Chapter 527: Chapter 509: The Trio

[Mingwang City Investigation Bureau]

The director in the morning welcomed Luo Di and others, handing over the matter of hypersomnia to them. Usually, based on the speed with which Capital Investigators handle events related to monster embodiments, it varies from 2 to 15 days.

However, just as the morning passed, he was seated in the cafeteria about to eat.

His wristband received a message.

Seeing the information displayed, the director decisively put down the pasta that was about to enter his mouth and hurriedly took his exclusive elevator to the hall.

Luo Di and his two young female companions were already waiting on the sofa.

“Ah? It’s solved?”

“It should be solved, Director, you might want to check if the hypersomnia patients at the research institute have recovered.”

“I just got the message, all the infected woke up five minutes ago, all drowsiness vanished, what’s going on?”

“It was indeed a monster avatar, but the other side’s purpose was quite pure, wanting to attract competent individuals over, it just happened to encounter us.

There shouldn’t be any more trouble coming our way.

That’s about it, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave. The event documents, you can just jot something down. It mainly relates to the light blue crystalline substance formed from the opponent’s physical manifestation, once touched it would infect the soul, leading to the development of hypersomnia.”

“Luo Di, wait!”

The director initially planned to offer some grand gift, but after a second thought, Luo Di probably had no use for it now, so he took a different approach.

“If there’s anything I can help with, now or in the future, just private message me.”

This instead prompted an idea in Luo Di’s mind.

“Director, like this! About twenty minutes later, cut off the basic power supply around the Fifth Hospital area. The hospital itself has ample emergency power supplies and won’t affect operations inside.

The overall power cut doesn’t need to last long, around two hours should be enough.”

“I suppose I can do that, why do you want to do this? Is there some monster embodiment activity in that area related to electricity?”

“No, it’s my personal business, is that okay?”

“Yes.”

…

[Deep Blue Internet Cafe]

In a smoky booth, the trio was engaging in their daily “training,” seeing they were pushing to the high ground, soon to win by a large margin.

Regional power outage arrived on schedule.

After a brief silence,

the users sitting in the public area began cursing, followed by a feeling that the entire internet cafe’s temperature was rising to the extreme, even hearing metal clashing sounds and demonic wails coming from inside the booth.

But in the end, it didn’t burst out.

The trio used extreme means to temporarily suppress the violent emotions, otherwise, not just the entire internet cafe, but perhaps even this street, or even the whole city, would have been scorched completely.

As they left the internet cafe,

the network manager kept bowing in apologies and stated that once the power was restored, he would compensate the three with several hours of free internet time and free instant noodles.

When the manager raised his head again, he found himself standing on scorched earth, as if arriving in another world.

Though he instantly returned to the internet cafe interior, he vaguely felt some symbols etched in his memory depths.

Downstairs at the internet cafe,

the trio, due to limited activity areas, this was the only internet cafe they could reach. Just as they were thinking about how to restore power through Hell means.

Chop! Chop! Chop!

The strong sound of chopping meat came.

“Seniors, what a coincidence! How about having lunch together? I noticed a decent BBQ buffet at the nearby street corner, and the time seems just right.”

The trio’s gaze immediately focused on Luo Di, marking their first serious observation of Luo Di’s current state.

Snap!

Originally a hundred meters apart, Hook immediately stood before Luo Di, with a palm on his shoulder, accompanied by a piercing pain sweeping through his body, like being penetrated by countless fine needles.

[Interrogation Mode]

“Is the power outage related to you, Luo Di?”

Any suspicion of lying would be detected, but Luo Di didn’t intend to lie.

“Yes, I had no other choice.

Last night I planned to talk to the seniors, thinking you wouldn’t be online at night, but unexpectedly you were all too tired from gaming, plus watching matches all night, and all fell into deep sleep.

So I had to take this extreme measure, after all, if we don’t have a good talk this time, who knows when we will meet again.”

The fine needles embedded in Luo Di slowly receded, Hook had no intention of blaming,

“Let’s go eat.”

Considering the group’s immense appetite, incomparable to ordinary people, to not trouble the owner,

Luo Di directly booked the whole place, even sending the staff home, leaving the whole shop to them, promising to help lock up after eating.

Click!

The door locked.

No further operations required, no form of perception intrusion could affect this place, after all, one of Hell’s strongest minds is dining inside.

Luo Di finally recounted his Demon Ascension experience and the recent events of certification between Hell realms.

Demon Ascension seemed quite normal to the trio, knowing Luo Di’s talents well, the dual-system merger was expected.

But the Hell certification was a different matter.

As the head of the Evil Play Grand Theater, David was startled, inhaling as he straightened his chest:

“What did you say? The Hell Will changed your mark from Spine to Unclassified, wanting to build a whole new Hell Force centered around you?”

“Yes, but I need to at least reach the next ‘stage.’ The Hell Will spoke rather vaguely, after opening the door, apparently needing me to find my own kingdom.”

The trio stayed dazed for half the night, only for Hook to finally break the silence:

“Hmm… seems a bit beyond all our expectations.”

This is actually good, we don’t need to argue about your affiliation.

Completely unexpected that the Hell Will would be so open-minded, handing such important “permissions” to someone like you, who is not native to this world.

What’s the answer you provided, what is the Hell Item? What do you plan to use to create a Hell Force?”

“I want to bring over the ‘Murderer’ trait corresponding to the Corner. I haven’t determined how exactly it will manifest, that’s roughly the idea.

I’ll wait until I reach the next stage to decide.”

Hook continued to ask, “Where do you plan to continue your development?

If you plan to stay in Hell, the three of us can provide you with a suitable ‘stage’ for a Great Demon’s growth to some extent.”

“The Corner! That place suits me better. Judging from the current development, my growth in the Corner won’t hinder the development of the Hell System.

The essence of Hell is world invasion,

and my activities and various monster slaughters in the Corner are themselves a kind of invasion model, very much in line with the purpose of Hell.

And besides, it seems you three are quite busy, so it’s better I don’t interfere~”

David let his belly out again, responding with a grin, “Indeed, quite busy! I haven’t managed the theater for a long time, not familiar with the damn drama stuff at all.”

Luo Di gave an awkward laugh and followed up by asking, “There are still some things I’d like to confirm with the seniors. Mr. Hook, you have long occupied this body, so has Dean Hope been in Hell all this time or?”

“He has already adapted to life in the Punishment Room, managing it quite well for me.”

“That’s good~ And also… we came by car from the Capital City, and the temperature difference between the two cities is over 10℃.

Is this temperature difference normal, or?”

Hook pointed directly to the ground, “To expand our range of activity, we need to blur the boundaries of the world. Fifth Hospital as a ‘World Anchor’ alone is far from enough.

Currently, with David’s assistance, we’ve established a ‘Signal Tower’ underground at Fifth Hospital, which allows for a tighter connection between the two worlds.

However, you don’t need to worry about Hell’s invasion.

About half a month ago, while we were setting up the Signal Tower, we encountered a special human… whose power was unimaginably profound.

We signed a contract with him.

The Signal Tower is used solely for our exploration of the world. Any other demon wishing to come over must submit a special application.

This contract leans towards cooperation between the two worlds to some extent.

If a [crisis] occurs here that humans cannot withstand, we will be granted special permission to open a Hell Gate and provide support.

Conversely, the three of us can move freely in the human world, not only receiving various preferential treatments but even being allowed to cooperate with your officials.”

Luo Di frowned deeply, knowing very well the status of the three seniors before him in Hell, yet he couldn’t guess who the human capable of establishing a direct cooperative relationship with them could be.

“Was it someone wearing a World Bureau uniform?”

Luo Di immediately showed his uniform.

Hook shook his head, “No… it was a guy wearing pajamas and glasses.

He didn’t reveal his exact identity, but based on our assessment, he should be someone in your human realm akin to a [god], a person who has touched the system’s end.

The one we met was merely an avatar.”

“Did he say what kind of crisis the human world might face to warrant establishing diplomatic relations with Hell in advance?”

“No, from the areas we can currently operate, it seems your world is quite stable, with no signs of danger.

Moreover, your world is very strange, with plane coordinates unusually chaotic, making it difficult even for the True Hell to pinpoint its exact location.”

Luo Di didn’t quite understand the knowledge related to world coordinates, but he roughly grasped Hook’s meaning.

“Anyway, with the three seniors here, I don’t have to worry about the issues in Mingwang City, and I basically have no other questions.

By the way~ I haven’t introduced these two yet, you all know Wu Wen, and this is Hua Yuan, also a Corner monster, and a friend of mine.

They still have less than a week of activity time here, so if you’re interested, you can collaborate with them.”

Throughout the meal, the special Spine, Oculus, hadn’t spoken much, constantly observing Hua Yuan, seemingly probing her essence through Hell’s Perception.

Currently, he delivered his observation result:

“This female life seems to have met an existence not weaker than us and received ‘grace’ from them.

Hell cannot connect with such a being as her, her essence is already fixed.”

As for Wu Wen, she might be able to develop at David’s place.”

Hua Yuan suddenly became excited, not expecting that they could grasp her essence and glimpse the entity behind her just by scanning her.

“Oh! You can see my Abyss?”

“Be careful, young girl… You only climbed up here by chance, one wrong step and you’ll fall back down again.”

“Thank you for the reminder, senior! Cheers to you.”

Hua Yuan actively got up, went over to pour wine, and an inexplicable ability surged through her densely arranged flower pistils under her skin.

Even the mysterious Joker among the Eight Evil People almost fell for it.

The next second.

A strong burning sensation spread across Hua Yuan’s body, and the wine in her hand instantly evaporated.

Ash markings covered Hua Yuan’s eyes,

In an instant, she saw epic scenes of Hell, witnessed endless super-scale wars and massacres involving billions.

It felt as if these great armies were about to descend and slaughter everything here entirely.

The ashes vanished,

Hua Yuan suddenly opened her eyes wide, cold sweat pouring fiercely from her forehead.

She didn’t know the status of the three before her in Hell, hadn’t expected such an exaggeration.

Taking a deep breath, she forcibly adjusted her state through the flower pistils within, wiping away the sweat.

She quickly grabbed two more bottles of wine, punished herself by drinking from the bottles first before pouring for the others.

This interaction made Hua Yuan’s arrogance, stained by a chance opportunity, diminish slightly.

She sat back next to Luo Di with a face full of obedience, refraining from any other actions, while beginning to contemplate the senior’s reminder, pondering the potential dangers of the Abyss.