Chapter 38
"Your Excellency the Prefect!" Constable Qin hurriedly saluted Huo Qi: "Your subordinate..."
"How disgraceful!"
"I..." Constable Qin scratched his head: "I have to be anxious! The demon tribe is about to attack... Damn it, why is the prefect coming back at this time? Can I still go to the armory to get weapons?"
At the same time, Ding Chuan, who was dozing off on the table, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, climbed up, poked a hole in the window, and squinted one eye to look out: "This news is indeed true, but it's a pity that no one believes it. The two of us can't eat such a big bone as the demon tribe. Sigh..."
After reading the unusual post during the day, he bribed a few kids from North Street with snacks and asked them to go out and get information. Before nightfall, he integrated all the information and finally locked onto the Fang Mansion.
The Fang family was related to the prefect by marriage, so Ding Chuan couldn't go directly to the house to investigate. He had to consult with Constable Qin, who was familiar with him. Constable Qin said that he had no other options. After all, his influence was not important. Even if there was something wrong with the Fang family, as long as it would not subvert the court, the prefect would definitely turn a blind eye.
"He is the prefect, not the justice. It's a matter of no benefit. Even if we have solid evidence, what can we do? Not to mention that we have no evidence at all." Constable Qin, who was called out to eat by Ding Chuan, tapped the table with his fingers: "Besides, we can't produce evidence even if we have it." The prefect is a native, not a player, and can't see the forum at all.
"Then are we just going to ignore it? I'm not worried about anything else, but I'm afraid that the people in the Fang Mansion will get carried away and provoke the demon clan, which will bring disaster to the entire Changling City." Ding Chuan didn't have to complete this task, but if Changling City was destroyed, he would not only lose the connections he had cultivated for a long time, but he would also lose this account.
"I know. If I weren't worried about this, I wouldn't be sitting here discussing this with you. I'd be asleep at home." Ding Chuan, as a ruthless man, could find an excuse to leave the city, but Constable Qin couldn't find a reason to leave. As a constable, he had to go to work every day and take turns on duty at night. Tonight was his turn to work the night shift at the government office.
What does night duty mean? It means he has to go if something goes wrong. And if someone dies and the higher-ups punish him, he'll be the one to take the blame. It's hard to say whether he can save his life. Don't be fooled by the constable's impressive appearance while patrolling all day. If something goes wrong, he'll...
"If someone in the city can stand up in public to speak for me, a person without any background, I will dare to write my name backwards!" Constable Qin drank the whole pot of tea as if he was drinking alone.
"Why are you saying such depressing things? Isn't it just a matter of moving to another city?" Ding Chuan dragged the peanuts on the table in front of him: "It's not like anyone is really dead... Sigh, I actually hope this is just my illusion. The demon tribe is really too dangerous."
"Another World of Martial Arts" is a real world, but also a game. Some of these staff members are just idiots. If they lose their account in this city, they can simply change their name and make a comeback in another place. There's no need to wait a year. But the natives are different. If killed by the demons, they are truly dead.
"Don't even think about it, it's definitely true." Constable Qin pounded his fist on the table. "If a demon really comes to kill us... Damn it! Never mind! At that point, I'll just risk my life and fight the demons! I'll save as many as I can." He was going to lose his number anyway, so he might as well die meaningfully. Maybe he could even get a few eternal lamps! Hey!
"That's right, when the time comes... Tsk, it feels terrible to be unable to do anything right now."
"Ha, you're fine, but your salary isn't paid monthly. I'm the unlucky one, this demon didn't come earlier or later, but now! It's the second half of the month, and our salary won't be paid until the middle of next month. If I lose my number, all my work this month will be in vain! My night shift will also be in vain!" Constable Qin pinched his deflated purse painfully: Workers are suffering... No, I can't just sit there and wait for death!
"We can't just sit there and do nothing. Let's fight!" Constable Qin stood up suddenly: "Even if we can't deal with the demon clan, I have to give it some trouble!"
"I'm here to help too! But what are you going to do?"
"Come closer and I'll tell you, I really need your help with this."
"Why are you talking so elegantly now?" Ding Chuan put his ear close and showed a look of surprise for a while: "Oh my god, are you crazy? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?" I thought it was a good idea, but this guy actually wanted to dig out the absolute spirit stone in the wall of the government office, and then put the stone outside the city to set a trap for the monsters!
What we are saying is that the Absolute Spirit Stone is indeed effective against the demon race, but... if you dig the wall of the government office, won't you be caught on the spot and thrown into jail in minutes?
"Otherwise, we can't afford to buy magical weapons that can deal with the demons."
The demon race is naturally stronger than humans, but humans also have their own advantages: unlimited talent and good use of tools. The high city walls are used to defend against human rebels. To deal with the demon race, humans also have various tools, but they are extremely expensive. Constable Qin can't afford them, so he can only dig up ready-made semi-finished products.
"Hey, I've checked. The nearest stone is near my room. The constable who lives next door to me is going home tonight and won't find it... No more talking, come with me quickly. The city gate will be closed soon. What if the demon tribe comes tonight?" Constable Qin threw a few copper coins on the table as meal money, packed a few Hu pancakes, and hurriedly ran to the government office with Ding Chuan in his hand, carrying the paper bag.
Wuliangren usually cooperated with the government, so when Constable Qin led his men in, he encountered no obstruction, only a few questions. Afterwards, under the cover of Ding Chuan's warning, he successfully dug the Absolute Spirit Stone out of the wall. While the city gate was still open, he quickly went out and buried the Absolute Spirit Stone on the only way into the city.
"Why does it feel like I'm laying a landmine..."
"Let's go! The city gates are closing!"
"oh."
In this way, Ding Chuan and Constable Qin used the excavated absolute spirit stone to set a trap for the demon tribe, and then began a long wait.
In the middle of the night, Constable Qin could no longer bear the wait and logged off to pour himself a pot of tea. However, he had only taken a few sips when the alarm system of "Another World Jianghu" went off.
As soon as he logged in, he ran into the prefect returning from outside, along with a noblewoman who made the prefect bow and scrape with caution. Constable Qin, already confused, was momentarily bewildered, unsure how to react. Honestly, while there were various emergency drills in real life, a demonic attack… who had ever practiced that?
"What's wrong?" Huo Qi frowned: "Aren't you usually quite clever? Why can't you even speak a complete sentence now?"
"Sir, there's a monster! The monsters are coming!" Constable Qin dryly took out a crumpled piece of paper from his bosom and handed it over: Fortunately, the system requires staff to handwrite a clue on a note before doing a task, otherwise I would be suspected to death by them for making up news out of nothing!
"The weather is dry, be careful of the demons! Be careful of the demons! Be careful of the demons!" At the same time, the night watchman outside was beating the gong vigorously and running past the government office.
"I knew my news was right, ha!" The girl in gorgeous clothes turned gracefully on the spot, then used her Qinggong skills to rush out in a hurry: "You said I was willful and capricious, huh! I must become a princess and show everyone!"
"Princess! Watch your step!" Huo Qi quickly led the others to chase after her: "Damn it! If anything happens to Princess Jinyang in Changling City, the Queen will definitely skin him alive!"
Constable Qin, the Princess of Jinyang, also hurriedly followed: The rumored youngest daughter, the current empress's favorite, is actually okay. I heard that she is a reasonable child, better than some of the princes.
Princess Jinyang went out to question the night watchman, then headed straight for the city gate to fight the demons. The guards followed her, neither trying to change her mind nor trying to stop her.
When the night watchman's gong sounded, Bei Qiao had already been awakened by his cat Tangyuan using holographic glasses, and logged into the game yawning.
If a player is offline and an area is threatened by a large-scale disaster, the game will send a message to all players in advance, asking them to log back online and evacuate to a safe area. Because Bei Qiao hadn't read the message, the message indicator on the holographic glasses flashed several times, making Tang Yuan impatient. With one claw, he slammed the holographic glasses off the table and onto the bed, hitting Bei Qiao's arm.
After going online, Bei Qiao heard the sound of gongs and the rustling sound of someone searching for something next door.
Following the system prompts, Bei Qiao took his luggage and knocked on the hidden space in the room. In addition to toiletries, there was a passage here, just like the money house, which could only be entered by opening the forum. The end of the passage led directly to the basement of the Dragon Gate Inn.
"Okay, guests, please come this way and take a seat according to your room number." The waiter yawned and came over: "Fuck, can't the demon tribe come during the day? Even if there is overtime pay, I don't want to stay up late!"
The layout of the basement is a bit like the business class in an airplane. Each person has a small compartment that can barely accommodate a person lying down, and there are partitions around the compartment that can be pulled up to block other people's view.
Bei Qiao found her seat, sat down, and greeted the person next to her. It was midnight, and the players with regular sleep schedules barely logged in, moved to a different seat, and then logged off to sleep. The night owls, however, were still there. When Bei Qiao arrived in the basement, there were still quite a few young people gathered there, chatting. Oh, yes, she was young herself.
"Good evening!" The girl sitting next to Beiqiao nodded at Beiqiao and continued chatting with others.
Everyone already knows about the demon invasion, and those who are willing to enter the tunnel are players who don't want to go out and take risks.
As for those players who thought they were strong enough to deal with the monsters, when the night watchman was beating the gong and shouting everywhere, they had already rushed out of the inn with weapons, and the waiter could not stop them no matter what he did.
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