Chapter 98: The Complexities of the Martial World

After about twenty minutes of chatter on QQ, the person exclaimed, “You must be a scammer, right? Hey, say something!”

Xu Xiaodong sent a letter of assistance with a note: “Captain Lin said if you solve the case tonight, you can write his surname backwards.”

Chen Shi replied with a “wait and see” and forwarded the letter to the person, who became excited, “You really are a cop, my apologies!”

“Quick, give me the clues.”

“Turn on voice chat.”

Upon enabling voice chat, a delicate female voice came through, “Here’s the situation… sorry, I forgot to turn off the voice changer.”

Then, a deep male voice continued, “Dugu Yijian and Kuang Hai Longao were originally from the same guild. They teamed up to challenge the server’s top player, the most badass boss. Later, Dugu Yijian suggested they split into two guilds to take turns fighting the top player, and Kuang Hai Longao agreed. Unexpectedly, after the split, they had a falling out. One of Dugu’s female players scammed a player from Longao’s guild of their equipment…”

“Get to the point! Knowing they have a feud is enough.”

“Alright, alright, you’re really impatient.”

Chen Shi glanced at the time in the bottom right corner of his screen—it was already ten o’clock.

The other person continued, “They’re not just enemies, they fight every other day. It benefits the top player who just sits back and watches. A couple of days ago, Dugu Yijian did something; he led a group to ambush Kuang Hai Longao. Stubborn as he is, Longao kept respawning and fought back fiercely, only to be repeatedly camped and had his equipment looted, worth thousands of dollars. That night, Dugu Yijian boasted over the loudspeaker, and Kuang Hai Longao issued a harsh threat to get him back. In games, it’s normal to kill each other… Today is a guild battle, and Kuang Hai Longao’s guild is vying for the lordship of the city. Dugu Yijian didn’t show up, and Kuang Hai Longao has already taken the castle, now wildly distributing red packets, probably spent over ten thousand bucks already… He seems quite happy today.”

Chen Shi heard the term “corpse camping” again.

The person asked, “Are you listening?”

“Yes.”

“Right, you haven’t told me what happened… Did Dugu Yijian die?”

“Don’t talk nonsense, this must be kept confidential.”

“Can’t I even ask? Hey, since you’re a cop, why don’t we get married?”

Chen Shi almost choked, hearing such a proposal for the first time from a deep-voiced man, who added, “I mean in the game! I can take care of you, get you to level fifty in a month.”

Finding the remark distasteful, Chen Shi was about to type “Scram” and send it, when Tao Yueyue made a silencing gesture, indicating he should turn off the voice chat.

Chen Shi turned off the voice chat, and Tao Yueyue said, “If you reject him, he might spread rumors everywhere, which could reach the wrong ears.”

Chen Shi chuckled, impressed by the girl’s cunning, and agreed.

The person was overjoyed and asked if they could marry now. Chen Shi responded, “Marriage is a big deal, let’s pick an auspicious day.”

“That works. I’ll hype it up with the loudspeaker, let’s add each other as friends first… Man, I can’t believe I’m marrying a cop, freaking awesome.”

After adding each other as friends, Chen Shi said, “Help me find out about Kuang Hai Longao, also known as Deng Zhongming.”

“I’ll ask around in the guild, give me a moment, dear.”

Chen Shi leaned back and closed his eyes, feeling nauseous, while Tao Yueyue stifled her laughter.

After a while, the deep-voiced player returned, saying, “Dear, I’ve got it. He lives in Long’an City, owns a small paint business, not sure about the exact address, but I got his contact.”

Quickly, Chen Shi forwarded Deng Zhongming’s contact details and personal information to Lin Dongxue, asking her to urgently check his address.

Lin Dongxue texted back, “Are you sure he’s the murderer?”

“Pretty sure.”

In the game, the chatterbox continued babbling, planning to take Chen Shi leveling up since his current level was embarrassingly low, even offering a 200 yuan leveling gift pack.

Chen Shi replied, “You know, I need to rest tonight, maybe another time.”

“Okay, I’ll wait for you, muah.”

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