Chapter 3 The Worn Necronomicon(1/2)
【Main mission: Visit the Holden family and discover their secrets; there is no follow-up.】
【Number of players: 5 people】
【Task Reward: Old Bone Marrow*3, Lottery Number*1, Experience Value 100】
Everyone was excited. They all saw these things, and they were all living people, not robots that were cut off by novices.
The most normal person here is Xu Bai.
"You're a firefighter, are you?"
The film seller looked at Xu Bai. He was wearing half-fire suit and a white coat, which made him not sure about Xu Bai's profession.
Xu Bai nodded and admitted.
"Yes, I am a firefighter, my side job is a dentist. After get off work, I planned to go back to the clinic, but I was suddenly teleported here as soon as I was halfway through my clothes."
"So that's the case, no wonder."
The others nodded in a sudden realization.
He was both a firefighter and a doctor, and Xu Bai instantly became the person he trusted the most.
Because the uniforms on you will never lie, right?
Soon, before doing the task, I had to be familiar with my teammates' identities, so the four of them took turns to introduce them. There was no need to say much about Advertising, and just the nickname was betrayed their old business.
Brother Sold and Brother Mai Tao are couples. They were teleported over while they were in love in the hotel, not to mention how embarrassing it was.
Seeing that everyone was already familiar with each other, Xu Bai was silent and peeking out of the window of the room. They knew that it was useless to sit and wait for death to be killed by all events that could not be described by common sense.
The film seller pondered for a while and said, "Although I don't know what the situation is now, the task is to visit the Holden family and discover his secret. Isn't this very simple?
We will find out the address of the Holden family together, and then rush in and search, and we will always find their secrets."
This most intuitive method is to obtain the consent of everyone present.
The other three people didn't delay. They pushed open the door and wanted to go out to find Holden, but Xu Bai didn't follow.
"Comrade Xubai, don't you go to find Holden?" Brother Maitao asked Xu Bai.
"No, you guys go."
Xu Bai shook his head and refused the other party.
His gaze was always in the distance, staring at a mansion at the end of the village from the window. The architectural style and the down-and-out village were completely different, and the luxury could be seen at a glance.
There is the residence of the Holden family, which can be seen by just looking at it.
The few people didn't force Xu Bai to take action together. When they went out, Xu Bai could watch their figures begin to shrink and move straight towards the luxurious mansion.
The countryside is called Andri Village.
This is a village in the northwest of Rhode Island, which is stacked and hidden among the stretching mountains. It is remote and deserted, and its appearance is ancient and dilapidated.
Outsiders know very little about Andri Village, and some explorers full of curiosity will not come here because it is too weird and gloomy.
The streets emitted the smell of forest trees that had been moldy for centuries because of the genin. It was awful. I don’t know how the villagers here adapted to the atmosphere here.
The people in the team politely visited the villagers here. When they asked about the location of the Holden family, the villagers were all afraid, as if they were avoiding some evil instinct, and were very secretive about the mansion at the end of the village.
Following the road that was reclaimed but still soft mud, the four of them stepped onto the gate of Holden's mansion.
The noble mansions on the hillside are the gloomy places in Andri Village, no one else. Even the villagers think that the people in the Holden family are crazy. If they weren't for their livestock with a gold coin every week, no one would even like them.
Looking at the mansion completely isolated by the fence, gravel steps were specially repaired here, step by step, with a style of imitating Gothic architecture.
However, due to the years and months, it was not repaired in time. In the dilapidated area, only wooden frames were used to repair it. Some of the exterior walls were moldy. The large farmhouse connecting the backyard could feel the stench there from a distance.
"Is anyone? We are reporters from the town and plan to interview you!"
The film seller shouted outside the house, because it is a game, the language will be completely unified by the game system, and there will be no situation where communication will not occur.
"Holden Jozo, are you at home?"
"Can anyone open the door?"
They had pushed open the fragile fence door and knocked on the door. The old muffled sound of the wooden boards hit rhythmically, like a heavy heartbeat.
Holden's mansion was as cold as ever, and the four of them were hung outside. They tried to push the door open, but the inside was locked, and the visible window ling was nailed to death by wooden boards, so they could not peek inside.
"Oh, you can't come out yet, right? Believe it or not, I'll use my ultimate move!"
The Seller rolled up his sleeves and warned fiercely: "It's just a game. The system also said that death here will not affect our real life. When the NPC is ungrateful, believe it or not, we will give your home a torch!"
They are worthy of being a sell-off, and they don’t even take the ordinary path to do tasks. Their only purpose is to complete this so-called novice task as soon as possible and then leave this ghost place.
What about the process? It’s not important. This is all a game. In theory, doing behaviors that violate moral bottom lines or illegal in the game will not be restricted. They will set fire to the house and break through the house. All they are dealing with is the NPC in the game.
For example, a brave man could go into other people's homes to search for houses, so the behavior of selling Guai Brother was not opposed.
However, when Brother Seller made a big fuss, a message appeared in their minds.
【Holden Rolander's suspicion of 20%】
[Players are advised to pay attention to their words and deeds. When the suspicion of characters in the scene reaches 70%, the task will fail and the player will be forcibly erased in the game.]
Immediately, everyone swallowed.
"It is OK to set fire to threaten NPCs, but please don't say it out. You can't let the NPCs here suspect."
They began to understand the rules of the game.
Donglong—
Suddenly the door was pushed open, and an old man in seventies poked his head out of the darkness. The mottled years were all over his face, and his turbid eyes stared at the few people for a few seconds.
A gust of cold wind blew away from it, as if wailing.
Roland spat, "Get out of here."
So he closed the door heavily again.
Dongdong!
Everyone looked at each other. They originally planned to use tough measures to open the door, but they saw that Roland was carrying a hunting rifle in his hand, and they did not dare to act rashly.
The five people quickly went back to their residence, but when they returned to their room, they found that Xu Bai was no longer there.
Dongdongdongdongdongdong!
The gate of Holden's mansion was still rudely patted. The man didn't say anything, but slapped the gate of the mansion desperately.
Xu Bai's palms were numb, and finally he welcomed an old man with a pale face to open the door.
With the same consequence, Roland was holding a hunting rifle in his hand and staring at the young man in front of him with a bad face. He seemed to have a taboo of black magic in his eyes, which looked extremely bad.
"Are you a reporter from the town? I have nothing to cooperate with, please don't disturb me to rest." Roland's old voice was hoarse.
"Can I go in and sit?"
Xu Bai was not afraid of acting alone, but instead stared at the old man with interest.
"Please get out."
Old Roland did not welcome outsiders at all. He picked up his hunting rifle and gestured at Xu Bai.
But suddenly Xu Bai's words made Roland stunned.
"Like my parents, you all like to study these things, some unknown gods floating in the universe, and those things that cannot be called technology are called magic, right...Black magic."
Rolander looked weird, but he was full of confidence. He slowly said a name to Xu Bai.
"Juge Sotos."
This is a name that makes people feel frightened and palpitations. When he recited this short name, he was suddenly filled with yearning, and there was still a gleam in his turbid old eyes.
Seeing that Xu Bai had found an opportunity, he catered to it and repeated it respectfully.
"Juge Sotos!"
"Yes! Yug Sotos! You are different from others, and completely different from those muggles in the world!"
The two of them were like brothers who suddenly speculated, and while reciting the name of Jugsotos, they walked into this wet and old mansion.
"Just knowing the name Jugsothos is not enough to fully understand the secrets of the Holden family..."
Although I don't know what this means, the main task is still not unlocked.
But suddenly, a message appeared in my sight.
【Access to the existence of the ‘gate’, ‘key’, ‘gatekeeper’, and reward the old bone marrow*5, rational value-1】
Suddenly, a sensation of dizziness hit the skull. Xu Bai's steps were floating, and he followed Roland's unsteady steps. He was holding the passing bookshelf in front of him. The soft and decay touch made him barely stand firm.
After a few seconds, the dizziness faded and Xu Bai sat on the seat in the hall.
"You only have bookshelf here. For such a big house, you only have books. Your family really loves studying."
Xu Bai stared at the facilities here. The afterglow that sprinkled from the ceiling window could only light up a few gaps. He relied on a few faint fires to illuminate it, filled with the smell of darkness and the age. It was definitely not suitable for ordinary people to live here.
But Roland didn't care about these things, almost all his light sources were gathered on his desk.
"This book...is quite interesting."
To be continued...