# Chapter 169: A Simple Way to Clear the Instance
Sun Jirou looked at Xu Huo in shock, but he didn't respond to her. Instead, he said, "The fried sunflower seeds smell quite nice."
"I still have some there. You can pack some up when you leave." Old Lady Bai sat down at the dining table and raised her hand to beckon the others. "You all come over too."
Sun Jirou, Tang Yuan, and the others involuntarily walked toward the dining table, obediently sat down, and picked up their soup spoons.
"What are you trying to do?" Sun Jirou didn't dare touch the soup at all. She blustered, "We only came here to complete the instance mission!"
Old Lady Bai squinted her eyes as she drank her soup without saying a word, but Xu Huo said, "Our mission is already complete."
"What?!" The people at the table exclaimed in unison.
Tao Chengxin's gaze flickered uncertainly between him and the old lady. "Did I not wake up properly, or was I sleepwalking? I didn't miss anything, did I? When was the mission completed? How come I don't know?"
"When I brought the cat corpse over, all three missions were completed." Xu Huo said slowly and deliberately, "The storyteller, the woman who tells stories, and finding teeth for the woman who tells stories."
"You're not saying that cat is the teeth, are you?" Sun Jirou swallowed the second half of her sentence. Wasn't "teeth" referring to the item "Angel's Fangs"?
"Of course the cat isn't teeth." Xu Huo said, "What I'm saying is that for this instance mission, telling the correct story and the correct woman—actually, as long as we complete the first two missions, we've cleared this instance."
"As for whether there's an item called 'Angel's Fangs,' I don't know, but this instance isn't as hard as we imagined."
"Granny Bai only intended to send us to our deaths when she led us to the tour bus and those locations. Having us look for the access card during the day today was actually her letting us go."
"If we were just ordinary instance players, the chance of finding the access card would be almost zero, and we would naturally clear the instance when the time limit expired."
"How can you be sure she didn't want to prevent us from clearing it?" Sun Jirou said. "This method of clearing is just your guess!"
"Because I found an access card at the Bear Claw Restaurant." Xu Huo pointed his chin at Tang Yuan. "It's the one you hid in the sofa."
Tang Yuan's expression changed drastically, but Xu Huo continued, "The owner of the Bear Claw Restaurant was already killed by Granny Bai. The access card was in the secret room, easy to find with a casual search."
"So Granny Bai didn't actually need the access card. She just made up an excuse to let us wander around Fairy Tale City."
"I don't understand." Compared to the others, Tao Chengxin's reaction to his "betrayal" wasn't strong. She frowned and looked at the old woman seated at the head of the table. "Why did she initially lead us to those shops, and then later decide to let us go?"
"Maybe she didn't like the look of us at first." Xu Huo put down his soup spoon. "Who knows if there might be someone from the Government Hall mixed in among the mission players."
"Making the Government Hall people kill each other was the real goal."
He smiled and asked Granny Bai, "Isn't that right, ma'am?"
Granny Bai finished her last sip of soup, wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "Young people's minds are sharp."
"That's not right." Wang Qiao was drawn in by the revelation and instinctively retorted, "If there were Government Hall players among us, they should know the players in those shops. How could they kill each other?"
"Leading the players over there would just end up killing the real instance players, wouldn't it?"
"The players in those shops probably don't interact much normally. The Bear Claw Restaurant owner's body had already rotted, but no one came to collect it or take over the restaurant and items." Xu Huo tilted his head to look at Granny Bai. "They seem afraid to move freely around Fairy Tale City."
Granny Bai nodded. "Fairy Tale City has only one master, and that's me. I can kill anyone in the city."
"But entering a shop to kill someone still carries some risk." Xu Huo said. "Otherwise, knowing the location of the Government Hall players, you would have only killed the Bear Claw Restaurant owner."
Granny Bai sighed. "I'm old."
It was clearly a perfunctory excuse. Xu Huo curled his lips but didn't press further.
"So, is there really someone from the Government Hall among us?" Tao Chengxin was completely confused.
"The high-level Government Hall players in Fairy Tale City have been killing off the original players according to a list. The possibility of them using low-level players to enter the instance isn't high." Xu Huo said.
"Then why did you say there might be Government Hall people among the players?" Tao Chengxin stared wide-eyed.
"Just a casual remark. Can't rule out the possibility of Government Hall informants." Xu Huo turned to look at the relatively calm Tang Yuan. "By the way, the access card you got from the Fresh Meat Sausage Shop has already been swapped. That card is now leaving Fairy Tale City with the tour group."
"What did you say?!" Tang Yuan instinctively tried to stand up, but his body wouldn't move.
Xu Huo raised his hand to signal him to calm down. "If the Government Hall players realize they've been tricked, they'll probably contact other players. Naturally, they'll discover the Bear Claw Restaurant owner is dead and follow the access card's trail. But it'll be a bit later."
"Why are you doing this?!" Sun Jirou said in shock and anger. "This old woman tricked us into going to our deaths several times. What benefit do you get from helping her?"
"Compared to her, I just trust the Government Hall even less." Xu Huo smiled slightly. "You've seen the players in the Block Mochi Shop. Are they normal players?"
"As for the sausages drying at the Fresh Meat Sausage Shop, what kind of meat do you think they're made of?"
"So what!" Sun Jirou gritted her teeth. "She killed Shen Tai!"
Xu Huo made a "please" gesture. "The person is right here. Feel free to take revenge."
Sun Jirou glared at him fiercely. After a few deep breaths, she said, "Whether it's her or the Government Hall, neither of them are good people. Do you think she'll let you clear the instance just because of this?"
"I've already said we've cleared it." Xu Huo turned back to look at Granny Bai. "Because this instance wasn't set up for outer zone players in the first place."
"What riddle are you talking in? Can you just explain it clearly once?" Wang Qiao said impatiently.
Granny Bai casually pointed, and Wang Qiao's mouth suddenly stretched long, forming a pouting kiss shape, unable to speak anymore.
Seeing that she wouldn't speak, Xu Huo shared his guesses.
"This instance was opened by you, wasn't it? The original intention was to protect the remaining residents of Fairy Tale City. The reason Government Hall players don't dare enter Fairy Tale City casually is because you are the master of the Fairy Tale City station instance."
"I think players who can establish instances at stations should have some instance authority. It's a life-saving instance specifically set up for Fairy Tale City players, both to alleviate the monthly instance requirement and to get some rewards from the instance."
"But what you didn't expect is that Fairy Tale City hasn't had any new players born in the last twenty years."
"However, using the blood of evolvers who haven't taken the potion can create new evolvers. You wouldn't not know that, would you?"