raknovel Prelude to Chapter 13
Prelude to Chapter 13
"Perhaps it's because they discovered I had betrayed them."
After replying to Xu Menghe's message, Su Jue put her phone away and took a picture of the square.
"I'm also wanted by the morgue. They must have discovered that I deliberately hid you. We have to run." Su Jue walked to the edge of the cemetery and looked down.
This cemetery is built on high ground, so anyone coming to the morgue will definitely be seen.
"What do you think of the morgue's fighting strength, Shuangyu?" Su Huai walked slowly to Su Jue's side.
"I don't know. I've never worked with them. I know someone named Liu Xue. If they're all that level, I can handle it myself." Su Jue was considering whether to use Liu Xue's techniques to investigate further, but after thinking it over, she gave up the idea.
He didn't know how many people were in the morgue in Pingchuan City—dozens, or hundreds? He needed to conserve his energy as much as possible; quitting this time was too hasty.
Su Jue didn't send the specific location to Xu Menghe, partly because he was afraid that Xu Menghe's account would be hacked, although the possibility was slim.
But the main reason is the second point. Su Jue felt that Xu Menghe's involvement in his life was too sudden. The only motive he could find was that she wanted to bring him in, but even with this excuse, he still felt that Xu Menghe's involvement was very incongruous.
Therefore, Su Jue did not intend to reveal too much to her.
"Let's go down to the city," Su Jue suddenly suggested.
"Huh? Isn't that just walking into a trap?" Fang Qi grabbed Su Jue's arm.
"I think...it's a good idea." Su Huai smiled and looked at Jiang Qin beside him.
……
A few days later, in a room of a villa in Pingchuan City.
The room's overall color scheme is pink, and besides a computer and a bed, there are only various cute dolls inside.
Xu Menghe sat at her computer desk wearing Strawberry Bear pajamas. She had heavy dark circles under her eyes, as if she hadn't slept all night.
"Ugh! I give up. Why are all the recent missions revolving around this Su Jue? What is he trying to do..." Xu Menghe scratched her hair vigorously, making her originally smooth hair messy.
"The recording is the same; I can't hear anything." She played the recording again.
After a period of static, there was a burst of meaningless screams and shouts, from which no meaningful information could be extracted.
Logically speaking, even if Su Jue's incantation couldn't be recorded, there shouldn't be no content left at all. That's what troubled her for several nights.
Xu Menghe closed her eyes, and the game-like interface appeared in her mind once again.
This ambiguous real-world game began the moment she joined the puppet, appearing directly in her mind, just like the sorcerer Sanyan.
Therefore, she believed this was the power of God, just as the people of the Thousand Faces Cult could change their faces, and the puppet god might be keen to bestow power upon people in a playful way.
You can gain experience points by completing the tasks He issues, and it is said that you will be granted an ability every 15 levels.
"I'm 14..." Xu Yafang lay on the bed, hugging a teddy bear that was even bigger than herself.
Her gaze involuntarily fell on a photo frame placed next to her pillow, a picture of two smiling children.
The photo frame was very clean, just like new. Xu Menghe picked up the photo frame and stroked it again and again.
"Tell me, he didn't even tell me where he is, how can I help him?" Xu Menghe muttered to herself, looking at a boy in a photo.
At this moment, the task in her mind began to count down, with 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds remaining.
"Help Su Jue evade capture."
"Reward: Instantly level up to 15 and receive 1 Resurrection Coin Fragment"
……
"Four days have passed, and they still haven't caught them?" Pei Min sat in his seat.
"Don't even mention it. Someone told them that we discovered Su Jue was protecting Fang Qi. That day, we went to the cemetery, fought our way through, captured them, and then we withdrew everyone." Liu Xue lay on her office chair.
"We only found out when we brought them back that the two were actually members of the Thousand Faces Cult in disguise. When we sent people out again, it was even more chaotic than before, with the streets full of Su Jue and Fang Qi. We also had to erase the memories of some people who watched us fight, so we were simply too busy to keep up." Lin Yang fanned himself with a folding fan.
"I'll go. Even if you find it, there's nothing they can do." Pei Min picked up the sword that was always protected by its scabbard and walked out of the morgue.
"Boss, are you alone?" Lin Yang put away his folding fan.
"Of course not, there's also Lao Liu." Pei Min closed the door, and then the room became quiet.
"The morgue is really going to kill them this time..." Lin Yang shook his head with a smile.
"Who is Lao Liu?" Liu Xue pushed her chair closer to Lin Yang.
Lin Yang's ears turned red, and he quickly typed on the computer. Soon, he pulled up a file: "Liu Xu, the head of the morgue in Pangyuguan City, Pingchuan City, Level 2. Don't let his refined appearance fool you, he's said to have killed quite a few people."
"I've never seen this before." Liu Xue leaned closer to the computer, carefully examining the appearance of the Level 2 A.
As for Lin Yang? His ears and face were extremely red, he must have been burning up.
"Xue'er, what do you think of the morgue?" But Lin Yang seemed to have thought of something and suddenly changed the subject.
"That's great. Although I don't know many people, everyone is very friendly. Although the boss is very sarcastic, he's actually kind-hearted despite his sharp tongue." Liu Xue smiled and turned her head, only to see that Lin Yang's attitude towards her had changed. Although he was still nervous, this nervousness felt very different.
"What's wrong with you?" Liu Xue asked worriedly.
She was naturally worried. She had entered the morgue at the age of 14, and it had been four years since then, as had the four years she had known Lin Yang.
Of course, she could sense Lin Yang's thoughts. In the past, this boy always seemed happy and nervous in front of her, which made her want to tease him.
But now it's different; this is the first time Liu Xue has seen Lin Yang looking so serious.
"Haha, it's okay, as long as it's fine." Lin Yang returned to his normal state and pushed his chair back a little.
"If you have something to say to me, I..." Liu Xue looked at Lin Yang, "I'm willing to listen."
Lin Yang's heart pounded, and for some reason, he felt he should turn back at this moment.
Yes, turn around.
Perhaps it was fate's arrangement, but at this moment, those expectant eyes finally found the sincerity they had been searching for in another pair of eyes.
After his expectations were met, he felt a sense of bewilderment, and he lowered his head to hide his confusion: "Um... thank you."
The sun quietly rose from the horizon, illuminating the entire city of Pingchuan, where hope and vitality were everywhere.
"Has the morgue gone mad? They're just arresting people off the street?" Fang Qi kept pacing around in circles.
"The sorcerer can forcefully implant the source into a person's brain, making them forget everything for a short period of time. This is a good way for passersby to deal with the situation." Su Jue typed on her phone: "As for the issue of surveillance... I can only say that the people in the morgue are indeed widely distributed."
"Then what do we do? Are we going to hide forever?" Fang Qi asked.
"Not necessarily. They shouldn't have assumed we'd be staying at home so quickly. Just find a way to prove you're not contaminated before they find you," Su Jue sent a pre-edited message. "I'll try. If I can't prove it..."
"What if we can't prove it?" Fang Qi stopped and looked at him with curiosity.
Su Jue looked at Fang Qi seriously: "Only three people have seen you corrupted."
Meanwhile, in the stairwell, a sword sheathed in its sheath was slowly approaching.