Li Ming's words made all his teammates dumbfounded. Those masked men came to the village specifically to kill people, not to steal profits. This was an incredible speculation.
"Brother Ming, Madam just said that the people in the village have no grievances with the outsiders. How could they attract enemies? Why would they kill so many people if not for profit?" Fan Hua asked doubtfully.
"What you said makes sense, but according to my judgment just now, the information about the treasures of the Hidden Sword Village is hidden on two jade pendants. The village owner gave the two jade pendants to his wife and children respectively, but this group of people killed everyone.
He didn't take away the jade pendant, and he didn't even bother to search before killing his wife. What does this mean?" Li Ming analyzed.
"It's not about killing people for treasures..." Everyone was stunned again.
"That would be troublesome. Now that a jade pendant has been broken, won't the treasure information never be found?" Fan Hua suddenly realized what he was doing and said with distress.
Lonely Like Smoke's beautiful eyes lit up, she walked to the corner, glanced at the two corpses, then bent down and picked up the jade fragments scattered on the ground one by one...
"Madam, I saw several cable winches in the main hall on the left. What were they used for before?" Li Ming asked curiously.
"Yunyan Mountain is a place rich in mineral veins, so the Hidden Sword Village was built here. The air rope is the channel for transporting the ore up." The Resentful Demon Soul said.
"Wow, ore!" Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. They didn't expect that there was a mining area on the mountain opposite!
"The mine opposite is very secret and belongs to our village. No one else can enter." The Resentful Demon Soul continued.
Or a private mining area...
This time, everyone was extremely surprised.
A private mining area means that the mine already has an owner, and other people cannot enter to collect ore without the owner's permission.
The discovery of an ownerless cottage is shocking enough. If the cottage also comes with a private mine, it would be an unexpected surprise...
"But why, when the stronghold is attacked, does the stronghold owner order people to cut off the iron cables first?" Li Ming asked curiously.
"I don't know about this. My husband has always guarded the mine very carefully. No one except the core clan members has the right to enter the mine casually." said the Resentful Demon Soul.
"That's right..." Li Ming's eyes sparkled, and he could already conclude that the treasures of Hidden Sword Village were hidden in the mines.
But if you want to find the treasure, there must be other conditions.
"What are the origins of those men in black? Madam, do you have any idea?" Li Ming asked.
"Until now, I still don't understand the origins of those people. Seeing that they are well-trained, even the guards of the cottage have no ability to fight back in front of them. They must have strong combat effectiveness. And they seem to be very defensive about the cottage.
Very familiar, he actually avoided the warning of the watchtower, quietly appeared at the entrance of the village, and rushed in unobstructed..." The Resentful Demon Soul said in confusion.
"Madam, what you mean is that someone has tipped off the news, and there is an internal agent in the village!" Li Ming's eyes lit up, and he finally got some clues.
"But everyone in the village was killed..." The Resentful Demon Soul said helplessly.
"It's impossible for them all to be killed. Madam, please tell me the exact population of the entire village." Li Ming asked with a frown.
"There were a total of 1,561 people in the Hidden Sword Village. I was in the square at that time. I saw with my own eyes that everyone in the village was escorted here and beheaded in batches. The whole square was dyed red with blood..." The Resentment Demon Soul recalled in horror.
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"Not bad..." Li Ming felt a little headache now, but in his heart, he still felt that this matter was a bit strange.
At this time, everyone discovered that the red light on the body of the Resentful Demon Soul began to flicker, and something seemed to be abnormal.
"I can't do it anymore. I've been talking to you for too long and my strength is not enough. I have to go back to Jade Pendant to rest for a while." The resentful demon soul said with trembling body.
"Madam, when will you show up again?" Li Ming asked quickly. He still had many clues to discuss with her in detail.
"Take those broken jade stones with you. When I recover some strength, I will appear again. As long as the enemy does not die, I must persevere!" The resentful demon soul turned into countless red lights and flew directly to the lonely smoke.
In his hand, there were scattered pieces of broken jade pendants.
Whoosh!
Countless rays of light shone, and these jade fragments flew directly into Li Ming's package.
"I'm dizzy. I picked it up for a long time and went to your place..." Lonely Ruyan said speechlessly.
"Okay, the mission here has been received. Now we are just waiting for clues to be found to find the real murderer. In fact, the mission has already stated that there are a total of 300 masked men who committed the copycat murder." Li Ming said.
"But how to check for follow-up clues? I don't know when Madam will appear. Maybe she won't wake up until the end of the mission?" Lonely Ruyan reminded.
"For such a big murder, since the system has this setting, there must be other clues..." Fan Hua thought.
"I don't think so much anymore, now I can do the mission." Li Ming chuckled.
In fact, he already had some idea in his mind. Since Hidden Sword Village is a place that specifically helps the Imperial Regiment build weapons and equipment, if such a big case of annihilation occurs, the military must have launched an investigation...
The teammates immediately used the city recall scroll and returned to the imperial city again.
When they appeared in the center of the teleportation array, everyone was surprised to find that the number of players in the imperial city was increasing exponentially.
Regardless of whether it is the outer city or the inner city, there are countless people bustling on the streets. This imperial city was deserted when Li Ming came in, but now it is full of people!
It was almost noon, and the teammates decided to go to the mission location first, then go offline to eat, and complete all the main missions in the afternoon.
They quickly arrived at the outer city area, mobilized their mounts and sped off...
Rushing all the way through the city gate and suspension bridge, following the countless players galloping around, they rushed all the way to the map farther away.
Arriving at the edge of the Demonic Sound Forest, the teammates jumped off their mounts, brought up the control panel, and directly chose to go offline.
Back in the real world, the two people walked out of the control cabin and started preparing lunch.
"Brother Ming, the boss asked us when we were going there. She has already arranged everything." Fan Hua reminded.
"Oh, you decide, we can clean up early when you get there. Anyway, the landlord will demand the rent soon." Li Ming said nonchalantly.
"Then let's clean up after we go offline tonight. I'll see if there is a nearest flight tomorrow. The main thing is that the control cabin needs to be transported there." Fan Hua said.
"No problem, it's only a two-hour flight from here to the capital." Li Ming nodded.
He was still a little sad when he suddenly had to leave this city. This city did not leave him with many happy memories, but the vague figure of the woman in his mind was still in his heart and could not be forgotten.
Lunch was quickly prepared, and after the two of them finished eating, Li Ming stood on the balcony smoking a cigarette, waiting for the food in his stomach to digest, while Fan Hua turned on the computer and checked the latest flights to the capital, ready to leave this place...