Volume 1 Crime and Punishment in Fog City Chapter 9: Speechless
"…What news?"
Another new task?
Li Lin, who was estimating the mission's benefits and time, suddenly looked up and startled the police chief.
After confirming that the rumored archaeologist had no intention of doing anything harmful to him, the police chief, who was rarely seen without a mask in the foggy city , wiped his cheeks with a handkerchief. His dusty face immediately stained the handkerchief with a layer of dark gray.
"No, there is no new mission. It's just that your mission is completed..."
"Mission accomplished?"
The voice inside the mask sounded slightly confused.
"I have only completed 70% of the tasks on the list. There is still 30% to be completed. How can I say that the tasks are completed? It will take some time before I go to the dungeon, right?"
"Ah, well, how should I put this..."
Wiping the sweat off his face with a handkerchief, the police chief looked at the killer in front of him and gave a smile.
"The higher-ups have decided to stop the free delivery of your mission messages, and want you to go underground as soon as possible to deal with the problems there. Compared to our side, the things over there are more important, right?"
"Really? Is it because I didn't complete the task fast enough? Well, if you take the number of levels into consideration, it can indeed be faster..."
"Well, in fact, Sir, your speed has exceeded our expectations."
It’s better to say that it far exceeded our expectations.
Looking at the evil star in front of him who seemed to be thinking, sweat continued to seep out of the police chief's forehead, for he was afraid that this monster in front of him would be even a little unhappy.
He had no doubt that the man in front of him could kill everyone in the city if he had enough time. This sounded like a fantasy, but if anyone could stay up for three days and three nights and kill people everywhere just to complete one task after another, everyone would think so.
Three days and three nights, that was three days and three nights. Undiscovered, unknown, and then hacked to death. The authorities had no time to issue an announcement, and the personnel had no time to communicate. In a short period of time, 1% of the entire city's population fell in a pool of blood quietly. There was no need to even destroy the bodies, because the nature of the Fog City itself could crush these bodies to pieces without leaving any residue, literally without leaving any residue.
Do we need to change our city’s defense standards in the future?
The police chief was considering this matter seriously, but on the surface he was still trying to appease the seemingly indifferent God of Killing.
"No, but because you have completed your mission, I will give you the right to freely choose weapons from a warehouse. There are mysterious items accumulated in the Fog City over hundreds of years. I will give you three of the terrifying products in it."
"Hmm? Three? Cumulative missions... Ah, so it's time to settle the cumulative mission mode?"
I don't know what he was thinking, but the evil spirit in front of the police chief showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, and did not blame him. Instead, he muttered something regretful, "If I had known it was a timed mode, I would have used a glider" and "It would be fine if I could use the floor pipes." Such terrible words made the police station deeply feel unfamiliar and puzzled with the killing method.
When did killing people become a matter of efficiency? When did destroying an organization become a matter of convenience? What kind of world does this person live in?
But facing the monster who was stuck in his own thinking mode, the police chief dared not say a word and could only wait silently for him to wake up.
"But there are only three? The three reward equipment for the high-difficulty timed mission should be pretty good, right?"
Fortunately, this murderer was calm and ruthless, and he returned to normal in a short time.
"Take it out. Let me see what it is."
"Ah, please take a look..."
Although the police chief is a little timid, those who can reach this position are not simple people.
I don't know when the order was delivered. Almost as soon as Li Lin finished speaking, three boxes were spit out from the steam pipe next to him and placed in front of Li Lin. But the contents inside made the battle-hardened figure twitch his eyes slightly.
Inside the black box, there were three pieces of paper with runes drawn on them placed on copper plates.
...three pieces of paper?
Li Lin picked up the three pieces of paper with some doubt. Just as he was thinking about what these things were used for, a series of system notifications came straight at him.
'Your knowledge of pagan rituals has been supplemented. You have acquired pagan knowledge. You have learned one ritual: blood sacrifice.'
'You can now draw some symbols and images with the blood of your enemies or yourself, and call on beings from another dimension to bless you with certain states. During the duration of the ritual, the more kills you make, the more rewards you will receive. This is an extremely rare knowledge, so please be careful.'
'You have learned pagan knowledge: the nameless rune'
'You can now understand some indescribable knowledge and describe it in a protective language. It can be used as a code, or for other purposes. For example, to communicate with higher life. This is knowledge that mortals cannot understand, please be careful.'
'You have learned pagan knowledge: Flexible Eyeballs'
'You can now remove your eyeball, and after losing it forever, use a complex and cruel ritual to activate the nerves on it and merge it into your brain. This eyeball will exist as an independent life, can follow your command to crawl out of the eye socket, and see all creatures within a radius of 300 meters through some kind of horrifying vision. This is common knowledge.'
"...Oh? A rare skill?"
Li Lin blinked as he watched the icons of pagan knowledge begin to light up.
What surprised him was that it only had three dots at the beginning. The words that marked the pagan knowledge were all blood red, and the word "danger" next to it seemed not only to point to the enemy, but also to the player himself.
But for professional players, that's just the case. And the knowledge supported by those three points is very powerful. From this perspective, these skills are unexpectedly practical, exchanging appearance for strength.
"A passive skill that consumes health points, is it used in a protracted battle? It's a pretty good skill."
This is strictly speaking much better than equipment.
Looking at the three pages of the book that turned to ashes in his hands, Li Lin nodded with satisfaction.
"So, about what's going on down there..."
"Just lead the way."
"Okay, okay, please come this way."
Under the slightly awed gazes of the other police officers, the police chief bowed and nodded as he led Li Lin out of the gate and walked towards a black train inside the police station that was emitting thick smoke.
