"What good would knowing do?" the hot-tempered old man said. "If you kill him, a second one will show up immediately. The more complicated things get, the worse it is for clearing the Dungeon."
Xu Huo reiterated, "I came specifically to find someone named Lanni."
The hot-tempered old man was thoroughly helpless. "What exactly do you want with her? She's already dead."
"To collect something," Xu Huo said. "Even if she's dead, the item should still be there."
Both old men looked utterly bewildered. The mild-mannered old man said, "After Lanni died, the townspeople basically divided up all her belongings. They were all daily necessities. Only her body and a toolbox for making instruments were taken away by the Factory Director. What are you looking for?"
How would Xu Huo know? Bookworm had merely told him to find this person and collect the goods. He had not specified what the item was, only that it could not be placed in the Storage Compartment or put into the item inventory and had to be carried on his person.
The three looked at one another in silence before entering the Factory without a word.
When work ended that evening, Xu Huo went last to settle his account at the accounting window. Before handing over his instruments, he first passed in a bag of Eye Fruits. "I want to start working on the second floor early."
The hand took the Eye Fruits inside and immediately passed out a note. "Five times."
Xu Huo gave the accountant every Eye Fruit in his Storage Compartment except for the ones that grew in banana-like bunches. The accountant promptly handed out another note. "You may work on the second floor tomorrow. The second floor requires a 95% premium-product rate and three instruments submitted per day. All other