Chapter 258: The Deep Forest Traps Travelers

In a room on the second floor of the East District lodging house, two distinct hands had filled the pages in a back-and-forth exchange, sketching out a version of events utterly different from what was happening in the West.

Luo Haihua and her husband had watched the lanterns topple over on their own during the night. They'd been about to intervene, but a clue-analyzing item they possessed revealed something startling: being consumed by the flames wasn't an accidental death trap. On the contrary, it was the key to completing the instance and unraveling its lore.

The item informed them that Poplar Flower Town had been incinerated years ago, ceasing to exist.

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