Fantasy Game: Infinite City

With the help of the horse, Han Zu returned to the main building of the manor and quickly inspected the outside of the building. Except for the window whose wooden board had been removed when he came out before, there were no signs of entry or exit in other places.

The window seemed to have changed a little. Han Zu dismounted and walked over to check. A wooden board that was originally used as a cover was caught on the trap he had set here. The bite force of the trap was very strong and the board was broken into two pieces.

Picking up the broken wooden board, Han Zu observed it and found a faint handprint at the end of the longer half. It looked like it was stained with some dirt, and it should have been there not long ago as the dirt was still moist.

Han Zu was very sure that when he was setting the traps, the covered wooden boards would not have accidentally touched the traps, and the wooden boards were very light, so it would not have been possible to trigger the traps unless they were hit from a higher position.

"Someone discovered the trap below in advance and deliberately triggered it with a wooden board. Now the only question left is whether the person who triggered the trap was inside or outside."

The fence of the manor is difficult to climb over. If one wants to leave here, one can only go through the manor gate that was opened by Han Zu before.

"It seems my habit is still very useful."

Patting the empty bag on his belt, Han Zu nodded. Before riding back here, Han Zu had set up three traps at the gate. Unlike here, there were a lot of wild grass and bushes growing wildly at the gate, and the traps there were difficult to find. So there was no need to worry about someone running away for the time being.

Throwing away the broken wooden board in his hand, Han Zu picked up the triggered trap, put it in the bag, and began to check the location of the window. On the side facing outside the building, there were some footprints in the shadow. The footprints were facing inside the building. The footprints were very messy and blurred, but overall, there should be several people.

There were some dirt residues on the ground inside the window, and a small piece of wood covered with dirt in the shadow under the window sill. It should have been used by people who entered the building to scrape off the dirt under their feet and cover their tracks. The small piece of wood was hidden in a good position. If Han Zu's eyes did not have special abilities, it would have been difficult to find it.

"So, the people should still be inside the building. No, we can't be so decisive. This group of people may have acted separately."

After thinking for a while, Han Zu came up with a temporary countermeasure. Han Zu entered the building and re-sealed the window from the inside. Although he had no suitable tools, he could only press the nails on the wooden board with his hands, resulting in the sealed window not being very solid this time. However, Han Zu placed the trap under the window frame again. Although this would make the trap easy to be discovered, if he wanted to get out from here, he had to trigger the trap first. As long as he heard the sound, Han Zu would be able to rush here as soon as possible.

"There are many rooms in the building, and there are many places to hide. Without the swarm, it is definitely unrealistic for me to find them by myself. Besides, there may be people outside. I have to think of a way to lure them together."

Han Zu returned to the basement, filled the bag with traps, took two more in his hand, and set the traps on the corner platform of the main staircase inside the building. He repeated this cycle and soon all the passages and key locations inside the building were set with traps. This way, whenever someone went up or down the floors, or wanted to move through the corridor, they had to trigger the trap first, which would attract Han Zu's attention and expose their position.

"It's really strange. Although my bag can only hold three traps and I need to go back and forth to the basement to replenish them, no matter how many times I take them out of the basement, the number of traps will not decrease. Is this a feature of the dungeon or an ability of "me"?"

However, this matter was a good thing for Han Zu, so it was not important now. Han Zu collected some broken furniture in the lobby on the first floor and piled them together. Then he lit a cigarette and sorted out the steps.

"First... I should move a little to the right so that I can face the stairs, and then I should guard..."

A few minutes later, Han Zu had almost finished sorting out the mess. He threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the pile of furniture fragments. After a while, the wooden fragments quickly caught fire. Han Zu covered the flames with a filthy carpet. Soon, billowing black smoke came out. The pungent smoke quickly spread around and rushed up the stairs to the upper floors.

"Well, that's almost it."

There was a weird atmosphere everywhere in this building. The fire in front of him was still burning, and the black smoke was getting thicker and thicker. Han Zu also felt strange. He originally just wanted to create some smoke to force people who might be hiding inside the building to change their positions. But now, the fire in front of him showed no sign of stopping, and the burning fragments were not consumed at all. However, the smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and Han Zu could hardly see his surroundings clearly.

"Snapped!"

The sound of the trap being triggered came from the upper level. Han Zu instinctively wanted to jump through the ceiling, but found that he could not jump now. This feeling was very strange, as if he had forgotten how to jump.

"What's going on?"

However, now is not a good time to think. Han Zu immediately prepared to run and rush to the direction where the sound came from. However, as soon as he took a step, Han Zu found that he could not run and could only walk quickly with big strides. Han Zu should be restricted by some rules of the copy at this time.

"trouble."

Although his movements were restricted, the investigation was still necessary. Han Zu could only walk quickly in the direction where the sound came from, and soon arrived at the location where the sound came from.

There was a bent steel bar on the trap, which should be the thing that triggered the trap. Han Zu was now sure that there was definitely someone here. He reopened the trap, pulled out the machete that was no longer attached to his waist, and began to patrol the floor.

“Squeak…”

This is the third floor of the building. Most of the rooms look similar to when Han Zu investigated before, with no changes. However, when passing through a room, Han Zu keenly heard some noises, which seemed to come from something like a cabinet.

Walking into the room where the sound came from, Han Zu instinctively looked for something like a cabinet in the room and found a large dusty wardrobe. There were some traces on the dusty floor in front of the wardrobe. Someone must have been here just now.

He pulled open the door of the closet suddenly, but there was no one inside. Instead, there was a small piece of clothing on the hook inside, which must have been accidentally scratched.

Turning back immediately, Han Zu searched the room but found nothing. Han Zu walked out of the room in confusion and set a trap at the door.

"Strange, the sound did come from this room."

"Woo~~"

A faint sound of wind came into Han Zu's ears. The sound came from the upper floor. Han Zu rushed towards the direction of the sound and found a window with the wooden boards removed in a room. Cold wind blew into the building from the window.

Holding on to the window sill, Han Zu stuck his head out and looked around outside the window, but found no trace of people. No one should have gone out from here. This should be a trap used to attract Han Zu's attention.

"Why is there suddenly less smoke?"

Han Zu closed the window again and found that the thick smoke from the burning had become much lighter. Han Zu felt that something must have gone wrong with the fire in the hall on the first floor. He wanted to go back and take a look.

When he returned to the first floor hall, he found that the fire had been put out and there was still some water on the ground. Han Zu felt something was wrong. There was no water source in the building. The wooden planks leading to the window outside had not been moved. The traps were still there and had not been triggered. Who put out the fire? Did someone use some skill?

"It seems that this instance is not PVE, but PVP..."

Han Zu immediately understood why the first copy after he signed the contract was here.

"A token of allegiance, huh? Then I have to show off."

Han Zu didn't know what he was thinking. He suddenly put away the machete, put it back on his belt, slowed down his pace, and walked back to the basement. However, after closing the door of the basement, Han Zu did not go down, but hid behind the door and listened to the movement outside.

"Snapped!"

Sure enough, another trap was triggered, but Han Zu did not rush over this time. Instead, he quietly opened the door, took advantage of the shadows and the thick smoke that had not yet completely dissipated, and made a detour, going through the stairs on the other side.

Hiding in the shadows on the stairs, Han Zu stood still and observed quietly. The location where the sound came from this time could only be exited through the stairs on both sides. Based on previous experience, Han Zu concluded that the person who triggered the trap would think that Han Zu would quickly approach the location where the sound came from, so if he wanted to leave, he could only leave through the other side, which was where Han Zu was hiding now.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, Han Zu saw two sneaky figures bending over in the room at the corner in front of him, slowly moving towards Han Zu. Han Zu held his breath, squinted his eyes, and quietly observed the next actions of the two people without making any sound.

After one of them found that Han Zu did not come up from the other side, he quietly turned back. The one who stayed came to the corner platform of the stairs where Han Zu was hiding, where there was also a trap set by Han Zu before. He picked up a broken wooden board from the ground, ready to trigger the trap.

However, when he approached the trap, he seemed to be pushed suddenly by someone, and his foot stepped firmly on the trap.

"Snapped!"

“Ahhhhh!!! Ugh!!!”

The person who stepped on the trap let out a scream, and although he quickly covered his mouth, it still made a loud noise, which might attract the person who set the trap. Of course, if he didn't, he would be hiding in the shadow nearby.

Han Zu did not rush to act, but observed the trap. Logically, such a strong and sharp trap should be able to directly break a bear's leg, but the trap in front of him only clamped the man's leg, and only the barbs pierced his leg.

"I wonder what the effect will be if I clamp the head." Han Zu thought to himself.

"Stomp, stomp, stomp..."

Han Zu heard footsteps coming quickly from not far away. The man who had just turned back ran over quietly, ready to help his companion open the trap. The welded barbs on the trap slowed down the speed of opening the trap. It took half a minute to open the trap and free his companion's legs from the restraints.

The rescuer took out a syringe and stabbed the injured man's leg. His wound healed quickly and he was back to normal soon, but some blood was left on the ground. Perhaps to cover up his tracks, the injured man took off his blood-stained shoes and threw them into the shadows. Then he looked around and found that there was no one else, so he quickly left the place.

After they left, Han Zu reached out from the shadows, picked up the trap, moved it to another location, and then quietly followed them, ready to see what they were going to do.

Han Zu followed them to the door of a room. After looking around vigilantly, the two men opened the door and walked in.

Han Zu walked quietly to the door and eavesdropped on the conversation inside.

"Damn, there are too many traps!"

"Keep your voice down. The others have already put out the fire on the first floor. Nothing will go wrong for the time being. We just need to be careful and not get caught. How did you step on those traps just now? Did you find something and get anxious?"

"I seemed to smell something burning, so I wanted to go over and take a look. I clearly found the trap, and just when I was about to trigger it with the wooden board, I suddenly stepped on it. I always felt like someone pushed me. Do you think it could be..."

"The person who set the trap set a fire on the first floor. The whole building smells like burning. You may be too nervous. If there really is someone there, it must be one of ours. He will definitely not leave you alone."

"Could it be the guy who set the trap?"

"Do you think you would still be here talking to me if that were the case? You're just too nervous, relax a little. We still have to find that old man first. He has difficulty moving, so he must be hiding somewhere. Look carefully. Only by killing that old man first can we avoid being disturbed and have a chance to find what we are looking for. Remember to be careful and don't wake up the old man."

"I see. Sorry..."

"Be careful next time... Let's go..."

Han Zu took a few steps back and hid in the shadows again, letting the two people leave without following them. From their conversation, Han Zu understood that they were looking for something, so they would not leave easily, so there was no need to worry about them running away for the time being.

Another thing is that they mentioned an old man and wanted to kill him, and it would be best not to wake him up, otherwise he would be seriously disturbed.

"It seems that this old man might be in the same group with me. From their conversation, they seem to be very sure that the old man is in this building, but I clearly searched it before and didn't find anyone else. Is there a secret door or something? Where would an old man with limited mobility hide?"

Now the goal has changed. Han Zu feels that he should find the hiding old man first. The two men he saw before were sneaky and it was obvious that they were here to steal things. They were not good people, not to mention that they wanted to target an old man with limited mobility.

Han Zu thought back to his previous memories of searching the building. He had the impression that there was a room on the fifth floor with a lot of cabinets and other things, and the size of the room did not seem consistent from the inside out.

"Maybe there's a hidden door or secret room. I need to check it out first."

Han Zu quickly rushed over according to the direction he remembered, and did not forget to rearrange the triggered traps on the way.