Chapter 259: Game Machine

"No, Shanqiu, this is a game, not a case," Qi Fei said, looking at Feng Yongfu. "Xia Qiao is a hint for this stop in Yuanxi."

Wu Shanqiu heard this and asked Feng Yongfu: "Which two characters are Xia Qiao?"

Feng Yongfu said: "It's the Xia from summer, and the Qiao from arbor."

"What does that mean? Summer's arbor?" Wu Shanqiu said, puzzled. "Then the one thing this place doesn't lack is arbor trees."

"The end is the starting point. Don't forget, we are heading in the direction of the starting point. Xia Qiao..." Qi Fei was thoughtful. "Reversed, it's Qiao Xia—under the bridge. This sounds more like a location."

"We did pass a big bridge when we came over just now," Zhong Kui hinted.

"Yuanxi Bridge!" Qi Fei couldn't help but raise his volume.

At this time, the heavy rain outside suddenly stopped. The scorching sun shone on the fresh accumulated water, and the heat generated surged into the entry and exit hall, mixed with the sweat of the crowd, urging these few people to hurry up and leave for the next stop.

"Old Feng, since you're here, why don't you come with us?" Qi Fei invited as he passed Feng Yongfu. "I can understand your complex feelings for your brother." He had something in his words.

Few people noticed that Yuanxi is actually an island, but it is very close to the mainland. That line of strait is connected by the Yuanxi Bridge, transporting people back and forth to this southwesternmost corner of the mainland.

This also means that the water under the bridge is seawater, not river water—it is salty—the salt stains on the fabric Xu Tong mentioned are proof that they had been in contact with seawater.

The bridge is very close to the entry and exit port. Qi Fei and the others drove for only fifteen minutes before arriving at the bridge.

The sun after the rainstorm was even more poisonous, shining the whole bridge brightly and making everyone's skin ache.

They climbed over the railing and walked towards the bridge hole. Sure enough, after approaching the river beach, they saw an exciting clue—on the wall of the bridge hole, some patterns were drawn like casual graffiti, and one of them was particularly eye-catching—the image of the two-headed monster.

Unlike usual, this time the monster's two hands pointed in the direction of the approach bridge.

Clearly, this was a hint left by Xi He.

In this remote place, no local would care about this casual graffiti, let alone what it implied.

Only when people like Qi Fei arrived would they notice it and be able to follow its hints to track Xi He's trail.

This mark was like a domestication of them by Xi He, making everyone follow its meaning forward.

The tropical weather is unpredictable. It had only cleared up for a while, and now it suddenly rained heavily again, just like the day Qi Dongjun disappeared, which was also such a heavy rain.

It's just that the rain at that time fell in Nancheng, and today's rain fell in Yuanxi.

Under the approach bridge, it was full of lush vines. The sudden heavy rain poured on the dark green leaves, shaped like a waterfall.

Every few dozen meters, a monster image with a weird smile would appear on the bridge pier, constantly reminding them that they were walking in the right direction, as if Xi He was afraid they wouldn't find this place.

Dense rain clouds blocked the sunlight, and everything was dim and unclear.

About half an hour later, in the dimness, a beating light appeared in everyone's sight, looking particularly eye-catching.

In the noisy rain, a weird music sound was vaguely heard. The nursery rhyme played by that low-quality speaker made everyone feel like they had heard it before.

Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu took out their guns, protected the others behind them, and walked cautiously towards the direction where the sound and light came from.

As they walked closer, the light source became concrete—this was a marble machine, the kind of game machine often placed at the entrance of small supermarkets. You can launch marbles by inserting a coin and pulling the handle, and you can win more marbles by hitting the target.

The monster was drawn above the marble machine, pointing at the game machine, grinning and smiling at them.

"This means let us play the marble machine? What a pervert," Wu Shanqiu said, pointing her gun at the monster.

"Trap," Zhong Xiaoyu said vigilantly behind them.

Qi Fei heard this and suddenly turned around, pointing his gun at Zhong Xiaoyu, causing Wu Shanqiu to exclaim: "Fei Ge, are you crazy?"

Before everyone could react, the black muzzle had quickly pressed against a person's temple.

This person was not Zhong Xiaoyu, but Feng Yongfu.

"Officer Wu, save me!" Feng Yongfu was so scared that he didn't dare to move, Pan Ting and begging Wu Shanqiu for help.

Just when Wu Shanqiu was at a loss, Zhong Xiaoyu said to her: "Trust Qi Fei."

"Officer Qi must have been under the Great Immortal's illusion, save me quickly!" Feng Yongfu continued to shout.

"Which two characters are Xia Qiao?" Qi Fei repeated the earlier question suddenly.

And this time, Feng Yongfu froze, his shriveled lips tightly closed, no longer speaking.

"You said the police station called you, how could you know the exact writing of these two characters based on the other party's speech?" Qi Fei's question left Feng Yongfu speechless.

"Your shoes are stained with a lot of red mud, some are dry and some are new. If you set off at the same time as us, before arriving in Yuanxi and seeing us, except for the heavy rain when we met, it hadn't rained in Yuanxi at all, which means you arrived in Yuanxi much earlier than us. The reason you appeared in the entry and exit hall so coincidentally is because Xi He received the message I sent using employee ID 0002, right?" Qi Fei said calmly.

At this moment, Wu Shanqiu also reacted and aimed her gun at Feng Yongfu at the same time.

Feng Yongfu's panicked expression disappeared, and with it, the usual sorrowful and humble appearance.

Even with two guns aimed at him, his face still relaxed, a death-like relaxation. As those wrinkles disappeared, his whole person looked much younger.

"Your time is running out." Even the sound of his voice was different from usual, revealing an innate indifference.

Qi Fei was not in a hurry, moving the muzzle from the temple to Feng Yongfu's back, pointing directly at his heart: "Walk forward, you play the marble machine first."

Feng Yongfu laughed after hearing this: "As expected of brothers, in the hall, when you invited me to come together, you had already decided to let me be the human pathfinder, right?"

"I'm sorry, I have to stay alive to save people," Qi Fei said, pushing Feng Yongfu with his other hand, urging him to walk towards the game machine.

Feng Yongfu walked to the front of the marble machine. This is a game machine designed for children. An adult must kneel down to support the machine with one hand and pull the handle with the other.

Feng Yongfu didn't say anything, but the hand holding the handle was already shaking uncontrollably.

He pulled the handle outward with force as if he had made up his mind. As his five fingers loosened, the handle rebounded and hit the marble of fate...