Tao is an old virtual game.

It has been in operation for 3,600 years!

It has been so long since that humanity has become accustomed to its existence as an irreplaceable part of human civilization.

Tao is a huge virtual game.

Its internal map is a thousand times larger than the real world on Earth, and the mountains and rivers are so beautiful that ordinary players will not be able to explore them for the rest of their lives.

It's a veritable second world, with over two billion players online and 40% of the world's population.

With a long time and a huge world, no one knows what kind of secrets will be hidden in the thick dust of the game's history.

As a second-order warlock, Su Ke's understanding of the Dao is only a little bit more than that of ordinary people.

Warlocks here are not the same as spellcasters in fantasy, they are a class that gains power from the 'magic' provided by the game company to eliminate the 'thief' in the game.

What is surgery?

With the concept of online games in ancient times, technology is equivalent to game plug-ins, and a player who gets the assistance of plug-ins is always better than ordinary players.

What is a thief?

Thieves are those illegal beings who exploit the loopholes in the rules of the game world and play games with plug-ins, some thieves are players, some are NPCs who have had a chance, and some are completely inexplicable things left over from a long history.

The existence of thieves greatly disrupts the balance of the game, and even more disrupts the game experience of ordinary players, so it is only natural for warlocks to catch thieves, and this has been the case since the operation of "Tao".

In the world, there are more than one million official warlocks, including countless masters, which can be described as a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, but there are more thieves, more mysterious, and the world of thieves is unfathomable.

"Once you find out that your opponent's power has traces of inheritance, don't hesitate to abandon the mission immediately!" This is one of the three admonitions that the teacher gave to Su Ke.

The introducer's name is Li Tianxing, he is in the prime of life, but his level has reached the seventh order, and he is only one step away from crossing the limit to become a magic sect, he is a legend in the warlock world, and his prestige is extremely high, his words, as a novice, Su Ke dare not listen to it.

At first, Su Ke took it as a code of conduct, but as he successfully completed one task after another, he slowly relaxed.

"It's all a small task, the opponent is vulnerable, when will you meet the real thief!"

When he has free time, Su Ke often has such thoughts. Intentionally or unintentionally, he accepted a non-rated investigative assignment.

No rating, not that it's simple, but that even game companies can't figure out the details of their opponents, and their opponents may be strong or small.

Such a task is very risky, and low-level warlocks generally don't take it, so Su Ke made an exception this time.

"The opponent is just a mutant NPC, and there are very few inheritances for such characters, so it should be fine, right?"

Before the action, Su Ke thought so, he made this judgment based on previous experience, and did not seriously investigate the target as before.

At this time, the game time is seven o'clock in the evening, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the hazy moonlight is pouring down from the sky like water.

In front is a county seat, called Chu County, located in the southwest hinterland of the Great Wei Dynasty. (Great Wei, an empire in the Central Plains of the game)

The county seat is five miles in radius, with a population of nearly 10,000, and when Su Ke came to the outside of the city, he could see that torches were still lit on the city wall, and the red lanterns at the entrances of many restaurants in the city were still lit.

Although the city gate has been closed, there will be a curfew in the county until ten o'clock at night, and it is only eight o'clock at this time, and the small county town is still very lively.

The news given by the game company said that the mission target was very likely to be hidden in the county, and the specific location was unknown, which was inevitable and startled, and Su Ke did not rush into the city before thoroughly understanding the situation.

A leap, the powerful body given to him by the game company made him easily jump five or six meters high, grabbed the branch of the big tree next to him, and with another force, his body flew upward, and after lifting a few meters, he grabbed another branch, and so on repeatedly, but in three seconds, Su Ke stood on the branch at the top of the big tree.

Su Ke's ** is equivalent to the peak level of an ordinary player martial artist, and it is about the same as a martial arts grandmaster, such a ** is already huge enough, and with the power of the technique, it can exert an extremely terrifying lethality.

The terrain where the big tree is located is very high, and the body of the tree is more than 20 meters, standing on a thin branch at the tip of the tree, the whole Chuxian County can be seen at a glance.

Standing on a high place, Chuxian at this time is as ordinary as other counties in the game, most of the area is immersed in darkness, and there are flickering lights like stars in the darkness, which doesn't seem to be special.

This is the world in the eyes of the average player, but it is only an appearance, and the world in the eyes of a warlock is not like this.

Su Ke stretched out his hand, gently squeezed the tip of his right index finger, and a drop of bean-sized blood bloomed from the pores, and immediately pressed his index finger on the center of his eyebrows, Su Ke whispered in his mouth: "Technique four, look at qi." ”

All things in nature have air leakage, which is invisible to the naked eye, but those who have a surgeon can see it with the naked eye.

As a second-order warlock, Su Ke purchased four spells from the art world, two second-order and two first-order, which were bound to the code language. For example, if he says Technique 4, and then adds blood as proof of identity, the game system will determine that the spell is effective, and then give him the corresponding power.

Of course, the identity certificate does not have to be blood, these things are equivalent to the shortcuts of ordinary games in ancient times, and they have no special meaning, Su Ke can change them at will, purely depending on personal preference.

As soon as the voice fell, the system determined that the Qi Hope Technique had taken effect, and the pupils of Su Ke's body difled slightly, and then immediately condensed into a point on the tip of a needle.

At the same time, Chu County in Su Ke's eyes has changed, the county seat is still the same county seat, but in the dark county town, there are many more air masses that exude various colors of brilliance.

There are three main colors of air masses: red, white, and black.

Red for fire, positive, this is the soul, any life has a soul in the body, when people are awake, the soul is vigorous, lively, and the yang energy is at its peak, it shows red light, at this time it is night, most people have already laid down to sleep, so the soul is not much, the whole Chuxian County, you can see it at a glance, there is nothing special.

Then there is the white gas, which is the spirit of the spirit, when people are asleep, the consciousness is asleep, the spirit is converged, and the spirit is revealed, and the white gas is revealed. There are also those livestock, all of them are weak and strong, and they also show white qi, this white accounts for most of it, and after Su Ke looked at it, he didn't notice anything abnormal.

The rest is all black gas, this black breath is deep and heavy, there is no sense of evil, this is the breath of the earth, the earth qi is yin, so it is black.

These qi were normal, and there was no target for Su Ke among them, he squinted his eyes and carefully searched for the target.

About half an hour later, Su Ke's eyes were fixed on a large mansion in the northeast corner of the city.

Relevant information immediately appeared in his mind: "The Hu family's mansion, the owner Hu Dashan Hu Hui, has a wife, two concubines and five sons, his parents are dead, he has a wide range of friends, and he has a deep foundation in Chu County. ”

This information is provided by the game company in order to let the magician know the situation as soon as possible, so that the mission does not fail due to missing information.

"Great good man, hum." Su Ke sneered, and his eyes were fixed on the back garden of Hu Mansion.

The Hu family is a big family, and today is the Mid-Autumn Festival in the game, so the family gathers in the back garden to enjoy the moon.

Su Ke first looked at Hu Dashanren who was seated, and immediately saw a strange aura, the qi on this person's body was colorful, white, green, black, red and yellow, corresponding to gold, wood, water, fire and earth, the five qi were mixed and intertwined, flowing endlessly, showing an extremely harmonious sense of rhythm.

This is the image of the harmony of the five qi and the six pulses.

This kind of qi will definitely not appear on ordinary players, let alone normal NPCs, the so-called 'six veins are harmonious, either immortal or strange!' ’。

Su Ke couldn't help but sneer: "This Hu Hui definitely has no teacher, otherwise he would never reveal his vision so unconcealed." The qi on his body is not very strong, but he is just a sorcerer with a little strength. This level is still revealed everywhere, it is really self-inflicted, and it cannot be lived! ”

What is a thief? This has to start with the construction of the Tao.

The structure of "Dao" is divided into three layers: Dao, Law and Technique, with the innermost being the Dao, the middle being the Fa, and the outermost being the Technique.

The Tao is the origin of everything, and the so-called Tao gives birth to one, one life to two, two to three, and three to all things.

One is Tai Chi, the second is Yin and Yang, and the third is the Fa, which is the path for mortals to seek the source and attain the Tao, and then the Fa gives birth to all things, and all these things are at the level of art.

All things are infinite, and the techniques are also infinite, all depending on chance and understanding, but no matter how many techniques there are, tracing back to the origin, they are all built on the core of the Dao.

Therefore, according to the degree of influence of thieves on the rules of the game, thieves are divided into magic thieves, law thieves and road thieves.

Su Ke has been a warlock for two years, and has taken over more than 30 tasks, and all the people he has encountered are sorcerers, and all his peers have encountered sorcerers.

Such sorcerers are the most common, and in the huge "Dao", traces of sorcerers abound.

The thief had only heard it once, and it was said that it almost set off a disaster, and many powerful warlocks spent a lot of effort to expel it, but Su Ke's strength was too weak to be qualified to participate in the encirclement and suppression, and he didn't know the specific situation.

As for the Dao thief, it was just a conjecture, whether it existed or not, Su Ke felt that it was very likely to be a fabrication.

Let's get back to Chuxian.

"Although this Hu Hui has obtained the realm of the Five Qi Dynasty, his strength is too weak. In the dead of night, I'll go and delete him. Su Ke made up his mind.

The player, naturally, kicks out of the game, but the opponent is an NPC, that is, delete the obliteration.

As for the Five Qi Dynasty, this is just a realm, the realm does not represent strength, just like a person is very healthy, never sick, the harmony of the five internal organs is almost perfect, and the realm is extremely high, but if he has never practiced fighting, he will definitely not be able to beat a professional fighter full of injuries.

Su Ke had encountered several such thieves before, who were talented and intelligent, and their realm was extremely high, but they were all easily killed by him with powerful techniques.

The time was a little early, and Su Ke was not in a hurry, so he found a fork in the big tree and sat down, ready to take a nap.

As soon as he leaned on his body and closed his eyes, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Young man, you have a very murderous spirit in your heart, you have to be forgiving and forgiving." ”

The voice sounded in his ears, it seemed that the speaker was standing beside him, Su Ke was startled, and wanted to open his eyes, but found that his eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he wanted to move his body, but found that his body and limbs were completely uncontrollable. The way I look now is like being pressed by a ghost in a dream, obviously conscious, but my body just can't move.

But Su Ke knows that there is no ghost press in "Dao" at all, and this situation will occur because he unknowingly fell into the other party's technique, which is a very common technique, called 'Nightmare', and its role is to separate the real-world consciousness from the game body.

The nightmare technique is the prelude to removing a gamer from the game, and taking a step forward can completely separate the player's consciousness, telling people to get out of the game, take a step back, and reconnect the consciousness to the game, and the game body will wake up and return to normal.

Once a warlock has completely fallen for this technique, it means that he has no strength to fight back, and he is defeated.

But Su Ke is not a mediocre person, according to the words of the guide Li Tianxing, he is a person with a strong soul, a congenital condensation, embodied in the battle, that is, the strain is like electricity, and he can fight specially!

In previous battles, Su Ke was often able to defeat the strong with the weak, and he had a strong fighting talent.

The advantages of talent allowed Su Ke to seize the opportunity to counterattack.

At this moment, many other thoughts flew through his mind like lightning.

'I've met a master!' Could it be that this fox demon has a teacher? But how can a fox demon with a teacher be so arrogant and unrestrained? ’

The words of the inducement came to mind again: 'If you encounter an opponent with a heritage, don't hesitate to abandon the mission immediately!' ’

What is the inheritance? The inheritance is the Fa, and if the other party has a inheritance, it means that there is a legal thief standing behind him.

The power of the thief must be unfathomable, which is why the guide will warn so carefully! But what exactly is a legal thief? Su Ke had a faint hint of expectation in his heart.

His life has been dull for too long!

These thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning, and at the same time, Su Ke's combat instinct tempered by dozens of dangerous missions also made him react in the first place!

"Technique three, soul fixing!"

The Soul Fixing Technique was launched in response to the thought, and the idea of being stripped of the game's body by the opponent's Nightmare Technique shook violently, increasing the game signal output, and the game system also reacted at the same time, and began to disperse Su Ke's data link, making it more difficult to intercept.

A moment later, Su Ke recovered from the Nightmare Technique, he felt the existence of his game body, his body could move, his eyes opened, his ears heard a sound, and the situation around his body was imprinted into his heart in an instant.

But, there is nothing around!

Looking at Chuzhou City in the distance, Hu Hui and Hu Dashan are still admiring the moon in the back garden with their families, and there is nothing abnormal.

There was still a voice coming into Su Ke's ears: "The young man's mind is like electricity, even the old man is a little caught off guard, it's really terrifying, it's not bad, it's a pity that a young man like you killed it." The old man dared to ask you to let Hu Hui go, how about it? ”

Still only hearing the sound, not seeing anyone, the moonlight around him was like water, and Su Ke only felt a deep chill welling up in his heart.