conversation and even guessed their mission objective.
The hotel has a large lobby that can easily accommodate fifty people; they returned relatively early.
"You're back so early?"
"Yeah, the butcher seemed alright, but we didn't find anything."
The players split into groups and headed to the seven locations mentioned in the mission to gather information, especially the inn where they were staying...
When they learned that this was also one of the mission sites, everyone was shocked and wanted to escape. However, they soon discovered that there was nowhere to stay except for the hotel.
Moreover, this is also one of the mission locations. If we really don't stay here, how will we find the innkeeper's most treasured possession?
Fortunately, everyone settled in, and as long as a few more people could stay in each room, there wouldn't be any problem.
Jiang Xiali glanced at the players from a distance. Being an innkeeper was great in every way, except that you couldn't directly take action.
Instead, the goal is to use the inn's rules to kill players, and these rules are quite strict; the inn's killing rules won't be triggered unless they are violated.
"Why……"
How could this frail innkeeper possibly kill as many people as possible? It was truly a dilemma.
About two hours later, the people who had gone out returned one by one. They counted the number of people and found that not a single one was missing. They then exchanged information with each other.
"Does everyone have any plans? There are so many of us, fifty in total, and we need to find seven things here. It's obvious that we're being told to split up and act separately. What do you think?"
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