Chapter 98.2: Xishan Residential Area (18)

  Perhaps it was the boredom of waiting for too long that made Su Zhen elegantly and calmly twirl his knife in his hand. He absentmindedly spoke in his mind, ‘System, as long as everything in this instance is corrected, can I obtain the ‘Demon’s Eye’ item?’

The sub-system replied coldly, its voice devoid of any emotion, [Yes.]

Su Zhen was somewhat surprised. He continued to ask slowly, ‘The ‘Demon’s Eye’ item exists only once. It should be in the hands of another player, right? I’m curious about how you’re going to give it to me.’

‘Give me the genuine one? Or are you giving me a replica?’

The sub-system did not respond further to Su Zhen’s questions, seemingly ignoring him.

Su Zhen was accustomed to the game’s main system’s indifference. The fact that the main system had sent a sub-system to assist him was already quite unexpected. Although it was more likely for the sub-system to monitor him.

It seemed that his previous actions of using the ‘Copy List’ bug to enter the ‘Horror Livestream’ instance had displeased the main game system. Perhaps the main game system was planning to eliminate him.

However, Su Zhen had no regrets. The main game system had been trying to eliminate him for a long time; this one instance wouldn’t make a difference.

In any case, he would obtain the ‘Demon’s Eye’ no matter what.

He needed to find the player who had manipulated him.

There were countless players in the Infinite Game, and finding one specific player was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Even though Su Zhen had many tracking items, he couldn’t locate a player he had never met in person.

After all, by the time he arrived at the ‘Horror Livestream’ instance, that player had apparently already completed the instance and left. Moreover, he hadn’t yet acquired all of Puppet Su Xiaozhen’s memories, so he hadn’t been able to intercept him, allowing him to escape directly. (T/N: It’s the female player from the first instance. She’s Su Zhen’s puppet/copy.)

If Su Zhen’s guess was correct, the ‘Demon’s Eye’ was now in the hands of that player. Successfully upgrading the instance to an advanced instance or even killing special NPCs had a ninety-nine percent chance of dropping the ‘Demon’s Eye,’ that super S-tier item.

The ‘Demon’s Eye’ had the ability to see through all falsehoods and conceal one’s aura. Even forging an aura was a simple matter.

If that player used the item, it would be nearly impossible for others to find him.

However, as long as the main game system gave him the ‘Demon’s Eye,’ whether it was genuine or a replica, Su Zhen could use it to locate him.

Although Su Zhen didn’t like that player’s manipulative behavior, that was before the other had encountered him.

Su Zhen believed that once he met him, he would understand that he, Su Zhen, was the most suitable partner for him.

He could forgive the other’s past immaturity.

The sound of footsteps outside the door echoed, and Su Zhen’s lips curled slightly.

Here he comes.

Su Zhen casually walked to the door, holding a knife in his hand, and then opened the door directly.

Su Zhen, who had never really looked at the NPC before the restart of the instance, turned silent.

Ye Qing.

The person standing at the door seemed unable to see, and a hint of confusion appeared on his delicate face. He tilted his head and tentatively spoke, “Husband?”

His voice sounded soft, as if he was acting cute.

Su Zhen looked at the familiar figure in front of him, his lips curled, and then he hid the knife behind him without hesitation and responded in Yang Tianhao’s voice with an “Hmm.”

He responded to the word “husband” as if it was a matter of course.

This scene was extremely similar, almost identical to before the instance was restarted.

Except for the two bodies lying in the living room and a change of individuals.

Subsystem: “...”

The subsystem spoke coldly, [Do you know? The murderer also responded like this at the beginning.]

[And just a minute ago, you were despising the murderer for being soft-hearted.]

Su Zhen immediately retorted, his tone full of disdain, ‘Does he even deserve to be called ‘husband’ by my wife?’

Subsystem: [How do you plan to correct the instance if you don’t kill him?]

Su Zhen spoke as if he were indifferent. ‘Why do we have to be so cruel to someone who appears so weak and helpless? Are we so casual about killing people without fearing retribution?’

He spoke as if he hadn’t killed the two bodies in the living room. He added indifferently, ‘Besides, one dead Yang Tianhao is already enough.’

The subsystem knew everything about the instance and was aware of Ruan Qing’s situation. It directly dismantled his argument, [The person you call ‘weak and helpless’ has a small knife stolen from the market in his right pocket and a syringe filled with air in his left pocket.]

[Once you open the door and make a move, he will stab it into your heart with the small knife, and in the next second, he will push the air from the syringe directly into your aorta.]

[If your reaction isn’t faster than his, you’ll be dead in less than a minute.]

Su Zhen showed no concern, and even spoke nonchalantly, ‘My wife is blind, and there are so many bad people out there. What’s wrong with taking something to defend himself? Is that too much?’

Subsystem: “...”

[You don’t want the ‘Demon’s Eye’?] 

Su Zhen spoke lightly, ‘I do, but correcting the instance doesn’t necessarily require killing. Peaceful methods are also possible.’

After saying this, Su Zhen turned towards the person at the door and revealed a handsome smile, but unfortunately, the person at the door couldn’t see it.

The person at the door even asked in confusion, “What’s that smell? Honey, what were you doing just now?”

Su Zhen turned back to look at the two bodies lying on the ground and, in a very natural tone using Yang Tianhao’s voice, said, “Oh, that? That’s the smell of blood. I just killed someone.”

Ruan Qing: “Ah.”

Ruan Qing didn’t react immediately. He had just smelled the scent of blood when he arrived at the door, thinking that the killer had already killed the original owner’s husband, and the next target was him.

However, the voice inside was still that of the original owner’s husband, with no abnormalities. He even spoke such shocking words with such a calm tone.

Ruan Qing didn’t know how to react for a moment.

After Su Zhen finished speaking, he realized that his tone was a bit too calm, not like someone who had just killed a person.

He looked at the person in front of him and immediately spoke in a panicked and fearful tone, even stuttering a bit, portraying an ordinary person who had accidentally killed someone vividly, “I killed someone, I killed someone, I didn’t mean to, what should I do?”

“I’ll definitely be arrested by the police. It’s really not intentional; he broke into the house, and I accidentally killed him in self-defense. I’m so scared.”

Upon hearing this, Ruan Qing’s face turned pale, his eyes instantly became red, a layer of mist appeared in his watery eyes, and his delicate face showed panic and fear.

Just as Ruan Qing was trembling and saying, “What should we do...”

Su Zhen preemptively spoke in a panicked and urgent tone, “Honey, you don’t want me to be arrested by the police, do you?”

Without waiting for Ruan Qing’s reply, Su Zhen continued in a calmer tone, as if he had calmed down, “Let’s dismember the bodies together, and then leave here tonight.”

Ruan Qing: “?”

To be honest, this was the first time Ruan Qing had been invited to dismember a body.

If it were him alone, he would have definitely called the police right away.

But now he’s involved?

Did things take a sudden turn?

Ruan Qing felt that as an accomplice in murder, it shouldn’t be so casual; there must be deeper reasons.

All under heaven was for the sake of profit.

If it’s not for revenge, it’s highly likely for some kind of benefit.

It’s just that this “benefit” could not be confirmed at the moment.

Although Su Zhen asked Ruan Qing to help dismember the body, in reality, he didn’t actually make Ruan Qing do it.

He just had Ruan Qing help move the bodies, giving Ruan Qing a chance to touch the corpses.

Su Zhen didn’t want to be too harsh on a blind man; he would naturally help with what Ye Qing wanted.

He just wanted to see if, under his guidance, he could still clear this level.

But this kind of exhausting work like dismemberment shouldn’t soil Ye Qing’s beautiful hands.

Su Zhen had Ruan Qing stay at the kitchen door while he used a knife to dismember both bodies.

Then he directly flushed the pieces and bloodstains down the drain.

As for the larger parts that couldn’t go down, Su Zhen put them in the freezer.

The bodies were clearly very incomplete, far from being able to be deceitfully reassembled into a whole.

Even if they could be reassembled into a whole, it would take a lot of time, and by then, he would have already left the instance with Ye Qing.

But those men who were vying for Ye Qing...

A hint of amusement flashed in Su Zhen’s eyes, and a malicious smile curved his lips.

They could all go to hell.

After disposing of the bodies, Su Zhen pretended to pack his belongings and was about to leave the Xishan Residential Area with Ruan Qing.

However, as soon as Su Zhen opened the door, there was a man standing outside, and was about to knock on the door.

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