Only Player

Chapter 88 The Truth
One night many years ago.

After school, Zhou Yuan was taken by his parents to an unfinished building.

When gamblers are desperate, they will go to all kinds of extremes.

For example - extend your hand to the people around you.

Murder...insurance fraud.

The moment he was sure that his biological parents were going to kill him, Zhou Yuan's anger that had been accumulating for many years finally erupted.

As a boy who grew rapidly during puberty, when he was on the verge of death and filled with endless anger and resentment, he burst out with unprecedented strength.

Raise the thermos cup.

One moment, one moment...

The two men were smashed to death.

Looking at the warm blood on his hands and then at the silent body on the ground, Zhou Yuan smiled, more happily than ever before, and felt that the pain in all parts of his body was relieved a lot.

I am not yet an adult, so even if I killed someone...it's not a big deal. At most I'll be imprisoned for a few years.

And he could finally get rid of these two beasts!

The rest of your life will be free!

"Tsk tsk tsk, the first thing I saw was you killing your parents. What a huge vengeance this must be."

Without any warning, a teasing voice sounded. Zhou Yuan looked over, but saw no figure. He only saw a bird perched on the windowsill...

Red-eyed crow.

"Don't look, it's me."

The crow flapped its wings and flew down.

Zhou Yuan looked at the crow blankly.

The crow looked straight at Zhou Yuan.

"I'm mad?"

Zhou Yuan patted his head. How could a crow talk? He must be hallucinating due to the extreme emotional stimulation.

Hmm... mental illness should get another two years off the sentence, right?
Not right either.

Zhou Yuan recalled some related news he had seen, it seemed like... no need to be responsible?
"There was a big mess tonight, and I came out to watch the fun, but I didn't expect to run into something like this..."

Crow spoke to himself, then tilted his head, "Can you tell me what's going on?"

"..."

Zhou Yuan hesitated for a long time, then sat down in front of the crow and told him everything he had experienced over the years.

"That's it..."

The crow nodded his head in understanding and asked, "I think you have good character. Your emotions just now fluctuated strongly and you almost awakened yourself. Do you want to join me?
I can help you erase all traces here, and no one will know that you killed them."

"what?"

Zhou Yuan was stunned for several seconds, then came to his senses and realized that this didn't seem to be an illusion?
Vaguely, he felt that the door to a new world was opening to him.

"I don't mind... I'll just hang out with you then."

"it is good."

The crow smiled and flapped its wings, and Zhou Yuan's eyes were instantly plunged into darkness.

When his vision became clear again, he came to a solemn, dark and deep church.

There are no windows or electric lights here. Silver candles carved with patterns are burning, emitting a faint light that barely illuminates the surroundings, giving this space a dark and mysterious veil.

The air is filled with a quiet and peaceful fragrance, which makes people feel relaxed and happy and at peace from the bottom of their hearts.

Inside the church hall, rows of seats are neatly arranged, with a huge raven holy emblem at the top, looking sacred and solemn.

A woman with long black hair came over. She was wearing a black robe and had a mysterious and ethereal temperament. She spoke in a gentle tone:
"Welcome to the Holy Crow Cult."

"My name is Ye Wan, and I'm the acting bishop of the Holy Crow Church in Xinhu City."

"I already know everything. Please come forward and I will guide you through the initiation ceremony."

Zhou Yuan walked forward in a daze. He did whatever Ye Wan said, and soon he completed the initiation ceremony and officially became a member of the Holy Crow Cult. "Go back and rest. From now on, you will come here every Friday night for training."

As Ye Wan finished speaking, Zhou Yuan's eyes went dark. When he regained his vision, he was surprised to find that he had returned home.

What happened next was just as Red-Eyed Crow had said. The police found no trace of the murderer at the scene and ended up hastily closing the case. That was the end of it.

Zhou Yuan felt relieved. If he had a choice, he certainly didn't want to go to jail.

After everything settled down, he would enter a strange dream every Friday night. It was the training ground of the Holy Crow Cult, which was used to train new recruits.

Paranormal studies, history, mysticism...attack, fighting, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance...

Zhou Yuan completely opened the door to a new world here and learned a lot of skills, but he has not yet awakened his arcane powers and is still an ordinary person.

After graduating from junior high school, he worked everywhere and secretly worked for the Holy Crow Cult, performing some less dangerous tasks that were within his capabilities.

Tracking, investigating, monitoring...even killing.

During this period, at a ceremony held in the church, he successfully awakened his arcane power, the iconic shadow power of the Holy Crow Cult, but his talent for practicing it was average.

More than two years passed peacefully like this, until one day, when he, a community security guard, accidentally rescued a senior executive of Qunxing Network while patrolling, and thus joined Qunxing Network.

The gears of fate began to turn.

One night, Ye Wan found him in person:

"Now I have a mission for you. There is a special abnormal item suspected to be hidden in the Star Network. The church hopes that you can go undercover in the Star Network to investigate.

To be on the safe side, I will seal your memories related to the arcane power and the supernatural world, and set a psychological hint so that you can restore your memory during your first patrol every day.

Outside of this time period, you are just an ordinary person who has never come into contact with supernatural powers."

Carrying a mission from the organization, Zhou Yuan went undercover into the Qunxing Network and stayed there for two and a half years.

During this period, he visited almost every corner of the company and sneaked into some confidential areas as a security guard, but he still couldn't find any clues about the abnormal items that Ye Wan mentioned.

Until that day, the Red Monks will attack the Star Network...

……

Zhou Yuan covered his forehead and recalled all his memories. So this is what happened.

"So... Ye Wan is really playing me?"

"She wants to scare you."

The crow laughed happily, "You are scared, right?"

That really frightened Zhou Yuan so much that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he became suspicious for a long time.

"In fact, we have planned a few good shows, but it's a pity that you know the truth now." Crow felt a little regretful. If those shows could be performed, it would definitely be very exciting.

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment: "So why did you give me the player system?"

"It's good to keep things within the family. I must give such a powerful abnormal item from the player system to my family. And you just happened to need it at that time, so I just gave it to you."

The crow said as a matter of course, "There should be nothing wrong with gods caring about their believers, right?"

"Why do I feel like you just want to have fun?" Zhou Yuan seriously suspected that this was the real reason, because he had not recovered his memory since then, and it was obvious that someone was secretly interfering.

"That's just secondary." Crow didn't deny it.

"Is it the main one?"

Crow glanced at him and said earnestly, "Didn't you learn during the training at the Control Bureau that whatever the leader says is what counts?"

"..."

The crow stretched its wings and said, "Anyway, I am very satisfied with your performance during this period. Keep up the good work in the future. I am very bored in the spirit world. Please entertain me by giving me some more fun."

"I still have some questions."

Zhou Yuan paused and asked, "What exactly is the player system?"

"Calling it a player system isn't really accurate."

Crow lowered his voice and adopted a mysterious tone: "I prefer to call it the [Vessor of Change]."

(End of this chapter)