CH 764

Han Fei cleaned up the crime scene. As he was about to leave, the phone screen of the big beard lit up. There was a new message. Han Fei clicked on it and saw a death flower blooming. The scattered flower petals became a sentence. “Death Chat Group member, Sunny Boy, please hurry to Northern Countryside’s Shou Xi Mirror Factory to complete the ascension ceremony to become a core member before tomorrow midnight.”

“Ascension ceremony? These people sure are courageous to pick me.” Han Fei felt like he had underestimated the other party. They didn’t care about the death of the ‘staff’. They could pay a lot to find a suitable candidate. A few seconds later, the message on the phone became random codes. It was like his phone had been hacked. The culprit was controlling the phones remotely. There was a ticking sound. Every staff’s phone was wiped.

“I can’t underestimate them. They have a very good hacker. They might even be behind the explosion at the intelligent city.” Han Fei sat on the only chair and looked at everyone in the shop. He tore the bearded man’s clothes to wipe his fingerprints from the phone. “Do you know why I won’t kill you?” The cold voice came from the clown mask. Han Fei didn’t hear the answer he wanted. “Death is a salvation for you. I need you to suffer more pain.”

Han Fei stepped through the blood. He walked past the faces. The bearded man’s eyes opened a slit. He saw Han Fei leave. The madman was humming with ease. He disappeared into the night.

“So graceful…”

Han Fei hopped on the motorcycle and left Dolphin Bay. After he was far away, he removed the mask. “After becoming the core member, I should be able to access their secrets. If they are really related to the cryptic world, I should encounter something macabre.”

Han Fei frowned as the sun shone on him. Pure Hatreds couldn’t murder people in real life. They could only force living humans to kill themselves through illusions or hallucinations. However, this time, Han Fei was dealing with an Unmentionable. “I better be careful.”

Han Fei purposely chose the small paths and returned to the intelligent city after taking many detours. Ever since the bug appeared in Perfect Life, everything changed. The big guilds in the game started to recruit talented players. Entering the hidden map became the ultimate goal for these guilds. The top players started training with this goal. They stopped treating the game as an Iyashikei game. Others started to commit atrocious things to the NPC. The moral bottomline of the game kept getting lower. With regards to the bug, Immortal Pharma and Deep Space Tech offered their compensation proposal, but many players were not satisfied. The largest player base of Perfect Life was still the casual player. They were tired in real life. They played the game to relax, but the only sanctuary was destroyed. The peace became chaos.

The two large companies also faced many problems. Many people started to rise up against AI because AI had taken away their work. The small voices started to merge to become a large wave.

While the two big companies were dealing with various messes, the police were busy too. More crimes happened. The older officers were reminded of the time when Butterfly first appeared in Xin Lu. The spread of chaos caused the supercriminals to surface.

On the surface, Xin Lu was still full of life. The normal citizens were well-protected, but those with darkness in their hearts knew that Xin Lu had changed. The storm was coming. The scent of death had spread from the countryside. It was slowly coming to the city, corrupting the city's foundation.

Han Fei found a silent corner and ate his breakfast for three. He looked at the passing crowd. Everyone was working hard. They were common and normal, but would they reveal a different face at night?

After breakfast, Han Fei returned home. He stared at his own computer. After some hesitation, he logged into the virtual Id, Sunny Boy. He entered the grey zone.

“I knew he would come back. The killers normally return to their crime scenes to admire the crowd’s reaction to their artwork.”

“Killing 22 people? How is that possible?”

“Didn’t you realize those people’s accounts stopped lighting up since yesterday night?”

“My friend was there yesterday night too. If he didn’t have a good mental constitution, he would have jumped down the building already.”

Han Fei had just logged on when he received more than ten PM. Some of them wanted to sell him illegal stuff, and others wanted to cooperate with him. When he opened the Death Chat Group, Han Fei realized that the result of his examination had been ‘accidentally’ uploaded by one of the members. Han Fei incapacitated 22 people, including the judges. This made the name Sunny Boy spread through Death Chat Group. The other members shared gory pictures and acted scarily, but Han Fei committed to the real actions. As Han Fei logged on, the name Sunny Boy became taboo. All the members stopped talking about Sunny Boy like they had all been muted. Death Chat Group was different from a normal chat group. Running your mouth here would cause death. They had the habit of imposing death on others, but they didn’t want to be threatened by death.

“Why is the chat suddenly so quiet? Have they started a new chat group behind my back?” Han Fei didn’t expect that he’d be isolated here too. Then, he realized the reason why. These people were all crazy murderers, so, of course, a sunny person like him would not fit in. “Eventually, I’ll capture all of you.”

Han Fei closed the chat and started to search for the info he wanted. He hadn’t gotten the actual approval, but he was already treated as a high-class member by everyone. It was very easy for him to get information.

“Those core members might have already notified the people below them. This is quite good to me.” As long as there were humans, there would be grey areas. Instead of clearing these places, it was better to become the leader of these places.

After asking around, Han Fei understood his current situation. The overall manager of Death Chat Group was someone called Crow. He was a quintessential murderer. Everyone knew he was crazy, but no one could say what he had done. It was Crow who wanted Han Fei to be the new core member. He didn’t care why Han Fei wanted to join the group, or rather he had confidence that no matter what Han Fei’s goal was, Crow had the confidence to handle Han Fei.

Different from Crow, a core member of the murderer’s clubhouse, the guinea pig, was against Han Fei joining. He was even planning to hunt Han Fei.

The Sunday Night School didn’t have any stance. They were not interested in the new members. They were focused on finding the new Butterfly.

It was worth noting that all three organizations had once housed a supercriminal. One was Butterfly, but no one knew about the other two. It was said that they were hiding among the core members.

“The Top Pure Hatred, Butterfly, in the cryptic world, is a supercriminal hunted by the police. In that case, the other two supercriminals should be souls dominated by Pure Hatreds.” Han Fei had made a name for himself in the grey zone. Jin Jun, who introduced him to the grey zone, would never anticipate this. After getting some more info, Han Fei left the grey zone. He lay in bed and considered what to do next. ‘It feels like big chaos is coming to Xin Lu soon. It’s just like the big tragedy in Fu Sheng’s theme park altar. I can’t let that happen.’ While Han Fei was pondering that, the doors of Heaven Opera House in Perfect Life slowly opened. The singing competition that had gathered more than a million singers had officially started.

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“Hall 7, Group 679, Devil and the Cat, please be ready! You only have one chance. I hope you can show your best side to all the players!”

Seaglass Cat took a deep breath and touched the shoulders of Vegebun. “Come on. It’s our turn.”

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“I’m nervous.” Vegebun, in the virtual male character, gripped the maracas.

“We’ve rehearsed this many times. It’ll be fine.” Seaglass Cat encouraged Vegebun. When the spotlight turned on them, they took the stage.

“Group 679, Devil and the Cat will perform for us, Weak Light. Let us welcome Seaglass Cat and Sunny Boy!”

The song slowly began. Once Seaglass Cat started singing, she grabbed everyone’s attention. Her voice was a gift from heaven. Vegebun looked at Seaglass Cat, who had grabbed everyone’s gazes with envy. She planned to shake the maracas when she noticed many players in the crowd were looking at her. These people purposely came from the other halls when they heard the name Sunny Boy. Their exposed skin had the tattoo of a wilting Death Flower.

“I haven’t even opened my mouth, so why are they looking at me?” Vegebun smiled and started to shake the maracas.

The song ended. The group passed. As the two girls were about to leave, there were screams from the crowd. The two girls turned to the chaos, and a woman in an angel mask walked toward them.

“Ye Xuan! It’s Ye Xuan!”

Some singers’ voices would be recognized even though they were masked. Ye Xuan was one of them.

‘That is a real singer. My dream is to become someone like her.’ Vegebun had no idea why Ye Xuan was heading their way, but she knew she was there for her. She was only shaking the maracas on stage.

“Hello, Sunny Boy. May we talk?” Ye Xuan ignored Seaglass Cat and looked at Vegebun with mischief.