Chapter 539: The Clue Was Cut Off

Exactly! How could they just give a thousand game coins for providing a clue, just say something random, no need to verify? What a joke!

Our big region had this before; later they just found an excuse to dodge it, right? They'd never actually pay—whoever provides a clue, I'll laugh at them!

Really? Are they really not giving? If any other faction did this, I wouldn't believe it, but this is Black Feather!

Yeah, Black Feather's leader is Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji—everyone saw yesterday how outrageously high her wealth points are. A thousand game coins is just pocket change for her; why would she delay and owe it?

To be honest, I used to be in the same district as Wuya Dalao! Wuya Dalao once put a bounty on a player's ID, and the reward was ten thousand game coins!

I remember too. Wuya Dalao can easily afford ten thousand game coins—how could she owe you just a thousand?

Their counterarguments were sound and well‑founded, but those who'd claimed Black Feather wouldn't pay game coins started stirring up trouble, and as the discussion grew more chaotic, no one knew which way it would go...

They just gave it to me—unbelievable. (Picture)

A short sentence paired with a picture silenced the entire World Channel for a few seconds.

The picture is a screenshot of a gift sent. The text is simple: "Player 【Xin Xue Chuji】 gave you an item, 1000 game coins."

They really gave it???

A thousand game coins! They just gave it like that?! So easy?!

Could it be one of our own putting on an act?

What nonsense—can't you see that person isn't from Dong Da Qu? And they have a faction, but its name isn't Black Feather!

Are Black Feather people stupid? If I just made up a lie, wouldn't they still pay?

New voices of doubt rose again on the World Channel.

Others didn't care at all: "Isn't that even better? Just say something and you get a thousand game coins—what's the difference from picking money off the ground?"

After the World Channel discussed this for a while, finally a comment that Cheng Shuili wanted to hear appeared:

Black Feather is actually willing to spend this much for a dead person…

You put it that way… and it's really true.

Is Black Feather doing this to avenge Guanghui? Spending that much just to find a few attackers?

They said it's a bounty for clues about the attackers—of course it's for revenge.

But… is it worth spending that much on someone who's already dead?

What do you mean 'worth it'? That's one of their members! When a member dies, the boss is willing to spend money to find the killer—isn't that normal?

Normal my ass! Who these days cares whether a member lives or dies? If they die, just recruit another—spending all that money to avenge a dead person, isn't that stupid?

So people like you will always be loners, never able to join a faction like Black Feather.

Exactly! You think Black Feather became the server's top faction for no reason? Isn't it because their boss treats members as people?

If I were a Black Feather member, seeing the boss spend so much for a fallen brother would move me to death—I'd do anything they asked from then on!

That's what a real boss looks like—not a trash faction that treats members as cannon fodder.

To be honest, I didn't feel anything special about Black Feather before—I just thought they were strong. But now… I'm a bit envious of their members.

Envy 1. Being able to join such a faction makes even death worthwhile.

Pah, pah, pah—enough talk about dying or not. But it's true, following a boss like that gives you peace of mind.

The wind direction on the World Channel completely changed.

Some began discussing other things about Black Feather—how they usually treat members well, how high their benefits are, how they never send members to die.

Some started tagging Black Feather members, asking if it's really true.

Some Black Feather members spoke up, saying the boss is indeed good, and that staying in Black Feather gives them peace of mind.

Still others directly shouted on the World Channel:

Is Black Feather still recruiting? I want to join!

Me too! My combat ability is decent—please take me in!

I may lack combat skill, but I can cook! I can fix cars! I can do a bit of everything!

Xinxue looked at the messages on the World Channel, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily curled up slightly.

She suddenly understood why the boss had to spend so much money.

Buying a clue for a thousand game coins is indeed expensive; such large‑scale purchasing would definitely cost a large sum of game coins.

But it's precisely because a large sum was spent that the money becomes meaningful—it buys not just clues, but people's hearts.

Those who provide the clues and get paid will go around saying Black Feather keeps its word.

Onlookers who see this will think Black Feather is a reliable faction.

Black Feather members who see this will feel the boss values their lives.

People's hearts are the most valuable.

Xinxue took a deep breath and continued processing the endless stream of private messages.

Regardless of whether we can follow the clues to find the mastermind, these few people definitely won't be able to hide.

After Xinxue reviewed the information from those who gave her clues, she indeed saw the IDs of those few people.

One of them sent not just an ID, but also a photo of two people together.

One face was unfamiliar, but the other was unmistakably the one Lin Xiao had drawn on the wanted poster!

Found it.

Xinxue silently compared them a few times and couldn't help clicking her tongue—Lin Xiao really is a genius.

She opened the private chat box, found Lin Xiao's ID, her fingers paused on the keyboard, then she clacked out a string of characters—

Lin Xiao, you're truly a genius!!!

That portrait—the one you drew by hand—someone recognized it!!!

Really amazing, you know? The photos they sent are practically identical to your drawing!! Even the expressions match!!

You've made a huge contribution!!!

After receiving a reply, Xinxue finally smiled, sat back down in her chair, and sent the latest progress packaged in the group.

Immediately someone @ Cheng Shuili, asking: "Lao Da, what should we do next?"

Cheng Shuili hadn't replied yet when Ailin sent a new message: "These people's avatars are gray; they're already dead."

Xinxue stared at that message, her mind went blank.

Gray avatars, people dead, the lead is cut off.

Perhaps these people had just finished carrying out an assassination mission when they were already silenced.

The situation fell into a deadlock again; the group fell silent for a moment, until Cheng Shuili spoke.

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: Got it.

Just like that?

The lead is cut off, everyone's dead, and the boss just replies "Got it"?

Xinxue furrowed her brows, then after a moment suddenly relaxed: "Boss, did you already guess they would be silenced?"