Chapter 135 An Unexpected Harvest

"That's possible." Han Jia Gongzi nodded in agreement. "But Oakwood Forest, a small wooden house? That's too vague a clue. I don't know how many scenes like that there are in the game."

"And there's an NPC named Grull, I'll check it out!" Yu Ge was excited as if he had discovered a new continent. He got up and was about to walk out.

"Where are you going?" Gu Fei quickly asked.

"To check for clues." Yu Ge waved his hand smartly at Gu Fei. This was his most handsome moment.

"He just left..." Gu Fei stared blankly at the diary. These guys were really players. To Gu Fei, the diary felt like a novel, and he wanted to continue reading it! He thought Yu Ge was a kindred spirit, but who knew that as soon as he discovered a clue, he immediately left eagerly like those players.

Missions, these guys only have missions in their hearts!

Gu Fei thought, and turned to the next page of the diary.

"Today I talked to myself again. I've been doing this a lot lately. I've always felt that I was lonely, and I should be used to this loneliness. It seems that loneliness is not terrible, what is terrible is being lonely and helpless. Is my heart already panicking? I came to the oak tree again. I often come here lately. I don't know why, but this oak tree makes me feel close. Maybe it's because it can bring me some memories... An assassin should abandon everything. But I have already lost everything. The only thing I have now is memories, and I don't want to lose them."

"So miserable, so miserable!" This diary was basically about a steadfast assassin gradually collapsing into helplessness and loneliness. Although he knew this was just an NPC character, Gu Fei couldn't help but sigh. What would be the ultimate fate of such a character? To be found and killed by players? Of course not, that was just the end of his role, not the end of the character. Gu Fei's curiosity was piqued, and he couldn't wait to turn the page.

"I woke up and found myself covered in snow. Is it winter? I suddenly woke up and frantically went to find the oak tree. I was very scared, afraid that after it lost the color in my memory, I would no longer be able to recognize it. But everything was fine. The oak tree was still the same, just covered in a layer of snow like me, and it didn't lose its leaves. So oak trees don't lose their leaves in winter? It won't wither, so what about me? Am I looking for a way out, or am I looking for the oak tree?"

Gu Fei sighed deeply. Obviously, this assassin had begun to gradually give up on the future and could only seek comfort from the past. The subsequent content also confirmed Gu Fei's idea. In the diary, Andrew Su began to recall scenes from his 187 missions one by one, until one day, he suddenly wrote: I heard that in the instant before a person dies, everything that has happened in their life will flash through their mind like a movie. And these days, I have been constantly replaying my past. Has the instant before my death already begun? Why is it so long?

Is it coming to an end... Gu Fei murmured in his heart. He suddenly didn't want Andrew Su to die like this. He hoped that there would be a turning point in his fate.

But there wasn't. The content Gu Fei saw next became more and more mystical. But, as his memories continued, his mission reached the 187th one, which was the one that was still unfinished, and possibly the last one of his career.

"Giordano, I haven't forgotten this name. The captain of the City Guard in Xiayu City (Mist City). Among the people I have assassinated, he is not the one with the highest status, but his identity may present an unexpected level of difficulty! Thinking of this person now, my numb hands seem to tremble a little. It seems that my fighting spirit has not been completely lost."

"Here!" Gu Fei suddenly slapped the table.

Half a glass of wine spilled from Han Jia Gongzi's glass, and he was heartbroken. He roared, "What are you yelling about!"

"Look here!" Gu Fei turned the diary upside down and placed it in front of Han Jia Gongzi. "This mentions the assassin's mission target when he came to Xiayu City (Mist City). According to your thinking, killing this person may be the next step in our mission."

Han Jia Gongzi casually glanced at it and said, "Then did you receive a mission?"

"No..." Gu Fei shook his head. The system didn't make any notification sounds.

Han Jia Gongzi sneered at him.

"Not receiving a mission doesn't mean we can't do it," Gu Fei said.

"Then what's the point of doing it?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

Gu Fei glanced at him and said, "You drink every day, what's the point of that?"

"It's a hobby."

"Good answer!" Gu Fei nodded.

Damn it! Han Jia Gongzi cursed inwardly. He had actually been tricked into saying that. Challenging this kind of difficult battle was naturally his hobby.

The target of the Mist Shadow Assassin's assassination, the captain of the Xiayu City (Mist City) Guard, sounded like a difficult Boss.

"Then good luck," Han Jia Gongzi raised his glass to Gu Fei.

"Aren't you going to take a look?" Gu Fei asked.

Han Jia Gongzi looked at the fragmented Gu Fei refracted through the wine in his glass: "That's not my hobby."

Gu Fei raised his eyebrows, put the diary in his pocket, and got up.

"I guess those guys won't either," Han Jia Gongzi added, "Since they didn't receive a mission prompt, it's all meaningless to them."

"I know." Gu Fei nodded and went out.

Meaningless things? Then what are meaningful things?

Kung fu was his ideal, the most meaningful thing to him, but the reality made it a meaningless existence. And his mission was to continue this thing that others considered meaningless, which was a little sad.

He wanted to continue Andrew Su's mission. Challenging experts? That wasn't Gu Fei's main reason. To him, the system's robots were never experts. That kind of meaningless, mechanical competition was no different from practicing on a sandbag. He was just a little affected after reading Andrew Su's diary. He suddenly felt that in such a game environment with a background and a story, why did everyone have to make leveling up, farming monsters, and obtaining equipment the whole of their lives? This was a comprehensive world, and there could also be a life here. Farming monsters and leveling up? Why did everyone have to take the exact same path?

Gu Fei entered the game to have an environment and world where he could use kung fu. Levels and equipment were not important to him. After reading Andrew Su's diary, he suddenly felt that he could also play a role in this world, a role where he could show off his kung fu. Doing this was much more interesting than farming monsters and leveling up.

Gu Fei thought about contacting Yu Ge to ask about Giordano's situation. But when he looked, Yu Ge was already offline. As usual, Yu Ge was always offline when he needed to inquire about information. His range of activity was very large, which was why he had such a wide range of sources.

So he could only ask the local players for information. It was unlikely that a stranger on the street would have any patience, so Gu Fei sent a message to Gui Tong (Sinister Eye): "Do you know an NPC named Giordano?"

"No," Gui Tong (Sinister Eye) replied.

"Then, what about the Xiayu City (Mist City) Guard?"

"The Guard?" Gui Tong (Sinister Eye) was still at a loss.

Gu Fei sighed. In fact, many players only sought to quickly complete tasks in order to get rewards. Every task actually had an excellent background and plot, but how many people would carefully savor these? Especially a master like Gui Tong (Sinister Eye), who was ranked among the Five Little Strong, must pay attention to efficiency. How could he waste time on such things?

For a moment, Gu Fei suddenly missed June Rain. If that girl was born in Xiayu City (Mist City), and meticulously investigated all the tasks here, could this NPC named Giordano escape her eyes? Even if she didn't remember, her task notes were as legendary as Yutian Shenming's coordinate map and Yu Ge's intelligence book.

"Then please help me ask your friends!" Gu Fei had to ask Gui Tong (Sinister Eye) for help, hoping that the girl knew someone like June Rain.

"Okay!"

Gu Fei was wondering what to do while waiting for news, when Gui Tong's (Sinister Eye) message quickly came back: "No need to ask, my sister knows."

"Oh?" Gu Fei was overjoyed.

"Talk to her!" Gui Tong (Sinister Eye) said.

Gu Fei and Yan Xiaozhu were also friends. This was the custom of online games, similar to exchanging business cards in real life. Whether they would interact in the future or not, it was a necessary courtesy.

"I don't know what team you're talking about, but I have some impression of this NPC Giordano," Yan Xiaozhu said.

"Tell me about it."

"He's in the main city's Government Affairs Hall," Yan Xiaozhu replied.

"That place, it seems like you can't get in, right?" Gu Fei said. He knew about the main city's Government Affairs Hall. It was said to be the administrative core of the main city, and NPCs like the city lord were all in the Government Affairs Hall. But the Government Affairs Hall was not open to players at all, and the guards outside the door were more dense than anywhere else in the main city.

According to the official statement, players who entered and exited the Government Affairs Hall had to obtain a certain special status in the city. But they didn't say what it was specifically, and claimed that players had to explore it themselves, which naturally drew a lot of scolding. And players had been exploring for a long time, but Gu Fei didn't know if anyone had already met the conditions to enter and exit the Government Affairs Hall. Anyway, he had tried it out of boredom, and as soon as he showed the intention to take a step inside the door, a guard would come to stop him. Going further inside would only lead to violence, and it was clear that he didn't have permission.

"You can't get in, I only went in once when I helped a friend with a mission, and our team got temporary passage permission, so I noticed this Giordano."

"Oh, what made you notice him?" Gu Fei asked.

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