Chapter 121

The wolf's ears were truly sharp, hearing Gu Fei's call from hundreds of meters away. And the wolf's voice was also very loud. The tall wolfman, turning out from behind a tree, let out a wolf howl. Countless figures instantly flashed on the horizon, standing and wolf-shaped, rushing towards Gu Fei and You Ge at a rapid speed.

You Ge's face had long turned white, and he said in a trembling voice, "Hey, are we still safe?"

Gu Fei was also a little startled by this momentum. Hongchen Yixiao's information was beyond doubt. The wolfmen of Nightglow Village definitely recognized him. But the problem was, recognition and whether they would attack him didn't seem to have a causal relationship. He was even acquainted with Silver Moon, but if he had to chop Silver Moon, Gu Fei would definitely not hesitate.

Although he had been kind to the wolfmen, it was hard to say whether wolfmen had humanity!

Thinking about it, Gu Fei wanted to retreat a little, so You Ge's face became even more unsightly: "Hey, you're not thinking of running away, are you?"

At the current distance, Gu Fei might be able to escape danger by running and teleporting, but You Ge would definitely be doomed. Gu Fei thought that he couldn't be so unrighteous, so he had to continue to remain calm: "Where would I run? We'll die together, of course."

You Ge didn't expect Gu Fei to be so calm, only to end up saying the word "die," and he was immediately filled with despair.

The wolfmen's speed was unmatched by any player team at the moment. In the blink of an eye, they had surrounded the two of them. Gu Fei kept his eyes on the tall wolfman as he rushed closer. But Gu Fei didn't know if it was the wolfman leader, Wei He. Gu Fei knew Wei He in his human form; now, he had turned into a wolfman. In the eyes of a normal person, it was just a group of wolves, all looking the same.

This tall wolfman walked towards Gu Fei step by step. Gu Fei nervously gripped his sword, but watched as his body shrank and deformed as he walked. When he reached Gu Fei, he had transformed into human form, still taller than Gu Fei. It was indeed the wolfman leader, Wei He.

Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief. If the wolfmen were hostile, there seemed to be no need to revert to human form. Although they were just NPCs, this kind of common-sense deduction was still useful.

Sure enough, Wei He looked at Gu Fei without hostility, but greeted him very kindly: "Warrior."

"What are you doing here?" Gu Fei asked.

This seemed like a simple greeting between ordinary friends. But when communicating with NPCs, this was an important command statement. According to incomplete player statistics, there were two commonly used sentences for triggering tasks when communicating with NPCs. The first sentence was this "What are you doing?", and the second sentence usually followed closely: "What do you need me to do!"

Usually, upon hearing the first sentence, the NPC would start rambling about the task introduction. As expected, there was no exception this time. After hearing Gu Fei's question, a group of wolves around him revealed their original forms one by one, each wiping away tears sadly, and Wei He began to narrate sadly.

The wolfmen's goal was indeed to intercept the mission of Zongheng Sihai. But the reason was that they were being coerced. This group of wolfmen hoped to live a simple life like humans, but this became their fatal weakness. This time, someone had once again grasped this information, and secretly coerced the wolfmen to stop the escort team, otherwise they would make their identities public.

Although this group of wolfmen was not as ferocious and bloodthirsty as ordinary wolfmen, their innate wolfman identity still gave them the combat abilities of wolfmen, and their power when they erupted was definitely not to be underestimated. It was a pity that they had such a major weakness, making them too easily exploited.

Gu Fei sighed and then threw out the second major task-triggering statement: "What can I do to help you?"

Wei He looked blank: "If we knew the identity of this person, everything would be easily solved."

The person Wei He was talking about was, of course, the guy who was coercing them. Gu Fei was puzzled: "Didn't you see him?"

"We only received this letter." Wei He handed Gu Fei a piece of paper.

Gu Fei took it. It read: Solve Todd, or you and your people will have trouble. For fear of not being clear enough, a small picture was attached, depicting a group of humans hunting a wolf. The surrounding wolfmen who could see the small picture on the letter in Gu Fei's hand all showed frightened expressions.

Gu Fei wasn't interested in this artwork. He said, puzzled, "Todd?"

You Ge quickly reminded him from the side: "That's the person Zongheng Sihai took out of prison."

"Killing people to silence them!" Gu Fei sighed. Outsiders didn't know the plot about Todd, but the Young Master Elite Group had Yutian Shenming, a member of Zongheng Sihai. When Todd was taken out of prison, all the members of Zongheng Sihai received relevant task plots and prompts. Yutian Shenming had broadcast it to several people in the mercenary channel early on. The five of them all knew that Todd was a corrupt element.

Gu Fei waved the note and said to Wei He, "Don't worry, I'll find a way to help you solve it!"

Wei He was overjoyed: "That's great."

Last time, he had been very distrustful of Gu Fei, but obviously the resolution of that matter had given them strong confidence in Gu Fei. Gu Fei suddenly thought that the Dark Night Radiance Sword, this awesome equipment, was given by the wolfmen after the last mission. If he handled this incident, would there be a similar magical reward?

"Probably not." You Ge gave a simple analysis of this, "It's not the same task at all. Even if it's the same NPC, the rewards won't be the same."

"Oh... speaking of which, there's nothing in the task list either," Gu Fei said.

"Hidden task?" You Ge said.

"A hidden task doesn't even announce the task. Then we wouldn't even know if it's triggered!" Gu Fei said.

"That's why it's called a hidden task!" You Ge said.

"Hey, are you serious?" While the two were talking, they had comforted the wolfmen and told them to rest on the side first. However, the wolfmen also told Gu Fei that they would keep a close eye on Todd's actions. If he left their control, they would act quickly.

This meant that Gu Fei and You Ge's brief fantasy of tricking the wolfmen into not acting and then having the team leave swaggeringly was unsuccessful.

"Looks like the system isn't that stupid!" You Ge said with a laugh.

Gu Fei nodded.

"But speaking of which, this is what a task should be like! Just rushing forward with fighting and killing is too monotonous, and not like the so-called multi-line style that Parallel World boasts about," You Ge sighed.

"Yeah!"

"I suspect that the broken road in the middle of Wulong Mountain may also have other solutions. For example, finding an NPC in Cloudrise City to help build a bridge, but this team task, unlike ordinary single-person tasks, doesn't have hints every step of the way, so everyone has ignored it," You Ge said.

"Then how do we solve this offline?" Gu Fei waved the small note at You Ge.

"Let's go back and talk about it!" You Ge said.

As they spoke, the two returned to the main force's camp in front. Nearly a thousand players were scattered freely on the ground. A few of Zongheng Sihai's core members who were concerned about their task had been stretching their necks and looking forward to their return! Seeing Gu Fei and You Ge's figures returning, they had already been standing in line waiting.

Gu Fei showed the note to Wushi Zhi Jian and told him the whole story.

This was the quality that a mercenary should have. When you are hired to do something, you should of course report the situation to the employer. This wasn't a question of game attitude, but a question of character. Gu Fei was still honest in this regard.

"Um, so that's how it is!" Wushi Zhi Jian held the small note and looked at it repeatedly, and said to Gu Fei, "Thanks for your hard work, Brother Qianli. You can rest first, and we'll discuss what to do."

"Oh..." Gu Fei didn't say anything and quietly retreated.

So Wushi Zhi Jian and Daoying Nianhua and Fengxing, two core members, found a corner and started a fierce debate again.

Without even mentioning how to solve this incident, whether Gu Fei's information was trustworthy became the focus of the debate first.

Gu Fei was indeed an honest and upright mercenary. It was a pity that he was honest, but others inevitably measured the heart of a gentleman with the mind of a petty person. For example, Daoying Nianhua had a very, very big prejudice against Gu Fei. He felt that there must be something fishy about this.

"Just this note? If you need it, I can draw a hundred for you," Daoying Nianhua said.

"This handwriting doesn't look like his," Fengxing said.

"How do you know?" The other two raised their heads.

"Uh... this... that... ah..." Fengxing stammered.

Daoying Nianhua didn't have the patience to pursue the matter, and immediately rushed to speak: "Putting aside everything else, he said that he knew these wolfmen, so the wolfmen didn't make things difficult for him, and he asked about the key to this. Everyone, please think about it. This is Yueye City's territory. We are players from Cloudrise City. Theoretically speaking, no one can know any wolfmen here. How could the system give us a task that puts the key to solving it on knowing wolfmen? If no one knew wolfmen, or if Qianli Yizui didn't come along, wouldn't we be able to complete this task? There's no such reason!"

"Well, that makes sense," Wushi Zhi Jian nodded.

"Then why did he fabricate these things?" Fengxing held the small note and looked at it repeatedly, asking.

"I still don't know. Who knows what kind of trap this guy is setting up," Daoying Nianhua said.

"Setting up a trap? What kind of trap? To deal with us? That's not likely, is it? Do we have a grudge against him?" Wushi Zhi Jian was surprised. He said that they had considered cleaning up Qianli Yizui and their mercenary group, but this was just a consideration, and there was no action taken at all. The task force of Young Master Elite Group shouldn't have any hatred towards their Zongheng Sihai.

"In short, I don't think we can easily trust him," Daoying Nianhua said.

"Then what do we do?"

"Didn't he say that the wolfmen are in front? Let's have a few of our brothers contact the wolfmen ourselves," Daoying Nianhua said.