The surging crowd, brimming with life... reminded Ji Li of the True Purity Daoist Academy from long ago.
The difference was that last time, he had been looking for a person; this time, he was looking for a ghost.
Ji Li's legs were inconvenient, and he walked slowly with a cane. He remained in the middle of the employee group, constantly observing Orange Lake Paradise behind the ticketing area.
At a glance, there was really only one long upward path. The greenery on both sides was still lush, with a few colored lights hanging overhead that had yet to be lit. There was very little information to glean, and all of it concerned reality rather than anything supernatural.
Meanwhile, Gao Mingjie and Wu Qingtong trailed behind with slumped shoulders and lowered heads, continually squeezing closer into the crowd. It was a sign of their lack of security.
Gao and Wu were both newcomers without the slightest Mission Experience. Wu Qingtong had completed two simulated missions in Tong Guan and was a relatively quick-witted employee, but his temperament was clearly too poor.
Gao Mingjie stood at 1.85 meters and looked big and strong, but in the crowd, he hunched down even smaller than Wu Qingtong. Clearly, he was even more useless.
The purpose of bringing these two along was to use them as cannon fodder, so they were not worth mentioning.
Cheng Ming from Branch No. 10, on the other hand, was much more active. He stayed beside Ji Li, explaining information about the park that he had obtained earlier from the supervising leader.
"Orange Lake covers a vast area, but many locations have yet to open to the public. I'm guessing that although the mission site is broad, it's actually limited to this region."
With that, he took out a