Outside the store in the wind and snow, another customer arrived-

"Hey, hey, what's wrong with the door again? It's just been repaired, hasn't it? ”

The helpless voice from outside the door could be heard from afar. As if seeing a savior, Phyllis hurried to the door and grabbed the comer's thick arm.

"That's it. It's not because of Brother Zun, if he hadn't been able to control his power every time, how could the door always be broken. ”

Pitifully looking at Kratos, who had just walked into the tavern, Phyllis wanted him to make his own decisions. Unfortunately, Kratos didn't bother with Phyllis at all, and just walked straight to the bar and sat down.

"Have a glass of "white snow" Thank you! He said to Xuanyuan Zun in the bar. Xuanyuan Zun glanced at the visitor and just pointed to the hanging clock on the wall, and said, "It's already off work." "We're going to send Kratos away. But Kratos, who came all the way, was tired, and if it weren't for Xuanyuan Zun's craftsmanship, he wouldn't be willing to bend to work under this yellow-haired boy. It's also strange that a man can be grabbed by another man's stomach, which is really funny.

"Oh, don't do that, you know, I'm just going to take a bite. Please, please! ”

Kratos clasped his hands together and suddenly looked at Xuanyuan Zun with a pitiful look. The shiny head reflected the yellow light in the bar light, and the twisted facial features were simply comical. If there is one word to describe it, it is "mellow". Like Xuanyuan Zun, he is also a loyal player, and his level has come to level ninety - full level early.

"I really don't know what kind of taste you people have, why do you like to make a "Wu Ke" image? Could it be that they are all from "Phoenix"? Xuanyuan Zun complained. Bald images are really not uncommon in games.

"Heck, in reality I hate furry things. But how ugly is this bald head at work? No, you can only let yourself go in the game. ”

As he spoke, Kratos patted Xuanyuanzun's chest with his powerful hands, as if he was going to beat Xuanyuan to death. However, Kratos's powerful fist hung on Xuanyuan Zun's chest, making a "thump" sound, which was really strange.

"You're still as sturdy as ever

。 Kratos patted his ass.

However, Xuanyuan Zun was completely unmoved. Seeing that Xuanyuan Zun was soft and hard, Kratos had no choice but to change his strategy and talk to him about business-"Getting back to business, I didn't come here to make you laugh. There are two things I need to tell you! ”

"Oh?" Xuanyuan Zun looked up at Kratos rarely, "What else can you do?" I think it's for the "extreme cold hunt" at eight o'clock tonight, right? Xuanyuan Zun sat on the chair and crossed Erlang's legs, poured a cup of emerald green drink, and drank it all. Kratos, on the other hand, could only watch, hunched over the bar and swallowing from time to time.

"Hehe, I can't hide anything from you. Tonight's Extreme Cold Hunting Mission, the announcement says that there will be an unprecedented reward, and if you come, you will be able to easily win it, right? Kratos made it clear what he was here for.

Xuanyuan Zun still shook his head, "I've prepared the supplies you need, and with these things, you should be able to complete the task easily." ”

"But ......"

"I have my own things to do. Don't say much about that. By the way, don't you have another thing? What's the other thing? ”

"One more thing......"

Speaking of the second thing, Kratos' face suddenly darkened. He was originally bent on drinking, he suddenly straightened his waist and looked at Xuanyuan Zun's eyes intently.

"This, this thing about the exploration team you sent out......"

After thinking for a while with his hands on his chest, a few words slipped out of his mouth, piecing together a terrifying fact - "The exploration force you sent out is probably annihilated!" ”

“！”

There was no doubt that Kratos had spoken something that Xuanyuan had not expected.

"Really?"

"Hmmm......"

Xuanyuan Zun looked at Kratos with special eyes, and after confirming that Kratos did not lie to him, Xuanyuan Zun silently turned around and worked on the bar, and after a while, a glass of white liquid with snow-white foam was pushed in front of Kratos.

"White snow", I added a little more alcohol, try it."

Kratos took a small bite with the tip of his tongue, and the thrill instantly unfolded on his taste buds, followed by a rush of dizziness.

"How? This wine? Xuanyuan asked, but Kratos understood that Xuanyuanzun's current thoughts were not on this at all - although the wine was still delicious, there was a slight incongruity in proportion.

"Let's talk about it, I know you care."

“……”

Wiping his hands with a towel, Xuanyuan Zun lifted Erlang's legs on the high chair, skillfully put the cigarette in his mouth, and fell into thought after taking a deep breath.

At this moment, this glass of wine specially made for Kratos is not at all able to arouse Kratos's interest. He silently fiddled with the wine glass in front of him, and at the same time observed the thin young man in front of him out of the corner of his eye—there was no change in expression on his face, not even the tone of his voice. But Kratos could feel Xuanyuan's suppressed anger.

"Who killed them?"

After a while, Xuanyuan Zun only held back this sentence. But it was just such a simple sentence that Kratos felt an inexplicable horror. The young man in front of him looked like he was sixteen or seventeen years old, but he had an aura that didn't match his age at all.

"It's hard to say who killed them. Because their corpses haven't arrived yet,......" Kratos actually felt a little stunned, and he was a little at a loss in the face of Xuanyuan Zun. Faced with Kratos's answer, Xuanyuan Zun looked very dissatisfied - "Since there is no evidence to find the corpse, then why do you say that they are all wiped out?" ”

"Because, because they don't have enough food and grass for them to last that long!"

Kratos was also a little dissatisfied, and his tone was raised.

This matter was not his problem in the first place, Xuanyuan Zun should not be so fierce to himself. Besides, his age is much older than Xuanyuan Zun, and it is difficult for anyone to swallow this breath!

“……”

Xuanyuan Zun also realized that he was a little out of shape, and his complexion softened slightly. He lowered his head and thought slightly, and spit out a name in his mouth: "What about Gao Ling?" ”

"His form has been online for so many days, and yet ......"

"And yet what?"

The anger hidden beneath Xuanyuan Zun's calm surface could already be clearly felt.

"Say it!"

Although Xuanyuan Zun has restrained a lot, Kratos can still feel the pressure from the superiors.

Kratos didn't dare to offend Xuanyuanzun, even if he was just a teenage child, but in the game, he was the overlord of the North!

"Gao Ling is missing...... No matter how much I messaged him, he didn't answer......"

"Didn't answer ......"

Regulus nervously repeated Kratos' reply...... As the most mysterious place in the entire game, the North has hardly been deeply developed by players. It is not the first time that Xuanyuan Zun himself has sent an advance team out of the city to explore, and it is not the first time that the advance force has been attacked, after all, this is nothing new in the harsh northern border. But the first time you send a player into the depths of the North to lose contact, it seems a bit subtle. Especially the fact that Gao Ling, the leader of the team, has always been reluctant to reply to messages because he has always wanted to get benefits from Xuanyuan Zun, which seems quite strange.

- Do they have any conflicts of interest? Not really. Without any conflict of interest, why deliberately lose contact?

Thinking about it, Xuanyuan Zun couldn't figure it out. So he opened the game list, and the gray avatars hidden at the bottom of the list were as gloomy as the Dead Man's Grotto, next to those black avatars, and the first place above them was Gao Ling. A green "online" mark is displayed, and Gao Ling's status is undoubtedly normal. But no matter how much he called, nothing happened. This was not possible before.

- No, something went wrong......

This was Xuanyuan Zun's first reaction. Gao Ling has been online for 200 hours in a row, which is impossible even in MMORPG games!

- But what happened?

Xuanyuan Zun thought for a while, and found that this matter was almost impossible to start, and it was not possible to solve it in a few minutes if he wanted to investigate. Instead of wasting time here, you can log out of the game early as usual. After all, compared to the game world, the evening time is what he enjoys the most.

"Please pay attention to Gao Ling's news. Tell me as soon as you have information, do you have my mobile phone number? Xuanyuan Zun said to Kratos.

"What are you doing? It's obviously not an easy thing to do......

"Then it's time for me to go offline!"

Kratos wants to keep Xuanyuanzun, but Xuanyuan has always been alone. According to the information in the game, he should still be of school age...... Provided, of course, that his registered age is true.

"Busy going back to studying?"

Kratos quipped, "Why don't you go to class during the day and go back to work at night?" Looks like I'm a bad boy who doesn't like to read, like I used to......"

As he spoke, Kratos tilted his head and wiped out the little wine left in the glass in an instant.

Xuanyuan Zun ignored Kratos and was just checking his gear and inventory. After confirming that today's turnover was completed, he dropped the sentence "Learning is not worthy of a scumbag like me" and logged out of the game. Regulus on Kratos' friends list turns gray.

"Alas, at first glance it is a poor child. So ruthless at a young age...... Phyllis, I'll take care of the store at night. ”

Leave it to me, Master Kratos! ”

Phyllis jumped up and down playfully, stuck out his tongue mischievously, and put his hand on his head as if she were coquettish, making a yes gesture.

The game currency in the "Ninth World" is circulated at a ratio of 1:100 to the banknotes in circulation. Xuanyuan Zun, who quit the game, came to the counter and exchanged the game currency pair he earned in the game today for cash, and paid the machine maintenance fee that should be paid. As for the money saved, it is his income today.