They love each other for this knowingly hunting game.

"Your contractor, and—" 079 paused deliberately, the corners of his lips curled into nothingness, "the one who said goodnight to you." ”

"You too, good night, 079."

The green swamp rushes up, slime blocking all senses.

The image in the mirror is covered in green noise, followed by a good night's sleep.

*

After dawn, the white fog completely dissipated.

The rest area outside the tent gradually became lively.

The rested player walks out of the tent and finds it a rare sunny day.

The wind of the wilderness blew from the north, carrying with it fine dust and gravel, and the damp mist was evaporated by the sun, and the air became crisp and dry like never before.

Visitors arriving at the mobile vendor gathering point soon find that the magician's colourful drink stall that used to live here is gone, replaced by a new stall selling taiyaki.

"Huh? How did the magician drink close? ”

"He disappeared directly from the stage last night, such a dignified and confident magician, now probably not happy to show his face in front of everyone again, right?" Qi Ji joked.

"But this taiyaki looks like..."Qin Rang hesitated for a moment, the taiyaki stall contained too many elements, and it was a little difficult for him to judge the performance items represented by the stall for a while.

"Let's go and have a look."

They have determined that the performances distributed during the day are "Acrobatics", "Divination House" and "Animal Show", and now that "Acrobatics" has been cracked, and the number of performances arranged in the "puppet" booth at night has been confirmed.

Then the new sea bream caravan, whether it is "animal" or "divination", is a must-check in during the day today.

The signboard of the taiyaki caravan is painted with colorful fish-shaped patterns, and the inside of the caravan is placed with taiyaki pot and baking tray for kamaboko, and the cooking table is filled with ingredients and seasonings such as egg mixture, black bean paste, salad dressing, etc., but the most important thing is the beckoning cat doll placed on the caravan, and the taiyaki chef who is busy behind the workbench, wearing a pompous colorful performance costume and a colorful pointed hat.

"How does this chef look a bit like a clown..."Qin Rang muttered suspiciously.

"It's impossible to have a duplicate clown, have you noticed? The sticks used to hold taiyaki are held with a sign written on them, and the elements such as beckoning cats and amulets appear many times on the caravans, I think the taiyaki stall probably symbolizes the "fortune house". Lu Zhi said thoughtfully.

"That makes sense, so that guy who is very flamboyant and flamboyant is a soothsayer?" Qin Rang whispered, and then frowned, "I'm also a soothsayer who wears a black robe and has a crystal string in his hand, such as the witch we know, who looks like she is engaged in metaphysics." ”

Lu Zhi was also not sure, turned to Qi Yan and asked, "Brother Qi, what do you think?" ”

Qi Yan didn't answer this question immediately, he walked to the stall, and the taiyaki chef immediately said enthusiastically: "Dear tourists, good morning, it's rare for our circus to encounter such a sunny day, you are really very lucky, watching the performance in sunny weather will make people's mood much brighter." ”

"Would you like a taimiyaki that I made specially?" Not only does the taste make many tourists praise, but it is also very helpful to improve the fortune of tourists! ”

Everyone pricked up their ears and quickly captured the key word "fortune".

The statement of the taiyaki chef to attract customers basically confirms Luzhi's suspicion that the taiyaki stall is the "selling point" for the admission ticket to the fortune house.

"Are you a circus soothsayer?" Qi Zhen took the initiative to ask.

"I hope I can bring you all the best of luck on this circus trip." The taiyaki chef bowed his head slightly, but a proud smile rose into the corners of his lips.

"It turned out to be a 'non-mainstream' fortune teller, dressing up is really confusing..."Qin Rang muttered quietly.

"But if you think about it, since there is no animal trainer on the animal side now, it is unlikely that there will be humans coming to sell tickets for animal performances, excluding these, only the divination house remains."

Qin Rang's complaint made Qi Yan more worried, why did the person in charge of the divination house dress up like this? Is it just a personal fetish?

Qi Ji quietly looked at the soothsayer who was enthusiastic about soliciting customers, and noticed a small painted trumpet hanging from his waist.

To be honest, the dress of the taiyaki cook, compared to the fortune teller, reminds Qi Yan of another fairy tale character: the man who plays the magic flute.

"Hello, what flavors of taiyaki are available?" Qi Yan said politely.

"I'm sorry we don't offer a selection of flavors, but I can guarantee that any visitor will enjoy my taiyaki, so don't worry." The soothsayer dances and pours the egg liquid into the frying pan grinder, singing a light ditty tune.

When Qi Ji watched the process of the soothsayer making taiyaki more closely, his expression was slightly condensed, and he noticed that there was something suspicious stuck to the soothsayer's body-

Chapter 151: Highway Circus (45)

The soothsayer dressed in an exaggerated colorful performance costume seems to have some black-gray soft hairs sticking to his body, especially on the cuffs, chest and thighs, although there are traces of cleaning, but the presence of black-gray soft hairs is still very strong.

Qi Jiu, who is raising a little gray cat, knows very well that these parts of his body are all places with a high incidence of being "polluted" by cat hair.

Cats always "grow" from the body of the shovel officer from time to time, and their chests and thighs are the most frequented places by cats.

But Qi Zhen is not sure that what is sticking to the other party's body is cat hair, after all, he has only seen Xiao Gray, a cat belonging to 079, in the "Rule Illustrated Book".

According to Ji Xiaoye, unlike the real world where there are always stray cats roaming the streets and alleys, cats are almost non-existent creatures in the "Rule Guide", so everyone was surprised and envious when they saw the little gray cat in Qi Yan's house.

And in the animal warehouse of the circus, Qi Yan has never seen a player who has turned into a cat.

Could it be that soothsayers also have their own cats? And it looks like a black-gray cat.

But regardless of whether the other party has cat hair or not, Qi Zhen is still not sure if this has anything to do with the content of the performance to be seen.

The buttered frying pan makes a tempting "sizzle" sound, the rich milky aroma diffuses the air, the custard egg liquid gurgles and bubbles in the hot oil, the fortune teller skillfully adds seasonings such as meat floss and egg yolk to the frying pan mold, and finally hands the fried taiyaki to the customer in a paper bag, and says with a smile: "Please eat it while it's hot, it's almost nine o'clock." ”

Even though you know that the food at the mobile stall is equivalent to the entrance fee, everyone who has not had a chance to eat since last night swallowed their saliva.

"Are you okay?" Qin Rang licked his lips hesitantly and asked Qi Zhendao.

Qi Yan took a bite and nodded: "It tastes really good." ”

Qin Rang: "......"

He hesitantly took a shallow bite, it was so fragrant.

After everyone finished eating the taiyaki, the circus clock struck nine times.

In an instant, the mobile stalls on the lawn and the surrounding tents disappeared to the sound of the bells, but unlike before the performance began, the fog did not return, and instead, the surrounding dry wasteland instantly melted into a green swamp, and a mossy stone path extended to the yellow tents not far away.

This was the first time Qi Yan encountered a yellow tent at the beginning of the performance.

The previous clowns, magicians, and acrobats were all red, and green food symbolizes the way to become an animal, and red is just right to get yellow by layering green on top of green...... Does yellow symbolize some kind of "middle ground"? It does not represent the interests of the cast and crew killers, nor the interests of animals and circuses, and is a self-contained "neutral" existence.

A huge sign in the form of a taiyaki is hung on the top of the yellow tent, and everyone looks at me, I look at you, and finally line up and walk along the stone path towards the tent.

Because the surrounding swamp was damp, the mossy gravel path was a little slippery, and everyone had to be cautious.

The moment the tent curtain was lifted, a dizzying stench came to my face, followed by a small noise.

While the players subconsciously covered their mouths and noses, they all opened their eyes in disbelief and looked at the scene unfolding in front of them-

An eighteenth-century town bazaar appears in tents.

"This..."Qin Rang blinked incredulously, "... Did we go on the wrong set? ”

As he spoke, he accidentally took a breath of the town's air, and the thick fishy smell almost sent him away.

"This kind of town is quite suitable for a soothsayer plot, but it's..."Qi Yan frowned and paused, and instead smiled the moment he met Qin Rang's nervous gaze, "It's a little difficult for our noses." ”

Qin Rang's face was full of disgust: "... Be confident and get rid of the little thanks. ”

Qin Rang's reaction was not exaggerated, the yellow tent was equivalent to an enchantment that separated the town and the circus, and the ubiquitous stench inside the tent seemed to be the embodiment of the enchantment.

"It seems that the stage of "The Fortune Teller" is big enough, and it directly builds a living town."

"And it's a dirty town with no sewer system, and I've learned about cities like this, because the residents of the town don't know how to deal with excrement and household garbage, so they just throw feces and urine on the streets, so every corner of the town is pickled in the smell of smoky excrement, which is very scary."

"God... Isn't that the equivalent of living in an open sewer..."

"yes, don't you see the walls of those buildings are all traces of filth?"

"It's no wonder that the plague was epidemic at that time, and such a living environment was terrible..."

Amid the suffocating stench, players are forced to enter this squalid 18th-century town and begin a "divination show".

At the same time, the system sent a task prompt -

[Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the town where the soothsayer lived]

[However, for unknown reasons, the soothsayer has disappeared into the town, please try to find the "disappeared soothsayer" and identify it before dawn tomorrow]

[Divination performances can only be carried out if they are correctly identified]

【Please note! Each spectator only has one chance to identify, and if you make a mistake, you will be expelled from the divination tent, and you will get the most special gift from the soothsayer if you make the correct identification, so stay tuned.

In other words, the soothsayer can only be found in this foul-smelling eighteenth-century town before they can continue with the rest of the show.

Moreover, each player only has one chance to identify, and if they make a mistake, they will be expelled from the tent directly, and they will never be able to get the stamp of the "Divination House" again.

"This town is so big, and there are a lot of NPCs, it's not easy to find a soothsayer..."

"Quantity is not an issue, but isn't the background of the system mentioned? The soothsayer has disappeared from town, so we'll only have to find clues about him here, right? ”

"Disappearance has many meanings, not necessarily that he is no longer in the city, but also the possibility that he has hidden his identity."

"Anyway, it's imperative to gather information about the town and the soothsayer, it's noon, and it's still early tomorrow."

Because the town is so big, the players decide to split up.

And the system also mentioned that there are special rewards for getting it right, so there is some competition between players. Of course, for most players, who are exhausted after watching the first three performances, most players would prefer to make a quick pass than to get a reward.

As mentioned earlier, this 18th-century town is a flowing septic tank to the modern eye.

The bustling market roads were littered with feces and rotting garbage, damp and muddy, and dizzy from the steaming heat of the sun.

Luckily, Lu Zhi is a walking prop box, and he once again shares the "Taste Potion" with his two teammates.

With the help of the potion, the breathing of the two was finally liberated, and their whole mental state was much more relaxed.

"But this bazaar looks like an ordinary life bazaar, I thought there would be any clues related to magic tools..."After a cursory walk around the bazaar, Qin Rang was a little disappointed.

In addition to garbage and excrement, there are blood-soaked meat, fish and poultry stalls, lethargic fruit and vegetable stalls of stall owners, and bakeries where flies are flying around.

Even with the help of potions, the smoky smell is no longer felt, but the ubiquitous garbage and flies pollute the player's vision all the time.

"It's too bad, such a living environment is hell, how can a soothsayer endure this hellish place..."Qin Rang complained as he walked.

Lu Zhi sighed: "Little master, no one can choose their own background and age. ”

In addition to the filth that covered the walls, Qi Zhen noticed the bounty notices posted on the walls around the bazaar-

"Hello dear residents.

Our city is suffering from a serious rodent infestation, in order to solve the current dilemma, we are looking for a professional "rat hunter", if you have rich experience in rat catching, master the skills of rat removal, in the case of ensuring the safety of residents and residents' property, can effectively and quickly remove rats, please feel free to contact us, and provide your service details and quotation.

We would like to offer a high reward for this, thank you."