There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

At the moment of the space explosion, Los had just reached the edge of the domain.

He glanced at the budget mall not far away.

Although there seemed to be no abnormalities in his line of sight, in reality, that area had already been enveloped by the Judgment Domain, causing all living beings within it to fall into a deep slumber, devoid of any Spiritual Sense or perception.

In the world as seen by Los, a golden, hazy mist shrouded that place.

After discovering the Judgment Domain, he had already sent a message to Themis, but there had been no response so far.

This was a normal occurrence as expected.

Because while Judgment was unfolding its domain to address the problems of the world, it was usually undisturbed by external affairs, and what he wanted was for the other party not to see the message right now!

Los arrived at the edge of the domain, prepared himself, and gently lifted his hand to place it on the golden mist.

His fingers slowly penetrated it, trying to be as careful and cautious as possible, it would be better to enter the domain without alerting the other party.

However, in the next moment, Los suddenly froze.

Feeling the information radiating back from the domain, he abruptly looked up, and a dazzling gold-red light swept past!

The strong force hit the membrane of the domain, causing ripples to waft through the golden mist.

After being swept by this force, Los's disguise dissipated in an instant.

His pupils turned red uncontrollably, his face at that moment was so beautiful it didn't seem to belong to this world, but just as his power was about to spread out, he managed to rein it in on time.

If he hadn't controlled it, the Civil Affairs Bureau might be overwhelmed tomorrow.

Los's expression was unreadable, and regardless of whether he would be discovered by Judgment or not, he directly leaned into the domain.

"Hmm?"

Shi quickly detected the intruder.

He had erected the Illusory Realm the instant the space was blasted apart, so he hadn't had time to notice the status of the domain. However, discovering it now wasn't too late.

Shi narrowed his eyes, looking toward the direction of the intruder, and then saw that person who had special emotional abilities they had encountered earlier in the day.

Actually, it hadn't been long; they had just met that afternoon.

"Is it you here? What happened?"

Los walked into the underground garage, his face showing surprise at the sight before him, and then turned his gaze to Shi, as well as to the young man who had lost consciousness in his arms.

"What happened to him?" asked Los again.

"We were clearing an Abyss Rift, but his spiritual power went out of control, and I didn't expect him to directly latch onto my power. He must have seen something accidentally, and if one's consciousness isn't strong enough, it's easy to be affected," said Shi indifferently, his golden eyes fixed on the young man: "But it's really odd, the power he has is even stranger than I thought."

Los slowly approached, his gaze fixed on him: "What's strange about it?"

"Normally, people who come into contact with the power of Judgment should lose consciousness immediately, but at that moment, he actually controlled my power," Shi mused: "I think this must have something to do with the Character Card he obtained."

Los glanced at the young man's notably youthful face. In his vision, the Character Card and the host were two distinct elements.

And the other element that had separated out was a very young-looking boy.

"Registration number... From the script of 'Free Night,' that director of New An Bureau?" Los said thoughtfully.

Speaking of which, the game project headed by the boss, who was at constant risk of execution, was actually adapted from the globally popular holographic online game 'Free Night' from that world.

And although the director of New An Bureau from that world could become a player character, he would never spawn a Character Card.

The reason was simple; Alpha's power was already close to being divine in that world, as he was the first New Human to be born just before the world neared extinction.

He would become a Pioneer of the world.

For such a being, extracting his character from Subspace was virtually a blasphemy, and Script Space could not possibly create a Character Card identical to Alpha to give to players.

Truthfully, no player could control the power of Alpha.

Therefore, Alpha's Character Card was something Script Space never made, an impossible card for players to ever trigger.

So, how was a Character Card that shouldn't exist obtained?

Create a new one on the spot?

Indeed, it wasn't impossible...

"But this... should be an issue with Script Space, right?" After pondering, Los tentatively passed the buck.

"Hmm, that's what I think too, it's just that I'm not clear where exactly the problem lies," Shi quickly agreed with a nod, but afterwards, he strangely felt the topic was somewhat familiar.

——It seemed he really hadn't discovered anything.

Los relaxed his expression slightly, shifting the topic while looking at the intact underground garage: "Is the situation with the Abyss Rift resolved?"

"It's resolved, but what he and I originally wanted was to exclude the Abyssal contamination while preserving this space," Shi said somewhat sadly: "In the end, we still had to resort to the Illusory Realm."

And due to the sudden occurrence, if it weren't for the fact that he erected the Illusory Realm upon realizing something was wrong, this place would probably be a huge crater by now.

Now, what remained was for the world's restorative powers to heal itself.

Buildings did not need to be rebuilt by humans, because the Illusory Realm served as the framework; the world would automatically replenish its original Order based on this framework.

Order here implied not just natural elements; the Order of 'Judgment' encompassed all orders in a broader sense, including the growth and operation of the world developed by the world itself.

Only the restoration would probably be a slow process.

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At that moment, a ringing sound suddenly resonated in their ears.

It was a pleasant chime, like that of a wind chime stirred by a breeze, emanating from Xu Shuo's pocket.

"Huh?" Shi looked down curiously.

Seeing this, Los stepped forward, reached into Xu Shuo's pocket, and pulled out a mobile phone, lighting up the screen to reveal an unread message.

He smoothly entered the passcode to unlock the phone, then opened the message list to look.

Xu Xi: [It's so late, why aren't you back yet?]

The message had been sent right after the explosion.

Such a perceptive girl.

Indeed, she is his sister.

Los first checked their prior communication before replying to the text.

[Just finished work. There's a bit of traffic in the Huangmu District, so I'll be late. Go to sleep first.]

[Be careful on the road.]

Xu Xi's reply came quickly.

Los looked at it, turned off the screen without replying, and stuffed the phone back into Xu Shuo's pocket. He then turned to look at Shi, who had already exited Judgment mode and was now full of curiosity.

If it weren't for his imposing appearance, probably no one would think that the brain of this Judgement was overly dim-witted.

"You'll take him home later, and oh, don't let the little girl in the house notice," Los said.

"Why?" Shi tilted his head.

"Hmm... because you might be perceived as a suspicious person and get arrested, then cause a series of troubles in this world, even seriously disrupting the Order here since you're a foreigner after all."

"..."

Shi fell into deep thought, seemingly seriously considering this issue.

Suddenly, he recalled the question he had set aside that afternoon: "Right, are you also..."

"Since there's nothing else here, I'll leave first." But before he could finish, Los stood up, waved his hand, and said.

"Oh, take care." Shi replied reflexively.

Then the man before him disappeared, familiarly vanishing in a drift of faint light particles.

This man's actions really were swift.

Shi stared dumbly at the empty space for a while.

He blinked suddenly, murmuring to himself: "Indeed, he's not from this world, is he? What exactly did he come here to do?"

Shi pulled up the other party's player information to check.

Los, a Level 6 player.

But he had never heard of him.

Strange, is this person among the current Level 6 players?

Shi frowned slightly, then noticed there were several unread messages in his Player's Handbook, and opened them to look.

Apart from the daily greetings from buddies, there were also two messages from Los sent not long ago.

Los: [I've discovered some anomalies in the city center, it looks like someone is misusing special powers.]

Los: [Also, don't tell the boss about my matter, it'll be inconvenient for investigating anomalies if he knows.]

The latter message had just been sent.

Shi pondered, his gaze lingering on the still-sleeping youth, then his fingertips lightly twisted at the edge of the garland on his head.

As if catching something, he twisted out a thread of golden-red energy.

This was the power that had burst forth through him as a medium, and which he had then directly destroyed the Abyss Rift with his own spiritual power.

That was truly the strange part.

A flash of golden light passed through Shi's eyes.

No mistake about it, it bore some resemblance to the aura of that man.

Shi looked up towards the emptiness where the air still seemed to carry the lingering warmth of that man's presence, a scent a bit dizzying and addictive.

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Half past ten at night.

Luo Kai, who had sped back at 200 mph and was now standing by the B exit of the underground parking lot of the price-friendly mall at number 16, Hetai Intersection on Peace Street in the Heiyu District, had a cigarette in his mouth and bit down on the filter with a frown.

"So, where is the Abyss?

"And where is the person?

"Not even a message?!

"Damn it!"

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