"gratutions, Pyer, fering a main storyline clue fragment. Collect all fragments to obtain a crucial main storyline clue!"

  (After nightfall, the fragments scatter to various ers. Piece them together for an ued discovery!)

  "Another clue?"

  Qin Nuo was taken aback. So this puzzle piece is actually a clue fragment.

  A crucial main storyline clue—how crucial could it be? Could it lead to unc the mastermind behind the murders of everyone in the asylum?

  But houzzle pieces are there?

  Judging by the size of this pied the scale of the image on it, there should be more than ten pieces.

  Qin Nuo pondered for a moment, then picked up the oil mp ahe room without lingering.

  Since he o find the fragments, the search area was undoubtedly rger, and searg in the dark came with many dangers.

  Thus, obtaining such a crucial clue fragment didn't bring much joy to Qin Nuo.

  Through the woman ihtub, Qin Nuhly uood that the oil mp could only repel things in the dark and was iive against the ghosts already in the asylum.

  As he walked dowairs, Qin Nuo suddenly noticed that the sparks on the puzzle fragment in his hand were drifting in a particur dire.

  "Is it guiding me?" Qin Nuo was stunned.

  Could it be that when the puzzle pieces get close, they have a magic attra?

  This guess was likely correct. Qin Nuo quied his pace, following the dire of the drifting sparks.

  Arriving at a corridor in the South District, the sparks on the puzzle seemed to burn more fiercely.

  It's nearby!

  Qin Nuo's eyes lit up, and he tinued forward.

  At the er, he suddenly heard some movement.

  Soft footsteps—something roag him!

  Qin Nuo paused, then swiftly drew the Mountain-Cleaving Knife and sshed backward.

  The oppo reacted quickly, stepping back abruptly, but the bde sliced through the fabri his chest.

  Only then did Qin Nuo see that the other person was also holding an oil mp.

  "Pyer?"

  The man hadn't expected Qin Nuo to be so sharp, suddenly swinging a k him.

  Looking at the cut on his chest, the dark-haired man frowned: "Good reflexes. If I hadn't reacted quickly, I'd have to use my immunity token here!"

  Qin Nuo raised an eyebrow at the matg oil mp in the man's hand.

  As expected, he wasn't the only one able to move in the dark.

  Thinking it over, it made sehis instance had many high-level pyers; they couldn't all be less capable than him.

  "You weren't followih good iions, were you?" Qin Nuo sneered.

  The dark-haired man chuckled: "I was just curious to see who the third pyer able to move in the dark would be."

  "The third one?" Qin Nuo was startled.

  Just then, anht appeared in the distance, and someone walked over.

  It was her than the blond man.

  Seeing Qin Nuo, the blond man was a bit surprised, but then he seemed to uand something and regained his posure.

  "Any discoveries?" The dark-haired man g the blond man.

  The blond man remained silent, taking out ahat was the same puzzle fragment as Qin Nuo's.

  "It took some effort, but I got it." The man, with a bloodied hand, also took out a puzzle fragment.

  In an instant, the three puzzle fragments reacted.

  The two men then noticed the pie Qin Nuo's hand. The dark-haired man's eyes lit up: "No wohe puzzle kept reag; you have a piece too!"

  As he spoke, the dark-haired man licked his lips, his eyes filled with ill i.

  He and the blond man were partners.

  Because they were both high-level pyers and knew each other's strengths, teaming up gave them a great plete the main storyline of this instance!

  But a Level 2 rookie pyer? He had no iion of cooperating.

  The pie wasn't big, and no one wao share more than necessary.

  Qin Nuo sehe man's iions and said calmly, "nning to snatch my piece?"

  "You might have to shed some skin for that."

  "Rookie, where's your fidening from? That khe man sneered, pulling a double-barreled shotgun from his sleeve.

  "You try." Qin Nuo g the shotgun, a smirk on his lips.

  "Lan Yan, you'll regret it," the blond man suddenly said.

  "Why?" Lan Yan frowned. He khe Emperor's character and wouldn't joke around.

  "Because he's called Phantom."

  Lan Yan muttered the name, initially fused, then his expression suddenly ged.

  "The Phantom with a 16.0 rating?"

  Lan Yan's gaze returo Qin Nuo, surprised: "Really a Level 2 rookie. I thought those guys were exaggerating!"

  Qin Nuo looked at the blond man with some surprise.

  Not many pyers knew Phantom's identity, mostly those in Jinzhou. These two were likely from Jinzhou.

  No wohis guy kept staring at him!

  "Friend, I was just joking earlier, don't mind!" Lan Yan quickly ged his tune, putting away the shotgun and smiling.

  "Since you have a puzzle piece, are you ied in joining us?"

  "I'm not ied in a partnership filled with hidden agendas." Qin Nuo shook his head.

  Lan Yan opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.

  The blond man spoke up: "You're holding a puzzle piece, so you must be ied in the main storyline of this instance."

  "Without each other's puzzle pieces, no one obtain the crucial clue."

  "There are ernal friends, oernal is. Since our is align, what's wrong with a partnership filled with hidden agendas?"

  The blond man's smile was stiff, clearly not used to smiling.

  Qin Nuo pondered for a moment and said, "I like straightforeople like you, not hypocritical. Happy cooperation."

  Lan Yan's face was a bit unnatural, feeling like he was being subtly mocked.

  The retionship among the three seemed to beuch more harmonious in an instant.

  But they all knew in their hearts.

  This cooperation would only st until the puzzle was pleted.

  Ohe puzzle was fully assembled and the crucial main storyline clue obtaihe cooperation would colpse, and they would bee enemies.

  The MVP rating for the instance offered unimaginably rich rewards.

  No one would be generous enough to want to share!

  "Based on our estimates, there are likely 12 puzzle pieces, f a plete frame."

  "And these puzzle fragments only appear at night, meaning we have to search every night for the few days."

  The blond man said.

  "The oil mp only st about 24 hours, which is two nights. If we 't find all the pieces in two days, we'll have to plete instaasks to get more oil mps."

  Lan Yan added: "We'll search separately. There are many ghosts in the dark that aren't afraid of the oil mp, so be careful."

  "After all, we don't know if the puzzle fragments disappear or scatter elsewhere if a pyer dies."

  Qin Nuo just nodded. What they said wasn't particurly useful information.

  They still had to search, but with two more people, the efficy would be faster!

  "The's tinue searg separately. The oil mp's light is precious, not for chatting."

  The blond man stood up and said.

  Qin Nuo looked at him and suddenly asked, "Last night, without a white dle or an oil mp, how did you make it till dawn?"

  He remembered that in the m, the blond man was covered in injuries, and now they were gone, clearly using some healing item.

  The blond man's expression turned indifferent, clearly not wanting to discuss this topic: "I have my ways."

  "You saw those things in the dark, right? What exactly are they?" Qin Nuo asked, uned.

  Lan Yan also g the blond man, as he had always wao ask this question.

  The blond man's face was somber, his eyes still shadowed by st night's events, and he replied coldly, "They're true nightmares; you wouldn't want to know..."

  With that, he turned a.

  JOSOLUNA