CHAPTER 43: CHAPTER 43: MURDER CASE

When Chen Shouyi returned, there were already military police patrolling the streets.

He saw quite a few thugs taking advantage of the chaos to loot and smash things, being swiftly knocked to the ground by the police, handcuffed without any resistance.

As a state apparatus of violence, the military police system has always been focused on absorbing Martial Artist Apprentices from society.

The civil service positions within the police system often have a basic requirement of being a Martial Artist Apprentice.

If you join the military, you start with the rank of Warrant Officer.

Additionally, many workplaces, state-owned enterprises, prioritize recruiting these individuals.

After all, even a Martial Artist Apprentice is akin to a killing machine to ordinary civilians. If they become malicious, they have enormous power to disrupt social stability. Naturally, the state will not allow such power to go unchecked.

In fact, even if you go nowhere, just registering as a Martial Artist Apprentice automatically makes you a member of the militia in your place of household registration.

For instance, his sister Chen Xingyue is now part of the militia in the neighborhood where they live.

Of course, this militia identity is merely a formality.

Usually, there are no obligations to fulfill, and life goes on as normal. But if the local area experiences severe turmoil and the presence of Barbarians, assistance is needed to maintain order, and one might even need to head to the battlefield.

Naturally, if it comes to this point, it means the situation is extremely dire.

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Pedestrians hurried by, hearts filled with fear.

Traffic remained hopelessly clogged on the streets, with no sign of moving, so many drivers left their cars and walked home.

When Chen Shouyi returned to the hotel, he found the hallway still full of people; it was clearly not bedtime for most.

"I went to check, it was terrible. His whole body was stabbed more than a dozen times, blood flowing all over."

"There’s a power outage, the cameras can’t monitor anything, who knows if they’ll catch the culprit."

"Someone died here, it’s unnervingly creepy, if it weren’t for the outage making it hard to find another hotel, I’d have left already."

"Same here, I’ll probably have nightmares tonight!"

People in the hallway discussed animatedly.

Chen Shouyi listened with a surprised expression.

No wonder, his nose had detected a faint bloody smell on his way in.

"Hey brother, what are you talking about? Did someone die here?" Chen Shouyi couldn’t resist curiosity and asked a young man when he reached his room’s door.

"Did you not check it out?"

"I just got back from outside!" Chen Shouyi explained.

From the descriptions given by the other guests, Chen Shouyi learned that during his time out, someone had indeed died here.

The deceased was also a guest on this floor, not far from Chen Shouyi’s room.

After the power went out, he was chatting in the hallway, for some reason got into a conflict with someone, first fought, perhaps anger flared, and then the killer wielded a knife. After realizing there was trouble, the killer swiftly fled.

By the time police arrived, the body was already cold.

Darkness often magnifies the evil within people’s hearts.

Makes one incredibly bold, the so-called heated moment is exactly like this.

Apart from a sigh of regret for the deceased’s worthless death, Chen Shouyi didn’t care much.

He had no relationship with the deceased, not even an acquaintance.

Considering that today he’d just killed over a dozen Barbarians, the death of one here didn’t bother Chen Shouyi at all.

He entered his room and closed the door.

Then he released the Shell Lady, placing her beside the pillow.

This time she was really angry, turned her head away, ignoring Chen Shouyi.

On a usual day, Chen Shouyi would have turned on the TV or used Glass Beads to appease her.

But today, he truly didn’t have the mood.

He turned on his phone’s light, lay on the bed exhausted, not wanting to move at all.

Too much had happened today, making him feel utterly drained.

The Shell Lady, having fumed for a while with no reaction from Chen Shouyi, finally couldn’t hold it any longer.

She stood up, glancing at the lying Chen Shouyi, felt a stir, then grabbed his shirt corner, flipping herself onto his chest.

She deliberately bounced around a few times, loudly saying, "#@% the Giant, Prepared, I want it Prepared!"

The word before "Giant" surely wasn’t anything pleasant, likely something like evil or odious.

Chen Shouyi glanced at the increasingly bold Shell Lady, lazily replied, "It’s not Prepared today!"

"Why not Prepared today?" The Shell Lady persisted.

"Prepared also needs rest, it’s tired too!" Chen Shouyi casually made up a reason.

The Shell Lady looked dubious:

"Then how long does it need to rest, does it take several sunrises and sunsets?"

"I don’t know either."

At this point, Chen Shouyi suddenly felt somewhat heavy.

He could only hope that tomorrow would be better.

Seemingly influenced by the atmosphere, the Shell Lady quieted down. She looked at Chen Shouyi, blinked in confusion, saying, "Giant, are you unhappy?"

Chen Shouyi gently nodded, honestly not wanting to talk.

"Then I’ll dance for you!"

With that, she started dancing energetically.

Chen Shouyi was quickly amused, her dance lacked aesthetic beauty, it was just random waving of hands and feet, more like some kind of ritual than a dance.

Where did she learn this from?

Speaking of which, this was the second time he’d seen her dance.

The first time was just when he caught her; she inexplicably started dancing.

Back then, there were flying spots of light around, almost fooled him.

Seeing Chen Shouyi laugh, the Shell Lady became even more enthusiastic.

Initially, Chen Shouyi didn’t mind, observing this exotic dance with a relaxed face, but the longer he watched, the more serious his expression grew.

As she danced, a mysterious atmosphere seemed to descend.

With a stirring heart, he suddenly turned off his phone’s flashlight.

The next moment, he noticed specks of starry light appearing around the Shell Lady.

They shone intermittently, sometimes bright, sometimes disappeared.

Carrying a magical atmosphere.

Of course, compared to when she first danced, where the brightness of the light points was clearly visible even in daylight, these light points were so weak they were almost imperceptible.

Only in this pitch-black room, they were faintly visible.

But this is Earth.

Even though the Mysterious Force Field is slowly eroding here, its concentration is still pathetically low.

This can be seen from his Natural Healing talent not manifesting at all.

Yet even in such conditions, she could still display some supernatural abilities, although they were as weak as nothing.

"Where did you learn this?" Chen Shouyi couldn’t help but ask.

"I’ve known since birth!" The Shell Lady stopped, her little face showing off proudly.

Chen Shouyi was skeptical internally.

Thinking carefully, this Shell Lady is indeed quite mysterious.

He was no longer the naive person who had just set foot on an alien world island, thinking everywhere was filled with creatures having supernatural powers.

In fact, even for the alien world, supernatural abilities aren’t common.

At least, none of the Barbarians he had encountered had shown any supernatural abilities, or perhaps hadn’t even used them before dying.

The only one with supernatural abilities was the Shell Lady.

Like her ability to fly, although her flight wasn’t fast, slower than a fly.

Like her ease in finding golden sand buried in the dirt, as if she inherently knew where it was.

And her astonishing eyesight, able to effortlessly see hundreds to thousands of meters away, spotting Barbarians on a canoe even amidst the storm.

If she wasn’t so small.

Perhaps it would’ve been her capturing him, not the other way around.

Thinking this way, Chen Shouyi couldn’t help but feel a surge of anticipation and eagerly asked:

"Does this dance have any purpose?"

"Don’t you think it’s beautiful!" The Shell Lady replied adorably.

"Pretty can’t be eaten!"

"Sleep now!" Chen Shouyi said crossly to the boasting Shell Lady.

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