I'll Show You the Right Way
Though the difficulty was considerable, someone suggested that the town's shopkeepers post bounties or missions, which Outer District Players could take on to help find the Wan family members.
But under the circumstances, the townspeople didn't trust outsiders much. No one agreed, and some even called the enforcement team to drive them away.
That was only natural. Who would trust outsiders over their own people? Who knew what they might do to clear the Dungeon?
After listening to a string of pointless guesses and boasts, a Player finally mentioned that when the tragedy struck the Wan family, he thought he'd seen someone escape from their home.
The reason he said "thought" was that, although the distance wasn't great, the shadow had looked strange. It didn't seem like a real person, but more like a human-shaped outline that had flown out of the Wan home and vanished after traveling two or three meters.
Even a well-traveled Player had never encountered anything like that. Looking back on it later, it was hard not to think he'd imagined it. After all, at the time, he hadn't even been able to tell whether it was a True Man.
"Not necessarily," a Player said. "An Artifact might've affected your vision. Did you get a good look at what that person looked like?"
"I said it was just an outline," the Player replied. "If I weren't an atheist, I'd have thought I'd seen a ghost!"
People came and went at the snack shop. Xu Huo sat for a while longer, then followed a Player outside.
The man headed straight for the edge of town. Like any ordinary Player, he wandered along, stopping now and then to check out the local gossip.
Xu Huo followed at a moderate distance without making