Chapter 299: Chapter 31: Treasure Hunting (4th update, extra monthly ticket)
Time slipped by in the blink of an eye, and the five days in Reincarnation Paradise passed swiftly. Su Xiao returned to the real world.
Lying in the bathtub, Su Xiao tilted his head back and closed his eyes.
This time, he returned to the real world with a plan. His current strength was enough to infiltrate ’that place’.
Picking up the phone beside him, Su Xiao dialed a number. He wanted to confirm the truth of a certain matter. Although he could contact those Contractors working for the country, the Cleaners, Su Xiao wasn’t going to do that. Those people were not entirely trustworthy; they were like two parallel lines that never met.
This number hadn’t been dialed for a long time, but Su Xiao was sure the call would connect. The person on the other end would hardly change their number easily due to work.
Ring... ring...
After waiting for a long time, the call was finally answered.
"Is this... Su Xiao? Such a strange number."
The voice over the phone was a woman’s, lazy as if uninterested in anything, yet with a tinge of assertiveness. Despite her laziness, there was something aggressive about her.
"It’s me."
The call fell silent.
"Contacting me... does this mean you’re finally going there? That place doesn’t have laws or rules. We should use the weapon of law..."
The woman seemed to know about Su Xiao’s identity and experiences.
"The weapon of law is only useful domestically. People there don’t talk about the law; they only believe in bullets, armored vehicles, and tanks."
Su Xiao’s words left the woman silent on the other end of the call.
This woman was once Su Xiao’s lawyer, named Mu Yun. She had good connections in the Capital and had helped Su Xiao with his parents’ case. Unfortunately, the case was too complex, involving a wide range of people.
A small number were caught, but most managed to evade charges under various legitimate reasons, or rather, there was no solid evidence to prove their guilt, although they were indeed guilty.
These people had nothing to do with Su Xiao’s parents, which puzzled him endlessly.
His parents were just ordinary people running a small shop to make ends meet, but one day they were suddenly murdered in an extremely bizarre manner.
Of course, the police wouldn’t let such a murder case go untried. Several fugitive criminals were arrested, but by now, those fugitives had already met their end.
In ordinary circumstances, the case would’ve been closed, and Su Xiao wouldn’t have become an Avenger.
Perhaps under the pressure of death, one of the fugitives mentioned a name during interrogation, a businessman’s name.
Investigation revealed that the businessman was indeed suspicious, but only suspicious at best.
A couple brutally murdered in their own home; the police wouldn’t ignore the slightest clue in such a case. After the businessman came into scrutiny, things became increasingly complex, involving more and more people.
Then one day, the investigation abruptly stopped.
It rained that day, a heavy downpour so intense that he couldn’t see his parents’ tombstone clearly, nor the smiles on the tombstone.
From that day on, Su Xiao realized one thing: justice might exist, but it wouldn’t manifest itself, and ’justice always prevails’ is just a load of crap. The definition of justice is inherently vague; everyone harbors their own sense of justice.
Su Xiao snapped out of his recollections, the call with Mu Yun was still ongoing.
"Hey, are you listening to me? Hey."
"I’m listening."
Mu Yun fell silent for some reason.
In a law firm in the capital, a mature woman in her late thirties sat in her office, holding the latest smartphone. She was Mu Yun.
Wearing professional attire and red-framed glasses, Mu Yun’s sexy lips opened and closed a few times, as if she wanted to say something.
"I..."
Mu Yun spoke again, but was interrupted by Su Xiao’s voice on the phone.
"The reason I called this time is simply to verify the authenticity of those initial documents."
Su Xiao lit a cigarette, taking a deep drag.
Mu Yun didn’t answer Su Xiao. Instead, she asked,
"It’s been a few years. The businessman and lawyer involved in that case are all dead. Was it... you?"
Mu Yun’s throat felt dry after asking the question. If it was as she imagined, the person talking to her now would no longer be that naive boy, but a cunning and brutal killer.
"Perhaps it’s karma, who knows. But thank you for the information you provided. It seems those documents were authentic."
Su Xiao hung up the phone, leaving Mu Yun on the other end in a daze. She hadn’t said a word.
There was no need for her to say anything; Su Xiao had already obtained the information he wanted from her words. Compared to those cunning characters in the plot, Mu Yun was incomparable.
Mu Yun picked up the coffee next to her, moistening her dry throat, recalling someone involved in that case once said,
’He didn’t know if those businessmen were guilty, but he was sure this boy would definitely commit a crime in the future. His gaze was very close to that of a killer’s.’
Mu Yun’s fair hand began to tremble for some reason. If it was as she imagined, the man she just spoke to was a serial killer.
Thinking of this, Mu Yun became even more frightened, taking several sips of coffee.
"He won’t come after me, will he..."
...
Su Xiao lay silently in the bathtub. He needed to leave and go to a war-torn country to kill someone he couldn’t have approached before.
"Hah~, I’ve allowed you to live for so many years. It’s time to pay your debt. Blood for blood, that’s only right."
Red light gleamed in Su Xiao’s pupils as he prepared for action.
Su Xiao began laying out his next plan. In the real world, without any equipment bonuses, he could only rely on his personal attributes and passive skills to fight.
Traveling to that country would take time. Su Xiao didn’t think he could complete his revenge within seven days; it would take at least two to three intervals between Derivative Worlds.
Su Xiao didn’t need to buy firearms. Carrying a knife would suffice, thanks to the temporary storage function of the storage space, which made it easy.
Besides the knife, he needed something else, money. In that place, you could buy anything with money, even tanks.
Leaving the villa where he’d stayed for a while, Su Xiao suddenly felt a pang of reluctance.
He’d interacted with some neighbors, especially an elderly couple who left a deep impression on him. The old man would sometimes play chess with Su Xiao by the seaside.
After his vengeance, he would return here; it was a place where he felt at peace, ideal for relaxation.
Three days passed quickly during his preparations, and just as Su Xiao was about to head to the airport, an unexpected prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Notice: Due to the Hunter’s participation in War World, there was a discrepancy in time entry into the Derivative World with other Contractors. Entry into the new Derivative World will be advanced to maintain timeline consistency.]
Receiving this prompt was no surprise to Su Xiao. The stay in the real world wasn’t fixed; sometimes it was a week, sometimes ten days.
[The new Derivative World is about to open. The Hunter will return to Reincarnation Paradise. Please ensure no witnesses are present.]
[Teleporting... Teleport complete.]
When consciousness returned, Su Xiao found himself in his exclusive room.
The revenge plan was temporarily put on hold due to this unexpected event, but Su Xiao was not discouraged. Experiencing another Derivative World would only make him stronger and render his revenge plan more assured.
He checked the remaining Paradise coins, totaling 13,200. He intended to buy some healing items with these.
Arriving at the marketplace, it was bustling because the timeline was now unified, and Contractors had to enter the Derivative World at this time.
A multitude of Workers were setting up stalls, among them some Contractors.
After wandering around a few times, Su Xiao purchased two bottles of medicine.
[Strawberry juice]
Origin: Food Captive
Quality: Green
Type: Healing items
Effect: Drinking this will quickly restore 21% Life Value.
Rating: 15
Description: Opening the cap, perhaps you’ll get another bottle?
...
[Strawberry juice]is priced at 2,600 Paradise coins per bottle and can be consumed continuously. Su Xiao bought two bottles in total.
Just as he was about to continue purchasing healing items, a stall caught his eye. On it was a tattered blueprint, burned and mostly incinerated.
Upon inspecting the blueprint’s attributes, Su Xiao’s pupils contracted sharply.
"This item... I’ll take it for 6,000 Paradise coins."
The vendor was shrouded in a black mist, an accompanying function of setting up a stall that few used, mostly newcomers.
"No way, at least 7,000 Paradise coins."
The vendor was resolute, refusing to budge an inch.
Su Xiao didn’t haggle further and bought it directly for 7,000 Paradise coins, the vendor was clearly taken aback.
This item is extremely rare, and although its quality is not high, if sold to an adventure group, it could definitely fetch over 20,000 Paradise coins.
This item has only one function: it allows entry into a specific Derivative World.
Or perhaps this item is a consumable. Upon use, the Derivative World Su Xiao is about to enter will be designated, but the entry process remains standard, with all tasks included.
"With my current strength, I’m already qualified to venture into this Derivative World."