Chapter 95: Cooperation

“If you dare to touch even a single hair on her or her family, I promise you and your entire family will die without a proper burial place!” Lü Yang heard the man mention Yi Ya and use her to threaten him, and he immediately became furious. A strong killing intent appeared in his eyes.

Everyone has a reverse scale. The so-called reverse scale is the thing a person cares about the most, something others absolutely must not touch.

Yi Ya was Lü Yang’s only family now, she was his reverse scale. If she suffered the slightest harm, Lü Yang would spare no means to destroy the person who hurt her.

The man moved his handgun back a little but still pointed it at Lü Yang’s forehead. Then he suddenly pulled the trigger. A spark came from the dark muzzle of the handgun along with a ‘click!’ sound, but no bullet was fired. Instead, a small flame appeared. The man then withdrew the handgun near the cigar in his mouth, lit it, and casually walked over to sit on Lü Yang’s worn-out sofa.

“He didn’t mean to harm you. He did that just to confirm your identity. Don’t be too agitated. Come and talk with us. Perhaps we can help you avoid a lot of trouble. Of course, we also have some troublesome matters we need your help with.” The woman finally spoke. Her voice and eyes were very gentle, completely different from the man’s aggressive attitude.

Lü Yang didn’t have a good impression of these two people. However, they had completely grasped his whereabouts over the past few days, making him vaguely feel that they probably knew something about the Mysterious Domain. Added to the fact that they claimed to be from the State Security Bureau, Lü Yang finally walked over and sat down opposite them.

“Speak. But I might not necessarily agree to your conditions.” Lü Yang replied to the two expressionlessly. If the cost of the help they wanted wasn’t too great, he could make a deal with them to avoid being targeted by the Guishe City police and having to waste several precious Eerie Points on a Name Cleansing Card.

“You must have heard about the recent series of murders, right? The criminal used the internet for a death livestream. Within half a year, four victims have been publicly tortured and killed. The criminal’s methods are very cruel, his arrogance is extreme, and the social impact is extremely bad! The Ministry of Public Security has made solving this case the top overriding task. By the way, my name is Zhou Ling, an investigator from the Nineteenth Bureau of the State Security Bureau. He is Director Liu, my superior.” The woman formally explained their purpose to Lü Yang, this time also giving her name, seemingly to show sincerity.

“I’m just a migrant worker. I don’t know why you’re looking for me. Do you suspect I committed those serial murders?” Lü Yang frowned and asked Zhou Ling.

Clearly, this man and woman were playing good cop and bad cop, trying to force Lü Yang into their trap. However, although Lü Yang seemed careless and reckless, he wasn’t someone easy to mess with.

“If you are willing to cooperate with us, we will take care of those things you did a few days ago. Otherwise, if the Guishe City police target you, your future days will have many unnecessary troubles.” Liu Yin took a puff of his cigar and spoke to Lü Yang with a half-threat.

“You don’t need to worry about that. If they come for me, I have my own ways to handle it.” Lü Yang coldly replied to Liu Yin.

Although he was indeed somewhat troubled by these issues and didn’t want to waste Eerie Points on them, there was no need to show anything in front of these two.

“Director Liu, please stop scaring him.” Zhou Ling stopped Liu Yin, then smiled at Lü Yang. “If the State Security Bureau suspected you were the serial killer, it wouldn’t be just Director Liu and me coming today. The entire residential area would be surrounded by the special police team.”

Lü Yang didn’t make a sound, waiting for Zhou Ling to continue.

“Is that the bathroom? I drank too much water on the way. Director Liu, you talk with him first, but please don’t argue again.” Zhou Ling didn’t continue. Instead, she looked towards the direction of the bathroom in Lü Yang’s rented room, asked Lü Yang, and got up to walk over.

Was she trying to search for something? Lü Yang glanced at Zhou Ling strangely, but he hadn’t hidden his gold bars or U.S. dollars at home, so there was nothing to worry about.

“Many strange cases have occurred in the past year. The Death Livestream serial murder case is just one of them. Because they cannot be solved, all these cases are piling up on my desk. All these cases on my desk share a common characteristic: at the crime scenes, some witnesses or victims experienced inexplicable memory loss, as if a part of their memory was artificially erased.” Liu Yin stopped here and looked meaningfully at Lü Yang.

Lü Yang didn’t speak. Liu Yin took a puff of his cigar, raised his head again, and stared intently at Lü Yang, as if trying to find some flaw in his expression. Lü Yang just coldly stared back at Liu Yin, his expression unchanged, although the man’s aggressive, suspicious gaze made Lü Yang very uncomfortable inside.

“In the kidnapping case of Miss Liu from the Yida Group, when we questioned Miss Liu, she refused to say how she escaped from the kidnappers, claiming she forgot everything that happened… Later, through our investigation, we found out you saved her…”

“When you stole the IOU, mobile phone recording, and those gold bars and U.S. dollars from Chen Yonggui’s safe, Chen Yonggui was holding a birthday party for his daughter. Yet you secretly infiltrated his secret room and took those extremely important items…”

“In the Guicang Expressway car accident, you saved Ms. Yi Qiuhong and Miss Sun Yujiao before leaving, but you left without a word. Afterwards, our investigation found that Yi Qiuhong suffered memory loss, and Sun Yujiao remains unconscious to this day…”

“What exactly are you trying to say?” Lü Yang asked Liu Yin, though he already had some vague ideas in his heart.

It seemed there was indeed more than just his Eerie Computer in this world. There should be others who also possess an Eerie Computer or similar Mysterious Domain tools, and they used the special abilities granted by the Eerie Points rewarded from the Mysterious Domain to do some evil deeds.

With great power comes great responsibility. Not everyone is as kind-hearted as Lü Yang. Once these Eerie Points are used by bad people, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“We think you must know the truth behind this memory loss phenomenon. If you are willing to cooperate with us, we can find the mastermind behind the Death Livestream serial murders sooner and stop him from continuing to harm society.” Zhou Ling came out of the bathroom, drying her hands with a tissue, and explained their purpose to Lü Yang.

“I don’t understand what memory loss you’re talking about. I’m sorry, but I can’t help with this.” Lü Yang shook his head. He had only obtained the Eerie Computer a week ago. If there were others in this world with similar mysterious tools, they must have had them longer than him and have more Eerie Points in their accounts. He felt his current ability wasn’t sufficient to confront those people.

From the previous incident in Liu Hui’s kidnapping case, where he was shot by the kidnappers and survived by luck, Lü Yang had already realized that Eerie Points, in a sense, represent life value for a Mystic Scholar. Fighting against someone with more Eerie Points and more Mysterious Domain experience than himself would be equivalent to seeking death. Lü Yang wasn’t that stupid.