Chapter 23 (2/2)

“This is what we call equipment,” explained Zhou Zhenguo.

In any case, going along with Master Xuanzang definitely wasn’t a wrong move.

“Unlike the guns we got, this gun is truly special. It can be taken out of the mission world and also brought into the next mission world.”

Zhou Zhenguo had used a dagger as an example previously.

However, it was actually impossible to take the dagger he had used as an example out of the mission world.

Just like how weapons in the real world couldn’t be brought into the mission world. Being decked out in full gear before entering a mission world was basically useless. Because all the gear would be ‘thoroughly’ removed, leaving behind only a few fundamental items.

Basically, one would only have a complete set of clothes and shoes on themselves.

The other time, Zhou Zhenguo had stuffed a nail clipper into his pocket, but he hadn’t managed to bring even that in.

Similarly, when one was leaving the mission world, even if there was a ton of gold on their head, they would still be empty-handed after they returned to the real world.

Only a few choice objects, such as equipment, could be carried around freely.

Profiteering through scalping was something that didn’t exist.

Identifying whether or not an object was equipment was very simple. After coming into contact with it for a period of time or holding it (in the case of accessories), if it was equipment, related information would surface.

Should there not be any related information, no matter how cool or how useful it might be, even if it could render the entire continent into two with one strike, it didn’t belong to the category of equipment.

Zhou Zhenguo knew of equipment and had also personally seen one before. But this was his first time really coming into contact with one.

Chu Chongtian took another look at the revolver before reluctantly returning it to Tang Luo.

“Do all equipment come with supplementary skills?” Tang Luo kept Ill Omens away once more.

“Probably,” replied Zhou Zhenguo. “To be honest, I only know of and have also seen equipment, but this is my first time really coming into contact with one.”

Because holding a piece of equipment would lead to information related to it surfacing in one’s mind, no one would be willing to easily hand their equipment over to someone else.

“Yes.” Tang Luo nodded.

“Rest assured, Master Xuanzang. We definitely won’t leak the information to others.” Zhou Zhenguo and Chu Chongtian promised sincerely.

Who knew if this was a test?

If they could prove themselves to be people that could keep a secret, they would definitely be able to cling on to this lifesaver in the future.

“It’s fine.” Tang Luo didn’t mind letting the two of them know about Ill Omens’ detailed information at all.

To Zhou Zhenguo and Chu Chongtian, Ill Omens was undoubtedly a piece of equipment they strongly desired. But to Tang Luo, it wasn’t that important. It was purely a bonus.

To think of it in a more sinister way, in the future, should Tang Luo meet an enemy who got hold of information about Ill Omens’ skills from the two of them and as a result, was extremely on guard against Ill Omens but ended up being killed by Tang Luo with a punch, this would be something very ‘interesting’ too.

On the other side, Li Liang didn’t come over. He listened quietly, taking it as a lesson.

The four of them walked slowly in the direction of the city since the matter had already been resolved.

There was only one path. On both sides of the path were dense bushes and trees.

However, they didn’t extend to the path. After all, this was considered an important route that connected the small city to the outside world. And it was also the route that connected Earl Thorndike’s manor with the city.

Naturally, it had to be maintained properly.

After walking for close to an hour, the night breeze brought over the faint sound of commotion. It seemed to come from the direction of the manor.

“Is it only now that they discovered it?” Zhou Zhenguo wondered.

Since Tang Luo said that he had already taken them out in one fell swoop, that meant that there were at least five to six people who had died tonight.

It was only when those key members died together with Thorndike, leaving behind only two to three small fries, that they could be considered as having been taken out in one fell swoop.

By the time they got back to the hotel, it was already late and nearing midnight.

This was the same hotel as the one that they had taken up lodging in on the first night. In other words, the one where Bi Wanhui had gone missing in.

Jack the Ripper had the ability to possess someone, so the hotel they chose to stay in honestly didn’t matter.

Old John’s disappearance made the hotel proprietor fearful, making him somewhat ingratiating towards Tang Luo and the others.

To a certain degree, this was advantageous to Tang Luo and the others.

As for the few rooms that they had been staying in?

Tang Luo had changed it to the biggest and most luxurious room in the hotel.

It could fit the four of them and thereby prevent Jack the Ripper from defeating them one by one.

The next day…

Zhou Zhenguo’s brows were locked in a deep frown as he smoked.

He practically looked like someone who had been scolded by a superior ten years younger than himself and, upon returning home, still had to face his wife grumbling about how Old Wang next door had taken his whole family to the Maldives for a vacation.

And whose daughter in high school then returned home late in the night after going missing for a good half of the night, and expressed that she had a boyfriend who had just been released from prison and whom everyone addressed as Big Brother Long and was very impressive.

In other words, a middle-aged balding uncle who was miserable to the extreme.

Next to him, Chu Chongtian asked for a cigarette and subsequently almost choked himself to death.

“Don’t smoke if you don’t know how to. It isn’t anything great. I’d already quit it,” said Zhou Zhenguo.

“First-hand smoke is better than secondhand smoke.”

Chu Chongtian asked, “Uncle Zhou, how did this happen?”

The two of them were in the main hall of the hotel.

The doors were wide open. One could see the crowd outside.

Speaking of which, this was the first time so many people had gathered on the streets.

The feeling that the small city gave them had always been of cheerlessness and desolation from the time they exited the crypt.

Apart from the banquet the previous night, this was the liveliest Tang Luo, and the others had ever seen the city during this period of time.

Now and then, the crowd’s speculation and chatter would reach their ears.

“They are all dead…”

“It’s as if it was an abattoir. Nine out of ten Cotland Yard detectives who went over are throwing up over there.”

“We’re finished, everything is finished!”