Unaware that she was being targeted again, Liu Nian was holding a simple map and heading to clean up a large shopping mall.
Don't be surprised. It's so close to the Adventurers' Hall, is it strange to pick up a quest on the way?
Looking at the simple map in his hand, he saw that the large shopping mall was located somewhere outside the slums. As this was his first C-level mission, Liu Nian was determined to give it his all.
The mission details are unknown, as is the quest objective, because according to the mission description, no one who enters that mall escapes unscathed.
Who provided this information that no one was spared? Something about this summary feels off.
This task has been hanging for about a week, and no one dares to take it.
Those who successfully advance to the Silver rank will either be absorbed by the Lu family, thus avoiding such risks, or become private bodyguards for a certain faction with generous benefits.
The other lone wolves felt it was unnecessary to take the risk, and most people weren't qualified to take on the mission, so it remained idle.
As for why Liu Nian accepted this task?
The reward was good, and he felt he was being stubborn. Does that count as a reason?
As he drove back into the slums, five men who looked like thugs followed him in a car.
Gao Hui contacted their boss, intending to teach Liu Nian a lesson, but the boss told them to take action and to be careful not to overstep their bounds.
"Knowing when to stop" means disassembling one part of him and letting him recover at home.
Due to the information asymmetry, Gao Hui did not take the value of the sergeant major title seriously.
Because their merit points came very easily; they happened to raid a group of goblin soldiers who were sleeping in the wild and gained merit points without paying much of a price.
I thought Liu Nian's achievements would be similar, so this strange scene happened.
If they knew Liu Nian's background, they would definitely regret getting involved in this mess.
Liu Nian hadn't noticed until they drove out of the slums and into a deserted urban area.
They remained far behind Liu Nian's car before Raven issued a warning, alerting him that someone was following him.
Who could it be? After much thought, it could only be Diao Potian.
That's interesting. I didn't come to see you, but you came to see me first. I'll definitely visit you when I have time!
Liu Nian sneered and drove into the deserted neighborhood.
This bizarre contest began between two people with unequal access to information.
The abandoned city of B was much larger than the area occupied by the Lu family, and it was far from the slums, making the risk of settling there several times higher. So no one wanted to live there, and over time it really became a ghost town.
More than a month later, the once clean streets are now in ruins, piled with all kinds of dust and waste.
The group of people who had been tracking Liu Nian paused for a few seconds after his car turned a corner in an attempt to avoid being noticed before continuing to follow. Little did they know that Raven had seen all of this.
After they turned the corner, Liu Nian had already disappeared.
"Damn it, we've lost him. If Brother Hui finds out, we'll be beaten half to death." The person in the passenger seat leaned out of the window, anxiously searching for Liu Nian's figure.
"Holy crap, look over there, that kid's in front of that building." The henchman in the back row, with sharp eyes, pointed to a shopping mall to remind everyone.
Sure enough, at the entrance of the Suiyi Mall, Liu Nian's figure was slowly stepping into the darkness.
Seeing Liu Nian disappear into the mall, the pitch-black interior made the five of them feel uneasy, as if it were a gaping maw ready to devour them.
But when they realized that there were five of them and only one person on the other side, they mustered their courage and walked into the mall.
Soon, the five people disappeared into the depths of the mall.
The mall has three floors but doesn't occupy a large area.
The surrounding buildings are all taller than it, blocking the sunlight and making the interior of the mall seem somewhat gloomy.
There was an iron sign at the entrance, which has also weathered and crumbled over the years.
The mall is circular inside, and the shops inside were looted long ago. Now the interior is covered with moss, and the display cases are covered with a thick layer of dust.
The air inside the mall was so stuffy that Liu Nian had to take out a handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose.
It was quiet all around, and I wondered if those five idiots had come in.
For a C-level mission, it's always good to have someone accompany you!
They left the opposite footprints, hoping that the others would be sensible and obediently explore the other side.
...
At the same time, the other five people also entered the mall. The sharp-eyed man saw the obvious footprints on the ground extending forward and excitedly showed off his achievement to the leader.
"Boss, look, that one-eyed guy is heading this way."
"Good, everyone follow. This place is a bit eerie. Let's finish him off as soon as possible and go home."
"One-eyed is bad enough, but he's also so reclusive, always running to these nooks and crannies. When I find him, I'll break one of his legs," one of the henchmen jeered.
“Exactly, exactly.” Others chimed in.
Where do a group of 18 or 19-year-olds get their confidence?
Liang XX sang for you guys, right?
They successfully followed the illusion created by Liu Nian and headed towards the entrance on the second floor.
The further in you go, the darker it gets, and the footprints disappear on the same second-floor staircase.
It's normal that there are no obvious footprints on the stairs because there are too many clutters on them; this was the direction Liu Nian deliberately chose.
As everyone knows, the mall has one entrance and one exit staircase. They went upstairs from the entrance, while Liu Nian went upstairs from the exit.
If everything goes well, they will meet in the center of the second floor.
Of course, if everything goes smoothly...
The five of them continued their search as usual. The interior wasn't very large, but it would be easy to hide just one person.
The surroundings were so quiet you could hear a pin drop; the silent pressure made them a little nervous.
"Hey Liu, do you have a cigarette?" the sharp-eyed man walking ahead asked casually.
There was complete silence. No one answered him. He turned around to ask, but there was no sign of Xiao Liu. The space behind him was empty. Xiao Liu, who was walking at the back, had disappeared without a sound!
He was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Trembling, he tried to ask the others for help, but when he turned around, he found that the three people in front of him had also disappeared, leaving him all alone on the second floor.
Overwhelmed with terror, he tried to scream, but a cold breath hit his neck, followed by a sharp pain.
He felt his body being lifted off the ground involuntarily; he was very sleepy and wanted to sleep...
A short while later, a mummified corpse was thrown into a dark corner, where there were many other mummified corpses dressed in the same clothes.
If you look closely, you can identify the five people by their clothing; they are neatly arranged on the top layer of the pile of corpses.
...
To avoid making a big fuss, only flying units were summoned this time. They surrounded Liu Nian closely, ready to form an attack formation at the slightest sign of trouble.
Before we knew it, we had reached the middle section, but surprisingly, we had not found any trace of them.
The ravens also did not give any warnings. What's going on here?
Realizing that something must have gone wrong, Liu Nian cautiously surveyed her surroundings, but did not notice several pairs of hostile eyes staring at her from the shadows on the third-floor rooftop.
The queen, surrounded by vampires, seemed to have noticed something, a playful look appearing on her lips.
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