The sun jumped up to the wall, shining on Li Qiang and Qi Zhen, casting a long shadow.
Yu Liang remained expressionless, gently placing Lin Xiao's body on the ground, and asked softly: "What is going on."
No one glanced in that direction, but everyone knew who he was asking.
Li San's physical condition is better, but his mental state is completely opposite.
He sat slumped at the door, squinting his eyes as if feeling the warmth of the sun.
Li Qiang took out a cigarette from nowhere and gave it to Qi Zhen.
Qi Zhen waved her hand and said she didn't know how.
Li Qiang lit the cigarette in his hand, as if to be the beginning of Li San's words.
Li San seemed to understand the meaning of his appearance here, which was probably to share Lin Xiao's story with his teammates.
"Where to begin..." Li San pondered for a few seconds and began to slowly tell Lin Xiao's story.
It seemed like a simple and solemn memorial service.
Everyone found a place to sit down, welcoming the rising sun, and listened to the life of the teammate who knew the least about this game and seemed to be the most nervous.
However, Li San did talk about the fact that he was beaten for his sister's hard training, but the whole process from the beginning of helping Boss Hu to do dirty things and doing black boxing was told by him.
It wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but that Lin Xiao didn't tell him.
Maybe in Lin Xiao's heart, the things he did were not something worth boasting about.
But everyone can appreciate his deep love for his sister.
When Lin Xi appeared, Yu Liang clenched his fists, seeming to be enduring great anger.
Then, they were intercepted by a man in white, followed the two of them here, and everything that happened next.
Li San tried his best to tell everything he knew in detail, hoping that there would be any clues that could help Qi Zhen make decisions in the next mission.
He has wished Qi Zhen by his side more than once in the past two days.
"…Then you showed up."
Li San spent a very long time retelling Lin Xiao's life, and was a little tired at this time.
"One and two are like this, can't you consider other people's thoughts?" Yu Liang said angrily.
Li San seemed to have completed his task and stopped talking.
At this time, no one was happy, it was just that some people burst out and some endured it.
Li San was seriously injured and Yu Liang's target of venting naturally turned to Qi Zhen.
"We came here last night? Why didn't we wait half a day at the inn? Can Lin Xiao still die? Ah!?" Yu Liang shouted at Qi Zhen's back.
"If we hadn't waited for half a day, we wouldn't have been able to find this place successfully, and we would have missed another clue. If we had searched here last night, there was a high probability that we would have encountered those demon cultivators who were besieging the ruined temple. Even if we killed them with the strength of our team, It’s not difficult, I’m just afraid it will lead to other unpredictable results. After all, it seems now that the man in white doesn’t look like a villain. If we..."
Yu Liang walked quickly behind Qi Zhen and kicked him.
Qi Zhen was caught off guard and fell down in the yard.
"Yu Liang!" Li Qiang shouted.
"Do I really need you to analyze with me here? Ah?! Everyone is dead, you know?" Yu Liang shouted angrily at Qi Zhen.
Qi Zhen stood up and patted the dirt on her body. There was no angry expression on her face, but continued: "What we can know now is that the system deliberately arranged for Lin Xi and Lin Xiao to meet, and it was using Lin Xi to meet. It was the close relationship in Xiao's original world that had such a huge impact on him. To put it more seriously, Lin Xiao's behavior seriously affected the team's behavior and the development of the mission. Have you ever thought that Lin Xiao might also be the same? The purpose of a game NPC like Han Chen is to bring the team into this embarrassing situation?"
Whoosh!
A serrated arrow flew out of Qi Zhen's earlobe and engulfed the opposite courtyard wall.
Yu Liang's body was trembling slightly because of anger, and the second arrow was already on the string and the bow was fully drawn.
"If you say that again, I'll shoot you to death!" Yu Liang said, his voice as cold as ice from the polar regions.
"Yu Liang! That's too much!" Li Qiang stood up and shouted at Yu Liang.
Seeing that Yu Liang had no reaction, Li Qiang immediately said: "Put it down! Everyone is sad when Lin Xiao dies. You are not the only one who cares about your teammates!"
"Through this journey, I didn't feel that this person was a qualified teammate." Yu Liang gritted his teeth and still refused to put down the bow and arrow in his hand.
Li Qiang stood in front of Qi Zhen and said to Yu Liang: "I agree with what Qi Zhen said. Why don't you shoot me to death first."
Yu Liang reluctantly put away the bow and arrows in his hands, but took out a bag of wooden arrows from the human race bag and carried it on his back.
After completing this series of actions, he threw the human race bag towards Qi Zhen.
"Sorry, I can't bear it. You can keep it for yourself."
Then Yu Liang walked straight towards the courtyard gate.
Qi Zhen took the human race bag and asked softly: "Where are you going?"
"Next, you must vote for Lin Xiao's revenge again, right? I won't participate. No matter how you choose, I will go myself." Yu Liang snorted coldly, showing a sense of alignment. Zhen's disdain.
"Lin Xiao's personal actions prove that if the team only relies on the strength of one person, it can't do anything. We need to unite." Qi Zhen said.
"Fuck X's unity." Yu Liang cursed and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Let him go." Li Qiang said.
At three o'clock in the morning, everyone worked together to bury Lin Xiao in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters.
When the grief passes, the game continues.
"It's embarrassing to say that Zhao Xuance and Lin Xiao are the only two teammates who have died so far who have decent graves." Li Qiang looked at the graves in front of him and sighed.
Time is the best way to heal sadness.
Everyone understands the truth, but not everyone can do it.
"Where should we go next?" Meng Ran asked.
When Lin Xiao died and Yu Liang left the team, she seemed to be the only one among the remaining people who had the awareness to ask such a question.
Li Qiang didn't like to ask, Li San didn't want to ask, and Jiang Yan didn't bother to ask.
"There's no rush, let's analyze the clues we've got now," Qi Zhen said.
He once again involuntarily assumed the posture he usually used when thinking, and began to analyze the current situation.
"First of all, we proved that Lin Xiao indeed left the inn with Lin Xi, and led to the next key figure, the ghost that Lin Xi talked about."
"His purpose is to absorb the ghost power from Lin Xi. Then I have a question. Why, with such a strong strength, why doesn't he do it himself and must complete this matter through Lin Xi?"
"Then there is the man in white. If everything Lin Xi has done can be said to be aiding the emperor, then at least for now, the man in white may not be a bad person."
"I don't know if you still remember. When we met the man in white in front of the boundary monument, before leaving, captain, you asked me what was wrong. Do you still remember?"
Li Qiang nodded.
"I said it was nothing at that time, but actually the man in white reminded me secretly." Qi Zhen said.
"What words?" Li Qiang asked.
"Beware of the City God." Qi Zhen replied.
"I didn't quite understand what it meant at first. We were in a hurry to enter Wuhu and didn't bother to ask in depth. But he didn't say that we can go to him after we find someone, so we'll still go to the boundary monument. If there's going to be a plot happens, the triggering conditions should have almost been reached at this time." Qi Zhen said.
"On the other hand, we also have a clue about the purple clay pot in Li San's hand. This clue involves Huang Wenbiao, Zhang Dacai and the gangsters in the surrounding areas. No other useful information has been obtained yet."
"So how to start the next action, I have the following suggestions. Everyone still votes, and the minority obeys the majority."
"First, just go all the way west and pretend that nothing has happened. If someone covets the teapot on Li San, give it to him. It will save you money and eliminate disasters. It's all about hurrying. The advantage of this is that we don't have to worry about what's next. Being tied up by anything, we can preserve the integrity of the team's personnel and combat strength to the greatest extent."
Qi Zhen sighed: "But because of Yu Liang's existence, I believe that none of you will agree to this plan."
At this moment, Qi Zhen's heart moved again.
Could it be that the system has even taken this factor into consideration?
"The second one is to continue to do everything possible to track down the whereabouts of that ghost, including contacting the white-clothed land and searching for all clues in Wuhu City to avenge Lin Xiao."
"The third option is to visit the surrounding gangsters and track down clues about Huang Wenbiao and Zisha Hu. First put the other matter on hold for a few days and then decide whether to continue completing this task based on the situation."
"The reason why I proposed the third option is because I always feel that this matter is extraordinary, and I'm afraid it's not something our team can handle with the current strength on paper."
"Why do you think so?" Meng Ran asked.
"Do you still remember when Yu Liang asked Jiang Yan who could release such a large-scale magic?" Qi Zhen asked.
Only then did everyone remember Jiang Yan's actions at that time. She pointed to the sky.
"In other words, I originally thought that the reason why the weather became cold in Wuhu was probably due to the strong ghost energy of Jiuzi, but now." Qi Zhen silently felt the temperature of the weather, "I'm afraid even if It has an impact, but it is limited.”
"There are still five people, you all choose first." Qi Zhen said softly.
This time, the teammates' choices were unprecedentedly unanimous and did not surprise Qi Zhen at all.
Everyone chose to continue contacting the White Land without hesitation, and then uncovered the truth of this matter.
In Qi Zhen's view, these teammates will never give up until they find out the truth of the whole matter.
Because this is the only option to investigate the cause of Lin Xiao's death and avenge him.
Regarding their choice, Qi Zhen didn't know whether she should be happy to have such teammates, or whether she should be upset about the huge challenges the team would face next.
Not long after everyone left, Yu Liang came to Lin Xiao's tomb without knowing when. He faced the four words "Lin Xiao's tomb" and said softly: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely help you kill that person with my own hands. Come to comfort your spirit in heaven."
The team left Jiuzi and headed towards the boundary monument.
For both Qi Zhen and other teammates in the team, the next contact was of great significance to them, so everyone moved at a slow pace.
Jiang Yan, who had not spoken until now, suddenly asked: "Is Yu Liang okay?"
It was Li Qiang who answered her: "You don't know him yet?"
Jiang Yan didn't say anything after hearing this.
Soon, the boundary monument appeared in front of everyone again.
