Chapter 42 (2/2)

Either way, it meant that he currently faced an unknown danger. However, even if he was keeping his guard up, he definitely could not stay put and wait foolishly. Hence, Liu Ming quickly approached a passerby in the unknown city and asked, “Sir, where is this?”

At first, the passerby was stunned to see him. After a moment, he then smilingly said, “This is Tucker City, one of the three bustling cities of Kerri Desert. If you don’t even know about this, how did you find your way here?”

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming pretended to be helpless and said, “I was teleported here by a teleportation portal. I don’t know how to go back now.”

After hearing Liu Ming’s words, the passerby was a little surprised. He said, “I don’t know if I should say that you’re lucky or unlucky to be in your current situation. Kerri Desert’s environment is special, and unknown magical resources are abundant here. Hence, it is almost impossible for a shift in space to happen properly. The vast majority of people teleported to the Kerri Desert had either been teleported to uninhabited areas to starve and die of thirst or to the dens of monsters, which eat them.”

At this moment, a system prompt floated across Liu Ming’s eyes to indicate that the city was his quest location.

[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have activated the quest chain’s tenth round—Investigating The Mysterious Ancient City!]

[Due to an accident, you have arrived in a mysterious, ancient city known as Tucker City. It may look bustling and prosperous on the surface, but you will discover that something strange lies hidden in every corner if you take a careful look. Hence, you are determined to find useful clues in the city.]

[Quest Requirement: Find at least three locations where you feel the strongest sense of unrest in Tucker City.]

[Quest Reward: The more locations found, the greater the reward.]

The quest hints had all been given, and they proved that something was very wrong with the city, just like Liu Ming had guessed previously. However, Liu Ming was not a Bandit. Thus, it would still be difficult for him to avoid the people in the city and find the locations with the strongest sense of unrest.

After all, what would happen if they were real NPCs and not monsters in disguise?

If the passersby were real NPCs and Liu Ming’s actions caused them to be displeased and unwilling to provide information, it would be difficult for him to continue with the quest.

Of course, Liu Ming did not have any hesitations. After bidding farewell to the passerby, Liu Ming began strolling around in the city.

……

The time flow in the ancient Tucker City was clearly faster than that of normal maps. Before Liu Ming could even stroll for a long time, night had descended. However, the quest didn’t seem to have taken the abnormal time flow into consideration because Liu Ming didn’t receive a new system prompt after night fell.

Fortunately, although Tucker City was called a city, it was only a few rounds larger than the novice village. That short period of time was enough for Liu Ming to stroll around Tucker City once.

Although no changes occurred in Liu Ming’s quest progress at all during the stroll, he had actually already assessed all the buildings in Tucker City and selected a few of them that he thought to be suspicious. By doing this, Liu Ming didn’t have to eliminate them one by one when he searched for peculiar or suspicious things at night.

As the sky turned completely dark, the residents of Tucker City returned home one after another like normal NPCs.

The streets were soon completely deserted, leaving behind only the city guards, who occasionally passed by.

After seeing the deserted streets, Liu Ming knew that he could begin to take action.