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Chapter 41 Tortoise Shell (4k)

Comic-con toilet.

Lin Ruyue was fixing her makeup in front of the mirror, waiting for her two best friends in the cubicle.

She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but she felt that the quality of her hair seemed to have deteriorated a lot. It became dry, split, brittle and easily broken, and was not as shiny and smooth as before.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been staying up too late recently... Lin Ruyue didn’t take it to heart. She went home to adjust her schedule and use some conditioner and her hair should be back to normal.

After putting on makeup, Lin Ruyue took out her cell phone as usual to check messages. The first thing she saw was the message Zhou Yuan sent more than ten minutes ago.

"Find me?"

Lin Ruyue was stunned, her heartbeat accelerated, she didn't know what plot she imagined, she quickly typed a reply, "I'm in the restroom of the comic exhibition, are you still at the exhibition? Where are you? I'll come find you."

On the other side, Zhou Yuan was slightly relieved when he saw Lin Ruyue's reply: "I'm at booth No. 13 in Area A."

Lin Ruyue rushed out in a hurry without even having time to say hello to her best friends.

She trotted all the way to stall No. 13 in Area A and saw Zhou Yuan who was waiting there.

Is he going to ask me out? Lin Ruyue began to have wild thoughts, her heart pounding, and her face flushed uncontrollably:
"What do you want from me?"

[This is an unlucky college student who is haunted by a vengeful spirit. At 2 a.m., the vengeful spirit will come to his house to claim his life.]

Seeing the update prompt of the Eye of Appraisal, Zhou Yuan's heart moved, and he immediately used his arcane power to silently implant dark matter into Lin Ruyue's shadow to locate and track her.

He is going to visit the girls' dormitory tonight.

After planting the dark matter, Zhou Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Oh, it's like this, my girlfriend likes your wig very much, and I want to ask where you bought it from."

Girlfriend... Lin Ruyue was suddenly struck by lightning. The expectation and joy in her heart collapsed like an avalanche, and was replaced by bottomless loss.

That's right, she's so pretty, why would she fall for me...

She forced a smile and took out her phone: "I bought it from an online store, but that store is no longer available."

"Online store? Gone?"

Zhou Yuan was alert and narrowed his eyes slightly, "How much was the store's sales volume when you bought it?"

"That store not only sells wigs but also COS costumes. The total sales are probably more than a dozen."

More than a dozen... Zhou Yuan fell into deep thought.

Since this online store sold one piece of dead person's hair, it is likely to sell a second piece, a third piece... Those COS costumes may also be made from the dead person's clothes.

If every item is an abnormal object that harbours evil spirits, then more than a dozen people will be in danger.

With more than a dozen victims, the nature of the situation has changed...

At this moment, the system prompt sounded suddenly.

[Obtained key information, the task has been updated]

[Mission name changed: "Fatal Online Shopping"]

[Mission objective: Save all victims who purchased cursed items 0/15]

【Task time limit: 50 hours.】

[Task Reward 1: Get experience points*1 for each person rescued]

[Mission Reward 2: Get 1 Star Coins for each person rescued]

[Task Reward 3: Rescue all victims and receive 1 rare quality skill scroll; fail to rescue all victims and receive 1 excellent quality skill scroll]

Mission updated...

Zhou Yuan was stunned. This was the first time he saw a mission update. The rewards became more generous, but the difficulty also increased.

There are 15 victims in total, and the buyers are spread all over Dongzhou. It is simply a fantasy for him to complete the task within 50 hours relying on his own strength. In the end, he may only be able to save Lin Ruyue.

But... who says he has to act on his own?
Missions will be updated, and of course the ideas for clearing them must also be updated accordingly.

Now that Zhou Yuan has established contact with the Control Bureau, there is no need for him to rush into a mission like this on his own. The best option is to report directly to the Control Bureau.

He didn't even have to explain too much, just give a general idea and the Bureau would conduct a series of in-depth investigations.

Not only will you not expose yourself, but you can also use the power of the Control Bureau to complete the task, and by the way, you can also make a contribution to the Control Bureau.

It's like Qin Shihuang winning by touching the electric wire. Winning on top of winning, winning twice, it can be called a win-win situation.

"Please let me take a picture."

Although the store is gone, the name of the store is still in the purchase records. As long as the name is there, it is not difficult to find it with the ability of the Control Bureau.

After taking the photo, Zhou Yuan thanked politely and left in a hurry, preparing to contact the control bureau to report the matter.

Lin Ruyue seemed to be wilted. She walked back to the bathroom in a daze and met her two best friends coming out.

"What's wrong with you?" They were puzzled.

"That handsome guy has a girlfriend, and he added me just to ask me where I bought the wig because he wanted to buy one for his girlfriend."

Lin Ruyue sighed, "Sure enough, the second dimension is my destiny."

·
"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Chen Guangxi, who was shopping outside, learned about this from the contact person and rushed directly to the comic convention.

Mobile Task Force members are not subject to transfer orders from the Bureau of Control, and since they are on vacation, they should not be harassed by phone calls.

But Chen Guangxi was a person who liked to join in the fun, and she specifically instructed the Xinhu Control Bureau to notify her first if any abnormal incident occurred near her.

"Hey, isn't this the Source God?"

Chen Guangxi quickly arrived at the comic convention and met Zhou Yuan at the door.

How come you are here... Zhou Yuan looked annoyed: "My name is Zhou Yuan, not Yuan Shen."

"Okay, Source God, I understand."

Chen Guangxi narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Yuan carefully. "I haven't seen you for a few days. How come you have become more handsome?"

"Extraordinary development. I was impressed by how handsome I was even after I woke up." Zhou Yuan lied without blushing or beating his heart.

"I feel that your vitality has also made a qualitative leap. Your extraordinary development seems to be much stronger than that of normal extraordinary people." Chen Guangxi didn't think much about it and thought that Zhou Yuan was gifted.

Two minutes later, Zhou Yuan and Chen Guangxi found three magical girls at the comic convention.

Without saying a word, Chen Guangxi cast his mental spell directly. With a flash of brilliance in his golden eyes, he instantly controlled the three magical girls and turned them into obedient puppets.

"Done, let's go back."

"Ah?" Zhou Yuan was confused. What happened?
"I used mental magic to control them."

Chen Guangxi explained, and then seemed to think of something, his eyebrows unconsciously raised, "To be honest, this makes us look like evil villains, specifically looking for magical girls to hypnotize, and then taking them back to brainwash and make them evil."

Zhou Yuan was speechless: "You've seen quite a lot."

·
After returning to the Control Bureau, Zhou Yuan was first briefly questioned about the whole story.

He said that he met Lin Ruyue and the other two purely by coincidence. Because he sensed negative energy from them, he chose to follow and chat with them in order to find out the reason.

However, when he learned that the wig was purchased from an online store and that the store was deregistered after selling only a dozen items, he subconsciously felt that there was something fishy. Out of caution, he finally chose to report it to the Control Bureau.

"Well... you're right to be cautious and concerned."

Chen Guangxi nodded. "Five minutes ago, the Xinchuan City Control Bureau intercepted a courier based on the information you provided. Inside was a wig for cosplay. The wig had a very hidden grudge and was a cursed object. After testing, it was found that the hair came from a woman who had been dead for more than a month."

"Dead person's hair?" Zhou Yuan frowned and pretended to be shocked.

"Cursed objects are disgusting things like dead flesh, dead bones, corpse oil...even dead fetuses. The more evil the thing, the more powerful the cursed object.

This time it's probably some curse sorcerer taking revenge on society, what a scumbag."

Chen Guangxi cursed without mercy. If she caught him, she would torture him severely. She would first break his bones one by one, then heal them with healing magic, then break them again, and heal them again...

"Oh, another courier has been found." Chen Guangxi said as he looked at the message that popped up on his phone.

[Current number of rescued victims: 7/15]

The control bureau is so fast... Zhou Yuan couldn't help but sigh. In just half an hour, the control bureaus in various places had already found 7 cursed objects. Their speed was simply terrifying.

About twenty minutes passed.

[Current number of rescued victims: 14/15]

All the victims except Lin Ruyue have been found and protected by local control bureaus, and the cursed objects and the evil spirits that haunted them have been destroyed one by one.

After hearing the news, Zhou Yuan asked, "What about Lin Ruyue?"

"The ghost that haunts her is not around. We can only wait for the ghost to come to us, and then kill it."

Zhou Yuan thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Can I come?"

"You want to kill ghosts?"

Chen Guangxi smiled, "Zhou Yuan, ghosts are very scary, especially ghosts that have been cursed. They are full of resentment and their deaths are horrible. You won't be able to eat for three days if you see one of them."

"But I want to try. After all... I have already stepped into the extraordinary world."

Zhou Yuan's expression was firm and serious, like steel, and he did not waver: "I want to try."

"Such a passionate look. I'll leave it to you then."

Chen Guangxi grinned and thought this boy was interesting.

Sharp, cautious, determined, and seeking change...this kind of person is perfect to be an investigator.

……

Early in the morning.

The night was quiet, you could hear a pin drop in the dormitory, with only the slightest breathing sound.

Lin Ruyue suddenly felt an unbearable itch on her scalp. She was awakened by the itch and scratched her scalp wildly, but the feeling did not ease. Instead, she felt a lot of wriggling things.

She got out of bed and went to the bathroom, turned on the light to check, and immediately her breathing stopped.

My hair is as dry as weeds. A handful of it can be pulled out easily. But when I pull my hair apart, I can see densely packed maggots crawling on my scalp!
"What is this? What is this???"

Lin Ruyue felt the itchiness becoming more and more intense, so she scratched her scalp violently. However, something even more terrifying happened. Her scalp actually fell off piece by piece.

After a while, the entire scalp fell off, and the top of the head was a bloody mess, but the itching sensation became more and more intense, as if it penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

He kept scratching, even if his nails dug deep into his flesh, leaving cuts and blood all over his body, he could not stop.

Because it’s so itchy!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Lin Ruyue screamed in terror and suddenly woke up from the nightmare.

She gasped for breath, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and was still frightened.

"How could I have such a terrible nightmare... It's so scary..."

Lin Ruyue was sweating all over and wanted to go to the bathroom to wipe it off, but when she looked towards the bed, her movements suddenly stopped and she suffocated instantly.

A dark figure appeared beside the bed!

The figure stood there in an inhuman posture, with his whole body strangely twisted.

"Give me back my hair..."

As the strange figure uttered this shrill voice, Lin Ruyue's eyes rolled back and she fainted.

boom!
Suddenly, a gunshot was heard, and the bullet came from nowhere and accurately hit the strange and twisted figure, knocking it back several steps.

The next second, the lights came on, and the entire dormitory and the figure sleeping on the bed turned into virtual images and disappeared, and the space around them returned to pure white.

This is the Bureau's holographic simulation room.

A ball of dark matter carried Lin Ruyue and fled quickly into the distance, away from the attack range of the evil spirit.

Zhou Yuan held the pistol issued by the Control Bureau and pulled the trigger repeatedly. Bullets poured out, causing new wounds to appear on the evil ghost's bloody body.

This is a female ghost. Her twisted and broken body shows that she died in a car accident and was crushed beyond recognition. Her scarlet eyes show that she is filled with resentment.

They cannot rest in peace even after death and their hair is stolen. It would be strange if they don't feel resentful.

But Zhou Yuan didn't feel any danger. Compared with the evil ghost in the Happy Castle, this evil ghost could only be described as cute.

Even the Eye of Appraisal thought so: [It's just a little Karami, what's there to say. ]

"Level 1 exorcism bullets aren't very effective."

Seeing that the bullet had limited power, Zhou Yuan directly used his arcane power.

Under the feet of the evil ghost, dark matter spread wildly and turned into a muddy devil's pool. The next second, countless sticky black tentacles stretched out from it and tied up the evil ghost tightly.

"Fuck, tentacle play!"

Chen Guangxi, who was watching the game, exclaimed.

"Let's do a tortoise shell tie! Let's do a tortoise shell tie!"

she yelled excitedly.

Jiang Wuming, who was standing next to him, was dumbfounded. He rubbed his eyes and was a little bit unbelievable. Zhou Yuan had only been awakened for three days, how come the dark matter had materialized? And it could even condense into tentacle form?
Isn't this right?
"This ghost... is so weak."

Zhou Yuan was confused and surprised, realizing that after he used Mud Shadow to control the opponent, the opponent had no ability to resist and could only let him do whatever he wanted.

So he did the tortoise shell bondage.

There were quite a few people watching the fight, and when they saw this scene, their eyes immediately turned into one of disgust as if they were looking at some non-recyclable garbage.

Only Chen Guangxi was clapping: "Awesome!"

Zhou Yuan's mind moved, and countless dark tentacles suddenly tightened, snap!

Just like a water ball breaking, the evil ghost was twisted into a ball of negative energy and slowly dissipated.

[Current number of rescued victims: 15/15]

【mission completed】

"No, this is too easy to kill."

Zhou Yuan was a little confused. This was not what he expected.

Or does he already have a certain level of strength now?
(End of this chapter)