Chapter 23: The Mini Speaker

Chapter 23: The Mini Speaker

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East Cross Street of Zone F at Yong Ye City suddenly became turbulent.

Thirteen people disappeared in their room, leaving only a pool of blood behind, some of which had even turned dry since a while ago. No one knew who the murderer was.

However, when he walked out of East Cross Street, Tang Cuo found out that the atmosphere outside the street hadnt changed much. There were even more players wandering at the exit of the street.Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

As soon as Tang Cuo stepped out, he could tell many eyes staring at him. Hed received professional training on counter-surveillanceRefers to measures undertaken to prevent surveillance, ie, to prevent yourself from being watched by others., so he was particularly sensitive to this.

He walked a few more steps nonchalantly, then immediately headed back to his room.

Jin Cheng was once again occupying Tang Cuos room and was reading the information sent to him by Ruby Bar. Seeing Tang Cuo coming back, he raised his eyes as though he was the room master: Already back?

Tang Cuo: Is there no chair in your room next door?

Jin Cheng: Youve guessed it right.

Tang Cuo:

Jin Cheng explained: Little brother Chi has used it as his base camp. Now that the death toll has reached 14, he may come crying to you later.

Tang Cuo poured himself a glass of water: Arent you also investigating it?

You mean this? Jin Cheng raised the paper in his hand and continued: It isnt about the murder case, its about Chi Yan. Do you want to have a look?

Tang Cuo was a little surprised, for he didnt expect Jin Cheng to get to Chi Yans origin so quickly. But when he thought about it again this was Jin Cheng, his former instructor, and it shouldnt be strange that he could pull this off.

Chi Yans information was concisely put in only one thin piece of paper, which recorded his movement from Zone E to Zone F and was roughly the same as what Chi Yan himself had said previously. The remaining papers contained the information about dungeons of Zone F, some of which were written in great detail while some were mentioned in only a few sentences.

Jin Cheng said: Yong Ye City has a wide variety of dungeons, and this information here is actually only a small part of it. Given our circumstances, its likely that we wont encounter common dungeons, so lets be prepared. You should take a look first and get familiar with the standard moves.

To put it bluntly, this document was dungeon walkthroughs; even if it wasnt very detailed, it still contained necessary intelligence. However, Tang Cuo didnt feel much amazed, because from the dungeon of [On A Snowy Night, He Returns], he could see that it wasnt easy to just randomly land into a dungeon that he already knew the walkthrough.

Moreover, the price of these walkthroughs was definitely not cheap. It was unlikely that ordinary players could afford them.

He roughly scanned through the papers and turned to the last page, where he spotted a familiar name: An Ning?

Jin Cheng said with a casual tone: Shes a young girl who entered a dungeon by herself, her attitude was bold yet careful, and her equipment wasnt bad. Arent you curious?

I think youre too free already.

Tang Cuo didnt have much curiosity about An Ning or Qian Wei or Peng Mingfan. As long as they didnt make trouble for him, he didnt care who they were.

But what was written on this document was rather interesting.

Ge! At this time, Chi Yan turned up again, entered the room and closed the door behind him. Indeed, he shouted for help at Tang Cuo: This is wicked. Weve found another missing person. More than a dozen have died yet theres no clue who killed them.

He wouldnt expect that Tang Cuo simply poured a bucket of cold water onto his head: Its likely that thereve been more than these dozen people. Something doesnt seem right outside.

What do you mean? Jin Cheng asked.

Judging from the dryness of the blood, this kind of thing has happened for several days. The reason why it was not discovered until today is because the new and old players had a fight a few days ago, everybody knew about it. Moreover, killing people for revenge and robbing their valuable items should be very common in Yong Ye City, it wont be surprising even if it happens every day. But, it draws attention today because there is a sudden outbreak of deaths. Tang Cuo said.

Chi Yan wondered: Could it be that a group of people are fishing in troubled waters? They took advantage of when we were not paying attention to kill and take away points? Can points be taken away directly like that?

Jin Cheng: Of course they can. Youd better remind other people to be careful. Out there, someone is killing indiscriminately and sneaky things are happening, even if you stop your men from causing troubles to others, others might still come to cause troubles to your men. And the murderer has killed so many without getting noticed, this means hes quite capable.

Chi Yan took a breath of cold air and felt his jaws ache. As he rushed out of the room in a hurry, Tang Cuo narrowed his eyes, looking at Jin Cheng: Why do I feel that you know something?

Jin Cheng spread his hands: I know a lot, which one do you want to ask?

After that, Jin Cheng got up and walked to the window. Yong Ye City looked too quiet today, which reminded him of a lot of things in the past: Yong Ye City is a place with no laws, do you know what is the most difficult thing about here?

Tang Cuo, for a rare moment, responded in cooperation: What is it?

Jin Cheng: Its to create a new order for this place.

At this moment, Tang Cuo thought that he saw the former Lieutenant Colonel Jin. Even as he wasnt wearing a military uniform at this moment, his back was upright. But the next second, he leaned against the window frame again: When I was talking about the prison, I suddenly thought of one thing. Six months ago, the six zones jointly issued a wanted order. The whole city was turned upside down and hundreds of people were sent to prison. Considering the time, it seems that someone has come out recently. His M.O. is very similar to the suspect this time.

Tang Cuo: People here are jailed for 6 months?

Of course not. Jin Cheng smiled. When he was released from prison, I killed him again and sent him back to prison.

Okay.

Tang Cuo suddenly felt that he should make a huge poster and hang it on the wall outside, declaring to others that Jin Cheng lived here with a lot of points and plenty of enemies. Then Tang Cuo would nicely kill him by staring at him, so other people wouldnt have to suffer this man anymore.

At this moment, a commotion was heard from the cobblestone street below.

Jin Cheng and Chi Yan in the room next door looked out almost at the same time to see someone fighting at the end of the long street. One of them was using magic, making the scene particularly eye-catching.

Boom A magical attack exploded like New Years fireworks, sending people around flying like firecrackers. One of them slammed into the street lamp and bounced onto the ground; his body shook up a little before he turned into a white light and disappeared into thin air.

Chi Yan understood at once: Announce to the whole zone, isnt it the same as the public screen in online games? People really can hear me?

Jin Cheng decisively called the shots: You can try.

Chi Yan immediately went ahead, even feeling a little excited about it. He recalled that he was also a prominently loud figure in online games back then was there any channel that he didnt appear in?

Cough. Chi Yan cleared his throat as he read the content of the paper and almost choked on himself. An Ning leaned over to peek at it with suspicion, but she was equally dumbfounded even after looking at it.

Tang Cuo didnt know what they saw, but he wouldnt expect it to be something good. Sure enough, Chi Yans subsequent announcement confirmed his thoughts.

Coming up now: Were looking for someone.

As Chi Yan made this announcement, his voice became infinitely louder through the speaker, echoing in every corner of Zone F.

Meng Yufei, No. H13131, your Survival Assessment Report has been lost. Attention please, your Survival Assessment Report has been lost, please come to Mr. Jin Cheng at East Cross Street to collect it. In order to show our sincerity and credibility, we will announce one article taken from your report every five minutes. Mr. Meng Yufei please confirm it carefully.

Article 1: Meng Yufei, still wetted his bed at 5 years old, deduct 5 points. Wetted his bed yet put the blame on his dog, deduct 3 points.

Tang Cuo:

He couldnt help turning his head to look at Jin Cheng, his expression difficult to describe. Jin Cheng raised his eyebrows: Im not slandering him. He didnt protect his report well last time so I took it. Its not like he wetted his bed until 5 years old, but he did wet his bed.

As though I care about whether he wetted his bed or not. Tang Cuo felt that something must be wrong with his head to discuss this topic with Jin Cheng, and at the same time, he made up his mind that he would never let Jin Cheng see his Survival Assessment Report.

If Jin Cheng ever saw it, the front page headline of Yong Ye City that day would probably be [A Murder Caused By An Assessment Report].

Mr. Meng Yufei, if you hear the announcement please come to East Cross Street quickly, and we will announce the second article in five minutes. May we remind you that your QZone and Tieba accountsQZone and Tieba are two of Chinas biggest social networks, something like Facebook. are both in our hands, please be careful.

After Chi Yan finished the first article, he couldnt help covering his own face. He didnt know why as it was clearly not his own business to mind, but a sense of shame overwhelmed him as he read these things out loud. He was made to recall his own embarrassing moments, feeling as though he was also a victim of this defamation.

Of course, Jin Cheng didnt write down everything in such details, and his sentences were not so blatant. It was Chi Yan, the one that had been in online game guilds and student communities for a long time and was used to make speeches every few days, who autonomously added colours to those announcements.

He even used an accent specially fit for making announcements.

People from all over Zone F heard his words in full and learnt about the heroic deeds of Meng Yufeis bedwetting and blaming a dog at 5 years old.

An inexplicable sense of embarrassment permeated the streets and alleys of Zone F, occasionally mixed with a few f**k and chuckles. Everyone involuntarily stopped what they were doing: Those who were drinking put down their cups, those who were fighting withdrew their fists, and those who were dozing off suddenly sat up.

Oh my god, whos that person? So embarrassing. Even if he let out those words, the person was actually looking forward to the next article, himself all ears.

This Mr. Meng Yufei who suddenly shot to stardom in Zone F: what was in his QZone and Tieba?

Five minutes later.

Chi Yan followed Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo to go to East Cross Street, adjusting the speaker while walking. Next to him, An Ning carried a bottle of water, fearing that he would be thirsty after talking too much.

Hello? Hello? Can you hear us Mr. Meng Yufei?

Please respond if you hear us.

Okay, if you dont respond, we will announce the second article immediately Dear friends of Zone F, Meng Yufeis hair is fake! Remember, his bedwetting is real, his silliness is real, his short legs are real, but only his hair is fake!

Meng Yufei has 108 sets of wigs.

Each set is different.

One day Meng Yufei and his teacher were walking together and there was a sudden gust of wind. The wind is blowing in the southeast direction and has a strength of Level 4. Question: Between Meng Yufeis wig and his teachers wig, which fell down faster? Which flew further?

With the speaker, Chi Yan announced with such enthusiasm while walking, and the players standing along the street had their jaws dropped one by one. This sort of activity was too shocking, one that was rarely seen in everyday life. People were so shocked that they couldnt help but follow him to see what else he would say.

In a short while, the four-person team was followed by a large group of people, and the number was increasing.

Tang Cuo was expressionless.

Whatever random deed he did always drew attention.

Jin Cheng, on the other hand, was in a very good mood. He felt that Chi Yan was really a genius. If in the future he couldnt earn money, he could perform stand-up comedies with Wen Xiaoming on the street and make a giant fortune.

He also asked Tang Cuo: Why dont you laugh?

Tang Cuo: My face has been frozen since the dungeon, not good.

You are too funny.

Jin Cheng was about to compliment him when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a cold light flashing from the roof of the house on the right. Just as fleeting as the light was the killing intent in Jin Chengs eyes.

Come. The moment his words fell, Jin Cheng conjured his long bow and, as fast as lightning, he shot an arrow into the void.

Dang The metal tip of the arrow hit a blade.

Tang Cuo raised his eyes and saw a thin figure appear in the air, slashing the arrow down. Accompanied the sound of metal falling to the ground was the sound of his gritted teeth.

Jin, Cheng!