Chapter 107: Realm of Mortals (10)

Chapter 107: Realm of Mortals (10)

As Tang Cuo continued to fight with the souls, Xiao Tong was in the monitoring room, smiling and clapping his hands intermittently. He raised his feet clad in military boots and put them on the table, leaned back against the swivel chair and watched the show with gusto.

Xiao Tong specifically put Tang Cuo in the only single-player gate in the entire dungeon and let him face the three strongest Bosses. At present, one Boss was down and the story was only halfway through, but Xiao Tong felt that he could already see the ending.

It would be an ending with no suspense.

Tang Cuo was a newcomer to Yong Ye City, yet he could obtain sacred artifacts like the [Sword of Judgment], dexterously use various equipment and skills, and took up duo classes in magic and martial arts. A player like that was incredibly rare to chance upon. Xiao Tong was sure that Tang Cuo still had a lot of trump cards hidden somewhere, yet he could already ace the game so easily. Naturally, this was attributed to one important reason he had a brain.

Whether it was his choice on the method to pass the game requirements or his attempt to constrain the battle within a certain area, they all pointed to one thing he had indeed found the best way to clear this gate.

He tried his best to find the correct three tombs and defeat the Bosses while, as far as possible, not destroying other tombstones. The more tombstones remained, the greater the rewards.

As Xiao Tong expected, Tang Cuo successfully defeated the five souls and absorbed their soul balls. This time, because there were too many light balls, his Soul Instability Index reached 37, so he had to rest longer.

After another half an hour, he opened his eyes again. Although he had recovered, his face was still a little pale.

At this time, two and a half hours had passed since he entered the dungeon.

Tang Cuo got new clues from the five soul balls again. For example, using their omnipotence, within the shortest time, the netizens studied the videos and screenshots of the incident to pick up the brand of rain boots that the mysterious man was wearing.

That pair of shoes was very pricey, for it was a limited edition of a certain brand, and there was no way to buy it in China. For items like this, there would be a record of who the store sold to.

It was just that normal netizens wouldnt be able to lay their hands on such records, and Tang Cuo also suspected that these rain boots werent the murderers own shoes at all. He played the role of an ordinary worker who installed surveillance cameras in various residences, so would he buy himself a pair of such expensive shoes that had to be purchased from abroad?

The purpose of pretending to install the surveillance cameras was to enter the house and kill people rather than to steal, which showed that the murderers motive wasnt money. If the act wasnt for money or material enjoyment, the probability that these shoes were owned by him would be very small.

If the police investigated further into those rain boots, they might be able to discover another case. Would there be a third victim in this case?

Tang Cuo thought for a moment and boiled down to a direction he remembered that one of the 99 cell phone screens belonged to a purchasing agentA person that helps his/her clients to buy goods that arent easy to get through normal channels, likely due to geographical barriers..

The agent was on his way to the airport, but as expected, he was stuck on the road due to the car rear collision on Xishan Road. Tang Cuo had seen his cell phone interface just now, where he was basically complaining to his friends about the damn rain and wondering if it would delay his flight.

At this point, Tang Cuo looked back again to find that the information had been refreshed.

Xiao Tiantian Europe Purchasing Agent: [Picture] Sh*t, what did I just see? ! These are the shoes I sold!!! Theres an inconspicuous stain under the trademark, I remember it clearly!

Pao Qi: Whats wrong?

Pao Qi: Dont worry, you just sell shoes, not a murderer. Itll be fine.

Xiao Tiantian Europe Purchasing Agent: But the shoes are fake, you know it! If they check the records of the authentic shoes, they wont be able to find this pair. And if they cant find it, theyll know that those shoes are fake. If the police trace them back to me, my business would be over!

Xiao Tiantian Europe Purchasing Agent: Maybe a lot of customers will want to return the goods and even ask for compensation. Its over, its over

Xiao Tiantian Europe Purchasing Agent: Wait!

Xiao Tiantian Europe Purchasing Agent: Dont tell this to anyone!

Pao Qi: Dont worry, were friends, how could I expose you? [Bleh]

An unscrupulous purchasing agent sold fake shoes and the shoes ended up on a twisted murders feet, therefore he became anxious. But this wasnt where Tang Cuo wanted to focus on. What he cared about was how Pao Qi turned up again.

He immediately returned to check Pao Qis cell phone tombstone, clicked on her WeChat address book and quickly swiped to the bottom. With one swipe, he couldnt reach the bottom; with one more swipe, he still couldnt reach the bottom.

Tang Cuo had no idea how many swipes he had made, but eventually, he saw the small line at the bottom of the address book 1001 contacts.

Pao Qi had added 1,001 friends, not counting also those in her group chats.

If it hadnt been for her to show up too often, Tang Cuo would never have thought about checking how many people were there in her address book. And if he hadnt seen it with his own eyes, he wouldnt have known that WeChat allowed users to add so many friends.

For people like Tang Cuo who didnt like crowds, this was too scary.

What role did Pao Qi, who was seemingly friends with everyone, play in this story?

Wait. Among so many of her friends, was there a murderer?

Tang Cuo frowned. The things shown on each persons cell phone tombstone were very specific, and it wasnt like every phone had WeChat. Some people only had an ordering interface, some only had a Weibo interface, while the murderer only had a monitoring screen. If he had WeChat, what would he be called?

With 1001 friends, to find one whose name was uncertain was equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack. But as he pondered the idea again, Pao Qi actually appeared in the murderers monitoring screen, which meant that she was one of the murderers targets.

This proved that the murderer and Pao Qi didnt know each other.

Tang Cuo narrowed his eyes and suddenly thought of something, then he hurried to the murderers cell phone tombstone to study the monitoring time again. The timespan of these surveillance videos was very long, where the earliest could be traced back to one year ago, and the latest was one day ago.

The monitoring videos pointing to Pao Qi stopped on 17th May, while the Xishan Road accident occurred on 25th June. There was a one-month gap between them. At first, Tang Cuo didnt pay much attention to the timing, but now that he thought about it

Was the Pao Qi that was captured by the surveillance camera really alive?

But just when he was about to take that step, Mr. Crow stood atop the road sign and mumbled: Hey, wherever 79081 is, [Ruleless] will be there, and the more people there are, the more monsters youll encounter. You shouldnt follow him, arent you rushing to die?! All of you will be grilled into roast lamb!

Hearing this, Leng Miao withdrew his stretched foot and decisively followed Jin Cheng.

Why?! Mr. Crow was very angry, so angry that his feathers started falling off.

Leng Miao was a cold man, so of course he wouldnt answer He simply hated other people making a fuss in front of him, which only made him want to do the exact opposite. This was especially true when he faced the great and benevolent Mr. Crow.

Go to hell.

He thought.

While Jin Cheng and Leng Miao were walking on the Second Child path, the diligent storyteller Qian Wei was still telling Zheng Yingying the tale of [Two Big Bosses and I: A Story of Fate That Has To Be Told], part two.

Meng Yufei leaned his arms against the window, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

And then he died. This was the conclusion, or more specifically, Qian Weis conclusion to Meng Yufei.

Many people in Yong Ye City knew that Jin Cheng chased Meng Yufei into the dungeon to completely annihilate this disaster, so Qian Wei didnt bother hiding it. He openly recounted this detail, with so much zeal that his saliva was flying everywhere.

And then he died. How mundane did this ending sound? It was as if Jin Cheng just trampled on an ant on the roadside.

Meng Yufei almost couldnt restrain himself, but as soon as he gripped the hilt of his blade, Zheng Yingyings words poured over him like a basin of cold water: He really deserves to die. He has killed many people.

Zheng Yingying was also a part of these many people.

Zheng Yingying originally squatted on the ground and hugged her knees to listen to Qian Weis story, but at this moment, she suddenly lifted her head to look at Meng Yufei. The exposed lower half of her face showed a broad grin, where her spotless white teeth could be seen. Seeing this, a chill ran down Meng Yufeis spine.

Meng Yufei didnt have the nerve to move.

Zheng Yingying retracted her gaze and asked Qian Wei: Were they the only two? Didnt they bring anyone else?

Qian Wei was sitting cross-legged on the ground. Since Zheng Yingying had a friendly attitude, he slightly let down his vigilance and waved his hand dismissively: Wasnt boss Jin Cheng punished back to Zone F? Except for Tang ge, in Zone F, who else has the strength to come to the same dungeon as him?

Zheng Yingying nodded thoughtfully and didnt ask any further.

Qian Wei was a little curious. After hesitating for a moment, he finally couldnt help asking: Do you know them?

Zheng Yingying shook his head: Theyre good people, I admire them.

Meng Yufei:

I, Meng Huanhuan, really thought that you were evil.

At this moment, the pregnant woman suddenly cried out excruciatingly while holding her belly. She was sitting on the ground, but right now, she couldnt even sit still. She slumped to the ground, screaming again and again.

Whats wrong? Is she going to give birth? Qian Wei jumped up from the ground in horror. It was the first time for a little boy like him to witness the reproduction process with his own eyes.

Its all blood, its scary!

One after another, the other people also gathered around her. Seeing that she was in such pain, the laughing man was reminded of himself earlier, and his eyes couldnt hide a trace of despair and helplessness.

Qian Wei was busy comforting her over and over: I still have healing potions here. Bear with it, ah, no, you need to use force to let the baby out. Dont be afraid

Baby, what f**king baby?! The woman suddenly exploded, grabbed Qian Wei by the collar and stared at him with bloodshot eyes: Im not pregnant! What will I give birth to?! A monster!

When the woman entered the ward, Qian Wei had been knocked out by electricity, so he didnt know that her belly only bulged up after she was injected with the medicine. As soon as the woman said so, other people started putting on a strange expression as they looked at her belly, especially after seeing that there seemed to be something moving.

What, what do we do? If theres really something in her belly, we cant do anything! The laughing man sweat nervously.

No, I cant give birth to it, I dont want to, I dont want to The woman clenched her teeth and her tears immediately rolled down the moment she lost control of her emotions. It wasnt that she hated children, but she just hoped she could make that decision on her own. Even if having her own child was a mistake, she was willing to bear with that mistake till the very end.

Even if I die, I dont want to give birth to a monster! Her gaze wandered around for a long while, and she grabbed the only other girl at the scene: You help me, you help me

This time, Zheng Yingying responded very firmly. She raised the [Nameless Dagger] above the womans belly and said: Ill kill it with a single stab, but you may also die.

The woman wept and wept, unable to answer her.

Shaking like a leaf, Qian Wei quickly took out a flask of healing potion and brought it to the womans mouth while glancing at Zheng Yingying: You, just stab very lightly, and I will pour the potion immediately. Maybe itll work.

I still have some here. The laughing man also gritted his teeth and pulled out a flask with his hands still shaking. No one knew how determined he actually was.

Meng Yufei let out a cold snort, turned the other way and said nothing.

The woman cried harder, but finally she nodded. She clutched her clothes tightly with both hands and closed her eyes: Do it.

Everyones heart jumped to their throat, and their eyes were all intently fixed on the womans belly.

Zheng Yingying raised the dagger and thrust it down.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om