Don't come any closer!
Don't come any closer!
Chen Feng, like a startled bird, instinctively took two steps back.
The Boss Lady blinked in confusion, confident in her own beauty. Whenever she went out, men would be so captivated they couldn't move.
But this man in front of her was actively avoiding her, which was truly unusual.
So the Boss Lady narrowed her beautiful eyes and asked, "Handsome, what are you afraid of?"
"Afraid? Me?"
Facing this female demon who had killed hundreds and made them into human skins to hang up, Chen Feng feigned calmness on the outside, but inside he was screaming: Big sister, please don't kill me, I really don't want to end up hanging.
The Boss Lady invited, "Then, would you like to come to my place to take shelter from the rain?"
"No!"
Chen Feng refused decisively. He might not want to work hard, but he definitely wanted to live.
"Strange guy."
Seemingly displeased by Chen Feng's lack of interest, the Boss Lady swayed away.
Chen Feng let out a long sigh of relief and touched his pants, realizing they were a bit wet.
Was it sweat?
Chen Feng looked down: "Turns out it's urine. I was wondering why this situation didn't make me sweat."
This place is too terrifying, no wonder so many predecessors failed here.
Right, the predecessors!
Chen Feng suddenly remembered that in the last cycle, he seemed to have inherited the systems from his predecessors. Would this reset because of loading a save?
"System, activate!"
Chen Feng quickly called out to the system, and three numbered boxes appeared before him.
What are these things?
Chen Feng reached out, and as his hand was about to touch one of the boxes, a mechanical voice sounded in his ear.
The first box was numbered: DS-01-DSR, and it said, "Human nature is inherently good."
The second box was numbered: DS-01-DER, and it said, "Human nature is inherently evil, and goodness is but a facade."
The third box was numbered: LS-02-SHSG, and it said, "In the world, long periods of division must lead to union, and long periods of union must lead to division."
Remembering the strange code from his Save and Load System, Chen Feng instantly understood that each box represented a system.
Let's open one and see!
Chen Feng grabbed the first box, and at that moment, the other two boxes gradually faded and disappeared.
It seems you can only choose one.
The system notification sounded in Chen Feng's ear.
[Ding! Congratulations on successfully activating the Great Philanthropist System]
[This system will help you earn a large number of system points, grow quickly, and complete the mission of saving the world]
System points?
Chen Feng inquired and learned that system points were the universal currency of the system, which could be used to enhance certain functions of the system. For example, in the Save and Load System, one point could replenish a save load, essentially giving an extra life.
The Great Philanthropist System could issue charitable missions that rewarded system points based on the user's experiences.
"Combining the two, wouldn't I be invincible?"
Chen Feng excitedly looked at the task list:
[The Boss Lady of Happiness Internet Cafe, He Ting, is a female demon who absorbs human souls, luring male drifters under the guise of hiring internet cafe attendants, killing them, and making them into human skins]
[Mission Objective: Destroy the Happiness Internet Cafe's influence]
[Mission Reward: Depending on completion, reward 1-9 system points]
Chen Feng took a look.
Investigating and collecting evidence of the internet cafe's crimes and reporting it to shut it down would only earn the lowest level reward.
Directly storming into the Happiness Internet Cafe and driving away the demon He Ting could earn a mid-level reward.
As for the highest level reward...
Looking at the words "eliminate the demon" in the mission objective, Chen Feng pointed at himself: "Me, fight a demon, seriously?"
Isn't that like throwing a meat bun to a dog?
Might as well report it just to make a gesture.
Just as Chen Feng had this thought, he saw an old and a young police officer coming out of the internet cafe.
"Master."
"I've told you how many times, use my title when working!"
"Captain, didn't you say you were quitting smoking?"
"Sigh, this is the last one!"
Perfect timing.
Chen Feng's eyes lit up. He was just worried about having nowhere to go. Finding a place like under a bridge to shelter from the rain was possible, but he remembered there was an invisible monster outside that could snap a person's neck with its bare hands.
He needed to find a safe place to spend the night.
Chen Feng waved and stopped the two: "Hello, officers."
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"Hello, comrade, do you need something?"
"My name is Chen Feng, I'm from out of town."
Chen Feng quickly made up a lie, saying he lost his wallet and phone, had no relatives here, and was starving: "Could you spare some food?"
"Begging?"
The female officer Zhang Ruobing looked Chen Feng up and down, and said bluntly, "Isn't there a construction site nearby? A day's work there could earn you a hundred or two hundred. You're a grown man with arms and legs, how could you be so broke you can't eat?"
So this person is either a vagrant or a lazybones, or maybe both.
Zhang Ruobing despised those who wanted something for nothing, so she said, "Master, let's not bother with him, let's go."
"Don't, don't go!"
Hearing his apprentice's words, Officer Old Li suddenly imagined tomorrow's headline: "Cihang City's Security Officer Ignores Public Suffering, Allows Citizen to Starve on the Street."
No exaggeration, just this headline could cost a leader their job.
So Old Li immediately grabbed Chen Feng's hand, fearing he might starve in front of him: "My surname is Li, just call me Old Li. I know a good beef noodle shop. Let's fill our stomachs first, then I'll take you to a shelter to rest, okay?"
"Sure, that sounds good."
And so, under Zhang Ruobing's disdainful gaze, Chen Feng rode in a police car for the first time in his life.
As soon as he got in, Chen Feng felt a wave of heat.
In such hot weather, the air conditioning must be on, so this car must have been parked here for a while.
Chen Feng looked at the two in the front seats, wondering: Were they investigating the Boss Lady's affairs at the Happiness Internet Cafe?
As Chen Feng suspected, after fastening her seatbelt, Zhang Ruobing started complaining: "Master, we've been busy all day, and it was all for nothing."
Old Li held the steering wheel and smiled: "Look at you, always in a rush."
Zhang Ruobing retorted, "I'm not rushing, it's just that after searching all afternoon, we found no clues. In my opinion, these missing drifter cases have nothing to do with the Happiness Internet Cafe."
"Hard to say."
Old Li advised his apprentice not to jump to conclusions so soon.
Zhang Ruobing argued, "Hard to say? Based on our investigation, that Boss Lady rarely goes out. Even if she were the killer, where are the victims?"
Most are hanging upstairs.
And one is right in the car.
Chen Feng silently mocked in his mind, feeling puzzled.
Anyone who frequently kills knows that killing is easy, but disposing of the body is hard. The third floor was full of human skin corpses. After searching all afternoon, even if it were two pigs, they should have found something. How could there be no clues at all?
Recalling how a group of people went upstairs but only he reached the third floor, Chen Feng felt things weren't so simple.
Just then, the car's radio suddenly crackled.
"This is 823235... received... understood."
Old Li put down the radio and turned back with a serious expression: "Sorry, Mr. Chen, are you very hungry right now?"
Chen Feng waved his hand, indicating he was fine: "What's up?"
Old Li explained, "Someone reported another suicide attempt at Cihang Bridge, we need to go."
Chen Feng asked, "Why say 'another'? Is that bridge prone to incidents?"
Old Li nodded: "You're from out of town, so you don't know. Ever since Cihang Bridge was built, there have been continuous jumpers. Later, the government tried to change this by installing signs on the bridge."
Chen Feng was puzzled: "Signs?"
Old Li explained, "Yes, whenever someone walks across the Life Bridge, the rail lights up, and messages appear, like 'Are you tired?', 'How have you been lately?', 'Does the person you like like you?' and so on."
Chen Feng asked, "Does it work?"
Old Li replied, "Yes, a year later, the number of suicides on the bridge increased sixfold."
Oh, so it was quite effective.
Chen Feng asked, "Why are so many people committing suicide? Are the residents of Cihang City under that much pressure?"
Old Li told Chen Feng, "Actually, suicide has nothing to do with signs or pressure. The reason so many die on that bridge is because..."
After a pause, Old Li said ominously, "Water Ghost."
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