Chapter 90
A few hours later, almost all members of Team 1 and Team 2 were online.
Looking at the notification released by the system, everyone showed incredible expressions and couldn't believe it.
Inside the small conference room, Ripe Tomato's eyes widened in astonishment. "No, this isn't a special copy, right? It requires a key to open it, but don't we have the key?"
Following his words, everyone looked at Xia Mo.
Xia Mo hummed and took out the key that he had used to open the Tomb City from his backpack.
Ripe Tomato was the first to rush over. He grabbed the key and looked it over. "It's the same key I used to open the dungeon. It even says 'This key has been used' on it."
"That's strange," said Salad with Meat Sauce, rubbing his chin. "Is there another way to open the dungeon?"
Xia Mo thought about it and said uncertainly: "Maybe."
"Huh?" Ripe Tomato's eyebrows arched upward, even more surprised. "This setting is ridiculous, isn't it? It clearly requires a special key to open, so why did the planner allow other ways to open it? Ahhhh, this is so infuriating! We've already reached the second level, and all we need is the third boss and the reward, and now it's all gone!"
Not only did they lose everything, but all 24 of them also put in a lot of energy. Everyone thought to themselves that the guild had spent a lot of time preparing the antidote potion, but as soon as they went online, they were notified that the duck they had got flew away. Who could stand this?
For a moment, the atmosphere in the conference room fell to the bottom. Everyone had a worried look on their faces and was in a very bad mood.
Looking at this scene, Xia Mo tapped the table lightly with his fingers.
"In games, there are wins and losses, so there's no need to be sad. Now that the outcome is settled, we shouldn't let ourselves get frustrated. Instead, we should mentally analyze and review the situation, and strive not to make the same mistakes again."
She had lost 1,000 games in total in the PK arena and was beaten to the ground by players of various professions. If she felt upset about this in the early days, then after losing 50, 80, and 100 games, losing had become a simple written record for her.
Apart from that, it has no meaning and does not affect her mood at all.
"We lost this time because we were careless." Xia Mo looked around at everyone and spoke word by word. "Including me, we all assumed that this special dungeon was fat meat in our mouths. As long as we have enough patience, we will get it sooner or later. But in fact, there is no rule that explicitly states that only we can enter the special dungeon."
"That's what I said, but I still feel something's not right." Ripe Tomato scratched his head. No matter how he thought about it, it seemed too coincidental. "The post smearing us was posted yesterday at noon. Someone mentioned our opening of the Tomb City. And today, Zongheng Sihai and the others cleared the level. Don't you think the timing is tricky?"
"Indeed, your wisp is a bit strange." Salad and Meat Sauce frowned in thought. "It took us an entire night and three trips in and out to clear the first level. The second level was still in the early stages of the High Priest, and we were almost wiped out. At this rate, we'd have to go without food and water for at least 24 hours to have a chance of clearing the Tomb City."
"And I haven't even taken into account the time they spend preparing potions, reviewing and adjusting tactics, etc. If you add all that in, it will take at least one and a half to two days."
Latiao Xiaohuahua narrowed her eyes slightly: "So you mean, Zongheng Sihai and the others have problems passing the level?"
Salad with Meat Sauce nodded. "It's not just them who have problems. I also suspect..."
Having said that, he paused deliberately for a few seconds before continuing, "I also suspect that there is a mole within our ranks."
What? A mole?!
Everyone in the room was shocked. They stared at each other, unable to believe it.
They were all brothers and sisters who had been through thick and thin together. In last night's guild war, they had all fought tooth and nail to protect their teammates and the city walls. But now, someone told them that there was a traitor hidden among their trusted companions...?!
Everyone in the conference room was speechless with surprise.
Seeing this, Sala sighed inwardly, but continued, "The speed at which Zongheng Sihai cleared the level is too fast. It doesn't seem like a normal dungeon-clearing pace. So I guess that Zongheng Sihai not only gained the qualification to enter the Tomb City in some way, but also got the strategy from us."
If someone sells dungeon strategies behind the guild's back, once this kind of thing is discovered, the person involved will be cursed by the entire server and become a sinner condemned by thousands of people. He will also be nailed to the pillar of shame forever. Whenever he appears, someone will definitely bring up the past and remind those who want to cooperate with him.
It can be said that this is a very thankless task. Unless the other party's reward is very tempting, such as being able to live in a villa overnight or drive a luxury car overnight, any normal person would not be stupid enough to do such a thing.
Thinking of this, Xia Mo's eyes narrowed slightly.
She didn't echo Sala's speculation, nor did she immediately deny it. Instead, she glanced at the crowd slowly and said, "I'll give everyone an explanation on this matter. Sala, first count everyone's contributions and deaths in the Tomb City, and pay them accordingly."
For participating in this collective land reclamation activity, the guild is required to pay wages to the members, but because Qingyaozhishang does not have much money and the number of members is small, it only transfers a symbolic amount each time.
Today was the first time that salaries were officially paid. Although it was a bit painful, Sala knew that the money had to be paid, otherwise they would really become what was said on the forum, a second-rate garbage guild.
The money was settled on the spot, and the members who were exploring the dungeon left one after another. In a blink of an eye, only Sala, He Ye Xiaoxiao, Qingshui and Xia Mo were left in the meeting room.
Qingshui is the president and Xia Mo is the vice president. Facing the two of them, Sala felt that there was nothing she couldn't ask, so she just spoke frankly.
"Mo Se, who do you think the traitor is?" Sala looked at her seriously.
Xia Mo played with the small teacup on the table and suddenly whispered, "Maybe there is no traitor."
"What?"
Sala was stunned, and He Ye Xiaoxiao was also surprised: "Why do you say that?"
Xia Mo placed the teacup back on the conference table. "Zongheng Sihai has a good ranking, currently ninth in the world, but from what I understand, their financial resources are quite ordinary. They're not as wealthy as the Black Domain Kingdom. They wouldn't spend a large amount of money to buy strategies from us just for a Tomb City."
As for why it would cost so much money, Xia Mo told her everything she had thought about before.
"So, unless the other party pays enough, from the player's perspective, they won't risk being cursed by the world for such a small profit."
After hearing the explanation, Sala was even more confused: "If there is no traitor, how did Zongheng Sihai do it?"
It's impossible that their guild is so strong that they could clear the Tomb City without sleeping, eating or drinking for 24 hours.
If he really wanted to do this, he would call their guild ruthless!
Xia Mo shook his head: "I only said that there is no traitor, but that doesn't mean that no one has told others about the key and the strategy."
"Don't forget the post on the forum yesterday that slandered us. The poster was one of the people who had resigned from our guild. He posted that post because he was bribed by the Drunken Laughing Red Dust Guild."
"The poster didn't participate in the Tomb City excavation, but he must have gotten some information before quitting the guild. He was still a member at the time, so even if he asked out of curiosity, I think everyone except us core members would have told him."
"He has the strategy guide for Tomb City. The people from Zongheng Sihai must have paid for it after hearing about it. This explains why the people from Zongheng Sihai cleared the city so quickly."
"As for how they opened the copy..."
At this point, Xia Mo frowned: "Sorry, I can't confirm this for the time being."
The settings of "Protoss" are too complicated. Even though she has been in the game for 5 years, she cannot guarantee that she knows all the settings.
She even suspected that there might be more than one way to open the Tomb City with a key, but because of her experience in her previous life, she had a preconceived notion about the Tomb City and believed that only a key could open it.
What if there is another entrance to this underground tomb?
Thinking of this, Xia Mo decided to go to the Tomb City in person.
Although she lost the reward, she had to lose with a sense of conviction.
After leaving the guild, she rode her horse into the Tangu Desert, passing through the sand dunes where poisonous scorpions passed by from time to time. She successfully arrived at the Tomb City that had been opened to the public.
The thick stone door that was previously tightly closed now opens automatically by simply turning the key hanging on the door to the side.
The familiar downward staircase appeared, and the candlesticks on the stone wall automatically lit up when they detected someone entering.
Go down the stairs to the bottom, and the real gate of the Tomb City stands before you.
However, what Xia Mo wanted to find was not the city gate, but another entrance.
She started from the right city gate and began to inspect around the enclosed stone wall.
In order to find the mechanism to open the city gate, more than 20 people searched the place inside and out. Normally, other entrances would probably be noticed.
However, among the members of this pioneering work, there are newcomers and those with weaker abilities. To be honest, now that he thinks about it carefully, Xia Mo is not 100% sure that there is absolutely no problem with their inspection.
It turns out that cultivating an absolutely reliable team is not an easy task.
After Xia Mo carefully searched for more than 30 minutes, he finally found a dark, half-height cave entrance under a slightly raised black stone by pushing aside the grass underneath.
No one had mentioned the hole before, so someone had obviously missed it during their inspection.
Crouching down, she moved closer to the cave entrance.
A breeze blew out from inside from time to time.
This shows that the entrance to the cave is not dead, but leads to the outside world.
Xia Mo just looked at the cave entrance and sighed.
It seems that she was indeed deceived by the key. The Tomb City has more than one entrance, the stone gate. There is another place in the desert that can be connected through this hole.
With the idea that he would rather die clearly, Xia Mo decided to go all out and bent down to get in.
After crawling on his knees for about a quarter of an hour, he suddenly heard heavy footsteps above his head, as if someone was stepping heavily on his head.
Xia Mo estimated that he was almost at the exit, so he quickened his pace and climbed forward.
After climbing for a few more minutes, the passage became wider and people could walk upright in it.
Xia Mo was finally able to stand up straight and continued to grope forward along the only road. However, as she walked, she felt more and more that the direction of this road was not right.
Since entering the cave, all map displays disappeared, and she relied entirely on her intuition to determine the direction to go.
If I'm not mistaken, she was heading east.
In the east, there is a map closest to the Tangu Desert and with trampling monsters. A place suddenly popped up in Xia Mo's mind.
No way! Don't mess with her mind like this!
She stopped and took a deep breath.
With a nervous mood, she slowly walked towards the bright exit step by step.
Three steps, two steps, one step.
After walking out of the cave, the map function is reopened.
[Area Map: Rittor Canyon]
Xia Mo: Damn!!!
It turns out that the Rittor Canyon not only contains the key to the Tomb City, but also the second hidden entrance!!!
In an instant, Xia Mo felt what it was like to have his blood pressure at its highest point for the first time in a long time.
Don’t ask, the truth is that the planner’s eyes can’t be hidden!
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