"Oh yes, thanks for the answer." Qi Yan was very satisfied with the system's answer.

It took him about three hours to clean the bedroom and living room, and when he cleaned the basement, he found a cat rice bowl that seemed to have been used for a long time.

This thing is still in this building......

On a whim, Qi Zhen cleaned the cat's rice bowl and filled it with cat food, and placed it under the side porch leading to the backyard.

Since this villa is the materialization of the energy of the dungeon, will the little gray cat, as an important dark line in the dungeon, also be projected into the Dying City?

Anyway, give it a try.

After placing the cat food, Qi Yan opened a can of small dried fish and put it next to the rice bowl.

By the time all this was done, it was late at night.

After taking a hot bath, Qi Yan lay on the bed exhausted, and fell asleep in less than five minutes.

But because he had experienced too much throughout the day, although his body was very tired, his mind was still running at high speed, and Qi Ji did not sleep soundly.

He had countless chaotic dreams, until in the middle of the night, when he seemed to hear a small and suspicious noise downstairs in a daze.

It was as if someone had turned the doorknob and gently pushed open the door of the villa.

The damp rain poured into the room in an instant, and the man walked through the hall and hallway in his rain-soaked shoes, and down the stairs to the second-floor bedroom.

Tick-tock, the man did not take off his rain-soaked coat, leaving shallow water stains and footprints wherever he passed.

Qi Jiu's eyes were tightly closed, and his eyeballs were moving rapidly in his sleep.

His breathing was a little rapid, and his forehead was soaked with cold sweat. At this moment, his consciousness was bound by the nightmare, and Qi Yan struggled to wake up from the dream, but he couldn't open his eyes smoothly.

The sound of damp footsteps was getting closer and closer, and the other party carried the smell of rain, cold and wet, and could faintly smell the smell of moss and earth, making Qi Jiu, who couldn't struggle to wake up, have the illusion of falling into the depths of the swamp.

Who could it be?

Is it the character in the dungeon who is "going home"? But the system told the NPC that it had left the post and gone on vacation, could it be that there was a bug in the system, and the copy energy was materialized into a character and found it?

No way, even if there was a bug in the system, all the members of the Bates family would have died that winter, that night.

It's impossible for them to grope their way home on a rainy night.

If it weren't for the Bates family, wouldn't it be ......

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Qi Yan felt that the bedroom door was being pushed open, and the person pushing the door approached the position of the bed, and he even had the illusion that the other party was standing at the head of the bed wet, watching his nightmare expression in a condescending manner.

Is it a delusion? It's an illusion, isn't it...... Qi Ji struggled fiercely in his dreams.

Just then, there was a clear sound downstairs.

"Squeak" –

The voice was so clear that it sounded like the door to the back garden had been opened.

This door knock saved Qi Yan.

The nightmare that could not be broken away disappeared in an instant, and Qi Yan was finally able to open his eyes smoothly, he was ready to deal with it, but when the bedside lamp came on, there was no one else in the room except himself.

The bedroom door was closed, the damp smell of rain was gone, and there were no water stains or footprints on the floor.

But the rustling of the downstairs continued, and it didn't sound like a human sound, nor did it sound like the footsteps in the dream just now.

Qi Yan sat on the bed for ten seconds, then immediately changed into his coat and gently pushed the door downstairs.

There were also no footprints on the stairs, and the doors of the villa were still closed, and it didn't look like it had been broken in by uninvited guests.

Could it be that the feeling that made him creepy just now was really just his own dream?

Qi Ji was not in a hurry to make a conclusion.

He walked down the stairs with a light step and silently turned to the utility room.

Before they could get closer, the cold wind carrying the rain blew in their faces, and the door to the back garden was hidden, and the sound of rustling came from here.

He took a slight step forward, and the object that had been moving in the darkness suddenly came to a standstill.

Immediately afterward, a familiar and reassuring cry sounded—

Chapter 29: The Dying City

"Meow..."

As if hearing the footsteps of humans, the little gray cat stopped chewing, looked up cautiously from the rice bowl, and when it saw that the person who came was Qi Jiu, it suddenly "meowed" happily, and then spread its legs and ran towards Qi Jiu.

"Meow meow~" The little gray cat twisted her ass towards Qi Yan and came coquettishly.

"It turned out to be you," facing the little gray cat who greeted him warmly, Qi Yan relaxed in an instant, he sighed secretly, squatted down and rubbed the cat's soft head with his palm, and smiled nostalgically: "As a part of the 'Canned Rose Fish', you were really materialized by the energy released by the copy and came to me." ”

Qi Yan exchanged another box of small dried fish from the system, unpacked it and placed it in front of the little gray cat.

The little gray cat snorted a few times in frustration, seemingly dissatisfied with Qi Jiu's conclusion.

But instead of being dissatisfied, he was now more interested in the small dried fish, so he quickly wagged his tail again and went on with his meal.

Qi Ji's action of brushing the cat's hair was slightly paused, isn't that so?

He looked at the little gray cat in a daze, and suddenly had a new guess-

"Do you know the doctor from the North Infirmary? I knew Miss Rossetti very well. Qi Yan scratched the cat's chin affectionately and asked.

"Meow meow."

"In the hidden plot line, after the death of the lady, was the doctor who raised you?" Qi Zhen asked again.

"Meow meow."

The little gray cat's reaction confirmed Qi Jiu's conjecture, but he didn't want to jump to conclusions.

Qi Yan tried to confirm with the system again: "I want to ask you a question, will the lifeforms in the dungeon be the same as this villa, and after the dungeon releases energy, it will become an entity and be projected into the Dying City?" ”

[According to the current procedure, there is no such possibility]

The system seems to enjoy communicating with Qi Yan about such "technical" questions, and answers them very crisply.

"Okay, I see, thank you, Mr. System." Qi Zhen was very satisfied with this answer.

After receiving multiple corrobories, Qi Zhen guessed that the little gray cat was not just a character born in a dungeon, nor was it just an ordinary NPC......

The little gray cat is likely to be a self-aware NPC, the closest to life created in the copy.

And Qi Zhen remembers very well that when the doctor tied him to the operating table, the first thing he said to him was, "Thank you for taking care of my cat." ”

The information revealed in this sentence is likely to imply that the cat and the doctor knew each other outside of the copy.

Even, the doctor is the real owner of the little gray cat.

And the little gray cat has been inexplicably close to him from the beginning, and it is likely that the breath on his body has confused the little gray cat, thinking that he is the owner who raised himself.

If that's the case... The copy that the little gray cat follows the Medic into is definitely not just "canned rosefish".

After all, even if the shovel officer is on a business trip, he will want to take his master with him......

Qi Ji looked thoughtfully at the dried fish in a daze.

After a while, his eyes lit up slightly, and he suddenly got inspiration.

The doctor tells him to find the "abandoned" plot line in the dungeon.

There are two major difficulties in completing this task: first, digging out the "abandoned" branch of the dungeon and successfully opening it; Second, get into the dungeon that has the "abandoned" plot.

If you can use the little gray cat as a guide to choose your own dungeon, then the second problem can be solved smoothly.

Although Ji Xiaoye told him that the entry dungeon was random, no one would know what kind of dungeon he was going to go to next.

But randomness can often be manipulated by human means.

Qi Zhen already had a plan in his heart.

*

The next day, Qi Yan slept until the afternoon, and immediately contacted Ji Xiaoye when he woke up.

"I'm sorry, I hope I didn't bother you," Qi Jiu's usual polite tone was hard to refuse, "I remember you mentioned at dinner yesterday that you have a good relationship with a friend who sells this information, can you give me his contact information?" ”

Ji Xiaoye on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment: "Huh? ”

Yesterday, I just reminded Qi Zhen to pay attention to the 'consumption trap', why did he come to the door by himself today?

"I need a seller with a reliable supply and a lot of this information, so I want you to help introduce it," Qi Yan said his appeal, smiled and added, "If the price is more affordable, it will be better." ”

"I do have a friend like this," Ji Xiaoye paused, "Although his information is collected from all over the place, it is absolutely reliable, and the price is not expensive, there are about more than ten books of background information on hand, and the number is the most sufficient among the people I know, but ...... To be honest, I also said yesterday that it is not cost-effective to buy this material. ”

Ji Xiaoye is very realistic, even if the seller is her friend, she doesn't want Qi Yan to lose her hard-earned coins, so she reminded again, "I was more conservative yesterday, the sale of this information must be reviewed by the system, no matter in any way, no matter how it is, it can't escape the supervision of the system, even if the same guild can't share this experience." ”

“… So,The so-called passing information,In fact, it has been deleted to only the background and tasks of the copy、Bluffing newcomers.,These are the things that the system will tell you directly after you enter the book.。 ”

"Thanks for the reminder," Qi Yan's tone was very determined, "but the background of the copy is good, I need it now." ”

Ji Xiaoye on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment: "... Are you sure? ”

"Well, please." Qi Yan said very sincerely.

Ji Xiaoye was silent for two seconds, then shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, I'll give you his contact information, report my name, and give it a five-percent discount, which is guaranteed to be the cheapest price in the whole city." ”

"Thank you so much." Qi asked.

"You're welcome." Ji Xiaoye didn't want to say more, she knew that Qi Jiu was not an ordinary newcomer Xiaobai, and when it came to that part, the other party was still persistent, presumably because he already had an unexpected plan.

So, through the contact information given by Ji Xiaoye, Qi Yan spent 50 yuan to buy a set of materials containing twelve copies at half price.

Qi Zhen flipped through the information in hand, as Ji Xiaoye said, these materials are only the most basic dungeon theme, background and basic main quest, if it is purchased for the purpose of making a strategy in advance, to be honest, it is really not very useful.

Because there is too little information that can be exposed, the seller also makes the information into a card model to attract more new people to buy it.

The seller probably learned to draw, and the front of the card is a hand-painted work on a related theme, with a unique style and vivid pictures, and a few strokes to show the theme of the copy on the paper, a bit like the divination prop Karot card that is popular in the real world.

On the back of the card, there is a background introduction to the relevant dungeon and the main quest.

The seller also said that fewer and fewer people are buying these data cards now, and occasionally travelers with divination skills come to buy them to predict that they and their teammates will be drawn in the next round.

"Or it can be used to trick newcomers into spending money on divination." The seller joked.

Qi Yan never hesitated to praise others: "This set of data cards is well-made, I like the painting style very much, it is definitely worth the price, and it is also great to collect." ”