At present, He Ao has only two clues about Newland City State, the entire Newland branch of the research institute is missing and the suspected need for Dawn B-class personnel.

These two things can lead to two conclusions respectively.

1. There may be some kind of strange item in the city-state of Newland that can ‘abduct’ people without affecting them.

Second, Dawn's B-level deputy leader may be doing something near the city-state of Newland that is in urgent need of manpower.

Viewed separately, these two incidents were not considered to be "big things" that would make people very vigilant. However, the fact that the two incidents occurred in the same area made He Ao feel that something was wrong.

This feeling of something wrong does not come from his experience in the main world, but from his experience in the copy world.

The core point of these two things is 'people', whether it is the abducted transcendent or the manpower needs of Dawn's 'deputy leader'.

In the dungeon world, there is usually only one thing that is related to transcendence and requires a large number of 'people'.

‘sacrifice’.

A qualified FBI agent will immediately realize that something is wrong when he discovers a large number of missing persons cases within his jurisdiction, especially cases of missing extraordinary persons.

Of course, that was a dungeon world where evil gods were frequently active.

Strictly speaking, He Ao didn't want his conjecture to be true, but since he had discovered this sign, he still had to take a look.

Anyway, my clone has nothing to do now, so I just want to go on a trip.

He lowered his head and glanced at the substitute's cloak in his hand.

He had never used the full capabilities of this cloak, so he just wanted to test it out.

——

Newland City-State·Ocean

The brilliance of the morning sun spreads from the rippling sea to the old fishing boats.

The man with curly brown hair sitting in the cockpit held the steering wheel in one hand and picked up a bottle of brandy in the other.

He held the mouth of the bottle with his hand and pushed it up with his fingers. The cork of the bottle of high-altitude distilled liquor was directly pushed open and flew into the corner of the cockpit.

He stared at the hazy island in the distance, raised the strong wine in his hand, and poured it into his throat like white water.

The city-state of Newland is not a land city-state, but a joint city-state composed of multiple islands close to the mainland of the Theia Empire.

There are only two ways to get to the city-state of Newland, one is to take a boat from Velen City and arrive across the sea, and the other is to take a direct flight.

The phone screen on the console lit up, showing a new incoming call. The man reached out and answered the call.

"Lenk, where are you now?"

Another hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Right away, almost there."

The man called Lenk took another sip of wine.

"Lunke, you didn't do a good job this time."

The voice on the other end of the phone softened slightly.

"It's none of my business,"

Lenk spat, "I'm just an errand boy. I came here to join you. You arranged for me to run errands. You also asked me to go to Velen City to contact Hu Wen's forces. You asked people for help without giving you anything, and they didn't refuse you.

That’s weird, idiot.”

Having said this, he paused and said, "Oh, I didn't reject you. I asked the deputy chief to negotiate in person, so are you going to find the deputy chief now? Oh, if the deputy chief is willing to end, you won't ask me to come back.

It’s a useless thing.”

"Lunke······"

The tone on the other end of the phone was stagnant, and he said sternly, "You are one of us now."

"If it weren't for the fact that Hu Wen's place breaks so many rules and doesn't allow random killings, would I come here to join you?"

Lenk took a sip of wine and glanced at the corpses of the crew members stacked up behind him. The dried blood was stepped on under his feet.

"I've been running around for you for half a month, asking for money or women, but it's your turn for a loser to sit on my head and point fingers? Are you worthy? When I was wanted, where were you feeding me?

.”

"Lunke, you..."

The person on the phone seemed so angry that he choked on his words.

"If you don't like me, come and have a one-on-one duel."

Lenk took another sip of wine and said, "I will give you one hand, but I will leave you with a whole body in the end."

The person on the phone was completely choked and fell into a brief silence. However, he did not agree to Lenk's duel invitation and hung up the phone directly.

"Courageless thing."

Lenk pulled out a dagger from his waist, made a sword dance, and stuck it on the dashboard.

Bang-bang-bang-

A slow and crisp knock sounded outside the door.

As soon as Lenk stopped drinking, he gently placed the wine bottle in his hand on the table, then reached out and carefully pulled out the dagger, silently crossing the cab and walking to the door.

Then he leaned against the wall beside the door and slowly reached out and opened the door.

squeak——

As the old metal door was slowly opened, no one appeared and there was nothing outside.

Lenk was stunned for a moment, then realized something. He grabbed the dagger and immediately turned behind him and stabbed out.

A pair of eyes as calm as water suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

"I'll lend you my destiny."

As the calm and slow voice sounded, Lenk felt a huge force suddenly tearing his body apart. His stabbing arm froze in place, and some invisible force was devouring his flesh and soul.

.

The severe pain made him arch his body unconsciously. He wanted to open his mouth and scream, but he couldn't make a sound.

The next second, his body disappeared suddenly as if erased by an eraser, leaving only a complete set of clothes wrapped in a small piece of bone, which fell to the ground.

He Ao lowered his head and stared at the clothes left by Lenk.

At this moment, countless information is gathering in his mind.

Those are Lenk's broken memories and the techniques for using Lenk's special abilities.

Lenk is Class D, his talent sequence should be 'Champion', and his physical ability is towards the flexibility and flexibility of 'Gymnastics'.

He was originally a transcendent of the World Tree, and completed the D-level promotion in the ruins, but something seemed to go wrong when he was promoted. His mental state tended to be crazy, and he could get pleasure from killing.

During a mission, he killed all his teammates, took the mission target, the dagger in his hand, defected from World Tree and became a wanted criminal.

After defecting, this guy has been staying in the Western Kingdoms, making a living by killing and robbing. Recently, he was really forced to do nothing by the siege of World Tree, so he left the Western Territory and joined the Dawn.

The fishing boat he robbed near the city-state of Newland at the moment was a fishing boat he had robbed near the city-state of Newland. He sailed from Newland to Velen, where he contacted Heao's forces, and then sailed back to Newland from Velen.

This guy likes killing and blood, and did not dispose of the bodies, leaving the bodies of the killed crew members piled in the cockpit.

However, this fishing boat was discovered by Nordin's men and reported to He Ao. He Ao found it by looking for traces of the fishing boat.

"This guy is not trusted and has not entered the core?"

He Ao picked up the dagger on the ground, thoughtfully.

At this time, his phone vibrated and received a new message, a message from the director of the institute, ‘Li Cheng’.

It seems that his plan needs to be adjusted a little.

——

Newland City-State·Core Island

Accompanied by the sound of a roaring train passing by, a young man wearing black-rimmed glasses and wearing ordinary Middle-earth clothes walked out of an alley.

This is exactly what 'Hao Yi' looks like.

He looked up at the noisy crowd around him and walked into the crowd like an ordinary tourist.

The city-state of Newland is not only a prosperous commercial city-state, but also a city-state with a prosperous tourism industry.

The city-state is mainly composed of five adjacent large islands and some scattered small islands.

The five large islands are connected by slender cross-sea bridges and form the main body of the city-state. More than 95% of the city-state's population lives on these five large islands.

This unique island city-state structure attracts many tourists and is famous throughout the main world.

The core island where Heao is currently located is the largest of the five large islands, and it is also the most prosperous island in the Newland city-state.

He walked on the noisy street and watched the people coming and going around him.

This is the pedestrian street with the most people in Newland city-state, and it is also the place with the most tourists.

He Ao walked leisurely along the road and bought a bunch of seafood meatballs that seemed to be a local specialty. Then he ate leisurely while shopping and looking at the special products in the store.
To be continued...