"Qing Jie, there's a ghost, help me!" Li Qianxia hastened to cry out.
"I see it too!" Su Qin immediately followed.
Xu Xiao's lips moved extremely fast, "Speaking of supernatural incidents, I recently circumvented censorship to access the internet, and I've heard a lot of people mention it like it's real. Some pictures and videos are so scary that I dare not look at them. Could it really be the resurgence of spiritual energy?!"
Zheng Qing and the others exchanged glances.
"I'm talking about real ghosts! There really is a ghost!" Li Qianxia emphasized.
A middle-aged man behind Zheng Qing chuckled and consoled, "We're not laughing at you, it's just that hearing about ghosts is reassuring."
"One pearl each," Li Changzhou said, "these players came looking for my sister, it wouldn't be right to let you help us for nothing. If you encounter danger along the way, these can save your life, and once the matter is settled, I'll give each of you two more."
Zheng Qing didn't stand on ceremony, claiming that this was essentially the Special Warfare Bureau's job anyway.
No job was a reason for one person to sacrifice themselves.
She kept one pearl for herself and handed the other three to the eldest behind her to distribute.
"Let's get to work." Without waiting for the three to react to the powerful effects of the blood pearls, she gave the order.
The three went by the code names 'Yu Xi' (the eldest), 'Court Police Who Doesn't Understand the Law' (the youngest), and 'Before The Dark' (neither old nor young).
'Yu Xi' grabbed something from the air and produced a cigarette.
Smoking, his eyes misty in the smoke, he seemed lost in memories.
'Court Police Who Doesn't Understand the Law' took out a camera and took shots of the scene from various angles.
Amidst the "click" of the shutter, a photo of Chen Zong emerged from the top of the camera.
In the photo, Chen Zong was still alive, dressed in prisoner's garb, with personal data written next to him. On the back of the photo was the record of Chen Zong's recent movements.
Su Qin, Song Yuan, Xu Xiao, and the others watched the Special Warfare Bureau at work with curiosity. As the crowd grew, they became a bit bolder.
"Qing Jie, I'll go check out the fourth floor," the 'Court Police Who Doesn't Understand the Law' requested.
"Found a clue?" Zheng Qing asked.
"A little one, but I'm not sure yet; I need to confirm it," he replied.
"Go with him and be safe," Zheng Qing looked towards 'Before The Dark'.
'Before The Dark' nodded and approached the 'Court Police Who Doesn't Understand the Law'.
"Don't take the elevator, use the stairs!" commanded the 'Court Police Who Doesn't Understand the Law', snapping pictures as he walked, resembling a sniffing police dog.
Li Changzhou's gaze moved away from the camera in his hand, turning to Yang Qinglan.
"Why are you always looking at me?" he asked.
"Because you're handsome," Yang Qinglan said.
Both laughed at the same time.
"Are you selling it?" Li Changzhou leaned in and whispered.
"I won't sell it. It looks like a prop of the Court Police, probably instinct," Yang Qinglan leaned in and whispered back.
Li Changzhou was enticed by the other party's camera.
He wasn't concerned about the investigative functions; he was interested in the camera's photographing ability. With such a device, he could quickly teleport even within an instance.
If it was still 'Photo Transmission,' he'd indeed make an effort to get one. But now, with S-level 'Teleportation,' it would be great to have a camera, but it was not a big deal if he didn't have one.
"Got any intelligence?" Li Changzhou glanced at the information booklet in Zheng Qing's hands—handed over to her by Yang Qinglan.
"Four people arrived, all looking for me and Qian Xia. Of the original six, two died early due to an accident."
"The one you killed is named Chen Zong. The other three only have code names, 'Time Flashing Girl,' who can flash, 'Night Light,' who summons mirror ghosts, and the 'Earth Dog' in the pet backpack, who can manipulate the ground."
"I thought the pet backpack contained players who deceive and conjure tricks," Li Changzhou pondered.
It seemed that not taking Chen Zong's body alongside the others earlier was simply because Chen Zong was already dead, not because he couldn't drag people into a mirror.
"That's all the intel on their abilities; they don't trust each other either," Yang Qinglan spoke softly, her voice gentle and enveloped in a faint fragrance, pleasant to hear over and over.
Announcements echoed through the mall, and after reading the information booklet, Zheng Qing gave the order.
"Attention all citizens, an accident has occurred at Kale Square. Please proceed with orderly evacuation as per safety drills. Women, children, and the elderly first. Please maintain order and cooperate with the staff."
The spectators at the atrium fell silent, only the sound of the broadcast reverberated above the plaza.
"Evacuation? What happened?" people began to speculate.
"Could what the foreign internet says be true? Is there really a Value Game?"
"It's the players, definitely the players! The mistress that jumped off the building just now wasn't a mistress, she was a criminal player!"
Domestically, the crackdown on criminal players was strict, enabling ordinary people to maintain their previous lives as best as possible, which was quite successful.
But it is the era of globalization after all, and foreign media have already been in chaos. In some small places, players have even overthrown governments. The news has been rampant, and domestically, the approach has been to neither confirm nor deny. Some young people who like to discuss current affairs have long speculated.