The Age of Machines

Chapter 67 The Shadow of Deceit

Archie took Beixi away from the imperial capital gradually.

Watching Archie get into the dense grove, Beixi frowned.It is very dangerous for players to enter the woods alone at night!

Without night vision equipment, objects cannot be seen clearly, and even magic alchemy tools with normal lighting will not work.Beixi's magic ball of light cannot be opened in the wild!
If you can't see objects clearly, you are easily attacked by unknown objects. If it is a boss or an elite monster, it is not uncommon to be instantly killed.

There are always some players who go to the forest or wilderness at night with curiosity and experimentation. The result is that they either meet the boss and are returned in seconds, or they accidentally kill the NPC, which not only draws hatred, but also is blacklisted by the NPC.

Now the safe zone has been passed, which means that random attacks can be carried out.

"Meow." Archie noticed that Beixi hadn't followed, stopped and looked back at Beixi, with doubts in his eyes.

Beixi is now in a dilemma.If you choose to go back now, then the clue to this mission will be broken, and maybe you will miss the mission.

If you go in and encounter danger, you can't judge the enemy, and you can't even talk about the task yourself.

Beixi adjusted the big map. The red dot displayed on it was exactly where he was, and the forest in front of him was a level 50 area map.

50 levels.Beixi thought for a while, the only choice now is to judge the danger of the forest based on his experience in the previous life.

Bei Xi took out Ge Zhan from the holster, and said to Archie, "Let's go."

Archie flicked his tail and walked into the woods, followed by Beixi.

However, her worries were unfounded.
Archie himself glowed red, although it was a bit scary in the dark forest.But it's better than seeing nothing.Beixi was also relieved, but he did not let down his vigilance. He held both guns in his hands, guarding against possible dangers that might arise at any time.

Archie took Beixi around the woods for a long time, until Beixi saw the lights not far away through the gaps in the trees.Walking out of the woods, the first thing you see is a small wooden house.Archie walked over and sat down in front of the cabin.

"Meow."

"Squeak" sound.The door opened and a woman in a long dress came out.

"Archie." Seeing the black cat by the door, the woman smiled, gently hugged Archie, and stroked its head.Archie rubbed against the woman intimately, as if acting like a baby.

"Meow."

The woman smiled softly, stroked its head, and said dotingly: "Did you help me take good care of Curris?"

"Meow." Archie called softly, jumped out of his arms, and ran to Beixi's side, rubbing his soft body around Beixi's legs.

Only then did the woman realize that there was another person outside the door.

Through the light in the room, she could vaguely see Beixi's appearance. The woman froze for a moment, then smiled kindly at Beixi: "Are you lost?"

Bei Xi's appearance looks too much like a child's, not tall, with a baby face, it is easy to let people relax their vigilance wherever they go.

Even NPCs are no exception!

Beixi withdrew his Ge Zhan and took a few steps closer.This woman should be the most direct clue for this mission! "Hello. Archie brought me here!" Beixi greeted politely.

The woman was surprised, and looked at the black cat rubbing against Beixi's legs, her brows were slightly wrinkled, and a trace of worry flashed in her eyes.

"Come in with me."

The look is not quite right anymore.Beixi didn't say much, and walked into the wooden house.The woman poked her head out, and seeing that there was no one there, she closed the door tightly.

"Excuse me, do you know Curris?"

Bei Xi stood behind her, the woman looked very nervous.A worried look was evident on his face!

"Kuris is my husband, you can call me Mina." Mina asked Beixi to sit on the wooden chair and poured Beixi a glass of water.

"Curris hasn't been here in the past few days. I'm worried that something happened to him!"

Bei Xi listened to her talk, but her eyes looked at the room on her own.

There is too little furniture in the cabin, and the whole cabin is just a dilapidated bed, a wooden table, a chair, and a cabinet that doesn't look too big. Looking at it, it seems that the owner here has no intention of staying for a long time.The little house is too simple!It's not like two people living together.

If she lived here with Curlis, the furnishings would be even more cumbersome.

"You lived here before?"

Mina sighed. "No. I moved here a week ago. Cullis says Karma isn't safe these days. Let me stay here and let Archie protect me."

"Did he not tell you why?" Mina shook her head.Beixi looked at her, she didn't seem to be lying!
Is Curris telling the truth?Beixi thought for a while, then asked Mina: "Do you know Puli?"

"Of course. Puli adopted Curris, and I'm Culis's wife. How could I not know each other! It's just... two weeks ago, Puli disappeared. Culis also began to become cautious. Let me hide in such a remote place Come here," Mina said, sighing helplessly.

It turned out that Curris was an adopted child of Pooley.What happened to make one person disappear and another become wary?

"Didn't Curris come back today?" Beixi remembered that it was better to meet Curris on Ruhr Street today. As a result
"No. He didn't come yesterday either! Before that, Curris would come every day." Speaking of this, Mina couldn't help crying.

"What if something happens to Curris?"

Beixi is most afraid of others crying in front of her, you ask me what to do, I don't know what to do--

With a "bang", the door was pushed open forcefully.Both of them were taken aback. Looking over, wasn't the man panting by the door none other than Curris?

"Mina." The man shouted the woman's name with an anxious look on his face.

"Kuris." Seeing that it was her husband, Mina threw herself into the man's arms, sobbing. "I'm so worried about you!"

"It's okay." Kuris comforted the woman in his arms, and looked at Beixi.

"It's not safe here now, we have to leave quickly!" After speaking, she pulled Mina and wanted to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Standing behind, Bei Xi remained motionless, staring at the man and speaking coldly.

Curris and Mina turned around, and he looked at Beixi with a very anxious expression on his face, and a trace of fear.

It seemed that something unsafe was coming this way.

"What's wrong? I have to escape to a safe place before that thing comes!"

However, Beixi slowly took out his sword, pointed his gun at the man, and said coldly: "Let her go. Dirty thing!"

Mina was confused by Beixi's behavior.

"Beixi, what's the matter with you? I'm Kuris!" The man waved his hands and his face was full of anxiety, and explained to Beixi.

"Don't make me say it a second time."

"Mina. She doesn't believe me, you follow me, I must take you to a safe place! I can't let you get hurt!"

Seeing that Beixi didn't believe him, the man had no choice but to tell Mina to let his wife believe him.

"En..." Mina turned her head to look at Beixi, who was pointing a gun at the man, and then at her husband.I bit my lip, not knowing what to do.

"Meow!" The cat meow broke the deadlock at once.Mina suddenly raised her head and looked at the man in front of her.

"Mina, what's wrong?"

"You're not Curris."

The smile on the man's mouth froze and slowly pulled down.

"Mina, don't take her word for it. I am Curris!"

Mina shook her head and struggled, trying to pull her wrist back, but she seemed to be imprisoned by a great force, and she couldn't break free no matter how hard she struggled. "Archie!"

"Meow."

Archie let out a shrill cry, and rushed forward, grabbing the man's hand with his paw.

The man let out a pain, and immediately let go of Mina.Beixi took the opportunity to shoot a bullet.

After Mina was rescued, she ran away in a hurry, covering her wrist with the black marks caught by the man with her other hand, and hid behind Beixi in fear.

"who are you?"

The bullet passed through the man's body without causing any harm.

"I'm Kuris." The man showed an innocent expression to the two.

Is this man still planning to give up?

Beixi smiled contemptuously.

"Did you forget that Archie can distinguish your scent? If you were Curris, Archie would have pounced on you the moment you came in. You won't even show a defensive look!"

The moment the man rushed in, Bei Xi thought he was Kuris.Seeing Archie by the bed showing an angry expression, Beixi knew that the person in front of him was not Curris!

The man put away his innocent expression, and the black mist gradually enveloped him, revealing a ferocious face at the same time.

"This damn cat!"

(End of this chapter)