I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 621, pages 2.3-8: Guess Who I Am

Dao Lin looked down at the pocket watch in his hand. He heard slightly disordered footsteps beside him. He casually covered the pocket watch with his hand, closed his eyes slightly, and then opened them again to glance at the two people who had come.

“I’ve found five intersections.” Ling Tong glanced at Fei, then slowly said, “I’ll draw them for you.”

He bent down slightly, picked up a twig, and started drawing in the sand.

There was a sign at each intersection, and the markings on the signs were the same as the sealing wax stamps they had received before, the only difference being the position of the notch.

The first symbol: '-|.||.|.|-'.

The second marker: '.——|-|.|.||.'.

The third marker: '.|.|——|——|.||.||'.

The fourth marker: '..|.|-||.||.'.

The fifth symbol: '-.||-|——'.

"Morse code?" Daolin asked in surprise. "Speaking of which, this method of expression is the same as sealing wax. Does this mean that all information from now on will need to be obtained in this way?"

"Deserts, jungles, snowfields, grasslands, cities," Mu Yegui said softly. "Isn't the Sinful Kingdom's finances always in dire straits? Where will they get so much money to maintain the dungeon maps?"

Dao Lin: "..." Is that the point?! Although he knew that the Kingdom of Sin was quite poor, as the crown prince of the Kingdom of Sin, he couldn't expose his own family's shortcomings!
"I heard that the Sinful Kingdom's tax revenue is three times that of other kingdoms. How can it be in dire need of help?" Ming Jin blinked, seemingly quite interested in the gossip about the Sinful Kingdom.

"It's probably because they're tearing the house down every day. No amount of money can withstand that kind of drain," Mu Yegui said slowly, pondering the reason he had read in Sher's documents.

"Have you seen Shui Qi and the others? Why haven't they come back yet? Did something happen?" Ke Lanxiao walked over, frowning as she spoke softly.

"If you put it that way... Mingxi and Bertias aren't here either... Could it be that they've made plans to go out and let loose together?" Chloe teased, her bright red lips curving into a smile.

"Release your true nature?" Mu Yegui asked, tilting his head in confusion.

Ming Jin's lips twitched slightly as she said, "A man's nature? Ming Xi is still very self-disciplined; I can sense that he doesn't."

"Don't answer this kind of question so seriously. What if it's about a group meeting to satisfy physiological needs?" Dao Lin glanced at Ming Jin and reminded her.

“Release your natural instincts and physiological needs; I think that’s roughly the same thing in some way,” Chloe said with a charming smile.

"Really?" Dao Lin hesitated for a moment, his expression showing a hint of confusion.

Suddenly, Shui Qi's soft voice came from behind them, "Kroya, is this how you make up stories about us?"

Kroya opened her mouth, looking surprised, and said, "Vice President, you're so fast! I thought it would take a long time."

"Shut up, you vixen. I'm not in the mood for your banter. I just found a corpse on the road, and it's the same person I was talking about earlier. Want to go take a look?" Shui Qi said with a sullen face, casually rubbing the stray hairs on his forehead to reveal the faint red beauty mark between his eyebrows. His expression was somewhat unfathomable, making it difficult to discern his true feelings.

“What about Bertias and Mingxi?” Daolin asked.

"They're observing the body," Shui Qi said as she led the group.

Soon they arrived at the corpse.

"The preliminary cause of death is a gunshot wound to the heart? The lack of signs of struggle suggests it was an instant kill. But if it's a gunshot wound to the heart, the brain shouldn't be dead yet; there should be at least a few seconds to process what's happening. But there's nothing around there, meaning it wasn't a gunshot wound to the heart." Bertias looked down at the body and said slowly. "What was the time of death?" Chloe asked curiously.

“Within an hour,” Ming Jin said thoughtfully.

"The shooting time was roughly when Momo fired at me. I remember there were other gunshots after the second shot. Although there was a silencer, Momo and I could hear different sounds," Mingxi said slowly, glancing at the three of them.

"So... the three of us are the most suspicious, is that right?" Shui Qi lifted her eyelids and said calmly.

"Why isn't it suspected to be a ghost?" Chloe asked softly.

"If that's the question you're asking, then why not deliberately shift the suspicion to the ghost?" Dao Lin countered.

Kroya was speechless after Daolin's rebuttal. This situation could indeed be a deliberate attempt to shift the blame to the ghost, making people think that the ghost was the killer. Therefore, these people ruled out this possibility from the beginning and chose the option that she was killed by the player.

However, Chloe couldn't understand why they were able to so readily reject the option of the demon killing people.
"Death means elimination." A soft, sweet voice rang out as Mu Yegui spoke calmly.

"Yes, death means elimination, that's the first sentence of the rule. It doesn't say whether the person is killed by a ghost or a player, it just says death means elimination. In other words, no matter who kills them, as long as they die, they're out. In that case, the player is naturally the most suspicious, because it's understandable for a ghost to kill someone, while a human might kill someone to silence them if they're in the way of someone's interests." Dao Lin bent down and looked at the corpse's clenched hand, as if it had been holding something there.

"When you found her, was she holding anything?" Daolin asked.

Mingxi raised an eyebrow and said, "I didn't notice that. When I got there, Shuiqi and Bell were already there."

"So, which of you two was the first discoverer?" Daolin asked again.

“It was me. I saw the body from a distance, but Bell was right next to me, so he noticed it soon after. There was only a few seconds between us,” Shui Qi said thoughtfully.

"So did you see it?" Dao Lin pointed to the corpse's clenched hand and continued to ask.

"I didn't notice," Shui Qi said ambiguously.

"Shui Qi, as someone who specializes in gathering intelligence, you're telling me you didn't pay attention to the condition of the body when you found it? Do you think I'd believe you? If Ming Xi said that, I'd find it very credible because he's usually so carefree, but you... I wouldn't believe a single word you said," Dao Lin sneered.

Bertias sighed softly and said, "Shui Qi, I told you I couldn't hide it from Dao Lin."

Shui Qi was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Okay, I'll tell you. Actually, there was a stone, but after I picked it up and read what was written on it, it turned to stone and was blown away by the wind."

"What does it say?" Chloe asked curiously.

"It's because the wicked are afraid of hurting you by extorting money from you," Shui Qi said coldly.

"What kind of proverb is this? How strange." Chloe chuckled, but after seeing Daolin's solemn expression, her smile gradually disappeared, and she asked in surprise, "Could it really be some important hint?"

Dao Lin suddenly said, "Pull down her trouser legs!"

Whether the wicked are afraid of extorting you for money is a mystery.

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