After the announcement of the system, the four of them found that the players were much calmer along the way, and they were not as panicked as before.

Not long after, Xiao Hua and the four of them came to the city lord's mansion, but found that the mansion was crowded.

"What's the matter, there's a task to pick up?" Xiao Hua said dumbfounded, looking at the large number of players crowded at the door and unable to get in.

"It's one thing to see if there are tasks, I'm afraid more people are coming to buy houses like us. Drifting turned pale, and then said. According to this situation, I am afraid that the few houses left in the first place will never be their turn to buy them again. Although the house costs 500,000 units, it is not a problem for several people to buy a room together, and then ask NPC workers to expand and decorate the interior space of the house.

"Then what now?" Fang Ning wrapped himself around Xiao Hua's back as soon as he got out of the carriage, and as punishment, he insisted that Xiao Hua carry her on his back. At this time, she leaned on Xiao Hua's back and asked.

"There's no way, although it's early, let's try to do the task of 'missing citizens' now, forget if you fail, but you can't give up without trying. Xiao Hua thought for a while and suggested.

The three women all nodded in agreement, and then Xiao Hua put the trio on the group, and by the way, Fang Ning and Fang Ying had a meeting. The guild was still chaotic at this time, and no one noticed that two mm had entered.

"How to start?" Xiao Hua asked with a groaning after sharing the task.

"One person, one direction, take the time to ask all the NPCs in the lower city to see if you can find some clues. There was no hint for this task, and in desperation, Xiao Hua could only use this most primitive task method.

"Ask NPCs?Most of the people who have done this task have asked before, I remember that there is no clue at all, is it still useful to ask at this time?" Fang Ning said suspiciously, lying on his back and tilting his head sideways.

"NPCs aren't always fixed, maybe when they ask, the NPCs that know the clues are not in the city? Well, Xiao Ning, be good, come down and do the task. Xiao Hua replied to Fang Ning's words, and then took the opportunity to coax her down.

Fang Ning reluctantly slipped off Xiao Hua's back, and then the four of them began to ask the NPCs in the city one by one.

Xiao Hua didn't know how big a city was, but after asking NPCs for a while, he felt that he was a big fool who came up with this idea! It took him nearly 20 minutes for NPCs on a street alone! To finish asking all the NPCs in a city and a general direction, it was really a matter of not knowing the Year of the Monkey!

The NPCs who were asked all had similar answers and reactions, either shaking their heads in confusion or shaking their heads as if they had heard horrific news, saying that they didn't know, and then saying that they didn't want anything to do with it. When he saw this kind of person, Xiao Hua would probably ask again and again, but none of them knew any clues.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Hua asked for nearly three hours, and soon became a little numb, and his actions became mechanical, purely for the purpose of asking an NPC, and when he saw that the NPC said that he didn't know or didn't know, he immediately walked to the next NCP, during which he passed several messages with the three people in the team, all of which said that nothing had been found.

At first, a few people were still a little interested in chatting while asking, but after asking for more than an hour, they lost the interest in chatting, this kind of repetitive and monotonous, and knowing that it is almost impossible to harvest a needle in a haystack type of inquiry, is too torturous of will!

Coming out of a building with nothing, Xiao Hua numbly walked into the next building that looked a little familiar, but Xiao Hua didn't care, and asked for more than three hours, I don't know if I entered a hundred or two hundred buildings, and it was strange to see the unfamiliar!

When he entered, the habitual surname asked the question, Xiao Hua looked at the female NPC staring at him in front of him, and realized that he had asked about the thieves' union. The size and architectural appearance of this thief union are almost no different from ordinary houses, and in a trance, Xiao Hua really didn't notice it.

"Oh, I heard interesting news about the missing citizen the other day. After Xiao Hua asked the question, he wanted to leave, but the thief mentor Lina unexpectedly seemed to know something.

"What's the news, can Miss Lena tell me?" Xiao Hua couldn't help but perk up when he heard this!

"Money!" Lena stretched out two fingers without disguise.

Xiao Hua knew each other very well and handed over a hundred gold coins.

"Cut, that's stingy!" Lena said dissatisfied, and then carefully released a hundred gold coins into her pocket.

"Seeing that you are a member of our thieves' union, I am embarrassed to take too much from you. Well, in fact, a few days ago a citizen reported seeing a figure suspected to be a missing citizen at a lumber yard in the snowy jungle to the north. When we heard the news, of course, we rushed over immediately, but we found no trace in the lumberyard except for the old fellow from Tumon, and we had to go home empty-handed. After that, we also sent people to keep an eye on Tumon for two days, but we still didn't find anything. Lena mm recalled.

"Who is Tumon?" Xiao Hua knew that the matter must be related to the NPC named Tumon, so he naturally had to get as much information about him as possible.

"Ah, Tumon, a very withdrawn and stubborn old fellow, who has been guarding a lumberyard alone for decades, except for the need to buy some supplies to enter the city, he usually stays in his lumberyard, and he doesn't give a good face when he sees anyone, and many young people in the city don't recognize him, and those who know him hate him, if it weren't for that news, I wouldn't have gone to that damn lumberyard, I'm afraid no one would have taken the initiative to approach him except for the big rat he raised. Lena mm talked about Tumon as a person, and her face showed a deep disgust!

"Miss Lena, do you have any other news about the missing citizens?" Xiao Hua continued to ask, just in case.

"No, if you want to find the missing citizens and get the reward of the city lord, I think that's the only news, this is the first time in so many years that news has appeared, but unfortunately this news doesn't seem to be very true. Lena said simply and regretfully.

"Thank you, Miss Lena, I'll go first. ”

"Well, go ahead, be diligent, get more money, and then pay more filial piety to the thieves' union, well, or change it to filial piety. ”

Khan, Xiao Hua heard this, hurriedly escaped, stayed here again, and accidentally let Lina use the identification technique, and the gold coins on his body were only afraid that they would change hands!

"There's news!" Xiao Hua immediately said happily in the team channel after coming out of the thieves' union.

"Really?" Both Piao Ling and Fang Ning didn't believe it. Although they worked hard for several hours to ask NPCs, there were countless people who had done this task before, and it was too coincidental that so many people had spent so much time on the task that had not progressed, and now they have made progress as soon as they do it.

"I have an idea, have you asked a career mentor in your respective professional union?"

"No!" the three of them replied, shaking their heads one after another. Most of the houses of the missing citizens were in the outskirts of the city, and the four decided to start with the outermost ones, which were almost all in the middle of the city, except for the poorest thieves' unions.

"Then go and ask now. ”

Hearing this, the three women rushed back to their respective professional unions.

"There's really news!" Soon, Piao Ling and Fang Ning, who were also in the Mage Guild, said in surprise.

"Me too!" Fang Ying was in the same situation.

"I'm afraid this task will only be done according to the normal route when the first chapter of the game is officially opened, and now that so many people have bought houses, I'm afraid it won't be long before someone finds out about it. We'll go to the mount trainer and buy a mount, and then we'll go to the bush to the north to see what is going on. Xiao Hua said his guess, now anyone can do the task, since he has discovered one step first, he has to seize the opportunity.

The three women all felt that it made sense, after all, the professional union was such a big goal, and they happened to be lucky, and they were the first to choose the career mentor to ask, then their advantage disappeared immediately, and it cannot be ruled out that someone walked ahead of them when they asked the NPC!

A few minutes later, all four gathered at the mount trainer. The mount trainer has mounts for sale, but only sells the lowest level of two mounts, the little white horse and the little black horse, which increase the movement speed by 70%, and the price is 1000 gold coins each, which is not beautiful and cheap!

However, at this time, the four of them were not picky, so without saying a word, they just paid the money to buy it and rode away, walking towards the snowy jungle in the north.

"Only in such a general direction, it will take a while to find the lumberyard. Out of the north gate of the city, Piao Ling sighed and said, seeing a big task in front of him, it is impossible to say that he is not in a hurry.

"Hehe, if you are looking for someone, it may be difficult to find it in this white snowy jungle, but such a lumber yard, there are at least two or three houses, and it is very easy to find!" Xiao Hua said a little proudly.

"Oh, what's the best way to do it?" asked Piaoling curiously.

"Well, have you forgotten? No wonder, I almost forgot!" Xiao Hua smiled and pointed to the sky.

At this time, several people had already gone out of the city for some distance, and when Xiao Hua pointed to the sky, a small black dot was flying towards Xiao Hua from the sky.

"Abri!" Drifting Zero suddenly realized. Abri's sense of presence is too weak, he never helps much, and it's rare to see him in normal times, so it's not strange to forget it.

"Wow, what is this, owl? Wow, can talk, a parrot in owl skin?" Fang Ning couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Abri stop on Xiao Hua's shoulder, and he could speak to call his master, and then reached over and wanted to grab it.

"It's really rude, don't look at me as a bird, in fact I'm a person!" Abri jumped from Xiao Hua's shoulder to the other side, dodging Fang Ning's claws, and said to Fang Ning who was very dissatisfied.

Fang Ning still didn't give up wanting to catch Abri, Xiao Hua slapped off her claws, and then asked Abri to help find a logging site.

"Understood, I think I'll find the lumberyard soon. After listening to Xiao Hua's request, Abri was very happy to say that after following Xiao Hua for so long, it was the first time that he had the opportunity to play a role!

(To be continued)