: Mission Failed?

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With a single slash cutting through water and a hand speed of five seconds, they would stand guard at the door, ready to rush in at the first sign of any unusual noise.

The reason is simple: rescuing a damsel in distress will definitely increase your favorability rating!

But all they heard was the sound of water being pumped and water running in the sink.

A moment later, Shude Mai washed and dried her hands and came out of the toilet.

"How is it, ma'am? Is there anything unusual inside?"

With a five-second hand speed and a gentle tone, he asked.

Mai Shude, wearing a straw hat, shook her head; her face, hidden by the veil, revealed no expression.

No, I checked every single cubicle.

"I see..." Yi Dao Duan Shui said with some disappointment, but still politely said, "Thank you, ma'am."

After she walked away, he couldn't hold back any longer: "Holy crap, boss, that NPC just now..."

He didn't know how to describe it with clumsy words, so he made a gesture of two dragons emerging from the sea in front of him.

"That figure is probably only comparable to top celebrities or models in real life. Do you think the game company used real-life scans to create the avatar?"

"I heard that a 'growth' feature will be developed later in the game. I wonder if it's true or not."

He mentioned the inside information he had learned in five seconds.

"It seems we need to stop spending money at outside foot massage parlors."

The answer was as decisive as cutting water with a single stroke.

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Inside the restroom, Old Tang sat on the toilet, wiped the sweat from his forehead, unzipped his backpack, and made sure the necklace was still there.

He sensed a dangerous aura emanating from that woman.

However, I don't know why that woman chose to ignore me.

Old Tang thought it might be that his "super luck" had come into play.

After becoming a hunter, he discovered that he possessed certain "extraordinary qualities".

He was unharmed after touching things that others said were cursed; he went to dangerous places with other hunters, but he was the only one who came out safely.

Just like the clover in Marvel, misfortune always comes one step behind.

"However, this time we were a bit unlucky."

Old Tang complained that, as a hunter, he had only taken on a small job on the website this time.

After all, it would cost 1.8 million to acquire the necklace through the proper auction channels, while hiring a top hunter like him to "buy it for free" would only cost 100,000.

The cost-effectiveness is obvious.

He hadn't expected the auction house to react so quickly, and now he was stuck here in a dilemma.

I need to find a way to leave; staying here is still too dangerous.

He had already figured it out: the window was surrounded by a closed fence, and the only way to get around was through a ventilation shaft connecting to the men's restroom.

He pressed the suction cup tightly against the wall; it was a custom-made device he had someone make, with enough suction to support his entire weight.

Old Tang turned on the exhaust fan in the vent, pushed the backpack over, and hooked it onto the zipline to prevent it from falling to the ground and making a sound.

Then he removed the suction cups himself and slowly crawled along the ventilation duct.

"Looks like I need to lose weight."

They returned to the ground.

Old Tang, who almost got stuck inside, thought with lingering fear that he hadn't forgotten to reinstall the fan before leaving.

The two men, Yidao Duanshui and Shousu Wushang, stood guard at the toilet door, doing whatever Lin Zhiying told them to do.

Not far away, a person came running over in a hurry, and this contrasting behavior made the two of them instantly alert.

As he approached, Yi Dao Duan Shui and the other person realized that he was also wearing a security guard uniform.

"Bro, I have diarrhea, I can't say any more for now."

The security guard bent over, clutching his stomach, as if afraid the two would stop him.

With so many security guards, it's impossible for two temporary workers, Yidao Duanshui and Hand Speed ​​Wushang, to recognize them all. They simply waved their hands and let him in.

"Plop, plop..."

After a long while, accompanied by the sound of flushing water, the security guard came out of the toilet.

After waving to the two men, the security guard walked down a different path than before, his face bearing a pair of drooping, eight-shaped eyebrows.

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On the other side of the second floor, the remaining time on the task panel slowly ticked away.

Lin Zhiying frowned slightly; an hour and a half had already passed.

During this time, all the private rooms on the first and second floors were thoroughly searched under the influence of the Word Spirit: Snake, but unfortunately, no abnormalities were detected.

No suspicious persons were found during a brief screening of the guests at the venue.

The thief seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Perhaps he mingled among the guests at the event? Lin Zhiying thought, but Han Gao would never allow him to examine each guest individually.

Stopping the guests had already put him under immense pressure; if a forced search were to proceed, the auction house would find it difficult to continue operating there.

Maintaining the presence of three "snakes" consumes a huge amount of mana.

The mana on my personal panel is almost depleted, the "snake" is so faint that it's almost invisible, and the messages it sends back are getting slower and slower.

Caesar walked over, gently patted his shoulder, and said:

"Lin Zhiying is very grateful that you went to this lengths for me, but continuing the search is likely a waste of time."

"Since the other party dared to steal, they must have already prepared an escape route, and may have already left the auction house."

After saying this, he handed Lin Zhiying a can of Coke.

"You've already exhausted yourself. Go back to your private room and rest for a while, then wait for the lockdown to end."

Han Gao nodded. He had only wanted Lin Zhiying to try his luck, and his failure was to be expected.

As long as you don't offend Caesar, nothing else matters.

He spoke earnestly:

"Young man, I've seen your efforts, but it's still like finding a needle in a haystack..."

After saying this to Lin Zhiying, he made a phone call, "Pass the word down, prepare to let their guests leave..."

Did I fail?

Lin Zhiying, standing to the side, clenched her fists silently as she listened to these words, without saying a word.

No, my judgment was absolutely correct!

The thief has definitely not left the auction house yet; the quest is still on the panel. If the thief had left, the quest would have automatically failed long ago.

He made a move to stop Han Gao, forcefully exhaling a breath of stale air.

"Three hours have passed, and the time is not up yet."

Han Gao frowned slightly, glancing at Caesar and then at him.

I only gave him the chance because of Caesar, but I didn't expect him to be so ungrateful. I already gave him a way out, but he still stubbornly refused to take it.

"It's good that young people don't give up, but they need to have self-awareness!"

"In your current state, you can't even maintain your Word of Power? How are we supposed to find someone like this? Forget it."

Hearing this, Lin Zhiying was not angry; instead, she smiled.

"What if I could continue using the power of words?"

"Then I'll spend these three hours with you."

Han Gao looked at him, so weak he seemed about to collapse at any moment, and didn't think he could do it, so he immediately replied.

Lin Zhiying had been waiting for these words, and the next moment he pulled out a vial of medicine from his pocket.

The cork fell to the ground, and a scorching heat wafted out.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Zhiying tilted his head back and drank the medicine in one gulp.

The moment the dragon's blood entered my throat, it felt like drinking scalding lava; my throat burned with excruciating pain.

The next moment, the mana bar on the panel, which had been almost depleted, was instantly filled.

The feeling of weakness throughout my body quickly subsided, replaced by an inexhaustible energy.

Lin Zhiying felt he could play all day!

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