Chapter 47 You are a potential world destroyer
In an unknown alley in Dream City, a tall and fat man had a sack on his head, his hands were tied behind his back, and his body was shaking.
The word "arson" was uttered in a cold voice by the person behind him, making the man's knees weak and he wanted to kneel down immediately. But with his neck held down, even kneeling was a delusion.
"Hmm? Three seconds left. Or - do you want to test my patience?" the person behind him said again, pushing the hard object against his lower back forward again.
"Four...five...six..."
"Are you counting?!"
A man's voice suddenly sounded from the side, and it sounded like thunder in Hong Yao's ears.
He was completely desperate.
The woman actually has an accomplice!
Even if his driver noticed something was wrong and came looking for him, he couldn't fight one against so many.
No, he had already lost the fight the moment the woman asked him about "that summer."
That was the only stain on his life, the secret he buried deep in his heart. For the rest of his life, he lived cautiously, treading on thin ice, all to atone for his past sins.
"Six."
"Wrong. It's nine," the woman behind him said through gritted teeth. "Don't you remember? When the fire started, there was a family living upstairs. The woman and child were cooking."
"Weren't they rescued?"
"Huh? It seems like after the fire was ruled an accident, you no longer care about the lives of the victims."
The woman Li Xiaogou pretended to be spoke in a low voice, "She and the two children died. She suffered severe burns, struggled in bed for six months, and spent her family's life savings. After enduring endless pain, she still died."
"Tell me, how should I punish you?" Li Xiaogou narrowed his eyes slightly, his tone calm but with a hint of madness. Even if you can't see his expression, you can still feel the sinister meaning coming from him.
He was angry, very angry.
Jiang Mu looked at Li Xiaogou worriedly. He felt that Li Xiaogou used this method not only to get the answer as quickly as possible, but also because it was the most suitable "punishment method" for Hong Yao.
Hong Yao is a coward who is afraid of death.
He cried bitterly, "Please let me go. I was wrong. I have done a lot of charity work over the years and saved many people. I sincerely regret it."
"As long as you let me go, I can do anything you ask me to do, really!"
"Or do you want money? I can give you money."
Li Xiaogou found his eagerness to speak ridiculous.
This man was different from Sang Zhize. He was filial to his parents and loyal to his partner, and didn't seem to be that bad. However, it was this man who, for the sake of his own business, set fire to another express station and burned all the people in the express station to death.
"Why did you set the fire?" Li Xiaogou asked.
"Because, because they wanted to steal my agency rights! My wife was pregnant at the time, and all our savings were invested in that express delivery station. I couldn't fail again, or I would go bankrupt!"
"So you killed so many people?"
"No, no, I didn't mean to. I just wanted to burn their goods and destroy their reputation. I didn't expect his whole family was in there that day and no one could escape. I just wanted the exclusive agency rights, I didn't intend to kill anyone!"
Li Xiaogou could understand what happened through the melon-eating system, but he couldn't see the subject's psychological activities at the time.
At this time, Jiang Mu shook his head.
The man is lying.
Li Xiaogou chuckled and said in a deep voice, "You're lying."
With a click, he broke the man's wrist without blinking.
“Wuwuwu——”
The man's mouth was pressed down, and his sharpest wail was muffled in his throat.
"A small punishment, a big warning. I'm telling you, don't lie to me. I know everything about your past."
"Tell me again, why did you kill them?"
The man endured the severe pain and said in a trembling voice, "Originally, I really just wanted to set fire to his business and leave. But, but when I went there, the family was sitting together eating hot pot. The man's wife was pregnant and holding a little boy by the hand. They were very happy. During the meal, the man's father took out a Transformers toy and gave it to his grandson. The child gave the toy and stopped eating, running around the house with it. The man's mother gave the woman a gold bracelet..."
"I was thinking, what if the fire I set accidentally killed one of them? How sad would the rest of them be? How could I break up such a loving family? So I parked my three-wheeled motorcycle outside the gate and stood at the back door to prevent them from escaping. I wanted to keep them safe and sound."
"You pervert!" Wang Bo punched Hong Yao hard in the stomach, beating him into a shrimp.
Jiang Mu nodded.
The man was telling the truth, at least that's what he thought in his heart.
Li Xiaogou sneered, "You even deceived yourself, didn't you?"
"You're actually thinking, why are you living so happily? You have enough money to buy a gold bracelet, but you still want to compete with me who has nothing for business. Why don't you just die?"
Hong Yao's body trembled and he stopped talking.
Jiang Mu paused for a moment, then frowned and nodded.
But he couldn't help but look at Li Xiaogou. Every word he said made people worry.
Li Xiaogou raised the corners of his lips. The reason why he knew so well what Hong Yao was thinking was because he had been in the same situation.
He thought, how could such a person live so happily? So, he killed that person in the end.
After completely breaking down Hong Yao's psychological defenses and confirming that what he said was true, he officially got to the point: "Okay, you've passed this level."
"Second question, what does Sang Zhize's death have to do with you?"
The man was stunned for a moment, then began to struggle, apparently wanting to turn over and speak, but was knocked quiet by Li Xiaogou's knife.
The man said aggrievedly: "It has nothing to do with me. I thought you were in the same group with Sang Zhize's people."
Li Xiaogou chuckled quietly: "Oh? Do you know who killed Sang Zhize?"
"No, I don't know."
The man kept his mouth shut and said nothing.
"It seems that group is very powerful. Why don't you dare to confess? Let me guess."
"Oh, you think the worst I can do is kill you, but if you tell them, they might kill your whole family."
Hong Yao's legs were trembling. He had seen the strength of those people before. He had been investigating for so many years but still couldn't figure out their true identities. This made the identities of those people even more terrifying!
"You're right. I don't like killing innocent people, but that won't stop me from spreading the news right after I walk out of this alley, saying that you told me who killed Sang Zhize."
"I can investigate your past thoroughly, and naturally I can spread the news to the world."
Hong Yao had no doubt about the ability of the man behind him to do what he said. His mind raced, and ultimately his strong desire to escape prevailed. He said, "I'm telling you, can you promise not to tell anyone?"
"Of course, if I tell anyone, won't those people be wary of me?"
Hong Yao paused: "You...are actually looking for those people? Why?"
At this point, he would be a fool not to realize the other party's intentions.
But this is not a bad thing for him. If he were not the target, these people would not bother to expose what happened back then.
"I don't know their specific identities. Even if you kill me, I can't tell you. I have investigated for a long time, for many years, and I haven't found any clues. But I can tell you where I met Sang Zhize."
Li Xiaogou finally got a website address.
After knocking Hong Yao unconscious and throwing him in the alley, they quickly escaped and moved to a safe place.
Jiang Mu confirmed that what Hong Yao said at the end was true, but he had a lot of selfish motives.
"He was also very afraid of those people. He told us the truth in the hope that we would find out their true identities for him."
"It doesn't matter what he thinks, as long as we achieve our goal."
This society is composed of a web of exploitation and being exploited, and Li Xiaogou accepts this well.
They were almost back to their residence when Wang Bo, who hadn't spoken a word the entire night except for beating up Hong Yao twice, rubbed his chin and asked in confusion, "Why are we going through all this trouble? Xiao Gou, can't you figure out where they're gathering and who they're connected to?"
Jiang Mu also looked at Li Xiaogou in confusion. Because he completely trusted Li Xiaogou, his thoughts followed Li Xiaogou's instructions and he didn't think about anything else.
"Not all melons can be eaten, and I don't know the specific rules." Li Xiaogou evaded the question.
In fact, this is also the reason why he was so persistent in finding a few people on the list.
He couldn't see it while eating melon, which meant it was related to the world line, which was an important clue for him to find the Destroyer.
To ensure safety, they did not rest. After returning to their residence, they immediately packed their luggage, booked the fastest train to the next city, and then took a plane to the city where the next person on the list was.
In this way, even if Hong Yao has the ability to find out their movements, he will eventually suspect people in the same organization.
As soon as they landed, they went to the website that Hong Yao gave them.
The webpage is designed very simply, and is very similar to many fortune-telling websites, asking people to take a psychological test right from the start.
Li Xiaogou and the other two each took a psychological test, and the results came out immediately.
Li Xiaogou: The destroyer of the world.
Jiang Mu: Savior.
Wang Bo: Savior.
You are such a handsome boy, I didn't expect you to be such a person.
Wang Bo condemned Li Xiaogou with his eyes, but the latter blocked all his attention.
Beep, beep—
Dialog boxes popped up on the three people's pages at the same time.
Even this step is exactly the same as the fortune-telling routine on the web.
Jiang Mu's expression was complicated: "Are we being deceived?"
Li Xiaogou raised his eyebrows: "Impossible. I trust your mind reading ability 100%."
In fact, he was also worried. If Jiang Mu had not repeatedly confirmed that what Hong Yao said was true, he would have suspected that Hong Yao had just given them a random website address.
Customer Service Representative 1: Hello, after careful psychological analysis using big data, you are a potential annihilator. To further understand your annihilation tendencies, please select the number from 0-9 that best describes your level of resentment towards the world. 0 represents no resentment at all, and 9 represents wishing the world would be destroyed right this second.
The screen background suddenly changed. The hexagram became the background image, and a countdown appeared above the hexagram.
30 seconds.
Li Xiaogou's mouse hovered at the position 6, but he was unable to click it.
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