"To be frank, players have combed through these places over and over for the past decade or more," the curly-haired female player said. "Some places might even be like the old house in town, with people prying up the floorboards."
"The chances of the Enbel Maiden being in one of these places are slim. They've been searched down to the ground, so we can rule them out."
That made sense, but it brought them right back to where they'd started. Even after ruling out those places, there were still dozens left to search, which would be just as daunting a task.
"At this point, there's nothing else we can do," the long-haired man said. "We have forty days. With the number of people here, that's enough time to search everything thoroughly."
The game's background had been made very clear, so the task in this Dungeon was to find the painting. With no definite leads, this was the only option, tedious as it was.
Some players had been in the bar for days. After their initial enthusiasm had been tempered by countless tedious, fruitless searches, they'd finally calmed down. The reason they were still hanging around wasn't that they'd found any special clues. They'd simply found nothing, yet remained convinced that this place was important. Now they were hoping to glean some useful information from the players who'd arrived later.
Since no one had made any progress, they could only move on to another place.
It was clear that some of the players were already considering it.
Xu Huo stood up, put on his hat, told everyone, "Excuse me," and left the bar.
Everything about Master Suolan's life over the past decade or so could be found on the Jixin Terminal. That had made legwork unnecessary. There was no need for