Although Liu Xing knew that the dead elementary school students were all NPCs, just a string of data in the Cthulhu Run game, this did not prevent Liu Xing from feeling pity and helplessness about their deaths, but fortunately, if his group could complete the side quest, he could prevent their deaths.

Therefore, Liu Xing took a deep breath and said: "Let's not talk about this for now, after all, some things have already passed, and it is a matter to continue to be entangled like this, not to mention that we have done our best, so don't let these things affect our mood." ”

Ishikawa Ling nodded, and said with some confusion: "That's right, let's not talk about these sad topics now, but do you think it's a little strange, we don't seem to see the victims' families at the fire scene, and the number of people present seems to be a little small, and the people who come are basically men." ”

Hearing what Ishikawa Ling said, Liu Xing immediately began to think about the situation at the fire scene this afternoon, as if it was really like this.

First of all, the family of the victim of this fire, in Liu Xing's impression, in this case, there will definitely be the victim's family crying at the scene, after all, the thought of his child has been buried in the fire, and anyone will have a mental breakdown.

What's more, in a small town like Panlong Town, everyone is basically related to each other, no matter how bad it is, they are acquaintances with each other, and the area of Panlong Town is so large, and the speed of news transmission is extremely fast, so Liu Xing doesn't think that at the fire scene just now, there are no family members of the victims among the people who participated in the firefighting.

However, the families of these victims were very calm, and they all devoted themselves to the firefighting operation, not crying or making trouble, nor going to Li Ming, the mayor of the town, to make any unreasonable requests, such as sending people to venture into the fire or something, which couldn't help but make Liu Xing feel a little incredible, after all, Liu Xing didn't think that the families of these victims had such a good psychological quality, because it involved their children and their future.

You must know that for parents and elders, children can be said to be their everything, and they can do anything for their children, just like in the two world-famous terrorist attacks that occurred in the country of hairy bears, in order to save their children, the head of the hairy bear country brought his own weapons to attack terrorists.

Although strictly speaking, the behavior of the head of the hairy bear country disrupted the deployment of the police, caused serious adverse consequences, and led to a large number of casualties, but no one can blame the parents of the hairy bear country too much, after all, they are all for the safety of their children.

Therefore, Liu Xing felt that the families of the victims of the black Internet café fire were a little too calm.

The second is the number of people at the scene of the fire, although Liu Xing did not pay close attention to the count, but now in retrospect, Liu Xing estimated that the number of people present at that time should be around forty or fifty, which is obviously a little abnormal.

Because according to what he saw and heard this afternoon, Liu Xing preliminarily estimated that the number of residents in Panlong Town should be about 300 to 500, which means that only one-tenth of the residents of Panlong Town were present at the scene of the fire just now.

You must know that no matter where it is, the vast majority of human beings have the habit of joining in the fun, and usually two people quarrel and fight, and they can surround a circle of people, not to mention that this is still a fire, which may involve a major event involving their relatives and friends.

Therefore, Liu Xing didn't say that the people of the entire Panlong Town were present, at least half of the people from Panlong Town had to be present to be normal.

As for the last point that Ishikawa Ling said, Liu Xing became even more strange the more he thought about it, in the fire scene just now, except for the proprietress of the black Internet café, Liu Xing really didn't see a woman...

Wait a minute.

Liu Xing frowned, and began to carefully recall all his experiences today, it seems that except for the proprietress of the black Internet café, he only saw Hu Li as a woman!

Thinking of this, Liu Xing immediately said: "By the way, do you think that we didn't see any other women today except for the proprietress of the black Internet café and Hu Li?" ”

Ishikawa Ling and Zhang Jingxu both frowned, and after thinking for a moment, they both shook their heads.

As for Wan Chongshan and Li Dian, after Zhang Jingxu's translation, they shook their heads and said that they didn't see other women.

This is very strange, is the ratio of men and women in Panlong Town so imbalanced, or does the women in Panlong Town not like to go out?

"Okay, I'll ask Hu Cang these questions later, how about it?" Zhang Jingxu opened his mouth and said.

Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling are naturally in favor, anyway, the two of them can't communicate with Hu Cang, and among the three Zhang Jingxu, Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling definitely believe in Zhang Jingxu more.

However, when Zhang Jingxu was discussing with Li Dian and Wan Chongshan, Liu Xing could see that Li Dian had some opinions, so after Zhang Jingxu and Li Dian discussed, Zhang Jingxu decided to hand over the leadership to Li Dian.

"Li Dian's progress here is very good, he can already be regarded as a brother and sister to Hu Cang, especially after we told Hu Cang this afternoon that he already knew the secret of the black dragon, Hu Cang was even more open, so it is better for Li Dian to ask Hu Cang for information, and I can also translate their conversation to Meteor classmates in real time, if you have any questions, you can also ask them at that time." Zhang Jingxu said with a smile.

Liu Xing nodded, Li Dian was able to get in touch with Hu Cang smoothly, which was a good thing.

Ishikawa Ling thought for a while and said, "Then Zhang Jingxu, you help me tell Li Dian, and ask him to ask Hu Cang about the specific situation of the drowning elementary school student, and who is the person who set fire to the black Internet café this afternoon." ”

Ishikawa Ling is obviously planning for the side quest that has just been triggered, after all, now his party knows nothing about the drowned elementary school student and the person who set fire to the black Internet café today, and then if he can really go back in time, then his party will not know the NPC that needs to be contacted to complete the side quest, it will be very embarrassing.

Just after Zhang Jingxu translated Ishikawa Ling's words to Li Dian, Hu Cang began to serve the food.

So, everyone tacitly got up and went to the kitchen to serve food.

After a while, everyone sat around a table with Hu Cang and began to eat dinner.

After Li Dian casually took two bites of rice, he began to talk to Hu Cang.

And Zhang Jingxu naturally started his real-time translation work, "It seems that Li Dian is quite good at chatting, as soon as he came up, he first complimented Hu Cang's medical skills, and then began to ask Hu Cang about the ins and outs of the arson case in the black Internet café that just happened, and Hu Cang also directly said everything he knew, first of all, the name of the primary school student who was drowned at the beginning was Wang Haiyang, and his family lived in Wangjiazhai outside Panlong Town, so he was a general school student, and he usually lived in Panlong Town Primary School. ”

"We have all seen that the best entertainment place for primary school students in this Panlong Town is the black Internet café, after all, games have a fatal attraction for children, even if they can't operate it themselves, watching others play is also very good to pass the time, so Wang Haiyang often goes to the black Internet café to watch others play games, because because Wang Haiyang's family conditions are relatively average, so Wang Haiyang basically has no pocket money, so he can only watch but not play."

"According to Hu Cang's understanding, the proprietress of the black Internet café is a person with a small belly, for those primary school students who only watch others play games on their own territory and don't spend a penny, but they have never given a good face, so according to Hu Cang's speculation, the proprietress of the black Internet café at that time should have said or done something to Wang Haiyang because Wang Haiyang did not spend money to play games, which caused Wang Haiyang to commit suicide by jumping into the river."

"As for the person who set fire to the black Internet café today, it has been found out, it is Wang Haiyang's father, Wang An'an, is an ordinary farmer, honest and loyal, and his reputation in Panlong Town has always been very good, but because Wang Haiyang is Wang An'an's only child, it is reasonable for Wang An'an to make such a move as burning the black Internet café, and Wang An'an also knows that he has made a big mistake, and he must be unable to escape death, so he poured gasoline on himself before entering the black Internet café, and he was the first to die in this fire. And the death toll of this fire has been determined to be thirteen people, including Wang He'an and the proprietress of the black Internet café. ”

Sure enough, honest people can't be messed with.

Liu Xing sighed and said: "I see, it seems that this is really a completely avoidable tragedy, if Wang Haiyang is not addicted to the game, then there will be no fire; If the proprietress of the black Internet café could not be so small-bellied, there would not be this fire; If Wang An'an was not so impulsive and chose such an extreme approach to avenge his son, there would not be this fire. ”

The reason why Liu Xing said this is actually to remind Ishikawa Ling and others that he has made a basic strategy for the next side quest, and when the time comes, as long as he follows these three main points of view, and then according to the specific situation after going back in time, he can easily complete this side quest... Right?

After learning about the causes and consequences of the black Internet café fire, Liu Xing felt that the difficulty of this side quest was a little too low, basically in a few words, and after one or two judgments, he could directly complete this side quest and prevent the black Internet café fire from happening.

And will the Cthulhu Run game arrange such a simple task?

Of course not.

After all, this is a promotion mod in the Shogoth region, and it is impossible for such a simple task to exist, even if the rewards of this side quest are relatively average.

Therefore, Liu Xing felt that either this side quest was another side quest or something else, after all, Hu Cang was just a bystander and had heard some rumors, so Hu Cang's words could not be taken completely seriously; Either this side quest is just a pre-quest, and after completing this side quest, a new side quest will be opened, and this new side quest may be very difficult.

At this time, Zhang Jingxu interrupted Liu Xing's thinking, "Okay, Li Dian is starting to cut to the point, and is asking Shi Chuanling the question you just mentioned, but looking at Hu Cang's appearance, it seems that these questions are not difficult to answer, according to Hu Cang, because the town next door opened an embroidery workshop a year ago, and the business is very good, so the women in Panlong Town are basically recruited to work, so there are only more than 300 permanent residents in Panlong Town, except for some old, weak, sick and disabled, and those primary school students, There were only fifty or sixty young men. ”

Liu Xing nodded, Hu Cang's explanation was relatively perfect, and he basically answered Ishikawa Ling's questions.

However, Liu Xing can obviously feel that Hu Cang is avoiding the important and trivial, because Hu Cang's answer intentionally or unintentionally ignores the most important key point, that is, the issue of the victim's family.

Liu Xing frowned, and said, "Zhang Jingxu, did Li Dian ask Hu Cang about the victim's family just now?" ”

Zhang Jingxu shook his head lightly, and said helplessly: "Li Dian asked yes, but Hu Cang has always been concerned about him and deliberately avoided this question, so Li Dian is not good at entangled in this regard, so as not to arouse Hu Cang's disgust and dissatisfaction, after all, we are just outsiders." ”

Because Hu Cang deliberately guided the topic, the next conversation between Li Dian and Hu Cang was some nonsense with no nutrition, which also made Liu Xing even more convinced that Hu Cang was still hiding something.

After the meal, Liu Xing and his entourage went directly to the third floor, sat down in the room between Li Dian and Wan Chongshan, and then activated the secret room time by Wan Chongshan.

"I'll go, this mod is too weird, it's stuffed with so many original mythical creatures, this is trying to trap us." Wan Chongshan opened his mouth and complained.

Ishikawa Ling nodded, and said with deep sympathy: "That's right, I suspect that the number of original mythical creatures in this mod should be more than ten, and the most important thing is that these side quests are also very pitiful, according to the current situation, these side quests may involve each other and interfere with each other, and it is very likely that after completing a side quest, another side quest will no longer be able to complete it." ”

"There is this possibility, you should also pay attention to it, between Hu Cang, Xiao Mochen and Hu Li, their relationship is not simple, and the three of them should be important NPCs in this mod, so the side quests on their bodies, each of us is likely to only choose to do one or two of them, so I suggest that in the next action, we will split up the action, I will continue to be in charge of Hu Cang, Wan Chongshan will be in charge of Xiao Mochen, and Zhang Jingxu, the three of you will try to communicate with Hu Li." Li Dian said seriously.

Liu Xing still agreed with Li Dian's idea very much, "OK, let's distribute it according to what Li Dian said, but then again, Wan Chongshan, you played cards with Xiao Mochen this afternoon, did you gain anything?" ”

Wan Chongshan nodded, and said with a strange look: "Yes, yes, but I'm not sure, I just suspect that Xiao Mochen may be a woman... ”

PS: Tomorrow on May Day, let me, a working person, have a day off.