Chapter 301: A visitor to the tombstone
Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: Juicetin
Proofreader: Arya
[I agree with your conjecture sir, but we are unable to extract the item] Impartial Goddess spoke.
âThatâs right, his Godâs Chosen Skill only activated for an instant, heâs definitely here with other motivesâ Gu Qing Shan spoke.
[According to my calculations, to be able to affect the energy pool, it has to be a Nano bomb]
âIâm sure thatâs what it isâ Gu Qing Shan smiled and continued: âFortunately, all that is nothing but an illusion that we made, no matter what kind of sabotage he did, it wonât affect your actual energy poolâ
[Following this, what should we do?] Impartial Goddess asked.
âWhat does your procedures say?â
[Contact the three Generals, arrest him in accordance with Confederate laws and have him trialed at the military court]
âI bet you we wonât be able to get any information, and heâll disappear before we even manage to catch upâ
[Then your opinion sir?]
âUse the highest grade of anti-shock material to quarantine this areaâ
[And then?]
âWeâll wait to see what their motives areâ Gu Qing Shan answered.
[Sir Gu Qing Shanâs suggestion has been accepted, currently being carried out] Impartial Goddess replied.
Gu Qing Shan nodded: âItâs already quite late, send me homeâ
[Yes sir, on the other hand, Zhang Ying Hao, Liao Xing, Ye Fei Li and Anna all left messages for you]
Gu Qing Shan didnât expect that.
Right, I used a whole day to breakthrough, then took 4-5 hours monitoring that guy.
I had my phone turned off the entire time.
âAlright, let me hear itâ
Liao Xingâs loud voice came first: âBoss, I donât quite understand these scriptures, can you go back and give me a few tips before I categorize and record them into the System?â
Gu Qing Shan skipped to the next message.
Within a commotion, Zhang Ying Hao was shouting at his phone: âWhat the fuck happened to Ye Fei Li? Killing people without any finesse or method, causing so much commotion right on live national television! I couldnât help but return early to help cover his tracksâ
ââ-even Zhang Ying Hao didnât know the exact situation, it seems the Martial Saint and the Confederate covered up the fact that the Murder Clown appeared very well.
This is likely to stop society from going into an uproar.
After the Game of Eternal, the Murder Clown had become a subject of fear for humanity as a whole.
Clowns are no longer able to make anyone laugh.
Numerous clowns of circuses in the world already had to change their jobs.
Gu Qing Shan muses over it a bit: âWhat did Zhang Ying Hao do?â
[He convinced the Confederateâs secret services as well as several senators to propose an official government resolution]
âWhat resolution?â
[To avoid wide-spread panic, the government had declared during the morning of the following day that what happened was only a drill for a Man Killer Fiend attack]
âWho would believe that?â
[Many governmental departments jointly announced that, furthermore requesting me, so I had stood witness]
ââŠWith your words, the masses will probably believeâ
[Wang family is going mad trying to find Ye Fei Li]
âDo they have any leads?â
[Currently no]
âThen thatâs fineâ
Gu Qing Shan skipped to the next message again.
Annaâs voice came: âIâm still doing fine over here; the journey is only a bit far. Take care of yourself and wait for my returnâ
The next message.
Ye Fei Liâs voice: âDuring the hour, I actually did manage to hear a few other soulsâ voices. But I can only hear what theyâre saying if I consciously want to hear themâ
âItâs quite complicated, weâll take in details when you returnâ
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shanâs expression became serious.
He definitely cannot ignore anything that might be related to the wandering souls.
Being able to confirm for sure what happens to people after death will be a great milestone in humanâs understanding of the world.
One thing keeps coming after another, making Gu Qing Shan unable to leave Reality to go to the foreign other world.
Checking these messages, even the most recent one was sent half a day ago.
After thinking for a bit, Gu Qing Shan decided to put it off.
Since there were so many things happening right now, he might as well take the time before the rain truly stops and deal with all the issues in Reality.
He can only leave without worry after the disaster had struck and heâs dealt with it.
Not to mention, there are a few things he had to prepare before going to the other world anyways.
He contacted Zhang Ying Hao first.
âWhat is it? If itâs nothing important I need to sleep first, I just got done with work and Iâm exhausted right nowâ Zhang Ying Hao mumbled sleepily.
âI need to go learn something at your hitman associationâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âWhat!? You want to join my association? Are you serious!!?â Zhang Ying Hao was so shocked he was fully awake.
âThatâs right, I need to learn a skill or two, Ye Fei Li will also be joiningâ Gu Qing Shan answered.
âThen return first, Iâll be waiting for you in the living roomâ Zhang Ying Hao said.
âAlrightâ
He hung up.
âImpartial Goddess, Iâll probably need some genetic-level appearance restructuringâ Gu Qing Shan said.
[The same kind as Liao Xing?]
âThatâs right, but not permanent, Iâd prefer to be able to get back my original lookâ
[That is simple. What do you want to look like?]
âLike thisâ
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan made a hand seal.
Itâs the most basic image projection spell that any cultivator knows how to use, holds no attack power.
A light manifested into the Virtualized realm cultivator Qi Yan.
This was a fully 3-dimensional image, with Qi Yanâs every little detail, almost authentic at first glance.
Impartial Goddess spoke: [Iâve recorded it, beginning calculations of genetic-level appearance restructuring matrix]
âIâve troubled youâ
[Anything for you sir]
âŠ
Gu Qing Shan returned to the mountaintop mansion.
When he walked in, all three people were there.
Liao Xing was sitting on the sofa, watching the news while drinking beer.
Zhang Ying Hao was scolding Ye Fei Li.
âThat was national live TV! They were broadcasting the congressman election speech, yet you just barged in, captured a guy and started rending his flesh off while crying. Do you think everyone in the world is blind!?â
âDo you have any idea how big an issue youâve caused!?â
Zhang Ying Hao was so angry that his face was red: âBrother, canât you at least kill him a bit more discreetly? Wait until the broadcast is cut off, or destroy all the cameras on the scene before killing him, is that so hard to do?â
Ye Fei Li lowered his head without saying anything back.
Gu Qing Shan patted Ye Fei Li shoulder then sat down on the sofa.
âForgot to ask if you felt goodâ he said.
âVery!â Ye Fei Li smiled in response.
Zhang Ying Hao swallowed back the words he was about to say: âThe hell⊠YOUâRE are the one that encouraged him to do that?â
âSorry about that, Iâll pay attention in the futureâ Gu Qing Shan smiled apologetically.
âStop everything, I need to complain about something first!â Liao Xing raised his hand.
Gu Qing Shan looked at him.
âThis guy actually moved an entire tombstone into his room, can you imagine that? I can still feel the chills right nowâ Liao Xing still had an expression of disbelief and said.
âNot the coffin?â Gu Qing Shan turned and asked.
âSheâs only attached to the tombstone, so when I move the tombstone, she moves as wellâ Ye Fei Li replied.
âThen what about her body?â
âI cremated and saved her ashes, itâs also in my room right nowâ Ye Fei Li explained.
Zhang Ying Hao opened his mouth wide, still unable to process what these two are talking about.
Liao Xing silently moved further away from them on the sofa.
âThatâs good, this place is much more scenic than the graveyard, and since thereâll be people to talk with her, she wonât be feeling lonelyâ Gu Qing Shan agreed.
Ye Fei Li smiled, looking very satisfied.
The other two were stunned.
This time, even Zhang Ying Hao was slowly moving away.
âIâm gonna go to the bathroomâ saying so, Liao Xing stood up, wanting to escape.
âWait a minute, itâs not quite what you thinkâ Gu Qing Shan hurriedly said.
Liao Xing observed him carefully to see that he still had a very calm expression and tone, not at all possessed.
Gu Qing Shan had always been a trustworthy ally so Liao Xing can still believe him, slowly regained his composure.
Zhang Ying Hao was the same.
âThen whatâs going on?â Zhang Ying Hao asked.
Before Gu Qing Shan could even speak, Ye Fei Li hurriedly explained: âAfter she died, I could still hear her cries, so I went and took her tombstone back here together with her soulâ
Died⊠Cries⊠SoulâŠ
It almost felt like a cold chill just swept through the room.
Ye Fei Li then continued: âMaybe sheâs right here with us right now, but since I canât see her, I canât confirm. Just wait until I can hear her again, Iâll introduce you to herâ
This time, never mind Liao Xing, even Zhang Ying Hao couldnât sit still anymore.
Zhang Ying Hao lightly coughed: âI just remembered, I still have something that I have to take care of âââ
He was grabbed by Gu Qing Shan.
âYouâre a killer, how many people do you kill every day? Why are you scared of some ghost?â
âI have numerous methods to kill a person, but I canât kill a ghostâ Zhang Ying Hao wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.
âNo worries, sheâs Ye Fei Liâs girlfriend, nothing to be scared ofâ
ââGIRLFRIEND!!!?ââ
Zhang Ying Hao and Liao Xing shouted at the same time.
They were trembling inside.
A living person and a ghost being together?
ââ-no wait, in this case, a Man Killer Fiend and a ghost being together.
They both have the word âghostâ in the name, but this still a combination of the living and the dead. (1)
No way, this is too eerie, completely out of the ordinary.
âWhat exactly happened?â Zhang Ying Hao mustered his courage and asked.
Gu Qing Shan then began to tell the story from start to end.
After knowing about the girl before her death together with the truth, the other two finally calmed down.
Zhang Ying Hao mused: âIf thatâs the case, then that Wang Ming Ze truly deserved to dieâ
Liao Xing suddenly shouted excitedly: âSo souls are a thing that actually exist! This is the greatest discovery in science, we should form an official scientific team to closely study more about the souls!â
Ye Fei Li glared at him.
He then placed his hand on Liao Xingâs shoulder and asked: âThatâs my girlfriend, you sure you want to study her?â
The blood-red glow began to appear, slowly creeping towards Liao Xingâs body.
This type of red glow had killed all the Champions from the Game of Eternal.
Knowing what it is, Liao Xing immediately tried to back off.
But he was held down by Ye Fei Li, unable to run away.
Seeing the glow got closer and closer, Liao Xing repeatedly spoke: âAhaha, itâs a joke, not serious, not serious, reallyâ
âIf thereâs a one in a million chance that you ever have that thought again, make sure to not tell meâ Ye Fei Li very lightly said.
âDonât worry, really, I definitely wonâtâ Liao Xing felt cold sweat all over his body.
After dealing with the old guy, Ye Fei Li clasped his hands together and bowed sincerely: âI just want to be with her, please just give us a chanceâ
Gu Qing Shan looked at Zhang Ying Hao and saw Zhang Ying Hao was also looking at him.
âI have no problems with itâ Gu Qing Shan spoke up first.
âThereâs quite a few hitman secrets in my room that I canât let anyone know aboutâ Zhang Ying Hao crossed his arms.
Ye Fei Li was practically begging with his eyes.
Gu Qing Shan silently winked at Zhang Ying Hao.
Zhang Ying Hao couldnât help but say: âBut itâs fine if sheâs a soul, since she wonât be able to reveal anything to people aliveâ
Ye Fei Li appeared glad, looking at Liao Xing.
Seeing both of the bosses say that, Liao Xing understood this matter was already determined.
He could only advise him seriously: âTell your girlfriend not to run around wildly at night, otherwise I wonât be responsible if she sees something frighteningâ
âDonât worry, your little tools wonât scare anyoneâ Ye Fei Li said.
Note:
(1): the common word that theyâre referring to is âéŹŒâ, which means ghost by itself, but can also mean fiend, ghoul and other types of undead creatures when combined with other characters.