Yi Heye replied coldly and decisively: "Yes, not a second less."
Jian Yunxian smiled and said to Chen Sike, "I just consulted our leader, and he said that due to the needs of the investigation, we must provide relevant video materials, but we will absolutely keep the content confidential."
Chen Sike blushed and reluctantly agreed.
Yi Heye was very sensitive to Jian Yunxian's smile, and at the same time, he had a feeling that the man's words were strange, but he didn't say anything and just agreed.
The other end of the phone hung up, and not long after, Yi Heye received the packaged documents from Chen Sike.
Jian Yunxian asked again, "Sir, do you really want to see it?"
Looking at his ambiguous smile, Yi Heye hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm sure."
Jian Yunxian: "That's their privacy."
Yi Heye grew impatient: "Look."
As Jian Yunxian remotely entered the password for the decompressed file, he jokingly asked, "You didn't do this on purpose, did you?"
What's the point of this? Why does this person always like to use riddles when they speak?
Yi Heye glanced at him suspiciously, then remained silent and cautiously began looking at the game save file with him.
Because it perfectly replicates the player's appearance, it's more like a video recording of the two people than a game save file.
Jian Yunxian and Chen Sike's reactions were so bizarre that Yi Heye remained highly vigilant throughout the entire viewing process.
Yi Heye has excellent dynamic vision; even when playing at eight times the speed, he doesn't miss any details.
He quickly reviewed the twenty-odd games the two had played during their beginner phase, and he had also figured out the general gameplay, but he still couldn't find any clues that made them want to hide anything.
Yi Heye was very puzzled. He took a sip of milk and then moved on to the next segment.
It was the same familiar opening scene: Yi Heye watched them appear side by side on a beach—
In Yi Heye's memory, the beach scene appeared three times in the first twenty-six games, and became popular on the forum for its exquisite scene modeling.
The two children quickly passed the first challenge.
At this moment, a door leading to the next level opened at the end of the beach, and the surrounding NPCs disappeared as usual.
The entire screen is now filled with shimmering waves, soaring seagulls, a brilliant sunset, golden sand, and two players who haven't yet made it to the next level.
Yi Heye yawned, eager to fast forward and let them continue to the next level, but unexpectedly Fan Mengqing suddenly pointed to the sea and said something to Chen Sike.
Then, the young couple secretly hooked their fingers together and sat down side by side on the beach.
Faced with an unexpected situation, Yi Heye subconsciously canceled the 8x speed mode.
At this moment, he watched as they went from sitting side by side to embracing and kissing each other. Then, Fan Mengqing blushed and whispered something in Chen Sike's ear.
What happened next was something Yi Heye hadn't anticipated.
After a brief discussion, the two began to move enthusiastically but clumsily, and the scene gradually developed in a direction unsuitable for children.
Yi Heye never expected that the "secret" behind this was actually this.
The intense shock and his consistently delayed reaction left him speechless for a long time. Only after he had witnessed the brief live sex show did his face instantly turn red, growing redder and redder until it seemed to bleed.
He frantically paused the video, got up, and paced back and forth in the room, his whole body flushed.
As he expected, Jian Yunxian's teasing immediately followed: "Isn't that a bit unnecessary, sir? You even slowed down to look at it frame by frame. You're really a pervert..."
Yi Heye lost all his irritation and rushed back to the sink to wash his face with cold water for the second time that day.
Returning to the table twice a day, Yi Heye felt he was starting to feel weak.
He numbly continued playing the recording—after all, the video wasn't finished yet, and he couldn't guarantee he hadn't missed any important clues.
After their first taste of forbidden fruit, the young couple became increasingly daring. They would quickly complete game tasks and then play games that made others blush, utilizing various locations, conditions, and dropped items.
Yi Heye finally understood why Chen Sike dared not admit it—it was obvious that they had long since stopped focusing on the game itself and instead treated this place as a themed erotic suite that kept changing its theme.
After all, here they are only using brain-computer interfaces for "mental" communication, without any direct physical contact. Not only will it not have any impact on their bodies, but they can also enjoy the pleasure of intimate interaction with their lovers. As long as they are not discovered, this game is a paradise that belongs only to the two of them.
This is why the autopsy results showed that Fan Mengqing's hymen remained intact.
Although Jian Yunxian twisted the truth and portrayed him as a pervert, Yi Heye's knowledge in this area was practically nonexistent, and the scene before him left him utterly shocked.
It's probably the feeling of really seeing the world.
After watching the entire stack of pornographic videos intermittently using fast-forwarding, Yi Heye felt that he had lost all worldly desires.
Most importantly, it seems that he has not been able to find any other clues besides these.
He turned off the recording, got up wearily, and heard Jian Yunxian sigh, "No wonder the game is called 'LIFE,' it's just as wonderful as the real world."
Yi Heye raised his head; this sentence seemed to have given him some inspiration.
He quickly jotted down some notes and then reviewed the information on the other victims—
Without exception, they were all players of this game, but the last part of their game records before their deaths was blank, making it impossible to determine whether all of them experienced the "hidden level" mentioned by Chen Sike.
From beginning to end, this case was kept very well hidden—from faking sudden cardiac death to destroying the chip and game records, if it weren't for the unexpected eyewitness, Chen Sike, who appeared along the way, almost no one would have suspected the game.
Just as Yi Heye was pondering this, Jian Yunxian spoke up as if reading his mind: "The real culprit in this case seems to be keeping a very low profile."
This one sentence alone made Yi Heye waver—his primary suspect had always been SHEEP, but given SHEEP's high-profile and flamboyant personality, would he really "act in a low-key manner"?
Even if this guy wanted to give me some "puzzles" under the guise of "playing games" with me, he shouldn't have done it like this, almost erasing the entire case.
With doubts in mind, Yi Heye turned on the computer that had been turned off once again.
After watching videos intensely for an entire afternoon, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked completely exhausted.
But he still rubbed his throbbing temples and went to the game's official forum to look for inspiration.
A live stream that was gaining popularity caught his eye.
The livestream was titled "Official New Level Released? A 48-Hour Battle to Be the First to Clear It!"
The moment Yi Heye saw the title, his eyelids twitched uneasily.
Sure enough, when he clicked on it, he found a brand new map that he had never seen in any of the many videos he had ever seen before.
The map is called "Utopia".
In front of her, deep within the broadcaster's location, was a garden so beautiful it seemed unreal. There were no skyscrapers here, only exquisite and beautiful exotic flowers and plants.
Yi Heye suddenly felt that the place looked familiar—the style here was very similar to where Jian Yunxian lived.
A place so beautiful it's almost unreal.
Perhaps because he had watched too many adult films that day, when Yi Heye saw this game, indescribable images automatically popped into his mind.
Worse still, perhaps due to the similar environment, he subconsciously associated himself with Jian Yunxian on the surveillance camera.
He thought of the button that hadn't been unbuttoned, of his tingling voice in his ear, and of counting the pains that sent shivers down his spine.
He sat at the table in a daze for a long time, until he realized what he was thinking about and who he was thinking about. His whole body, from the tips of his hair to his toes, turned bright red instantly.
"It's over, Yi Heye," he cursed himself in horror—"You're really going to become a monster."
Author's Note:
That is to say, wild children are actually more innocent (sincere) than high school students.
Chapter 14, number 014
Yi Heye washed his face again.
Although the innocent Jian Yunxian didn't say a word this time, Yi Heye still firmly believed that his current state was purely the result of this guy brainwashing him during this period.
Yi Heye, now in a state of mental clarity, wiped his face and focused his mind once more.
He casually browsed through the chat history in the live stream. Judging from the chat content of the netizens, the streamer had been in the new level for two whole days, with his friends at home helping him with his food and drink, and sleeping was not a problem.
This streamer is a well-known technical expert in the industry, skilled at summarizing and categorizing seemingly random game patterns.
He published a very detailed guide on the website, which became extremely popular among netizens.
This was the best game the streamer claimed he had played before. He had played on and off for half a month, clearing more than 20 levels and accumulating a large amount of high-end equipment.
Under such circumstances, with perfect timing, location, and support, he triggered the so-called "hidden challenge" and started this live stream with an unwavering determination to win.
But the current situation does not seem optimistic.
On the screen, the streamer's character was down to his last sliver of health. Some advised him to rest before continuing, but the fans who had been watching the stream the whole time answered for him:
"I can't rest. Ah R said it might be a bug in the new level. I can't pause or exit. I have to finish the game before I can stop."
Yi Heye saw a comment that said, "But I haven't seen the BOSS yet, I only see the health bar dropping rapidly."
Netizen A: "This is so weird, there are too many bugs in this level."
Netizen B: "Did this go live before it was even tested?"
Netizen C: "But the scene modeling is really beautiful."
Netizen D: "The only good thing about it is the modeling."
Yi Heye was scrolling through the comments when a blue light suddenly flashed across the screen.
At that moment, an alarm suddenly sounded in the headset. Looking up, Ah R's health bar was completely empty.
Defeat.
After a strong premonition, Yi Heye stared at the bottom right corner of the screen. In the live video, a man wearing a gaming helmet looked pale and pained.
He took off his helmet, seemingly trying to get up, but before he could even leave the room, he collapsed onto the floor.
In an instant, the live stream chat exploded. Everyone said that he couldn't take the fatigue from the continuous battles, and some even called an ambulance for him.
Only Yi Heye frowned slightly—he knew that this was probably the fifth case of sudden cardiac death this month.
He and nearly 100,000 viewers in the live stream witnessed a low-key murder broadcast.
Just as he turned his gaze back to the game screen, many viewers in the live chat noticed it along with him.
After the defeat was announced, the BOSS, who had been "invisible" from beginning to end, finally emerged from behind the bushes.
It was an electronic sheep shimmering with blue light, its entire body entwined with glowing data streams, like a clump of code that could drift away at any moment.
That blue light just now was the afterimage left behind when it delivered its final blow.