The night was silent, only a bright river of stars flowed on the banks of the half moon.

The night in the game is beautiful, and the borders of the sky are rendered with a dreamy lilac, which looks so real and fantastic.

After a few days of labor, I have stored a lot of things in my backpack.

The valuable ones have already been exchanged for money, and the rest are only some useless equipment of low quality.

Passing by the blacksmith shop, I paused for a moment before turning to enter, trying to dispose of the rubbish and equipment that had been stocked up to free up space in my backpack.

When I walked into the blacksmith shop, there was no dingdong sound of ironwork as I imagined, and the shop was just quiet.

"Boss? Are you there? I tried to shout, but I didn't get a response.

Isn't it sleeping?

No one paid attention, which made me a little disappointed, so I turned around and scratched my head and prepared to go out.

"It's coming, it's coming! Here it is! Before he could take a step, a deep voice came from far and near behind him.

Turning his head, the curtain of the small door at the back of the store was lifted, and a sweaty uncle walked over, and through the dim sesame oil lamp in the store, the uncle's dark complexion was very real.

"I'm sorry, I just had something in the backyard, so I went to work."

The uncle laughed and picked up a rag to wipe his dirty hands.

"It's okay, I'm just stopping by to sell some equipment." I replied with a smile to the honest uncle, while taking out the stranded white and black iron clothes from my backpack one by one.

"A sword, a helmet, a pair of pants, a total of seven...... you wait, I'll do the math." The uncle counted the goods, then turned around and took out an old abacus from behind the counter next to him and fiddled with it.

While I was waiting, I picked up some small items from the store and played with them in my hands.

"A total of 5 silver coins, because there are two pieces of black iron, you can extract some useful materials when smelted, so I will calculate 1 more silver coin for you." The crackling sound of the abacus stopped, and the uncle murmured a price.

The price was reasonable, and I didn't bother to bargain, so I took the silver coin and put it in my backpack.

"Uncle, you don't look at the store in the middle of the night, and run to the backyard and mud? Are you going to have a side hustle and make clay people? "Before leaving, I didn't forget to joke with my uncle.

"If only I had the energy to do a side hustle, at least I could make more money." The uncle shook his head, his tone a little frustrated.

As a nosy man, I suddenly became curious.

"And ...... you?"

"Don't mention it, there has been a lot of rats in the cellar in the backyard recently, and most of the food I have worked so hard to store has been wasted, no! In the middle of the night, there was movement in the cellar, I went down to dig for a long time, but I didn't find the mouse hole, as the saying goes, don't be afraid of thieves, just afraid of thieves, worry about me, I don't know what to do. ”

Looking at the sad uncle, I seemed to smell the aroma of the task.

"Uncle, it's just that I'm fine now, so it's better to help Uncle catch this mouse." I called out to my uncle, who was just about to go to the backyard, and volunteered.

"Oops! That's great! I'm so worried that I don't have a helper! ”

The uncle looked back with joy on his face.

"Player Xingyu accepts the mission: [Thief in the Cellar]."

【Cellar Thief】

Description: Help Uncle Blacksmith get rid of the thief in the cellar.

Requirements: Eliminate all the thieves in the cellar.

The mission introduction is simple, but the extra counter at the back is a bit unexpected for me.

Current mission progress: 0/30.

Apparently, this is the number of rats in the cellar.

Following the uncle through the back door of the store, I was greeted by a relatively spacious backyard, where a lot of fruits and vegetables were planted, which looked like a lovely farm paradise.

The taste is not bad, although it is not as sweet and juicy as in reality, but it is still delicious.

"That's it." The uncle pointed to a corner and said.

"Uncle, please okay, junior, go down and subdue that rat."

Walking to the cellar by the moonlight, the cover has been pushed aside by the uncle, the dark cellar mouth is like a big mouth, and at the foot is a bamboo ladder commonly used in the farmhouse, because of the dim light at night, it is impossible to see clearly.

"Young man, you bring this kerosene lamp, there is no lighting underneath, I usually use this lamp to go down and get some dry food."

The uncle who followed behind me took out a half-filled kerosene lamp from the small dilapidated house on the side and handed it to me, I turned around and threw away the half-eaten apple, and reached out to accept the uncle's kindness.

"Kick, kick ......"

I have to say that although it doesn't look big from the outside, the actual space of this cellar is far wider than I imagined, and after climbing down the bamboo ladder for a distance of ten meters, I barely reached the ground, twisted the kerosene lamp, and the field of vision was limited to more than a meter around me.

I held a kerosene lamp in one hand and groped with the wall with the other, and walked slowly along the wall for a distance of about seven or eight meters. I came to the bend and touched the corner, and I went in the opposite direction.

"What the hell is this a cellar? It's almost time to hit the bomb shelter! ”

I complained a little sullenly about the area of the uncle's cellar, a place to put potatoes and turnips, he was stunned to dig out the tomb, originally thought it was just to come in to fight a little mouse, but now it feels like a tomb robbery.

The cellar is a thing that is estimated to be a southerner, but as an authentic northern man, my perception of the cellar is also considered to be familiar with the road, as long as you know the length of this side of the wall, and then look at the length of the wall on the other side of the bamboo ladder, you can almost get the overall area, after all, the cellar is a rectangle from a top view.

"How? Did you find anything? "Overhead, at the mouth of the cellar, my uncle was poking his head out and calling out to me.

"Uncle, why are you making this cellar so big, I haven't finished walking for half a day."

There were some small mistakes in the original plan, and after walking back for a long time, I couldn't find the corner here.

"It's not big! The length and width are at most ten meters, which is the kind of cellar that we ordinary people have, square and square. ”

The uncle above me replied, his tone full of doubt.

According to what Uncle said, the distance I traveled this time was enough to go around and come back, but now I can't walk the other way.

"Uncle, are you mistaken? I've walked enough distance to walk around the village. ”

I kept groping my way forward and teased my uncle a little boringly, but I didn't get a response from my uncle.

"Uncle??" Without an answer, I looked back.

"! What's the situation?? ”

The cellar opening, which had been overhead, was now gone, and there was no light around it except the light in my hand.

I hurriedly groped for the wall and ran back to the mouth of the cellar, but before I had gone far, the mouth of the cellar suddenly appeared not far above my head, and the uncle was still poking his head out of it and looking hard.

"Young man?? Is that you? I just heard your voice go away, and I was so scared that I thought you had let the rats go!! ”

The uncle wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with some relief.

"Uncle, there's something weird about your cellar!!"

Sensing that something was wrong, I quickly returned to the bamboo ladder and climbed to the ground.

"What's weird? Don't scare the uncle, young man, uncle is cowardly. Uncle showed a look of fear that an ordinary person should have, and asked me tremblingly.

"Uncle, didn't you notice anything strange when you went down before?" I sat at the mouth of the cellar and looked back to my uncle with some frustration.

"What's the matter, the cellar is not a willow street, who wants to stay in it longer! Every time I go down, I just pick up a few vegetables and grains for cooking; And for the sake of easy access, I kept all these things near the mouth of the cellar, and there was nothing else to put them. ”

Uncle recounted in great detail what he knew, but none of this was of any real help to me.

After thinking about it for a while, I came up with a bold conclusion, and in order to make my uncle feel serious, I tensed my face and asked very seriously: "Uncle, have you ever died in this cellar ......?" ”

"!! Don't talk nonsense, young man!! Uncle, I'm a serious person!! ”

The uncle was a little panicked by the bold speculation, and he hurriedly waved his hands to show his innocence, for fear that I would cause some trouble with one sentence.

"Uncle, you misunderstood."

I quickly dispelled my uncle's blind thoughts, and then explained slowly.

"As you said, uncle, after going down, I can see and touch the corners, vegetables, and grains; But when I walked in the opposite direction, it was as if I had walked into an endless corridor, and I couldn't get to the side after walking for a long time, and I couldn't even see the entrance of the cellar in a deeper position, so I ......"

I solemnized my expression and told my uncle about my conjecture.

"I suspect there's an evil spirit at work inside, and the situation I'm in is the legendary ghost hitting the wall."

But this speculation was denied by the uncle.

"After our village was taken over by Huangfu City, the main city has already blessed the village, and evil ghosts and demons generally can't enter."

"Oh? Is it? I really didn't know that there was such a statement......"

If it is really as the uncle said, the phenomenon of ghosts hitting the walls in the cellar is not some evil ghost.

However, how to explain things is not the most important thing, it is imperative to find something that can be used as a large area of lighting in a confined space, where the view often plays a key role.

"Uncle, do you have anything else in your house that can be used as lighting? It has to be something that illuminates a lot of range. ”

It seems that the requirements are not high, but it makes the uncle have a look of embarrassment on his face.

"This is really not the case, the things that ordinary people light are just lanterns and oil lamps, and at most they can make a torch to make a use, but the cellar of the uncle's house is quite large, and a few torches alone cannot meet the kind of requirements you said."

Tsk, uncle, do you still know that your cellar is big??

You really didn't dig this cellar to protect against air raids??

Since there is a shortage of items, we can only consider the problem of helpers.

I struggled to think about the traits that other classes might have, and to see if any friends I could call in to help.

The Marksman class does have this kind of lighting ability, but the Lighting Arrow needs to be in a large wilderness to be effective, and such a small place is not useful at all.

Assassin Department?? They're playing night owl tactics, and it's even more impossible to light or something.

In a flash of light, I thought of a profession.

Mage!

That's right! The fireball technique possessed by the mage is the best skill to use right now!

Flipping open the friends list, the late-night list dimmed a large number of avatars.

Among the online friends, there are only two people, one is white feathered flying, and the other, emmm............? Purple River Wind Chimes?

This beauty happens to be a mage! And as I recall, a few of them haven't been to town yet.

I sorted out my ideas to open the topic and sent her a message.

"Wind chime beauty, are you busy right now? I have a task at hand here, and I want to find a friend to come along, do you have time now? ”

Originally, I didn't want to find other people to help with this task, just catching a mouse, and it was not suitable to mobilize the people.

But after the field trip, I felt that this task was not so simple.

"Good! I happen to be bored by myself, where are you? ”

"The blacksmith shop in the village, you can come in and call me."

After replying to the message, I told the blacksmith to wait in front of the hall, while I continued to observe at the entrance of the cellar.

Not long after, a sweet cry was faintly heard in front of the house.

As I was crawling at the mouth of the cellar and meditating, I got up and patted the dirt on my clothes.

"I thought I was just a night owl, but I didn't think you also had the habit of staying up late." The curtain of the door was lifted, and the dignified and beautiful wind chimes slowly walked towards me.

"Yes, in order to find a chance to be alone with such a beautiful beauty, I have worked hard until now, it's really hard~" I laughed and played with a poor mouth, and the problem of falling in love with a beautiful woman was obvious.

Because it was quite familiar, the wind chime didn't get angry, just smiled and blamed me for not being in shape.

"You can really do it, a few of us are so worried that we can't find a task, so we can only go to the wild to farm monsters to try our luck, you can do it, the tasks are one after another, and you have to complete them all night."

Wind chimes are much more sensible than Qiuyue, although they are not as old as me, but they already exude a proud royal sister temperament, dignified manners with this rare maturity, people are very willing to get along with her.

"It's all bright on the surface, but it's hard behind the scenes."

After small talk, I motioned for the wind chimes to come over to the cellar.

"Let me ask you a question, are you afraid of mice?"

The sudden question made the wind chime frown a little, and she looked at me with disdain, raised her fist and hammered me.

"Don't you deliberately scare people, okay? Are you really treating me as a little girl? ”

has a strong personality and poor acting skills, so full of loopholes in the cover-up, people can see at a glance that she is still a little scared.

"That's fine, go down and catch the rats in a moment, and you'll be responsible for lighting me." Since she loves to be strong, then I can't let go of this opportunity to tease her.

However, my serious plan still made her unable to hide her somewhat embarrassed expression.

"Believe me, if there is any emergency, I will definitely protect you as soon as possible." I gave her an encouraging smile, and after a brief moment of thought, the wind chime nodded and gave me an optimistic answer.

Taking the kerosene lamp from my uncle's hand again, I unscrewed the switch on the lamp port and headed down the bamboo ladder with a dim light source.