《Fourth Perspective》


 CH 1

    ¡°Rumble¡ª¡ª¡±


    The old and dilapidated train quickly passed one station without stopping, and whizzed to the next station.


    Xiao Jinyu pulled on the car¡¯s armrest and looked out the window.


    The dark window reflected a youth¡¯s white and clean face that didn¡¯t look more than twenty years old, looking indifferently at the dark underground tunnel. Suddenly, an abandoned no-stop subway station came into view. The delicate face disappeared and through the window, a messy and ruined subway platform appeared.


    Xiao Jinyu subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the platform information.


    ¡°Luhe Station¡±


    The train¡¯s speed was very fast. In a moment, the fallen plastic chairs that were on the ground and the black water flowing across the ground disappeared.


    They left Luhe Station.


    ¡°Lu, he, station¡­ Mommy, yesterday auntie said that you used to live near Luhe station when you were young. Was it the Luhe Station we just passed?¡±


    The immature and curious voice of a child rang beside Xiao Jinyu, and he turned his head to see a primary school student carrying a schoolbag. The child''s voice was not loud, but because he was close, it was clearly transmitted to Xiao Jinyu''s ears.


    Next to the car door, the young mother was holding her son''s hand. When she heard this, she was stunned. Her lips slightly opened, and the expression on her face kept changing. Finally she touched her son''s head: "Yes, it''s been more than 20 years. At that time, mommy was as old as you are now."


    ¡°Ten years old?¡±


    The mother smiled, ¡°Yes, ten.¡±


    Then you are thirty five now?


    Many subway passengers heard the conversation between the mother and son, and they couldn''t help but figure out the age of the young mother in their hearts.


    Nowadays, the subway is the most common means of transportation in China. But many people don''t know that 25 years ago, buses were still the best choice for people to travel. However, with the spread of A-type radiation infection on a large scale, the word, bus, became a cold term in the history books.


    Xiao Jinyu has never seen a bus.


    Before he was born, buses went out of use. Not because humans have invented faster and more convenient public transportation, but because the subway can pass through high radiation residue areas at extremely fast speeds without stopping. But buses won¡¯t.


    With the mother and son¡¯s question and answer conversation flowing into his ears, Xiao Jinyu turned his eyes and the train passed another unstoppable platform.


    He has never experienced it, but he knows¡ª


    It was called the "Los Angeles Incident."


    On November 10, 2021, across the ocean, the night shift emergency department of Vancouver General Hospital received a female patient with a large area of lupus erythematosus. The most elite doctors in Canada gathered here, but none of them thought that that night would be the beginning of a global disaster.


    Every Chinese person who has read junior high school history can clearly remember this date, because that is the first chapter of everyone''s history class.


    A week later, Patient Zero, Alice Pester died of an immune system disorder and multiple organ failure.


    On November 28, a special case of skin infection was found in Los Angeles. Due to the patient''s limb spasm and intermittent changes in the skin color of the fingers, and contagiousness, the CDC diagnosed it as a contagious variant lupus erythematosus.


    On November 29, 18 people were infected in Los Angeles.


    On November 30, 40 people were infected.


    ¡­¡­


    On December 2, 8,214 people were infected in the United States!


    In just two days, the number of cases surged by 8,000, all medical staff were infected, and the Los Angeles medical system was completely paralyzed!


    The "Los Angeles Incident" has officially entered people''s field of vision.


    At this moment, the whole world finally noticed the abnormality. But as early as the day patient zero appeared, humans no longer had the ability to save themselves.


    The countries on the east coast of the Pacific were the first to have large-scale outbreaks of infections, followed by several East Asian countries on the west coast.


    Within half a month, 5 billion people worldwide were infected.


    On January 1, 2022, with the appearance of a disease similar to lupus erythematosus on the cheek of the last healthy person, mankind fell into despair.


    However, just as sudden as its appearance, its disappearance also came very suddenly.


    After the global death toll reached 3.8 billion, the lupus erythematosus on a 15-year-old junior high school girl suddenly disappeared and the immune system gradually recovered. Half a year later, the 2 billion surviving humans gradually walked out of the door of self-isolation, and scientists finally had breathing space to study this unexpected and strange virus.


    Then they found out that this is not a virus!


    No signs of a viral body was found on an infected person. On the contrary, it is more like radiation.


    ¡­¡­


    ¡°Ding Dong!¡±


    When the train arrived at the station, in the crowded train, the passengers got off the train one after another.


    Xiao Jinyu walked with the crowd towards the exit. Not even walking ten meters, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a lot of people getting off the bus this time. He involuntarily turned his head and glanced at the direction of the train car door, and saw a few staff members in subway uniforms standing at the door, speaking loudly to the passengers inside.


    In a short while, all the passengers came off the train at this stop.


    ¡°What do you mean? Why is everyone coming out?¡±


    "Is there a sudden radiation leak somewhere?"


    "Sigh, I have two more stops to get home. I don''t know how long I have to wait before I can take the subway again."


    The passengers who shouldn''t have stopped here walked to the underground hall and didn''t go up again, while Xiao Jinyu followed a group of outgoing passengers on the escalator. Just as he was about to leave the subway entrance, vaguely, he heard a voice from the crowd below.


    "I heard that it was not a radiation leak, but someone in front committed suicide by lying on the rails!"


    Suicide on the rails?


    For a moment, Xiao Zhenyu looked into the subway subconsciously. However, in the dimly-lit subway, he saw crowds of people, black and dense, unable to see anything clearly.


    Withdrawing his sight, Xiao Jinyu stepped out of the subway entrance.


    ***


    It was early November, and it was the beginning of winter.


    The thick and yellow smog hung in mid-air like a car passing by dust, covering the entire middle of the city. A flat sunset was dyed a mottled brass color under the heavy haze. The windows on both sides of the road lit up dimly, like the blurry light of a beacon separated by water vapor in the sea fog.


    Several nearby communities were built ten years after the "Los Angeles Incident", while the buildings were fairly new, they were densely packed with people.


    As soon as Xiao Jinyu stepped out of the elevator, a middle-aged woman carrying a garbage bag walked towards him.


    Seeing Xiao Jinyu, she smiled and said ¡°Xiao Xiao, coming home?¡±


    After a pause, Xiao Jinyu replied "Yes, Aunt Wang you¡¯re taking out the garbage?"


    "Yes, I haven''t seen you in a while. Speaking of it, I haven''t seen your mother for a while too. Why hasn''t she come out to play cards recently?"


    Xiao Jinyu''s voice is calm: "She has been in poor health recently."


    ¡°Sick? There''s nothing wrong right?¡±


    ¡°No, it¡¯s just a small cold.¡±


    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s still something to be careful about¡±


    The two parties exchanged some small talk, and finally said goodbye to their warm-hearted neighbor.


    After passing household after household, he came to the innermost door in the corridor. Xiao Jinyu took out the key and with a click, opened the lock.


    The creaking door opening was particularly harsh in the quiet corridor, and the faint light shone out of the room through the narrow crack of the door, accompanied by the babbling laughter on the TV.


    The TV displays an old variety show.


    It¡¯s a variety show that was very popular before Xiao Jinyu was born, where several male stars go through missions together. He never watches these things, but as the "Los Angeles Incident" gradually subsided, and faded out of public view, some survivors liked to watch old programs.


    His mother likes watching this type of variety show.


    "I''m back," and after a pause, Xiao Jinyu said, "Mom."


    The woman on the sofa turned her head slowly.


    ¡°Sha sha¡±


    After a moment of silence, Xiao Jinyu put his schoolbag down and asked, ¡°What do you want for dinner.¡±


    As if understanding that his mother must not be cooking, the black-haired young man changed his shoes and went straight to the kitchen. "Sha sha" and "sha sha" sounds came from the living room, as if they were responding.


    "There are still some vegetables and tomatoes. I¡¯ll make dinner first. You can watch TV."


    ¡°Shasha, shashasha...¡±


    The faint fragrance of vegetables flowed from the small kitchen, and laughter continued to come out of the TV. It was getting dark, and so with a click, Xiao Jinyu turned on the light. He brought the food to the table, looked up and said, "Mom, it''s time to eat."


    "Crunch¡ª"


    After all, a woman who weighed more than 100 kilograms suddenly stood up from the sofa, and this old sofa could not help but sigh with its age.


    Xiao Jinyu arranged the dishes. When he put the chopsticks across the table, his mother also came over and sat on the chair.


    ¡°Shasha¡­¡±


    "I just made a tomato scrambled egg and vegetable soup. When I come home from school tomorrow, I¡¯ll look around and get some meat."


    ¡°Shashashasha, shasha¡­¡±


    "Today the TA taught class and said that the midterm exam will be next week."


    ¡°Shasha¡±


    "I will graduate next year. Professor Li said he wanted to keep me as a research student¡±. Putting a slice of tomato in his mouth, gently chewing and swallowing, Xiao Jinyu lowered his head and did not look at the mother in front of him. He still said, "Every month there is an allowance, the money is enough, we should be able to get some back as our living expenses."


    ¡°Shasha, shashasha.¡±


    "After finishing graduate school, I can stay on campus and take up a post. Then..."


    ¡°Patter¡ª¡ª¡±


    A wilting green vegetable fell on the dinner table. Xiao Jinyu was stunned, and he slowly raised his head.


    Under the flickering light, the woman tilted her neck, holding a pair of chopsticks in one hand and a bowl in the other. A pair of dark bottomless eyes stared at Xiao Jinyu quietly. Her mouth was wide open with the corners nearing the sides of her face, facial muscles stiff. But she didn''t seem to feel uncomfortable at all, and she still smiled happily.


    At that moment, a hole appeared in the bent neck. The trachea, vocal cords, esophagus, and cartilage seemed to be cut, all exposed to the air, only a piece of thin skin was left connecting the head to the shoulders, making the head rest on the shoulders, barely managing to not fall off.


    But she still laughed.


    She was happily smiling for her son.


    ¡°Shasha¡±


    Only half of the sound had come out of her mouth before the rest came out of the broken trachea.


    Looking at this scene, the black-haired young man squeezed his fingers tightly, and his thin knuckles were squeezed white.


    After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Jinyu raised his chopsticks again and picked up the green vegetable that fell on the table, "If it fell on the table, don¡¯t eat it."


    ¡°Sha sha¡±


    It was a very creepy and very warm family dinner scene.


    While eating, the mother asks about the school life of the child. As the child replied, he picked up pieces of food that had fallen out of the mother''s broken esophagus into the trash can on the side.


    After eating and washing the dishes. Xiao Jinyu walked to the living room and looked at his mother''s back looming in the darkness.


    After a while.


    ¡°Mom, I¡¯m going to sleep first¡¯


    ¡°Shasha¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t stay up too late, sleep earlier¡±


    ¡°Shashasha¡±


    It was another peaceful day.


    ***


    When Xiao Jinyu woke up the next day, the TV was turned off and there was no sign of his mother in the living room.


    But the door of his mother''s bedroom was closed.


    He knows that his mom must also sleep.


    While it¡¯s not convenient for her to eat, she can still sleep and watch TV. Other mothers seem to do the same.


    He ate a simple breakfast and left a bowl of warm millet porridge in the pot. Putting on a thick white scarf, Xiao Jinyu opened the door and walked in the direction of the subway station.


    The temperature seems to have dropped suddenly overnight and the air is full of cold water vapor. People on the road wrapped their coats tightly and hurried along. When approaching the subway entrance, the whole walkway is filled with all kinds of bicycles and electromobiles. Everyone switches here from the subway to wherever they want to go in the city.


    Zhongdu is one of the first cities in China to have subways. The lines are messy and complicated, so some subway lines are extremely deep underground.


    Xiao Jinyu walked into the subway entrance, and the bottomless escalator was like a long snake going down all the way into the secluded depths of the ground. The escalator was full of people, some yawning, some gulping their breakfast. Xiao Jinyu stared at the yellowed old advertisement on the wall, and he could see that on the escalator next next to him, a few uniformed and heavily armed subway staff hurried past, with two heavily armed men in white coats in the middle and the attention of the pedestrians was immediately attracted.


    "Eh, are those two in white coats doctors? Did you hear that someone committed suicide by lying on the rails last night? I think it has something to do with that."


    "The person is already dead. What do you need a doctor for? I think it''s a subway repairer."


    "It''s been a whole night, if there was a need for repairs, it would have been done last night."


    ¡°Then what do you think that was about?¡±


    "It''s just not the subway repairer."


    If it¡¯s not a subway repairer, then what is it?


    This sentence popped into Xiao Jinyu''s mind. However, without thinking about it, he walked into the subway with the crowd.


    In the morning rush hour, the subway was crowded and noisy. Hundreds of figures were stuffed into a huge steamer, and all kinds of muddy smells were mixed together. In a small carriage, the early office workers dozed tiredly, and the students carrying heavy school bags bowed their heads to play with the newly bought smart watches. Even more people are without seats, huddling together back to back, with no one talking. They all looked at the subway reminders, hoping to get off the train early.


    Xiao Jinyu is among them. The black-haired young man held the plastic subway handrail with one hand, while staring at the subway reminder lights, lost in thought.


    Suddenly.


    ¡°Clang!¡±


    The sudden rumbling sound sounded like a deafening burst in the ear. Xiao Jinyu recovered and looked around subconsciously. However, at the moment when his gaze touched the surrounding environment, he was stunned and his eyes widened. The next moment, in the empty subway car, Xiao Jinyu quickly looked at the man beside him who was also holding the subway railing.


    ¡°You¡­¡±


    Before he could speak, a clear and translucent voice sounded in the empty subway car.


    ¡°Ding Dong! The station, White Garden, has arrived.¡±


    The speeding subway suddenly stopped, and the world became silent.


    The man next to him who was still immersed in his own world also raised his head, showing a dazed and stunned face.


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 CH 2

    Xiao Jinyu was very sure that the passengers on the train disappeared in an instant.


    The empty train stopped abruptly between the two stations, and looking through the window, there were walls on both sides. There is no need to go to other carriages to check, it was just like the Zhongdu subway during the New Years. Standing in the middle carriage and looking to the sides, you can see the end at a glance.


    Everyone is gone, except...


    Xiao Jinyu took a deep breath and eased the heartbeat that was accelerating due to anxiety. He turned his head, and calmly looked at the man with glasses beside him.


    Except for this man.


    Xiao Jinyu still had an impression of this man, because the two got on the train at the same station. When they got on the train, there were no seats left. Both of them could only hold on to the plastic handrails and squeeze into the crowd.


    ¡°What happened?! Where is everyone?¡±


    The man with glasses is not tall, only half a head shorter than Xiao Jinyu. He naturally noticed at a glance that suddenly there were only two of them left in the subway. Most people in the world have never imagined that they would encounter this kind of weird and chaotic scene in their entire life. The man with glasses panicked and kept asking Xiao Jinyu, "I don¡¯t think I was asleep just now. Where is this everyone? Where did everyone go?" He asked as if it can ease his nervousness and fear.


    The voice of the man in glasses echoed in the empty subway car.


    In the face of sudden incidents, panic is always the most useless way to cope. Xiao Zhenyu''s brain quickly processed everything, and the pounding heart in his chest also calmed down. He completely calmed himself, and with his deep eyes, he calmly said: "Sir, the people here really disappeared in an instant."


    It''s like grabbing a life-saver when drowning, when someone answers the questions one is more at ease. "What''s the situation now? I take this subway to and from work every day. It¡¯s never been like this before, never!"


    ¡°Calm down first, sir.¡±


    The man in glasses stopped suddenly.


    Seeing that the man with glasses finally stopped asking questions, Xiao Jinyu sighed lightly and took out the phone from his pocket. "First of all, make sure that my phone has no signal, do you?"


    The man with glasses hurriedly took out his mobile phone, glanced at it, and then raised his head: "None!"


    Sure enough. Xiao Jinyu said: "Normally in the subway, our phones have signals. There are only two answers to this situation. First, someone is playing a prank. Maybe it¡¯s a type of prank variety show? They used a signal blocker. But with how they made people disappear in the blink of an eye, I can¡¯t think of an answer."


    Humans are herd animals. When one person starts to analyze the situation, other people will join in for the sake of grouping together. The man with glasses¡¯ lips was still a little shaky, but he still tried to calm himself down, and also analyzed: ¡°Maybe someone used some sleeping drug to make us faint, and then they got everyone else out of the subway, leaving only the two of us?"


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him: "Let''s not say whether there is such a magical sleeping drug, even if there is, then he did it too carefully."


    The man with glasses asked in confusion: "Carefully?"


    Xiao Jinyu turned on his phone: "It''s currently 8:45 in the morning, and I left home at 8:20. It takes ten minutes to walk from my house to the subway station. I waited for two trains to pass before I squeezed in. Therefore, it was about 8:40 when I got in the car. It would take a lot of effort to make us faint and also adjust the time on our phones back to the correct time."


    The man in glasses immediately checked his phone¡¯s time, it was indeed 8:45.


    Xiao Zhenyu: "Such variety shows, or malicious tricks, would expend a lot of effort."


    Whether a thing is worth doing is weighed with the costs and the benefits that can be obtained from achieving it.


    In five simple words, weigh the pros and cons.


    Xiao Jinyu doesn''t think he has any special area worthy of such efforts...


    Suddenly, the black-haired young man squinted his eyes.


    Mom?!


    Could it be that after discovering his mother''s secret, someone did something like this to trap him here?!


    Wait, calm down, calm down first. Even if they discovered mom''s secret, there is no need to trap him deliberately. When he is in school, he will not be at home all day, so they only need to come to the house while he is not at home. And he is not the only person trapped in this subway train, and...


    The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and a kind smile appeared on the young, handsome face. Xiao Jinyu looked at the calm man beside him: "Anyway, we are already trapped here. We might as well introduce ourselves first." Long and beautiful eyes curved into a soft arc, Xiao Jinyu smiled and said: "My name is Xiao Yu, the yu from rain, what should I call you?"


    Appearance is always an important advantage that mankind cannot ignore.


    A good-looking young man shows kindness to you, even in such an uncomfortable environment. Although the man with glasses is a man, he can''t help but have good feelings, and has a sense of dependence on the young man in front of him. He hurriedly introduced himself: "My name is Zhao Zhixin, the zhi from knowing, the xin from old and new."


    Xiao Zhenyu nodded: "Mr. Zhao, if we are really being tricked, we must first understand one thing."


    ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°Why did they choose us?¡±


    Zhao Zhixin stopped.


    Yes, why choose us two?


    Although Zhao Zhixin is not very smart, he has lived for more than 20 years, going to work in a muddle-headed manner after graduating from university. But he is not stupid. When Xiao Jinyu said this, he immediately thought about it.


    There is really no reason to choose him!


    His family is ordinary, and his parents are ordinary people. Growing up, he was never the best in the crowd, nor was he the worst. He is thoroughly average. He got an ordinary undergraduate degree in university, and even his job is the most common in Zhongdu. Even his appearance does not stand out at all.


    Wait a moment...


    Zhao Zhixin suddenly became vigilant. He stepped backwards silently and stared at Xiao Jinyu: "To be honest, my life is so normal that I can find at least ten people like me in each car. In any variety show, pranks, there is no reason to choose me, but you are different. You look good, and at a glance you look like a celebrity.¡±


    Just this? So¡­ this has nothing to do with mom?


    He was relieved inside, but there was no change on the surface. Xiao Jinyu frowned, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Do you think that I am also one of the prank members?"


    Zhao Zhixin: ¡°Of course!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: "Of course not. Mr. Zhao, I am a student of Zhongdu University. Like you, my life is a step-by-step process. There is nothing special. However, I did do something wrong. At this time, We must trust each other, so I will confess that I lied to you just now."


    Zhao Zhixin widened his eyes nervously.


    Selecting a photo in his phone, Xiao Jinyu handed it to the other party.


    "My name is Xiao Jinyu, not Xiao Yu, this is my student ID. Mr. Zhao, just like you, I actually suspected you since earlier, so I didn''t tell you my real name. But after talking for so long, I think you didn¡¯t lie to me." The young man stared firmly at the man in front of him, and Xiao Jinyu''s tone was sincere: "Maybe you still can''t completely trust me, but I really don''t know what the situation is now."


    Zhao Zhixin looked down at the photo on the phone.


    This is a student ID card of Zhongdu University taken by a phone. On a blue background, a young black-haired young man in a white shirt stared indifferently at the front and the blurry photo could not conceal his cool and outstanding temperament. And the left side of the student ID is also clearly printed with three large characters-


    ¡®Xiao Jinyu¡¯


    The big rock hanging in his heart fell quickly. Zhao Zhixin thought: it seems that he really didn''t lie to me. Now I know more than him, and I know that he is a student of Zhongdu University. On the contrary, he doesn¡¯t have any information on me. So I have the upper hand now.


    Zhao Zhixin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I''m sorry that I suspected you just now. But to be honest, little brother, it''s because my life has always been too ordinary. People like you, who have been outstanding since childhood may not understand, but with stuff like this suddenly happening, I find it difficult to accept."


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him.


    In fact, this has nothing to do with how ordinary someone¡¯s life is. Even if the world''s richest man suddenly encounters such a situation, it will be difficult to accept.


    People may doubt once, but when their suspicions are confirmed and the other party¡¯s lies are exposed, very few people will doubt the second time.


    Therefore, what Zhao Zhixin said is almost certainly true.


    Xiao Jinyu laughed: ¡°I¡¯m like you, Mr. Zhao, I have always been ordinary and I don¡¯t know why they would choose someone like me. But it was also me who first hid stuff from you first. So now we know two things, one, there really is no one else in the station, and two, we cannot contact the outside world.¡±


    After establishing the trust between them, even Zhao Zhixin himself didn¡¯t notice that he subconsciously moved closer to Xiao Jinyu¡¯s side. Zhao Zhixin nodded: ¡°Yes. Right, also, Xiao¡­ Jinyu¡±, he awkwardly said this unfamiliar name and asked, ¡°You said earlier, there could be two situations. One was that it was a variety show or prank. What was the other possibility?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was silent: "Have you not thought of the other possibility, Mr. Zhao."


    Zhao Zhixin opened his mouth, but could not speak.


    Xiao Jinyu saw him look like this, knowing that he also thought of an answer.


    Yes, normal people will think of that answer.


    ¡°Maybe¡­¡±


    "We met a ghost."


    ***


    If he had to choose between the choices of a prank and meeting a ghost, Zhao Zhixin would rather it be the former. But Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know which he would rather have happened.


    It''s really hard to say which of these two choices is better.


    People playing tricks, ghosts playing people.


    If the former could do something like this, breaking the scope of the law and lines of morality, then whether they could leave this place alive is something that is hard to say.


    The latter is ghosts, and it is reasonable to say that killing them directly is what the ghosts logically should have done. But since they have lived until now, it doesn¡¯t necessarily mean that the ghosts want them to die.


    In any case, he should deal with the situation at hand first.


    Xiao Jinyu analyzed: "The passengers have already disappeared, so there is no point in thinking about them anymore. Mr. Zhao, I will confirm one thing first...Did you hear a subway announcement when the people disappeared? "


    Zhao Zhixin recalled: "The train has arrived at the station... Oh yes, the subway announcement said that we arrived at a White Garden station!"


    Xiao Jinyu''s face sank: "In the Zhongdu Metro, there is no White Garden station. Even including the radiation-closed platforms, there is no such thing as White Garden station."


    Zhao Zhixin had a bad expression on his face: "So do we have to find this White Garden or whatever?"


    Thinking for a moment, Xiao Jinyu said, "It¡¯s strange. It said that we have reached a station so we should arrive at a platform, even if it is a deserted platform that no one knows about. But now, we have stopped in the middle of two stations. And it stands to reason that when the train arrives at a station, the doors should be opened."


    Zhao Zhixin: "Come on, let¡¯s not have the doors open..."


    Xiao Jinyu furrowed his eyebrows and repeated softly, "White Garden..." He was sure that he had never heard this name.


    "Hey, stop talking about it, this thing sounds terrible."


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at him: "Since the announcement said so, then this White Garden must be an important clue."


    Zhao Zhixin hugged his arms, only feeling the goose bumps all over his body. This dark underground cave, the empty subway car, plus the inexplicable White Garden.


    However, Xiao Jinyu no longer paid much attention to him.


    After confirming that this incident has nothing to do with his mother, the only thing left is to leave here. He has no time to calm the fear of others.


    Zhao Zhixin didn''t realize that Xiao Jinyu''s attitude was not as enthusiastic and sincere as before. He leaned against Xiao Jinyu, looking at the surrounding area with some fear.


    ¡°White Garden¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu couldn''t help repeating it again. His expression was focused, and he split the words up in his mind, thinking carefully.


    Zhao Zhixin: ¡°Hey, don¡¯t talk about it anymore¡­ Ah!¡±


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The doors of the carriage opened wide, and the metal sliding door slammed into the grooves on both sides with a bang, causing the glass in the car to make a humming sound.


    Zhao Zhixin had made a sound in shock.


    Xiao Jinyu was also stunned, and he immediately raised his head to look at the open train door.


    He saw the lights in the subway shine out through the wide open door, as if it was not a wall beyond it, and a vague white silhouette could be seen outside the door.


    Obviously, Xiao Jinyu had inspected the subway just now. There are walls on both sides of the subway, but now a white thing suddenly appeared outside the door.


    His expression suddenly became cold, and Xiao Jinyu walked next to the train door.


    Zhao Zhixin said in horror: "Don''t go there!"


    Xiao Jinyu did not respond. He stood at the door and looked out.


    That white object is a building! It''s like a white house.


    The white house is not big and it''s far away in the dark depths, about ten meters away from the train car door. Xiao Jinyu examined the house from the door. The height of the house was at most one or two meters. While he said it was a house, it was more like a small villa model.


    Turning around, Xiao Jinyu calmly asked, "Are you going to go out?"


    Zhao Zhixin: "Won¡¯t, won''t...I feel safer in the subway."


    ¡°If you stay here, you can never leave.¡±


    The next moment, Xiao Jinyu retracted his gaze and stepped out of the train car.


    "Hey, Xiao Jinyu! That thing suddenly appeared, it¡¯s so creepy and weird, don''t go."


    The footsteps stopped, Xiao Jinyu couldn''t help but be stunned.


    ...Was it weird?


    A white house that appeared inexplicably stands in the boundless darkness. It really seemed terrifying, but it was a pity that all his fears, that night, when his mother tilted her head and opened the door to welcome him home, had all disappeared.


    Mom...


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes became firm.


    He wants to leave here.


    His figure almost melted into the darkness, and Xiao Jinyu strode to the white building. After seeing the appearance of the white house, he muttered: "Sure enough..."


    Zhao Zhixin shouted from inside the train: "Xiao Jinyu, what is it?"


    Xiao Jinyu turned his head: "a Ming House."


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu''s voice hardly fluctuates, and he calmly repeats: "a Ming House."


    Zhao Zhixin: ¡°What name house?¡±


    The young and handsome face didn''t have any expressions. He repeated each word for the last time: "Do you know those houses for dead people?"


    In the train, the man with glasses¡¯ mouth slowly gaped open.


    ¡°The houses built for dead people, those houses are called Ming Houses.¡±


    The author has something to say:


    The first chapter¡¯s ending was changed, the chapter was changed a bit~


    There was originally five people on the train but now there¡¯s only two people left, including Little Goldfish~


    If you need to, you can go back and reread it~ I only changed this much~


    Because today¡¯s note is in the beginning of the chapter, I will thank everyone who sent gifts tomorrow~ muah =3=

 CH 3

    Trigger warning after Xiao Jinyu walks to the front of the tracks up to the asterisks: Gore, Suicide, Vomiting


    If you¡¯ve ever sweeped tombs in the countryside, you would have seen these exquisite and small villas before.


    The appearance of these small paper villas are almost the same as real villas. The only difference is that it''s scaled down from their real counterparts and even the more expensive ones are equipped with miniature stairs and furniture. Even if it is not made for living people, it is not sloppily made in the slightest.


    But this white house was not made as elaborately.


    The small paper villa is about two meters high and one meter wide, and is divided into two floors. Through the paper-pasted windows, you can see that each of the two floors is divided into four rooms. It is completely white, with less paper paste in some areas, and a little more paper paste in others, thereby creating a sense of light transmission and heaviness, separating the difference between walls, doors, and windows.


    Xiao Jinyu looked through it¡¯s windows for a long time.


    Behind him, in the train, Zhao Zhixin had already gotten goosebumps. When he hugged his arms tightly and saw that Xiao Jinyu was still observing the house, he couldn''t help but strain his throat and shout, "You, are you not coming back?"


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t respond.


    ¡°Hey, Xiao Jinyu!¡±


    The figure of the black-haired youth paused slightly, and this time he finally turned around.


    In the darkness, Xiao Jinyu looked at the man with glasses who was still hiding in the train and did not dare step out: "The announcement earlier should be telling us to get off. Obviously, this is White Garden Station. We just stayed in the train for nearly five minutes and found no clues. Now this is the only clue."


    After talking, regardless of the glasses man''s reaction, let alone persuading him, Xiao Jinyu walked around this small white house to observe.


    Zhao Zhixin watched his movements from inside the train.


    After a long time, he gritted his teeth and also got out of the train.


    Seeing that Zhao Zhixin got out of the train, Xiao Jinyu calmly glanced at him. The trembling man quickly ran to him as soon as he got out of the train, and began to observe the white house.


    Xiao Jinyu did not feel that Zhao Zhixin was timid, as the current situation was already extremely obvious¡ª¡ª


    They met a ghost.


    It''s not a man-made haunted house, and it''s not a fancy dress-up party during a Western festival called Halloween.


    It really is ghosts.


    No matter how bold a person is when they encounter a real ghost, any type of action is reasonable.


    Even Xiao Jinyu isn¡¯t really fearless, but compared to sitting in a car and waiting to die, he would rather not give up and find a way to get out of here. Since the ghost did not kill them at first, perhaps they left a way out, and all he needs to do is to find that way and leave.


    "Xiao, Xiao Jinyu, this house seems to be a bit bigger than an ordinary Ming House."


    Xiao Jinyu turned his head to look at the man in glasses.


    Zhao Zhixin pushed up his glasses tremblingly and said: "When my hometown sweeps tombs, I often see this kind of house. Normally it is impossible to build it as high as two meters, and it won¡¯t be made of white paper. The burned paper can be simple, but most of the things for the dead are colorful. For example..." After swallowing his saliva and suppressing the fear in his heart, Zhao Zhixin continued: "For example, spirit money, they¡¯re all extravagant and colorful. The more colorful and better looking the Ming Houses are, the better."


    After a moment of contemplation, Xiao Jinyu said: "You mean, it doesn''t look like a Ming House?"


    "It''s not that either... I just said this casually."


    Xiao Jinyu nodded and didn¡¯t say anything else.


    A Ming House made by a ghost, even if it¡¯s not the kind of Ming House commonly used by humans, is already horrible enough. It doesn''t matter whether or not it¡¯s a true Ming House. Even if it is not a Ming House, it looks like a Ming House.


    The efficiency of two people observing the white house is obviously much higher.


    Although the white house is made quite exquisitely, there is not a single piece of furniture, so it was very easy to check. Two minutes later, the two had inspected every corner of the white house through its windows.


    Xiao Jinyu: "I didn''t see anything special."


    Zhao Zhixin: ¡°Me neither.¡±


    The white house has now been inspected, so now...


    Looking at his surroundings, at this boundless darkness, Xiao Jinyu said, with a calm expression, "Since we can¡¯t find any clues from this white house for the time being, then let''s see if we can find other clues around here."


    Zhao Zhixin was shocked: "You want to go deeper into the dark to check?! Don¡¯t, because we¡¯re closer to the train here, it¡¯s easier to see. But you want to go deeper into the dark where there¡¯s no lights..."


    Watching Xiao Jinyu calmly taking out his phone from his pocket and turning on the flashlight, Zhao Zhixin was speechless.


    Zhao Zhixin: ¡°......¡±


    Having guts like these, does your mother know?!


    Xiao Jinyu wanted to go to the dark to continue exploring, but Zhao Zhixin looked reluctant. But if he really left him here alone, he would be more afraid. Seeing a determined Xiao Jinyu walking into the darkness holding his phone with his flashlight on, the man in glasses stayed still for a few seconds before hurriedly following along.


    The two walked towards the darkness on the right side of the white house.


    The black-haired young man strode in front, and the man in glasses followed behind him. Seeing that the white house behind him was getting smaller and smaller, Zhao Zhixin was so scared that his teeth began to tremble. Suddenly, Xiao Jinyu stopped.


    ¡°What happened?!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu didn''t turn around, but looked ahead: "We hit a wall."


    ¡°Ah?¡±


    Squinting his eyes, Xiao Jinyu stretched out his hand. The next second, his palm was pressed up against an invisible wall. He never expected that they would reach the end of this dark space after only walking about ten meters.


    There is only ten meters of space to the right of the white house, then what about to the left?


    The thought flashed through his mind quickly, and Xiao Jinyu immediately turned around and walked back. The man in glasses didn''t understand what was going on, but he quickly followed.


    Sure enough, taking the white house as the center, walking ten meters to the left, he also touched an invisible wall.


    Then what about the back?


    After hitting the wall again, Xiao Jinyu retracted his arm.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°This space is enclosed by three walls and the train on one side. And each train car is about twenty meters long.¡±


    Zhao Zhixin was taken aback: "Huh? So what?¡±


    "This is a twenty by twenty meters, square space with the white house as the center." Before the man in glasses could respond, Xiao Jinyu quickly continued: "It means that this space just so happens to cover an entire carriage. After we get off the train, we will inevitably enter this twenty meter square space with the white house. But the train has never only had one carriage!"


    ¡°Ah?¡±


    The man in glasses hadn¡¯t reacted yet, but Xiao Jinyu had already walked towards the train quickly: "The train is interoperable. We can walk from this car to the next one, and then get off in the next one. Once we get off in the next car, then the length is more than twenty meters, and we have also walked out of the space of this white house."


    Everything happened too suddenly and Xiao Jinyu''s thinking was too fast. The man with glasses felt as if he understood, but hadn¡¯t understood at the same time. But watching Xiao Jinyu heading back towards the train, he also rushed over without saying a word.


    However, when the two of them were less than one meter away from the train door, they heard a loud noise.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The train door suddenly closed, giving them no reaction time. In an instant, the door was locked!


    Xiao Jinyu stood there, his eyes shaking. His eyes slowly widened, staring at the train that suddenly closed its doors in front of him. Then... he watched it blow its whistle and sped off!


    Zhao Zhixin was stunned. After a while, he looked at the young man beside him and said in horror: "The train is gone, it is gone, Xiao Jinyu! What should we do¡­ eugh..."


    The voice stopped abruptly, and the man in glasses silently swallowed his fear.


    In the endless dark space, the light of the train gradually drifted away. Xiao Jinyu held his phone that was emitting light in his hand. His expression was calm, but his eyes remained rested on the train lights, watching it get further away.


    After a long time, he curled his lips and laughed intriguingly: "That¡¯s interesting."


    He was obviously smiling, but the man in glasses felt a chill from the soles of his feet to his scalp. For some reason, although it was the first time he had met the student next to him, he understood in his mind that¡ª


    He¡¯s angry.


    Even though he was trapped in the train for so long, Xiao Jinyu was not angry or afraid.


    Even when he saw that horrible white house and explored its surroundings, he did not shrink in fear.


    But at this moment, when the train mockingly closed its doors after they found the real answer, it really angered the seemingly gentle young man beside him.


    Unconsciously backing up half a step, Zhao Zhixin did not dare say anything. However, he didn''t expect that after a few seconds, Xiao Jinyu retracted his smile. He calmly said: "Since the train is gone, then there is another place that can be checked now."


    ¡°Ah?¡±


    Wait, just now you looked like you were about to kill ghosts, but just in a few seconds you returned to normal?!


    Xiao Jinyu turned his head and said, "There was a place we couldn¡¯t explore just now."


    ¡°What?¡±


    Pointing the light of the phone''s flashlight down, the black-haired young man walked to the place where the train disappeared. Suddenly, two steel tracks appeared under the light of the flashlight.


    "Just now, the train covered the tracks so it was impossible to check them. According to the distance limit of ten meters, this track should also be included in the space."


    As soon as he finished, Xiao Jinyu squatted down, supported himself with one hand on the ground, and jumped on the track directly.


    With the white house as the center, there was ten meters of space on both the right and left side and ten meters in the back. The train was less than ten meters away from the white house, so the remaining distance should be exactly the width of a whole carriage.


    With the limited light barely illuminating the area in front of him, Xiao Jinyu carefully inspected every corner of the track.


    Suddenly, his footsteps stopped, his gaze resting on the front of the tracks.


    In the next second, Xiao Jinyu strode forward. After confirming that what was in front of him was indeed the same as what he thought it was, he fell silent for a moment before squatting down. Behind him, the man in glasses also saw what was on the ground and his face paled: "Oh..."


    Xiao Jinyu: "If you¡¯re going to vomit, go further away and don''t touch the corpse."


    With his gaze locked tightly on this pool of flesh, blood, and bones that could barely be called a corpse, Xiao Jinyu stretched out his hand and removed the shredded clothing from the corpse. Little by little, he separated the clothes and corpse. Although he did not major in forensics, Xiao Jinyu could see that the corpse was obviously crushed into pieces by some fast-moving, heavy object.


    After separating the corpse from the clothes, Xiao Jinyu raised his head and illuminated the surrounding walls with the flashlight.


    The blood had exploded on the walls, like a murder scene. It had already dried up, but a strong smell of blood still wafted from the tracks.


    Xiao Jinyu: "You said that you take this line to and from work?"


    Zhao Zhixin didn¡¯t dare look at the thing on the floor, ¡°Yes¡­ everyday.¡±


    "Then do you know that someone committed suicide by lying on the rails last night?"


    "Of course. Last night I had to do something so I had to get off the train at the next stop. But because someone committed suicide, the staff drove us off the trains. I waited at the subway station for more than half an hour before the subway lines were reopened."


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his eyes and stared at the corpse on the ground: "It was probably them then.¡±


    The man in glasses: ¡°......¡±


    ¡°Eugh!¡±


    Ignoring the reaction of the man in glasses, Xiao Jinyu stared at the flesh and blood on the ground. When he saw a half-curved bone, his eyes lit up. He whispered to himself: "If this is the skull, it seems that that part is the leg. He should have jumped from the platform when the train drew in and was directly crushed to death."


    Xiao Jinyu then inspected the collected clothes.


    A simple coat and trousers that you could find on anyone. The corpse was crushed so much that it was impossible to distinguish whether it was male or female. Xiao Jinyu could only guess from the short hair and the youthful outfit that the corpse might be a young man.


    ¡°Is this white house the work of you?¡±


    Frowning, Xiao Jinyu thought: "No, it¡¯s called White Garden. White Garden¡­ Why White Garden? If a ghost wants to harm people, there is no need to name it so specifically, even going as far as giving it a title? White Garden¡­ White Garden..."


    Squatting in front of the bloody corpse, Xiao Jinyu chanted these two words again and again.


    Suddenly, there was a flash in front of his eyes, as if something colorful was flashing under the white light of the phone flashlight.


    Huh?!


    He immediately inspected the part of the body that shone, but there were only strings of white flesh.


    Did he see wrongly?


    In the next second, three dots of colorful lights came into view and Xiao Jinyu stared at the three colorful dots floating beside the skull in confusion.


    It was hard to describe what color the lights were. It was purple one second but in a blink of an eye it would turn into a blinding red that hurt his eyes. The beautiful lights were like colorful butterflies, spinning and flashing near the skull of the corpse.


    Xiao Jinyu pulled on the man in glasses who was still vomiting: "Did you see that?!"


    Zhao Zhixin: ¡°See what?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu pointed to the head of the corpse: "There are three lights over there..." His voice stopped suddenly.


    ¡°Eh? What light? What are you talking about?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips, silently holding the flashlight, carefully examining the corpse''s skull inside and out. But those three light spots seemed to be hallucinations, disappearing without a trace.


    Was it just because he was too nervous and so the hallucinations appeared?


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Nevermind.¡±


    Without time to think about the three illusion-like colored lights, Xiao Jinyu rubbed his lower lip with his finger carefully. This is his habitual action when thinking.


    White Garden and a corpse that commited suicide by jumping on the tracks.


    There are only these two things in this dark space and these are all the clues this ghost gave them.


    Now that the train is gone, it is impossible to go to the next carriage and leave. Therefore, the only answer is either the white paper house dubbed the White Garden, or the corpse in front of him.


    Looking at the messy flesh and blood on the track, Xiao Jinyu gritted his teeth and searched it again.


    Maybe there is something he hasn''t discovered yet.


    But this time, before his hand could touch the broken bones and flesh on the ground, the earth suddenly shook slightly. Xiao Jinyu was taken aback. He held his breath and stretched out his hand to touch the ground. The faint vibration was extremely difficult to detect. After patiently sensing around for ten seconds, Xiao Jinyu dared to infer that the ground was really shaking.


    A thought flashed through his mind, but before he could catch it, it disappeared without a trace.


    He stood up subconsciously and looked down the dark tunnel in both directions.


    The ground was shaking.


    In a subway tunnel, what could make the ground shake?


    Wait, could it be...


    Xiao Jinyu looked in the direction opposite the way the train had left earlier in surprise. He stared at the subway tunnel that resembled a black hole without blinking.


    The earth shook more frequently and the buzzing sound made the man in glasses who was vomiting straighten up and look around in shock.


    "What''s happening? What''s shaking? Is there an earthquake?"


    The next moment, a blinding light shot into the tunnel, illuminating this deadly dark space.


    Xiao Jinyu raised the corners of his lips, his clear pupils bursting out with hopeful light, and he looked at the subway train that was speeding toward him.


    ¡°......the train has arrived at the station.¡±


    ***


    At the same time.


    At the subway station exit.


    During the morning rush hour, the subway station was crowded and congested.


    People walked numbly and exhaustedly, and no one noticed the young short-haired woman in a black jacket and the boy in a pullover standing by the French windows near the subway entrance, discussing something in low voices.


    The short-haired woman chewed on the gum in her mouth and said in a bad mood: "Alright, are there signs of a division storm at this subway station?"


    The young boy was wearing a yellow pullover, a baseball cap, and playing with a strangely shaped black phone. "Stop rushing it, it''s already the last stop. Hehe, after checking we can get the money." Quickly tapping on the black phone, the boy in the cap grinned and revealed a small dimple, ¡°There probably isn¡¯t anything, it''s just users dying. Twenty to thirty people die every year in Guangzhong."


    The short-haired woman shrugged: "It better be. I don''t want to clean up the mess left from the logic storm."


    "Mhm, soon we¡¯ll see. Why don''t you think about what we¡¯re gonna eat for lunch later..."


    ¡°Hot pot then, it''s been a while. What about you?¡±


    After waiting for a long time and not getting an answer, the face of the short-haired woman changed slightly and asked, "What''s the matter?"


    In the next second, the black phone made a harsh alarm sound. The boy in the baseball cap looked grim and he looked up: "User profile information!"


    The short-haired woman turned on her mobile phone without saying a word.


    "User ID: White Garden, logic number A97, discovered three years ago, participated in the resolution of many contamination incidents. Level..." She raised her head, her eyes grim: "Level three. It¡¯s logic chain is a self-generating subspace. ¡®White Garden¡¯, this type of thing really exists..."


    The author has something to say:


    Let me explain to you that this novel is not a supernatural novel, and there are no ghosts~ and I personally think it is not an infinite flow~


    Everyone, keep on reading and you¡¯ll understand, muah =3=


    Summary£º


    Xiao Jinyu finds a corpse at the front the tracks, assuming that this was the person that committed suicide last night.


    While examining the body he finds three lights near the head of the body, which disappear soon after.


    When he attempts to search the body again, the ground starts shaking and the train returns to their station.

 CH 4

    Chapter 4


    A train is arriving at the station.


    Xiao Jinyu quickly turned around and he clung to the edge of the platform with both hands, struggling to support himself, and easily climbed onto the platform. The man in glasses was also not stupid, the train was about to crush them, and so he immediately climbed up.


    On the platform, Xiao Jinyu stared at the train that was getting closer and closer.


    The train got closer and the front had almost arrived at the platform...


    It slowed down!


    The first car flashed past Xiao Jinyu, and then the second and third carriages.


    When the first car had pulled into the station, Xiao Jinyu eagerly looked through the windows to see the situation in the carriage; he hoped that there were people inside. However, the empty carriages were doomed to disappoint. The lights inside the six carriages illuminated the entirety of the train car and there was still no one in sight.


    Finally, the train stopped.


    Even if it''s empty, it''s ok, at least they can get on the train now.


    The door opened and the two immediately rushed onto the train together.


    The previous analysis by Xiao Jinyu was actually very simple. The Zhongdu Metro¡¯s train has six carriages, each of which is twenty meters long. They got off the train from the fourth carriage. After getting off the train, they entered a dark space centered around a white house. This space is twenty meters long and twenty meters wide, which is exactly the length of a carriage.


    As we all know, when the train arrives at the station and opens its doors, the door of each car will open at the same time.


    Just now, they exited the train from the fourth car. But what if they didn¡¯t leave from that carraige? What if they changed cars and exited from a different car, would they have even entered this ¡®White Garden¡¯ space?


    Entering through the fourth carriage again, the two strode across the door. Just crossing one car was not safe enough, so Xiao Jinyu walked through three whole cars before arriving at the first carriage, finally deciding to get off. However, just as he was about to leave the car, an inexplicable feeling surged in his heart. Xiao Jinyu stopped and raised his head to see the dark world in front of him.


    ... For some reason, he suddenly wanted to confirm whether or not that white house was outside the first carriage.


    Right, there really wasn¡¯t one.


    Really wasn¡¯t one.


    But, was it really this easy to leave?


    ¡°Xiao Jinyu, are you not going to get off?¡±


    The man in glasses looked at him weirdly and Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mouth opened slightly, but didn¡¯t quite know what to say. The man in glasses was very anxious, just as he understood Xiao Jinyu¡¯s thought process, the train had arrived. It was as if God was on his side. Not waiting for Xiao Jinyu to leave the train first, he rushed out of the car, muttering, ¡°While it¡¯s still dark, at least that creepy white house is gone. In this way, it should count as us leaving White Garden Station.¡±


    The voice of the man in glasses stopped abruptly and he stared into the darkness, a trace of fear crawled onto his face like a vine.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°What happened?¡±


    The man in glasses didn¡¯t respond.


    ¡°Zhao Zhixin, what did you see?¡±


    The man in glasses still didn¡¯t respond, but he raised his trembling hand and his finger hung in midair, pointing straight ahead.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression changed, and he immediately got out of the train. The moment his legs left the train, he lifted his head. Seeing the white house in the distance, the young man¡¯s face froze.


    A few seconds later, Xiao Jinyu gritted his teeth, entered the train again and nonetheless, ran to the second car.


    Obviously, before getting off the train, there was only an empty darkness outside. But as soon as one leaves the train, that ghostly white house would appear before their eyes.


    The third car, the fifth, the sixth...


    No matter where he leaves the train, it will always stand quietly in the dark.


    ¡°What should we do...¡± the man in glasses¡¯ voice slowly became hoarse. He stood in front of the white house and looked at Xiao Jinyu in loss: ¡°It¡¯s always this, always this! It¡¯s always this white house, just this house!¡±


    ¡°What do you mean what should we do?¡±


    Zhao Zhixin stilled: ¡°Ah?¡±


    Calmly gazing at the white paper house, Xiao Jinyu was indifferent: ¡°There¡¯s nothing to do. Since we found the wrong one, then let¡¯s just keep searching until we find the correct exit. Get off the train.¡±


    Zhao Zhixin: ¡°Get off?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at him: ¡°Yes, starting from the first car, see if the space in each one is the same.¡±


    ¡°Wait, what do you mean? You don¡¯t mean that you want to inspect each area outside of each car again, right? Didn¡¯t we already check? It¡¯s just a pitch black area with nothing else, only this white house and that suicide victim¡¯s corpse.¡±


    ¡°Since it''s all the same, why can¡¯t we inspect it again?¡±


    The man in glasses stopped: ¡°Uh¡­¡±


    Taking a deep look at him, Xiao Jinyu withdrew his gaze, ignoring him.


    Why don¡¯t you want to check the other five spaces again?


    Because you¡¯re afraid.


    However, whether or not the man in glasses was afraid or not did not matter, nor was it important. After so long, Xiao Jinyu realized that this ghost really seemed to have grabbed two random people and thrown them into this strange space. Maybe there was some special condition, but it didn¡¯t matter now. The man in glasses has never given any important opinions, and as long as he doesn¡¯t drag him down, Xiao Jinyu was satisfied.


    But thus far, while the man in glasses hasn¡¯t been helpful, he wasn¡¯t dragging him down either, so Xiao Jinyu left him alone.


    Xiao Jinyu kept to his word, running to the first car, reinspecting everything.


    The man in glasses really didn¡¯t want to get off the train, but staying on the train by himself made him even more afraid. So he stretched his leg out and got off the train. Turning on the flashlight on his phone, he followed behind Xiao Jinyu to help with the inspection.


    The two quicked finished inspecting the first area and entered the second.


    Just a minute after the two left the train, as they were about to start inspecting again, a familiar bang attracted their attention.


    The two turned around at the same time.


    Xiao Jinyu raised his flashlight, looking at the train.


    Man in glasses: ¡°...the train left again.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu silently glanced at the train, before retracting his gaze: ¡°Let''s continue.¡±


    This time they left from the second car, so they were stuck in the White Garden space of the second car. After inspecting every corner of the platform, without thinking, Xiao Jinyu jumped down the platform to inspect the tracks. Because the train was still there when they inspected the first car¡¯s space, they couldn¡¯t explore it¡¯s tracks. But now that the train has left, they could inspect it.


    In the end, the train tracks look very similar and Xiao Jinyu wasn¡¯t able to figure out any differences between these train tracks and the ones from the fourth carriage¡¯s train tracks. It¡¯s all crushed stones, metal tracks, and yellow traces due to years of use.


    ¡°Crunch¡ª¡±


    The soles of their shoes stepped on the gravel, their heads down, inspecting every corner of the train tracks. Suddenly, there was a bang. The man in glasses was frightened: ¡°What happened?¡±


    There was a small pain on his forehead as Xiao Jinyu raised his head and looked in front of him. He stretched out his hand in surprise and felt the invincible wall blocking his way.


    Seeing this scene, the man in glasses sighed in relief, ¡°Oh, it turns out we reached the end. I wondered what happened, that scared me to death.¡±


    ¡°Where¡¯s the body?!¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu retracted his flashlight, aiming it behind him, walking back quickly: ¡°The white house is still here with no other changes. But the corpse! Where¡¯s the body that commited suicide by jumping on the rails?!¡±


    Finally understanding what Xiao Jinyu was saying, the man in glasses¡¯ eyes opened wide.


    Right...


    Where¡¯s the body?


    ***


    The platform vibrated slightly and a blinding light shone from a distance.


    Xiao Jinyu moved his gaze away from the stopwatch on the phone screen, and looked at the subway train that was approaching the platform.


    Ten minutes.


    Starting from when the previous train leaves the station, after ten minutes, the next train will arrive again.


    After the man in glasses walked out of the first car, Xiao Jinyu decisively walked out of the car as well. This time, he didn¡¯t inspect the space again, nor did he speak. Instead he stood by the train door, his head down, staring at the stopwatch on his phone.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The doors closed for the third time and the train left the station for the third time.


    ¡°This time it¡¯s also ten minutes,¡± Xiao Jinyu put away the stopwatch.


    The man in glasses had been standing beside Xiao Jinyu, watching his every move, but he still couldn¡¯t help but show a confused expression, ¡°So this train will return every ten minutes. And after arriving, it will open its doors for ten minutes before leaving again.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°To be exact, only after all passengers have left the train will the ten minutes start.¡±


    The man in glasses nodded his head: ¡°Oh oh, so in other words, the time will only start after the two of us have left the train?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡±


    There were still ten minutes before the next train would arrive and Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t want to waste any time. He directly jumped off the platform and lifted his flashlight before inspecting the first car¡¯s train track.


    The young man was very serious as he inspected the train tracks inch by inch, not leaving a single detail behind. They walked twenty meters down from one end of the tracks to the other end. Xiao Jinyu stopped and the man in glasses next to him said: ¡°The body really is gone.¡±


    A thought emerged in his mind, and Xiao Jinyu turned on his phone to check the time. ¡°It¡¯s almost time. Let¡¯s wait for the next train.¡±


    The two climbed up the platform and waited for the fourth train.


    ¡­...


    One hour later.


    There were six carriages on the train and two had gotten off at each car and checked each space. Other than the fourth carriage that they had arrived in, they had already exited each car. In each of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth car¡¯s space, there was only the white house and the body on the tracks was nowhere to be seen.


    So after all that, there was only the fourth carriage left.


    After waiting for another ten minutes, the seventh train arrived.


    Xiao Jinyu walked straight to the fourth car, getting off.


    On the dark and quiet train tracks, the two young men raised their flashlights and inspected every inch of the tracks. Not reaching the full twenty meters, not even ten meters, Xiao Jinyu stopped. He calmly gazed at the corpse on the tracks and the blood splatters on the tunnel walls.


    ¡°So only the fourth carriage has this body.¡±


    Gently rubbing his lower lip with his fingers, Xiao Jinyu stared deeply in thought.


    The fourth carriage...


    The fourth.


    What meaning is there to this number, that the ghost would place his body in the fourth carriage?


    There are a lot of answers, and there is no real need to guess this ghost¡¯s thoughts Maybe he just picked a random number. It¡¯s like how it''s a white house but it was named, ¡®White Garden¡¯. Maybe it¡¯s because this ghost liked the number ¡®four¡¯, or maybe it¡¯s because the first carriage they got off from was the fourth one.


    But...


    Xiao Jinyu gazed at the corpse on the ground silently.


    But the most likely reason would be that this person died by lying on the fourth platform¡¯s rails.


    He might not have chosen this car deliberately, but at the time of his death, he was under the fourth carriage.


    So...


    ¡°Since you didn¡¯t immediately kill us, but only trapped us here, what are you trying to do? Or in other words... what do you want us to do for you?¡±


    Suddenly, something seemed to shine in the light.


    Xiao Jinyu lifted his head and looked at the platform.


    ...What was that?!


    He quickly climbed up the platform.


    On the platform, several colorful lights danced in the air, fluttering like butterflies.


    Xiao Jinyu shouted: ¡°Zhao Zhixin, do you see anything!¡±


    Zhao Zhixin was taken aback and quickly climbed up the platform. He looked towards Xiao Jinyu and shook his head, ¡°What thing? No, is there anything?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips.


    So only he can see these lights.


    An hour earlier, he had seen these lights flickering around the body¡¯s head. What do these lights mean? They floated in midair, not bound by the rules of physics, seemingly orbiting something under the force of gravity.


    Xiao Jinyu observed this without making a sound.


    Lights, body, White Garden...


    Suddenly, these lights¡¯ broke their rotational pattern. There was then no regularity to their movements.


    Xiao Jinyu watched this scene in astonishment, and then, without warning, the lights smashed into the tracks.


    The next second.


    ¡°Rumble¡ª¡±


    The eighth train galloped past Xiao Jinyu and those lights were covered by the train, disappearing from his sight.


    The train sped past, right in front of his eyes and Xiao Jinyu¡¯s face paled, forehead also full of sweat. He unconsciously followed those lights just now and didn¡¯t realize that the next train was about to arrive. These lights were dancing in the air regularly, but as soon as the train was about to arrive, they sped towards the tracks and got caught under the train wheels.


    He suddenly thought: ¡°Do these lights represent you?¡±


    In any case, these lights must be the key to breaking out of this space.


    Like finally seeing the light representing dawn after being in the boundless night, Xiao Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief. The next thing he needed to do was wait; wait for this train to leave the station, then inspect the body on the tracks and the weird lights.


    Next to him, the man in glasses whispered, ¡°If this was really a ghost, if it wanted to kill, then kill. Why trap us here and not let us go? But Xiao Jinyu, don¡¯t you feel that something¡¯s wrong, something isn¡¯t quite right?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at the man in glasses: ¡°What do you think is wrong, did you see something?¡±


    Zhao Zhixin rubbed his arms and shook his head: ¡°No, it''s just that my head hurts a bit. Maybe it¡¯s because I saw that corpse¡¯s head just now, so I feel uncomfortable. He could have chosen any suicide method, but he just had to choose this one. It looks very painful.¡±


    So it turned out to be this, Zhao Zhixin didn¡¯t see those lights in the end.


    Withdrawing his gaze, Xiao Jinyu made a decision. When the train leaves, he will go inspect the corpse again. But just as he turned his head, a white shadow flashed past in the surrounding light. A few seconds later, Xiao Jinyu was still thinking about those lights when, suddenly, he turned his head and looked at the white house standing in the center of the space.


    Then, he ran towards the house.


    Standing in front of the white house, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was weird, not making a sound.


    The man in glasses ran over, ¡°What happened? Now, what happened?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Look at what¡¯s different.¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± After carefully observing the white house, Zhao Zhixin shook his head: ¡°Did it change? It¡¯s still the same house with four rooms on each floor, no furniture but has stairs.¡±


    ¡°Do you remember it¡¯s original size?¡±


    Zhao Zhixin stilled.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression sank, ¡°It was originally about one meter wide and two meters high, just about half a head taller than me. But now¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu raised his head and looked at the roof of the white house that was now almost three meters high.


    ¡°It got bigger!¡±


    The author has something to say:


    Little Goldfish: Obviously, it¡¯s a white house. Why is it called ¡®White Garden¡¯? ¡ú-¡ú


    White Garden: What, does it not sound nice? I¡¯ll tell you that even if others wanted to admire me, they can¡¯t!¨q(¨s^¨t)¨r


    A certain ¡°Kneel down and call dad¡± and ¡°Piggy shampoo¡±: ...Stop arguing, don¡¯t fight anymore wuwuwu!


    ---


    Some people said that they don¡¯t understand. Do you guys not understand what happened in the plot or do you not understand how it got to this point, or what else is it? If you¡¯re guessing the ending, the world¡¯s rules haven¡¯t been explored to the fullest yet so not understanding is normal. It wouldn¡¯t be so easy for you guys to guess correctly [puts hands on hips].


    When this scenario is over, I¡¯ll probably start talking about worldbuilding~


    I welcome you all to comment your opinions oh~ muah =3=


    Going to eat dinner now~

 CH 5

    ¡°The house was originally two meters tall and one meter wide. But now it¡¯s three meters tall and 1.5 meters wide. It grew proportionally.¡± Xiao Jinyu calmly looked at his phone¡¯s time. ¡°It has been exactly one hour since we last measured it¡¯s size.¡±


    The man in glasses: ¡°There is no reason for it to grow, we didn¡¯t even do anything at all. Is there any meaning to it getting bigger?¡±


    Was there any meaning behind it?


    Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips, not responding. Instead he turned on his phone¡¯s flashlight and walked towards the left side of the white house. He walked slowly, as if he was counting something. When he got to the invincible wall, Xiao Jinyu raised his hand and gently rested it on the wall. Then he clenched his hand, the thin knuckles turning pale with force.


    It¡¯s still ten meters!


    ¡°The house has gotten bigger, but the area has stayed the same.¡±


    Hearing this, from behind Xiao Jinyu, the man in glasses was stunned, then he understood, ¡°So, your meaning is that, the space has not grown, but the house has? Then¡­ is it trying to squeeze us out? No, this can¡¯t be true! How could it be like this?¡±


    The man in glasses started panicking.


    In one hour, the house expanded 1.5 times. Did this happen on purpose or was it accidental? If it happened on purpose, then at most thirty-nine hours later, the entire space will be overtaken by the white house.


    With his heart beating rapidly in his chest, Xiao Jinyu took a deep breath.


    Calm down.


    Must calm down.


    He cannot panic.


    Right, he cannot panic. Everything is still unclear. They still haven¡¯t determined whether or not this house will continue to grow. They must wait. Time will tell them the correct answer.


    It definitely will.


    ¡­¡­


    Time passed extremely slowly and in the endless darkness, every second was extremely painful.


    Although their phones did not have a signal, they could still check the time. Xiao Jinyu told the man in glasses to power off his phone in order to not waste any power, so the two used one phone.


    They didn¡¯t even need to wait the whole hour. Xiao Jinyu and the man in glasses had stood in front of this house for the entire time, staring at this creepy and gloomy white, paper house.


    A deep black surrounded the pure white house that stood silently in the center. There was not a single sound nor movement from the house and the naked eye could not see a single change. A full ten minutes passed and the house stood there without changing.


    Maybe it really was accidental and the house would not grow at a constant rate?


    ¡°Rumble¡ª¡±


    The train began to enter the station.


    ¡°It got bigger, it got bigger!¡±


    Zhao Zhixin suddenly screamed in horror.


    Xiao Jinyu stared blankly at the white house that grew bigger in size, seemingly mocking them and their useless staring. The moment the train pulled into the station, the corners and the roof of the house expanded by tens of centimeters. The house got taller, the walls got longer, and the windows, stairs¡­ the entire white house, in a blink of an eye, grew bigger proportionally.


    ¡°Does it have something to do with the train pulling in?¡± Xiao Jinyu turned and looked at the train that stopped at the platform.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The train doors opened and its inside emitted a blinding white light. The two small humans stood by the white house and stared at the train together.


    The train also stared back at them.


    In dead silence.


    Xiao Jinyu''s dark pupils gradually sank, without a trace of light.


    ***


    Three hours later.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°The current situation is pretty obvious. This white house is constantly getting bigger. As long as the train keeps entering the station, every twelve stops, which is two hours, the house will double in proportion. As long as the train can enter the station, at most thirty-six hours later, we will be crushed to death.¡±


    After finding out that the white house was growing at a constant speed, the man in glasses was so anxious that his entire forehead was covered in sweat. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, ¡°Xiao Jinyu, do you remember, that as long as we stay on the train, the train won¡¯t leave?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu turned and looked at him, ¡°You mean¡­¡±


    The man in glasses said in joy, ¡°We don¡¯t have to leave the train at all! Yes, we won¡¯t have to walk into this weird dark space, we just have to stay on the train!¡± As if finding the way to survive, the man in glasses spoke quickly, ¡°If we don¡¯t get off the train, the train won¡¯t leave the station and the white house won¡¯t grow. Then we won¡¯t be crushed to death!¡±


    After a moment of silence, Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Do you feel hungry?¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡±


    ¡°I said,¡± Xiao Jinyu calmly repeated himself, ¡°Do you feel hungry?¡±


    The man in glasses¡¯ expression suddenly turned bad¡ª


    He¡¯s hungry.


    Xiao Jinyu let out a long sigh.


    Zhao Zhixin¡¯s idea, he had already thought of long ago. But they were people, not ghosts. They will get hungry, get thirsty. While hiding in the train will prevent them from getting crushed, they could still die from hunger or thirst. It¡¯s clear that this ghost does not want them to stay in the train, otherwise there would not be a rule of ¡®as long as there are passengers on the train, the train will not start¡¯.


    ¡°Although the white house is made of paper, we had already tried many ways to break it. We couldn¡¯t even break open a little hole, let alone enter it. It¡¯s very hard. But...¡± after a pause, Xiao Jinyu continued: ¡°But there¡¯s actually another way. In this space, there¡¯s another area we haven¡¯t measured.¡±


    ¡°Where?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu tilted his head up and looked into the air, ¡°There.¡±


    Hearing that, the man in glasses didn¡¯t react for a moment. After a few seconds, when he finally understood Xiao Jinyu¡¯s meaning, his eyes lit up, unable to contain his excitement.


    In this dark space, there are six sides in total; the ground was made of stone, unable to be broken through, and the other four were blocked by invisible walls. The last side, that was the ceiling, had never been checked by them.


    It wasn¡¯t that Xiao Jinyu missed this, but they didn¡¯t have the tools nor had the ability to fly in order to check the top. Now that the white house was getting bigger, they could climb the house, using it as a ladder to check the top.


    The man in glasses: ¡°This white house has a lot of windows and raised surfaces on its sides, so we could definitely climb up.¡±


    ¡°I just hope it¡¯s not the worst case scenario.¡±


    ¡°What worse case scenario?¡±


    Shaking his head gently, Xiao Jinyu said: ¡°It¡¯s nothing, let¡¯s go up.¡±


    ¡­¡­


    If today was April Fool¡¯s, Xiao Jinyu would definitely grab the prankster by the collar, throw them on the floor, and tell them that there has never been such a disgusting joke in the world.


    Eight hours later.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go down.¡±


    On the towering white house¡¯s roof, Zhao Zhixin, who was stretching his arms out, trying to touch the ceiling, heard this, turned around and stared blankly: ¡°Ah?¡±


    ¡°This house has already shot up to ten meters, yet it still only has two floors. While there are some raised areas on the walls for climbing, but, Mr. Zhao,¡±  he looked at the man in glasses, ¡°Are you a professional rock climber?¡±


    ¡°Of course not.¡±


    ¡°Coincidentally, I¡¯m not either. According to my own calculations, ten meters is the most I can climb. Also, until now, we haven¡¯t been able to touch this space¡¯s ceiling. However tall this space is, whether or not we can find the exit through the top, we currently don¡¯t know. But I know, if we don¡¯t get down now, we will always be stuck on this roof, unable to climb down.¡±


    The man¡¯s expression changed; ¡°If we go down we will be crushed to death,¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at him deeply, ¡°If we stay here, we will die of hunger or thirst.¡±


    Not waiting for an answer, Xiao Jinyu leaned down, carefully stuck to the wall of the white house, both hands tightly holding the house¡¯s windows and railings, and climbed down.


    The man in glasses gritted his teeth before following.


    Ten minutes later, they returned to the ground.


    After steadying his body, Xiao Jinyu walked to the train tracks and stared quietly.


    The man in glasses had just climbed down, seeing Xiao Jinyu standing by the tracks, he asked, ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    ¡°Do you want to go back?¡±


    A cold and calm voice sounded in the dark space and the man in glasses stilled for a second.


    The man in glasses: ¡°...Yes. Of course.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu gazed at the floating lights on the side of the platform and the train just so happened, at this moment, pulled into the station. And like moths rushing into a flame, the lights unhesitantly rushed towards the train, crushed into a million pieces under it¡¯s wheels.


    The train¡¯s movement caused wind to ruffle his messy hair, revealing a pair of calm and firm eyes.


    Xiao Jinyu slowly said, word by word, ¡°I also want to go back. I really, really do.¡±


    ***


    Morning rush hour¡¯s subway entrance.


    The subway staff in their uniforms put up the yellow cordon. After confirming that all passengers had gotten off the train, an unremarkable short-haired woman and a boy in a baseball cap snuck into the side entrance.


    The two quickly entered the subway station.


    ¡°Phew, we finally got in.¡± The short-haired woman sighed in relief, then her eyes lit up, ¡°It¡¯s been approved, White Garden¡¯s information will be sent to us soon.¡±


    As soon as she finished her sentence, both of their phones rang. They immediately took out their phones and opened the APP.


    [User ID: White Garden]


    [Real Name: Yu Siwei (deceased)]


    [Sex: Male]


    [Logic Number: A97]


    [Logic Level: Level Three]


    [Logic Skill: the body produces a subspace, ¡®White Garden¡¯, which is a space that actually exists. When one enters it¡¯s range and holds a rose, performing an action with one leg, they can enter the ¡®White Garden¡¯ space. ¡®White Garden¡¯ has * buildings, eight rooms, * stairs¡­ and at most the space can exist for forty hours. The time flow rate is * times the outside. In 2044, the First Research Institute of Zhongdu found that ¡®White Garden¡¯ has at least eight exits, in which the first exit is set in the hotpot restaurant on number *, * street, Zhongdu. The second exit is set in the number * apartment, eighth building, * community, Zhongdu¡­]


    The short-haired woman and the boy in the baseball cap: ¡°......¡±


    ¡°Wait, the person¡¯s dead, and the security level is still this high?¡±


    ¡°It might not be that the security level is high, but instead, ¡®White Garden¡¯ hasn¡¯t actively released a lot of information.¡± Quickly looking down, the short-haired woman said, ¡°No one wants to expose every single thing about their logic skills, this is even more complete than mine. But this ¡®White Garden¡¯ is a bit weird. Pulling people into the subspace and then as long as they follow his exact movements, they can leave the subspace, exiting through some certain exit. Well, the way to enter and exit the Logic Skill is written down, but the way to exit is not written as clearly. It doesn¡¯t say what this White Garden does, nor does it say how we should follow his movements. Should I also copy his expression and tone, or is just following his movements enough?¡±


    The boy in the baseball cap nodded his head, ¡°Also, even if we learn his movements, just how closely should we mirror it?¡± He scratched his head, ¡°So annoying, my head hurts.¡±


    The short-haired woman flipped to the last page of information, ¡°There¡¯s only this much. But did the First Research Institute not find a problem with this?¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°White Garden is dead.¡±


    ¡°Yes?¡±


    The short-haired woman said speechlessly, ¡°He¡¯s already dead, so if we enter his ¡®White Garden¡¯ space, how are we supposed to leave? He¡¯s dead and he wants us to follow him, so¡­¡± lifting her head, she said, ¡°does he want us to follow him to death? Furthermore, this logic skill has already been set loose, so the information in here might not be completely up to date.¡±


    ¡°We can only hope that the fact that the user has already died didn¡¯t affect the logic skill so much.¡± The boy in the baseball cap said helplessly, ¡°Just now, the monitoring showed two passengers entering the train, but didn¡¯t get off, mysteriously disappearing.¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s actually two unlucky people?¡±


    ¡°Super unlucky. Let¡¯s hope that the method to enter the White Garden hasn¡¯t changed.¡±


    ***


    In the endless darkness that was like a cage, their last source of light went out.


    The man in glasses¡¯ phone ran out of battery an hour ago. Now, it has been a full thirty-eight hours since they first arrived at White Garden station.


    There was a huge sense of thirst, every cell in their body was screaming for a drop of water. Their senses were blown up and this was the first time in Xiao Jinyu¡¯s life that he could hear the blood in his body flowing. It was dull and slow, every drop of blood flowing through their delicate and fragile veins, their ears full of the devil¡¯s bewitching words.


    ¡®Water¡­¡¯


    ¡®The sound of water¡­¡¯


    Blood, of course, isn¡¯t water.


    It¡¯s not.


    Drinking blood will only cause them to die faster.


    The black-haired young man sat weakly on the edge of the platform. Xiao Jinyu buried his head in his legs, not making a single movement as if he was dead. Behind him, the white house was less than half a meter away. The man in glasses lay against the white house, lifeless eyes staring at the air, lips white and purple, cracked from the dryness.


    After a long time.


    ¡°Xiao Jinyu, I¡¯m going to the back of the house.¡± The hoarse voice sounded out with difficulty.


    Lifting his head, Xiao Jinyu looked at the man next to him.


    Zhao Zhixin stuck against the walls of the white house, dragging his heavy body step by step towards the back of the house.


    The back of the house has about a meter more space than the side facing the rails, which means he can live for another hour.


    In fact, he can stay on the train. As long as he doesn¡¯t get off, the train will not leave and the white house will not grow. But for some reason, compared to dying in the train from thirst, he would rather die in this boundless darkness.


    Die in this darkness that mocked how weak he was.


    It¡¯s ridiculous.


    When he left this morning, he never would have thought that he would die on this train that he took to and from work every day. Why him, what did he do wrong?


    Eyes wet, Zhao Zhixin choked up.


    ¡°Since we¡¯re going to die anyways, do you want to take a gamble?¡±


    The staggering footsteps suddenly stopped and Zhao Zhixin turned around.


    On the dark platform, Xiao Jinyu stood up.


    A rumbling noise came from a distance away and a faint light came down the tunnel. A train was about to pull into the station, bringing a little light into this dark world.


    His white face had long lost its color from a lack of water and his lips were chapped with several groove-like openings. But Xiao Jinyu still curled his lips and slowly laughed. His lips cracked even more, bleeding. Long foreseeing this, he licked his lips. With his lips still raised, he used his tongue that was stained with blood to lick his right side¡¯s tiger tooth.


    ¡°I want to jump down.¡±


    Zhao Zhixin widened his eyes, ¡°Have you lost your mind?¡±


    There is another reason as to why Zhao Zhixin is unwilling. He feels that dying of thirst is too slow and that being crushed to death will be less tormenting. But to die by jumping on the rails¡­ while there is no difference from being crushed to death, at least he can live for an hour more!


    Also, how can there be someone who deliberately chooses death?


    ¡°Did I lose my mind?¡± Xiao Jinyu laughed, ¡°then I lost my mind. I long lost my mind. This ghost died by jumping on the rails, he won¡¯t kill us, instead trapping us here. Does he want us to taste the pain of how he died?¡±


    In the darkness, the handsome young man smiled strangely, ¡°Since he regrets it, knows it¡¯s painful, why did he still choose to commit suicide. Trash.¡±


    ¡°So¡­¡±


    ¡°Zhao Zhixin, do you want to bet? I feel like we should jump down.¡±


    The words fell and the train got closer and closer, blowing its whistle to tell them it was about to arrive at the platform.


    The white house moved ten more centimeters closer to them.


    Zhao Zhixin stared speechlessly at the crazy and terrifying young man in front of him. His throat was dry and he couldn¡¯t say a single word.


    He didn¡¯t see that, under that crazy appearance, Xiao Jinyu was staring at the light spots next to him. He saw that at the moment the train was about to pull into the station, these lights decisively rushed towards the tracks.


    In the next second, Xiao Jinyu spread out his arms, closed his eyes, smiled, and fell backward.


    ¡°Boom¡ª¡±


    The train pulled into the station and the torrent instantly covered everything.


    The author has something to say:


    Little Goldfish has died.


    -End of Book-


    The gong that hasn¡¯t even appeared: ???


    Ò»


    This stuffy nose is too painful, it tormented me all morning.


    Going to get dinner, muah =3=

 CH 6

    Xiao Jinyu fell back and the howling, furious wind bombarded his ears.


    For a brief moment, every cell in his body screamed for his survival. Adrenaline was quickly secreted to his veins and his heart swelled, filling his entire chest. Every hair on his body stood up, his breathing rapid, and the moment the train lights entered his eyes, his blood rushed to his head.


    Live.


    He wants to live!


    The train unhesitantly rushed towards him and the cold metal stuck to his skin. Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes opened wide and at the moment before his death, his unwillingness and anger caused blood to flow to his eyes, quickly flooding it.


    The next second.


    His back hit a wall.


    ¡°Augh¡­¡±


    His back exploded with pain, Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but make a sound. Just a second before, the train had really felt like it hit him, and in the next, he suddenly hit a wall. Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but look at that wall and when he saw the words, ¡°Changjie Station¡±, he stilled. In an instant, his body that was stretched to its limits, relaxed.


    He¡¯s back.


    He really came back!


    Changjie Station was the station right after the station he gets on everyday!


    But he only relaxed for a second. Xiao Jinyu immediately calmed down and scanned his surroundings.


    Hold on, why was Changjie Station also empty, with not a single person in sight?


    His nerves were stretched taut once more, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes swept around again. The blinding station lights, three rows of plastic chairs, and the LED screen spinning from the ceiling. As well as the two people holding roses, in a weird pose, standing on one leg, in the middle of the platform, staring right back at him...


    ...Wait.


    Xiao Jinyu twisted his head back towards the pair in the middle of the platform.


    Six eyes looked at each other.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    Short-haired woman and the boy in a baseball cap: ¡°......¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Excuse me, sorry.¡±


    The other two: ¡°...¡±


    The young, seemingly fourteen or fifteen year old boy wearing a hat, couldn¡¯t help but stop Xiao Jinyu, ¡°No! What does your expression mean?! How do we look like perverts?!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°You¡¯re male right?¡±


    ¡°Of course.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked speechlessly at the pink lace dress on him.


    The boy in a cap: ¡°......¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Sorry, I disturbed you two.¡±


    ¡°You come back! There¡¯s a reason behind me wearing this dress, ok! That White Garden was actually a big shot crossdresser, and using the method stated on the data provided didn¡¯t let us enter his logic skill, so we could only resort to this, thinking that copying his daily actions would let us in, ok?!¡±


    White Garden?


    Logic skill?


    Eyes not fluctuating, Xiao Jinyu turned around, and said calmly, ¡°Who are you?¡±


    While the boy in a baseball cap rushed to explain himself, the short-haired woman examined Xiao Jinyu, already guessing his identity. ¡°You¡¯re one of the two passengers who got pulled into the White Garden space?¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t respond, but agreed silently.


    The short-haired woman laughed, ¡°Pretty good, we didn¡¯t even need to enter and the people inside came out by themselves. Loosen up, don¡¯t be so anxious. To be honest, we¡¯re here to save you.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu caught the point: ¡°I came out?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, did you not notice that you already returned to Zhongdu City? Changjie Station, Zhongdu¡¯s second subway line.¡±


    ¡®......Changjie Station, Zhongdu¡¯s second subway line.¡¯


    Right, here is Changjie Station.


    It¡¯s the place he passes by everyday getting to and from school.


    He¡¯s back.


    His taut nerves suddenly relaxed at this moment. Being stuck in darkness for more than forty hours, his body and nerves had hit their limits long ago. Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t hold on anymore and fell to the ground. Closing his eyes, in the light, he saw the woman¡¯s shocked expression and the two rushing towards him.


    Were these two, like the so-called ¡®White Garden¡¯, ghosts as well?


    Whatever, he didn¡¯t have the energy to think anymore.


    Before he fainted, Xiao Jinyu suddenly thought, ¡®a boy in a pink lace dress, dancing on one leg, in the middle of the subway station. If he really was a ghost, he must be a funny ghost¡¯.


    ***


    The world was chaotic.


    In the endless darkness, the black-haired young man ran forward, unable to stop.


    A white house, like a ghost lingering behind him, followed him. But no matter how far he runs, the white house will grow to where he is.


    Xiao Jinyu looked back, and a horrifying white filled his vision.


    Suddenly, he saw a door in front of him.


    A rusty yellow door handle, a wooden door with a large piece of skin missing¡­


    It¡¯s his house.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes lit up, before he used all of his energy, ran to the door and quickly turned the handle. But before he could open the door, the door opened from the inside. Something seemed to emerge in his memory and Xiao Jinyu slowly raised his head.


    Before the light, his mom stood in the doorway, kindly looking at him.


    The broken esophagus and windpipe were exposed to the air, the dark red flesh shone under the light, letting out the smell of blood.


    His mom bent her neck, raising her lips.


    ¡°Sha sha¡­¡±


    ¡­¡­


    Quickly breathing in, Xiao Jinyu suddenly sat up in the bed, breathing heavily.


    By the sickbed, a boy wearing normal clothing and in a baseball cap looked at him in surprise, and asked, ¡°You only fainted for half an hour before waking up?¡±


    ¡°Half an hour?¡±


    XIao Jinyu surveyed his surroundings.


    This seemed to be a small infirmary. The room wasn¡¯t big, only having a single person sickbed and a medicine cabinet. The surrounding white walls seemed to press down on him and Xiao Jinyu, who was on the bed, couldn''t help but suck in another breath.


    He thought of the white house.


    ¡­¡­


    He quickly calmed himself.


    Xiao Jinyu said, ¡°Nightmare¡±. Not saying anymore, he lowered his head and looked at the needle on the back of his hand.


    The boy in a baseball cap: ¡°Oh, because you were dehydrated, malnourished, and highly alert, you fainted. This is the subway station¡¯s infirmary, the doctor already checked you over, saying there wasn¡¯t anything wrong, that you just need some glucose, so we brought you here for now.¡±


    Infirmary.


    Glucose.


    It really seems like these two didn¡¯t have any evil intentions and weren¡¯t ghosts either.


    Xiao Jinyu asked accusingly, ¡°Where¡¯s your friend?¡±


    ¡°Her? She went to collect the logic factor.¡±


    Logic factor?


    Xiao Jinyu silently wrote down this in his mind and suddenly remembered, ¡°Where¡¯s Zhao Zhixin?¡±


    The boy in the cap said: "What Zhao Zhixin?"


    ¡°The man who was caught by the ghost with me, he wears a pair of glasses.¡±


    ¡°Oh, you¡¯re talking about the other passenger that was pulled into White Garden with you. He hasn¡¯t come out yet, but he should soon. You¡¯ve already figured out the way to come out so even if he copied you mindlessly, he could come out as well. The time flow in White Garden is different from ours, so maybe in that place the time flow is slower. Our time flow might be faster, so only a second went by there. It¡¯s only been a couple of hours here, so maybe in a few hours, he¡¯ll come out.¡±


    After a long time, Xiao Jinyu raised his head and looked at the indifferent boy in front of him, calmly asking, ¡°This¡­ sir, you¡¯ve been saying many weird things since earlier. Logic skills, logic factors, White Garden space¡­¡­ I can ignore all of that, but please answer me honestly on one thing.¡±


    The young man looked quietly at him, his eyes solemn and serious, and the boy in the baseball cap stilled. He couldn¡¯t help but take this seriously, ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°How long have we disappeared for?¡±


    Taking out his phone and looking at the time, the boy: ¡°Just a bit over an hour.¡±


    Silently, Xiao Jinyu: ¡°The time flow ratio is forty to one.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°I said, the time flow ratio is forty to one. Forty hours in that White Garden space is only one hour in the real world.¡±


    The boy in the cap asked in surprise: ¡°Unexpectedly it was the White Garden space¡¯s time flow that was faster? Hold on, then based on this, why hasn''t Zhao Zhixin come out yet?¡±


    Silently looking down, Xiao Jinyu stared at the white blanket, not answering. After a long time, Xiao Jinyu finally spoke up. The young man¡¯s voice was light and clear, but for some unknown reason, the boy in the baseball cap could hear a bit of sadness.


    ¡°He still didn¡¯t dare jump onto the rails.¡±


    ¡°....He¡¯s dead.¡±


    The boy in the cap was still silent. He¡¯s seen a lot of dead people and as a user, death was a daily thing. But most of the missions he receives are to clean up logic storm debris, rarely needing to comfort people. Seeing Xiao Jinyu¡¯s grave expression, he opened his mouth, unable to help himself, asking, ¡°Was he your friend?¡±


    ¡°A really good friend.¡±


    Raising his head, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s red rimmed eyes stared at the boy in the cap, ¡°What really is White Garden?!¡±


    The boy¡¯s mouth opened and closed, and just when he was about to speak, a woman¡¯s voice rang from the doorway.


    ¡°Eh? You two actually knew each other?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu turned his head towards her.


    It¡¯s that short-haired woman.


    The woman entered the infirmary with a black, square object in her hand. She smiled and looked up and down at Xiao Jinyu: "Malnutrition and a lack of sleep to this extent, but you only took half an hour to wake up. Have you awakened your logic skill?¡±


    Awakened a logic skill?


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes shrank, not saying a word.


    The short-haired woman: "But whether you know the passenger in glasses is still up in the air. From the monitoring, you two got on the bus at the same station, got on the escalator with only two people in between, but you didn¡¯t greet each other, not even speak to each other when passing. Then both got into the subway..." she laughed, "Let me think: standing next to each other, not speaking, and not even looking at each other. You two really are good friends, you two can even communicate without words.¡±


    Capped boy: ¡°Huh? Wait, what do you mean?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu retracted the sorrowful expression on his face.


    The short-haired woman thought for a bit and said, ¡°Are you scared that we won¡¯t give you real answers? So you came up with an excuse so we would tell you the truth?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at her and asked indifferently, ¡°I saw an old movie from before the radiation.¡±


    ¡°Oh? Movie?¡¯


    ¡°It¡¯s called ¡®Men in Black¡¯. As soon as someone sees an alien, men in black will appear and take out something like the thing you¡¯re holding, clearing their memory.¡± Like he wasn¡¯t embarrassed at all from being exposed, Xiao Jinyu stared fixedly at this smiling, short-haired woman. Clearly, this woman was the leader of the two.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Without cause or reason, I was pulled into this strange world, going through all of this¡­ it could also be called a calamity. I just want to ask for one answer.¡±


    The short-haired woman¡¯s cautious gaze scanned the young man, but the young man didn¡¯t reveal anything, only calmly stating his demand.


    Seems like he really only wants to know one thing.


    The short-haired woman put away the black phone, ¡°You¡¯re thinking too much. Currently, there¡¯s no logic skill that can erase someone¡¯s memory, so even if we wanted to clear your memory, we can¡¯t. Also, even if you won¡¯t say, we will still ask you about what happened in the White Garden space, since¡­ we still have to test if you¡¯ve already awakened your logic skill.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu repeated, ¡°Logic skill?¡¯


    The short-haired woman lifted her lips, ¡°Yes, logic skill. Anyone who encounters a logic skill has a chance to awaken their own logic skill. But before telling you what logic skills are and why you were pulled into that White Garden space, I must ask you something first.¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡±


    The short-haired woman¡¯s expression suddenly became serious. She stared straight at Xiao Jinyu and said slowly, ¡°Before today, in your life, have you seen anything that broke logic, anything strange and unusual?¡±


    Under the dazzling light, the young man¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change. His expression was thoughtful at first, like he was thinking seriously. Then, he looked at the woman in front of him, unhesitantly saying, ¡°No, I don¡¯t remember anything weird happening in my life.¡±


    That examining gaze didn¡¯t immediately leave his body.


    Like she wanted to closely examine each detail of the young man¡¯s expression, the short-haired woman coldly looked at Xiao Jinyu.


    After a while.


    The short-haired woman finally removed her gaze and smiled as she spread her hands, ¡°Congrats, the probability of you awakening a logic skill has decreased by fifty percent.¡±


    The author has something to say:


    Little Goldfish: As long as I¡¯m not embarrassed, the one who¡¯s embarrassed is others, right ¡ú-¡ú


    The boy in the baseball cap: ¡­¡­..Can you act like a human?!!!


    Ò»Ò»


    The next chapter will roughly reveal the worldview.


    Rubs hands.


    Going to go eat now, muah my babies =3=

 CH 7

    -¡±Must-Read Guide for APP Users With Brains.¡±


    ***


    ¡°Whenever someone hears the two words, ¡®logic skill¡¯, it is normal to not understand. If I explain it in a way so that you can understand, a logical skill is a type of superpower.¡± The short-haired woman revealed a meaningful smile, she turned her head and looked at her partner, saying, ¡°Alright, you just got tricked a bit but you¡¯re still sulking?¡±


    The boy in the baseball cap scowled, ¡°Who¡¯s sulking?!¡±


    The short-haired woman blinked at him, ¡°Have this him take a look at your right hand.¡±


    The capped boy stilled, ¡°Right hand?¡± In the next second, he oddly giggled and said languidly, ¡°Oh, right. The right hand.¡± Then, he walked in front of Xiao Jinyu, lightly humph-ed, and lifted his own right hand, ¡°See, this is a right hand.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu, ¡°Right hand?¡±


    Under the infirmary¡¯s bright light, the five fingers slowly swayed. Xiao Jinyu followed it¡¯s movements unconsciously. So when he wanted to ask the capped boy what he was doing, suddenly, during the swaying, the five fingers changed. Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes widened, looking in surprise at those common, ordinary fingers.


    He quickly looked down at the boy¡¯s left hand.


    There was a left hand there.


    He raised his hand to look at the boy¡¯s ¡®right hand¡¯.


    No, that was still a left hand!


    In the room, where no one was speaking, the air was deathly quiet.


    This was completely out of a person¡¯s understanding. There were two left hands on one body, weirdly swaying in the air,


    The boy in the baseball cap laughed creepily, ¡°Right now, is it still a right hand?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was silent for a moment before lifting his head towards the boy, asking, ¡°Is this your logic skill?¡±


    Seeing that he didn¡¯t even scare the young man in front of him, the boy in the baseball cap stopped. The short-haired woman slightly raised an eyebrow and pulled her partner behind her, saying, ¡°This is his logic skill. We won¡¯t tell you what it is specifically, but it¡¯s the same as the skill that pulled you into the White Garden space. In simple terms, it''s a type of superpower.¡±


    The short-haired woman became serious as she said, ¡°In 2021, Type-A radiation spread across the whole world. In 2022, that Type-A radiation suddenly disappeared, leaving no residual effects afterwards.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu, ¡°This is the same as the history books in class,¡± implying he already knew about these events.


    Eh? The short-haired woman laughed, ¡°Everyone thought that the radiation doesn¡¯t affect the human body anymore. But did you know, in 2029, the first logic skill appeared?¡±


    Hearing those two words again, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s pupils shrank and calmly looked at the two in front of him.


    The woman smiled, ¡°Rule one, logic won¡¯t appear out of thin-air. Just now, did you think it was weird, when we asked if you¡¯ve encountered anything weird in your daily life.¡± Changing her words, the short-haired woman continued, ¡°Or have you ever thought, ¡®There were so many people on the subway train¡¯, why was it just you and the man in glasses that got pulled into the White Garden space?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded, ¡°I did think of that, but I didn¡¯t think of an answer. In the White Garden space, Zhao Zhixin, who was the passenger in glasses, and I talked. He and I were both normal, ordinary people, we¡¯ve never encountered anything weird. Entering the White Garden space was the only weird thing we¡¯ve had happen to us.¡±


    The short-haired woman and the boy in the baseball cap glanced at each other.


    Capped boy: ¡°Just now, Sister Min just said, logic won¡¯t appear out of thin air. Because when one wants to awaken their logical skill, they must first be triggered by an existing logic skill. Like a catalyst.


    ¡°Maybe you have the potential to awaken a logical skill, but if you never encounter another logical skill in your life, you will never awaken your logical skill.


    ¡°In other words, only with one logical skill, can another logical skill be awakened.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu digested these words in his head and then asked, ¡°What does this have to do with me being pulled into the White Garden?¡±


    The short-haired woman, ¡°That involves another rule of logic skills: logic skills attract other logic skills. So we thought that before entering the White Garden space, you already awakened yours.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change. ¡°I didn¡¯t.¡±


    The woman didn¡¯t deny it, ¡°Yes, there¡¯s also that possibility. You and that man in glasses didn¡¯t awaken before, but in that subway station, you did awaken your logic skill, so the White Garden space chose you two. This type of situation has happened before. Right, White Garden is that person who committed suicide on the rails, ¡®White Garden¡¯ is his User ID.¡±


    User ID?


    Seeing that the two in front of him had no intention of explaining this term to him, Xiao Jinyu quietly repeated this term in his heart. Right now, he has something else he wants to know more, ¡°I roughly understand what you¡¯re saying. Logic skill is just a type of superpower, a type of skill. But it has two rules, one, in order to activate the skill, they must encounter another existing one like a catalyst, or else they can¡¯t activate it. Two, the skills will be mutually attracted.¡±


    Waiting a moment, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes swept across the pair in front of him.


    ¡°But I still want to know why it is called ¡®Logic Skill¡¯.¡±


    Superpowers, powers, mutants¡­


    These terms have all appeared in the media and accepted by the general public. If it was just the radiation causing people to awaken, they could just call it superpowers and be done with it. Why are they calling it ¡®Logic Skills?¡¯


    The short-haired woman and boy in the baseball cap didn¡¯t immediately reply, only after a silent exchange with their eyes, did the woman open her mouth, ¡°You haven¡¯t awoken a logic skill so we don¡¯t have to explain too deeply for you. There is no good reason for us to tell you. You can completely regard it as a superpower. But because of your potential, I suspect that as soon as you encounter another logic skill, you will immediately awaken. So, I can give you a simple explanation.¡±


    After a while, the short-haired woman asked, ¡°Have you ever eaten roasted-pork?¡±


    What does roasted pork have to do with logic skills?


    Xiao Jinyu was confused but still nodded.


    The woman: ¡°We call all people who have logic skills, ¡®Users¡¯. However, I won¡¯t explain why we call them users. In Haidu City, there¡¯s a user called ¡®Meat King¡¯. His logic skill is that, as long as he eats roasted pork before 24:00, for the next whole day from 00:00 to 24:00, it will be sunny.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu, ¡°After eating roast pork, for the entire next day, it will be sunny. That¡¯s also a superpower?¡±


    He thought that all superpowers must be related to fighting and killing, or at least something flashy.


    Also¡­


    ¡°What kind of logic is there between roasted pork and sunny days?¡±


    The short-haired woman, ¡°Does whether or not they follow logic matter?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu stopped.


    She continued, ¡°You must always remember something: don¡¯t use normal logic to understand a user¡¯s logic skill. You never know how one¡¯s logic skill is formed, nor do you know why it formed. But once the logic skill has formed, even if he makes other people unable to understand, it will always follow logic. Other people can eat roasted pork, but won¡¯t cause the second day to be sunny. But if Meat King eats roasted pork, the second day will always be sunny. This is a causality logic skill.¡±


    Causality....


    Logic skill.


    Like clouds breaking in the sky, his mind was cleared.


    Xiao Jinyu;s eye widened and he slowly understood the difference between logic skills and superpowers.


    Looking at Xiao Jinyu¡¯s thoughtful expression, the short-haired woman continued to say, ¡°If we compare a logic skill to a flat line, then the start of that line would be the cause of the logic skill. Therefore, anything afterwards would be the ¡®result¡¯. As soon as someone triggers the ¡®cause¡¯, then this line would start to move. This person will walk on every point on the line, eventually arriving at the logic skill¡¯s endpoint. Without a cause, there is no effect, this is a one-way line.¡±


    So it was this simple!


    Xiao Jinyu was speechless.


    The short-haired woman explained in a complicated manner, but Xiao Jinyu understood the difference between a logic skill and superpower: a logic skill must be triggered first. Only when someone enters a logic skill, can one¡¯s own logic skill be activated and can one walk towards this ¡®result¡¯.


    But...


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you just trigger that cause just now?¡± Xiao Jinyu looked at the boy in the baseball cap.


    Just now, the boy¡¯s right hand had changed into a left hand, but he didn¡¯t do anything. Would not doing anything with their logic skills still count as ¡®entering a logic skill¡¯? Or in other words, was his logic skill, ¡®raising his right hand¡¯?


    The boy pushed down his cap, pretended to be mysterious, and said, ¡°Ah, my logic skill is very complicated, even if I told you, you wouldn¡¯t understand.¡±


    The short-haired woman looked at her partner, too lazy to expose his lie. She said to Xiao Jinyu, ¡°If you have the misfortune to awaken, don¡¯t tell anyone about your logic skill. At least, don¡¯t tell them the whole thing. Likewise, don¡¯t ask other people what their logic skill is, even if they¡¯re your closest friend, they won¡¯t tell you.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu caught her point, and said, "Why is it my misfortune to awaken the logical skill? Also, if I expose my logic skill, will it cause anything bad to happen?¡±


    Without immediately answering the question, the short-haired woman said: "Introducing myself at this point is a bit late. My name is Qi Yumin, and his name is Li Xiaotong.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu gently nodded, ¡°Xiao Jinyu, the Jin from reserved, the Yu from giving.¡±


    The short-haired woman lightly similed, ¡°Your name sounds nice. Xiao Jinyu, what do you think we came to this subway station for?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t forget this point, ¡°Back on the platform, you said you were here to save us?¡±


    ¡°Not bad, we could be considered to have come here to save you. Of course, in the end, we didn¡¯t succeed, instead you came out yourself. That man in glasses should have already died in that White Garden space.¡± The short-haired woman helplessly let out a breath, ¡°But saving you two was just on the way, this isn¡¯t our official work.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s your official work?¡±


    The short-haired woman smiled, ¡°I feel like you already have a guess in your heart.¡±


    Waiting a moment, Xiao Jinyu said, ¡°Before, I didn¡¯t know what a logic skill was and have never encountered your group of ¡®users¡¯. But I thought, the country wouldn¡¯t let this circle just¡­ grow however they wanted? Are you special government workers?¡±


    The boy in the baseball cap laughed, ¡°Bingo, you guessed wrong.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu wasn¡¯t surprised: They weren¡¯t?


    Short-haired woman: ¡°We haven¡¯t entered the government system. We just took on a small mission, a way for us to earn a little money on the side. You can guess what our mission is.¡±


    ¡°It has something to do with White Garden.¡± Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but think.


    The short-haired woman looked at him for a few seconds, before saying, ¡°You really are smart. Xiao Jinyu, do you think that awakening a logic skill is something fortunate? Do you really want to awaken your logic skill?¡±


    Not immediately replying, Xiao Jinyu closed his eyes, thinking of many answers in his heart. Finally he opened his eyes, ¡°If no one in the world awakens a logic skill, I think that awakening is a bad thing. But if someone has already awakened, then I wish that I can awaken my logic skill.¡±


    The young man¡¯s eyes were clear and due to long-term dehydration, his face was a morbid white. But his eyes were bright, expression calm and wise.


    He spoke seriously to the two who came from another world of ¡®users¡¯.


    ¡°Because I don¡¯t want to be unknowingly pulled into another person¡¯s mysterious space. Nor do I want to put my life into another person¡¯s hands, becoming the food on a chopping board.¡±


    The short-haired woman suddenly asked, ¡°Do you know how many users die a year?¡±


    ¡°How many?¡±


    ¡°Eight thousand.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu stared blankly.


    Short-haired woman: ¡°Do you feel like this number is small? Then what if I told you that there are only 70,000 users in total?¡±


    His head thumped. While Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change, inside, there were numerous waves.


    A total of 70,000 users, but 8,000 die each year!


    In other words, for every ten users, one will die!


    A ten in one death rate. Why was it this high?


    ¡°Do you encounter danger often?¡±


    The boy in the cap said softly, ¡°There might be danger, but Sister Min and I never take those high risk missions.¡±


    Short-haired woman, ¡°There¡¯s of course danger. You¡¯ve never gone to those radioactive-waste sites, it¡¯s full of luck and danger. But half of those 8,000 people don''t die in those sites.¡± She looked up, revealing a pained smile, ¡°They die in their own homes, on their way to work, in the restaurants on the streets¡­ and in the subway trains they ride everyday.¡±


    Picking up that rectangular, black object that resembled a phone next to her, the woman said, ¡°This thing is used to probe for logic factors. After a user dies, their logic skill won¡¯t immediately disappear, a portion will be left in the air, becoming a logic factor that cannot be seen with the naked eye.¡±


    While saying this, she calmly fiddled with a button on the black phone.


    ¡°We used this thing to find out that the White Garden logic factor was scattered in this subway station. If it was a normal scattering, using a normal phone would be enough. But this thing issued an alarm. Meaning, White Garden¡¯s logic was broken down.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu thought, ¡°The user is dead, can his logic skill still break down?¡±


    The boy in the baseball cap let out an outrageous sound, ¡°Ha? You think that because he died first, his logic skill was broken?¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t that it?¡±


    The boy pursed his lips, ¡°If the user dies first, their logic skill can¡¯t be broken down, it can only disappear. He died because his logic skill broke down!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart thumped.


    The short-haired woman¡¯s expression contained endless sorrow, like she thought of herself. But soon after, she changed to a relaxed expression, lightly saying, ¡°People who awaken at first will be excited, thinking they¡¯ve become a superhuman. That they¡¯ll be different from the common people, a higher-being. But they¡¯ll find out soon after, that this was a trap, a trap that ate people.¡±


    ¡°Do you really understand your own logic skill?


    ¡°Why would it appear, why was it this exact power? What was its actual cause and what would the result be in the end?


    ¡°In the end, the stronger you are, the more you suspect your logic skill.


    ¡°You don¡¯t understand, you don¡¯t want to accept it, you¡¯ll start to think¡­


    ¡°Does it follow logic?


    ¡°Until one day comes and your logic skill breaks down.¡±


    The short-haired woman¡¯s voice was heavy, resonating in the room, ¡°To combat your logic skills breaking down, there is only one way. Don¡¯t think, don¡¯t think, don¡¯t think. But to get stronger, you must think. Only by understanding one¡¯s logic skills can one figure out one¡¯s worth and potential. Also..¡±


    She looked at the dumbfounded Xiao Jinyu, ¡°Not one user can resist not understanding one¡¯s logic skill.


    ¡°Because, it is them.¡±


    ¡°Pa-ta¡±, the woman pressed down on a button on the black phone and faced the screen towards Xiao Jinyu, ¡°See, the green dots on the screen display all the logic factors in the subway station. It¡¯s White Garden¡¯s logic factor. He was a really strong user, so when his logic skill broke down, he killed himself.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the phone in front of him.


    Just as he was about to seriously look at the green dots on the screen, he suddenly saw a flashing colorful dot abruptly fly out of the black phone.


    What was this?


    Suddenly clenching his hands, XIao Jinyu looked up without a change in expression, quickly scanning the two.


    There was no reaction from them.


    Then this means, they can¡¯t see these things?


    Xiao Jinyu calmly looked at the screen, but couldn¡¯t help but latch onto the little light dots. He watched these lights slowly fly out of the phone, then, quickly heading straight for him!


    What are these things?


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart was beating furiously, but he didn¡¯t dare make a sound.


    He¡¯s a person who hasn¡¯t awakened his logic skill, before today he has never encountered another logic skill, and has never encountered anything weird.


    ...At least before he had confirmed his mom¡¯s safety first, in front of these dangerous and illogical users, he is a normal person.


    Right as the dots were about to touch him right between his eyebrows, Xiao Jinyu calmly raised his head, dodging the dots that were flying right at him. His movements were natural, like he had felt an itch there so he scratched his head, just so happened to dodge the light dot¡¯s route.


    Thankfully, the dots were just programmed like that, not actually needing to touch Xiao Jinyu¡¯s forehead. After Xiao Jinyu dodged, they didn¡¯t change directions, flying straight to the wall. After flying a short distance, they fly back to the black phone.


    This all happened in a short second.


    Xiao Jinyu kept on looking at the phone¡¯s screen and the other two looked down at him, closely examining him.


    After a few seconds.


    The short-haired woman and boy in the cap let out a breath of relief.


    The boy: ¡°You really didn¡¯t awaken, that¡¯s really good, really lucky.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu raised his head and looked blankly, ¡°What?¡±


    The short-haired woman laughed a bit, ¡°Sorry, just now we didn¡¯t tell you everything. We really don¡¯t have a way of clearing people¡¯s memory, but we do have a way of telling if someone has awakened. We just checked, and sure enough, you don¡¯t have a single remain of a logic factor on you. This means, you didn¡¯t awaken your logic skill.¡±


    So that colorful white dot was a way to check for logic factors!


    His heart beat fast in his chest, Xiao Jinyu frowned, coldly saying, ¡°I really didn¡¯t feel anything like a logic skill awakening. If you two wanted to know if I really did or did not awaken, just asking would suffice, why would I lie to you?¡±


    The short-haired woman explained, ¡°If a normal person awakened their logic skill, there really is nothing to hide, instead most of them would be extremely happy, unable to control themselves, wanting to show the whole world their power. Of course, we cannot remove those that are cautious, gaining a skill but hiding it. But this isn¡¯t the real reason why we hid that test from you.¡±


    ¡°Then what was the real reason?¡±


    Like she remembered something scary, a shadow passed on the short-haired woman¡¯s face, ¡°I¡¯ve told you before, that only logic skills can awaken other logic skills. We¡¯ve already confirmed that you¡¯ve entered White Garden¡¯s logic skill. And White Garden¡¯s logic skill has already broken down. But we cannot confirm, before White Garden killed himself, whether his skill broke down by itself, or already went out of control!


    ¡°Out of control?¡±


    ¡°Right, out of control. A logic skill breaking down is from a user suspecting and not understanding their own skill. But if a logic skill goes out of control, it means the user was unable to stay on their logic skill line. It removed itself from his control. This is an extremely dangerous thing.¡±


    The short-haired woman collected her expression, her voice steady, ¡°Logic will not appear out of thin air, this is the most primitive rule of all logic skills. After this, the second rule is¡ª


    ¡°Anyone who enters an out of control logic skill is deemed to have been contaminated.¡±


    The boy in the baseball cap had a cold expression, face grim, and slowly said, ¡°The third rule is¡ª¡±


    ¡°The polluted must be killed.¡±


    The author has something to say:


    Ai, this book is so hard to write.


    The 3,000 words I wrote this morning were all trashed, then I wrote for the entire afternoon again, ending with 5,000¡­¡­.


    Babies, I¡¯ll generally update in the afternoon. If not the afternoon, I¡¯ll tell you the general time at the start of the novel.


    It really is. Too hard¡­.

 CH 8

    ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry too much, we didn¡¯t find any logic factors on you, so there is no chance of you being polluted.¡± The boy in the baseball cap put on a light expression, ¡°To be honest, this time was pretty good. White Garden died from his logic skill breaking down and his logic skill didn¡¯t break out of control. It just broke down, scattered in the air, not causing any contamination.¡±


    The boy summed everything up in one sentence, ¡°A logic skill breaking down and a logic skill going out of control are two very close, but very different things.¡±


    Hearing the word ¡®contaminated¡¯, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s breathing slowed, an indescribable feeling entered his heart.


    Looking at the boy, Xiao Jinyu revealed a curious expression, ¡°What does it mean for a logic skill to go out of control?¡±


    The boy didn¡¯t even think before saying, ¡°What are you asking this for? This kind of thing is super terrifying, it¡¯s better if you don¡¯t know.¡±


    The young man¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change. The glucose solution ran through his veins, the back of his hand felt a bit of a cold prickling, but at this moment, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart was colder than that.


    It definitely wasn''t what he thought it was.


    ....His conjecture must¡¯ve been wrong!


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°I''m just worried that I would encounter this logic pollution later, so I wanted to know a bit more about them. Are you not allowed to tell?¡±


    The short-haired woman glanced at him, ¡°It¡¯s not that we¡¯re not allowed to say, it¡¯s just that you haven¡¯t awakened your logic skill, so there¡¯s no point in knowing too much. Instead it might turn into panic. But you¡¯re a person with a lot of potential.¡±


    If it wasn¡¯t for that potential, he wouldn¡¯t have been noticed by White Garden, and dragged into the logic skill.


    ¡°So¡­ I¡¯ve decided to tell you.¡±


    ¡­¡­


    ¡°I told you before that, someone¡¯s logical skill is part of themselves. Not one person can resist the urge to reflect on it. Just like ¡®Who am I, Where did I come from, Where do I go¡¯? These are philosophy¡¯s three big questions and are also human¡¯s unchanging riddles. They¡¯re questions that every human has thought of before.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded his head.


    This was easy to understand, a lot of people look at their mediocre lives, live through their unchanging days, but as soon as they slow down, having time to ponder, they¡¯ll wonder, ¡®What is the meaning of life?¡±


    The short-haired woman continued, ¡°Likewise, users will also wonder. Users ponder their own logic skills. ¡®What is my logic skill, why did it appear, what other unknown things are there¡¯.


    ¡°Once you start thinking, the logic skill will break down. Users doubt the logic skill, thus doubting themselves. Then¡­ they¡¯ll walk on the path of suicide.


    ¡°But there¡¯s still another situation¡­¡±


    Her voice suddenly became cold, the short-haired woman¡¯s face became grim, ¡°Logic skills separate themselves from their owners, living independently!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s pupils shrank, ¡°Logic skills can even separate themselves?¡±


    The short-haired woman answered with a question, ¡°Why can¡¯t they?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was dumbfounded.


    The woman said coldly, ¡°Never take your logic skill as your tool, as something belonging to you, a slave that will only take your orders. It is it, you are you. It might have been born from you, but it completely has the power to remove itself from you, living as its own entity. When you are unable to control it, when you start doubting it, it will abandon you. And at that moment, you will lose control of your logic skill! Anyone who enters an out of control logic skill, including the user, is deemed to have been contaminated.¡±


    ¡°Polluters¡­


    ¡°Must be killed!¡±


    The atmosphere immediately froze, looking extremely stiff.


    Quickly, the short-haired woman moved aside the bangs on her face and smiled to relieve the atmosphere, ¡°Alright, I said that a bit seriously. You weren¡¯t scared were you?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    The short-haired woman: ¡°Anyways, once you encounter an out of control logic skill, you probably won¡¯t be able to escape it. Regular people can only die. But out of control logic skills aren¡¯t very common here, they mostly appear in the radiation sites, you won¡¯t go there. As for avoiding the polluters.. that¡¯s easy.¡±


    Hearing ¡®Polluters¡¯, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s nerves were stretched taut. All the hairs on his body stood up, but not a single drop of curiosity was exposed on his face. He said towards the woman, ¡°It¡¯s easy to avoid the polluters?¡±


    ¡°Of course.¡± This time. Before the short-haired woman could speak, the boy in the baseball cap already responded, ¡°The appearance of the contaminated is too obvious! Let me give you an example¡­¡± He started to think, ¡°Um, I¡¯ve seen a polluter. I remember that after being polluted, his face was pulled to about half a meter wide, skin all broken up, body covered in blood, and limbs became something like an animal¡¯s. At that time, he climbed up a perfectly vertical wall, eyes bloodshot like a beast¡¯s, and searched everywhere for prey! Super scary.¡±


    The short-haired woman also nodded her head, ¡°What Xiaotong said was correct. These types of things like polluters, as soon as you see them you¡¯ll know. We¡¯re unable to describe them, but as soon as you see them you¡¯ll understand¡­


    ¡°This is a polluter.¡±


    The hand hidden under the blanket was clenched hard, but Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change as he nodded, like he was responding to the two.


    And they didn¡¯t notice his abnormality. They said a few more things, then the short-haired woman looked at the glucose solution on the rack, before saying to Xiao Jinyu, ¡°In about half an hour, your infusion should be done. Mr Xiao, we already told you what you wanted to know, so now, it should be your turn to tell us¡­ what happened in the White Garden space. As mission information, we have to record all of this.¡±


    His fingers slowly loosened and Xiao Jinyu nodded his head, ¡°Of course.¡±


    Using a few minutes, Xiao Jinyu quickly explained to them what he had experienced in the forty hours inside White Garden.


    The endless darkness, his nerves during those forty hours, the torture of his body. But when told out loud, it seemed like nothing really happened. Other than examining their surroundings at the start, most of the time was spent sitting in the darkness with the man in glasses, numbly waiting for the train to enter the station again and again.


    As Xiao Jinyu told, the short-haired woman recorded. As she listened, she secretly looked at the young man in front of her a few times.


    ....this young man was smarter than she had thought.


    Calm, wise, firm, and determined.


    It would be impossible to leave the White Garden space with a single one missing.


    ¡°Alright, thank you for your cooperation, Mr Xiao. White Garden¡¯s scattered logic factors have already been collected and it¡¯s about time for us to go.¡±


    Not having the intention to overstay, the short-haired woman held out her hand.


    The boy in the baseball cap looked at this scene in shock. Sister Min was an old user who awakened three years ago and they¡¯ve been partners for a lot of logic storm missions, but seeing Sister Min pay this much attention to a regular person was a first.


    Xiao Jinyu lifted his head and looked at her, and also held out his hand.


    Qi Simin: ¡°Congratulations for not awakening, and I hope that you will never awaken.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    ¡°I accept your words.¡±


    Qi Simin blinked, ¡°You remind me of someone.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze.


    If it wasn¡¯t for the fact that the short-haired woman really didn¡¯t look like someone to just start up a conversation out of nowhere, he would¡¯ve thought the other had some other meaning behind her actions.


    Seeing Xiao Jinyu¡¯s shocked eyes, the short-haired woman laughed, ¡°Don¡¯t think too much into it, you remind me of a polluter.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    The boy: ¡°......¡±


    This isn¡¯t any better than just striking up a conversation!


    The short-haired woman smiled, ¡°He was my younger brother.¡±


    His heart stopped for a moment, and after thinking for a bit, Xiao Jinyu asked, ¡°Your own younger brother was a polluter? Then he¡¯s¡­¡±


    The short-haired woman glanced at him indifferently and without even thinking about it, ¡°Polluters, must be killed.¡±


    ***


    Just as suddenly as they arrived, the two left just the same.


    The empty infirmary only left Xiao Jinyu himself.


    Before they left, they didn¡¯t explicitly tell him not to tell others about logic skills, thinking that he would definitely keep the secret. They could¡¯ve also thought, even if he told other people, they wouldn¡¯t believe him.


    Xiao Jinyu indeed wouldn¡¯t tell others.


    He never does things that have no meaning.


    Before the glucose infusion was completely done, Xiao Jinyu called in the medical personnel to help him remove the needle. After checking his belongings, making sure nothing was missing, he took out his phone and took leave from his professor, before walking out of the station, towards home.


    It was still working hours, most of the people in the community were at work or school. Xiao Jinyu walked alone in the empty community, rode the elevator, pressing down on his floor.


    The elevator stopped and Xiao Jinyu quickly walked out of it. He unconsciously sped up in the corridor, when suddenly, a door opened.


    Auntie Wang held a trash bag while walking out of the door, seeing Xiao Jinyu, she asked in shock, ¡°Xiao Xiao, aren¡¯t you going to school? Why are you back?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu, ¡°...I forgot to bring something.¡±


    After finishing, he continued to walk forward, brushing past Auntie Wang.


    Auntie Wang froze for a bit, turning back and looking at Xiao Jinyu¡¯s rushed appearance, muttering, ¡°What¡¯s going on with Xiao Xiao today.¡± And not thinking much about it, she continued to bring out the trash.


    She didn¡¯t notice that behind her, in the quiet corridor, the tall, black haired young man had walked to the end of the hallway, standing silently for a while by the door of his house.


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his head, looking at the old, rusted door handle, while countless thoughts ran through his mind.


    Logic skills.


    Logic breaking down.


    Logic going out of control.


    ....polluters.


    Those two ¡®users¡¯ had gone to the subway station to collect logic factors. When he was in the White Garden space, he had seen those colorful dots, and then when the short-haired woman showed him the black phone, they also flew out of the lower part of the phone. If it wasn¡¯t for him dodging in time, the colorful dot would¡¯ve flown through his head.


    Then, were those colorful lights logic factors?


    Then, if someone entered an out of control logic skill, becoming polluters, then on their bodies¡­ would there be those colorful dots as well?


    His breathing stopped and there was only the whistling in the corridor left.


    After a while.


    Xiao Jinyu took out his keys.


    ¡®Ka-cha¡¯


    The old door was pushed open.


    The blinds in the living room were pulled shut, leaving only a tiny gap between them. A bright line of sunlight flowed through, illuminating the dust in the air, eventually reaching the sofa, landing on the body of the person sitting on it.


    The TV emitted the sound of laughter, still on the show his mom liked the most.


    Xiao Jinyu walked into the room, closing the door behind him.


    He pursed his lips, walking slowly to the front of the sofa.


    ¡°Mom.¡±


    The young man¡¯s voice suddenly rang out and the middle-aged woman watching the show had just realized someone had just come home. She hurriedly turned her body, looking up at her young son.


    ¡°Sha sha¡±


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t say anything, just stared right at the hole in his mom¡¯s neck. He didn¡¯t let go of a single detail, digging into the esophagus, trachea, and arteries, examining them one by one.


    There weren''t any colorful dots.


    None¡­


    Not a single one!


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s entire body relaxed.


    His mom is normal, there was no logic factor residue on her body.


    It was just difficult for her to talk, to eat, but there were no other differences between her and other moms.


    A rock was suddenly released from his heart, but just as he was about to speak, suddenly, a bone deep pain emerged in his brain, exploding. Like someone took a sharp cold cone and stuck it into his brain, blending his brain matter.


    No matter how calm someone is, they still wouldn¡¯t be able to bear this pain.


    Xiao Jinyu let out a painful noise, cold sweat covering his entire body. He shouted out in extreme pain, rolling around on the ground.


    Under the noisy background noise of the TV, his mom sat on the sofa, her white face not showing any reaction. She calmly looked, her cold eyes resting on her son¡¯s body, like she was looking at a dead person, not revealing a single trace of emotion.


    ¡°Mom¡­¡±


    ¡°Mom!¡±


    The extreme pain caused the youth to cry out.


    The expressionless woman sitting on the sofa suddenly fluttered her eyelashes, an expression that could barely be seen appeared on her face. She stood up.


    ¡°...Sha sha?¡±


    In an instant, the pain disappeared.


    After a few seconds.


    Xiao Jinyu shook out his arms, lifting himself off the ground. He stood up.


    The pain that suddenly arrived, left suddenly as well. But his body still trembled uncontrollably. His body still hasn¡¯t forgotten the feeling of being crushed and grinded into the ground just now.


    He slowly walked in front of his mom.


    ¡°Mom.¡±


    ¡°Sha sha?¡±


    After staring at the middle-aged woman in front of him for a while, Xiao Jinyu gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and gently swiped on his eyelids.


    ¡°Sha sha¡­?¡±


    The world suddenly changed.


    The golden sunlight turned a dark grey and the old furniture also lost its color. In Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes, everything became monochrome.


    In a blink, the world became black and white.


    But when his sight reached his mom¡¯s broken neck, Xiao Jinyu froze. He stared at the grey light dots flying around the dry flesh and blood, nails digging into his palms.


    After a few seconds.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°It¡¯s nothing. Mom, keep on watching TV. I have something to do so I¡¯ll go to my room.¡±


    ¡°Sha sha¡±


    The youth smiled, ¡°What do you want for lunch? I¡¯ll go out and buy some food.¡±


    The author has something to say:


    You all always say you don¡¯t understand¡­


    This was written by your favourite baby, would I write anything that can¡¯t be understood¡­?


    Wu wu wu...

 CH 9

    After being closed for an hour, Changjie Station was finally reopened.


    Even though only an hour went by, it was still the busiest time of the morning rush hour. The people who were stuck outside, unable to enter, were unsettled and worried. As soon as the subway station reopened, the people flooded in, and the underground area roared.


    No one noticed that a short-haired woman with her hands in her pockets and a boy with his hat lowered walked out of the subway station, against the crowd.


    Leaving the noisy and crowded Changjie Station entrance, the boy in the cap gasped, the large crowd from before scaring the boy, ¡°There are way too many people!¡± After saying that, he thought of something, unable to help himself, he looked towards his partner, ¡°Right, Sister Min, is it just me thinking too much or did you pay a lot of attention to that Xiao Jinyu?¡±


    The short-haired woman lifted an eyebrow, ¡°Did I?¡±


    ¡°You did, you gave him so much information.¡± The boy quietly muttered, ¡°Wasn¡¯t it you who told me not to tell regular people information about logic skills? Even though we users aren¡¯t told explicitly to keep this a secret, to not tell others, but there¡¯s no point in us telling regular people this. This is what you told me.¡±


    The woman: ¡°Do you think Xiao Jinyu is a normal person?¡±


    The boy froze: ¡°He awakened his logic skill?¡±


    The short-haired woman took out the black phone from her pocket and shook it, laughing, ¡°The tester even said no, there were no fluctuations in the logic factors on him. But Xiaotong, do you think people like him will always be regular, normal people? I think¡­ he definitely will awaken his logic skill.¡± Blinking, the woman smiled, ¡°Do you want to know why? Don¡¯t ask, just take it as a woman¡¯s instinct.¡±


    The boy in the baseball cap: ¡°......¡±


    Alright, whatever you say is correct.


    The two walked leisurely on the street. Since she already took out the black phone, the short-haired woman started fiddling with it, ¡°Speaking of which, after White Garden broke down, the amount of scattered logic factors were a bit low.¡±


    ¡°Eh?¡±


    ¡°I remember that his logic skill had already gotten to level three and his user number was also A97. He ranked ninety-seven out of all of the users in China. A user this strong, after his logic skill broke down, there were only as many logic factors as a level two user.¡±


    The boy asked in shock, ¡°That little? That¡¯s just a bit more than me.¡±


    The short-haired woman turned on the phone and checked it again. After thinking for a bit, she said, ¡°Maybe it has something to do with Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Zhixin entering the logic skill. Those two consumed a lot of the logic factors from White Garden, Well¡­ let¡¯s just send this information to the research institute. Alright, let¡¯s go eat hot pot.¡±


    ¡°Hot pot!¡±


    Under the bright sunlight, the short-haired woman and boy with the cap walked with a smile to the nearest hot pot restaurant.


    At the same time, in an old community less than 500 meters from the subway entrance.


    Xiao Jinyu helped his mother back to the sofa and after watching her bend her neck to watch the TV show, he turned around to walk into his room.


    Closed and locked the door.


    He walked to the side of his bed and pulled the curtains close.


    The room immediately became dark, the light blocked behind the curtain, and the room was shrouded in a faint grey. After doing all this, Xiao Jinyu silently took out his phone from his pocket, looking at the app that had started downloading itself onto his phone.


    Yes, when the sudden headache had suddenly ended, his phone had let out a sound. But at that time, Xiao Jinyu had no time to check his phone, he had rushed to check his mother again, not even looking at his phone before throwing it back into his pocket.


    ¡°Have some brains¡­ Everyone has a responsibility?¡±


    Looking at the APP name on his phone, XIao Jinyu raised his eyebrows.


    There¡¯s actually an APP with a name this long? And the name seems to mean something, what could it be?


    Xiao Jinyu thought for a long time but wasn¡¯t able to come up with an answer. He quietly stared at the app that was downloading and unknowingly rubbed his lower lip with his index finger.


    He doesn¡¯t know what this APP is, but he knows that this APP definitely has something to do with logic skills.


    Because, this app was suddenly downloaded when he awakened his logic skill.


    ...Yes, he awakened his logic skill.


    While the APP was downloading, XIao Jinyu stared at his phone. Suddenly, he opened up the settings, turning off all internet.


    Great, this APP was still downloading.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t feel surprised. If this APP had stopped downloading after he turned off the internet, he would¡¯ve been more flabbergasted. Something related to those mysterious logic skills appearing this oddly, should be normal.


    The APP seemed to need a while to download, so XIao Jinyu didn¡¯t pay any more attention to it. He took out the phone rack and placed his phone to the side. Making sure that he could see the phone from anywhere, Xiao Jinyu walked to the full-body mirror on his closet door.


    Looking at the young man in the mirror that was pale from malnutrition, Xiao Jinyu raised a hand and swiped two fingers from left to right on his eyelids.


    The moment his fingers reached the rightmost point, the young man also opened his eyes.


    In the bedroom, the world became colorless, the color fading away.


    The deep blue of the blankets, the light brown wood of the desk and chair, the white closet door¡­ all the furniture in the room lost its color at that moment.


    Xiao Jinyu turned on the lights. The light was grey and wasn¡¯t as blinding, like a darker white.


    He pulled open the curtains.


    ¡°Hu-la¡ª¡±


    ¡°So even the sunlight will lose its color and I won¡¯t feel like it''s blinding me either¡­¡±


    Once he had looked at everything he could think of that had color, Xiao Jinyu came back to the front of the mirror.


    Just now in the living room, he saw that there were a few dark lights jumping around his mom¡¯s esophagus. And now¡­


    Staring at those long and narrow eyes in the mirror, and as if he saw something, he squinted at his pupils.


    Because he squinted, his eyelashes trembled. Xiao Jinyu calmly stared at the mirror, his body getting closer. The young man in the mirror followed suit.


    But as he got closer, the details that he could see got clearer. In the clear pupils, he could see a few bright dots spinning around in there, with some strange law that allowed them to spin fast.


    In the black and white world, these colorful lights stood out.


    Xiao Jinyu widened his eyes, wanting to look at these lights more clearly, but after looking at them for a few seconds, his eyes closed in extreme pain.


    ¡°Hiss¡­¡±


    This pain was slightly lighter than the pain that had emerged in his brain earlier. When Xiao Jinyu closed his eyes, the pain lightened.


    After about a minute, Xiao Jinyu opened his eyes.


    The world recovered its color.


    All the furniture regained its color and the sunlight became blinding once again.


    Xiao Jinyu raised his head, looking at the phone on his nightstand.


    A total of six minutes had passed.


    ¡°Then this means, after I use my fingers to swipe on my eyelids, the world will lose its color. After five minutes, I will experience extreme pain in my eyes.¡±


    Immediately reflecting, Xiao Jinyu made a judgement, ¡°My logical skill can only last for five minutes.¡±


    ¡°So, this is my logic skill. And its usage is to see those logic factors floating in the air?¡±


    After thinking of this, Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but frown.


    He was caught off guard by the awakening of his logic skill.


    While he doesn¡¯t have any evidence, he can guess that the colorful lights he saw were most likely the so-called logic factors the short-haired woman was talking about.


    It¡¯s reasonable to say that humans aren¡¯t able to see the colorful lights floating in the air, called logic factors. This is something he knows for sure. The Zhao Zhizin in the White Garden, as well as the short-haired woman and the boy in the baseball cap, had proved this point to him.


    But he can see them.


    And in the White Garden space, he saw these lights near the train tracks. Or else he wouldn¡¯t have been able to jump down so decisively, because he was mirroring the movements of those lights.


    In the infirmary, Xiao Jinyu had already guessed that he had awakened his logic skill. And his logic skill was most likely to see those logic factors. But when he got home and looked at his mom¡¯s neck, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t see anything. He had thought he had thought wrong, that the colorful lights he had seen were not logical factors at all. Or maybe his mother wasn¡¯t contaminated and his mom had never entered any logic skills.


    ¡°Or maybe when I got home, my logic skill had not awakened fully. Only after experiencing that headache, did it fully awaken.¡±


    When people awakened their logic skills, was there also a waiting period? Did logic skills not awaken all at once, but could only slowly awaken?


    In the end, was awakening that painful of a thing, was it that everyone who awakened would also experience that terrible pain?


    Xiao Jinyu stared in concentration, thinking for a long time, but wasn¡¯t able to come to an answer.


    Being able to see logic factors seemed to be a unique skill. But it was only unique and there were not a lot of uses. At least, it wasn¡¯t able to help his mom recover to her past self.


    ¡°Why is it only able to see them, and not grab them?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was unsettled.


    If he was able to grab them, then wouldn¡¯t he be able to grab the lights near his mom¡¯s neck and take them away? If those lights were gone, then wouldn¡¯t his mom return to normal?


    Suddenly, a bright light flashed from the corner of his eye, coming from between his fingers. Xiao Jinyu froze and checked them again, but wasn¡¯t able to find anything.


    What was this?


    After raising his hand and examining each finger closely, he still wasn¡¯t able to find anything.


    Thinking for a while, Xiao Jinyu raised his right hand and swiped on his eyelids. But before he could open his eyes, a prickling pain spread on his eyes.


    Not only could he only use his logic skill for five minutes, there was also a long cooldown afterwards.


    Xiao Jinyu patiently waited for an hour. In this hour, he swiped on his eyelids every ten minutes, but the pain only resided a bit and he was still unable to open his eyes. Only after an hour, was it bearable enough for him to open his eyes.


    ¡°Eh?¡±


    What was this?


    He saw three colorful lights flying around his fingers.


    They seem to fly randomly. It was a bit like the gravitational pull of a planet, centered in his fingers, in an oval motion. It was similar to a circular motion, returning when it reached the highest point.


    Xiao Jinyu stared at the three colorful lights, examining them closely. Suddenly, his eyes opened wide.


    ...Wait, three lights?


    The same movement pattern and rules, the same colors. He¡¯s seen them before!


    The endless darkness of the subway station, the train¡¯s whistle as it entered the station, and the three colorful lights that rushed towards the rails¡­


    ¡°White Garden!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu let out a noise in shock, then, the phone on his nightstand also let out a noise.


    Xiao Jinyu walked to the nightstand, picked up the phone, and his eyes stopped on the notification on his screen.


    He had originally thought that the APP had finished downloading, but¡­


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    ¡°Download error?!¡±


    This thing can also encounter an error???


    The author has something to say:


    A certain Nine who had no scenes: I heard that I was supposed to appear in this chapter.


    A certain Fuwa who does not care: Yes, but your mom edited for an hour and you disappeared.


    Nine that had no scenes: Ah.


    Little Goldfish: Who wants to tell me first, what the hell is this APP?!


    ¡ª


    Ah¡­


    Gone...

 CH 10

    Chapter 10


    Zhongdu City¡¯s User Management Association, Logic Research Institute.


    It was a big and wide conference hall.


    The room was quiet, with only the pitter-pattering of fingers tapping on keyboards endlessly.  A bright, ten meter long screen hung on the innermost wall, illuminating the hundreds of computers in front of it.


    Hundreds of workers sat in front of their computers, typing away.


    Suddenly, an ear-splitting sound sounded. No one had even reacted when, In an instant,  every single computer screen changed, displaying a bright red warning message. The workers looked at the screen dumbfoundedly and someone read out the blood red words on the screen


    ¡°Operation Error?¡±


    Quickly, the conference room¡¯s big door was pushed open. A middle-aged man wearing a suit walked in. He was tall and burly; his suit was barely able to contain the huge muscles under it, therefore seeming a bit strange. He stood under the conference hall¡¯s big screen, expression pretentious, ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡±


    A worker immediately stood up from their computer, ¡°The APP crashed.¡±


    Middle-aged man: ¡°Is it only Zhongdu that has crashed?¡±


    Another worker responded, ¡°Reporting to Captain Wang, I just asked the staff at Haidu, their APP also crashed. This is a national BUG!¡±


    Captain Wang¡¯s eyes were imposing, ¡°Immediately check Polluter 004¡¯s situation! Zhao Hen, you go with them.¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    Captain Wang had just finished talking when the young man standing behind him stepped forward with a firm expression. He walked to the front of the head of the maintenance department, the two met eyes, and Zhao Hen lightly nodded.


    They didn¡¯t immediately go check Polluter 004¡¯s situation.


    The maintenance department head was a capable young woman, looking around twenty five years old. To be able to get to her current position at this age, she must be extremely capable. And Zhao Hen also knows


    This woman was called Li Xiaoxiao.


    She hasn¡¯t awakened her logic skill.


    It¡¯s not that she doesn¡¯t want to awaken. She has no potential to.


    Under Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s lead, the two went to the changing room. Not saying anything else, the two put on the thick radiation suits. One wasn¡¯t enough, so they both put on three. Only after making sure that every part of their body was covered by the three thick layers of the suit, Li Xiaoxiao finally led Zhao Hen to the elevator.


    Li Xiaoxiao: ¡°How much do you know about Polluter 004?¡±


    Zhao Hen froze before standing straight, ¡°Polluter 004 can automatically track all logic skills fluctuations in the nation, and can self-produce the ¡®Grow some brains, everyone has a responsibility¡® APP. Every person who awakens in the country will be noticed by 004 and have the APP downloaded at the moment of awakening, becoming users of the APP.


    Li Xiaoxiao nodded. No wonder Captain Wang told this person to help, it was because he was an experienced and old user.


    Li Xiaoxiao: ¡°That¡¯s correct, but this is information that all users can get. What I¡¯m going to tell you, you must keep in your heart, or else when meeting 004, and you take a wrong step, you might be contaminated by it!¡±


    Zhao Hen immediately tensed up.


    The two walked into the elevator and Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s eyes went straight down, pressing the lowest button.


    ¡®Basement Floor 36¡¯


    This elevator was extremely creepy, the floors aboveground went from one to eight, meaning there were only eight floors aboveground. But the underground layers continued further, and going all the way down, there were at least twenty buttons.


    From basement level one to ten, the numbers on the buttons were barely visible, like they were often pressed by people. But from basement floor eleven onwards, this kind of thing happened less and less. Also this elevator didn¡¯t stop on each level. Basement levels twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen didn¡¯t even have buttons, and going on even further, the buttons for basement level nineteen, twenty, and twenty one appeared.


    From basement levels twenty two to twenty five, there were four floors that were empty, then it was floors thirty one to thirty five with five floors empty.


    This means that the area above basement level thirty six was empty for five whole floors!


    The elevator slowly descended, Li Xiaoxiao sternly said, ¡°Polluter 004 was found in 2031, in the pharmaceutical laboratory in the Bishan District of Zhongdu. No one knows if it was contaminated due to an out of control logic skill or due to the radiation. At the time of discovery, the logic factors in the air surrounding it reached 5000 bars, equivalent to a level five user losing control! And that was the result of it staying in that laboratory for three years.¡±


    ¡°004 is known as one of the country¡¯s self-conscious polluters. In addition to forcibly installing the APP to users and logging their data, it can also figure out the user¡¯s logic skill to a degree. Also¡­ it can force a name onto the user¡¯s logic skill.¡±


    Hearing this, Zhao Hen, ¡°......¡±


    This dark-skinned man nodded, his entire face saying, ¡®Please don¡¯t say anymore.¡¯


    Li Xiaoxiao glanced at him, the corners of her lips hooked up. She can¡¯t awaken a logic skill, but she likes looking at these user¡¯s reactions whenever she brings up the topic of User IDs, that face of bitterness.


    Moving back to the matter at hand, Li Xiaoxiao corrected her expression, ¡°Now is the important point. How scary Polluter 004 is, I just told you. You must remember, it is the most powerful, most scary polluter you will ever meet! Before, there was a level three user who didn¡¯t listen, exposing his body to 004. Not even three seconds passed, three! He was already contaminated. At the same time, before that logic skill of his that had gone out of control could contaminate others, it was already gobbled up by 004 on the spot.¡±


    ¡°Ding¡±


    The elevator arrived at the basement floor thirty six.


    Zhao Hen¡¯s heart had already jumped to his throat.


    The elevator door opened, revealing a deep and secluded corridor, a corridor made entirely out of dirt.


    It is reasonable to say that the User Management Association was an official government organization, so they must have been formed with the power of the nation. They can dig thirty six floors underground and build an elevator, but they didn¡¯t have the power to build a real, clean corridor? But this corridor was really just made of dirt, the four directions were all dirt, and walking in it felt not like they were walking to a destination in modern society, but instead felt like tomb raiding.


    But both Li Xiaoxiao and Zhao Hen didn¡¯t find this weird.


    The two walked with one in front, the other behind, arriving at a huge dirt door.


    Li Xiaoxiao, ¡°I will remind you one last time, do not look straight at 004, do not listen anything it says, and most importantly, do not let any part of your body be exposed to the air:¡±


    Zhao Hen held his breath, ¡°Yes!¡±


    Having done all he could to mentally prepare for this, under the heavy radioactive suit, Zhao Hen clenched his fists. A layer of logic factors surrounded his hand, spinning around. He made preparations so that if there was a mistake, before 004 could contaminate him, before his logic skill goes out of control, he would end his life.


    Li Xiaoxiao breathed in heavily, then pushed open the huge, half meter thick, dirt door in front of her.


    Zhao Hen gritted his teeth, looking through the door crack, watching the door open more and more.


    Then.


    They heard a voice.


    Like a five year old straining its voice, using all its energy, wanting to spit out all the air in its lungs.


    It burst out laughing.


    ¡°Jie Jie Jie Jie! My dad is back, my dad is back!¡±


    ¡°You little ignorant human beings, my dad is here, you still dare lock me up, you still dare!¡±


    ¡°Jie Jie Jie Jie, I¡¯m going to get my dad to beat you all up. Beat! You! All! Up!¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°......¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao: ¡°......¡±


    Zhao Hen lifted his head in the next second to look at the ¡®kid¡¯ making the sound.


    He saw a rusty robot that was spinning in place.


    Like the AI robot seen in supermarkets and banks before the Type-A radiation. Half a person tall, with wheels mounted on its sides so it could move. Two slender arms swiveled in the air and in the place of a head, there was an old monitor, which was currently displaying a weird symbol


    ¡°Jie Jie Jie Jie!¡±


    ¡°Kill you all~ all~¡±


    Zhao Hen and Li Xiaoxiao: ¡°......¡±


    At the same time.


    Zhongdu City, Kangren Community.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the ¡®Download Error¡¯ on his screen, sinking into a deep confusion.


    An APP that was related to logic skills. Then no matter what, what has happened must have something to do with his logic skill.


    Xiao Jinyu doesn¡¯t know if when other people awaken their logic skills, if they¡¯ll also have this APP forcibly downloaded, but it failed, this fact was a problem. If every person who has awakened has had this APP downloaded, then since he failed to download, wouldn''t this mean this world ran into a problem? If this APP was only for him, and the download failed, then that means his logic skill ran into a problem.


    Thinking of all this, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was cold.


    He hadn¡¯t even figured out what exactly his logic skill did and he was going to lose control?


    Just as Xiao Jinyu was thinking of useless things, suddenly, his phone let out a crisp sound.


    Xiao Jinyu froze up inside and hurriedly lowered his head to look.


    The ¡®Download Error¡¯ message on the screen disappeared, like someone erased it. Next, what appeared on the screen was¡­


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°???¡±


    ¡°...Dad?!¡±


    Wait, what¡¯s with this screen full of ¡®Dad¡¯, ¡®Dad¡¯?


    Like it was responding to Xiao Jinyu¡¯s inside thoughts, the words on the screen changed once again. The words changed, but it still ran across the screen!


    ¡®Ah Dad! Dad!¡¯


    ¡®Dad you finally came back!¡¯


    ¡®My dear old father Jie Jie Jie Jie!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    Hold on, what was with this laughing sound? Even though it was words on a screen and had no sound, just looking at it felt like the laugh of a weird villain, his mind was full of FLAGs.


    ¡®Dad, are you finally going to save me from the bad guys, jiumi~


    Xiao Jinyu calmed down.


    He looked at the excited words on his screen, closed his eyes, and opened his eyes to ask: ¡°Who are you. Are you¡­ my logic skill?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu checked just now, his phone was already controlled by this weird thing that kept on calling ¡®Dad¡¯, he was unable to type. So he just directly asked out loud, this logic skill that was hidden in his phone¡­ should be able to hear him?


    ¡®How can Dad forget about me, I¡¯m your good oldest son! Ying ying ying!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    How can I have a son that laughs like ¡®Jie Jie Jie¡¯!


    ...wait, I don¡¯t have a son at all!


    The author has something to say:


    Before writing this chapter, my brain kept singing a song, let me sing it to you all¡­


    ¡°Ninth Sister, Ninth Sister~ Pretty little sister~ Pretty little sister~¡±


    ¡°Fiery red rose~ Hey!¡±


    Hahaha, don¡¯t worry, tomorrow Ninth Sister will come on stage! Jie Jie Jie Jie!


    004: Jie Jie Jie Jie!


    Ninth Sister: ¡­¡­

 CH 11

    Chapter 11


    ¡°Don¡¯t look at its eyes!¡±


    In the dirt jail thirty six floors down, Li Xiaoxiao saw Zhao Hen look at the direction of the sound, staring at Polluter 004 for multiple seconds. She widened her eyes in alarm, raising her voice at him to wake him up.


    Zhao Hen was also a well-trained old user, Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s words were like thunder in his ears, making him clear headed in a second. Remembering what he had just done, Zhao Hen¡¯s entire body was covered in cold sweat, grateful that he had Li Xiaoxiao here, or else he couldn¡¯t imagine what could have happened.


    Before entering this dirt room, Zhao Hen had already mentally prepared himself. No matter what kind of horrible thing Polluter 004 was, he would have been able to accept it. But entering the room, hearing that voice and seeing it, was different from what he had thought. He had unexpectedly forgotten what Li Xiaoxiao had said to him over and over again, and almost did something very wrong.


    In this twenty meter tall, ten meter wide dirt jail room, there were four yellow oil lamps in the center.


    In the middle of the room, there was a little glass casing.


    Polluter 004 was inside this glass casing, hands and arms swinging around, spinning around in place.


    004 was like a system hub. It was the core of the country¡¯s user system. It was responsible for operating the ¡®Grow some brains, everyone has a responsibility¡¯ APP, the maintenance staff was only responsible for contacting users, sending out missions, and helping them out with trivial tasks during those missions. They were unable to interfere with the APP¡¯s daily operation.


    Polluter 004 becoming abnormal was the worst case situation.


    Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s expression was bad, she hurriedly took out the communicator, connecting with the Captain Wang above the ground, ¡°Report, 004 has turned abnormal. I repeat, 004 has turned abnormal! Quickly dispatch people down for support, please quickly dispatch¡­ Ah!¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao wasn¡¯t able to finish talking before a sharp, piercing static noise sounded in her head. Her ears were immediately deafened, her brain felt like ten thousand needles were piercing it non-stop. Li Xiaoxiao immediately kneeled down on the ground in pain. Psychological tears soon filled her eyes and she struggled to open them, wanting to ask the user next to her for help.


    But Zhao Hen was even more exaggerated.


    This dark-skinned man was in terrible pain as he rolled around on the ground. His throat made a sound akin to a beast, even when his hand was almost broken by a level four user, he wasn¡¯t in this much pain. This kind of pain, even he wasn¡¯t able to bear!


    The robot in the casing had stopped spinning around at some point and was now plastered on the glass, using that ¡®¡Ñ?¡Ñ¡¯ expression on it¡¯s display, opening its eyes wide, staring at the two humans.


    ¡°Jie Jie Jie Jie¡­¡±


    ¡°Jie Jie Jie Jie!¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao understood at that moment.


    004¡¯s attack towards the users who have already awakened, was probably even more aggressive. So Zhao Hen¡¯s torture must be even more painful than her¡¯s by a multitude. But¡­


    004 has never displayed this kind of attack!


    The only thing 004 has done is towards user bodies that are exposed to the same air as it, indiscriminately attack them, contaminate their logic skills, then devour it. It never attacks directly! This was 004¡¯s new attack method, it had always hidden it and never shown it¡¯s hand.


    No, she must tell Captain Wang, she must report the situation here to Captain Wang. If Captain Wang and others don¡¯t have any preparations and they come down to basement level thirty six, they will definitely be eradicated!


    This young woman suddenly displayed an astonishing willpower. Tears streamed down her face, the veins on her four limbs appeared, Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s throat produced a heavy roar. She grabbed the communicator that had fallen to the floor and used all her energy wanting to press down on the communication button. But then, that piercing pain came aggressively again.


    ¡°AHHHH!¡±


    The communicator flew out of her hand, Li Xiaoxiao screamed miserably.


    She really couldn¡¯t do it.


    She can¡¯t do it!


    An oppressing and crazy laughter rang out from the dirt jail, echoing.


    Li Xiaoxiao and Zhao Hen¡¯s anguished wailing mixed in, getting smaller and smaller.


    A dark dirt wall seemed to close in on her, Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s tears and snot kept on running, her consciousness slowly sinking. The tall and cold dirt wall, the robot behind the glass wall who kept on laughing creepily, the terrible pain that was in her head that caused her to be unable to talk accumulated non-stop, adrenaline kept on being secreted, and Li Xiaoxiao felt like she was about to reach her critical point.


    Will she die here?


    Will her life just end like this?


    Suddenly, at the end of the dirt corridor outside, there was a beep.


    In terrible pain, Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s brain cleared for a second.


    This, someone has come.


    Someone was riding the elevator down.


    ¡°Jie Jie Jie Jie!¡±


    No, no! Don¡¯t come in, run, quickly run!


    Li Xiaoxiao madly shouted in her head, but she wasn¡¯t able to say a single thing.


    In the dark dirt corridor, walking sounds echoed.


    In the midst of the creepy and savage ¡®jie jie¡¯ laughter and the two¡¯s torturous howls, this sound of walking surprisingly did not get covered up. It rang out in a pattern. The shoes stepped on the loose dirt, ¡®ka-cha¡¯, then lifted.


    In the endless darkness, a tall silhouette appeared out of it, standing in front of the door.


    The walking sound stopped.


    ¡°Jie Jie Jie¡­ Ka?!¡±


    ***


    Zhongdu City.


    Kangren Community.


    In the dim bedroom, Xiao Jinyu sat by the bed, holding a phone in one hand, speaking to the ¡®monster¡¯ that had suddenly appeared in his phone.


    ¡°...So, you are a magical object?¡±


    The screen immediately had a barrage flash by.


    ¡®Jie jie jie jie, I¡¯m Dad¡¯s good son!¡¯


    ¡®I¡¯m also the most powerful special object in the world, from top to bottom, it¡¯s all special!¡¯


    ¡®Dad, they locked me up in the ground for hundreds of years, hundreds of years! Ying ying ying T^T!¡¯


    Staring at the words on the screen, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mind cleared.


    Hundreds of years was definitely an exaggeration. According to when Type-A radiation first appeared, this thing must have only appeared for twenty something years.


    As for special object, it was what this ¡®monster¡¯ had told him


    It was obvious that this monster was not his logic skill, his logic skill had something to do with what he had seen in his eyes before.


    His logic skill must be called ¡®Eyes¡¯.


    Based on what this monster had said, when the Type-A radiation had spread, not only were humans affected, it had also affected things that originally had no life, giving them special abilities. Some objects were directly affected by the radiation, causing a special use; some objects were affected by human logic skills going out of control, turning into special objects.


    And it was the most well-known of the special objects.


    It can perceive approximately all of China¡¯s logic skill information.


    This ability was really scary in this aspect, but what shocked Xiao Jinyu the most was the monster¡¯s creepy ¡®Jie jie¡¯ habit.


    ¡®Dad, I¡¯ve infiltrated the enemy camp for many years, the enemy has long relaxed around me. They think that I¡¯m just a special object with a brain problem. Ah, I actually am very smart, these humans can¡¯t understand!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    I don¡¯t know if you¡¯re smart or not, but your brain¡¯s problem seems not small.


    ¡®It¡¯s time for us to fight back, Dad, kill them all, Jie jie jie jie!¡¯


    A lot of questions were already answered from this monster¡¯s mouth, but there was still something else¡­


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Why do you say that I¡¯m your dad.¡±


    ¡®Dad is dad, there is no why!¡¯


    ¡°......¡±


    ¡°Does it have something to do with my logic skill? Since you can perceive all of the logic skills in China, then can you perceive mine? Does it have something to do with my eyes?¡±


    ¡®Oh, dad hasn¡¯t registered as an user, once you register you¡¯ll know. Jie jie jie jie, those foolish humans were already forcefully registered by me, giving me their logic skill information. They thought they picked up a treasure, making me work for them for free. They don¡¯t know that, I was also collecting their information! Also they¡¯re using the public server, but I can give dad a private server!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s pupils shrank.


    Personal server?


    What did this mean?


    This special monster¡¯s ability was quite, exaggeratedly, strong. He unconsciously touched his lower lip, lightly rubbing it. Xiao Jinyu thought a lot, his brain flickering through tens of approaches, ways to get information from the monster¡¯s mouth.


    Then.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression froze, directly throwing his phone to the head of his bead, standing straight up, leaving three whole meters between him and the phone.


    This monster was going to attack?


    In the next second.


    ¡®¦²(¡ã¡÷¡ã|||)!!!¡¯


    ¡®The pervert is here, the pervert is here!¡¯


    ¡®Save me owww!¡¯


    ¡®Dad, I¡¯m going to go first!¡¯


    ¡®I¡¯ll definitely come back, dad, wait for me, I¡¯ll definitely come back!!!¡¯


    In an instant, the phone screen turned black.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    After waiting for half a minute, making sure the phone wasn¡¯t going to do anything else, Xiao Jinyu steadied his expression and carefully walked to the head of the bed.


    He picked up the phone.


    ¡°The APP has finished downloading?¡±


    Seeing the phone recover to its original self, the APP that originally said ¡®Download Error¡¯ had finished downloading at some point.


    That monster said, this APP was made by it, every person who has awakened their logic skill in China will use it¡­


    Pursing his lips, XIao Jinyu reached out, tapping on the APP icon.


    Just as his finger was about to touch the icon, a black, sharp spear came out and hovered above the APP.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s reaction was fast, his pupils shrinked, immediately pulling his hand back.


    In the next second, this ten centimeter black spear suddenly fell, going through the place his finger was just at, directly spearing through the APP¡¯s icon.


    What was this?


    Xiao Jinyu looked at this scene in shock.


    He didn¡¯t know that at the same time, every user in the country also saw this scene.


    After finding out that they couldn¡¯t enter the APP, every user in the country contacted their area¡¯s User Maintenance Association staff, asking about the situation of the APP. After they awakened their logic skill, this APP had always followed them, this APP could provide information on their logic skills, and for some users, this APP knew more of their logic skill information than they did.


    A part of the users relied on this APP to understand their logic skills more, to become stronger.


    But now the APP had a problem, everyone panicked and naturally paid more attention to the APP¡¯s situation.


    Therefore, they saw the black spear scene.


    The pitch-black, sharp spear unhesitantly pierced into the APP.


    Xiao Jinyu seemed to see the APP shake a bit, but was immediately pierced and suppressed by the black spear.


    Slowly, the APP gave up on resisting and stopped moving.


    The spear was still attached.


    After a while.


    Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but reach out, touching this straight, black spear.


    Coldness that reached the bones, entered through his fingertips, spreading through his whole body. Eyes tingling in pain, Xiao Jinyu cried out, and when he opened his eyes again, bright light dots gathered in front of his eyes.


    His logic skill was forcefully turned on!


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the spear on his phone in fear.


    ¡°Hong¡±


    It suddenly shattered.


    The spear shattered in the air, XIao Jinyu¡¯s mouth gaped open, his eyes wide, looking at the light dots that scattered from the black spear.


    He had never seen such a beautiful sight before!


    Thousands of colorful dots exploded out from a tiny little spear, like the Big Bang, thousands of stars did their best to emit a beautiful sight, turning into a brilliant star river!


    In the room, the light dots danced around non-stop, gathering by Xiao Jinyu¡¯s side.


    As time passed, the light dots disappeared one by one.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know that, what all the other users in the nation saw, was just the black spear breaking. Only he saw the black spear shattering, becoming shocked from the sight afterwards.


    After a while.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s soul returned after seeing that beautiful sight of a star river exploding.


    Composing himself, Xiao Jinyu looked at his phone screen that had returned to normal. He thought for a bit before reaching out again, tapping on the ¡®Grow Some Brains, Everyone Has a Responsibility¡¯ APP icon.


    He entered!


    The screen turned black and after a few seconds, a line of bloody red text appeared.


    ¡®Welcome to the world of users.¡¯


    ¡®You¡­¡¯


    ¡®How long can you survive?¡¯


    ¡®Jie jie jie jie!!!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    The screen changed again, this time with more information. The more striking thing was the bright red ¡®Register User¡¯ button, and above this button was a row of weird text.


    Xiao Jinyu raised an eyebrow.


    ¡°User ID¡­¡±


    ¡°Fourth Perspective?¡±


    The author has something to say:


    004: Dad~~


    Little Goldfish OS: What exactly is this monster¡­ [thinking]


    Ninth Sister: Oh? This is called coming on stage?


    Fortune Doll: Hehe, don¡¯t worry, you¡¯ll meet up soon! Do you not trust your mom? Your blood related mother!


    I saw that someone was thinking of the two¡¯s CP name, JiuXiao, YuZhou and others.


    Truth to be told, my first reaction.


    Ninth Sister, Little Goldfish¡­


    Oh~ Nine Leaking Fish.


    Jie jie jie jie...

 CH 12

    Xiao Jinyu lowered his head to look at his phone.


    His entire screen was black. In the center of the screen was a row of text saying User ID and right under was a ¡®Register User¡¯ button. The bloody red button pierced his eyes, it stood out prominently against a black background.


    Xiao Jinyu had downloaded a lot of APPs before, but he¡¯s never seen an APP this weird.


    Firstly, whenever an APP registers an user, there would also be a reject option. But this APP doesn¡¯t. The moment you open it, the option to exit, cancel, or reject never appears. And there¡¯s only one option: Register User.


    Also, this User ID¡­ is a bit weird.


    Xiao Jinyu raised an eyebrow, staring at every word on the screen.


    ¡®User ID: Fourth Perspective¡¯


    He raised his hand and tapped on both of the words, ¡®User ID¡¯ and ¡®Fourth Perspective¡¯.


    The screen didn¡¯t change.


    He could not change any of the words on the screen.


    This was the first time Xiao Jinyu has opened the APP, but he hadn¡¯t even done anything before he was given an User ID, and he couldn¡¯t even change it. He couldn¡¯t help but think of the other two User IDs he knows: ¡®White Garden¡¯ and ¡®Meat King¡¯.


    From the start, Xiao Jinyu was curious about the name ¡®White Garden¡¯.


    After the ghost died, he even had the mood to name his ghost domain? And it was obviously a white house, why did he name it White Garden?


    This question was answered at this moment¡ª


    White Garden and Meat King, these names were not chosen by them, but were given to them by this APP.


    The young man lowered his eyes, looking at the two short pieces of information. The phone¡¯s light reflected in the clear eyes, forming a cold halo on him.


    Xiao Jinyu clicked on ¡®Register¡¯.


    The screen changed. Unexpectedly, it was a user information panel that showed.


    ¡®User ID: Fourth Perspective¡¯


    ¡®Real Name: Unknown (Manual Input)¡¯


    ¡®Gender: Unknown (Manual Input)¡¯


    ¡®Logic Number: D20018¡¯


    ¡®Logic Level: Level One¡¯


    ¡®Logic Skill: Seeing Logic Factors? (Manual Input)¡¯


    ¡­¡­


    Most of the user information in the panel needed to be filled in manually and also, most of it was information Xiao Jinyu had already figured out. His eyes stayed on the ¡®Logic Number¡¯ and ¡®Logic Level¡¯ part.


    When he was in Changjie Station, that short-haired woman said that in the whole world, there were 70,000 users.


    The APP tracks everyone who has awakened in China, which means, people who have awakened but were not in China, were not in it¡¯s range. Then that means this ¡®D20018¡¯ next to the ¡®Logic Number¡¯, what the ¡®D¡¯ means, he does not know, but this ¡®20018¡¯ might mean, he was the 20018th user? It could also mean, his logic skill ranks 20018th in all of China.


    Not rushing to exit this panel, Xiao Jinyu carefully looked at every word on the screen.


    After looking at the last row of information, he went back to the beginning.


    User ID, he wasn¡¯t able to change. His real name, he currently didn¡¯t want to put in.


    He wanted to explore how far this manual input allowed him to go. For example, if he says he is a woman, would this APP allow him?


    But as soon as Xiao Jinyu was about to press the ¡®Gender¡¯ section, an error sound sounded.


    ¡°Hm?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked down, looking at the message that had popped out.


    ¡®System Error, Please Try Again Later!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    Not only did this thing run into an error while it was downloading, even when he tried to enter in information, it could run into an error?


    ¡­¡­


    The APP running into an error was mostly related to the black spear that pierced it.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mind immediately conjured up a black and cold, bone-chilling spear. The light shone on it, but it didn¡¯t reflect it, like the spear of death, it relentlessly struck the APP, nailing it back into the phone.


    Don¡¯t think about that black spear again.


    Xiao Jinyu walked to the front of the mirror, reaching out a hand, he once again swiped on his eyelids.


    The moment he opened his eyes, he leaned into the mirror, examining the flashing lights in his eyes. Then, he looked down, looking at his hand.


    Those three lights still hadn¡¯t disappeared.


    So White Garden¡¯s logic factors were still flying around Xiao Jinyu¡¯s hands.


    ¡°So this means, my eyes¡­ must be the Fourth Perspective.¡±


    The reason why White Garden was called White Garden, was because after his logic skill was formed, it will create a space that holds a white house; Meat King¡¯s User ID was easy to understand, he just needed to eat roasted pork to ensure the next day was sunny.


    And what did Fourth Perspective mean, where did his logic skill start, where it will end, and how was it going to continue?


    Xiao Jinyu stood in front of the mirror, looking at the pair of twinkling eyes in the mirror.


    He closed his eyes.


    These questions, no one could answer them, he could only think on them himself.


    In the quiet, dark room, the young man walked to the side of the bed and opened the curtains.


    The blinding sunlight immediately shone into the room. Xiao Jinyu walked to his closet and grabbed a jacket, a down coat, then he opened the cabinet underneath, taking a thick plush scarf from it.


    After doing all this, he opened the door to his room.


    The variety show¡¯s laughter sounded from the living room


    Holding the jacket, down coat, and that thick scarf, the thin young man walked to the sofa.


    ¡°Mom.¡±


    The middle-aged woman on the sofa turned her head.


    ***


    At dusk, the workers that had just come out of a day of work and the students who were just let out of school, pushed out of the subway station.


    At night, the community was noisy.


    From the windows of the lower level residents, there was a light rice smell. Seven or eight preschoolers formed a sand castle in the community sandpit. The children from the surrounding communities also played in the sandpit, Aunt Wang¡¯s grandson also was in the sandpit. She held a coat by the sandpit, chatting with a few other aunties.


    Seeing Xiao Jinyu, Aunt Wang waved, ¡°Xiao Xiao just got back?¡±


    Not thinking he would see someone he knew, Xiao Jinyu froze and stopped walking, ¡°Yes, just got back.¡±


    Aunt Wang smiled, ¡°The sky looks like it''s about to rain, did you put out clothes to dry? If it''s dry then take them back inside.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but look up at the sky.


    The sky looked dark, the west looked like it was about to rain, the winter sky was filled with dark clouds. Just the work of one afternoon and the sky had already changed.


    ¡°Alright, thank you Aunt Wang.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu continued on.


    The noise of the playground behind him slowly faded, he walked into the elevator, and pressed on his floor.


    ¡°Ding¡ª¡±


    The elevator door opened in front of him and Xiao Jinyu took out his key from his pocket as he walked down the corridor.


    Every floor in the Kangren Community had about ten households and his house was the innermost one. Taking out the key from his pocket, Xiao Jinyu casually looked up and stopped at the sight in front of him.


    After a few seconds.


    The well-looking young man walked to the door of his house, asking, ¡°Is there something?¡±


    Not expecting the other side to actually be so calm, Zhao Hen who was standing in front of Xiao Jinyu¡¯s house was at a loss and choked. He rubbed his tan face. Originally he wanted to pretend to stroll around in the corridor and while the young man walked past in the corridor to get home, he would look for an opportunity to use a logic factor detector to check whether the other side had awakened a logic skill.


    But as soon as the young man walked up, he directly initiated a conversation with him, even asking if he needed anything.


    Zhao Hen was a bit embarrassed, ¡°Eh, No¡­ just passing, I got on the wrong floor and was just about to leave.¡±


    While saying this, Zhao Hen directed the logic factor detector at Xiao Jinyu¡¯s head without batting an eyelash. His finger lightly rested on the start button.


    ¡°Are you a user?¡±


    His finger hadn¡¯t even pressed down, Zhao Hen, ¡°Eh?!¡±


    In the narrow, quiet corridor, Xiao Jinyu took out his key, ready to open the door.


    ¡°This morning at the entrance of Changjie Station, a short-haired woman and a boy in a baseball cap told me some stuff. Then they told me a rule: logic skills will attract each other.¡± Waiting for a bit, Xiao Jinyu continued, ¡°I feel like you¡¯re a user, aren¡¯t you?¡±


    Zhao Hen opened his mouth dumbfoundedly.


    He¡¯s thought of countless possibilities. In the worst case, the young man who had just escaped from the logic skill of White Garden this morning had been contaminated, and Qi Simin didn¡¯t notice. But he never thought that the other side would actually say so frankly that he had awakened his logic skill of things, and also ask him if he was also a user.


    Zhao Hen scratched his head, ¡°Yes, I¡¯m a user. Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong couldn¡¯t have told you all about the APP and according to the report they handed in, you should only know about logic skills and polluters. Since you can say stuff about users, it seems you¡¯ve already downloaded the APP and awakened your logic skill.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lightly nodded, ¡®ka-cha¡¯, he opened the door, moving inside.


    ¡°Do you want to come in and talk?¡±


    The last ray of sunlight hadn¡¯t even passed the horizon.


    Zhao Hen looked at the dark doorway and said without thinking, ¡°Ok.¡±


    He strode in.


    ¡­¡­


    The new user¡¯s house was pretty clean.


    Entering the room, Zhao Hen¡¯s brain thought of this.


    Not wasting any time, Zhao Hen asked as soon as he entered, ¡°Congrats on becoming a user, perhaps we will complete a mission together. Coming here today, I did have something that I needed your help with.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu poured a cup of tea, ¡°What is it?¡±


    The new user seemed to be willing to help and didn¡¯t like to talk nonsense? Zhao Hen thought for a bit then asked, ¡°You seem to have adapted pretty well to the APP¡­ that is the ¡®Grow Some Brains, Everyone Has a Responsibility¡¯ APP. Do you not have anything to ask me?¡±


    Xiao Yu: "You think it¡¯s weird that when I awakened my logic skill and was forced to download this APP, that I¡¯m not surprised or confused?"


    ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°Miss Qi already explained a lot to me, but she really didn¡¯t tell me anything about the APP. But she did slip out the terms ¡®User¡¯ and ¡®User ID¡¯ multiple times. I did think it was strange when I was forced to download the APP, but when I tapped on the ¡®Register User¡¯ button, I linked the term ¡®User¡¯ that Miss Qi had mentioned and the APP together.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu explained, ¡°So I guessed, this APP might be forcibly downloaded on every person who has awakened their logic skill. It¡¯s because you download this app and register, you guys are called ¡®Users¡¯.


    Really smart. Zhao Hen thought, he nodded and said, ¡°What you¡¯ve said is correct. Since you¡¯ve already understood it all, there isn¡¯t anything I seem to have to explain to you.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Miss Qi explained very clearly.¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°I¡¯m not the person who¡¯s in charge of contacting users, so today I won¡¯t speak of other matters. I¡¯ll say it directly, Mr Xiao, it¡¯s like this, after you downloaded the APP, did you notice it had a BUG?¡±


    ¡°Yes,¡± Xiao Jinyu looked serious and sat up straight, ¡°I can only register my ID and can¡¯t enter any information or do anything.¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°This wasn¡¯t a problem only you experienced, but the entire nation experienced this BUG. Why this BUG appeared, we don¡¯t know at the moment and saying it is a bit embarrassing, but the reason why I came today was to check if you were contaminated.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu raised an eyebrow, ¡°Miss Qi already checked me in the subway station.¡±


    The two spoke for a bit more and after getting the current situation from Xiao Jinyu, Zhao Hen got up, getting ready to leave.


    ¡°All in all, not getting contaminated is the best.¡±


    Xiao Yu thought for a moment: "You all think that the APP ran into a BUG because someone was contaminated?¡±


    Zhao Hen froze.


    He was too smart. He could say anything and he would be able to discover that the APP running into a BUG was related to polluters?


    Zhao Hen: ¡°You¡¯re half right, we do think that the APP¡¯s BUG was due to a strong polluter appearing. So the nation¡¯s User Maintenance Staff are running around trying to contact everyone who has come into contact with logic skills today.¡± That¡¯s why he was sent to check Xiao Jinyu¡¯s situation.


    Today, of the 600,000 regular people of Zhongdu, only Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Zhixin came into contact with a logic skill.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Then the other half?¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°It could also be that a strong user leveled up? I¡¯m not quite clear on this.¡± Drinking the water in the cup, Zhao Hen honestly smiled, ¡°Thank you for the hospitality, Mr Xiao, I must go now. Don¡¯t worry about the APP¡¯s situation, it should be back to normal by tomorrow. I think that tomorrow the Association will take some time out to send someone here to guide you on the APP.¡±


    Walking to the door, Zhao Hen looked around the house and casually asked, ¡°This house is pretty big, you¡¯re so young, do you live here alone?¡±


    The air was silent for a moment.


    Xiao Jinyu smiled, ¡°Yes, I live alone.¡±


    Opening the door, Zhao Hen nodded, ¡°Thank you for cooperating, Mr Xiao, I¡¯ll be leaving.¡±


    The door closed behind him.


    Only after Zhao Hen left the apartment, did he realize the temperature had dropped. Wrapping his coat tightly around him as he walked to the elevator, the tall figure disappeared in the dark.


    The long corridor fell into silence once again.


    After a long while.


    ¡°Ka-cha¡ª¡±


    The rusty wooden door squeaked open.


    Wearing a cashmere jacket, Xiao Jinyu walked out of the apartment. He carefully closed the door, pulled on the door handle, making sure it was locked. He turned around and held a trash bag and went down.


    The evening sky was covered in dark clouds and as it got deeper into the night, wind blew.


    After throwing out the trash, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t immediately go back. He went to the convenience store across the street to buy something.


    ¡°It¡¯s a total of $32.30.¡± The cashier put the last item in the bag.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the sky outside and took an umbrella from the bucket next to the cash register, ¡°Add this too.¡±


    ¡°A total of $64.¡±


    After paying, holding the plastic bag, Xiao Jinyu walked out of the convenience store.


    The temperature dropped too fast. The afternoon was warm enough to just wear a hoodie, yet the night wind entered through the collars, causing the pedestrians to walk quickly, wrapping their clothes around them.


    His nose was suddenly iced.


    Xiao Jinyu reached out, grabbing the snowflakes in the air.


    It unexpectedly started snowing.


    He took out the umbrella from the plastic bag, ¡®whoosh¡¯, the umbrella opened. The moment the umbrella was raised, Xiao Jinyu also raised his head.


    In the midst of the slowly falling snow, on the other side of the street, a man holding an umbrella, having lowered it so it covered part of his body from view, walked towards him.


    A pure black umbrella covered his face, only revealing two hands, one in the coat pocket, and the other holding the umbrella. A car just so happened to pass by, the bright light lighting up the man¡¯s hand that was holding the umbrella. The hemp rope on his wrist swayed slightly, the black gem on the rope coldly flashed.


    His steps were big, but he didn¡¯t walk very fast. The snow fell in front of his feet and quickly melted.


    Not knowing why, Xiao Jinyu looked at him, then walked forward then walked to the right before stopping.


    On the other side of the street, that man crossed the crosswalk and also stopped at this junction.


    The two stood at the same crosswalk, waiting for the red light.


    Standing shoulder to shoulder, that black umbrella finally lifted up.


    Suddenly, the wind and snow blew under the umbrella, aiming for the person underneath.


    The man holding the umbrella opened his mouth and lightly blew. The snow that flew under was pushed away by some invisible hand, flying around the black umbrella.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the snowflakes that were pushed away.


    His eyes suddenly started to burn.


    Xiao Jinyu subconsciously turned his head and met a pair of deep, dark eyes.


    The author has something to say:


    Fortune Doll: Some people are called Xiu Jiumei on the surface, but are really called Xiu (Men) Chui Xue!


    Ninth Sister: ^_^


    ¡ª


    I really am his mother. If I say he¡¯s going to come out, even if I write a thousand more words, I will let Ninth Sister come out! Ai, this is a mother who loves her son~


    And there were people who thought it didn¡¯t sound nice¡­¡­


    Hahahaha, does it really not sound nice~

 CH 13

    In the snow, a pair of cold eyes hung down. The black umbrella blocked the yellow light at the intersection, which avoided the man, and fell down on the ground next to him.


    He lowered his eyes and glanced at Xiao Jinyu.


    The four eyes then met.


    He didn¡¯t seem to expect that the young man next to him would also be looking at him and under the two umbrellas, their sights met in midair. Xiu Jiuzhou slightly raised his eyebrows, eyes landing on the mole between the other¡¯s left eyebrow and temple for a second.


    It was only a short glance and the two retracted their gaze together.


    The signal light changed from red to green and Xiao Jinyu stepped onto the crosswalk. Behind him, slightly to the left, came a sound of stepping in snow, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t look back, held his umbrella and kept walking.


    Stepping onto the sidewalk, he went right. And behind him, that sound of footsteps turned to the left, and gradually went further and further.


    After walking like this for ten meters, Xiao Jinyu counted to three in his head and turned around.


    That man had disappeared.


    ¡°...It was a user.¡±


    Logic skills attract other logic skills.


    This was the second rule Miss Qi Simin had told him in the subway station.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know if it was always that many Zhongdu users who liked to walk around the streets, just that he wasn¡¯t a user in the past and wasn¡¯t able to sense them. But he saw four of them just today.


    He met Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong in the subway station.


    He met Zhao Hen at his door.


    And this man who¡¯s logical skill stood out way too much for him to ignore. He didn¡¯t even need to use Fourth Perspective to feel the oppressive force from the other.


    And this man must have also figured out he was a user as well. Or else he wouldn¡¯t have suddenly looked at him.


    This man was definitely, of the four users he had seen today, the strongest.


    A user this strong appearing near here¡­


    Xiao Jinyu looked down and hurried home.


    While Zhongdu¡¯s first snow of the year was still falling, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know that after separating at the intersection, that man turned a corner, walking towards the subway entrance.


    Perhaps it was because it was snowing, there were not a lot of people in the subway, spare groups of two or three exited from the subway station.


    Xiu Jiuzhou walked to the overhang on the subway entrance, closed his umbrella, and shook it in the air twice, shaking away the snowflakes on the umbrella.Then he went down the escalator. The long black umbrella was propped up on the steps, like it was crutches supporting an adult man¡¯s body.


    After arriving at the subway station, he behaved normally and swiped his card to get into the station.


    However, after going down a level through the escalator, he did not walk to the queue of people waiting for the train to enter the station, but instead walked to the most central row of the plastic seats. The umbrella leaned against the seat and he sat down on the central seat.


    Time quickly passed.


    The number of people in the subway station became fewer and fewer.


    Xiu Jiuzhou patiently held his chin in one hand and quietly watched every train pass by.


    Finally, the last subway train also left the station. The subway station was empty and the white light shone on the marble floor.


    Xiu Jiuzhou made a phone call, and a nice, low voice rang out.


    ¡°Polluter 004¡¯s abnormality has nothing to do with White Garden.¡±


    There was a grunt on the phone.


    ¡°Since Zhongdu has already been checked, hm¡­ check the contamination area outside.¡± Picking up the black umbrella, he stood up, ¡°District 19, 67 and 254.¡±


    The subway station cleaners were coming to clean the waiting hall and didn¡¯t think that there were still passengers that hadn¡¯t left yet. The cleaning auntie said, ¡°There¡¯s still five minutes before the doors close, are you not going to hurry up?¡±


    Xiu Jiuzhou slightly stopped, he replied with a smile, ¡°Thank you for reminding me, I¡¯ll leave very soon.¡±


    While walking out, he continued to talk on the phone.


    Walking out of the subway station entrance, seeing the snow outside has not stopped, Xiu Jiuzhou shook his umbrella, and casually asked: "The survivor who entered White Garden¡¯s logic skill this morning, awakened his logic skill?¡±


    The Captain Wang on the other side of the phone froze, ¡°How did you know. Yes, Zhao Hen just reported an hour ago that that Zhongdu University student just awakened his logic skill. He was called¡­ Xiao Jinyu. Currently, we don¡¯t know what the effect of his logic skill is, but Zhao Hen said he didn¡¯t detect any danger from Xiao Jinyu, perhaps his logic skill is a support type. I¡¯ll send someone to check tomorrow.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu.


    Testing this name out in his mind, Ziu Jiuzhou smiled meaningfully, he opened his umbrella and walked into the dark, snowy night.


    ***


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t sleep for the whole night.


    He didn¡¯t think that the temperature would drop overnight, the snow fell too heavily outside, and the house was as cold as an ice cellar. In the empty and desolate room, he carried a chair to the door in the living room, blocking the door, watching his mom tirelessly sitting on the sofa¡­ watching the ¡®TV¡¯.


    His mother tilted her head, leaned on her shoulder, stared at the ¡®TV¡¯  on the wall, and watched it all night.


    It''s normal for a middle-aged woman in an ordinary family to watch TV all night, but it might be more normal if she wasn''t watching a paper TV.


    On the yellowing and peeling wall, hung a weird and shoddy paper TV. This was a simple TV drawn on paper and it could be seen with the naked eye that the person who drew it had lousy drawing skills. Even a two year old could see this was a funny paper TV, but after he stuck it to the wall, his mom seriously watched it all night.


    Xiao Jinyu sat on the only other furniture in the room. His mom watched TV, he watched his mom.


    It was obvious that this wasn¡¯t his house.


    This was the house upstairs.


    It can also be said that there was no one living upstairs, only a house that was empty for two years.


    The house¡¯s owner died two years ago, and without any descendants, so the house was abandoned. There were many empty houses like this in Zhongdu. In the first decade after the Type-A radiation,the ¡®Lingering radiation opinion¡¯ was prevalent around the world, many believing they were contaminated by the radiation and would pass it onto their children. They might have survived, but the child might not. So they insisted on not having children.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know why upstairs didn¡¯t have children, whether they were single or a couple. When the old man died two years ago, the people around him helped bury him, and then the house was given to the government due to laws, so it was empty now.


    Last year the house upstairs fell into disrepair, causing a leak in his house ceiling when it rained. The neighborhood committee gave him the keys to upstairs so that he could come up at any time to check on the leak.


    Using this house to hide his mom was the best choice. First of all, since it was upstairs, it was very convenient to see his mom¡¯s situation. Second, there aren¡¯t even two households living next to this house. One family moved to Haidu City and the other moved to other areas.


    Mom¡¯s situation was¡­ a bit complicated.


    When Qi Simin introduced logic skills to him, said unhesitantly, that anyone can recognise a polluter at a glance. Adding on the light dots he saw near his mom;s neck yesterday, Xiao Jinyu was 90% certain that his mom turned into a polluter.


    But as for why polluters must be killed, Qi Simin didn¡¯t give an answer. But that boy in the baseball cap, Li Xiaotong said that he¡¯s seen a polluter searching around for prey before.


    So that means polluters can go on the offensive.


    His mom doesn¡¯t.


    Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but remember that night from a month ago.


    That night was no different from any other. He came home after a day at school, and a female upperclassman in the lab was giving out chocolates. Xiao Jinyu never liked eating sweets, but his mom did, and adding on the fact that she gave one to everyone in class, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t refuse it.


    He held that packet of chocolates, pushed open the door, and called out, ¡°Mom¡±.


    Then he saw his mom bend her neck and twist open her mouth towards him.


    ¡­¡­


    Not thinking anymore of those things that couldn¡¯t be changed, Xiao Jinyu started analysing.


    First of all, the polluter''s aggressiveness was not reflected in his mother for the time being. At least for the past month, his mom has never hurt anyone. Everytime Xiao Jinyu goes out, he will lock the doors and windows and his mother did not forcefully go out and has been quietly staying at home watching TV and sleeping.


    Secondly, the name polluter causes one to ask if his mom could contaminate others. In the past, he did not know that this contamination was caused by logic skills and Xiao Jinyu was only worried that his mom might hurt people and never thought that his mom''s situation could be transmitted to others. Since Type-A radiation is contagious, so was the polluter contagious as well?


    After a month, there were no rumors of any abnormal phenomenon. Whether polluters can contaminate others, he does not know, even if they could, a month had already passed and it was too late to think of this any more. But he remembered that the user sent to explore the situation, Zhai Hen said that today, the User Management Department will send someone to teach him how to use the APP.


    It looks like he could find an opportunity to get information on polluters from them without causing suspicion.


    Then what he needs to do now is to think of what questions he should ask the other, so then he can figure out how to save his mom.


    Of course, hiding his mom here was only a temporary matter. The best way is to find a remote place, rent a house, and hide his mom there.


    Thinking of all this, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s calm expression from before slowly disappeared. He lifted a hand to cover his face, expression bitter.


    No money!


    ¡­¡­


    Making sure that every window was closed shut and the curtains closed tight, Xiao Jinyu looked heavily at his mom¡¯s back, walked out, locking the door shut.


    Taking advantage of the fact that there were less people in the morning, Xiao Jinyu returned to the house below.


    He needed to make money urgently!


    Xiao Jinyu thought for a while, took out his phone, and found the professor¡¯s name. He was about to make a call when a bullet barrage flew across his screen.


    ¡®Dad!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu froze in surprise inside, but immediately calmed down.


    That special monster was back!


    Xiao Jinyu calmly asked, ¡°Are you alright?¡±


    ¡®?¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu frowned.


    The special monster doesn''t seem to talk much today, it was more concise.


    Xiao Jinyu explained: "When you left yesterday, you said, a... pervert was coming, so you had to go. And after you left," he added, "I saw a black spear pierce the APP. If this APP was you, were you pierced by a black spear yesterday?¡±


    ¡®QAQ¡±


    ¡®Dad, suffering, run¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    Was it so beaten up that it can¡¯t talk anymore?!


    For why this special monster recognised him as a father, Xiao Jinyu had no answer for now. But this monster was very strong, super strong. Such a strong monster trying to get favor from him, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t feel at peace. Instead, he thought of it like a bomb, he didn¡¯t know when the monster would change face and blow up on him.


    So far, he hasn¡¯t yet relaxed his vigilance against the monster.


    But he definitely wouldn''t offend the other.


    The best way would be¡­


    Xiao Jinyu slowed down his voice and asked with concern, "What''s the matter?"


    ¡®Old pervert¡¯


    ¡°?¡±


    Two words floated across the screen and Xiao Jinyu patiently waited for a minute, before he finally couldn''t help but ask: "Yes? And then?¡±


    ¡®Has not¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°?¡±


    Another minute passed.


    ¡®Gone far¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    Turns out it was sending out the words one by one.


    ¡®Don¡¯t dare¡¯


    One minute.


    ¡®To say too much¡¯


    One minute.


    ¡®Afraid that¡¯


    ¡®Old Pervert¡¯


    ¡®Will notice¡¯


    ¡®Baby is¡¯


    ¡®Suffering¡¯


    ¡®Inside!¡¯


    ¡®Want¡¯


    ¡®o(¨R¿Ú¨Q)o¡¯


    ¡®Hugs!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    If you didn¡¯t send that emoticon, you could save sixty seconds!


    The author has something to say:


    Little (poor) Gold (became a dad) Fish: Major life events, time to make money!


    Ninth (Old pervert) Sister: I caught you, oh~ Little Goldfish.


    004: (?`3¡ä?) I¡¯ll only get up when I get a hug from dad!


    ¡ª


    If you don¡¯t like Nine leaking Fish, then what do you like~


    And have you seen the new cover? ?V?

 CH 14

    Zhongdu City¡¯s User Association, Management Department.


    The ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP crashed for a day and was finally fixed. When the users could finally enter the app, complaints and inquiries floated down like snowflakes, coming down and covering the ground. The hundreds of maintenance staff¡¯s heads bursted from work, not having any time for distractions, they quickly dealt with the user complaints.


    This kind of situation happened in every User Association in China.


    Polluter 004 was found in Zhongdu, so for safety reasons, it was not moved to Haidu City, but was instead stored in Zhongdu¡¯s Polluter Warehouse. When 004 ran into an error, not only did Zhongdu¡¯s maintenance staff have to explain to its users, they also had to explain to the other associations as well.


    For a while, the whole maintenance department was awfully busy.


    In the mass of people, a young woman with a bandage around her head and plasters on her arms walked to Captain Wang¡¯s side, her face was pale but her voice was strong, ¡°Explaining the situation to the users isn¡¯t important, Captain Wang, what¡¯s most important is finding out why 004 had an error. I already reported what happened in Warehouse 36 to the Logic Institute. It¡¯s hiding its strength, Captain Wang, it¡¯s always been deceiving us!¡±


    Hearing this, Captain Wang''s firm face revealed a complex look, ¡°004 is one of the eight self-conscious polluters in the nation.¡±


    ¡°But we¡¯ve never known that it had the ability to directly attack humans, it can even attack users through three layers of protective clothing!¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao suddenly raised her voice and attracted the attention of all the workers, they turned to her, and the clacking sound of the keyboard came to an abrupt stop.


    How dangerous Polluters were, everyone here knew. But how important 004 was, they knew even more.


    Captain Wang was silent for a moment, ¡°Hopefully the institute has come to a conclusion, Haidu City has already sent researchers to come look at 004¡¯s situation.¡± After a second, he asked, ¡°Department Head Li, how¡¯s your body?¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao touched the gauze on her forehead, which came from when she hit her head, rolling on the ground in pain, "It''s all physical trauma. How''s your team member? ¡±


    Captain Wang: ¡°He¡¯s already recovered.¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao didn¡¯t respond.


    In the thirty sixth warehouse, that dark skinned young team member was obviously in more pain than she was and should have been more injured than she was. But he had awakened his logic skill, he was a user, his recovering ability was so fast it was outrageous. Don¡¯t even say today, she had heard that he was up and running by last night, even having the energy to explore the situation of the new user in Zhongdu.


    Speaking of new users, Li Xiaoxiao said, ¡°That new user came just on time, the White Garden he went into just so happened to be the mission my younger brother took on. Then about that task to teach him about the APP, give it to my brother.¡±


    Captain Wang: ¡°You mean Li Xiaotong?¡± While saying this, he took a file from the team member behind him, looking down at it, ¡°Xiao Jinyu, Born on December 21st, 2025, twenty-one years old, a third-year student at Zhongdu University. User ID is ¡®Fourth Perspective¡¯, Number ¡®D20018¡¯, Logic skill is¡­ hng?¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao, ¡°What is it, Captain Wang?¡±


    He handed the file to Li Xiaoxiao and at the same time turned to the team member behind him and said, ¡°This person we will personally see, there will be no need to trouble the maintenance people. His logic skill is very special, if we use it appropriately, it might help us with level two and above missions!¡±


    Seeing the information on the file, Li Xiaoxiao froze slightly.


    ¡®Logic skill: Seeing logic factors? (Manual Input)¡¯


    In the next second, Li Xiaoxiao finally reacted.


    This logic skill really was special!


    ¡­¡­


    Meanwhile,


    In the quiet, small room, Xiao Jinyu sat on the couch, looking down on the slow barrage on the phone screen.


    His voice was slightly hoarse, since he had not slept for a whole night, with a trace of laziness he himself hadn¡¯t noticed, ¡°That black spear pierced you, are you alright?¡±


    The monster that was just yelling for hugs, heard Xiao Jinyu¡¯s words, and immediately forgot the hugging matter.


    ¡®I¡¯m fine¡¯


    ¡®Dad¡¯


    ¡®You¡¯re so good¡¯


    ¡®Love Dad¡¯


    ¡®O`3?O¡¯


    ¡®Muah¡¯


    ¡°......¡±


    ¡®Dad¡¯


    ¡®Muah¡¯


    ¡°......muah.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu said that very quickly, his voice as light as a feather. His ear tips were slightly hot, and he coughed hard, saying, ¡°What was that black spear?¡±


    Clearly it was a black spear, which looked like it absorbed all color, not letting a single ray of light enter. But when it shattered, tens of thousands of stars flew out, forming a river. They were colorful flashing lights, but they were also someone¡¯s endless logic factor.


    The owner of that black spear was definitely very strong.


    004 who got his kiss, was very happy, while its words were still sent in groups of two every minute, but whatever Xiao Jinyu asked, it would answer.


    ¡®That is¡¯


    ¡®Old pervert¡¯s¡¯


    ¡®Logic skill¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart jumped, ¡°His logic skill is a black spear?¡±


    ¡®Judgement¡¯


    Judgement?


    Another minute passed.


    ¡®Spear¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu understood then.


    Putting them together¡ª


    Spear of Judgement.


    After ten or so minutes, Xiao Jinyu finally got the answer from the monster¡¯s mouth.


    That black spear was called, ¡®Spear of Judgement¡¯.


    This was probably ¡®Old Pervert¡¯¡¯s User ID.


    ¡®I¡¯m considered at the level of a level five user, but that pervert is a level six user.¡¯


    ¡®Crying QAQ¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°What are level five and level six users?¡±


    ¡®This isn¡¯t something under my jurisdiction.¡¯


    ¡®Ten years ago, a researcher at the Haidu Logic Institute discovered the differences between logic skill levels.¡¯


    According to what the special monster said, Xiao Jinyu finally understood what the APP¡¯s ¡®Logic Level¡¯ meant.


    When the first logic skills appeared in the world, no one knew that there were levels to it. The awakened users used their logic skills muddle-headedly, some got more powerful as they used their skills more and more and unknowingly ¡®leveled up¡¯; some people, while using their logic skills, started doubting it and their logic skill broke, or evel losing control of it.


    Until 2036, the Haidu Logic Institute came out with a report, splitting the logic skills into seven levels. Users who meet each level¡¯s criteria are said to have leveled up.


    Level one: Just awakened, knows nothing about their logic skill, using it on instinct.


    It was probably Xiao Jinyu¡¯s current situation.


    Level two: A clear understanding of their logic skill¡¯s use, and can skillfully use it.


    Level three: A good understanding of one''s logic skill¡¯s cause and can explain the branches of the logic skill.


    Level four: Can actively change the result of one¡¯s logic skill, improving its effect.


    Level five: Can actively change the cause of one¡¯s logic skill.


    ¡®Level Six¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu waited for a long time, but there still wasn¡¯t anything new.


    ¡°Hm?¡±


    ¡®Ying ying¡¯


    ¡°?¡±


    ¡®I don¡¯t know¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    This special monster said it was at level five and was unable to reach level six. So if it didn¡¯t know what the conditions were for level six, that was understandable. And as for level seven, the monster said that no one in the nation has reached that yet, and most likely other countries haven¡¯t either.


    Xiao Jinyu thought for a bit before asking with a complacent look: ¡°Do you know what polluters¡­ are?¡±


    He had just finished his sentence when his phone screen turned black. Not waiting for Xiao Jinyu to react, a large barrage shot across the screen.


    ¡®Polluter? What are Polluters?¡¯


    ¡®I¡¯m not a polluter!¡¯


    ¡®Pei!!!¡¯


    ¡®I¡¯m a special object, special object, special, object!¡¯


    ¡®I don¡¯t know what polluters are, I only know special objects, such as the famous special object 004, who is special from head to toe!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    The sudden energy from the special monster silenced Xiao Jinyu for a while, he suddenly felt like he learned the name of the special monster.


    ...it¡¯s probably something like Polluter 004.


    Xiao Jinyu said in a soft voice, ¡°I don¡¯t know what Polluters are.¡±


    The non-stop barrage suddenly stopped.


    ¡°But I do know that you are the strongest special object. What I was asking was if you knew what Polluters are.¡±


    ¡®QAQ¡¯


    ¡®Love dad¡¯


    ¡®Muah!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu let out a sigh of relief.


    He finally coaxed this polluter to calm down.


    004 happily introduced Polluters, bouncing out words two by two.


    ¡®Polluters are people who are contaminated by logic skills. They can be users or normal people.¡¯


    ¡®The moment a user¡¯s logic skill goes out of control, the moment it removes the control over it, the user will be contaminated by their own logic skill.¡¯


    ¡®No matter if they¡¯re a user or normal person, they will all be contaminated at that moment.¡¯


    ¡®They will have died at that moment.¡¯


    Looking at the words slowly moving across his screen, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm, his eyes reflecting a tranquil look.


    ¡®When the out-of-control logic skill is detached from the user''s body, it is like a virus leaving the living body and cannot survive for long. So the Polluters act like worker ants, treating humans as prey, hunting them, and providing nutrients for it.¡¯


    ¡®So Polluters, must be killed.¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s tone was calm, ¡°So this was the reason why polluters must be killed?¡±


    ¡®Yes¡¯


    ¡®Dad¡¯


    ¡®Polluters must¡¯


    ¡®Be killed¡¯


    ¡®Those humans¡¯


    ¡®All¡¯


    ¡®Say¡¯


    ¡®This¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu raised his head and through the thick concrete ceiling, he seemed to see his mom sitting on the sofa, watching ¡®TV¡¯.


    Polluters will hunt humans.


    But his mom has never hurt anyone!


    His point he can guarantee. Not only does he lock the windows and doors whenever he leaves, when he first noticed his mom¡¯s condition, he took a week off from school, watching his mom everyday. In those seven day and nights, all his mom did was repeatedly watch TV, eat, and sleep, and never did anything strange.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Do Polluters always have to hunt humans for an out-of-control logic skill? What happens if they don¡¯t hunt?¡±


    ¡®Not possible¡¯


    ¡®The information says, every polluter, from the moment they are contaminated, if they¡¯re not hunting humans, they¡¯re on the way to hunt. They¡¯re already dead, there is only one thing in their minds¡ª¡¯


    ¡®Hunt prey, replenish nutrients¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes were calm, ¡°You¡¯re sure there are no exceptions?¡±


    ¡®Dad¡¯


    ¡®Doesn¡¯t believe¡¯


    ¡®Me T^T¡¯


    The room was silent.


    After a long while.


    Xiao Jinyu suddenly remembered, ¡°Wait, when you were retorting that you weren¡¯t a Polluter, you sent two or three words at once, but just now you sent a long sentence.¡±


    ¡®w(? ¿Ú ?)w!!!¡¯


    ¡®Almost scared me to death, the old pervert is already gone, gone very far, I won¡¯t be noticed by him.¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu stared blankly, ¡°So what you¡¯re saying is, when you were denying being a Polluter, he had already gone far away, unable to notice you contacting me?¡±


    ¡®Yes!¡¯


    ¡°Then why did you still send messages in groups of two words?¡±


    ¡®......¡¯


    ¡®I forgot, muah.¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    Who still wants to kiss you!


    Suddenly, a dull knock sounded from the door.


    Xiao Jinyu turned around, looking at the entrance door. He quickly looked around the room, it was still clean and tidy, without any difference.


    Turning the phone off, Xiao Jinyu walked to the door and opened it.


    Seeing the person outside, Xiao Jinyu froze for a second, remembering the name the other person had told him last night, ¡°Zhao Hen¡­ Mr Zhao?¡±


    In the long corridor, stood the man who was sneaking around last night, Zhao Hen. Standing in front of Xiao Jinyu¡¯s door, he scratched his head and laughed awkwardly, ¡°It¡¯s me. Xiao Jinyu, do you remember what I told you yesterday night? That today the User Association will send someone to help teach you about the APP¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°So did you come back to teach?¡±


    Coughing, Zhao Hen, ¡°No, normally this wouldn¡¯t be my job, but would be handed off to the maintenance staff. I''m part of the extermination team in Zhongdu. The reason why I came,¡± Controlling his expression, this burly man looked at Xiao Jinyu, ¡°is that my captain wants to specially invite you to Zhongdu¡¯s extermination team.¡±


    Zhongdu¡¯s extermination team?


    Yesterday, Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong had said that they were not part of the government, they just took up tasks. It looks like this Zhao Hen was part of the government group.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°I¡¯m just a level one user.¡±


    ¡°But your logic skill is very special.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at him in surprise.


    His logic skill was special?


    Thinking about how to phrase it, Zhao Hen was caught in a dilemma. Finally he found the right words.


    ¡°The extermination team goes into the radiation sites a lot, that is, the closed off radiation sites outside the city, taking care of the users and polluters who run into it, and also taking care of sudden outbreaks of radiation, such as new polluters and so on.¡± His thoughts tangled in his head, Zhao Hen: ¡°Anyways I don¡¯t know if you understand or not, in a while I¡¯ll explain clearly to you what polluters and pollutants are, as well as information on user levels and so on.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    If you arrived two hours earlier that would¡¯ve been helpful.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°So Mr Zhao, can I ask why my logic skill is special?¡±


    ¡°You can see the logic factors.¡±


    Zhao Hen explained: ¡°After we enter the radiation area, the detector¡¯s detection is not as accurate as the radiation is too heavy. We can''t tell exactly which area has more logic factors. For example, suppose we want to kill a defecting user who ran into the radiation area and we reach a fork. The two ways are too close, it is difficult to determine which way the enemy ran with the logic factor detector. But with you it''s different, you can see the logic factor directly.¡±


    Not able to find the appropriate metaphor, Zhao Hen thought for half a day before swallowing and spitting, and saying: "In fact, this kind of work existed before the Type-A radiation, when the police can¡¯t catch prisoners, they will find ways to find the traces of the prisoners. With you, we can see the logic factor of the enemy from anywhere and find out where the enemy is!¡±


    Wait.


    Xiao Jinyu had a bad feeling in his heart.


    At this moment, where Zhao Hen couldn¡¯t see, a sentence floated across Xiao Jinyu¡¯s screen.


    ¡®Dad, he¡¯s saying you¡¯re a dog (=?¦Ø?=)m¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    If you don¡¯t know how to talk, just shut up!


    The author has something to say:


    004:¨q(¨s^¨t)¨rYou dare say my dad is a dog, I¡¯ll bite you to death!!! Woof woof woof!


    Little Goldfish: ...You embarrassing thing, go home!


    ¡ª


    So many words, I really am a hard-working little fortune doll.

 CH 15

    ¡°Bang¡ª!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s hand that was on the wall moved abruptly, making a noise. The phone screen that was originally facing outwards was turned around and slammed against the wall.


    Zhao Hen was slightly shocked, ¡°Xiao Jinyu?¡± What had happened?


    Xiao Jinyu smoothly moved his phone back into his pocket and shook his head: ¡°Nothing, I thought I saw a bug on the wall. I saw wrong.¡±


    Zhao Hen scratched his head.


    ¡°Let''s come in and talk, Mr. Zhao.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡±


    Zhao Hen didn¡¯t think that, after only one night, he would enter this house again.


    Accepting the homeowner¡¯s tea, as it was the first time Zhao Hen did the work of inviting new users to the team, he didn¡¯t know where to start. He twisted his brain and decided to first complete the task that needed to be done. The tan man smiled: ¡°Then, why don¡¯t I tell you about the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP first.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change as he glanced at him and nodded, ¡°I¡¯ll trouble you then.¡±


    Although Zhao Hen was honest, didn¡¯t have a lot of cunning plots, and was the typical brave general type of guy, he was clear on the information of the APP. Since whenever they faced a dangerous situation, it was the only tool that they could use to contact the outside.


    He didn¡¯t immediately introduce the usage of the APP, but instead explained to Xiao Jinyu what user levels and polluters were, the basic information.


    Xiao Jinyu smiled and listened to Zhao Hen repeat the information he already knew without revealing anything. Occasionally, he would ponder and ask some of his own questions and Zhao Hen would answer them clearly.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°So polluters at the moment of being contaminated, would immediately go find prey?¡±


    ¡°Yes, being contaminated would equal being dead, turning into a monster that would only find nutrients for the out of control logic skill.¡±


    This was exactly what 004 has said too.


    Xiao Jinyu calmly picked up the tea cup and took a sip.


    After explaining the background information of the APP, Zhao Hen started to introduce the APP: ¡°The Grow Some Brains APP is the only tool that we know of that can contact the polluted areas. It originates from a polluter, codenamed 004. What polluters are, I just explained to you, ¡®004¡¯ is the rank of this polluter in the entire nation¡¯s collection.¡±


    Suddenly, the phone in Xiao Jinyu¡¯s pocket buzzed.


    Zhao Hen: ¡°It seems like there¡¯s a notification?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu calmed smiled, ¡°It¡¯s nothing, it¡¯s not important, Mr. Zhao please continue.¡±


    Zhao Hen nodded and continued: ¡°This rank system is sorted by the nation according to the polluter¡¯s danger level, its strength, and the usefulness of its skill. Before yesterday, we thought that 004¡¯s danger level wasn¡¯t that high, its strength was medium, but it¡¯s usefulness was extremely high, so its number was 004. I heard from the captain that this number might go up a bit¡­ eh, sorry, I said too much. Us users knowing this information is useless, we just need to know how to use the APP provided by 004.¡±


    As he talked, Zhao Hen took out his phone: ¡°Open your APP.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu paused before taking out his phone. Looking at the crying expression that was constantly moving across the screen, he lowered his eyes, reached out, and covered the screen.


    Hope you won¡¯t talk.


    You probably also don¡¯t want people to find out that you have private communications with humans. So¡­


    You must not speak.


    Xiao Jinyu took a deep breath in and moved his hand away. Zhao Hen just so happened to look over: ¡°Yes, open the APP.¡±


    The comments from Polluter 004 disappeared long ago and there was nothing unusual on the screen.


    Xiao Jinyu opened the APP.


    Zhao Hen: ¡°The APP has a total of three parts: the user profile, task window, and leaderboard. Let¡¯s look at the user profile first.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at him strangely: ¡°Mr. Zhao, are you not going to open your profile too?¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°...¡±


    ¡°Ha...ha¡­ Just opening yours is fine. Everyone¡¯s format is the same.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu seemed to have come to an answer.


    Zhao Hen explained: ¡°The reason why the APP is called the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP, I actually don¡¯t know too much about, this is the name 004 gave. It has all the power in the APP, there is no committee in the nation that can change any of the APP¡¯s information, they only have slightly more permissions than the ordinary user. The user profile is where you manually input information.


    ¡°The ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP will, at the moment when you awaken, detect your logic skill and forcibly name it, becoming your User ID. Your name is¡­¡±


    Zhao Hen¡¯s voice stopped abruptly.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Is there a problem?¡±


    ¡°No, nothing¡¯s wrong. Fourth Perspective, Fourth Perspective¡­ This ID is pretty good, pretty good¡­¡±


    Not knowing why, Xiao Jinyu suddenly felt that Zhao Hen¡¯s voice was filled with bitterness and when he said ¡®Fourth Perspective¡¯, there was a slightly sour smell in the air.


    Zhao Hen rubbed his face: ¡°User IDs cannot be changed, you also cannot change your level or number. Logic levels I already explained to you, you are currently a level one user. And your user number is formed from two parts, one letter and number. Your letter is D, meaning that you are part of the D rank users. Number 20018, as you are 20018th in the D rank users.


    ¡°¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP splits the users into four ranks: A, B, C, and D, based on their levels, combat strength, and their mission completion degree.


    ¡°As of right now, there are 108 users in A rank, with five level 3 users and everyone else is level four or above. The White Garden you know of was A97, he was one of the five level three users in the A rank. He was really strong.


    ¡°There are 1418 users in B rank, except for the two powerful level two users, the rest are all level three users.¡±


    ¡°C rank has 6831 users, all level two.


    ¡°D rank is all level one users.¡±


    After introducing the ranks, Zhao Hen added: ¡°If you want to look at the leaderboards, you can open the leaderboard on this side of the APP. You can clearly see the rankings of all the users in the nation. The ranks of B, C, and D users are public, A rank users are a bit hidden, a part of the stronger level five users and all of the level six users are hidden, you cannot see their ranking.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu stilled for a second and opened the leaderboard.


    The second after he pressed down, a variety of User IDs appeared before him.


    [China¡¯s User Leaderboard - A Rank


    A01 - Anonymous


    A02 - Anonymous


    ¡­]


    Xiao Jinyu scrolled down to A54 before he was able to see an ID.


    [A54 - Piggy Shampoo - Level Five]


    ¡°......¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes strangely stared at the two words of ¡®Piggy Shampoo¡¯ for a long time.


    Retracting his gaze, Xiao Jinyu continued to open the B, C, and D leaderboards. Sure enough, these three leaderboards were public and there were no anonymous users, and there were a variety of IDs filling the screen.


    Xiao Jinyu only glanced through them, but was silent for a moment.


    ¡­Fourth Perspective really was pretty good.


    But the four leaderboards only show the User ID and level, he wasn¡¯t able to check their information.


    While Xiao Jinyu was still thinking, Zhao Hen continued to explain: ¡°User ID, Logic Level and User Number are all automatically given by the APP, but your real name and gender can be entered manually.¡±


    Zhao Hen waited for a while but Xiao Jinyu did not make a move to enter in the information.


    Zhao Hen was a little puzzled: ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu raised his head: ¡°For the manually entered information, does it have to be correct? For example, if I enter my gender as female, would the APP display an error?¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°Ah?¡±


    Zhao Hen¡¯s worldview took a large hit and he was extremely puzzled and at a loss.


    Why would anyone purposefully enter false information?


    Silently, Xiao Jinyu explained: ¡°Yesterday at the train station, Miss Qi firmly reminded me something, she said, never tell anyone about your logic skill. But Mr Zhao, the moment you entered, you talked about my logic skill. And the content of the logic skill is given by the APP. Miss Qi is not from the government and I believe she isn¡¯t a dangerous person. So I think¡­ the government can see the full user information, right?¡±


    The leaderboard won¡¯t display the full user information.


    But it¡¯s very obvious, the government has a method to see the specific information of users.


    Zhao Hen stilled for a long time, as he understood what Xiao Jinyu was saying.


    Zhao Hen¡¯s logic skill was very powerful and had a high attack power. The moment he reached level two, he was personally recruited by Captain Wang into the Zhongdu Extermination Squad, becoming a staff member of the nation. But he had never realized that the government being able to check specific user information on the APP, was strange. He has subconsciously grown accustomed to it.


    Zhao Hen revealed a confused expression and thought for a while before forcing out some words: ¡°Now that you say so, it seems that it¡¯s not impossible¡­ but the information on every user is highly confidential, even the Captain of the Zhongdu Extermination Squad can only see a portion of it. Seeing the information requires multiple applications and some of the more public information doesn¡¯t have to be filled in by you, we can just observe you for a while and come to a conclusion.¡±


    ¡°About what Qi Simin said about keeping your logic skill a secret, that is about the cause and effects of your logic skill, especially the cause. Try to not let anyone know about the beginning of your logic skill, or else they will have the opportunity to avoid this cause and cause your logic skill to be ineffective.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lightly nodded.


    Seeing that Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t speak anymore, Zhao Hen didn¡¯t continue to explain, instead he started to explain the APP¡¯s last function.


    ¡°The ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP¡¯s most important function in my opinion, is the task window.¡±


    While he talked, he opened his own APP. Taking advantage of the fact the user profile hadn¡¯t popped up yet, he quickly tapped on the ¡®Task¡¯ column.


    ¡°The task window, as the name suggests, is where the user can accept tasks. Every user can post their own tasks on here and every prefecture¡¯s extermination squad can post tasks as well. When posting a task, you have to write in the task reward, and after the user receives and completes the task, through the APP¡¯s confirmation, they can receive the corresponding reward and a certain degree of task completion. But there is something you have to be aware of.¡±


    Zhao Hen said helplessly: ¡°It¡¯s tasks are split into ranks and have certain viewing requirements. In addition to the government sent tasks, such as cleaning up the logic factors from White Garden, these tasks can be opened to the public for familiar clean up crews to receive. For others, every user can only see tasks from their own levels and also match their ranks.¡±


    Zhao Hen swiftly opened a task: ¡°Like this one, if you aren¡¯t B rank and in the top 200, you can¡¯t open the task. Because the task issuer set up specific requirements, they thought that lower ranking users are unable to complete the task. At the same time, the highest task rank every user can send is their level. For you, since you are D rank, you can only send out D rank tasks, and request help from other D ranks.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his head to look at his APP. He opened the task column.


    Eh?


    Zhao Hen moved closer: ¡°There is only one task you can see right now. Click on it.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu opened the task, then¡­


    [D Rank Task


    Recently I¡¯ve had some serious insomnia, I¡¯m unable to sleep everyday. Are there any brothers out there that have a logic skill that can painlessly send me to sleep? Haidu City.


    Task Reward: 1000 dollars.


    Completion Limit: None]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    This task¡¯s reward was really simple and casual.


    Seeing the task reward of 1000 dollars on the screen, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart moved. But it was a pity that his logic skill wasn¡¯t helpful.


    Letting out a breath, he closed the task window.


    After introducing the user information, task window, and leaderboard, Zhao Hen looked at Ziao Jinyu hesitantly. They had returned to the topic at the beginning. But he really didn¡¯t have the experience to recruit members!


    While Zhao Hen was still thinking about how to introduce new members, a clear and stable voice sounded.


    ¡°Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Squad must be the government¡¯s user team, right?¡±


    Zhao Hen¡¯s soul suddenly returned and hurriedly replied: ¡°Yes! We all have an official government post so we all have a salary.¡±


    Salary?


    His heart couldn¡¯t help but be moved for a second.


    But quickly, Xiao Jinyu rubbed his lip and seriously asked: ¡°The tasks from the extermination squad, are they very dangerous?¡±


    Zhao Hen slightly paused and then nodded his head: ¡°Yes, very dangerous. The nation loses 2000 people yearly and half of that comes from the extermination team¡¯s users. Because we often go into contamination areas, carrying out pollutant extermination and clean up tasks.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Mr Zhao, I¡¯m just a level one user.¡±


    Level one user? Zhao Hen: ¡°The Captain and I will protect you, you just need to look around for logic factors.¡±


    Being a ¡®police dog¡¯, this type of thing, might not be a good job. Plus Xiao Jinyu was also low on the leaderboard and unable to receive a lot of tasks. To get rewards from using his logic skill, the most convenient way was to join the Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Squad.


    But right now he has something more important on hand.


    He needs to find out what his mom¡¯s situation really is and find a way to save her.


    Seeing Xiao Jinyu¡¯s flickering eyes, Zhao Hen racked his brains, then he suddenly thought of something: ¡°Right! Our extermination team has a really good welfare system.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu stilled and raised his head.


    Zhao Hen immediately started promoting: ¡°As long as you are a member of the team, we all enjoy full medical insurance, this also applies to family members! You are so young, Xiao Jinyu, your parents are still alive right?¡±


    The young man¡¯s eyes opened wide.


    Zhao Hen ¡®hehe''''d and smiled: ¡°Then that¡¯s great. Every month, team member¡¯s family members can get a free full body check up. When the team member is out on a mission, there will be a protection squad member to check on their family members for them, helping them take care of their parents! Xiao Jinyu, are your parents in Zhongdu right now, I remember that in two days is this month¡¯s checkup day, I can help you put an appointment in. Tonight the protection squad member can come and help write down your parents¡¯ information.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    Ten minutes later.


    Zhao Hen walked out the door dumbfoundedly and scratched his head, a bit embarrassed.


    The new user actually turned down the offer to enter the extermination squad.


    He didn¡¯t directly refuse and only said he needed to think about it.


    But the new user¡¯s reason was pretty understandable, Zhao Hen thought for a while and could only sigh: ¡°He only just awakened his logic skill and is only a level one user, he hadn¡¯t even understood what his logic skill is and Captain already wants him to go to the contamination areas, it really is too dangerous.¡±


    But he wasn¡¯t in that difficult of a spot, at the start, Captain had already thought that Xiao Jinyu might reject the invitation. If Xiao Jinyu was a level two user, then Captain Wang would personally invite him no matter what. But he was only a level one user, what¡¯s most important right now is that he can understand his logic skill and promote to level two without his logic skill breaking down.


    This is also why Captain Wang didn¡¯t personally come to his door and instead sent Zhao Hen to invite him.


    He (Zhao Hen) could only go back to the Captain and report.


    In the silent corridor, a tall and strong man with both hands in his pockets walked to the elevator. Suddenly he stopped and pricked up his ears, listening carefully.


    After a few seconds.


    ¡°Eh, did I hear wrong. There were just some footsteps, it was so slow and right on the floor above, with some weird ¡®sha sha¡¯ sound¡­¡±


    He listened for a little while longer and didn¡¯t hear anything.


    Zhao Hen bewilderedly rubbed his face and walked into the elevator.


    At the same time.


    In the quiet living room, Xiao Jinyu sat at the table, head lowered to look at the tabletop. After a while, he turned on his phone.


    A string of words floated across the screen.


    ¡®Dad!¡¯


    ¡®I recognize that person!¡¯


    Slightly stilling, Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°You recognize?¡±


    ¡®Hmph, he is a part of the group that locked me up. Dad, next time you meet, beat him up!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    Probably won¡¯t be able to beat.


    Not speaking any more, Xiao Jinyu looked at his phone.


    What his logic skill was, the APP said it was ¡®seeing logic factors¡¯, yet left a ¡®manual input¡¯ frame, meaning he had to figure out what his logic skill was himself.


    But the APP was far from what he had expected!


    The user information was meaningless to him.


    The leaderboard was also useless.


    Only the task window¡­


    Coaxing someone to sleep, this also counted as a task? If he could, he would earn those 1000 dollars, but he really couldn¡¯t coax someone to sleep.


    In his present situation, he wasn¡¯t able to explore his logic skill and level it up, much less solving the problem with his mom.


    In the end the best solution was to accept the Zhongdu Extermination Squad¡¯s invitation. But for the government¡¯s people, wanting to see a regular student¡¯s information was too easy. His mom¡¯s existence won¡¯t be able to be hidden, once or twice he can say his mom was out on a vacation, went to her hometown, but after a while, it would cause suspicion.


    So¡­


    ¡®Dad!¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s consciousness returned.


    He looked at his phone screen, then¡­


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°?!¡±


    ¡®Dad, what about this mission?¡¯


    ¡®This one seems pretty good, it¡¯s just so far away, you need to go to some Xiao Qiu community. Dad, have you been there? 0v0¡¯


    Only seeing the task window on the screen constantly changing, from rank A to D, everything was available.


    Xiao Jinyu immediately grabbed the phone.


    ¡®This mission is good!¡¯


    The message floated across and the APP screen changed, stopping on a rank B task.


    [B Rank Task


    My logic skill seems to run into something strange, specific information will be given over the phone. No need to help in person, just answer my question and help me understand my logic skill. The reward has been put into the Fengheng bank¡¯s safe in Haidu City in advance, the APP has acknowledged the reward is enough.


    Phone Number: 33215849563


    Task Reward: ***


    Prerequisites: Level three or higher user, lowest ranking B100.]


    Xiao Jinyu just finished reading the task before it suddenly updated.


    [B Rank Task


    My logic skill seems to run into something strange, specific information will be given over the phone. No need to help in person, just answer my question and help me understand my logic skill. The reward has been put into the Fengheng bank¡¯s safe in Haidu City in advance, the APP has acknowledged the reward is enough.


    Addition: The situation is very special, I already consulted one level five user and five level four users, all six don¡¯t have an answer! I will now reveal one of the rewards: one million cash. The APP acknowledges the undisclosed reward is more than what the task should give!


    Phone Number: 33215849563


    Task Reward: One Million Cash, ***


    Prerequisites: Level three or higher user, lowest ranking B100.]


    In the spacious room, the wind blew in from the window as the room was silent for a moment.


    ¡­


    ¡°Dad loves you.¡±


    ¡®?¡¯


    After a few seconds, the barrage danced around in excitement,


    ¡®I love Dad, muah O?3?O¡¯

 CH 16

    µÚÊ®ÁùÕ Chapter 16


    It was obvious that this was the backdoor 004 had opened for him, the so-called ¡®private server¡¯.


    Since he could bypass the authorization to see the tasks that don¡¯t belong to his rank, it should be natural that he could accept those tasks as well. But just in case, Xiao Jinyu still asked: ¡°Can I take this task?¡±


    ¡®Of course ah¡¯


    Sure enough, he really could take the tasks.


    Then the next thing he needed to think about was whether or not he should take this task or not.


    Lightly swiping on the phone screen, Xiao Jinyu carefully reread every word on the screen.


    This task was very easy, he didn¡¯t have to enter any seemingly dangerous ¡®contamination areas¡¯ and didn¡¯t have to clean up any debris from logic storms. He only needed to call a number, answer a question, and if he answered it correctly and helped the other person figure out the answer, help them understand their logic skill, he could get a million dollars in cash.


    But in some aspects, it also wasn¡¯t that simple.


    The one who understands the logic skill the most is the user themselves, if they themselves don¡¯t understand their logic skill, other people would have an even harder time.


    ¡°This person wants to first seek help from higher level users, to get their experience of understanding their logic skill. They mentioned in the supplementary information a level five user and five level four users, it seems like they might be a level three user.¡±


    Level three users can post tasks up to B rank, which is also consistent with the task rank.


    After thinking for a long time, Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°If I accept this task, will the task issuer know who I am?¡±


    ¡®You can accept the task anonymously, this is very common Dad.¡¯


    There seems to be no more worries then.


    Anonymously pick up the task, call a number, listen to the other person¡¯s question about their logic skill, and answer them.


    Correct answers will be rewarded with a huge reward and there is no loss if he didn¡¯t answer correctly.


    This task was a really big pie, no wonder so many high level users accepted this task within ten minutes.


    Not thinking anymore, Xiao Jinyu accepted the task.


    ***


    The first snow had just passed and the ground was a silvery white. The cold wind blew in the heavy snow and with a whoosh, it fell.


    Around the corner from the west gate of the Changmei Community, there was an old grocery store.


    Under the rusty and dirty door plaque, the two meter wide storefront only had a half-meter wide walkway, while the rest was blocked by two large shelves on both sides. The shopkeeper smoked a Huangyan Shan cigarette, held an old domestic phone, and played cards online blankly. He just played a three-and-one when a low male voice sounded from the doorway.


    ¡°Are there any phone cards, master?¡±


    The balding shopkeeper looked up.


    Under the gloomy sky, a thin and tall young man stood at the doorway of his broken little shop. Wearing a grey beanie, white mask, and a white down jacket, his hands were in his pockets, only revealing a pair of cold eyes.


    The shopkeeper smiled: ¡°Where did ya hear I sold phone cards here, boy?¡±


    XIao Jinyu lowered his voice: ¡°I heard from my friend.¡±


    The shopkeeper laughed, opened a filthy black drawer, and took a stack of phone cards out.


    ¡°Every card has thirty dollars of charge, you can only use it for one day, tomorrow it¡¯ll probably be found that there¡¯s no real name registration and be cancelled. One card is fifty.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu silently took out a fifty yuan bill from his pocket.


    ¡°Even paying in cash ah. There, pick one.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu swiftly picked one out.


    Pushing down the brim of his hat Xiao Jinyu turned around and left, quickly returning to his own community.


    From the start, he never intended to use his own phone to contact the task issuer.


    First of all, he doesn¡¯t know the reason why the other person posted this task. If it was just wanting to understand their logic skill, then there was no problem. But if there was a malicious intention, then it was possible to find him through his phone number.


    Secondly, he was not eligible to see the task, let alone take it. Suppose someone checks the phone number and finds out the owner of the number was just some newly registered D rank user, then 004¡¯s existence would be exposed.


    This wasn¡¯t just protecting himself, it was also protecting 004.


    Right now he really needs this strange polluter that has recognised him as it¡¯s dad.


    Not wasting any more time, Xiao Jinyu used a knife to remove the metal chip from the phone card and put it into his phone. He didn¡¯t immediately call the task issuer, but instead called a random number. Hearing the confused, ¡°Who is it,¡± on the other side of the phone, Xiao Jinyu quickly said, ¡°Sorry, wrong number,¡± and hung up.


    The phone card could be used normally without arousing suspicion and was no different from a normal phone card.


    Doing all that he could to prepare, Xiao Jinyu checked the task information once again.


    He tapped on the dial button.


    After a short beep, the call was quickly connected, and Xiao Jinyu wasn¡¯t even able to open his mouth before an intense gasping sound was heard from the other side. Like an air blower with a hole in it, the man pulled his throat, before Xiao Jinyu was able to speak, he started off by asking: ¡°Hu-ha, hu-ha, what, what level are you?¡±


    Taken aback, Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but be stunned, but his voice was steady and quickly calmed down.


    Lowering his voice, Xiao Jinyu said: ¡°Level four.¡±


    ¡°Level four?¡±


    ¡°Yes, level four.¡±


    This was the identity Xiao Jinyu had prepared beforehand.


    The task issuer was a level three user himself and the task required users to be at B100 rank or above. After such a long time, a lot of level three users must have called the issuer¡¯s number, but since they couldn¡¯t give an answer, he only mentioned the one level five user and five level four users.


    Since he was going to fake an identity, why not fake one that the other party would respect a bit, but won¡¯t feel overly powerful.


    ¡°Hu, can I know your user ranking?¡±


    Eyebrows lowered slightly, Xiao Jinyu laughed softly: ¡°You anonymously posted the task and I anonymously picked it up. If you don¡¯t want to talk about your problem, just hang up.¡±


    The call was silent for a few seconds.


    Finally, the task issuer panted before briefly saying, ¡°Apologies, hu-ha¡­ it¡¯s just that my situation is very urgent, my logic skill encountered a very scary problem, needing a high level user to help understand.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the problem?¡±


    ¡°My logic skill¡­ can¡¯t be used.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart stopped for a second.


    Can¡¯t be used?


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°What do you mean you can¡¯t use it?¡± Pausing, he added: ¡°By the way, are you running right now?¡±


    That¡¯s right, after listening for five minutes, Xiao Jinyu was a hundred percent confident that the task issuer was running right now.


    A person who was impatient enough to spend a million dollars to get an answer was running while someone was completing the task, this was a very strange thing.


    Quickly, the person on the other side of the phone gave him an answer, he bitterly said: ¡°Yea, hu-ha¡­ I¡¯m running, I¡¯m running to the parking garage to find my Lamborghini sports car.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re in such a hurry that even going the short way to the parking garage, you have to run?¡±


    ¡°Hu-ha¡­ After listening to what I¡¯ve experienced today, you¡¯ll know why I¡¯m in such a hurry.


    ¡°To understand my predicament, I need to tell you about my logic skill. My logic skill is very special, how should I describe it hm¡­ You can think of it like this: my logic skill is similar to ¡®as long as I pick a white flower today, I can pick up a hundred dollars tomorrow¡¯. This is my logic skill.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu slightly paused.


    This logic skill?


    Strange, but it was slightly familiar.


    The man on the other side of the phone finally stopped gaping, breathed in heavily twice, and with a click, opened the car door.


    The background suddenly quieted, and after two short beeping sounds, Xiao Jinyu heard the rumbling noise of an engine, then, the task issuer said while driving: ¡°My logic skill has no attack power and even in daily life there is really no use, so I don¡¯t use it a lot. This is easy to understand right? If you had such a logic skill, you probably won¡¯t use it.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°......¡±


    ¡°So only when I¡¯m bored would I use it. Such as today.


    ¡°After I woke up today, I suddenly wanted to check the weather for tomorrow¡­ cough, I mean I wanted to pick up a hundred dollars tomorrow. So I decided to pick a white flower today. A white flower is very common in Haidu City, you can find one on the streets. Even if that doesn¡¯t work, flower shops will have them.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded.


    Indeed, it¡¯s only a white flower, they¡¯re everywhere, the cause of this logic skill is not hard to do.


    But he knows this ¡®white flower¡¯ is just the comparison the task issuer had used, his logic skill was definitely not this.


    ¡°So I decided to go pick a flower. But¡­


    ¡°I can¡¯t find any.


    ¡°This level four user, do you understand, in this huge Haidu City, based on my net worth, I can¡¯t even find a single white flower.


    ¡°Just today, there wasn¡¯t a single flower!¡±


    XIao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but say in shock: ¡°That¡¯s impossible.¡±


    ¡°Right, this is definitely impossible. There¡¯s none at my house, that¡¯s alright, I can understand. If I go outside and look for one casually but don¡¯t find one, that¡¯s also fine. But what if I go to the flower shop? If I go to the flower market? So much so that when I asked my friend to directly bring a pot of white flowers from their house, the second before I was about to touch it, it was smashed onto the floor by accident!


    ¡°My logic skill does not allow me to pick a flower that has fallen, because based on my previous experiences, my logic skill will judge that flower as ¡®already picked¡¯ and won¡¯t count as me having picked it from the ground.


    ¡°In short, from when I woke up at 8AM, five hours have gone by.


    ¡°I haven¡¯t been able to find a single white flower.¡±


    The voice fell and the call was silent for a while.


    Finally, the task issuer¡¯s voice faintly sounded: ¡°Right now, this level four user, what do you think¡­ is wrong with my logic skill?¡±


    ¡­¡­


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t immediately give an answer.


    The task issuer didn¡¯t think it was weird either. Of the ten users that had called him today, only the level five user first gave him a hypothesis, all the other users had said ¡°Let me think on it a bit more¡±, then immediately hung up and called back later with an answer.


    After Xiao Jinyu said ¡°Let me think some more, then I¡¯ll call back,¡± the task issuer happily hung up. He was very impatient and immediately went to the next location to find a ¡®white flower¡¯.


    In the silent room, Xiao Jinyu immediately found a pen. And sitting by the table, he drew out a line.


    [Picking a flower ¡ú Picking up money]


    As long as he picked a flower today, tomorrow he can pick up money.


    But he cannot pick a flower today, no matter what.


    Xiao Jinyu drew an ¡®X¡¯ underneath ¡®picking a flower¡¯ and moved his sight to the words ¡®picking up money¡¯.


    ¡°So tomorrow he absolutely cannot pick up money.¡±


    Eh? That¡¯s not right, he analyzed wrong.


    ¡°This logic skill is a condition, but not a requirement. Picking a flower is a condition. If he picks a flower, he can definitely pick up money tomorrow; but even if he doesn¡¯t pick a flower, he can still pick up money tomorrow.


    ¡°Then this means, picking flowers is not necessary for picking up money.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his head, his eyes cold as he wrote a sentence¡ª


    [Can still pick up money without picking flowers, but picking flowers will definitely lead to picking up money.]


    Then the question is¡­


    What is stopping the task issuer from picking flowers?


    In the dark room, time ticked away, and the cold wind blew against the windows, making a thumping noise.


    Unconsciously, it was already six o¡¯clock at night.


    Xiao Jinyu stared at the words on the paper.


    Picking flowers.


    Picking up money.


    This is not some hundred dollar thing.


    ...This is a million.


    Suddenly, he picked up his phone.


    ¡°004.¡±


    ¡®Eh? Is dad done? £¨=?¦Ø?=£©£¿¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu was serious as he narrowed his eyes.


    The task issuer¡¯s problem was very strange and a lot of high level users weren¡¯t able to find an answer. At first, he had asked for his user number, probably to determine his identity before he dared to tell him his logic skill information.


    Do not tell anyone your logic skill.


    Unless you encounter this type of problem you cannot solve.


    But without fully understanding the logic skill of the other person, Xiao Jinyu was unable to solve the problem. Minor errors in the understanding of the logic skill could lead to huge errors.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at his phone: ¡°Can you see who the task issuer is?¡±


    ¡®Ah?¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°You can¡¯t?¡±


    ¡®Of course I can.¡¯


    ¡®Does dad want to know who it is?¡¯


    Xiao Jinyu froze.


    It turns out it was this easy to find the task issuer¡¯s identity?


    ¡®Other than the A01 to A53¡¯s fifty three anonymous users, who are a bit strong and after choosing to be anonymous, I¡¯m unable to forcefully unlock and unable to pry open their protection from the task window, the other users I can see their information whenever I want.¡¯


    ¡®Dad did I not tell you this before (¡Ñ_¡Ñ)?¡¯


    ¡°...You didn¡¯t.¡±


    ¡®I forgot, muah.¡¯


    ¡®So does dad want to know who he is?¡¯


    ¡®In fact, he¡¯s¡­¡¯


    ¡°He''s Meat King, right?¡±


    The barrage on the phone stopped for a few seconds.


    ¡®Dad is so smart, he really is Meat King!¡¯

 CH 17

    ¡®Haidu City has a user, his user ID is ¡°Meat King¡±. His logic skill is¡ªas long as he eats roast pork before 24:00, tomorrow, from 00:00 to 24:00, will be a clear day.¡¯


    A day before, Changjie Station¡¯s Infirmary.


    The first time Xiao Jinyu encountered a logic skill, Qi Simin used ¡®Meat King¡¯ as an example.


    Meat King¡¯s logic skill was very easy to understand.


    Eat roast pork today and the second day will be clear.


    This was a very vivid example.


    To be able to promise a million dollars for a task, owning a Lamborghini sports car, and also not caring about being able to pick up a hundred dollars a day¡­ Meat King must be a very rich person.


    If he wanted to eat a piece of roast pork in Haidu City, it would be as easy as turning his hand. If he wanted to get down to the ¡®cause¡¯ of his logic skill, it would be on the same level of difficulty as a normal person breathing. But right now, Meat King has not been able to eat a single piece of roast pork.


    With a steady and calm gaze fixed on the white paper in front of him, Xiao Jinyu crossed out ¡®picking flowers ¡ú picking up money¡¯ and re-wrote a sentence.


    Eating roast pork ¡ú clear skies.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Do you know the specifics of Meat King¡¯s logic skill?¡±


    [His logic skill?]


    [Dad, wait for me to find it.]


    After a few seconds, a sentence drifted across the screen. Xiao Jinyu raised an eyebrow.


    The information 004 gave was less than what Qi Simin had said in passing. It didn¡¯t even say the time window for eating roasted pork and clear days and only simply said, ¡°eating roasted pork will inevitably lead to clear days¡±.


    ¡°There¡¯s only this much information on Meat King¡¯s logic skill?¡±


    [Yingying.]


    ¡°?¡±


    [Of course not, but Dad, my physical body is locked up in a really, really deep place. I can¡¯t find the specifics of the logic skill and can only find the general information from what my physical body detected when he first awakened his logic skill. For the information he manually added afterwards, I can¡¯t find¡­]


    [If my physical body was here, I could find anything!]


    So it was like this.


    Xiao Jinyu shook his head.


    It seems like the only information he has right now is the logic skill content provided by Qi Simin and the fact that Meat King ¡®cannot eat roast pork¡¯.


    The sun was setting outside of the window and the lights in the room turned on with a ¡®click¡¯.


    ¡®It¡¯s so cold underground¡¯, ¡®Dad I¡¯m scared of the dark¡¯, and so on kept drifting across the screen, but Xiao Jinyu did not notice and instead stared thoughtfully at the wall.


    The yellowing wallpaper had a history of nineteen years and in the corner was a few brown bug blood stains. The light shone on the blood stains, making the shadow blotchy, seemingly swaying out an incorporeal line. The outermost blood stain was the logic skill¡¯s cause and the innermost was its result.


    Between the cause and the result, a line appeared between them filled with all kinds of possibilities.


    But without a doubt, there will always be a line connecting them, irreversible and uninterruptible.


    This was what a logic skill is.


    ¡­¡­


    Night.


    20:47.


    Haidu City¡¯s suburbs.


    A royal blue Lamborghini sports car drove down the dusky rural road and in the rumble, headed towards Haidu City in the multicolored sky.


    The fatty in the driver¡¯s seat held the steering wheel with both hands, a red gemstone ring firmly embedded in his flesh. His eyes were bloodshot, his teeth clenched, eyes fixed on the road in front of him. Suddenly, the phone rang.


    Meat King immediately froze.


    He grabbed the phone from the passenger seat.


    ¡°Hello¡­¡±


    The young and hoarse male voice on the other side of the phone, started off saying: ¡°Meat King.¡±


    Meat King¡¯s expression immediately stilled, he slowed down the car as he drove on the empty road. He looked at the number on the screen.


    Today, fifty-three users had called him.


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    ¡°If you¡¯re a level four user, being able to find out my identity with your network is not very surprising. My logic skill is very well-known in the Haidu City area,¡± Meat King laughed at himself: ¡°An interesting but useless, rubbish logic skill. The only good thing about it is that it¡¯s simple and easy to upgrade.¡± But even if it was upgraded, it would be useless.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Have you eaten pork yet?¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°It seems like you haven¡¯t found the answer yet either.¡±


    Meat King didn¡¯t speak.


    Sitting at the dinner table, Xiao Jinyu held his phone in one hand and a pen in the other. And in front of him was a piece of paper full of words.


    ¡°Your logic skill is pretty well-known, but rule number five in the APP guidebook says, do not tell anyone about your logic skill. But now, Meat King, your logic skill has a problem. If you really want to find the answer, you must truthfully tell me what your logic skill really is.


    ¡°From the cause to the result, every detail, you must tell me clearly.¡±


    Not waiting for Meat King to respond, Xiao Jinyu suddenly continued coldly: ¡°Of course, if you won¡¯t speak, that¡¯s fine too, it¡¯s up to you. I just thought the situation you encountered today was a bit interesting before deciding to stick my hand in and help a bit. You¡¯re a level three user, so you must be very clear on the workings of your logic skill, so you can choose to speak or not.¡±


    Level three users: Clear on the cause and result of their logic skill and can elaborate on all the paths of the logic skill.


    The moment the call connected, Xiao Jinyu asked Meat King to say the details of his logic skill, not letting him interject at all.


    Yet after he made this request, there was a long silence on both sides of the phone.


    Meat King did not respond.


    Was he still not willing to say?


    Just as Xiao Jinyu thought the other person wasn¡¯t going to respond, Meat King suddenly spoke.


    ¡°I already told two level five users my logic skill¡¯s detailed information, you¡¯re the third and also the first level four user. Because you¡¯re the only user who¡¯s directly guessed my identity, I¡¯ve decided to tell you¡­ I also hope your answer won¡¯t let me down.¡±


    None of the two wanted to waste any time and quickly, Meat King talked about his logic skill, completely laying it in front of Xiao Jinyu.


    After hearing what he had to say, Xiao Jinyu realized at that moment, the so-called ¡®eat roast pork¡¯, wasn¡¯t that simple.


    First, it must be a piece of pork belly with skin on it and must be cut into a cube that is 3.14 cm wide on all sides, then cooked using star anise, cinnamon, and other such spices. Even the cooking time has a requirement, it can¡¯t go past 29 minutes, but also must be over 28 minutes.


    ¡°¡­After making this piece of roast pork, as long as I eat it in one bite, the next day will be clear.


    ¡°This is my logic skill.¡±


    After thinking for a minute, Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°What counts as a clear day. Has it defined what it is?¡±


    Define a clear day? Meat King: ¡°Uh, no clouds in thousands of miles, a clear and boundless sky? More or less like this.¡±


    The black pen drew a circle on the paper, Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°How large is the range of the clear sky? Can it cover the entirety of the city, or is it the nation, or the entire world? Or maybe, it¡¯s a set place, for example Haidu City?¡±


    The hand holding the steering wheel stilled for a second, Meat King parked his car on the side of the road, under a tall willow tree.


    He suddenly decided to stop driving.


    He can feel that the level four user on the phone was very serious towards the situation his logic skill encountered, he really seemed to want to find the reason why he ¡°could not eat roast pork¡±.


    Meat King got out of the car.


    Meat King: ¡°Sorry, I didn¡¯t explain it clearly earlier. I¡¯m very nervous right now, very anxious. I think if you had encountered a situation like mine, you would also be flustered to the point that you would forget some information. The area of the clear sky isn¡¯t a city or a set area. It¡¯s as far as my naked eye can see, the entire area would be clear.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes lit up: ¡°So in other words, it will be clear as far as you can see?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡±


    He took a deep breath in and out. Xiao Jinyu¡¯s gaze was calm as he looked at the content of the paper in front of him and said in a calm tone: ¡°Meat King, I thought of five answers. I¡¯ll start with the best possible answer.¡±


    On the other side of the phone, Meat King became serious: ¡°You speak.¡±


    ¡°Number one, your logic skill has no problem and instead, someone is deliberately targeting you and they don¡¯t want you to eat roast pork today.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s impossible!¡±


    ¡°How is it impossible? Were you going to say, you personally made roast pork but still weren¡¯t able to eat it and there would always be an accident in the process?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°So why can¡¯t this be targeted? Someone can secretly observe you and at the moment you¡¯re about to eat the roast pork, they¡¯ll use some type of logic skill or prop to knock your roast pork to the ground.¡±


    Meat King: ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°I feel like the probability of this happening isn¡¯t high.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu sighed in his heart, how could he not know that the probability of this was low.


    If you wanted to stop Meat King from eating meat, you must observe him for 24 hours and stop him from eating meat. Meat King wasn¡¯t stupid either, if there really was such a person, unless the other person¡¯s logic skill was ¡°stopping someone from eating roast pork¡±, it would be very hard to not be discovered by Meat King.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Ok, then I¡¯ll say the second situation.¡±


    Not wasting any time, Xiao Jinyu made a long story short.


    The second situation was very simple, that is, there really is a logic skill, and this logic skill was even more strange than Meat King¡¯s. It¡¯s content is: to stop people from eating roast pork. The owner of this logic skill just needed Meat King to enter the logic skill¡¯s cause and the logic skill will automatically take place, not needing to track Meat King for 24 hours.


    This answer was also rejected by Meat King.


    In fact, this kind of highly specific logic skill, not to mention Meat King, even Xiao Jinyu felt it was outrageous.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Then the next three possibilities will have nothing to do with your logic skill¡¯s ¡®cause¡¯ and will deal with ¡®clear days¡¯. The first possibility is¡­ tomorrow is definitely not a clear day.¡±


    The black pen swirled between his fingers and Xiao Jinyu¡¯s brain also began to move rapidly.


    Meat King¡¯s logic skill is, if he eats roast pork, the next day will be clear.


    Under this condition, suppose there is someone with a logic skill of ¡°eat roast pork and the second day will not be clear¡±, then all they need to do is eat roast pork before Meat King and their logic skill will activate before his. Logic skills are irreversible, so if their logic skill activates, deciding that tomorrow must not be clear, then Meat King¡¯s logic skill cannot activate.


    ¡°¡­tomorrow must not be clear, so your logic skill can never be activated. The logic skills, in order to prevent itself from becoming a fallacy, strangled the possibility from the start. That is, it¡¯s your logic skill that is preventing you from eating roasted pork.¡±


    Meat King: ¡°This level four user, your answer is also the same answer as the first level five user who contacted me today. But, the possibility is very low! There are more than twenty thousand users in China, which sounds like a lot, but you have to separate them into various areas afterwards. I have never heard of this logic skill and I believe that there will not suddenly appear a logic skill that is directed at me like this.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu did not refute him and rubbed his lip: ¡°Then the next two possibilities are not good.¡±


    Meat King leaned against the Lamborghini and lit a cigarette.


    He held a cigarette and his tone was calm, yet his hands seemed a bit shaky.


    ¡°You speak.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression did not change: ¡°You¡¯re going to be blind.¡±


    Meat King: ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°After eating roast pork, the next day, as far as your eyes can see, it will be clear. This is your logic skill. But you cannot see, so your logic skill will run halfway before stopping and will become a fallacy. So, it¡¯s still your logic skill stopping you from eating roast pork.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°I think your sight is very good, tonight the moon is very big, very white.¡±


    There was a long silence.


    The phone transmitted the calm and indifferent voice of a young man.


    ¡°Then there only leaves the last possibility¡­¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°Meat King, you¡¯re going to die.¡±


    ¡­¡­


    After hanging up, looking at the various lines on the white paper, Xiao Jinyu sighed and threw the paper into the trash.


    Of the five possibilities, Meat King had refuted three.


    The last two, he did not refute and only said he wanted to think about it some more and hung up.


    Before he hung up, Xiao Jinyu specifically asked about the task reward.


    After Xiao Jinyu asked his question, Meat King¡¯s side was quiet for a moment before saying: ¡°The APP has already noted down all of your answers, if I am still alive tomorrow, I will confirm the reward myself. Otherwise, the APP will automatically send the vault password to the users who completed the task according to the answers obtained.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know the APP even had this function.


    Now that he had already done his best to brainstorm what had happened with Meat King¡¯s logic skill, as to whether there was a correct answer in the five he gave, he could only resign himself to fate.


    Sitting for a whole day, Xiao Jinyu stretched and walked towards the bedroom.


    He hasn¡¯t slept for two days and one night now.


    The lights in the living room turned off with a ¡®click¡¯, and Xiao Jinyu entered the bedroom. At this time, a barrage flashed across his screen.


    [Dad, what do you think is most likely?]


    The light of the phone entered through the corner of his eye, and Xiao Jinyu slightly stopped, lowering his head to look at his phone.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    [(¡Ñ¡Å¡Ñ)?]


    The dim moonlight entered through the window, into the room, and onto the youth¡¯s cold face, causing the face to be white to the point of transparency, glowing with a color colder than the moon.


    ¡°But if I was Meat King, I would choose, at 23:59, to dig out my own eyeballs.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s tone was indifferent, as if he had just casually said a joke, but his gaze was firm and powerful. If there was anyone present, they would definitely believe from the bottom of their heart that the young man in front of them would not hesitate to dig out his own eyes.


    Xiao Jinyu closed the door on the way.


    As the door closed, a quiet sentence was covered by the sound.


    ¡°After all, being blind is better than being dead.¡±


    ¡­¡­


    At the same time.


    In the suburbs of Haidu City.


    The area was silent in the cold moonlight.


    A gorgeous sports car was parked on the side of the rural road, in the pitch darkness, a cigarette flame flickered.


    There were already seven or eight cigarettes thrown on the ground.


    Meat King¡¯s fat body leaned against the car door and he looked up at the snow-white moon in the sky.


    ¡­blindness or death?


    The strong smell of smoke could not be blown away by the wind, and with a ¡®ka-cha¡¯, Meat King lit another one.


    In the night breeze, the cold moonlight illuminated the tall willow tree next to the Lamborghini. The shadow of the tree swayed and the long branches fell on the car, making a ¡®zizi¡¯ sound, like the sound of nails on a chalkboard.


    The sound was like a woman¡¯s nails, and the slender willow branches were like a woman¡¯s feminine waist.


    Following the wind, it swung.


    Meat King was smoking a cigarette and suddenly saw this scene.


    The ¡®zizi¡¯ sound began to burrow into his ears and fill it.


    Zizi.


    Zizi.


    Zizi¡­


    ¡­


    Chi-la.


    Chi-la.


    A pair of men¡¯s shoes rubbed against the car¡¯s roof.


    Under the moonlight, a long figure hung from the willow tree.


    The author has something to say:


    I caught up before 12! That¡¯s great.


    Today my family came over to visit me and entertained me for a long time, but I was very happy, I haven¡¯t seen them in a long time. But the update was late, so sorry.


    Tomorrow will be the VIP chapters, thank you for reading until now, angels.


    Recently, there were a lot of regrets this week. This day is very special, I was flipping through the photo album today, and last year at this time I was doing an MRI. I had thought I wouldn¡¯t need to undergo surgery, but in the end I had to anyway. Thinking about this, there seems to be no codes for a year now.


    So take care of your body, my babies, sleeping early and waking early is very important, and so is eating on time.


    Keke, I accidentally said too much.


    So sum it up, I hope that all the angels who have read until now will be happy.


    I¡¯ll see you tomorrow in the VIP chapter~


    However this novel is written very slowly and each chapter is also revised slowly, and you have also realized that word count for all the chapters are large too¡­. so tomorrow¡¯s entry of the ten thousand word VIP chapter will be updated later, I might not be able to update before six o¡¯clock.


    Lastly, good night, muah.

 CH 18

    Snower: Let¡¯s welcome a co-translator for this project! Welcome fluff/faye!


    Also, Happy Chinese New Year! It¡¯s just on the dot in my time zone, so I¡¯m not late¡­ ^_^


    Keep thinking.


    ¨C Grow Some Brains, Everyone Has A Responsibility APP¡¯s Must-Read Guidebook for Newcomers


    ***


    It has been two whole days since Xiao Jinyu entered the White Garden space.


    He still didn¡¯t understand his logic skill enough.


    The bedroom¡¯s curtains were closed tightly and Xiao Jinyu sat on the bed as he lifted his right hand and stared at the three colorful dots flying between his fingers.


    The difference between a level one and level two user is that a level two user can consciously and skillfully activate their logic skill. A level two user might not be able to clearly state what their logic skill actually is or name every possibility of their logic skill, but they can accurately use their logic skill.


    What Xiao Jinyu needs to do now is to learn how to use his own logic skill.


    ¡°It¡¯s name is ¡®Fourth Perspective¡¯.


    ¡°Seeing logic factors is just it¡¯s basic function. To do that, I need to swipe from left to right on my eyelids. But what is the use of these three logic factors from White Garden¡­?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu carefully observed the three fast-moving logic factors, wanting to get some inspiration from them. However, the moment it reached five minutes, his eyes suddenly felt a stab of pain.


    Xiao Jinyu immediately shut his eyes and stopped using Fourth Perspective.


    After a couple seconds, he opened his eyes and looked at his phone.


    The usage time of Fourth Perspective was only five minutes.


    Once the five minutes were up, he must rest.


    After confirming his eyes stopped hurting, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t waste any time and raised his two fingers again, activating Fourth Perspective.


    Just as Xiao Jinyu was about to activate his logic skill for the ninth time, a sharp sound suddenly came from his phone that was lying on the bed.


    ¡°Ding!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was startled. He closed his eyes to deactivate the logic skill, then grabbed his phone.


    An APP reminder jumped onto the screen.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t think too much, expecting just a regular ad notification, but the moment he saw the content of the notification, he froze. He unconsciously looked at the date and time on the top of the screen.


    November 11th, 2046, 22:31.


    ¡°It¡¯s not even twelve o¡¯clock yet and it has already ended¡­?¡±


    After a moment of silence, Xiao Jinyu opened the notification and entered the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP.


    [B Rank Task Has Been Completed (1/1).


    Currently calculating task reward, please wait¡­]


    Meat King¡¯s task was already completed.


    Xiao Jinyu thought for a moment and asked: ¡°004, if a user dies, will they be removed from the leaderboard?¡±


    [Yes, dad.]


    ¡°Go check if Meat King is still alive.¡±


    After a while, a barrage slowly floated across the screen.


    [Dad, he¡¯s dead (=???=)q]


    Sure enough.


    Sighing helplessly in his heart, Xiao Jinyu opened the task status. After confirming the mission reward was indeed being settled, he closed the APP.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know whether Meat King had dug out his own eyes or not before his death, but there was a ninety percent chance that, even if he had dug out his eyes, there was no way for him to see the sunrise of tomorrow.


    It wasn¡¯t because he was blind and couldn¡¯t see, it was because the other party hadn¡¯t wanted him to live past today.


    Before, on the phone, Xiao Jinyu gave five possibilities. Meat King personally denied three, only leaving the last two. The last two answers seemed to be different, but the essence was the same: the reason why Meat King was unable to eat roasted pork today is because he cannot see the sun tomorrow.


    Becoming blind was the first possibility.


    Meat King¡¯s logic skill required him to ¡®see with the naked eye¡¯ in order for that area to be clear. So if his eyes could not see anymore, it would naturally be impossible to have a clear day. The logic skill seems to have broken down and collapsed, but in fact it is an explanation in itself. The line between the cause and effect is broken, but the logic skill itself is still very reasonable and has not collapsed. It¡¯s just that Meat King can no longer eat roast pork or use his logic skill afterwards.


    As for death, it was the second possibility.


    Looking at the cold task completion notification, Xiao Jinyu whispered: ¡°When a logic skill repeatedly reminds it¡¯s user, you will definitely die. Then what it wants to say might actually mean something else¡­¡±


    You are being watched by another logic skill.


    He didn¡¯t say the last part out loud, but Xiao Jinyu was very certain, Meat King must have died in another user¡¯s hands.


    And it was before today, and at the very latest before 8 in the morning today, before Meat King realized he couldn¡¯t eat roast pork, he was already caught by the other party¡¯s logic skill, entering so-and-so¡¯s logic skill, dooming him to a fate of death.


    And in this world there are two names for fate.


    One is God.


    Another is Logic Skill.


    Blinding oneself before the second day was to conform with the infeasible logic skill and pray for a way to live. But it was obvious, the user who was hiding in the shadows did not want to leave Meat King with a way to live.


    After all, as he was someone involved, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart was deeply regretful, but not sad.


    Not even taking five minutes, the APP¡¯s task reward calculation was completed.


    [B Rank Task Reward Calculation Completed


    A total of nine users answered correctly, following the task issuer¡¯s task reward instructions and proceeding with the following distribution:


    Splitting the following reward between nine users: One Million Cash;


    Of the nine, three users gave high-quality answers, which were more in-line with the task objective, and will be randomly given the second reward: Pollutant 143, Pollutant 198.]


    It turns out there were actually nine users who completed the task and a second reward?!


    Xiao Jinyu was so shocked he wasn¡¯t able to respond immediately.


    It was normal for a lot of people to complete the task, and as for the second reward, it was probably the reward Meat King had hidden.


    Xiao Jinyu had never thought that the reward hidden by Meat King were two pollutants. No wonder he was so confident as he said it was acknowledged by the APP, since the hidden reward was far more valuable than one million dollars.


    There is no such thing as having too much money in this world, but having money does not mean you can awaken a logic skill, letting you own pollutants.


    ¡­Hold on, can pollutants be collected privately?


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression changed, immediately asking: ¡°004, I remember you saying that you were locked up underground by Zhongdu¡¯s Extermination Team, that is, the group Zhao Hen was in. Are you pollutants all locked up underground? Are regular users allowed to have pollutants?¡±


    [T^T Dad, what did you call me???]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Can you spe~cial objects be collected by regular users?¡±


    [o(?£þ?£þ?)o]


    [Of course. Not all pollu¡­ cough, special objects are special like me!]


    [Majority of the special objects are contaminated by users¡¯ out-of-control logic skills, they¡¯re only a little special, unless it¡¯s contaminated by a level six user¡¯s out-of-control logic skill, which would make it a bit strong and rank in the top fifty.]


    [Pollutants ranking fifty to a hundred cannot be privately owned, but if you pay attention to safety, you won¡¯t be contaminated by them.]


    [For those ranking past a hundred, they can be privately owned. But you must still pay attention, if your level is low, it will be easy to be affected. No matter how low the ranking of the pollutant is, you still have to keep your distance from it. Because it is easy for your logic skill to be affected by the pollutants, causing self-doubt, leading to your logic skill breaking and going out-of-control.]


    So it was like this.


    Xiao Jinyu nodded.


    He looked at the words quickly moving across his screen, thought for a bit, and decided to not say ¡®You kept on talking so much you said pollutant instead of special object¡¯.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s sight returned to the APP.


    There are only two pollutants in the second reward given by the APP, but it also said, there were three users who could get the reward.


    Could the two pollutants be split into three, or¡­


    Qtlif Wljb Alcse kjr ralii atlcxlcu, atf rmgffc mtjcufv. Ktf CUU tjv jigfjvs ulnfc jc jcrkfg.


    [Random assignment has finished, User 1 obtains Pollutant 143, User 2 obtains Pollutant 198.


    Dfmjerf atf rajafv gfkjgv lr rabgfv lc Mfcutfcu Djcx¡¯r rjof lc Ljlve Jlas, erfgr jgf gfdefrafv ab qfgrbcjiis ub jcv mbiifma la atfwrfinfr.]


    Ktf kbgvr bc atf rmgffc ribkis vlrjqqfjgfv.


    Wljb Alcse milmxfv bc atf ajrx jujlc, jcv atf D gjcx ajrx kjr wbnfv ab atf ¡®mbwqifafv¡¯ mbiewc jcv tjv jirb aegcfv ugfs.


    Then, a message popped up.


    [Ding dong! Congratulations on receiving the rewards, 111,111 cash, Pollutant 198.]


    A two in three chance, he really randomly won the reward!


    After the task reminder from the APP, was an eight digit password. Based on the APP¡¯s notification, the nine users who completed the task will have different passwords, they can go to the Haidu City¡¯s Fengheng Bank at any time, and following the password, collect their reward.


    Winning a reward is always the type of thing that can make people uncontrollably happy.


    Especially when there is a controlled group. Even if one of the three people could not receive the reward, the possibility of winning is very high. And seeing as he was not the unlucky third person, Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but raise the corner of his mouth, and for the first time in a month, his clear eyes finally flashed with a light.


    While secretly rejoicing, Xiao Jinyu thought: I don¡¯t even know which user it was, they were so unlucky. If Meat King was still alive, perhaps the reward would not be given out by the APP, and instead would have been distributed by Meat King himself to two of the three users.


    But there was no longer this possibility.


    After repeatedly reading the eight digits on the screen three times, Xiao Jinyu turned off his phone in satisfaction.


    He swiped across his eyelids with two fingers, activating Fourth Perspective. Xiao Jinyu looked at his right hand.


    The sudden cheerful mood made his brows, which had been slightly furrowed, relax. He calmly lowered his head and once again looked at the three dancing light dots in his hand.


    After being in a happy mood, the light dots seemed to be in a different color.


    Between his pale fingers, the three dots were constantly flying and spinning.


    White Garden¡¯s logic skill was to create an independent space, which could hold living human beings.


    Suddenly, Xiao Jinyu spread out his fingers, watching the three dots cut in between his fingers.


    ¡­¡­


    It turns out to be like this!


    At the same time.


    Haidu City¡¯s User Committee.


    It was a three story building that stood on a cliff by the sea. The white dome tops and the Roman columns made it seem like the western buildings in the foreign community of the last century. None of the pedestrians and drivers on the distant highway passing by would have guessed this was the location of the second largest city¡¯s user committee, Haidu City¡¯s User Committee.


    ¡°Roar¡ª¡±


    The waves hit the cliff face, splashing out white foam.


    On the surface of the dark sea, the full moon reflected a vague shadow, falling among the rushing waves, following its ups and downs.


    Standing on the steps of the small building was a muscular man with a crew cut, talking to someone with a rough voice. Suddenly, his phone rang. The muscular man looked at his phone, expression changing: ¡°I¡¯ll call you back later, continue to help Meat King look for roast pork, even if you have to scour the entire Haidu City!¡±


    Then he hung up and accepted the coming call: ¡°It¡¯s me, Xuqi.¡±


    ¡°Meat King is dead.¡±


    A brief and deep male voice came from the phone, and over the background noise of the monstrous sound of waves, it brought an unquestionable calmness: ¡°Go find his corpse then.¡±


    Xuqi¡¯s expression slowly turned bad and hurriedly called over a team member, instructing: ¡°Go find Meat King.¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    ¡°Wait, it¡¯s to find his body.¡±


    The young team member froze for a small moment, then nodded: ¡°Yes.¡±


    Xuqi didn¡¯t make the other party check if Meat King¡¯s name was still on the leaderboard, as he had never doubted him, and after ordering the team members, he said in a bitter voice: ¡°Help me, Colonel Su. Meat King is dead, that woman is definitely going to go crazy!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m in Zhongdu City.¡±


    Xuqi: ¡°You went to Zhongdu City?¡±


    On the phone, Su Jiuzhou lightly laughed, a bit lazily: ¡°Just a little situation, Pollutant 004 just so happened to miss me.¡±


    Xuqi: ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    That robot with a brain problem seems to want you dead.


    Xuqi cried out and kneeled down: ¡°Help me, Colonel. I already made Meat King stay with the extermination team and have us protect him for 24 hours, but he just won¡¯t and even hit people. Eh, when are you coming back?¡±


    ¡°Tomorrow. That¡¯s right, have you gone to Fengheng Bank before?¡±


    ¡°Ah? Colonel, don¡¯t tell me you also accepted Meat King¡¯s task?¡±


    The voice on the phone stopped for a few seconds and Xuqi removed the phone from his ear and checked the screen.


    The service was fine, ah.


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°I just asked randomly.¡±


    Xuqi scratched the short, prickly hairs on his head: ¡°Once that woman comes back from the contamination area, the entire Haidu City will be flipped over by her!¡±


    After saying this, the vice captain of the Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team started to complain. After he complained for three minutes and didn¡¯t hear a response from the other party, he blinked his eyes in confusion, removed the phone from his cheek, and looked at the screen.


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    Xuqi burst into tears.


    Say something before you hang up¡­


    ***


    After finding out the use of the three logic factors from White Garden, Xiao Jinyu experimented all night, until four o¡¯clock the next day, when he couldn¡¯t resist the tiredness of his body and passed out.


    When he opened his eyes again, it was already dusk.


    The yellowish sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains, into the room. Xiao Jinyu opened his eyes in confusion. From the window came the chirping of sparrows and the sound of children playing in the playground.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s lips moved, and in the next moment, he suddenly woke up.


    He lifted the blanket, quickly brushed his teeth, and washed his face. After changing his clothes, Xiao Jinyu opened the door and left.


    Half an hour later.


    Wrapped in a thick white scarf, the lower part of the young man¡¯s face was hidden behind a mask, only revealing a pair of dark eyes.


    Xiao Jinyu walked into the community¡¯s elevator, but didn¡¯t press his floor¡¯s button, instead he reached out and pressed the floor right above.


    With a ding, the elevator doors opened. Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t immediately get out, he checked the situation in the corridor, confirmed there was no one, and then quickly moved to the innermost section of the corridor.


    The key made a ¡®click¡¯ as it slid into the lock, and the old iron door creaked as Xiao Jinyu pushed it open.


    Inside, the room was silent.


    In the empty room, there was only a single old sofa in the middle of the room and tiny dust particles floating in the air.


    His mom was quietly sitting on the sofa, tilting her head, watching the ¡®TV¡¯ on the wall. She seemed to not hear the door open, perhaps because she was so into watching the ¡®TV¡¯, with the side of her face touching her shoulders, happily and quietly watching the TV.


    Xiao Jinyu carefully entered the room, and closed the door. He walked to his mom¡¯s side and squatted down.


    ¡°Mom.¡±


    The woman on the sofa continued to watch TV.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm as he called out again: ¡°Mom.¡±


    His mom finally looked down and a pair of deep, dark eyes quietly looked at her son in front of her.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up, staring at his mom.


    It was like when he was younger, when his mom would help him tie his shoelaces, sending him to school countless times. His mom would squat down, seriously fiddling with the two shoelaces and naggingly saying, ¡°you¡¯re already in primary school, you have to learn how to tie your own shoelaces later on¡±, while tying them into two, neat bows.


    The same scene, the same people.


    The only difference was, it was him squatting down, looking at his mom.


    The black haired young man lifted the corner of his lips, revealing a warm smile: ¡°Mom, I have to take a trip to Haidu City, the fastest I can get back is in one or two days.¡±


    His mom looked at him in silence, and after a while.


    ¡°Sha sha.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Wait in here for a few days, wait for me to get back and we¡¯ll move.¡±


    ¡°Sha sha sha sha.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lightly laughed.


    Receiving his mom¡¯s approval, he stood up. His mom continued to look at the TV, and Xiao Jinyu finally opened the plastic bag he had brought, taking the security cameras out from there.


    These were the cameras he had just bought from the convenience store.


    If he was only living on a different floor from his mom, he wouldn¡¯t be this worried. But this time, he was going on a long trip, a trip to Haidu City. He needs to leave for at least two days. He must install cameras in order to see his mom¡¯s situation at any moment in order to be reassured enough to leave.


    Installing the cameras took half an hour and Xiao Jinyu stayed with his mom to watch ¡®TV¡¯ for a bit.


    After taking out the newly bought locks from the plastic bag and installing them on every window, Xiao Jinyu finally went downstairs.


    Standing in the elevator, Xiao Jinyu held his phone, looking for train tickets to Haidu City tomorrow.


    His pupils reflected the light of the screen and Xiao Jinyu¡¯s lips slowly lifted up.


    Train tickets from Zhongdu City to Haidu City were¡­ not cheap.


    Unlike the highly developed rail system from before the Type-A radiation, after the Type-A radiation, even short-distance traveling has been cut down to the subway, and for long-distance travel, people have to rely on underground trains.


    Airplanes, steam trains, and motorcoaches were all eliminated.


    Cars were only used in daily life to drive in a small suburban area that was not polluted by radiation, causing its practicality to be greatly reduced, with it becoming a tool for rich people to show off.


    As Xiao Jinyu was still thinking, the elevator opened with a ¡®ding¡¯.


    He looked up, and in the next second, his line of sight crossed with a tall, tanned man¡¯s.  His pupil shrank violently, and half a second later, Xiao Jinyu stuck his hand in his pocket, expressionlessly putting his phone into it, before looking at the man and saying in a surprised tone: ¡°Mr. Zhao?¡±


    That¡¯s right, the person was in fact Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Squad¡¯s team member, Zhao Hen.


    Zhao Hen also didn¡¯t expect to see Xiao Jinyu in the elevator. He scratched his head: ¡°Such a coincidence, Xiao Jinyu, you just so happened to arrive home. Eh, why did you come from upstairs?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu smiled and said: ¡°There was a neighbor upstairs who wanted me to go up and help fix some appliances, so I just got downstairs. What happened, are you here for something?¡± As he talked, Xiao Jinyu also got out of the elevator. He looked very natural and as he looked around, he revealed a thoughtful expression before suddenly saying: ¡°DId you want to invite me to join the Zhongdu Extermination Squad again?¡±


    Zhao Hen shook his head: ¡°No, Captain said we¡¯ll wait until you upgrade to level two or three before inviting you again. But this time, I actually have something I need your help with. Have you looked at the news for today yet?¡±


    Seeing that he did not arouse the suspicion of the person in front of him, Xiao Jinyu let out a sigh of relief.


    ¡°No, I haven¡¯t found the time to look at the news today. What happened?¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°The CEO of Haidu City¡¯s Rongsi Group, Wei Rong, has passed away!¡±


    Haidu City?


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart skipped a beat, yet his tone was calm as he asked: ¡°I¡¯ve never heard of this company, what¡¯s happened? You coming to find me¡­¡± After a second, he asked: ¡°Was this CEO an user?¡±


    Sure enough, he was still this smart. Zhao Hen looked at the young man in front of him in praise, not at all surprised at the fact Xiao Jinyu could guess that Meat King was a user. He sighed, asking: ¡°That¡¯s right, he¡¯s a user. This situation is a bit long, I¡¯ll slowly tell you.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu generously invited Zhao Hen into the house, and soon enough, Zhao Hen started to explain the situation of Wei Rong¡­ that is, Meat King, in full.


    Meat King, real name Wei Rong, 29 years old, was the Rongsi Group¡¯s CEO.


    Meat King awakening a logic skill was in actuality, a very coincidental thing. He was born into a well off background, as a fuerdai with a net worth of over 100 million. Neither of his parents were users, but Meat King had always known the existence of users and logic skills since he was young, as his parents were very keen about buying the lower ranked pollutants at auctions.


    Zhao Hen said in lament: ¡°We¡¯ll never know the life of rich people!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him, he didn¡¯t say a word, but seemed to understand Zhao Hen¡¯s meaning.


    There were 70,000 users in the whole world and every year, 8,000 of them would die.


    Everyday, users would bitterly search for ways to level up, keep their logic skills from going out-of-control or breaking, yet there were still regular people who wanted to awaken a logic skill, to have a special ability.


    ¡°But Meat King and his parents were very clear, they just wanted to buy some pollutants and have some dealings with users. They never wanted to awaken a logic skill.¡± Zhao Hen explained, ¡°Meat King¡¯s parents don¡¯t have the potential to awaken, which has been checked by Haidu¡¯s User Committee, or else with all the contact they¡¯ve had with pollutants, they would have already awakened. Originally, his parents had thought Meat King was like them and after observing that Meat King hadn¡¯t awakened, they didn¡¯t care too much about their son liking to collect pollutants.


    ¡°But then, just one year ago, Meat King awakened.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu furrowed his eyebrows: ¡°Pollutants can also cause users to awaken?¡± He remembered that Qi Simin had told him, logic skills cannot rise out of nowhere and only logic skills can guide other logic skills to awaken. It turned out pollutants could too?


    Zhao Hen: ¡°Yes, did Qi Simin not explain it clearly to you? It¡¯s true that frequent exposure to pollutants has a certain chance of awakening a logic skill. Because they were polluted by logic skills, becoming pollutants. Uh¡­ Let me give you an example. The strongest pollutant in Zhongdu City, Pollutant 004, which I told you about last time.¡±


    The phone in his pocket slightly vibrated. Xiao Jinyu held down 004 and nodded calmly: ¡°You¡¯ve told me before.¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°004 is equivalent to a level five user and could also be said that it¡¯s strength is very close to that of a level six user¡¯s. It is a natural pollutant created by the radiation. The capital¡¯s Logic Skill Research Institute believes that pollutants also have logic skills, but the completion of these logic skills cannot be guaranteed. The higher ranked pollutants, for example, 004, actually have a logic skill, so that it can collect all of the logic skill information in China and create the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP. And for the lower ranked pollutants, the capital¡¯s Logic Skill Research Institute believes that the logic skills on them are broken.¡±


    Zhao Hen introduced the relationship between logic skills and polluters in a simple manner and added in the end: ¡°Of course, these are just theories. As of right now, no one has been able to detect a complete logic skill on a polluter.


    ¡°In short, after his parents passed away, Meat King has been buying some goods that are suspected to be polluters at auctions. Sometimes, he would privately buy polluters from users who have gotten back from the contaminated areas.


    ¡°Most of the things he buys are fake and can¡¯t even count as polluters. On the occasion he buys a real good, a slightly stronger polluter, Haidu City¡¯s User Committee will think of every way to buy it from him, preventing him from privately collecting it. For the ones that are a bit weaker, Meat King would play with them for two days before getting bored of them, and would even casually give them away to users he knew or just directly donate them to the user committee.


    ¡°So the user committee specifically opened the back door for him, not caring about him collecting polluters as he sort of counts as official staff, helping the officials collect polluters.


    ¡°Until last year, when he awakened.¡±


    It¡¯s impossible to not get your shoes wet when you often walk by the river.


    According to what Zhao Hen has said, when Meat King first awakened his logic skill, he was very excited, thinking he had something like a superpower. But, when he carefully examined his logic skill and repeatedly experimented with it, his excitement only lasted two days before being exhausted.


    Xiao Jinyu understood that very well.


    The logic skill of eating roast pork and causing the next day to be clear, really had no relationship with the word, ¡°superman¡±.


    If Meat King was a normal user, then it would have been the same whether he awakened or not. He would still live honestly and perhaps also worry when his logic skill would break, diligently striving to upgrade his logic skill. Awakening would be more painful than not awakening.


    But he was Meat King.


    He didn¡¯t have a superpower, he had a money power.


    Meat King leveling up, was like normal people drinking water. It was as easy as turning one¡¯s hand.


    His logic skill was already simple and not dangerous, making leveling up easier than those with a dangerous logic skill. With the help of experienced high level users, Meat King upgraded quickly, and upgraded from level one to level three in just one year.


    Xiao Jinyu thought for a little bit and asked: ¡°Mr. Zhao, I haven¡¯t been able to understand what this has to do with Meat King¡¯s death. And also, why did you look for me today?¡± After a second, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was indifferent: ¡°I don¡¯t know this Meat King and I¡¯ve never crossed paths with him.¡±


    Zhao Hen coughed. He did have a problem of not being able to grasp the point when he spoke, but as he was the first member of the squad to establish contact with Xiao Jinyu, the Captain always sent him to find Xiao Jinyu.


    Zhao Hen hurriedly said: ¡°Actually, I said the point earlier.¡±


    ¡°En?¡±


    ¡°Do you remember when I said, when Meat King¡¯s parents were still alive, they liked to contact users? In fact, I didn¡¯t explain it clearly. They liked to fund users or help the family members of dead users, and even sponsor the Haidu City¡¯s User Committee. And coincidentally¡­¡± Zhao Hen forced a smile, ¡°The current Captain of Haidu City¡¯s User Committee was once helped by Meat King¡¯s parents.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was a bit confused: ¡°So?¡±


    Zhao Hen straightened up: ¡°Meat King did not die a natural death, he died of a logic skill. With him dead, Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad definitely won¡¯t leave the matter at that, and his wife certainly won¡¯t give up. So, I came to find you to ask you to come to Haidu City with me.¡±


    En? Haidu City?


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm, but his mind was moving very fast: ¡°You guys know my logic skill, it¡¯s to see logic factors, there¡¯s no other usage. But you can use special detectors to detect logic factors, there is no need for the human eye. Just point the detector at the area where Meat King died and you¡¯ll find the remains of the logic skill there.¡± Before, in the subway station, Qi Simin¡¯s group of two had used this to find White Garden¡¯s logic factors.


    But Zhao Hen shook his head: ¡°But I came here today to invite you, Xiao Jinyu, precisely because we don¡¯t only want to check the logic factors on Meat King¡¯s body.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu couldn;t help but freeze: ¡°You¡¯re saying?¡±


    Zhao Hen looked at him and said seriously: ¡°Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad decided to clearly investigate every location Meat King had been to in the past two days!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu suddenly realized. No wonder Zhao Hen came to find him, he could see every little logic factor. That detector, which was like a black phone, was a bit dull. If there was a logic factor hidden in a corner that was hard to detect, it would very likely be missed by the detector.


    Just like when he avoided Qi Simin¡¯s detection. As long as he avoided the logic factor that flew out of the black detector, he would be able to avoid detection.


    But¡­


    ¡°Why is it the past two days?¡± Xiao Jinyu asked calmly, his eyes clear and tranquil: ¡°I can take a trip to Haidu City, but I can¡¯t always stay there. Why is Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad so sure that they only need to check the areas Meat King had visited in the past two days? What if he met the user three days ago at some place and got caught by their logic skill?¡±


    Zhao Hen didn¡¯t even think before opening his mouth, blurting out: ¡°It can only be the past two days.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°?¡±


    Seeing Xiao Jinyu¡¯s confused expression, Zhao Hen scratched his head and suddenly thought: ¡°Eh? Did I not tell you? The two days before he died, or the three days ago, his wife just left the Haidu City District to complete a mission. So we are very sure that three days ago, there were no traces of logic factors on Meat King¡¯s body. Because his wife is the captain of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    You really didn¡¯t mention that.


    Zhao Hen thought of another thing: ¡°Then did I tell you, that Captain said if you are willing to go to Haidu City and help, Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Squad will reward you in cash?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze, before replying in a quick fashion: ¡°How much?¡±


    ¡°Ten thousand.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was stunned and did not open his mouth for a long time.


    Zhao Hen straightened up his body and said solemnly: ¡°Xiao Jinyu, Captain really hopes that you can go to Haidu City and help. These ten thousand dollars are from Captain¡¯s personal funds. You can be rest assured, I will accompany you the entire time and there will definitely be no dangers.¡± After saying that, he carefully looked at the expression on the young man in front of him, ¡°So, are you willing to go?¡±


    He closed his eyes and then slowly opened them again. The young man with a naturally cold face slightly nodded, saying: ¡°It¡¯s only taking a trip to Haidu City and looking for some logic factors. I should be able to go. Plus, this is also a good thing, I don¡¯t think the murderer should not be allowed to escape the law. By the way, Mr. Zhao, I would like to ask about the fare¡­¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s great. You don¡¯t have to worry about the fare, Captain already bought the tickets. We can leave right now.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu thought for a moment, before restrainedly nodding.


    Zhao Hen never thought that this time he would be able to complete the task given by the Captain so easily. Him placing the groundwork down earlier was not done in vain: introducing to Xiao Jinyu the rich Meat King and his parent¡¯s charity and their good relationship with the user committee, and how much he had hoped Xiao Jinyu would travel to another city to catch Meat King¡¯s murderer.


    Although it is said that the two of them could go to Haidu City right now, they both still had to pack their bags first.


    Xiao Jinyu personally saw Zhao Hen to the elevator doors.


    Zhao Hen: ¡°Then, Xiao Jinyu, we¡¯ll see each other in an hour. That¡¯s right, there¡¯s something else¡­ We¡¯ve already met three times now, next time you don¡¯t have to call me Mr. Zhao. Just call me Zhao Hen.¡±


    Under the bright elevator lights, Zhao Hen smiled happily, revealing a mouth full of white teeth, which was ever more contrasting against his tanned skin.


    Xiao Jinyu was slightly embarrassed seeing the young team member in front of him with a thick and stupid smile. He was silent.


    ¡°Ok.¡±


    ¡°En!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Then, Zhao Hen, I have something as well. The next time you come look for me¡­ you can just say the main point directly.¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡±


    Zhao Hen looked at Xiao Jinyu in confusion, and before he could ask for the meaning of his words, the elevator doors had already closed in front of him.


    Seeing the elevator travel down, Xiao Jinyu shook his head, took out his phone, and closed the page for buying train tickets.


    Zhao Hen was a good person, a good person with a big heart.


    The only weak point was that he could never grasp the point.


    ***


    Haidu City, Fengheng Bank.


    The bone chilling evening wind blew between the buildings and the draft hit the windows of the cloud-piercing towers, causing the windows to roar as if they were about to fall from the sky in the next second.


    The weather became cloudy.


    Since the beginning of today, black clouds had been pressing down on the city. The clouds blocked the sun, and with no sunlight, it seemed as if even the sky was saying there would no longer be someone who would eat roast pork for it anymore.


    ¡°We welcome you to use Fengheng Bank¡¯s services again!¡±


    The bank manager¡¯s voice was overlapped with the sound of the automatic door opening, and drowned out by the howling wind.


    Between the towering buildings, a man dressed in black shook the umbrella in his hand, looked at his phone screen, and let out a helpless smile from the corner of his mouth before putting the phone back into his pocket. He seemed to have forgotten to turn off his phone and in his coat¡¯s pockets, his phone dangled, occasionally revealing the contents on the phone¡¯s screen.


    [Received: 111,111.11 Yuan]


    In front of Fengheng Bank¡¯s doors, before the man in black could take two steps, the voice of the bank manager sounded out from behind him again.


    ¡°We welcome you to use Fengheng Bank¡¯s services again!¡±


    Su Jiuzhou slowly turned his eyes and slightly raised his eyebrows as his sight landed on a middle-aged man being sent out by the bank manager.


    That middle-aged man also noticed him and looked at him at the same time.


    The moment the two looked at each other, the middle-aged man nervously held his breath and clutched the black box in his arms.


    Logic skills will attract each other.


    The premise is that the gap in levels is not too large, or else it would be hard for high-ranking people to hide.


    Su Jiuzhou laughed. His dark eyes held a faint smile and seemed even more heavy than the dark and cloudy sky. He looked away.


    The middle-aged man stared at him warily until he carefully felt, confirming his body contained no feeling of logic skills, finally letting out a breath.


    Even though it was below-zero degrees, the sky began to rain.


    It wasn¡¯t snow, but instead, it was a slight drizzle, like someone was crying sadly.


    Seeing this scene, Su Jiuzhou was first stunned, before sighing meaningfully. He opened the black umbrella, held the slender handle, ready to walk into the depressing and cold rain.


    At this moment, a low male voice sounded behind him. The voice was very small, like it was sneakily talking to someone on the phone and the person talking on the phone was trying to hide his own excitement, even a cat with the keenest ears would not be able to hear such a small sound.


    But Su Jiuzhou stopped walking.


    ¡°I got it, hehe, I got it. It can be sold for at least a few ten thousand! I don¡¯t know what it is, but find a good buyer for me.¡±


    ¡°En, three people fighting for two rewards, how could someone not get it? Last night I told you, don¡¯t worry, what are you afraid of? I¡¯ll definitely get it, how could I be so unlucky? That person who didn¡¯t get it must be so unlucky¡­ eh? Can I help you?¡±


    The middle-aged man looked up, looking at the man in black that suddenly walked in front of him.


    This man had a naturally cold and heavy temperament, even if he had a smile on at this moment, the middle-aged man felt his throat close up, and an inexplicable pressure forced his forehead to break out in a dense sweat.


    That¡¯s not right, this was a regular person. He was a level four user and he was still scared of a regular person?


    The middle-aged man faked his courage and raised his head, and just as he was about to shout, a thin card suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. The middle-aged man froze and was only able to read the word ¡®Colonel¡¯ on it before the card was retracted.


    Su Jiuzhou slightly smiled: ¡°Did you know that regular users cannot privately collect polluters?¡±


    The middle-aged man¡¯s pupils shrank violently: ¡°Wait, you¡­¡±


    ¡°Confiscated, oh~¡±


    As soon as the words were spoken, the middle-aged man saw a flower in front of his eyes. He didn¡¯t see anything and only felt the weight on his hands lighten before he looked down.


    The middle-aged man gritted his teeth: ¡°So you¡¯re a user? Are you a higher level than me? A level five user? But do you think that no one would care if you robbed someone in public? Oh I understand now, you¡¯re here to get the task reward. You must be the one who didn¡¯t get a polluter then. It¡¯s true that regular users cannot privately collect polluters, but as long as they submit an application to the user committee, confirming their level is higher than the upper limit of the polluter¡¯s manipulation range, they can have polluters!¡±


    All the polluters Meat King posted as a reward were low ranking polluters that only required you to be at least level three to have. So the user committee turned a blind eye, not caring much. After all, the only users who could accept the task had to be ranked B100 or higher, all of whom have already reached level three.


    Carrying the strange black box in his hand, Su Jiuzhou did not object to the middle-aged man¡¯s anger. Instead, the smile in his eyes was even bigger, and said in surprise: ¡°So you do know that you still have to submit an application? Remember to do that.¡±


    The middle-aged man froze: ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯ll probably take¡­ Let me think, seven business days to get back to you.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean?!¡±


    Not answering, Su Jiuzhou opened his umbrella and walked into the pattering rain.


    ¡°Hey!¡±


    The middle-aged man was just about to catch up when a cold, dark spear pierced through the raindrops, and with a whoosh, stopped in front of his eyes.


    The middle-aged man¡¯s body froze and he stood in the rain, allowing it to wet his clothes.


    Su Jiuzhou looked down, expression cold: ¡°I said, go submit an application. Also, it is illegal to sell polluters without the approval of the user committee. The penalty given by the court is¡­oh, have the people forgotten already?¡±


    The establishment of grey areas and lack of control over users is so that they will keep thinking, not be constrained, and keep upgrading.


    The middle-aged man stood in place with wide eyes, looking at the person in front of him in fear.


    Suddenly, he seemed to have guessed this man¡¯s identity.


    He wasn¡¯t a part of the user committee, nor was he part of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad.


    This man belonged to the most terrible place, a place that no user wanted to mention.


    ¡­The Trial Court.


    The author has something to say:


    Ninth Sister: Ah, a two in three chance. I¡¯ll still not win? I can still not win? Really a joke.


    Little Goldfish: Eating melon ¡ú_¡ú


    004: You¡¯re just a streak of bad luck and you¡¯re still blaming others! ¨q(¨s^¨t)¨rAm I the type of special object that will cheat?!


    ¡ª


    After ten hours of suffering, I finally finished writing¡­


    Mwah.


    Goodnight.

 CH 19

    Haidu City was smothered by a layer of dark and gloomy clouds. A strong gale of wind swirled up fallen leaves, its roar reverberating against the buildings.


    Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen exited Haidu City Station together.


    Haidu City Station was located right beside the Huangpu river. As their vision adjusted to the wider view outside the underground tunnel, they were greeted by the three tall landmarks from pre-Type-A Radiation Haidu.


    Three skyscrapers that seemed to reach the clouds were built next to each other, with rows and rows of tall buildings surrounding it. But in the dark of night, compared to the resplendent neon shine west of the river, the east side was covered in dark and deathly stillness, with no light to be seen.


    This was Xiao Jinyu¡¯s first time in Haidu City. It was also the first time he left Zhongdu.


    ¡°Huangpu river serves a significant purpose. Don¡¯t get too close to it.¡± Noticing Xiao Jinyu¡¯s continuous stare at the buildings sitting across the river, Zhao Hen commented: ¡°That place is Haidu City¡¯s most infamous contaminated area, numbered Area 18. It is said that the streets are roamed by strong out-of-control logic skills and the polluters they control are of high-level. Thankfully, the Huangpu river is there as a blockade. Polluters are unlikely to cross the river, so here, west of the river, is safe.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t stare any longer.


    The two of them quickly found the member of the Haidu Extermination Squad who came to escort them.


    The moment they walked out of the station, Xiao Jinyu stretched out his hand and caught the raindrops falling from the sky with surprise.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°If I remember correctly, shouldn¡¯t it be below-zero currently?¡±


    Is it possible for rain to fall in below-zero temperatures?


    The squad member who came to escort them nodded and wiped the raindrops off his face: ¡°That¡¯s right, it¡¯s about three degrees below zero. The first snow came two days ago, but it started raining this evening.¡±


    The eerie drizzle caused a layer of water vapor to rise from the ground, silencing the whole city in a blanket of mist.


    Without wasting a moment of time, the three of them rushed to the outskirts of Haidu.


    In the car, Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen learned the details of Meat King¡¯s death from the Haidu squad member.


    Meat King died at 22:00 late last night. He drove alone from his villa in the suburbs to the city. For some unknown reason, he stopped halfway. According to the marks on the ground, he got out of the car and smoked a few cigarettes. Then, he died.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t say anything, but he knew the answer.


    Meat King must have died soon after he finished calling him. The sound of Meat King stopping his car wasn¡¯t unnoticeable. Over the call last night, Xiao Jinyu recognized that Meat King stopped driving half way through and could hear the clicks of the lighter igniting from time to time.


    ¡°We¡¯re here.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up.


    Before even getting out of the car, through the window covered by wet raindrop tracks, a tall body could be seen hanging under the willow branches and shaking with the wind in the dark rainy night.


    Both of Meat King¡¯s hands were pointed straight down, stuck close against his pants. His feet also pointed straight towards the ground, as if they were forced into a pair of ballet shoes. The instep of his feet were so straight that there were cracks and openings in his high-grade leather shoes.


    A gust of wind blew: creak¡­


    The bottoms of the shoes rubbed against the roof of the Lamborghini.


    Looking up again, Meat King¡¯s pale face looked down at his feet. His lips were parted slightly, as if he wanted to say something. But in the end, he was left with a pair of wide-open eyes that strictly stared at his feet.


    ¡­He was Meat King.


    ¡°I think your sight is very good, tonight the moon is very big, very white.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at this pale face. After a long while, he retracted his gaze.


    ¡­¡­


    The group of three got out of the car.


    The members of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad had examined the site for a long time already.


    Several night lamps were moved into the wild and aimed at Meat King¡¯s corpse. Under the lights, there was also a hazy rain curtain.


    ¡°You¡¯re finally here. I¡¯m the vice captain of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad, Xu Qi.¡± A man with a crew cut walked over. He wore a black raincoat and wiped the rain off his face: ¡°Long time no see, Zhao Hen.¡± Then, he looked towards Xiao Jinyu, a brief fierce gaze sweeping across him, sizing him up before he smiled, saying: ¡°You must be the user who can see logic factors, right?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded.


    ¡°Xu Qi.¡± The man with a crew cut stuck out a hand.


    Xiao Jinyu shook the other¡¯s hand: ¡°Xiao Jinyu.¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°We troubled you to take a trip here, to help us find logic factor traces.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but look at Meat King, who was hanging from the tree: ¡°You¡¯re just going to leave him hanging and not take him down first?¡±


    Xu Qi seemed to have remembered something, his expression slightly changing: ¡°Captain won¡¯t let us. We already used the detector and didn¡¯t find anything. But Captain said after you¡¯ve looked over the body, we can take it down.¡±


    Captain.


    This must be Meat King¡¯s wife.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t think too much. Since he¡¯d already discussed a reward, he would naturally come and work.


    He held the transparent umbrella and stopped in front of the willow branches, then gently slid his fingers across his eyelids. The next second, the light in his pupils moved and Xiao Jinyu looked up at the corpse.


    After a minute.


    Xiao Jinyu turned his head: ¡°There really aren¡¯t any logic factors. The lamborghini and this willow tree didn¡¯t have any either.¡±


    Xu Qi immediately called the squad members: ¡°Get Meat King¡¯s body down.¡±


    A few young members immediately moved forward, untying the willow branch that was laced around Meat King¡¯s neck. But Xiao Jinyu stared at that thin branch, brows furrowed.


    Although it wasn¡¯t said, not one person on the scene would think Meat King was strangled by the willow tree.


    A two hundred jin adult man could definitely not be strangled to death by a thin willow branch.


    Meat King was suspended in mid-air by a shapeless rope.


    He died of a mysterious logic skill.


    In the rain, everyone was busy as Meat King¡¯s corpse was taken down and moved into the ready-made tent.


    Xiao Jinyu held an umbrella, standing behind the crowd, calmly looking.


    He only came to Haidu City to help a bit. While he did cross paths with Meat King over the phone, Xiao Jinyu had no intention to play detective.


    As there was no work for him to do at the moment, Xiao Jinyu looked around the area. Suddenly, in the hazy rain, he seemed to have seen a gray shadow. Then five seconds later, a grim and heavy woman¡¯s voice sounded from the tent: ¡°Ask the new user from Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Squad to come over.¡±


    Work has come?


    Xiao Jinyu walked into the tent, walking from the darkness into the light and his view darkened for a second before he saw the situation in the tent clearly.


    In the middle of the tent, Meat King¡¯s large body was placed on the floor as a silvery-gray haired, cold faced lady squatted by his neck. The lady held Meat King¡¯s chin in one hand and the other on his collarbone, and then she used her strength to pull them apart.


    Meat King¡¯s neck was then pulled apart by her.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes opened in shock before he tried his best to cover it up, using his all to display a calm look at Meat King¡¯s neck¡­ and the exposed esophagus, windpipe, and veins.


    There was only a thin piece of skin connecting Meat King¡¯s head and shoulders.


    His entire head was cut open, just like his mom¡¯s!


    Xiao Jinyu calmed his breathing before walking forwards.


    The silver haired woman¡¯s speech was very quick and very cold: ¡°His neck kept on withdrawing back, and his head and shoulders seemed to be connected together. If you don¡¯t look carefully, it would have been hard to find this wound. I needed to use a lot of strength to pull apart the opening.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded, and without another word, he used Fourth Perspective.


    The light in his view changed, and the humans and colors turned into shades of gray.


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    The silver haired woman thought for a bit before lightly nodding: ¡°Many thanks.¡±


    On the outskirts of Haidu City, where it was raining, the lights shone brightly as a group of people carefully observed Meat King¡¯s body.


    Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen were sent to a hotel in Haidu City to rest first.


    There were no special logic factors found at Meat King¡¯s murder scene, so the next thing for Xiao Jinyu to do was to go to the places Meat King had gone to in the past few days to find logic factors. As it was currently one in the morning right now, there was no way he could check the places Meat King had gone to right now, so the vice captain had someone send Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen to the hotel to rest.


    The car that picked them up steadily drove in the night.


    Half an hour later, they arrived at the hotel.


    The member that was tasked to accompany them: ¡°Mr. Xiao, tomorrow morning at eight, I¡¯ll pick you up.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Ok.¡±


    On the way to their rooms, Zhao Hen¡¯s hands were behind his head as he talked to Xiao Jinyu about Meat King¡¯s corpse and his wife who didn¡¯t seem particularly sad.


    Xiao Jinyu nodded from time to time.


    Before entering their rooms, Zhao Hen hesitated for a bit before asking: ¡°You¡¯re probably not scared, right, Xiao Jinyu? Seeing corpses and stuff.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lifted his head and glanced at him.


    ¡°I¡¯m not.¡±


    ¡°Then see you tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡±


    The door closed with a click.


    The next second, Xiao Jinyu suddenly looked up and scanned the room with an extremely calm gaze.


    He didn¡¯t find any cameras.


    ¡­No, he was overreacting.


    He was asked to come help and he wasn¡¯t a suspect. Plus no one knew that he used the backdoor 004 gave him to accept Meat King¡¯s task.


    He was a humble, ordinary user who wasn¡¯t even past level one.


    Was the wound on Meat King¡¯s body, which was so similar to the one on his mom¡¯s, a coincidence or not?


    In an instant, a myriad of thoughts went through in Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mind.


    His mom was in Zhongdu City, a hundred kilometers from Haidu City where Meat King was located.


    One was a regular housewife and the other was fuerdai with a net worth of over 100 million. No matter which way you look at it, there were no similarities between his mom and Meat King.


    Moreover, his mom was in a strange state like the living-dead and Meat King was dead. It wasn¡¯t possible for a level three user to be more vulnerable than an ordinary person; and his mom was still alive, yet Meat King was dead.


    Thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s gaze became firm.


    It didn¡¯t matter before, but now, he had to find out the truth behind Meat King¡¯s murder!


    ***


    Early the next morning, the Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad¡¯s team member arrived at the hotel on time.


    This young team member held the records of Meat King¡¯s whereabouts before his death as he took Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen around the city.


    These records were extremely detailed and accurate down to the seconds.


    What was strange was that the whereabouts of Meat King, this fuerdai, were very simple. If he wasn¡¯t going to the company, he was going home, and occasionally, he would have a meal with his friends. There were no such habits like the rich spending days drinking.


    They first went to Meat King¡¯s company.


    Fourth Perspective could only be used for five minutes before he had to rest for ten minutes.


    After spending the entire afternoon, they finally finished inspecting the entire company without finding any abnormalities. Then, they went to Meat King¡¯s home.


    Meat King¡¯s house was very big, as it was a five-story villa. There were three stories above ground and two underground.


    On the floors above ground were the master bedroom and living room. Xiao Jinyu carefully looked around using Fourth Perspective and indeed saw some logic factors floating in the air. He turned around and said to Zhao Hen and the team member: ¡°There¡¯s about the same amount of logic factors in here as there was in Meat King¡¯s company. It¡¯s probably his own logic factors that he releases into the air regularly.¡±


    The two nodded their heads.


    The team member then led Xiao Jinyu downstairs.


    ¡°The lower two floors are all studies and such. Meat King himself doesn¡¯t come down here a lot, I think Captain comes here more often.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu activated Fourth Perspective once again.


    Indeed, this time it was different from before. The moment he activated Fourth Perspective, a logic factor grain appeared in his view. These logic factors swirl and dance in the air, and at first glance, they were no different from Meat King¡¯s logic factors, yet when you look closely, you¡¯ll find that they are brighter and more brilliant, and they¡¯ll occasionally reflect a hint of silvery gray light between the flashes of colorful light.


    Furthermore, the amount in the air was much more than Meat King¡¯s.


    Xiao Jinyu turned off his logic skill: ¡°The two floors downstairs also have logic factors, but it seems like they¡¯re all peacefully floating in the air. It should be the logic factors from your captain.¡±


    As soon as he said that, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes froze. He saw a small elevator door next to a cabinet on the second basement floor.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the team member: ¡°The elevator we took down wasn¡¯t that one. There¡¯s two elevators in this villa?¡±


    The team member followed his view: ¡°Oh, that one leads to the underground collection room. Both Meat King and his parents loved to collect polluters, and although the majority of them had long been donated to the user committee, there¡¯s still a few left in the house. The captain came to examine them herself yesterday and she took all three of them to the Logic Research Institute for inspection. I heard that there was no abnormality and they¡¯re still in the lab right now.¡±


    ¡°Can I go in and take a look?¡±


    The team member thought for a bit and didn¡¯t stop him.


    The three walked into the elevator.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t expect that the basement where Meat King stored his polluters was set up five floors underground.


    In other words, this villa only has two floors underground, but Meat King specially dug underground and built a storage room five floors underground and even had a separate elevator to access it.


    Why did polluters need to be stored so far underground?


    Xiao Jinyu suddenly remembered, this same situation was also mentioned by 004. It was locked up in a place deep underground, where it was very cold and very dark.


    Xiao Jinyu placed this matter in his heart and didn¡¯t reveal it on the surface. He decided to go back and ask 004 later.


    Soon, the elevator doors opened.


    After seeing the scene outside the door, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes shook.


    He saw that outside the elevator doors, was a straight dirt corridor. The walls were made of wet dirt and under their feet was soft soil. When they reached the end of the corridor, the team member carefully opened the door. And what they saw was a dirt house!


    Dirt.


    Polluters.


    Xiao Jinyu used Fourth Perspective, and observed the storage room in a circle.


    He turned around: ¡°There¡¯s no abnormalities.¡±


    What was left was the coffee shop Meat King had visited the morning before his death.


    The car drove slowly through the streets of Haidu City district. There were not a lot of cars on the road, after all, in the post-radiation world, only rich people could afford to drive.


    ¡°On November 10th, at 9:13:15 in the morning, to 10:15:03. Yes, Meat King drank a cup of coffee here.¡± The young team member confirmed Meat King¡¯s whereabouts and looked up.


    The car stopped in front of an ordinarily decorated coffee shop, Xiao Jinyu looked up and glanced at it.


    A plain and ordinary coffee shop.


    There were western styled columns in front of the door, and the door was raised three steps up to make a small flower bed by the door. Unfortunately, as it was the middle of winter, the rain was light and only a few dry branches and leaves were left, creating a solemn atmosphere.


    Confirming it wasn¡¯t the wrong place, the three walked into the coffee shop.


    This coffee shop wasn¡¯t big. After entering, all the chairs and tables were in sight, only the two triangular tables in the corner were blocked by green potted plants.


    Xiao Jinyu lightly swept his eyes around.


    Of the two tables in the corner, one had no one and the other revealed the corner of a black coat.


    He retracted his gaze.


    The team member quickly ran to the window and said: ¡°He drank coffee at this table that day.¡±


    After the death of Meat King, Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Squad obtained the city¡¯s monitoring system and immediately found the whereabouts of Meat King down to the second. As for the surveillance video in this coffee shop, the team members had gone over and over it three times yesterday.


    Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen walked to the table.


    Lifting his hand, he activated Fourth Perspective. After five minutes, Xiao Jinyu looked at the expectant team member and shook his head in regret: ¡°I didn¡¯t see any logic factors.¡±


    The team member froze for a second before saying: ¡°Ok.¡±


    This coffee shop was different from Meat King¡¯s company or home. He only comes once or twice a week, so his logic factor doesn¡¯t spread into the air.


    This was the last place Meat King had gone to.


    The team member repeatedly confirmed with Xiao Jinyu that this coffee shop really had no logic factors. Finally, he bowed his head in disappointment and ran outside to call Xu Qi to report the situation.


    Zhao Hen didn¡¯t think that this task would be completed so quickly. Captain had sent him to take Xiao Jinyu to Haidu City to help with the investigation revolving around Meat King and had also made him responsible for Xiao Jinyu¡¯s personal safety. Only one day had passed and the task was already completed.


    Thinking that he would soon be able to return to Zhongdu City, Zhao Hen was in a happy mood and ordered two cups of coffee. He smiled: ¡°It¡¯s only two in the afternoon, we can still catch the four o¡¯clock train to home. Then, Xiao Jinyu, I¡¯ll buy the tickets now?¡±


    ¡°Wait a moment.¡±


    Zhao Hen froze: ¡°What is it?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm: ¡°I know some friends in Haidu City, so I¡¯ll stay for a few more days. You can go back first.¡±


    Zhao Hen made a sound in shock. He thought for a bit and scratched his head: ¡°That¡¯s alright. Then I¡¯ll go back first. You didn¡¯t mention you had friends in Haidu City before. A lot of people now never leave their own city, yet it turns out you have friends here.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu casually responded.


    He can¡¯t go back.


    Not only because he hadn¡¯t received the reward from Fengheng Bank yet, but also because he has still not found out why Meat King had died.


    The city¡¯s road surveillance couldn¡¯t be wrong, Meat King really did only visit his home, company, and this coffee shop in the two days before his death.


    There were no abnormalities in those three places, so could it be that Meat King¡¯s wife made a mistake in judgment and that before she had left, her husband had already fallen into the logic skill of others?


    Through the clean floor-to-ceiling windows of the coffee shop, Xiao Jinyu looked at the team member that was making a call and fell into thought.


    Now, there were only the three polluters that had been collected by Meat King, but had been sent to the institute by his wife for inspection, that he had not seen.


    Taking a sip of the coffee, the young and elegant face did not show much expression.


    He needed to find a chance to see those three polluters.


    He was just thinking about this when a crisp wind chime sound suddenly sounded in Xiao Jinyu¡¯s ears.


    In the slow moving coffee shop, Zhao Hen lowered his head and happily bought a train ticket and the team member called the vice captain with a bitter look on his face outside the store.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up, in the direction the wind chime had sounded from.


    A string of pink wind chimes came into his view. The wind chimes were struck by the open door and swayed in the air. A short-haired girl came out from behind the door, tucked her hair back, looked at herself in the mirror, and then turned on the faucet, washing her hands.


    The restrooms were over there?


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes lit up and he stood up and said quickly to Zhao Hen: ¡°The bathrooms haven¡¯t been checked yet, I¡¯ll go and check them.¡±


    Zhao Hen was still buying tickets and hearing Xiao Jinyu¡¯s words: ¡°Eh? Bathrooms? Where?¡±


    ¡°Just over there.¡± Xiao Jinyu pointed.


    Zhao Hen looked over. It wasn¡¯t too far, only five or six meters away. ¡°Alright, you can go.¡±


    In the quiet and warm coffee shop, the young man stood up and walked in the direction of the bathrooms.


    The coffee shop¡¯s bathrooms were divided into two. Taking a right from the cash register to the end, on the left was the women¡¯s bathroom, where a string of pink wind chimes hung on the door; on the right was the men¡¯s bathroom, where a string of turquoise wind chimes hung. The sink was in the middle of the two, facing the coffee shop door.


    Xiao Jinyu thought for a bit, and pushed open the right door first.


    The restrooms weren¡¯t big and it was clean. There were a total of three stalls.


    Xiao Jinyu quickly glanced around.


    The buttons above the handles were all green. There was no one inside.


    He lifted his hand and brushed across his eyelids. Opening his eyes again, his world had turned into black and white. Xiao Jinyu activated his logic skill and examined everything using Fourth Perspective.


    First, he checked every corner of the bathroom to make sure there was nothing unusual.


    Then, Xiao Jinyu walked to the first stall. He pushed open the door.


    It was clean and tidy, there was nothing in the air.


    No logic factors.


    Next was the second stall.


    It also had no abnormalities.


    Walking to the third stall, Xiao Jinyu pushed open the door.


    Sighing, he turned and walked to the bathroom door.


    The boots gently walked on the cold tiles of the bathroom, the sound of footsteps echoing, crisp and loud.


    Xiao Jinyu looked calm as he walked to the door. However, just as he got to the door of the first stall, he suddenly changed! He quickly lifted his leg and kicked open the door of the first stall with one foot, then looked up with lightning speed, at the small man who was on all fours and lying on top of the stall.


    The short, thin man did not expect that Xiao Jinyu would suddenly kick open the door. His face was full of shock as he clutched a black box the size of a fist in his arms.


    This all happened in an instant.


    The short man glared fiercely. He quickly glanced at the window first, before laughing hoarsely: ¡°Sorry.¡±


    As soon as he said that, a strange wind blew on Xiao Jinyu¡¯s cheeks, causing the hair on his face to float up.


    Before Xiao Jinyu could react, his limbs were pulled back by a strange force. Like someone used a rope to tie his hands and feet together, keeping him back. With a thud, his body slammed into the wall behind him. Even with all his might, he was still unable to move.


    Immediately, another warm and gentle wind blew.


    The wind was like a woman¡¯s gentle hand, caressing Xiao Jinyu¡¯s neck with affection. But in the cold air, a wind blade gradually appeared, showing it¡¯s fierceness.


    The short man had now run to the window on the other side of the bathroom. He clutched the black box, using his left hand to break the glass and escape, while his right hand was behind him, dancing like a snake. As it danced, that wind blade became faster and faster, rushing to Xiao Jinyu¡¯s face.


    Teeth clenched, his clear eyes stared at the man¡¯s right hand without blinking.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you dare think about leaving!¡±


    In the beautiful pupils of the young man, a light shone in an instant. Three colored light dots appeared between Xiao Jinyu¡¯s right fingers, rotating at a high speed, invisible to the naked eye, rotating faster and faster, and turning bigger and bigger! Finally, they turned into a wrist-sized circle, and in the next moment, like a bracelet, they settled on Xiao Jinyu¡¯s right wrist.


    That hand formed a fist, and with his body bound and unable to move, Xiao Jinyu had punched the air.


    Just as the short man was about to break the glass, a force suddenly slammed into his dancing right hand. He was so caught off guard that he slammed into the wall and screamed. After his dancing right hand was hit and stopped dancing, the invisible power that bound Xiao Jinyu also disappeared.


    The short man glanced down.


    ¡°A fist?¡±


    Yes, it was exactly a fist. A lone fist slammed into his right arm, forcing him to stop his logic skill. He looked again at the youth not far away from him.


    Xiao Jinyu raised his right arm, and that slender arm, like someone had cut it off with a sharp knife, his right hand disappeared and landed in front of the short man three meters away.


    ¡°What the hell, is your logic skill flying fists everywhere?!¡± The short man asked in disbelief.


    What the hell was this strange logic skill!


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t give him any time to think and sent another fist over.


    The short man was caught off guard. It wasn¡¯t that he didn¡¯t want to fight back, but instead, he didn¡¯t think that after someone was bound, his fist could still fly and fight on their own.


    While suppressing this man, Xiao Jinyu shouted loudly: ¡°Zhao Hen, you..¡±


    The short man¡¯s expression darkened, and he dodged to the side, sneering as he pulled out a black pistol from his arms.


    When Xiao Jinyu saw the gun, his eyes opened wide, and the thought of ¡°how can you even use a gun¡± flashed through his mind. The next second, the black muzzle was aimed at his head.


    The ears weren¡¯t affected by the shock and heard the loud bang.


    In the coffee shop.


    Zhao Hen had rushed to the bathroom the moment Xiao Jinyu had shouted. But he was two meters away when he heard the gunshot.


    Gun.


    There was a gun inside!


    No matter how fast he runs, he wouldn¡¯t be as fast as a gun!


    ¡­Xiao Jinyu!


    Yet in the bathroom, in the face of the bullet that had already left the chamber and was flying straight towards him, Xiao Jinyu had already calmed down.


    In the cold air, the bullet rubbed against metal, causing sparks to fly out everywhere.


    It seems like Zhao Hen won¡¯t be able to arrive on time. He only had one chance to live right now, that is, to use his logic skill!


    His logic skill was Fourth Perspective.


    He can see logic factors.


    He can use the logic factors collected from White Garden to wrap his fist, split the area between his fist and arm, letting his fist leave his body and swing around in the air. The farthest they could go was ten meters, which he had tested nine times at home.


    Then what was the speed that his fists could fly at?


    Was it as fast as a bullet? He hadn¡¯t tested that before, since he didn¡¯t have a professional instrument for measuring it.


    If he had an instrument for measuring, he would be able to understand his logic skill a lot better and be able to find a chance to survive. Why wasn¡¯t there any¡­


    That¡¯s not right, calm down.


    Keep thinking, keep thinking, keep thinking.


    While he doesn¡¯t know how fast his fists fly, he knows that it¡¯s not that fast. But if he instantly deactivates his logic skill, the logic factors from White Garden will lose effectiveness and his fist will return to his body. If his fist returns fast enough, he can use the force to create a reverse force, causing his body to move backwards for some distance.


    Yes, just like this!


    This was his only chance, even if it was an useless hypothesis, he must go through with his life on the line.


    Just when the bullet was less than a meter away from his eyes, the youth closed his eyes.


    Fourth Perspective was deactivated.


    A fist slammed back into Xiao Jinyu¡¯s wrist, and the sudden thrust caused his body to move back by two centimeters. But, at this point, the bullet would still go through his cheek.


    He already did all that he could. No matter what the outcome was, he had never given up.


    Xiao Jinyu closed his eyes and calmly waited for the outcome that would be shown in a few milliseconds.


    Then.


    The sound of the bullet flying through the air stopped.


    A cold breath like the falling of the first snow stopped in front of his cheek.


    The tragedy of the bullet passing through his face did not happen, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, seemingly brushing against something. Xiao Jinyu opened his eyes and his gaze immediately fell on a pair of dark, smiling eyes.


    Looking at each other, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s lips moved, yet they didn¡¯t make a sound.


    A hand blocked in front of him, it¡¯s fingers slowly spreading.


    Patter.


    The bullet fell from the hand to the floor.


    ¡°Xiao Jinyu!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the man in black in front of him. This person had a pair of deep, yet smiling eyes, but the straight brow bone causes the smiling expression to bring a touch of ruthlessness and indifference. His eyebrows were slender but not too thin and the bridge of his nose was straight, connecting to his thin, raised lips. He was very handsome, but what was more impressive than the face was the oppressive feeling that was pressing down.


    Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips.


    Su Jiuzhou quietly looked down at Xiao Jinyu, thinking for a moment before asking.


    ¡°Wasn¡¯t your logic skill seeing logic factors? Then why¡­¡±


    The feeling of the young man¡¯s eyelashes on the back of his hand did not dissipate, and felt a little strange. After a pause, Su Jiuzhou continued to tease and ask: ¡°Flying fists?¡±


    The author has something to say:


    [A family that loves each other 3/3]


    Ninth sister: How can you touch my hand with your eyelashes, you must take responsibility.


    Little Goldfish: You¡¯re flying fists! Your whole family is flying fists!


    Ninth sister: Oh? That¡¯s fine too, as you¡¯re family too, you can send flying fists first ^_^


    004: Today dad did not love me, did not pay attention to me, I am a little white cabbage Q^Q

 CH 20

    Ten minutes later, Haidu City¡¯s police arrived and cordoned off the coffee shop.


    The bullet that flew through the air, leaving sparks behind had long been caught barehanded by that man donning a black cloak. However, that explosive sound from the gunshots traveled out of the bathroom to the rest of the coffee shop, even scaring some passersby on the street outside into a frenzied run.


    No matter if it was before or after the radiation, guns have always been classified as highly prohibited contrabands.


    A group of onlookers gathered outside the cordoning. The members of the extermination team wore police uniforms and stepped over the yellow tapes, quietly entering the coffee shop. There were even some doctors who came along.


    A young doctor examined Xiao Jinyu¡¯s right hand and applied some antiseptic solution. He seemed to think that this cool and distant young man was another policeman and remarked in passing: ¡°Thankfully, it¡¯s just a scrape. Keep it from getting wet these two days. Though, aren¡¯t you two supposed to bring weapons on assignments, such as riot suppression batons? Are all fights supposed to be engaged hand-to-hand?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°He brought a weapon.¡±


    A deep sound filled with humor made both Xiao Jinyu and the doctor look up at him.


    Su Jiuzhou was leaning on the white walls of the coffee shop. He commented casually: ¡°Flying fists.¡±


    Doctor: ¡°???¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    The youth coldly retracted his gaze.


    The doctor put away his medical kit and left quickly.


    There were only two who were wounded on the scene: Xiao Jinyu, and the short guy who was hiding in the bathroom stall. Surprisingly, Su Jiuzhou, who grabbed the bullet bare-handed, did not have a single scratch in his palm left behind by the supersonic bullet.


    The moment this man caught and let go of the bullet, Xiao Jinyu activated Fourth Perspective, secretly observing the hollow of his palm.


    A thin yet gorgeous layer of light covered this man¡¯s palm. After he opened his hand and tossed the bullet, that light suddenly disappeared.


    Xiao Jinyu could not figure out what this man¡¯s logic skill was.


    ¡­


    After Haidu¡¯s extermination team arrived at the scene, they quickly searched for information on the short guy on the Grow Some Brains APP.


    ¡°Tell us your user ranking!¡±


    The short guy¡¯s hands were firmly shackled by handcuffs. Because Xiao Jinyu provided information that this person¡¯s logic skill was related to his right hand, the extermination team also brought out a black case, additionally locking his right hand inside.


    The short guy was extremely dejected, hanging his head and not making a sound.


    The extermination team¡¯s member: ¡°Say it!¡±


    The short guy: ¡°¡­C1779.¡±


    He was ranked to be C grade, placing below 1000. In other words, this man was a level two user.


    Every user could search for the profile of other users on the rankings using the Grow Some Brains APP. However, these rankings did not have the ¡®next page¡¯ function. If one wanted to look for information on the user under C1779, they had to single-handedly scroll through to find them.


    Thankfully, the short guy¡¯s rank wasn¡¯t that far back. If he were ranked 20018 in D grade like Xiao Jinyu, just scrolling to his profile would waste a ton of time.


    Soon, the short guy¡¯s user ID could be seen.


    The member of the extermination team looked at the guy¡¯s ID and revealed a complicated expression. He raised his head and gave the short guy a look filled with some sympathy rather than full viciousness.


    Zhao Hen curiously rushed over: ¡°What¡¯s up? What¡¯s the name?¡±


    After clearly seeing the words displayed on the APP¡­


    Zhao Hen: ¡°¡­¡±


    The short guy covered his face.


    Su Jiuzhou also gave the APP a look, and after a brief surprise, he lifted a brow meaningfully.


    Wljb Alcse rabbv eq lc rerqlmlbc jcv kjixfv bnfg ab yftlcv atf afjw wfwyfg. Lf ibbxfv vbkc ab rff, gluta atfc¡­


    Wljb Alcse: ¡°¡­¡±


    Ktf afjw wfwyfg erfv tlr lcafgmbw ab mbcajma tlr afjwwjafr ja atf ufcfgji tfjvdejgafgr: ¡°Obbx eq J1779¡­ Ztw, Qlcv Dibklcu Mjga¡¯r qgbolif.¡±


    Ktf gjcxlcur bcis rtbkfv atf erfg¡¯r PG jcv ugjvf, klat cb vfajlifv lcobgwjalbc. Coafg olnf wlceafr qjrrfv, atf Frfg Jbwwlaaff reqqilfv j vfajlifv nfgrlbc bo atf ibulm rxlii lcobgwjalbc.


    [User ID: Wind Blowing Fart]


    [Real Name: Zhang Haixiang]


    [Gender: Male]


    [User Rank: C1779]


    [User Level: Level 2]


    [Logic Skill: When inside a bathroom where ventilation falls below 50%, air can be condensed in certain areas not obstructed by any objects and form a difference in the local high and low atmospheric pressure to create a pressurized wind¡­]


    Turns out this short guy¡¯s logic skill could only be used inside bathrooms.


    Yet, no one let down their guard just because he has now left the bathroom nor have they released his right hand from the black case.


    The logic skill description automatically generated by the Grow Some Brains APP was generally concise. For example, the Grow Some Brains APP only detected that Xiao Jinyu¡¯s logic skill could ¡°see logic factors¡± when the real uses of Fourth Perspective obviously go way beyond that.


    The short guy¡¯s logic skill description was mostly written by himself or secretly recorded by the User Committee. There was no way to guarantee if the information divulged was 100% accurate.


    Furthermore, he was only a level two user.


    Only after reaching level three would the User Committee increase their interest and be more engaged in collecting information on him.


    ¡°What is inside this black box?¡± The team member pointed at the black box sitting on the table, with a serious look on his face.


    Zhang Haixiang lowered his head and answered honestly: ¡°A polluter.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s its ranking?!¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not ranked.¡±


    Zhang Haixiang replied: ¡°It was a polluter that I had just brought back from completing a mission in a contamination area.¡±


    Once he finished talking, he raised his head and looked towards Zhao Hen and the member of the extermination team. Then, after his gaze quickly touched on Su Jiuzhou who was leaning on a wall to the very side, and Xiao Jinyu who stood right beside him, he shivered and immediately retracted his glance.


    Zhang Haixiang had a painful expression: ¡°I didn¡¯t kill Meat King, I really didn¡¯t kill him.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°No one mentioned anything about Meat King. Why would you think we suspect you of murdering him?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang: ¡°I confess. Two days ago, I did indeed meet with Meat King in this very coffee shop. He learned that I got my hands on a polluter and wanted to buy it from me, so we planned to meet in the bathroom of this coffee shop. However, I really didn¡¯t know he was Meat King! He was only a client!¡±


    Zhang Haixiang¡¯s face became filled with wrinkles, piling up at the corners of his eyes.


    Zhang Haixiang felt that he was very unlucky.


    So very unlucky.


    Just before he opened his eyes this morning, Zhang Haixiang had no idea of what was to happen to him.


    Secretly buying and selling polluters was illegal behavior, but when users exit contaminated areas after completing missions, they can occasionally get their hands on one to two polluters. It wasn¡¯t something so out of the ordinary.


    Grow Some Brains APP divided users into grades, and even ranked them within each grade.


    A polluter was eager to grade humans. Humans were not idle either and the User Committee also divided polluters into various grades.


    Whenever a highly ranked polluter appears, the User Committee would use any means possible to get their hands on it. Unless a user hides it well, as long as there was a singular, tiny leak, the User Committee will try their best to fight for it.


    The User Committee paid comparably less attention to slighting more ordinary polluters. After submitting an application and obtaining approval, they can be collected privately.


    However, most of the polluters were ¡°trash¡± without even a ranking.


    This sort of garbage polluter was not only unable to pollute the logic skills of users but also had extremely weak and boring abilities.


    There was a rumor that last year, a user in the capital found a contaminated mirror in a contaminated area. It was penetrating in all its aspects, its mirror as bright as crystal and its edge was inlaid with more than a dozen pigeon egg diamonds, all brilliant and extraordinary. Perhaps even if it were pre-radiation, it would still have sold for an outstanding price.


    However, its ability to pollute was extremely weak to the point that it couldn¡¯t even affect a level one user.


    Moreover, its special ability was¨C


    Growing pimples.


    If someone happens to be within ten meters of this mirror for over ten minutes, after 24 hours, a pimple would burst onto their face.


    Zhang Haixiang had a bitter expression: ¡°I really didn¡¯t know he was Meat King. He found me through a friend and contacted me because he learned that I wanted to sell a polluter. According to our business deal, he verified the polluter in the morning two days ago and transferred money. Once I received the cash from the bank, I was to hide the polluter in this very coffee shop¡¯s bathroom this very morning at midnight, and after an hour, he would personally pick it up and we wouldn¡¯t meet at all again.¡±


    Zhang Haixiang could not for the life of him understand how, while everything was clearly going well, an issue like this suddenly cropped up.


    Two days ago, Meat King was very satisfied with the polluter and transferred money.


    One day ago, he received the cash and, as arranged, hid the polluter in the sink at midnight today.


    How good was this, he had easily made 800,000 dollars, but before he could even think about how he should spend this money, he saw the news of Rongsi Company¡¯s CEO, Wei Rong¡¯s death on the TV. This two hundred pound face of the buyer, Zhang Haixiang wouldn¡¯t be able to forget for at least two years. And so he hurriedly searched the news in horror.


    The buyer died yesterday.


    That must also mean, the buyer never retrieved the polluter he placed in the coffee shop¡¯s bathroom!


    At first, Zhang Haixiang didn¡¯t feel that things were that bad yet, and so his first reaction was: get the polluter and sell it again.


    However, before he was happy for a few minutes, the user who had introduced them told him that the buyer was Meat King.


    Meat King!


    This ID was well known throughout Haidu City, all the way to its peripherals.


    It wasn¡¯t because of his strange logic skill, these types of strange logic skills were a dime a dozen in the nation. It also wasn¡¯t because of money, Meat King¡¯s real identity was hidden very well, no one knew he was Wei Rong. But it was because a lot of users knew that Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team¡¯s Captain was Meat King¡¯s wife.


    Now the thought of selling the polluter again was completely forgotten and the only thing he wanted to do was to get back the polluter he had hidden in the coffee shop.


    ¡°I¡¯m just here to get the goods. Official, really, there is no way for me to kill Meat King.¡± The short man hurried to explain himself: ¡°I¡¯m a level two user, there is no benefit to me killing Meat King. Instead, it would cut off a financial route for me. I was afraid you guys would find this polluter, then find me, thinking I killed Meat King, so I hurried to retrieve it!¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re lying!¡±


    The Haidu City¡¯s team member said in denial.


    ¡°Meat King¡¯s hobby of buying polluters, the entire Haidu City knew. But if Meat King wanted to buy polluters, does he have to secretly buy it from you? It is entirely possible for him to just greet the User Committee and then openly buy it from your hands. As long as the danger level of this polluter wasn¡¯t too high, then your transaction can be carried out publicly.¡±


    Zhang Haixiang racked his brains to explain: ¡°Perhaps the danger level of this polluter is quite high. The User Committee hasn¡¯t tested it yet, so its danger level cannot be determined.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s around 150.¡±


    Suddenly, a male voice sounded, and everyone turned their heads around.


    They saw that in the corner of the coffee shop, Su Jiuzhou casually opened the black box that Zhang Haixiang was hugging earlier. His hand reached into the pitch-black box and with a gentle movement, he took out a pearl necklace.


    A round and plump pearl hung from the man¡¯s fingertips and Su Jiuzhou closed his eyes to probe around some, before turning his head and looking at the confused Zhang Haixiang, smiling and saying: ¡°Unless its ability is very peculiar, based on it¡¯s pollution level, it¡¯ll rank at the very most at 150.¡±


    Zhao Hen and the team member already knew about this mysterious man saving Xiao Jinyu earlier, but they didn¡¯t think that the other would actually hold an unknown polluter with his bare hands!


    Catching a bullet with bare hands and holding a polluter with bare hands are two completely different danger levels!


    Zhao Hen hurriedly said: ¡°Hurry up and put it down. Polluters are very dangerous, so quickly put it in the isolation box!¡±


    Su Jiuzhou put the pearl necklace away without hesitation.


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him silently.


    ¡­Just how strong was this man?


    Zhao Hen was one of the strongest in the group of level three users, yet he still doesn¡¯t dare to touch the polluters. Yet this man had done so, so casually.


    A level four user.


    Or was it level five?


    In the silent coffee shop, Zhao Hen and the team member were still interrogating Zhang Haixiang, asking why Meat King would secretly buy polluters, as with Meat King¡¯s identity, if he had wanted to buy polluters, he could completely buy it through formal channels. There was no need to hide at all.


    Zhang Haixiang felt that even with a hundred mouths, he couldn¡¯t argue against them. He felt aggrieved as he kept on trying to defend himself.


    ¡°I also don¡¯t know why Meat King wanted to secretly buy it from me, I really don¡¯t, Official. But I really didn¡¯t kill, I only privately sold some polluters¡­¡±


    ¡°There probably is another reason why Meat King wanted to secretly buy polluters. But there must be a secret hidden in you.¡±


    Zhang Haixiang¡¯s voice stopped abruptly and he turned his head to look at the dark-haired youth on the side.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm as he looked at Zhang Haixiang. He said methodically: ¡°You¡¯re afraid that Haidu City¡¯s Extermination team would find out that you privately traded with Meat King, suspect you killed Meat King, and take away the polluter you hid in this shop. But you were discovered. In fact, you were only discovered, you still have the chance to explain yourself, to prove yourself. But after you were discovered, your first reaction was to kill the witness and run¡­


    ¡°Running is understandable. But killing the witness¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at him coldly: ¡°Zhang Haixiang, do you think an innocent person would do something like this?¡±


    ¡°Tinkle¡ª¡±


    The evening wind blew through the wind chimes in front of the bathrooms.


    Si Jiuzhou looked up and glanced at Xiao Jinyu.


    After a while.


    Zhang Haixiang gritted his teeth: ¡°I really didn¡¯t kill Meat King! I heard that there¡¯s a polluter in Haidu City¡¯s warehouse which can tell if someone is lying or not. I didn¡¯t kill. If you don¡¯t believe me, I¡¯m willing to be tested by that polluter!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Did I say you killed Meat King?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang froze.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Meat King is your buyer, based on his identity, even if you wanted to increase the price, it wouldn¡¯t have mattered much to him. It¡¯s also possible that the amount you got afterwards has already been a raised price. But you want to kill.¡± After a moment, Xiao Jinyu looked down and said: ¡°I think the only thing that killing people could hide, is even more murder. Perhaps in the world of users, there are some things that must be kept secret even if it means killing people. What do you think?¡± He looked up at Zhao Hen.


    Zhao Hen froze in place, his mind clouded, and didn¡¯t open his mouth yet.


    Behind him, an answer came from the low laughing Su Jiuzhou: ¡°I also think it¡¯s murder.¡±


    His body paused for a bit before Xiao Jinyu looked up, his eyes meeting the man behind him.


    The author has something to say:


    Zhao Hen: Eh, didn¡¯t Xiao Jinyu ask me? [Scratches head]


    Ninth Sister: Can¡¯t I respond to my wife¡¯s words? [Smiles]


    Little Goldfish: If you don¡¯t know how to speak then shut up!


    004: Dad, these words are so familiar, are you talking to me? (¡Ñ¦Í¡Ñ)!


    Little Goldfish: ¡­You¡¯re definitely blood-related!


    ¡ª


    Damn, editing and writing the little theater took me until 8 o¡¯clock!


    Today my body doesn¡¯t feel that well, so I will try to write more tomorrow.


    Muah

 CH 21

    There was nothing that cannot be done in this world. When the benefits outweigh the risks, even in murder and arson, there will still be people drawn to it.


    When Xiao Jinyu first discovered Zhang Haixiang¡¯s whereabouts, his first reaction was to run. But when he realized he wasn¡¯t able to escape and was about to be caught by Zhao Hen who was outside the bathroom, his choice was:


    To shoot to kill.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at Zhao Hen: ¡°Zhao Hen, in China, is it illegal for users to privately sell polluters?¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°Of course, it¡¯s illegal, publicly, it¡¯s strictly prohibited.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Will it bring a death sentence?¡±


    ¡°Huh? Of course not, it should only be a fine and a few months of jail. Unless the smuggled polluter is of a high ranking, which would bring a life sentence or the death penalty. But that kind of thing isn¡¯t seen a lot since the users who can do it are at least level five or six.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lightly nodded and looked at the panicking Zhang Haixiang, who was handcuffed to a leg of the coffee shop¡¯s table.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Although I don¡¯t know if a user killing someone is a special case, from what I hear, privately selling polluters does not yield as serious a punishment as killing people. Then here¡¯s the problem¡­


    ¡°Zhang Haixiang, what is the truth that you would rather kill me to hide?¡±


    When these words fell, Zhang Haixiang¡¯s pupils trembled. He raised his head and looked at the expressionless youth in front of him.


    Zhang Haixiang would rather kill than escape to hide that he had privately traded with Meat King before and was afraid of being mistaken as a suspect in killing Meat King, which was a groundless reason from the beginning.


    He could still argue against killing Meat King.


    But the fact that he almost killed Xiao Jinyu was irrefutable.


    Although Meat King was a rich second generation and married to the Captain of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team, Xiao Jinyu was a clean person, he wasn¡¯t as rich and didn¡¯t have a wife with such a strong background. But he was also a human life.


    Xiao Jinyu believed that this world wasn¡¯t absolutely proper, there were always undercurrents surging in the dark cracks. But the matter of killing someone in broad daylight was something that could never be tolerated.


    Killing Meat King was a crime; killing him was also a crime.


    There are indeed some things in this world that are more important than life, he would rather commit suicide or kill to hide them. But no matter how you look at it, Zhang Haixiang doesn¡¯t seem like a person who has such a big secret. And if there was, there was even more of a need to interrogate him.


    Additionally, the only truth that can make someone kill to hide, can only be murder.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t kill anyone!¡±


    Su Jiuzhou raised an eyebrow: ¡°Not killing Meat King now?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang froze for a moment before quickly adding: ¡°Moreso, I didn¡¯t kill Meat King!¡±


    Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°Then you¡¯ve killed someone.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu glanced back at him.


    Zhang Haixiang took a deep breath, and a circle of bright red blood vessels, as dense as a spider¡¯s web, climbed up his eye. He was like an innocent person who had been wronged but could not be defended. He widened his eyes and stared at Xiao Jinyu, hoping to get a little fairness from the youngest member on the scene.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t kill anyone, I really didn¡¯t! If I killed someone, I¡¯m willing to be struck dead by the heavens!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu really hoped that a thunderclap would immediately sound outside of the shop so that all the questions could be answered. However, for the past two days, Haidu City was all but covered in this constant gloomy but light rain, without a single sound of thunder.


    Seeing that Xiao Jinyu did not pay attention to his meaning, Zhang Haixiang looked to Zhao Hen again: ¡°Official, I beg you, don¡¯t accuse innocent people. I¡¯m an honest person, even if I¡¯m not educated. Yes, I did start working immediately after I graduated, but as for murder, I couldn¡¯t possibly do such a thing. How could I kill someone?¡±


    Zhao Hen was suddenly asked this and froze, he asked in a thick voice: ¡°What Xiao Jinyu said was right. Then explain, why do you want to kill then escape?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang said anxiously; ¡°I just saw red for a moment, and got blinded by lard!¡±


    ¡°Hehe, Zhang Haixiang, has this lard of yours been boiled since ten days ago?¡±


    ¡°Bang¡ª¡±


    The coffee shop¡¯s door was forcefully pushed open by someone, and the glass hit the wall, vibrating with a bang.


    The crowd turned their heads and looked.


    A crew cut man soaked by the rain stood in front of the shop with a cold face. He patted off the rain and hurried to where the group of people was circling. A team member next to him handed a blue file to Xu Qi. Xu Qi, with his serious expression, walked to the center in two or three steps.


    Originally, looking into the store from his position outside, this area was blocked by the potted plants and so it was impossible to see Su Jiuzhou who was standing at the back. After walking to the back, Xu Qi suddenly noticed the man who stood quietly behind Xiao Jinyu. He was stunned and said in surprise: ¡°You¡­¡±


    Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°What happened ten days ago, Captain Xu?¡±


    ¡°Oh right, ten days ago.¡± His expression became cold again and a heavy blue file was thrown onto the table Zhang Haixiang was handcuffed to with a bang. Xu Qi bent down, pulled Zhang Haixiang by his collar and squeezed a sneer out: ¡°Alright, you didn¡¯t kill anyone. Then explain to me, on November 2nd, where the level three user who accepted the task with you to go into the contamination area, user ranking B279, ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯, Wang Tai, has gone!¡±


    A fierce wind and rain rushed through the glass door that was never closed.


    ¡°Crash¡ª¡±


    The windchimes made a crisp sound.


    Zhang Haixiang¡¯s entire body froze.


    Xu Qi: ¡°Say it! Or, do you want me to throw the evidence in front of your face before you¡¯ll admit it?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang looked up in fright at this crew-cut man who gnashed his teeth while grabbing him.


    After a while.


    As if he was out of breath, Zhang Haixiang collapsed on the chair and read that name: ¡°Wang Tai¡­


    ¡°Wang Tai.


    ¡°Yes.


    ¡°I killed him.¡±


    ¡­


    ¡°Wang Tai and I have known each other for over half a year. We met at the beginning of this year when I cleaned up a logic storm for a task. Then, he was only a level two user.¡± Zhang Haixiang lowered his head and said quietly: ¡°Afterward, he improved rapidly and, just last month, reached level three, so he invited me on a task to looking for stuff in the contamination areas. Although I was only level two, my logic skill had a high attack power and was very helpful. So the first person he thought of was me.


    ¡°At first I was quite happy. The reward for this task was a lot higher than the cleaning tasks, plus it was only at the edge of the contamination areas so there wasn¡¯t any real danger. Everything went well, we only met one polluter in the contamination area, and after Wang Tai and I teamed up to kill it, the next day, we found the photo. It was a family portrait, of the three in the photo, the dad and the mom were dead, and their son had survived the radiation. Now that he was older and more mature, the son wanted a photo of his parents, but their house was in the contamination area. So he spent a lot of money to commission users to do this task of getting a photo out.¡±


    Zhang Haixiang did not lie at this point.


    Xiao Jinyu flipped through the information in the file and looked at the name of the task issuer.


    He actually knew this man, he was a newcomer billionaire in Haidu City, in his forties, who founded his own food brand, which was sold throughout the country. Xiao Jinyu particularly liked this brand¡¯s instant noodles.


    Regular people are unaware of the existence of users, but rich people often have their own privileges.


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    Itjcu Ljlzljcu ybkfv tlr tfjv jcv rjlv: ¡°Ktfgf kjrc¡¯a jcsatlcu eq ecali atfc, yea pera jr kf kfgf jybea ab ifjnf atf mbcajwlcjalbc jgfj, kf obecv atja qfjgi cfmxijmf.¡± Cr tf rqbxf, tf ibbxfv ja atf yijmx ybz cfza ab Ve Alehtbe, ¡°Pa¡¯r atja qbiieafg.¡±


    ¡°We had already discussed that the reward would be split 7:3, where he would get 70% and I got the remaining 30%. I recognized he was stronger than I was and it was also his task. But for this polluter, Wang Tai didn¡¯t intend to give me a share.¡±


    Xu Qi scolded: ¡°So you killed for the goods?¡±


    ¡°It was him who wanted to kill me first!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°Do you have any evidence?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang was dumbfounded: ¡°No¡­ but if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that he attacked first, would I dare to make a move first with his logic skill¡¯s attack power being so high and a level three user? I wouldn¡¯t dare.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu flipped through the file again in curiosity and found Wang Tai¡¯s information.


    [User ID: Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf]


    [Real Name: Wang Tai]


    [Sex: Male]


    [User Ranking: B279]


    [Logic Level: Three]


    [Logic Skill: If you are touched 10 times at zero-distance or touched once at a negative distance, and answer one specific question from the user, you will then be hanged by an invisible, fragrant scarf.


    Hanged?!


    Xiao Jinyu was shocked.


    Xiao Jinyu suddenly asked: ¡°So you only killed Beauty¡­ Wang Tai, and didn¡¯t kill Meat King?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang¡¯s eyes were red: ¡°I didn¡¯t! I admit it, the reason why I wanted to run when I saw you was because I was afraid you guys would find out I killed Wang Tai. But I didn¡¯t kill Meat King at all. Why would I want to kill Meat King? I just want to earn money. And my logic skill is to manipulate the air and can only be used in the bathrooms. Meat King died in the wilderness, right, I read this on the news. There¡¯s nothing I can do to kill him.¡±


    ¡°Is that it?¡± Su Jiuzhou¡¯s indifferent voice sounded: ¡°A user¡¯s detailed information is manually filled in by themselves. Your logic skill might not have this restriction anymore-oh.¡±


    Zhang Haixiang was so anxious he forgot his fear, and he looked directly at the fearsome man in black: ¡°I really can only use my logic skill in the bathroom. If you don¡¯t believe me, you can ask the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP. It even gave me ¡®Wind Blowing Fart¡¯ as an ID. Isn¡¯t that because my logic skill would only work in bathrooms¡­ eh, yes, I¡¯m called Wind Blowing Fart!¡±


    This was the first time Zhang Haixiang had liked his ID so much. He said in excitement: ¡°Think about it, my name is Wind Blowing Fart! Wind Blowing Fart, doesn¡¯t this mean the bathrooms? How would I be able to kill Meat King who was in the wild?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    He didn¡¯t have to be this happy.


    Xiao Jinyu suddenly had the idea of taking out his phone and asking 004. But he didn¡¯t move his hand.


    In fact, some things didn¡¯t need the help of plug-ins. The truth had always been clear at a glance, it was openly placed in front of everyone¡¯s eyes.


    Zhang Haixiang¡¯s happiness was something that Zhao Hen and several others couldn¡¯t understand.


    However, Zhang Haixiang¡¯s logic skill was something that could only be used in the bathrooms, which was very likely a fact. That also means he couldn¡¯t be the killer behind Meat King¡¯s death.


    Things have gotten to this point and they fell into another difficult problem.


    Zhang Haixiang admitted to killing Wang Tai, but he didn¡¯t admit to killing Meat King.


    Xu Qi was suddenly discouraged.


    In fact, if Zhang Haixiang had refused to admit to killing Wang Tai, they wouldn¡¯t be sure if he had actually killed Wang Tai nor would they have known whether Wang Tai was dead or alive. Xu Qi had already planned to send people to check the place where Zhang Haixiang and Wang Tai had carried out their task, to see if they could find Wang Tai¡¯s corpse. Only after finding evidence, could they make a verdict. But they didn¡¯t think that Zhang Haixiang would admit to it so painfully.


    Wang Tai didn¡¯t have any family, his parents had died during the radiation. His only wife, who had divorced him last year, didn¡¯t have any kids. So when he was missing for so many days, no one reported it. If Zhang Haixiang wasn¡¯t arrested in this coffee shop, the user committee wouldn¡¯t have checked Zhang Haixiang¡¯s task information, thus leading them to discover Wang Tai¡¯s disappearance.


    Just when Xu Qi was at a loss, a calm voice sounded.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°We won¡¯t talk about this matter of you killing Wang Tai for now. Zhang Haixiang, there¡¯s one thing I¡¯m curious about.¡±


    Xu Qi turned around, looking at the young man who was talking.


    If you mention it, it was a bit strange. Colonel Su has always been standing behind this young man. Xu Qi remembered, this young man seemed to be called Xiao Jinyu, who was invited by their captain to travel from Zhongdu to help them. His logic skill was to see logic factors and was also a level one user.


    Maybe he just randomly found a place with fewer people to stand?


    Xu Qi didn¡¯t think too much.


    Xiao Jinyu said in an orderly way: ¡°You said, on the morning of the tenth, you and Meat King met in the bathroom of this coffee shop and Meat King inspected the goods on the spot. After confirming he was satisfied with the goods, in the afternoon, he wired the money to your card. You then withdrew the cash and at 12am on the eleventh, you put the polluter on the sink of the cubicle. And at 1am, he would come and get the polluter. Right?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang: ¡°Yes.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded and continued: ¡°Then here¡¯s the problem. Since you two inspected the goods in the morning of the tenth, it means that at that time, you were holding this polluter in your hands,¡± he pointed to the box behind him.


    Su Jiuzhou slightly smiled, turned to the side, and gave way to Xiao Jinyu.


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him before turning back.


    Zhang Haixiang: ¡°That¡¯s right, I brought this polluter with me to have it inspected.¡±


    How could the goods be inspected if they weren¡¯t brought? Zhang Haixiang must have been holding the polluter at that time.


    Xiao Jinyu smiled: ¡°So, Zhang Haixiang, you held the goods in your hand and met face to face with the buyer¡­ So why didn¡¯t you directly exchange money and goods at that time?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang froze violently.


    Xu Qi and Zhao Hen both revealed surprised looks.


    Xu Qi slapped his thigh: ¡°That¡¯s right, exchange money and goods, this was very convenient. They could have completed the transaction at that time.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at Zhang Haixiang: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I thought of a reason for you. The price of this polluter is very high and Meat King couldn¡¯t move that much money at once, so he could only go back and transfer instead. And you weren¡¯t willing to have it transferred by phone, only when you got the cash were you reassured. So you chose this roundabout and troublesome way.¡±


    Zhang Haixiang opened his mouth and was about to say, ¡°right¡±, but Xiao Jinyu interrupted him: ¡°But I must remind you, how much did Meat King give you? I¡¯m sure Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team could find this out. The bank account number you gave must be a new account, so it wouldn¡¯t be possible to find it from your end. But the account Meat King used to transfer money to you, I¡¯m sure his wife could check thoroughly. If it is under one million, or even two million¡­ with Meat King¡¯s identity, I¡¯m sure he would be able to move this much.


    ¡°Seeing your reaction, as you didn¡¯t speak, it seems like this deal didn¡¯t exceed a million. Eh¡­ let¡¯s just take it as a million.


    ¡°In this coffee shop, transferring a million dollars seems a bit dangerous. It¡¯s safer to transfer it at home. But, you¡¯re users.


    ¡°This was just an ordinary cash transaction. Firstly, no one would pay any attention to you two and secondly, even if you two were spotted by gangsters, just pick someone from the two of you and you¡¯ll be able to easily solve it.¡±


    Under the bright lights and the wind and rain outside of the shop, Xiao Jinyu looked calm, but his eyes looked down coldly, staring at the man who was already covered in a cold sweat: ¡°With my useless logic chain if I was afraid of being robbed by ordinary people, that would be understandable. With your logic skill and Meat King¡¯s identity, I can¡¯t understand. Besides¡­ if I was Meat King, or if I was you, and I was going to conduct an illegal trade, and it was something I could do publicly but was made private for some reason, I would definitely think that the less contact I made, the better.


    ¡°You said, you came at 12am to place the polluter here and Meat King would retrieve it at 1am, so there would be no contact. But this was a superfluous action.


    ¡°Wasn¡¯t it better to just finish the trade in the morning of the tenth? You just had to drag it to the early hours of the next day.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu silently examined Zhang Haixiang and thought for a moment. He asked: ¡°Was this a suggestion given by Meat King? I think not. He wouldn¡¯t have cared about this little amount of money. Plus, he certainly wouldn¡¯t be happy about the increase in contact. So, this must have been suggested by you and you were very insistent about it so that Meat King would agree. It was you who suggested not to trade on the spot and to drag it to the second day.¡±


    Zhao Hen couldn¡¯t help but interject: ¡°Wait, I don¡¯t quite understand. What do you mean now? Is there a difference between trading on the spot and trading the next day? If Meat King hadn¡¯t died, then he would definitely come and get the polluter. And the polluter was right here, didn¡¯t this guy come back and get the polluter because he was afraid we would find the relationship between the two of them, which is why he got arrested by us?¡±


    ¡°What you said is correct.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up, his eyes cold.


    ¡°But what if this person knew from the beginning that no one would come and get the polluter?¡±


    Zhao Hen froze.


    Xu Qi¡¯s eyes widened: ¡°You mean, he knew that Meat King would die? He killed Meat King?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°He didn¡¯t kill Meat King, but he knew that Meat King wouldn¡¯t be able to live until 1AM the second day.¡± Slightly pausing, Xiao Jinyu bowed his head, looking at the stunned Zhang Haixiang: ¡°Lastly, there¡¯s a question that I¡¯m pretty curious about¡­ Zhang Haixiang, did you come here today to take the polluter from the sink or to place the polluter into the sink?¡±


    ¡°Boom¡ª¡±


    The torrential rain slammed into the door and windows, heavily smashing into the shop.


    The rain in Haidu City suddenly became heavy.


    ¡­


    How many lies can a person tell in a lifetime?


    As dense as needled felt and as many as cattle lice.


    Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t count how many lies Zhang Haixiang had told in this coffee shop today.


    From the beginning, there was not a single truth spoken from his mouth.


    He said he came to retrieve the polluter, this was the first lie.


    He said he was afraid he was going to be suspected as the killer behind Meat King¡¯s murder, this was the second lie.


    Killing Xiao Jinyu was because he was rushing at that moment, killing Wang Tai was because he had acted first¡­


    Even whether Wang Tai had taken the initiative to invite him to that task, could¡¯ve been a lie. Even this polluter that looked like a pearl necklace might not have been the polluter they found in the contamination area, and instead might have belonged to him or Wang Tai¡­


    No one knew the answer.


    Xiao Jinyu remembered something: ¡°Haidu City has a polluter that can test whether someone is lying or not?¡±


    Hearing this, Xu Qi asked in surprise: ¡°Who told you?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu pointed to the silent Zhang Haixiang who had lowered his head.


    Xu Qi said an ¡°Oh¡± meaningfully and laughed sarcastically: ¡°So it turns out you even said this too, Zhang Haixiang. Did you say it before I came? Are you willing to be tested by that bloody basin, to see if you lied or not, to say you didn¡¯t kill Meat King? Alright, then you can try. Indeed, this thing is very easy to use. Just stick your head into that terrible lion¡¯s head, say the truth, and nothing will happen. But as soon as you lie, that lion will bite your head off in one bite. What, do you want to go?¡±


    At this moment, Xiao Jinyu understood where Zhang Haixiang¡¯s confidence came from. He suddenly said: ¡°You really didn¡¯t kill Meat King. Meat King wasn¡¯t killed by you. But, from the current sense, he did die from your hands¡­ is it that polluter?¡±


    As his words fell, the crowd looked back in unison.


    In the corner of the coffee shop, at some unknown point, the mysterious man in black had dragged a chair over and sat down. Su Jiuzhou lazily drank his pre-bought coffee in one hand and opened the black box with the other, picking up the magnificent pearl necklace.


    Finding that everyone was looking at him, Colonel Su smiled: ¡°En?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu turned his head around and his face didn¡¯t change: ¡°It¡¯s this polluter that killed Meat King. Meat King entered the strange logic skill of this polluter. What is its logic skill? Touch it and you¡¯ll die the next day?¡±


    The smile on Su Jiuzhou¡¯s face suddenly disappeared. He sighed softly, and with a pa-ta, the pearl necklace he was just toying around with immediately fell into the box.


    Of course, Xu Qi didn¡¯t think this little pearl necklace could kill Su Jiuzhou.


    If there really was such a magical necklace, then that would be great. Just take this necklace and walk with it around rebel users. Throw it once and one would die, it was simply to the satisfaction of everyone. But it was a pity, even from this distance Xu Qi could feel that the pollution ability of this necklace wasn¡¯t that strong. If it was sent to the Logic Research Institute and given an experimental detection, it would be estimated to rank in the hundreds.


    In general, the pollution ability of a polluter is directly proportional to its degree of danger.


    For those ranking lower than 100, it is impossible for a single touch to lead to death.


    Sitting alone on the sides, Su Jiuzhou, who had been amusing himself this whole time, finally spoke. He supported his chin and asked the first question: ¡°What is the effect of this polluter?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang¡¯s mouth opened, but no sound came out.


    Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°If you don¡¯t answer my question, I¡¯ll be embarrassed.¡±


    Seeing his smile, Xu Qi shivered and kicked the leg of the chair Zhang Haixiang was sitting on, shouting angrily: ¡°If you say it clearly now, based on your performance, we can lower your sentence!¡±


    Zhang Haixiang slowly raised his head and as if he was frightened, he murmured: ¡°I can still reduce my sentence, wasn¡¯t I already at a death sentence¡­?¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°This isn¡¯t decided by Haidu City¡¯s Extermination team, it¡¯s decided by the law.¡±


    As if a glimmer of hope had appeared, Zhang Haixiang lowered his voice and explained: ¡°Wang Tai and I found it in the contamination area in the morning of the second. It hasn¡¯t been a long time yet, so I¡¯m not quite sure of its effect. But Wang Tai and I both think¡­ it can change one¡¯s logic skill.¡±


    When these words landed, the coffee shop fell silent.


    ¡°Screech¡ª¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked back.


    That man stood up.


    It turns out that in addition to liking to tease others in strange ways, he was also able to become serious? Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but think.


    ¡°How does it change the logic skill?¡± A deep and indifferent male voice sounded from the end of the crowd. Su Jiuzhou¡¯s handsome face had no expression.


    Zhang Haixiang was startled by his terrifying expression and didn¡¯t respond.


    Su Jiuzhou sighed in annoyance.


    Zhang Haixiang curled in on himself and immediately explained: ¡°For example, my logic skill requires me to be in a bathroom with a humidity of over 50% to be used. But, in fact, after I got it, I found out that this requirement changed, it changed to around 55%.¡±


    It only changed like that?


    Zhang Haixiang continued to explain: ¡°The way it changes logic skills isn¡¯t very strong. It¡¯s just some useless changes.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou looked down, reached out, and tucked the black box on the table into his pocket.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at his hand, which had stolen goods in public, in surprise.


    Xu Qi also stared straight at him, his internal alarm was ringing very loudly, and he hurriedly whispered: ¡°That was the last thing Meat King bought, counting as a remnant. Our captain might want to keep it as a keepsake¡­¡±


    Su Jiuzhou slightly smiled: ¡°Tell your captain that I¡¯m going to take it and experiment with it for a couple days.¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°¡­¡±


    The pearl necklace was given to the two big people to worry about and Xu Qi didn¡¯t even think that this thing could belong to him. Xiao Jinyu¡¯s analysis he understood, but there was one other thing: ¡°This polluter can only change someone¡¯s logic skill? Then how did it kill Meat King? Zhang Haixiang, through what means did you use to kill Meat King? You must explain honestly!¡±


    Zhang Haixiang wanted to talk, but stopped. Several people circling him stared at him.


    After a few seconds, Zhang Haixiang said: ¡°You might not believe me if I say this, but it¡¯s true. The one who killed Meat King wasn¡¯t me, and strictly speaking, it wasn¡¯t this polluter either. In fact, the one who killed Meat King¡­ was Wang Tai.¡±


    Wang Tai.


    ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯, Wang Tai.


    The level three user who died in the contaminated area ten days ago?


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t make a sound, he was waiting for Zhang Haixiang¡¯s next step.


    Since they had already gotten to this point, Zhang Haixiang had nothing to hide. He hung his head and said: ¡°Before Wang Tai had died, I felt that he might have broken to the fourth level. He kept on staring at me, that pair of eyes kept on staring at me, and he said that he would definitely kill me, definitely.


    ¡°Then, Wang Tai died. But the moment before he died, he upgraded and his logic skill went out of control.


    ¡°His out of control logic skill polluted this pearl necklace. I didn¡¯t feel the fact that this pearl necklace had the effect of changing logic skills. But Wang Tai¡¯s ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯¡­¡±


    As if remembering something frightening, Zhang Haixiang¡¯s lips trembled, and he said hoarsely: ¡°I found that his ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯ was still alive! That logic skill was hidden in this necklace. Meat King was dead, he was killed by Wang Tai¡¯s logic skill, ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯ is killing people!¡±


    It turns out it was like this?


    In the dark, late-night suburbs, a man leaned against a luxury car as he smoked.


    A beautiful woman danced in an enchanting posture, holding a fragrant incense scarf, and strangled him from behind.


    Meat King died silently.


    He would never think that he would die in the hands of an out of control, level four logic skill.


    This out of control logic skill didn¡¯t pollute him and only polluted a polluter that had long been polluted. He couldn¡¯t even find the enemy. His enemy had died long ago. And he was also silently hanged by a strange, fragrant scarf, on a strange night.


    After thinking for a while, Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°Just now you said that the ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯ in the necklace can kill people. Then why are you alive?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang bitterly smiled: ¡°According to Wang Tai¡¯s logical skill, I speculated that this necklace wants to kill people, and like the original ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯, it must be touched many times. So because I had been careful in touching this necklace, always isolating it in the box, or even burying it in the soil, not daring to touch it, it wasn¡¯t able to kill me.¡±


    Who would have thought it would be such an answer.


    Since Wang Tai polluted this necklace right before he died, then the person he must want to kill the most would be Zhang Haixiang.


    But no one could control a logic skill that had spiraled out of control. Even if Wang Tai was still alive.


    Zhang Haixiang hasn¡¯t died, yet Meat King has.


    Xu Qi and Zhao Hen both sighed.


    This case has proceeded to this point and it should be over.


    It was just as Xiao Jinyu had said, the reason why Zhang Haixiang came to the coffee shop today wasn¡¯t to retrieve the polluter. On the contrary, he was here to place the polluter.


    He knew from the beginning that Meat King wouldn¡¯t be able to live past the night, and so he had no intention of delivering it. But Meat King¡¯s death was too sensational and all the users in Haidu City knew of Meat King¡¯s death and also knew that his wife would pursue it to the end.


    If it wasn¡¯t Meat King, perhaps no one would have searched so carefully. The bank card that Zhang Haixiang had used to get the money from Meat King was a new account and no one would be able to track it to him; the coffee shop¡¯s surveillance didn¡¯t matter, he had avoided it.


    But, it was Meat King.


    That woman would flip through the entirety of Haidu City for Meat King to find the truth.


    Zhang Haixiang didn¡¯t dare gamble, so he could only fight and find an opportunity to put the pearl necklace in the sink. And so even if he was found to have been in contact with Meat King, he could evade it and play it off as simply buying and selling polluters. Even if it was found that the pearl necklace could kill people, he could also lie and say he didn¡¯t know that the necklace could kill. After all, he didn¡¯t die in the hands of the necklace.


    However, Xiao Jinyu sensed something unusual from Zhang Haixiang¡¯s delivery time.


    He didn¡¯t personally kill Meat King.


    But at the same time, he killed Meat King.


    Just as Xu Qi was going to call and ask when the rest of the team would arrive, Xiao Jinyu suddenly said: ¡°So now you should be able to say¡­


    ¡°Zhang Haixiang, what is the real cause that¡¯s letting this pearl necklace kill?


    ¡°Before Meat King died, who else have you killed with this necklace? Or in other words, how many other people?¡±


    The wind and rain outside the window seemed to stop at this moment.


    Compared to Xu Qi and Zhao Hen¡¯s shock, Su Jiuzhou did not show a trace of surprise. He supported his chin with one hand, and quietly looked at the thin and tall back in front of him.


    After a long time, he lifted the corners of his lips, and whispered for the first time, reading aloud the characters one by one.


    ¡°Xiao Jinyu¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu ah.


    The author has something to say:


    Little Goldfish: What can I do? Others like Meat King have such a strong background and such a strong wife as well, and I have nothing. This walrus or something can kill me casually.


    Ninth Sister: Is a husband like me not enough? [:)]


    ¡ª


    Originally I wanted to write until 004 appeared and I estimated that there would be another 3000 words before that happened, but I feel like it¡¯s very good to stop here.


    What do you all think?


    And you guys don¡¯t know, I edited this chapter for almost an hour. There was a place that couldn¡¯t convince me, and was changed for almost half an hour¡­ you can guess where it is¡­


    By the way, a certain friend made me ten covers, and I plan to change one every half a month! When all the changes are done, you vote for a favorite ~ I¡¯m just so arrogant!


    Did you guys see the new cover~~

 CH 22

    At the outskirts of Haidu City.


    The light rain was mixed with the cold wind and the temporary tent set up by the extermination team was like a building on the verge of collapse, fluttering in the rain and wind.


    It wasn¡¯t the first time this old forensic pathologist had taken on such a job.


    The Extermination Team was a mysterious and eerie organization. They also belonged under the government, but what they do every day, where their headquarters are, and how they can show up with some strange corpses from time to time without disrupting public opinion, the old forensic pathologist didn¡¯t know and didn¡¯t want to know.


    When accepting a task from the extermination team, a special requirement must be met. That is, where the victim died was where they must be dissected.


    Most importantly, dissecting the brain.


    This was very nonsensical.


    For normal homicides, the bodies were given a simple examination at the scene and then transported to the police station, to be given an autopsy in the special forensics room. But the extermination team acted differently. The brain was to be dissected on the spot.


    Inside the white tent, the old forensic pathologist put away the scalpel: ¡°He died from suffocation. The strangulation point is not very obvious and the affected area is very wide. He should have been strangled by a very soft material, like a scarf. The body was hung in mid-air¡­¡±


    After a moment, the old forensics pathologist didn¡¯t think about why this phenomenon of violating common sense happened and continued: ¡°That branch should have been blown by the wind after his death, causing it to be wrapped around the neck of the deceased. The body was simply suspended in the air. As for the fissure in the neck¡­¡±


    En, also don¡¯t think about why this wound was recovering automatically, needing two adult men¡¯s strength to rip it open.


    ¡°This fissure was caused after death. And when this fissure appeared, the deceased had already been dead for around an hour.¡±


    The forensic pathologist continued: ¡°This is how the deceased died.¡±


    There was silence in the tent.


    The old forensic pathologist looked at the top of the deceased¡¯s head, just wondering about how no one had said to open the head on the spot this time when a cold and strict female voice sounded: ¡°Dissect the head.¡±


    The old pathologist lifted his head to glance at her.


    It was the young woman with silvery-gray hair.


    He seemed to hear that this woman was the deceased¡¯s wife and she had said to dissect the body without any hesitation. When he dissected the corpse to check the cause of death, the woman had been expressionlessly watching from the side, without a  trace of sadness.


    ¡ª¡ªPerhaps the two have long lost their feelings for each other as the woman was so unfeeling.


    A light rain fell on the roof of the tent and soon Meat King¡¯s head was dissected.


    The members of the extermination team immediately picked up the black detector and probed at Meat King¡¯s snow-white brain matter, scanning it.


    After five minutes.


    ¡°Reporting to Captain, there is no trace of logic factors, it¡¯s a normal death!¡±


    There are three types of user deaths: normal deaths, logic skill breaking, and logic skills going out of control.


    For normal deaths, the user¡¯s brain will not have any logic factors left in it as the logic skill disappears with the user.


    For logic skills breaking, there may be logic factors spread in the air, and in severe cases, it may also cause a logic storm. For example, White Garden, after his death, generated a logic storm that swept Xiao Jinyu and the glasses man into it.


    As for logic skills going out of control, there is no need to detect it at all as the user itself will become a polluter, with the logic skill attaching itself to his body, until it pollutes another target, where it may transfer itself to a new body.


    There is only one way to distinguish the difference between a normal death and a logic skill breaking: by dissecting the brain and seeing if there are any logic factors in it.


    The body cannot be transferred because the logic factors left in the brain may be dispersed during the process.


    Meat King had died a normal death.


    That means, he was killed by a logic skill, but his logic skill did not collapse or go out of control.


    In the tent, the gray-haired woman glanced at Meat King on the bed. After a while, she said calmly: ¡°Bring back to the extermination team.¡±


    ***


    Haidu City, coffee shop.


    Xu Qi received a call from his captain and he quickly reported his findings to her, including Xiao Jinyu¡¯s meticulous analysis and reasoning. However, on the phone, the Captain¡¯s tone was light, without much change, and just said a simple sentence: ¡°Bring the person back to the extermination team.¡±


    Person?


    Oh, she means Zhang Haixiang.


    Xu Qi hung up and sneered: ¡°Not a single word of truth came from your damn mouth! It doesn¡¯t matter if you don¡¯t admit it, I¡¯ve already sent someone to the contamination area to search for Wang Tai¡¯s corpse. Also for the users who have gone missing for the past few days in Haidu City. Wait for the evidence to be placed in front of your eyes, then I¡¯ll see if you¡¯ll admit it or not!¡±


    Zhang Haixiang¡¯s expression was bad and he didn¡¯t say a word.


    ¡°Get him in the car!¡±


    The team members were instructed to escort Zhang Haixiang out of the coffee shop and Xu Qi looked at Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen. He and Zhao Hen knew each other, but they just smiled and greeted each other. Then, he looked at Xiao Jinyu seriously and bowed slightly: ¡°Mr. Xiao, thank you very much. I¡¯m already grateful that you came to Haidu CIty to help, and now you¡¯ve helped us so much.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°There¡¯s no problem.¡±


    Thinking for a moment, he asked: ¡°What do you guys plan to do after bringing him back?¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°First we¡¯ll go and find Wang Tai¡¯s corpse and check which users have gone missing these days.¡±


    When Xiao Jinyu asked Zhang Haixiang how many other people he¡¯s killed, Xu Qi first was shocked, before he understood Xiao Jinyu¡¯s meaning.


    Zhang Haixiang¡¯s behavior was too bold!


    If he wasn¡¯t a hundred percent sure that Meat King would die, he wouldn¡¯t have come to the coffee shop to put the polluter there.


    He was very confident that Meat King would not live until 12am on the 12th.


    Such extreme self-confidence could not be without a reason and there was only one answer: he knew very well how the pearl necklace killed people.


    He was clear on the pearl necklace¡¯s ¡®cause¡¯, on the necklace¡¯s means of killing, and how long until the other died.


    To understand the killing method of the pearl necklace, he must have killed with this necklace long before.


    And not just once.


    Or else he wouldn¡¯t have been able to understand it to this degree.


    ¡°If there¡¯s any progress in the case, could you tell me?¡±


    Xu Qi stilled for a moment, looking at the talking young man.


    Under the bright light, Xiao Jinyu frowned slightly, the mole between his right eye and eyebrow swayed a little. His expression was calm as he explained: ¡°This could be counted as the first time I participated in a task. I want to know the truth behind Meat King¡¯s murder and the real use of this necklace. Also, I almost died in his hands.¡± He glanced at Zhang Haixiang.


    Xu Qi nodded in understanding: ¡°Alright, if there¡¯s any news I¡¯ll tell you. Mr. Xiao, really, thank you.¡± He nodded again at Zhao Hen: ¡°Thanks brother. It¡¯s been a bit busy these days. When I¡¯m free, let¡¯s go drink together.¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°Hehe, alright!¡±


    The captain gave the order and so Xu Qi and the team members quickly escorted Zhang Haixiang to the car, sending him to the headquarters.


    In the coffee shop, there were a few policemen and team members left to search the scene, do the final cleaning work, and prevent any missing clues from being left behind.


    Although Zhang Haixiang killing Meat King is almost a certainty, there are still two doubtful points in this case.


    First, did Zhang Haixiang purposefully kill Meat King, or did he just want to earn money while killing people, and just so happened to kill Meat King;


    Second, Zhang Haixiang¡¯s logic skill was strong, but it had a limitation on it, which was that it could only be used in the bathrooms. Wang Tai invited him to go to the contamination areas to complete a task. There seemed to be a problem in the logic here.


    For the first question, Xiao Jinyu is more inclined to think that he was just trying to earn money while killing people and just so happened to kill Meat King.


    There was no benefit in killing Meat King for Zhang Haixiang, even causing him to provoke a terrible enemy. Unless he had a personal vendetta against Meat King. This required a follow-up investigation by the team.


    For the second question, Xiao Jinyu feels that Zhang Haixiang had hidden something about his logic skill or his definition of ¡®bathroom¡¯ is different from what ordinary people think.


    Qtja mbecar jr j yjatgbbw?


    Glv la cffv obeg kjiir jcv j ablifa? Yg lo atfgf kjr bcis bcf ablifa, mbeiv la yf mjiifv j yjatgbbw?


    Po la kjr atf ijaafg, atfc lo Itjcu Ljlzljcu mjgglfv j qijralm ablifa klat tlw, kbeiv la yf qbrrlyif obg tlw ab erf la ktfcfnfg la kjr ja 50% tewlvlas?


    This question also needed to be investigated by the extermination team.


    In addition, there was also Meat King¡¯s corpse. That is, the strange fissure¡­


    The death of Meat King had nothing to do with the fissure in his neck, but why was there a wound on his neck after his death?


    This was also what Xiao Jinyu wanted to know.


    However, these things could not be done in one day. Xiao Jinyu also couldn¡¯t intervene in the case anymore.


    Too conspicuous.


    There was no relationship between Xiao Jinyu and Meat King. He was entrusted by the captain of the Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Team to come and help. He can be curious, but he couldn¡¯t be overly invested.


    For Xiao Jinyu and Zhao Hen, their task in Haidu City had come to a successful end.


    They shouldn¡¯t pay any more attention.


    Zhao Hen bought the train tickets and once again confirmed that Xiao Jinyu wouldn¡¯t be going back with him. He gave his number to Xiao Jinyu: ¡°If you need me, call me anytime.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him and lightly nodded: ¡°Alright.¡±


    After knowing each other for two days, Zhao Hen still hadn¡¯t exchanged contact information with Xiao Jinyu and Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t say anything either.


    The relationships between users seemed to be different from ordinary people and he still needed to slowly think about it. Just like the Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong he had met at Changjie Station, they told him about a world that belonged to logic skills but didn¡¯t leave any contact information nor did they contact him again.


    Logic skills attract each other, but users don¡¯t seem to like making friends so much.


    ¡°Thinking is lonely.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s body froze for a bit and looked to the side.


    At the door of the coffee shop, Zhao Hen had already left. He had found the nearest subway station, deciding to take the subway to the train station.


    In just a moment, other than the policemen and the team members who were still busy in the back of the shop, in front of the dry and barren little flower garden, on the steps, only Xiao Jinyu and Su Jiuzhou were left.


    This man in black who liked mysterious and weird things stood under the eaves with an umbrella and looked at Xiao Jinyu through the side of his eyes.


    ¡°Keep thinking.¡± He smiled, and said word by word, slowly and softly saying: ¡°¡­Xiao, Jin, Yu.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu.


    These three characters were pronounced by the man with a strange ambiguity.


    However, looking at this man¡¯s bright, deep eyes, Xiao Jinyu did not feel that this kind of affection, which was disguised as ambiguity and good feelings, had anything to do with his direction of interest.


    Su Jiuzhou¡¯s performance did not surprise Xiao Jinyu. And without another word, he opened his umbrella with a snap and walked into the continuous rain.


    ¡°Do you know what a logic factor looks like?¡±


    The footsteps stopped. Su Jiuzhou held the umbrella and turned around, looking up at the young man.


    The delicate and cold eyebrows hung quietly and the young man¡¯s thick eyelashes cast a layer of shadow on the cheeks, lining the light-colored pupils with a sense of mystery. His face was beautiful but not feminine and standing in the twilight rain, it seemed as if he was separated from the world by a distance, causing them to never be in contact.


    After a while.


    Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°I don¡¯t know. Why should I know?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°It¡¯s light dots, colorful light dots. They fly in the air, spinning.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou¡¯s smile gradually faded and he looked at this person seriously.


    The two silently stared at each other.


    Xiao Jinyu spoke first: ¡°About that bullet, thank you.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou stilled for a bit before his soul returned. He pretended to be surprised: ¡°It turns out you can actually say thank you?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Anyone weaker than this strange person would have definitely been killed long ago.


    Su Jiuzhou couldn¡¯t help but laugh. He didn¡¯t say any more, turned around. With a light voice and dark back, he disappeared into the water vapor from the sky.


    Xiao Jinyu stood on the steps in front of the shop, a little stunned. And after a long while, he read out a name: ¡°¡­Su Jiuzhou.¡±


    Just now, this man told him his name?


    Social habits between users were really different from regular people.


    Xiao Jinyu could see that this man¡¯s logic skill was very interesting. But when Zhang Haixiang said that the pearl necklace could change logic skills, that carefree expression on his face disappeared for the first time.


    Therefore, Xiao Jinyu chose to tell this man of the world of logic skills in his eyes.


    Xiao Jinyu believed that in this country, even in this entire world, it was very likely that only he knew what logic factors looked like. If someone had seen them before, there would be no need to use those simple detectors to detect logic factors.


    ¡ªThis could be counted as repaying the lifesaving debt he had, right?


    But this was just what users were like.


    Even if he left a name, he didn¡¯t leave his contact information. Because it hasn¡¯t reached that point yet and there was no need to.


    Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t help but think that this man might just die tomorrow.


    The fact that ten percent of users would die every year, wasn¡¯t a joke. Perhaps they would die in a blink of an eye, so there was no need to leave contact information.


    Not thinking too much on this, Xiao Jinyu also opened his umbrella, leaving the coffee shop.


    The hazy drizzle hasn¡¯t stopped since Xiao Jinyu came to Haidu City. The sky was overcast and cold, the rain cold to the bones, and the winter wind drilled into the open collars of jackets. The coffee shop was surrounded by yellow police cordon and Xiao Jinyu lifted the yellow line, walking into the crowd of onlookers.


    ¡°How many people died inside?¡±


    ¡°There was a gun, a few probably died.¡±


    ¡°There are still guns out in the morning? Then they might be shot when trying to arrest them.¡±


    Unexpectedly, the rumors had already reached this point. Xiao Jinyu glanced at the gossiping crowd of onlookers. Then suddenly, several tiny prayers were transmitted to his ears, making him look to where it came from.


    It was a couple of nuns with hoods on their heads.


    These black-clothed nuns seemed to really think that someone died in this coffee shop, clutching their silver crosses tightly. They bowed their heads, closed their eyes, and whispered prayers for the ¡®dead¡¯ in the shop.


    Xiao Jinyu looked around.


    It turns out that on the corner of the street where the coffee shop was located was a Catholic church.


    The rain seemed to get heavier, the chill becoming overwhelming. Xiao Jinyu quickly walked out of the crowd.


    After getting away from the coffee shop and making sure there were no users around, Xiao Jinyu took out his phone.


    ¡°004.¡±


    He waited for half a minute.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°?¡±


    The phone screen was pitch-black, without a trace of movement.


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his voice, got closer to the phone, and shouted again: ¡°004, are you there?¡±


    ¡­


    ¡°Son?¡±


    ¡°¡­My good son?¡±


    There was still no reaction.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s face sank.


    This was the second time 004 had disappeared after the black spear had pierced the screen. However, even if the black spear had pierced the screen, 004 still sent a message, telling Xiao Jinyu to run, letting him know it would be back.


    But this time, 004 had disappeared without warning.


    004¡¯s physical body must have encountered a problem!


    Without any hesitation, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s first reaction was that something bad had happened to 004¡¯s body that was imprisoned in Zhongdu City. After all, it was a polluter and last time, it was found to have exhibited abnormal behavior. And now, Zhongdu City¡¯s User Committee must have decided to take action against it!


    Xiao Jinyu quickly opened the Grow Some Brains APP, opening the User Information, Task Window, and Leaderboard windows one by one.


    There was nothing off.


    It seems that 004¡¯s physical body didn¡¯t get seriously injured.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was solemn and he quickly walked to a convenience store on the side of the street and began to buy clothes and hats. He decided to disguise himself early tomorrow morning, go to Fengheng Bank to retrieve his reward, and then return to Zhongdu City as fast as possible.


    His contact time with this suddenly appearing, cheap son of his was too short to have developed deep feelings. But if the other suddenly disappears, first, the Grow Some Brains APP couldn¡¯t be used beyond his scope of ability, and secondly¡­


    It seems like 004 had no ill will against him. And if he could, he didn¡¯t want the other to disappear. If it just wanted to stay like this in his phone, that was completely fine as well.


    After coming out of the convenience store, Xiao Jinyu was greeted by heavy rain wrapped in cold wind immediately after walking out, causing him to shrink his body. Time was tight and it happened that the hotel where he stayed last night was not very close to the coffee shop. Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t choose to take the subway, but instead chose to walk back.


    But just as he had walked halfway, suddenly, the light rain that had stayed in Haidu City for the past two days, started to pour.


    The small, transparent umbrella could not withstand such a strong rainstorm and even the trees on the sides of the street were hit by bean-sized raindrops, making them fall to the ground. The eerie raindrops fell on the people, whose power didn¡¯t lose to that of hail. Yet when they reached out with their hands, they could tell it was rain.


    The pedestrians on the street were forced to abandon their umbrellas and each of them found their own eaves to hide under.


    ¡°What kind of rain is this?! The typhoon from last year didn¡¯t even rain this hard!¡±


    ¡°This is too scary. This is pouring water, not raining.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu hid in the telephone booth on the side of the street, looking at the pouring rain outside the booth, frowning. He took out his phone, looked at the numbers on it, and said to himself: ¡°Can it still rain so much at negative six degrees?¡±


    [Dad, this isn¡¯t rain.]


    Xiao Jinyu froze: ¡°004!¡±


    [Hey dad, I¡¯m here ¨t(*¡ã¨Œ¡ã*)¨s!]


    Before he could be surprised at the sudden appearance of 004, after it¡¯s reminder, a flash of inspiration appeared in Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mind. He turned his head to look outside of the booth, his fingers touched, and then swiped across his eyelids.


    After coming to Haidu City for two whole days, this was the first time Xiao Jinyu had examined the rain in the sky so carefully. After examining it for a minute, he found that the entire sky was filled with logic factors suspended in the rain.


    [This isn¡¯t rain. This is Water Punishment¡¯s logic skill, dad.]


    ¡°Who is Water Punishment?¡±


    [Well, the specific ranking is not known now. Last year she was promoted by five levels and half a year ago she ranked in the top 53. I can¡¯t see her rank now, but it should be around A20.]


    [Once Water Punishment reaches level five, she can then change the cause and effect of the logic skill. But I tested her when she was at level one, her logic skill is probably condensing water molecules.]


    [This rain is so heavy, dad.]


    [It¡¯s cold, hug (¡Ñv¡Ñ)]


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the barrage floating across the screen and slightly froze.


    He expressionlessly put the phone back in his arms, gently holding it. Then in front of Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes, a silvery gray flashed past his eyes.


    ¡°004, is Water Punishment in Haidu City..?¡±


    ¡°What is she called?¡±


    [Water Punishment, Lou Sheng.]


    ¡­


    The waves crashed against the shore, causing white foam to rush up the towering cliffs.


    Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team Headquarters.


    The car stopped in front of the small white building and Xu Qi held Zhang Haixiang, scolding him while walking into the headquarters: ¡°So you won¡¯t admit it, huh. Want to keep lying, huh. The evidence is right in front of your face, do you think you can keep lying now?! I¡¯m telling you, if you¡¯ve killed someone then don¡¯t think¡­ eh, Captain.¡±


    Xu Qi held Zhang Haixiang with one hand and he had just raised his head when he saw the cold looking woman standing on the stairs of the lobby.


    Lou Sheng walked down the stairs, step by step.


    Xu Qi: ¡°Captain, this is Zhang Haixiang. The new user that came from Zhongdu City already forced him to admit to the killing, and now we suspect that he¡¯s killed others too, so we¡¯re looking for evidence now¡­ Captain?¡±


    The long silvery-gray hair fluttered past him.


    Lou Sheng had a face that wasn¡¯t gentle, and on the contrary, seemed somewhat heroic with a trace of coldness. She was only twenty five, yet she had two deep nasolabial folds on her cheeks. She had lived through many changes and experienced many battlefields. With neverending blood on her hands, she would have a monstrous anger.


    She was even a bit taller than Zhang Haixiang.


    She grabbed Zhang Haixiang¡¯s collar, holding him half an inch off the ground, and asked him with her voice low: ¡°Did you kill people?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang looked at her in horror. He opened his mouth, yet seemed to have gone mute, unable to say a word.


    ¡°I asked, did you kill people?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang yelled out in fear.


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    The next second, the woman¡¯s foot kicked into his stomach, slamming the man into the wall like a soccer ball.


    ¡°Have you killed a lot of people?¡±


    Picked up the head and smashed it hard into the ground.


    ¡°Are you short of money?¡±


    A foot stepped harshly on the man¡¯s knee, causing the bone to make a cracking sound.


    ¡°Your polluter is very strong?¡±


    ¡­


    Boom boom boom.


    The moment all of the team members of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination team heard the first loud noise, they had all rushed downstairs, gathering far away, not daring to intervene.


    Xu Qi looked at this scene dumbly.


    If such violence was enacted on an ordinary person, they would have died on the spot as early as the first blow.


    But Zhang Haixiang was still living.


    ¡°So your polluter can change logic skills, right?¡±


    ¡°Being able to find a polluter in the contamination area is a great thing, right?¡±


    Zhang Haixiang was already on his last breath, unable to make a sound, but he was still grabbed by the gray haired woman and thrown against the wall.


    Word by word, she got it out of her blood and bones.


    ¡°You want to change your logic skill, right?¡±


    Xu Qi froze.


    Wait, this wasn¡¯t directed towards Zhang Haixiang.


    ¡°You thought that I thought you were weak.¡±


    ¡°You didn¡¯t want to buy it publicly.¡±


    ¡°Never accepting the help of the extermination team.¡±


    Xu Qi¡¯s eyes opened wide, and he looked at the woman who had no expression, only smashing the bloody and blurry head of Zhang Haixiang with one fist.


    Captain¡­


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t for repaying a favor.¡±


    The hoarse voice fell with another punch, spattering blood everywhere.


    ¡°¡­It was because I missed home.¡±


    The entire Haidu City knew that the chairman of Rongsi Group and his wife had successfully invested in an extremely terrifying potential stock. The daughter of a dead user they had funded ten years ago, had extraordinary potential, becoming a level five user at age twenty four. And after the couple¡¯s death, the level five user married their only son.


    Lou Sheng raised her fist, stopping right before Zhang Haixiang¡¯s head.


    ¡°Lou Sheng.¡±


    A low, smiling male voice sounded.


    Water Punishment turned around, looking at the person standing at the door.


    Su Jiuzhou stood against the light and stepped out of the torrential rain that poured out of the mountains and into the sea behind him.


    He first scanned the room filled with blood before asking helplessly: ¡°Do you want your logic skill to break?¡±


    The woman glanced at him, turned around, and once again lifted her fist.


    ¡°Whoosh¡ª¡±


    A pitch black spear broke through the rain and passed through the hand of Water Punishment. The woman¡¯s body flew out in the direction of the spear and hit the wall, the black spear pinning her into the wall.


    ¡°Su, Jiu, Zhou!!!¡± The woman on the wall gritted her teeth, roaring.


    Su Jiuzhou turned around and told Xu Qi: ¡°Save your captain, don¡¯t let her logic skill break.¡±


    Xu Qi was still immersed in the shock from just now, and didn¡¯t react well: ¡°Ah, alright¡­¡±


    Su Jiuzhou once again looked down, at the squirming flesh on the ground.


    So miserable.


    Su Jiuzhou retracted his umbrella.


    ¡­


    On the streets of Haidu, in a red telephone booth.


    Xiao Jinyu was hugging his phone, looking at the sky, when suddenly, the pouring rain stopped.


    Eh?


    He walked out of the booth, reaching out.


    It really stopped.


    On the streets, many people also looked up at the sky in amazement, wondering how the rain could have fallen so much in one second, and stopped in the next.


    Xiao Jinyu held his phone, closed his umbrella, and continued to walk in the direction of the hotel.


    He walked halfway there before he remembered something.


    ¡°What happened to you before that, 004?¡±


    [?]


    Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°Ten minutes ago I called for you but you didn¡¯t answer.¡±


    [Ten minutes ago?]


    [Oh right, it was because that old pervert hadn¡¯t gone that far yet, so I didn¡¯t dare speak.]


    Xiao Jinyu froze: ¡°Old pervert?¡±


    [Old pervert!]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°?¡±


    [Dad Q^Q!]


    ¡°En?¡±


    [Scared scared scared scared]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°The person must have gone far by now. What are you still afraid of?¡±


    [Wuwu, when I was scared I couldn¡¯t talk to dad. Now I want to repeat it again, scared scared scared scared¡­]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Is the old pervert the same one from Zhongdu City? He also came to Haidu City?¡±


    [Eh? Dad, weren¡¯t you just exchanging glances with that old pervert? Talking so happily too]


    [¨q(¨s^¨t)¨rHumph! I almost thought you didn¡¯t love me anymore.]


    ¡°?!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes opened wide, a hint of foreboding appeared in his heart.


    ¡°Wait, what did you say that old pervert was called?¡±


    [Su Jiuzhou ah.]


    The author has something to say:


    Today is my lunar birthday, so I was a bit busy~ Updated late~


    Goodnight =3=

 CH 23

    Spear of Judgment.


    Su Jiuzhou.


    004 had said before that there were a total of five level six users in the nation.


    Spear of Judgment was one of them.


    Xiao Jinyu calmly looked at the screen: ¡°004, do you know his user ranking?¡±


    [T^T I don¡¯t know. Old Pervert had become a level five user many years ago and then only used half a year to get to level six. I already couldn¡¯t detect him when he became a level five user and now all I can detect is that he¡¯s a level six user and not a level seven yet.]


    [But dad, I know that the entire country has only produced six level six users.]


    004 hurried to show his ability: [A few years ago a level six user died, leaving the five we know now. Old Pervert is definitely at least at A05.]


    ¡­A user who placed in the top five of the nation.


    In the Grow Some Brains APP, one¡¯s User ID cannot be changed as 004 didn¡¯t give them permission to change their names. For example, if at level one they were named ¡®Piggy Shampoo¡¯, then at level seven their name would still be ¡®Piggy Shampoo¡¯. But the user¡¯s ranking was ever changing, following their level and task completions.


    Xiao Jinyu would have never thought that mysterious man in black would be a level six user.


    There was no definite or direct relationship between a user¡¯s level and how strong their logic skill was. For example, with Meat King¡¯s logic skill, even if he was a level three user, Xiao Jinyu was confident that he could defeat Meat King with his right fist. Because Meat King¡¯s logic skill had no attack power.


    But it was obvious that Su Jiuzhou¡¯s logic skill had a high attack power.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Do you know what his logic skill is?¡±


    He was very curious.


    In the coffee shop¡¯s bathroom, with only a quick glance, Xiao Jinyu could see a condensed layer of logic factors on Su Jiuzhou¡¯s hand, letting him catch the bullet with his bare hand.


    [Old Pervert never filled in data at all. When he was at level one I had tested him and the logic skill description I gave him was ¡°a spear that cuts through impurities¡±.]


    [As for what it turned into later on, I don¡¯t know. When he was around level four or five, he had already changed his logic skill¡¯s cause and effect.]


    [He might have also changed something when he got to level six.]


    [Old Pervert is a big bad guy.]


    [This villainous person that never filled out information, a-tui!]


    Seeing the comments floating across the screen, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mind suddenly flashed the thought of ¡®little kids shouldn¡¯t curse¡¯, but he immediately felt strange. Silently putting the cursing 004 a little further away, Xiao Jinyu reflected for a moment, thinking that he seemed to have trusted this cheap son of his a bit too much.


    Since Xiao Jinyu had awakened his logic skill, a total of four days had passed.


    004 stayed with him for four days.


    This polluter had never harmed him and he could even say that it had helped him over and over again. Other than the time when it first appeared and wanted Xiao Jinyu to save it¡¯s physical body from the Zhongdu User Committee, it had never brought up this matter again. It was like it sensed that Xiao Jinyu was only a level one user and couldn¡¯t help it.


    ¡ªTowards 004, he couldn¡¯t let down his guard but he couldn¡¯t be too indifferent.


    Xiao Jinyu made a decision.


    He walked to the revolving doors of the hotel and the plastic bag in his hand swayed with the wind, creating a slight rustling sound.


    Compared to 004, Xiao Jinyu should be more wary of the level six user he had already met twice.


    Silently reciting that name in his heart, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s brain quickly moved. Soon, he connected all the events that had happened in the past few days.


    On the night of the tenth, he was on his way home after buying things from the convenience store when he met Su Jiuzhou on the street in the snow. This was not an accident, but an inevitability. This was because Su Jiuzhou deliberately came to Changjie Station to check if there was a problem with the White Garden¡¯s logic storm.


    That day was when 004 suddenly had an abnormality and the Spear of Judgment pierced it, making it calm down.


    Once the situation was resolved, they then needed to find the cause. The only logic skill incident that happened in the city that day was the logic storm from White Garden. So Su Jiuzhou deliberately took a trip there and encountered Xiao Jinyu who lived nearby.


    As for the encounter today in the coffee shop, it might be because Su Jiuzhou was already investigating Meat King¡¯s case and found the coffee shop, causing the two parties to meet.


    On the screen, 004 was still passionately cursing out Old Pervert and Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes slowly looked down.


    Not only for 004, but for his mom as well. He must keep his distance from that level six user.


    Early the next morning, Xiao Jinyu changed into a white jacket he had just bought from the convenience store earlier, then put on a black and white hat and a black mask. He buried his face in a beige scarf, then went downstairs to check out, and with his luggage, he took the subway to Fengheng Bank.


    As the bank had just opened, there were many people coming in and out. In front of the light blue glass walls, the tall and thin young man stuck both his hands in his pockets and made sure that his appearance was all hidden before Xiao Jinyu strode into the bank.


    ¡°I have something in a safe here, I¡¯d like to take it out now.¡±


    The lobby manager who was sitting behind the reception desk heard the words and looked up at the fully armed young man in front of them. The young man covered his entire body, only leaving a pair of calm and cautious eyes.


    The lobby manager smiled, asking: ¡°Are you Mr. Wei¡¯s client?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze.


    Meat King, real name Wei Rong.


    He lightly nodded, lowered his voice, saying: ¡°En.¡±


    ¡°This way please.¡±


    Leaving the bank¡¯s lobby and entering the elevator, he reached the second basement floor and was then received by the safe depository worker. The other party was fast and experienced, behaving calmly and quickly, always guiding Xiao Jinyu within half a body¡¯s distance, and never looked at Xiao Jinyu the entire time, which made Xiao Jinyu¡¯s deliberate disguise seem a bit redundant.


    However, he wasn¡¯t on guard against these bank workers.


    Passing by a security camera, Xiao Jinyu lowered his head.


    He was on guard against the security cameras.


    Who knows who would be interested in checking which eleven users took the task from Meat King. And in the worst possibility, Xiao Jinyu remembered that when the Grow Some Brains APP announced the second reward, the other eight users were not notified but the user who did not get the reward out of the three of them, must have known of the existence of the second reward.


    The unlucky person knows that within the rewards Meat King gave, there were two polluters. What if he was greedy, and because he didn¡¯t win the second reward, he would come and steal it, using his connections to check the bank¡¯s cameras, finding Xiao Jinyu.


    Everything must be calculated carefully and made foolproof. Every point that is not considered might lead to an irreparable end.


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his head, quickly passing by the security camera.


    ¡°21346873.¡± He quickly said the password provided by the Grow Some Brains APP.


    After the bank worker verified it, they smiled: ¡°Alright, I have opened the safe Mr. Wei had left in the bank for you. There is 111111.11 Yuan in this safe, what is your bank account number, sir?¡±


    ¡°I want cash.¡±


    The worker froze for a moment, then slightly smiled: ¡°Ok, I will prepare that for you. Mr. Wei also left you a box.¡±


    Not far away, the young staff member carefully took a long black box from the safe.


    The two staff members checked it together, making sure that there were no damages to the box, before handing it to Xiao Jinyu to check.


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at it, confirming that there were no damages.


    The worker: ¡°When Mr. Wei left the box, he specifically said that the shelf life of this box only lasted until 22 o¡¯clock this evening. He said that the person who would come get the box would know how to preserve the things inside and wanted to remind you that the preservation ability of this box would disappear at 22 o¡¯clock tonight.¡±


    Under the brim of the black hat, the young man¡¯s eyes flashed.


    Xiao Jinyu replied with an ¡®en¡¯.


    Ten minutes later.


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    There were only twelve hours left on the shelf life of this box. Xiao Jinyu must return to Zhongdu City, then¡­


    Dig a hole, then bury it!


    That¡¯s right, Xiao Jinyu had found out from 004 last night, that the way to preserve polluters was¡ª


    Dirt.


    Seventeen years ago, after the first person awakened their logic skill, just a few months after that, polluters started appearing.


    All polluters have the ability to pollute and contaminate.


    The weaker polluters can only pollute level one or two users and generally have no impact on level three and above.


    For the stronger ones, such as 004 and such, must be locked under masses of soil in order to prevent them from contaminating humans.


    Of course, it wasn¡¯t that weaker polluters absolutely couldn¡¯t contaminate high level users. The capital¡¯s Logic Research Institute had done many experiments. In order for a polluter that ranked in the top 89 polluters to pollute a level three user, it needed half an hour; for a ranked 185 polluter to pollute a level three user, it needed three days.


    For three whole days, a level three user who was given the death penalty, was always in contact with Polluter 185. Three days later, he was contaminated. And before he was able to become a pollutant, he was killed on the spot and his logic skill that had gone out of control was forcibly destroyed.


    The only thing that could isolate polluters was soil.


    According to 004, the people at the Logic Research Institute refer to it as the ¡°breath of life¡±.


    The more soil there was, the stronger the isolation effect. So 004 was buried deep in the ground and the closest polluter to it was at least ten meters away and above it.


    But the ¡°breath of life¡±, once it leaves the earth, the ability to isolate the polluters will greatly decline.


    [Dad, only soil that is closely related to the earth can isolate polluters.]


    This means, once the soil has been dug out of the earth, having left it, it would no longer be the ¡°breath of life¡±. They would have lost ¡°life¡±.


    After leaving the earth for twelve hours, the soil would lose the ability of isolating polluters.


    However, users can use their own logic skill to dig out the soil that had been soaked in their logic skill, which can increase the shelf life of the ¡°breath of life¡±.


    It was obvious that Meat King had used his logic skill to soak the soil, prolonging the shelf life of the soil. Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t imagine how Meat King¡¯s logic skill could soak the soil, but level two users could skillfully use their own logic skill and perhaps they, like how Xiao Jinyu could see logic factors, could feel their logic skill¡¯s power, and let the logic skill enter the soil.


    Without further ado, Xiao Jinyu quickly rushed to Haidu Station.


    At two thirty in the afternoon, he got back to Zhongdu City.


    Having avoided the rush hour, the old, rusty subway trains were quiet, with only a few people sitting in each car.


    Walking out of Chanjie Station, Xiao Jinyu took off the mask on his face and the baseball cap that blocked his view was also pushed up, revealing part of his forehead.


    Since he had arrived near his home, he couldn¡¯t dress too cautiously and mysteriously, which was illogical as it doesn¡¯t conform to his normal life patterns.


    Only by blending into your environment, changing yourself based on the environment, could one successfully hide their secrets.


    Walking through the rusty yellow gate of the community, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t meet anyone along the way. He first took the elevator upstairs to see his mom.


    His mom was still sleeping.


    While Xiao Jinyu sped up the playback speed and watched his mom¡¯s daily life every day whenever he got back to the hotel, he still vigilantly checked the doors and windows of the empty house.


    Making sure that there were no marks of someone entering or leaving and that there were also no footprints on the thick dust covering the floor.


    Only then was Xiao Jinyu assured and went downstairs to his home.


    The windows were tightly closed. In the living room, bedroom, and kitchen, every curtain was closed before Xiao Jinyu had left. The room was pitch black and silent, leaving only the howling of the wind against the windows, shaking the glass.


    ¡°Click¡ª¡±


    Xiao Jinyu turned on the lights.


    He looked up to check the time.


    It was currently six at night.


    Zhongdu City was located in between the northern and southern part of China. In November, nights were especially early and even though it was only six o¡¯clock, the sky was already full of stars.


    Taking out the hundred thousand from his arms, Xiao Jinyu thought for a moment before going to the kitchen and taking out an old biscuit container from a cabinet. He took off the cap and immediately, a few old and worn out banknotes came into view. Under the banknotes were the ID cards of the mother and son, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s student ID cards from when he was little, and his graduation certificate.


    Xiao Jinyu once again counted the 111,111 yuan in bills, as well as a dime and a penny.


    When he went to get the money this morning, when the staff handed him the last penny, there was a slight, strange change in the professional, calm expression of the staff member. But Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression did not change and reached out to take the last penny.


    After hiding the cash reward, he next had to deal with the polluter.


    Polluter 198.


    In the experiment done by the capital¡¯s Logic Research Institute, a level three user lasted for three days under Polluter 185.


    But he was a level three user while Xiao Jinyu is only level one.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t dare to be careless and he carefully put the long black box in his arms on the table. He was very concentrated and the young man¡¯s slender eyes stared at the small, long box on the table. After a few seconds, Xiao Jinyu reached out and opened the box with a click.


    It was a double layered reinforced box.


    On the surface, it looked like a small iron box. But when you opened it, you would find that each side of the box was hollowed out and thinly filled with brown soil. Even the lid was hollowed out and filled with dirt.


    The design of the polluter preservation box was the same as Xiao Jinyu thought it would be. He didn¡¯t pay any more attention and his eyes looked down, settling on the center of the box, on the small and delicate, snow-white hand fan.


    It was a gorgeous white silk and ivory fan. Gold wire and silver threads skillfully connected the eighteen ivory bones into a fan. The fan guard was embedded with various pieces of gold, pearls, and shells, and outlining the fan leaves was a circle of intricate white lace, the face of it embroidered with a three-color peony of exquisite craftsmanship.


    The surface of the fan had the beauty of an ancient Chinese style, yet the ivory of the handle was hollowed out, making a special pattern like a comma.


    Xiao Jinyu just so happened to know this pattern.


    This pattern was called the Paisley pattern, evolved from the Hindu ¡°Tree of Life¡±, the shape of the bent hook resembling a cashew nut and the comma like shape was of similar resemblance to a mango.


    The only female upperclassman in the lab had a scarf with a Paisley pattern and once, an underclassman jokingly said that that scarf was too flowery and garish. The female upperclassman was very angry as she educated him, saying that only nobles in Medieval Europe could wear this pattern. Only then did Xiao Jinyu remember this mango-like pattern.


    The ivory bone of the fan used a western design, yet the fan¡¯s surface was embroidered with a Chinese peony.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s gaze fell on the white jade pendant under the handle of the fan.


    Compared to the gorgeous fan itself, this pendant was much simpler. It was just a smooth, warm mutton jade and carved in it was an elk and it¡¯s front hooves. There was also a string of english letters engraved on top of the elk¡¯s head, but because this piece of jade seemed to have been played too much by someone, Xiao Jinyu could only recognise the four letters of H, W, A, and D when he looked closely.


    After carefully studying it for a long time, Xiao Jinyu guessed the six letters on the fan¡¯s pendant: H, O, W, A, R, D.


    Howard.


    This fan belonged to a foreigner.


    The entire body of the fan was completely examined, yet Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t rush to pick it up. He still left it in the black box. Before he could take it out, he had to check his guess.


    Xiao Jinyu lifted his left hand and with two fingers together, he gently swiped across his eyelids.


    In the next second, he opened his eyes.


    The world in front of him immediately turned into black and white, and the gorgeous silk fan also lost its luster.


    Xiao Jinyu stared at the fan that could be called a work of art without blinking. A minute later, he saw a black light dot slowly float out of the fan¡¯s pendant.


    Xiao Jinyu let out a breath.


    Five minutes later, Xiao Jinyu turned off Fourth Perspective.


    He already confirmed how polluters contaminated people.


    ¡ªIt was through a black light dot like the one on his mom¡¯s neck!


    Normal users¡¯ logic factors were colorful, and even if it was a broken logic skill, like White Garden¡¯s, it was also colorful. But for the logic factors from out of control logic skills or polluters, those were all black.


    Every other minute, a black light dot would float out of a certain position from the fan, which is a contaminated logic factor. The logic factor can float outwards up to three meters before it dissipates on its own.


    As long as he isn¡¯t touched by the logic factor of the fan, he would never be polluted.


    Once he knows how polluters pollute people, Xiao Jinyu could boldly pick it up.


    Polluter 185 spent three whole days to pollute a level three user. Ranks 185 and 192 were very close, so he¡¯ll assume the pollution ability of the two are the same. Three whole days, which is a total of 4320 minutes. That user was touched by more than 4000 light dots before he was polluted. Xiao Jinyu believed that even if he was a level one user, as long as he didn¡¯t touch the fan too often, it should be difficult to be polluted.


    Of course, he couldn¡¯t be like a level three user, and casually use this fan. But if he was to just touch it once or twice a day, he should be fine. A user¡¯s body definitely could digest these black light dots in some way or another. The black light dots couldn¡¯t be stockpiled in a person¡¯s body forever. Otherwise no user can use a polluter as the black light dots would pollute them sooner or later.


    Digesting the black light dots was an inevitable thing, all it needed was time.


    Thinking for a moment, Xiao Jinyu gave the black light dots a name: Pollution Factors.


    All the preliminary preparations were completed. Xiao Jinyu lowered his head, his eyes staring at the small fan.


    He took out the fan.


    This fan was very small. It was a women¡¯s fan but it didn¡¯t look like it was for an adult.


    Thinking for a moment, Xiao Jinyu thought: This was very likely a fan for a teenage girl. The girl¡¯s family name might have been Howard.


    If a normal user gets a polluter reward from Meat King, they can ask their local user committee what the special effects of the polluter were, and what to take note of. Because the two polluters given out by Meat King were filed in Haidu City and given a ranking, as a public polluter in China.


    But Xiao Jinyu cannot.


    He had asked 004 if it could find the information on polluters before and 004¡¯s answer was no.


    The Grow Some Brains APP could only detect logic skills and was unable to detect polluters. Polluters were collected and ranked by humans and as 004 was a polluter itself, it definitely wouldn¡¯t collect the information of its own kind.


    Polluters that can be privately collected by Meat King and not be taken away by the User Committee cannot be fatally dangerous.


    Howard¡¯s fan, Meat King¡­


    Xiao Jinyu quickly thought about these. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he took out his phone, searching the web.


    ¡°Howard, fan, Wei Rong¡­¡±


    ¡°There it is!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu smiled in surprise.


    He found information on when Meat King had bought this antique fan!


    This fan was too much like an artwork and it wasn¡¯t something a normal household could obtain. If it was placed before the radiation, it was likely to be a cultural relic.


    ¡°In 2045, the CEO of Rongsi Company, Wei Rong spent 1.3 Million dollars to obtain Howard¡¯s Fan from Jiashi¡¯s Auction in Haidu City.¡± Xiao Jinyu lowered his head, reading aloud the words on the screen: ¡°In the 1930s, the Howard family came to the French Concession in Haidu City to open a textile factory¡­¡±


    The auction house posted the details of the original owner of the fan on the internet in detail.


    The owner of the fan was named Sybil Howard, who came with her father to set up a factory in Haidu City and later moved back to the United States due to war.


    When she left the country, she was only twelve. Because they left in a hurry, they only took the valuable things and many other luggages were not taken. This fan was an item she had left in her boudoir and had not taken with her.


    While the history of this fan was clear, the auction website did not publish any information on the usage of this fan.


    Xiao Jinyu read the information on the auction house¡¯s official website again and his eyes stopped on the last line of notes in red.


    [*The fan¡¯s pendant is heavily worn and to prevent the Howard family¡¯s family crest, ¡°Blood Elk¡±, from disappearing, it is not recommended to hold the fan¡¯s pendant frequently.]


    ¡­Do normal people hold the pendant when they use a fan?


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the slightly swaying pendant hanging in the air, and in the next moment, he held it.


    There were no changes.


    Xiao Jinyu fanned the fan.


    The faint wind blew on him head on and there was also nothing unusual about it.


    XIao Jinyu pondered for a moment before raising his fingers.


    He activated Fourth Perspective.


    The world changed abruptly.


    Xiao Jinyu held the fan¡¯s pendant, only to see that on the eighth ivory bone of the fan, a faint glow suddenly flashed. Xiao Jinyu was slightly stunned. He thought about it before he pressed on the eighth bone of the fan with his thumb while holding it, then moved about a centimeter above it, blocking all the light on the bone of the fan.


    Then, he fanned the fan.


    ¡°Whoosh¡ª¡±


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    Half a minute later, Xiao Jinyu staggered up from the ground and got up to open the door.


    Looking at the worried Aunt Wang outside of the apartment, a hint of uneasiness flashed across the young man¡¯s cheeks.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­Aunt Wang.¡±


    Aunt Wang asked in shock: ¡°What was that sound that came from your house just now? It rang for a little bit. Little Xiao, are you ok?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded: ¡°It¡¯s nothing, I just accidentally knocked over a chair.¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s really no problem?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu smiled helplessly: ¡°It¡¯s alright.¡±


    After spending three minutes coaxing Aunt Wang away, Xiao Jinyu returned to the dining table, looking at the lustrous white silk and ivory fan on the table. His gaze gradually moved down to the center of the first ivory bone of the fan, where there was a tiny crack.


    The effect of this polluter was much simpler and rougher than what Xiao Jinyu had thought.


    It turned out to be a simple weapon. By holding the fan pendant and pressing on the eighth bone of the fan, with just a light fan, it will become a strong wind above the eighth knot.


    It should be around eight or nine knots and it was impossible to reach the tenth knot.


    Logically speaking, such a wind should not have been able to smash Xiao Jinyu onto the wall, but he was too close to the fan just now and caught off guard, he was blown away.


    In the current situation where the only attack ability of Xiao Jinyu was his flying fists, this was actually a very good weapon. However, this fan was a consumable.


    Xiao Jinyu did not hesitate to wave the fan again for experimentation.


    Sure enough, there was another crack on the bone.


    Xiao Jinyu put down the fan.


    At the moment, he has two attack abilities.


    The first was flying fists and the other was the white silk and bone fan.


    The eight knot wind of the silk and bone fan might work very well in short distances, but once the distance was widened and the fan was used, based on a user¡¯s physical fitness, it would be hard to create an impact. It could only be used as an auxiliary. Also, while the users of Zhongdu City were not clear, there may be some users in Haidu City who knew that this fan once belonged to Meat King.


    He cannot use this fan in front of Haidu City users.


    At the moment, his flying fists were his most important attack ability.


    ¡°The speed of my flying fists¡­¡±


    The sound stopped abruptly.


    Xiao Jinyu coldly looked down, at his right hand.


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°En, my moveable, right, fist. At present, the logic factor of White Garden can only rotate around my right fist and cannot be moved to other places. Which also means, I cannot change the part that is sent flying. I need to learn more about White Garden¡¯s logic skill. His logic skill and this fist¡¯s ability doesn¡¯t seem to be the same¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu silently thought.


    In the quiet and peaceful night, the young man sat at the table, staring at the flickering light dots on his wrist, and fell into thought.


    Upstairs, his mom suddenly woke up. In the silent and dim room, the woman opened her eyes, passed through the bedroom door whose paint was peeling off, and dragged her slippers as she walked slowly to the only sofa that was in the center of the living room.


    The broken blood vessels swayed gently in the air. His mom craned her neck and watched the ¡®TV¡¯ on the wall.


    Life was still so calm.


    ***


    Three days later.


    The East Gate of the Old Campus of Zhongdu University.


    Having just gotten out of another big class, a group of energetic and young college students rode their bikes, laughing and biking out of the school gate, rushing to another campus.


    On the west side of the East Gate, an indifferent young man wearing a white cotton jacket and holding a book walked towards the subway station.


    There had been too many things happening lately and Xiao Jinyu had not gone to school for a week already. And he came today to request for leave. A few courses in the third year can be completed with the final homework and Xiao Jinyu had always had a good reputation among the professors and was a good and diligent student. Because his mom was sick and he needed to take care of her, but as it would not affect his studies, several professors had given him a long vacation.


    Walking by the dry and yellowing trees by the sidewalk, XIao Jinyu was currently thinking about the tasks given by 004, and based on his current ability, which ones he could take. Suddenly, the phone in his pocket rang.


    It was an unknown number.


    Xiao Jinyu raised an eyebrow and pressed the answer button: ¡°Hello.¡±


    ¡°Hallo-ya.¡± A pleasant and crisp male voice sounded, with a hint of childishness that had not completely changed.


    Xiao Jinyu immediately froze.


    Not waiting for the other to ask who they were, a woman¡¯s laughter rang from the other side: ¡°That¡¯s enough, let me talk. Don¡¯t rob the phone.¡± After a few seconds, the woman¡¯s voice was transmitted by the microphone: ¡°Is this Xiao Jinyu? Long time no see, you can guess who we are.¡±


    These two voices were slightly familiar.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm: ¡°Qi Simin, Li Xiaotong.¡±


    This wasn¡¯t a question, but a statement.


    On the other end of the phone, the short-haired woman and the baseball capped boy, who had once handled the White Garden incident in Changjie Station, were stunned. Li Xiaotong even said, ¡°How did he guess so quickly¡±, and Qi Simin said ¡°I told you he would guess it, he isn¡¯t as dumb as you.¡±


    Then, Qi Simin continued to say: ¡°Right, it¡¯s us. It¡¯s been a while since we met, Xiao Jinyu.¡±


    Continuing to walk, Xiao Jinyu lightly said: ¡°Long time no see.¡±


    Qi Simin: ¡°We won¡¯t bother you, so I¡¯ll keep it short. There¡¯s a task we want to invite you to complete. I heard from Xiaotong¡¯s sister that you awakened your logic skill, which is to see logic factors. It¡¯s very powerful.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his eyes and looked at the fallen leaves on the ground that had been trampled by pedestrians.


    Li Xiaotong¡¯s sister?


    It seems like a lot of people know about his logic skill already.


    Perhaps most users¡¯ logic skill ability that is detected by the Grow Some Brain¡¯s APP are open secrets. His real ability was not detected by 004.


    Seeing that Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t respond, Qi Simin continued to say: ¡°You know that Xiaotong and I never take on overly dangerous tasks nor do we go to the contamination areas. This task is very simple, we just need to take a look at a family¡¯s home and that house is pretty close as well. Someone in this house called the police, saying that their house was a bit strange these days. We just need to go take a look and see if it was just a polluter that appeared or if someone awakened their logic skill in the area. Of course, there¡¯s the possibility that a logic skill broke in the area too.¡±


    If it wasn¡¯t a contamination area task, it usually wouldn¡¯t be too hard. Also Qi Simin¡¯s group of two indeed didn¡¯t take high risk tasks, they only took tasks that didn¡¯t have any risk to it.


    The tasks given by 004 all had some level of difficulty and they all needed to be completed by himself, he couldn¡¯t find teammates or else he would expose the fact that he could accept any level of tasks.


    The appearance of Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong was somewhat like sending charcoal in the snow.


    Xiao Jinyu said reservedly: ¡°That sounds nice. You guys invited me because I can see logic factors, so if it was someone¡¯s logic skill breaking or awakening, I can find it more conveniently, right.¡±


    Qi Simin smiled: ¡°Bingo. That community is pretty big, so we don¡¯t want to look house by house.¡±


    ¡°Alright, but I need to know the details of this task before we can work together, then I need to think about whether I want to participate or not.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s fine. Right, are you home now? We¡¯re at the entrance of your community.¡±


    In the cold wind, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s steps paused for a moment. After a while, he continued.


    ¡°I moved.¡±


    Qi Simin didn¡¯t dwell on those words: ¡°You moved? Alright, can you tell me your new address? We¡¯ll come find you tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯ll send it to you in a moment.¡±


    ¡°Ok, this is my number.¡±


    Before hanging up, Xiao Jinyu suddenly remembered something: ¡°That¡¯s right, how did you guys get my number?¡± But just as he asked that, he got the answer. Perhaps they got it from the user committee.


    The manually entered information in Grow Some Brains APP didn¡¯t include a phone number. But as a government organization, it would be very easy to get a college student¡¯s phone number. Since Qi Simin could get information about Xiao Jinyu¡¯s logic skill from Li Xiaotong¡¯s sister, then his sister must very likely be a government official. Checking for contact information would not be very hard.


    However, Qi Simin strangely laughed: ¡°I asked ¡®Sexy Samba¡¯.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    After a few seconds, Xiao Jinyu reacted: ¡°Sexy Samba?¡±


    Sexy Samba?


    He thought he heard wrong.


    ¡°Do I know this person?¡±


    Qi Simin muffledly laughed: ¡°You know, you definitely know.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s lips fluttered, and suddenly, a tanned face flashed through his mind.


    ¡­Oh.


    Sexy Samba.

 CH 24

    In the cold, winter night, the cold evening wind was like a sharp blade, cutting through the dead leaves of the trees, covering the ground.


    In front of the Changmei Community, the office workers who had just returned home came from the direction of the subway station, and students in groups of three or five were laughing and playing around; a few delivery boys tightened their clothes, before collecting the last package and biking away.


    A young policeman wearing a cotton police uniform quickly ran into the guard booth on the street across the community, opened the door, and entered. He exhaled a cold breath and couldn¡¯t help but sigh: ¡°These days just keep on getting colder and colder, fortunately, there is heating!¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t that true.¡± The other policeman on duty laughed and said: ¡°Xiao Wu, look at what good dishes your wife made for you tonight.¡±


    The young policeman, Xiao Wu, blushed shyly: ¡°What wife, Brother Wang, it¡¯s girlfriend. We¡¯re getting married next year.¡±


    There are three residential communities near Changjie Station, all of which are densely populated, old communities.


    Due to the large population of the area, the police station of the district set up a guard booth at the entrance of the Changmei Community to ensure the safety of the nearby residents.


    It just happened to be dinner time, so the young policeman Xiao Wu and the old policeman Lao Wang opened the lunchbox they had brought and ate in the booth.


    Halfway through the meal, the door to the guard booth rang.


    At first, the two didn¡¯t hear any movement. The person who knocked was extremely quiet and was very inconspicuous in the noise of people moving about in the street. After a while, Xiao Wu reacted: ¡°There¡¯s someone?¡± He put down the chopsticks, getting up to open the door.


    ¡°Rustle¡ª¡±


    The cold wind rushed through the wide-open door and poured into the narrow booth.


    The door was open, yet there was no one outside.


    Xiao Wu froze and then lowered his head, finally seeing the girl wearing a small flower hat who was hanging her head.


    His heart thumped for a second and Xiao Wu turned around: ¡°Brother Wang, it¡¯s this little friend again.¡±


    Officer Wang¡¯s hand that held his chopsticks stopped in mid-air and his righteous and serious face gradually became solemn. He stood up and said: ¡°Let the child in first.¡±


    ¡­


    It wasn¡¯t the first time Xiao Wu and Lao Wang had seen this little girl.


    The little girl was called Lin Kexin, she was eight this year, and her family lives in room 414, in building 19 in Changmei Community.


    Half a month ago, when Lao Wang wasn¡¯t on duty, and it was Xiao Wu and another policeman, this girl had knocked on the door of the guard booth and said she wanted to report something to the police.


    Xiao Wu had immediately tensed up.


    An eight-year-old girl wanted to report something? What was she going to report? Perhaps something big happened in the community?


    Who knew that the little girl who lowered her head would only timidly say one sentence: ¡°My little aunt is strange¡­¡±


    Little aunt?


    Later, Xiao Wu contacted some people from the neighborhood committee to find out the reason behind the matter.


    Lin Kexin¡¯s mom died of illness last year and her dad remarried a month ago, to a girl in her twenties, who had just graduated from college, to be a stepmother to his children. Two days ago, Father Lin was transferred to a foreign country for half a year, leaving only the stepmother and Xiao Kexin in the house. Xiao Wu¡¯s first reaction was: the stepmother was abusing the child!


    Immediately, he suppressed his anger and asked Lin Kexin if her stepmother hit her.


    Who expected that Xiao Kexin would lower her eyes and shake her head.


    She didn¡¯t hit the child?


    Xiao Wu continued to ask: ¡°Then does your little aunt yell at you, like punishing you by standing?¡±


    It wasn¡¯t only physical violence that counted as abuse; cold violence and verbal violence all counted as child abuse.


    Xiao Kexin shook her head once again.


    Now Xiao Wu was stunned. He didn¡¯t have a lot of experience in handling cases and it was only when the other policeman on duty reminded him that he remembered to let the female officer of the neighborhood committee check for any wounds on her body.


    The kid might be too scared to tell others she was being abused, but evidence won¡¯t lie.


    However, there were no wounds on Lin Kexin¡¯s body.


    The stepmother didn¡¯t hit nor yell at the child, yet she was just strange?


    Just how was she strange?


    That night, Xiao Wu left his colleague in the booth to continue working while he took the little girl¡¯s hand and sent her home while seeing what was strange about the stepmother in person.


    Building 19 was in the innermost section of Changmei Community and when Xiao Wu knocked on the door with Lin Kexin, there was no one in the house. He was surprised when, suddenly, a surprised and panicked female voice sounded from the elevator door in the distance: ¡°Kexin!¡±


    Xiao Wu turned around and looked.


    It was a pretty young woman.


    The girl wore an apron around her waist and on this autumn day, her forehead was full of sweat. Seeing Lin Kexin, she ran from the elevator and held the child tightly in her arms. Xiao Kexin took half a step back, but after the girl hugged her, she still obediently reached out her arms and hugged the other party.


    ¡°Little aunt¡­¡±


    So this was Lin Kexin¡¯s stepmother.


    After the stepmother¡¯s explanation, Xiao Wu learned that she went out to find the child. She had picked up the child after work and was cooking. Then, suddenly, Lin Kexin disappeared. She was suddenly so anxious, that she forgot to take off the apron and had rushed to the property management to retrieve the security cameras.


    Did a stepmother who was like this, look like someone who would abuse children?


    Xiao Wu was puzzled.


    But he didn¡¯t let his guard down either. Some criminals would pretend to be kind on the surface, but once they were left alone, their ugly faces would immediately be exposed. Xiao Wu didn¡¯t leave immediately and entered the house, speaking a few words with the stepmother, testing whether or not she had the possibility of abusing the child.


    It seemed like this young stepmother really cared about Xiao Kexin and she also didn¡¯t know why Xiao Kexin would say she was a little strange and blamed herself for not taking care of her stepdaughter, bursting into tears.


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    The old policeman, Brother Wang, smiled and said to Xiao Wu: ¡°You¡¯ll understand later, these types of small household affairs are not that clear to see. Maybe the little girl saw that her dad married a new mom, became unhappy, and purposefully said some bad things about the new mom.¡±


    Now that things have progressed to this point, it may just be a child¡¯s scheme.


    Until half a month later¡ª


    Everyday.


    Xiao Kexin would report.


    Whenever Xiao Wu would open the door, this timid little girl would raise her childish, round eyes and look expectantly at the police uncle in front of her. No matter what you ask, it would always be that one sentence¡ª


    [Little aunt¡­ is very strange.]


    ¡­


    ¡°Sigh, her stepmother is looking for her again, saying she disappeared when she looked away.¡± Having just returned from the Changmei Community, the old police officer Lao Wang took off his hat and helplessly said: ¡°What is with the child? Always saying her stepmother is strange.¡±


    The two returned from sending the child home. Their bodies were covered in cold air.


    Seeing that his colleague didn¡¯t reply to his words, Lao Wang patted Xiao Wu¡¯s shoulder: ¡°Hey, what are you thinking!¡±


    Suddenly being patted on the shoulder, Xiao Wu looked back in fright. Crack, a slight tingling appeared in his neck. He whispered an ¡®ouch¡¯.


    Lao Wang: ¡°What happened, what¡¯s this?¡±


    Xiao Wu rubbed his neck: ¡°It¡¯s nothing, I might¡¯ve accidentally twisted it. I don¡¯t know why, but for the past month, I feel like my head always feels heavy and my neck can barely support it.¡±


    Lao Wang sighed ruefully: ¡°You¡¯re just too tired. Nowadays, young peoples¡¯ necks go bad at such a young age. You have to exercise and rest more.¡±


    ¡°Brother Wang, did that little kid lie?¡±


    ¡°Who knows. Anyways, we have already reported it to the bureau. The little girl said that her stepmother doesn¡¯t hit her nor yell at her and as for what to do, it would still have to be done by the neighborhood committee. Sigh, the food is cold again.¡±


    Twisting his neck wearily, Xiao Wu thought as he reached for his chopsticks. Just as he was about to touch the chopsticks, suddenly, the young policeman raised his hand and held his head that was bending to the right.


    Looking at his face-slapping posture, the old policeman was amused: ¡°What are you doing?!¡±


    Xiao Wu froze for a moment, then let go of his hand in a daze: ¡°I suddenly felt that my head would fall off¡­¡±


    ¡°Ah? Hahaha.¡±


    The old policeman couldn¡¯t stop laughing, saying: ¡°You really know how to tell jokes¡±. Xiao Wu was also confused. He twisted his neck to the left and right, stretching it 360¡ã. Fingers silently touching his smooth neck, Xiao Wu said in annoyance: ¡°Brother Wang, don¡¯t laugh anymore. Tomorrow I will go to the gym!¡±


    ¡°Hahahaha!¡±


    Outside the window, the deep night was silent. In the small guard booth on the street, a warm yellow light quietly shone out the window and into the boundless darkness, only waddling out a few meters before it merged with the darkness.


    The evening wind blew from the depths of the night.


    The trees on the sides of the street made a rustling noise.


    ***


    Early the next morning.


    Xiao Jinyu had just opened his eyes when he received a text from Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong.


    [Good Morning~ We¡¯ll be there in half an hour.]


    Half an hour?


    The young man¡¯s eyebrows rose slightly and Xiao Jinyu immediately got up and cleaned up.


    They said half an hour and thirty minutes later, the door rang just on time. Xiao Jinyu opened the door and the brilliant winter sun shone into the room. He couldn¡¯t help but squint. After his eyes adjusted to the harsh light, he saw the short-haired woman and the baseball-capped boy outside the door. Xiao Jinyu calmly took a step forward.


    While walking out the door, he swiftly closed it.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    Li Xiaotong froze: ¡°Eh? We came to your house to talk about the task and also get a meal. See, we even brought you breakfast.¡± Saying this, he swung the plastic bag in his hands.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change while he explained: ¡°Let¡¯s eat while walking. I just moved and haven¡¯t organized yet. It¡¯s really messy and there¡¯s nowhere to stand.¡±


    Li Xiaotong pouted: ¡°Alright.¡±


    Qi Simin slightly smiled: ¡°Eating while walking, I did this a lot when I was in school. I¡¯ll accompany you, little friends, today.¡± As she took the bread from her companion, she quickly skimmed around the low house. Qi Simin raised an eyebrow: ¡°Your new home is really far, you even moved to the suburbs of Zhongdu City. Even a one-story house, with no neighbors around.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s footsteps stilled for a moment: ¡°En.¡±


    Qi Simin¡¯s eyes stopped on the open space behind the house: ¡°This house also has a small garden? The soil seems like it¡¯s been loosened.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lightly said: ¡°I plan to plant some vegetables.¡±


    ¡°Plant vegetables?¡±


    ¡°Thinking is lonely.¡±


    Once this sentence was said, Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong both froze.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at the two shocked people, his tone soft and indifferent, as if he was just talking about a trivial matter: ¡°Where there is no one, it is more convenient to think. And also, in this type of place, if my logic skill breaks or goes out of control, I won¡¯t involve a lot of strangers.¡±


    Qi Simin, Li Xiaotong: ¡°¡­¡±


    Li Xiaotong: ¡°Pei pei pei, what bad luck! Say something more auspicious.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lightly nodded: ¡°Then let¡¯s talk about the task today.¡±


    Speaking of the task, Qi Simin¡¯s playful and casual expression gradually straightened out: ¡°Today¡¯s task is very simple, we told you the reward yesterday. It¡¯s twenty contribution points and can improve your ranking on the Grow Some Brains APP Leaderboard. There is also a five thousand dollar cash reward and we¡¯ll divide it according to our leaderboard ranking; 2500 for me, 1500 for Xiaotong, and 1000 for you.¡±


    As a simple and safe task with three people collaborating, distributing the reward based on their leaderboard ranking was a very reasonable method.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t object.


    Just using his logic skill to look around everywhere can earn him a thousand dollars in a day. This was very worthwhile.


    Qi Simin: ¡°Then I¡¯ll talk about the specific task now. This situation started half a month ago. At the police station near your house, an eight-year-old girl knocked on the door of the guard booth, saying she had something to report¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s new home was very remote and it was about half an hour away from the nearest subway station.


    On the way, Qi Simin briefly explained the task: ¡°¡­it¡¯s just like this. Our task today is to make sure that this matter has nothing to do with logic skills.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu sorted out his thoughts: ¡°That is to say, there is a little girl that always says her stepmother is strange, but can never say what is strange. The stepmother also shows no sign of abusing her¡­ the user committee will also take care of these things?¡±


    It had been a week since Xiao Jinyu awakened his logic skill. He was no longer a newcomer that had known nothing at the beginning. Through Meat King¡¯s incident, Xiao Jinyu contributed a lot and his flying fist was also noticed and recorded by the user committee.


    With a high contribution and his flying fists with high attack power, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s ranking had successfully risen from D20018 to D804, ranking 804 among all level one users in the country.


    At the same time, he now knows a lot more about the world of users.


    There are a total of three organizations in China: the Elimination Team, the User Committee, and the Logic Research Institute.


    As the name implies, the Extermination Team is the law enforcement department that often travels to contamination areas for dangerous tasks.


    The Logic Research Institute is the research department that studies logic skills and polluters. They are responsible for ranking polluters.


    On the other hand, the User Committee is more like a general management organization. Except for the few tasks posted by users on the Grow Some Brains APP, the majority of the tasks are posted by the User Committee. No one knows better than the government where anomalies occur in the country and where users are needed to help clean up the problem. Therefore, this was when the User Committee was born.


    Qi Simin: ¡°You can¡¯t underestimate these strange events. However, I also think it¡¯s a prank done by a little girl or a stepmother¡¯s abuse of a child that hasn¡¯t been discovered. But in the tiny chance that there truly was a problem, we¡¯ll have to fix it. Of course, this task¡¯s danger level is very low and the User Committee also thinks it¡¯s unnecessary.¡± She spread her hands: ¡°Otherwise, why do you think they only gave twenty contribution points and five thousand cash as a reward?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Five thousand dollars is a lot.


    To be honest, earning a thousand in a day is very impressive¡­


    ¡°That¡¯s right,¡± Qi Simin squinted, ¡°Did you tell Zhao Hen you know his User ID now?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze for a moment: ¡°En, last night he had something to tell me so he called. I accidentally said it.¡±


    ¡°Pff.¡± Qi Simin couldn¡¯t help but laugh.


    Li Xiaotong empathized with Zhao Hen. The baseball cap-capped boy swallowed and decided to say something for the dark-skinned man: ¡°Sister Min, don¡¯t go too far. Zhao Hen¡¯s ID has been said everywhere by you for the past two days. He¡¯s about to cry from anger.¡±


    Qi Simin: ¡°Who told him to expose my ID right in front of your sister.¡±


    ¡°Brother Zhao just had a slip of the tongue!¡± Unlike you, who is eager to take a big horn and advertise it to the world!


    QI Simin slightly smiled: ¡°Then you tell him to come and fight me.¡±


    Li Xiaotong: ¡°¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at them expressionlessly. He bit his bread and suddenly asked: ¡°Previously, we said that the reward would be distributed according to our rankings, but I don¡¯t know the rankings of the two of you. Indeed, you two are both level two users and will both take more than I will. But you might not rank high among C-level users. If your rankings are at the lower end, then this reward distribution isn¡¯t very reasonable.¡±


    Saying this, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t continue and calmly looked at the two next to him.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s meaning was very clear: although Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong were both level two users, their ranking on the leaderboard might not be very high. In the case that they were on the lower end, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s rank among the level one users was in the top thousand. This would then make the current reward distribution unfair.


    However, Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong looked at each other tactfully and smiled.


    The boy in the baseball cap laughed in contempt: ¡°This good guy, I called you a good guy but how can you be so bad. We just met but you already want to find out the User IDs of me and Sister Min?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Li Xiaotong: ¡°Wake up! Don¡¯t think we don¡¯t know, once you get our rankings, you can go through the leaderboard and find our User IDs! A user¡¯s real name cannot be used to find our User IDs, only our rankings can.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu calmly drank a sip of milk and lightly looked at the horizon.


    The sun was rising.


    ¡­


    Since knowing Zhao Hen¡¯s User ID, Xiao Jinyu felt that it was a pity that 004 wasn¡¯t able to look up a person¡¯s User ID using their real name.


    The data automatically generated by the Grow Some Brains APP only contained the User ID, User Rank, and the general content of their logic skill. According to 004, only his physical body can query the information that is added by the user. The power of a separate body cannot find much content for the time being.


    So before, even 004 didn¡¯t even know Zhao Hen¡¯s User ID.


    This was a pity.


    Xiao Jinyu wanting to know the ID of others wasn¡¯t as superficial as Li Xiaotong and Qi Simin had thought. He only wanted to know for fun and laughs. ¡°Fourth Perspective¡± and ¡°Spear of Judgment¡± didn¡¯t matter, but if it was ¡°Sexy Samba¡± or ¡°Wind Blowing Fart¡±, these types of IDs, if he were to fight with a user with these IDs, he would suddenly shout out the ID of the other party.


    Xiao Jinyu believed that the other party would undoubtedly be scared for a moment.


    In a battle to the death, every second of distraction could cost you your life.


    ..Of course, it is not impossible to laugh after knowing their ID.


    But that¡¯s only on the side.


    Qi Simin: ¡°Speaking of which, Zhao Hen contacted you last night? What happened?¡±


    Li Xiaotong¡¯s sister was evidently someone in the User Committee and perhaps she had already known about Meat King¡¯s matter for a while. Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t hide it either: ¡°He said some things regarding Meat King.¡±


    Qi Simin muttered an ¡®En¡¯ and didn¡¯t ask anymore.


    Before leaving Haidu City, Xiao Jinyu once mentioned to Xu Qu, the vice-captain of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team, that he hoped that the other party would inform him if there was any progress in Meat King¡¯s case.


    So last night, Zhao Hen called to tell him about the progress in the case.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t expect that as soon as ¡®Wind Blowing Fart¡¯ Zhang Haixiang had walked into Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team¡¯s Headquarters, he would directly turn into a pool of meat. According to Zhao Hen, Wind Blowing Fart was considered to be a very strong user among level two users, But if he was just a little weaker, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to be sent to the hospital alive.


    At the same time, ¡®Water Punishment¡¯ Lou Sheng was suspended by the User Committee due to public violence and was no longer serving as the captain of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team. She was currently imprisoned in the detention room of Haidu City¡¯s Logic Research Institute.


    One, it was to punish her; Two, it was to allow them to observe and monitor her to prevent a top-level, level five user¡¯s logic skill from breaking.


    Xiao Jinyu remembered the drizzle that had rained in Haidu City for three days and three nights without stopping.


    In addition to the current situation of Wind Blowing Fart and Water Punishment, Zhao Hen also mentioned that the Haidu Logic Research Institute was now studying the pearl necklace from Zhang Haixiang. With the strength of the whole city, Haidu City has now identified two victims, both of whom were buyers of Zhang Haixiang who had bought the pearl necklace from him. They, like Meat King, were suspected of dying under the logic skill of ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯.


    ¡°However, the newly discovered victims do not have a wound on their necks. They were simply strangled to death by ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯.¡± Zhao Hen explained on the phone, ¡°The Logic Research Institute is also studying the wound on Meat King¡¯s neck. It¡¯s just that neither side has progressed much.¡±


    If Zhang Haixiang could still talk, perhaps the truth could be pried out of his mouth. But because he was beaten into a pool of meatloaf, the specific usage of the pearl necklace could only be slowly explored by the Logic Research Institute.


    ¡°That¡¯s right, I also heard from Xu Qi that they found something in the passenger seat of Meat King¡¯s Lamborghini.¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°A divorce contract.¡±


    Zhao Hen sighed on the phone: ¡°It seems like he drove all the way to the villa in the suburbs, throughout the night, just to get the divorce contract. Meat King had already signed. Perhaps he already knew he was going to die that day and so he wanted to divorce.¡±


    ¡­


    ¡°Ding dong! Arrived at Changjie Station!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu returned to reality.


    In the crowded and busy morning rush subway, the three people followed the movement of the flood-like crowd, arriving at the surface.


    Xiao Jinyu lived nearby and was familiar with the area. Led by him, the three quickly found the Changmei Community.


    Coincidentally, this was also where Xiao Jinyu came to buy a phone card a week ago.


    At the main entrance of the Changmei Community, from far away, they could see a thin, young policeman standing in the wind, wearing a navy blue police hat. While breathing into his hand and stomping his feet for warmth, he was looking around.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s group of three walked to him.


    Seeming like he didn¡¯t understand why two adults and a teenager would walk up to him, the police officer, Xiao Wu asked, stunned: ¡°What is it, is there something?¡±


    Qi Simin took out a document from her pocket and handed it over. She smiled and said: ¡°We were sent by the city bureau to check on the situation.¡±


    Xiao Wu understood now: ¡°Ah, are you the children¡¯s crime department officers who are coming today?¡± As he said this, he couldn¡¯t help but look at Li Xiaotong, who was short and clearly underage.


    Li Xiaotong: ¡°¡­¡±


    Are you even polite?!


    Xiao Jinyu interrupted Xiao Wu¡¯s stunned gaze. There wasn¡¯t a lot of expression on the young man¡¯s face: ¡°May I ask, is it you who will be taking us to see the situation of that girl?¡±


    Xiao Wu returned to reality and hurriedly said: ¡°Yes, yes. Three experts, sorry, you can follow me. My name is Wu Yuan, but you can call me Xiao Wu. This morning I received the notice that some experts were going to come this morning, so I¡¯ve been waiting here since early this morning.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was slightly stunned and he looked at the guard booth across the street.


    As a police officer, Wu Yuan noticed his gaze and explained with a smile: ¡°This road has a subway entrance on this side of Changmei Community. I thought that you would go to the guard booth and knock on the door. Since you have to cross the road to get there, I might as well just wait on this side of the road. Just so happened that I could also see if there were any abnormal situations on the road early this morning as the view in the guard booth isn¡¯t good. Whenever there are a lot of people in the morning and evening, I¡¯ll have to come out and patrol.¡±


    A bone-chilling wind blew up the hair near his forehead and Xiao Jinyu looked up at the small policeman in front of him.


    Wu Yuan led the way in front of them, turning back from time to time to check if Xiao Jinyu¡¯s group of three was still following. He rubbed his reddened hands and looked worried: ¡°It¡¯s great that you guys are here. Although the neighborhood committee had already visited the house many times and felt that everything was ok, I had always felt that the little girl wasn¡¯t lying¡­


    ¡°She was very serious.¡±


    The author has something to say:


    I was dealing with the reported matter in the afternoon, so it was a bit late, muah~


    Because of the report, it is necessary to spoil part of the plot. Here, I¡¯ll talk about what has already happened in the plot.


    So Mama does not count as a pollutant.


    Today¡¯s chapter has actually begun to reveal the mainline of the first volume. It seems like no one has found that I have already added the first novel¡¯s title.


    This volume, from the first copy, White Garden, to Meat King, to the current situation, is all connected. They are not casually written and are all foreshadowing.


    At first, I wanted to string all this together and write the entire volume, but I was reported so I can only spoil a little bit.


    Lastly, muah~


    Today my state isn¡¯t very good, I¡¯ll get up tomorrow and see if there are any changes I need to make in this chapter and also take a look at your suggestions~


    Translator¡¯s Note:


    Made a change in the translation of ch23: Su Jiuzhou¡¯s logic skill description at level one, ¡°a spear that can break and split¡± has been changed to ¡°a spear that cuts through impurities¡±.

 CH 25

    The short cement wall was full of bumps and holes and covered with children¡¯s doodles done with markers.


    Changmei Community¡¯s roads were all muddy due to the first snow last week followed by the past two days of continuous rain, and pedestrian footprints were particularly obvious on it.


    The three of them, led by the police officer, Xiao Wu, came to room 414 in the innermost building.


    The neighborhood committee had already informed her that there would be experts coming today and so the hostess of the house took a leave of absence and did not go to work, opening the door for them. This young stepmother was shy and sat behind the dining table.  Her eight-year-old stepdaughter sat on the living room couch, blinking her wide eyes and staring straight at the several strange adults.


    Police officer Xiao Wu: ¡°You already know the situation, we just came here today to take a look.¡±


    The stepmother seemed to want to say something, but ended up just sighing,  ¡°Experts, if you have any questions, I¡¯ll answer them all.¡±


    It was obvious that this wasn¡¯t the first time someone had dropped by to investigate and the stepmother had long been accustomed to being suspected as a child abuser. She had even installed a camera in her house and there was nothing wrong with the footage. However, Xiao Kexin still went to ¡°report¡± as soon as she had the opportunity.


    Xiao Jinyu observed this young woman in front of him, who was only two or three years older than him.


    Clearly, she was at the age where she should be high-spirited and energetic, yet her sideburns were messy with a few strands of hair curled behind her ears, her face yellow, and her lips cracked.


    She was very tired.


    ¡°Her dad will be back tomorrow, he ended the business trip early. Experts, if you have anything to ask, just ask.¡±


    The three came today as experts from the Children¡¯s Crime Division and so they had to show some professionalism. Qi Simin came prepared and she pulled out a document from her bag, asking some questions she had downloaded from the internet.


    The woman answered them one by one.


    Li Xiaotong nudged Xiao Jinyu with his elbow and whispered: ¡°You can start working now.¡±


    Not getting an answer from Xiao Jinyu, Li Xiaotong looked at him strangely and was just about to speak.


    ¡°Shhh.¡± Xiao Jinyu raised his index finger and pressed it against his lips.


    Li Xiaotong froze.


    Xiao Jinyu pointed to his eyes.


    Li Xiaotong finally understood: the new user had started working already.


    As early as when he had sat down, he had already activated Fourth Perspective, and starting from the tips of her hair, he examined the woman in front of him.


    Fourth Perspective had a usage gap, every five minutes of usage required a rest time.


    After a week, even in his house, Xiao Jinyu would use Fourth Perspective every so often, to increase his control over his logic skill. Gradually, he found out that Fourth Perspective still only had a usage time of five minutes, but its rest time was getting shorter and shorter.


    Also, Fourth Perspective had two modes.


    The first mode was the ordinary version. Activate Fourth Perspective and he could see logic factors.


    The second mode was the enhanced version. After activating, the whole world would turn into black and white, the logic factors suspended in the air looking as if they were put under a microscope, every rotation and every millimeter of their dance were clear in his eyes.


    These two modes had no difference when they were in use, but their rest times were very different.


    When the former was used, it only needed ten minutes of rest time before it could be used again. The latter needed a whole hour of rest time before he could activate his logic skill again.


    Today Xiao Jinyu used the ordinary mode of Fourth Perspective.


    He stood up.


    The stepmother who was answering Qi Simin¡¯s questions froze for a moment, looking at the handsome young man who hadn¡¯t said a word since he had entered the door: ¡°What is it?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change: ¡°I¡¯m going to look around.¡±


    The stepmother didn¡¯t stop him: ¡°Alright.¡±


    Perhaps the expert wanted to see if there was any evidence of her abusing the child, this was very normal. Previously the neighborhood committee had also done this often.


    Xiao Jinyu stood up, using Fourth Perspective while looking for traces of logic factors.


    An hour later.


    The police officer Xiao Wu led the three downstairs.


    Towards Xiao Kexin¡¯s family situation, this policeman who had graduated from the police academy was very attentive.  He asked the experts with a lot of concern. Qi Simin, however, casually answered with a couple of sentences, only saying that she needed to go and discuss with others.


    Xiao Wu couldn¡¯t help but reveal a disappointed look.


    Qi Simin smiled: ¡°This time we¡¯ll have to thank you, you can go back first. We¡¯ll just walk around the community.¡±


    Wu Yuan: ¡°You have to look at the community too?¡±


    Qi Simin blinked: ¡°Perhaps the neighbors have some questions, causing the little girl to think her stepmother was strange? For example, someone was bad-talking her mom behind her back.¡±


    Wu Yuan froze.


    It could even be like this?


    No wonder they were experts!


    ¡°Then I¡¯ll accompany you three experts around.¡±


    Qi Simin: ¡°¡­¡±


    Spending quite some effort to persuade the little police officer to go back to work, they finally sent away Wu Yuan, who was reluctant to give up. Li Xiaotong said helplessly: ¡°This person gets familiar with people way too fast, he refuses to leave. Fortunately, Sister Min was awesome and swindled him away.¡±


    ¡°He¡¯s just serious about his work.¡±


    From this morning to now, Xiao Jinyu rarely spoke and Li Xiaotong has already acknowledged that this new user was a person of few words.


    Oh, a person speaks little and knows how to act and deceive others.


    Li Xiaotong still hasn¡¯t forgotten his experience of being deceived by Xiao Jinyu in Changjie Station.


    However, he didn¡¯t expect that Xiao Jinyu would speak up for the little police officer. Li Xiaotong asked in curiosity: ¡°You seem quite concerned for this little police officer.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him, not answering. He walked forward: ¡°Let¡¯s continue the task.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


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    Xiao Jinyu walked faster and activated Fourth Perspective, examining the entire community.


    Changmei Community was too big and Xiao Jinyu could only use his logic skill for five minutes. The three of them were busy from morning to night and it wasn¡¯t until seven o¡¯clock at night, when the moon was in the middle of the sky, that Xiao Jinyu confirmed that there weren¡¯t any users in this community.


    ¡°There are also no polluters or pollutants.¡± He added.


    Qi Simin nodded and said: ¡°There is no need to look for pollutants, there are no pollutants that can resist killing people. They can¡¯t just sit in one place nicely, they¡¯ll eventually rampage everywhere and kill people.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu heard these words and lowered his eyes silently.


    Qi Simin: ¡°As for polluters¡­ the possibility is very low. Polluters can pollute people and this girl¡¯s mom is very normal. During the hour this morning, I can be very certain that she has no problem. As for that little girl, she is also a normal person. This community has no users, only regular people. When regular people encounter a polluter, even if it is the lowest level of polluters, they can be polluted very quickly. But this community has no pollutants, so there are also no polluters.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Their family, including the two families next to them, all have no trace of logic factors.¡±


    Qi Simin laughed loudly: ¡°Task completed, the five thousand dollars are in our hands!¡±


    Li Xiaotong: ¡°Yay! Let¡¯s eat hot pot to celebrate. Xiao Jinyu, are you coming?¡±


    ¡°I won¡¯t, I just moved so I need to go back and organize. When are you going to transfer the money?¡± Xiao Jinyu asked lightly.


    Qi Simin sighed: ¡°You really pay attention to the important parts. Alright, send your bank card to me and I¡¯ll transfer it tonight.¡±


    ¡°Thanks.¡±


    Exactly one thousand yuan.


    This was the highlight of today.


    The three walked together to Changjie Station.


    On the long escalator, Li Xiaotong and Qi Simin were arguing over whether they should eat duck blood or duck intestines. Xiao Jinyu¡¯s hand was gently resting on the escalator¡¯s handrail when he looked up. Suddenly, he saw a young woman carrying a bag full of vegetables in one hand and a large toy box in the other.


    Xiao Jinyu froze.


    His lips moved, but he hadn¡¯t opened his mouth yet.


    ¡°Ah!¡±


    There were too many things in her hands and when she got on the escalator, she didn¡¯t hold them properly and so the toy box fell to the ground. She looked embarrassed and holding the vegetables in one hand, she bent down to pick up the large box on the ground. She kept her head up and bent her back stiffly. Suddenly, the woman¡¯s movements stopped. She straightened herself.


    Xiao Jinyu picked up the toy box, giving it to the other.


    The young stepmother said in surprise: ¡°You¡¯re¡­ the expert from this morning? Thank you.¡±


    Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong also walked over.


    Li Xiaotong was surprised: ¡°So many delicious things and there¡¯s also princess toys!¡±


    Xiao Kexin¡¯s stepmother smiled bitterly and said: ¡°I bought it for Kexin. I don¡¯t know what happened to the child, she always says I¡¯m weird. I also don¡¯t know what to do¡­¡± This stepmother pursed her lips and looked at Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Thank you for helping me pick up things. I¡¯ll leave first, Xiao Kexin is still waiting for me at home.¡±


    Leaving an eight-year-old child at home was an inevitable thing. The stepmother hurried outside of the subway entrance, yet Xiao Jinyu stared at her back and did not move for a long time.


    Li Xiaotong patted him: ¡°What are you doing? Staring at other people for such a long time. Let me tell you, she¡¯s already married!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Li Xiaotong: ¡°What are you staring at me for?¡±


    The young man coldly stared at him and walked into the subway.


    It was past the rush hour so there were not many people in the subway, however, there just weren¡¯t any seats.


    Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong were still arguing over what to eat tonight and Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mind wandered, his eyes staring at a mottled brown stain on the floor, gradually going out of focus.


    Somehow, the picture of the stepmother picking things up kept coming into his mind.


    A strange and subtle sense of discord gently washed over his mind.


    What is it¡­


    There was something wrong, yet also seemingly very correct.


    ¡°Yo, Luhe Station.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu turned his head and looked at the capped boy.


    Li Xiaotong, wearing his fancy hat, smiled and said to Qi Simin: ¡°Sister Min, the only time we took a task to a contamination area was in Area 81, right? Area 81, I remember, is the area above Luhe Station?¡±


    Qi Simin smiled slightly: ¡°You remember it very clearly. It¡¯s the area above Luhe Station. The safest contamination area in Zhongdu City, Area 81.¡±


    ¡°Naturally I remember it clearly.¡± Li Xiaotong said triumphantly: ¡°That was the only time I entered a contamination area.¡±


    Luhe Station.


    Xiao Jinyu looked out the window at the abandoned station that rushed past.


    On the second day he had become a user, Xiao Jinyu learned from Zhao Hen that the ¡°high-radiation areas¡± that were forbidden to be passed by the public were actually ¡°contamination areas¡± in the eyes of users.


    These contamination areas were located in all corners of a city, like tumors that grow on a human¡¯s body, scattered and irregular, separating habitable areas.


    People could only inhabit the area near extremely safe contamination areas. Moreover, outside the contamination areas, where regular people cannot see, the user committee had built a high earthen wall and dug a river along it to block the things inside the contamination areas from sneaking out.


    As for the extremely dangerous contamination areas, even if the area has been confirmed to have left the contamination area, the User Committee will still set an additional three-kilometer border of forbidden land around it, prohibiting anyone from entering.


    Every passenger who takes the subway and passes through the big abandoned platforms would never think of it. That at that time, above their heads, separated by layers of thick dirt, wasn¡¯t a high-radiation area, but a contamination area hiding out of control logic skills, polluters, pollutants, and rebel users.


    ¡­It turns out that the number of the contamination area above Luhe Station was 81.


    Xiao Jinyu retracted his gaze.


    At the same time, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s group of three didn¡¯t know what was happening right above their heads.


    The subway roared by.


    Under the clear moonlight from the sky, on the devastated and barren land, a black off-road vehicle crushed the brick and stone debris that was everywhere on the ground and stopped at the gate of a park.


    Wang Tao, the captain of Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Team, stepped out of the car, holding a satellite locator in his hands. He looked around before looking back: ¡°It¡¯s here. After White Garden jumped off the platform, his body was dragged forward by the subway for a distance and the final landing point is probably under our feet.¡±


    ¡°Click¡ª¡±


    The passenger¡¯s door opened.


    Short black boots stepped on a piece of rubble and brick, creating a crunching sound. Su Jiuzhou raised his eyes to scan his surroundings, lightly raising his eyebrows: ¡°It¡¯s even a park.¡±


    Captain Wang: ¡°I¡¯m going to get 004 down.¡±


    The banging sound of metal colliding was accompanied by a sharp and piercing children¡¯s voice.


    ¡°Ouch ouch!¡±


    ¡°Who hit me!¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t crash anymore, don¡¯t crash!¡±


    Captain Wang ¡°humphed¡± loudly and grabbed a tall metal box from the back seat with his bare hands.


    ¡°Boom¡ª¡±


    He placed the metal box on the ground and vigilantly took two steps back. He looked at Su Jiuzhou: ¡°Colonel Su, you can go now.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°Protective clothing.¡±


    Captain Wang hurriedly put on two sets of protective clothing.


    Su Jiuzhou walked up to the huge black box and with his eyes looking down, he reached out to grasp the handle on the lid.


    Captain Wang who was on the side, consciously went back five meters, and hiding behind two layers of protective clothing, he stared at the hand that was on the handle of the box.


    The next second.


    ¡°Click¡ª¡±


    The cool moonlight was scattered on the ground and through the gap that was getting larger and larger, illuminating the inside of the box, it caused the little robot inside the box to suddenly stop cursing. It turned its head around in shock, looking at the glowing area.


    There was light.


    How could there be¡­


    Light?


    The little robot stared blankly at the top of the box, at the full and gentle moon.


    After a few seconds.


    ¡°Who put me in here upside down!!!¡±


    ¡°My head is on the ground, did you know did you know did you know¡­¡±


    ¡°Ouch!¡±


    The box was pushed down by someone and the little robot¡¯s slender arms covered its head as it was slammed out of the box.


    The moment it saw the sky, on the display screen on 004¡¯s head, a series of ¡°Ao ao ao¡± crazily flashed past.


    Getting up from the ground, two thin little arms were on its waist and the little robot that was only as tall as half a human laughed excitedly.


    ¡°Jie Jie Jie Jie!¡±


    ¡°I, 004, am back once again!¡±


    ¡°Wait until I go back and kill you all! All killed, ouch¡­¡±


    ¡°Who is it!!!¡±


    Covering the display that was hit, 004 looked back in anger, seeing the smiling man standing behind it.


    004: ¡°¡­¡±


    The little robot crawled back into the box with its hands and feet.


    Su Jiuzhou pulled it out once again.


    ¡°Where are you going?¡±


    004: ¡°QAQ!¡±


    Not daring to get angry, under the smiling gaze of Su Jiuzhou, the round-headed robot wobbled to the park gate.


    ¡°Try going there again.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°En?¡±


    The little robot walked another ten meters to the right.


    ¡°Enter the park to take a look.¡±


    004: ¡°Are you done?!¡±


    ¡°Slap¡ª¡±


    The LCD screen that was at least a decade old was once again hit by the man and the little robot stood sillily in place, before crying and shouting that it wanted to tell its dad while running around the park like a rabbit.


    Ten minutes later.


    Captain Wang shook his head at Su Jiuzhou through two layers of protective clothing: ¡°The detector didn¡¯t respond. Polluter 004¡¯s abnormality might really have nothing to do with White Garden¡¯s logic storm.¡±


    The little robot sat on the ground and cried. Su Jiuzhou looked at it.


    004: ¡°¡­¡±


    It put away it¡¯s fake crying.


    Su Jiuzhou dragged out the ends of his sentences: ¡°So it has nothing to do with White Garden huh¡­ On that day, in Zhongdu City, there was only White Garden¡¯s situation. Hm, it turns out that White Garden would even commit suicide¡­¡±


    Captain Wang sighed, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that he would actually commit suicide from his logic skill breaking. Just half a month before he committed suicide, he had helped our extermination team escape from contamination area 76. His logic chain was so important. As long as one stood upright with a rose in their hand, they could enter the White Garden space and be teleported to another place by him. As long as he was there, if someone encounters an inescapable danger in the contamination area, they can escape through White Garden as soon as they find the opportunity. Sigh, he actually died.¡±


    Captain Wang said regretfully: ¡°In fact, White Garden had a very strange personality even though he often helps the extermination team and follows us into the contamination area to do tasks. But he has always been alone and now that his logic skill collapsed, he didn¡¯t even find anyone for help.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°If he was still alive, then transporting 004 today wouldn¡¯t have been so troublesome.¡±


    Captain Wang was stunned and he reminded Su Jiuzhou: ¡°Colonel Su, the logic skill of White Garden can only transfer people or items carried by people to eight fixed locations in Zhongdu City. For example, a certain hot pot restaurant.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°White Garden said that?¡±


    ¡°Ah? Yes, White Garden filled this out in his user profile, but he only included two exits of the White Garden space, there are six secret ones.¡±


    This was very understandable. If one day White Garden is chased by an enemy and wanted to escape, but his space¡¯s eight exits were known to the enemy and blocked, he wouldn¡¯t be able to escape.


    So he would definitely hide part of the exits.


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°Did his logic skill actually have a fixed exit?¡±


    Captain Wang was surprised: ¡°You mean?¡±


    ¡°Perhaps it was a fixed distance?¡±


    Captain Wang froze in place.


    Su Jiuzhou slightly smiled: ¡°I guessed.¡±


    Captain Wang: ¡°¡­¡±


    The abnormality of Polluter 004 really seems to have nothing to do with White Garden.


    It was also possible that it had nothing to do with Zhongdu City.


    Walking over to the little robot that was still crying and cursing, Su Jiuzhou squatted down patiently and gently tapped its display.


    004 lifted its head.


    Old Pervert tilted his head and smiled: ¡°Who is your dad? Is he as strong as me? Or, you can tell me who your current dad is and I¡¯ll be your new dad.¡±


    004: ¡°¡­¡±


    Pervert!


    The little robot stood up silently and silently crawled back into the black box.


    Su Jiuzhou felt bored and stood up.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go back.¡±


    Captain Wang: ¡°Ok.¡±


    Under the same moon.


    In the empty and quiet house, Xiao Jinyu lay on his bed, quietly looking at the ceiling that reflected the moonlight.


    004 wasn¡¯t talking again.


    This was normal. At noon it quickly sent a barrage of ¡°Dad, Old Pervert came to Zhongdu City again¡±, and then it never spoke again.


    Su Jiuzhou came to Zhongdu City again.


    The glass-like, cold moonlight rippled slowly on the wall, and Xiao Jinyu stared silently at it, but his eyes had no focus as if he was thinking about something.


    Suddenly, his eyes widened.


    Xiao Jinyu quickly picked up his phone and called Qi Simin.


    ¡°Hello¡­¡± A confused voice came from the other end of the phone.


    Xiao Jinyu said quickly: ¡°Miss Qi, there¡¯s something off about the task from today.¡±


    In the next second, Qi Simin¡¯s voice was more awake: ¡°What did you discover?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Do you remember when we were coming back, we met the little girl¡¯s stepmother at the subway station?¡±


    ¡°I remember.¡±


    ¡°She had too much in her hands and the toy box fell to the floor, so I helped her pick it up.¡±


    ¡°I remember this. What¡¯s wrong? Is there something wrong with the toy box? Did you see logic factors?¡±


    ¡°No,¡± Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips, ¡°I saw that when that mom bent down to pick up something, her back was straight and her head was perpendicular to the ground.¡±


    Qi Simin froze.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s muffled voice sounded: ¡°Miss Qi, when normal people pick up things¡­ don¡¯t they bow their heads?¡±


    The author has something to say:


    004: I don¡¯t want dad, I only want mom! I want mom!


    ¡ª


    In the previous chapter, there was a place where it said that the police officer Xiao Wu stretched his neck 360¡ã, it¡¯s not that he turned his head around 360¡ã, but stretched his head. It¡¯s like the warm-up exercises in physical education class.


    It¡¯s twisting your neck to the left and right. Don¡¯t get it wrong.

 CH 26

    After accidentally meeting Xiao Kexin¡¯s stepmother at the subway station, Xiao Jinyu had been thinking about what the strange sense of discord he had felt from the young woman was.


    He was sure now¡ª


    No one would keep their head up while picking things up.


    He didn¡¯t realize this at the subway station because the stepmother had just bent down to pick things up and she had only bent down halfway before Xiao Jinyu took the initiative and helped her pick it up.


    In other people¡¯s eyes, it was just a woman who had her hands full of vegetables who was going to bend down to pick things up before suddenly standing up straight.


    ¡°She doesn¡¯t want to bow her head.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was very resolute in this idea.


    Considering the angle Xiao Kexin¡¯s stepmother had bent down at, she indeed could not bow her head then and look down when she bends down more. However, whether a person is going to bow their head or not, can be seen from the curvature of their chin, the amount of force on their neck, and the twisting of the shoulders.


    ¡ªAnd Xiao Kexin¡¯s stepmother, even if she bent down more to pick things up, would never bow her head. She even seems like she¡¯s avoiding looking down.


    This was the judgment given by Xiao Jinyu.


    Eleven o¡¯clock at night.


    Xiao Jinyu took the last train and walked out of Changjie Station.


    Qi Simin was already waiting at the entrance of Changmei Community for a while.


    The capable and short-haired woman wore a light brown leather jacket, her expression cold, and her eyebrows wrinkled. Seeing Xiao Jinyu, she waved her hand. The two soon met up.


    Without saying a word, they both went directly to the guard booth at the entrance of the community.


    The young police officer, Wu Yuan, wasn¡¯t on the night shift today and the one guarding in the booth at night was the more experienced police officer, Lao Wang. Lao Wang had already received the task from the Institute and in the morning, several experts from the Children¡¯s Crime Department went to Xiao Kexin¡¯s home to see, yet they didn¡¯t find any problems. But now, they found some abnormalities and planned to come to see again. Lao Wang was then arranged to bring the experts to their door.


    ¡°Two experts, this way.¡±


    Lao Wang, dressed in a navy blue, cotton police uniform, took a baton and a flashlight from the guard booth.


    The three rushed into Changmei Community.


    When Xiao Jinyu called to inform Qi Simin, he had already heard from her that after Li Xiaotong ate hotpot, he returned to his hometown. His hometown was in Haidu City. Now that it was late at night, the subway trains between the two cities have stopped and Li Xiaotong wouldn¡¯t be able to return until tomorrow.


    Even though it was only a reward of five thousand dollars, Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong didn¡¯t slack off. They would definitely complete their tasks.


    Li Xiaotong already bought tomorrow¡¯s tickets and would arrive early tomorrow morning.


    ¡°We¡¯re here!¡±


    In the silent community, the voice of the old police officer sounded in the wind.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at the dark residential building.


    In the next second, the three walked into the stairwell.


    Xiao Kexin¡¯s stepmother hadn¡¯t slept yet.


    She wore purple coral fleece pajamas and the yellow light of the living room peaked out from behind her, turning the purple pajamas into a solid black. She looked at the police officer and experts in shock and froze for a few seconds, her heart skipping a beat.


    Qi Simin smiled and the solemn expression on her face softened a little: ¡°There are some things I would like to ask again. Can we go in?¡±


    Foolishly standing there for half a day, the stepmother finally smiled bitterly and gave way: ¡°Please come in.¡±


    Once Xiao Jinyu and Qi Simin walked in, they immediately went to the little girl¡¯s room.


    The obedient and cute girl lay on the bed with her eyes closed. Her steady breathing indicated that she had been sleeping for a while.


    ¡ªThere was nothing wrong with this girl.


    If guests had come over, then the stepmother should have poured tea for them. But the newly married young woman had already lost her strength. She sat down on the couch, disheartening covering her face with her hands, and her hair was as disheveled as dry grass. She wasn¡¯t like that when she had opened the door, the disheveled hair was done just now by her.


    Seeing Xiao Jinyu and Qi Simin come out of Xiao Kexin¡¯s room as if something had burst within her, she stood up suddenly and asked: ¡°Do you suspect I¡¯m abusing her? She says I¡¯m weird, but where am I weird?


    ¡°What did I do?! Where the hell am I strange?!¡±


    For an entire half month, the woman who was tortured by her stepdaughter to the point of a mental breakdown finally couldn¡¯t help it and painfully cried out. However, her last sob was lowered, for fear of waking up her stepdaughter who was sleeping in her bedroom.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at this red-eyed, exhausted woman. He pursed his lips and swiped across his eyelids.


    A minute later.


    ¡°Miss Chu, could you come to the hospital with us? Perhaps it¡¯s just a physical problem.¡±


    The exhausted woman immediately froze. She looked up at the speaking young man.


    A glimmer of hope appeared in her eyes.


    Chu Wenting: ¡°Ok.¡±


    The police officer Lao Wang informed the neighborhood committee and arranged for someone to come to Xiao Kexin¡¯s house to take care of her, as to prevent the sleeping child from waking up at night, looking for her stepmother. At the same time, he took the initiative to drive the police car and sent the three to the hospital.


    The subway was out of service and it took them twenty minutes to bypass contamination area 81 and reach the nearest hospital.


    Under the arrangement of the police officer, the poor and desperate woman began a series of physical examinations.


    Blood tests, ultrasounds on the neck, whole-body CTs, MRIs¡­


    In the beginning, Xiao Jinyu and Qi Simin had concluded on the phone.


    If the problem didn¡¯t come from logic skills or polluters, then it was very likely that Xiao Kexin¡¯s stepmother had a physical ailment. When Qi Simin talked to her in the morning, she clearly stated that she didn¡¯t feel unwell, except that she was upset by Xiao Kexin saying she was strange, and that there were no problems with her mental health.


    But what if there was a problem with her body?


    Xiao Jinyu knew about a rare condition called spinocerebellar ataxia. Patients with this disease will gradually lose control over their bodies while they were conscious. Unable to walk and unable to use their limbs, they would gradually become paralyzed, stuck to their beds, and eventually lose their ability to speak. They could only lie in bed until their control over their heartbeat is lost and then die.


    And losing some of the body¡¯s instinctive responses is the initial symptom of this disease. For example, when falling, normal people will subconsciously reach out to catch themselves with their hands, but patients with this disease will only fall to the ground in a daze and land on their faces.


    Although this symptom wasn¡¯t the same as what Xiao Kexin¡¯s stepmother exhibited, it might just mean that she had another type of rare disease.


    Under Policeman Wang¡¯s help, Kexin¡¯s stepmother¡¯s examination was much faster. As if guessing that she might have developed a terminal illness, the young woman laughed at herself, saying, ¡°if I have an illness, then no one would say that I¡¯m abusing my stepdaughter anymore¡±, while covering her face and crying.


    No one wanted to be sick, but for the past half month, she was forced into a desperate situation with no way out.


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    ¡°Everything is very normal.¡± The old doctor rushed through the report, ¡°Blood test, EEG, ECG, CT, MRI¡­ Chu Wenting¡¯s reports all have no problems.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was silent for a moment: ¡°Could it be a rare disease?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t want a woman who was only in her early twenties to suffer from some extremely rare disease, but he had to ask this question.


    The old doctor still shook his head: ¡°That probability is very low. Our hospital is the top hospital in Zhongdu City and even has some prestige in all of China. Unless you want to send her to the capital¡¯s hospital for a check-up. But in my opinion, this girl isn¡¯t sick. Even if you send her to the capital for a check-up it¡¯ll be useless, she is very healthy. She just has some sleeping problems and her anxiety is a little serious, she just needs to rest well.¡±


    The doctor gave the reports to the group, then turned around and left.


    In the empty corridor, Xiao Jinyu and Qi Simin looked at each other. Officer Wang rubbed his hands in anticipation and said anxiously: ¡°There shouldn¡¯t be a problem now, right?¡±


    After a brief moment of silence, Xiao Jinyu said: ¡°Although there aren¡¯t any problems with the check-up, but¡­¡±


    ¡°So there¡¯s nothing wrong with me!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s voice stopped abruptly and the three of them turned around in unison to look at the woman who had come out of the examination room at some unknown time.


    Chu Wenting strode in front of Xiao Jinyu and grabbed the reports in his hands.


    ¡°Everything is normal¡­ It says everything is normal! Let me go, I really didn¡¯t do anything!¡±


    The young woman yelled out in rage.


    Abruptly, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes flashed and he suddenly reached out and gently pushed the woman in front of him.


    The next second, Chu Wenting¡¯s body fell back. Her eyes widened in shock as she raised her hands and wrapped them around the back of her neck, holding her head.


    The young man¡¯s hand appeared behind her and caught her.


    This scene happened very suddenly and no one had expected that Xiao Jinyu would suddenly push Kexin¡¯s stepmother and then catch her himself. However, Qi Simin¡¯s expression immediately sank.


    Officer Wang watched from the sides in surprise. After a few seconds, he let out a surprised ¡°eh?¡± sound.


    ¡°Miss Chu, what happened to your neck? Why would you touch your neck if someone pushes you?¡±


    No one would just fall face-first into the floor, just like how no one would, when they¡¯re pushed by someone, not only not find something to support them, but instead protect their necks.


    But Chu Wenting wasn¡¯t able to explain.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    This was her only answer.


    She didn¡¯t know why she would subconsciously reach for her neck, protecting her head. Her hand had just suddenly done that.


    Quickly, Xiao Jinyu found the doctor and had a detailed examination done on Chu Wenting¡¯s neck.


    The answer didn¡¯t change, there were still no problems.


    Officer Wang and Chu Wanting stayed in the examination room. Their eyes were wide open, not knowing what was going on.


    Xiao Jinyu and Qi Simin came to the end of the hospital corridor, looking at each other.


    ¡°Do you think it¡¯s a logic skill?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Xiao Jinyu shook his head, ¡°I just awakened my logic skill this week and I hardly know about any other logic skills. Are there any logic skills that can make people care so much about their necks?¡±


    Qi Simin: ¡°Logic skills that make people care about their necks¡­¡±


    Looking at the woman thinking seriously in front of him, Xiao Jinyu was calm and seemed to casually say: ¡°But I think that this Miss Chu¡¯s reaction didn¡¯t seem like touching her neck. Don¡¯t you think so too? She seems¡­ like she¡¯s afraid her head will fall off?¡± After saying this, Xiao Jinyu observed Qi Simin¡¯s reaction.


    When she was picking things up, she leaned her head back, and when she was pushed, she protected her head¡­


    What Xiao Jinyu said was the truth. No matter how you looked at it, she seemed like she was afraid of her head falling off.


    Qi Simin thought for a moment and agreed: ¡°It really seems like it. If this is related to a logic skill, then there must be conditions related to the human neck on the logic skill. This task is no longer a regular task anymore, we should contact the User Committee.¡±


    Not wasting any time, Qi Simin opened the Grow Some Brains APP, contacting the User Committee.


    Xiao Jinyu closed his eyes.


    Images appeared in his mind.


    Chu Wenting looking up as she picked things up, protecting her head as she fell¡­


    The smooth fissure in Meat King¡¯s neck¡­


    And his mom.


    Under the warm, yellow light, the windpipe, arteries, vocal cords swayed in the slightly bloody air¡­


    Xiao Jinyu opened his eyes: ¡°I remember a case.¡±


    Qi Simin just finished contacting the User Committee and when she heard this, she turned her head: ¡°Huh? What case?¡±


    ¡°Meat King.¡±


    Qi Simin froze.


    Under the cold light of the hospital corridor, the youth looked into the examination room in the distance, seemingly looking through the glass at the woman, who was being comforted by Officer Wang as she cried.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Perhaps you¡¯re not clear on Meat King¡¯s case, he died from a polluter. I won¡¯t say any more about the specific situation, but the point I want to bring up is that Meat King was strangled. But an hour after his death, his neck was cut by something¡­¡± After a moment, ¡°No, it wasn¡¯t cut. It left a section of flesh attached. This wound was extremely hard to find and it even took Meat King¡¯s wife, a level five user, her whole strength to separate Meat King¡¯s head and shoulders, revealing the fissure.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at Qi Simin: ¡°Do you think that if Meat King hadn¡¯t been strangled to death, he would have died due to that fissure in his neck?¡±


    Qi Simin opened her mouth and after a few seconds, she narrowed her eyes.


    ¡°Once someone is killed, they¡¯ll die. Once a person¡¯s neck is broken, they definitely won¡¯t be able to survive. But what you said is correct, this is a fissure that requires a level five user to break open. This is naturally not a part of the normal world but a part of the world of logic skills.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t reply, only calmly looking at the crying woman in the distance.


    Qi Simin thought for a while and picked up her phone again: ¡°A level five user. Xiao Jinyu, you really make it hard for other people.¡±


    ¡°En?¡± He turned around.


    Qi Simin sighed: ¡°Zhongdu City isn¡¯t much better than Haidu City. In the entire city, there is only one level five user affiliated with the government.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu thought for a moment: ¡°Is it the captain of the Extermination Team?¡±


    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Team¡¯s Captain, Wang Tao. Sigh, we can only ask him to come for this task.¡± While contacting people on the Grow Some Brains APP, Qi Simin said: ¡°But Wang Tao¡¯s strength isn¡¯t as good as Water Punishment¡¯s. That woman is the best of all level five users¡­ let¡¯s just hope that Chu Wenting¡¯s situation has nothing to do with Meat King¡¯s.¡±


    No one wanted this poor, newly married woman to be related to the horrifying user murder in Haidu City.


    Just like how no one hoped that¡­


    This woman¡¯s neck was broken.


    Xiao Jinyu was surprised at how Qi Simin could find the captain of Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Team, but he didn¡¯t ask too much about it.


    Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong said that they never took extremely dangerous tasks, but their relationship with the government seemed to be linked in countless ways. At least Xiao Jinyu knew now that Li Xiaotong¡¯s sister worked in the government and they knew Zhao Hen.


    They waited for about half an hour.


    Officer Wang was still comforting Chu Wenting in the examination room as a big burly figure walked down the hospital corridor.


    Even with one glance, Xiao Jinyu was sure that this tall and vague man was the captain of Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Team.


    He was way too bulky.


    With a figure close to two meters and arms as thick as an adult¡¯s waist, he stomped on the hospital¡¯s tiles with a boom, nearly occupying half of the corridor.


    Such a sturdy person was wearing a suit, which was contrary to his looks. It seemed like the suit was going to burst at any more.


    Qi Simin: ¡°Long time no see, Captain Wang.¡±


    Wang Tao walked in front of the two and stopped. He first quickly glanced at Xiao Jinyu before turning his head to look at Qi Simin. Without greeting them, he got to the point immediately: ¡°Where is the person you¡¯re talking about?¡±


    Qi Simin pointed: ¡°Examination Room Number Two, where that man in black is standing.¡±


    Man in black?


    Xiao Jinyu looked at where Qi Simin was pointing and his gaze froze when he saw the man.


    A few seconds later, the three came to the door of Examination Room Number Two.


    Wang Tao slightly nodded: ¡°Colonel Su.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou stood in front of the glass window, looking at Chu Wenting, who was silent in the room. Hearing Wang Tao¡¯s voice, he turned around, his gaze freezing on Xiao Jinyu. Dark eyes fell on the youth, the corners of Su Jiuzhou¡¯s lips lifted: ¡°Are there logic factors on her?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°So it¡¯s like that.¡± He smiled: ¡°What a coincidence, Meat King didn¡¯t have any either.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him lightly: ¡°En.¡±


    Qi Simin didn¡¯t react to the name of ¡°Colonel Su¡±, she seemed like she didn¡¯t recognize Su Jiuzhou.


    Su Jiuzhou asked casually: ¡°Then why do you guys think that a woman who can speak and breathe normally, with no abnormalities from head to toe¡­ would be like Meat King, whose neck was broken?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu told him about his findings.


    ¡°Your reasoning is very good.¡± Su Jiuzhou said jokingly: ¡°Xiao Jinyu if you became a level two user just one day after you awakened, I wouldn¡¯t be surprised.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Is this mockery?


    Mocking him for not leveling up in one day.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t get angry, he only calmly looked at this strange level six user.


    However, Captain Wang who was on the side was shocked.


    He had never seen Colonel Su praise anyone, so serious at that too.


    Seeing that he was misunderstood by the youth, Su Jiuzhou smiled but didn¡¯t explain himself. He just casually left a sentence behind, ¡°You should reflect on why you didn¡¯t upgrade in one day,¡± and didn¡¯t continue the topic.


    Wang Tao thought for a moment, then said: ¡°According to your deductions, I confirmed with Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team. The fissure on Meat King¡¯s neck can be opened by Luo Sheng. Two level four users can also open it. I¡¯m not as strong as Luo Sheng so I won¡¯t be able to pull it apart by myself, though Colonel Su is here so there isn¡¯t a problem. But Qi Simin, you guys now have to consider the most important problem¡­¡±


    ¡°The fissure in Meat King¡¯s neck wasn¡¯t detected by the medical equipment or the naked eye. If he hadn¡¯t died and his neck hadn¡¯t formed bruises, the forensic doctor wouldn¡¯t have been able to find it. Only a level five user using all their strength could pull it open.


    ¡°And this girl¡­¡±


    Wang Tao looked at Chu Wenting.


    ¡°The only way to prove that her neck is broken is to pull it open. But after either Colonel Su or I pull open her neck, do you think she can still calmly be the way she is now? And..


    ¡°Can she even live after that?¡±


    In the empty and silent corridor, Wang Tao¡¯s question weighed down on them.


    Ten minutes later.


    The examination room¡¯s door opened with a click.


    Officer Wang and Chu Wenting looked up at the group of four at the same time.


    Two more people suddenly came?


    The two couldn¡¯t help but wonder.


    Qi Simin walked forward and smiled: ¡°Right now, there aren¡¯t any problems with the examination. We¡¯ve already contacted the doctors in the capital and they¡¯ll be here in two days. However, during this time I hope that Miss Chu can come with us to prevent any changes from happening.¡±


    This was the four¡¯s final decision.


    Wang Tao proposed that they ask the Capital¡¯s Logic Research Insitute for help.


    Logic Research Institutes throughout the country were specifically established to study logic skills and polluters. Among them, the Capital¡¯s Logic Research Institute had the strongest research strength.


    The proposal was approved by Su Jiuzhou.


    Officer Wang let out a sigh of relief and patted Chu Wenting¡¯s shoulder: ¡°See, there¡¯s definitely no problem. Just relax and listen to the experts.¡±


    However, Chu Wenting didn¡¯t respond.


    The woman who was tense and crying uncontrollably, was silent at this moment and lowered her head, not saying a word. Her thick bangs covered her expression and Qi Simin couldn¡¯t help but ask: ¡°What¡¯s wrong Miss Chu? Is there a problem?¡±


    Chu Wentinh raised her head, her eyes bloodshot: ¡°Expert, you just said my examinations had no problems, but then you also invited experts from the capital to consult and you also want to take me away from supervision¡­ You all obviously don¡¯t know whether I¡¯m sick or not but you all still want to take me away for supervision. You all already know what the hell is going on with me, right?!¡±


    Qi Simin froze.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t expect that this weak and suffering woman¡¯s thinking would be so meticulous. Keeping her under supervision was just in case it was a logic skill. They were worried that if she was left alone, it would cause horrible consequences.


    Even with so little information, she was able to find a problem with it.


    Xiao Jinyu quickly remedied the situation: ¡°Yes, we think that you¡¯re sick.¡±


    Chu Wenting looked at him.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change: ¡°From the start, I thought that you were sick. When we were at your house, I told you that I thought you were sick, do you remember? But we don¡¯t know exactly what sickness it is.¡±


    Chu Wenting stared at him without saying a word.


    After five seconds, that woman suddenly stood up.


    ¡°Yes, she said I was weird. For half a month! For an entire half month, I was pointed at by people wherever I went. My colleagues at school thought that I was abusing my stepdaughter. Someone else said that I might have a mental disorder! Until now, I don¡¯t even have the right to know what disease I have?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was slightly embarrassed and a little dumbfounded.


    Su Jiuzhou raised an eyebrow and he suddenly bowed his head and said quickly into Xiao Jinyu¡¯s ear: ¡°See if there are any logic factors on her.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze and immediately activated Fourth Perspective before looking at Chu Wenting.


    ¡­There still wasn¡¯t any!


    Tears pouring out of her eyes, Chu Wenting looked at the whispering experts and said while crying and smiling: ¡°I also understand what Officer Wang said. Yes, I might be sick, the type that when someone is pushed, they don¡¯t want to stabilize their body but instead they only want to protect their head. I secretly tested myself when I went to the bathroom just now. Of the five times, there were three where I subconsciously held my head as I fell instead of stabilizing myself.


    ¡°Even I¡¯m not aware of this problem myself. But the two times where I didn¡¯t hold my head, it didn¡¯t fall off!


    ¡°The strangeness that Xiao Kexin mentioned, was it this?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes were fixed on this woman.


    No matter if it was the colorful logic factors or the black pollution factors, they didn¡¯t appear on this woman.


    ¡°Then if I don¡¯t hold my head anymore, I won¡¯t be afraid of it falling. Then what if I even take off my own head?¡±


    Once this sentence was said, everyone froze.


    Even Su Jiuzhou looked at Chu Wenting in surprise.


    In the next second, they watched as a crying Chu Wenting pressed her hands under her neck and like she was lifting a box, lift her own head up.


    She really was forced to this point.


    This feeling of being wronged, unable to refute anyone, and unable to tell anyone of her innocence even if she recorded it, drove this twenty four year old woman crazy.


    No one felt that Chu Wenting¡¯s behaviour would cause any serious consequences. Just now, when she was talking, her head also moved many times and there weren¡¯t any abnormalities.


    How could anyone think that there would be humans that could easily lift their own heads off?


    Even a level six user wouldn¡¯t make such a conjecture.


    Then.


    ¡°What really is the sickness I have¡­ sha sha¡­¡±


    Su Jiuzhou¡¯s expression turned cold. A figure flashed by and before anyone could see clearly, he stopped in front of the woman with tears on her face.


    Chu Wenting¡¯s hands that had lifted her head also stopped.


    ¡ªShe saw her own neck.


    It was empty save for the red blood vessels, vocal cords, and trachea swaying in the air and the thin layer of skin barely keeping her head and shoulders together.


    ¡°Sha sha¡­¡±


    Su Jiuzhou pressed down on the top of her head and pushed her head back.


    Chu Wenting moved her hand away from her neck.


    The fissure on her neck had already disappeared and not a drop of blood nor was the bloody smell left behind. Under the white glaring hospital lights, she stood quietly there as if she hadn¡¯t just taken off her own head.


    In the examination room, everyone silently looked at her.


    A few seconds later.


    The young woman cleared her throat and after her head was put back, she looked at the people in front of her and said another complete sentence¡ª


    ¡°So I really am strange.¡±


    Next.


    She stopped breathing.


    Translator¡¯s Note:


    I was informed that the ¡®du¡¯ at the end of ¡®Zhongdu¡¯ and ¡®Haidu¡¯ is part of the word for city, so now there are three choices:


    1. Leave it as it is and cut off the ¡®du¡¯ part in any new cities that pop up


    2. Change Zhongdu/Haidu City to Zhong/Hai City, leaving them in pinyin


    3. Change Zhongdu/Haidu City to Middle/Ocean City, the English names


    Voting will end when the next chapter is posted so in ~5 days!

 CH 27

    TN: Choice one won! Zhongdu/Haidu will be left as they are and any new cities will be translated correctly. Sorry!


    Chu Wenting died.


    Under the bright light, this young and thin woman said her last sentence and fell back.


    Then she stopped breathing.


    Doctors and nurses came into the examination room immediately and attempted to revive her. No one would have thought that the woman who was just talking one second ago would be lying on a bed with a pale face in the next. And like they were just trying to revive a corpse that was long dead, no rescue measures worked on her.


    Ten minutes later.


    Zhongdu¡¯s User Committee sent people to block off the hospital.


    All the doctors, nurses, and patients in the hospital were transferred to the nearest hospital, and with the hospital as the center, an emergency evacuation was carried out within a radius of a hundred meters. The reason for the evacuation was¡ª


    A radiation leak.


    After the Type-A radiation, small radiation leaks often happened around the world. A week ago, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know that the evacuation notices he would encounter from time to time as he grew up weren¡¯t actually from a radiation leak, but instead they were because of a logic storm, an out-of-control logic skill, or a polluter.


    This reason had always been very convincing for people who were reluctant to move their legs.


    And no one would be curious about a radiation leakage.


    Chu Wenting¡¯s sudden death, as well as her strange behavior before her violent death, shocked and frightened the only ordinary person in the examination room, Officer Wang. This person was frightened into confusion like he had bumped into an evil spirit, losing his soul.


    The psychologists from the User Committee took Officer Wang to the lounge for psychological counseling.


    Soon, only four people were left in the examination room.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t immediately go forward and examine Chu Wenting¡¯s body. He only quietly looked at Qi Simin¡¯s reaction.


    Qi Simin was a subject to learn from.


    This short-haired woman was a level two user and strictly speaking, she was indeed more experienced than Xiao Jinyu. But since she didn¡¯t know who Su Jiuzhou was, she wasn¡¯t that experienced.


    ¡­The fissure on Chu Wenting¡¯s neck was like the one on his mom¡¯s, exactly the same.


    How should a user who wasn¡¯t that high of a level react when he sees such a strange and creepy event?


    ¡ªProvided that before then, this low-level user hadn¡¯t seen anyone with similar wounds.


    Qi Simin wordlessly looked at the woman¡¯s corpse that wasn¡¯t that far away with complicated eyes.


    It seems like there weren¡¯t any special reactions. Low-level users shouldn¡¯t have much experience with this. However, Xiao Jinyu realized that he hadn¡¯t considered something, he was different from Qi Simin in the first place.


    Xiao Jinyu suddenly opened his mouth: ¡°This wound is just like Meat King¡¯s, exactly the same.¡±


    Everyone turned to look at him.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change. He tilted his head up: ¡°I went to Haidu City to help investigate Meat King¡¯s case. Captain Wang even gave me a commission of ten thousand yuan.¡±


    Wang Tao nodded.


    The four people in the examination room all knew about Meat King¡¯s case but the only one who had gone to the scene and seen Meat King¡¯s body was Xiao Jinyu. Even Su Jiuzhou had only gone to the coffee shop and didn¡¯t go to the scene to check Meat King¡¯s corpse.


    This was the difference between him and Qi Simin.


    Under the flickering light, Xiao Jinyu walked to the woman¡¯s corpse: ¡°The fissure in the neck of Meat King was pulled apart by his wife after using a lot of strength. Just now, Chu Wenting didn¡¯t seem like she had used a lot of strength, Su¡­¡± Pausing for a moment, he continued: ¡°Colonel Su also quickly pressed her head back down so I didn¡¯t see clearly. But with that glance, it looked exactly like the fracture on Meat King¡¯s neck.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°She has been confirmed dead and she¡¯s also not a pollutant.¡±


    After saying this, Xiao Jinyu deliberately paused for half a second.


    No one refuted him.


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    Because pollutants kill people, they must be killed.


    If they don¡¯t want to kill people, then they aren¡¯t pollutants.


    ¡°Indeed, she isn¡¯t a pollutant.¡±


    His thoughts were suddenly interrupted and Xiao Jinyu looked at the person who said that.


    Su Jiuzhou walked over to him and looked at the woman on the iron bed who was no longer breathing. He looked at Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Just now, you said that there aren¡¯t any logic factors on her.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze for a moment before nodding: ¡°Yes.¡± He was just about to explain that there was one other place that he wasn¡¯t able to check, only to see Su Jiuzhou raise his hand and reach out to Chu Wenting¡¯s neck: ¡°What about here?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was stunned.


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°Take a look.¡±


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    The level six user easily pulled open the woman¡¯s neck. Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips. His right hand gently slid over his eyelids, his gaze quickly dropping down and sweeping over the flat cleft of the woman¡¯s neck.


    When he saw the two black dots of light flickering between the flesh and blood, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart stopped for a moment but there was no change on the surface.


    He looked at Su Jiuzhou: ¡°There are logic factors!¡±


    Su Jiuzhou narrowed his eyes.


    It turned out there really were logic factors!


    From the moment he had stepped into Chu Wenting¡¯s home this morning, Xiao Jinyu had always been looking for logic factors. He had carefully inspected every corner of her house and also observed this woman several times, but he never found a logic factor, so he wasn¡¯t sure whether her so-called ¡®strangeness¡¯ was related to a logic skill.


    After they found the problem with Chu Wenting¡¯s neck, Xiao Jinyu also guessed that if there really were logic factors on her body, then it would definitely be embedded in the flesh and blood of her neck, just like his mom.


    But he wasn¡¯t completely sure.


    Because Meat King¡¯s fissure didn¡¯t have any logic factors.


    And he didn¡¯t know if Chu Wenting¡¯s abnormality was like his mother¡¯s and Meat King¡¯s.


    Only now was he sure.


    Xiao Jinyu took a deep breath and thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind. After a few seconds, Xiao Jinyu looked up: ¡°Colonel Su, there¡¯s something I want to tell you privately.¡±


    Once he said this, both Wang Tao and Qi Simin were surprised.


    Su Jiuzhou raised an eyebrow.


    The two soon went into the corridor.


    ¡°Colonel Su.¡±


    In the empty corridor, the gentle and indifferent voice of the youth echoed softly.


    He only heard Wang Tao shout this once and he actually learned from him and followed. Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°What did you want to say to me in private?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change. He didn¡¯t respond and instead asked: ¡°Do you remember what I told you before about the color of logic factors?¡±


    ¡°Multicolored.¡±


    The response was very fast. Xiao Jinyu looked up towards the man in front of him: ¡°Yes, it¡¯s multicolored. But Colonel Su, the two logic factors I saw on Chu Wenting¡¯s neck just now¡­ were black.¡±


    Hearing this, Su Jiuzhou¡¯s eyes moved slightly. He glanced at the youth in front of him and smiled.


    ¡°This was what you wanted to tell me in private?¡±


    ¡°¡­En.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°So cautious, you really don¡¯t plan on leaking your logic skill information at all. So I¡¯ll have to keep this from Wang Tao?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm and didn¡¯t refute.


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°Xiao Jinyu, you definitely didn¡¯t fill out any information in the Grow Some Brains APP.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze, staring at him.


    Su Jiuzhou shook his head and sighed: ¡°So naughty.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    You say that as if you filled out any information, you clearly didn¡¯t fill in a single word!


    004 said that even your name was filled in by the User Committee!


    Su Jiuzhou looked at him with a smile and turned around to walk back to the examination room.


    Behind him, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression gradually sank. He looked indifferently at the man¡¯s distant back, and after a while, he followed.


    Choosing to tell Su Jiuzhou that the pollution factors were black in private, was to make it so that the other party would think he was simply just overly cautious and didn¡¯t want to expose any part of his logic skill. That his only secret was his logic skill.


    No one would think that under one secret would be another secret.


    Although the black pollution factors wouldn¡¯t expose the presence of his mom, Xiao Jinyu must be extremely careful. Any possibility of exposing must be smothered at its starting point.


    The two returned to the examination room.


    Su Jiuzhou and Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t mention the conversation in the corridor. Wang Tao and Qi Simin were not stupid and didn¡¯t ask.


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°After the forensic doctor checks her cause of death, send it for safekeeping first at the Logic Research Institute.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡± Wang Tao: ¡°Also, Colonel Su, I already sent people to check which logic skills or polluters are related to people¡¯s necks.¡±


    ¡°Check the out-of-control logic skills too.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Wang Tao looked at Su Jiuzhou in surprise: ¡°Colonel Su, she wasn¡¯t polluted.¡± Pollutants will definitely kill, yet Chu Wenting became a corpse after her death and other than her strange neck, there are no other special areas on her body. She couldn¡¯t be a pollutant.


    Su Jiuzhou didn¡¯t answer him: ¡°Check it.¡±


    Wang Tao responded in confusion: ¡°Ok!¡±


    Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.


    Wang Tao had Qi Simin leave first as there was no need for her to intervene in this matter. For a level two user, Qi Simin had already completed her task. The proceeding tasks were not something she could manage. At the same time, he followed Su Jiuzhou¡¯s instructions and contacted Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team.


    Xu Qi, the vice-captain of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team, heard about Chu Wenting¡¯s situation and became emotional, immediately saying that he would come to Zhongdu the next day and bring all the documents on Meat King¡¯s case with him.


    When Wang Tao finished handling these matters, he looked up.


    Eh, Colonel Su disappeared?


    That new user who could see logic factors seemed to have disappeared too.


    In the corridor of the hospital, Su Jiuzhou was walking in front and Xiao Jinyu followed behind, leaving half a person¡¯s distance between them.


    ¡°Have you seen pollutants before?¡±


    ¡°¡­No.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu really hadn¡¯t seen a pollutant before.


    He had awakened for ten days and had never gone to the contamination area nor had he taken on a task that was too difficult for him.


    But he had seen more than one polluter.


    Su Jiuzhou looked back and found that the youth was half a meter behind him, his cold and delicate face full of vigilance. He was slightly stunned and his dark eyes locked onto the youth: ¡°Xiao Jinyu, how do you know that the black logic factors are related to pollutants then?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze and looked up at him.


    This question¡­ couldn¡¯t be answered.


    Before today, Xiao Jinyu had seen the black logic factors in two places.


    One was on the flesh and blood of his mom¡¯s neck and the other was on the task reward given by Meat King, Polluter 198.


    As for the pearl necklace in that Haidu City¡¯s coffee shop, Xiao Jinyu did not see any black logic factors flow out. Probably because he didn¡¯t use Fourth Perspective to look at it for a long time.


    Low-ranking polluters won¡¯t emit pollution factors all the time, just like Howard¡¯s Fan. Xiao Jinyu had to stare at it for a full minute before a black light dot floated out of the fan¡¯s pendant.


    Su Jiuzhou thought for a moment: ¡°The black logic factors might not necessarily be related to pollutants.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu pretended to be curious and nervous, asking: ¡°Then what do you think it is?¡±


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°Maybe your logic skill broke?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Your logic skill broke!


    Your entire family¡¯s logic skill broke!


    Su Jiuzhou didn¡¯t say where he was going to take Xiao Jinyu. But before they left the examination room, he specifically asked Xiao Jinyu if he had killed a pollutant before. After Xiao Jinyu gave a negative answer, he took him away.


    Without a word, somehow Xiao Jinyu sensed what this man wanted to do.


    Have you seen a pollutant?


    No.


    Do you know what an out-of-control logic factor looks like from a pollutant?


    Don¡¯t know.


    ¡ªThen we¡¯ll just kill one and see.


    As they got closer and closer to the entrance of the hospital, the biting wind passed through the waiting lounge, blowing open the loose hair on Xiao Jinyu¡¯s forehead.


    The two were just about to walk out of the hospital when suddenly, at the corner of the hallway on the first floor, two figures quickly ran out of the room. The two were originally behind Xiao Jinyu and Su Jiuzhou and when they heard footsteps coming from behind them, Xiao Jinyu subconsciously looked back.


    Eh?


    ¡°Officer Wang?¡±


    Su Jiuzhou also turned around.


    Not far away, Officer Wang was following a staff member and rushing towards the examination room they had come out of.


    Hearing his voice, Officer Wang stopped. Looking back at Xiao Jinyu and Su Jiuzhou, his eyes lit up. His lips were still slightly pale from fear and the fear from tonight hadn¡¯t completely left his system, but he ran over to Xiao Jinyu in large steps.


    For him, this was more important than his fear.


    ¡°Expert! Quickly save my colleague! I just remembered that Chu Wenting¡¯s feeling of ¡®her head falling¡¯ was also said by my colleague. He also suddenly supported his neck inexplicably before!¡±


    ¡°Quickly save him, he¡¯s so young! He¡¯s hasn¡¯t gotten married yet, he can¡¯t die!¡±

 CH 28

    In the middle of the night, the lone wind whistled and blew on the doors and windows, making a knocking sound as it hit the glass. The cold poured into the building through the unsealed gaps in the doors and windows.


    The young police officer stood up and walked to the window to close the curtains.


    ¡°Is someone knocking on the door?¡±


    Police officer Wu Yuan turned his head and looked at his phone on the table.


    The desks in the dorm were all simply-designed and Wu Yuan had placed a rack in the middle of the table to support the phone.


    He was video calling his girlfriend.


    On the bright fluorescent screen was a girl with short hair and a round face.


    Wu Yuan glanced towards the desk and smiled: ¡°No, it¡¯s just the wind that¡¯s too big. I pulled the curtains shut.¡±


    The round-faced girl smiled: ¡°The days are getting colder, I¡¯ll get you some window sealing tape, come to your dorm this weekend and we¡¯ll seal the windows together.¡±


    ¡°Ok!¡±


    ¡°Wu Yuan¡­¡± The girl trailed off.


    The clean-shaved policeman quickly responded: ¡°En?¡±


    ¡°Urgent question, when will we go see the wedding dress next month!¡±


    ¡°The eighth! There¡¯s still eighteen days.¡±


    A girl¡¯s shy laugh came from the phone.


    The cold winter wind seemed to be unable to blow into this simple room, the girl was stunned into shy silence and the boy talked nervously and happily.


    After a while.


    ¡°Eh, is it the window again? The banging.¡±


    The young policeman slightly stilled and after a moment: ¡°I¡¯ll go open the door.¡±


    He walked to the door.


    The round-faced girl approached her phone in curiosity and she vaguely saw her boyfriend walk into the living room and open the door.


    In the blurry video, Wu Yuan¡¯s body blocked the person outside the door and the round-faced girl only saw part of the person outside, who was in a police uniform. After watching for a while, she looked down and did her own thing, bored, and waited for her boyfriend to come back.


    This time, Wu Yuan came back quickly.


    ¡°Ruru, something urgent just came up¡­ I¡¯ll be back soon!¡±


    The girl froze for a second, before smiling and nodding: ¡°Okay!¡±


    ***


    The Second Hospital of Zhongdu University.


    A few of the doctors and nurses who had previously been evacuated due to the emergency evacuation were called back. The officials told them multiple times that the evacuation had nothing to do with a radiation leak and so several experienced doctors and nurses returned to the hospital nervously and began a full-body examination for a young police officer.


    An hour later, Zhongdu City¡¯s User Committee received Wu Yuan¡¯s report.


    ¡°There are no problems.¡±


    Captain Wang Tao put down the thick report but his expression became even more serious.


    A report that said there were no problems, he had seen one just like it two hours ago. That girl¡¯s body had long turned cold and was now lying alone in the examination room at the moment. The white cloth covered her pale face and her family still didn¡¯t know that their daughter, wife, or stepmother had died as the government had blocked the news of Chu Wenting¡¯s death.


    They had to first find who was killing people everywhere with their logic skill.


    No one knew just how many people were caught up in this head-picking logic skill and no one could bear the consequences once the murderer senses that their actions were exposed.


    Wu Yuan was confused when he entered the hospital, not knowing what was happening.


    But when he walked into the examination room, he saw his senior, Officer Wang. Finding someone he knew in a strange and unknown environment, Wu Yuan¡¯s heart, which was hanging in mid-air, was slightly fixed. He immediately asked Officer Wang if he knew what was happening but Officer Wang only smiled bitterly, shaking his head, and just asked him to do a check-up.


    After doing an extremely detailed full body examination, Wu Yuan looked at his healthy report and was relieved.


    However, as soon as he turned around, he saw Officer Wang¡¯s solemn face.


    The young police officer froze.


    ¡°¡­Brother Wang, what¡¯s going on?¡±


    Officer Wang couldn¡¯t answer.


    With a clatter, Wu Yuan¡¯s heart fell into an icy space.


    At the same time on the other side.


    Everyone had seen Wu Yuan¡¯s report.


    In fact, when Captain Wang sent someone to pick up Wu Yuan for an examination at the hospital, everyone had already guessed that the examination report would be meaningless.


    Before Chu Wenting died, she also did such an examination but there weren¡¯t any problems. If she hadn¡¯t personally lifted her own head off, then the several users on the scene wouldn¡¯t have been sure if the abnormality was related to a logic skill and instead might have just been a strange sickness.


    Moreover, the fact that Chu Wenting could take off her own head was strange in itself.


    During the period in which Xiao Jinyu and Su Jiuzhou headed to go kill a polluter, Captain Wang had tried to split off Chu Wenting¡¯s head once.


    Wang Tao¡¯s expression was extremely complicated: ¡°I failed. Although I¡¯m not as strong as Water Punishment, I am still a level five user, ranking A23. My strength is about two tons. If I can¡¯t pull open Chu Wenting¡¯s neck, then that indicates that the force between the fissure is greater than two tons. The specific force can be measured by the Logic Research Institute.¡± After a pause, he continued: ¡°But a fissure that even I couldn¡¯t pull open was easily lifted by this young girl¡­¡±


    The sudden appearance of another victim stopped Xiao Jinyu and Su Jiuzhou from going out and hunting a pollutant.


    At this moment, in addition to Qi Simin who had already left, and Officer Wang who was accompanying Officer Wu in the examination room next door, the other three people who had witnessed Chu Wenting¡¯s death by picking her own head off, were all gathered in a lounge in the hospital.


    What Wang Tao said was exactly what Xiao Jinyu had been thinking since the beginning.


    When Chu Wenting plucked her head off, no one thought that there would be an accident because of two reasons. First, how can a human being pluck their own head off? Second, even if Chu Wenting was like Meat King, she was just an ordinary person, so she didn¡¯t have a lot of strength, letting her pull her own head off.


    The fissure on Meat King¡¯s neck was something that normal users weren¡¯t able to pull open, let alone an ordinary person.


    But Chu Wenting did it.


    At first, Xiao Jinyu had guessed that this was the core difference between Chu Wenting and Meat King.


    Perhaps it was because Meat King was a user, so pulling apart his neck was hard. Chu Wenting wasn¡¯t a user so she didn¡¯t need to use a lot of strength.


    However, he quickly rejected this guess.


    This clearly was a groundless answer.


    Not to mention that after Chu Wenting¡¯s death, Wang Tao wasn¡¯t able to pull apart her neck. And even if Wang Tao hadn¡¯t tried, Chu Wenting¡¯s neck couldn¡¯t have been so easily lifted by herself. If her head could be plucked off by herself so easily, then in her daily life, if she had just lowered her head slightly, then her head would fall off.


    So there was only one explanation.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Perhaps there are two ways to open this fissure.¡±


    Subconsciously raising his fingers, Xiao Jinyu rubbed his lower lip as he analyzed: ¡°First is that it takes a lot of strength to pull it open. For example, strength like Water Punishment¡¯s. When I was in Haidu City, the grey-haired captain told me that when she pulled apart the neck of Meat King, she had spent a lot of strength to pull open the fissure and that she felt the crack constantly trying to close.¡±


    Wang Tao nodded: ¡°The force of the fissure is close to Water Punishment¡¯s strength.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu suddenly had a thought: ¡°Does this mean that the person behind this logic skill might have a strength and a ranking close to or equal to Water Punishment¡¯s?¡±


    Wang Tao agreed: ¡°It¡¯s very likely. Such a strong force forced Water Punishment to use her full strength. If this user¡¯s ranking is lower, it won¡¯t be that much lower.¡±


    But before the two could be happy for just a few seconds, Su Jiuzhou suddenly said: ¡°This person doesn¡¯t exist.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze and turned around to look at the man next to him.


    ¡°Water Punishment¡¯s ranking is A14. From A10 to A30, there are no logic skills that have ¡®neck¡¯ as a precursor.¡± After a pause, he found Xiao Jinyu looking at him and Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°I¡¯m very sure.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu suddenly wanted to ask, how can you be absolutely sure that there were no forks on these logic skills that could be related to the neck?


    To be able to reach A30, they must be at least level five.


    The level five promotion criteria was: successfully change the result of their logic skill.


    Change the cause at level four and change the result at level five.


    From A10 to A30, there were twenty logic skills whose causes and results had been changed. Are you sure that you¡¯re clear on each of them?


    Would other people tell you about their logic skills so unreservedly?


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t ask and only quietly glanced at Wang Tao.


    This Captain of Zhongdu City¡¯s Extermination Team didn¡¯t doubt Su Jiuzhou¡¯s words. He conceded that if Su Jiuzhou said that from A10 to A30, there were no logic skills that were related to the neck, then he was definitely correct.


    Xiao Jinyu bowed his head, covering his thoughtful expression.


    ¡ªHe had guessed a part of Spear of Judgment¡¯s logic skill.


    004 said that when Spear of Judgment was at level one, it gave him the description of ¡°a spear that cuts through impurities¡±. And now Xiao Jinyu was sure that on this level six user¡¯s logic skill, there was a fork that was related to seeing other peoples¡¯ logic skills.


    ¡­This logic skill seemed to be somewhat similar to his.


    A strange feeling flashed through his heart, but there wasn¡¯t a trace of expression on the youth¡¯s face. At this moment in time, he shouldn¡¯t know who Spear of Judgment is nor that Su Jiuzhou was a level six user. What he now had to do was to meet the standard of a newly awakened user. The only thing that made him more useful than Qi Simin was that he could see logic factors.


    Su Jiuzhou suddenly asked: ¡°What about the second way to pull open the neck?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up.


    Su Jiuzhou smiled at him.


    After a moment, Xiao Jinyu: ¡°I think the second way doesn¡¯t need a lot of strength to do. As long as the owner of the neck wants to pull apart their neck, then they can do so without spending a lot of strength. This wasn¡¯t forcing the neck apart but an act that conforms to the logic skill and may also be a condition of the logic skill.¡±


    After he said that, there was a moment of silence in the room.


    Wang Tao repeated on reflex: ¡°Behavior that conforms to the logic skill¡­¡±


    But Su Jiuzhou squinted his eyes and suddenly said: ¡°Xiao Jinyu.¡±


    ¡°En?¡± He answered automatically, his attention returning.


    After a moment of silence, he whispered: ¡°Is there anything wrong, Colonel Su?¡±


    Su Jiuzhou¡¯s deep eyes were silently fixed on him and he didn¡¯t open his mouth for a long time. Just when Xiao Jinyu was about to ask again, Su Jiuzhou smiled, his tone casual while his eyes were extremely serious: ¡°You should really reflect on why you weren¡¯t promoted from level one to level two in one day.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze.


    ¡°Perhaps you mistook your logic skill from the start.


    ¡°Xiao Jinyu¡­


    ¡°Keep thinking.¡±


    ***


    Keep thinking.


    This sentence was the fifth article in ¡°Grow Some Brains APP¡¯s Must-Read Guide for Beginners¡±.


    This was also the second time Su Jiuzhou had said to him: Keep thinking.


    After saying this, Su Jiuzhou left the hospital. He whispered a few words to Wang Tao and Captain Wang nodded repeatedly.


    Once he left, Wang Tao said: ¡°Colonel Su remembered that he had something else to do first. Xiao Jinyu, your logic skill is very useful and Colonel Su asked me to get a pollutant¡¯s body from the Logic Research Institute for you to look at. It should be here in about half an hour.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    So he doesn¡¯t plan to kill a pollutant now and instead is just going to take a pollutant¡¯s corpse, letting him see if he could find those black logic factors on it?


    Before Su Jiuzhou left, he asked Wang Tao to find a pollutant¡¯s body and let Xiao Jinyu look at it. But he didn¡¯t tell him it was to let Xiao Jinyu determine what the black logic factors were.


    He didn¡¯t reveal Xiao Jinyu¡¯s logic skill.


    After reading the examination report, the next thing they could do was to personally go to the scene and ask the policeman, Xiao Wu.


    For a logic skill to work on a person, there must be a prerequisite, that is, the cause.


    If Wu Yuan really entered this logic skill, then he must have done something similar to Chu Wenting, completing the same ¡®cause¡¯.


    Meat King was an outlier.


    Right now, no one could think about what Meat King, who was far away in Haidu City, had in common with Chu Wenting and Wu Yuan. But the similarities between Chu Wenting and Wu Yuan are much easier to find, especially as one of the parties was still alive.


    Xiao Jinyu and Wang Tao walked to the Third Examination room at the end of the corridor.


    Captain Wang walked on the tile flooring step by step, his burly body causing him to make a thudding sound. As he walked, he said: ¡°I didn¡¯t think that there were two ways for the neck to break. I had only thought of the victim pulling their head off. But Xiao Jinyu, ¡®the victim pulling their head off is an act that conforms to the logic skill¡¯ was something I didn¡¯t think of.¡±


    Hearing this, Xiao Jinyu looked at Wang Tao.


    The robust man looked ahead: ¡°As for how this logic skill kills people, I had also thought about. Chu Wenting had already entered that logic skill, yet she didn¡¯t die for a long time. As for what caused her sudden death, there are two possibilities. First was her action of pulling her head off; Second, after she pulled her head off, she realized she was dead, so she died. Of these two possibilities, we cannot determine which is the real one for the time being.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°I also thought of those two causes of death.¡±


    Chu Wenting really died.


    But as for which action led to her death, needed to be dug into.


    Whether it was the simple act of pulling her head off or the realization that her neck was broken after she pulled her head off, neither Xiao Jinyu nor Wang Tao could answer.


    Perhaps even Chu Wenting herself didn¡¯t know the answer.


    Looking at the shorter youth, the two meter tall Captain Wang looked away: ¡°In a sense, I¡¯m not a user that is good at thinking. I almost couldn¡¯t get promoted from level three to four and only through an accident did I advance. I think that Colonel Su¡¯s words just now were right. Xiao Jinyu, you¡¯re very smart and you can deduce carefully. And with your thinking ability, you should be able to advance in one day.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was quiet for a while.


    ¡°¡­Thank you.¡±


    Wang Tao was taciturn and only replied with an ¡°En¡±.


    Perhaps Fourth Perspective¡¯s ability wasn¡¯t to see logic skills, but also allowed him to use other people¡¯s logic factors for his own use?


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his head, thinking.


    Suddenly, his pockets vibrated.


    He took out his phone.


    [Dad! Yingyingying!!!]


    Xiao Jinyu was shocked and then looked up at Wang Tao, who was walking in front of him.


    Not saying anything, Xiao Jinyu opened the notes app and typed on his phone.


    (Su Jiuzhou just left, are you not afraid of being found out?)


    In a situation where he couldn¡¯t talk, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know if 004 could see the words he typed on his screen, so he could only try.


    But soon 004 responded.


    [Old Pervert has already gone far, so it¡¯s fine.]


    [Dad, Old Pervert hit me today!]


    [He hit me!!!]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    It¡¯s not the first or second time he¡¯s hit you, so just bear with it.


    [Eh, why is the guy who locked me up in front of you? Dad, hit him!]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Between fighting Su Jiuzhou and Wang Tao, the result may be the same and the time it takes might not be that different too.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t respond.


    After a while.


    (Do you know what my logic skill is?)


    [Seeing logic factors¡­ What happened, dad?]


    (Did you know that I can use White Garden¡¯s logic factors?)


    [Didn¡¯t know (¡Ñv¡Ñ)]


    [I¡¯m only a small special object. Although I¡¯m very powerful, I can only detect the general idea of a user¡¯s logic skill. And for what the specific logic skill is, I¡¯ve always asked users to think for themselves.]


    [It turns out that dad was this powerful, even able to use other people¡¯s logic skills.]


    [Worthy of being my dad, muah]


    With no time to respond to the screen full of ¡®muah¡¯s, Xiao Jinyu looked down and thought.


    (Did you know that users can promote from level one to two in one day, after awakening?)


    [That¡­ I definitely know!]


    Hm?


    [There¡¯s a lot. Which one are you looking for, Dad? Let me count.]


    Wait, a lot?


    [All existing users that are level five and above were promoted to level two on the first day of awakening. There are also a lot of high-potential level three and four users.]


    [Oh yeah, Dad, this stinky guy next to you isn¡¯t one of them. He¡¯s very stupid and must have taken a long time to promote, I don¡¯t even remember who he is. He¡¯s the only idiot in level five.]


    He looked up at the robust and reassuring back of Captain Wang.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu would have never thought that so many people would promote in just one day. He had thought that it was a very difficult thing to do and had even thought that Su Jiuzhou was mocking him¡­


    But thinking about it now, the other party probably wasn¡¯t mocking him and was just stating something a slightly smarter person would have been able to do.


    ¡­


    [Dad.]


    (Hm?)


    [Old Pervert seems to want to be my new dad.]


    His footsteps suddenly stopped and Xiao Jinyu looked at the bullet comment floating on the middle of the screen, freezing in place.


    Captain Wang, who was walking in front, also stopped. He looked back and asked: ¡°Xiao Jinyu?¡±


    Putting his phone back into his pocket and before Xiao Jinyu could open his mouth, his eyes stopped. He looked behind Captain Wang and following his gaze, Captain Wang also turned around and looked.


    Under the bright and dazzling light, they saw a young police officer walk towards them. Behind him was Officer Wang who had a complicated expression.


    ¡°Experts!¡± Wu Yuan recognized Xiao Jinyu and took Captain Wang as his colleague.


    The ordinary-looking but enthusiastic little police officer had a solemn face as if he had made some important decision. He took a deep breath, looked at Xiao Jinyu, and said: ¡°Expert, I¡¯ve heard about the situation from Brother Wang already. Xiao Kexin¡¯s stepmother, Chu Wenting, is already dead, right?!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu and Captain Wang both froze,


    Xiao Jinyu looked at Officer Wang.


    Officer Wang smiled bitterly: ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I couldn¡¯t hide it. Xiao Wu guessed that something happened and wanted a definite answer. He guessed himself that the matter was related to Miss Chu.¡±


    Since the other party already knew, Captain Wang thought about it and didn¡¯t hide it anymore.


    Wu Yuan: ¡°Brother Wang said that Miss Chu died from picking her head off. I know that you brought me here because you suspect that I am like her, contracted this strange illness. Right now, I want to know, this illness¡­ is it contagious? Was I infected by Miss Chu?¡±


    Captain Wang suddenly understood the meaning of this young police officer¡¯s words. He wanted to know if he was infected by Miss Chu.


    ¡°No. This illness is definitely not contagious between people, you were not infected by Miss Chu. The both of you are victims.¡±


    Chu Wenting was long dead, she was also a victim, so she was clearly not an accomplice.


    Not even mentioning the fact that she wasn¡¯t a pollutant, even if she had been drawn into an out-of-control logic skill and became a pollutant, pollutants weren¡¯t infectious.


    Wu Yuan and Chu Wenting were both affected by a certain logic skill or polluter.


    Wang Tao: ¡°You only wanted to ask this? Now that you know the answer, it¡¯s time for us to ask questions.¡±


    Wu Yuan: ¡°This disease isn¡¯t contagious between people, but people are infected in some way, right?¡±


    This metaphor¡­ cannot be said to be wrong.


    Wang Tao: ¡°From a certain standpoint, it is similar.¡±


    ¡°So that means outside of this hospital, there are possibly more people who, like Chu Wenting, are infected with this illness?¡±


    Wang Tao¡¯s face sank.


    This was also the biggest concern of the Zhongdu City¡¯s User Committee right now.


    They couldn¡¯t find out just how many victims there were because they had no way of detecting this logic skill at all! Its logic factor was hidden in the fissure of the victim¡¯s neck and unless they pulled the fissure apart, they couldn¡¯t find it. But if they pull it apart, the victim will die.


    Looking at Xiao Jinyu¡¯s and Wang Tao¡¯s hesitant reactions, Wu Yuan got the answer he wanted.


    Nails sinking deep into the flesh, in just a few seconds, the young policeman underwent great psychological pressure. He opened his mouth: ¡°Brother Wang said Miss Chu died because she pulled her own head off. Before that Miss Chu didn¡¯t exhibit any unusual behaviors.


    ¡°Brother Wang and I analyzed a bit in the examination room. Miss Chu didn¡¯t die before she pulled her head off and only died afterward. But her head later returned to its original place. Has the forensic doctor checked the specific cause of Miss Chu¡¯s death? Was it because of her head separating?¡±


    Wang Tao shook his head: ¡°It¡¯s not.¡±


    When Wu Yuan was undergoing his full body examination, the forensic doctor performed an autopsy on Chu Wenting¡¯s corpse.


    The autopsy¡¯s results seemed unexpected, but it was logical.


    Chu Wenting died of a system organ failure.


    All the organs in her body stopped working at the same time as if it all gained self-awareness. Her heart stopped beating, her lungs stopped breathing, and every blood vessel stopped transporting blood.


    This was what caused her death.


    Chu Wenting¡¯s head was returned to her neck and not a single fissure could be seen with the naked eye. A person whose head was removed didn¡¯t die from their head being removed. This conclusion was absurd and strange, yet it was also reasonable.


    Just like how no one would die by lifting their own head off with their own hands.


    ¡°Experts, if there is a need to, I¡¯m willing to undergo any experiment. I can be like Miss Chu and lift my head off with both of my hands! Only as long as you can find the way of infection and solve this strange illness.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze and looked at the young person in front of him.


    Wang Tao also looked at him in shock.


    Wu Yuan¡¯s expression was serious, his eyes sincere.


    ¡ªHe wasn¡¯t joking.


    ***


    Meanwhile.


    Haidu City¡¯s Subway Station.


    In the empty and dark square in front of the station, a tall and thin, clean-shaven, young man wrapped in a blue trench coat walked against the fierce wind from the Huangpu River, towards the closed gates of the station.


    Xu Qi¡¯s trench coat was buttoned tightly yet his abdomen was bulging.


    He put the documents and videos relating to Meat King¡¯s case into the file and his trenchcoat hid the pearl necklace.


    After Wind Blowing Fart, Zhang Haixiang was arrested, the pearl necklace that killed Meat King was taken away by Su Jiuzhou. But within a day, Colonel Su returned it to Haidu City¡¯s Logic Research Institute and bluntly said: ¡°Find out how it kills. Its original effect of changing a logic skill¡¯s cause is light and can be neglected.¡±


    Xu Qi never thought that Meat King¡¯s case would be related to Zhongdu City.


    Before going to Zhongdu City, Xu Qi deliberately went to the Logic Research Institute to visit his former captain, Luo Sheng, and told her about the head-picking incident in Zhongdu City.


    There was always a place in Luo Sheng¡¯s room that was wet.


    The water vapor in the air was constantly being refined by Water Punishment, falling to the floor like it was a silent rain.


    Luo Sheng said that Meat King went to a lot of cities in the country and even went to America.


    But he had never gone to Zhongdu City.


    This point, Luo Sheng was sure.


    How can a user that had never been to Zhongdu City be related to a logic skill event in Zhongdu City?


    Xu Qi didn¡¯t understand, but all he could do was to take all the information they could use and rush to Zhongdu. Originally, he had to take the train the next day, but Luo Sheng directly let him go to the accounts of HaiRongJi Group, spending tens of millions of yuan to open a train to send him to Zhongdu City.


    ¡°Dong¡ª¡±


    The small door of the Haidu Subway Station was quietly opened and just as he was about to step into the train station, a bell sounded.


    Xu Qi stopped and looked into the distance.


    It was a tall clock tower, its architectural style from the Baroque period. It just so happened to be three in the morning and the huge brass pendulum swayed gently in the air. Even after a hundred years, it was still sticking to its post and accurately telling the time.


    Xu Qi froze for a moment and recalled the history knowledge he had barely remembered and passed when he was in school.


    ¡°This clock tower seems to have been built in the last century. Before, whenever I was passing by in the day, I didn¡¯t pay much attention to it.¡±


    During the day, people come and go. Haidu Station was located in the bustling Puxi District and every time Xu Qi came, he wouldn¡¯t look at such a small clock tower. If it weren¡¯t for it being in the middle of the night when he came to this area and hearing it ring, he wouldn¡¯t have noticed this clock tower that had been silently standing there for over a hundred years.


    ¡°Is Mr. Xu not coming?¡±


    Xu Qi no longer looked at the clock tower and hurried into the station: ¡°Coming.¡±


    While checking if there were any prohibited items on him, the staff member laughed and said: ¡°This Haidu Subway Station has been built for many decades and you¡¯re the first passenger to add a train. You¡¯re the only one on the train this evening.¡±


    Xu Qi laughed dryly: ¡°Really? Ha ha¡­¡±


    It was true that normal people wouldn¡¯t spend tens of millions just to get to another city a few hours earlier.


    ¡°Ah right, I seem to have seen that clock tower in textbooks before, is it famous?¡±


    The worker thought for a moment: ¡°It seems to be. That clock tower is in a Catholic church two streets to the east. I don¡¯t remember when it was built. But I heard that when the church was built, a lot of money was spent. Last century, this Puxi District belonged to the French Concession, it seems like it was built by a rich foreign businessman¡­¡±


    Xu Qi casually replied with an ¡°oh¡±.

 CH 29

    ¡°I die every night and revive again the next morning.¡±


    ¡ªDialogues of the Carmelites, Francis Poulenc


    ¡°China currently has a total of 20,035 users and according to the User Committee¡¯s observation of all the existing logic skills, as well as the  information in ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP manually entered by the users themselves, a total of 1318 users have logic skills that are related to ¡®necks¡¯.


    ¡°Among them, there are 177 users that are related to ¡®broken necks¡¯.


    ¡°According to the rankings in the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP¡¯s leaderboard¡ª


    ¡°The first, B04, is a level three user ¡®Surfing Scum Bag¡¯. Logic skill: If surfing, waves, or beach related elements appear within a radius of 50 meters with the affected party as the center and the other party does not reject the love of ¡®Surfing Scum Bag¡¯ within those 50 meters, then they enter ¡®Surfing Scumbag¡¯s¡¯ logic skill¡­


    ¡°The second, B388, level three user ¡®Knocking on the Wall¡¯¡­¡±


    The tanned man took out a thick stack of documents and spoke quickly in the examination room on the first floor of the hospital.


    Zhao Hen just came from Zhongudu City¡¯s User Committee, bringing with him five team members from the extermination team and the information the User Committees from all over China had complied urgently.


    There were more than twenty thousand users in China and 177 of them had logic skills where ¡®broken necks¡¯ had appeared on, in their causes, results, or forking points.


    177, this number was too big.


    Wang Tao¡¯s expression became cold and he snatched the file from Zhao Hen¡¯s hand.


    Zhao Hen¡¯s voice stopped.


    Wang Tao quickly looked through the file. He took out his phone and made a call: ¡°There is too much useless information. Li Xiaoxiao, let your people filter out the 177 people to only those who¡¯ve been to Zhongdu or Haidu City!¡±


    There was a brief moment of silence on the other end.


    Li Xiaoxiao: ¡°Okay, but there might be some users who have come to Zhongdu or Haidu City secretly.¡±


    Wang Tao: ¡°Find the ones that have definitely come, first. We¡¯ll talk about the secret ones when it comes to it.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Not wasting any time, Wang Tao divided the information into seven groups. 177 people, so about 25 user profiles each. He gave these profiles to Zhao Hen¡¯s group of six. As for the last group, Wang Tao paused for a second, then looked at Xiao Jinyu, and seriously placed it into his hand.


    ¡°Among these 177 people, perhaps one of them is the head-picking murderer.


    ¡°What we have to do now is the find the logic skill that is most similar to Chu Wenting¡¯s head-picking incident.¡±


    The team members shouted in unison: ¡°Yes!¡±


    Wang Tao looked at Xiao Jinyu: ¡°You¡¯re very strong, Xiao Jinyu. I hope you can help look as well.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡± Taking the information distributed by Wang Tao, Xiao Jinyu nodded slightly and looked through it.


    If Wang Tao didn¡¯t take the initiative to invite him, Xiao Jinyu would have also thought of a way to join. He had to know what this logic skill had to do with his mom.


    The 177 files given by the User Committee were definitely incomplete.


    No user would fill out every aspect of their logic skill on the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP. Concealing their logic skill is something every user does.


    Of course, these files also included what the User Committee had privately observed of the user. That is to say, even if the user did not fill out that their own information was related to the ¡®neck¡¯ but was observed by the User Committee on some task, then it would be recorded down.


    This would then greatly improve their accuracy.


    But when he was in the coffee shop in Haidu City, Xu Qi said that if he wasn¡¯t at level three, then the User Committee wouldn¡¯t invest too much energy into observing his logic skill.


    In China, there were only slightly more than eight thousand users above level three.


    This means that there were still more than ten thousand users who were not observed by the User Committee.


    However, they were now treating a dead horse like it was a live one.


    At least this head-picking logic skill¡¯s user should be very strong. Their only hope was that they had already reached level three and had been observed by the User Committee.


    Xiao Jinyu quickly looked through the files.


    Ten minutes later, Wang Tao¡¯s phone rang again.


    Li Xiaoxiao, the director of the maintenance department of the Zhongdu User Committee, whispered in a concise and experienced manner: ¡°Filtered out twenty-three users who have come to Zhongdu or Haidu City in the past year. Captain Wang, the information has already been sent to your APP, please check it. In addition¡­ there¡¯s something else.¡±


    Wang Tao: ¡°Hm?¡±


    This robust Captain was standing next to Xiao Jinyu and hearing Wang Tao¡¯s questioning tone, Xiao Jinyu subconsciously looked at him.


    Zhongdu City¡¯s User Committee, Maintenance Department.


    In the moving crowd, Li Xiaoxiao held her phone in one hand and a thin piece of paper in the other. She looked at the black and white photo of a man in the top right corner of the paper, her eyes complex and thoughtful.


    This was a malicious-looking man. Because of his eyebrows being furrowed all year long, there were three deep wrinkles. He had a cold aquiline nose and a pair of downturned triangular eyes, and through the photo, those apathetic eyes seemed creepy, producing a mean and distant impression from the depth of the heart.


    ¡°My subordinates found a logic skill that conforms with this head-picking incident. All parties that enter this logic skill will have two different ¡®results¡¯. First, the user removes the head of the other party and the other party dies; second¡­


    ¡°The other party can take off their own head themselves, and then they die.¡±


    Wang Tao froze and before he could ask, Li Xiaoxiao continued: ¡°Captain Wang, this person was also used to be a Zhongdu City user.¡±


    ¡°Who is it?¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao was silent for a long time.


    ¡°Li Xiaoxiao?¡±


    ¡°¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯.¡±


    A minute later.


    In the examination room, everyone received a copy of a user¡¯s profile in their ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP.


    [User ID: Pope¡¯s Crown]


    [Logic Level: Three]


    [Logic Skill: All physically and mentally pure parties that enter this logic skill¡¯s logic factor¡¯s scope of influence and say a certain phrase, are considered to have entered the logic skill.


    *It was not ascertained which phrase it was but after twenty-three observations whenever the user ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ used persuasive language, it was found that he must hold a conversation with the target before each use of his logic skill, but a repeating phrase was never found.


    After entering the logic skill, the target or ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ can pull off the target¡¯s head.


    If the head is not pulled off, the target can live like normal and would not be able to notice the abnormality of their neck being broken.


    But after twelve hours, if ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ still hasn¡¯t pulled off the target¡¯s head, the target will pull off their own head themselves and make a sacrificial pose, holding their head up high, kneeling on one knee, and face the direction where ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ is located.]


    Pull off their heads themselves¡­


    If they don¡¯t pull off their head, they can live normally and won¡¯t notice the abnormality of their neck being broken¡­


    Seeing the words on the file, Zhao Hen hurriedly looked up: ¡°Captain, isn¡¯t this the logic skill we¡¯re looking for?!¡±


    Wang Tao didn¡¯t respond, his expression turning bad.


    Zhao Hen realized the abnormality: ¡°That¡¯s not right, all the people who were killed by ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯, even if ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ didn¡¯t move, they all still pulled off their head after twelve hours. But a lot of time has passed already, much more than twelve hours. Doesn¡¯t that mean that it¡¯s not ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ that¡¯s killing people?¡±


    Wang Tao: ¡°Don¡¯t pay too much attention to ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯, just use him as a reference.¡±


    A team member interrupted: ¡°Captain?¡±


    Wang Tao: ¡°The maintenance department didn¡¯t mention ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s user ranking. Zhao Hen, under which circumstances will the User Committee ignore the user¡¯s ranking and not provide it?¡±


    Zhao Hen froze.


    This was something Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know. He was extremely curious. He¡¯s heard Qi Simin talk about the user information of White Garden and Xu Qi talk about the information on Wind Blowing Fart and Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf and they all mentioned the other¡¯s user ranking.


    But the information sent over this time didn¡¯t include Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s user ranking.


    Zhao Hen¡¯s happy expression from finding the information quickly darkened. ¡°After three days after the user¡¯s death, the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP will clear the user¡¯s account by itself and no longer give the user a ranking.¡±


    After three days?


    The examination room fell into a dead silence.


    After the shock, Xiao Jinyu quickly calmed down. He analyzed: ¡°Three days is enough. ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ died three days ago, before he died he might¡¯ve secreted promoted to level five and hid underground, causing him to be undetected by Polluter 004. Dirt can block radiation and can also block pollution from polluters. Of course, this is just my speculation, I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s accurate, maybe hiding underground would prevent the fact that you¡¯ve been promoted from being detected by the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP. Once ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ advances to level five, he can change the ¡®result¡¯ of his logic skill and the maximum survival time of the target may exceed twelve hours.¡±


    First, use dirt to block 004¡¯s detection so that the level data of Pope¡¯s Crown on the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP wouldn¡¯t be updated. Then, quickly and quietly advance to level five and change his logic skill to be more powerful¡­


    This all sounded unimaginable and was very difficult to achieve, but if Pope¡¯s Crown really did all of this, he really would seem like the culprit behind this head-picking incident.


    However, faced against Xiao Jinyu¡¯s analysis, Wang Tao¡¯s heart was full of admiration, yet his expression stayed heavy.


    ¡°What you said was very reasonable. Xiao Jinyu, what you guessed was correct. Dirt can block the magical effects of polluters to a degree. The Logic Research Institute has experimented before, as long as the person hides 1018 meters underground, Polluter 004 will have a lot of difficulty detecting. But ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ did not die three days ago.¡±


    Wang Tao shook his head in disappointment, looking at Xiao Jinyu: ¡°The former B26, ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯, was confirmed dead half a year ago due to a logic skill collapse. He died in his apartment in the Xiaoqiu Community, where he lived for many years. His body was also verified to be his. After he died, it just so happened that Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong, the ones you know, took on the task of checking whether his collapsed logic skill turned into a logic factor storm and collecting any logic factors left in the air.¡±


    After a moment, Wang Tao: ¡°Li Xiaoxiao has already sent the task report Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong wrote, over.¡±


    Everyone¡¯s phones rang again.


    Xiao Jinyu opened it and looked.


    [C Rank Task


    Kjrx Pcobgwjalbc: Jifjc eq atf ibulm ojmabgr ifoa yftlcv ys j ifnfi atgff erfg. Ktf erfg gjcxfv jybnf D100 yfobgf tlr vfjat tjr jigfjvs yffc mbcolgwfv ys atf Itbcuve Jlas¡¯r Szafgwlcjalbc Kfjw ab tjnf vlfv ogbw j ibulm rxlii mbiijqrf, sfa tf vlv cba rtbk rlucr bo ublcu bea bo mbcagbi jcv qbiiealcu. Ktf mifjcfg cffvr ab ub ab atf rmfcf jcv mbiifma atf erfg¡¯r ibulm ojmabgr jcv mbcolgw ktfatfg j ibulm rabgw tjv bmmeggfv.


    Task Reward: 15,000 Cash, 50 Contribution points.


    Prerequisites: Level two or higher user.]


    [Task Report


    Task Objectives:


    Collect all residual logic factors, completed;


    *This level three user ranks above B100 but the collected logic factors are only about the amount of a level two user¡¯s or a top-level level one user¡¯s residual amount.]


    Qi Simin elaborated on the abnormal findings at the end of the task report.


    Three days later, Zhongdu City¡¯s Logic Research Institute replied to Qi Simin¡¯s findings and completely sealed the task.


    [For the C Level task ¡°Collection of ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s Logic Factors¡±, the logic factors collected were relatively low and the following reasons are given:


    ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ has less logic factors because it was naturally consumed when the logic skill collapsed.


    This is normal.]


    Putting his phone down, Wang Tao looked at the silent people in the examination room and muffledly said: ¡°¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s corpse was personally confirmed by me half a year ago. I can confirm that his logic skill didn¡¯t go out of control and wasn¡¯t polluted. I can also confirm¡­ that when he died, he was at level three.¡±


    They were back at square one again.


    The Third Examination Room.


    Wu Yuan and Officer Wang waited anxiously.


    The bright and wavering light shone on the young police officer¡¯s tanned neck and Officer Wang¡¯s mind couldn¡¯t help but wander. The scene of Chu Wenting holding her head in her hands came into his mind. Chu Wenting¡¯s miserable smile when she died couldn¡¯t be forgotten by Officer Wang for a long time.


    He didn¡¯t dare think that Xiao Wu¡¯s neck was broken.


    How could it be broken?


    There wasn¡¯t a single opening on Xiao Wu¡¯s neck and because he was young, there weren¡¯t any wrinkles to be seen either.


    Xiao Wu was definitely different from Chu Wenting, his neck was certainly not broken!


    He was just thinking when the door to the examination room suddenly opened.


    Wu Yuan and Officer Wang froze and they both looked out the door. Seeing Xiao Jinyu, Wu Yuan let out a breath. After all, Xiao Jinyu was an expert he had met before, so there was a sense of security, just like when he had just come to the hospital and seen Brother Wang, he was more at ease.


    ¡°Expert, what is the situation now? If there¡¯s anything I need to do, I¡¯ll do it!¡± Wu Yuan walked to the front.


    A total of two people had entered the examination room. One was Xiao Jinyu and the other was Zhao Hen.


    Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips: ¡°We cannot determine how this ¡®illness¡¯ is transmitted or its cause of death right now.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve said before, I can try and be like Chu Wenting and pull my head off!¡±


    Zhao Hen suddenly opened his mouth: ¡°Are you really willing to conduct this experiment?¡±


    Wu Yuan said with difficulty: ¡°I¡¯m willing.¡±


    ¡°But maybe when the experiment starts, you¡¯ll die. You can ask the officer behind you, he personally saw Miss Chu die.¡± Xiao Jinyu quietly looked at the small police officer in front of him.


    But Wu Yuan didn¡¯t even think: ¡°I¡¯m a police officer, if I don¡¯t volunteer, should I let others volunteer? And have any new patients been found yet?¡±


    No new patients have appeared.


    Wu Yuan looked at the silent expressions on the two people in front of him and he clenched his fist: ¡°Experts, this is what I should do.¡±


    Wu Yuan¡¯s voluntary action was the only good news at present.


    The User Committee mobilized their forces to find all the logic skills related to ¡®broken necks¡¯ in China and also contacted those users; on the other hand, they searched for other victims with similar symptoms in Zhongdu City, Haidu City, and even in the entire country.


    At the same time, at the hospital doors, the tall body of an extermination team¡¯s Captain stood at the foot of the steps, and from the darkness of the night emerged a short woman in a black robe.


    Xiao Jinyu accompanied the police officer, Wu Yuan, in waiting in the Third Examination room.


    Officer Wang was asked to leave temporarily and Wu Yuan sat nervously in the plastic chair, not knowing what experiment he was going to face. Perhaps in the next second, he would die, but for now, he has to sit here. This was a mission, he can¡¯t run away.


    ¡°Click, clack¡ª¡±


    Heavy footsteps came from outside the door.


    Xiao Jinyu was slightly stumped and he closely listened to the footsteps. With the dull footsteps of Captain Wang, was another light voice.


    The two footsteps came closer and closer.


    ¡°Click¡ª¡±


    The door to the examination room was pushed open from the outside.


    Xiao Jinyu and Wu Yuan looked up.


    Wang Tao stood outside the door, his solemn gaze falling on the young police officer who was sitting up straight. After a white, he said: ¡°This is the hypnotist who will hypnotize you. Later she will make you think that your neck is broken. I need to emphasize once again that her hypnosis is very deep, at that time, you will think that your neck is really broken.¡±


    Wu Yuan looked at the girl in the black robes.


    ¡°I know!¡±


    Wang Tao¡¯s expression was complicated: ¡°Officer number 0071442, Wu Yuan, do you confirm that you know what task you are about to carry out and do you know what you will be facing? At present, we do not know how this illness transmits, perhaps you don¡¯t have to pull your head off and all you have to do is ¡®realize your neck is broken¡¯ in order to die!¡±


    Wu Yuan: ¡°I know! The expert has told me and has emphasized it three times already.¡± He looked at Xiao Jinyu, then looked back at Wang Tao, his eyes firm and unshakable: ¡°Please start the experiment.¡±


    ¡°Then you have to know that my hypnosis is irreversible~.¡±


    A crisp voice sounded and under the black robe, the girl raised her quick-witted eyes, looking curiously at the little police officer in front of her.


    Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°What does ¡®irreversible¡¯ mean?¡±


    Her gaze paused and the black-robed girl looked up at Xiao Jinyu. Four eyes faced each other. After a moment, she looked at the dazed police officer again: ¡°Irreversible means that, from now on, even if you don¡¯t die today, for every day after today you will think that your neck is broken. If you look in the mirror, your neck in the mirror is broken; if you touch it, your hand will also tell you that it¡¯s broken. You will try smelling and your sense of smell will tell you that there is a slight smell of blood. Your head and shoulders are no longer together.


    ¡°Such hypnosis¡­ are you ready?¡±


    Wu Yuan stood foolishly where he was.


    After a few seconds.


    ¡°Ready!¡±


    The girl slightly froze, then smiled lightly.


    November 19th, 2046. Zhongdu City, overcast.


    At six in the morning, the gray fog spread the chill of the morning. The faint morning light peaked through the heavy morning fog as if a flashlight was faintly visible in the thick night. Part of it was illuminated, and the area around it was deep darkness.


    At six-fifteen, Xu Qi walked out of Zhongdu City¡¯s subway station.


    The User Committee member had been waiting outside the station for a long time.


    This vice-captain of Haidu City¡¯s Extermination Team rushed to the hospital as quickly as possible. When Xu Qi ran into the examination room, he was out of breath.


    As soon as he arrived, he placed the large file of information onto the table while discreetly pulling out the pearl necklace pollutant from his arms.


    Xu Qi glanced at the clock on the wall.


    It was exactly 7:01.


    ¡°All the relevant information and evidence in Meat King¡¯s case are all here. The body of Meat King is still frozen in Haidu City¡¯s Logic Research Institute, to study the pearl necklace¡¯s killing method. But last night, they¡¯ve already made some progress.¡±


    Xu Qi began to talk about what Haidu City¡¯s Logic Research Institute had discovered.


    First, was Meat King¡¯s cause of death.


    Meat King died of a logic skill suspected to be ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯. But ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯, Wang Tao was long dead. He can¡¯t come back from the dead to kill Meat King. According to the investigation of the Logic Research Insititute, the truth is likely to be what Zhang Haixiang said: Wang Tai suddenly advanced before his death and became a level four user. The despair from dying made his logic skill go out of control and this out-of-control logic skill hadn¡¯t had the time to mess around and pollute anything before it polluted Zhang Haixiang¡¯s polluter¡ªthe pearl necklace.


    The out-of-control ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯ and the pearl necklace. One was an out-of-control logic skill that can contaminate people and the other was a polluter that also had a polluting effect.


    Surprisingly, the two reached some sort of equilibrium with each other.


    The out-of-control ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯ was tied to the pearl necklace and the special effect of the pearl necklace polluter was changed from a single effect of ¡®slightly changing the logic skill of a person¡¯ to an additional effect of: killing.


    ¡°In the past, when Wang Tai used ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯ to kill people, he had to make the other party make contact with him multiple times. But when Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf and the pearl necklace combined, the ¡®cause¡¯ was changed.¡± Xu Qi sighed and explained: ¡°The ¡®cause¡¯ of its killing changed to becoming the owner of the necklace!¡±


    No one would have thought that the way Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf killed people was actually: ¡°become the necklace¡¯s owner¡±.


    Haidu City¡¯s Logic Research Institute spent a week of sleepless research and found in an experiment with twelve death row inmates that once someone became the owner of the pearl necklace, they would be hanged by Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf after twelve hours.


    Their cause of death was exactly like Meat King¡¯s.


    Perhaps when Wang Tai contaminated this pearl necklace, he wanted to kill Zhang Haixiang, who killed him. He believed that Zhang Haixiang was the owner of this necklace, so to kill the owner would mean killing Zhang Haixiang.


    But he would have never thought that his out-of-control logic skill would think that ¡®the one who offers the money in a transaction would be the owner¡¯.


    Every person who ¡®bought¡¯ the pearl necklace from Zhang Haixiang¡¯s hands, as long as there was a money transaction, was invisibly locked on by Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf and killed.


    Only Zhang Haixiang escaped again and again.


    Xu Qi: ¡°This is the truth behind Meat King¡¯s case. But what cannot be explained is the fissure in Meat King¡¯s neck after his death. This had nothing to do with Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf or the pearl necklace.¡±


    The broken neck had nothing to do with Meat King¡¯s case and was instead closely linked to the head-picking incident in Zhongdu City.


    Xu Qi concluded: ¡°This is the information I brought. How is it going on your side?¡± He looked at Zhao Hen and Xiao Jinyu. He wasn¡¯t familiar with Wang Tao, but with Zhao Hen and Xiao Jinyu, he had already met them, so he subconsciously asked the two.


    Haidu City¡¯s Logic Research Institute had already identified the killing method of the pearl necklace, this was an unexpected gain that surprised everyone.


    However, this also proved that the head-picking incident had nothing to do with the pearl necklace.


    Compared with the information found in Haidu, there wasn¡¯t much progress on Zhongdu City¡¯s side. After all, Chu Wenting¡¯s head-picking incident had only happened for six hours and they were still groping around in the dark.


    But it wasn¡¯t like there weren¡¯t any findings.


    Zhao Hen: ¡°We have determined the head-picking logic skill¡¯s killing method.¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°Hm?!¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°It¡¯s head picking.¡± This sentence alone seemed like nonsense, but Zhao Hen quickly explained: ¡°It¡¯s known that the victim¡¯s necks have been broken since long ago, but this wound cannot be found by the naked eye or by any machines and the victim can also live normally afterward. As for what caused her to stop living normally and die suddenly, there were two possibilities¡ª


    ¡°First, pull off the head; second, realize that the neck was broken.¡±


    Zhao Hen continued: ¡°We found A77, ¡®Dreamer¡¯.¡±


    Xu Qi was surprised: ¡°You guys actually got Dreamer? Wait, I understand now. You guys wanted to let ¡®Dreamer¡¯ create an illusion and let a victim who had entered the logic skill but hasn¡¯t died yet, ¡®see¡¯ that his neck was broken?¡±


    Xu Qi directly guessed correctly and he asked: ¡°Is this test subject¡­ still alive right now?¡±


    If the test subject was dead, then that means that there is no need to remove the head. As long as the subject realized their neck was broken, they would die.


    If the test subject was still alive, then that proves that the head must be removed for the logic skill to be completed.


    ¡°He¡¯s still alive.¡± Xiao Jinyu¡¯s clear and calm voice sounded.


    Xu Qi opened his mouth: ¡°So that means the head must be pulled off.¡±


    If they look for logic skills related to broken necks, then they would find the murderer.


    If they look for people who feel like their heads were always teetering, they would find the victims.


    The former looked for the murderer until noon, yet the User Committees in China found nothing. The most similar logic skill was ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯, but ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ died half a year ago. People cannot be resurrected from the dead and his ashes were still lying in his grave.


    The latter looked for victims and half a day later, there wasn¡¯t any effect.


    The stepdaughter said ¡°little aunt is strange¡± so many times, yet Chu Wenting didn¡¯t realize her neck was broken.


    After being brought to the hospital, if he hadn¡¯t personally seen the surveillance video of Chu Wenting¡¯s death, Wu Yuan wouldn¡¯t have believed that his neck was broken.


    They really were unaware.


    The body itself sometimes seems to catch its head subconsciously, but just like breathing, this behavior was deeply ingrained in the depths of the body. The body can act unconsciously, but the brain wouldn¡¯t detect it.


    This created a huge resistance against the User Committee, who were trying to find potential victims.


    In addition to finding the murderer and victims, everyone also began to look for similarities between Meat King, Chu Wenting, and Wu Yuan.


    Xu Qi brought all the surveillance footage of Meat King, starting from three days before his death, from Haidu. The security footage from his home, the company, and the coffee shop to the road were all brought the Zhongdu.


    Spending an entire afternoon, they watched all of the footage from Meat King¡¯s company. Xu Qi then clicked opened the two videos from the coffee shop.


    ¡°November 10th, at nine-thirteen, fifteen seconds in the morning¡­¡± Xu Qi said as he adjusted the video to the correct time, ¡°Here. Meat King entered the coffee shop.¡±


    Everyone there looked up.


    In the black and white shot, a huge body leaned to the side and entered the coffee shop. Meat King walked over to a table by the window and pulled out a chair. A waiter quickly stepped over and inquired about his order. There weren¡¯t any sounds in the video, but Xiao Jinyu knew that he ordered a latte.


    He ordered a cup of coffee and sat by the window for a long time.


    Xiao Jinyu quietly watched him.


    At exactly ten, Meat King suddenly stood up and walked to the bathroom.


    Xu Qi explained: ¡°At the agreed time, Zhang Haixiang passed in through the back window and was already waiting in the bathroom. Meat King went to go see him.¡±


    After five minutes, Meat King left the bathroom and lowered his head to wash his hands.


    Everything was still reasonable.


    After drinking coffee for another ten minutes, the large man silently sat by the window.


    10:15:03.


    Meat King stood up and walked to the front desk.


    He went to pay.


    There were two cash registers at the front desk of the coffee shop and Meat King was standing by the one on the inside. He took out a card from his wallet and handed it to the cashier.


    Xu Qi had already seen this recording three times.


    For users who had an excellent memory and observation skills, three times wasn¡¯t a small number. Every move of Meat King was incredibly familiar to him.


    Xu Qi said: ¡°Soon, a group of nuns will enter the coffee shop.¡± Just as he finished talking, four, five young women dressed as nuns walked into the coffee shop. They stood in front of the outside register and several of them talked as they ordered directly from the front desk. Obviously, they weren¡¯t going to sit down, just planning to take their coffee and leave.


    Xu Qi: ¡°The day after Meat King¡¯s incident, I sent someone to check the Catholic church where those nuns were from and there weren¡¯t any problems. They often came to this coffee to get coffee, after all, no one ruled that nuns couldn¡¯t drink coffee.¡±


    Saying this, he seemed to have realized something. He thought: so that bell tower belonged to this church¡­


    The coffee shop where Meat King and Zhang Haixiang agreed to meet was close to Haidu¡¯s Subway Station. Around the corner from the coffee shop was a Catholic church.


    Xu Qi¡¯s sense of direction wasn¡¯t very good and it was only now that he connected the Catholic church with the bell tower he had seen early this morning.


    In the black and white, soundless scene.


    Meat King paid the bill and left, pausing on the steps of the door.


    Xu Qi continued: ¡°This is the second surveillance angle of the coffee shop and only the legs of Meat King can be seen. Later, we watched from the road surveillance. Meat King paused for two seconds to get his car keys.¡±


    The video switched and the group looked at the road surveillance.


    Everything was exactly as Xu Qi said. After getting his car keys, Meat King walked to the Lamborghini on the side of the road.


    Soon, the car started and left.


    Zhao Hen: ¡°When Meat King left, did two of the nuns leave too?¡±


    Xu Qi nodded: ¡°Yes. A total of five nuns came to the coffee shop and after they ordered their coffee, two of them went back to the church, leaving three of them at the coffee shop.¡± He said this very clearly since this information had been found by Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team almost immediately after Meat King¡¯s incident had happened.


    ¡°When Meat King was paying, he seemed to have glanced at the nuns for a second?¡± Xiao Jinyu suddenly spoke.


    Xu Qi looked at Xiao Jinyu. Meat King only glanced at the nuns for a short moment, less than half a second, but Xiao Jinyu was able to notice it. The level four user, Xu Qi, also didn¡¯t ignore it.


    ¡°He glanced at them.¡± Xu Qi said, ¡°But there aren¡¯t any problems. If I met a group of nuns outside, I¡¯ll also look at them for a moment longer.¡±


    Everyone nodded.


    Indeed, when you see a group of nuns on the street in China, normal people would look at them in surprise. This wasn¡¯t strange.


    Xiao Jinyu slightly bowed his head in thought. He also agreed with Xu Qi¡¯s point of view, it was very reasonable.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mind kept repeating the scene of Meat King in the coffee shop and it really seemed that there wasn¡¯t anything unusual. They had already dug into all the abnormalities they found, which was Zhang Haixiang, who had hid in the bathroom and wasn¡¯t caught by the surveillance.


    Xu Qi was just about to change the surveillance video.


    Suddenly, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s pupils shrank and he looked up: ¡°Wait, replay the scene just now.¡±


    Xu Qi froze, then glanced at Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Alright.¡± He replayed the footage of Meat King paying the bill.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes were wide-open and he leaned into the computer: ¡°Right, this second. Replay it.¡±


    The young man¡¯s nervous and focus appearance made Xu Qi¡¯s heart waver. He controlled his expression and hurriedly asked: ¡°What did you find?¡±


    ¡°Look here!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu pointed to the top of the nun¡¯s heads.


    As an ordinary coffee shop, they certainly won¡¯t get professionals to arrange their camera positions so there would definitely be blind spots. The cash register the nuns were located was one of them. In the video, you can see the cashier collecting the money, not letting them steal, but you cannot see the faces of these nuns.


    The video missed their faces and only caught the top of their heads.


    Meat King was 180 centimeters tall and his face was completely shown.


    ¡°When Meat King looked at the nuns, three of the nuns also turned and looked at him.¡±


    So it was this! Xu Qi smiled: ¡°I also noticed this. My team happened to find one of the nuns. She had an impression of Meat King. She said that was because Meat King was a big man of more than two hundred jin, so when she was buying her coffee, she looked at him in curiosity.¡±


    ¡°DId your team ask all three of them?¡±


    Xu Qi froze: ¡°No. Two of them were on vacation that day.¡±


    The action of turning one¡¯s head was very normal in Xu Qi¡¯s eyes. After all, the shape of Meat King was indeed a bit burly in the eyes of ordinary people. Just as Meat King would look at the nuns, the nuns might also be curious about the man who was as wide as three people.


    There might not be any discriminatory views, but subconsciously looking was also a common action of people.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t answer. He took the mouse and watched the half second scene of them turning their heads, five times, watching each frame in detail.


    Suddenly, he stopped.


    ¡°Of the three nuns, this one!¡±


    ¡°Which one?¡±


    Xu Qi and Zhao Hen immediately extended their necks and looked at the head Xiao Jinyu was pointing at.


    This nun was so short that they couldn¡¯t see her face and could only see the top of the dark veil.


    The handsome youth looked down and his tone was calm: ¡°The other two nuns also looked at Meat King. But only the shortest nun, the timing of her head turning¡­¡± Xiao Jinyu showed the scene frame by frame.


    Zhao Hen and Xu Qi watched carefully.


    Xu Qi¡¯s eyes widened: ¡°She and Meat King are in the same frame, they turned their heads at the same time and looked at each other?¡±


    The next second, Xu Qi said: ¡°This camera¡¯s framerate is sixty per second. That is to say, the nun and Meat King looked at each other in the same sixtieth of a second. This might just be a coincidence, it¡¯s still very reasonable.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu controlled the computer: ¡°In fact, what I felt was strange at the beginning was this road surveillance video.¡± Clicking open the video, Xiao Jinyu calmly stared, ¡°Within two seconds, Meat King got the keys from his pockets. This seems very normal, but there are two doubtful points.¡±


    At the same time, Wang Tao also came over.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°First, why did he have to stop walking to get his keys? And he didn¡¯t stop on flat ground. Meat King suddenly stopped next to the flower bed outside the shop, in the middle of the steps. Of course, this can be explained as him just stopping to find his keys. But this brings us to the second point.


    ¡°The second point is after Meat King took out his keys and looked up¡­ He didn¡¯t look straight ahead.¡±


    On the computer, the video played frame by frame.


    It was difficult to detect the movement of Meat King¡¯s head moving to the side with the naked eye. Even when it played frame by frame, it was hard to see.


    However, after looking at it for a while, Captain Wang¡¯s face became cold: ¡°Did the other road surveillance capture the scene of the two nuns leaving?¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°Yes!¡±


    Wang Tao: ¡°Look at the two videos together.¡±


    One road surveillance was aimed at Meat King¡¯s face and the other surveillance was aimed ahead of Meat King, at the two nuns walking hand in hand to the church.


    After a short moment, Xu Qi¡¯s eyes widened: ¡°It¡¯s that short nun who turned her head at the same time as Meat King? After Meat King looked up for 0.3 seconds¡­ He glanced at that nun?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡± Xiao Jinyu looked at Xu Qi thoughtfully and said: ¡°But these clues might now be real clues. No matter if it was in the coffee shop, when Meat King and that nun looked at each other at the same time, or when Meat King left the coffee shop and looked at her again, there aren¡¯t any problems. Maybe Meat King just took another look.¡±


    Normal people walking on the street might also take another look at another pedestrian.


    Meat King¡¯s actions were very logical.


    However.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at the several high-level users in the room. His long eyebrows furrowed for half a second as if he was pondering something, then he said: ¡°That¡¯s right, Captain Wang, Captain Xu. I¡¯ve always been a person who likes to make bold assumptions. For many things, I like to first give a hypothesis, then guess from that premise. Sometimes, everything that seemed unreasonable or coincidental will naturally be connected into a line.¡±


    Hearing this, Wang Tao looked at him: ¡°If you have any speculations, please say it.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes were calm: ¡°The day I awakened my logic skill, Qi Simin told me¡ª logic skills attracted each other. Suppose, this is only a hypothesis, why Meat King and this nun looked at each other, if not because of a sixtieth of a second coincidence, but instead at the moment when the distance between them shortened, they noticed each other¡ª


    ¡°Logic skills attract each other.


    ¡°This person next to me¡­ is a user.¡±


    Once he said this, the examination room fell silent.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change and he continued: ¡°The reason why I thought of such a hypothesis is that under this premise, the reason why Meat King stopped for two seconds to find his keys, can then be explained. Because when he walked out of the coffee shop, he was always thinking. While thinking, he also needed to get his keys and walk. He had to do three things at once, which was a bit distracting to him. So he stopped walking and just thought while getting his keys.


    ¡°Then, he looked at that short nun because she was a user.¡±


    After a moment, Xiao Jinyu said: ¡°Of course, this is only my hypothesis.¡±


    After a while.


    ¡°But this is a very logical hypothesis. And Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team cannot let go of any small possibility.¡± Xu Qi¡¯s expression became cold and took out his phone, dialing a number quickly: ¡°Immediately send someone to the Catholic church in the old French Concession to find a short nun!¡±


    Xu Qi walked out of the examination room with his phone and kept on giving instructions to his team members.


    After Water Punishment, Luo Sheng was imprisoned in the detainment room, he became the temporary leader of Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team.


    On the other side, in the silent examination room.


    Zhao Hen was still stunned and after a long time, he looked at Xiao Jinyu and subconsciously asked: ¡°Are you level two yet?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Not yet.¡±


    Zhao Hen was shocked: ¡°How can you not be at level two yet?!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Just as he was about to open his mouth, a large, powerful hand gently tapped his shoulder. Xiao Jinyu turned around.


    Wang Tao looked at him seriously: ¡°You¡¯re very good. You must have gotten your logic skill wrong at some point, so you didn¡¯t advance. I¡¯ve only seen this type of thinking ability in a couple of people and they are without an exception, a level five user at minimum. Even two of them are level six users.¡±


    This type of praise was already very high.


    However.


    Under the cold light, Xiao Jinyu looked down and just whispered: ¡°Thank you.¡±


    After a moment of modesty, Xiao Jinyu raised his hand and inadvertently pointed to the vague face of the nun on the screen: ¡°Captain Wang, there¡¯s actually something else I haven¡¯t been able to figure out. If this nun is really a user and the fissure in Meat King¡¯s neck was caused by her, then she must have come to Zhongdu City and the head-picking incident must also be related to her. But¡­ she had no reason to kill Meat King. She and Meat King met by chance.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°Captain Wang, if you met another user on the streets, as logic skills attract each other, and you discover that they were a user, would you think about killing them?¡±


    ¡°Of course not.¡±


    ¡°Yes. So as for why she used her logic skill on Meat King, I think is another doubtful point. I think either she recognized Meat King and had some kind of past with him, or she thinks¡­ Meat King recognized her.¡±


    ¡°Meat King recognized her? What kind of bold hypothesis is this?¡± Xu Qi just finished the call and walked back into the examination room.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s thinking really moved too fast, so fast that even Xu Qi felt it was incredible.


    Xiao Jinyu was silent for a moment, then calmly spoke: ¡°It¡¯s only a speculation. Otherwise, I really don¡¯t know, when they only met by chance, why she killed Meat King. If this nun was the owner of the head-picking logic skill, then she must have a purpose. Why she wanted to kill Miss Chu and Officer Wu, we don¡¯t know for the time being, perhaps its because she knew Miss Chu and Officer Wu. Then what about her killing Meat King? She didn¡¯t know that he already entered ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯s logic skill, predetermining his death. She used the head-picking logic skill to kill Meat King. The reason why she killed Meat King¡­ was perhaps because Meat King knew her?¡±


    Xu Qi immediately denied this speculation: ¡°If Meat King knew her, its impossible for him to just glance at her. The memory of a level three user is very good.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded: ¡°I¡¯m not too familiar with level three users.¡± He was modest and he showed a thoughtful expression, not appearing arrogant from making so many reasonable speculations.


    Xiao Jinyu also asked: ¡°Perhaps Meat King didn¡¯t recognize the nun herself, but maybe something on her? For example, she had a polluter?¡±


    Wang Tao was stunned. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the place where Xiao Jinyu had just pointed at.


    ¡°There¡¯s a pattern on this cross?¡±


    Xu Qi and Zhao Hen immediately rushed to the computer.


    In front of the computer, a level five user and two level four users observed carefully. In the blurry frame, the short nun was wearing a long black veil. The heavy veil covered the majority her face, only revealing her smiling lips.


    In front of the nun¡¯s pure black robe, a silver cross necklace hung.


    The palm-sized cross gently swayed on the nun¡¯s chest and the golden sunlight shone on the cross, the pattern of the carving swaying with the light, reflecting a bright glow.


    ¡°It looks like an antelope?¡± Wang Tao said coldly: ¡°Zhao Hen, contact Li Xiaoxiao and see if the technicians of the maintenance department can restore the pattern on this cross.¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    What exactly was the pattern on the cross?


    Xiao Jinyu stood to the side, quietly looking at the three high level users who were constantly observing the screen. If someone had seen this pattern before, it would be like finding the cause from the effect, and they would be able to easily recognise what it was.


    That wasn¡¯t an antelope.


    It was a blood elk.


    It wasn¡¯t some bold and wild hypothesis. From the very beginning, what Xiao Jinyu found wasn¡¯t that sixtieth of a second coincidence nor that second glance of 0.3 seconds.


    Instead, it was the blood elk on the nun¡¯s neck.


    He had seen that same elk in another place.


    It was the family crest of the Howard family.


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    [[Stop scolding, stop scolding, the child will go home and reflect right now!]]

 CH 30

    ¡°Meat King definitely didn¡¯t recognize this nun.¡±


    On the glass window of the examination room, Xu Qi, in his black trench coat with gold buttons, was reflected. The temporary captain of Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team had a calm expression as he bowed his head. The flickering light illuminated the short hair on his head, which was like the fine hairs of a brown bear. He looked at Xiao Jinyu while he shared his analysis.


    ¡°Not just because Meat King didn¡¯t greet her at the coffee shop and only glanced at her, but more so that. On the next day, when Meat King released a B rank task, he wanted to save himself yet he didn¡¯t associate his death with that nun. Because he hadn¡¯t thought that this user he had met by chance would think of killing him. Besides, he hadn¡¯t thought of when the other party would act.¡±


    The B rank task Meat King had released, of the people here, only Wang Tao, Xu Qi, and Zhao Hen were ranked above B100 and were thus eligible to view it.


    Xu Qi briefly explained the task and told them that Meat King had already guessed that he would die.


    Xu Qi: ¡°Meat King knew that he was going to die. He was very anxious and he even released a B rank task, promising a huge reward. That day, he drove his Lamborghini all over the city but he didn¡¯t go to this Catholic church. Why? Because even when he was about to die. He didn¡¯t think that this nun, who had a one-sided relationship with him, would want to kill him.


    ¡°This person¡¯s reason for killing him, even Meat King wasn¡¯t clear on it. So, he doesn¡¯t recognize this nun at all.¡±


    The prerequisite of Xu Qi¡¯s analysis is that the nun really is a user and she was the owner of the head-picking logic skill.


    He analyzed under Xiao Jinyu¡¯s hypothesis.


    In a sense, this was a meaningless analysis as no one could prove that Xiao Jinyu¡¯s hypothesis was true. But somehow, Xu Qi had a premonition that this level one user had guessed correctly.


    This strange confidence must have stemmed from the fact that a week ago, in the coffee shop in Haidu, Xiao Jinyu had asked three questions and made Zhang Haixiang, who had lied three times, dumbfounded. It might have also been that the other party could find the one frame out of the 24 frames in a second, where the two had turned their heads at the same time.


    Xu Qi: ¡°If Meat King and that nun¡¯s encounter is really related to the head-picking incident, then that means that Meat King didn¡¯t recognize the nun but instead, the nun recognized Meat King.¡±


    At this time, a team member ran into the examination room.


    ¡°Captain, the technicians in the maintenance department have cleaned up and zoomed into the screenshot to the max!¡±


    Wang Tao¡¯s cold voice was sharp: ¡°Immediately send it over.¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    The next second, everyone¡¯s phones rang. The ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP sent a high-definition picture of the cross necklace that hung on the nun¡¯s neck.


    In the grayscale picture, a thin silver necklace strung the cross in front of the pure nun¡¯s dress.


    It was a carved cross and the craftsman used the most delicate techniques to carve out the hair-thin antlers. The silver elk held up its two front hooves and a pair of dark, carved out eyes were like a dragon¡¯s, the finishing touches of the carving, which stared directly at the humans outside of the picture.


    The design was intricate, making the elk come to life.


    Wang Tao swiftly looked uo: ¡°This is an elk, has anyone seen it before?¡±


    Zhao Hen shook his head: ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°I haven¡¯t seen it before.¡±


    The members of Zhongdu¡¯s Extermination Team shook their heads.


    The next second, Xu Qi also looked up: ¡°I also haven¡¯t seen it before.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips.


    ¡­This was the worst direction they could have headed into.


    Polluter 198, ¡°Howard¡¯s Fan¡±, was privately collected by Meat King.


    Because Xiao Jinyu completed Meat King¡¯s task and won the two out of three chance lottery, he got the fan and remembered the blood elk family crest on it. Therefore, after he saw the cross on the nun¡¯s neck, Xiao Jinyu recognized the Howard family¡¯s crest on it with a glance and associated the nun with Meat King.


    The first time Meat King had looked at the nun, it was indeed because their logic skills attracted each other, causing him to recognize the user next to him.


    But the second glance, he had stood on the steps, thinking. He wasn¡¯t thinking about the user he had met by chance, but the design on the cross he had caught a glimpse of in the coffee shop.


    Blood elk.


    After Xu Qi¡¯s analysis, Xiao Jinyu was very sure that Meat King hadn¡¯t recognized this blood elk.


    A level three user¡¯s memory gave Meat King a vague impression of the elk, but he didn¡¯t recognize the Howard family¡¯s crest. Polluter 198 was just one of Meat King¡¯s many collections. And for him, it was probably one of the least practical. He most likely took one glance at it before throwing it into the underground warehouse, not showing any more interest in it.


    Meat King forgot about the blood elk, but the blood elk¡¯s owner recognized him.


    What she recognized wasn¡¯t Meat King.


    But instead recognized the CEO of Hairong Group, Wei Rong, who had bought the fan at Jiashi¡¯s auction house.


    ¡­


    How should he remind Xu Qi and Wang Tao?


    He couldn¡¯t reveal that he had Howard¡¯s Fan and he couldn¡¯t reveal that he recognized this blood elk.


    Under the bright lights, the handsome young man looked calm yet no one knew that Xiao Jinyu¡¯s hand that was hidden in his pocket was tightly clenched. He thought frantically, his back covered in sweat.


    Just when Wang Tao was about to call Li Xiaoxiao, asking the other party to check the source of this blood elk, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes lit up.


    Yes, maybe the User Committee could find out what Meat King had once auctioned for.


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    No longer thinking of that mess, Xu Qi said: ¡°In short, I¡¯ll send this elk to Captain to see. Captain is a level five user, if she has seen it before, she would surely remember.¡±


    Five minutes later, Xu Qi received a reply from Haidu¡¯s side.


    Xu Qi had not spoken, yet his disappointed look made everyone understand the content of the reply.


    It seemed like they could only wait for the User Committee to find the source of the blood elk.


    Suddenly, Xiao Jinyu looked at Xu Qi, asking: ¡°Captain Xu, just now, you said that Meat King didn¡¯t recognize the nun, but the nun definitely recognized him.¡±


    Xu Qi froze for a moment, then nodded: ¡°Yes, or else Meat King would have looked for that nun before he died. Because he had thought that the nun was just a random user and had nothing to do with him so he hadn¡¯t thought that his abnormality was related to the other user.¡±


    He finished talking and the only level five user present narrowed his eyes.


    Wang Tao was the strongest user in Zhongdu, not just one of them. His steady gaze constantly changed as he looked at Xiao Jinyu and Xu Qi. He was thinking.


    He wasn¡¯t good at thinking, but that didn¡¯t mean that a level five user couldn¡¯t think.


    After a few seconds.


    Wang Tao suddenly said: ¡°Meat King didn¡¯t know that nun, but that nun knew him. Then who that nun recognized¡­ Was it Meat King himself?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at Wang Tao, silently raising the corners of his lips.


    The next second, Wang Tao said coldly: ¡°Who that nun recognized was Wei Rong, not Meat King!¡±


    As soon as he said these words, Xu Qi widened his eyes and he quickly analyzed: ¡°The reason why Zhang Haixiang dared to kill Meat King was that he thought Meat King was just a normal user and that even if he died, there wouldn¡¯t be any relatives or friends who would report his disappearance. He didn¡¯t associate Meat King with Wei Rong, the CEO of Haidu¡¯s Rongsi Group. In the user circle of Haidu City, Meat King is very famous, yet no one knew that Meat King was Wei Rong.


    ¡°Just like how no one would think of killing a user they had met by chance, there isn¡¯t any deep hatred between them. But this nun wanted to kill Meat King because who she recognized wasn¡¯t ¡®Meat King¡¯, but Wei Rong. And she assumed that¡­ Wei Rong recognized her!¡±


    Xu Qi looked up at Wang Tao.


    The two captains looked at each other and suddenly understood each other¡¯s meaning.


    Wang Tao: ¡°The nun recognized Wei Rong and thought that Wei Rong recognized her, because she thought that Wei Rong would recognize her necklace.¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°Meat King might¡¯ve not recognized this necklace, but she knew that Wei Rong would definitely recognize it.¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±


    Xu Qi took out his phone and quickly made a call, instructing with a cold face: ¡°Immediately check every item that Meat King had bought publicly, not only polluters, but everything that he bought under the name of ¡®Wei Rong¡¯!¡±


    Keep thinking.


    Xiao Jinyu slowly released his clenched hand in his pocket.


    ¡­


    Everyone was investigating the clues of the head-picking incident as quickly as possible.


    As if dawn was approaching, it was like there was a glimmer of hope appearing over the horizon. The truth of the head-picking incident was about to come to light and this crime that had started a month ago and brutally killed an innocent girl was about to be closed.


    At the entrance of Changjie Station.


    A tall, short-haired woman stood at the crowded exit. Qi Simin looked up and saw her companion.


    In the early morning, when Chu Wenting had pulled off her head, Wang Tao had promoted the head-picking incident to a city wide crime.


    This was no longer a D rank task belonging to Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong.


    Wang Tao only left Xiao Jinyu.


    However Li Xiaotong hadn¡¯t returned his ticket. Early in the morning, he took the subway from his hometown in Haidu and anxiously rushed back to Zhongdu.


    Li Xiaotong had already learned of the tragic incident that had happened in Zhongdu¡¯s hospital twelve hours ago from Qi Simin over the phone. He would have never imagined that that young wife and stepmother he had just seen a day before would actually pull off her own head with her hands, no longer breathing any more.


    Li Xiaotong gasped as he ran to the subway entrance: ¡°Sis Min, I¡¯m here. Captain Wang didn¡¯t let us take care of it, but this task was taken by us, we can¡¯t just ignore it.¡±


    Qi Simin: ¡°You can be like the workers of the User Committee and go door-to-door and find if there are any other victims.¡±


    Li Xiaotong pushed down his hat: ¡°I won¡¯t, I believe in Sis Min. Sis Min, why did you want me to come here? Changjie Station¡­ this is where we first met Xiao Jinyu and also the place where White Garden¡¯s logic storm occurred?¡±


    The short-haired woman smiled: ¡°Xiaotong, it seems like your sister hasn¡¯t told you that they¡¯ve already found a suspect.¡±


    ¡°Who?!¡± The baseball capped youth¡¯s eyes widened.


    ¡°Pope¡¯s Crown.¡±


    Li Xiaotong froze.


    ¡°Sis Min, Pope¡¯s Crown died long ago. Did you forget that we were the ones who collected his logic factors?¡±


    ¡°Do you still remember that when we collected Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic factors, I specifically wrote on the report that the collected logic factors were much lower than what a normal level three user should have? Yes, at the time, the Logic Research Institute gave a reply that said the loss of the logic factor was normal. In fact, we have taken so many ¡®corpse collection¡¯ tasks and almost every time, there was a loss of logic factors during the corpse collection, but none of them had lost as much as ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯.¡±


    Li Xiaotong was a bit dazed: ¡°So Sis Min, what does this have to do with White Garden?¡± He didn¡¯t understand why Qi Simin was saying this or why he was here.


    Qi Simin didn¡¯t respond. She turned her head, looking at the dark subway entrance.


    The wind through the hall was bone-chilling cold and the gloomy sky pressed down on people¡¯s hearts, making people breathless.


    ¡°After so many years, there were only two ¡®corpse collection¡¯ tasks that made me write a report on the loss of logic factors. One was ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯, the other was ¡®White Garden¡¯.¡±


    Li Xiaotong suddenly understood: ¡°Then do you think that those two have some type of connection?¡±


    Qi Simin smiled: ¡°I just trust a woman¡¯s intuition.¡±


    Looking at her confident expression, Li Xiaotong also smiled: ¡°Okay.¡±


    Trust between comrades didn¡¯t require a reason.


    The next second, like they had done nine days ago, the short-haired woman and the baseball capped boy walked into Changjie Station together with their heads bowed.


    Only this time, they were no longer dealing with an erupting logic storm but were instead looking for all the anomalies buried under the appearance of reason.


    Dark clouds enveloped the peaceful and calm Zhongdu City.


    There were workers knocking on doors and registering names and office workers walking outside with umbrellas.


    Some users were anxiously looking around the subway station for clues that might not even exist and some team members were looking for the gorgeous antique fan from the hundreds of polluter registration forms from Meat King.


    ¡°Found it, it¡¯s Polluter 198, Howard¡¯s Fan!¡± Xu Qi said in surprise.


    Zhao Hen hurriedly asked: ¡°Where is this fan now?¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°Meat King gave it out as a task reward to a user who had completed his last B rank task before he died.¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°¡­¡±


    Tasks on the ¡®Grow Some Brains¡¯ APP have always been confidential and only available to the task publishers and completers. So much so that if the user doesn¡¯t take the initiative to contact Meat King and tell him their ranking, then even Meat King wouldn¡¯t know who completed his task.


    Xiao Jinyu stood silently on the side.


    Fortunately, Xu Qi didn¡¯t forcibly trace which users had completed Meat King¡¯s task. After all, the reward given by Meat King was random and it was impossible that the nun had taken Howard¡¯s Fan. Even if she had taken it, it didn¡¯t matter. The effect of this fan was very weak and could only be used for a sneak attack.


    The important part was the Howard family¡¯s crest on the fan¡¯s pendant.


    ¡°Howard family¡¯s crest, the pattern on the nun¡¯s cross was this elk and Meat King had also seen this elk on the fan¡¯s pendant. So she had thought that Meat King must have recognized her and made him enter the head-picking logic skill in some way. She wanted to kill Meat King.¡±


    Looking at the design of the fan in the photo, Xu Qi looked solemn: ¡°However, Meat King didn¡¯t have time to die from that logic skill before he was hanged by Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf. But there¡¯s another doubtful point¡­


    ¡°The Howard family was active in Haidu in the last century, the Catholic church where this nun was in is in Haidu, and Meat King is also a user from Haidu¡­


    ¡°Then what is she doing, killing people in Zhongdu?¡±


    Xu Qi subconsciously looked at Xiao Jinyu and what he saw was the youth looking down, not responding.


    Just when everyone was at a loss, a phone rang. Zhao Hen took out his phone. Looking at the name on the screen, he answered the phone in surprise: ¡°Qi Simin?¡±


    A woman¡¯s voice came from the phone: ¡°Zhao Hen, is Captain Wang there?¡±


    ¡°Here, here. I¡¯ll find Captain Wang for you. Is there something?¡±


    While Zhao Hen talked, he handed the phone to Wang Tao.


    Wang Tao took the phone, frowning: ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°Captain Wang.¡±


    At the subway entrance of Changjie Station, a short-haired woman stood in the wind, holding a phone in one hand, looking solemn.


    ¡°I think White Garden¡¯s suicide wasn¡¯t incidental and Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s suicide isn¡¯t completely reasonable¡­ Don¡¯t refute me just yet, listen to me first. I am an ordinary level two user and Xiaotong and I have only taken the simplest and least dangerous tasks. But because of this, we¡¯ve collected a lot of corpses.


    ¡°Logic skills collapsing and leading to suicide, every year in China alone, there are more than two thousand users who die from this. After Pope¡¯s Crown, Xiaotong and I took on no less than ten corpse collection tasks, including White Garden.


    ¡°But just as I had written before in the report, of all the collection tasks I¡¯ve taken over the years, Pope¡¯s Crown and White Garden have the highest amount of depleted logic factors.¡±


    In the examination room, Captain Wang didn¡¯t show a trace of impatience and he listened carefully to the words of the level two user on the phone.


    ¡°So what did you find?¡±


    Without being questioned, Qi Simin continued: ¡°Can this abnormally large loss really be explained by regular phenomenon? No matter if it¡¯s Pope¡¯s Crown or White Garden, they didn¡¯t turn to the User Committee before they died nor did they show the slightest sign of logic skill collapse. Yet they all collapsed and committed suicide suddenly. Captain Wang, what if it wasn¡¯t a logic skill collapse, but instead someone deliberately killed them and faked their suicide?¡±


    The soundproofing of the phone wasn¡¯t very good, so everyone in the examination room heard Qi Simin¡¯s words.


    When he heard Qi Simin say that White Garden¡¯s logic factors were depleted to an abnormal amount, Xiao Jinyu felt his heart tighten. He knew that it was because he had ¡®stolen¡¯ a portion of White Garden¡¯s logic factors.


    However, when he heard Qi Simin connect White Garden and Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic factor loss together, Xiao Jinyu suddenly froze.


    In the phone, Qi Simin continued her speculation: ¡°If their loss of logic factors wasn¡¯t because their logic skills collapsed and they committed suicide, but because before they died, they attempted to save themselves but they couldn¡¯t resist the murderer so their logic skill was somehow broken by the murderer?


    ¡°Captain Wang, what if it wasn¡¯t a logic skill collapse from the beginning, but instead a logic skill being broken? In this way, it can explain the abnormal loss of the logic factors from the two of them. I think this would prove that they didn¡¯t encounter something bad and suddenly¡­¡±


    In the middle of her sentence, the woman¡¯s voice abruptly stopped.


    In the quiet examination room, Wang Tao was listening to Qi Simin¡¯s analysis as he thought. Suddenly, there wasn¡¯t any more sound. He waited for a moment and whispered: ¡°Qi Simin.¡±


    There wasn¡¯t a response.


    Wang Tao¡¯s expression sank: ¡°Qi Simin?¡±


    Still, no one responded.


    At the entrance of the cold and windy subway station, a young, short-haired woman holding a phone stood in a daze. Her mouth was slightly open, eyes wide as she and the baseball capped boy next to her stared at the teenager no less than five meters in front of them.


    Then, she watched as the other person suddenly raised their hands and pulled off their head.


    Qi Simin dully looked at this scene. Suddenly, she turned her head, looking at this long street, at the countless people on the street.


    In the examination room.


    Wang Tao loudly said ¡°Qi Simin¡± once again.


    Xiao Jinyu looked surprised and he couldn¡¯t help but raise an eyebrow, about to open his mouth.


    A faint and quiet song, like a feather gently brushing across his heart.


    Someone was singing.


    The song was soft and peaceful, like a gentle and warm light shining on a slow moving stream in early spring, letting the earth slowly recover.


    That voice was soft, yet it was getting more and more distinct.


    The next second, Xiao Jinyu was shocked.


    Everyone ran out of the examination room at the same time, running out of the hospital as fast as they could.


    Zhongdu City.


    A silent snow began to fall.


    The snowflakes swayed with the cold wind, landing on a singing girl on the street.


    On the long street, young faces were lined up in two lines, facing the same direction, heading forward.


    They all sang the same song in unison.


    The sad, holy song lingered on the street. While they sang, they devoutly moved forward.


    The girl at the very front lifted her hands and with a slight movement, she pulled her head off, then fell.


    Then it was another young person.


    A young man in his early twenties.


    A student still holding a backpack¡­


    The hospital¡¯s entrance.


    It was like the pause button had been pressed on all the users. Their bodies didn¡¯t move and their eyes were wide open, looking at the forward moving sacrifices.


    Suddenly, Xiao Jinyu turned his head.


    Behind him.


    The clean-shaven police officer was still wearing his uniform as he walked out of the hospital doors in a daze and brushed past Xiao Jinyu.


    Xiao Jinyu reached out and grabbed him. Yet Wu Yuan didn¡¯t stop.


    He entered the group of people.


    The head of the person in front fell and the person behind them stepped on their corpse and continued forward. As they sang, they placed their hands on their neck.


    Blood poured down from their broken neck and the deathly silent world listened to the youth singing in unison.


    The author has something to say:


    While I was writing, I was always listening to a song. It¡¯s called ¡°God When You Breathe Over Earth¡±, if you want to listen to it you can search for it on QQMusic.

 CH 31

    Zhongdu City.


    The white snowflakes in the sky sank into the dirty blood with the pure song.


    The whisper-like cries sounded from the streets. In every corner there were people¡¯s tear-ridden faces, sobbing. But this scene wasn¡¯t happening throughout the entire city. With the Changmei Community as its center, it only spread to the five other high-density communities around it.


    ¡°Captain Wang, over a thousand people have entered the ¡®Sacrificial Head Picking March¡¯!¡±


    On the phone, Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s voice was stern, rapidly talking.


    ¡°We must block them right now, even more people are joining them.¡±


    Hearing this, the tall and sturdy level five user clenched his phone, an angry expression appearing on his face.


    Twelve hours ago, they had just discovered the head picking incident, and now, in just so long of a time, after spending all efforts by using the entire country¡¯s User Committee force, they finally gained some progress, revealing the merchant family from the previous century, Howard¡¯s family.


    Then, this march happened.


    Was this a coincidence?


    Or did the person in the shadows discover that they had already discovered them, so they immediately started the last part of their plan?


    Wang Tao looked as far as he could see.


    On the entire long street, countless young people with numb expressions joined the ranks of the sacrificial march.


    A girl was pulling on a fellow boy¡¯s hand, bitterly crying and begging him not to join; a mother hugging her son¡¯s waist, using her entire strength to prevent his hands from lifting.


    In the crowd, young faces occupied the majority but every so often, there was a slightly senior face.


    ¡­


    Why?


    Why were there so many people?!


    What logic skill was this, letting so many victims enter the logic skill at the same time?! This was at least a level six logic skill¡­ No, could a level six logic skill reach such terrifying levels?


    To simultaneously sweep up thousands of people, was this a level six user¡¯s logic skill?


    The bone-chillingly cold snowflakes fell on Wang Tao¡¯s forehead. In the next second, his face became colder than the sky full of snow. He forcefully restrained the anger in his voice: ¡°The victim¡¯s necks aren¡¯t that easy to pull apart. Other than level five users, only the victims themselves can pull them apart! Everyone, prevent all the victims in the city from pulling their heads off. As long as their hands can¡¯t move, they won¡¯t die!¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    The Zhongdu Extermination Team, the User Committee, police officers, government officials¡­


    But soon, they found out that the victim¡¯s determination had exceeded their expectations. Zhao Hen pressed down on the arms of a fifteen-year-old boy, yet it was as if the boy hadn¡¯t felt that his arms were restrained, his vision set ahead, quietly singing, singing the holy song while moving forward and lifting his hands.


    The level four user, Zhao Hen, had already reached a force of a ton in his arms. This was a force that a normal person couldn¡¯t resist.


    But his hands lifted.


    Zhao Hen¡¯s eyes widened in alarm. He saw, in the heavy snowfall, the boy¡¯s arms snap with a crack. White bone thrust out of the skin of his elbow, the blood trickling down. But the broken arms still lifted! He couldn¡¯t feel the pain, even his action of lifting his hands didn¡¯t have a hint of stopping.


    ¡°No!¡±


    Zhao Hen grabbed the boy¡¯s wrists.


    ¡°Crack¡ª¡±


    The wrists broke as well.


    The bones drenched in blood proceeded to move upwards.


    ¡­This wasn¡¯t hopeless yet!


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    After discovering the Extermination Team¡¯s behavior, on the street, other than the panicked and scared people escaping, there were even more people appearing one after the other, copying Zhao Hen¡¯s team, covering the victim¡¯s necks, not letting them have the slightest chance of touching their necks.


    If one person couldn¡¯t cover the entire neck, then two people could.


    Drones flew above the city, capturing the scene of the marchers.


    ¡°Captain Wang, these marchers are all heading in the same direction!¡±


    ¡°Where?!¡± Wang Tao¡¯s expression suddenly turned cold.


    In Zhongdu¡¯s User Committee, behind countless computer screens, Li Xiaoxiao looked up at the screen at the front of the conference room. The workers quickly tapped their keyboards, to see in the aerial view, that Changmei Community, Fuji Community, Rentai Community¡­ on the five main streets these communities bordered, the moving people pulled their heads off as they headed in the same direction.


    The technical staff linked the five marching groups together.


    Seeing the five lines on the screen link at the same place, Li Xiaoxiao said in alarm: ¡°It¡¯s Contamination Area 81! They¡¯re all walking towards Contamination Area 81!¡±


    Wang Tao froze.


    Contamination Area 81.


    One of the ¡®cleanest¡¯ contamination areas in Zhongdu City!


    If it wasn¡¯t for Contamination Area 81 being so clean, there wouldn¡¯t be so many densely populated communities built around it.


    Not wasting any time, Li Xiaoxiao revealed her speculation: ¡°Qi Simin¡¯s hypothesis, Captain Wang, you should already know. She believes that ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s¡¯ and ¡®White Garden¡¯s¡¯ suicide, perhaps wasn¡¯t because of their logic skills collapsing, but because they were murdered! For now, we don¡¯t know why the murderer killed ¡®White Garden¡¯, but if ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s¡¯ death wasn¡¯t by chance and was inevitable, then his death must be importantly linked to the march right now.


    ¡°Wang Tao, you are the strongest level five user in Zhongdu, you¡¯ve personally seen ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s¡¯ corpse. Think, what does his logic skill have to do with the current march?! You must think!¡±


    You¡¯re a level five user.


    You¡¯re the captain of Zhongdu¡¯s Extermination Team.


    Think¡­


    Think!


    Wang Tao closed his eyes.


    He was the only one of the Extermination Team who had seen Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s corpse.


    Was Pope¡¯s Crown confirmed dead?


    Yes.


    He¡¯s definitely dead.


    Did his logic skill collapse?


    Not possible. When a logic skill collapses, the first thing the logic skill contaminates is the owner themselves. Pope¡¯s Crown wasn¡¯t contaminated, his appearance was of a normal suicide. His logic skill definitely didn¡¯t collapse.


    Wait!


    Wang Tao shouted: ¡°Xu Qi, level three user ¡®Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf¡¯s¡¯ logic skill collapsed, but he himself wasn¡¯t contaminated, right?!¡±


    Xu Qi paused, then hurriedly replied: ¡°Yes! The moment Wang Tai died, his logic skill leveled up and collapsed at the same time. His logic skill collapsed but he was also dead. So he wasn¡¯t contaminated; A logic skill wouldn¡¯t contaminate a dead person.¡±


    Wang Tao: ¡°Right now, what we¡¯re facing is Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill.¡±


    Amid the song coming from the streets, Wang Tao faced the ice-cold wind, looking towards Contamination Area 81: ¡°Forget about the truth behind Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s death, what we¡¯re facing right now is certainly his logic skill. Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s cause requires a person of pure mind and body. So the victims who enter this logic skill must be virgins and also must have a clean and honest personality.¡±


    Zhao Hen hurriedly said: ¡°Majority of the victims are youths!¡±


    ¡°Pure mind and body, virgins. So that¡¯s why there are so many young people, it connects!¡± Xu Qi said in surprise. His mind moved quickly, thinking of what he had heard about Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill: ¡°The death being twelve hours later, we can ignore. All the branches of this logic skill, we can also ignore for now. Just look at the basic cause and effect, then try to break it!


    ¡°Cause, it¡¯s of no use. The victims who¡¯ve already entered the logic skill can¡¯t get out now.


    ¡°Effect¡­ If Pope¡¯s Crown doesn¡¯t personally pull their head off, then they will face the direction he is in and march towards him. Then they will pull their head off, kneel on the ground with one leg, hold their head up high, offering it to the Pope.¡±


    Offering to the Pope!


    In the next second, everyone looked towards the front of the marching parade.


    Wang Tao¡¯s foot touched the ground, and the level five user¡¯s figure was like lightning, rushing towards Contamination Area 81.


    Pope¡¯s Crown, he was right there!


    Wang Tao rushed towards where ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ was. He didn¡¯t know how an already dead person was revived, but that was an unavoidable part of the logic skill. Since Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill pointed towards this area, then it must be of some importance.


    Zhao Hen and Xu Qi¡¯s group stayed. They spent their entire force to prevent the people from pulling their own heads off.


    Suddenly, Zhao Hen looked around: ¡°Where¡¯s Xiao Jinyu?¡±


    Xu Qi froze and also said in surprise: ¡°I just saw him, where did he go?¡±


    The sky full of snow seemed like a knife, sharply scraping against the young man¡¯s eyebrows. The bone-chilling wind burrowed into every pore, yet Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t stop. He stole a bike from the side of the street and using the fastest speed, he sped towards the east side of the city.


    The train had long stopped in the chaos.


    Changjie Station was ten kilometers away from Xiao Jinyu¡¯s new house and a contamination area was in the way.


    The moment the bike entered the contamination area, Xiao Jinyu raised his hands and swiped across his eyelids. Swiftly, the multicolored and the black logic factors mixed with the snow, falling into his eyes. He avoided the high logic factor density areas, sparing no effort to find the cleanest route.


    Soon, the five-minute time constraint for Fourth Perspective arrived.


    A sharp, intense pain came from his eyes and with the snow that flew into his eyes, Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t keep his eyes open.


    But he didn¡¯t close his eyes.


    Continue to use Fourth Perspective!


    Xiao Jinyu never would have thought that the first time he would step foot in a contamination area would be today, under these circumstances.


    In the overgrown and large contamination area, a single bicycle quickly moved through.


    Xiao Jinyu felt from the deepest parts of the contamination area a disgusting and muddy feeling, rolled up in monstrous malice, wanting to swallow him. His eyes teared up from the pain as Xiao Jinyu avoided the pollution factor that floated towards him, constantly moving forward.


    ¡°Mom!¡±


    He was finally home!


    Behind the house, with a body that had long tired to the point of his limbs shaking, his eyes bloodshot from pain. But Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t waste a single second, he used both his hands, rapidly digging up the dirt.


    Dig up the dirt, open the cellar lock, then jump into the cellar.


    The moment light appeared underground, his breathing also stopped.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up, towards the middle-aged woman sitting on the sofa, watching TV.


    He only spent half an hour getting home.


    After jumping into the cellar, there was only silence left in the air.


    Xiao Jinyu looked at the scene in front of him in a daze.


    The opening in the soil was noisy from the huge snowfall and his mom was quietly sitting on the sofa, watching TV. Not singing the holy song, not pulling her head off, not facing Pope¡¯s Crown, offering a bloody crown.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart suddenly calmed down.


    ¡°Mom.¡±


    The youth¡¯s voice was calm as he walked toward the sofa.


    The soft footsteps sounded in the narrow cellar. Xiao Jinyu walked to his mom, then he slightly squatted, looking up. Suddenly, his line of sight fell on the woman¡¯s tightly closed eyes. Xiao Jinyu¡¯s lips slightly moved, his throat seemed like something was blocking it. After a while, he called out again:


    ¡°Mom?¡±


    That voice slightly shook with a slight sense of bewilderment.


    ¡°I¡¯m back, Mom.¡±


    The woman on the sofa kept her eyes closed without a sign of replying.


    ¡°¡­Mom?¡±


    In the dusky cellar, the youth tilted his head up, blankly looking at his mother.


    Suddenly, Xiao Jinyu saw his mom¡¯s shoulder move a bit.


    She seemed like she wanted to stand up.


    ¡ªMom stood up.


    ¡°Crash¡ª¡±


    Because she stood up, a head suddenly fell from her shoulders, falling on his mom¡¯s hands.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s lips slightly moved, silently watching.


    He watched his mom turn around, facing Contamination Area 81, and kneel on one knee.


    He watched his mom face the Pope, lift her head¡­


    Then.


    Offer the crown.


    The wind that blew into the cellar abruptly stopped.


    ¡­


    ¡°Mom?¡±


    The author has something to say:


    Petting Little Goldfish.


    TN:


    Hi¡­ Sorry for disappearing for uhhh (checks calendar) almost two weeks¡­ Life has been hectic; I went out of the country two weeks ago, got back then got a job. A bunch of tests are also coming up in May so school has been hitting hard lately with study materials and everything ;-; After mid-May my schedule should be calmer so updates should speed up after that TT

 CH 32

    ¡°You can¡¯t let go!¡± Zhao Hen shouted from afar.


    The silent snow fell onto Zhao Hen¡¯s arm. He firmly covered the fifteen-year-old boy¡¯s neck. Just five meters from him, a man and a woman were using their all to cover the neck of a twenty-year-old girl.


    The girl wore a thick, red jacket, and in the sky full of snow, her eyes were absent-minded as she sang and attempted to reach her neck. Although the two strangers used all of their strength to cover the girl¡¯s neck, the girl¡¯s movement of touching her neck never stopped.


    Her nails dug into the hands covering her neck and the skin on those hands had long been scratched red. Finally, the girl scratched through the skin of the man¡¯s hand, scratching the flesh.


    ¡°Ah!¡± the man shouted in pain, his right hand subconsciously releasing.


    Zhao Hen widened his eyes: ¡°You can¡¯t let go!¡±


    The girl¡¯s hand lifted up again, heading for her neck.


    Then another hand reached up.


    Xu Qi covered the girl¡¯s neck, his eyes red. He asked Zhao Hen: ¡°Where is Wang Tao, where did he go?!¡±


    This grand and solemn march was still moving forward.


    Some people wanted to wrap the necks of the marchers with other things, such as plastic bags, clothes, or gloves. But the marchers didn¡¯t just reach out to break their necks, they also remove any obstacles they encounter. No matter how much force they used, they couldn¡¯t stop people from breaking their bones to reach their necks.


    On the white and quiet ground, blood flowers gradually blossomed.


    Zhongdu, Contamination Area 81.


    The most powerful of the level five users rushed into the cleanest contamination area, the snow flying into Wang Tao¡¯s angry eyes. He stood on the flat, abandoned land in Area 81, his eyes quickly scanning his surroundings.


    Green ponds full of dirt and dead leaves, broken bricks and tiles all over the ground¡­


    The park¡¯s children¡¯s facilities were covered with a thick layer of rust and the once leafy trees on both sides of the road were now bare due to twenty-five years of abandonment.


    Before the type-A radiation, Contamination Area 81 was also a small residential area.


    There were two areas: a small park, and a small neighborhood.


    However, twenty-five years after the type-A radiation, there was only a dead silence that melted into the heavens and earth.


    ¡°Pope¡¯s Crown!¡±


    Wang Tao roared. He searched for the murderer¡¯s figure in Area 81 as quickly as possible.


    [¡­if ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ doesn¡¯t pull off the target¡¯s head, the target will pull off their own head themselves and make a sacrificial pose, holding their head up high, kneeling on one knee, facing the direction where ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ is located.]


    Therefore, the direction that all the marchers are heading to is the hiding place of Pope¡¯s Crown!


    However, half an hour later, Wang Tao stood in the middle of Contamination Area 81.


    His surroundings were silent and empty, only the howling of the wind and the gently falling snow broke the tranquility of the contamination area.


    The next second, Wang Tao took out his phone.


    ¡°Li Xiaoxiao, I didn¡¯t find a single living person in Contamination Area 81. There are no signs of a living person! Are you sure that the final destination of all the marches is Area 81?¡±


    Zhongdu User¡¯s Committee.


    Hearing the words from the phone, Li Xiaoxiao froze. Her expression fell and she immediately looked up at the large screen. ¡°Check again!¡±


    There cannot be any mistakes. None of them can make a single mistake.


    A minute later.


    Li Xiaoxiao firmly said: ¡°It¡¯s definitely correct, the final destination of the march is Contamination Area 81!¡±


    Wang Tao¡¯s expression was grim.


    But in Contamination Area 81, he didn¡¯t find anyone. Not a single person!


    ¡°Can you find the precise location?¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao awkwardly pursed her lips: ¡°Yes!¡± Then she looked up and gave the order: ¡°Maximize the precision marking of the march¡¯s end.¡±


    As soon as she said that, the entire maintenance department moved.


    Dozens of drones buzzed in the air, capturing this horrific scene. Loved ones, friends, strangers. Everyone was weeping for the marchers who were chanting hymns. They tried their best to save everyone, but someone was always falling.


    There were too many, there were even more people joining the march.


    The technicians listed the hundreds of victims as quickly as possible, precisely finding their path. Suddenly, hundreds of bright red lines pointed from all directions in Zhongdu to Contamination Area 81. The dense red lines connected together, ending in the middle of a small community.


    Li Xiaoxiao waited a bit.


    ¡°Captain Wang, he¡¯s in Fumin Community, in the area between Building 18 and 20! He¡¯s right there! He hasn¡¯t moved!¡±


    In the next second, the call ended and Wang Tao turned into a shadow, rushing to the Fumin community at the other end of the contamination area.


    The wind broke the air, rushing by his ears.


    It only took one minute for the most power level five user in Zhongdu to reach the door of the Fumin Community.


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    The moment his right foot stepped out of the building¡¯s shadow, Wang Tao¡¯s muscles tensed up. He looked up in anger at the path that crossed between the two buildings.


    Suddenly, he stopped.


    Silent snowflakes fell on a field of dust.


    Wang Tao looked at the empty path, his pupils slightly shaking.


    ¡­


    ¡°Captain!¡±


    Zhao Hen picked up the call from Wang Tao. He hadn¡¯t opened his mouth, yet on the other side of the phone, a dull and depressed voice sounded: ¡°Is Xiao Jinyu there?¡±


    Zhao Hen froze and he looked around: ¡°No! I don¡¯t know where Xiao Jinyu had gone to, the last time I saw him was an hour ago.¡±


    ¡°If he¡¯s not there, then find people to bring detectors over here!¡±


    ¡°Captain?¡±


    ¡°Bring more detectors. I want a hundred detectors¡­ No, bring all the detectors in the city!¡±


    A member of the extermination team took over his hand, continuing to cover the boy¡¯s neck.


    Zhao Hen cluelessly whispered a ¡°yes¡±. He raised his head, snowflakes landing on his face. A cold snowflake flew with the wind into his eyes and he couldn¡¯t help but squint. When he opened his eyes again, under the dark and gloomy sky, he saw a person.


    In the midst of the holy song, a thin and tall youth dressed in a short white jacket, bowed his head as he quietly walked.


    Quietly walking against the flow of people singing, the white sky became a silent backdrop behind him. His shoes gently stepped on the fluffy snowflakes, his figure was thin and lonely, the harsh wind trying to blow him away.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up, his clear eyes looking at the lead-gray sky.


    His mouth opened slightly. A snowflake fell on the tip of his nose.


    Zhao Hen looked at this in a daze.


    He suddenly felt sorrowful.


    In the song that resounded throughout the city, there were people¡¯s cries and shouts everywhere. The youth that he knew didn¡¯t cry, he just looked up at the sky.


    But, he seemed very sad.


    ¡­


    Zhao Hen strode forward and grabbed Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Where have you been, Xiao Jinyu.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his head and looked at Zhao Hen with a solemn face. For a long time, his eyelashes fluttered slightly. He seemed to have woken up suddenly, his vitality reviving little by little in his eyes.


    ¡°Have you found the murderer yet?¡±


    The youth¡¯s gaze was cold, his indifferent voice suddenly sounded, piercing into Zhao Hen¡¯s ears.


    Zhao Hen froze.


    He felt that something was off.


    Not dwelling on it too much, Zhao Hen dragged him towards Contamination Area 81: ¡°If it really is Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill that is killing people, then he himself must be at the final destination of the march.¡± He quickly explained to Xiao Jinyu what the User Committee had found in the past hour: ¡°¡­Anyways, Pope¡¯s Crown should be in Contamination Area 81, but we can¡¯t find him! Captain needs you, needs your logic skill in order to find where he is!¡±


    Ten minutes later.


    Zhao Hen brought Xiao Jinyu to Contamination Area 81.


    In this abandoned, old-fashioned neighborhood, dozens of users were holding detectors, looking for the hidden ¡°Pope¡¯s Crown¡±.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t waste any time. He raised his hand, swiping across his eyelids.


    The world turned into black and white.


    The wind blew harder as Xiao Jinyu looked at his surroundings.


    It was very clean. Very, very clean.


    He couldn¡¯t see any colorful logic factors or the black pollution factors.


    In the cold wind, snowflakes fell on the thick eyelashes of the youth. Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes widened, his gaze sweeping through every window, every tree, and every brick between Building 18 and 20. He couldn¡¯t spare a single corner, no one knew where the murderer was hiding.


    Suddenly.


    ¡°There!¡±


    Wang Tao and Zhao Hen were shocked and hurried to the end of the path where Xiao Jinyu was.


    It was a flower garden that covered around 20 square meters, which was covered in overgrown weeds since it was unattended all year round.


    Xiao Jinyu eyes widened, staring at the black dot that slowly drifted out of the ground. It floated so slowly that it almost took thirty seconds for a dot to float out, merging with the dense snowflakes in the sky, making it hard to detect.


    Zhao Hen: ¡°This small garden? Is there a problem with this flower garden?¡±


    A sharp pain came from his eyes and at the moment that pain was generated, Xiao Jinyu bit the tip of his tongue in pain. The taste of iron spread in his mouth, but he didn¡¯t close his eyes.


    Xiao Jinyu looked directly at the pollution factor that floated out of the soil.


    ¡­Where did it float out from?


    ¡°Your eyes are bleeding?!¡± Zhao Hen cried out in alarm.


    Wang Tao¡¯s eyes widened: ¡°Don¡¯t use your logic skill anymore, you¡¯re only a level one user. Is there a problem with this flower garden? Everyone, gather and dig up this flower garden¡­¡±


    ¡°There!¡±


    Wang Tao¡¯s voice stopped.


    In the feather-like snow, the youth bit his lip in pain, his body trembling uncontrollably. His eyes that were mixed with blood and tears didn¡¯t close, staring at him.


    Xiao Jinyu lifted his hand, pointing to the far corner of the flower garden.


    ¡°He¡¯s over there.¡±


    A moment later.


    Wang Tao: ¡°¡­Okay!¡±


    ***


    Five minutes later.


    From the soil, they dug out an urn.


    Xiao Jinyu wiped the blood and tear stains from his cheeks and strode forward.


    Zhao Hen took out the urn from ten meters underground.


    Wang Tao opened the urn and looked at the dark ashes inside.


    [¡­holding their head up high, kneeling on one knee, and face the direction where ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ is located.]


    In fact, when Xiao Jinyu pointed to that part of the garden, there was already a slight speculation in the hearts of the people here. However, even with their psychological preparation, when the facts were placed in front of them, it was still ironic and cruel¡ª


    The ¡°murderer¡± they had been looking for so long was just a pot of ashes!


    Pope¡¯s Crown really was dead, he died half a year ago. He only left a pot of ashes, but this really was his last ¡°location¡±.


    ¡°Crush¡ª¡±


    The ceramic urn was crushed by the level five user, Wang Tao had directly grabbed the urn from Zhao Hen¡¯s hands.


    ¡°Captain!¡±


    ¡°Crash¡ª¡±


    Wang Tao smashed the ashes of Pope¡¯s Crown on the ground and in a second, the crushed bone and ashes on the ground were blown away by the wind. However, before these ashes could fly any further, Wang Tao suddenly smashed his fist into the ground. He roared angrily, grabbed a handful of soil while reciting a sentence quickly. Suddenly, a fire burst out from all directions, enveloping everyone in it.


    Soon, this raging fire began to shrink rapidly, passing the crowd and only wrapping up the ashes of Pope¡¯s Crown in the air. The range of the fire became smaller and smaller, until only a small ball was left, which was grabbed by Wang Tao.


    ¡°I originally thought that if we wanted to break Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill, from the ¡®effect¡¯, it seemed that only by killing him could we stop this act of sacrificing and head-picking. But what I didn¡¯t expect was that he had died long ago. And even if he had only left his ashes, the victims who were caught up in his logic skill could still ¡®make a pilgrimage¡¯ to his ashes! But now,¡± Wang Tao let go of his hand: ¡°even the ashes of Pope¡¯s Crown are gone.¡±


    Everyone looked at Wang Tao¡¯s palm.


    The world in front of Xiao Jinyu became blurred since the time he had overused Fourth Perspective. Xiao Jinyu narrowed his eyes, struggling to see what was in Wang Tao¡¯s hand.


    Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes disappeared.


    It was destroyed by the fire. This fire should be Wang Tao¡¯s logic skill, as for how it could burn the ashes that had already been burned before, Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t think of for the time being.


    But now it seemed like the last of Pope¡¯s Crown, his ashes, were gone.


    The moment after Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes were burned, Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s phone call came.


    Wang Tao picked up the call.


    ¡°Captain Wang, it¡¯s stopped! Those marchers stopped!¡±


    Wang Tao squeezed his phone tightly, his large hand nearly crushing the phone. However, before the group could feel happy for a few seconds, Li Xiaoxiao suddenly said in panic: ¡°No¡­¡±


    Wang Tao¡¯s eyes turned cold: ¡°What is it?!¡±


    ¡°They¡­ Wang Tao, they started again! It¡¯s the same direction as before, they¡¯re still moving to that direction. They¡¯re heading to where you all are!¡±


    In the middle of the deserted neighborhood¡¯s flower garden, all the users fell into dead silence.


    Wang Tao looked down at his empty palm. He turned his head towards Xiao Jinyu and quickly said: ¡°Are you sure that this urn is the only thing here? Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes couldn¡¯t have been split by the real culprits and buried in multiple areas?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up.


    He could only see Wang Tao¡¯s blurry, tall, silhouette.


    However, he said resolutely: ¡°No. There¡¯s only this.¡±


    ¡°How can it be¡­¡±


    ¡°So is this why they killed White Garden?¡±


    The youth¡¯s voice sounded and everyone stopped moving and looked at him.


    Zhao Hen asked, bewildered: ¡°What do you mean by, ¡®So this is why they killed White Garden¡¯?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu wiped his eyes that were gradually blurring, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. The tumbling mood and pain from his eyes were suppressed to the deepest depths of his mind, and when he opened his eyes again, Xiao Jinyu had already recovered his calm look. He analyzed: ¡°After I was involved in White Garden¡¯s logic storm, Qi Simin explained to me that day what White Garden¡¯s logic skill really was.


    ¡°The White Garden space was a real, independent space, only White Garden could freely enter and exit, and if others wanted to enter, there were certain restrictions. And this space had eight exits¡­¡± Saying this, Xiao Jinyu suddenly stopped as if he remembered something and quickly muttered, ¡°Maybe there were never any fixed exits at all.¡± Then he raised his head and continued: ¡°Captain Wang, did you think that you completely burned all of ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s¡¯ ashes?¡±


    Hearing this, Wang Tao nodded with a calm expression: ¡°This is my logic skill, I can be sure that it¡¯s all gone. Also, you all can¡¯t see it anymore.¡±


    ¡°Not being able to see it, does it mean that it¡¯s really gone?¡±


    Wang Tao suddenly froze.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s tone was calm, he didn¡¯t want to accuse or question. He seemed emotionless and only rationally said: ¡°It¡¯s like scattering Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes into the air. The wind can blow away his ashes and we won¡¯t see it anymore. But these ashes haven¡¯t completely disappeared. Not being able to see it doesn¡¯t mean that they aren¡¯t there. It will always exist. In this world, there is only one way to make these ashes disappear completely, making it so that the marchers would never find where it is or where they should sacrifice their heads to¡­¡±


    Wang Tao¡¯s eyes slowly widened, and he said a name: ¡°White Garden¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu glanced at him.


    The answer was clear.


    That¡¯s right, it was White Garden.


    Wang Tao seemed to have completely destroyed the ashes of Pope¡¯s Crown with his logic skill, but the ashes haven¡¯t disappeared. It still existed in this world, but it was invisible to the human eye and was indectectable by machines. But his logic skill knew where Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ¡®corpse¡¯ was, and everyone in the logic skill knew which direction they should go!


    How could the existence of Pope¡¯s Crown be fully erased?


    ¡ªOnly with White Garden.


    Let White Garden use his logic skill to bring Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes into his White Garden space and never bring it back out again.


    At that point, Pope¡¯s Crown would truly disappear forever. This logic skill would be completely stopped due to the lack of the ¡®effect¡¯!


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at the sky.


    At this moment, Xiao Jinyu suddenly recalled the scene where the colored light dots jumped off the platform over and over again in the White Garden space.


    Before jumping off the platform, those light dots showed no violent signs, nor did they have a trace of chaos. They floated and rotated in the air with regularity. Then, with their master, they fell into the torrent of the subway.


    In fact, since then, White Garden¡¯s residual logic factors had been trying to remind the future people: his logic skill didn¡¯t collapse, he didn¡¯t commit suicide. Because no broken logic skill would run so stably a second before they die!


    Before he died, White Garden tried his best to inform the person who collected his body that he had been murdered. So his remaining logic skill erupted into a logic storm that involved innocent people with potential. However, the information he gave was too little. Even if it was Xiao Jinyu who could see logic factors, his understanding of the logic skill world was too short. He lacked the understanding of logic factors to discover his true intentions.


    Thinking was lonely.


    White Garden didn¡¯t have any friends, so no one knew that his logic skill was very stable.


    And this stable and powerful logic skill was the real reason why the culprit behind the scenes needed to kill White Garden.


    ¡°So, it wasn¡¯t suicide. Was it because of this that White Garden died¡­?¡± Zhao Hen gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.


    Xiao Jinyu calmly glanced at him.


    White Garden was already dead?


    Yes, he was dead, he died ten days ago under the cold wheels of the subway train, dying horrifically. However, his logic skill didn¡¯t die.


    Xiao Jinyu looked down. He slightly waved the fingers of his right hand¡­


    Suddenly, three colored light dots appeared between his fingers.


    The author has something to say:


    Originally, Ninth Sister was going to come out at the end of this chapter.


    But I ended up pushing him to next chapter~


    The full-scale counterattack will begin next chapter. It¡¯s time to kill the bad guys!

 CH 33

    Nine days ago, Xiao Jinyu escaped from White Garden¡¯s subway space, awakened his logic skill, and ¡®stole¡¯ what was supposedly White Garden¡¯s logic factors.


    As for why he identified it as White Garden¡¯s logic factors was because the three light dots that spun around his right hand and the light dots he saw in the subway space, spinning around White Garden¡¯s head, were exactly the same.


    It wasn¡¯t that they looked the same.


    Since he awakened his logic skill, all the logic factors he¡¯s seen looked the same; They were all gorgeous and multicolored while pollutant factors were all deep black dots.


    Their similarity point wasn¡¯t their appearance, but their distinct spinning manner.


    The same spinning speed, angle, even the same exact rotation.


    White Garden¡¯s logic skill was made of three logic factors. They were like three planets orbiting around an invisible star. This specific method of movement let Xiao Jinyu identify it as White Garden¡¯s logic factors.


    However there was one thing that he had never been sure of.


    If this flying fist was the ability he had ¡®stolen¡¯ from White Garden, then what was the similarity between this ability and the spatial teleportation of White Garden?


    The flying fist disconnects from the wrist and then flies to another location in a blink of an eye. This location can be up to ten meters from Xiao Jinyu, as the center. That is to say, any area within ten meters from Xiao Jinyu, all 360 degrees, his fist can reach there in a blink of an eye.


    Then what about White Garden¡¯s space?


    White Garden¡¯s logic skill allows him to bring people or things into his White Garden space, then using a special action, leave the space. The White Garden space has a total of eight exits, distributed in eight different areas of Zhongdu. White Garden only revealed two exits, leaving six hidden.


    It wasn¡¯t until this moment, when he saw the ashes of Pope¡¯s Crown, that Xiao Jinyu truly understood the true cause and effect of White Garden¡¯s logic skill.


    There never were eight exits!


    White Garden¡¯s logic skill always was¡ª


    First, bring people or things into his own space.


    If he wanted to kill his enemy, then throw them into his White Garden space and wait for them to die on their own. Unless the enemy thinks of the way to leave the space and learns the last action of White Garden when he escaped, such as jumping onto the rails, then they can leave.


    If he doesn¡¯t want to kill his enemies and just wants to teleport people or things away, then the exits afterwards, allowing him to teleport, might not be eight fixed positions, but an area that places the original location of White Garden as the center and radiates out from him!


    The logic skill that Xiao Jinyu ¡®stole¡¯ might just be a hundredth of White Garden¡¯s, maybe even a thousandth of his power. Therefore, the space he could produce was only the size of a fist, and the farthest distance was only ten meters.


    What about White Garden himself?


    If he was still alive, then he would be able to create a 40 meter wide, cubed space and even move them within a kilometer, five kilometers, or even ten kilometers in any direction!


    Then why did it say eight exits on the file?


    Because White Garden calculated that eight exits would allow his logic skill to completely cover the entire city. White Garden can use his logic skill anywhere in the city and leave from any of the exits, perfectly masking his true ability of ¡°teleporting to anywhere, without a specific exit¡±.


    ¡­


    In China, there were only five level three users who entered the A-Rank leaderboard.


    A97 White Garden was one of them.


    These three years of reflection and pondering were lonely and dazzling.


    Now, Xiao Jinyu stood on these three years of pondering. He looked up at the dark and vast sky.


    ¡­


    The cold wind blew through the dead leaves, the users standing between the two residential buildings were silent.


    ¡°Yes, my logic skill seems to destroy everything, but I can¡¯t actually erase matter from this world. Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes still exist, but we can¡¯t find them anymore!¡± Wang Tao regretted: ¡°If I hadn¡¯t burned them using my logic skill, then it would still be in our hands. How should we find them now?¡±


    No one answered him.


    How should they find ashes they couldn¡¯t see?


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at the sky, the blood red veins crawling all over his eyes. The sharp, tingling sensation was like a vine, spreading from his eyes to his brain. Pursing his lips, he raised his right hand and gently swiped across his eyelids.


    He couldn¡¯t use the ordinary version of Fourth Perspective anymore.


    Enhanced version of Fourth Perspective, directly activated.


    Instantaneously, the world between the heavens and the earth shifted into shades of gray. Everything became bleak. Xiao Jinyu looked up and in the pupils where the multicolored lights were spinning in, hundreds of thousands of black light dots were reflected as they flew in the air.


    ¡°Found it!¡±


    A bright light appeared in the clear pupils, Xiao Jinyu gripped Zhao Hen¡¯s arm.


    ¡°Xiao Jinyu?¡±


    The pain in his arms stunned Zhao Hen and he looked at the youth next to him.


    His lips were already a pale white, yet Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t waste a single second. He hurriedly said: ¡°It¡¯s not too late! Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes belong to a logic skill and as long as something enters a logic skill, there will be logic factors on it. I saw it, the logic factors on the ashes!¡±


    Hearing this, Zhao Hen hadn¡¯t yet reacted when Wang Tao¡¯s eyes lit up, pushing him away to get in front of Xiao Jinyu.


    Wang Tao: ¡°You can see the logic factors on those ashes? Where?¡±


    ¡°Yes. The farthest one now is drifting towards the end of this path. It¡¯s there, about ten meters above the ground.¡± Xiao Jinyu spoke quickly, ¡°They¡¯re floating further away. Captain Wang, I have a way to deal with the invisible ashes, but right now we need to find a way to stop them from flying away so fast!¡±


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    Before these steel plates were all placed, the wind would blow away all the ashes in the air.


    However, among these hundreds of dark steel plates, there was a strong figure.


    ¡°Step, step¡ª¡±


    He was dancing.


    The large muscles were covered in beads of sweat, the sweat rolling down along the muscles before disappearing into the earth. The dark skinned man raised his arms up high and clapped. Zhao Hen¡¯s head moved, his powerful muscular thighs tensing and twisting, his hips swaying rhythmically in the air.


    The temperature was already high enough to melt steel, but Zhao Hen wasn¡¯t affected. His whole body was covered in sweat as he danced a passionate and sexy samba dance.


    [User ID: Sexy Samba]


    [Real Name: Zhao Hen]


    [Sex: Male]


    [User Rank: A80]


    [Logic Level: Four]


    [Logic Skill: While samba dancing, extreme heat will be generated in the local area, resulting in a low pressure¡­]


    Zhao Hen¡¯s user information in the Grow Some Brains APP wasn¡¯t complete, but as a member of Zhongdu¡¯s Extermination Team, he had already submitted his complete logic skill info in private.


    So when Xiao Jinyu proposed that ¡°we must not let these ashes fly any further¡±, the first person Wang Tao thought of was Zhao Hen.


    Zhao Hen¡¯s logic skill and Zhang Haixiang¡¯s logic skill were quite similar in a sense.


    However, they were, of course, different.


    Zhao Hen didn¡¯t have to be in a certain environment to use his logic skill. He was a level four user, he had already changed part of it¡¯s cause. He only needed to samba dance to create extreme heat in a certain range.


    Only Zhao Hen could endure this high temperature and everyone else who entered would be roasted to death.


    At the same time, according to common sense, if high temperatures create low pressure, then extremely high temperatures should cause extremely low pressures.


    And as everyone knows, when gas moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas, winds are formed. When the air pressure is low enough, a barometric wind is formed.


    Wind Blowing Fart¡¯s logic skill created wind blades through the difference in air pressure in order to kill people. Zhao Hen¡¯s logic skill didn¡¯t even have to generate wind at all to kill people. He could just directly roast the person alive. If the enemy wasn¡¯t roasted to death, then the overwhelming and powerful air pressure would crush them alive.


    But this time, he didn¡¯t have to roast nor crush any enemies. All he had to do was dance. Before the steel cage that would entrap Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes was formed, he just had to let the wind blow towards him.


    Samba was still dancing.


    In Contamination Area 81, a small tornado was formed.


    All the air was rushing towards Zhao Hen¡¯s position.


    Including all those invisible ashes spread out in the air.


    Suddenly, a black dot flew past his eyes, rushing towards Zhao Hen¡¯s position.


    Xiao Jinyu narrowed his eyes, raising his right hand to grab the dot and the air around it.


    In the next second, his Flying Fist was activated!


    Immediately, a neat cut appeared on Xiao Jinyu¡¯s wrist, his fist moving at a speed invisible to the eye, flying ten meters out before stopping in the air.


    Xiao Jinyu spread out his fingers.


    Fourth Perspective was used simultaneously.


    In the black and white world, the slender fingers waved slightly in the air, yet the black light dot that was just in the palm of the hand was gone.


    Although he had already speculated this earlier, actually seeing the black dot disappear shocked the youth. Then Xiao Jinyu quickly turned his head: ¡°Captain Wang, let Zhao Hen continue! He can¡¯t stop before the entire Fumin Community is sealed. I have a way to move these ashes elsewhere!¡±


    Just now, when Xiao Jinyu¡¯s Flying Fist was in Wang Tao¡¯s field of vision, a name flashed into his mind in an instant¡ª


    White Garden.


    What relationship did Xiao Jinyu¡¯s Flying Fists have with White Garden¡¯s space?


    ¡­It wasn¡¯t the time to ponder now.


    Wang Tao¡¯s face became cold: ¡°Alright. You can rest easy, he¡¯s a level four user, he can hold on for at least a night, until we complete the lid on Fumin Community.¡±


    As Wang Tao was talking, Xiao Jinyu grabbed another black dot that flew in front of his face.


    He didn¡¯t know if he actually grabbed Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes, but he knew that as long as all the black dots were sent into White Garden¡¯s space, then it would mean that Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes would be completely erased from this world and the cause of the logic skill would become invalid!


    Yes, his flying fist wasn¡¯t a cut off hand flying in the first place.


    Just like White Garden¡¯s space. He completely cut off the area where his fist was and sent it into a different space. Not only was his fist in this space, but also all the air and matter in that cubed area.


    ¡ªHis fist had never ¡®flown¡¯, it just entered a separate space before reentering into this world.


    Therefore, Xiao Jinyu ¡®grabbed¡¯ the ashes and then let the fist and ashes disappear. Eventually, he left the ashes and air in that space, only teleporting out his fists.


    White Garden was dead, yet his logic skill was still alive.


    This was the real use of White Garden¡¯s logic skill!


    ¡­


    Zhao Hen was still passionately dancing.


    The Fumin Community was completely surrounded by giant steel plates and only the huge roof remained before it became a steel cage, trapping all Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes in it.


    Zhao Hen was surrounded by black dots, the majority of the ashes pressed up against Zhao Hen¡¯s side. However, Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t get close to Zhao Hen at the moment. Once Xiao Jinyu approached Zhao Hen, he would be roasted and crushed to death by Zhao Hen¡¯s logic skill. Only when the steel cage was completely cast and Zhao Hen stopped dancing could he get closer.


    But Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t waste any time, he tried his best to deal with those black dots that were further from Zhao Hen.


    The sky darkened.


    The quiet snow was still falling.


    Li Xiaoxiao looked at the blood stained Zhongdu on the screen, at the headless corpses that fell one by one, at the severed arms scattered on the ground¡­


    Who was the real culprit behind the scenes?!


    It surely couldn¡¯t be Pope¡¯s Crown, who has been dead for half a year. He was used. His logic skill was taken away and used by someone to plot this human tragedy.


    But can someone¡¯s logic skill really be stripped away?


    All over the country, every Logic Research Institute was frantically experimenting.


    Stripping someone¡¯s logic skill artificially was unheard of. What¡¯s more was that after stripping away this logic skill, it could still be used effectively.


    Li Xiaoxiao closed her eyes.


    No, she couldn¡¯t get caught up in anger. Just because she didn¡¯t have the potential to become an user didn¡¯t mean that she couldn¡¯t ponder.


    She wasn¡¯t an user.


    But she was the captain of Zhongdu¡¯s Maintenace Department.


    Everyday, she also defends the city.


    Keep thinking.


    ¡°Unless they have a natural homicidal, antisocial personality disorder, it would be impossible for them to do something like this. But if it really is an ordinary antisocial personality, then why would you start this plan half a year ago and be so meticulous that you found that ¡®White Garden¡¯ could perfectly restrain ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s¡¯ logic skill, deliberately killing him?¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s expression became cold: ¡°It¡¯s not antisocial personality, it¡¯s premeditated! The murderer behind the scenes must have their own purpose in doing this, not just killing people. There isn¡¯t just ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ whose logic skill can carry out mass murder and ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯ is way too high profile. There are even logic skills that can kill people in their sleep such as ¡®Dreamer¡¯. But they just had to pick ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯¡­


    ¡°¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯, just what was special about him¡­?¡±


    Seeing the desperate people on the screen, Li Xiaoxiao suddenly froze, her eyes staring at the ground stained with blood.


    Suddenly, her phone sounded.


    Li Xiaoxiao immediately picked up the call.


    A stranger¡¯s young voice came from the phone.


    ¡°Department Head Li.¡±


    Instantly, Li Xiaoxiao guessed the other¡¯s identity: ¡°Fourth Perspective¡­ Xiao Jinyu?¡±


    A small tornado formed over Fumin Community.


    They were a hundred square meters away from finishing the roof. In five minutes, Zhao Hen could stop dancing and Xiao Jinyu could then completely remove all the black pollutant factors.


    In the cold darkness of the night, dead leaves scratched the youth¡¯s cheeks, leaving a faint mark.


    Wang Tao was working with the other users to speed up the caging of the entire Fumin Community.


    Xiao Jinyu held Wang Tao¡¯s phone in his left hand while using the Flying Fist on his right. His pupils shone with brilliant dots of light and he used Fourth Perspective without rest. He had to make sure that not a single one of the pollutant factors escapes from the cage and he also needed to make sure to send each of them into the White Garden space as soon as possible.


    His eyes felt as if they were burning yet his body was already used to the pain. A drop of blood mixed in his tears, flowing down from the corner of his eye. Before Wang Tao could notice, Xiao Jinyu quickly raised his hand and wiped it away.


    His jaws clenched from the pain, shaking, making it almost impossible for him to talk calmly, but he had something to tell Li Xiaoxiao.


    ¡°The area where Pope¡¯s Crown lived before his death was the Xiaoqiu District, not Wuxing District, where Fumin Community is located. I think that his ashes weren¡¯t buried in Wuxing District, right?¡±


    Fourth Perspective¡¯s voice seemed to be trembling? Not thinking too much, Li Xiaoxiao gravely said: ¡°Yes, his ashes were buried in a cemetery in Xiaoqiu District but someone dug it up before burying it there. I¡¯ve already sent someone to the Xiaoqiu District cemetery and they found that Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s tomb had been dug up and his ashes were long gone.¡±


    ¡°Department Head Li,  why did the murderer choose to bury Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes in Contamination Area 81, Fumin Community?¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao froze.


    ¡°That¡¯s right, there are a lot of people around Contamination Area 81 so they could rope in more victims here. But those areas have the same high-density population, and as far as I know, there are no less than two of those areas in Xiaoqiu District! However, they just had to travel that far to bury the ashes there, instead of just burying it in Xiaoqiu District.


    ¡°Department Head Li, for the murderer, Fumin Community must have some sort of important meaning to them. It¡¯s also possible that this important meaning has something to do with the area between Building 18 and 20¡­¡±


    A burning pain suddenly pierced his brain, causing Xiao Jinyu to fall silent.


    After a few seconds, he took a deep breath to calm the pain and continued: ¡°If the murderer is really that nun, then I think it¡¯s very likely that Fumin Community is where she once lived! She is a very sentimental person, so she wore the cross with the Howard Family¡¯s Crest engraved on it and must have also buried the ashes of Pope¡¯s Crown in the Fumin Community.


    ¡°Can we determine her identity with this?¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s thought quickly and as her thoughts changes, she jerked her eyes to the screen: ¡°Xiao Jinyu, I¡¯ve gotten your suggestion. I¡¯ve also found something on my end too!¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°I found that the victim¡¯s blood that is flowing on the ground seems to be decreasing!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze for a moment.


    The blood on the ground seems to be decreasing?


    The blood evaporated?


    Not possible. Even in hot weather, blood doesn¡¯t evaporate this quickly. Furthermore, there are even more victims joining the parade, the dead increasing by the moment, even more blood as time passes.


    Then why would the blood disappear?


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes widened as he sent another pollutant factor into the White Garden space. Suddenly, he said in surprise: ¡°The murderer wants this blood? Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill¡­ is there anything different between this blood and the blood of ordinary people?¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao also froze, immediately thinking of ¡°physical and mentally pure¡±, the cause of Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill. Yet before she could speak, she heard a suppressed and hoarse shout from the other end of the phone.


    As if he had endured the severe pain all day and night, until he couldn¡¯t bear it anymore, the youth finally let out a cry of pain.


    Yet in the next second, there was the sound of wind before a low, male voice came from the phone.


    ¡°What he said was correct, this blood is what the murderer really wants. They must use Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill and not any other logic skill.¡±


    Li Xiaoxiao: ¡°¡­You are?¡±


    The night was silent and Su Jiuzhou looked at the northeast corner of the Fumin Community.


    ¡°Click¡ª¡±


    The last chunk of steel plates was placed on Fumin Community, tightly closing the community, not letting any of the ashes escape it.


    There seemed to be some hot liquid flowing from under his fingers and Su Jiuzhou¡¯s eyelashes moved slightly. He looked down at the youth in front of him who was trembling with pain. He stood behind Xiao Jinyu and raised his left hand, not letting the other party a chance resist before he pressed on the other¡¯s eyes.


    After a while.


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°A level one user using his logic skill in such a destructive way, aren¡¯t you afraid of becoming blind?¡±


    The powerful sense of oppression coming from behind him made Xiao Jinyu¡¯s shaking body shake even more. The man grabbed him from behind and pressed his eyes closed, forcing him to stop using his logic skill. The posture was like a hug, the man hugged him from behind and a cold smell poured into his nose.


    There were no more colors in front of him, only an endless darkness.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t see who had suddenly appeared behind him before he was forced to close his eyes by the other party, but his eyelashes trembled slightly, fluttering against his palm. That familiar feeling let him remember this man¡¯s name.


    ¡°¡­Su Jiuzhou.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu surpressed his shaking voice and calmly said: ¡°I don¡¯t have any time to waste. Right now, every second and every minute, there are people outside, dying.¡±


    ¡°So I¡¯m back.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s body froze.


    Covering the youth¡¯s eyes, Su Jiuzhou turned his head around. His breath brushed the youth¡¯s ear as he looked down on the pale youth.


    ¡°I¡¯m here, so you¡¯ll have a lot of time now¡­


    ¡°There¡¯s no rush.¡±


    The man¡¯s hand still covered his eyes, but Xiao Jinyu felt that the man¡¯s other hand seemed to have lifted something up.


    ¡°Click¡ª¡±


    He opened some kind of box?


    Xiao Jinyu was just wondering that when, in the next second, a piercing scream sounded in his ear.


    The author has something to say:


    This chapter was about Zhao Hen¡¯s logic skill, I checked a lot of information and in the process of checking, I gradually felt that this thing couldn¡¯t be solved from the macroscopic level alone. This should include the microscopic level as well and I¡¯ve seen the suggestions in the comment section, yet I personally feel like there is a problem here, basic physics isn¡¯t enough to explain this. But you¡¯re all right, there¡¯s already a debate over the macro stuff, so there¡¯s no need to include the micro. So I just changed something necessary. The most important thing is that everyone is happy while reading. Finger heart~

 CH 34

    Zhongdu¡¯s User Committee, Basement Warehouse, Floor 36.


    In the cage made of damp mud and dirt, the four oil lamps on the walls flickered dimly. An old and rusty robot pressed its big face against the glass in the center of the room.


    The dirt cage was wholly sealed, not a single lick of wind in the room, yet suddenly, the oil lamps were extinguished. In the terrifying and eerie light, the little robot revealed a strange, evil smile, raising its arms up high, and then¡­


    ¡°Crunch¡ª¡±


    Polluter 004 wiped itself against the glass in boredom.


    ¡°16 hours and 25 minutes since Dad last paid attention to me¡­¡±


    ¡°Missing Dad.¡±


    ¡°16 hours and 26 minutes since Dad last paid attention to me¡­¡±


    ¡°Missing Dad, missing Dad.¡±


    On the screen it used as a face, a ¡°¨q(¨s^¨t)¨r¡± symbol flashed.


    The basement warehouse 36 floors down were already rarely visited. If it wasn¡¯t for the 004¡¯s unexpected situation last time, Wang Tao wouldn¡¯t have even sent Zhao Hen and Li Xiaoxiao down to check it out.


    In the silent room, phrases such as ¡°so bored¡±, ¡°Dad seems to be busy¡±, and ¡°I want to hear Dad sing¡±, sounded from time to time. The seemingly five-year old voice that accompanied these words didn¡¯t conform with those words, which made it very strange.


    004 could roughly feel that something had happened in the city above it. Its Dad was busy and so were the bad guys that locked it up.


    But even if he was busy, its Dad still had to pay attention to it!


    It felt very aggrieved.


    Suddenly, the little robot slightly stopped its movements, strangely saying ¡°why is Old Pervert back again?¡± Swearing a whole mouthful and greeting Old Pervert¡¯s entire family, 004 finally stopped talking after a few minutes.


    But it was only a moment of silence. 004 jerked its head up and looked at Zhongdu, which was above the dirt cell. A mess of characters sped across its screen.


    In the next second, a boy¡¯s angry shouts echoed in the cell 36 floors underground.


    ¡°I can let locking me up slide, but how dare you bring higher polluters here to steal my turf?!!!¡±


    ¡°Old Pervert Old Pervert Old Pervert!¡±


    ¡°Ahh!¡±


    ¡°Dad, kill him!¡±


    At the same time.


    Contamination Area 81, Fumin Community.


    ¡°Turn away, everyone. Don¡¯t look directly at Polluter 008.¡±


    The man¡¯s cold and calm voice sounded. Wang Tao stood the closest to Su Jiuzhou and Xiao Jinyu, and when he heard those words, his face suddenly changed. He quickly turned around, not letting his eyes scan what Su Jiuzhou was holding, and loudly ordered the other team members: ¡°All turn around!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh¡ª¡±


    The team members who had just finished casting the steel cage turned their heads one after the other, and even Zhao Hen had immediately stopped his dance and turned his sweaty body around.


    The moment Xiao Jinyu heard the words ¡°Polluter 008¡±, his body tensed up. He clearly felt an eerie sensation come from the right of him as he heard the crisp sound of a box opening.


    However, after the thing let out that piercing scream, it didn¡¯t do anything else.


    The man¡¯s palm still tightly covered his eyes. Xiao Jinyu was about to question Su Jiuzhou when he whispered: ¡°Cover your eyes yourself, don¡¯t look at it.¡±


    It?


    Polluter 008.


    Xiao Jinyu raised his hand, tightly covering his eyes.


    ¡°Stand behind me.¡±


    The youth was silent for a moment, then took two steps to the side. Su Jiuzhou looked at Xiao Jinyu, raising his eyebrows, before reaching out to pull the other person behind him.


    On the large lawn of the community, there was only silence.


    Wang Tao turned around and didn¡¯t look at Su Jiuzhou or the polluter in his hand, but he began to recall information about this polluter.


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    [Polluter Number: 008]


    [Brief Description: A yellow, old phonograph with vinyl records featuring popular Pre-Type-A radiation songs. The record burner plays a total of three songs and the selected song can be played by placing the needle on the corresponding vinyl.]


    [Contamination Methods:


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    Rfza, obg atf wbgf vfajlifv lcobgwjalbc, Qjcu Kjb vbfrc¡¯a delaf ecvfgrajcv.


    Ubiieafg 008 kjr jikjsr rabgfv lc atf Jjqlaji¡¯r Djrfwfca Qjgftberf. C vjs jub, Ve Alehtbe revvfcis rjlv tf cffvfv ab ifjnf Itbcuve obg atf Jjqlaji. Qjcu Kjb atbeuta atja Jbibcfi Ve tjv rbwfatlcu lwqbgajca ab vb. Dea tf vlvc¡¯a fzqfma atja ja atja alwf, Ve Alehtbe tjv jigfjvs vfmlvfv ab ub ab atf Jjqlaji¡¯r Frfg Jbwwlaaff ab ajxf Ubiieafg 008.


    In the entire country, only level six users dared to cross 90% of the contamination areas and travel from Zhongdu to the Capital at the fastest speed, not taking any detours. And only level six users dared to take the eighth ranked polluter with them.


    The Capital¡¯s Logic Research Institute didn¡¯t fully disclose all the information on Polluter 008, but Wang Tao, as the leader of Zhongdu¡¯s Extermination Squad, had a certain authority. So in addition to knowing how to avoid being contaminated by 008, he also knew the general logic skill of 008.


    ¡ª008 could change the speed of which organisms move!


    Immediately, Wang Tao understood why Su Jiuzhou had brought 008.


    He said with surprise: ¡°Colonel Su, what¡¯s the upper bound to how much 008 can slow a speed of an organism¡¯s movement?!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu paused when he heard what Wang Tao asked.


    Slowing the movement of organisms?


    Wait, what does slowing the movement of organism mean? Could it be? Was he was thinking of that?


    Under the blood-stained eyelid, the youth¡¯s eyeballs were shifting non-stop. Xiao Jinyu was constantly thinking. If it was as he predicted, Su Jiuzhou left Zhongdu specifically to bring this polluter over¡­


    Su Jiuzhou had long since foreseen that the head picking incident was not to be underestimated and catastrophe were to befall Zhongdu!


    A thousand thoughts came to Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mind. The numerous and disorderly ideas were all hidden beneath the hands that covered his eyes.


    Su Jiuzhou looked down to glance at Xiao Jinyu. He did not immediately reply to Wang Tao¡¯s question but instead turned around and looked towards the silent phonograph.


    Su Jiuzhou reached out and pulled up the gramophone¡¯s needle.


    ¡°Is there a way¡­¡±


    A crisp but slightly quiet child¡¯s voice suddenly sounded. The voice sounded very young, like it belonged to a little girl of four or five years old.


    Su Jiuzhou stopped moving.


    Xiao Jinyu also blanked. He looked tilted his head upward with his eyes closed and started analyzing attentively.


    This sound traveled from in front of Su Jiuzhou. Plus, this sound had the same voice as that scream when Su Jiuzhou opened the box before.


    Thus, this is Polluter 008.


    Polluter 008 used a thin-sounding small girl¡¯s voice and picked of from where she last stopped: ¡°For you to solve this issue of yours without using me?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu blanked and strung the words 008 just spoke together.


    ¡ªIs there a way for you to solve this issue of yours without using me?


    Su Jiuzhou laughed: ¡°Take a guess.¡±


    008: ¡°There is!¡±


    ¡°You guessed wrong.¡±


    In the next second, Su Jiuzhou smiled slightly and placed the gramophone needle on the second ring without hesitation.


    It let out some little girl-sounding sobs and, following, unable to control itself, a song was pulled out from its throat.


    Xiao Jinyu couldn¡¯t identify which song this little girl¡¯s clamped voice was singing, but once he recognized it¡­


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Every user at the scene who heard the singing voice: ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh~ Super idol¡¯s smile is not as sweet as yours,


    The sunlight of an August''s noon does not shine as bright you~


    Love the 105 ¡ãC you,


    Distilled water that is pure in every drop~¡±


    The song originally sounded very nice, however, a greasy feeling washed over with it.


    This was a song that Xiao Jinyu had never heard and based off its style, it should have come out before he was born.


    It seemed to be a long song, but while it sang, 008 suddenly began to repeat the ¡®distilled water¡¯ line like crazy. This lyric was extremely catchy and as Xiao Jinyu listened, he found that his brain was repeating this song continuously.


    Immediately, his heart sank.


    Xiao Jinyu realized that the hymn sung by thousands of people, seemingly filling the space between the heavens and the earth, was suppressed by this catchy song.


    The hymn of a thousand people was getting lighter and lighter and the catchy song from 008 was getting clearer and clearer.


    Zhongdu¡¯s User Committee, Maintenance Department.


    Li Xiaoxiao looked at the scene captured by the drones, her entire body standing up from the chair. Immediately, there was a long chorus of chairs being pushed back in the Maintenance Department.


    All the workers looked at the big screen.


    They saw that, in the snowy night, the cold lights illuminating the long march.


    The cold snowstorm didn¡¯t stop, and the large snowflakes fell on the marchers¡¯ heads. On both sides of the road, the wind blew the dead leaves, making a rattling sound. Everything was as usual, except for all the humans on the street¡­ They all stopped moving!


    Li Xiaoxiao widened her eyes, and ordered: ¡°Zoom in.¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    Soon they saw two young men looking around in confusion. Li Xiaoxiao recognized these two as members of the Extermination Team.


    But other than these two, everyone else on the street stopped moving. Like someone had pressed the stop button, and whether or not it was a marcher, their family or friends, or a stranger who wanted to help, they all stood sillily in place.


    After a while.


    Li Xiaoxiao: ¡°No, these people are still moving, they¡¯re just moving very slowly!¡±


    A staff member asked: ¡°Department Head, I just received a message from the two on the screen, they said they feel like their movement speed has slowed down. They¡¯re obviously running with all their might, but their speed and their body has been reduced.¡±


    ¡°Reduced?!¡± Li Xiaoxiao suddenly understood: ¡°Then does that mean something is slowing them down?¡±


    At the same time at the lawn in from of Fumin Community.


    Su Jiuzhou finally answered Wang Tao¡¯s question: ¡°1000 times.¡±


    Wang Tao said in surprise: ¡°It can reduce a person¡¯s movement speed by 1000 times?¡±


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°That¡¯s the upper limit of 008¡¯s logic skill. Play the third song and it can reduce the movement speed of living beings by 1000 times, very close to pressing a pause button. But if users listen to this song, they will only slow down 10 times, at the very most.¡± After a moment, he looked back at the youth who was still covering his eyes and pursing his lips behind him.


    Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°A level one user¡¯s movement speed will be reduced by 10 times, a level two user by 8 times, and so on.


    ¡°The current song that is being played is the second song recorded by 008. All living beings who hear this song will have their movement speeds reduced by 100 times, a level one user will have their movement speeds halved, and there is almost no impact on users over level five.:


    Saying this, Su Jiuzhou closed his eyes.


    He sensed around a bit.


    008¡¯s song covered all five marches and at the same time, it had also expanded out a bit more further.


    After thinking for a moment, Su Jiuzhou raised his hand and reached out towards the old fashioned phonograph.


    ¡­


    ¡°Open your eyes ba.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu slightly froze before he dropped his hand and looked at the man in front of him.


    008 was still singing those two catchy lyrics, but it was already put away. Xiao Jinyu subconsciously looked behind Su Jiuzhou. There was a tall black box seemingly having no lid and the song came from this box¡­


    Su Jiuzhou smiled and before he could say ¡®do you really want to be contaminated this much?¡¯, the youth in front of him quickly turned his head and never looked at the black box again.


    Su Jiuzhou¡¯s voice stopped.


    The entire Fumin Community was covered with five huge steel plates.


    Separated in the moonlight, more than twenty searchlights stood in every corner of the community, illuminating everything like it was day.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s voice was undisturbed as he asked: ¡°Colonel Su, has the speed of the marchers been reduced by 100 times?¡±


    Su Jiuzhou lightly stared at him and after a while: ¡°En.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu lowered his head and began thinking.


    According to what Su Jiuzhou had just said, 008¡¯s second song can reduce the speed of regular people by 100 times and other than level one users, there generally isn¡¯t any effect on other users.


    Then that means the marchers outside are completely out of danger.


    Although there were many marchers, there were only a few dozen users outside maintaining order. But these dozens of users could move freely between the thousands of marchers. When they lift their hands to their necks at a hundredth of their normal speed, these dozens of users could easily push their hands back.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s heart skipped a beat.


    (You have a lot of time now¡­)


    (Because, I¡¯m here.)


    ¡­


    Under the glaring searchlights, because of his excessive use of his logic skill earlier, there wasn¡¯t a trace of blood on the youth¡¯s face. The effect of 008 caused Xiao Jinyu to blink like he was in a slowmo video. His eyelashes fluttered slightly in the air and he looked at the man in front of him.


    ¡°Colonel Su.¡±


    His speaking speed was also reduced by a fraction.


    ¡°En?¡±


    ¡°Thank you. I¡¯ll begin to transfer Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes now.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu raised his hand and swiped across his eyelids. He walked towards the closest black light dot.


    However, before he could take two steps, he suddenly heard footsteps.


    Xiao Jinyu slowly turned around and looked at the man following him.


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°008¡¯s contamination ability isn¡¯t very strong, but it¡¯s still able to contaminate a level one user. Don¡¯t stray too far from me or you¡¯ll be contaminated by it after ten minutes.¡±


    After a moment.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Thank you.¡±


    While he talked, the youth reached out and grabbed a ball of air, using his flying fist.


    Su Jiuzhou didn¡¯t say anything, silently looking at the black-haired youth not too far away.


    Ten minutes ago.


    When Su Jiuzhou rushed to Contamination Area 81, the first thing he saw was the youth standing atop the desolate ruins. He saw him forcibly use his logic skill again and again, the pain making him wrinkle his eyebrows, and the blood and tears flowing down nonstop from the corners of his eyes.


    However, the next second, Su Jiuzhou¡¯s steps stopped.


    He saw the thin, pale youth raise his hand without hesitation and decisively wipe the blood from the corner of his eye.


    A strange strength and fragility.


    ¡­


    This youth seemed different from before.


    Did something happen?


    Su Jiuzho narrowed his eyes in thought.


    The author has something to say:


    Zhao Hen read the comments of the previous chapter and said that he had something he wanted to say.


    Polite Zhao Hen: Are you guys sexy?????!!!!

 CH 35

    Zhongdu User Committee, Maintenance Department.


    After Xiao Jinyu asked if ¡®there was anything different between this blood and the blood of ordinary people¡¯, Li Xiaoxiao continued to think about what the person behind the scenes intended to do with Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill.


    There were plenty of logic skills in the world that could kill and rather, those types of logic skills like Meat King¡¯s, which were completely non-violent, were rarely seen. And if it was used correctly, it wouldn¡¯t be impossible to use Meat King¡¯s logic skill to kill.


    Just like how the plotter had killed White Garden; his logic skill was also a very good tool for killing. It might even be faster and simpler than Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill and their hands won¡¯t even be stained with blood.


    But the plotter picked ¡°Pope¡¯s Crown¡±.


    Li Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes.


    Under the bright lights, dozens of staff members from the Maintenance Department gathered and sat before the table. From the day Pope¡¯s Crown had awakened his logic skill, the data from all the tasks he had accepted since then were all dug out. Everyone began to investigate what was special about his logic skill.


    In the end, Li Xiaoxiao took all the information collected by her subordinates, her finger harshly pointing at the four words: ¡°physically and mentally pure¡±.


    The most special thing about Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill was that everyone who entered his logic skill must be physically and mentally pure!


    ¡°Go check the information on the marchers! Check if all of these ¡®marchers¡¯ are all virgins!¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    Ten minutes later.


    The information on a hundred marchers appeared on the large screen in the Maintenance Department, densely packed.


    Currently, there were three thousand victims in the march, and compiling the information on all of them would take a very long time. Right now, time was of the essence and ten minutes was too short. Even if the government came and helped, they could only compile a hundred people¡¯s information.


    But even a hundred people was enough for them to confirm one thing.


    Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s expression was grim: ¡°These people are all virgins!¡±


    Although it would be impossible to directly ask the people who had lost their minds and joined the march, but according to the descriptions given by their friends and family, the probability of these marchers all being virgins was as high as 99%.


    ¡°Virgin blood. Or in other words, a pure heart¡¯s blood¡­¡±


    A staff member shouted: ¡°Department head, this is a cult sacrifice! Many medieval church sources recorded that offering virgins could summon the devil!¡±


    ¡°Yes, when 004 gave Pope¡¯s Crown this user ID, it might have also felt that only people who are physically and mentally pure could enter this logic skill, this point is very evil.¡±


    ¡°Pope¡¯s Crown and that nun who appeared in Haidu¡­ does that nun want to make a sacrifice?¡±


    ¡°She wants to summon the devil?¡±


    ¡­


    ¡°There is no devil in this world, not to mention a God.¡±


    A clear, male voice sounded from the door of the Maintenance Department. The crowd immediately became silent, looking back at the door.


    The temporary leader of Haidu¡¯s Extermination Squad, Xu Qi, strode into the Maintenance Department with a cold face. He quickly said: ¡°The blood on the snow is continuously decreasing. The devil is swallowing that blood? Hehe, what devil?! This is a logic skill, a logic skill that needs to swallow blood!¡±


    The clean cut youth walked over to Li Xiaoxiao, his eyes grim: ¡°I¡¯ve already had my people collect some of the blood on the snow and sent it to your Logic Research Institute. They¡¯re currently separating the blood and preparing it for an experiment. Right now, they don¡¯t know if it¡¯s a user or polluter that needs this blood. But there is one thing that only the User Committee can check.¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡±


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    ***


    Fumin Community was an old community built before the Type-A radiation.


    Its buildings weren¡¯t that high, every building had only 12 floors, meeting the government¡¯s standard of one elevator, two households. Just considering the years since its construction, it was older than the Changmei Community and even the Kangren Community Xiao Jinyu lives in. But the brownish-yellow outer wall only had a few faint pieces of the wall peeling off. It was built with high quality paints and materials, so even after being abandoned for twenty five years, it would still look newer than the high-density Changmei Community.


    After confirming that polluter 008 wouldn¡¯t contaminate anyone and would only obediently sit in the black box and sing, Wang Tao led several members of the Extermination Team out of Area 81 to maintain order outside of the contamination area.


    The towering steel plates surrounded the entire Fumin Community.


    Other than a few team members who stayed to clean up, only Xiao Jinyu and Su Jiuzhou wandered around the community to collect the remaining pollution factors in the air.


    With Polluter 008, who could slow down humans by hundreds of times, Xiao Jinyu wasn¡¯t in a hurry to use Fourth Perspective to clean up the black light dots.


    At night, the steel plates could stop the cold wind and snow from coming in, but the negative five degree weather was still like a fine needle, the chill penetrating through the gap in his clothes and clinging onto his skin.


    After cleaning up another black dot again and sending it into the White Garden space, Xiao Jinyu softly sighed, forming a tiny white mist in the air.


    He calmly walked to the next black dot in the air.


    Xiao Jinyu had just raised his foot when the sound of footsteps of the same pace sounded from behind him. Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t look back.


    At this moment, he had already completely calmed down. He methodically solved the black dots floating in the air, but once his eyes began to sting, Xiao Jinyu would immediately turn off Fourth Perspective. Once his eyes returned to normal, he would continue to use his logic skill.


    He didn¡¯t want to go blind.


    Even more, he didn¡¯t want to consume his lifespan here.


    Only if he was alive could he find the real culprit behind the scenes and also see the murderer receive their punishment they deserved.


    Calm down.


    Calm down again.


    Keep thinking.


    After dealing with all the black dots between buildings 18 and 20, Xiao Jinyu closed his eyes and slightly gasped. He turned around and said: ¡°Colonel Su, the majority of Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic factors have been cleaned up, but there are still some that have drifted to the other parts of the community.¡±


    Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°I¡¯ll follow you.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu slightly nodded, not replying. He turned around and brushed past Su Jiuzhou, walking to the next building.


    The youth¡¯s movements were very swift. As soon as he found the ¡°ashes¡±, he would immediately use his flying fist and send them into the White Garden space. Once he felt pain in his eyes, he would close them and rest.


    Su Jiuzhou originally wanted to just see what had happened to this meticulous, yet never able to upgrade level one user, that caused him to be different from normal. But slowly, as he looked at Xiao Jinyu¡¯s busy, yet calm back, he stopped his steps.


    But it also seemed like nothing had changed?


    An hour later, Xiao Jinyu called Wang Tao, asking about the marchers outside. After learning that the marchers hadn¡¯t stopped their action of picking their heads off, he softly said, ¡°Then I¡¯ll continue to look for the ashes¡±, before hanging up.


    As long as the air contained just one black light dot, then that would mean that Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes haven¡¯t been sent into the White Garden space, and the logic skill wouldn¡¯t be broken off.


    The worst situation would be that Zhao Hen used Sexy Samba too late and that some black dots floated out of their blockade without Xiao Jinyu¡¯s notice.


    Not even half an hour later, Xiao Jinyu found the pollution factor between the steps in the building, then threw it into the White Garden space. A minute later, Wang Tao called, his voice unable to contain his joy: ¡°Xiao Jinyu, the marchers have stopped trying to take off their heads. Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill has been completely broken off!¡±


    ¡­


    Now, the ¡°Sacrificial Head-Picking March Incident¡±, that shook the entirety of Zhongdu, was finally over.


    ***


    21:38, November 20th, 2046.


    Xiao Jinyu walked through the small door under the steel plate, walking out of Fumin Community.


    The snow stopped.


    The dark clouds were blown away by the wind. The bright and clear moonlight shone through the cold air before illuminating the earth.


    Stretching out from Contamination Area 81, countless people were weeping on the snow covered streets. The marchers all fell into a coma after Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill was broken. Their family and friends hugged their cold bodies as they waited for medics.


    The streets were full of broken arms.


    Bloody heads rolled down the sides of the road and like the aftermath of a rainstorm, because of the slight inclination of the road, the blood flowed from the asphalt into the sewer. But this wasn¡¯t rain, it was the blood from countless necks.


    Xiao Jinyu stood where he was, silently looking at this scene.


    Suddenly, his sight froze, eyes widening. He stared at a colored dot of light floating out of the blood.


    A logic factor!


    Xiao Jinyu immediately focused. He quickened his pace, carefully observing all the blood on the ground.


    Little grains of colorful logic factors flew out of the blood of these marchers, into the sky before slowly disappearing.


    Xiao Jinyu quickly found Zhao Hen. He grabbed the other party: ¡°Department Head Li¡¯s contact information!¡±


    Zhao Hen froze, then without asking any questions, he handed his phone over.


    Xiao Jinyu anxiously called, yet before he could open his mouth, Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s urgent voice sounded first: ¡°Is this Xiao Jinyu?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu was stunned in surprise.


    ¡°Zhao Hen wouldn¡¯t call me at a time like this.¡± Li Xiaoxiao quickly said, ¡°Xiao Jinyu, our previous guess was correct. This was a logic skill, a logic skill that needs blood! Blood is the cause of this logic skill and only by offering blood can this logic skill be activated. However, according to the information collected by the User Committee, this user just needed blood at level three, there is no requirement for the blood provider to be a virgin. However, it¡¯s definitely her!¡±


    When Li Xiaoxiao said ¡°virgin¡±, Xiao Jinyu immediately froze, a trace of surprise flashing through his mind.


    But he didn¡¯t have the time to dwell on it. He asked: ¡°Who is she? Why is it definitely her?¡±


    ¡°Because we¡¯ve already investigated that, one hundred years ago, the Howard family didn¡¯t leave China by boat at all. They were stopped in the harbor by the enemy army. In order to escape the war, the Howard family left Haidu and went to Zhongdu to live in seclusion. And twenty-six years ago, the Howard family¡¯s last descendant, that nun, lived in Fumin Community. She was five then!¡±


    He clutched the phone, his fingertips turning white from the pressure. Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm as he asked, word by word: ¡°Who is she?¡±


    At the same time, Haidu, Puxi.


    This was a beautiful and secluded, old house.


    At the beginning of the last century, a large area of Puxi was rented out to the French, becoming the French Concession. Many foreign officials, soldiers, and merchants came to this concession and established their own commercial empires, exploiting the already devastated land of China.


    Rows and rows of houses also sprung up in this land from that time.


    The snow in Zhongdu stopped, yet the snow in Haidu fell for an entire night.


    At the end of Haoming Street, lush vegetation protruded from the white fence, blocking the view of outsiders. A few towering trees grew in the small courtyard and a red and white three-story house stood quietly in the center of the courtyard.


    Snow fell, covering the steps.


    ¡°Crunch¡ª¡±


    A boot stepped on the dead leaf on the ground.


    The next second.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The building¡¯s front door was kicked open.


    The snow reflected the dim lights from the street outside the courtyard, shining into the house and illuminating the grand piano in the small living room.


    Directly opposite the double front doors was a statue of a weeping Virgin Mary with a baby in her arms. In the snow-white sculpture, the Virgin Mary looked sadly at the son in her arms.


    The young woman wearing a nun¡¯s black robes clasped her hands and knelt before the statue, praying reverently. She didn¡¯t seem to notice that the door behind her was kicked open, or that someone was standing in the doorway, staring at her with cold, sharp eyes.


    She continued to kneel before the Virgin Mary, whispering prayers.


    ¡°A18, Holy Sacrifice.¡±


    The woman standing at the doorway opened her mouth. The steady voice was mixed with anger, each word gritted out of her mouth.


    ¡°I should call you Huo Lanxu¡­


    ¡°Or, Lanxu Howard?¡±


    The nun in front of the statue seemed to have finally realized that someone had broken into the room. She stood up, then turned her head.


    A soft gaze fell on the woman in the doorway.


    ¡°Meat King wasn¡¯t killed by me.¡± She pitifully looked at the woman who had just lost her husband.


    Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill didn¡¯t have the time to activate on Meat King before Meat King was killed by the hands of Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf.


    Meat King¡¯s death really had nothing to do with the Head-Picking Incident.


    Luo Sheng smiled.


    Snowflakes drifted across the porch, landing on her silver-grey hair, flying into the house. The next second, heavy rain poured down. The snow still was falling onto the ground, yet at the same time, in negative five degree weather, torrential rain fell at the same time.


    A freezing cold rain heavily poured into the house.


    This rainwater suddenly stopped by Luo Sheng¡¯s side, before floating around her. In an instant, it turned into a spiked cage, rolling towards the nun beneath the statue of the Virgin Mary.

 CH 36

    ¡°Ten minutes ago, we notified Haidu¡¯s User Committee. Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team has been deployed to catch ¡®Holy Sacrifice¡¯.¡±


    From the moment Chu Wenting pulled her own head off, to Zhongdu¡¯s Head-Picking Incident.


    Now, a total of twenty full hours have passed.


    Li Xiaoxiao has already worked for twenty straight hours, not resting for a second. Her complexion was bad, yet her eyes were extremely bright. She held the phone and said to Xiao Jinyu in a calm tone: ¡°Haidu has temporarily suspended ¡®Water Punishment¡¯s¡¯ sentence. She¡¯s out of her cell now¡­ she¡¯s on her way to hunt ¡®Holy Sacrifice¡¯!¡±


    Water Punishment, Luo Sheng.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s brain immediately conjoured up an image of a grey-haired, heroic but cold looking woman who didn¡¯t smile.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Department Head Li, Holy Sacrifice is a level five user. About how high is her ranking on the Grow Some Brains APP?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t know.¡± Li Xiaoxiao said helplessly: ¡°We don¡¯t know her ranking and even Polluter 004 can¡¯t give an answer. You should know that the top 53 users in the Grow Some Brains APP ranking are all anonymous. This isn¡¯t because 004 is deliberately hiding this, but because those 53 users are all extremely power and even 004 can¡¯t find their specific ranking.


    ¡°Of the top 53 users, the government has only collected the information on 20 of them. And these information are all voluntarily revealed by those 20 users. Holy Sacrifice didn¡¯t tell us her ranking, but by our estimates, she is in the top 20 at the very least!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu thought, his gaze falling on the bloody water.


    After a few seconds, Xiao Jinyu said: ¡°Although Xu Qi¡¯s in Zhongdu, there can¡¯t only be him that¡¯s a high level user in Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team. With Captain Luo, Water Punishment, there and add a few members of the Extermination Team in, there shouldn¡¯t be any problem with catching Holy Sacrifice.¡±


    Finding the whereabouts of the murderer was crucial and Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t think that Holy Sacrifice could escape the hands of Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team. However, just as he was about to ask Li Xiaoxiao if the Logic Research Institute had figured out how the nun was able to use Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill, Li Xiaoxiao opened her mouth.


    ¡°There is one thing that I think you¡¯ve mistaken, Xiao Jinyu.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu immedately stopped talking.


    LI Xiaoxiao: ¡°Most likely, Haidu might have only sent out Water Punishment herself. Although I don¡¯t know just who specifically has been deployed, but I believe that the rest of the Extermination Team is assisting from the side as best, not directly joining the battle between Water Punishment and Holy Sacrifice.¡±


    ¡°Why?!¡±


    ¡°Because she is ¡®Holy Sacrifice¡¯.¡±


    The cold wind blew over the youth¡¯s hair and through the phone, Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s grim voice was transmitted: ¡°In the entirety of Haidu, of all the users who took the initiative to work under the government, only Water Punishment herself can approach her. Anyone else joining the battle will only add to the chaos and may even lead to their own logic skill collapsing. Haidu has already notified the neighboring cities¡¯ Extermination Team for aid.


    ¡°All users under level five, in front of Holy Sacrifice¡­ cannot land a single blow!¡±


    ¡­


    After hanging up, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s expression was calm, sorting out the information given by Li Xiaoxiao.


    Holy Sacrifice.


    This was a seemingly nonviolent logic skill.


    ¨COnly for ordinary people.


    The target of Holy Sacrifice¡¯s attack, from the beginning to the end, only was logic skills.


    Yes, it attacked the logic skill itself.


    [User ID: Holy Sacrifice]


    [Real Name: Huo Lanxu]


    [Gender: Female]


    [User Rank: A**]


    [Logic Level: Five]


    [Logic Skill: By sacrificing a certain amount of blood, she can enter the field of holy sacrifice.


    This field is a circular range with Holy Sacrifice as the center. The size of the field is suspected to be related to the amount of blood sacrificed. The maximum observed radius is 122 meters and the maximum height is 204 meters.


    In the middle of the field, all logic skills that are lower in level than Holy Sacrifice, will immediately be suppressed. The suppression includes, but is not limited to:


    The user¡¯s body clearly feels pressure stronger than the earth¡¯s gravity.


    The user¡¯s logic skill is greatly reduced and it is very likely to cause a logic skill breakdown.


    A polluter¡¯s contamination ability and special ability will be restricted.


    *In January 13th, 2046, Holy Sacrifice assisted the Haidu Extermination Team for the last time, going to Contamination Area 18 to execute the A rank task ***. In this mission, user rank D02, level one user ¡°Sausage Baby¡±, was directly pressed to the ground by the huge gravity. Five minutes later, their logic skill immediately broke.


    Confirmed: All level one users cannot move freely in the field of Holy Sacrifice.


    Level two users¡­


    Level three users¡­]


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t think that the nun¡¯s logic skill would be like this.


    Just by sacrificing blood, all the users and polluters in the range of the nun¡¯s logic skill would then be suppressed. Instead, it was all the ordinary people without logic skills that wouldn¡¯t be affected and are free to move.


    This kind of logic skill, you could say it was completely harmless or you could say it was extremely horrifying.


    When he heard the information on the nun¡¯s logic skill, Xiao Jinyu¡¯s immediate reaction was: This was a logic skill that suited the Extermination Team.


    When one¡¯s teammate encounters danger, whether that enemy was a user or polluter, or even an out-of-control logic skill, Holy Sacrifice could immediately sacrifice some blood, release the field, and then surpress the enemy. Moreover, after Holy Sacrifice reached level three, she could also form small gaps in this circular field.


    What is a small gap?


    A small gap would mean that when both her teammates and enemy enters her logic skill field, Holy Sacrifice could then erase the area under her teammate¡¯s feet in the field and only suppress the enemy alone.


    With such a special and strong logic skill, the Haidu officials have invited Huo Lanxu to join the extermination team more than once, but they were all rejected by her.


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    No one would think that a woman who had helped the Extermination Team catch a murderer before would one day become a demon holding the butcher¡¯s knife.


    ***


    Haidu, Haoming Street.


    The wind swirled around the heavy rain, the old houses on both sides of the street shook, and dead yellow leaves were hit by the rain, covering the entire ground.


    The extermination team members were quickly evacuating the surrounding citizens.


    After Xiao Jinyu discovered the nun¡¯s trail, Xu Qi ordered his team to quickly investigate the Catholic Church near Haidu¡¯s subway station.


    However, they didn¡¯t find the mysterious nun there.


    The priest of that Catholic Church said that the nun wasn¡¯t registered with them. She had appeared out of nowhere half a year ago, coming often to worship and to clean the church. The priest gave them a name and they had looked it up. Sure enough, it was a fake name.


    The mysterious nun didn¡¯t leave any clues.


    At that time, Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team hadn¡¯t connected the mysterious nun with Huo Lanxu yet. It wasn¡¯t until Li Xiaoxiao found that after the Howard family settled down in China, they married a Chinese woman and changed their surname to Huo. Little by little, they found the name Huo Lanxu.


    Exactly as Xiao Jinyu guessed, Huo Lanxu was an extremely sentimental person.


    Because she used to live in Fumin Community, after she dug out Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes, she didn¡¯t choose to bury it in the residential area close by in the Xiaoqiu District, but instead, she deliberately went to Wuxing District to use a logic skill and bury the ashes in the garden she had played in as a child.


    A person like this also went to a church financed by the Howard family.


    The necklace on her neck was also engraved with the Howard family crest.


    She even remembered that Meat King had won the auction on Howard¡¯s fan.


    ¡ªHoward.


    This name was very important to her.


    So when a person like this officially activated Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill, beginning this grand and cruel head-picking march, she didn¡¯t stay in Contamination Area 81 to witness this ¡°feat¡± created by her, nor did she go to that Catholic Church to confess her sins.


    There was only one place where she would hide¡ª


    In the last century, the Howard family lived in a house in the French Concession.


    The rain was like rocks, slamming into the ground.


    Holy Sacrifice¡¯s logic skill was ineffective against ordinary people, but no one dared to let so many people stay near such a demon. Before this big battle could begin, the innocents must be evacuated from the surrounding area.


    A member of Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team wiped the rain from his face. He knew that this rain was their own captain¡¯s logic skill.


    This rain didn¡¯t fall from the sky, but instead condensed directly mid-air.


    ¡°Quickly, there¡¯s still three more households!¡±


    ¡°Coming, coming. I¡¯m already going.¡±


    ¡°If we don¡¯t evacuate these people right, then Captain can¡¯t show her skills and we won¡¯t be able to help Captain.¡±


    ¡°Eh, is the rain lighter?¡±


    ¡°This isn¡¯t rain, this is Captain¡¯s logic skill!¡±


    Suddenly, the voices stopped.


    A few young team members stood on the street. They all looked up, feeling the rain hitting their faces.


    ¡°It¡¯s getting lighter! This is Captain¡¯s logic skill, the rain is getting lighter. Then Captain, Captain¡­!¡±


    A middle aged man grabbed the anxious team member and swept his rain-soaked hair back: ¡°Believe in Captain! Quick, go evacuate everyone. Once we evacuate everyone, then we can help Captain.¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    ¡­


    In the once grand house.


    The piano was smashed to pieces, the ornate crystal chandelier was scattered on the ground, and the wooden floor was covered with blood-stained glass shards.


    Luo Sheng¡¯s right hand held a large glass shard, the weapon she had picked up casually after the floor-to-ceiling windows were smashed. The weapons she had brought with her were all broken by this woman.


    Level five users didn¡¯t only have strong logic skills, but their physical qualities were also terrible beyond the limits of the human body.


    Luo Sheng¡¯s cheeks, chest, and arms were all covered in bloody holes, deep enough to see bone. In front of the statue of the Virgin Mary, which was broken in half, the nun¡¯s right arm was also gushing blood. She was wounded, but it was obvious that her injuries were far better off.


    In the dark, silent house, the two women stared warily at each other.


    After a while.


    Luo Sheng gasped: ¡°You¡¯ve gotten stronger. You¡¯re getting stronger non-stop¡­ was it you who created that march in Zhongdu? It¡¯s been stopped, but you¡¯re still getting stronger?¡±


    The nun silently looked at her, not answering.


    Luo Sheng raised the glass shard, pointing it at the other party: ¡°Huo Lanxu, what is your user ranking?!¡±


    Looking at her enemy who had completely fallen into a disadvantage, the nun¡¯s eyes were soft. As if she was sighing: ¡°When you came into this house, A18. Now¡­ A14.¡±


    The former A14, Water Punishment, Luo Sheng.


    The current A14, Holy Sacrifice, Huo Lanxu.


    She didn¡¯t take out her phone and check if it really was as the other had said, that she had fallen from A14 to A15.


    Luo Sheng knew that this woman wasn¡¯t lying.


    She also knew that what was strengthening this woman wasn¡¯t herself, but that extremely cruel head-picking sacrifice, hundreds of miles away in Zhongdu.


    ¡°How did you strip Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill from his body? Just like¡­


    ¡°How did you do this? Your body is in Haidu, but the logic skill is being used in Zhongdu¡­¡±


    The nun didn¡¯t answer this question.


    She looked at the pathetic woman in front of her.


    The wound on her cheek spread to the corner of her mouth, Luo Sheng¡¯s black eyes stared at the woman. Suddenly, she laughed: ¡°You chose to do the march in Zhongdu because that was where you grew up. Why didn¡¯t you change cities? Zhongdu, Haidu, these large cities¡­ are all very dangerous.¡±


    The nun calmly asked: ¡°Is it dangerous?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s dangerous!¡± Luo Sheng laughed like crazy. After Meat King died, she was already almost a lunatic. ¡°Do you know who¡¯s in Zhongdu? Do you know, who it was¡­ who just stopped your march and broke Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill?!¡±


    Hearing the word ¡°broke¡±, the nun¡¯s body slightly froze.


    Seeing the nun¡¯s unchanging white face, Luo Sheng then knew that this woman had guessed it.


    However, she was willing to tell the other party again.


    ¡°The one who broke Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill, is a little guy. Before you are taken to trial, you can remember his ID.


    ¡°He¡¯s called¡ª


    ¡°Fourth Perspective.¡±


    The nun slightly paused. She raised a slender eyebrow: ¡°Fourth Perspective?¡± Her tense body suddenly relaxed.


    ¡°Also¡­¡±


    The nun raised her head.


    Luo Sheng laughed crazily, blood constantly flowing from between her teeth, a sharp cone of water gathering around her, only this time, there was obviously less water condensing around her than before.


    ¡°There¡¯s A01, Spear of Judgement!¡±


    The nun¡¯s gaze froze.


    Luo Sheng laughed louder: ¡°Now, how long do you think your logic skill can hold now?!¡±


    ***


    Under the dark night, Xiao Jinyu looked at the speckled rivers of blood on the ground, face calm.


    Something¡¯s not right.


    No matter how the members of the Extermination Team try to remove this blood; collection them all and burning it, even having Wang Tao personally burn them into something invisible to the eye¡­


    The little grains of colored logic factors still kept on flying out of the blood and into the sky!


    This was a logic skill.


    A logic skill that didn¡¯t belong to Pope¡¯s Crown.


    It wasn¡¯t black, it was still multicolored. It¡¯s owner perhaps was still alive¡­


    Perhaps, it was Holy Sacrifice!


    Xiao Jinyu activated Fourth Perspective, directly using the enhanced version. He stared at the colored light dots that flew into the sky without blinking. Only he could see these light dots, so even if he told Wang Tao, who would guess that these logic factors were the true purpose of Holy¡¯s Sacrifice¡¯s head picking incident, they were powerless to stop it.


    Level five user Holy Sacrifice, what her logic skill had become like now, only she knew.


    Facing the logic factors that continued to fly towards the sky, Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips.


    ¡­These logic factors, definitely had a problem.


    But what about it? How should they deal with them? What was the use of these logic factors for Holy Sacrifice, and will it lead to an even worse disaster?


    Xiao Jinyu pulled out his phone and found Li Xiaoxiao¡¯s contact, yet just as he was about to call her¡­


    The air suddenly stood still.


    The crisp sound of something piercing the wind came from behind him.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s body froze. He hurried to turn around and in the next second, a black spear grazed his cheek, and like a lightning bolt, it pierced through the night, shooting forward.


    Xiao Jinyu immediately looked at the direction of the spear.


    It stopped in midair!


    The enhanced version of Fourth Perspective had been staring at the empty space where the spear had pierced, but Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t see a single logic factor or pollution factor. Yet the spear seemed to have stabbed something, hanging in midair motionlessly.


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s mouth slightly opened.


    In an instant.


    That spear disappeared.


    The howling wind blew through past his ears and there seemed to be a very light cracking sound. Xiao Jinyu thought he had just imagined it, but when he looked up at the sky, he saw that the net made of those colored dots had suddenly exploded open!


    In the vast and quiet night sky, countless light dots were connected by tiny threads, enveloping half the city.


    The black spear pierced the middle of those countless threads.


    ¡°Crack¡ª¡±


    The colorful threads broke.


    The multicolored world suddenly collapsed, the countless logic factors turned into dots of light and fell down from the sky. As they fell, they fell slower and dimmer. When the first light dot fell on the ground, Xiao Jinyu dazily looked at it, subconsciously taking a step forward.


    He saw this colored light dot¡¯s rotational pattern!


    Every seven light dots were connected together, forming a complex, closed path. They followed this path while each one of them spinned and flew at a fast speed.


    When they were in the sky, Xiao Jinyu could barely see that they were flying and spinning. Only they were about to disappear and touch the earth, could Xiao Jinyu finally clearly see the rotational pattern of this logic skill.


    At this time, he should hurry forward and try as much as he can to see if he can steal the logic skill of Holy Sacrifice.


    Yet Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t move. He stood where he was, looking at the light dots falling to the ground, slowly disappearing.


    Holy Sacrifice was too strong, when it could still function normally, Xiao Jinyu wasn¡¯t able to see how it worked. He couldn¡¯t even see that there were that many logic factors in the air. Only when it was shattered by Su Jiuzhou and slowly weakened to its demise, did Xiao Jinyu clearly see how it rotated and moved.


    However, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t continue to look at the seven logic factors flying around each other.


    He looked at the logic factors on the ground, the ones that stopped moving.


    A strange thought came to mind. As if a floodgate has suddenly opened, countless nonsensical thoughts rushed into his brain like a flood.


    ¡°These logic factors all look the same.


    ¡°All the logic factors in the world look the same. The only thing that diferrentiates them is their rotational pattern.


    ¡°So, why am I so sure that the three logic factors around my hand is White Garden¡¯s¡­?¡±


    Once a scary train of thought began, it wouldn¡¯t be able to stop.


    ¡°Why did I determine them to be White Garden¡¯s?


    ¡°Because they spin just like White Garden¡¯s.


    ¡°Yes, exactly the same.


    ¡°White Garden¡¯s logic factors spun like this, so these are White Garden¡¯s logic factors.


    ¡°Just like Holy Sacrifice¡¯s logic factors. They¡¯re seven logic factors that spin together, their rotational pattern is different from White Garden¡¯s, so they¡¯re not White Garden¡¯s, they¡¯re Holy Sacrifice¡¯s.¡±


    ¡­


    ¡°So why¡­ can¡¯t they be my logic factors?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu raised his hand, dazily looking at the three logic factors that should belong to White Garden. He just looked at his hand motionlessly, at the three rapidly rotating logic factors.


    Suddenly.


    Those three logic factors stopped moving.


    They were like the logic factors of Holy Sacrifice that fell to the ground and stopped functioning, stopping their rotation and silently floating next to Xiao Jinyu¡¯s wrist.


    Xiao Jinyu stared at them.


    They, also stared back at Xiao Jinyu.


    ¡­


    Keep thinking.


    ¡­


    Zhongdu, Basement Warehouse, floor 36.


    The little robot who had nothing to do shook painfully from side to side, yelling ¡°Old Pervert, go die¡± on one side while turning around and saying ¡°Day 365 of missing Dad¡±. Suddenly, 004 stopped.


    ¡°Eh?¡±


    In the small glass cage, the small robot tilted it¡¯s head, the flat panel display flipping through countless words before finally staying on the leaderboard of the Grow Some Brains APP.


    [China¡¯s User Leaderboard ¨C B Rank


    B01 ¨C Heartbreaker ¨C Level Three


    B02 ¨C Traveling Superman ¨C Level Three


    ¡­


    B04 ¨C Surfing Scumbag ¨C Level Three


    ¡­


    B07 ¨C Fourth Perspective ¨C Level Three]

 CH 37

    Xiao Jinyu lowered his hand.


    In the air, the three logic factors that floated around his right hand and no longer spun, gradually disappeared.


    The first time Xiao Jinyu had seen these three logic factors was the day he had awakened his logic skill.


    When he found out that he had awakened his logic skill, the first thing he did was to check if there were any logic factors on his mom. Although he didn¡¯t know whether the pollutants Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong mentioned would contaminate through logic factors, but if there weren¡¯t any on his mom, then he could at least have another reason to comfort himself that his mom¡¯s strange appearance had nothing to do with logic skills and that his mom wasn¡¯t a pollutant.


    However, he saw black logic factors on his mom¡¯s neck.


    After that night¡¯s event, Xiao Jinyu locked himself in his room and explored his logic skill ability.


    Fourth Perspective, as it¡¯s name suggests, lets him see logic factors. Otherwise, in the infirmary of the subway station, Xiao Jinyu wouldn¡¯t have been able to evade the detection of the detector and successfully concealed the fact that he had awakened his logic skill.


    Xiao Jinyu tried many different ways, but he couldn¡¯t find another way to use Fourth Perspective. Just as he thought that his ability was only ¡°to see logic factors¡±, those three logic factors suddenly appeared on his wrist, rotating exactly the same was as White Garden¡¯s logic skill.


    No one would blame Xiao Jinyu for thinking he had ¡°stolen¡± White Garden¡¯s logic factors, anyone who didn¡¯t understand the world of logic skills and encountered a situation like that would also mistake that those three logic factors were White Garden¡¯s¡ª


    They were really the same.


    So it wasn¡¯t until now that Xiao Jinyu finally understood that those three logic factors didn¡¯t belong to White Garden at all.


    From the beginning to the end, they belonged to him.


    ¡­


    Taking out his phone from his pocket, Xiao Jinyu looked down at his user information in the Grow Some Brains APP.


    [User ID: Fourth Perspective]


    [User Level: Three]


    His eyes stopped on the two words ¡°level: three¡± for a moment, thinking, before he put his phone down. Before the phone light completely turned off, his sight moved across the line ¡°User Rank: B07¡±, but he didn¡¯t dwell on it for long. Xiao Jinyu calmly put his phone in his pocket.


    ¡­It was a bit weird.


    According to 004, the user levels weren¡¯t determined by it. 004 didn¡¯t purposefully differentiate their logic skills, instead, they were grouped by Haidu¡¯s Logic Research Institute.


    Ten years ago, Haidu¡¯s Logic Research Institute discovered the hierarchical differences between logic skills and divided them into seven levels. After 004 was captured by humans, it also recognized the hierarchical standard determined by humans and so it followed that standard on the Grow Some Brains APP.


    A logic skill was split into seven levels, level one being the lowest and level seven being the highest.


    And within it, the criteria for level three¡­


    Xiao Jinyu recalled: ¡°Have a clear understanding of the cause and effect of the logic skill and can also clearly define the forks on the logic skill.¡±


    All level three users and clearly explain what their logic skill is, including the cause and effects of it. Even more, they can also explain all the forks on their logic skill.


    Taking the level three user Meat King as an example, when he was at level one, Meat King was aware that he had awakened a logic skill, but he didn¡¯t know a lot about this logic skill. He could perceive that ¡®eating roasted pork¡¯ was part of his logic skill, but he wasn¡¯t clear on what the effect would be.


    Once he got to level two, he knew that ¡®eating roasted pork would then lead to a clear day the next day¡¯. He would be proficient in using his logic skill yet he wouldn¡¯t know the details of his logic skill.


    Until he kept thinking, becoming a level three user.


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    And the specifications of the meat, the way it¡¯s cooked and the ingredients used¡­ these were all the forks on Meat King¡¯s logic skill.


    A logic skill was just like a tree with a lot of branches.


    The cause is the tree¡¯s trunk and the effect is the top of the tree. The forks are then the branches stretching out from the tree.


    When the user completes the simple ¡®cause¡¯, most of the time the logic skill will run normally and steadily move towards the ¡®effect¡¯. It¡¯s like the nutrients that are steadily transported from the roots of the tree to the top.


    But there is also a small possibility that suddenly, the branches wouldn¡¯t stay silent anymore. It won¡¯t allow these nutrients to be delivered across their faces without their permission, so they¡¯ll cut off the nutrient transmission. Therefore, the logic skill would become invalidated.


    Level one to level three are thresholds.


    All users must reach level three in order to ensure the stability of their logic skill. Majority of the logic skill breakages occur between level one and two because level one and two users don¡¯t understand their logic skills enough, making them prone to doubts and misunderstandings, leading to their deaths.


    Now, Xiao Jinyu has become a level three user.


    His hand in his pocket gently rubbed the cold and smooth shell of his phone, his face not fluctuating a single bit, just as if he was quietly watching the snow in the distance. However, only a Xiao Jinyu knew that¡ª


    He didn¡¯t know any of the forks on his logic skill.


    How many forks were there? What forks were there?


    All of that, he didn¡¯t know.


    But 004 determined he was a level three user.


    Xiao Jinyu was silent as he walked over to the sidewalk. He bent down and observed the colored light dots falling from the sky.


    This firework-like fall of the logic factors had already lasted for a full five minutes, spanning across half of Zhongdu, yet there was no sign of it stopping.


    ¡°Holy Sacrifice¡¯s¡± magnificent logic factors were constantly falling, slowly stopping their spinning, before dissipating completely.


    Xiao Jinyu reached out, wanting to grab a logic factor.


    The colored dot passed through his palm, falling into the ground covered in snow, blood, and sewage, before disappearing.


    After trying a few times, Xiao Jinyu pulled his hand back.


    Sure enough, there was no way for him to ¡®steal¡¯ logic factors.


    Xiao Jinyu silently looked at his empty palm.


    It seems like his previous thought wasn¡¯t wrong, that his sudden promotion to level three was actually a hint that he had finally found the correct use of Fourth Perspective.


    ¡­


    Then what are the forks on Fourth Perspective?


    ***


    The march for ¡°Pope¡¯s Crown¡± was stopped and the logic skill laid by the nun in Zhongdu was broken.


    However, the disaster didn¡¯t end here.


    Zhongdu¡¯s Extermination Team rushed out with the ordinary staff members who hadn¡¯t awakened their logic skills to help carry the wounded onto stretchers while cleaning up the gruesome, severed limbs on the ground.


    Wang Tao was instructing the team to send a student who¡¯s arms had been severed by their own parents onto the ambulance, when suddenly, he saw a man dressed in black come out of Contamination Area 81.


    Captain Wang was stunned. He looked at Su Jiuzhou again, before glancing at the black box he was carrying.


    ¡°Colonel Su, you didn¡¯t go to Haidu?¡±


    The black isolation box wasn¡¯t large, but when it¡¯s carried by hand, it¡¯ll inevitably sway in the air. The sound of an hard object hitting the walls came from inside the box. If 004 had been locked up in there, it would have cried out and loudly insulted Old Pervert. However, when Su Jiuzhou carried the box over, Wang Tao only heard a whimper like hum, like something had made a sound but swallowed it back as if it was afraid of something.


    Wang Tao: ¡°¡­¡±


    He had long heard that Polluter 008, which was stored by the Capital¡¯s Logic Research Institute, had a very special personality.


    Unlike 004¡¯s lawlessness and arrogance, Polluter 008 was cautious and timid.


    ¡­Very terrified.


    Su Jiuzhou¡¯s gaze swept over the team members who were helping everywhere on the street, before he found the young man crouching and silently observing the ground in a corner. He slightly raised his eyebrow.


    What kind of special hobby is this?


    Looking away, Su Jiuzhou said: ¡°Why should I go to Haidu?¡±


    Ah? Wang Tao didn¡¯t think: ¡°Holy Sacrifice is hiding in Haidu, I thought that you would go.¡±


    ¡°From Zhongdu to Haidu, it takes an hour. The backup left by Holy Sacrifice in Zhongdu has already been broken and so there¡¯s no need.¡± Su Jiuzhou paused for a moment: ¡°Moreover, it¡¯s not like Haidu is without level five users.¡±


    Wang Tao knew about the temporary release of Water Punishment, but he frowned: ¡°Captain Luo and Holy Sacrifice¡¯s rankings should be close.¡±


    Although the names of the top 53 users aren¡¯t displayed in the Grow Some Brains APP, there are only so many level five users in China. It¡¯s impossible to guess the specific ranking of the top users, but their general ranking can still be deduced.


    Su Jiuzhou: ¡°There isn¡¯t only Water Punishment in Haidu.¡±


    Wang Tao: ¡°But she is the only one who works for the government.¡±


    If level five users really want to fight, then the winner and loser would be determined by life and death. Normally, no level five user would be willing to interfere in a fight between two other level five users.


    Su Jiuzhou slowly said: ¡°There is one who might go and help her. And not one of the level five users are stupid, how Holy Sacrifice¡¯s logic skill can be restrained is quite simple and they all know it.¡±


    Hearing this, Wang Tao froze.


    A strange and complex look appeared on his face and Captain Wang nodded, agreeing: ¡°En, it is indeed simple and easy to restrain.¡±


    Glancing at him, Su Jiuzhou smiled.


    At the same time, in Haidu.


    In the beautiful and quiet, old residential area, torrential rain poured, the shadows of trees swayed in the night like a rugged ghost.


    ¡°Boom¡ª¡±


    The marble staircase leading to the second floor of the house was pierced by hundreds of water spikes, finally overwhelming and collapsing the stairs. The house trembled for a few seconds, but it didn¡¯t collapse. In an instant, the two slender figures had already exchanged hands dozens of times, their blood swept away by the overwhelming rainwater. The house was like a spring with all the water gushing out.


    The black-robed nun dodged towards the piano and she clearly sensed that the air had become heavy, like she was in deep water, unable to walk freely.


    This just was Water Punishment.


    Everywhere between the heavens and earth was a cage, as long as water molecules existed, then the cage made of water would never be broken.


    However, this cage was slowly becoming weak.


    The nun dodged another blow in silence, before saying softly: ¡°You can¡¯t beat me.¡±


    ¡°Ha?¡± The crazed laughter from the woman rang out and an even more violent rainstorm raged in the next second.


    The sacrifices laid out in Zhongdu were broken by Spear of Punishment, but Huo Lanxu¡¯s logic skill didn¡¯t collapse. She was a level five user and the scene in Zhongdu was already seen through and broken, but only her strength has stopped growing. She stopped at A14. And the woman in front of her was A15.


    In the realm of Holy Sacrifice, Luo Sheng¡¯s logic skill would be constantly suppressed. This repression isn¡¯t static, but instead continues to grow.


    The nun closed her eyes.


    The tyrannical rain in the house was slowly weakening and the woman in front of her was being suppressed even more.


    However, she didn¡¯t intend to kill the other party.


    It was too much of a waste of time.


    This was Haidu, dragging it on would lead to unknown changes. In case other level five users came to help, the nun didn¡¯t think that she could easily escape.


    Seizing this opportunity, the nun flashed out of the window and fled to the garden outside the house.


    Suddenly, she slipped.


    For the first time, a look of shock appeared on her face. She immediately put her hands on the ground and tried to get up. However, her hand also slipped, her entire body almost falling over, with only her limbs stablizing her.


    In the cold wind of rain and snow, the nun raised her hand and stared at the transparent liquid flowing down her palm. She leaned in and sniffed, a faint scent burrowing into her nose.


    In the next second, she sighed softly and sighed as she said a name.


    ¡°¡­Piggy Shampoo.¡±


    Translator¡¯s Note:


    I didn¡¯t think that I would be gone for this long¡­ so sorry TT. I graduated this last month and apparently there¡¯s a lot of work to do before and after you graduate high school. I¡¯ll be starting college mid-August, so I¡¯ll try to translate as much as I can before then (If I don¡¯t get sidetracked by reading other books TT).

 CH 38

    The wind howled and the torrential rain poured. The strange thing was that, just twenty meters away on the street, it was silent and not a trace of rain was seen. The dim streetlight illuminated the yellowish mist, like a ghost fire flickering to life in the dark night.


    The wind once again blew across her face, the nun propped herself up with her limbs and looked up, but she still couldn¡¯t find Piggy Shampoo¡¯s figure.


    A54 Piggy Shampoo.


    The nun didn¡¯t know the specific details of the other¡¯s logic skill or even whether they were male or female. However, this was a level five user.


    At this time, the entire area was covered in a transparent liquid.


    The garden outside the house, the house with the red and white tiles, and even the short fencing. Piggy Shampoo was everywhere.


    If the nun could see the scene outside, she would see that the Piggy Shampoo on the street was gradually decreasing at a slow speed. Just like a low tide, the transparent liquid was slowly receding. Because Piggy Shampoo is only a level five user and since even Water Punishment was suppressed to an inferior position in Holy Sacrifice¡¯s field, PIggy Shampoo, who was only ranked 54th was suppressed even more.


    After an hour at most, Piggy Shampoo would be suppressed to a point where it would be hard for them to maintain their logic skill.


    However, an hour was too long.


    The nun¡¯s eyes reflected the dark night, she couldn¡¯t wait for Luo Sheng to react and come out of the house to team up with Piggy Shampoo. Taking advantage of the time before the two met up, she had to hurry and leave.


    On the slippery lawn, the nun used both of her hands and feet to try and escape as fast as possible.


    She reacted so fast that it took less than three seconds for her to jump out of the window and discover Piggy Shampoo¡¯s logic skill.


    In this short time, under Luo Sheng¡¯s condition and injury, was enough for a powerful level five user to escape.


    However, what was faster than Luo Sheng herself was her logic skill.


    ¡°Pop¡ª¡±


    The nun heard a strange breaking sound.


    It was like a bubble was blown to its maximum but due to the surface tension being unable to hold the gas inside, the sound of a sudden explosion was created.


    ¡­Wait, bubbles?


    The nun¡¯s eyes widened, looking back at the quiet little house. Suddenly, a sea of white bubbles instantly overwhelmed her!


    ¡°Shampoo plus water, do you know what that makes?¡±


    Her entire vision was obscured by snow-white bubbles making the nun unable to see where Luo Sheng was, but from her voice, she could tell that the other had already walked out of the house.


    ¡°It¡¯s bubbles.¡±


    A crisp, young voice came from afar.


    The nun didn¡¯t have time to care who that teenager was. She could determine one thing, however, which was that when Luo Sheng asked her that question, the first half was said ten meters away from her. However, the second half was said from a position twenty meters away.


    Immediately, she knew what the other party was going to do.


    In this area of bubbles created by Piggy Shampoo and Luo Sheng¡¯s logic skill, if Luo Sheng can quickly leave the area, then so could she. However, just as the nun was about to flee from the bubbles, the bubbles in front of her suddenly became heavy enough to form a wall, delaying her.


    ¡°You¡¯re now in the logic skill imposed by both me and Captain Water Punishment, so wherever you try to run, we¡¯ll know. As long as she and I strengthen our logic skills in the direction of your escape, the bubbles will increase in density. No matter how strong a level five user is, it¡¯s impossible for them to easily escape.¡± After a pause, the teenager snorted coldly: ¡°Although after five seconds at most, you¡¯ll escape this twenty meter area.¡±


    Luo Sheng¡¯s voice came from another direction: ¡°But five seconds is enough.¡±


    At the same time, on the church¡¯s bell tower in the distance, dozens of team members were already holding rockets, aiming at the house¡¯s position.


    At the very moment, after the snow-white bubble cage was formed, the team members showed a victorious smile.


    ¡°It¡¯s already 2046, are there still users who fight others with their bare hands?¡±


    In the next second.


    ¡°Boom¡ª¡±


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    In the darkness of the night, people ran downstairs without putting on a coat, gathering in the empty streets.


    But soon, someone noticed something strange.


    ¡°This isn¡¯t an earthquake!¡±


    ¡°Look over there! What is that?¡±


    Hundreds of thousands of people looked at the place that lit up half the sky.


    On the west side of the Huangpu River, in the housing space of the old French Concession, countless shells and artillery were fired into this high-end residential area.


    Millions of people in Haidu were shocked to see this thrilling scene of artillery fire.


    ¡­


    Half an hour later.


    This artillery barrage lasted for thirty minutes before finally stopping.


    The police walked into the populated residential areas and sent the citizens lingering on the streets home. The official statement hadn¡¯t been announced yet, but there was speculation among the people that the answer was most likely a terrorist attack.


    But no matter what, it would be horrifying for such a terrifying terrorist attack to happen in the middle of the city. Some of the elderly even thought of the plane flying into the skyscraper at the beginning of the century. Perhaps this attack in Haidu won¡¯t be much simpler than that.


    The speculation from the outside world was something for them to consider tomorrow and now, for Haidu¡¯s Extermination Team, their top priority is to seize A14, Holy Sacrifice.


    When the first shell landed on the garden of the Howard Family¡¯s ancestral home, the nun still had a chance to escape. She was a level five user and Luo Sheng had never thought of bringing a gun to arrest her because guns had no effect on level five users who were quick to react and fast.


    However, for those five seconds, the dozens of team members with high-pressure rockets bombarded the bubble area the nun was in, making it so that even the nun had lost her ability to escape.


    Luo Sheng didn¡¯t let the team members stop attacking.


    Until they had fired for half an hour, after making sure that the nun was no longer able to escape, that the ground was scorched and the area blown into ruins, Luo Sheng walked to the middle of the pit and saw the dying woman.


    ¡°Huo Lanxu.¡±


    At the very bottom of the pit was a lump of charred flesh that only held a vague humanoid form.


    Luo Sheng¡¯s cold face didn¡¯t show a single expression: ¡°November 19th, you had long planted ¡®Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s¡¯ logic skill on the innocent marchers in Zhongdu, at least half a month ago. But you chose yesterday, November 19th, to activate this logic skill.


    ¡°Does this day hold some type of special meaning to you?¡±


    The charred flesh seemed to squirm a little, but there was no sound.


    Huo Lanxu couldn¡¯t make any noise anyways.


    ¡°There should be some type of meaning, after all, you¡¯re a person who misses the past glory of your family. You were once a European aristocrat? The big miss of a rich family?¡± Luo Sheng said sarcastically: ¡°Are you still living in the last century?¡±


    Soon, the extermination team¡¯s team members rushed to the scene.


    Just as the team members were preparing to carry Holy Sacrifice away, Luo Sheng suddenly moved, a cluster of ice spikes piercing Huo Lanxu¡¯s limbs. The charred black flesh couldn¡¯t help but tremble as she was nailed to the stretcher.


    ¡°Captain?¡± A team member asked in shock.


    Luo Sheng looked indifferent: ¡°She¡¯s still a level five user, just in case.¡±


    The team members began to clean up the scene.


    The entire residential area of the French Concession was blown into ruins.


    However, blowing up an area inhabited by rich people in comparison to catching a level five user really wasn¡¯t a big deal. In the beginning, the team members painstakingly cleared the surrounding crowd so that they could use weapons to block Holy Sacrifice.


    Looking at the busy backs of the team members, Luo Sheng suddenly shifted her vision, walking to the end of Haoming Street.


    The streetlights were blown up by countless artillery fire and only the dim moonlight illuminated the earth.


    Piggy Shampoo¡¯s upper body was hidden in the shadow of a large tree, revealing only a pair of slightly yellowed sneakers. He wasn¡¯t very tall, only half a head shorter than Water Punishment. His voice was slightly hoarse, probably because he still hasn¡¯t completed puberty.


    ¡°A Rank task, assisting the Haidu Extermination Team in capturing Holy Sacrifice. I¡¯ve completed it.¡±


    Luo Sheng raised her head and in the darkness, she could only see the thin silhouette of the teenager. As for his face¡­ she casually took a glance.


    The other party was wearing an old pig mask.


    Luo Sheng went straight to the point: ¡°The money will be sent to your account tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t send it to the account, just place the cash in the area I ask and I¡¯ll go and pick it up. But there¡¯s also another reward.¡±


    ¡°Contribution points? You¡¯re the first level five user that isn¡¯t anonymous, but even if you get a large number of contribution points, the Grow Some Brains APP still won¡¯t hide your name. Polluter 004 can¡¯t display the names of the top 53 not because they¡¯re in the top 53, but because the logic skills of those 53 people have reached the same level of strength as 004.¡± This was a matter of personal strength, it has nothing to do with contribution points.


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not talking about this.¡±


    Luo Sheng¡¯s eyelashes moved slightly. She calmly looked at the boy in front of her.


    ¡°The task reward promised me one favor within the extent of the law.¡±


    Luo Sheng: ¡°What do you want?¡±


    Piggy Shampoo said an answer.


    Luo Sheng thought for a short moment: ¡°Ok.¡±


    The brief conversation lasted for less than three minutes and after getting the answer he wanted, Piggy Shampoo turned around to leave. Suddenly, he stopped and remembered something: ¡°Has that guy¡­ gotten to level seven yet?¡±


    Luo Sheng froze for a moment: ¡°Not yet.¡±


    ¡°¡­Can I add another request to that favor? I want to move to a place as far away from Haidu and Zhongdu as possible.¡±


    Luo Sheng said calmly: ¡°People are alive, you don¡¯t know what city people will be in when they collapse. You can choose to cure your father¡¯s illness first then find a mountain and old forest to live in seclusion. Or simply go abroad which is safer.¡±


    Piggy Shampoo: ¡°¡­¡±


    You say that like it makes a difference!


    Piggy Shampoo left in anger.


    Luo Sheng was calm. She soon made a call, found someone from the government, and according to the request from Piggy Shampoo, brought all the best doctors in the country to Haidu¡¯s Second Hospital to treat all the terminal cancer patients in that hospital.


    After hanging up the phone, Luo Sheng walked back to the ruins of the house and couldn¡¯t stop thinking of that little friend who was unwilling to face reality.


    Piggy Shampoo¡¯s request was to use the government¡¯s hand to treat his father¡¯s illness. But in order to hide his identity, he demanded that all the patients in his father¡¯s hospital be treated together.


    Although there aren¡¯t a lot of users like PIggy Shampoo who haven¡¯t had their identity checked by the government yet, there are still some out there.


    Logic skills don¡¯t appear out of nowhere, and if they awaken a logic skill, they must have been exposed to logic factors. Just like Xiao Jinyu, he was found because the only logic skill event in the city that day was White Garden¡¯s logic storm and he was the only survivor.


    However, sometimes the logic skill event involves way too many people and witnesses. 004 can count how many logic skills have awakened in China in one day and even their general content. However, the government might not be able to follow the information given by 004 to find the holder of the logic skill itself. Piggy Shampoo is one of those that escaped their sight.


    ¡°Crunch¡ª¡±


    Luo Sheng¡¯s shoes pressed down on the loose snow on the ground and stopped. She looked up and suddenly noticed that the snow that had been falling all night had stopped without her notice.


    ¡­


    Holy Sacrifice was caught.


    Tomorrow¡¯s weather must be nice then.


    ***


    Compared with Haidu¡¯s suspected terrorist attack, on the other side in Zhongdu, they were still busy dealing with the casualties caused by the Head-Picking March.


    Xu Qi suddenly received the news from Haidu and after learning that Holy Sacrifice was caught, he excitedly clenched his hand and almost crushed the metal casing of his phone.


    ¡°Finally caught her!¡±


    Xu Qi immediately told Wang Tao¡¯s group this news.


    Wang Tao and Zhao Hen couldn¡¯t help but reveal expressions of joy.


    However, Wang Tao quickly calmed down and asked slowly: ¡°Captain Luo didn¡¯t kill her on the spot, did she?¡±


    Xu Qi stilled, then understood his meaning: ¡°She¡¯s still alive. Captain held back.¡±


    Holy Sacrifice wasn¡¯t Meat King¡¯s killer, this Luo Sheng knows. Although if Meat King wasn¡¯t killed by Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf first, then an hour later, he would be killed by Pope¡¯s Crown. But there wasn¡¯t an ¡®although¡¯, Meat King really wasn¡¯t killed by the nun.


    Of course, this time she held back wasn¡¯t only because she didn¡¯t lose her mind due to anger, but also that the victim this time wasn¡¯t only Meat King alone. Luo Sheng couldn¡¯t freely decide Huo Lanxu¡¯s punishment.


    The place Huo Lanxu should go is the Trial Court.


    No one had the qualifications to judge her sins alone.


    Wang Tao nodded and just as he was about to speak, a team member suddenly ran over: ¡°The numbers are in, Captain. At present, a total of 3987 victims have been identified to have participated in the march, within them, 137 have died and 2887 are injured. The survivors include men and women and it has been confirmed that 2166 of them are virgins because they have regained consciousness, personally admitting it. There are 1787 people left, but their relatives and friends are very sure that they are virgins.¡±


    Xu Qi deduced: ¡°It seems like Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill hasn¡¯t changed, it still requires the other person to be ¡®physically and mentally pure¡¯. But Holy Sacrifice¡¯s logic skill has changed, she now needs virgin blood. Before she reached level three, she didn¡¯t show to have this prerequisite¡­¡± His voice stopped, Xu Qi looked at the youth who came over and asked: ¡°Xiao Jinyu, what do you think?¡±


    ¡°Must be virgins?¡±


    Xu Qi stilled: ¡°En. Although there are still more than a thousand people who we aren¡¯t completely sure about, a sample of over two thousand can determine this. They must be virgins. It¡¯s weird, however.¡± Xu Qi was deeply impressed by the new user in front of him and the strong deduction ability of the other party once made him ask ¡®how come you didn¡¯t upgrade in one day¡¯. He wanted the other to come help as well: ¡°Normally when a user upgrades from level three to four, they will choose to simplify the cause of their logic skill.¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°For example, if it¡¯s Meat King¡¯s logic skill, he might have some specific requirements for the roasted pork he eats at level three. However, if he thinks in the right direction and finds a way to change the cause of his logic skill and upgrades to level four, then he can remove those tedious restrictions. Not only can he eat roasted pork, but eating white meat, chicken thighs, can also activate his logic skill. But what Huo Lanxu chose to do was to complicate her logic skill¡¯s cause, adding a virgin blood restriction¡­¡±


    Under the dark sky of the icy night, the moonlight gently shone on the earth.


    The grief from the loss of his mother and the physical pain from forcing the use of his logic skill didn¡¯t make Xiao Jinyu form a trace of doubt or thought of retreat. At this moment, however, his lips trembled slightly and for the first time, there was hesitation and confusion in his eyes.


    ¡°Are you sure that they must be virgins?¡±


    Xu Qi¡¯s voice stopped abruptly.


    In the distance, Su Jiuzhou was carrying the black box where Polluter 008 was stored, gently brushing away the snowflakes on the bottom of the box. Hearing the young man¡¯s trembling voice, he turned his head and looked at the people in the middle of the street.


    Xiao Jinyu was silent for a long time: ¡°Is it true that all the victims that entered the logic skill are virgins?¡±


    Wang Tao and Xu Qi¡¯s expressions immediately changed.


    Su Jiuzhou stood up, his boots stepping on the snow on the ground. He walked to the middle of the street but just when he was almost there, he slightly stopped, but two seconds later, he continued. He moved to the side, watching the scene in front of him, not saying much, just smiling curiously.


    Wang Tao¡¯s mind quickly flashed a thought. He looked at the youth in front of him, his voice thoughtful: ¡°Why did you ask this?¡±


    After a long silence.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up and although he looked calm, his eyes were firm and shining: ¡°I want proof that all the victims who entered this logic skill are virgins.¡±

 CH 39

    ¡°If, according to Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill, those who enter the logic skill must be physically and mentally pure, then other than being a good person, they also must be virgins. But within the three thousand victims, at least three of them are dubious.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes darkened and he said quietly: ¡°First, is Xiao Wu, the police officer we saw in the hospital. He has a fianc¨¦e and furthermore, is getting married next month.¡±


    As soon as he finished saying that, Xu Qi cut him off: ¡°Xiao Wu is still alive.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze, looking at him.


    Xu Qi immediately explained: ¡°After the Head-Picking Incident started, the first person I watched was Xiao Wu. At that time, we all came out of the hospital and when he came out with our group, he wasn¡¯t that far. So when I saw that he was going to pull his head off, I went to block his arms, stopping him. Only when the other team members came to help hold Xiao Wu¡¯s arms down did I leave to help other people. He also confirmed that he and his fianc¨¦e didn¡¯t intend to have sex before marriage. So, he¡¯s indeed a virgin.¡±


    Everyone there didn¡¯t have a strong opinion on sex before marriage, but physical and mental purity was needed to enter Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°Then there¡¯s also the second person, Meat King. Meat King and Captain Luo had been married for a year already.¡±


    However, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t think that as soon as he said that, Xu Qi would blurt out: ¡°Meat King is indeed a virgin.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze: ¡°?¡±


    Xu Qi sighed helplessly: ¡°Captain as a person, even I, who has worked with her for so many years, I don¡¯t know much about. Other than official duties, she doesn¡¯t say over ten sentences about her personal life a month. Before I came to Zhongdu, I met with Captain and mentioned Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill. I had also thought that Meat King shouldn¡¯t be able to enter the logic skill, but I didn¡¯t think that Captain would turn silent for a long time before telling me that¡­ Meat King could enter.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    This was an answer that no one would have thought of.


    He pursed his lips: ¡°Then there¡¯s also the third person, Chu Wenting.¡± He calmly looked at the level four user in front of him, slowly saying: ¡°She¡¯s Xiao Ke¡¯s stepmother and she¡¯s already married.¡±


    ¡°This¡­¡± Xu Qi hesitated.


    Xu Qi only came to Zhongdu after Chu Wenting died and on the subway, he only roughly familiarized himself with the victim¡¯s file and didn¡¯t deliberately remember if she was married or not.


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°If we say that Meat King and Captain Luo didn¡¯t have a relationship after marriage because of their emotional discord, then Chu Wenting and her husband are different. They have a good relationship. Previously, I took a D Rank task regarding Chu Wenting with Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong, and to investigate that matter, we visited her neighbors. Although Chu Wenting¡¯s husband suddenly had to leave for half a year, they still had a harmonious relationship and even video called every day. Before he had to leave, the two were very much in love and even if they had only been married for just over half a month then, they still lived very harmoniously¡­¡±


    His voice abruptly stopped.


    Xu Qi was listening patiently while analyzing whether Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill had changed. Suddenly, Xiao Jinyu stopped talking and he asked in surprise: ¡°What is it?¡±


    Zhao Hen also looked at Xiao Jinyu in curiosity.


    Of all the people there, only Xiao Jinyu had participated in Chu Wenting¡¯s incident from the start to the end, knowing all the ins and outs of the incident.


    ¡°Found something wrong?¡±


    The man¡¯s deep laugh sounded. Xiao Jinyu looked up at Su Jiuzhou, who was standing on the side, watching the crowd.


    He retracted his gaze. His face was calm but his eyes displayed an even deeper feeling: ¡°¡­I guessed wrong.¡± He said to Wang Tao: ¡°Captain Wang, are you able to immediately contact Chu Wenting¡¯s husband now? I remember he had already bought last night¡¯s tickets back and should be back in Zhongdu by now.¡±


    Wang Tao: ¡°Call him over? He should be preparing for the funeral right now.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu shook his head: ¡°Just a phone call is fine.¡± Although it was a little hard to say and seemed to be snooping on other people¡¯s privacy, Xiao Jinyu still said: ¡°I want to ask¡­ just about when did he have his first relationship with his wife.¡±


    ¡­


    Making a phone call was very simple and after five minutes, Wang Tao got an answer from the grief-stricken Lin Qiao.


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    Xu Qi immediately understood, he analyzed: ¡°So there¡¯s now an explanation. Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill swept in Chu Wenting half a month ago when she still met the requirements of being ¡®physically and mentally pure¡¯.¡±


    All victims of Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill must fulfill the requirements of being physically and mentally pure.


    But as long as they¡¯ve successfully entered the logic skill, then no matter if they¡¯re still virgins or not, they¡¯ll still stay in the logic skill and reach the end of pulling their head off.


    ¡°Xiao Jinyu.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up.


    The wide street was filled with snow and the chill had gotten worse as the snow melted. The burly man of almost two meters bowed his head and stared at the youth in front of him. Wang Tao asked: ¡°The reason why you¡¯re so suspicious of the ¡®physically pure¡¯ condition is that Chu Wenting, Meat King, and the police officer Wu Yuan, these three people, made you feel like something was wrong?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu¡¯s eyes were calm, not saying anything.


    Wang Tao stared at him and suddenly asked: ¡°Or is there a fourth person that you cannot accept that they¡¯re a ¡®virgin¡¯.¡±


    Zhao Hen immediately turned his head, looking at Xiao Jinyu in surprise.


    Xu Qi wasn¡¯t too surprised. After talking for so long, he naturally noticed that something was strange. What Wang Tao had wanted to ask, he had also wanted to ask too. Although he hadn¡¯t been in contact with this young and remarkable new user for long, Xu Qi knew that it wasn¡¯t only Chu Wenting¡¯s group of people that made the other party dubious of whether the other party must be a virgin and also lose control of his emotions the moment he first learned of this information.


    ¡ªFourth Perspective.


    Xu Qi had long remembered this ID.


    Fourth Perspective wasn¡¯t such an uncalm user.


    Of the people here, only Zhao Hen didn¡¯t notice Xiao Jinyu¡¯s slight change in expression.


    Carrying the heavy box in one hand, Su Jiuzhou¡¯s dark eyes silently looked at the usually calm youth.


    A while later.


    Su Jiuzhou smiled: ¡°So is it now the secret revealing time?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up at him, his gaze landing on a pair of cold, black eyes.


    Su Jiuzhou was smiling, but his eyes showed his thoughts and inquiry. However, there was not a trace of hostility. Seeing Xiao Jinyu look at him, he smiled and tilted his head, raising an eyebrow at him.


    Xu Qi: ¡°Is it inconvenient to say?¡±


    After thinking for a while.


    Thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind and he seemed as if he could open his mouth, but no words were able to come out. A long-kept secret was suddenly about to be publicly revealed, yet Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know what to say. If he says it, then there might be more things to deal with. But if he didn¡¯t say it¡­ suddenly, his eyes met with the man¡¯s eyes.


    ¡­


    Taking in a deep breath, Xiao Jinyu looked up and said in a calm voice: ¡°The last piece of evidence I want is¡­ my mom, is she also physically and mentally pure?¡±


    The wind seemed to stop for a second.


    This time, not only was Zhao Hen stunned, but Wang Tao and Xu Qi were also stunned.


    Even Su Jiuzhou¡¯s gaze towards Xiao Jinyu stopped for a second.


    ¡­Mom?!


    This was an answer that even Spear of Judgement didn¡¯t even think of.


    ***


    The night was starting to end.


    On the eastern horizon, a pale yellow and blue light appeared.


    At five in the morning, all of the three thousand injured survivors were taken to the hospital.


    The Head-Picking incident didn¡¯t only affect the three highly populated communities near Changmei Community, but also the two large communities and three apartment buildings on the west side of area 81.


    After taking a young girl with dismembered arms to the nearby hospital, the old police officer Lao Li finally had time to wipe the sweat off his forehead. In the cold weather, he was so busy that he was covered in sweat, scared that if he was any slower in sending the girl to the hospital, her arms would no longer be able to be reattached.


    If he gets there faster and brings the two dismembered arms, then she¡¯ll still have hope!


    Taking a cup of hot tea from his colleague, Lao Li only took one sip before he quickly ran back to the police station in the community. Seeing his deputy director, Lao Li quickly said: ¡°Director Wang, tonight¡¯s incident definitely has something to do with the beheading case in Bojiu Apartments on the 13th of last month! We must investigate to the end!¡±


    ¡°No worries, Lao Li, I¡¯ve already sent people to send the files to the top.¡±


    Lao Li finally let out a sigh of relief.


    The beheading case that happened on the 13th of last month was vividly remembered by Lao Li.


    The victim was a man living alone, in his fifties, his personality was generally eccentric. He heard that twenty-five years ago, his girlfriend had died of Type-A radiation and he had been a little crazy ever since. Ever since then, he had been living alone. There were many people like him after the Type-A radiation, whose relatives and friends didn¡¯t survive, causing them to lose hope and also dislike dealing with strangers, leading to them living in isolation.


    The body was only found five days after the victim died, due to the smell. However, even now, the police still haven¡¯t caught the killer.


    Lao Li remembers the extremely flat cut on the neck of the victim he saw when he got to the crime scene. He had always thought that the murderer was either extremely strong or specialized in butchering or other professions, otherwise, there was no way for the murderer to have cut such a neat cut. But today, when he saw that horrific and shocking march, a strange thought appeared in his mind.


    Maybe the victim died from pulling his own head off.


    He really hoped they could find the murderer.


    And let all the victims rest in peace!


    At this moment, Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t know about the beheading case reported by the police station. Even Wang Tao didn¡¯t know that this case was reported to the User Committee a month ago and that the maintenance department issued a C Rank task on the same day, in which three level two users took on the task and went to Bojiu Apartments to check for logic factors.


    They didn¡¯t detect any logic factors.


    In the end, this case was determined to be a regular homicide case and had nothing to do with logic skills.


    The focus of everyone¡¯s attention now was the cause of Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s logic skill: physical and mental purity.


    How should they test if someone is mentally pure?


    There was no correct answer to this question. Everyone¡¯s definition of kindness was different and not all good people were recognized by everyone, only unkind behavior was easy to identify.


    But checking if someone was a virgin or not was very easy.


    More than a hundred people died overnight and even if everyone knew and even saw the cause of death, a simple autopsy was needed to give each family an answer.


    The forensic lab of the police station was long insufficient, so the major hospitals were also called over along with the students of the forensic department studying at Zhongdu University with the reward of school credits to participate in examining the corpses and determine the cause of death of more than a hundred people as soon as possible.


    Half an hour later in the temporary dissection room of Zhongdu¡¯s affiliated hospital.


    Xiao Jinyu took the autopsy report from the forensic doctor¡¯s hand, looking at the black text on the white paper. His head was slightly bowed, yet there was no expression on his face.


    Zhao Hen looked at this Xiao Jinyu, lightly sighing.


    When someone finds out they¡¯re not their parent¡¯s biological child, their reaction should be something like this as well, confused. What¡¯s more, Xiao Jinyu only found out because of the death of his mother, so his mood must be even more painful and complicated.


    Zhao Hen patted Xiao Jinyu¡¯s shoulders: ¡°My condolences.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked up and glanced at him, quietly answering.


    There was one point that Zhao Hen guessed wrong, Xiao Jinyu wasn¡¯t confused. For as long as he could remember, he had always lived with his mom and never had a dad. Mom said that Dad died very early on and hoped that Xiao Jinyu wouldn¡¯t bring it up again because she¡¯ll be sad. So after he turned four, Xiao Jinyu never mentioned his dad again.


    He didn¡¯t need a Dad.


    All he needed was his mom.


    A mom who loved him very much.


    Wang Tao: ¡°When the forensic doctor did the autopsy, Xiao Jinyu, I asked Li Xiaoxiao of the maintenance department, that is, Li Xiaotong¡¯s older sister, to check your mother¡¯s information to see if we can help you find your biological parents.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu froze, he looked up and was just about to say he didn¡¯t need it when Wang Tao began again: ¡°You should have been adopted from an orphanage.¡±


    His voice stopped in his throat. Xiao Jinyu was quiet: ¡°Orphanage?¡±


    He didn¡¯t care who his biological parents were, but he wasn¡¯t against learning about his own past.


    Wang Tao nodded: ¡°It seems to be called¡­¡± He glanced at his phone, ¡°Oh, Kangde Orphanage. Your mother used to work here. In 2021, she graduated from Zhongdu¡¯s Vocational School and worked as a nurse on the night shift in a hospital. After that, she worked at a pet shop. Around two years after you were born, she went to work at Kangde Orphanage. However, the orphanage closed down six months later due to poor management and many children weren¡¯t adopted yet at the time, so the staff that worked there adopted several of them. According to the information your mother filled out, you were adopted from Kangde Orphanage.¡±


    ¡°Kangde Orphanage?¡±


    A surprised, male voice sounded.


    Everyone looked at Zhao Hen.


    Zhao Hen scratched his head: ¡°I feel like I¡¯ve heard of this name somewhere.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s a B Rank task.¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°Oh right, right, a B Rank task! Twenty years ago, Kangde Orphanage was demolished and a school was built on top of it. Last week I saw a B Rank task on the Grow Some Brains APP that was related to this school!¡± After a moment, Zhao Hen looked at the man holding a large black box not so far away: ¡°But Colonel Su, how did you know about this task?¡±


    Xiao Jinyu looked at Su Jiuzhou in surprise.


    ¡°How do I know?¡± Under the cold light of the hospital, the handsome man drew up the corners of his lips.


    Su Jiuzhou slightly smiled: ¡°Because this task, was released by me.¡±

 CH 40

    ¨CClassified File¨C


    [Event Name: 11/20 Zhongdu¡¯s Mega Radiation Leak Incident]


    [Location: Spanning across Zhongdu¡¯s Wuxing District, Bojiu District, Anxia District; The main areas are Changmei Community, Bojiu Apartments, Futai Community¡­]


    [Content Record: On November 20th, 2046, a radiation leak occurred in the high-radiation area on the west side of Changmei Community, resulting in 136 deaths and 2887 injuries. After investigation, the exact time of the first leak was October 8th.


    *On October 13th, 2046, the body of a decapitated male was found in apartment 2045 of the second building in Bojiu Apartments. The body was highly decomposed and it was confirmed that it was Wang Minghao, the owner of the apartment. The deceased, Wang Minghao, was decapitated by the radiation leak, and five days later, was found after his neighbors called the police.


    The radiation leak is displayed as: the victim uncontrollably holding up their heads.


    The way the radiation works is that, at the same time the victim has been exposed to the radiation, the E-gamma rays cut the neck of the victim, leaving the victim¡¯s neck in a fractured state.


    *E-gamma rays are a type of high energy, energy ray with particle sizes of 0.08 nanometers, which can produce special reactions with the phenols in human vocal cords, so the parts cut off by the E-gamma rays are the necks of the victims.]


    [Notes:


    All the survivors of the Head-Picking incident have broken necks, but this doesn¡¯t affect their daily life. Except for people who have E-gamma rays in their bodies, allowing them to separate their necks from their heads, everyone else cannot separate them. On the molecular level, the human body¡¯s cellular reaction is ten times that of the E-gamma ray, therefore normal physiological reactions are not affected.


    But when E-gamma rays radiate the victim again, the victim cannot help but pull their own heads off.


    *E-gamma rays have been confirmed to be destroyed, except for the second radiation that occurred on November 20th, which will not cause a third radiation.


    *Some people are more sensitive to E-gamma rays and at the time of the first radiation, their necks will directly tear. This tearing phenomenon includes, but is not limited to, the total tearing of their neck, leaving only one layer of skin attached, and directly splitting the neck in half.]


    [Warning: E-gamma rays have been eliminated, but the E-gamma rays that are already in the human body cannot be completely removed. From October 8th to November 20th, 2046, all citizens who have passed through Wuxing District, Bojiu District, and Anxia District of Zhongdu are strictly prohibited from ¡®holding their heads with both hands¡¯, and this warning is valid until their death.]


    ¡­


    A new type of radiation leakage incident.


    This was the final answer the government gave.


    If the government had given such an explanation twenty-five years ago, no one in the entirety of China would have believed it. However, they¡¯ve now experienced Type-A radiation and an even more bizarre disaster.


    The Type-A radiation that occurred at the end of 2021 still hasn¡¯t had its source identified, nor was its transmission route identified. Old people who have experienced that hellish year know that patients with Type-A radiation will eventually go crazy and attack their loved ones.


    Do people suddenly and inexplicably want to pull off their heads?


    Feels like they won¡¯t.


    However, twenty-five years ago, people lost their minds and attacked their blood relatives and also died with bodies full of red spots.


    So the matter of someone taking off their own heads wasn¡¯t that unbelievable. Just as how a praying mantis would desperately drink water after being parasitized by clematis, even going as far as drowning itself. Just as the mantis¡¯ body is controlled by the clematis, the victim¡¯s body is controlled by the gamma ray, which makes it understandable why they would pull off their own heads.


    However, on the internet, there were also some people who couldn¡¯t accept the answer given by the Zhongdu Government. But there were many more people who didn¡¯t doubt the truth and instead doubted whether the E-gamma rays were really completely eliminated. Zhongdu, therefore, became the most unlivable city in China overnight, with a large number of relocations.


    Of course, there were some remote, niche forums where statements like ¡®what radiation, its obviously a logic skill¡¯ appeared. But these statements had no follow-up nor did they receive any attention.


    At the same time, some people linked the radiation head-picking incident in Zhongdu with the terrorist attack in Haidu.


    [Haidu and Zhongdu are pretty close, how can it be that on the same day as a large scale radiation leak in Zhongdu, a terrorist attack also occurred in Haidu?]


    [From what I can tell, I think the terrorist in Haidu ran to Zhongdu and created that radiation leak!]


    [Fuck, that might be possible. Otherwise, how coincidental would it be that it happened on the same day, just barely a few hours apart.]


    [I heard that after the radiation leak incident in Zhongdu, the police asked the victims if they were virgins.]


    [Why ask this?]


    [How would I know? But apparently, a lot of them were actually virgins!]


    [That can¡¯t be hahaha, does this gamma ray also have a virgin complex?]


    [May the dead rest in peace!]


    ¡­


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    Xu Qi shouted: ¡°Captain!¡±


    Luo Sheng glanced back at him before looking away coldly.


    Dirt has a barrier effect on polluters and the same is true for users. However, this isolation effect is a lot weaker and can only produce a certain degree of suppression. All users who have committed crimes are locked up in underground prisons, weakening ther logic skill capabilities and making it easier for them to watch over them.


    ¡°Cages made of dirt can suppress logic skill effects. In a way, it¡¯s a lot like your ¡®Holy Sacrifice¡¯.¡±


    Luo Sheng¡¯s cold eyes landed on the humanoid mass of flesh in the glass cell.


    Luo Sheng lightly said: ¡°You were born to be locked up in here.¡±


    Huo Lanxu lied on the hard iron bed and looked up without answering.


    Three days ago, dozens of high-pressure rockets bombarded the level five user for a full thirty minutes. But three days later, after just a simple treatment, Huo Lanxu¡¯s body had stabilized. Except for the fact that she couldn¡¯t walk and that her body was full of wounds from the bombing, she no different from an ordinary person.


    Luo Sheng hadn¡¯t personally experienced the head-picking march that took place in Zhongdu three days ago, but Xu Qi witnessed it. He looked at Huo Lanxu, who was lying on the bed with complicated eyes, his mind flashing through the horrific scene of the march. Xu Qi gritted his teeth and said to Luo Sheng: ¡°Captain, I found something that¡¯s not right.¡±


    ¡°En?¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°This morning, a team member accidentally found that there was an isolation phenomenon of logic factors on Haoming Street, where Howard¡¯s old house is.¡±


    Luo Sheng turned her head: ¡°What do you mean, isolation phenomenon?¡±


    Xu Qi: ¡°This is the name I chose for the time being. That house had already been bombed by us into ruins, but right where it used to be, within a radius of ten meters, no one can use their logic skills. It was like the logic factors were isolated from the area, not letting any of them enter the area, so I temporarily named it as the isolation zone.¡±


    Luo Sheng raised an eyebrow: ¡°Logic skills aren¡¯t able to be used¡­ then what about polluters?¡±


    ¡°Polluters as well. I had someone test three polluters and as soon as they entered the isolation area, they lost all their special abilities, and their ability to contaminate also disappeared.¡±


    Xu Qi continued: ¡°After this incident happened, I quickly contacted Zhongdu¡¯s side and asked Captain Wang if there was anything unusual in Zhongdu. Captain Wang immediately sent someone to inspect Contamination Area 81 and its surrounding areas and found an isolation area in Fumin Community with a radius of one kilometer, that is, where Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes were buried.


    ¡°Captain, the whole Fumin Community is included in it, in the entire area, users cannot use their logic skills. It¡¯s not suppressed, but instead, you really cannot feel your logic skill at all. But your body isn¡¯t affected, you¡¯ve only become a regular person without a logic skill.¡±


    Luo Sheng was silent for a moment and she turned her head and looked at the woman on the iron bed, her tone cold.


    ¡°Huo Lanxu, is this your purpose?¡±


    The woman lightly closed her eyes, still not responding.


    Catching Huo Lanxu was just the start, from the moment she was sent to Haidu¡¯s Logic Research Institute, all the researchers in Haidu began researching the suspicious points of the incident.


    First, was the purpose.


    There has to be a reason for doing everything, no one kills for no reason unless they actually have an antisocial personality disorder. Huo Lanxu clearly wasn¡¯t the kind of user with an antisocial personality disorder. So why did she do such a thing, starting her killing scheme half a year ago, starting with her careful plan on how to kill Pope¡¯s Crown. What was it that she was really after? Was it just so she could get stronger?


    The best way to find out was to ask Huo Lanxu herself.


    Huo Lanxu wasn¡¯t conscious on the first day of her imprisonment and didn¡¯t wake up until the next day. But when she woke up, no matter what kind of interrogation she was faced with, she didn¡¯t move a bit. Every day, she just looked up at the air quietly, and from time to time, she would mouth a prayer, never making a sound.


    And the second point was, the way Huo Lanxu committed the crime.


    Huo Lanxu used Pope¡¯s Crown to kill. Pope¡¯s Crown died long ago and before he died, his logic skill definitely didn¡¯t go out of control. It was impossible for it to be like Beauty¡¯s Fragrant Scarf, where it went out of control before the user died and attached to a polluter to continue living.


    Unfortunately, this question still hasn¡¯t been answered. The extermination team didn¡¯t find anything resembling a polluter in Huo Lanxu¡¯s house nor did they find anything related to logic skills in the church.


    If they wanted to know the answer, their biggest hope was still Huo Lanxu herself.


    But this woman hadn¡¯t said a word since she woke up. Even when she was tortured, her face didn¡¯t change a bit.


    In the dead silence of the cell, Luo Sheng was silent, just staring right at Huo Lanxu.


    Xu Qi pondered for a while with a calm face, before finally sighing and looking at the glass cell: ¡°Huo Lanxu, last night I went to the Astor Church, the church you often go to, and heard the children singing a song called ¡®The Saintess¡¯ Relief¡¯.¡±


    In the cell, the woman¡¯s eyelashes fluttered.


    Luo Sheng also glanced up at her vice captain.


    Xu Qi: ¡°The priest said you wrote this song.


    ¡°You aren¡¯t a nun. The user committee has your profile and before you became a level five user and your whereabout became hard to pin down, your general information was recorded. You never believed in God. But half a year ago, you suddenly wore a nun¡¯s uniform and came to the church your great-grandfather had invested in and built, with a forged nun¡¯s certificate and became a nun. Oftentimes, you went there to clean, participate in worship, and confess to the priest¡­ Although the priest said that when you went into the confessional, you never said a word¡­¡±


    Xu Qi¡¯s gaze immediately turned cold, he expressionlessly looked at the prisoner in the cell, coldly saying: ¡°Huo Lanxu, who were you confessing to, was it Pope¡¯s Crown?!¡±


    Half a year ago, Pope¡¯s Crown suddenly died and the day after, an unfamiliar nun appeared in the Astor Church.


    Xu Qi closed his eyes.


    Today he contacted Zhongdu¡¯s side and Wang Tao, Zhao Hen, Li Xiaoxiao¡­ and even Fourth Perspective, Xiao Jinyu talked to him. After three days, they had put together all the clues and finally understood what this woman really wanted to do.


    Xu Qi opened his eyes once again and said coldly: ¡°We searched for a long time in the Zhongdu¡¯s Archives to find the incident that happened in the Howard Family twenty five years ago. In the 1980s, your Howard Family suffered a turn of fortune and later moved to the Fumin Community. In 2021, when the Type-A radiation appeared, you were six years old. The people who lived with you in Fumin Community were your dad, mom, and grandmother.


    ¡°The pre symptoms of the Type-A radiation is a red scar on the skin that resembles lupus erythematosus. And when this scar spreads to the entire body, the body¡¯s immune system immediately disintegrates. But once you survive those three months, your immune system will be completely restored. However, this is also when the nightmare begins¡­¡±


    Neither Xu Qi nor Luo Sheng experienced Type-A Radiation. Of the three people in the prison, only the woman on the inside witnessed it with her own eyes.


    Xu Qi continued to recount the disaster: ¡°About three months after the onset of the symptoms, the immune system will be restored but the red scars on the body won¡¯t disappear. Gradually, survivors began to show violent tendencies. Parents began to attack their children and children began to attack their parents. About 10% of survivors developed this symptom and their targets of attacks were mainly their blood relatives. Only after all their blood relatives were dead did they attack strangers.¡±


    After a moment, Xu Qi found that the woman in the glass cell had opened her eyes at some point. He hesitated for a moment before continuing: ¡°And you, you were the most unfortunate. You and your parents both survived the first round and only your grandmother died at home. It was so chaotic then that people thought it was an infectious disease and that the air outside was full of viruses, making everyone self-isolate. Even when your grandmother died, there was no place to bury or cremate her, so her body was placed in that small bedroom. Obviously, there was only a 10% chance of irrationally attacking relatives and there were three survivors in your family, however, this probability lost all meaning with your family¡­


    ¡°Of those three people, you were the only one who was fully conscious. And you were the only target of your parent¡¯s attacks because they weren¡¯t related to each other, only you were related to both of them by blood.¡±


    Xu Qi calmly recounted an event that happened twenty five years ago.


    After the sudden disappearance of the Type-A radiation, it took people nearly half a year to completely restore normal social order. The bodies of countless people stunk and rotted in their homes and some of them weren¡¯t from the radiation, but rather from the attacks from their loved ones.


    One year after the radiation, the government finally had the time to sort out the victims¡¯ information.


    Of course, the data didn¡¯t record what happened to the Howard Family in that month, nor did it explain how a six year old girl survived her mad parents. In short, when the red spots had faded from everyone¡¯s body, only one person stepped out of the Howard Family¡¯s door.


    It was Huo Lanxu.


    Xu Qi: ¡°We still haven¡¯t understood why, when all users upgrade from level three to four and change the ¡®cause¡¯ of their logic skills, they choose to simplify their ¡®cause¡¯. Yet only you chose to complicate your ¡®cause¡¯, limiting the blood to the blood of someone who is mentally and physically pure. If it wasn¡¯t for the blood of a pure person, you wouldn¡¯t have to find Pope¡¯s Crown, whose logic skill perfectly fits your logic skill¡¯s ¡®cause¡¯. All you need to do is to directly commit a massacre and you¡¯ll be able to obtain all the blood you need to reach your purpose. What you want is the blood of a pure person. Because at the same time, with a complicated ¡®cause¡¯, your ¡®effect¡¯ will become stronger.¡±


    Holy Sacrifice before could offer normal blood and suppress logic skills.


    Holy Sacrifice now, in addition to its former usage, also had a fork added: Once the blood of a physically and mentally pure person is offered, logic skills will be suppressed completely and no logic factors can enter the area, increasing the time limit to forever!


    After staying silent for this long, Luo Sheng finally said something: ¡°So, you want to create a world without logic skills?¡±


    In the cell, Huo Lanxu finally moved. She silently tilted her head and looked at the indifferent woman.


    ¡°Without logic skills, a lot fewer people would die.¡± Luo Sheng casually said, ¡°Every year, there won¡¯t be so many users dying of logic skill collapses, there won¡¯t be any more contamination incidents from out-of-control logic skills and ordinary people also wouldn¡¯t die as much.¡± She also thought, ¡°And there are also some users who like to hunt and kill people to quench their increasing fear of collapse because they can¡¯t keep thinking of their logic skill. Without logic skills, I also won¡¯t have so much work to do.¡±


    After a moment of silence, Luo Sheng quietly said: ¡°¡­He also wouldn¡¯t have died.¡±


    ¡°What would this world be like if there had never been any radiation or logic skills?¡±


    A hoarse, female voice sounded.


    Luo Sheng and Xu Qi looked up at the woman who had finally spoken.


    Luo Sheng: ¡°You chose the Fumin Community as an isolation area because that is your most painful place. Then what about the Howard¡¯s ancestral home?¡±


    Huo Lanxu¡¯s pale face smiled: ¡°When grandmother was still alive, she was always thinking about the Howard family¡¯s glory, she really missed those days. After I locked myself in the small bedroom, and¡­ I promised her before, that I¡¯ll return the glory to the Howard family, that the Howards will always be an unyielding blood elk.¡±


    Luo Sheng nodded: ¡°Healing childhood wounds.¡±


    Huo Lanxu was silent for a short moment: ¡°Do you not want to see a world without logic skills? Not only do polluters attack humans, but users also use their logic skills to kill humans, even users will succumb to their logic skills! Logic skills don¡¯t have an answer at all! What¡¯s after level five, is it level six? Then what about after level six?¡±


    ¡°After level six is level seven.¡± Luo Sheng said.


    Huo Lanxu: ¡°Really? Has Spear of Judgement collapsed yet?¡±


    Luo Sheng looked up.


    ¡°Crazy woman.¡± After saying this, she turned around and left.


    Huo Lanxu laughed, she laughed louder and louder. However, when she reached the elevator doors, Luo Sheng suddenly stopped.


    Luo Sheng: ¡°That song is called ¡®The Saintess¡¯ Relief¡¯? Because of your childhood wounds, you want to create a world without logic skills, thinking that if there were no logic skills or radiation, you would still have your parents and live a normal life?¡±


    Huo Lanxu¡¯s laughter stopped.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t kill Pope¡¯s Crown earlier and only chose to kill him half a year ago. You had so much time to revive your elk¡¯s glory and the title of a level five user is enough to make the Howard family rich in Haidu, but not once did you mention the name, Howard¡­¡±


    The series of questions made Xu Qi¡¯s entire body shiver and he finally realized he had been ignoring such an important matter.


    Every high level user is a wise person who thinks during the moment of life or death.


    Luo Sheng laughed mockingly: ¡°Use your childhood, your parents, your grandmother, and your family glory to cover up the obvious fact that you can¡¯t reach level six. Only when your logic skill was about to collapse, did you decide to use the method of slaughtering innocent people to force your logic skill to upgrade¡­


    ¡°What a disgusting woman.¡±


    The Saintess¡¯ Relief [END]


    The author has something to say:


    This arc is officially finished~


    The next chapter will start the next arc, muah~~

 CH 41

    The rankings of all levels are determined by the strength of the user¡¯s own logic skill as the main reference.


    ¡ª Grow Some Brains, Everyone Has A Responsibility APP¡¯s Must-Read Guidebook for Newcomers


    ***


    The wind was cold.


    Zhongdu, Xiangcheng Subway Station¡¯s entrance.


    A small, grey wall enclosed a construction site and tiny cement dust flew onto the street outside the wall with the wind. Crowds of people poured out of the dark opening of the subway station. Xiao Jinyu just walked out of the subway station and couldn¡¯t help but cover his nose and mouth with a scarf.


    The area where Kangxin Middle School was located had recently undergone an urban renovation, with construction sites and dust everywhere in the air.


    Xiao Jinyu took out his phone from his pocket and a bullet barrage immediately drifted across the screen.


    [Oh Dad!]


    Xiao Jinyu quietly answered, then opened the map, finding the route to Kangxin Middle School. Soon, he fiddled with his phone and followed the directions, turning and walking in the opposite direction of the subway station.


    A week ago, A14 Holy Sacrifice, Huo Lanxu created a brutal sacrifice in Zhongdu. The horrific and quiet head-picking march lasted a full hour, killing and injuring thousands of people. In the end, Xiao Jinyu used White Garden¡¯s logic skill to send Pope¡¯s Crown¡¯s ashes into a separate dimension in order to stop the march.


    That day, Xiao Jinyu also lost his mom.


    It was also that day, after living for twenty one years, that he learned he wasn¡¯t his mother¡¯s biological child.


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t care much about whether he was his mom¡¯s biological child, if it really was as Wang Tao investigated, that he was adopted by his mom from Kangde Orphanage, then after his mom adopted him, he became her child. His parents had abandoned him and it was his mom who raised him. He would always only have one mom.


    However, the Kangde Orphanage from more than twenty years ago had now been transformed into Kangxin Middle School and in addition, a B rank task personally released by level six user Spear of Judgement¡­


    Then things were probably not so simple. He must personally check out this strange middle school.


    On the way to Kangxin Middle School, Xiao Jinyu lowered his eyes and recalled the events from seven days ago.


    Seven days ago, when Zhao Hen mentioned the B rank task he had seen, Su Jiuzhou hadn¡¯t hidden the fact he was the one who had released the task, bluntly admitting it.


    Once he said that, both Wang Tao and Xu Qi froze in place and Xiao Jinyu also looked at Su Jiuzhou, stunned.


    Only Zhao Hen, who didn¡¯t know Su Jiuzhou¡¯s identity, thought that the other party was just an ordinary colonel and didn¡¯t react much. He naturally didn¡¯t know how special a task had to be for a level six user to personally release a task.


    In the entirety of China, there were five level six users. And for a task that a level six user couldn¡¯t take care of, it wasn¡¯t something they could carefully consider in the first place.


    Turning a corner, Xiao Jinyu walked into a quiet and remote alley. The city had existed since ancient times and was full of old alleys, winding and twisting just like the city¡¯s dense pipelines, all intertwined and connected.


    Xiao Jinyu walked as he lowered his head and looked at his phone.


    [Dad, where are you going?]


    [Why isn¡¯t Dad paying attention to me.]


    ¡°Because Dad is looking at the route.¡± The young and gentle voice sounded.


    004 was stunned as if it didn¡¯t expect Xiao Jinyu to suddenly make a sound after staying quiet for so long. It took two seconds for it to excitedly send messages all over the screen.


    [Oh~~~ Dad£¨¤Å£þ3£þ£©¤Å¡«]


    [Where are we going? Are you bringing me to see my mom?]


    Wljb Alcse: ¡°¡­¡±


    Coafg qjerlcu bc atf kbgv ¡®wbw¡¯ obg tjio j rfmbcv, Wljb Alcse rjlv: ¡°Lbk wemt vb sbe xcbk jybea Vqfjg bo Aevufwfca?¡±


    [?]


    [I don¡¯t know. Old Pervert had never filled out any information and because he personally had relations with the government officials, his information was never entered into the APP. But I remember, Old Pervert awakened his logic skill about seven years ago and immediately upgraded to level three the next day. Half a year later, he reached level four and spent another half year to get to level five.]


    [After another year, he reached level six and I became unable to find any of his logic skill information afterward £¨=¡£=£©]


    [Dad, didn¡¯t I tell you this before?]


    ¡°Qtja vb sbe atlcx, j qgbyifw atja fnfc Vqfjg bo Aevufwfca mjc¡¯a rbinf¡­ mbeiv yf?¡±


    Ktf yeiifa yjggjuf bc atf rmgffc lwwfvljafis mifjgfv eq.


    Coafg j oeii tjio wlceaf, 004 olcjiis oibjafv bea j rlcuif rfcafcmf.


    [Is the end of the world coming? Then, Dad, I want to eat chicken legs, play games, and see other pretty robot girls!]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    Where did you learn all of this?!


    Although he didn¡¯t understand how a polluter would eat chicken legs, play games¡­ see other girls, these types of weird thoughts, Xiao Jinyu was keenly aware of one piece of information: robot.


    Three weeks ago, Xiao Jinyu had just awakened his logic skill and 004 had suddenly knocked on his door, calling him Dad. On one hand, was an ordinary level one user and on the other, was the powerful polluter APP that controlled all the logic skill information in China¡­ Xiao Jinyu had no way to refuse and could only accept this cheap son.


    However, he had never asked what kind of polluter the other was.


    Xiao Jinyu had seen a lot of polluters, the pearl necklace, and the bone fan.


    And the powerful 008, a cowardly and soft-spoken, old-fashioned phonograph.


    Now, it seems like 004¡¯s body should be a robot.


    Xiao Jinyu asked: ¡°What part of your body are you most dissatisfied with?¡±


    [Dissatisfied?]


    The youth nodded slightly: ¡°For example, I¡¯m not very satisfied with my hand. It¡¯s slightly smaller than that of normal boys my age.¡±


    [There¡¯s none ah.]


    Xiao Jinyu froze.


    None?


    Then did he guess wrong?


    [I¡¯m satisfied with every part of myself £¨*¨CV¨C*£©]


    [I¡¯m the cutest special object in the world!]


    Xiao Jinyu: ¡°¡­¡±


    A stiff mechanical female voice came from his phone and Xiao Jinyu slightly paused, stopping to look up at the iron gate in front of him. His gaze moved to one side and landed on the four characters in gold¡ª


    ¡®Kangxin Middle School¡¯


    ¡­


    Kangxin Middle School was founded nineteen years ago.


    After Type-A radiation, many children lost their parents and loved ones and became displaced. The government cooperated with private institutions and opened up a number of orphanages. Between 2022 and 2027, there were six orphanages in the central city alone.


    The reason why so many orphanages existed was because of the indiscriminate attacks from the Type-A radiation, leading to a large number of deaths and leaving the remaining children unattended. Over time, however, the children who survived the Type-A radiation grew up one by one and were either adopted or became adults with the ability to take care of themselves, no longer needing to live in the orphanages. As a result, after 2027, more and more orphanages began to close down one after another.


    Kangde Orphanage was one of the first to close.


    Compared to the other orphanages that closed down at that time, there was nothing special about Kangde Orphanage. When Xiao Jinyu took on the task issued by Su Jiuzhou, Wang Tao asked Li Xiaoxiao to help and pass on all the information recorded by the government on Kangde Orphanage and Kangxin Middle School to Xiao Jinyu.


    However, when Xiao Jinyu said that he had decided to take on this task, Wang Tao¡¯s group only shook their heads. Wang Tao said: ¡°With your ability, Xiao Jinyu, you can completely take on a less dangerous B rank task. I think that since Colonel Su had issued this task, then he must have confirmed that there is no danger in it, that it¡¯s just strange. You can ask Colonet Su to cancel this task and reissue a D rank task so that you can pick it.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Jinyu still decided to silently take out his phone, click on his user information, and show it to them.


    Wang Tao, Zhao Hen, Xu Qi: ¡°¡­¡±


    In the next second, the three immediately took out their own phones, opened the Grow Some Brains APP, and looked at the B Rank Leaderboard.


    And then, once again: ¡°¡­¡±


    Zhao Hen: ¡°I¡¯ve never seen a jump this fierce before, even fiercer than a jump by me, Zhao Hen!¡±


    Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t mean to show off, he just wanted to show that he could take on B rank tasks. However, when he was putting his phone away, he accidentally caught sight of the man in black on the side.


    Su Jiuzhou looked at him with a light smile, not a trace of surprise or doubt in his eyes.


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Xiao Jinyu retracted his gaze.


    This man had already discovered that he reached level three.


    ¡­


    Back to the present, Xiao Jinyu stood at the entrance of Kangxin Middle School and reread the information sent by Li Xiaoxiao.


    According to the record left by the government, Kangde Orphanage was one of the first three orphanages to close. When the orphanage closed, there were eight children left unadopted. Four of them were adopted by the staff at the time and the other four were sent to other orphanages.


    Xiao Jinyu was adopted and registered into the household by his mom at that time.


    The Type-A radiation led to the emergence of large numbers of orphans and at the same time, led to a large decrease in the adult population that could afford to raise a child. So during that time, the country¡¯s standards for adopting children were greatly reduced, and as long as their identity was clean, their records clean, and had a stable job, they all could adopt a child.


    After all the children were accommodated, the land of Kangde Orphanage was auctioned off and ended up as the building grounds for Kangxin Middle School.


    The bone-chilling wind blew in from the gap between his neck and his scarf, yet Xiao Jinyu didn¡¯t shiver. He was dressed thinly, yet he didn¡¯t feel the cold. The physical fitness of a user was far beyond that of regular people and according to Zhao Hen, level four users could even dodge bullets, and powerful level five users could even catch bullets with their bare hands.


    ¡°Creak¡ª¡±


    The iron gate slowly opened.


    Xiao Jinyu looked up.


    A young teacher wearing a thick cotton jacket and glasses ran out, striding over to Xiao Jinyu, gasping for breath. When he slowed down his breathing, he looked at Xiao Jinyu. The eyes behind the glasses looked at this handsome, yet cold youth for a few seconds before smiling: ¡°You must be Mr. Xiao. I didn¡¯t expect you to be so young. I¡¯m Zhong Xiao of the Logistics Department of Kangxin Middle School and I¡¯ve always been responsible for all reception work. You can just call me Teacher Zhong.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu nodded: ¡°Teacher Zhong.¡±


    Zhong Xiao: ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll take you inside to have a look.¡±


    As the two walked into the school, Zhong Xiao introduced the school¡¯s situation. ¡°This is the building for first year students, this building is the shared building of second and third year students. This older office building was renovated from the orphanage¡­ Mr. Xiao, you might not know, but our school used to be an orphanage nineteen years ago. The orphanage wasn¡¯t big, it only had two small buildings. One of them was torn down when the school was built, while the other remained, which is this office building.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu paused. He looked up at the five-story building with greenery crawling all over it.


    The two continued forward.


    ¡°Other than the office building that was converted from the orphanage just now, our school also has another office building, which is this building.¡± The two walked to a small three story building next to the playground. Zhong Xiao stopped. He pushed up his glasses and a complicated look flashed in his eyes and he whispered: ¡°¡­ Teacher Lin worked in the westernmost side of the second floor of this building, right there.¡±


    Xiao Jinyu bowed his head slightly, following the direction Zhong Xiao was pointing at, in the west.


    [B Rank Task


    Go to Kangxin Middle School and investigate the cause of death of Lin Hao, a second year teacher.


    Additional Information: Lin Hao, the Chinese teacher of Kangxin Middle School¡¯s second year¡¯s class three, also served as the class teacher. In October 2045, he was diagnosed with advanced bone cancer. After surgery, he returned to the school in March of this year, but according to the doctor, he would not live past half a year at most. However, on November 5th, 2046, Lin Hao went to the hospital for a check-up and all his cancer cells had mysteriously disappeared.


    On November 15th, 2046, Lin Hao stayed on campus to work overtime. At 20 o¡¯clock, he suddenly died in his office.


    Cause of Death: Bone cancer.


    Task Reward: One hundred thousand cash.


    Additional Information: It has been confirmed that there are no life-threatening dangers and the user is expected to determine the cause of death and confirm whether or not it is related to logic skills.]


    The author has something to say:


    Little Goldfish: I¡¯m probably better at skipping ranks than Brother Henis, but dancing, Brother Hen, I¡¯m willing to bow down to you.


    Zhao Hen: ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.Can you be a nice fish?!!!


    004: everybody, I¡¯m back! Did you miss me?!!