Sir Chen, your wife is missing!

The town was not peaceful. Monsters would run down from the mountains from time to time, and many people were bitten to death or injured by them.

Finding a reliable guard can not only stop people who come to cause trouble or go to the brothel without paying, but also stop the monster. As it happens, tomorrow is the day when the monster comes down the mountain.

On the first day of every month, the town would be attacked by monsters, and this happened every year. The townspeople were fed up with it and tried many ways to solve the problem, but they could not find a solution. They just stayed indoors and lit candles in the house.

Those monsters seemed to be afraid of light, and as long as you hide in a bright place, you can avoid being harmed.

Even though there are ways to fight monsters, Mama-san dare not let her guard down. Some monsters are not subject to this restriction. The previous security guard was bitten to death by an ugly monster with a red body and horns on its head.

The monster had a bad temper and often hurt people. People started calling it "Rage" at some point. In addition to Rage, there are several other monsters with different forms.

Mama-san can no longer find anyone willing to be a guard, regardless of gender. Those people are very afraid of death and do not want money but only want to save their lives. Now they can only cheat this simple-minded and strong-limbed foreigner, otherwise the brothel business will not be able to continue.

"Girl, this is a deposit."

After saying that, Mama-san stuffed two gold bars into Feng Qingyu's pocket.

He immediately felt something heavy in his hands. The two gold bars weighed at least half a pound. This wealth that ordinary people could not even imagine fell into Feng Qingyu's hands easily.

It's so easy to make money.

"If you do a good job, you'll make a lot of money."

Under the temptation of money and free food and accommodation, Feng Qingyu agreed to the mama-san's request.

"I'll do it, don't worry, mom. I don't have any other skills, but I can beat more than a dozen people by myself in a fight."

Before finding Xi, she had to stay in the town for the time being. She couldn't possibly sleep on the street.

Although it was a bit strange to live in a brothel, there was no better place to live than a brothel at the moment. The rooms here were not bad, the food was okay, and most importantly, there were many beauties to look at.

Feng Qingyu has always longed for ancient life and has some interest in brothel culture. It's not easy for him to get the chance to stay in a brothel and he can't miss the opportunity to experience it.

She agreed so readily that the mama-san was very happy and immediately asked the servants in the brothel to help clean a room for her to move in.

During the cleaning, Feng Qingyu couldn't rest and wanted to go around the town. She had a hunch that Clos and Yan Rong were also somewhere in the town, waiting for her to join them.

In order not to attract attention, Feng Qingyu changed out of his casual clothes and put on the uniform of a brothel servant, tied his hair up, and dressed in a more neutral style.

Women's clothing is too complicated, which is not conducive to light movement, let alone fighting. Being regarded as a feminine man is better than being harassed for being beautiful.

After disguising herself, she walked along the brothel, carefully looking at every corner and everyone she passed.

She had seen Xi before, so if that guy appeared again, she would recognize him immediately. Now she had a map of the town, so she didn't have to worry about getting lost, and could look for him without any worries.

I was walking around for two hours and my forehead was sweating. The clothes on my back were soaked with sweat and stuck to my body, which was very uncomfortable.

"Totally... fruitless."

When I looked up, I saw that the sun's position had not changed, and there was no sign of movement at all.

From the time she arrived in the town, fainted and woke up, and started looking for someone after dinner, at least several hours had passed and it should have been evening.

In some places in winter, the sky is already completely dark and it is impossible to be as bright as it is now.

"There's something strange about this town."

The only place in the world where polar day and polar night occur is within the Arctic Circle. Gouwu City is far away from the Arctic Circle, so the phenomenon of polar day and polar night does not exist.

Although Feng Qingyu doesn't like reading, it is impossible for her to forget these basic common sense.

The strange phenomenon must be related to Xi. Nian mentioned that Xi has the ability of "reality distortion", which can create things out of thin air and take people to strange places.

Xi likes to hide in her own paintings, isolated from the world. This place... is most likely the world created by Xi.

"In a painting? What a ridiculous setting. If Nian hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought about it in this direction."

After guessing the reason, Feng Qingyu wanted to leave here even more.

If the passage of time in the painting is different from that in reality, for example, if she spends one day here and one year in reality, when she returns to Rhode Island, everything and everyone has changed.

No, absolutely not.

She quickened her pace and prepared to go towards the mountain, but found that many people were coming from the direction she was going, in a hurry.

At the beginning there were only a few people, but later on there were more and more.

They shouted, "The monster is coming, hide in the daytime!"

At first, Feng Qingyu didn't understand what this sentence meant. It wasn't until she came to a stone bridge that she suddenly understood. The stone bridge was the dividing line, with daylight on one side and darkness on the other.

The sun and the moon exist in the sky at the same time, each in charge of day and night, without interfering with each other. Such a wonder is definitely not seen in reality.

"This……"

Anyway, she was shocked and took out her phone to take a few photos for remembrance. After returning to Longmen, she had to report the mission to Chen, so it was necessary to collect these materials.

Feng Qingyu had a feeling that the answer she wanted was in the world of night. She stepped onto the steps of the stone bridge and walked from day to night. After crossing the day, the surroundings became desolate, and outside the town were barren mountains and wilderness.

The temperature dropped a lot, and the cool breeze poured in through the gaps in the clothes, taking away the heat from the body. Feng Qingyu felt hot just now, but now he regretted not wearing a coat.

Then, she saw the monster that the people in the town avoided - Rage. It was huge, with limbs as thick as pillars, and a thick layer of white fur on its back. Its red eyes were black, and its black eyes were red.

There are black water stains under their feet that look like ink stains.

Along with the rage come smaller monsters, seven in total, and you can refer to the enemy illustrations for details.

"What are these?"

Feng Qingyu knew she was going to fight. She brought a knife and a gun, but it was a bit of a headache for her to deal with so many monsters alone.

When a group of Ah Yao rushed over and were about to bite people, Feng Qingyu was half a beat slow.

"Whoosh-"

A few arrows flew from a distance and killed them.

Two hundred and one confluence

"Phew - that was a close call. It was just a little bit, Kuroba, and you got hit. Your reaction ability is a bit weak."

Facing the ruthless complaints from the archers, Feng Qingyu thought he was unlucky. But it didn't matter, reuniting with his teammates was better than anything else, and his gloomy mood was swept away.

"Kross... I finally see you. Is Yan Rong here too?"

Yan Rong jumped down from a tree and landed steadily with two leaves still on his head.

"Kross and I have been fighting a group of monsters in the mountains for a long time, but we can't defeat them all. I'm so hungry, and there's nothing to eat here."

The two teammates were almost at their limit. They were exhausted, thirsty, hungry, and their bodies were covered with ink stains.

When you kill a monster, it will turn into black ink and splash around, then disappear.

Moreover, their painting style is very similar to Xi's summons, so maybe they were drawn by Xi.

"Is it always dark here?" Feng Qingyu asked.

"Well, the time on my pocket watch can't be wrong. A long time has passed, but the sky hasn't changed at all. Kuroba, did you notice that too?"

Cross opened and closed the cover of the pocket watch several times.

"I came from the daytime, and you are in the nighttime. This place is very strange, with half of the daytime and half of the nighttime, and there is no change between day and night. The people in the town don't find it strange at all, and they easily accept this setting, saying that it has been like this for many years."

Feng Qingyu led them down the mountain and came to the stone bridge that served as the dividing line. The symmetry of day and night amazed Clos and Yan Rong for a while.

Then, she began to answer her teammates' questions.

"I suspect that we have entered the world in the painting created by Xi. Have you noticed that the monster disappeared after it died, leaving only a pool of ink. There are traces of it on your clothes and on the uppers of your shoes."

Following her line of sight, Clos and Yan Rong looked down at their shoes and found that what she said was true. Although the ink stains on the ground had disappeared, the ones on their bodies were still there.

Everything around can be seen and touched, making it difficult to regard it as fake.

"Forget it, let's not think about it for now. I'll take you to town to get something to eat. I found a job, although it's not something worth boasting about... Anyway, we have no choice but to stay here until we figure out how to leave."

The three of them crossed the stone bridge and entered the daylight.

There was no one on the street. Although it was daytime, the doors and windows were closed everywhere, and there was no sound in the town. It looked like an empty ghost town. The only monsters wandering on the road were the monsters created by Xi. They had no target to attack at first, and just ran around aimlessly.

Until three people appeared, becoming the only ones who could be attacked on this street, and focused their attention.

"Ah... a lot."

Feng Qingyu's scalp went numb when she saw the densely packed monsters. She felt uncomfortable with dense things and her trypophobia immediately kicked in.

"Xiao Yanrong, just burn them with fire, I will help you deal with them. Heiyu, please guard our backs~"

Cross's tactics were simple. The three of them worked together with their backs to each other to clear out the monsters.

These things are numerous but average in strength, and are much easier to kill than the high-health and high-armor monsters in the main storyline of Chapter 7. If you can bring a W at this moment, use the second skill to blast a large area, which is very comfortable and can also stun the monsters.

Or you can use the True Silver Slash to sweep away a large area.

But there is no W here, no allies, only three operators who are not six-star operators.

Clos and Yan Rong were clearing monsters naturally, and when their skills were cooled down, they would release them immediately when the monsters gathered. Feng Qingyu copied Chen's skills, using intensive attacks to restore SP, and then used Chi Xiao·Drawing the Sword, and put down the Cannon to clear a group of monsters at once.

After clearing the last wave of monsters, the three of them were a little tired. With high-frequency combat, even the strongest warriors will eventually run out of energy.

"I hope... it won't happen again."

Cross touched her hungry stomach, which was growling.

"I really want to eat~"

Cross put away the crossbow and the smile on her face faded a little.

The meal they had agreed to have had not yet taken place, and they had been tricked by Xi into entering the world of the painting. Feng Qingyu patted the two on the shoulders and prepared to take them back to the brothel.

At this time, all the closed shops on the street opened their doors. The monster had been destroyed, and there was no need for the townspeople to hide.

In the past, no one in the town had been able to drive those things away. This was the first time they saw someone who could destroy the monsters, and they were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"These heroes really helped a lot."

"Please stay in town for a while."

"This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it, heroes."

……

The townspeople spoke in a flurry of praise and stuffed things into the three people's hands. Soon, their hands were full.

The basket was filled with fruits, steamed buns, pancakes and other ready-to-eat items, as well as some practical items such as cloth, raw eggs and rice.

The food was a bit vulgar, but it was really good. Clos grabbed a steamed bun and stuffed it into her mouth. Even if it tasted ordinary, it was just a ball of sweet flour, which was better than going hungry.

"By the way, Kuroba, where did you find the job?"

"This……"

When asked this by Cross, Feng Qingyu was speechless for a moment.

"Emmm, anyway, it's a legitimate job, guarding someone's house. In this world in the painting, Longmen coins are not a universal currency, so... I accepted the commission of a brothel madam and became their bodyguard."

Kloss and Yan Rong looked like they understood. When they heard about brothels, everyone thought they were bad places. If it was LSP Hei Yu, it wouldn't be surprising. She seemed like someone who would go to such places.

"Don't worry, I won't tell the doctor and the others."

"I do not know either."

"So... I'm just a bodyguard."

……

Afterwards, Clos and Yan Rong found an inn to stay in. Feng Qingyu had a lot of money, so they asked for the best room. The innkeeper was an old man in a gray gown, with gray beard and hair. Seeing the guests dressed in strange clothes, he couldn't help but be interested.

"No one has visited this town for many years. It's really rare today that we actually saw guests from other places."

The brothel's madam also said that for hundreds of years, except for a monk who rang the bell in the town, no one had ever visited here. They were content with the status quo and never thought of leaving this place and going out to see the outside world.

They repeat the same life year after year but never feel bored. They know nothing about the ever-changing society, like people living deep in the Peach Blossom Spring.

"Boss, do you know a painter named Xi?"

Feng Qingyu took out his cell phone, opened the photo album, and showed him the photos he had secretly taken.

Two hundred and two

The shopkeeper twirled his goatee and looked at it for a long time. "I seem to have seen it somewhere, but I also seem to have not seen it. Many years ago, I found a lake in the mountains and saw a girl boating on the lake. However, so many years have passed, and the girl should have aged."

After listening to the story, they decided to take a break and then go to the mountain to look for someone. Any clues related to Xi must not be missed.

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