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Chapter 39 The Faceless Man

It was nine o'clock in the evening when Zhou Yuan came out of the control bureau, and it was almost ten o'clock when he returned home.

He went upstairs while ordering takeout, but just as he took out his key to open the door, his movements suddenly stopped.

[Home Assistant Warm Tips: There is an uninvited guest at home.

I guess you are sweating profusely, but don't panic, this is the faceless man who is greedy for your body. 】

At the same time, tasks are generated.

[An event has been detected, and tasks are being generated...]

[Task name: "Uninvited Guests"]

[Mission objective: Kill the Faceless 0/1]

[Task Reward: Experience Points*50]

The Faceless Man?
Zhou Yuan had heard the Mobile Task Force talk about this abnormal creature.

The "Faceless Men" are very similar to another abnormal creature, the "Pseudo-Humans". They will kill humans and replace them, taking on their identities and integrating into human society to continue their lives.

But unlike the pseudo-human, the Faceless Man can only have the appearance of a human after killing a human. Details such as tone, movements, habits, and manners cannot be imitated. Unlike the pseudo-human, he can perfectly replace a human by eating it, and can even replace the Extraordinary Man and obtain the Extraordinary Man's mysterious powers.

But the Faceless Men cannot do that, so they can only look for ordinary people as prey, and they need to observe the prey for a long time and imitate the prey's every move in order to avoid exposing themselves after replacing the prey.

There was a member of the Mobile Task Force who, before he obtained the Arcane Powers, encountered a Faceless Man who wanted to kill him and replace him. He fought with him with a battle of wits and courage, and finally paid a heavy price to kill him.

The first discovery of this type of abnormal creature was about sixty years ago in North America. Two investigators killed a group of gang members who sold drugs while performing a secret mission. As a result, the body of one of them changed strangely. The investigators sent him for an autopsy and found that his body structure was different from that of an ordinary person, and he was some kind of supernatural creature.

They followed this man's network of relationships one by one and found several supernatural creatures disguised as humans and captured them one by one.

After the Control Bureau learned of this, they named this supernatural creature "pseudo-human" and assembled a group of people to conduct an in-depth investigation.

As the investigation deepened, the investigators in charge of the matter were horrified to find that the number of pseudo-people was terrifying. They were spread across all levels of human society, including capitalists, football stars, singers, writers, farmers, lumberjacks, cashiers... even an entire town's humans were replaced by pseudo-people!
Such terrifying infiltration and disguise capabilities terrify the Control Bureau and federal high-level officials. If those important politicians are replaced by fake people, the consequences will be disastrous.

Thus, a secret large-scale purge was launched. All abnormal creatures with similar abilities, such as the Pseudo-Humans and Faceless Men, were attacked by the Control Bureau and almost all of them were killed or injured.

Today, the rarity of these abnormal creatures is almost comparable to that of key protected animals, with only a tiny number left hiding in human society.

And now, Zhou Yuan was extremely lucky to meet one.

"You want my body... so this is how you want it. Is Sun Chuan the Faceless Man?"

Zhou Yuan found it a little hard to believe that the colleague he had worked with for more than two years was actually a Faceless Man!
After a brief shock, Zhou Yuan quickly calmed down.

Click.

He inserted the key, turned the door lock, opened the door and went home.

Turning on the light, Zhou Yuan saw a gloomy figure sitting on the sofa.

[As a Faceless Man, he feels that he has been very unlucky recently, and has repeatedly come into contact with the Control Bureau, which is too dangerous. Fortunately, the Control Bureau has not yet discovered his identity as a Faceless Man, but he is still worried and uneasy. After careful consideration, he decided to execute the plan to kill you and replace you. ]

"Brother Sun?"

Zhou Yuan pretended to be surprised, "How did you get in?"

"Xiao Zhou, I have something to tell you." Sun Chuan stood up and walked quickly towards Zhou Yuan.

He was confident that he could knock Zhou Yuan out within three moves from close range. He had not been a security guard for so many years in vain.

But suddenly, Sun Chuan couldn't move anymore, something was pulling his legs.

He looked down and his pupils suddenly shrank.

Countless sticky black threads emerged from the dark shadows beneath his feet and bound his legs tightly, making him unable to move.

"You...you are an Extraordinary?!" Sun Chuan was horrified. Why would Zhou Yuan be an Extraordinary?
He had worked with Zhou Yuan for two and a half years and observed Zhou Yuan for two and a half years, but had never noticed any sign that Zhou Yuan was an extraordinary person. It was for this reason that he dared to regard Zhou Yuan as his target.

A handsome young man without parents, whose friends were all studying in other places, and who had no relatives, was simply the perfect replacement. However, now, the appearance of Aoneng completely broke all his plans and expectations.

Zhou Yuan is actually an extraordinary person!
It's just... ridiculous!
"I just woke up today."

Zhou Yuan opened his mouth and leaned against the wall with his arms folded. He faced the enemy with an indifferent look, "If you had acted earlier, I would be dead now. It's a pity that you are unlucky."

"You..." Sun Chuan widened his eyes. Zhou Yuan seemed to know that he was going to kill him.

"I know you are the Faceless Man."

Sun Chuan was struck by lightning. This was his biggest secret, which he had hidden for more than 30 years. Why did Zhou Yuan know it?

why! ! !
"Goodbye."

Zhou Yuan was destined not to let him die clearly, so without wasting any more words, the dark matter surged and transformed into two pairs of big hands, which grabbed Sun Chuan's head and twisted it violently.

Click.

With a crisp sound of broken bones, Sun Chuan's neck twisted 180 degrees and he died on the spot.

After his death, Sun Chuan's face changed rapidly. His facial features disappeared and his entire face became blank.

“No wonder they are called the Faceless Ones.”

Zhou Yuan muttered something and immediately put the body into his backpack.

[Name: The Faceless Man's Corpse]

【Note: Guess how many faces I have? 】

[Price: 200 Star Coins]

"sell."

[Star Coins +200]

Sun Chuan must have some private money, but Zhou Yuan is not greedy for that little advantage. After Sun Chuan disappears, someone will definitely report it to the police, and it will be troublesome if the transfer records are traced back to him.

[The mission "Uninvited Guest" has been completed]

[Task evaluation: C (experience points and star coin rewards remain unchanged)]

[Comment: It was a one-shot kill. What else can I say?]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*50]

【LV11→LV12! 】

[Experience value: 20/650]

[Star Coins: 850]

[Available attribute points: 1]

"Chun Chun is here just to give me experience and star coins."

Zhou Yuan clicked his tongue and shook his head, allocating 1 free attribute point to the perception attribute, bringing it to 13 points.

"Looking at it this way, the Star Network is really full of hidden talents. Not only is there a lot of undercover agents from supernatural forces hidden there, but the captain of the security team is actually a faceless man.

I'm afraid Sun Chuan had been targeting me since I first joined the company. If these accidents hadn't happened, I would have been killed or replaced by him sooner or later."

Although Sun Chuan has taken good care of him over the years, Zhou Yuan felt a chill down his spine when he thought of his real purpose.

"Being handsome is also a sin."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

(End of this chapter)