pertwk Chapter 123 Si Mingyu, prepare to die!
Chapter 123 Si Mingyu, prepare to die!
Chapter 123 Si Mingyu, prepare to die!
"A new Order Rectifier is going to replace you!?"
Upon seeing Zhang Renjun's response, Director Lu was completely stunned.
In general, there is only one new Order Rectifier in a large region (several cities). When they carry out order rectification, two or three people will work together to rectify the entire area they can cover.
Maintaining the normal functioning of the world in this way will not cause greater disorder or unrest.
Therefore, an Order Rectifier is basically the only one in these cities. If a second one suddenly appears, it is most likely after the old Order Rectifier has been destroyed.
Now a new Order Rectifier has appeared, and according to Zhang Renjun, that person is even more powerful than him and is already stripping him of his power and sequence abilities.
If Li Jiuhe were here right now, he would instantly realize what Zhou Yiwen had told him.
This is the demand for, or what can be called deprivation of, sequence capabilities!
"Do you know where that person is, and who they are?" Director Lu asked.
[I don't know the exact location, I only know that it's roughly near the Star Platform.]
"This isn't substitution, it's murder, outright murder!"
Director Lu, furious, turned to the investigation team leaders standing behind him and said, "Go find him! Use all the investigators' sequence abilities and find this guy as quickly as possible!"
The birth of Zhang Renjun, the Order Restorer, in Xingtai City has already brought many benefits to their Xingtai Investigation Bureau.
Every year, a large amount of funds are allocated from the General Administration of Customs, with the aim of supporting this order restorer.
If Zhang Renjun were to be murdered and replaced, regardless of the new order restorer's motives, he might not necessarily stay at Star Platform; he could very well leave.
At that time, the Star Observatory Investigation Bureau's massive resource allocation will not only be wasted, but it may also be accused of dereliction of duty in taking care of the original order restorers.
Even if the new order restorers possess the same abilities, the authorities will not recognize them if they illegally gain control of the area.
Instead, they will launch a full-scale manhunt and ensure that the perpetrator receives the punishment he deserves.
In the end, Xingtai City may have nothing left, and these people, including Director Lu, will be severely punished. How could this not make Director Lu anxious?
After giving the order, he paused slightly, pointed to the investigation team leaders below, and asked, "Where is Zheng Yuanfeng, the leader of Team One?"
The group leader, an elderly man, immediately replied, "Director, while you were in the meeting, we received a call from an investigator from the General Bureau requesting assistance, and then Group Leader Zheng led his team over there."
Director Lu was taken aback: "Investigators from headquarters have arrived?"
"Yes." The group leader of Group Five nodded.
"What case are they working on?"
"I don't know. Right now, only Zheng Yuanfeng should know."
Director Lu immediately burst into a tirade: "A bunch of idiots! They didn't notify me immediately when people from headquarters arrived, and they don't even know what case they're investigating!"
The people below fell silent, heads bowed.
Although the five team leaders didn't dare to argue, they thought to themselves, "Who dares to question a case handled by an investigator from the General Bureau? Even if you're the bureau chief, you wouldn't dare! What's the point of yelling at me now!"
Director Lu immediately took out his phone and dialed Zheng Yuanfeng's number.
Zheng Yuanfeng's phone vibrated while he was in his bedroom in his apartment. He took it out and saw that it was the bureau chief calling.
He dared not refuse, so he immediately left the bedroom and went to the hallway outside, where he pressed the call button: "Chief."
"Yuanfeng, are you still working on the case with the investigators from the General Bureau?" Director Lu asked directly without any preamble.
"It's still there." Zheng Yuanfeng nodded.
"Do you know what kind of case it is?"
"A cursed individual named Fang Yi in this city was suspected of having problems and was shot dead by investigators from the General Bureau during their investigation."
His mother is currently under investigation.
"Could his mother also have a problem?"
"No, no, her mother has become a vegetable. It seems like her consciousness has been invaded. I don't quite understand the specific reason either."
"Say whatever you know now, even if you didn't get permission from that investigator from headquarters beforehand," Director Lu said. "I'll personally explain and apologize to him afterwards."
"Mmm." Zheng Yuanfeng nodded, glanced back at the room, and said in a low voice, "I just heard an investigator from the General Bureau mention someone's name."
"What's your name?"
"Si Mingyu."
Director Lu paused slightly on the other end of the phone. He felt a sense of familiarity with the name, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him like lightning, and he remembered.
This name was mentioned in a confidential document issued by the General Administration some time ago, which stated that Si Mingyu was a mutated order corrector discovered in the Southwest Region. He was originally temporarily contained in the Southwest Area 7 containment facility and was extremely dangerous, but his whereabouts are currently unknown.
The phrase "missing" was very meaningful. Director Lu remembered it very clearly. At the time, there was an explanation: the consciousness had escaped, leaving only the body!
The General Bureau instructed all local investigation bureaus to closely monitor local order changers and to immediately report any signs of altered consciousness to the General Bureau, which would then dispatch specialists to handle the situation.
For this matter, Director Lu made a special trip to Zhang Renjun's home for two days to visit him and conducted a thorough medical examination under the pretext of checking his health.
It was later determined that Zhang Renjun did not show any signs of altered consciousness.
"So Si Mingyu's consciousness has appeared in my Xingtai City?!"
Director Lu couldn't help but get goosebumps all over. "How can my luck be so bad? Why did that guy have to show up in my Xingtai City of all places?"
At this moment, he seemed certain that Zhang Renjun's critical condition was most likely related to that extremely powerful mutated order corrector.
He took a deep breath and said to Zheng Yuanfeng, "Give me the address, I'll be there right away! In the meantime, you must fully assist the investigators from the General Bureau!"
"Go ahead and kill me if you dare!"
Shortly after Li Jiuhe uttered the name "Si Mingyu," this line of text appeared on the converter's display screen.
Li Jiuhe only needed one glance to know that it was Si Mingyu who said it, not Luo Fang.
Si Mingyu's intention was clear: he was currently inside Luo Fang's body, and to kill him, Luo Fang had to be killed first, as they were now completely bound together.
However, these words proved a fact to Li Jiuhe: this time, he seemed unable to escape by transferring his consciousness as he had done before, and was instead trapped here.
In fact, even Tong Cheng was puzzled last time.
Because Si Mingyu's consciousness was transferred and he escaped, this ability is unlikely to be achieved even by a mutated Order Rectifier.
This is almost a miraculous way of surviving.
It's fair to say that if Si Mingyu could do this at any time, calling him a god wouldn't be an exaggeration. No one could catch him, and he could appear anywhere at any time.
I don't know what the reason was last time, but it seems he can only do it once now, and he can't move an inch anymore.
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Although Si Mingyu was dealing with Li Jiuhe, he also had his own defense plan. He even found and killed the second, extremely difficult-to-find, terror-eater.
Moreover, they even took the man's tongue; everything was ready except for the final step.
Although this tongue is of much lower quality than the original Tongue of the Dead, it can still be of some use to that person.
However, when Li Jiuhe came looking for him, he found that he was unable to complete the devouring process again because he could not sense the presence of the Morning Bell of the Second Seventh.
This time was completely different from the last, because that person had lost patience with Si Mingyu and was not by his side at all.
Moreover, the other party will not help him transfer his consciousness a second time.
In other words, if Si Mingyu succeeds, all will be well; if he fails, he is basically doomed.
The body his consciousness is currently attached to is his final resting place; he can no longer escape.
So when he discovered that Li Jiuhe had come looking for him and that he was unable to deal with him, Si Mingyu executed one of his backup plans.
That is to kill the order restorer in that area and then replace him.
Once Luo Fang becomes the new order restorer in the area, his life can be guaranteed for a period of time until he is arrested and thoroughly investigated.
As a veteran order restorer, and with a mutant within his consciousness, finding Zhang Renjun was incredibly easy for Si Mingyu.
He could easily pinpoint the other person's location by observing the "monitoring" aura they occasionally exuded.
As for the method he taught Fang Yi for obtaining abilities on the same sequence line, he used it on Zhang Renjun with great skill.
This is why Zhang Renjun is now in imminent danger.
After all, the difference between Si Mingyu's own use of the Sequence and Fang Yi's use is completely different.
Before Li Jiuhe could answer, the screen flashed and new text appeared, this time clearly spoken by Luo Fang herself.
"He's right, kill me! I have no attachment to this world anymore. My son is unfilial; to become a sorcerer, he not only allowed someone to possess my body but also stuffed that dead man's tongue into my mouth, causing me unbearable pain—"
I don't want to live like this anymore! Kill me, kill me now!
Even though Si Mingyu has lost consciousness, Luo Fang can no longer return to her former state, and there will be no one to take care of her and see her off in her final days.
Upon hearing Luo Fang's words, Si Mingyu could no longer remain seated.
"Have you thought this through? This old woman is innocent. Do you want someone else to pay the price for our feud? And don't you want to know who put me in this mess?"
Just then, Zheng Yuanfeng hung up the phone and returned to his bedroom.
He was also a little flustered at this moment, and quickly said to Li Jiuhe, "Investigator Li, our director just called and said that Zhang Renjun, the only Order Ruler in the city, is in imminent danger. Someone is trying to steal his abilities and take his place as the Order Ruler."
Li Jiuhe, Luo Shuo, and Ma Li were all startled and reacted almost instantly.
Some time ago, after Li Jiuhe joined the Investigation Bureau, he carefully reviewed the relevant information on the Order Correctors and roughly knew that these special sequence individuals had unique characteristics in a certain region.
If Si Mingyu had given Fang Yi the method for seizing sequence abilities, then he himself could very well have used the same method to seize the abilities of other order modifiers.
Li Jiuhe pointed to Luo Fang on the bed and said to Zheng Yuanfeng, "That is, he is currently—harming Zhang Renjun."
"That's most likely the case." Zheng Yuanfeng nodded worriedly. "Director Lu is very anxious and is on his way."
Don't listen to him. Who is Zhang Renjun? He's none of my business. I don't even know him!
The screen immediately displayed Si Mingyu's explanation.
Zheng Yuanfeng gritted his teeth, looked away from the monitor, and said to Li Jiuhe, "Any later and it might be too late!"
"Brother Li, if you can't bring yourself to do it, I'll do it!" Luo Shuo stepped forward and took out the silver dagger from his body.
"Let me do it!" Ma Li said at the same time. "This old woman is quite pitiful. Killing her now will free her and also kill this bastard! I'll do it. I don't feel any pressure at all."
Li Jiuhe didn't answer them. Instead, he shifted his gaze from the screen to Luo Fang's face and said, word by word, "You will never tell me who you work for, because you can't afford to offend that person. You'd rather anger everyone else than dare to anger him (her)!"
As he spoke, he took out a silver-plated dagger from his satchel.
After a pause, he looked at the screen again; it was completely blank. It was highly likely that Si Mingyu's thoughts had been guessed correctly.
Actually, he was a little unsure of what to say, but his expression was unusually firm, as he wanted to see how Si Mingyu would react.
Now it seems that these words were indeed true; even if Si Mingyu were to die, he would never dare to reveal that person's name.
Or perhaps it's no longer a question of whether he dares or not, but whether he can say it at all. For example, with that person's abilities, he could make sure that Si Mingyu would never be able to mention his (her) identity for the rest of his life.
This could probably be solved with just a high-level curse.
Li Jiuhe pressed the tip of the dagger against Luo Fang's heart.
Just then, the converter's screen flashed, and new text appeared.
I won't blame you; on the contrary, I'll be grateful. Thank you!
These words clearly came from Luo Fang.
Si Mingyu made no further comment, as if his heart had died at that moment.
Without further hesitation, Li Jiuhe closed his eyes, gripped the hilt of the knife with both hands, and plunged the knife straight into Luo Fang's heart from top to bottom, all the way down to the hilt.
The image of Si Mingyu's frail appearance when she first saw him on the bed in the No. 7 shelter flashed through her mind.
Then, the image of Si Mingyu's body being burned black by electric shock reappeared.
At the same time, the image of her daughter Li Yi's adorable little face appeared in her mind.
With this strike, Si Mingyu's charred corpse slowly vanished into thin air, and Li Yi's face seemed to suddenly become much clearer at that moment.
"Daddy, hee hee." Li Yi leaned close to Li Jiuhe, planted a kiss on his cheek, and tilted her head to ask, "Daddy, did you come to find me? —"
A familiar voice lingered in my ears.
A hand slowly grasped the back of his hand that was holding the knife. "Brother Li, that's enough, he's already dead."
Li Jiuhe snapped out of her daze, opened her eyes, and looked up to see Luo Shuo's face.
Luo Shuo gestured for him to take back the Silver Erosion Dagger.
Luo Shuo's reminder indirectly told Li Jiuhe that he had been releasing his tracking ability but had not found any more tracking signals for Si Mingyu.
In other words, the guy is dead, and no trace of his escape was found.
Li Jiuhe stood up blankly, while Luo Shuo pulled out his dagger and took it aside to wash.
Ma Li walked over and said, "Handsome guy, don't overthink it. You should know that you did three good things with that one strike. First, you killed your enemy with your own hands; second, you helped Luo Fang escape from unbearable pain; and third, you saved the life of that order restorer. So you did nothing wrong, it was all good."
Zheng Yuanfeng had already taken out his phone and made a call, quickly asking on the other end, "How is it? How is Zhang Renjun?"
He hung up the phone shortly after and said to Li Jiuhe and the others, "It's stable. Zhang Renjun's condition has stabilized."
He then patted his chest to calm himself down.
Just then, the sound of a car screeching to a halt came from outside the apartment building; it must be Director Lu rushing over.
Zheng Yuanfeng quickly turned around and ran out to report the latest situation.
Li Jiuhe stood there, staring blankly at the corpse on the bed, remaining silent.
Luo Shuo would touch Luo Fang's arm that was sticking out of the blanket for a while, and then grope around on the consciousness converter on the bedside table.
In no time, he had touched almost every part of the room that he could reach.
While touching it, I activated the tracking ability to carefully feel it.
After a moment, he said to Li Jiuhe, "I haven't found anything else suspicious. There are no other clues worth following in this room either."
"Are you sure Si Mingyu didn't run away?" Li Jiuhe asked.
Luo Shuo shook his head: "No, according to my perception, all his information sources were on Luo Fang, and now they have all vanished."
Li Jiuhe said no more, but turned and walked out.
Outside the apartment building, Director Lu of the Investigation Bureau, who had already gotten out of the car, was listening to Zheng Yuanfeng's report. His expression had softened, and he was clearly relieved to hear that the crisis had been resolved.
Upon seeing Li Jiuhe and the others emerge, Director Lu immediately went up to them and began chatting with them with a smile.
Meanwhile, other investigators and police officers began clearing the scene.
Li Jiuhe also checked the information about the mission that had just ended.
But after taking one look, he was immediately stunned.
The "Investigate and Resolve the Curse Incident" mission has been completed. The current reset point cap has been increased to 30 points. You will be rewarded with 2 reset time anchors and 2 chances to carry any item from before the reset.
[You have identified and resolved the anomaly: 1. Proof that Fang Yi's mother was possessed by Si Mingyu's consciousness, and that Si Mingyu was the culprit who cursed you through Fang Yi; 2. You have personally killed Si Mingyu, and the curse incident has been resolved.]
Congratulations! Your task definition ability has been upgraded; you are currently in the advanced stage.
Congratulations! You have passed the task definition apprenticeship stage. You have a basic grasp of task definition and can perfectly utilize basic task skills to ensure the successful completion of tasks.
[Task points rewards are now available. Starting points: 2 points.]
[Current Career Stage: Task Designer - Junior (Upgrade Progress 1%)]
[The following are the new capabilities added for junior designers:]
[A new questline has been added: You can now open two questlines simultaneously, defining two different tasks. These tasks can overlap in terms of time and space without causing conflicts.]
[New "Labeling" skill: You can obtain labels of different levels through mission rewards. Use these labels to label known characters during missions, allowing them to perform the functions indicated by the labels.]
[Current acquisition probability of different tag levels: Inferior 90%, Common 8%, Superior 2%, Rare 0%]
[Currently, 1 initial label (of poor quality) has been obtained.]
[Inferior Label Description: This label can randomly inflict certain negative effects on the target, including but not limited to a 10% reduction in sequence abilities, slowed movement, temporary aphasia or deafness, and a 10-minute highlighted body. A certain amount of points can also be consumed to select and confirm a specific negative effect.]
[New "Scene Replay" skill added: Allows you to replay clips from the previous mission involving various areas and locations to gain more information. Each replay consumes a different amount of points.]
Seeing so much information appear, Li Jiuhe was quite shocked.
I never imagined that I was just an apprentice in the task definition sequence ability before, and that I would only truly transform into a "task designer" now.
This has led to a series of dramatic changes and the addition of various new mission skills.