After the whole network was blacked out, I made the boss the canary

Chen Shuo whistled softly in his heart.

Sure enough, the initial NPCs all have important information, but telling such things seems to affect her bonus?

But after triggering the keywords, the old woman had to follow the task process.

The intercom on Chen Shuo beeped and began playing the recording:

"Alas - old man, I sympathize with your situation. I accept your commission! I will definitely investigate the cause of your child's death!"

The word "cause of death", when it appears once, could be a slip of the tongue made by the old woman because she didn't memorize the script well.

But after the recording repeated the word, it was clear that this was not a simple slip of the tongue! Her child was really dead!

So is this dummy an NPC, or is it a dummy that the old woman mistakenly identified out of stupidity?

If it was a fake person, then why would the "doctor" lie?

If it's an NPC, then whose child is this and why did it end up in the hands of a mentally ill old woman?

It seems that the plot is starting to become interesting?

"Old lady, where did you bring this child back from?"

"Doctor, doctor! Save my child!" the old woman repeated the lines.

It seems that there are no more clues to be found.

"Old lady, where is your home? I'll take you back."

The old woman stood up, carried the dummy to the thatched hut in the corner, put the dummy on the bed, pointed at the drawer and lay down peacefully, as if she had given up everything.

Chen Shuo opened the tattered drawer and took out the map inside.

Only then did I realize that this was a tourist guide, which marked several points, namely:

The mayor's house, the neighborhood committee, the garden and the mountain temple on the back mountain.

Tips on the back of the map:

Only detectives who have accepted the commission can conduct investigations. There is one investigation opportunity per day, and there is a chance to obtain important clues.

Let’s first go to the mountain temple mentioned by the old woman.

On the other side, Zhou Yun, Gu Siyi, Xixi and others came to the garden, but found that the garden was locked.

They couldn't break it open with stones, so they had to go to the mayor's house.

Gu Siyi took the initiative to negotiate:

"Mayor, we just found a poisoned child at the entrance of the village. We would like to borrow your key to go to the garden and look for any antidote herbs."

The mayor was also in a dilemma:

"Young man, why don't you go look for it on the mountain? That garden doesn't belong to our village and is not under my jurisdiction."

Zhou Yun pressed Xixi's shoulders and gently pushed her in front of the guests:

"Mayor, please be lenient. This is our doctor. She was the one who diagnosed the child as being poisoned."

Xixi reacted: "Yes... yes! I'm a doctor! The child's condition is very critical, he can only hold on for another half a month!"

The mayor sighed:

"Young man, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that I really don't have the key. You should go to the neighborhood committee and ask."

Xixi felt that the mayor's attitude was a bit perfunctory, but no one else thought much about it. After all, he was just a real-life NPC with a script. Who would have thought that the NPC who provided guidance and clues would be perfunctory to the players?

Xixi was dragged all the way to the neighborhood committee.

But I didn’t expect that things weren’t going so smoothly and the neighborhood committee wasn’t even open!

The group looked at each other, and Gu Siyi proposed again:

"Let's go to the back hill and have a look. Maybe it's too early and it's not office hours yet, so the garden and the neighborhood committee are closed."

The other guests were somewhat skeptical. After all, Gu Siyi had made three wrong decisions. From a metaphysical point of view, he was not suitable to be a leader.

Seeing this, Zhou Yun spoke hastily:

"There are many plants in the back mountain. My ability will definitely come in handy to find clues. What's more, the village chief has deliberately reminded us that we can go to the back mountain. We must go and take a look. Now there is no way to investigate other places. It is better to go to the back mountain to take a look. It is worse than getting nothing."

However, which direction is this back mountain?

This town is shaped like a basin surrounded by mountains on all sides, which means there are "mountains behind" in four directions.

Gu Siyi was very confident: "The director can't make it too difficult for our guests. Just find a mountain road that is the lowest, the widest, and has the most cameras."

Xixi said weakly: "Do you want to go to the mayor to ask for a map before setting off?"

Zhou Yun started to criticize without any reason:

"How troublesome it is to go back and forth like this? It's so tiring for everyone to run back and forth. Can you understand the physical exertion of everyone?"

Xixi was not to be outdone:

"But you've already led us three times in vain. If we climb the wrong mountain, we'll consume even more energy!"

Gu Siyi interrupted:

"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll convince you. I'll go to the mayor's house with you, okay? Let's find a place to rest."

Zhou Yun looked distressed: "Brother Gu, this is too hard for you..."

Gu Siyi enjoyed this feeling very much: "It's okay, for everyone, everything is worth it!"

Xixi complained in her heart: A ten-minute journey feels like an hour, and it's only twenty minutes round trip, so it's not that hard.

Gu Siyi returned to the mayor's house with Xixi in high spirits, and the answer he got was consistent with the direction he pointed out.

After returning with this answer, the guests, who had taken a break, began to trust Gu Siyi a little more.

Xixi misses the statement very much:

It would be great if Chen Shu was a botanist, so that he could team up with her. And as the mayor, how come he doesn't even have a map...

It took the group two hours to climb up the mountainside along the mountain road, and they were all starving.

Zhou Yun couldn't stand it anymore: "Brother Gu, I'm so hungry..."

Gu Siyi thought about it and asked the staff who were following the filming if there was any food.

The staff reminded the guests that there are supply points along the way, but they need to complete the mini-games.

The guests were refreshed and came to the supply point.

This little game is very simple. You just need to wear a hat with a plate on it and send the balloon beyond the red line of ten meters to be considered successful.

There is often wind blowing through the forests in the mountains, and the light balloons can be easily blown down, but if you skillfully hold the balloons and walk, you can end the game quickly.

But Gu Siyi obviously did not have that much flexibility and agility, and the balloon was often blown down by the wind when he was halfway through walking.

Zhou Yun ate the fruit in the supplies while cheering for Gu Siyi. The staff reminded her that she would have to play the same number of games as the amount she ate.

But Zhou Yun said confidently: "I believe Brother Gu can do it!"

After repeating it five times, he finally succeeded. Exhausted, Gu Siyi wanted to eat some supplies to replenish his game quota, but was told that if he ate again, he would have to replenish his game quota three times.

Zhou Yun looked guilty: "I'm sorry, Brother Gu, I didn't expect the program team to have such a small supply quota. I accidentally ate too much. Brother Gu, if you can't do it, I'll do it..."

Gu Siyi’s face twisted. As a man, he doesn’t like to be told no!