"Is this map real or fake?"
At the Bloody Dawn headquarters, a group of people gathered around the hand-drawn map displayed on the big screen, all with this question in their minds.
"This picture is so detailed that it doesn't look like a graffiti. Judging from the architecture and route style above, it is also consistent with the map we have. So at least it is certain that the artist must have seen the real Sky City with his own eyes. Map!" The bald black man sitting in the first place said: "There will be no more than 300 such people among all the players, and the range is very small. Of course, if it is said that the ghost captain deliberately released a fake map to confuse us, it is also possible .”
The others frowned when they heard this, wondering whether the dignified number one master would really engage in such a meaningless method?
"Do you think that Fragment Five is not in the hands of the Ghost Captain at all?" Leng Ye frowned at this time: "At the blood clan meeting, the vampire count claimed to have taken out Fragment Five, but no one else could confirm it. At this point, the devil knows whether what he got is five."
"But if Fragment 5 is in the hands of a third party, what does it mean if the other party releases the picture?" another person asked.
This is the most confusing point for them. No matter who owns this picture, if it is made public directly, the value of the picture itself will be greatly depreciated in an instant, leaving only the basic function of opening the entrance. , which is equivalent to giving one's own interests to others unconditionally, without asking for anything in return.
"Or is there a spy on Captain Ghost?!" Another person speculated.
"Isn't this possible?" Leng Ye frowned: "It's the same problem, it won't do any good. Even if there is a mole, after getting the map, he should have contacted us privately and used the map in exchange for benefits. What's going on if he just makes it public? ?”
"Why are my brains burning again? I don't like doing questions the most. Wouldn't it be better to just join hands and have a fight..." The young man lay on the table, scratching his head in distress.
Everyone else at the scene looked at the young man speechlessly. How could the fight for a sky city be such a child's play? Every confrontation now is a process of competitors competing for advantages, and every additional advantage will eventually lead to victory. One more point to win the chance of winning the city lord.
"Actually, there is another possibility..." The white man wearing sunglasses puffed out cigarette smoke and suddenly spoke.
"Say." The tyrant looked at him.
Everyone else also looked over.
"Fragment Five may really be in Captain Ghost's hands now, but the picture may not be in his hands at the beginning. After all, his main energy in the early stage needs to be used to rob Dawn City.
In other words, it is very likely that Captain Ghost snatched this picture from someone else, so it is possible that the person who originally had this picture had seen it. "said the man in sunglasses.
"Wait, but in this case, that person needs to collect three fragments to lift the fog on the map!" Leng Ye questioned. They had collected six fragments along the way, and there were only three fragments left outside. Could it be that these three fragments were all in the hands of another person before, and not one of the ghost captains?
"So what if there are three? Don't forget, we had two fragments before, and we got them inexplicably." The man in sunglasses reminded.
Several people were stunned when they heard this, and then they immediately remembered something.
They actually only had four fragments at the beginning. Until the weekend ten days ago, they used the map to search for other fragments as usual. They actually found two Eternal Night City fragments in another underground city hundreds of kilometers away. Moreover, this The two fragments were thrown on the ground without any concealment, as if they were discarded garbage.
They were originally very doubtful about this matter, but after taking it back for testing, they found that these two pieces were indeed genuine Eternal Night City fragments without any manipulation. They were relieved of their concerns and happily accepted them.
Until now, the incident in front of them reminded them of a more possible situation.
"You mean, our two fragments also came from the person who published the map?" The tyrant asked with a frown.
"Yes." The man in sunglasses nodded: "Let's review the whole thing: Ten days ago, besides us and Captain Ghost, there was another person who held three fragments. The distribution of fragments at that time should be four, three and two. We have four, this guy has three, and Captain Ghost has two."
"After that, this person probably had a conflict with the Ghost Captain, and the Ghost Captain snatched one of the fragments. As for the remaining two fragments, perhaps because he was afraid that the Ghost Captain would follow the guidance and find the location, the person could only choose to discard them. .”
"You mean, this person has a grudge because Captain Ghost snatched the pieces, and now he's releasing the map just to get revenge on him?" Leng Ye asked with a strange look on his face.
"This is the only possibility I can think of." The man in sunglasses nodded.
"But, if you want revenge, wouldn't it be better to cooperate with us directly? Not only have you attacked the ghost captain, you can also get some rewards from us." The wolf beauty Angelia asked doubtfully.
"Probably, he is still afraid of being exposed..." The man in sunglasses thought for a while and said: "Judging from the behavior of this person who discarded other fragments after being robbed, it is obvious that the other party is very afraid that his position will be discovered, and cooperates with us. After all, we need to communicate, and as long as we communicate, we may expose ourselves.”
"Be careful...is this ghost captain so scary?" the young man muttered.
"Actually, it's not necessarily the ghost captain that the other party is afraid of." At this time, the man in sunglasses said again.
"Oh? What do you say?"
"Judging from the location and on-site conditions where we found the two fragments, the fragments were thrown on the ground casually by someone, which shows that the person left in a hurry and had no time to do anything. And the most important thing is that these two fragments were thrown on the ground casually by someone. The fragment was not picked up by the ghost captain, but was discovered by us first, which means that the ghost captain was not nearby at the time." The man in sunglasses said: "Then the question is, since the ghost captain was not there, who was this person at that time? afraid of what?"
After saying that, there was silence all around.
The man in sunglasses looked up and saw a group of people still looking at him eagerly, waiting for him to continue his analysis.
"Ahem, there's only so much we can guess from the existing information..." The man in sunglasses said hurriedly, then looked at a subordinate next to him: "Have you contacted the poster?"
"No, the other party never agreed to the friend request, and the messages he sent were never replied to," the subordinate said.
"As expected..." The man in sunglasses nodded, which was in line with his expectations.
Others also looked at each other in confusion. This person did not dare to reply, which just proved that the analysis just now was very likely to be true.
"If your guess is correct, then this map should be real."
The tyrant looked at the enlarged drawing on the projector: "This is good news for us. In this way, we have gathered the routes 1, 2, 3, 6 and 5. Next, we only need to guard the No. 1 entrance and wait. Just put the pieces together!”
…
Mu You didn't know that someone in Bloody Dawn had already analyzed the reasons for this incident.
At this moment, he and Lin Xue were also discussing this post.
However, because they have more information, the conclusions they draw here are different from those of Bloody Dawn.
"It seems that Hongxiu's purpose in releasing this picture is to speed up the opening of Yongye City..."
This is the conclusion Mu You and Lin Xue came to after discussing it.
Hongxiu and the old man who rescued her at that time should be hiding in the unborn Dawn City, not only to escape from the world, but also to avoid those time guards. In this way, all things that may reveal their location need to be destroyed and discarded, including map fragments.
But now, the other party deliberately disclosed the No. 5 map. Of course, it cannot be just because of revenge. This important decision must be purposeful.
Combined with the current situation, the purpose is not difficult to understand: most likely the other party has discovered that the competition in Eternal Night City has entered a stalemate stage, and the opening of Eternal Night City has the restriction of lightless night. If it cannot be opened in these few days, They had to wait another month. In order to break the deadlock and speed up the opening of Eternal Night City, the other party released the map.
The question now is: What benefits will it bring to them to open Eternal Night City as soon as possible?
I'm afraid only the other party knows this question, and you can't guess it by guessing.
Muyou shook his head, closed the post, and logged into the game again.
The announcement of the map is equivalent to directly adding a core fragment to Bloody Dawn. In this way, Bloody Dawn's No. 1 entrance route should have been assembled, and the advantage has completely shifted to the opponent's side, which has also made him passive. .
At this time, Mu You also had to make some substantive responses to reverse the situation: he was going to go to the Duke of the Blood Tribe first and have a straight-to-the-point talk.
[You appear in the dark alley of the Undercity. 】
[There is silence all around. You check the surroundings vigilantly, but you don’t find any trace of an ambush...]
This time online, it was rare that I was not attacked by those little wolves again.
This is normal. With an absolute advantage, the other party doesn't have to do anything now. They can just sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and wait for the entrance to open.
Mu You controlled the character to leave the alley and chose to 'go to Duke Brand's residence'.
In the past two days, he followed Mai everywhere to visit other vampires, and he visited all the places where the vampires lived.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he walked out, two people appeared and stopped him.
[You walk out of the alley. 】
[Two bats fly from the front, land in front of you, transform into two blood servants from the Vanzhuo family, and bow to you politely. 】
["Lord Liston, Your Majesty the Duke invites you." One of the blood servants smiled and made an inviting gesture. 】
Mu You was stunned. He was just about to go find the Duke of the Blood Race, but the other party actually found him first?
Speaking of which, not long after the fragmented post on the earth was published, he turned around and received an invitation. Could it be that...
Mu You had already vaguely guessed something, and without saying much at this time, he controlled the character to follow the two blood servants.
[You followed the blood servant to an inconspicuous courtyard on the edge of the Undercity, where the Vanzhuo family resides. 】
[After being interrogated by a vampire at the door, you are allowed to enter the courtyard. 】
[Stepping into the courtyard, you immediately look at a colorful fruit vine in front of the courtyard. This is a rare ornamental crop and one of the few magical plants that can grow in the underground environment. 】
[Brand, who has white beard and hair, is wearing a simple robe and standing under the fruit vines with a cane. Hearing the movement behind him, Brand turned back to look at you with a gentle expression on his face. 】
["Duke Brand, I heard that you are looking for me?" You stepped forward and spoke. 】
["Yes." Brand nodded, looked at you carefully with his old and cloudy eyes, and then said: "Should I call you Liston, or should I call you 'Ghost Captain'?"]
Mu Youyi frowned, but he didn't expect that the other party would reveal his identity at once, and judging from his tone, it seemed that he already knew his true identity.
Mu You didn't get nervous because of this. Since the other party asked him to come over so politely, he definitely wasn't trying to embarrass him.
["It doesn't matter, it's all the same." You replied. 】
["Then I'd better call you Liston. It's more convenient." Brand invited you to sit down at the stone table and smiled at you: "Don't be nervous. In fact, I knew you weren't the one during the clan meeting." Liston. Liston was my most capable officer at that time. I knew a lot about him. The reason Liston chose to sleep was because the curse was contrary to the curse, which caused him to enter the process of slow death. And he once swallowed A 'sleeping' talent can slowly wash away all the talents and curses that have been swallowed up through long-term sleep. This was his only way to survive at the time, but this process took nearly ten thousand years, and now it has only been a thousand years, and it has not yet It was so far away that when he woke up, so as soon as you appeared, I knew that you were definitely not him. The only possibility was that you were the fool who borrowed his body to resurrect his soul. Coupled with your remarks at the clan meeting later, your identity also changed. It’s ready to come out.”]
["That's it." You nodded. The other party took the initiative to explain the reason why they found out about you, so that you can feel at ease. 】
["Actually, I have been paying attention to you in the past two days, and I have also been paying attention to the developments in the Fool's World. But now it seems that your situation seems not good, and you are at a disadvantage in the competition in the City of Eternal Night, especially what happened just now , seems to have greatly increased the opponent's advantage. Is that so?" Brand looked at you and asked. 】
Sure enough, the other party also has spies on earth! He knows all the posts that were just posted on the forum, which shows that the intelligence network is quite deep.
In this way, the old man had already known what Tai Di said at the previous clan meeting, and he might even join forces with the werewolves. This was one of his thoughts at the time, so he did not expose Tai Di, but instead used Tai Di to The mouth of the flute expresses this idea.
Mu You breathed out and typed in the input box.
["It's just a superficial advantage." You replied. 】
["What about actually?" Brand asked. 】
["Actually, you have also seen that Bloody Dawn controls a city of werewolves, but there is nothing they can do against me. On the other hand, the opponent's trump card has been almost exposed, but my trump card has never been revealed." you answer. 】
[Brand pondered for a few seconds after hearing this, but did not ask about your trump card, but asked: "Then what do you think is the best choice for the vampires now?"]
["Obviously, cooperate with me and defeat the Bloody Dawn. I will take the city lord, and you will get a high-quality gathering place for mutual benefit." You answered. 】
["Oh? Why not cooperate with Bloody Dawn?" Brand looked at you with interest and added: "Don't say that the blood clan and the wolf clan are enemies. There are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests. . When we have reached our status, we must pay more attention to the essence when looking at problems. The current Wolf King is a werewolf on the surface, but in fact he is a fool. This is a very subtle identity. If he cooperates with the Bloody Dawn, he might be able to become a vampire. An opportunity to eliminate hatred with the wolf clan."]
"Because you can't do it. If you could do it, you two would have already reached an agreement at the clan meeting." You answered. 】
["In fact, you have greatly underestimated your tribe's hatred for werewolves. The temptation at the tribe meeting proved that only the vampire tribe is at the end of its rope, it is possible to attach itself to the wolf tribe. At other times, if there is still some choice, you There is no basis for cooperation at all!”]
["It seems you can see clearly." Brand smiled bitterly. The temptation at the clan meeting made him understand that if he wanted to unite the wolf clan, he would definitely face huge opposition within the clan, which could directly lead to the split of the blood clan. Surrendering to a werewolf is destined to be a desperate choice. 】
["What about you?" Brand looked at you again: "What kind of capital do you have to ensure that our cooperation with you will be more beneficial than cooperation with Bloody Dawn?"]
["It's very simple. I already have a city in the sky, but Bloody Dawn doesn't have one. This is my biggest advantage." You answered. 】
The meaning of already owning a sky city means that regardless of the success or failure of the vampire's investment, they are guaranteed to get a sky city as a place to live.
Although Dawn City is not as convenient as Eternal Night City for the Vampires, who need to avoid the sun for half of the day, it is a gathering place that can ensure the safety of the tribe.
This is a condition that Bloody Dawn can never provide. At the same time, this is what the leader of the Bloody family values most: supporting Bloody Dawn, if the battle for the city fails, the Bloody family will have nothing; supporting the Ghost Captain, no matter whether they win or lose, at least the Bloody family will have nothing. There are still options for retreat.
[Your answer made Brand’s eyes light up and he nodded with satisfaction. 】
["In that case, let's have a frank talk now." Brand invites you to discuss 'deepening cooperation'. Do you accept it? 】
"accept."
Mu You breathed out. The old man specifically called him over knowing his identity, but he was actually ready to cooperate with him.
The reason why I said so much in the first place is that to put it bluntly, I still feel unsure, and I just want him to help strengthen my confidence.
For more than two hours, Mu You and the old man discussed the details of the cooperation in detail.
The two of them went back and forth for a long time, and finally agreed on the specific cooperation content.
Brand can pay Mu You the three drops of ancestor's blood in advance to help him increase his combat power, and at the same time give Mu You the power to mobilize vampires from various families. However, all withering orders need to be communicated to Brand in advance. He personally issued the order.
Mu You, on the other hand, needs to ensure that after capturing Eternal Night City, a separate gathering place will be set aside for the vampires, and that the vampires will enjoy the same rights as the Fool residents in Eternal Night City.
At the same time, if the capture of the city fails, the vampires will collectively move to Dawn City, and other conditions will be the same as those in Eternal Night City.
(End of chapter)
