But this camera captured far more than just this one photo; from the very beginning, when Jiang Shihe and Long Qi were on the phone, every single one of them was of him.

Simply put, this camera wasn't abandoned or forgotten; it was deliberately placed here after someone was secretly filming it, as if they wanted it to be discovered.

Noticing Jiang Shihe's silence on the other end of the phone, Long Qi couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Mr. Jiang? Has something happened?"

“Someone was following me and took a lot of photos.”

"What?!"

Long Qi was startled and asked in return, "Could it be that the family of the murderer who was sent to jail after you solved the case, Mr. Jiang, is trying to threaten and intimidate you?"

In the still night, it seemed even the wind had stopped, the silence was almost unbelievable. Jiang Shihe's expression was somewhat grim, and he said in a deep voice, "It's alright, we won't trouble Captain Long with this."

Before Long Qi could speak, Jiang Shihe had already hung up the phone. He looked at the photos in the camera again, and then looked at the path he had come from, trying to find the person's location based on the angle of the photos.

But strangely, the photos were all taken from different angles, and some were even taken from very close range of Jiang Shihe. If someone had been following and secretly taking pictures, he couldn't have missed it. Most importantly—

Even now, Jiang Shihe still has a vague feeling that someone is secretly watching him, and that gaze is like a leech clinging to his bones, sticking tightly to him.

It carries a distorted, viscous, and obscure emotion, as if neither love nor hate, these two extreme feelings, can describe it in the slightest...

After a brief silence, Jiang Shihe finally gave up the search, put away the camera, and turned to continue walking home. He quickened his pace, but still couldn't shake off the eerie gaze.

"So you've come again... Will you be the one to kill me?"

"No rush, I will find you myself."

Jiang Shihe murmured softly, sensing the emotion in that gaze. The color in his eyes grew darker and darker, like a beast ready to devour its prey. For a moment, it was impossible to tell who the hunter lurking in the shadows was.

It wasn't until he was far away from F University and the apartment right next to it that Jiang Shihe felt the inexplicable chill on his body subside, as if he had stepped out of the eerie area.

But before Jiang Shihe could relax for even a second, in the dead of night, his phone suddenly beeped with a message notification, a crisp and cheerful 'ding-dong'.

Jiang Shihe picked up his phone and saw that a text message had come from an unknown number. Even as he picked up his phone, the messages kept coming one after another.

'My detective looks handsome today too, so tall, he's my ideal height, but the size difference is too big, which seems to be a problem...'

"Detective, I went to F University today too! You probably didn't see me, but I saw you! You seemed to be glowing!"

"Walking alone at night isn't safe, but it's okay, I'll walk you home with the detective. He looks super handsome under the lamplight too."

Looking at the messages popping up on his phone, Jiang Shihe lowered his eyes, his thin lips parted slightly: "...Pervert."

He tried calling back the phone number that sent the text message, but strangely, the operator said he had dialed a non-existent number.

Jiang Shihe suppressed his emotions and gave up the idea of ​​catching the person by phone. He put his phone back in his pocket, and even then he could still feel it vibrate.

Meanwhile, in a cozy and exquisite little room, on a soft pink bed, a petite and delicate girl lay on the bed, her legs bent, slowly swinging them.

Seemingly having seen something interesting, she held her phone, rolled around on the bed several times, and then, like a little hamster, peeked out from under the fluffy blankets.

It was a lovely scene, but the girl's beautiful face was flushed with a shy blush, carrying a chilling infatuation and excitement, as if she were admiring a unique treasure.

At this moment, what was displayed on her phone screen was an album containing hundreds of photos, the last one of which was a tall man smoking under the light.

In the pitch-black night, only the warm yellow streetlights overhead emitted a hazy glow, and the cigarette between his lips, with its flickering embers and rising smoke, seemed both sexy and dreamlike.

"Let me see if my detective can catch this naughty young lady..."

In the room filled with an overwhelming sense of yin energy, the portrait ghost stood quietly to one side, clutching the picture frame it never let go of, accompanied by the girl's soft, sweet voice, filled with twisted love and obsession, creating a terrifying and horrifying atmosphere.

037, who had been trembling in Ruan Qing'an's mind, thought: "…Little ones, you mustn't try to imitate this ancestor's twisted methods!"

Hearing this, Ruan Qing'an, who was lying on the bed, couldn't help but laugh: "Alright, I won't scare you anymore. This is just the original owner's character setting. She wasn't a good person to begin with."

037 couldn't help but ask in confusion: "But the male lead isn't here either, so why are you still maintaining this persona, ancestor?"

"...The male lead isn't here, but there are other people here too."

When Ruan Qing'an chuckled, the emotion in his eyes was cold and indifferent: "No rush, that person just stopped monitoring, he must have gone to inform the outside."

...

Outside the tightly closed door, a man who seemed to be acting suspiciously was walking away quickly, turning around and heading to the corner of the stairwell.

It was Zhang Da, who had been scared away by Ruan Qingan and the portrait ghost. He was sitting in the corner, looking at the virtual screen that only he could see, where bullet comments were constantly scrolling.

"That's hilarious! Weren't you scared away just now? You dare to come back? Coward!"

"Can you stop stirring up trouble upstairs? That ghost is obviously not someone to mess with, so it's normal for the streamer to run away."

"You don't even have the guts to go into Global Thrillers, yet you're accusing others of being cowards. What an idiot!"

"Yeah, if I can't do it, I won't go; if he can't do it, he goes. Isn't that just asking for trouble?"

The chat exploded with arguments, and Zhang Da's expression grew increasingly grim. In fact, players couldn't see all the comments; to be precise, they couldn't see them most of the time.

This is to prevent comments from revealing information to players, giving hints, or colluding with other players to sabotage others. Therefore, most comments are not visible, which is also to protect players.

However, some comments will not be blocked, such as greetings at the start of the game, the streamer introducing themselves, and... insults in the comments.

Especially those arguing and cursing the streamer, Global Thrillers never blocks them, and even deliberately shows the virtual screen to players, clearly trying to mess with the players' mentality.

Similarly, many players were influenced or misled by the comments, and in order to get more live stream entertainment and reward points, they ended up losing everything and being completely scammed.

Global Thriller (honest face): No, I didn't, you're talking nonsense. I just wanted to train the players.

Finally, Zhang Da suppressed his anger: "I came back because that woman is definitely involved in this matter. She is clearly on the ghost's side."

"But this woman is clearly not easy to deal with. I will contact Ji He, but regardless of whether Ji He cooperates or not, I must kill her. Better to kill the wrong person than let her go!"

"They only thought of starting from Jiang Shihe's direction, but I chose this direction of investigation. You can see for yourselves—who will clear the dungeon first!"

Zhang Da said, "As long as the murderer is killed, Jiang Shihe will not die, and once the objective is achieved, I will naturally know who the murderer is."

The investigation method can be summed up in one word: reckless.

The solution to this level can be summed up in one word: kill.

Zhang Da ignored the barrage of comments and moved the virtual screen away to avoid getting annoyed, preparing to contact Ji He.

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