Chapter 182: Puzzle 17
After following the old man for about an hour, Lin You realized that the old man was not planning to leave the city now. It seems to be planning to wait for the sky to get dark before making plans. It was only a few hours before it got dark, but Lin You was patient enough to wait.
Almost an hour later, Lin You's invisibility charm had long since expired. In desperation, Lin You had to hide in a small tent nearby and wait for the dark. And the old man didn't know what to do hiding in his small tent, anyway, Lin You never saw him come out. Just then, there was a commotion.
The slums are different from the City of Bliss. It is lifeless here, and it is always quiet, so this commotion is especially strange to the current Lin You's ears. Just when Lin You was hesitating whether to go out and have a look, there was a sound of footsteps, and Lin You heard a conversation.
"What are you doing!" It was a young man, but with a shaggy beard, he was holding a few gold coins in his hands. The almost scantily clad people behind him were obviously the aborigines of the slums.
These aboriginal people are on the verge of not being able to eat enough and clothe themselves all the year round, so they can only live so stubbornly. They generally do not dare to leave the slum and go outside without authorization. If soldiers see people like them wandering outside, it is not impossible to kill them on the spot. But occasionally when they have spare money on hand, these people will quietly go out to exchange some food.
So where does their money come from? One is from the **** heap where they pick up food, which is occasionally obtained. Second, these are the newcomers to the slums. These outsiders have money in their hands, not to mention how much money they have. Since good things will happen to outsiders soon, once they leave the slums, they will never come back. No need to pay any price.
The young man Lin You saw belonged to this kind of outsider.
Judging from his appearance and clothing, this should be an NPC. Seeing that the group of people in the slum behind him were so vicious, Lin You hesitated for a while, but still shot.
She couldn't show up for future actions. Therefore, Lin You just let the red thread tangle the feet of those who were chasing him, so that those people could not catch up with him. Seeing this person gradually disappear from her field of vision, Lin You only had time to think.
Has someone new come to town?
Soon, the old man who came out of the small tent asked Lin You to turn his attention. It was dusk, and it was not dark yet. I wonder what the old man was going to do?
The old man dragged a corpse covered in black cloth to the front of his tent with difficulty, looked around cautiously, and then left in one direction. The old man's movements are very flexible and vigilant. If it wasn't for the help of the red thread, Lin You would have almost lost him. After all, the old man knew more about the terrain here than Lin You.
The old man walked and walked to the edge of the slum, where there was a sentry, and there were several soldiers sitting and drinking tea. These soldiers were all guards in the slum to prevent them from escaping this piece of land. They were specially sent here. of. Seeing the old man come in, he just glanced at him from the corner of his eye. The soldiers didn't speak. The old man rubbed his hands together and looked at the soldiers with a flattering look:
"Part of the corpses in it smelled bad today and had to be transported away, so I, I came here to pull the cart."
The soldier seemed to be very accustomed to this matter and was very familiar with the old man. Hearing the old man's words, he let him go inside without asking more and waving his hand. The old man was about to leave when the soldier suddenly said:
"Don't use a good horse, just use the old horse in the innermost one. You should know the frame too."
The old man's head quickly nodded, and his hands subconsciously rubbed the seam of his trousers, he was a little nervous. If it wasn't for a good horse, even if he left the city, he wouldn't be able to go further.
Damn, these soldiers. He didn't know where he was when he was serving Lord Gekford. Now that I am old and frail, even horses are not allowed to be used well.
The old man has a good plan. The horse leads the horse to take another exit, and will not be discovered by the lazy soldiers hiding here. So instead of listening to the soldiers and using an old horse, he chose a horse that was young and strong. In the past, when he dared to use such a horse-drawn carriage, he would definitely be found when he was brought back, but now that he has to leave, what else is there to manage?
None of the soldiers found that the old man was harboring ghosts, and the old man pulled up the carriage and drove out very smoothly. Sure enough, nothing was wrong with those soldiers. With the carriage, Lin You couldn't keep up with the old man, so he could only walk slowly behind, following the red thread for guidance.
The corpses in the slum have to be cleaned every once in a while, so the old man drove in, and the people in the slum did not respond. Just subconsciously avoid the carriage. To them, the carriage was an ominous symbol. The old man put his bag of potatoes at the bottom of the corpse, and the tents on his left and right were all used by him to stack the corpses, so there was no one near his house. Because he has no neighbors, his actions are much more convenient.
There were very few corpses this time, and the old man was a little troubled. Just by looking at the carriage, it is easy to find that there are few things on the carriage. When the guards are out of the city gate, they will find that something is wrong. In desperation, he had to wrap some stones in black cloth to barely cushion it. Just when he disguised the carriage and was about to drive in front, Lin You entered the carriage without a sound.
The smell in the carriage was really foul, but Lin You had no choice but to forcibly endure the smell. And because the carriage was covered with corpses, Lin You, an uninvited guest, could only squat on the corpse, reciting Amitabha in his mouth.
Um? Does Buddha care about ghosts in other worlds? Then there is no need to dig into it.
When Lin You was in action, Du Zifang, the only player in the city, was also in action. He and Lin You just missed it. He boldly went to the prince's mansion in the afternoon and found that there was no one there. He needs to get the dragon crystal, and he plans to kill the dragon when the dragon is born, and take the dragon crystal of the dragon.
In his thinking, this is the easiest way to get the dragon crystal. As for killing Xiaolong, will he do anything... Heh, what can happen if he leaves this dungeon as soon as he gets it. The only thing that made him a little regretful was the completely incomprehensible side quest.
But now it's enough to complete the main quest, let alone the side quest. It can't be done.
After learning the current situation of the Prince's mansion, Du Zifang did not stay for too long, and soon returned to the deserted street. Start patrolling the streets.
It was about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, a little later than when they came to the City of Bliss, when Du Zifang saw a group of people faintly walking in at the gate of the city. It seems that it is also a caravan, and they all looked at this gold city in amazement.
The current City of Elysium is much dimmer than what the players saw at the beginning, but it is still amazing enough for these local NPCs. They admired and boasted of one person in the line. Du Zifang used the props. Listening carefully, they seemed to be praising the man who brought them to the legendary city.
Hearing these people's boast, Du Zifang smiled coldly. Is there a good place to bring these people here? It was clear that these guys were sent to die.
However, to die?
Du Zifang was sure, even if Ren Liansong died yesterday. The little dragon didn't break out of its shell either, it seemed that it was because of a lack of energy. Yesterday, the boss chased them, probably because he wanted to get more energy through them. So, these new arrivals are also the nourishment for the dragon to break out of its shell?
Thinking of this, Du Zifang's eyes lit up.
If this is the case, it would be great, now the young dragon can't break out of the shell, and I don't know how to contribute to the city of bliss, the incarnation of the female dragon, so I can't complete the main quest, and at night, there is a boss searching for nourishment for the young dragon to attack me , is in a dilemma. This dungeon sent charcoal in the snow, and sent a group of "nutrients" so that his main quest could be completed.
Are you not the darling of the system?
Du Zifang thought about this happily, and then found that the group went to the city hall. The process behind is the same as what he encountered a few days ago. All the people in the caravan were forcibly separated, but the people in this caravan were still friendly, and they were getting better. When they found a place to live, everyone gathered in front of the city hall.
Hearing the words of these newcomers, Du Zifang decided to sit back and wait. Sure enough, when it got dark, almost all of these newcomers were here. Only a few people who were placed in the slums came a little later. Those who were in disarray and saw their caravan barely calmed down.
Once again, Du Zifang, who used eavesdropping props, heard these people say that they were attacked in the slum in the afternoon. As soon as this information came out, Du Zifang felt something was wrong.
attack?
Will NPCs in Elysium attack people? Aren't those people like the hard-working NPCs in traditional rpg games that provide the heroes with props and treasures? Why would they still attack people? Before he could understand this, he heard the leader of the caravan appease those people and motioned for them to move temporarily. After all, the soldiers stationed near the city hall are eyeing these newcomers.
That's right, what's the fuss about here in the city hall!
Since the leaders of the caravan said so, those people naturally suppressed their uneasiness. They traveled south and north, and they had never met anyone. As long as no one was killed, the robbery was a small matter. The group went to the bustling part of the city. They brought in a batch of spices. Seeing that the living standard in the Golden City is not bad, these traveling merchants naturally intend to sell the goods in their hands at a good price.
Unfortunately, what they don't know is that the goods can't be sold at a good price, and even they are the delicacies on other people's plates.
"My lord, I..." The one kneeling in front of Jiekford was one of the businessmen who entered the City of Elysium this afternoon. It turned out that he, like Abel, was also a man who lured the caravan to the City of Elysium.
"I see, you've done a great job," Gekfer interrupted. He sacrificed almost all the living people in the city, even his minions. If this person did not come back with the caravan today, no matter how unwilling he was, he would still plan to sacrifice to the slums. The "sinners". However, now he doesn't have to make this forced choice.
There are enough people now, it is the third highness... Ji Kefu was contemplative. What exactly does that guy, the Third Highness, want to do when he stays in his dungeon?
Yes, the Third Highness seems to have done nothing so far. But that's what made Jirkford uneasy. He didn't think that the Third Highness was such a good character.