It was getting close to midnight and all the nearby coffee shops were closed. Only a 24-hour KFC was still brightly lit.
Maybe it was because it was already late, so there were no customers in the entire store. Even the waiter was nowhere to be found. It was unknown if they were catching up on sleep in the storage room.
Two people were sitting face to face near the window on the second floor.
Cheng Li’s face was more solemn than ever before. Under Jian Xie’s calm gaze, the expression on his face gradually couldn’t hold up and it collapsed a little.
“Is it dead?”
Jian Xie nodded.
Because of the other party’s simple movement, his worldview was shattered in an instant.
Although Cheng Li had a premonition about the monster’s death after seeing the predation field close so abruptly, he was still shocked when he heard the high school student in front of him admit it, and he wondered if he was still dreaming.
…Maybe his sanity level was really a bit low, otherwise he wouldn’t have seen the huge black fog flashing behind Jian Xie earlier.
Overtime work really makes people age prematurely.
Especially working overtime without pay, it makes people feel physically and mentally exhausted and devastated.
After all, this was not a mission issued through observation by the “Eye”, so of course there was no so-called salary for this.
Cheng Li was able to get up from bed and struggle to rush to the scene, all out of concern for Jian Xie, his future junior. After all, the other party did not seem to be lying.
Even so, on the way here, he kept thinking in his heart that this was just a misunderstanding.
There was a very simple psychological effect.
When someone learned that blue cars were rare, he would unexpectedly find blue things everywhere on the streets for a period of time afterwards. This was because the subconscious mind of the human brain would help him find and connect related colors.
The same went for Jian Xie.
After all, he only learned about the existence of the Supernatural Management Bureau a few days ago, so it was possible that he speculated that everything was related to monsters.
In addition, one must know that the “Eye” was a precision instrument with an S-level insight value, created by a group of excessively smart guys in the weapons department. No human has ever been able to reach this level, and since it was placed in the bureau’s hall for operation, there has never been any detection error.
If what Jian Xie said was really true, could it be that his perception of monsters was more accurate than that of the “Eye”?
How is that possible? Stop joking.
According to this deducing, Jian Xie’s level would be bound to exceed the existing limit of Special A-level for human investigators, and even the “Eye” would become an inferior product in front of him.
Wouldn’t those people in the weapons department who have always thought highly of themselves be hugging his thighs and crying, begging him to join them?
……
Then, he witnessed this untrained investigator killing a monster in public.
The terrifying power that leaked out from the closed predation field and the eerie scent of the seemingly dead monster crashed into his body like a wave, leaving him stunned, feet nailed to the ground, legs heavy. He couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.
As a B-level investigator, there was no way he could attribute this scent to any misunderstanding or else he would be unworthy of his three years of hard work in the bureau.
That was definitely not a level he could compete with.
If Cheng Li was in the predation field, he would probably have been eaten by the monster without leaving any trace.
Because the set up that “investigators can only kill monsters with props” was explained in the game’s formula book and couldn’t be changed by humans.
As a B-level investigator, Cheng Li could only use B-level props at most. If he rashly used A-level props, it was very likely that his sanity would be devoured by the props before the monster was killed. Even if he was lucky enough not to die, he would inevitably suffer from mental disability.
This meant that even if he risked his life and prepared himself to be disabled for life, he could only barely qualify to challenge A-level monsters.
The facts were just that cruel. Reality wasn’t a fairy tale after all.
But tonight, the clear rules in the formula book were unconditionally broken.
The person who broke this rule was the high school student in front of him who had just come into contact with the other world a few days ago. He didn’t know what expression he should make.
[He is afraid of you.] It snorted. [How funny.]
Hearing this, Jian Xie raised his head and noticed that the person opposite him was indeed looking shaken, but not as exaggerated as It said.
Cheng Li was indeed afraid, but not of him. Instead, it was the normal fear of things that break common sense and were unknown.
He said calmly, “It could have been just an accident.”
“……”
“Please… don’t talk for now and let me calm down.”
Under his gaze, Cheng Li rested his elbows on the table, covered his head with his hands, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Accident? Ha ha.
Before today, he had always thought that the B-level monster they first met was killed by an unknown terrifying creature, and Jian Xie was just lucky to have survived the A- and B-level monsters one after another. But now it seemed that this may not be the case.
It was indeed an accident. Because they met Jian Xie, the monsters were met with an accident and died.
He raised his head and couldn’t help but look at Jian Xie again.
And Jian Xie, who was standing right in front of him, was wearing a sports jacket without even a speck of dust on it, the expression on his face seemingly very harmless. If he had not witnessed with his own eyes how the other party walked out of the ruins with an expressionless face, he would have been defeated by the other party’s innocent eyes.
“What level was it?”
After a while, Cheng Li finally calmed down and asked in a sleepwalking-like soft voice, “What level was the monster tonight?”
“I have no idea.” Jian Xie paused and said, “I don’t know what your criteria for assessing levels are.”
In fact, he knew.
Although he only read the materials that Cheng Li sent to him once, Jian Xie has always had a good memory. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to maintain top grades in the grade while juggling several jobs. He memorized things very quickly.
Just to take Cheng Li’s feelings into consideration, he didn’t directly say that the other party might be a Special A-level.
After all, no matter what level it could’ve been, the opponent’s ability to resist would disappear just as quickly. It also tasted average, similar to cold glutinous rice.
Were levels and such things that important?
This rule obviously didn’t work for him.
Anyway, none of them were as dangerous as the evil god living in his body. Doctor Li, who was also a Special A-level, would surely have a say on this.
Thinking of this, Jian Xie was a little distracted. He really felt that his body had more strength than before.
But each monster tasted different. If he wants to recover, he has to keep opening blind boxes…
“…It should be A. You’ve killed one after all.” Cheng Li frowned and said to himself, “But we can ask the victim later…”
Come to think of it, was that guy really mentally okay?
Before he and Jian Xie left, the implicated person woke up briefly.
Facing the blown up house, he looked stunned. Under Cheng Li’s guilty gaze, he first waved his hands in a daze and said, “It’s okay, just tens of millions.” Then he suddenly came to his senses, looked at Jian Xie who was standing not far away and suddenly tears burst into tears as he stared at him.
Cheng Li was immediately shocked.
Does this kid have little fountains in his eyes?
Just when he thought the other person was injured and was about to go over to check, he heard him cry and say, “Classmate J-Jian Xie, I know you have never cared about your classmates… I’m sorry, my name is Jing Chen, please don’t hate me. We’re going to see our English teacher together tomorrow, okay?”
Isn’t this the wrong point?
Under Cheng Li’s surprised gaze, Jian Xie turned around silently: “…”
So what exactly did It do to tamper with the guy’s memory? Was there really no ulterior motive behind it? No matter how you look at it, it’s weird, okay?
[Tsk.]
……….
The both of them who were thinking of what had just happened: “……”
After a while, Cheng Li coughed.
“I’ve reported this to the ‘Eye’, and the logistics department has sent someone over to deal with the aftermath.”
He wiped away the remaining embarrassment on his face. His expression became extremely serious, obviously returning to his working state as a corporate slave.
Cheng Li lowered his head to read a message, and when he raised his head again, he looked at Jian Xie unusually and profoundly.
“…Jian Xie, promise me one thing,” he said in a restrained tone, “no matter what nonsense the person who comes says later, please don’t get into conflict with him.”
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Insert into memory: Jian Xie hates you (with smuggled personal goods)1The one who inserted the memory was the evil god, right? Smuggled personal goods refer to some details that the evil god put on his personal whims
