Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

After an all-nighter, Cloud successfully traced an IP address starting from the internet café. He closed the system backstage, ensuring there were no traces left, and stretched his tired muscles.

“Hey, Calvin, I’m here. Sorry I’m late, there was a traffic jam,” the substitute network administrator hurriedly greeted Cloud.

Cloud smiled and reassured him, “No worries, I was just finishing up a game. Take your time.”

The substitute network administrator marveled at how friendly Calvin was and began the handover process.

“Wait, something seems off with the 25 dollars,” the substitute network administrator remarked.

Cloud nodded, “Oh, there was this guy who went crazy and paid with underworld currency to access the internet.”

He pointed to two underworld banknotes in the corner and whispered, “Have you noticed anything unusual happening in our county recently? Something that just looks abnormal at first sight?”

The substitute network administrator was scared as he saw the underworld currency!

Oh my…

“Well, nothing out of the ordinary…” The substitute network administrator replied nervously, “There was an elderly lady in the southern part of the city who committed suicide by jumping off a building. But that’s unfortunately not uncommon… Could she be the one who was accessing the internet last night?”

Cloud shook his head, “No, it was just a regular young man.”

The substitute network administrator pondered for a moment and added, “I did hear about a man getting hit by a bicycle the day before yesterday and being rushed to the hospital. The doctors said he couldn’t be saved… But the next day, he disappeared.”

Cloud speculated, “Could he have come to our internet café?”

“Come

that he could not find any abnormal people or incidents in the county. He patted his colleague on the shoulder and said, “I was just joking. Let’s

currency at the internet café. However, he quickly added a warning at the end, urging

inside to retrieve something, and when he returned, he noticed that the substitute network administrator

just take up that part-time job you mentioned yesterday? I can earn 2,000 dollars a month just by taking photos, which is only 500 dollars less than my salary as a network

at him, intrigued by the mention

of part-time job is it? Count me in if the pay

“I’m not sure if it’s legit though. There’s a rumor that an environmental research organization needs people to take photos to document the biodiversity in the western

Is

head, “Doesn’t sound too difficult. It seems they want photos of the vegetation, the overall forest environment, and such. They said they’re looking for someone to

was right at the border, and on the other side of the mountain was Grookey. The area was densely forested, but there was a road that led up the mountain. Residents often went up the mountain to collect herbs and mushrooms, and it was

“Okay, take me with you if you decide to

contact information, as he did not want to appear too eager or suspicious.

came face to face with a man in

slightly sideways as if giving way to Cloud. However, his fixed gaze smirked

what he was going to do. After all, the man appeared rather suspicious. But he reminded himself of his current

with a perplexed expression and asked, “What are you staring

chuckled and scratched his neck as he

he turned his back to the man, his eyes

wrong

combined with subtle changes in his facial expressions, suggested a malevolent intent. Drawing upon his professional training, Cloud’s analysis led him to consider the possibility of an impending threat to

true identity be