[You paid for 30 years of life, and asked the beggar, why is there no shadow under the feet of the people here?] 】

[The beggar felt your boldness and told you excitedly: "Our shadow was bought by a big man many years ago, and it is said that this is to make it easier for us to distinguish between locals and outsiders. 】

"Backtracking."

Distinguish outsiders......

Mu You frowned.

This is not wrong, there are many ways to transform into the locals, such as Transfiguration, such as players wearing skins, but no matter how the appearance changes, the aura can also be covered with relics, but the shadows cannot be put away.

Therefore, it is indeed an effective way to identify friend and foe through shadows.

However, just to distinguish whether it is a local or not, it is a bit of a waste to harvest everyone's shadows......

After thinking about it, Mu You continued to choose.

[You chose to ask another question.] 】

[You ask the other party, who is the 'big man' who took your shadow?] 】

[The beggar looked at you in surprise, and suddenly waved his hand again and again: "I don't know...... I don't know" The beggar's eyes fluttered, and his expression was both panicked and suspicious, as if he was wondering how you could know the title of big man? 】

"Backtracking."

……

[You ask the other party, does the 'big man' who took your shadow refer to the people of the Undead Society?] 】

[The beggar looks at you more frightened, but no longer answers your question, but walks away quickly......]

"Backtracking."

The people here seem to be quite jealous of the undead, and the Gu taker before is too, and when it comes to the undead, the behavior is very strange.

It seems that you can't ask directly.

Mu You had no choice but to continue to choose.

[You paid for 15 years of life and asked the beggar, why are there no children here?] 】

[The children in the village have all been sold! About five years ago, an old witch came to the village named 'Granny Tang', who forcibly took away the children under the age of ten from all over the island, saying that she would send them to learn their skills under the big man, and gave us a sum of money according to the head. 】

[Since then, there have been no more children on the island, and every year the newborn children are either sold to Granny Tang on their own initiative, or she personally comes to the door to collect them......]

"Backtrack ......"

Thinking of the text just now, Mu You frowned.

Five years ago, all children under the age of 10 were taken in, which means that the youngest person in the place is now over 15 years old.

Just look for big people to 'learn skills' or something, if these children really fall into the hands of the undead society, most of them will not end well.

Although there is still no mention of the Society of the Dead, a specific character is finally mentioned: Granny Tang.

The so-called witch refers to an old witch.

Mu You continued to ask.

[You paid 100 years of life, and asked the beggar about the method of permanent control of Gu worms.] 】

[The beggar tells you that every once in a while, a kind of 'golden silkworm' will be born in the village, this silkworm is born to feed on Gu, if you catch and contract this silkworm, it will help you automatically devour the Gu worm in your body, no matter how powerful the Gu worm is, it is not its opponent. 】

[But this kind of silkworm only has a chance to be born in the place where Gu things gather, and once the contract is made, the owner cannot be changed, wild golden silkworms are extremely rare, and one can be sold for a sky-high price!] 】

"Backtrack ......"

Therefore, the way to control Gu worms is to raise a silkworm to eat Gu, but after reading the instructions, I also know that this thing must be difficult to find.

After asking three questions, Mu You thought about it and continued typing.

[You paid for 10 years of life, ask the beggar, what will happen to the one who loses his shadow?] 】

[The beggar tells you that those who have lost their shadows will not be exposed to the sun, otherwise they will be burned by the sun and their life will be worse than death.] 】

"Backtracking."

Not being exposed to the sun is a weakness that is similar to that of vampires, and because of this, these people can only stay in the Cook Islands without sunlight for the rest of their lives.

[You paid for 5 years of life and asked the beggar 'Granny Tang's address.] 】

[The beggar tells you that Granny Tang lives in the westernmost part of the village next door, and if you have a child under the age of ten, you can take the child to her, even if it is a child from an outsider, she will not refuse, and will give you a good reward. 】

"Backtracking."

That's all it takes to ask about it, about the information about the Undead Society, this guy obviously doesn't dare to say, besides, he's an ordinary beggar, and it's impossible for him to know too many secrets.

[The beggar looks at you expectantly and asks you what questions you want to know? 】

You put a piece of freshly made magic bread in his begging bowl, tell him to eat well, and then turn away. 】

[The beggar looked at the bread in his hand sluggishly, a little confused, but still out of professionalism, he shouted 'thank you' from afar. 】

[You are away from the beggars, and now that you have obtained the address of 'Granny Tang', do you want to go directly?] 】

"Yes."

At present, all I have gained is the clues of this Granny Tang, and this person is most likely related to the undead, Mu You plans to explore the situation first.

[You ride a chocobo, in a hurry, and it is expected to arrive at the ...... in ten minutes]

Once you have an address, you can go straight to the road, and you don't have to act step by step.

On the road, he occasionally encountered those who touched porcelain, Mu You ignored them all, ran all the way, and quickly arrived at the place.

[You have come to the west of Yuyu Village. 】

At the end of the village in front of you stands a three-story wooden building, a small building with a crooked spire, located in a flower bed with two distinct flowers, black and red, black as ink on one side and bright red as blood on the other. 】

[Demon Flower: It can be used to configure some evil potions, it is not very practical, but it has a strange color, and is loved by many solitary witches, and is often planted by them to decorate their residences. 】

To put it simply, it is a flower used to set off identity.

Anyway, Mu You is a little familiar with this text, when he first found Vivian's witch's house, it seemed to be a similar building, and sure enough, witches like to live in such remote places?

[You go up and knock on the door, and you hear a slight movement coming from inside the door.] 】

[A few minutes later, the door opens, and an old witch with white hair walks out. The witch's face was wrinkled, she was on crutches, her body was rickety, she looked old, and the wide wizard's robes could not hide her fat body. 】

[However, you will notice that the witch is different from the others here: a shadow is attached to her back. 】

[At the same time, what surprises you even more is that the shape of this shadow is actually a slender long-haired girl, which obviously does not match the toddler old man in front of you. 】

“？”

Mu You was stunned.

The shadow is not the same as me? What does that mean?

["Out-of-towners? What are you looking for me? Tompo looks at you with some wariness in her eyes. 】

[...... you choose to answer]

[You tell the other party that you want to join the Society of the Dead!] 】

[Granny Tang was obviously surprised by your answer, she looked at you fixedly, and suddenly laughed, and the smile was creepy. 】

["The undead will never accept outsiders!"] But if you have small children, I can help your little ones join the Society of the Dead, and I will give you a good price. But remember, you must be under the age of 10, and your identity is clean, and you must be a child physically and mentally, not an adult wearing a child's skin. Granny Tang looked at you meaningfully and said. 】

“……”

Mu You frowned, the other party said this, which meant that he had already seen through his identity as a fool, so he didn't want to change the skin of a child to fool him.

["If you don't have children, don't bother me, I'm busy! After Granny Tang finished speaking, she turned around and went back to the house. 】

Is there nothing to talk about?

Mu You checked Granny Tang's information with the omniscient crystal and found that there was only level sixteen, and her attributes were also very average.

After thinking about it, he decided to shoot directly.

This person must know a lot of news about the undead society, if he can be caught alive, he can be caught back and interrogated slowly, there is no way, the undead will be too hidden, even if he does this, he can't control it.

[You raise your staff and choose to shoot at Granny Tang.] 】

[Granny Tang was hit by your magic, her health was sharply reduced, and she entered a state of stagnation of magic power, and she was temporarily unable to use magic and props. 】

[Granny Tang looked at you angrily, with murderous intent in her eyes. 】

[You suddenly see Granny Tang's appearance change rapidly, turning into a young woman with long hair, the woman's eyes are scarlet, and sharp claws grow above her ten fingers. You find that Granny Tang has turned into a shadow ghost. 】

[The Shadow Ghost pounces on you, and you are killed by the Shadow Ghost......]

"Damn!"

The development of this text really caught Mu You by surprise, and he hurriedly pressed the pocket watch.

[Time passes, you go back to before you shot, after seeing Granny Tang's strength, this time you choose ......]

"I can't afford to provoke it, I slipped away."

After this incident, Mu You was even more sure that the people here were really abnormal, and it was not for nothing that the undead would dare to treat this old witch as a façade, this old witch actually controlled a shadow ghost!

And judging from the text just now, this shadow ghost seems to be lodged in her shadow, so there is a phenomenon that the shadow does not match the real person.

[You honestly left Granny Tang's yard. Now, you choose to go to ......]

Granny Tang couldn't beat it, causing the clues of the Undead Society to be interrupted.

Of course, although the shadow ghost is powerful, it also has a limit, and he thinks about whether to find some helpers such as the shadow wolf to come and try again.

However, there is a very troublesome thing about the shadow ghost, which is that it is not controlled, and as soon as it appears, it will keep fighting until it is sealed or dead, and it is too difficult to capture it alive, not to mention that even if it can be captured alive, this old witch may not be able to speak.

For a while, Mu You didn't have a good way, so he had to continue to explore the village, wanting to find other clues.

[You leave the west end of Kufa Village and wander around the village.] 】

[You suddenly see the intersection in front of you, a gray-haired old woman standing on the side of the street, waving at you, as if she has something to say to you, you choose ......]

Shortly after I went out, the text popped up again.

Mu You didn't care about it originally, thinking that he was another porcelain gu, so he directly chose 'ignore'.

I didn't think that as soon as I finished choosing, a new text popped up.

[The old woman saw that you ignored her, and actually took the initiative to walk towards you: "Young man, you want to find the Undead Society, right? ”】

[You look back in surprise and ask how the other party knows?] 】

[The old woman told you that she overheard all the conversation you had with Granny Tang just now. 】

Eavesdrop? In other words, this old man has been spying on Granny Tang?

Mu You's heart moved, and he continued to choose.

[You see that the old woman and Granny Tang don't seem to be all the way, so you ask her in a low voice where the spirits of the dead will be? 】

[The old woman says she can tell you everything she knows, but you need to make sure to help her find the whereabouts of her granddaughter who has been kidnapped by the Undead Society.] 】

[You triggered the hidden mission: to find the missing Louise.] 】

[Quest content: The old woman in front of you, who is a very ordinary villager in Yuyu Village, has a cute and well-behaved eight-year-old granddaughter named Corday Louise. It wasn't until five years ago that Granny Tong showed up in the Cook Islands and forcibly took away all the children in the village.

The old woman saw the strangeness in this incident and chose to hide her granddaughter in the cellar and evaded the search. At that time, her granddaughter was already eight years old, and as long as she carried it for two years, when her granddaughter was ten years old, she would no longer be the target of Granny Tang and could live a normal life.

Unexpectedly, only a year later, Louise, who couldn't help but secretly go out to breathe, was discovered and finally taken away by Granny Tang.

In order to find her granddaughter, the old woman has pretended to be crazy and stupid, secretly spying on Granny Tang for four years, and finally found the place where she came into contact with the Society of the Dead. But she's just a dying old man and doesn't have the power to fight the Undead Society, so she's been waiting for a suitable person.

Your presence gives her hope that you, as a fool, may have the ability to infiltrate the Society of the Dead and investigate the whereabouts of her granddaughter. 】

[Objective: Infiltrate the Society of the Dead, find clues about Louise, and bring the news back to the old man.] 】

[Reward: The hidden entrance of the Society of the Dead.] 】

[Duration of mission: None.] 】

Mu You raised his eyebrows.

A mission was triggered, but the goal of the mission was vague, and he was not asked to rescue Louise, but only to find the girl's whereabouts, and it was clear that the old man himself understood that her granddaughter was probably unlucky.

There is no punishment, no substantive reward, and no deadline for this task, and it is better to say that it is a task than a request of an old man in desperation.

Mu You naturally took over this task, after all, the information provided by the old man was what he urgently needed at the moment, as for the task itself, he could only say that he did his best, a person who had been missing for four years, and it was not certain that there were no clues.

[You agreed to the old man's request.] 】

[You have obtained the hidden entrance to the Society of the Dead, located in the Greystone Village of the Central Cook Islands, in the paper mill of 'Old Man Luke' with a Strange Temper, under the third row of paper cabinets against the wall on the north side. 】

[You have obtained the address of the Society of the Dead, do you want to go there immediately?] 】

"Yes."

Mu You chose immediately.

It took a lot of time to go to Limestone Village, and Mu You waited patiently for about half an hour, and the message finally popped up.

You've come to Limestone Village. 】

When he arrived at the place, Mu You first stealthily touched the vicinity of Luke's house, hid and observed.

The owner here is really an old man, Mu You deliberately looked at it, and the text suggested that there was no shadow under the old man's feet.

The old man's home is not small, and several factories are fenced off, thousands of square meters, and they are all private areas, and they cannot be directly entered.

The place was found, but it wasn't so easy to sneak into. Mu You observed for a while and found that the old man was very alert, and the nearby residents came to him to do business, and he never invited people to step into his territory, only talking at the door.

Even the locals can't get close, and if he steps forward directly from a foreigner with a shadow, he will definitely be turned away.

Mu You had no choice but to continue to wait for the opportunity.

However, just as he was thinking about whether to sneak in again at night, he suddenly noticed that the text indicated that there were many robot wreckage piled up at the gate of the old man's yard, and the appearance was very easy to identify: a labor robot and a cleaning robot!

Mu You's eyes lit up, yes, this old man didn't dare to let outsiders in, so how would his paper mill usually operate? The answer is robots! Only robots are the safest workforce that can guarantee that there will be absolutely no leakage of information!

(End of chapter)