Chapter 391 The Opened Cellar

Gu Fei led the five others, familiar with the road, to the vicinity of Adrian's house. Approaching, they saw a busy and familiar figure in the backyard.

"Xiao Yu!" Gu Fei called out loudly.

June Rain turned her head, saw Gu Fei and his group, and waved her arms wildly, "I'm here."

The group gathered around her, surrounding the girl. "What are you doing?" everyone asked.

Gu Fei had already seen the cellar lid at June Rain's feet and laughed, "Still not giving up?"

June Rain stomped on the lid twice, "It's strange, it's obviously not locked, why can't I open it?"

So the five of them squatted down together to study it, while Gu Fei laughed beside them, "It's a game, if the system says it can't be opened, then of course it can't be opened. Do you need a reason?" He thought to himself, how could these five people's IQ drop to June Rain's level together?

Unexpectedly, You Ge turned around, looked at Gu Fei very seriously, and said, "No, Parallel World does very well in the details. If it's a door that can't be opened, there must be a reason."

After speaking, the five continued to bury their heads in research.

"Could it be because it's too heavy?" Yu Tian Shen Ming said after pulling the lid twice.

"Let me try." Zhan Wu Shang stepped forward, June Rain looked at him with anticipation. Gu Fei was speechless. June Rain was a full-strength warrior. Zhan Wu Shang, an experienced warrior, certainly wouldn't have such an extreme stat distribution. So, despite his burly physique, he might not be able to beat June Rain in an arm wrestle. If June Rain couldn't pull it open, what use was there in him pulling?

Sure enough, Zhan Wu Shang strained his face and pulled for a long time, finally concluding, "It's either too heavy, or it just can't be pulled open."

"Tsk!" Gu Fei made a contemptuous sound.

You Ge carefully checked the gap where the cellar lid connected to the ground, but found nothing. Finally, he muttered, "Could it be some kind of magic was applied, so it can't be opened with ordinary force, and requires special spells or items?"

"This Adrian is indeed no ordinary person!" Everyone's bodies trembled, and they stared intently at Adrian's mansion.

"Adrian isn't home right now," June Rain suddenly interjected.

"Oh!" Gu Fei said, "No wonder you ran to the backyard to rummage around now."

"Hehe, it's been a while since I've been here," June Rain said with a smile.

"It's an opportunity!" Yu Tian Shen Ming slapped his thigh, "Adrian isn't home, let's quickly go in and search. Maybe the scroll or item to open this cellar lid is in the house."

"Right, right, right!" Zhan Wu Shang was already about to go.

"I say…" Gu Fei spoke, "We came to find Adrian, not to open this cellar lid, right?"

The excited old and young slapped their foreheads, "That's right, oh!" Then they immediately looked serious and asked June Rain in a solemn tone, "Ahem, do you know where Adrian went?"

June Rain shook her head, but Yu Tian Shen Ming's words had inspired her. She wanted to open this cellar lid! Thinking of this, June Rain wanted to break down the door and go inside to rummage around. At this time, Han Jia Gongzi finally spoke, "I know where Adrian is."

"How do you know?"

"Where is he?"

Everyone looked at him.

Han Jia Gongzi stepped on the cellar lid.

"What does that mean?"

As soon as the words fell, the cellar lid suddenly creaked open. Everyone was shocked and quickly retreated. Then, they saw a person holding a candle in one hand and supporting the ground with the other as he crawled out of the cellar.

Han Jia Gongzi looked at the various experts in front of him, "The door can't be opened and there's no lock, the biggest possibility is that it's locked from the inside…"

The experts lowered their heads in shame, especially You Ge. Just now he was talking about magic locks. It seemed that sometimes knowing too much wasn't necessarily a good thing.

"Ahem! Is this person Adrian?" You Ge asked Gu Fei, pointing at the person crawling out.

"Yeah, his appearance hasn't changed at all."

Adrian crawled out of the cellar and found himself surrounded by a group of people. He also made an appropriate reaction, shouting at them in a shrill voice, "Who are you people, what are you doing breaking into my house?"

No one paid attention to him. He was just a broken robot, who would care about his attitude? Only a quest fanatic like June Rain would care, but unfortunately June Rain wasn't here. She had just smashed Adrian's door and rushed in to rummage through the cabinets. Frankly speaking, this was the standard gameplay of RPG games.

"What do we do? Should we just take him down now?" You Ge said.

"That won't work, right? If we just kill him like this, and then go back and tell the werewolf that we've eliminated him? Will that work?" Gu Fei said.

"I don't think so. We should at least show some evidence, right?" Jian Gui said.

"How can we prove that this person is the mastermind colluding with the werewolves?" Everyone sized Adrian up and down. Adrian was still shouting, "Who are you, what are you doing here?" He was directly ignored by the six of them.

"What nonsense are you talking about? If we can't find a way to expose this person's true identity, can we attack him?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"That's right, ordinary NPCs are protected from PK, unless the quest conditions are met to trigger the corresponding plot, will the PK protection be lifted," You Ge said.

The six of them surrounded Adrian, thinking. At this time, June Rain crawled out of the mansion, looking dejected, "I didn't find anything that looked like it could open the cellar."

The group looked at each other, and suddenly rushed towards Adrian's mansion together. Adrian shouted from behind, "What are you doing, you bunch of robbers!!!"

The robbers thoroughly searched Adrian's mansion again in front of the person involved, but unfortunately, they didn't find anything suspicious that could reveal Adrian's identity. The people who came out of the mansion were as dejected as June Rain.

"You bunch of robbers!!" Adrian was still angrily pointing at them, "I'm going to sue you, sue you." Adrian stumbled and ran away.

"This, won't this be a little troublesome?" You Ge was the first to feel nervous.

"Will NPC guards be called over?" Yu Tian Shen Ming was the second.

"Who has fought with NPC guards before?" Zhan Wu Shang asked, then everyone's eyes turned to Gu Fei. He was a PK maniac, his PK value would be over 20 for no reason, which would cause him to be hunted down by guards.

But Gu Fei also shook his head, "I've only been chased, I haven't dared to fight back."

Everyone gasped. If Gu Fei didn't dare to fight back, then their strength must be very terrifying.

"Are they very powerful?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked in a trembling voice.

"I don't know, but, there will be a lot of people," Gu Fei said.

The group looked at each other, the surroundings were silent, suddenly there were a few "whooshing" sounds of flipping pages. The group turned around and saw Han Jia Gongzi just came out of the mansion, holding a broken notebook in his hand, constantly flipping through it.

"What is it?" the group gathered around.

"Account book," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"What did you find?" everyone asked.

"Nothing, but there is Adrian's handwriting here," Han Jia Gongzi said to the group.

The group reacted quickly and looked at Gu Fei together, "What about that small note?"

"I gave it to Wu Shi Zhi Jian…" Gu Fei said, distressed. He was truly a qualified mercenary.

"But, can you guys appraise handwriting?" Gu Fei asked.

"Even if we could, it would be useless. This kind of talent that players possess shouldn't be enough to affect the game's plot. If this is a clue, then it definitely needs to be handled with a skill in the game, such as, Appraisal Technique?" You Ge said.

"Appraisal Technique? Does Appraisal Technique have the function of appraising handwriting?" everyone asked in confusion.

"I'm just giving an example," You Ge said.

"Players' Appraisal Technique might not have it, but NPC appraisers might," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"That makes sense, but the problem is, that small note isn't in our hands right now…"

"Ask Wu Shi Zhi Jian for it. We helped him complete the quest, would he not give it?" Zhan Wu Shang said.

"Hehe…" Han Jia Gongzi suddenly smiled.

Everyone's scalps tingled, and they avoided his smile together, "What did you think of again?"

"I thought of a way to get Wu Shi Zhi Jian to give us the note," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Don't tell me, it must be very inhumane," the five shook their heads repeatedly.

Han Jia Gongzi didn't say anything more, but sent a message to Dao Ying Nian Hua, "We found a major clue."

"Damn it!!!" Dao Ying Nian Hua regarded this message as bad news, and said to Wu Shi Zhi Jian with a sad face, "Gongzi Elite Group really took the lead."

"Don't worry," Wu Shi Zhi Jian was still quite calm, "This is our quest, the initiative is in our hands. Even if he discovered the clue, it's not certain whether I will accept it or not. The quest has only just begun. Calm down and simply negotiate with him."

So Dao Ying Nian Hua waited for a moment before replying calmly, "Oh? What clue?"

"We need that small note," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"What for?" Dao Ying Nian Hua replied slowly.

In fact, as an honest mercenary, one should honestly report their findings to the employer. It's a pity that the world is declining. Mercenaries often don't do this, and even employers don't require mercenaries to do so. The originally pure transaction is full of intrigue.

Han Jia Gongzi, who often took the opportunity to rip people off, showed the qualities of an honest mercenary at this time, and told Dao Ying Nian Hua that Adrian was highly suspicious and that bringing the small note over might reveal his despicable truth.

Dao Ying Nian Hua and the others were skeptical, but trying didn't cost anything, so they quickly took the note and rushed to Adrian's mansion in Nightglow Village.

"But, Adrian isn't here right now!" Hearing Han Jia Gongzi's plan, the others were puzzled.

"That's exactly why Adrian isn't here!" Han Jia Gongzi smiled.

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April 4th of the lunar calendar, sunny. I heard it's the birthday of Manjushri Bodhisattva ~ Hu Die was moved and called on everyone to actively vote and congratulate him on his happy birthday ~