There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Xu Shuo had once been struck by the Seven Stars Conjunction from a female reporter.

Latter, he manipulated the female reporter's mind, controlling her to release the Seven Stars Conjunction again, just so he and Yueshu could face these eyes directly.

The aftermath was indeed significant; Yueshu disappeared in an instant, and Xu Shuo remembered these eyes.

Although Xu Shuo wasn't easily affected by the Abyss, he could still be exposed to Mental Contamination from certain deities within the Script Space, which, in this regard, coincidentally shared similarities with Xu.

However, unless they deliberately made their presence known, Xu Shuo would occasionally forget about the existence of these eyes.

Like now.

In the golden Sea of Consciousness, with countless floating bubbles behind, a captivating shade of emerald suddenly appeared.

This caused the two people on the surface, actually three, to fall silent.

Upon regaining his composure, Shi looked at Xu Shuo and asked, "Are you a Contractor of the Star Guild?"

Xu Shuo shook his head, "No, why do you ask?"

"Players who join the Star Conference need to worship the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom', and those who are recognized will be marked with this imprint, which essentially is a form of the Soul Contract," Shi explained.

"Is that so? I've just been covered by the 'Seven Stars Conjunction' from a Star Conference player during the last raid," Xu Shuo said.

"Oh. Well, if you plan to join the Star Conference now, you probably won't need to go through the contract ceremony again. The benefits of this guild are actually pretty good," Shi seemed serious about the suggestion.

"...Thank you, but no need."

Xu Shuo politely declined, while subtly hinting, "So have you found anything unusual now?"

Having someone pry into one's consciousness at will felt quite strange.

Xu Shuo also subtly felt some resonance with the experience of those "who received orders in their brains from the Chief."

It brought a disagreeable sense of unease.

Hearing this, Shi scanned the Sea of Consciousness.

He refrained from tampering with the preserved memories, his spiritual power meticulously searching, but aside from the green eyes staring intently at them from above, there really were no other special changes here.

It was the Sea of Consciousness of a very ordinary person.

The only unique aspect about the person might be the substantial spiritual power.

But it's very unlikely there's no anomaly at all.

Shi frowned slightly, and after a brief moment of contemplation, his spiritual power surged towards another place!

He had just detected a fluttering presence!

It was like the tail swipe of a dragon, and because his action was so sudden, the other force enveloping the apartment couldn't react in time and Shi immediately tracked it down!

Shi's gaze was fierce. Without saying a word to Xu Shuo, he disappeared on the spot.

And just as Shi's spiritual power left the Sea of Consciousness, the brilliant green eyes also closed and vanished as if they had only come out to see who had invaded the territory that They had chosen.

But in a blink, the once bustling Sea of Consciousness that could have hosted a gathering now became spotlessly empty.

Feeling his Sea of Consciousness which felt suppressed relax again, Xu Shuo paused for a moment and looked thoughtfully in a certain direction.

That's when a violin manifested in his Sea of Consciousness.

It was the "heart" that had disappeared just a moment ago.

But in fact, Xu Shuo had always felt his "heart" was in this place; it's just for some reason, Shi couldn't see or detect it, as if some force had obscured his perception.

But since it could affect Shi, its power must also be close to that of his adversary, right?

Xu Shuo stroked his chin thoughtfully, a person who was constantly criticized by Pei Sheng for his attire coming to mind.

At present, the only person he could think of was this individual.

But what exactly was this person's identity?

And their purpose?

Was it this person who helped him hide the anomaly this time?

After all, it couldn't just be a coincidence that Radiance Studio was hiring, so they just happened to recruit him, right?

Xu Shuo had no knowledge about that person and could only surmise that they likely had no bad feelings towards him for the time being, as for the long-term... that was still unknown.

Just as Xu Shuo was carefully pondering, a head suddenly peeked out from around the corner of the kitchen.

"Big brother."

Xu Xi looked at him expressionlessly, "Can I come out now?"

Xu Shuo smiled helplessly, "Come on out. We haven't even finished eating the zongzi yet. If we leave it till tomorrow morning, it'll probably go bad."

Xu Xi returned to the dining table, picked up a zongzi from the plate, peeling the leaves and watching Xu Shuo at the same time, sneaking a glance after every leaf she peeled.

Although her face remained impassive, her eyes were full of mischief.

This was clearly a posture waiting for an explanation.

It seemed he could only "definitely" it today.

...

...

A kilometer away from the apartment.

Upon being discovered by Shi, Los quickly moved positions, but he still wasn't able to get far before he was caught.

Judgement really did live up to its nickname as the antivirus program of Script Space, at least when they got serious they could precisely chase down any criminal, even if the Judgement in front of him appeared rather simple and earnest.

Running away was already out of the question.

Once Shi had locked onto his target with his qi, the other party also seemed to sense something and stopped moving.

When Shi discovered the person's identity, he was stunned for a moment, somewhat puzzled but also somehow not surprised.

"Is it you?!"

"It's me."

Los turned around to face him with an expressionless look, instinctively reaching to push up his glasses, then realizing that he wasn't wearing any.

Shi looked at him with confusion, "Was it your spiritual power interfering with me just now? Why would you do that? What is your purpose with him?"

"You already know who I am?" Los responded with a question after sizing him up.

"Yes, a senior told me you must be from the Sixth Palace. I'm also certain that you are not a player from this world. After all, to my knowledge, the highest-level player in this world is currently only at level four," Shi said.

"Then let me be direct with you, both he and this world are targets of the Sixth Palace. It would be best for your Tower of Judgement to not interfere in this world anymore," Los now spoke with an indisputable tone.

"No way!"

Shi's refusal was just as swift, "The duty of the Tower of Judgement is to maintain the order of every world, and now that this place shows signs of being eroded by the Abyss, it's impossible for me to overlook it."

"Fine, you can have the world. But that person must be handed over to the Sixth Palace, you cannot make contact anymore," Los immediately softened his stance, skillfully retreating in order to advance.

"..." Shi was momentarily taken aback.

He opened his mouth, initially intending to say that there might also be an issue with that person and that he should be investigated by the Tower of Judgement.

But the other party had just made a concession, and he wondered if it was excessive to demand more.

And if he thought about it carefully—

When comparing an individual to the world, indeed the world was more important.

Shi frowned uncomfortably, "I need to make sure that the power on that person won't affect the world's order, but I was interrupted by you on the way to finding out, and I still haven't discovered the reason."

Los stated indifferently, "You don't need to continue investigating because the incident that happened at sea was my interference, not his fault."

Shi suddenly realized, "No wonder when I was reviewing the script earlier, I also sensed your presence!"

Los silently commended himself.

However, Shi still retorted, "But he and I were already friends. Even if there's no need for further investigation, why can't we have contact? What does this have to do with the actions of the Sixth Palace?"

Los replied without expression, "Because we in the Sixth Palace don't like you from the Tower of Judgement, so having you be close to our target is somewhat repulsive."

Shi: "..."

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