The discussion of The Poisoning Plan was over, and soon Feng Bujue decided their actions for the following day.
Young Master Ji Bu’s main task today is intelligence gathering. He is going to ask the waiter in the hotel to find out which room Ms. Murong lives in, and then he will visit to see if this NPC is willing to let him ask for advice.
It looks like a good job, and he doesn’t have to risk, but actually, there are some problems. The immediate problem was getting the word out of the waiter.
Players don’t have anything on them that can be used as money in the world, and it can be difficult to find out about things without giving tips to those waiters.
The problem of money was not considered seriously by Feng Bujue. Actually, it’s a bit of a hassle. If Six Swordsmen didn’t give away this room, it will be awkward for players to stay in the hotel. Of course, in the original idea Feng Bujue did not consider how to settle accounts, anyway two days later they will be disappeared. About the paid for hotel… The players will not care about their reputation after they finish this scenario.
And… Even if Ji Bu had been able to find out which room Murong Ying lived in, the language and manner of the negotiations would have required careful consideration.
Of course, the so-called “professional sweetback” is just a joke. Ji Bu also understood that now Feng Bujue had established an image in these people’s eyes, “who dares to accost my wife, I will slap him to death”. So, the work like looking for the beauty alone to talk, Feng Bujue is unable to carry out. If he did go, it would be either that he was a hypocrite or that he had the consciousness of going back and being hacked to death by his wife.
To put it bluntly… Not only will it not help the progress of missions, it will also have a negative impact in dealing with NPCs.
As for Little Tan, although Ji Bu did not know him very well. While from this period, this boy can be said to be innocent and adorable. Such a person will be extremely not suitable for the intelligence work… Therefore, Ji Bu must deal with it. Anyway, he opened a studio, handled affairs ability. Even he cannot compare with those big studio’s professions, at least he will not be inferior to the average level of normal players.
From the gaming perspective, this is just a test of the level of communication between players and NPCs. As long as players followed the script’s worldview and engaged politely and reasonably, there’s no reason they get nothing. Even 70 years ago, the NPCs in the small games would have repeated the same words to the players, and about now, the system did make some big changes on NPCs AI level.
About the four from Hell’s Frontline, their plan was to divided to two groups.
Feng Bujue and Rain will directly go to the mountain north to the town, then they will explore the plot of the “Ghost Temple”; Little Tan and Dispirited will conduct a blanket search in the town, to look for items and skills.
This grouping method was proposed by Feng Bujue. He did not, of course, rely on what he called a “male-female pairing, where work is not tiring”, but on the script’s actual circumstances to make the most secure and efficient allocation.
When he was listening to the synopsis, Feng noticed… It doesn’t say that there are ghosts in the world, but used the word “rumour,” and ends with the “what happened to this duel? What is the truth about the ghost towns? Is there a hidden conspiracy behind all this?”
This kind of brief seems provided players with some information, but in fact, it was more likely to guide, even mislead the player’s thinking direction. Players can’t be sure that the town is really haunted, or that’s all about human mischief.
So, Feng Bujue just took the “rumour” seriously as a truth. Even if the temple on the mountain really has an evil spirit, Like Rain and Feng Bujue can cope with it. Feng Bujue has death poker, and Like Rain had a title and skills that restrained spirits. The combined strength of the two is strong, resourceful. If they two go to the temple to explore FLAGs, won’t that be easy?
On the other hand, acting alone was clearly very inappropriate during the search in Cang Lin town. Once that people have an emergency like last night, only one person can be very dangerous.
There were so many empty abandoned houses in the town. It was hard to say what would have happened to them. In case in some remote corner, there are people hiding corpses, poison, weapon… if players meet them, a fight will definitely happen.
It’s much safer to search by two people. After all, Little Tan and Dispirited were players with guns. They can fire as a last resort against human NPCs. And their combination is exactly complementary: if they encounter puzzle element, Dispirited will do that; and if they want to move huge or dirty things, Little Tan will just be a loyal worker.
Even if their furtive movements are noticed by outsiders, the suspicion is that the pair are looking for a place to do something, and it is impossible to know that they are searching for game items.
All in all, the plan for the day is roughly a three-way mission: one way to gather intelligence, one way to explore objects, and one way to pursue the only clues provided by the system. They agreed to go back to the room before sunset. If there are people missing, the remaining people will discuss a countermeasure……
One morning had passed quickly, and the lobby of Canglin Hotel was filled even more.
For the first-rate bosses, who usually only go downstairs in the morning for a morning cup of tea, they will have other two meals in their rooms.
And the people sitting in the hotel lobby drinking and eating now are basically who lived outside the hotel. There were far more of them than the people who lived in the inn, so the lobby was a bit livelier now than it had been in the morning.
The rumour about the Breaking Sword Tea Shack had spread naturally, but the people who were sitting on the first floor of the hotel were mostly absent in the morning, so it was not clear what those players looked like. In addition, the lobby was very noisy and there were many people walking around. Therefore, when the four players came downstairs one after another and left the inn, they did not attract too many people’s attention. Only a few people recognized them, but at most these people were whispered about them.
After leaving the hotel, Feng Bujue and Like Rain took the way along the road leading to the north. It was around 12 o’clock, they walked quickly for a while and slightly felt some hot. This kind of body feeling had effects on their stamina value, but it was not obvious.
They walked quickly for about twenty minutes, reaching the northernmost edge of the village. There were few houses to be seen here, and the view was more and more open. A few deserted farmlands could be seen in the distance, where the original farmhouse had collapsed, leaving only a heap of black wood and gravel.
Further north, the mountains, which had been dimly visible, were close at hand. The road was more pronounced and inclined upward. There was only one road left under their feet, and the farther they went, the narrower and shallower it became until it was completely gone.
By noon they had climbed into the mountains, the dry earth and weeds growing under their feet, and the surrounding forest was beginning to thicken. Feng Bujue thought he was going to be stuffy in the thick forest, but the truth is the temperature around them was getting colder and colder.
“Strange… The slope of the mountain nearby is quite steep. It doesn’t look like a building is on the mountain.” Feng Bujue said. He felt a bit strange under this circumstance.
“Just walk for another while. “Like Rain quickly answered.
“Well…” He nodded and continued to lead. It’s a weird situation, but there’s no reason to stop exploring. Both their stamina value and time were abundant, so it’s ok to walk for another two or three hours.
They walked for about ten more minutes, and Feng Bujue stopped and turned his head, “Have you found it?”
Rain asked: “What?”
“During the way up the hill, I didn’t see any animal tracks or droppings, not even a bird or a flying insect. In fact, there is even no singing of cicadas. The forest is incredibly quiet. He paused and frowned. “and do you think it’s getting cooler?”
Like Rain heard the words, and he thought for a few seconds, then said: “Spiritual setting?”
“Anyway, this environment is not the phenomenon that should be appeared in the martial arts world.” Feng Bujue answered: “it might be spiritual, illusions, or science we cannot understand. The forest is clearly out of whack.” He looked left and right and continued, “there are no creatures. And the farther you go to the center, the colder you will be. “
“Because this is THE FOREST THAT NO ONE CAN COME BACK.” Suddenly, a miserable female voice sounded.
Like Rain had a little shiver and her fear value went up a bit.
It was nothing to Feng Bujue at all, but he turned quickly to the sound and looked toward a big tree on the left side.
The trunk of the tree was thick, and the speaker was completely hidden behind it.
However, when their sights moved there, there was half of a waxen human face, slowly appeared from the back of the tree trunk…….
Albert Paradise 