"Although Wen Shiyan may not actually be the murderer, he is at least a problematic individual. During our conversation, he showed absolutely no reaction to the loss of life..."
After performing his lightning-fast face-changing act, Chen Yang frowned deeply and muttered to himself,
"And there's that real killer; we don't know when the next victim will appear. We need to speed things up and bring him to justice."
As a professionally trained and legitimate police officer, no matter how much Chen Yang believed Yu Ling's sophistry and thought she was just an innocent passerby, he couldn't completely let his guard down, especially since Yu Ling's problems weren't much better than the original owner's.
To reiterate, Yu Ling isn't even human. You can't expect a demon to have a brief experience of being human while doing a mission, which can overshadow the thought patterns he developed over a long period of time.
Of course, Yu Ling was also somewhat aware of what kind of person she was. The original owner of this body pretended day after day to make herself seem like a normal person, but no matter how much he pretended, his combat skills, his limited perspective, and his perfunctory attitude towards everything were just too unlike a normal person.
Therefore, Yu Ling never expected Chen Yang to give up investigating her. If he would easily believe her just because she was eloquent and approachable, Chen Yang wouldn't have captured her and questioned her for so long.
It was still bright and sunny when Yu Ling left the police station. She walked slowly to the bus stop and chose to take the bus back to the original owner's home.
Upon entering, the small duplex apartment was strikingly simple and monotonous, devoid of any warmth or coziness, a stark reminder of the original owner's dull and uninspiring life. Yu Ling glanced around at the clean, white walls and the gleaming floor tiles, and instead let out a deep sigh.
"Sigh, I have to do the job of cleaning up the mess for the original owner again. I'm destined to be a scapegoat."
See the wall? There are still fragments of people that the original owner embedded in there five years ago. The washing machine also cleaned the tools used in the crime. The wardrobe, the refrigerator, the pressure cooker, and even the floor tiles were all dug by the original owner to bury many fragments of 'missing persons'.
It can be said that, apart from the serial murder case that Chen Yang recently investigated, the hardworking original owner had countless other crimes that went undiscovered before; any one of them would be enough to make one want to eat peanuts (a Chinese idiom for being extremely scathing).
Previously, because the original owner was discreet in his actions, he was not suspected, and there was no problem with him producing so many 'evidence' at home. However, when Yu Ling came, the original owner was already being watched, and now his every move might be being observed by multiple eyes, making it inconvenient for him to do anything.
Moreover, there were far too many things in the original owner's house that shouldn't have been there. Even if they were all taken out and flushed down the toilet, it would still leave the suspicion of a 'sudden increase in water usage'.
"No, this project is just too much; I can't do even a little bit." Yu Ling spent a long time taking stock, but still didn't know where to begin. So, he mentally poked the system and asked, "Tell me... should I buy you a pig's body or a dog's body so you can eat all this stuff faster?"
system:【.......】
Although they all sound the same, the system is not a garbage can. It doesn't eat people's scraps, let alone rotten or spoiled ones. Please don't just throw garbage at the system, thank you!
[Host, the body you bought for someone is actually just a simulated body produced by the Supreme God. It doesn't actually have any real digestive functions. How about... we find another way to 'dispose of the body'?]
Yu Ling: Ha, what a garbage system!
But is it really completely useless? No, no, no, I can't let the system get away with this. Yu Ling browsed the shop and spent two hundred survival points to buy the system a human body. This is a huge sum of money for a survivor who only earns one hundred points a year.
Of all the survival and self-rescue systems, Yu Ling's garbage system is probably the first one where a host actively buys a human body for her, right?
Fortunately, there are no cameras everywhere in this world, so you can fool people by having someone appear out of thin air. In addition, the system can tamper with network data, so you can quickly get a certificate of identity for yourself, an unregistered person.
"Go, help me get rid of everything that shouldn't be in the house. I remember the original owner had a lot of materials left over from wallpapering and floor patching; I can renovate it for him later..."
Caught off guard, the system suddenly acquired the body of an adult human male. Following Yu Ling's specifications, he was given the muscular physique for easy work, and his appearance was quite presentable. However, before the system could even try out this human body, Yu Ling assigned it a ton of chores and forced it to do manual labor.
System: [I'm not happy at all.]
“You are a human being now, you can speak, you don’t need to communicate online.”
Yu Ling turned on the TV to mask the impending noise in the room, and instructed the system as she walked towards the storage room.
"Remember to create a tragic story for yourself later, the kind that can be verified. Also, after you've dealt with the evidence in the house, go and get a new ID card. When you come back, remember to bring some wood and paint. This house looks like it was lived in by someone with a mental illness. I need to fix it up a bit later."
"...Oh right, once everything is settled, hurry up and go out to work to earn money for me!"
The original owner didn't leave Yu Ling any inheritance. Yu Ling had to focus on dealing with Chen Yang and assisting him in solving cases, so she definitely couldn't afford to make money. Using criminal methods wouldn't work either, so it was indeed more convenient to let the system do it.
The muscle system that had just picked up the small shovel and the large sack: "......." Huh?
Good heavens! Are there really systems in this world that work to support their hosts? Is there no justice in this world?!
Before the system could even protest, Yu Ling, who was exploiting the system, had already gone upstairs. She was looking for the tools to figure out where to start renovating the original owner's house. Fortunately, no one had ever been here before, so even if they did make a big change, no one would know.
The system collects and processes the fragments of people from the walls, floors, furniture, and other places. The original owner killed a bunch of scum, so it doesn't matter if they are thrown out and scattered. Let's start with the bedroom first, at least it's clean and there's nothing to deal with here.
"Hmm, it's such a big, white wall, it would be a shame to paint it any other color. How about... I paint a picture to cover it up?"
Finding joy in hardship is a kind of fun too. After all, it's all work, so what's wrong with having a little fun? What's wrong with that? Yu Ling found a brush and then used a sample of colored paint that the original owner had given away with the white paint she bought to practice on the wall...
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