Chapter 166 Observation

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, the two had been squatting on the wall for an hour. But this did not affect Gu Fei's focus at all. He still held the binoculars in one hand, a pen in the other, and carefully recorded in his notebook. Yan Xiaozhu, on the other hand, was bored and could only pass the time with her diary. But she was obviously an extremely normal player, and this kind of thing was meaningless to her. If she wanted to read a novel, lying in bed at home would definitely be more comfortable than being on this wall.

"Hey, are we really going to stay for six hours?" Yan Xiaozhu's eyes gradually showed a hint of fear when she looked at Gu Fei. This person was too terrifying, both in terms of his skills and his spirit. Being in the same place with someone for an hour without saying a word was something Yan Xiaozhu couldn't imagine. But today, this happened so realistically. Yan Xiaozhu wanted to talk to Gu Fei several times, but she finally held back. Gu Fei's focus made her feel that opening her mouth to talk to him would be a disruption to the atmosphere. However, now that an hour had passed, Yan Xiaozhu really couldn't bear it anymore. If she didn't disrupt it, she felt like she was going crazy.

"I said, even six hours might not be enough," Gu Fei said without even looking at her, focusing only on the NPCs in the yard. The fixed NPCs were easy to handle, but the main thing was the moving ones. There were a few that Gu Fei hadn't figured out their patterns yet. After all, the yard was very large, and the field of vision in the binoculars was relatively limited, so it wouldn't be possible to master them all so quickly.

"Then do I have to stay here for so long?" Yan Xiaozhu said.

Gu Fei finally glanced at her: "It seems like no one asked you to. You came on your own."

Yan Xiaozhu was speechless. She regretted it very much. Curiosity really does kill the cat, but how could she have known that she would encounter such a boring thing, a boring person.

"It's so boring!" Yan Xiaozhu stood up to stretch, but she was stopped by Gu Fei as soon as she got halfway up: "Don't move, squat down!"

Yan Xiaozhu was on the verge of tears. She couldn't even stretch!

"You can leave first!" Gu Fei took out a coil of rope and gave it to Yan Xiaozhu. "Hang it up and slide down."

Yan Xiaozhu didn't take it. It wasn't that she hadn't thought about leaving first. But in the end, she was still extremely curious and really wanted to see what this strange person Gu Fei would end up doing.

Not daring to stand up straight, Yan Xiaozhu almost crawled next to Gu Fei, tilted her head, and looked at the things he had recorded in his notebook. She suddenly said, "NPCs do have fixed patterns to follow, but what about the players from Misty Flowers? They're also leaving people in this yard 24 hours a day. Players won't have such precise patterns." Rather than being bored, she might as well get involved, Yan Xiaozhu thought, finally giving some more practical advice.

"Isn't that what I'm observing right now?" Gu Fei said.

"Has Jordanal appeared yet?" Yan Xiaozhu asked.

"Not yet." Gu Fei looked up at the sky. It was already approaching dusk in the game time, and the weather was starting to darken. Although it wouldn't be completely dark, it would have a noticeable impact on the field of vision. It might be more advantageous to act at night, but he also needed to see if the activities of these NPCs at night were the same as they were now.

"Actually, I might be able to find out what time Jordanal appears," Yan Xiaozhu said.

"It's probably not necessary! We'll see him eventually," Gu Fei said. He didn't want to arouse unnecessary suspicion for something that could be done right under his nose.

"Oh, he's out, that seems to be him!" No sooner said than done, just as they were discussing Jordanal, a person walked out of the gate of the city hall, which was heavily guarded.

"I see him," Gu Fei said. The position he had chosen was a place where he could clearly observe the city hall gate without binoculars. While observing and recording the other NPCs, he had never relaxed his attention to this place. He had already seen this person as soon as he came out of the gate. Did he need Yan Xiaozhu to remind him?

"Is that Jordanal?" Gu Fei only didn't know his identity.

"It seems to be," Yan Xiaozhu wasn't too sure either. At the time, she had just casually glanced at this NPC while she was mixed in the crowd.

Gu Fei fixed the binoculars on the person suspected to be Jordanal. If this was his assassination target, he had to at least recognize what the person looked like.

This person walked out of the city hall and slowly walked down the steps one by one. And those Misty Flowers players who seemed to be doing nothing at this time all stirred. It seemed that this suspicion could be confirmed. Gu Fei thought, and firmly remembered Jordanal's appearance. An mature male NPC with short stubble, who looked relatively heroic and upright. He had a long sword hanging around his waist, held the hilt with his left hand, and his steps were slow and powerful.

Gu Fei was a little worried at this time. If the Misty Flowers players took the initiative to go up to Jordanal and ask about the progress of some task, then after Jordanal completed this task plot, would he directly return to the city hall? Gu Fei sincerely hoped that Jordanal would have the integrity of an NPC, that he would follow the procedures and not be so easily influenced by the players' actions.

The development of the situation was more in line with Gu Fei's expectations. Jordanal appeared, and although the Misty Flowers players also followed with some movement, no one stepped forward. Everyone's eyes were just following Jordanal, watching him step by step as he began to wander around the yard.

Gu Fei followed with his eyes, his hands moving non-stop, quickly recording. And the actions of all the NPCs in the yard had changed somewhat due to Jordanal's appearance. Gu Fei secretly groaned. This meant that the previous records were likely to be wasted. Because Jordanal's presence and absence were completely different situations, and he needed to re-master the situation when Jordanal appeared. This would require more time...

The players did not affect Jordanal's actions. This was the only good news. Gu Fei scanned the entire yard and found that several people from Misty Flowers had started walking towards a certain place in the yard. Gu Fei's mind moved, and he scanned the binoculars towards these people, seeing that it was their guild leader, Liu Feng San Tan, and others, with Piaoliu also among them.

"This guy, he has to join a group wherever he goes?" Gu Fei recalled Piaoliu joining the Black Hand Mercenary Group in Cloudrise City. With a big shot like him, he could naturally join any guild or mercenary group he wanted, with a bunch of people fighting to get him. This guy was originally a job-hopper! Gu Fei thought.

As Gu Fei expected, the location of Liu Feng San Tan and the others was a place that Jordanal passed by. In the previous process of wandering, Jordanal had stopped twice, both times with other NPCs. And this location was the third stop, where he interacted with the players, probably announcing the current task progress and the like.

After this, the players' attention to him faded, and Jordanal continued, making a fourth stop, still an interaction between NPCs.

After this time, Jordanal turned around and went straight back to the city hall.

"This... is there a chance to make a move?" Yan Xiaozhu could see everything clearly. Jordanal walked around in full view, so where was the chance for an assassination?

"It's too early to say there's no chance now," Gu Fei said. From the rough observation just now, Jordanal's route had no obvious hidden places, and it seemed impossible to complete a stealthy assassination.

Perhaps it wasn't that there wasn't one! It was just that he hadn't found it yet. Gu Fei thought so, having already made up his mind to come back and observe carefully. Finally, he began to put the things back into his pocket little by little. Yan Xiaozhu was extremely surprised: "Are we leaving?"

"Yeah... We'll come back to observe next time he appears. There's no point in observing now," Gu Fei said.

After speaking, he took out his grappling hook and fastened it to the wall: "Slide down!"

"You go first!" Yan Xiaozhu still wanted to see a demonstration.

So he saw Gu Fei jump down.

"Hey! You..." Yan Xiaozhu exclaimed. There was a setting in the game where you could fall to your death, and the fall resistance varied depending on the profession and the points added. In short, mages were definitely not a fall-resistant character at the moment, and a height of more than ten meters was enough to die. Yan Xiaozhu stretched her head out to see the tragedy, but saw Gu Fei point his finger just before landing, and his person flickered, disappearing from mid-air, standing firmly on the ground, and looking back at Yan Xiaozhu: "You what?"

Yan Xiaozhu was speechless. There were rumors that a mage's fall resistance was reflected by magic, such as casting a spell that would suddenly make the body fall slowly like a feather, or using instantaneous movement in mid-air. It could also be considered a bold method!

Yan Xiaozhu didn't dare to jump more than ten meters either. She grabbed the rope and carefully slid down little by little, finally not having any accidents.

Gu Fei was putting away the grappling hook, and Yan Xiaozhu asked from the side, "What do we do next?"

"Observe again next time," Gu Fei said.

"Like today?" Yan Xiaozhu asked.

"Yeah!" Gu Fei said.

"Maybe there will be other ways," Yan Xiaozhu said.

"That also requires the collection of information," Gu Fei said.

"Do you need me to find out something for you?" Yan Xiaozhu asked.

"Not for now... If I think of anything, I'll tell you," Gu Fei said.

"Maybe we should ask my sister to help. She knows more than I do," Yan Xiaozhu said.

Gu Fei thought of the analysis that Gui Tong had given him at the beginning. She was also obviously a very clear-headed girl, and compared to Yan Xiaozhu, an immigrant, she should have a better understanding of Xiayun City. Perhaps she could really help.

"Uh, well, if there's anything, I'll look for you sisters!" Gu Fei said.

The two then said goodbye. Gu Fei silently recalled Jordanal's actions, hoping to find some flaws in them. At this time, You Ge suddenly sent him a message: "I've found some clues!"

"How?" Gu Fei replied.

"Oak Forest, many main cities have them around. However, according to the diary, he passed through Linshui City before arriving at Xiayun City after receiving the task, so there is only one main city." You Ge said.

"Linyincheng, right?" Gu Fei asked.

"How do you know?" You Ge was shocked.

"Because there are many trees there," Gu Fei said.

"Your way of guessing is too rough, you have to know..." (Hundreds of words omitted)

Gu Fei directly closed You Ge's message and sent a new message: "I also have some clues here."

"How?"

As soon as Gu Fei said this, You Ge asked immediately: "It's not on the task list?"

"Nope!"

"Tch!" You Ge also had a player's mindset...

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The recent plot is in a stable state... because both Boss and Ye Xiaowu have been surging recently, now life needs peace, peace, peace...