A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

Fang Shiqing rushed into the library and looked around quickly.

There was no one in the corridor, reading room or lounge, but he found that Xiaohua's food bowl had been filled with new cat food——

From this point of view, Xiao Fengdi... the boss should have returned?Are you resting now?

Anyway, luckily he's back.Fang Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief, then pushed open the bedroom door all at once, and dragged Xiao Fengdi, who had obviously just fallen asleep, up.

Xiao Fengdi didn't rest well at all, and his eyes turned blue.However, after opening his eyes and seeing that the person calling him was Fang Shiqing, he just rubbed his temples and got up quickly, putting away all the anger in his body.

"—is something wrong?"

Looking at the bloodshot eyes in his eyes, Fang Shiqing felt a strong apology.But the current situation is really urgent, and he must be woken up immediately.

"Boss, the announcement was updated just now. A new dungeon has been triggered!" He pulled the other party's sleeve and walked out, "Everyone is going to gather in front of the bulletin board, you... can you come together now?"

Hearing this news, Xiao Fengdi really woke up immediately.

"New copy? Who is the trigger?"

"...Uh," Fang Shiqing turned his head silently, "It's me."

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The doll girl disappeared after inviting Fang Shiqing to "come to my house as a guest".Before Fang Shiqing sorted out the situation, he got a notice from other players: just now, there was a new line of dungeon opening notice on the announcement.

"The entrance to the third copy has been opened! The countdown to the copy: 22:36:49, the player who triggered the copy: Fang Shiqing."

This time the time is tighter than every time, and there is only less than one day in total, so there is no delay.

After the announcement changed, the nature of the whole thing was completely different.

So far, Fang Shiqing has finally been able to confirm that that puppet is the final boss of the No. [-] dungeon; probably as early as the first time he saw the pile of dolls at Carpenter Wang's house, he had already triggered the dungeon's clue.

According to the experience of the previous two times, the boss should have brought him to the entrance of the dungeon, and then he needs to escape from the boss before being dragged into the dungeon, come out and point out the location of the dungeon entrance to other players, and then go with the large army explore.

However—probably because of the boss around him, the puppet girl failed to succeed for more than 20 days. In the end, she simply changed to another player (Zhao Jun) as an entry point, and then used it in reverse. With Zhao Jun as a hostage, the players had to enter the dungeon.

Xiao Fengdi went with him to the central square of the town.On the way, Fang Shiqing was thinking and tidying up, and at the same time briefly talked about the events of the past few days, the more he talked, the more frightened he became——

Speaking of which, he was the one who triggered the dungeon in the first place, and he was the one who should be brought into the dungeon. Zhao Jun was completely innocent.If he had been caught directly by the puppet from the beginning, he would have been able to trigger the dungeon directly; it would not involve other players, let alone make Zhao Jun not even know whether he was dead or alive like now.

And during this period, Fang Shiqing was almost the only player who had contact with Zhao Jun.Zhao Jun obviously showed so many abnormalities, but he didn't take any effective measures, almost letting go of today's situation.

This is his mistake.

In the process of listening to his explanation, the boss frowned more and more, which made him even more uneasy.

Unexpectedly, after listening, Xiao Fengdi sighed, raised his hand and touched his head and said, "I'm sorry."

"Hey?"

"I shouldn't have been away for so long at this time," he said, "or it wouldn't have made things like this. You must have come to see me several times during this time?"

"No...it's all my fault this time."

Fang Shiqing felt sore eyes.This person is really a good person. He was suddenly dug up from the bed when he was tired, but at this moment, not only did he lose his temper, but he also wanted to comfort others and only took the responsibility on himself. How could there be such a good person in the world? ah?

"Don't worry. I probably understand."

Xiao Fengdi didn't say much, but just a few simple sentences made him feel much more at ease.

It was already afternoon when we arrived at the square.Other players gathered in front of the bulletin board. Zeng Xin was holding a notebook and talking to Gu Jinhong.

"Brother Fang, Brother Xiao, you are here." He Xiangwu greeted them, and flinched when he saw Xiao Fengdi.

Xiao Fengdi went straight to read the announcement, and He Xiangwu ran to Fang Shiqing's side, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Fang, this...Brother Xiao, didn't you force him to sleep in the middle of his sleep?"

"That's it."

"You really dare to call him..." He Xiangwu sighed inexplicably.

"No way, time is so tight." This time, the problem was related to other people's lives, such an important matter, and time was tight, Fang Shiqing felt that waking up the boss would not make him angry, only if he didn't.

"Well... since we're all here, let's exchange the existing information first," You Qingyu cleared his throat and said, "Zhao Jun is, uh, missing now. According to Shi Qing, he should It was brought into the dungeon by the boss of the third book. I don’t know if it’s already..."

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the implication couldn't be more obvious.

"No," Xiao Fengdi flatly denied. "According to the records in the manual, when a player dies, the bulletin corresponding to the player on the bulletin board will be destroyed by itself. Now the bulletins here are all fine."

"That's good," You Qingyu seemed to relax a bit, "Then what we have to do next is to clear the dungeon and save people. I don't know why the dungeon time is so short this time, so we have to do it as quickly as possible. The problem now is..."

"The problem is, I don't know where the entrance to the copy is."

Although it can be guessed that the "home" that the puppet girl mentioned is where the copy is, she didn't tell Fang Shiqing exactly where it was at all, and disappeared without giving him time to ask.

Now players can only find their own way to explore, which undoubtedly makes the already too short time even more tense.

Zeng Xin flipped through the notebook: "We asked NPCs around the courier point. Zhao Jun locked the door and left yesterday morning. After going out, he should have gone south. For more information, we may need to continue looking for other NPCs along the way. The NPC inquired about..."

"No need," Xiao Fengdi said, "I'll determine the location of the entrance to the dungeon, you guys go make other preparations first, don't worry about this. Come back here and gather before six o'clock."

His attitude is very firm.The players were a little surprised, especially Fang Shiqing.

"Boss, do you... know where the entrance is?"

From the beginning to the end, Fang Shiqing, the person involved, had the deepest understanding of this matter.Now he himself is blind to the location of the dungeon, where did Xiao Fengdi know about it?

"I don't know, but I probably know where to ask." He looked at Fang Shiqing, "—from the carpenter surnamed Wang."

"Carpenter Wang?" Isn't he just an ordinary NPC?

But the boss must have his own reasons for doing things, Fang Shiqing nodded: "Then I will take you there."

Afterwards, the players split up. Fang Shiqing transferred half of the 9 yuan he received last time to He Xiangwu, entrusting them to help with the purchases, while he himself followed Xiao Fengdi.

Xiao Fengdi went back to the library first.He took a sheet from the pile of old newspapers and handed it to Fang Shiqing: "Look."

"This is……"

This is an old newspaper from 20 years ago, and it published a report on the rally of advanced laborers during Labor Day.

There is also a group photo of the model workers next to it. Although it is black and white, he recognized the face of the woman in the middle at a glance.

——The shape of her facial features is almost exactly the same as that of the doll.

However, her expression is vivid, and her face has subtle blemishes; most importantly, she does not have long hair, but short hair that is convenient for movement.

"What's going on here? It means that 20 years ago, there was a... model worker who looked exactly like her?"

Fang Shiqing looked at the report over and over again, but there was no introduction to the specific participating members.

"Probably so. I used the skills of a librarian to search several times using different keywords and image arrangements, and only found this content related to it."

Xiao Fengdi changed into a relatively formal shirt, and found out his glasses to put on.

"Through this report, we can at least confirm one thing: the images of those puppets carved by Carpenter Wang are not from his imagination, but have prototypes."

Fang Shiqing finally understood: "And the location of this 'prototype' is probably the home of that puppet?"

"I think so. Because there are no other leads."

What he said made sense, and Fang Shiqing couldn't help sighing: "Boss, your skills are too easy to use, aren't you?" Almost every time he could find important clues at critical moments.

"I'm a 'guide player' after all, which is somewhat privileged."

Xiao Fengdi straightened his collar, and suddenly asked him, "Do I look fierce?"

"Ah?" Fang Shiqing was stunned, "It's okay..."

The glasses do a good job of hiding his sleep-deprived, menacing gaze.

"That's all right," he said. "We'll go now to find the carpenter and get information about the woman out of him."

The two went to the old residential area in the southwest of the town and found Carpenter Wang's house.

Today is the holiday, and Carpenter Wang will not start work.

He's supposed to be working on a new wooden doll, and he's still wearing carpenter's gloves when he opens the door.Seeing that it was the two of them, he was obviously taken aback: "Xiao Fang? Do you have any work? Oh, why don't you rest even today for the holidays? Young people can't work so hard—"

"No, I'm the one who came to you today." Xiao Fengdi took out a work card from his jacket pocket, and deftly diverted the topic, "I didn't have time to introduce myself last time. I'm a staff member of the library in the town. Responsible for sorting out the town records and old archives."

"Zhen Zhi..." Carpenter Wang was stunned, "Here, young man, what do you want from me?"

"Oh, that's right. I also occasionally work part-time, writing supplements for the newspapers in the town." Xiao Fengdi began to talk nonsense, "This time the theme is special handicrafts. I saw the puppets you made last time. I think it is very distinctive, so I want to use it as the subject of writing, do you agree?"

"—"

Fang Shiqing was too shocked to speak.

In fact, there are quite a lot of loopholes in this passage, but his tone and attitude are too calm and bluffing.At first glance, even Fang Shiqing, who is an accomplice, would believe it, let alone a simple NPC.

"It turns out that's the case, it's a good relationship!" As soon as he mentioned his hobbies, Carpenter Wang blushed and greeted the two of them into the room, "Come on, come in and sit down. Speaking of this puppet, I have been doing it for more than 20 years, and there is no one with more experience than me!"

The two sat down opposite Carpenter Wang.Fang Shiqing had no such experience at all, so he inevitably felt a little uncomfortable; fortunately, he didn't need to do anything, just be by his side.

Xiao Fengdi was very calm all the time, he even took out a notebook and a pen and put them on the table, and asked the question in a dignified way.

"...Well, yes, my carpentry skills are not inherited from my family. I learned from my master. You should know my master. He is Master Qi who lives in the forest in the east. But the craft of making dolls is really not from my master. I learned it, and I will do it long before I become a teacher."

Carpenter Wang talked endlessly, and even found a rough wooden statue from a box in the corner to show them: "This is when I was 12 years old, isn't it bad? I didn't know how to make a ball joint at that time. "

The statue in front of him is not pretty, but it can be seen that he has put his heart into it.Most importantly, it is clearly the image of a woman with long black hair.

"The dolls you made seem to have similar images from childhood to now," Xiao Fengdi cut to the point at the right time, "May I ask whether the appearance of these dolls has prototypes in reality? Or is it just your imagination?"

"This..."

Carpenter Wang suddenly fell silent.After a while, Fang Shiqing realized that his expression had become a little heavy.

"Well, it's a little embarrassing for you young people to say this kind of thing... It's a combination of both," the NPC said with a full face, recalling the past, "Actually, they—all these dolls, their faces, They're all based on the same person."

"Can you tell me who she is?"

"It's nothing inconvenient," Carpenter Wang waved his hand. "It's a girl from my neighbor's family when I was young. She was a few years older than me. Her family used to be the richest family in the town. Her father ran a toy factory and started a business from scratch. Getting rich was very famous back then, but now if you ask the older generation in the town, they should all know about it. Later... oh."

Carpenter Wang kept sighing, Xiao Fengdi didn't urge him, he just waited.After a while, the NPC recovered from his sadness, and he really took the initiative to talk about the past 20 years ago.

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This dungeon should be quite short, and it shouldn't be scary at all. After all, everyone (referring to the protagonists and the boss) is already very familiar...