I Fed The Affectionate And Paranoid God - Chapter 18

In the ward, several police officers’ first reaction to what Xia Chenxi said was disbelief.

They exchanged a glance; this seemed too absurd.

“Whether you believe it or not, this is just my personal guess and may not be accurate,” Xia Chenxi added deliberately; he had anticipated this earlier.

The old police officer was the first to come to his senses. He said to Xia Chenxi very seriously, “Well, anyway, thank you for providing us with a guess.”

Although he still didn’t quite believe in the existence of monsters in this world, the half-arm sealed up at the police station didn’t really look like a human or animal arm, no matter what.

Therefore, after returning, the old police officer still informed the people above about Xia Chenxi’s viewpoint, and whether they believed it or not was not something he needed to consider.

What he needed to do now was use existing clues as much as possible to find the murderer.

At 1 p.m., Xia Chenxi received a message of 500000 yuan deposited into his account.

Did it arrive so quickly?

Xia Chenxi suppressed his surprise and searched online for information about the Fengnian community in this city.

But like the Weibo account that was bombed before, Xia Chenxi couldn’t find any information, and the words ‘Fengnian Community’ seemed completely blocked.

Xia Chenxi suppressed the worries in his heart. Currently, he couldn’t do anything; the only thing he could do was’ wait’.

Two o’clock in the afternoon.

Right on time, Xia Chenxi checked the game again.

The scene was still an empty room.

The little person still hasn’t come back; the blanket on the bed was neatly folded and placed on the pillow.

The overall game art style was very unique yet realistic.

Xia Chenxi looked around the room and tried to interact with everything.

But it still didn’t work.

It seemed that if he wanted to play the game in the future, he could only spend money to activate the ‘interactive mode’.

This also meant that he had to earn more love value as soon as possible.

But it was very difficult to earn love points.

Among all the games Xia Chenxi had played, this one was the most confusing to know how to continue.

Xia Chenxi let out a heavy sigh and continued to let the game run in the background.

Five o’clock in the evening.

After finishing his meal, Xia Chenxi went online on time, and the game screen seemed to have become a bit dark as evening approached, making it difficult to see the surroundings clearly.

Most importantly, there were no windows in the bedroom.

There was only a small window in the kitchen, but it was covered by thick curtains, and one couldn’t see anything outside.

In addition, Xia Chenxi’s perspective was completely trapped in the bedroom; otherwise, he could have used interactive mode to open the curtains.

He didn’t know what would be outside the house.

At this moment, footsteps seemed to come from the earphones, and Xia Chenxi immediately regained his senses, quickly moving his game perspective and looking in the direction of the door.

The footsteps approached and quickly stopped outside the room door.

Not long after, the sound of knocking on the door came, which was particularly abrupt in the quiet space. Even though Xia Chenxi was mentally prepared, his heart couldn’t help but tighten slightly.

Was it another knock on the door?

At the same time, a guess arose in his heart that the game character outside the door might be the one who behaved strangely yesterday, right?

Why did it come again today?

After a few knocks on the door, the calm returned, but there were no footsteps.

It was as if the other party was still standing outside the door, just standing there for two minutes.

Xia Chenxi pursed his lips, feeling a bit nervous.

Even though they were separated by the screen, the things in the game wouldn’t come to reality, let alone harm him.

But the sudden silence of the scene, as well as the unknown game characters lurking outside the door, rendered this fear extremely well.

It was easy to immerse him in this atmosphere.

Another three minutes had passed.

The door handle suddenly twisted slightly a few times, but it didn’t open due to the locking mechanism.

Xia Chenxi guessed that the familiar series of actions were exactly the same as those of yesterday. Today, the other person didn’t give up and appeared again.

The person outside the door once again quieted down, and it took ten minutes before the sound of footsteps suddenly rang out, gradually fading away.

This time, it really left.

Xia Chenxi didn’t know why, but he quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He increasingly felt that the art style of this game wasn’t right, and there was always an inexplicable and terrifying atmosphere inside.

However…

Xia Chenxi began to worry. Would the person outside the door reappear tomorrow?

What was its purpose—to enter the house and steal things or to harm the little person?

After all, this was a love cultivation mobile game, unlike the first-person perspective screen that had a very realistic combat system. If he followed the planning ideas, this type of cultivation game mainly aimed to cultivate likability, and the most effective way to increase likability was often to help solve the game characters’ difficulties and crises.

And the person outside the door was likely to be the crisis that the villain was about to face.

The little man was now injured, and it may also be due to his delicate and gloomy appearance, yet exceptionally beautiful, which instinctively made Xia Chenxi feel that the little man needed to be protected.

Xia Chenxi’s thoughts gradually became clearer, and he became increasingly suspicious that the game might release tasks for him in the future.

It was quickly five o’clock in the afternoon.

Xia Chenxi’s ward welcomed several people again, one of whom was a duty officer protecting Xia Chenxi, and the other two were wearing regular clothes.

One of the older men, wearing glasses, looked a bit like a knowledgeable professor or doctor.

The other one is a young person who seemed to be somewhat respectful towards the older man. It was he who walked up first and explained their intentions to Xia Chenxi.

“Hello, Mr. Xia, we are from the Research Institute of City A. This is Professor Tian, who specialises in researching black fog. I am Professor Tian’s assistant; just call me Xiao Zhang.“

The man named Professor Tian sat down and said directly, “Regarding the monster, I need you to tell me again; don’t miss any details.”

The duty officer immediately went to the door upon seeing the situation to prevent anyone else from entering and hearing the conversation inside the room.

So far, it seemed it wasn’t appropriate for ordinary people to know about black fog and monsters.

The door was tightly closed.

Xiao Zhang took out a tape recorder and a pen, preparing to record everything Xia Chenxi said.

Xia Chenxi carefully examined Professor Tian and suddenly asked, “Have you already asked other survivors about the situation?”

Professor Tian nodded and said, “I have already enquired about the situation with all the survivors on the fourth floor of Fengnian Community, and you are the last one I came looking for. For us, any detail is likely to be the inspiration for our research breakthrough.”

Xia Chenxi pursed his lips and asked again, “I have another question: do you believe that there really exists some inexplicable phenomenon in this world?”

Because even the police officer who had seen that half-arm didn’t quite believe that this monster had the ability to trap people on the fourth floor.

Professor Tian showed a curious expression, raised an eyebrow, and said, “There are indeed many inexplicable things in this world, and the reason why I came is because that monster made me feel uneasy.”

When Xia Chenxi heard his serious response, he asked curiously, “Professor Tian, I wonder if you have seen half of that monster’s arm?”

Professor Tian pushed his glasses and said, “In fact, it was me who asked the police to seal up half of the arm. I think this thing is very dangerous. Of course, I have conducted a detailed analysis of this half of the arm. Interestingly, I found that the other party’s DNA is similar to that of a human but completely different.”

The information revealed by Professor Tian surprised and puzzled Xia Chenxi, and what surprised him was that this strangeness was somewhat similar to human DNA.

What was the purpose of the other party revealing so much information to him?

Especially when the authorities were very secretive about these things and even prohibited discussions about them, Professor Tian didn’t look afraid of being approached for doing so.

Perhaps the confusion in Xia Chenxi’s eyes was too obvious. Professor Tian said, “IIt’s the officially established Black Fog Research Department, and I happen to be the main person in charge of this department. The reason why I’m telling you so much is also very simple.”

Xia Chenxi clearly showed his confusion.

Professor Tian said, “I have reviewed the files related to the Fengnian community case, and it can be said that it is because of you that so many survivors have survived on the fourth floor. Therefore, I would like to know your views and speculations on monsters and the black fog, which may bring me new directions for thinking.”

Xia Chenxi remained silent.

In fact, he had been thinking about how to inform the authorities about the chains, hoping to make them realise that these bizarre and terrifying things had far exceeded their imagination.

So, it was necessary to alert the authorities.

Xia Chenxi thought of this and quickly made a decision. After taking a deep breath, he said to Professor Tian, “I suspect that monster is related to the Black Fog.”

Professor Tian’s expression remained unchanged, just nodding, “In fact, I also think that way, but I haven’t found any similar connection between the Black Fog and the monsters. Please continue speaking.”

Xia Chenxi said, “I suspect that the monster could only rely on the chains to kill people. When it lost its chains, even if it had great power, it reacted quickly, but it never attacked humans. Don’t you think that’s strange?”

“Is that why you stole the chain at that time?”

Xia Chenxi nodded and said, “Yes, since the chains were so important to monsters, if you want to study that chain, please be careful. It may be very dangerous.”

Professor Tian said, “I will. Your information is very important to me. Let’s exchange contact information later. If you have any new discoveries in the future, you can contact me through this.”

“Okay.”

Professor Tian and Assistant Xiao Zhang left, and Xia Chenxi breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn’t tell anyone about the love development game; otherwise, terrible consequences would occur.

Because of this, Xia Chenxi didn’t even know how to inform the authorities of the specific information about the chain and could only use this subtle way to remind them.

However, it was useless to tell. Even Xia Chenxi himself didn’t know how to use the chain because he had been holding it throughout the entire process, yet there was no abnormal injury reaction in his body.

It could be seen that this chain had some kind of triggering mechanism.