Chapter 23 "Third Person Perspective" Fu Lin, I Know Where You Are

Chapter 23 "Third Person Perspective" Fu Lin, I Know Where You Are

Episode 23 "Third Person Perspective" Fu Lin, I Know Where You Are

Anubis City.

It's Sunday again.

Almost a week has passed since the farewell party ended.

When the morning sun came, Shang Hexing couldn't control his fatigue. He slowly leaned back and sat on the back of the computer chair, falling into deep depression.

He encountered all kinds of annoying things.

First, he really can't live without Anubis.

During this period, Shang Hexing not only failed to find any trace of Fu Lin, but also failed to enter the main god space to get any instructions for the next step.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't want to live in this virtual world.

A year ago, seven players came to this game world for the first time, and each of them had their own ideas. Some people do consider Anubis their dream home, especially since players can choose their own identities here. They can choose to become a popular star or a billionaire with assets exceeding 100 million. The life they have never experienced in the past can be realized in this fantasy land.

This makes it very difficult for all these players to gather together and find out the entire secret of Anubis. Even though there are rewards for completing the final level and your wish can come true, there are very few people who are truly ambitious and willing to do so.

However, the Lord God seemed to have realized long ago that these players might not have such a strong desire to complete the task.

The high stakes environment is set up from the beginning, players can have the time of their lives, but at the same time, they also have to take the risk of their lives. The first person to die was a player who was disguised as a celebrity, killed by a fan who was resentful of the celebrity's downfall. The second player to die was a detective, who died in a car accident designed by the client's enemies. If they cannot deal with the dangers in their lives, their lives will never be peaceful. Within two months, three of the seven players died. The players finally acknowledged the world's rejection of them and decided to leave it.

Although Shang Hexing is a hacker, he is also involved in politics and disputes among various associations. Staying in different hotels only creates a safe space for yourself and reduces the risk of accidents.

During this year, Shang Hexing worked diligently. In order to finally pass the level, he betrayed the mayor who trusted him and made countless enemies in his original organization. As a result, Fu Lin wanted to merge the virtual world and the real world with just a few words.

Come to think of it, maybe Fu Lin is the real madman, a madman who is afraid of chaos in the world.

Shang Hexing stared at the computer screen, and Fu Lin's familiar face and the very abstract words he once said emerged in his mind: "The game world is easily full of all kinds of unreasonable things, but if reality and virtuality are integrated, everything will develop in a good direction, and crime will no longer be rampant." This sentence is difficult to understand and accept in any way.

“…”

Honestly speaking, it was impossible to say that he didn't regret stabbing Fu Lin in the back.

But what he regretted was that if he had known these changes would happen, Shang Hexing should have thought of letting Fu Lin stay in the game world completely before entering the main god space, instead of letting Fu Lin stay in the main god space.

All in all, he is now very annoyed with his current situation and the uncertainties and future risks.

Secondly, there was another thing that annoyed him——

A figure has not yet fully emerged in his mind.

At this moment, the mobile phone screen suddenly lit up, breaking Shang Hexing's thoughts.

He subconsciously sat up straight, quickly picked up his phone, and looked at the message on the screen with some nervousness.

As a result, the screen prompt bar showed "Xiao Zhuang".

“…”

The entire message notification requires opening the internal software to be read.

However, Shang Hexing was not interested in this person's text message, "...it's her again."

Furthermore, once Xiaozhuang starts texting with the other party, he will chat endlessly. Shang Hexing didn't want to chat with her about irrelevant nonsense. He didn't want to spend time with anyone who didn't make sense right now.

Just as he was about to put the phone back and go back to bed to rest, Shang Hexing still felt unhappy. It's like someone has tied a knot in his cardiovascular system, making him very uncomfortable but unable to do anything about it.

The source of this discomfort was that "Li Zhi had not sent him any message since Friday night."

Shang Hexing read his text messages over and over again that night, and had no idea how he had offended Li Zhi.

Was it because he forgot to add punctuation?

Is he so harsh on himself?

Shang Hexing didn’t understand.

This is how things really happened.

Just last Friday night, Zhou Qiuying's case was officially closed. That being said, the investigation has only gathered evidence that Lin Quan confessed his guilt. However, he did not cause the car accident, so it is still necessary to find the other car owner who caused the accident.

This matter will be followed up at another appropriate time.

For example, you can send the license plate number of the vehicle involved in the accident to the police anonymously.

In fact, everyone who was deeply involved in the Mayor Ethel incident knew that Shanghexing had surveillance authority over the entire city, including surveillance of stores along the route of the accident. This is possible because when the city was built, a unified core memory chip was used for the entire infrastructure. Without the knowledge of the citizens, this will automatically connect into a huge data network for secret surveillance of the entire city.

Thanks to this, Shang Hexing has a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of the whole truth.

However, there was no need for him to expose the fact that he had surveillance authority over such a trivial matter.

In fact, he had also considered taking this opportunity to investigate Lin Quan and observe Li Zhi, who had been pestering him and attracting his attention in the past few days, more closely. If he could take advantage of this incident to get rid of Li Zhi, it would undoubtedly be a pleasant surprise for Shang Hexing.

He did think so at first.

After all, in Fu Lin's team, Li Zhi is a person with great say and influence. All he has to say is one word and the entire team's direction will change. It is not difficult to suspect that if Li Zhi expressed any doubt, it would cause others to have trust issues in him.

If such people cannot be controlled, they must be eliminated.

And obviously, "subtraction" is the easiest thing to do.

Shang Hexing can already take action against Fu Lin, this is just one more person.

Shang Hexing had such a clear idea at the very beginning. He suspected that Li Zhi had seen through his identity.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the extraordinary things that happened to him were too unbelievable for ordinary people. If Li Zhizhen had any doubts, it was probably just an unfounded guess. Later, Shang Hexing began to change his mind and felt that Li Zhi might just want "Fu Lin", the "Savior of Anubis", to focus on him, an ordinary person. The repeated mention of "Shanghe Star" might just be an attempt to disrupt his thoughts and judgment, making it difficult for him to remain calm.

However, after a few days of contact, especially after visiting Li Zhi's home, Shang Hexing discovered that Li Zhi was not as complicated a person as he had imagined.

While Li Zhi went to prepare tea and snacks for himself, Shang Hexing took a quick look around their small house and saw that there were many small wood carvings and bird specimens full of life in Li Zhi's room. This made Shang Hexing slowly feel the authenticity of this person.

On the surface, he does things perfectly and flawlessly, but in fact, he doesn't like to express his intentions directly when he speaks or does things, and most of the time he is so shallow that people can see through him at a glance.

For example, after only a day or two of getting along, Shang Hexing keenly grasped the other person's pain point - height.

Li Zhi didn't say anything, but his attitude would always change subtly when someone mentioned his height.

In addition, Shang Hexing also discovered that he has always had a strong ability of empathy.

Li Zhi once said: "If I easily point out the things he likes, it would seem like disturbing his rare peace and freedom." These words made Shang Hexing look at him with admiration.

However, when he first heard this sentence, Shang Hexing subconsciously felt it was ridiculous and a little disdainful. However, when he calmed down and thought about his own experience, he found that Li Zhi was right. He really hated other people noticing the things he liked - when he was a child, he would no longer want to go to the places he often went to if he was discovered by others; and he would instantly lose interest in his favorite food once someone paid attention to it and offered it to him.

Li Zhi's observation was so accurate, like being shot in the heart, leaving Shang Hexing with nowhere to escape.

These discoveries did not make Shang Hexing completely throw away his vigilance against him, but there was a subtle feeling in his heart that was not easy to detect.

Especially since Li Zhi saved him on the side of the road.

Shang Hexing actually said "thank you" at the beginning, even though he didn't think he needed Li Zhi to come down and save him at that time. Because "Fu Lin" has a strong physical fitness, Shang Hexing is fully capable of reacting.

But after separating from Li Zhi on Friday night, Shang Hexing suddenly realized that the relationship between him and Li Zhi seemed to be over.

Shang Hexing had decided before that if he could not leave Anubis smoothly, he would not continue to go to college as planned, nor would he continue to take over all the social relationships left by "Fu Lin".

But if Li Zhi really thought that he didn't need to give her more care and attention just because she didn't leave Anubis, then their connection would naturally be severed.

He thought about it, analyzed the pros and cons, and considering Li Zhi's role, he decided to "add something", so he took the initiative to send a text message "Thank you for saving me today."

If Li Zhi was still as superficial as he imagined and wanted others to pay attention to him, he would not miss this opportunity to show his goodwill.

The effect was very significant. Shang Hexing received three text messages in one go.

At that time, Shang Hexing laughed.

Li Zhi is easier to control than imagined.

Shang Hexing quickly recalled the scene where Li Zhi used just one sentence "Fu Lin is the same as before" to make He Qisi from the police station dare not continue to question him. He suddenly felt that this person was more useful.

After replying "good night" in a reserved manner, Shang Hexing began to actively resume the social model centered on "Li Zhi". He waited for Li Zhi to continue chatting with him like he did before, sending him text messages in the middle of the night. However, after waiting for a long time, Shang Hexing still didn't hear the next sentence.

Li Zhi didn't even say "good night" to him.

This was the first time that Shang Hexing made such an obvious gesture of goodwill to the outside world. He felt very uncomfortable with this result.

After hesitating for a while, Shang Hexing also thought about whether he should take the initiative to send a text message to ask him what he was doing. However, this seemed like he was humbly trying to please an ordinary NPC.

Because he did say "good night" and took the initiative to end the conversation.

After thinking it over and waiting for most of the night, Shang Hexing was sure that the other party would not reply. He began to wonder if he had fallen into a dilemma created by Li Zhi's superb social skills.

On Friday night, he even had a nightmare.

In his dream, he successfully eliminated Li Zhi.

But he felt very uncomfortable.

I wonder if it’s because of Li Zhi’s death? Or was it because in the dream, he was staring at his own smile, as if to say that he had fallen into the palm of his own hand?

Shang Hexing inexplicably recalled his first nightmare after becoming Fu Lin. He heard someone say to him softly, "Do you feel that you are incomplete?" 』

Next, throughout the entire Saturday, Shang Hexing still did not receive any text messages from Li Zhi.

Shang Hexing had never experienced this kind of social dilemma before, and always felt a little anxious. He didn't know how to determine what Li Zhi was thinking and why he was so cold.

If you take the initiative to confirm the other person's thoughts, it will seem as if you can't live without the other person.

However, if he didn't confirm Li Zhi's thoughts, he wouldn't be able to get an answer that would allow him to take the next step accurately.

Of course, Shang Hexing also understood very clearly that after he said "good night" to the other party, the other party no longer answered him because he might have thought that he had gone to bed and there was no need to ask. They didn't communicate that often, so it was natural that Li Zhi didn't reply to him all day.

However, Shang Hexing was still thinking about why all this happened.

It’s obviously just that Li Zhi didn’t reply to the text message…

After spending another night sitting in front of the computer desk, Shang Hexing began to realize that he was just not good at making friends. He had never made any friends since he was a child. He also disdained to associate with anyone, and when he started to intentionally make friends with someone, he found that he knew nothing.

The current situation has become "Li Zhi has left himself with a social problem, and he doesn't know how to deal with it."

He naturally turned to netizens for help.

After all, there are always many answers on the Internet.

The previous answers were all thought out by Shang Hexing, and he was not satisfied with them.

For example, “The other person might be really busy.”

Another example is, "If you're not sure, it's okay to ask."

Until one netizen gave this reply:

"You feel uncomfortable because you care too much about this relationship, and a little uncertainty will make you sensitive and uneasy. You hope that the other person will show the same attention as you do. Obviously, your attention to your friend has exceeded the normal limit. At this time, you might as well do more things that interest you to reduce internal friction."

After reading this reply, Shang Hexing not only deleted the post, but also began to feel guilty towards Li Zhi.

You know, this feeling of being controlled by someone is extremely uncomfortable.

…

Now back to Sunday morning, after Shang Hexing received Xiaozhuang's text message, he initially planned to ignore it. He frowned, rubbed his fingers on the edge of the screen a few times, and finally clicked on it.

His first reaction was to check Li Zhi's chat window.

Maybe I received the other party's reply at the last minute and didn't notice it, so Li Zhi didn't contact me?

With this thought in mind, Shang Hexing unconsciously pursed the corners of his mouth, suppressing unnecessary thoughts. It wasn't until I saw the last "good night" I sent that I suddenly felt a nameless fire burning in my heart.

It's time to get rid of this person who is trying to make his presence felt in my life for no reason.

This is the most correct approach.

Suppressing his inner unhappiness, Shang Hexing returned to Xiaozhuang's dialog box and found that Xiaozhuang said, "Li Zhi's father asked me for your contact information, and I gave him your phone number. (One sentence of notification)

The two names "Li Zhi" were like a small stone that suddenly fell into the calm lake in his heart.

He clearly didn't want to care about it anymore, so why was it Li Zhi again?

Does this world revolve around Li Zhi alone?

Shang Hexing frowned. He didn't want to care about the name Li Zhi and directed his attack at Xiaozhuang. He didn't like this kind of treatment without a sense of boundaries.

Generally, this should be to ask for advice first, then give your own phone number.

This is really disrespectful.

Shang Hexing was in a bad mood and wanted to use Fu Lin's tone to warn Xiaozhuang that his personal information should not be given to a third party without consent.

However, Xiaozhuang sent another text message, "Ahhh Fu Lin, I asked! It turned out that Li Zhi fell ill after being caught in the rain on Friday night and had a low fever at home that lasted for a whole day and night. His parents were very worried about him, but Li Zhi said he would be fine if he just lay down. His father wants to ask if you are free, please go over and help out. 』

Sick from the rain?

Shang Hexing couldn't think of when Li Zhi got caught in the rain.

It doesn’t matter if he can’t think of it, Xiaozhuang has already helped him remember it.

"It must have been when you were pushed onto the road that Li Zhi rushed into the rain to pull you out. He got caught in the rain and felt uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything and stayed with us throughout the whole process to complete the case. He must be feeling very uncomfortable. 』

“…”

Shang Hexing felt a subtle sense of uneasiness in his heart, and the figure of Li Zhi involuntarily emerged in his mind - he had a low fever, and was trying hard to reply to his text messages with his weak body.

Now that I think about it, Li Zhi has always been introverted and not that extroverted. He sent three text messages at once, as if he wanted to say everything in one breath.

Could it be that he was already at the end of his strength and was in great pain at that time?

Xiaozhuang's text messages continued to come, making Shang Hexing more worried. "That damn Lin Quan is still wasting our time, saying that he didn't push Li Zhi or you. Otherwise we would have finished long ago! 』

"I heard that Li Zhi often went to the hospital for treatment when he was a child, so his physical condition must be very weak. He really is in pain but he won't say it TUT is so sad! I sent him a text message, but he didn’t reply. I wonder if he’s okay? 』

Shang Hexing felt his face both cold and hot at the same time.

The morning light outside the window was becoming more and more dazzling. He stood up suddenly, his steps a little unsteady. He neither walked towards the door to leave nor towards the bed to rest. He paced back and forth as if he was trapped in a small space, trying hard to get out of the predicament.

He did not respond to Xiaozhuang's words, and he felt uneasy inside.

Soon, just as Xiaozhuang said, Li Zhi's father also sent a text message, asking him if he was free to visit Li Zhi today. Shang Hexing's authority is still valid, enough for him to enter the community directly.

The arrival of this text message from an unfamiliar number was like pouring a bucket of cold water called "awakening" on Shang Hexing.

Shang Hexing read the text message two or three times, sorted out his thoughts, and finally decided to refuse in a calm and polite manner.

He actually doesn't like being tied down by personal connections.

This kind of unnecessary emotion wastes both time and energy.

You shouldn't pay any extra attention to each other now.

After sorting out his thoughts, Shang Hexing sat back in the computer chair, threw his phone where he couldn't see it, and forced himself to focus on looking for Fu Lin.

Yes.

Now we still have to find Fu Lin.

Shang Hexing has to think about where he is now?

Anubis's monitoring authority does not actually cover the entire city, especially those suburbs with relatively backward infrastructure, abandoned coastal areas and underground routes.

If someone took him to those areas, it would be difficult for Shanghexing to get clues.

However, He Qisi and An Qingyan from Fu Lin's team both have connections with the police station. Especially An Qingyan, he was very concerned about helping to find "Shang Hexing" and once revealed to me that the police also deployed spies and undercover agents in these places. If someone really caught "Shanghexing", they should be the first to know the news.

However, An Qingyan mentioned that the informant had not received any eyewitness news about Shanghe Star.

Shang Hexing didn't particularly trust their abilities.

Because the police knew nothing about the VITA organization, not even its existence. Shang Hexing used to think that the mayor was the head of the entire organization, and that if his crimes were exposed, the entire organization would collapse.

But now the mayor has committed suicide.

And from the case of Zhou Qiuying, we can see that the organization is suspected to still be active.

What's more, Shang Hexing himself is still in this city.

That is to say, maybe the city may be hiding deeper secrets that have yet to be revealed.

The size, influence, and purpose of VITA may be far greater than you realize.

The mayor's fall may also be part of the mystery.

Shang Hexing thought about it again and again, and finally decided to infiltrate the VITA organization himself to find out the truth.

In the past, the reason why he had not had any direct contact with the VITA organization was mainly because his physical condition was not suitable for participating in activities in that environment. More importantly, he hated to get involved in those dirty activities personally.

But now it's different. The body of Fu Lin that he borrowed was more than enough for him to survive and act in an unfamiliar organization, both in terms of its ability to fight against enemies and its physical fitness. Such conditions gave him the capital to face it all.

He wants to keep his distance from Li Zhi.

*

The departure time is set at 8pm.

He planned to go to the distribution locations of the VITA organization's underground prisons and explore the routes one by one.

Just when we were preparing to go to VITA's secret water dungeon far away from the city center to scout the area, the car coincidentally passed by the community where Li Zhi lived.

Shang Hexing subconsciously asked to stop the car and take a look at the situation from a distance in the community.

In fact, the room where Li Zhi was located was right next to the main road. Therefore, as long as you stand outside the community, you can clearly see the square with orange light.

This suggests that there is someone in the house.

At this moment, a thin and elegant figure emerged from the square of orange light.

Are you taking medicine while standing?

Still taking the temperature?

It seems that even though his parents are around, he still takes care of himself?

Shang Hexing's gaze stayed on the figure under the orange light, with inexplicable emotions surging in his heart. He stared at the window for several minutes without any clear thoughts in his mind.

He just looked at the outline, feeling as if he was waiting for something, or perhaps trying to read something from it - but on such an ordinary night, what secrets could he reveal?

He himself can't figure it out.

Suddenly, the man approached the window and pulled open the curtains, as if to ventilate the room. But this little action made Shang Hexing's heartbeat suddenly stop. It was as if he was poked by something, and his whole body tensed up instantly, as if his secret was about to be discovered.

He stared at the window subconsciously and vigilantly.

In just a second, Shang Hexing felt ridiculous again. Because his nervousness was pointless. At such a distance, no one can see the face clearly, at most they can only see a silhouette.

The figure paused in front of the window for a moment, and then -

"Is it time to go?" Shang Hexing whispered to himself.

But at this moment, the man suddenly waved his hand accurately in his direction, as if he had discovered him.

Although I couldn't see his expression clearly because of the distance, the person waving seemed to be a little surprised, or... happy?

The movement at that moment was like an electric current transmitted to Shang Hexing's chest, breaking Shang Hexing's rigid thinking and making Shang Hexing's mind confused, and he responded subconsciously.

"We should go now."

Shang Hexing couldn't accept this sudden emotion, and kept talking to himself to quickly leave this nervous atmosphere.

Just as he turned to leave, a sudden force hit his shoulder.

When he turned back subconsciously, he noticed that there was a young man next to him. After the two shoulders collided, the person on the other side seemed to notice his presence and subconsciously took a step back. Because of the collision, the bird on his shoulder was startled and flew up, circling for a while before landing back on the man's shoulder.

Is that a pigeon?

Shang Hexing's eyes were subconsciously attracted to the bird, and his thoughts became a little confused.

Why would someone walk around with their own pigeons?

This pigeon is raised to be a little round?

Soon, he looked at the young man in front of him wearing a silver cross. As their eyes met, Shang Hexing noticed a flash of surprise in the other's eyes, but because of his vigilance, he also fell silent.

That person: “…”

Shang Hexing: “…”

The silence did not last long. The young man uttered "I'm sorry" and calmly turned away.

"eccentric."

Shang Hexing murmured to himself, feeling an inexplicable irritation in his heart.

After retracting his gaze, he ignored the incident and walked back to the car.

The silence in the car calmed him down a little, but his heartbeat was still chaotic, as if an invisible force was disrupting his rhythm. At this moment, he suddenly had an idea - if he couldn't find 'Shanghe Star' in the VITA organization, then Fu Lin must still be in his body.

This wasn't the first time he had this thought.

However, when it was brought up again now, the idea gave him a shock.

Because it also gave him clues to his recent mood changes.

Even though he himself did not dare to believe this guess, he was extremely clear in his heart: only if Fu Lin was also in his body could such complex emotional fluctuations be triggered in his heart.

"Why would I care about a meaningless stranger?"

Shang Hexing asked himself in a low voice.

The driver suddenly appeared and asked, "Sir, do you still want to go to the station to catch the bus?"

"Not for now."

Shang Hexing planned to wait until Li Zhi recovered before doing anything else.

It's already been delayed for a week, so it doesn't matter if it's three or four days later.

What's more, Shang Hexing was certain that Fu Lin was in his body.

Thinking of this, Shang Hexing decided to take the initiative to send a text message of condolences to Li Zhi.

After sending it, he was afraid that Li Zhi would think that he really cared about him, so he added another sentence.

[No need to reply specifically.] 】

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