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Chapter 1740

The Truth Behind the Mining Accident

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The Dungeon's clues pointed to an accident at a Tiantianle mine. Besides Suolan's father's death, the people connected to Suolan were those she could have encountered in Dingding Flower Town. Some of their families had also suffered upheavals linked to Tiantianle. The "Enbel Maiden" might have come from within their Network of Relationships.

The most important clue was, of course, the accident that killed Suolan's father. The number of people who died in that mine collapse might not have been as high as Tiantianle had announced. Of course, few women worked in the mines, and younger women were even less likely to be there, so he could only start with the victims' relatives.

There had been places and people called "Enbel" a hundred years ago, but finding the victims' relatives among them would be difficult. First, so much time had passed that the relatives might no longer be alive, or even if they were, they might not still live in their hometowns. Second, many of the victims who went unreported were likely unclaimed, or had been deliberately selected by the Group from among outsiders with few friends or family. That would make them even harder to track down.

Was there actually a trail to follow, or was this all just coincidence...? Xu Huo's thoughts wandered for a moment before he decided to look into Tiantianle first.

He had hypnotized the boss into giving up several names. Only then did Xu Huo leave his home.

There was no sign of anyone in a Tiantianle uniform or any Players accompanying them. Xu Huo strolled calmly into the street and merged with the crowds, like an ordinary tourist sightseeing as he made his way through the bustling streets.

The names the boss had given him belonged to people who, as far as he

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