Tang Mian didn’t know where his brother had learned that the fire was deliberately set, but he always blindly believed in Fish Head. From childhood to adulthood, countless experiences had taught him that he didn’t need to be a formidable or intelligent person, as long as he followed Fish Head, he could effortlessly succeed.
Therefore, Tang Mian quickly and earnestly began searching the crowd for potential arsonists, as Fish Head had suggested. While he focused on observing the expressions of the people around him, Mo Yang took the opportunity to slip away and returned later with two fire extinguishers in his hands, handing them directly to the two bodyguards beside Tang Mian.
“Go help with the firefighting. Start from both sides to prevent the fire from spreading,” Mo Yang instructed them.
The two bodyguards were retired special forces, personally chosen by Tang’s grandfather for his beloved grandson. They were highly reliable in all aspects, and most importantly, they only followed Tang Mian’s commands.
However, at this moment, facing the man before them, the two bodyguards felt a sense of danger that they couldn’t explain, leading them to unconsciously accept the fire extinguishers and look at Tang Mian in confusion.
Tang Mian waved his hand and said, “Do what he says. Go help, and be careful not to get burned. The fire looks fierce, it seems to ignite whatever it touches.”
As the two bodyguards rushed forward to extinguish the fire, the onlookers initially didn’t pay much attention. After all, everyone was busy trying to put out the fire. However, this fire seemed unstoppable, even after several buckets of water were poured on it. Yet, when the two bodyguards used their extinguishers, they easily extinguished the flames. Everyone was amazed at the effectiveness of their fire extinguishers compared to their struggles with buckets of water.
“Hey, big brother, where did you get these fire extinguishers? Why are they so effective?!” Seeing the ease with which the fire was put out, someone couldn’t help but ask. Compared to their own difficulty in putting out the fire, the fire extinguishers in the hands of the two bodyguards were like magic tools!
Bodyguard One remained poker-faced and continued firefighting, thinking, ‘Why ask me? These fire extinguishers were given to us by someone else.’
Since he didn’t speak, no one dared to ask further questions. Everyone just followed him to help put out the fire and save people. On the other side of the tea house, Bodyguard Two also followed the same process, leading the way in firefighting, with others helping from behind.
At this time, Tang Mian suddenly pulled Mo Yang aside and whispered, “In the 9 o’clock, 4 o’clock, and 6 o’clock directions, I feel that three people look suspicious. They don’t have worried expressions like the others. The person I noticed at 4 o’clock even looks pleased.”
“However, I think the most suspicious one is the man in the gray down vest in the 9 o’clock direction. His demeanor seems fine, but something feels off. Besides, I just noticed that when Old Huang and Old Zhong went to put out the fire, the man in the down vest immediately turned pale and looked suspicious and guarded. Well, I can only identify these three, the rest is up to you.”
Mo Yang glanced at the three people in the 9 o’clock, 4 o’clock, and 6 o’clock directions one by one. The ones Tang Mian mentioned were easy to recognize, and with careful observation, it was clear that they lacked the anxious and worried expressions of others. Especially the man in the down vest at 9 o’clock appeared highly vigilant. When Mo Yang looked over, the man quickly turned his head and returned a guarded gaze.
Mo Yang couldn’t help but curl his lips. Then, when no one was paying attention, he leaped out like a cheetah and grabbed the man in the gray down vest. The man had been wary when Mo Yang looked at him earlier, but he never expected Mo Yang to leap at him and seize him without any resistance.
He flashed a fierce look in his eyes, struggling to fight back, but Mo Yang spoke up, “Can someone kindly report to the police? He is the arsonist. I saw him acting suspiciously near the kitchen!”
At first, the onlookers thought there was some feud between the two men, but upon hearing Mo Yang’s shout, they immediately crowded around. Several women promptly called the police. The men around them rolled their eyes. Why weren’t these ladies so obedient and enthusiastic when they spoke?
“Who are you calling the arsonist? I’m just a passerby watching from the side. I didn’t do anything, and you suddenly came up and grabbed me without any explanation. Are you crazy?”
Wang Youwei’s heart trembled when Mo Yang accused him of being the arsonist. For a moment, he thought this person had really seen him setting the fire and considered making a run for it. But he quickly calmed down, even though he was currently at Mo Yang’s mercy, as long as he had a chance, he could use the invisibility cloak card in his pocket to quickly escape. No number of police could catch him.
Although he used to be a wastrel who nobody respected, even losing his girlfriend to the owner of this tea house, the current him was different! His vitality and basic physical abilities exceeded the majority of people. He could take on three or more people at once, and he possessed all sorts of magical props from the Dream World. Now, he was like a “superhuman” or even a “god” to these ordinary people!
Thinking this way, Wang Youwei stopped struggling altogether. He just stood there with a mocking and arrogant look, watching the onlookers pointing and gossiping as if they were looking at trash that was bound to die soon. And when he looked at Mo Yang, his eyes were full of malevolence.
However, when Mo Yang sneered and reached into Wang Youwei’s pocket, pulling out two red cards and slipping them into his own pocket, Wang Youwei widened his eyes in disbelief.
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[Ahhh! Host, you’ve grasped the essence of competition in the real world before I even explained it! The red cards brought out from the Dream World don’t have names written on them. Whoever grabs them first claims them! Hahaha! This idiot must have been thinking of using the red card to escape when he got the chance, but now he’s confused, isn’t he?!]
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And what kind of backup plan could the Dream World player have? It could only be the highly coveted and irresistible red special props cards. So, when Mo Yang reached into his pocket, he found two red cards.
The moment he touched the red cards, 006’s excited and triumphant words confirmed that Dream World players in the real world could indeed snatch red cards from each other. Although he now had two extra red cards, Mo Yang couldn’t feel happy about it.
Originally, Dream World players in the real world were already unstable. While some would act low-key, many others, as their strength and dream coins increased, would start to disregard the real world. They would challenge the rules of the real world step by step, disrupting its balance. Just like this arsonist, without the Dream World, he probably wouldn’t have dared to set fires and kill people in broad daylight. But now, he had a lifeline.
“What are you doing? Give my cards back!! F*ck, return my cards to me! How could you touch my cards?! You’re one of them too! You’re also an xxxx player!!” Wang Youwei was about to lose his mind the moment Mo Yang touched the two red cards in his pocket.
In that instant, he felt immense fear and resentment. This person took away his lifesaving cards! How could he escape without those two cards?! But this person had no right to take his cards! Ordinary people couldn’t even see the red cards from the Dream World! It meant that he was also a Dream World player! No wonder this person could catch him and why he couldn’t break free. But why?!
After shouting for a while, Wang Youwei tried to calm himself down. He stared at Mo Yang and said, “You are also from there, right? Since we are both chosen ones, shouldn’t we be on the same side? Why did you come after me for those people who are destined to be eliminated?!”
Mo Yang listened to Wang Youwei and clicked his tongue.
The reason he couldn’t be happy was that he knew there would be more and more fools like this arsonist, thinking that with the Dream World, they could reign supreme.
“Mr. Arsonist, you need to understand something. I caught you because you might be the one behind this big fire. You’ve done something wrong and harmful, causing many people to be injured or killed. When you make mistakes, you have to face the consequences. Don’t talk nonsense about those things I can’t comprehend.”
The other onlookers chimed in with agreement to Mo Yang’s words.
“That’s right! You called this heroic and handsome man crazy, but you’re the crazy one! What kind of cards, players, and chosen ones are you talking about? Have you lost your mind playing some online game?!”
“Ah! I recognize you now, you’re Wang Youwei, aren’t you?! Damn, you’re really wicked! You used to have no ability, just eating and loafing around, even beating your girlfriend. She left you for a wealthy older man in the end. Do you not reflect on your own faults and resort to arson and murder? Damn, a person like you deserves to be executed!”
“Goodness, how can there be such a person? No ability but cruel and vicious, saying others are the ones destined to be eliminated? You’re the trash that society should eliminate!!”
Wang Youwei looked at the group of people who accused him and cursed him, feeling extremely angry. That’s it! It was the same in the past, he was looked down upon by everyone, and everyone thought that Sissi, his girlfriend, was like a flower planted on cow dung. Eventually, even Sissi despised him and ran away with a rich old man.
How can he not be angry, is this his fault? It’s not his fault at all, it’s God’s injustice! How can someone else be born into a rich family, eat, drink, and play with girls every day without doing anything? Wasn’t he born into a poor family? If he was the son of the richest man, would those people still see him like this?! To put it bluntly, they are all a bunch of trash who dislike the poor and love the rich!
He always believed that he just missed the opportunity to make a fortune, and then he entered the dream world! He waited for this opportunity! He is obviously rich and can become more handsome and powerful in the future, so why is Sissi still unwilling to come back to him?!
Even though he had exchanged the ‘Turn Stone to Gold’ card and gained hundreds of thousands, those who looked down on him even said that he obtained the money through crooked ways and that sooner or later he would be beaten back to his original form!
Looking at the faces of those people, Wang Youwei felt that these people should not live in this world. Just like what his guide told him, this is a world where the weak can prey on the strong, and if he wants to shut up these people, he has to act strong and make people fearful!
So he burned the owner of the teahouse to death, and then he planned to use the “Dream Lover Card” and find Sissi, then Sissi would be crying and begging to follow him. Since he entered the Dream World, he could seize and get everything he wanted with his own hands! He was the chosen one!
However, Wang Youwei didn’t know that the number of “chosen ones” in the Dream World was a bit too high.
Starting from the meteor shower on December 31st last year, there were already 100,000 “chosen ones” in the Dream World.
Afterward, their numbers multiplied, and today, on February 22nd, there were already 600,000 “chosen ones” like him.
Compared to the total world population, 600,000 might not be much, but with time accumulating, the number of “chosen ones” would spread across the entire world at a terrifying rate.
This was a development that most people, like Wang Youwei, wouldn’t think of or even imagine.
But Mo Yang, Wan Mei, and Song Kefeng had already anticipated this most terrifying development.
So, as Mo Yang looked at Wang Youwei, he felt extremely annoyed. Thinking about how this man could use Dream World props to escape from prison and even kill again, he wanted to end him immediately.
When he had such thoughts, 006’s cheerful voice rang in his ear.
[Oh my, host, this is not difficult at all! Just swallow his guide! Once I consume his guide, he won’t be able to cause trouble anymore!]
This was the second time that 006 suggested Mo Yang to devour another Dream World player’s guide. Mo Yang couldn’t help but think about what happened when 006 devoured Zhao Guoxiang’s guide before. It seemed like Zhao Guoxiang suffered great mental and physical torment, even though it was well-deserved retribution. Mo Yang still felt uncomfortable about it.
“So, the guide’s group gains strength by devouring each other? In that case, wouldn’t there eventually be only one most powerful guide left?”
006 chuckled but didn’t answer that question directly. Instead, it said, [Our survival rules are not as easy as those of humans. Survival of the fittest is our rule. Trash has no meaning to exist. Hehehe, this guide is just trash, and it should be honored to become a part of my energy! Host, hurry up, the police will come soon, and we won’t have a chance! This is for world peace! Don’t hesitate!!]
Mo Yang fell into silence for a moment and then asked, “But he didn’t make a verbal contract.”
006 was smug and dismissive, [Oh! That’s just formalism. Who needs a verbal contract?! Your mental power and my strength are much stronger than his and his guide’s. There won’t be any danger if we forcefully devour him. We’re above the rules, remember? So, host, concentrate your mind, and let’s start the mental devouring!!]
Before Mo Yang could ask more questions, 006 had already transformed into an invisible light point and entered Wang Youwei’s forehead. Mo Yang felt that there seemed to be something blocking his spiritual progress, he frowned slightly and easily broke through this barrier in a second.
Suddenly, the onlookers saw Wang Youwei, who had been looking at them menacingly, let out an incredibly pitiful scream. He began to struggle madly, clutching his head, rolling on the ground in agony.
Mo Yang was taken aback.
Tang Mian, who was standing nearby, quickly pulled back a few steps.
“What the f*ck, is this guy going crazy?! Fish Head, stay away, even if someone like him suddenly goes on a killing spree, you won’t be held responsible!”
Mo Yang watched Wang Youwei’s increasingly feeble struggles calmly. When 006 returned, completely satisfied, Mo Yang suddenly spoke: “Does the power of devouring only go to you? What about me?”
006 froze for a moment, [This is something between us guides, so of course, there’s no share for you!]
Mo Yang sneered.
“Then I won’t do such things again. I’d rather find people and eliminate these evildoers directly. If they die, they won’t cause any more trouble. Thinking about it, I can create many accidents and let those damn people die, so why bother with devouring.”
006 suddenly felt a chill. What kind of evil host did it end up with?!
[You’re resorting to vigilante justice, didn’t Song Kefeng tell you it’s wrong?]
Mo Yang laughed as if he heard a funny joke, then replied, “What’s Song Kefeng? If he could control me, you wouldn’t be here. He goes his own way, and I go mine. Even if we intersect, we’re never on the same path.”
“I’ve never said that I’m a law-abiding saint.”
006: [……!!]
In the end, Mo Yang obtained all of Wang Youwei’s mental power, along with all his wealth and prop cards.
At this time, Sun XiaoGuai looked at the terrified and helpless Liu Meimei in front of her. She leaned her forehead against Liu Meimei’s and began her first devouring.
Meanwhile, at the Beijing City Police Headquarters, Song Kefeng and elite members of other divisions sat together, listening to the stern-faced Police Chief. He spoke cautiously, “Recently, when your teams go out with your subordinates, be careful. Whenever possible, go together and don’t disperse your forces.”
“Just in the past week, five officers from the Beijing City Police and two from various divisions have been seriously injured or killed. This is an unprecedented situation. According to those injured officers, they faced criminals with extremely strong physical abilities, even possessing dangerous weapons.”
“We don’t know if these criminals belong to the same organization, but we can’t let them threaten the safety of ordinary people. Understand!”
“Understood!”
“Good. So, please work together and persevere for a while longer. Once we take them all down, things will become easier.”
Song Kefeng clenched his teeth, and a burning anger ignited within him. He looked at his comrades who were tired but still standing strong. He couldn’t tell them that this chaos had just begun.
Author’s Note –
The last few paragraphs were tough and took me half an hour orz…
Also, many lovely readers asked me why Mo Yang is nicknamed “Fish Head”. Well, it’s because when Tang Mian was a child, he thought his brother was the fish boss, as he could catch any fish. It’s utterly unscientific.
Oh, and one last thing, this novel isn’t a light-hearted story. It’s probably one of the “serious” works I’ve written with less fluff. Of course, it won’t be a tragedy. I’m always a loving mom! Most of the time, it will still be sweet and fluffy. Hehehe.
Thank youuuu for the chapter
Serious books with a mound of dog’s food is my favourite
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+1 a perfect balance for me 👌🏻
Now that the plot is deepening, I’m starting to feel uncomfortable with this Dream World. Imagine if it happens in real life… Goodness, I’d probably cry.
Thank you for the update!!
it’s kinda obvious from the get go that it’s not light hearted lol
but all is good as long as it’s not tragedy~
happy endings are the best