Quadruple split

Game time AM10:37

The third floor of the main house of Keyworth Manor, the second reference room

This place is located at the end of the third floor. It was originally part of the Kevos family's data room. It contains some basic things that can make Motan fall asleep quickly within two minutes. The amount is not small, and it is used to Survival in the Free City is barely adequate, but the content is too boring to be flattered.

For example, the division of forces in the Free City that is updated every two or three years, the account books of several small workshops on Bella Street, the records of cooperation with several other third-rate forces, and the investigation of imaginary enemies and imaginary allies are given to outsiders every year. Bloody list and the like.

In the past few decades, these materials have indeed been necessary, and the first two generations of family heads have actually relied on them to gain a foothold in the city. But in Mo Tan's view, despite the importance the Kaivos family attaches to intelligence, The extent is worthy of recognition, but their starting point for wanting to survive here is indeed absurd and ridiculous.

Because of a very simple reason, the words "weak" and "stable" are completely contradictory to each other in a place like this.

The concept of 'stability' is an absolute luxury in a place like the Free City. It does not exist, but it is something that most people cannot enjoy. In Mo Tan's view, the reason why the Kaivos family can The reason for surviving to this day with such an attitude is simply because of destiny.

Even though they have some small industries, even though they have accumulated some connections and popularity through 'blood embrace', even though there are not many strong people in the manor, they are by no means few. The characteristics of blood seekers make them quite cohesive. But these still cannot change the fact that the Kevos family is only alive today because of good luck.

In the final analysis, they are just maintaining the status quo, and they have basically not developed much since they established themselves here.

If they are that kind of super-large force with extremely terrifying background, they can naturally enjoy peace and quiet unscrupulously, but for many second-rate or even third-rate forces, even if they stay in place for one more day, they will be frightened to the point of running cold down their spines.

The so-called rowing against the current is too gentle compared to the environment of the Free City. If you slack off even a little bit, you will be eaten by others without leaving any bones. If you don't row hard, you will be lost. In a place where people are destroyed, the concept of 'compromise' is also a luxury.

However, not many people can understand this truth. In the eyes of many people, those forces who work hard to strengthen themselves and dream about becoming stronger every day are more dangerous. Therefore, instead of falling inexplicably on the way to struggle, it is better to Be on your toes from the beginning and make others feel that you are not a threat.

For example, the Kaivos family does this. They skillfully deal with various forces, spend most of their time following the crowd and making friends, and maintain a neutral attitude. It can be said that they have taken the concept of being wise and protective to the extreme.

And they did witness that many emerging forces fell on the road to growth, and watched countless people with incomparable scenery go to destruction and destruction, which made Kaivos firmly believe that his choice was not wrong.

But what they fail to understand is that although those forces that desperately want to become bigger will most likely fail in the middle, those who are content with the status quo will only end up dead, without exception.

In other words, even if the Bloodwing family does not take action, it is only a matter of time before the Kaivos name is directly exterminated in the Free City. Those direct members of the pure-blood blood seekers will probably be kept in captivity and treated as gifts to others. The 'Blood Embracing' machine even produces a new generation of pureblood tools.

This is by no means an alarmist. Under the bright surface of this city, there is an extremely cruel and dark abyss of flesh and blood from the beginning. The so-called prosperity has always been based on countless desperate curses.

Of course, Mo Tan did not intend to let the newly born Kevos family make the same mistakes again, so he divided the data room into two early, and the first data room was only the size of a few toilet cubicles. Lesa kept thinking about it. The materials she put there were all those used to maintain stability in the past. The newly opened second data room was decorated to a super standard. It was not only elegant in style, bright and transparent, but also equipped with the latest specifications. Anti-theft measures, sofas, carpets, and file cabinets are also high-end goods copied from the Bloodwing family, and they are basically all new.

The things stored inside are also important information with a very high level of confidentiality. Since they are basically sealed with [Strange and Weird·Innocent Boundary] high-end encryption wax seals (50 gold coins/piece, capacity is 10 sheets) Parchment), second only to the player’s message bar that will be cleared by the system every once in a while in terms of security.

"Well, if I remember correctly..."

Mo Tan placed the two wax seals in front of him, and casually used the lighter that symbolized the identity of the Joker brand [JOKER] to toast them. He easily took out two small stacks of reports, flipping through them while raising his eyebrows. : "Sure enough, it's this one, tsk tsk, this is really unexpected~"

Soon, he singled out a page of parchment——

[Extended information about the newly-promoted hereditary earl ‘Zui Jue Mo’ from the Southwest Chauvin Empire②:

Name: Silent Prayer

Gender: Female

Race: Pure blood dark elf

Age: 190-240 years old

The relationship with the superior entry [Suijue] is: partner

Strength: Public level is mid-level, no shooting record

Identity: Mistress of Sin Lord's Mansion, Lover of Sin Lord, Adventurer※Note 1※

Human circle: Equivalent to [Sin Lord].

Overview: The partner of Sin Lord 'Mo', who stayed with him when the latter was in decline. He was born in a coastal city in the east of the Chauvin Empire. He has a gentle personality and well-spoken words. He is the person who most often appears next to [Sin Lord]. With the status of an honorary viscount, he has a very harmonious relationship with the ladies of the imperial aristocracy. Like [Sin Lord], he has a good personal relationship with Crown Prince Arthur (confirmed to be dead). There are rumors that Lady Silent Prayer is very nervous [Sin Lord] Due to his relationship with other young women, he does not like to be seen in public on weekdays. His daily life is mainly taken care of by his personal maid, while he is responsible for taking care of [Sin Lord]'s daily life. His pastimes are reading and baking.

Appendix 1: Considering the naming style of the dark elves, ‘Silent Prayer’ is most likely a pseudonym—Jun Wu

Appendix 2: After preliminary investigation, the coincidence rate between the actions of ‘Silent Prayer’ and regular outsiders (i.e. players) is very low, and there is a high probability that they are native NPCs from the Innocence Realm. ——Jun Wu

Appendix 3: The target's perception is extremely keen. The staff (high-level peak) have been nearly discovered several times when collecting intelligence. Most of their strength is at the beginning of high-level or high-level peak. ——Sphinx

※Note 1: Both [Silent Prayer] and [Sin Lord] have registration records in the Adventurer's Guild, both in the year 9562 of the Holy Calendar. The registration location has been confirmed to be Silent Prayer's birthplace. The total number of tasks completed in the past nine years Both are 522 times, and the main scope of activities is the eastern border of the Chauvin Empire, the northern border and the southern border of the Griffin Dynasty. Since the data is too clean and detailed, it is judged that the authenticity is doubtful and needs further verification and investigation. ——Sphinx

——The person in charge of Wanderer Hotel in Palest City, Chauvin Empire: Sphinx Chalkin]

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The above is all the content on this page of parchment.

This is a piece of information that Jun Wu obtained through special channels and has a confidentiality level of C within the Traveler Hotel.

At first glance, it doesn't seem to be of much value. It's just a personal file with a relatively comprehensive range of interests. Even if there are some contents of doubtful authenticity, it is normal in this world where everyone has some secrets. It's completely It will not arouse any suspicion or attention.

It can be seen from the fact that this thing is classified as C level, whether it is [Silent Prayer] or [Sin Lord], in the eyes of Wanderer Hostel, they are just registration objects. The reason why they appear to be very professional is completely just Because the reports written by intelligence collectors are just professional, they have no reason to be taken seriously, nor are they worthy of serious investigation.

But... in Mo Tan's opinion, the gold content of this thing is another matter.

In fact, the fundamental reason why he waited until he was sick and reached Chaotic Neutral before going online today was because he wanted to confirm the thing in his hand as quickly as possible.

‘[Chaotic Evil], dark elf, didn’t choose a profession. ’

This is the content of someone's self-introduction when they were talking about the first time they met.

In Mo Tan's impression, that person was the only one who only mentioned his camp and race, and did not directly report his game vest. However, he didn't care at the time. After all, they had just met each other over a meal. Although the conversation was quite speculative, given the character and temperament displayed by that person, it is not difficult to understand that he would hide his game ID when reporting his home address.

Yes, that person is Ji Xiaodao. He has been in the game since the day the World of Innocence was launched, but he has not met any acquaintances in the game, and only his sister is among his friends. Whenever When talking about the content in the game, her presence is extremely thin, almost like a non-existent girl.

In fact, even when she met everyone in a public space, she was invited into the room by Ji Xiaoge, and she still did not reveal her game ID.

This is not a deliberate attempt to hide it. Mo Tan feels that if anyone takes the initiative to ask, Ji Xiaodao will not ignore it completely even if he is reluctant. In the final analysis, everyone is more considerate and no one wants to do this. The more unsociable girl is in trouble.

But even so, as Ji Xiaoge's good friend in the game, Mo Tan still vaguely heard the name 'Silent Prayer' a few times, but it was all mentioned by the former accidentally during chatting, so it was left to him Not very impressed.

That's why Mo Tan didn't react immediately when he received the "brief summary" sent to his friend from Jun Wu. On the one hand, the words "Silent Prayer" were also included in the summary. He mentioned it, but on the other hand, he was really not impressed enough by the name.

It wasn't until the meeting in the daytime when the self-proclaimed person said "that sentence" on Ji Xiao Island in the Chauvin Empire that Mo Tan connected these detailed clues together in shock.

'And the peace and tranquility are only temporary. When war breaks out, many paradises will be destroyed in a short period of time. ’

It was this sentence that sounded innocent at first, but made Mo Tan feel an extremely strong sense of violation.

From an objective point of view, there is indeed an undercurrent in the Southwest Continent, and Mo Tan has already analyzed this after summarizing the large amount of information sent by Jun Wu, so Ji Xiaodao's words are completely no problem.

So what's the problem?

The answer is obvious, that is, Ji Xiaodao's default attitude of "a war will begin when the time comes" is the premise.

Mo Tan was able to be keenly aware of the undercurrents in the Southwest Continent because he had a large amount of data and intelligence in his hands as a reference, and even so, his attitude towards the matter of 'a fight was about to begin' was not as sure as that of the other party.

In Ji Xiaodao's words, she is just a "pure scenery party" who doesn't care about what's going on outside the window and only cares about wandering around.

Mo Tan didn't know exactly what the "Scenery Party" the girl meant, but even so, he didn't think any Scenery Party could judge the situation so accurately, especially when she was at the grassroots level of the Chauvinian Empire. It is even more impossible to know when in a circle. Unless the decision-makers there are fools, there is no way that this situation that is very likely to cause panic will happen.

Of course, Ji Xiaodao is not an ordinary villager after all, and it is not difficult for players to obtain information that ordinary NPCs don't know, but even so, Mo Tan still had a seed of doubt in his heart.

So he thought about it carefully.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t think about it in the end. Once you think about it, you’ll find something wrong.

For example, he vaguely remembered that Ji Xiaoge had mentioned his sister's game ID several times, and that name seemed to have appeared in the information Jun Wu sent him a few days ago.

"Silent Prayer..."

Clenching the parchment in his hand with force, Mo Tan narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured softly as if suppressing a smile: "I see, I really made a mistake, you are really an extraordinary character. ah."

He stood up abruptly, pacing back and forth in the room with an extremely enthusiastic expression, his eyes constantly flashing with excitement, and beads of sweat even broke out on his forehead in the intense thinking.

Things are getting interesting, even a little too interesting.

Especially the long-lost fear made Mo Tan feel a joy that even Futaba couldn't bring to him at this moment, and even his soul was trembling slightly.

Pieces of the puzzle are connected together, and the information mastered by the three characters of "Hei Fan", "Mo" and "Tan Mo" is exhausted. The shadow that has been hidden under the water finally reveals the tip of the iceberg. A clear posture appeared before his eyes.

But it was still too vague. It was so vague that at this moment, Mo Tan had to desperately control himself in order to suppress the urge to leave everything behind to explore the truth, and use the most rational and safe perspective to look at the situation no matter how cautious it was. There is no such thing as too much abyss.

Yes, it was an abyss, an abyss that would swallow everything up if you were not careful.

【etc……】

Mo Tan's enthusiastic expression suddenly froze.

Abyss... abyss...

What did Nietzsche say?

When you stare into the abyss...

What about the abyss?

Chapter 1,478: End