Quadruple split

"Is it an illusion?"

Mo Tan stood alone in the clearing in the forest, blinked his eyes in confusion, and murmured uncertainly: "I feel like I just heard something very concerning."

Mo Tan took two deep breaths on the spot and tried to calm down. He carefully wrote down the 'weird' login voice just now, then immediately put it behind him, opened the friend panel and asked his companions Inquire about the situation.

Counting the time he wasted in the 'Chaotic Neutral' personality and the time spent switching personalities twice after going offline (perhaps also including going to the toilet), 'Mo', who was conducting a dog search and rescue activity with his friends, has left. Innocence is a full fifty-two minutes old.

As the majority initiator of this child-finding operation, Mo Tan obviously did not want his crotch to stretch during the search and rescue process at this moment, and his current personality can be said to be very reliable, but even so, he still He does not have the right to freely decide whether to leave the chain. Just like just now, even if he doesn't want to leave, at the moment when the premonition is triggered, he can only leave two ambiguous words and then irresponsibly "evaporate". Nothing else can be done.

Even though the friends of the Wangwang team have gotten used to it, and even some members of the Beautiful Girl Mercenary Group said that this is understandable and normal in online games, Mo Tan is still very, very uncomfortable.

Under his current personality, Mo Tan is a very responsible person, and because of this, he is particularly resistant to his irresponsible behavior.

But he couldn't blame anyone, because no matter it was the core reason why he suddenly lost his job in the middle of the work, or the bad behavior of lingering for half a day after losing the job, he even felt angry with himself. After drinking enough Dr.Pepper, he drank half a bottle of Coca-Cola, which caused him to go to the toilet two times in a childish way. It was all his own fault.

So, what else can be done? Acting as a mentally ill person who beats himself up in extreme anger?

Mo Tan let out a long sigh, suppressed his nameless fire, swallowed the suffocating breath, and regrouped to start sorting out the new information sent by Ji Xiaoge and Dabus.

Although less than an hour had passed, because both teams were very efficient, the search and rescue operation had already made considerable progress. Yes, it was just development. As for the 'progress' of things, it was still It stopped at the moment before Mo Tan went offline.

To put it simply, since the smell was cut off, no one has gotten any new clues about the Hog Black-skinned boy.

The movement trajectory of the group after Mo Tan went offline is as follows:

First, they went to the cave not far north of the clearing that Ji Xiaoge had noticed during the mid-air search, and found some incomplete dark snake skins inside. They could basically conclude that they were 'Night Viper' is the shed skin of a reptile of the Chordomata class of monsters.

Under this premise, Dabbs and Lucie, two members who like to use their brains, immediately came to a conclusion, that is, this place is probably the nest of a certain group of night vipers. The fact that the place where the kobold boy disappeared was very close to here was enough for them to come up with a relatively pessimistic guess.

A group of powerful monsters and a kobold boy with weak physical fitness suddenly disappeared.

Combining the above clues, the possibility that Hog Heipi was buried in the belly of the snake is infinitely close to 100%.

However, neither the Wangwang Team nor the Beautiful Girl Mercenary Group gave up. They first carefully searched the lair, and after finding no clues that could confirm that Hogg had been killed, they returned to the open space and finally separated. Several teams dispersed to conduct dragnet searches.

Tatiana, Christina, Anthony Dabbs South.

Jadeka and Kasena head west.

Mika and Yaya go east.

Lucie and Wang Ba dare to go north.

Ji Xiaoge, who has the strongest mobility, volunteered to act alone, patrolling at high altitude while ensuring that he could at least be within the support range of a certain team.

By the time Mo Tan came online, the four groups plus Ji Xiaoge's one-man special team had expanded the search area three times. Lucie and Wang Badan's northern group had even encountered two World of Warcraft attacks on the road. Although They were all mid- to low-level monsters that couldn't even break through King Ba's defense, but this discovery still made everyone a little nervous.

The reason is simple. Even if the kobold boy is not eaten up by the night viper, his chance of survival has become increasingly slim when everyone has been searching for him without gaining anything.

On Mo Tan's side, after briefly exchanging information with Ji Xiaoge and others, he closed the message board and stood motionless in place, thinking.

He did not join the search process in a hurry. After everyone had been searching carefully for half an hour, it actually made no difference whether there was one more black sandalwood or one less black sandalwood, so he felt that instead of just looking in a random direction, he To meet up with companions, it is better to stay at the place where the clues are broken for a while. Even if you may not gain anything, at least it will be more efficient than the first option.

Mo Tan never thinks that he is born with the fate of the protagonist, nor does he think that things that others can't handle will be solved as soon as they meet him. For example, in this situation where everyone has become a headless fly, He couldn't think of any better way.

In terms of knowledge base, Dabbs would not be much worse than him.

Even though she is smarter and calmer, Lucie of the Beautiful Girls Mercenary Group doesn't give in too much.

Since they couldn't think of any better way, Mo Tan naturally couldn't come up with a better idea just by doing brain exercises like Brother Yixiu did.

But having said that, this person actually still has some strengths that are relatively difficult for others to copy.

For example, the ability to think beyond the current problem and from multiple perspectives.

This advantage is attributed to his mental state that is completely different from ordinary people. It is not something to be proud of, but it is still useful.

Just like now, Mo Tan, who is desperately using his brain, has consciously diluted the concept of 'finding someone' from the bottom of his heart, and replaced it with some more abstract content, and then combined these things in reverse to make it become something again. specific.

The focus of thinking gradually changed from searching for a missing boy in the dense forest to why the boy disappeared, and extended to the characteristics shared by the entire black-skinned family.

"As long as we, the black-skinned people, do not return to the village properly, we will never come back."

Mo Tan repeated in a low voice what the kobold matriarch once said, narrowing his eyes slightly: "Only the black-skinned people should return to the village well, otherwise they will never go back again."

He took this information to heart carefully, then put it behind him and began to pace in the small clearing.

If Yaya's judgment is correct, then Hog ​​Heipi disappeared here, at least his scent disappeared here, as for the method that can make a person's scent completely disappear in such a place.

"Being swallowed directly by a snake counts as one."

Mo Tan, who knew very well that there was a night viper nest not far away, frowned and did not continue to think along this line of thought. On the one hand, he was more inclined to think that Hogg was still alive on a perceptual level, and on the other hand, rationality told him that There is something fishy about him.

Although he has been dealing with magical beasts like Night Viper for less than twenty-four hours, Mo Tan has roughly mastered the habits of such magical beasts. They are very cautious and can endure until the last moment before the opportunity comes. A clue can be seen from the few shallow marks nearby.

Those are some seemingly intricate and meaningless traces, but if you think about it in a targeted way, you can imagine the outlines of several thick black giant snakes swimming around. This is what everyone saw when they returned here for the second time. Ji Xiaoge also mentioned it in his friend's message before.

Obviously, those ferocious monsters had shown their faces here before. Combined with the fact that Hogg's scent disappeared, the hypothesis that the latter was buried in the belly of the snake is undoubtedly tenable.

but

"Something's wrong."

Mo Tan followed those shallow traces and returned to the place where he was standing before, murmuring in a low voice: "Although those night vipers will indeed hide themselves perfectly before launching an attack, the moment they decide to take action, they Basically, they are all powerful attacks that are as powerful as thunder, no matter how weak the opponent is."

As he spoke, he followed the traces around for a third time.

"So, where are the traces?"

Mo Tan looked around at the almost undamaged plants and trees, frowning and saying to himself: "If they really attacked Hogg, what were the traces of the moment they took action?"

A smell that suddenly disappears.

Evidence of the night viper's visit.

An attack that never existed.

Characteristics of the black skin family.

This information was integrated in Mo Tan's brain with extremely high efficiency, and eventually weaved into a vague web.

This web needs a node, an easily overlooked but crucial node.

【what is it then】

Mo Tan rubbed his forehead, and was suddenly startled in the next second. Then he quickly took out the things given to him by the kobold matriarch Jialion from his bag.

Because of the continuous personality changes, Mo Tan, who was a little confused, only now remembered that he still had such a thing in his pocket.

It was a tube of blood, a tube of Carion Blackskin's blood.

Although the patriarch did not give any explanation, Mo Tan still knew this clearly.

Because he is a player

【Scarlett Blackpipe's Blood】

Quality: ordinary

Effect:? ? ?

[Note 1: Scarlett Blackpi's blood is red and smelly, and is composed of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. 】

[Note 2: It cannot drive away evil spirits. 】

[Note 3: Scarlett Blackpipe’s blood. 】

The above is the item description of this thing.

"Emphatic twice"

Mo Tan frowned and said softly: "This is a hint to wait a minute!"

His eyes suddenly widened, and he quickly came to the place where Yaya finally lost Hogg's scent - between two crooked-neck trees.

"As long as we, the black-skinned people, do not return to the village properly, we will never come back."

He repeated this sentence again, then took out a [standard adventure torch] from his bag, lit it with a flint, and then carefully searched the small area in front of him.

Finally, two minutes later, Mo Tan, who was almost lying on the ground, found a slight trace of blood at the root of the tree on the right. Although it had dried, since there was no trace of corrosion on it, it could be inferred that this was It is definitely not the blood of a poisonous beast like Night Viper.

That is to say

"If you accidentally get injured, you probably won't be able to 'return to the village well'."

Mo Tan took a deep breath, pulled out the cork of the tube of blood with one hand, and poured it on the back of his hand.

Then--

"Does this satisfy the condition of 'missing'?"

After saying this, Mo Tan gently wiped the root of the tree with blood stains on it with the back of his hand stained with Scarlett's blood.

At the same time, a strong sense of detachment came from all directions, and along with several flashes of silver light, Mo Tan suddenly disappeared in place.

a few seconds later

Suddenly appearing in the darkness, he opened his eyes suddenly, then put one hand on the ground, jumped into the air without hesitation amidst a whistling sound, and pulled out the corona sword inserted upside down behind his back.

Bang! ! !

A dull loud noise exploded under him, and Mo Tan, who had not yet adapted to the darkness, activated the special effect [Nuan Nuan] of the giant sword in his hand at the same time, making the dark space shine brightly.

Unlike ordinary humans, Mo Tan, who had already activated the first level of [Reverse Scale] when he jumped up, was not blinded by his eyes. Instead, he widened his vertical pupils, trying to stand out in this scorching light. Get to know the surrounding situation and the identity of the attacker immediately.

In a way, he achieved his goal perfectly.

First of all, Mo Tan found himself in a rather spacious stone room, and accidentally discovered the kobold boy unconscious in the corner. If he guessed correctly, that person should be the one he wanted to search and rescue this time. The target is Hog Blackpipe, the nephew of the leader of the Carion clan.

Secondly, the moment he regained his vision, he discovered a large amount of blood. The source of the blood was the giant black snakes crisscrossing the ground, or it could be said that it was once a thing of the Warcraft Night Viper. The reason why it was said to be 'once' was because Because they have completely become things that will be marked in the eyes of Cordoba or most underage players, as if they were torn apart alive by something and then whipped to death for a long time.

Finally, there is the identity of the attacker.

They were two 'knights' about three meters tall, who seemed to be made of rocks. They were wearing rusty armor, with only half of their cloaks left that were almost rotten, and their hands were stained with dark purple blood and blood. The broad ax with minced meat stood murderously on both sides of the pile of snake carcasses that should be coded. One of them kept standing with the ax in the posture, looking very powerful, while the other was slowly standing upright, tightly Holding the broad-bladed ax that had just made a cut, the empty face under the visor was pointed steadily at Mo Tan.

"Detecting unregistered individuals, secondary detection results: no matching order, no identification."

"wait for me."

"Rule it out immediately, praise the sun!"

Chapter 865: End