"Brother, I have never been as depressed as I am today. Really... Oh my god, this bitch, more people come to fuck her than people who buy my tomato noodles. How can I bear it!"
Taking Tom to the lumberyard, the first link of the series of tasks is over, but this is not the end.
Compared with his wife becoming a public servant, Tom was more concerned about whether his scandal would be spread out. He begged: "I have been selling tomato noodles in Chengdong District for more than ten years. Many people know me. Please.
, don’t spread this matter, I am willing to give you a good thing, as long as you can forget this matter."
"Didi: The first part of the series of tasks is over. Agree to Tom's request and start the second part of the task."
The golden finger reminder sounded in his ears, Wu Ming's eyes flickered slightly, and he said without hesitation: "Of course, I am a mercenary, and it is my responsibility to keep secrets for my employer. This matter will never be spread.
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"Okay, I believe you, take this thing." Tom took out a black ring from his pocket and handed it to Wu Ming solemnly.
Wu Ming took the ring and took a look. This black ring was very strange. It was not gold, not silver, not copper, and not iron. It had a faint coolness when he held it in his hand.
Feeling it carefully, this coolness was like a kind of energy, giving him a very eerie feeling.
"My second uncle is the night watchman at the mass grave outside the city, but he disappeared last week. I went to the mass grave to look for him, but he was not found, but I found this ring. Now it is yours.
"Tom explained casually, and to Wu Ming's ears, it was the lead to the second round of the mission.
"Didi: The second stage of the series of tasks begins. Explore the mass graves outside the city and find the missing night watchman. The task rewards 50 experience points."
The first-level mission is to investigate extramarital affairs, and the second-level mission is to find the missing administrator.
Wu Ming touched the ring on his hand and instinctively realized that he was walking from a small matter into a larger vortex.
Perhaps this is the charm of serial tasks. The difficulty gradually increases and the rewards become more and more generous. No one knows what the final task is.
This feeling of searching for the truth in the unknown and slowly uncovering the fog is like playing a hide-and-seek game, which satisfies people's desire for exploration.
"The reward for the second ring mission is equivalent to killing half of the wanted criminals, and this is only the second ring! If there are four or five ring missions later, the reward will be so huge!
"Wu Ming held the black ring and left impatiently.
Tibrag City is an important town in the Holy Light Empire and has a large population base.
The mass grave is located 20 miles west of the city, located in an ancient forest.
In the past, wanted criminals who were hanged, gang members who died in street fights, and unclaimed bodies would all be dumped here.
Over time, this place became a place where strangers were not allowed to enter, and only one night watchman was responsible for taking care of it.
"Mass grave!"
Arriving at the mass grave in the west of the city, Wu Ming raised his head and glanced at the sky.
It was mid-afternoon at this time, and based on time, it should be 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Withdrawing his gaze, Wu Ming put on his hood and began to walk into the forest. His steady pace seemed to be unstoppable by any obstacle.
"Wow wow wow"
Stepping on the thick fallen leaves, Wu Ming raised his head slightly and realized that his intrusion had disturbed a group of crows.
In ancient times, crows represented bad luck, their cries were harsh, and they were said to be the embodiment of bad luck.
Wu Ming walked in front, and the crows lingered behind, refusing to disperse for some reason.
Upon noticing this special phenomenon, Wu Ming stopped and looked thoughtful.
There are only two possibilities for crows not being afraid of humans. One is that these crows are raised by humans, and the other is that these crows have attacked humans and have become accustomed to eating human flesh.
This is a mass grave, and there is never a shortage of dead people. The second type may be bigger than the first.
Thinking that in the eyes of these crows, he was food delivered to his door, Wu Ming was a little dumbfounded, so he simply ignored them.
"crunch"
After walking a few hundred meters in the woods, I pushed open a decaying fence gate, and here was the core of the mass grave.
Especially near the fence gate, there is a dilapidated cabin, which is probably the night watchman's home.
Pushing open the wooden house and walking in, there is a bed, a table, a stove, an oil lamp, and an ax for chopping wood. This is all there is in the room.
Wu Ming reached out and touched the table. His fingers were covered with dust. Sure enough, as Tom said, the night watchman had been missing for a long time. Judging from the dust on the table, no one had cleaned it for at least a week.
"The missing night watchman, the cool black ring" Wu Ming knew that the disappearance of the night watchman could not be caused by him, so he rummaged through the room to see if he could find any clues.
Surprisingly, Wu Ming actually found a diary from under the bed.
I looked through the diary and read a few pages. This diary was left by the night watchman. It wrote down what I did every day and some of my expectations.
"Last night on June 9, I heard strange sounds coming from the mass graves. I searched around and found nothing."
"The strange noises lasted for three days on June 11. As soon as I walked out of the room, these noises would disappear. When I came back, the noises would start again. It's really hell."
"On June 12, I decided to lurk in the cemetery tonight to see who was causing trouble."
At this point in the diary, there will be no further follow-up.
Wu Ming closed the diary and guessed that Old Tom was dead and died of his own curiosity.
It is said that curiosity can kill a cat. According to legend, a cat has nine lives and can be killed by its own curiosity, let alone an ordinary night watchman.
However, the mission is not over yet. As the saying goes, if you want to see a person alive or dead, he still needs to find Old Tom.
"Who is causing trouble in the mass graveyard? Is it Count Cullen's people who are performing rituals here?" Wu Ming thought of Count Cullen and felt that he should have something to do with it.
You must know that Count Cullen is a believer in the evil god, and he believes in the evil god from the plane of the undead. The sacrifices to the evil god are usually very evil.
In Tibrag City, various forces are intertwined. The Thieves Guild, the Temple of Wealth, and the Temple of Holy Light are all large-scale forces that are no less than the city lord's palace.
In terms of safety, this inaccessible mass grave is definitely safer than the City Lord's Mansion. After all, there are many people in the City Lord's Mansion, and every move is under the eyes of all forces. Many things are inconvenient to do.
"Qiang"
Taking out the sword from his waist with one hand, Wu Ming strode towards the depths of the mass grave.
To the eye, all the lonely graves are new, as if someone has filled the graves with soil, and there are obvious signs of being tampered with.
Wu Ming frowned slightly, and the sword in his hand suddenly slashed out and struck an isolated grave fiercely.
With a bang, the tomb was divided into two by the long sword. Wu Ming raised his eyes and looked down, and found that there were no bones in the tomb.
One, two, three
The long sword was waved continuously, and the lonely graves were cut open one after another.
After breaking open seven graves in succession, he did not see any bones. By this time, Wu Ming was sure that this mass grave had been hollowed out.
"There are thousands of corpses in a mass grave. Where have all these bones gone?" Wu Ming continued walking deeper, wanting to see the secret behind the disappearance of the corpses.
Ten minutes later, Wu Ming found clues.
This is the deepest part of the mass grave. In addition to the graves showing signs of being tampered with, even the ground beneath their feet seems to have been renovated.
Upon noticing this change, Wu Ming slashed out three swords in a row, creating a large hole in the ground.
There are bones everywhere under the ground, and countless skeletons have been pieced together, as if they formed a strange thing.
Because he only blasted away the tip of the iceberg, Wu Ming couldn't tell what it was composed of, so he continued digging and blasted away all the surrounding land.
Finally, a bone altar appeared. Countless skeletons formed a huge altar and were buried deep under the loess.
There was a corpse lying on the altar that had not rotted away. The man looked to be sixty or seventy years old, and he could barely tell that he was Old Tom.
"Didi: The second ring of the chain of tasks has been completed. Inform the major temples of this news and start the third ring of tasks."
After finding Old Tom's body, Wu Ming's second-level mission was completed and 50 experience points were obtained.
Looking at the task prompt that was refreshed again, Wu Ming hesitated, because he was already sure that the altar must be the work of Count Cullen, and he did not want to spread this matter.
"Sure enough, it is just as I thought, this is really the work of Count Cullen. However, once the news of the Bone Altar is spread, it will definitely attract the attention of the major temples, and it is likely to destroy Count Cullen's plan. Although I am not the same as Count Cullen.
They are in a group, but what he wants to do is beneficial to me, and I have no reason to hold him back!" The invasion of the undead tribe was a disaster for mankind, but it did more good than harm to Wu Ming.
He is not the Virgin, nor is he a savior. He has no ambition to save mankind.
On the contrary, after the undead tribe invades, the war of gods that may begin will give him the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and break the stagnant situation.
"Others say that when you are in good luck, you will get more help, but when you are in bad luck, you will get less help. But in my case, it is the other way around. Count Cullen, you owe me once again. What you owe me must be repaid!" Wu Ming's eyes flickered and he glanced at the people in front of him.
The Altar of Bones ordered: "Abandon the serial mission" (To be continued...)