There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Indeed, there was a heavy presence of yin energy in the kitchen.

But that was all in the past.

After Luo Kai had finished checking the place, he took out an ordinary Purification Talisman Paper and affixed it to the wall, which dispersed the yin energy.

"Aside from that mutated monster, there's no trace of the Abyss," Luo Kai said quietly to Xu Shuo.

"So, it really was the influence of the breath from the fissure a few kilometers away?" Xu Shuo frowned slightly.

The village was at least over three mountains away from the bridge they had once set foot under, certainly several kilometers apart, but even at such a distance, it had been affected.

The Abyss Rift was truly frightening.

Luo Kai shook his head, "Perhaps there wasn't any influence originally, but just now, seeing the sinister yin energy here, I suspect it's because the resentment energy of the deceased was too great, and it got eroded by that slight aura..."@@novelbin@@

As he reached this point, Luo Kai suddenly stopped.

Then he cursed directly, "Damn it! It must be because of this that my Script Space broke down!"

The deceased had already died, and according to the rules of Script Space, only characters that were dead had a chance of awakening when extracted into Subspace!

Of course, what was extracted into Subspace was a corpse, but who could tell whether the consciousness of the deceased remained on that body at the time.

At that time, Script Space only gave him an evaluation of a first-grade basic script, so Luo Kai had never considered if the proximity of the Abyss Rift would have any effect.

Who could have guessed that Script Space would glitch!

Luo Kai grumbled, "And that monster, it already had the strength close to third tier, yet only second-tier skills were opened for our world. Script Space really is the least reliable!"

Xu Shuo said calmly, "Didn't I introduce someone to you before? He seems to specialize in handling these kinds of issues."

"Oh! You mean him!"

At the mention of this, Luo Kai's eyes lit up, as he sized up Xu Shuo; his gaze had shifted from viewing a Second-Generation Gamer to assessing a major asset.

He said, "I had heard before that among the players at the pinnacle, there was one with connections to Script Space, who often helps maintain the stability of space, but I never knew who it was nor have I seen him."

"Shouldn't players like them be famous?" Xu Shuo asked.

But in fact, when he had searched the forums for information about Themis and the others Themis had mentioned, he found very little, as if the content had been controlled.

Yes, many posts about Luo Kun's identity had also disappeared.

It was completely uncertain whether it was due to Script Space's privacy protection for awakened characters or some other reasons.

Luo Kai waved dismissively, "The big players are always shrouded in mystery; they hardly ever take the idol route to make money, so they don't show up much in the forums. Most of what we see are other players' analyses of their strength and rankings."

"I didn't expect that you would actually have his contact. It's said that person can't be remembered; others trying to search will always fail.

"Even if you follow him, one day you might forget who he is and why you followed him in the first place, and then you'd naturally unfollow him.

"Wait, that's not the point... Although I've followed him, he hasn't replied to any of my messages to this day!"

What's the point of a big player who doesn't reply to messages from low-rank players!

Xu Shuo raised an eyebrow, "Doesn't Script Space have other appeals channels, or a channel to deal with this?"

Luo Kai with a serious expression, "That crappy space has none!"

"…"

So even if one's own world advanced, one couldn't seek the help of Script Space's power?

No wonder Hong Rao always thought about letting him participate in Martial Practitioner's scripts, to systematically cultivate martial arts for self-protection; so that even without supernatural abilities, one could at least... run away.

After witnessing his own pitiful strength today, Xu Shuo thought this arrangement was quite good.

Definitely next time!

The two of them leaned against the doorframe and discussed the issue for a while.

Suddenly, Xu Shuo asked, "By the way, can we talk about Script Space with others directly in the real world?"

Luo Kai was in the process of retrieving a cigarette when he heard this and mysteriously shook the cigarette in his hand, "We can speak of it, but they won't understand. It's like when high-tier players talk to low-tier players about their real-world situations while in Script Space, but what the latter hear is all gibberish!"

Xu Shuo had experienced this himself.

Once Hong Rao had spoken to him about it, but Xu Shuo couldn't make out a word and ended up with a headache from the irritation.

With that in mind, he turned to look at the armed policeman who had been silent for a while and asked, "Did you hear what we were just discussing?"

The policeman looked somewhat puzzled as he replied, "Script Space?"

Xu Shuo then looked at Luo Kai again.

Luo Kai: "..."

...

...

The village nestled in the basin didn't look very large. Once the three had walked beyond the range of the village's houses, the moon in the sky became visible.

It had always seemed to be hidden in the fog, requiring a change of perspective to be seen.

The croaking of frogs from the fields carried over.

The previously dead and silent world also seemed to have regained its vitality as both the stench of blood and rot dissipated, leaving only the invigorating scent of nature lingering.

Looking from the village path, the village engulfed in darkness appeared to have no abnormalities, quiet as if it were in deep slumber.

The village and the village path seemed to separate two different worlds.

The armed police officer took a deep breath and said, "I was stationed on the village path before, and I vaguely saw strange noises and gunshots emanating from within, so I organized a team to go in and check."

But he hadn't expected that, apart from himself, not a single soldier who went in survived.

If he had known it was going to be like that, he definitely would not have led his team to charge in directly—towards the Abyss!

Xu Shuo looked at the village and said, "This place seems to have formed some sort of magnetic field. You had better just blow up or burn down this area afterward; otherwise, if another monster were to emerge, no number of people would be enough to fill it."

"I'll report it upstairs," the armed police officer said with a bitter expression.

"By the way, do you have any money on you?" Xu Shuo suddenly looked at him.

"...?" The armed police officer was stunned.

"You owe me ten thousand yuan. Have you forgotten?"

"......"

The sorrowful atmosphere grew silent for two seconds before the armed police officer came to his senses and ventured, "I don't have any money on me right now. How about we exchange contact information, and I'll transfer it to you later?"

Hearing this, Xu Shuo simply waved his hand: "Forget about it."

The armed police officer was quite regretful.

At this moment, Luo Kai, who had been immersed in self-embarrassment for a long time, snapped back to reality.

He had a cigarette in his mouth and turned to the armed police officer, saying, "Let me handle this. I'll go back with you. It's convenient if I investigate you, so let's exchange contact information."

He was already taking out his phone as he spoke.

The armed police officer was surprised at the first part of the sentence, but his expression froze upon hearing the latter part.

Investigating him?

What was there to investigate about him?

And could you not say it so directly in front of the person concerned?

Xu Shuo heard this and was entirely indifferent.

After all, Luo Kai often traveled without the need for a job and had the funds to travel. Moreover, he had quickly investigated the incident in this village. Even though he claimed to be a poor Wanderer, he must have had some background and strength.

Plus, Xu Shuo had no intention of dealing with the officials, so leaving these matters to Luo Kai suited him just fine.

As they turned to leave the village, Luo Kai, being cautious, left behind a little something and set it up around the electric grid surrounding the village.

If something were to happen here again, at least it could be blocked for a while.

Luo Kai took a sorrowful drag on his cigarette: "If possible, I would like to burn it down right now!"

However, surrounded by mountains on all sides, starting a fire without any preparation could easily provoke a forest fire, and then they would have to face the consequences and receive a proper 'education'.

After all the trouble, it was already 8 p.m., and Xu Shuo just wanted to return as soon as possible.

After exiting the village path, he separated from the other two.

Elsewhere, military vehicles had been parked, still manned by soldiers. Xu Shuo had no intention of being noticed by walking with them, so he split ways with them midway through.

...

The wild mountains and ridges at night seemed especially terrifying.

After all, there was not a trace of human presence, and even the sounds were minimal; the silence amidst the darkness was unsettling, as if you were the only person between heaven and earth.

What's worse, there were no streetlights!

So Xu Shuo turned on his flashlight.

The flashlight provided by Script Space immediately lit up the road ahead for about ten meters, glowing like a mini sun.

Xu Shuo found his car and license plate, then drove back onto the road and turned on the high beams.

However, as he was about to put the flashlight back into the inventory slot in the Player's Handbook, he found it didn't go back in.

[Script Space is undergoing maintenance and upgrades, all functions are temporarily suspended. The maintenance period is 24 hours; please wait patiently, players.]

A prompt popped up on the Player's Handbook.

Xu Shuo: "..."

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