Chapter 1073: Quest Begins

Qin Feng led Lin Tianyu to explore the entire basement level of the building, as well as the other three floors, but upon entering the fourth floor, they were blocked by an invisible barrier.

"It seems the fourth floor is likely an area that can be explored after the quest ends; perhaps we'll be able to solve this mystery then."

Qin Feng did not feel discouraged by the inability to enter the fourth floor.

By now, both Qin Feng and Lin Tianyu had fully mapped out the structure of the four-story building.

"If we keep circling the staircases and the shadow, it won't be long before we get caught, so I suggest we find a place to hide."

Qin Feng had just glanced at the quest and discovered that it did not specify a duration, which meant this time limit could be a few minutes or perhaps several hours.

If they just waited at the stairs for the shadow to slowly descend as they had before, they would be forced into a corner with nowhere to retreat once they reached the basement.

"What we need to do now is exhaust the shadow's time as much as possible, allowing us to hold out until the quest ends."

Qin Feng already had many ideas in his mind.

Since they were about to engage in a chase, the first step was to have a hiding spot, and the second was to learn how to make a feint to the east while attacking in the west.

One had to keep in mind that there were only four floors in total where they could move.

Furthermore, the shadow was currently located on the third floor.

If it were an average person, they would likely choose to hide in the basement.

However, doing so would place them in a dilemma where they could neither advance nor retreat.

The basement had very few rooms—only two. If the shadow came down to the basement, it would only need to search those two rooms to easily find Qin Feng and Lin Tianyu.

"I believe that since you said so, Qin Feng, you must already have a plan. Just tell me, how are we going to survive this quest?"

Lin Tianyu was no longer afraid at all.

"As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Our hiding spot should ideally be set on the second floor."

Qin Feng laid out his thoughts completely.

The plan was very simple: first, he intended to use a feint.

"We can go to the basement first to set up some traps, and then, once there is noise in the basement to lure the shadow down, we will return to a specific location to hide."

"During this time, we must also constantly pay attention to footsteps and, if necessary, adapt to the situation."

After saying this, Qin Feng and Lin Tianyu went to the basement ahead of time to set up two traps, hoping to lure the shadow over with these sounds.

Once everything was prepared, both of them accepted the quest simultaneously.

The time limit for this quest was one hour.

For the two of them, one hour was still somewhat long.

Assuming it took ten minutes to search each of the four floors, it would only take forty minutes to search the entire building.

The remaining twenty minutes would be the time for the two of them to pit their wits against the shadow.

When the quest began, a series of slow footsteps echoed from the third floor.

Although they were still in the game, the surrounding environment was pitch black, and to avoid being caught by the shadow at the same time, Qin Feng separated from Lin Tianyu to hide.

The advantage of this was that if one of them was caught by the shadow, they could briefly provide direction and buy some time for the other.

Now, both were hiding on the second floor, but one was in the leftmost room and the other in the rightmost room.

Excluding the basement, the rooms on the other floors were numbered from one to ten.

Qin Feng could judge from the footsteps on the third floor that the shadow was currently searching the rooms there.

"Calculating the time, the traps in the basement should be triggered soon."

No sooner had Qin Feng finished speaking than a sound erupted from the basement.

Subsequently, Qin Feng heard the footsteps above him stop abruptly, followed by the sound of rapid descent down the stairs.

"I didn't expect the sound of it going down the stairs to be so fast. Looking at it this way, I should make some other preparations."

Qin Feng felt a bit uneasy in his heart. He believed that relying solely on one or two small traps in the basement would be difficult to hold back this shadow; to truly end this quest, he had to create other troubles for the shadow.

As the footsteps grew more distant, Qin Feng tiptoed and opened his room door.

After gently closing the door, he followed the stairs up to the third floor.

Meanwhile, the shadow had arrived at the basement.

The basement only had two rooms: the maintenance room and the storage room.

The shadow roughly pushed open the door to one of the rooms and walked inside.

As for Qin Feng, he had also entered one of the rooms on the third floor at this time.

What Qin Feng wanted to do was actually the same as what he had done in the basement.

He wanted to set up some traps on the third floor to lure the shadow's attention once more. ===== CHAPTER 1075 =====