Chapter 64 Critical Region (16)
"What?" The boy looked completely bewildered.
Is this prosecutor playing coy?
Bai Ye immediately reminded him, "Pretend to be confused, and listen to what the other party has to say first."
The boy understood and began practicing Tai Chi.
Until she heard the other party say something shocking: "The Chief Executive violated the Order Law by fishing for the dying in various worlds in an attempt to obtain the spirit of purification. I had suspected it before, but I didn't expect her to be so bold as to keep them under the care of six mouths."
At this point, the prosecutor's face turned grim. "I've received word that the first batch of fresh goods has already arrived. Even if you don't come, I was planning to come looking for you."
The boy opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
The prosecutor opposite him waved his hand dismissively. "I know you're still hesitant, after all, she's the one who promoted you. But remember, a person in a position must fulfill their duties. If they fail to enforce the law fairly, they are unfit to be the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in the General Affairs Department. And I will bring her to trial..."
The boy was dumbfounded.
"Brother, so the mastermind behind this is the CEO. No wonder she has so much power, and everyone below her obeys her."
Bai Ye, however, sensed something amiss: "The Order Keepers only obey the Supreme Enforcer, and are not part of the same system as the Administrator. How does she command them?"
"ah?"
"So, those in charge of order below have already betrayed us?"
No, there aren't enough people at the bottom of the order.
As Bai Ye was pondering this, the prosecutor opposite him spoke up: "Each branch has been heavily infiltrated, and at least one of the branch captains or deputy captains has been brought under the administration's control. I am prepared to immediately activate the General Affairs Department's oversight authority to conduct the first round of trials on all branch captains and deputy captains."
"Where is the Chief Executive?" the boy asked on Bai Ye's behalf, voicing his doubts.
The prosecutor frowned. "I haven't seen her for almost a month. She seemed to have been injured and had been recuperating. The injury was really strange. As a second-highest level of supernatural being, what power could possibly harm her? I suspect she may have violated the World Law by secretly traveling to other worlds and being injured by something in those worlds."
Bai Ye was shocked. The second-highest level of strangeness could actually travel between small worlds?
He immediately thought of a previous copy where a mechanical broadcast revealed a spacetime rift. So this kind of rift could also be man-made?
Bai Ye couldn't help but get excited, "Strange, is Xiao Bai a second-highest level of strangeness? Did she slip out through the space-time rift? Did she leave the original instance world?"
[Strange] No answer was given.
But at this moment, silence is precisely the best answer.
Bai Ye has already figured out some of the "unusual" traits of [the character]. If the player's conclusions are wrong, they will definitely be corrected. If the mistakes are outrageous, the player might even be reprimanded.
This seems to demonstrate its omniscience.
If it is guessed correctly, or if the result is not what [the eerie thing] wants the player to know, it will choose to play dead.
If playing dead doesn't work, they'll say something like: "[Players should not engage in activities unrelated to the dungeon; please focus on your work.]"
Bai Ye felt relieved.
The thought that Xiaobai is a second-highest level of the supernatural makes me feel that wherever such a little guy goes, at least his safety is guaranteed.
However, "the second-highest level is strange? Ask the prosecutor why it's considered the second-highest level."
In Bai Ye's understanding, the three giants of the General Affairs Department did not specify that it was the second highest level of strangeness, a point that is specifically stated in the "Order Law".
The boy knew nothing about the levels of the supernatural, but he could tell that the so-called second-highest level supernatural being must be quite powerful.
So she did as instructed, and even added her own interpretation, "Prosecutor, you said the Chief Executive is the second most suspicious person, when...did you find out?"
"You knew that too?" the prosecutor asked rhetorically.
The boy hesitated for a moment, then remained silent instead of answering directly.
The prosecutor, filling in the blanks with his own mind, suddenly said, "No wonder! So you noticed it too. Then it's understandable that she sped up her actions. It seems she hasn't been in the second-highest level of the strange realm for long, and her power isn't stable yet. If the two of us team up, we should be able to deal with her without any problem."
As they were talking, the prosecutor grabbed Bai Ye's hand. "You'll do it with me, won't you?"
The boy was frightened. How did things suddenly turn into resorting to violence?
"B-Big brother, I don't know how to use supernatural powers! The prosecutor wants to drag me into this fight, but I don't know how!" the boy cried out for help, his inner voice screaming in his head.
Bai Ye: "...Weren't you eager to try it before?"
"But it didn't say we were going to fight the supernatural, or fight to the death. I can't do it, I'm a coward."
"Don't be afraid, you have the tools. Agree to the prosecutor's request, but stall him for time and don't go to the chief executive. The trial is the most important thing."
"Huh? Ah! Oh, oh."
The boy was filled with trepidation and nervousness, and followed Bai Ye's instructions step by step.
Although the prosecutor was eager to find the chief executive, he also understood that the "congestion problem" in the city had to be solved first.
As the breaches opened one by one, the unseen creatures that had been kept inside surged out in a counterattack. Only a portion of them were captured, while those that managed to escape only brought chaos to the city of Liudaokou.
"I immediately issued orders to recall all detachment leaders and deputy leaders to conduct the first round of trials. Those found innocent were immediately rounded up and arrested within the city."
The prosecutor said, looking across at the officer, "Officer, for now, you'll have to step in and shut down those six people to buy me some time."
When the boy left the top floor and took the elevator down, he was almost completely exhausted.
"We have to go back again, and there's more than one checkpoint. If it weren't for the fact that we're not real law enforcement officers, what means do we have to control all six checkpoints at once?"
The boy grew increasingly frightened. "What if the real law enforcement officers come out to expose us? We're not strong enough; we'll expose ourselves at the edge of the cliff, won't we? We're doomed. We shouldn't have agreed to this in the first place..."
"Don't be afraid," Bai Ye said calmly. "You can use Golden Rice."
"Huh? Isn't this prop used to dissolve the supernatural?" the boy asked, puzzled. "Those who crawled out from the bottom of the cliff were all innocent."
"To be precise, the golden rice is a deterrent force. As a cunning creature, the rice demon had no choice but to melt away," Bai Ye explained.
The boy didn't understand. What was that strange thing?
Bai Ye: "You don't need to understand every word of these strange and irrelevant classifications. Just do as I say."
"Brother, I'll ask you one last question."
The boy ran and spoke, his voice slightly out of breath, "If, I mean if, the prosecutor... is bad."
The only tool was used to intimidate the six gatekeepers, so there wouldn't be a second chance to wipe out those bad guys at the top.
"Although I used that 'eagle eye' tool and didn't see anything unusual about the prosecutor, what if it is? Aren't all supernatural beings capable of disguise? What if the other party is some kind of secondary supernatural being? Wouldn't we have been fooled?"
The boy had already run to Exit 1, waiting for Bai Ye's answer.
The body belongs to the other party, the props belong to the other party, and even the player's identity belongs to the other party.
The young man, being just a passerby, was very self-aware and never overstepped his bounds in making important decisions.
Therefore, if the result is wrong, the primary responsibility will not lie with oneself.
The boy was reluctant to admit that he was acting on his conscience, but with life and death at stake, he really dared not do anything reckless.
After thinking for a long time, Bai Ye gritted his teeth and nodded, "I choose to believe."
If we're wrong, the worst that can happen is that the "weird" succeeds and we become the weird ourselves.
But there's a one in ten thousand chance that if they bet right, these innocent people will regain their "freedom".
"Okay, if you say so, I'll do it!"
The boy was encouraged.
The next six channels relayed the notifications, with Bai Ye providing guidance and the young man carrying out the tasks, the two working together in a coordinated manner.
The actual highest law enforcement officer did not appear, and the two men's worst fears did not come true, so they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Gou Xun, the deputy captain of the detachment who was the last to leave, was puzzled.
So he stepped forward and asked, "Officer, why do we all have to go back? Even if the prosecutor summons us for trial, we can leave one by one at a time. I don't feel safe."
Especially at Exit 6, it was the first to tear open, and the most of those invisible things from the bottom of the cliff came out.
“Although we have arrested some, many more have escaped. I think we should increase manpower and carry out a comprehensive manhunt to ensure the safety of the city.”
Gou Xun spoke directly, and after he finished speaking, he had a matter-of-fact expression on his face, showing no fear that the person standing opposite him was the highest law enforcement officer.
"Big brother, is this guy up to something?" the boy couldn't help but ask secretly. "Is he your vice-captain? Is he a bad guy?"
Bai Ye: "Have you seen it? What's going on?"
"I didn't notice anything unusual; there was only a faint white color behind me. Oh right, the leader of Gate 1 has a black color behind him, like ink."
"Then let's assume he's innocent for now."
Bai Ye was also observing Gou Xun. The other man's expression when speaking and acting seemed more anxious and worried than at all uneasy.
This can also be seen in the captain, Chang Sheng.
The boy indicated that he understood, coughed lightly, sternly reprimanded Gou Xun, and then dismissed him with a few more high-sounding words.
After all the captains and vice-captains left, the boy received a notification from the prosecutor that the first round of the trial had begun.
"The prosecutor said we need to hold on for two hours, and then the first round of the trial will be over, and the innocent person can be reassigned to a job."
The so-called work is also about catching the invisible, but the purpose is different.
Those from the Chief Executive's side, once captured, will be objectified, the extremely evil will be eliminated, and only the pure good will remain to be consumed.
The innocent order-makers, however, use nets to prevent urban chaos; they themselves do not process such matters in a formalized manner.
Bai Ye: "Then let's hold out for two hours and gain the prosecutor's trust. Then we'll be qualified to negotiate with him and try these innocent people."
The boy pretended to cast a spell, then asked doubtfully, "Judging an innocent person? Won't the prosecutor be biased?"
Is that strange and reliable?
"In this strange world, there are their own laws. The prosecutor is the representative of justice in this world, and as long as he doesn't turn bad, his judgment will always be fair."
Fearing the boy might not understand, Bai Ye continued, "The so-called trial is not only about judging evil and wrong, but also about finding goodness and righteousness. The prosecutor's trial is like a scale; in the trial, good and bad, right and wrong will be judged. The innocent will be rewarded and treated well, while the guilty and wronged will be punished."
To put it bluntly, the existence of prosecutors is more like a device for distinguishing between truth and falsehood.
It doesn't show any favoritism; it simply operates the entire process mechanically.
However, in the supernatural world, this right is replaced by the supernatural itself. And whether it's a supernatural being or a human, everyone has selfish desires, which is what the boy is worried about.
After a series of haphazard rituals, the young man felt he had done his job and, with a wave of his hand, used a prop.
At the same time, he muttered incantations, such as "All laws return to their origin," "Ten thousand swords unleashed," and "The net of heaven is vast, yet nothing escapes its meshes"...
In short, it's all superstitious nonsense to scare people.
The Golden Rice was used, and almost instantly, the six entrances to Liudaokou City were filled with dazzling golden light.
The light dispelled the thick fog, which gradually thinned until it cleared up completely.
The boy stood at the edge of the cliff, gazing into the distance, and suddenly exclaimed in delight, "What a beautiful starry sky!"
Bai Ye looked out through the narrow field of vision, but his eyes flickered.
The so-called beautiful starry sky is not the starry sky at all, but rather countless fragments generated beneath spatial rifts.
So, a spacetime rift has appeared in this small instance world as well?
Just then, a mechanical voice suddenly rang out:
[Attention players! A time rift has appeared in the dungeon. Please escort your clients out immediately. The dungeon will close in 24 hours. Those who fail to leave will be permanently trapped.]
[Players, please note: Please complete the task on time. Failure to complete the task will result in a deduction of 2000.]
Bai Ye frowned upon hearing this. "It's not weird. Explain yourself clearly. What do you mean by deducting 2000 for failing the mission? Doesn't this instance not have any weird coins for settlement?"
He remembered clearly that when the young Bai Ye appeared, there were only customer maintenance requirements, without specifying how many ghost coins would be settled.
Furthermore, it was stated from the beginning that a half-demon body does not require these.
The mechanical voice continued broadcasting: "[Congratulations, player, on unlocking the hidden quest. This hidden quest is included in the settlement process. Completing the quest and receiving a five-star rating will earn you 4000 Ghost Coins. Failure to complete it will immediately deduct 2000 Ghost Coins.]"
white night:"……"
Is this how everyone plays now?
They did it so secretly, without even giving any warning at the beginning!
That's fucking dog.
The boy also heard the mechanical voice, but he only focused on one thing: "Big brother, what does 'the dungeon is about to close' mean? Can I understand it as meaning that if I don't go back to my original world within 24 hours, I will be stuck in the virtual world forever?"
Bai Ye: "That's one way to understand it."
The boy suddenly cried out, "No! I want to go home! I want to go back to study and take the college entrance exam! I've studied for so many years, I must take the college entrance exam!!"
Hearing such a strong determination for the first time, Bai Ye couldn't help but sigh: Why did I, who wanted to study so much, get such bad results in the college entrance examination?
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