The Direction of the Mission
Xu Huo gave her a look that said, "You're pulling my leg. What kind of important clue is that? It's written right in the game's background."
The female Player paused, then asked, "Don't you want to know why?"
"Why?"
"Apparently, after the Great Contamination twenty years ago, people here stopped being able to have children. And tourists from outside aren't allowed to enter the city with children."
"What does that have to do with the mission?" Xu Huo asked, puzzled.
"Everyone in the city keeps talking about the Contamination Incident twenty years ago," the female Player explained. "But the air, soil, and water here are all perfectly normal. So why haven't any babies been born in the past twenty years?"
"There must be more to it. Maybe it's related to the mission."
Xu Huo thought it over. "You have a point."
The female Player smiled faintly. "What's your clue?"
Xu Huo glanced around before lowering his voice. "You can't just stay at any old shop here. I heard in the restaurant that tourists often go missing from some shops, and they even make meat out of people."
"What do you think? That's important information, right?"
"Look, it's getting dark. Why don't we team up and stay somewhere? The hotels here are pretty expensive, though. Could you lend me some money?"
The female Player pressed her lips together, her chest rising and falling. She was clearly furious, but still tossed him five hundred White Cash. "Here. That's enough for one night!"
Xu Huo tucked the White Cash into his pocket and watched her hurrying away with a grin. "Wait up!"
The female Player walked even faster.
Only after she disappeared did Xu Huo leave the museum to look for somewhere to stay.
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