Chapter 106: Black Text Task

“Release Xiao Ya, and we’ll have no conflict. I might even give you something you want. Otherwise, if we fight to the death, it won’t do you any good.” Lü Yang carefully thought about his words before speaking to Death Killer.

No matter what, he had to find a way to meet him and confirm his identity. Otherwise, there was no chance of defeating him.

“Hahaha…” Death Killer laughed loudly. “You don’t even know who I am, let alone how powerful I am, and yet you dare speak to me like this? Truly, a newborn calf fears no tiger. But… I like this personality. It will be more satisfying to crush.”

“Is that so? Release Xiao Ya, and let’s end this here! Otherwise, even if I have to chase you to the ends of the earth, I will kill you!” Lü Yang gritted his teeth until they made cracking sounds. Having Yi Ya in the other’s hands made him hesitant, but he understood that pleading with a twisted creature who enjoyed torturing others was pointless.

“I’d like to die, but even if I gave you the chance, could you kill me? If you kill me, how will you save your Xiao Ya? There’s no use in talking so much. Accept the task I give you. After completing five tasks, you’ll have a chance to rescue Xiao Ya.” Death Killer spoke to Lü Yang calmly, as if he had planned everything long ago.

Lü Yang stayed silent, waiting for the other to continue.

“However, if any of these tasks fail, Xiao Ya will be in trouble…” Death Killer smiled, reached out a finger, and pointed forward. A small screen appeared beside him, quickly enlarged, and flew in front of Lü Yang. It showed a video of Yi Ya trapped in a cement pit, but this time, the video was three-dimensional, making Lü Yang feel as if Yi Ya were right in front of him.

Lü Yang looked at the image of Yi Ya before him, his heart aching beyond words.

“The weather forecast says there will be heavy rain later this afternoon in Guishe City, with rainfall reaching eight centimeters. By then, the water in this pit will definitely be more than eight centimeters deep. Xiao Ya’s hands and feet are locked to the cement ground. If electricity is applied to the accumulated water on the ground, it will directly conduct to her body.”

“See those five switches in the glass box? Each switch you flip will add 12V of voltage to the underground pit. By the way, the safe voltage for the human body is 36V. Once electricity flows, the body will feel as if it’s burning, unbearably painful, and the burning will come from the inside… For the five tasks I give you, each one you fail will add 12V of voltage to Xiao Ya. If you fail more than three tasks, the voltage will reach 36V, which I’m afraid Xiao Ya won’t be able to endure.”

“You beast…” Lü Yang started to curse but swallowed his words. His whole body trembled uncontrollably, his fury surpassing his limits.

“Later today, when the heavy rain starts, I will release the first task. Oh, and you can call the police, even bring that investigator Zhou Ling with you. But she won’t be any help to your task; in fact, she might hinder your completion. And if the task fails, haha…” Death Killer seemed quite satisfied with Lü Yang’s anger. After saying this, he cut off the connection with Lü Yang.

“What happened?” Zhou Ling saw that Lü Yang had kept his eyes closed until now and quickly asked him.

“Nothing.” Lü Yang replied to Zhou Ling in a low voice.

Death Killer was clearly confident and unafraid. Not only did he not threaten Lü Yang against calling the police, but he even suggested bringing State Security Bureau investigator Zhou Ling along. His arrogance was extreme. But it wasn’t surprising; Death Killer had supernatural abilities granted by the Mysterious Tool and didn’t care about earthly police or State Security Bureau investigators.

After committing those Death Livestream crimes, he could easily erase all charges with a Name Cleansing Card, but he never did so, probably because he simply didn’t care about human laws.

“Did he contact you? Through telepathy?” Zhou Ling, working at the State Security Bureau, was clearly experienced and didn’t show much surprise at supernatural phenomena.

Lü Yang didn’t respond, continuing to ponder the current predicament, thinking about how to confirm the other’s identity, force him to reveal Yi Ya’s location, and rescue her.

It was too difficult! There were no clues at all. Unless the other made a mistake, Lü Yang had no chance!

“He threatened you not to call the police, not to accept help from the State Security Bureau, right? Don’t listen to him…” Zhou Ling quickly said to Lü Yang.

Lü Yang still didn’t speak. The situation was actually the opposite of what Zhou Ling said; Death Killer didn’t care if Lü Yang called the police and even suggested bringing Zhou Ling along.

“I need to leave.” After a while, Lü Yang stood up and calmly told Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling’s expression turned somewhat ugly. She hesitated for a moment, then handed the handgun on the table to Lü Yang.

“This is for me too?” Lü Yang looked at Zhou Ling in surprise. He already had a handgun given by Liu Yin and didn’t expect Zhou Ling to offer him another one. Had the two of them not coordinated beforehand?

“Maybe it will come in handy? At critical moments, sometimes a second gun can save your life.” Zhou Ling said, handing the handgun and two additional magazines to Lü Yang.

Lü Yang didn’t hesitate and took the handgun and magazines, storing them on his person.

“That Death Killer might not be invulnerable to bullets, but we can’t deal with him. Now we can only rely on you! Use these bullets to kill him! Rescue Xiao Ya! Avenge Xiao Bei! Avenge Director Liu! Avenge all the victims and their families!” Zhou Ling spoke to Lü Yang in a low voice, her eyes burning with hatred.

“Thank you.” Lü Yang felt a slight sense of gratitude toward Zhou Ling.

Perhaps she truly was for justice.

…

The clouds above Guishe City grew thicker, and the sky darkened as a torrential rain brewed.

A sudden strange wind blew, followed by a loud clap of thunder. Large raindrops fell from the sky, causing people without umbrellas to scatter in all directions.

“Blue Text Mission issued… Mission objective: Successfully rescue Yi Ya; Mission reward: Three Eerie Points; Mission failure will deduct three Eerie Points; Mission deadline: Within 24 hours.”

“Black Text Task issued… Task objective: Successfully hunt down Death Killer; Task reward: Unknown; Task failure penalty: Unknown; Task deadline: Within 24 hours.”

The Eerie Computer’s prompt sounded in Lü Yang’s ears right after the thunder and rain, catching him off guard. He had been watching the sky, knowing that when the rain fell, Death Killer would issue the first task. But he didn’t expect to hear the Eerie Computer issuing a Supernatural Task first.

He hadn’t received a Supernatural Task for several days, and there had been no warning before it was issued.

The task to hunt down Death Killer showed unknown rewards and penalties for success and failure…

Was it because the difficulty was too high?

So high that the Mysterious Domain considered it impossible to complete, thus unable to evaluate it yet?

And this was a Black Text Task, a color never seen before. It should be considered a special task, right?