Chapter 1605 - 1601: Strange Message

"Wow~ this is Lugulu, it's indeed quite spectacular—"

Qiuya couldn't help but cheer for the first underground city she saw and was immediately attracted by the various weapons and items displayed in front of the nearby stores.

Although the service attitude of the staff at the weapons shop wasn't great, shopping could still make one feel excited.

"Speaking of which, we—"

As she carefully estimated the silver sword in her hand, Ye Qiu said leisurely from behind:

"Hmm?"

"Before the Fire Elf attacked us, didn't someone send you a message? What was it about?"

"Ah..."

Qiuya opened her mouth wide and turned around.

"I almost forgot about that."

She quickly opened a window to check the message. But even after reading Leilei's message again, she still didn't understand what it meant. Maybe because of the sudden issue, the connection was interrupted, and no more information came through.

Qiuya thought, "I'll directly send a message to ask him about it." Just as she was about to do so, she noticed Leilei's name was dim in the friend list, appearing offline.

"What? Already asleep?"

"Why not contact him in the real world?"

Ye Qiu's words made Qiuya ponder deeply.

Honestly speaking, she didn't like bringing matters from this world into the real world. She had never joined any online community about Fairy Fantasy, and in the real world, she had hardly ever talked about the game with Leilei.

But the mysterious message just now really piqued Qiuya and the others' interest.

"Then I'll step out briefly to check, Ye Qiu, wait for me a while. I'll leave my body to you again, Dong—"

Qiuya said this to Dong, who was on Ye Qiu's shoulder.

"What's the matter?"

"Be careful, Ye Qiu, don't let him mess around with my body!"

"Got it!"

"Hey, I'm saying!"

Qiuya laughed, shook her head, and said, "You're overthinking," then sat on the bench beside her and waved her right hand.

After pressing the log-out button, Qiuya began today's fourth world motion and felt a similar dizziness as she returned her consciousness to the real world.

"Ha..."

Normally, Qiuya's log-in time wasn't long. This time, spending so long in the game, she felt somewhat tired, and Ye Zhi let out a big breath because of it.

She lay on the bed with her galaxy, glanced at the clock. It was about the time her mom should be home. Maybe it would be better to go and greet her mom.—

As Ye Zhi thought this, she held her phone at the bedside. On the EL panel integrated with the case, a call was displayed while logging in.

In simple terms, someone had called Qiuya while she was playing the game, and she hadn't noticed it.

"What's going on? This is....."

Qiuya stared at the phone's flat display showing 12 missed calls, all from Leilei. If it were from family, the police, or a hospital with an emergency tag, Qiuya would be forcibly logged out of the game.

But Leilei's private call didn't fall into that category, so the system wouldn't react at all. What could be so important?

Just as she was about to dial back, the thirteenth call seemed to just come in, and the phone case started glowing blue. Ye Zhi pressed the answer key and brought the phone close to her ear.

"Hello, Leilei?? What's going on?"

"Ah! You finally answered! It was really—why so slow, Ye Zhi!"

"What do you mean really? I was just caught up with something in the game.

"It's really bad, Sigrut, he not only betrayed us, but also the Lord, the king of our Wind Elves."

"You said betrayal is... what do you mean? Did you know from the start!"

"Oh dear, we're almost out of time... We were attacked by the Fire Elf in the Ancient Forest yesterday. Don't you think it's strange to be attacked by the Fire Elf?"

Though Leilei said the matter was urgent, he resumed his usual slow-paced tone.

If Leilei dared to call her "Ye Zhi" directly in a face-to-face conversation like just now, Ye Zhi would definitely hit him to make him change his tone.

But on the phone, there was no way to do that, so Ye Zhi could only tacitly accept.

Just yesterday, Ye Zhi was a bit surprised and felt as if she had known Ye Qiu for a long time.

"Huh? You think that's strange... what's strange about it...?"

Honestly, because the impression left by Ye Qiu was too strong, the previous battles hadn't been clearly remembered.

"When the eight Fire Elves started attacking, didn't Sigrut volunteer as bait and drew three enemies away himself?"

"Alright, once you said that, Ye Qiu naturally came to mind, but he ultimately didn't get away, did he?"

"Yes, but considering it now, don't you think that's unusual for Sigrut? If it were usual, when the team needed to split, he should think the captain should stay behind and let someone in the team be the bait."

"Ah... that's right..."

Sigrut was indeed a good combat commander. But to be honest, he was selfish, always believing he must be at the highest level, not someone who would sacrifice himself to let his companions escape.

"But what's that supposed to mean...?"

"I mean..."

Leilei continued as if he had bitten into something disgusting.

"That guy has been secretly communicating with the Fire Elf for a long time."

"What?"

This time, the words from the phone truly struck her heart, and she was left speechless, gripping the phone tightly.

In the fantasy of fairies competing for racial power, players frequently engaged in unnecessary espionage activities. There's definitely a disguised character from other races among the shoulder-shrugging Wind Elves, especially from the Fire Elves.

Thus, players with low skills, low contributions, and infrequent activity were generally considered spies and couldn't approach the center of the ruling department. Indeed, only recently had Qiuya been allowed into the hall behind the Wind Tower.

However, ever since this game launched, Sigrut had been actively involved in management activities. He ranked second or third in the four main elections held so far, but he wasn't discouraged from taking on assistant roles due to election losses, and now he had become a very important central role.

For someone like him, to become a Fire Elf spy was truly inconceivable.

"But I mean, do you... have any evidence?"

Ye Zhi couldn't help but question Leilei in a low voice.