105. Side quests

Shen Jinsong quickly calculated, with some doubts on his face.

"This trip is not life-threatening, but it is full of difficulties." He turned around and told Song Yuanze the information he had discovered.

Last time, he won the first place in the group answering individual competition, and the reward he received was a hexagram book, and he had the ability to find the destiny of heaven through calculation, which is the "divination" left by the ancestors.

Hearing that there was no danger, the tension over the black particles suspended in the air had just lifted, but no one took off their masks, even if it was very hot.

"Let's take out the previous clues and take a look, I think we should be able to use them."

Dong Mingzhe proposed.

Players responded one after another, pulling out their own clues and scratching the coating.

"What is this? I don't understand. Someone wondered.

"I don't understand it either, is this a map?"

Tang Qinqin looked at the clue scraped out of his hand, which was a curve with a corner.

Mengru and Lan Lan are the same, but they are slightly different.

Or, should it be put together?

Everyone undoubtedly thought of this, and gathered together without a clue and with a blank face to spell the clues in their hands.

"I said, will we have a treasure map in our hands, the heart of the city?" Lao Tian's big voice lit up again.

"Come on, you, it's really a treasure map, how can it give so many clues, the treasures must be secretive." Changfeng looked at Lao Tian with an excited face, and couldn't help but pour cold water.

Be sane, brother!

"Don't care if it's a treasure map or not, we have so many clues, and we don't know how to understand it, isn't it nice to solve the problem in front of us first?"

Lao Jiu disliked Lao Tian and smiled like a fool, and moved to the side as he spoke.

Everyone got together for a long time, and changed several patchwork ideas, and the results were very unsatisfactory.

"Why don't you try to come in numbered order?" It was proposed.

The players tried again, and they were arranged by number, from smallest to largest, and there were a few empty spots in the middle, which were the missing clues.

Everyone stood in their positions, connecting the clue map in their hands with the clues of the people next to them, and this time, a complex figure faintly appeared.

"Judging from the clues we have so far, this is a maze map, we entered through the city gate, and the city gate should be the entrance to the maze, and now we need to identify which location on the map is the city gate, so as to find the exit correspondingly."

Shen Jinsong analyzed.

There is no text or special markings on the clues you get, and you can't tell the location of the entrance and exit at a glance.

"Why don't we go ask them?" Everyone's eyes followed the direction indicated by Tang Qinqin's eyes.

……

The man in front of him was dark-skinned and thin, with prominent cheekbones on his face, short stature, and almost thin hair on his head, looking like a malnourished wanderer.

This is already the thirteenth person they have seen in the same image.

Is this unique city full of wanderers, or is it?

Tang Qinqin didn't even dare to speak too loudly, and lowered his voice to speak: "Hello, excuse me, are you a permanent resident here?" ”

The short man on the opposite side looked at Tang Qinqin, who had white and full skin and a ruddy complexion in front of him, and a faint dark light quickly crossed his eyes.

He opened his mouth and muttered a string of things, but it was obvious that Tang Qinqin didn't understand.

She looked at her companions for help.

The players came forward to speak various foreign language dialects, and finally found that the language they knew was really unable to communicate with each other.

In the end, Song Yuanze understood the meaning of the other party's expression through the unique language talent of the cockatiel.

"He said he didn't know, but he could take us to the person in charge here."

When everyone came to the place where the person in charge was, and saw the so-called person in charge, the doubts in their hearts were even greater-how could even the people with the highest status in this city look haggard and malnourished, and the only one who was better might be indoors all year round, with white skin and much better body shape than skin and bones.

Getting a map of the city, everyone compared the clues they had pieced together.

There are overlapping places, and there are also many places that are not related.

"This should be the gate we just walked through." Peng Lei used a marker pen to lightly circle a stroke on the clue and wrote "enter".

Then the next step is to continue along the clue map and follow the map.

"Let's go, find the treasure!"

Lao Tian excitedly rushed to the first.

The players found their way and hurried to their way, and no one noticed that someone was staring at them in a high-rise building not far away.

While comparing the map and the clue map, while advancing, the speed of the crowd was not fast. The players who were hurrying under the sun were all sweaty, and their faces were hot and humid with masks.

"There are no plants in this city, and there are no restaurants and supermarkets, which is very strange to look at."

Lan Lan asked suspiciously.

An architectural style that seems to be copied makes everyone dizzy and visually tired.

"Let's take a break!"

Tired and tired players, they leaned against the walls of the nearby buildings.

Someone was hungry and took out a portion of fragrant food and ate it.

The aroma spread quickly in the air with its unique smell and into nearby buildings.

Players resting against the wall soon noticed a group of thin black men approaching them, gradually encircling them.

Sensing that the comer was not good, the players had to drag their tired bodies to their feet, all with reluctant looks on their faces.

When Song Yuanze finished communicating with their leader, he looked back at everyone in disbelief.

"They said they smelled something they had never smelled before, and they were drawn to it."

Actually, he didn't believe it. It's not a delicacies from the mountains and seas, and what everyone eats is just ordinary home-cooked meals, street food, no matter how delicious it is, it will not be attracted by such a taste.

"And what do they usually eat?" Someone asked.

Song Yuanze continued to communicate with them, and turned around and answered everyone's questions inexplicably: "They said that what they usually eat is an artificial food, called nutrient solution. They said that the food here was uniformly distributed and exchanged for labor, and no one farmed, and they didn't even know what farming was and what crops were......"

"Oh no!" Lao Tian's lively mind came alive again, and his eyes lit up.

Where did they come to a place where there was no land? Eating nutrient solution?

No wonder you can't see a single plant along the way.

This can't be the interstellar city of the novel, right?

Lao Tian, who was curious about gossip and burning, instantly became energetic, and his eyes were firmly fixed on his boss, looking forward to grasping first-hand information.

Tang Qinqin Laojiu and others are more concerned about the fact that since there is a nutrient solution, why do they still look like they are malnourished all year round, is it because the daily supply of nutrient solution is too small?

It's weird everywhere, and while it's not dangerous, it's very uncomfortable.

At this moment, Tang Qinqin heard a "ding" sound in his ears.

[Ding!] Congratulations to players for triggering the side quests, the side quests have a lot of rewards, welcome to explore! Task 1: Find out the story behind the Labyrinth City; Task 2: Find the missing clues and put together the clue map; Task 3: Find a real place to live. ]

"Guys, get ready, it's time for work!"