I Fed The Affectionate And Paranoid God - Chapter 14

The ward door was open, but the two young men in police uniforms still stood at the door and knocked. “Hello, we are here to take your statement. I wonder if it’s convenient for you now,” they said.

Xia Chenxi leaned back against the pillow and nodded to the two police officers. “It’s convenient.”

At this moment, Xia Chenxi had just recovered from the nightmare, even though his face still looked slightly pale. The police sat down and began to divide and cooperate.

One question, one log.

“Mr. Xia, please explain in detail what happened at that time.”

Xia Chenxi nodded, recalled for a moment, and slowly said, “That morning, when I woke up, I found it wasn’t dawn, and in the afternoon, I heard someone screaming outside the door, accompanied by very small sounds.”

“Did the chain make noise?” the police immediately followed up.

The other police officer picked up his pen and wrote with a swish.

Xia Chenxi nodded and continued, “Yes, but that voice quickly disappeared. I thought it was an illusion, but later I…”

Except for the part about the mobile game, Xia Chenxi informed the police of what he knew and the results of his analysis.

The two police officers felt surprised, but what he was saying was reasonable, as among the surviving residents on the fourth floor, only Xia Chenxi provided the most clues and the most crucial ones.

This would provide them with effective assistance for their subsequent investigation and the capture of the killer.

One of the police officers thought carefully and concluded that only this kind of person could have committed the act of snatching the chain at the time. While taking notes, he heard survivors mention the scene of the monster about to kill, and his palms even sweated nervously.

He was very certain that if it were himself, he would never have thought of snatching the chain.

With these thoughts flashing through his mind, the police officer finally asked the question he was most curious about: “Mr. Xia, how did you know that the murderer would give up on continuing to kill after losing his chain?”

He didn’t directly mention the word ‘monster’.

For police officers who only looked at evidence, they had to accurately see the killer’s appearance in order for it to be labeled as a monster.

Xia Chenxi pursed his lips and said seriously, “I was just gambling at that time because from beginning to end, it had been using chains to kill and dismember people; after all, we had already reached a dead end at that time.”

Everyone had been injured and could no longer resist.

The only thing Xia Chenxi could do at that time was bet on this possibility.

“The facts proved that I was right. The monster didn’t continue to kill but disappeared, which is why I suspect it will not appear again, “Xia Chenxi added.

Another police officer looked up at Xia Chenxi and was surprised to find that, compared to other survivors, this survivor named Xia Chenxi had the lowest emotional response when mentioning the details of the monster killing.

The other party seemed to have strong self-regulation ability; he was able to quickly emerge from this hellish experience.

Alternatively, the other party has a potential tendency towards murder.

It should be the former.

After asking for other details, the police collected their notebook and said to Xia Chenxi, “Thank you for your cooperation. The information you provided is very important to us. You can rest well from now on.”

The two police officers stood up one after another, preparing to leave the ward.

Xia Chenxi hesitated for a moment and quickly called out to them, hesitating, “Excuse me, can I ask about the severed arm? Have you analyzed and studied this thing? Is its DNA related to humans?”

The police officer was stunned, not expecting Xia Chenxi to ask this, but still cooperated and answered, “We’re not too sure about this. Us two are mainly responsible for making records.”

Xia Chenxi was slightly disappointed and asked, “So, where’s the chain?”

This was even more dangerous than the half-severed arm.

Regarding this question, one of the police officers replied, “This thing is a murder weapon and has been handed over to the forensic team for fingerprinting and other analysis. However, the authorities just ordered that it be temporarily sealed.”

Upon hearing these words, Xia Chenxi breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Thank you; I’m fine now.”

After the two police officers left, Xia Chenxi didn’t care about anything else and immediately opened his phone to log in to the mobile game. The ink-painting-like screen still unfolded slowly and finally froze in the little man’s room.

The room was a bit dim, as if the lights were off.

Xia Chenxi tried to turn on the screen light on his phone but still couldn’t see the specific details in the room. He could only vaguely determine what these things were through the blurry outlines.

Immediately afterwards, a text box popped up on the game screen.

[Dear player, congratulations on surviving the bizarre event after the Black Fog invasion. You have successfully thwarted the mysterious and bizarre murder plan, intercepted the grotesque weapon, the dismemberment chain x1, and chopped off half of the grotesque arm x1.]

[After calculation, you have gained a love value of +4, which has been issued to your account].

[The player’s love value has reached +5, which is the minimum requirement to successfully open the mall. Please make good use of the mall so that you can better play the game and gain the favor of the game character.]

After Xia Chenxi finished reading these contents, the text screen disappeared instantly, and a new icon appeared in the upper right corner with the words’ Mall ‘written on it.

It now looked more like a well-developed dating game.

Xia Chenxi looked at the ‘Mall’ icon and inexplicably began to feel nervous.

The task he completed before was rewarded with the title of ‘Infinite Strength’, which helped him successfully solve the bizarre problem.

Would there be more magical items available for purchase in this mall?

What could his+5 love value buy?

Xia Chenxi took several deep breaths before solemnly opening the mall.

In a flash…

The mall opened like a scroll, with a prop called medical tape hanging alone on top.

Was this it?

Xia Chenxi was momentarily stunned.

This seemed completely different from what he thought.

With a glimmer of hope in his heart, Xia Chenxi closed the mall and then opened it again, but the page still hung medical tape and displayed the price thoughtfully, requiring a consumption of -3 love points.

So expensive?

Xia Chenxi’s first reaction was this.

But most importantly, how could there be only one product in the mall?

Xia Chenxi couldn’t tell if it was a mistake or something else, but fortunately he was able to adjust his mentality in the first place and quickly regained his composure.

At least he still had the title of ‘Infinite Strength’, which was already lucky enough in itself.

However, due to the shopping mall, Xia Chenxi felt that he had probably realized the true gameplay of this game.

If nothing unexpected happens, everything sold in the mall should be used by the character to increase his favorability.

As for magical title rewards like ‘Infinite Strength’, they could only be obtained through tasks.

At this moment, there seemed to be a sound of something being dragged into the game.

Hmm?

Xia Chenxi’s mind trembled as he leaned his phone close to his ear and listened carefully, but he still couldn’t hear clearly.

The main reason was that the volume of the phone hadn’t been raised, and the intermittent sound in the game would be ignored if not listened to carefully.

It was just that he was currently in the hospital, and it wasn’t convenient to turn up the volume.

Xia Chenxi had a personal obsession with cleanliness and found it difficult to borrow other people’s headphones. He simply placed an order online to buy a pair of headphones and some fruit.

In less than half an hour, the takeout was delivered to the ward.

Xia Chenxi didn’t even look at the fruit; he just opened the package and plugged in the headphones, turning up the phone volume to the maximum.

Staring intently at the screen.

“Jab-”

“Stab —-”

Through the headphones, Xia Chenxi confirmed his previous speculation that someone was indeed dragging something; it was too heavy, and the other party needed to rest for a few seconds before continuing to move.

So the sound started intermittently and disappeared after a few seconds.

Xia Chenxi adjusted the perspective of the room and finally confirmed that the sound came from outside the door.

He zoomed in on the screen and carefully observed the door.

The corridor seemed to be lit up with dim yellow lights leaking through the crack in the door.

But this gap was extremely small, and the faint light was almost invisible.

Xia Chenxi tried to continue zooming in on the screen, but still couldn’t see through the crack in the door and could only listen to the intermittent sound of the thing, which lasted for less than ten minutes.

The sound quickly disappeared.

The game screen had returned to silence again, and no sound could be heard.

Wrong.

It should be said that when the screen was placed close to the cabinet in front of the bed, a subtle ticking sound could be heard, like the hands of a clock and the minute hand rotating.

In addition to its magical abilities, this game also excelled in the details of the game.

However, compared to this, it was the use of the title ‘Infinite Strength’ that shocked Xia Chenxi the most.

He still felt like he was dreaming.

But now, Xia Chenxi was more concerned about who made the noise outside the game door.

Did this game have any other characters?

Xia Chenxi showed a thoughtful expression.

This game definitely hid unknown secrets, and if he wanted to find more information about the monster, he had to try and find as much effective information as possible about this game.

While staring at the phone, another ten minutes passed, and the mobile game screen was still pitch black.

Xia Chenxi was a bit hungry, so he temporarily put his phone on his legs and took the opportunity to grab a fruit to eat while still staring at the screen of his phone.

His posture made it seem like he was addicted to gaming.

The passing nurse couldn’t help but shake her head and knock on the door, saying, “Don’t play for too long; your injury hasn’t healed yet.”

Xia Chenxi’s first reaction was to hide the game in the background. He suppressed his accelerated heartbeat and lifted his head, saying, “Got it, I’ll play for half an hour.”

The little nurse nodded and left satisfied.

Xia Chenxi quickly switched back to the game and continued to eat while staring at his phone.

But just after taking a few bites, footsteps came from the earphones again.

Approaching from afar, it finally stopped at the door and completely quieted down.

Xia Chenxi immediately sat up straight and hurriedly placed the fruits on the cabinet, staring intently at the door.

He couldn’t help but guess.

Was it possible that the game character had returned?

Or… the unknown game character who dragged a heavy object before?

What did the other party want to do?