The midnight snack left the four of them stuffed, and as they left the barbecue stall, they all thought of going straight home to digest their food.

The four parted ways at the crossroads, each heading home in pairs. The bright night breeze helped them regain some clarity.

"Come to think of it, Lillian hasn't told us about the plan yet."

After saying so much today, and realizing that Bai Xiao and the others might be a bit unreliable, Mingmei suddenly remembered that she didn't know how Lillian needed their help.

"They'll probably tell us when the time comes. I have a feeling that Lillian's plan might be different from what we imagine. Maybe it's not about us fighting the other side."

As Mu Chen spoke, he looked at Mingmei and said, "Do you still remember that doll from last night?"

"Ah, I remember, it should be Mona's, right? It didn't have any fighting ability." Mingmei recalled the doll whose head she had snapped off, and she was a little annoyed at herself for being startled by such a powerless creature.

At this moment, she did not know what Mu Chen meant by saying that.

"Perhaps Mona isn't as amazing as we think."

"Um?"

"Her true form may not be as powerful as we imagine."

After Mu Chen finished speaking, Mingmei thought about it and realized that it was indeed possible.

"So you're stopping me from arresting them? If it's not serious, we should just let them go and arrest them."

Although Mu Chen had said before that arresting her wouldn't make much difference, she still wanted to take action after thinking about what she had been doing recently.

Mu Chen: "..."

“Didn’t I say that even if we capture her, she won’t tell us where the Zerg went?” Mu Chen reminded Mingmei. “Her understanding is so distorted that I don’t think you’ll get the answers you want even if you torture her.”

"Ah... I understand, I'm just... unwilling to accept it, that's what I meant..."

After that Zerg escaped last time, its last known location was right here. If they can't get any information out of Mona, they'll be completely helpless unless that Zerg comes out again to cause trouble.

"You know, how come there's no trace of this bug in all these game worlds? Like you said, besides you, there are a few troublesome bosses in these game worlds. Since we can't find any trace of the bug, shouldn't Uncle check those key game worlds?"

"We checked, but it's not there." Mu Chen shook his head. Yan Hui had indeed thoroughly searched several suspected games to find the traces of the Zerg, but still found nothing.

“It’s like he really escaped from the game.” Mu Chen said, but then turned away to deny the possibility. “With Mr. Yan Hui’s methods, he would never let the other party escape. It must still be hiding in some corner of these game worlds.”

"Sigh~ What a troublesome world~" Mingmei murmured, burying her face in her hands and looking at the starless night sky. "I always feel that emotions are such a complicated thing. Does Mona's kind of obsessive yearning for emotions really exist?"

"Yes, it exists."

Mu Chen chuckled softly when he heard Mingmei's incomprehensible mutterings: "Don't you also know about the intense emotional fluctuations of these villainous BOSSes, the overwhelming emotional experiences that almost suffocate you? Haven't you felt it yourself?"

Mu Chen still remembers the time he and Mingmei switched accounts. Mingmei experienced depression for a long time after leaving the game.

"I've experienced it, but... Mona's emotions are too twisted. What emotion is she so obsessed with that's become so distorted? Love?"

The bright and cheerful image of the word "love" seems absurd to me even subconsciously.

How can her past be considered love?

“But the way she treated Lillian didn’t seem like familial affection.” Mingmei thought of another possibility, but she still shook her head.

Seeing Mingmei so distressed, Mu Chen gently stroked her long hair and comforted her, "Don't think about it. It's better to ask her directly about this kind of problem."

After saying that, he touched her long, bright hair and took her hand in his, leading her towards their residence.

They will eventually have to face Mona; it's best to ask Mona about that.

But before the two had taken two steps, they heard a jumble of footsteps and shouts behind them. Mingmei immediately realized that the voice belonged to Lu Xiaoyao.

"Oh no! Something's happened!"

Mingmei and Muchen immediately turned around and ran towards the source of the sound!

"Lu Xiaoyao!"

Before Mingmei and Muchen could even get close to the source of the sound, a strong stench of blood filled their nostrils. Then, Mingmei spotted Lu Xiaoyao carrying Julian, who was covered in blood, as she ran and called for help.

Immediately afterwards, Mingmei saw that the person closely following Lu Xiaoyao was actually Bai Xiao!

At this moment, Bai Xiao's entire state was very wrong.

The other person was wearing a black apron. Although black can hide other marks, when Lu Xiaoyao was running under the streetlight, no one would casually assume that the stains on the apron of the person behind her were just water stains.

"Meimei! She's gone mad! She's gone mad!" Lu Xiaoyao shouted as soon as she saw Mingmei and the others arrive. Mingmei and Muchen rushed over to help.

"Die! You all deserve to die!"

The hideous red blood vessels in Bai Xiao's eyes made her look very abnormal. Even though Mu Chen rushed up immediately and kicked away the blood-stained axe, fought with Bai Xiao for a few rounds, subdued her, and pinned her to the ground.

"Meimei, call the police, and also call an ambulance for Julian."

The moment Mu Chen subdued Bai Xiao, he had Ming Mei call the police.

"clear."

The smell of blood on Bai Xiao was very strong. Looking at Julian, who had been put down by Lu Xiaoyao and whose shoulder was stained with blood, Mu Chen felt that this was not just the smell of someone who had been chopped down.

The other person's gaze remained fixed on Lu Xiaoyao and Julian beside her, whose face was so pale it was almost transparent.

What's going on with you two?

Mu Chen subdued Bai Xiao, while Mingmei and Lu Xiaoyao gave Julian's wounds simple treatment.

There was no disinfectant or anything like that around, and the bare glass could only be used to tear Julian's clothes into strips to temporarily tie off his aorta. The wound on his shoulder was so deep that the bone was visible, and they could only wait for the ambulance to arrive.

"We just wanted to take a shortcut home, who knew..."

When Lu Xiaoyao thought about how she and Julian had been playfully fighting in the alley, and how Julian was the first to realize something was wrong, he suddenly stepped in front of her when a white light flashed before her eyes at an alley entrance!

"It's her! She's in the very back of that alley, chopping ribs... oh no, ptooey! She's killing someone! With that axe!"

At this moment, Lu Xiaoyao remembered with horror how Julian had hugged her to shield her from the damage. As they retreated, her gaze passed over the people who had raised their axes and chased after them, and saw a pair of flesh and blood that had been chopped to pieces except for their heads!