The sharp dagger stabbed from the front, and the little frog's heart skipped a beat. However, he remembered what Xia Yao said about counterattacking directly, and swung the staff at the assassin!
The dragon flame flew out, and the assassin dodged to the side. The flame only burned a little fur on his shoulder, causing not much damage. Instead, the little frog himself, because he followed Xia Yao's instructions and did not defend himself, was stabbed in the left rib by the dagger!
The sound of flesh tearing was unmistakable, and Little Frog subconsciously tried to avert his gaze, to avoid looking at the damage. After all, even the knight, Huang Cheng, had been stabbed by over a thousand men. How much less could a fragile mage like him be?
But not wanting to look is one thing, but when the bright red number popped up, he couldn't help but take a look.
Then, I was stunned.
Why is it only 800 damage?
He was hesitant for a moment, then heard her voice in the headset: "Keep fighting, don't stop. I've cast Mental Focus on you, increasing both resistances by 30%. Also, Little Frog, you have a recoil on your head, so if he hits you, you'll get hurt."
oh!
The little frog suddenly understood. No wonder he had only lost 800 HP just now, and the opponent also lost 400 HP inexplicably.
It turns out it’s because of her skills!
Now he was completely relieved!
He drank a bottle of red medicine, and this time, he and Huang Cheng chased the assassin with full confidence.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the King of Kings and the veteran, who had already entered the police station, were following Xia Yao's instructions to find the NPC Ferdinand. Because according to the plot, Ferdinand should be there now.
After running around, as expected, the two found him in one of the rooms.
However, Ferdinand at this time no longer looked like a normal person. His skin was gray-brown in large areas, like the skin of a dinosaur, thick and stiff. His pupils also changed color. With every blink, one could seem to see the eye membrane covering his eyeballs, which was only found in birds.
With such a strange appearance, it is no wonder that he mentioned in his diary that the police looked at him with strange eyes.
But they didn't care whether he was a human or a ghost. The most urgent thing was to catch him and interrogate him.
"Captain, we caught him." The king of kings and the veteran shouted in the team.
Xia Yao, who was guarding the entrance to the police station, immediately withdrew: "Okay, take him back to the street we came from. Huangcheng, Little Frog, let's go!"
"Okay!" the four people said in unison.
The five of them came and went quickly.
The assassin didn't kill a single person and just watched the group retreat into the fog.
A hunter ran over breathlessly: "Who are you? How dare you steal our mission?"
Hei Zhu Luo narrowed his eyes: "I don't know."
One is called Under the Imperial City, and the other is called Little Frog. Both are IDs I have never seen before.
"Okay, then I'll go kill them right now." Hunter Bai Yexing said as he was about to rush into the fog, but was gently stopped by Hei Zhuluo.
"That's unnecessary," he said lightly. "Have you forgotten how thick the fog is over there?"
Since they came in, their sanity points have dropped by 50 points. If they hadn't discovered that they could pick up sanity potions by killing monsters, it would have been difficult for the five of them to hold on until now.
Bai Yexing suddenly realized: "Oh, that's right. We have almost killed all the monsters on this street. If they don't have enough Sanity Potions, they will die if they go in."
Xia Yao didn't know whether Lu would live or die, but they had taken a crucial step now, and the mysteries that followed should be easy to solve.
Xia Yao glanced at the clock on the street. The hour hand was still at 4, which meant it was still May 4th.
She placed the color photo in front of Ferdinand, who recognized his daughter immediately.
"Little Sarah! It's you, my dear daughter! Where have you been? I've been searching for you so hard!" Ferdinand snatched the photo and knelt on the ground in pain. Then he remembered something and suddenly raised his head alertly, staring at the five of them. "Who are you?! What are you going to do to me? Help! There are criminals!"
A group of people pretended to go up and silence him to prevent him from shouting and attracting monsters.
Xia Yao took out a certificate slowly and showed it to him: "First-class police officer of the Police Department - Hu Bang. They are our assistants and trainee police officers."
Ferdinand was stunned.
The four people were also stunned.
[(Team Channel) Little Frog: Captain, where did you get your ID?]
[(Team Channel) King of Kings: Captain, did you forge this?]
[(Team Channel) Yinyao: Oh, this, I knocked the police officer at the door unconscious and stole his ID]
Everyone:?
Is this possible?
In any case, Xia Yao's ID did work for Ferdinand.
Seeing that they were police officers, Ferdinand immediately shut up and lowered his guard: "Are you... here to help me find my daughter?"
"Yes, we hope you can cooperate, Mr. Ferdinand." Xia Yao said calmly, "We plan to visit your home. Is that okay?"
"Of course!" It seemed that Ferdinand answered without hesitation as long as it was related to his daughter.
After arriving at Ferdinand's house, the five people immediately started searching for evidence.
After a while, all the miscellaneous items were put into the shared inventory.
"Captain, I think something's wrong." After reading a few documents in his hand, Little Frog stood behind Xia Yao and muttered softly, "Isn't he a person who loves his daughter? How come I found the documents about him sending his daughter to an orphanage?"
"What?" Huang Cheng and others looked up in surprise.
The veteran took over, "I've found something here too. Ferdinand is unemployed, but how come there are five checks here showing that he's received a large transfer at the beginning of every month since this year?"
"Who sent it?" Xia Yao's eyes flashed.
"An organization called the Paradise Research Institute." The veteran was increasingly puzzled. "Strange! Didn't the document Little Frog found say his daughter was sent to the Red Heart Orphanage? Why are there other names mentioned?"
At this moment, Ferdinand was sitting at the doorway, sighing. Xia Yao wasn't worried that he might overhear their conversation, so she simply said, "Remember that barbed wire fence? I later found a side door with a label that said Paradise Research Institute."
Everyone suddenly fell silent.
Then a chill ran down everyone's back.
"But...but we clearly saw the words Red Heart Orphanage written on the main gate, right?" The little frog swallowed and tried not to think in that direction.
But Xia Yao's next answer had to confirm his guess.
"The Red Heart Orphanage is the Heavenly Academy, but the latter is hiding from the public, so it's disguised as the former."
"Ferdinand sold his daughter himself in exchange for a monthly income."
"But for some reason, he sold his daughter, and then he was desperate to get her back."
The above is Xia Yao’s temporary conclusion based on the data.
At this moment, a slight clicking sound was heard outside the window.
Everyone couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.
The hands of the grandfather clock on the street began to move.
Now it points to 5.
In other words, the copy time will also be extended to May 5th.
What happened on the 5th?
The little frog quickly flipped through the diary fragments in his inventory: "...Oh right, what's going on in this house? Why are there children's clothes in the closet? I'm a bachelor! Anyway, I'm going to burn all these weird clothes today!"
"He wants to burn these clothes!" Huang Cheng said as he looked towards the door, only to see Ferdinand, who was originally crying for his daughter with tears in his eyes, suddenly had red eyes and stood at the door with a ferocious look!
"What are you doing!" He glared at everyone fiercely.
Xia Yao quickly gave them a look, and they immediately withdrew their hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Ferdinand, I'm sorry to trouble you. We will leave now."
Unexpectedly, Ferdinand smiled sinisterly, and a tail was faintly shaking behind him, but when he looked closely, it disappeared, as if it was just an illusion.
The group of people felt a chill all over their bodies and desperately wanted to leave this damn place, but at this moment, the system suddenly issued a warning to all of them.
[Due to the serious pollution in the city, to avoid abnormalities, please be sure to replenish your sanity potion in time.]
"Damn it! I only have 50% sanity left!" The little frog opened his mouth in shock.
"Drink two bottles of medicine first, and keep one for yourself." They had only accumulated three bottles per person along the way, and Xia Yao didn't dare let them waste all of them.
"The captain... he is blocking our way, what should we do?" Huang Cheng asked in a low voice.
Xia Yao glanced at Ferdinand, who was becoming even more alienated, and then looked at Sarah's clothes that they had turned out behind her, seemingly unintentionally.
"Each of you take a pile of clothes, and I'll clear the way."
After saying that, he kicked his feet and rushed out like a rabbit!
The little frog, Huang Cheng and others behind him quickly turned around, picked up a bunch of clothes and stuffed them into the inventory.
The veteran was the slowest to put his clothes in. When he tried to put them in, the system told him that the inventory was full and he couldn't put any more. There was nothing he could do. The situation was urgent and he couldn't throw the things away, so he just carried them on his shoulder and said, "Captain, call me when you're done clearing the way!"
Here, Xia Yao had already pushed Ferdinand back to the side of the street. She gave a signal, and several people behind her immediately rushed out of the house and headed straight for the Red Heart Orphanage!
I don’t know if it was because they triggered the plot, but the barbed wire that was locked before actually opened a slight gap this time.
It's obvious that they are allowed in.
Then just go in!
A group of red-skinned monsters rushed out of the fog in an instant!
The little frog and the imperial city were attacked first, but fortunately the damage of these monsters was average, not as great as the mutant monsters they encountered at the beginning. In addition, with Xia Yao's [Mental Concentration] to resist, the first wave of red-skinned monsters were finally eliminated without any danger.
When they went deeper, suddenly, they saw a pile of dead red-skinned monsters on the ground.
These were not fought by them. Xia Yao's eyes narrowed: "Someone got in before us."
As soon as he finished speaking, a black building like a tall tower suddenly appeared before his eyes.
Appearing along with the building were two IDs that she was very familiar with.
"I didn't expect you to choose the difficult mode." The hunter held the staff in his hand and smiled at her meaningfully.
The three people behind him all held their weapons tightly with extreme vigilance.
The atmosphere was tense.
The little frog hissed to himself.
[(Team Channel) Little Frog: Hunter! Rank 7! Combat Power 5! The hunter next to him, Black Mountain Old Demon, is tied for 10th on the rank list and 8th on the combat power list. How did he run into them?!]
[(Team Channel) Imperial City: What? Are you scared already?]
[(Team Channel) King of Kings: Don't forget we have a big boss who's number one on both charts~]
[(Team Channel) Little Frog: No, the boss is definitely the boss! But what about us? Don't you have any idea of your AC?]
The four of them didn't have any titles. If it weren't for the pair of strong and tough thighs in front of them, how could they have come this far...
The more the little frog looked at the opposite side, the more guilty he felt, and he stood quietly at the back.
Xia Yao remained silent, so the hunter could only curl his lips. He then made way for the door in front of him and pointed to an iron gate behind him and asked, "Do you have the key? It seems like it can't be opened without the key."
Xia Yao: "No."
Hunter: "Oh, that's a pity, we can't get in."
As he spoke, he looked at her with a probing gaze.
Unfortunately, I didn't get any useful information from Xia Yao's calm face.
The hunter thought for a moment, his eyes rolling slightly as he spoke, "The Black Mountain Demon and I attacked you before, and we were wrong. We apologize. Now that we've met this time, as a token of my sincerity, I'll share a clue with you."
Xia Yao: "Please speak."
"As for the key, we know where it is, but," the hunter paused, "we really don't dare to take the risk again."
Again……
Xia Yao's eyes moved, and she finally confirmed that there was indeed one person missing on the opposite side.
I had thought that they were hiding someone in secret, so I was on high alert the whole time. I didn't expect that they had already lost one person, and... it seemed that it was the very important healing holy light.
"Tell me about it." Faced with the clues about the hunter, Xia Yao showed a little curiosity.
The hunter pointed to the back of the tower and said, "There are several cages at the back. There's a monster in one of the cages with a key hanging around its neck. I think that's the key to opening this door."
Upon hearing the sound, the little frog immediately leaned over to Xia Yao's ear and asked, "Captain, are we really going?"
Xia Yao smiled faintly: "Go."
Then he said, "Huangcheng, you and the little frog are together."
"Huh? What?" The little frog was stunned. "Just the two of us?"
Xia Yao nodded: "Yes, just the two of you."
He smiled softly at the hunter, whose face had turned livid. "It's so dangerous behind the tower. I can't just send all my teammates there to die, right? So I'll send two people to give it a try. If we fail, only two will die."
Imperial City, Little Frog: ...Thank you for your kindness, Captain.
Then I received a text message from the team.
[(Team Channel) Yin Yao: Don't take it seriously, I was just saying it casually]
Both of them: ...Yeah, that's just a casual remark.
Forget it, no matter how reluctant they were, the two of them still supported each other (of course it was mainly the little frog pulling Huangcheng) and walked towards the back of the tower.
Only three people from Xia Yao's side and four people from the hunter's side were left at the scene.
The hunter's face looked unhappy, while the Black Mountain Demon kept gritting his teeth.
[(Team Channel) Black Mountain Demon: What the hell is she? She only took away two people? It's obvious she doesn't trust you, Old Xu!]
[(Team Channel) Hunter: It's normal not to trust it. After all, the key is in our hands.]
[(Team Channel) Black Mountain Demon: What should we do? She deliberately left three people here to guard us. If we take the key, they will definitely come and steal it!]
[(Team Channel) Hunter: Robbing? You already said they only have three, and we have four. If we really fight, they'll be at a disadvantage.]
[(Team Channel) Black Mountain Old Demon: What do you mean...?]
[(Team Channel) Hunter: Take action directly]
Ten minutes later, the little frog returned to its original place, holding the imperial city with a look of fear on its face.
"Fortunately... there is nothing behind..." He recalled with lingering fear. He had prepared himself mentally to die, but he didn't expect that there was nothing behind the tower, only fog. Even the red-skinned monster he had encountered before was gone.
Worried that he had not done what Xia Yao had asked him to do, Huang Cheng dragged the little frog around again. After confirming that there was indeed no cage and the so-called key, he returned home.
As soon as I came back, I saw three bodies lying on the ground.
Both of them: ...?
Xia Yao clapped her hands and stood up from the stone steps: "Oh, they lied to us. There was no cage at the back, so I killed all three of them."
Both of them: ??? Hang up just like that?
The King of Kings and the veteran put their hands on their hips and said proudly, "You didn't see the boss's dashing display. He quickly took out three of the opponents. And that guy, Little Frog, you mentioned, number ten. I mean, this is the level of the number ten. He was rubbish! He couldn't last ten moves against the boss and was knocked down! It's a shame the leading hunter got away."
The two of them were expressing their regrets, and there was no trace of guilt on their faces that they were teammates but had not contributed much.
Little Frog: How dare you two brag here?
"But Captain, we don't have the key either. The hunter has run away. How do we open this tower?" Huang Cheng first focused his attention on the present and turned to ask Xia Yao.
But she glanced at the four of them suspiciously: "Didn't you check the inventory?"
"Ah?" The four were stunned.
Then suddenly I remembered something.
Little Frog: "Damn, I remember now. That mutant dropped a key!"
The remaining three people: So... we got the props too early and completely forgot about this, right...
The key was inserted into the tower door, and the door slowly opened backwards.
A strong smell of disinfectant and blood and flesh hit me in the face.
Suddenly, the bell hanging high in the tower clicked.
The hour hand moved from 6 to 7.
Now, they have come to May 7th.
She remembered the diary fragment saying: "I smell blood and flesh in here. Could this be a hospital? Ferdinand, what do you think?"
The author has something to say:
The hour hand jumps from 5 to 6, but I didn't write it down because it's not important.
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