After discussion, Tang Juyi finally gave a solution: everyone was divided into two groups to investigate, probe clues in the battlement city, and try to find a hidden plot that could be expanded, and not go to the restaurant for the time being, so as not to trigger the subsequent dangerous plot.

In Tang Juyi's view, the plot development in the restaurant should be a surge in difficulty, and the slightest carelessness may lead to attrition.

Yes, attrition. Since the difficulty of dimensional tasks has always increased with the improvement of the strength of the transcendent, even if Tang Juyi and the others have grown a lot compared to when they were in the Strange Hospital, they may still encounter threats to their lives.

Now that he knew the existence of danger, Tang Juyi certainly wouldn't choose to be tough and tough, so he decided to act separately to expand the plot.

Because this battlement city is not very large, Tang Juyi simply divided it into east and west according to the main street, letting Ya Wushuang and Lan Tian go to the west, while he and Tan Ying explored in the east.

Walking on the street, Tang Juyi observed the pedestrians on both sides of the street, and on the other hand, he taught Tan Ying his experience:

"I haven't been able to explain the torture-level mission to you in detail before, but this is an opportunity. In our current situation, it is the time to collect clues before the dangerous plot is triggered, which is theoretically safer, and it is generally difficult to encounter danger unless you deliberately die or are extremely unlucky. ”

Tan Ying followed Tang Juyi's side and listened very carefully:

"So we should grasp this precious time to explore and figure out the direction of the plot as much as possible to reduce the uncertainty of the dangerous plot later?"

Tang Juyi said with great satisfaction:

"Yes. Now that you've figured this out, I'm going to put you to the test – if it were you, what questions would you focus on when you were looking for information? ”

Tan Ying thought for a moment:

"If you want to find out the news, you must first find out about the restaurant, then you can ask about the origin of the restaurant and whether anything has happened recently. Second, it's time to learn more about the ancient town in the quest description. ”

Tang Juyi smiled:

"Not bad, but there's one thing you're missing - the peculiarities of the city itself."

Tan Ying was stunned:

"Battled City? Is there anything special about this place? ”

Tang Juyi explained:

"You think, if it's just to find the mysterious ancient town, then everyone should go directly to the place where the ancient town appeared after getting the news, why do you stay in this battlement city? And why did the government set up a barrier with this battlement city as the core? Of course, because the city itself has a lot of secrets. ”

Saying this, Tan Ying showed a sudden look:

"yes, this battlement city ......"

Tang Juyi waved his hand and put on a posture of a senior master:

"You still have a lot to learn...... Look closely, it's a valuable experience! ”

…………

Seeing the old man in front of him cover the bowl, Ya Wushuang pointed to another bowl on the ground again:

"Definitely here! I can see it clearly! ”

Lan Tian next to him was still trying to drag him away, but Ya Wushuang was very stubborn and refused to leave until he won a game.

The old man wore a tattered straw hat, and looked at Ya Wushuang's reaction, and seemed quite proud:

"Boy, don't be deceived by your own eyes~"

As he spoke, the old man turned the bowl open, but there was nothing inside. Then he opened another bowl, and inside it was a rock the size of an egg.

It's a very traditional and old street juggling, but the old man doesn't use it as a means to cheat money, but just for fun. Ya Wushuang joined in with curiosity for a while, but he guessed wrong again and again, and he couldn't see the movements clearly with his strong eyesight, so he felt even more unwilling and unwilling to leave.

Ya Wushuang frowned, as if he refused to believe what he saw:

"How so...... I watched you put it in......"

The old man took out a fan from under his ass and fanned it leisurely:

"Is it true that you see it? So you're too young...... I can't even see through this, why do you come to this battlement city? ”

Ya Wushuang was stunned when he heard this, and heard some strange smells from the old man's mouth, so his eyes were also suspicious:

"What do you mean, old man?"

The old man laughed, and his smile was full of meaning:

"What do you mean? You little dolls, you don't have much ability, but you are quite bold, and you don't look at the affairs of that town, can you meddle in them? ”

Lan Tian also saw that something was wrong at this time, and realized that the old man in front of him was probably a master:

"Senior, are you talking about the legendary ancient town of the underworld in the rivers and lakes?"

The old man no longer answered, but lowered his straw hat a little, as if he didn't hear Lan Tian's question, and shouted to himself:

"Walk by, take a look~"

Ya Wushuang's heart moved, but he suddenly spoke:

"Senior, do you know why the people in the restaurant are full of gloomy?"

The old man didn't care about the two anymore, but when he heard this, his eyes changed, and there was a faint flash of light in it:

"What did you say?!"

Seeing this, Ya Wushuang and Lan Tian glanced at each other, and they both saw what the other party was thinking, so they no longer hesitated, and then said:

"We have been to the restaurant in this city, and at a glance, we only feel that it is gloomy, and the guests sitting in it do not look like living people, I don't know if it has something to do with the town that our predecessors said?"

The old man took off his straw hat and looked very serious:

"Tell me, what are the guests like in the restaurant?"

Lan Tian quickly answered:

"One table of government mansions, three tables of sects, one table of scattered people, and one table of families."

At this moment, the old man's face changed from serious to shocked:

"Are they really it?! How is this possible?! ”

Then, without waiting for Lan Tian and Ya Wushuang to continue to ask, the old man quickly put away the things on the ground and put them all into a dirty cloth bag.

Ya Wushuang saw that this old man was a key plot figure, so he didn't want to miss it, so he hurriedly asked:

"Senior, do you know where those people come from?"

The old man gave the answer impatiently:

"What could it be? A group of scourges that should have died a long time ago, but they are still in the world! ”

After saying this, the old man turned to look at Ya Wushuang and the others, his face was full of bad luck:

"Now that you've seen those things, don't talk to the old man...... I don't have much time to do, and I don't want to put my life on the line! ”

As he spoke, the old man waved his hand like a fly:

"Go, go, go! Go aside! Don't bring your woe to the old man! ”