NOVEL NEXT Chapter 426 Heavenly Master 133
Since Situ Shuangshuang was an orphan, she never knew parental love. But she had a master who loved her deeply, and she could feel this emotion, prompting her to silently vow in her heart that no matter if it was caused by a demon or an evil person, she would get to the bottom of it!
With her Dharma Eye opened to the fullest, Situ Shuangshuang looked down to examine the man on the bed. The man lay there with a very peaceful expression, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, exuding a strange sense of pleasure, as if he was experiencing or welcoming something wonderful!
Just as Xi Lan had said, even though Situ Shuangshuang opened her Dharma Eye, she couldn't see any Yin Qi or demon aura on this man. However, the man's soul was not within his body, which meant this man was not in a vegetative state but had an out-of-body experience!
Situ Shuangshuang frowned again—an adult experiencing an out-of-body experience without any signs of an Evil Ghost forcibly taking over the flesh, meaning the man's soul had willingly freed itself from the body's constraints.
How strange indeed, freeing a person's soul from the confines of the flesh is nearly akin to someone willingly opting to die. Anyone with a normal mind wouldn't want that. What kind of thing could entice so many people to willingly die?
After leaving, Situ Shuangshuang checked on the other vegetative people one by one, finding they were all the same—their souls were not in their bodies, appearing to have willingly left, and all with that strange, joyous smile on their faces!
Rubbing her aching forehead, Situ Shuangshuang found herself without any clues after looking around. The main issue was finding a common link among these people, something that could connect them all together.
This part was difficult for Situ Shuangshuang to investigate, but Xi Lan, Little Shun, and Mo'er, who could perceive things ordinary people couldn't, found it easier. So for several days, Xi Lan, Little Shun, and Mo'er lingered around those who had become vegetative.
They investigated these people's usual habits, eavesdropped around the people they knew, and looked for opportunities to secretly search through their belongings. After seven to eight days of investigation, Xi Lan, Little Shun, and Mo'er finally came up with some leads.
"You mean, these people who became vegetative all have the common point of playing the same mobile game?" Situ Shuangshuang asked, sitting on the sofa and gazing at the three little ones in front, pondering deeply.
"That's right, and it's all thanks to Mo'er! When Mo'er was at the pet center, there was a volunteer who really loved mobile games. It was during our investigation that Mo'er had a sudden flash of inspiration and thought of this. Then we looked through the victim's mobile information and found that these seemingly unrelated people all had the same mobile game on their phones!"
Holding a large banana and munching on it, Xi Lan praised while watching Mo'er eat cat food. Mo'er, lifting its head from the cat food, wagged its tail and meowed at Situ Shuangshuang before lowering its head to continue eating.
The cat food Mo'er was eating was brought by Lu Lei. Ever since Mo'er was taken in by Situ Shuangshuang, Lu Lei would come by as often as he had time, either bringing various fruits and supplements for Situ Shuangshuang or something for Mo'er, all of which were the most expensive cat supplies!
The variety was quite extensive, including cat toys, cat beds, cat trees, cat snacks, catnip, cat food of different flavors, cat litter, and...whatever you could think of, Lu Lei had it delivered. Situ Shuangshuang initially intended to pay for them, but Lu Lei refused to accept any payment. Situ Shuangshuang asked him to send less, as Mo'er couldn't use them all, but Lu Lei would just agree and continue sending more items as usual!
Seeing that reasoning with Lu Lei was impossible, Situ Shuangshuang could only let him be—Lu Lei was fond of Mo'er, and she couldn't just keep blocking him.
Because Lu Lei sent over so much stuff, Mo'er's personal little casket couldn't hold it all. In the end, Situ Shuangshuang had to open up a separate room to store the things Lu Lei sent for Mo'er.
Little Shun, with puffed cheeks, was poking at the mango pudding in a crystal glass bowl. This time, both Xi Lan and Mo'er had helped Situ Shuangshuang, but he hadn't contributed at all, leaving him unhappy!
Situ Shuangshuang didn't notice Little Shun's sulky mood; she was currently overwhelmed by a game! Situ Shuangshuang thought, with the opponent hiding their aura so well that she couldn't track them, she might as well start the investigation from this strange game!
Since it was just a game software, the only investigation method Situ Shuangshuang could think of was to play it and see what was unusual about it.
However, once she started playing, Situ Shuangshuang was completely at a loss. Despite regularly subduing demons and even sometimes people in real life, the formidable Situ Shuangshuang was utterly defeated in the game! And thoroughly so!
Initially, the game was simple enough. Just being idle and following the prompts to complete novice missions made her experience points rapidly increase, reaching dozens of levels in no time, and task completion was remarkably fast!
But after two or three hours, Situ Shuangshuang was baffled. She was inexplicably killed in a dungeon, died unexpectedly while fighting monsters, had her loot stolen by an opportunist after nearly defeating a monster, and in PK scenarios, she died even faster!
After being ambushed and killed and having her monsters stolen once again, several veins popped up on Situ Shuangshuang's forehead! She slammed the table and stood up while swiftly pulling out seven or eight talismans from the Qiankun Talisman in her palm!
Sparked to fury, Situ Shuangshuang, who usually dominated others, was not going to let this slide—not even in a game. She decided to give the guy who dared to ambush and kill her a serious lesson! She planned to curse him to go three days without toilet paper, have no chopsticks for meals, and step on dog poop on the street!
Watching the spectacle, Xi Lan, Little Shun, and Mo'er hurriedly intervened, some hugging her arms, some grabbing the talisman papers! Mo'er also nuzzled and rubbed against Situ Shuangshuang, playfully rolling around and meowing affectionately to appease her anger!
Right in the midst of the chaos with an enraged, childlike Situ Shuangshuang and the meddling of two little people and a cat, her master Chen Qi suddenly pushed open the door and entered!
Chen Qi was stunned as soon as he stepped in, shocked at the sight of Situ Shuangshuang, holding up talisman papers with Little Shun and Xi Lan clinging to her arms, Mo'er perched on her shoulder, her face full of fiery rage and in a bizarre pose, leaving him dumbfounded for a good while!