The next morning, everyone got up early and packed their equipment.

"Old Cai, you and Wenjing go and inquire about the other deceased, try to learn as much as you can, but be careful not to expose yourselves," Lin Yi said.

"Got it."

After assigning the tasks, the four of them went their separate ways, wasting no more time.

Cai Dongyi and Sheng Wenjing left, and not long after, Selter arrived.

Lin Yi and Ning Che also went downstairs, and the two walked and talked:

"Do you feel that these people's deaths are all suspicious?"

Lin Yi nodded, "If we can find common ground in their causes of death, then we can prove that Mount Zork is problematic."

"This kind of information should be available from official sources, or we can ask Ballmer."

"That's what I thought at first, but there's a considerable risk in doing so, so I'm not comfortable with it," Lin Yi said:

"We can ask him about the relics without risk, because no other organizations are targeting this place, only us. If we ask him about the deceased, he might suspect that we've discovered clues here. If he's also secretly investigating this matter, it's very likely that problems will arise."

After Lin Yi's reminder, Ning Che also realized the problem, and that approach was indeed not feasible.

"But there's another matter, people from overseas have arrived," Ning Che said:

"I thought of a possibility, could it be that they know we're here and sent people over as a precaution?"

This question had been lingering in Ning Che's mind all night, and she didn't sleep well.

If that were the case, this mission would be even more difficult. With only these four people, the difficulty of dealing with overseas organizations is unimaginable.

"That's possible, but I think it's unlikely," Lin Yi said:

"First of all, almost no one knows we're here, possibly not even Ballmer, so it's even less likely that overseas organizations would know."

After thinking about it, Lin Yi continued:

"Moreover, I guess overseas organizations might also know about the situation here, and it's unlikely they'd come and waste manpower and resources. I guess they might have discovered other clues here, so they came sniffing around."

"If that's the case, if we don't follow up, we might be left behind."

"It's okay, let Ballmer contain them for now. Let's investigate the situation here first. If there really are strange things happening, then there really is a problem here," Lin Yi's eyes became firm, "So we need to speed up too, we can't waste time."

"Yeah."

The two went downstairs, and Selter had already arrived.

The task Lin Yi had given him earlier had also been completed very well. He had inquired about news related to the deceased in advance, and now they just needed to go there.

His wife, named Jenna, was a primary school teacher, and they also had a daughter named Ellie who was in junior high school. The family wasn't rich, but they were considered a well-off family.

The deceased's information was very simple and clean, not the kind of shady person.

But nothing could be seen from this information. Truly useful information still needed to be obtained by asking his family.

But whether or not relevant clues could be found could only be prayed for.

After driving for more than an hour, they arrived at a small town.

On the way, Lin Yi also bought some gifts, hoping to leave a good impression on the other party, so that they could inquire about more things.

Finally, they found the deceased's family at the local church.

Lin Yi had Selter park the car outside and didn't disturb them.

After such a thing happened, they had to take care of the emotions of the deceased's family as much as possible.

After waiting for more than half an hour, his wife and daughter came out.

But after coming out, the two got into the car. Lin Yi was still not in a hurry and followed them until they returned home.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Lin Yi didn't plan to wait any longer.

After getting out of the car, he walked towards the two of them.

Seeing someone walking towards her, Jenna looked at the three of them, scrutinizing them warily for a while.

"You are…"

"Hello, we are Sapkins' friends. We are saddened by his death and would like to talk to you about him, may we?"

Looking at Selter, and then at Lin Yi and Ning Che standing behind, all of them holding gifts in their hands, Jenna did not refuse.

"Come in with me."

The three were welcomed into the house.

"Honey, go back to your room and rest for a while," Jenna said to her daughter.

"Okay, Mom."

Ellie left, leaving only the four of them in the living room.

"What is your name, please?"

"I'm Kant, a former colleague of Sapkins."

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Yi had Selter use a fake name on the way, so as to ensure the secrecy of this operation to the greatest extent.

Jenna was very tired and didn't think much about this.

After all, she didn't completely know all of Sapkins' friends.

"What do you want to know?"

"I understand him, his mountaineering skills are very good, a mere Mount Zork can't stop him," Selter said in a measured tone, as if he really was Sapkins' friend.

"I thought so too, I didn't expect him to have an accident," Jenna said wearily.

Cough cough cough –

Lin Yi coughed lightly a few times, as a reminder to Selter, to ask the questions he had prepared.

But Jenna didn't notice this, and thought that Lin Yi was simply feeling unwell.

"Zork isn't considered high, with his personality, he should be climbing higher mountains, why did he go to climb Mount Zork?"

"Last month, we went to Mount Zork for vacation. That day, after he finished fishing, he fell asleep in the tent. He said he had a dream, in which someone told him to come and conquer Mount Zork. He told me about it at the time, and I didn't care, and he didn't care either. After the vacation, we went home," Jenna said:

"But after returning home, he said he had several more of the same dreams. He said it might be a guidance from God, so he packed his equipment and went to Mount Zork, and never came back."

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