Chapter 111 The Water Works

Gu Fei was quick enough. Since he couldn't teleport underground, he placed a scroll as a coordinate outside the tunnel exit and then sprinted all the way back to the main city.

Although Gu Fei didn't follow the proper procedures for doing quests, that didn't mean he didn't know the correct way. Sometimes, he was just too lazy, so he simply imagined his way through, killing everything in sight. The freedom of the parallel world allowed players to mess around like that. However, after obtaining the magic bubble and sneaking into this highly suspicious place, the space was just too vast. Even without the disruption from the siege players, Gu Fei felt that deriving any clues from it would be impossible.

He first sent messages to Xi Xiaotian and the others, asking them to inquire about Cortney again from the outside. But Cortney herself hadn't participated in the project, and she had already provided everything she could. As for the other two figures involved in the project, Gilkinore and Angus, they were already dead. Dead men tell no tales.

What to do at this point? The answer was actually quite simple. The quest was given by the City Guards. Go back and explain the current findings of the investigation to the City Guards, and perhaps there would be new instructions. It was just a pity that this task couldn't be done by anyone else; Gu Fei had to do it himself. He had wanted to use a scroll to fly out at that time, but it failed. Finally, he realized that since these guys could come in, there must be a different passage.

Gu Fei returned to the city, rushed to the Council Hall, and looked for the City Guards. The captain was always diligently sitting behind his desk, waiting for Gu Fei's arrival. Gu Fei didn't waste any words, quickly explaining all of his current discoveries. The captain's gaze shifted. Gu Fei followed his line of sight and was shocked to see the old man who called himself the Great Mage Austin appearing in the corner again.

"Master!" Gu Fei had previously despised this old man who claimed to be knowledgeable but didn't know any magic. But this guy was unpredictable, and suddenly running to the City Guard's office at this juncture probably meant he was related to the quest. He guessed that a major hint would be released by him.

The old man Austin cleared his throat twice and looked at Gu Fei with great satisfaction, "You have finally found the Cloud City water storage and drainage project."

Gu Fei nodded, "What's so strange about that place?"

Austin began his long and detailed narrative, explaining the function of the project. It was actually no different from what Broken Water Arrow had said before. Of course, Gu Fei hadn't heard it, so he had to patiently listen to the NPC's nonsense. Broken Water Arrow's explanation was the main content that Ye Xiaowu had picked out, while the NPC's explanation was much longer, starting directly from the magical plague that broke out in Cloud City many years ago. He went on and on and on, finally clarifying that the water storage and drainage actually stored dirty water, which was then treated and discharged. It was built at the bottom of Cloud Lake because the magical barrier formation required a large amount of water as a medium.

"So, the terrible mutation that happened to Angus was because he accidentally came into contact with the magical wastewater you mentioned during the construction process?" This was a plot that the siege players didn't understand. Hearing this, Gu Fei solved the mystery.

"Poor man, may he rest in peace." Austin didn't know if he knew Angus or not, but he just said this sentence, without crossing himself or anything, and didn't know which god he was praying to.

"What can I do now?" Gu Fei asked.

"Qian Lil Yizui, the time to counterattack has come! We will use the water project to give these rioters a strong blow!" The City Guard Captain burst out with a loud roar at this time.

As soon as Gu Fei heard the captain speak, and quite importantly, he quickly abandoned the old man and ran over.

"Follow me!" The City Guard Captain left his desk and opened the door of his office. The NPC guards in the room were all lined up and followed. Gu Fei didn't try to compete with the NPCs, but when he looked back, the Great Mage Austin seemed to be following him out as well.

Following the NPCs to the end of the corridor on the first floor, there was a double door. Gu Fei saw a sign hanging above the door that read "War Room". The City Guard Captain pushed the door open, and Gu Fei followed closely behind. What greeted them was a huge sand table. Gu Fei glanced at it and realized that it was a sand table map of Cloud City.

"Is the map complete?" The City Guard Captain continued his sonorous speech.

"Almost done." An NPC responded.

"Hey, that's pretty good, you guys can do this?" Gu Fei said with a smile. There were three players next to the sand table, sweating profusely and working hard. They were used to ignoring the NPC's conversation, but when they suddenly heard a very lifelike player's question, they couldn't help but look up.

Drifting, Left Hand Writes Love, Right Hand Writes Handsome, the three brothers had their sleeves rolled up high, their faces, arms, and hands covered in mud and sand, mixed with sweat, looking extremely embarrassed. Seeing Gu Fei standing proudly next to the NPC, inspecting their work, they were extremely upset. Drifting threw a ball of sand over without saying a word. Gu Fei dodged it, and an NPC next to him was furious, "How can you be rude to the City Guard Sir?"

"Hahahaha!" Gu Fei laughed loudly. Drifting and the others were very depressed. They were in the same camp, but look at the difference in status. The other was regarded as a high and mighty hero, and what about them? The Wanderers Association sounded romantic, but it turned out that joining the government meant being the lowest-level coolie!

"You guys hurry up, we need it urgently!" Gu Fei knocked on the three of them with a serious expression.

"Huh?" Drifting carefully looked at Gu Fei, wondering if he was serious or just pretending to be serious to make fun of them.

"No joke, we're going to make a strategic deployment here. If successful, we may be able to directly defeat the siege side." Gu Fei said.

"Really?" The three were pleasantly surprised and quickly sped up their work, saying to Gu Fei, "It'll be done soon."

"Is this your quest?" Gu Fei asked.

"Yeah!" Drifting said.

"Did the system already anticipate that I would definitely complete the quest, so it prepared in advance?" Gu Fei wondered.

"Can you be any more shameless? Our quest is our quest. Who said it must be to serve you? Isn't it normal to have a sand table map in the war room?" Drifting said.

"You're right, you're right, hurry up and work." Gu Fei said.

What Drifting said was true, the sand table was only a little short of completion. The three of them were skilled workers now. They accelerated together and quickly completed it. Gu Fei looked at the extremely realistic Cloud City on the map and asked the three of them, "Who sculpted it? It's so lifelike!"

"Sculpted? Do you think it's Play-Doh?" Drifting reached out and lifted Cloud City. Left Hand Writes Love also demonstrated, hugging the entire Cloud Lake.

"So you guys are just doing a jigsaw puzzle!" Gu Fei laughed. He could see that these props were directly given by the system.

"Mostly!" In addition to the jigsaw puzzle, the three of them still had some manual work to do, but it was almost complete. Drifting reported to the previous NPC, who turned around and bowed to the City Guard Captain. Drifting felt another burst of displeasure. Low status!

"Everyone else, get out!" The captain said.

Gu Fei laughed again and pointed at the three of them, saying, "Everyone else."

"Damn, we're not going out. What can you do to us?" The three were angry. This was too inhumane.

These words were obviously understood by the NPCs. The City Guard soldiers drew their swords. Seeing the system's power, the three didn't dare to say anything and quickly slipped away. The war room door was closed, and the City Guard Captain began to explain to Gu Fei, pointing at the sand table.

After listening for a while, Gu Fei panicked, "Don't point around! Coordinates, are there any coordinates?"

But the captain ignored him and continued to explain. After he finished, he raised his hand and inserted a small flag at the position he had just mentioned. Gu Fei had sharp eyes and saw at a glance that there were coordinates on the flag, but he didn't dare to confiscate it, so he quickly sent it out as a message.

"What's up?" It was Jian Gui who received the message.

"Write down this coordinate. Next, there will be a difficult task to be carried out by everyone." Gu Fei said.

"What is it?" Jian Gui asked.

Gu Fei didn't answer first, and didn't listen to the captain's continued explanation, because he could already infer what he was going to say next. He opened the door of the war room, and the three of Drifting immediately rolled in. The three were very ill-mannered, eavesdropping on the door!

"What are you doing?" The three of Drifting were very unhappy. They thought Gu Fei had noticed them and deliberately made things difficult for them. Being despised by the system was one thing, but players not giving players face was too much.

"I'm looking for you! Something's up!" Gu Fei reached into his pocket and took out five scrolls, giving them to them. "Quick, take the scrolls, find Jian Gui, form five teams, and then teleport directly out of the city. There's a new battle plan."

"Is it the deployment here?" The three were pleasantly surprised.

"Yes!" Gu Fei nodded.

The three of them left quickly. They had heard Gu Fei say that this was a major operation that could directly lead to victory for the defenders, so they were extremely active.

Gu Fei returned to the room, and the captain continued to explain, but there was already another small flag on the sand table. Gu Fei took a look at the location and, as he expected, it was one of the siege side's resurrection camps. He immediately copied down the coordinates on the flag and quickly sent it to Jian Gui.

"Are we going to this coordinate first? Then what?" Jian Gui asked.

"Find the manhole cover of the underground sewer and open it." Gu Fei said.

"Underground sewer? Manhole cover?" Jian Gui was puzzled.

"That's what I mean, just get it. I guarantee you won't understand the system's terminology. Drifting will bring the teleportation scroll over immediately. Use the scroll to go out. The coordinates I made are a bit far from these places. Distribute them according to distance. It's best to have thieves! These locations may be a bit close to the siege side's resurrection camp. Be careful." Gu Fei said.

"I still don't quite understand what you mean." Jian Gui said.

"We're going to release the water and flood their camp, so we have to open the sewer manhole cover, understand?" Gu Fei said.

"Directly destroy the enemy's camp?" Jian Gui was pleasantly surprised.

"Maybe! Hurry up! Fine Waist Dance and the others are also outside the city. Contact them too, and help them if you can." Gu Fei said.

"Alright, I got it. We'll also probe at the city gate and try to sneak out if we can." Jian Gui didn't need Gu Fei to worry about the command and continued to make arrangements. Gu Fei's meeting hadn't finished yet, and Jian Gui had already selected his men and teleported out. Although the captain hadn't finished marking all the small flags, Gu Fei was already certain of one thing: they were all resurrection camps. So the people who teleported out were divided into directions and ran towards the camps first. When a small flag was planted, Gu Fei would naturally immediately copy the coordinates and send them to Jian Gui.

In Gu Fei's mind, there were only five resurrection camps, but the captain finally planted seven small flags, marking the two abandoned camps as well. Gu Fei felt that it was unnecessary, so he ignored them.

As soon as the captain finished explaining, Austin stood up again, "Now I will tell you how to get to the engineering control hub."

"I know." Gu Fei said.

"You know? Hehe, you don't know. The engineering control hub is effectively hidden by a magical barrier. Without knowing the method, how can you find it? Listen carefully." A sly look appeared on Austin's face, and then his expression became solemn, "The thickest pipe, seventeen squares to the north, fourteen squares to the west, eleven squares to the north, four squares to the west, eight squares to the south..." Austin actually spoke endlessly. Gu Fei was shocked and quickly took out paper and pen to write. Fortunately, he had an outstanding memory and was able to make up for the slight time difference with Austin. He wrote all the way down the page, North seventeen West fourteen North eleven, and when Austin shut up, he had written a full page and a half.

"Go, my child!" Austin said.

"Qian Lil Yizui, defend the main city, protect the people, for the sake of ideals, for the sake of freedom, for the sake of dignity..." The captain was still rambling on, but Gu Fei had already left with a teleportation scroll.

Returning directly to the entrance of the cave, Gu Fei immediately drilled in. He was cautious all the way, and extinguished the torch at the end to avoid exposure. As a result, it was really dark. All the players in the underground space were gone.

"Why is no one here?" Gu Fei wondered. He relit the torch, remained vigilant, and started down the stone steps. As he was about to reach the bottom, Gu Fei threw two area spells forward and to the side. As a result, under the reflection of the red sea, there really wasn't any ambush.

"Huh, that's strange..." Gu Fei was puzzled. On the way in, he was still thinking about how to complete the grid-stepping task in the midst of a fight. The task was difficult, very difficult. After all, there were nearly two thousand opponents, but Gu Fei had to try. Who knew that he came to try, but they didn't give him the chance. Everyone was gone.

"Is the quest already over? Faster than me! It's convenient to have that guy Ye Xiaowu guiding the quest." Gu Fei was now at the bottom, and walked towards the center while muttering to himself. Soon he reached the middle of the pile of pipes, and Gu Fei turned around, looking for Austin's opening line: the thickest pipe.

"Huh, why is there a knife stuck here?" Gu Fei saw a dagger stuck in a pipe and wondered. He reached out to pull it out, but the dagger was inserted by a thief with 220 Strength. Gu Fei's strength was too weak, and the dagger didn't move at all. Gu Fei naturally couldn't help but repeat the old saying, expressing his complaints about his poor strength. Little did he know that this humble strength had saved his life. If he could really pull out the dagger at this time, he would be sprayed with wastewater to the fifteenth district on the spot.

"The thickest one, the thickest one." Gu Fei muttered, and finally found the thickest pipe. Then he put the torch on the ground and took a closer look. Sure enough, the ground was paved with some kind of material, but there were indeed faint grid patterns visible.

"Seventeen squares to the north... North... Where's north?" Gu Fei was stunned. It was dark here, and he couldn't directly identify the direction. But after all, the game was a game. Using the coordinates and the span of the coordinate area, it wasn't difficult to choose a standard direction, but some data was needed. Gu Fei immediately contacted You Ge. You Ge, without hesitation, provided the data and gave him the calculation formula. The Dark Night Flowing Light Sword, whose length Gu Fei knew accurately, became a measuring ruler. After more than ten minutes of practice and calculation, Gu Fei finally calculated the due north direction.

"Seventeen squares." Gu Fei put the torch on the ground and started counting squares as he walked. The grid patterns on the ground were very regular, which was a great convenience for Gu Fei. With Gu Fei's foundation of kung fu, it was extremely easy to grasp the distance of his steps. After he became familiar with the size of the squares, he no longer needed to shine a torch on the ground. Taking one step at a time, Gu Fei was confident that he would never be wrong.

After seventeen squares, he continued in the next direction. The size of the squares didn't change when he changed direction. Gu Fei saved himself the trouble of adjusting his steps and continued to walk. Step by step, suddenly, after taking four squares to the west, the square that Gu Fei stepped on suddenly lit up with white light. But the brilliance was fleeting. After the white light faded, only a smear of light remained on the grid pattern, but it was particularly conspicuous in the dark environment.

Gu Fei didn't stop and continued to walk. Similarly, after each step, the square he stepped on would shine brightly. Gu Fei finally completed the steps on the page and a half. When he stepped on the last square, a pillar of light rose from under his feet, as well as from each of the squares that had been shining before. The pillars of light were connected to each other, intersecting into a net.

Gu Fei couldn't see any reason for it. He retreated a few steps. Looking at the situation from a distance, he suddenly felt a little familiar. It looked a lot like the teleportation array used by Gu Fei's channel's teleportation scroll.

"Is this a teleport to some place?" Gu Fei muttered to himself. After observing carefully, he discovered the mystery between the pillars of light. The light rays converged, still had a focal point. That position was exactly the starting point of everything that Gu Fei stepped out of: the thick water pipe.

The thick water pipe seemed to be attracting the light from several pillars of light, and it itself was getting brighter and brighter. The light rose from the bottom to the top, gradually getting higher and higher, and finally the entire thick water pipe became extremely dazzling, illuminating the center of this underground space in a pale white color. And the surrounding pillars of light, although still there, seemed insignificant under this illumination.

Gu Fei didn't know what to do next, cursed the great mage, and stepped back into the array, preparing to study it.

As soon as he stepped into the array, he felt an irresistible suction force coming from the thick pipe. Gu Fei was shocked and found that he was completely unable to resist. He turned his head and tried to teleport, wanting to teleport out first, but he only teleported two steps, which was blocked by the boundary line of the pillar of light array. Gu Fei knew that this was a system's forced setting, so he simply didn't resist and walked along with the suction force. Seeing that he was about to hit the thick water pipe, but he still didn't stop, Gu Fei was at a loss, and found that he was starting to sink into the thick water pipe...

"What the hell is this?" Gu Fei couldn't see anything but light in front of him. Just as he wondered about this, he was finally swallowed by the light. All the pillars of light disappeared at this moment. The light in front of Gu Fei disappeared. When he fixed his eyes, he was in a circular space that looked like a console.

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