The Beast in the Cage
The night in Judgment City was pitch black. Although players coming out of dungeons would occasionally appear on the main roads, there were far fewer pedestrians than during the day, and the streets were deserted. Fortunately, the street lamps and the colorful lights on the buildings complemented each other, and the colors were silent and noisy, making the bustling night market street very conspicuous.
"Boss, please sell me this 35 points. Look, half a day has passed and no one has asked for the price..."
"Go, go, go, if you don't have money, just go away."
"I want all the props of this type. If you have more, please contact me directly."
"You can judge everything, tell life and death with a single fan, and find out information through fortune-telling and divination. You are a rare intelligence expert!"
From afar you can hear the street-like hawking, and bargaining seems to be very common, but most stall owners are very principled and will never lower the price. The status of customers here is far lower than that of merchants.
"It's a seller's market." Xu Wei looked straight ahead and only glanced around with his peripheral vision.
As soon as she stepped into the night market, she felt an inexplicable gaze staring at her. Not only that, as she walked inside, the sellers in the surrounding stalls who were quietly hawking their wares or fiddling with their merchandise all raised their heads vaguely, observing her in a very subtle and unnoticeable way.
If she hadn't been watched by so many eyes at the same time, she really wouldn't have noticed this covert way of observation.
Fu Fenglou frowned: "Strange, why are they so weird?"
As a frequent visitor to the Players Night Market, she promised in the afternoon that she would take Xu Wei to experience the services provided by the night market and have a free meal. As a result, as soon as they came in, they found that Xu Wei was like a "spotlight". As soon as she appeared, both familiar stall owners and unfamiliar ones pretended to glance at her. When the two of them passed by the stalls, they would openly look at the two of them from behind like new bamboo shoots pulled out of the ground, and whisper to each other.
Unable to hold back any longer, Fu Fenglou grabbed the stall owner on the roadside and dragged him aside: "Old Qi, what's going on? You guys aren't doing business today?"
The "new shoot" who was carried out by a single person wore a pair of black-framed glasses and looked quite gentle. You couldn't tell when he was sitting, but when he stood next to the two of them, he was a head taller than them.
The moment he was pulled out, he quickly glanced at Xu Wei, then suddenly lowered his head and looked at his toes.
The tips of his ears turned red for no apparent reason.
Fu Fenglou was puzzled: "Qi Xu, why are you so crazy today?"
"Ah?" He looked up at Fu Fenglou as if by accident, and his eyes drifted towards Xu Wei uncontrollably. The moment the latter looked back, he looked back, "What?"
Fu Fenglou was a little impatient: "You are a little weird today, not only you, but the whole night market is a little weird, is there something wrong with the organization?"
Only she dared to shout "Has something happened?" in the organization's base.
Qi Xu shook his head: "No, nothing happened. It's very well organized. The boss even gave us a day off from training."
"Does your organization have any opinions about her? Why are you paying so much attention to her?" Fu Fenglou glanced around, and someone at a nearby stall didn't have time to retract his neck and was caught in her sight.
Xu Wei looked calm, ignoring the gazes of others and looking at the boy in front of her calmly.
He doesn't look very old, probably in his early twenties, but he can't really hide his expression, and his emotions are all written on his face.
But appearance is not the only thing that matters. From their conversation, I found out that the other party was not only the stall owner, but also a member of the Player Night Market Organization. It is very likely that he had completed no less than six dungeons, so he was a senior.
"Ah? No! How is that possible? The boss wants to recruit her," Qi Xu looked shocked. "Why would you think so? This player... this player performed very well in Paradise Escape. We just happened to have a member in the dungeon. His skills can be used to replay the dungeon one-to-one. Everyone saw it during the organization meeting. He rode a bird and a dragon and modified the rules. He is so strong!"
At the end, he couldn't hide his excitement and looked at Xu Wei, with a small blush on his face.
Fu Fenglou suddenly felt something was wrong: "Be more normal."
Qi Xu couldn't control himself.
"I... I'll just say it straight, goddess! I admire you so much. You were so handsome when you threatened other players. Not only did you remain calm in the face of danger, but your aura was so strong when you spoke! No wonder the dragon was willing to listen to you, it must have been convinced by your personal charm!" He raised his hands and wanted to put them on Xu Wei's shoulders, but felt it was inappropriate, so he left them hanging in the air, "Can I add you as a friend? I just want a contact number, and I promise not to disturb you!"
Xu Wei: “…”
She had anticipated numerous reasons why Player Ye Ichi might "target" her, but she had not expected this result.
Fu Fenglou stroked his forehead and said, "I should have thought of it earlier. Your organization's style of painting is not normal. Sister, why don't we come back tomorrow?"
"Then, add friends..."
Qi Xu looked at Xu Wei eagerly.
Please...don't look at others so lovingly!
Xu Wei, who had a crazy fan for the first time, felt turbulent inside and didn't know what to do. His pretending to be cool like Lu Fanye began to crack a little bit and he could hardly keep a straight face.
"So, are we still selling props?" She tried hard to maintain her calmness.
Fu Fenglou paused and said, "That's right. Anyway, they will probably be like this in a few days. They are not normal from top to bottom."
As one of the "not so normal" people, Qi Xu had no objection to her description. He contentedly added Xu Wei as his bracelet friend, happily returned to the stall, and asked if she wanted to buy anything, offering a friendship price.
Well, it’s quite sensible to do business.
Xu Wei began to think about how to sell the props in his backpack.
Although she was not a prop master, she had a bag full of props. Except for half a bandage that she cheated from Jiawang, the rest were obtained from the Paradise copy, and most of them were stolen after the battle with the Whip Girl Trio.
These three people were determined to kill, and their attack was organized and disciplined. They even knew her skill weaknesses in advance, so there was a high probability that they had accomplices behind her.
Their conversation and moves that day were also a bit strange.
The prop man called her a "sacrifice". After she used the legendary evil spirit card, he said, "I actually found something with divine attributes" and also said, "Aren't you afraid of contamination?"
From his perspective, the attributes of "God" are related to pollution, and their hunting of players seems to be an act of sacrifice.
A crazy cult? The god they believe in doesn't sound like a decent thing.
From ancient times to the present, any group that has anything to do with evil/cults is not easy to deal with. They are often labeled as erratic and insane.
Being targeted by such a group is like having a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, ready to bite you at any time. It's very annoying.
Xu Wei didn't like the sense of urgency of someone ambushing in the dark. She would rather the other party attack openly, even if the attack was fierce, it was better than a surprise attack that took her by surprise.
The most important thing now is to judge the power behind the Whip Girl Trio and whether you can fight them alone. In addition, it is also important to find out whether the last attack was their spontaneous behavior or group-driven. Finally, you have to investigate whether you have attracted the group's high attention and be alert to the next secondary attack.
After all, she had killed their "number three."
This is the reason why she brought the little black box here today.
The whip girl and the prop man were very cautious in using the black box. The prop man even said that he only had one last time, and only used it when the whip girl was about to be unable to withstand the attack.
Normally, the props will automatically disappear after they have been used up, but this small box was still intact after the battle. It was given to Li Shaodong for judgment in the afternoon. He could only read the name and specific usage from the prop's effect interface, but could not use it.
Test Subject No. 1: The Cage of the Beast
Effect: With the power of the "Lord", this item can trap any creature that is 1 level higher than the believer level it holds. The limit is 3 times and it can only be used by the loyal believers of the "Lord".
This doesn't look like a prop produced by the system. It is very likely to be unique to that group. Li Shaodong also stated categorically that no matter whether the prop master's props come from a copy or a novice gift pack, they must be a product of the system when traced back to their source. There are no props that are not produced by the system.
This makes the existence of the cage even more confusing.
Due to all the incredible things she had experienced during this period, Xu Wei was skeptical about Li Shaodong's point of view, and she needed to further confirm the origin of the box.
What we can speculate now is that the black box is most likely a special existence in their group. Once it is released, it is very likely that people from the same group will take the initiative to contact it.
The Players' Night Market has been run for a long time, the stall owners are fixed, their strength is guaranteed, and most of them belong to the same organization, so it is not difficult to keep the sellers' information confidential. The players who come to trade are a mixed bunch, so Xu Wei can easily hide among them.
She needs to hide her identity, trade the cage for the trapped beast, and then find the enemy in the dark through its trading circulation.
As long as they want to get the box back, no matter how well they cover it up, there will be traces left.
What the Players' Night Market lacks the least is experts in searching for traces.
When investigating the other party, you will inevitably leave traces, so you must be extremely careful when choosing merchants to trade with, and try to minimize the chances of exposing yourself.
Looking around, it seemed that the stall owners of each stall had their own specialties, and the items and services they sold were so diverse that Xu Wei was a little dazzled.
"Are you going to sell something?"
A person came quietly behind me.
Xu Wei turned around and looked at the man.
He is tall, broad, with a back as strong as a bear's, tight and powerful muscles in his limbs, and a menacing aura. At first glance, he does not look like a human being, but rather like a tiger or lion transformed into a human.
The aura is fierce.
This was Xu Wei's first impression of him.
"Second, second in command..." Qi Xu stood behind the stall and looked over blankly, "I came here to set up the stall after I finished my extra training today."
The man snorted in response, then looked at Xu Wei and asked again: "Selling things?"
The person in front of me was about two meters tall, and his sturdy body almost blocked the light from the street lamp behind him.
Xu Wei took two steps back, leaving his oppressive range, and nodded politely: "It is something that needs to be kept secret."
As if he had expected this, the man introduced himself: "My name is Fang Yi, the second in command of the Player Night Market. The first in command sent me to help you deal with what happened in the Night Market."
He turned around, looked at the stall owners who were leaning out to watch the fun, and shouted, "What are you looking at! If you keep looking, I'll have to go back and practice more tonight!"
This sentence had a clear effect. Within the affected area, all the stall owners retreated obediently and pretended to sell their goods.
Fang Yi then made a "please" gesture: "Why don't you move over? The top leader is nearby, let's talk in detail."
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