Upon hearing about time again, Pei Xiangjin couldn't help but ask, "What time?"
Yi Heye: "I've played against him in the game, and his perception of the outside world is still stuck in the past five years."
Pei Xiangjin tensed up: "You've fought him? Why didn't you tell us sooner?"
"Would you believe me if I told you?" Yi Heye asked. "Aren't I your prime suspect?"
Pei Xiangjin clenched her fist, then relaxed it.
“He has an extremely strong sense of privacy. I escaped from that guy once and survived with his secrets.” Yi Heye looked up at him. “He will definitely come looking for me again until he kills me.”
“Officer Pei, you should know better than I what the operation of this forbidden technique means and what you should be doing now.” Yi Heye lightly flexed his fingers, his expression sharp yet undeniably confident. “How about a coordinated operation from the inside and outside?”
Author's Note:
I'm out of things to say, so let Little Cloud perform a sheep rolling around for everyone _(:3」∠)_
There won't be a second update tonight! Don't wait up, everyone!
Chapter 30, No. 030
This was probably the most amicable conversation between the two sides since the incident.
Pei Xiangjin quickly arranged for people to investigate this mysterious "Mr. Beep". Yi Heye also began to prepare for the next game. Before leaving, Comrade Yu Yili used a millimeter ruler to carefully arrange the cups on the table. And dear Mr. Jian Yunxian paid for all the coffee for the working class.
Before leaving, Little Cloud, who had eaten a bellyful of coffee beans, was so full that its belly was flat on the ground. So Jian Yunxian confiscated its skateboard and made it run back on its own.
So Xiaoming sped off ahead, while Xiaoyun ran wildly behind, bleating as it went, until the whole sheep was almost thin from crying.
Yi Heye was originally heading straight home on his bicycle, but when he was about to reach his doorstep, he suddenly remembered something and his brows furrowed instantly: "Wait."
Yi Heye made an emergency U-turn, almost causing the little cloud, which couldn't stop in time, to drift and somersault on the spot. When it finally stopped with its eyes full of tears, it found that its destination was a bar called "Doomsday Wheel".
Minors are not allowed in bars. Xiao Yunduo felt that she was still mentally immature, so she awkwardly put away her short legs. She saw Yi Heye get out of the car with a cold face.
Jian Yunxian hadn't expected him to come back here. He got out of the car and followed behind. In just a few steps, the guy pulled out a handful of weapons from somewhere, looking like a terrorist.
The bar wasn't crowded during the day, and although Yi Heye's kicking open the door made a loud noise, it barely caused a ripple in the otherwise silent nightclub.
The empty bar lobby made him feel uneasy. He quickly scanned the area and then pinpointed the room behind the bar.
Before entering, he smelled a strong burning smell and his right eyelid twitched twice. So he waited for Jian Yunxian to catch up, and instead of opening the door, he turned around and said to him, "You be my witness, I didn't do anything just now."
Jian Yunxian: "What..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yi Heye suddenly pulled open the curtain. The next second, the two people and the sheep all took a step back in unison.
The empty room was filled with the strong smell of gasoline. A charred, blackened corpse lay in the center of the room. The corpse's clothes were completely burned, but the boss's facial features and the mechanical leg that should have been gleaming could still be vaguely discerned.
At this moment, the corpse still faintly crackled and popped from burning, and the abnormally high temperature had not dissipated, indicating that it had just been burned not long ago.
Xiao Yunduo turned her back in horror, her whole body trembling with fear. Jian Yunxian also frowned and remained silent.
Yi Heye sighed solemnly. After a long while, he could only call Pei Xiangjin: "Officer... I'll have to trouble you to make another trip."
About ten minutes later, police cars cordoned off the area, and Pei Tiaozi arrived at the scene with his neurotic little forensic doctor.
As soon as forensic doctor Yu arrived at the scene, he instantly transformed into an industry elite that Yi Heye had never seen before, plunging headlong into the murder scene that no living person could withstand, while Pei Xiangjin stood outside the door asking questions.
After taking the statement, she dragged the dormant little cloud to find Yi Heye, whose conversation was just coming to an end.
“Professor Jian gave you an alibi, and you certainly didn’t have time to commit the crime, so I believe that,” Pei Xiangjin asked Yi Heye. “Now I only have one question: why didn’t you go back, but instead came straight here?”
Yi Heye knew he couldn't avoid the question, so he took a deep breath and tried to remain calm: "Just now, when we were in the coffee shop, we talked about consciousness retention, and it suddenly occurred to me that this boss might also be using this technology."
Pei Xiangjin: "What?"
“Five years ago, the owner of this body was in a car accident.” Yi Heye said with a frown. “Although he hid it well, I could see that the state of his eyeballs had changed. I thought he was just an AI that had undergone data reconstruction. But after talking with you all today, I suddenly feel that this matter may not be so simple.”
“His personality is almost identical to the original owner’s, and no one around him has ever questioned his identity, which is very strange. Logically speaking, no matter how close an AI is to humans, there will still be differences in the details,” Yi Heye said. “Moreover, it’s too coincidental that both of these events occurred five years ago, which makes it hard for me not to think about it.”
Pei Xiangjin's expression gradually tensed up. Just as he was about to say something, Yu Yili walked out from the crime scene: "It's confirmed to be self-immolation. Homicide is ruled out."
Yi Heye turned to look at Pei Xiangjin: "Have you already launched an investigation?"
Pei Xiangjin: "Yes."
“The other side already knows you’re making moves, so they’re quickly destroying evidence,” Yi Heye said. “We don’t have much time left.”
Pei Xiangjin's expression gradually tightened, and after a long while, she asked, "So, you don't actually have any evidence to prove that he is..."
“My eyes don’t lie.” Yi Heye coldly interrupted him. “As for finding evidence, that’s your job, not mine.”
After saying that, he glanced at Jian Yunxian to the side, and then the man lowered his head and patted the little cloud that was covering its eyes and curling up its bottom, signaling it to get up.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back and make preparations," Yi Heye said. "I hope your police force won't hold me back."
Yi Heye's aggressive display of power caused the junior police officers behind him to start swearing, which gave Pei Xiangjin a headache. He turned around and glared at them, and the scene instantly became as quiet as a graveyard.
Once on the police car heading back, Pei Xiangjin felt overwhelmed and decided to temporarily put aside the pile of unsolvable problems at hand.
He pinched the bridge of his nose, pondered for a while, and then opened the personnel information data on the side.
Upon seeing the photo on the screen, Yu Yili leaned closer and asked, "Professor Jian? You think there's something wrong with him?"
On the screen, Jian Yunxian's near-perfect ID photo was displayed, with his exquisite gold-rimmed glasses, gentle smile, and the refined demeanor befitting a university professor.
"It's hard to say." Pei Xiangjin leaned back on the sofa. "I haven't dealt with him many times, but so far, the information seems to indicate that he's acting normally."
Yu Yili leaned closer, drying his hair as he looked down.
"Holy crap, he's actually from Area A?!" Yu Yili exclaimed in surprise. "So there really are people from Area A in this world!"
Pei Xiangjin also cared about this, and after a while, he smiled and said, "It really wouldn't be appropriate for this family to be outside of Zone A."
According to the information, Jian Yunxian was born into an elite family. Both her parents were engaged in scientific research. Her mother received a scientific research merit award, and her father enjoyed the highest level of scientist treatment.
From childhood, he received the best and highest quality educational resources and successfully followed in his parents' footsteps to become an outstanding psychology professor.
“We have videos of him participating in various competitions and giving speeches when he was a child,” Pei Xiangjin said. “I haven’t paid much attention to this circle, but judging from the feedback from netizens, many people have indeed watched Jian Yunxian grow up little by little.”
In the video, a young Jian Yunxian wears a tailor-made suit, his face is youthful and innocent, but his words and actions reveal a maturity unique to adults.
Pei Xiangjin frowned and withdrew after hearing a few words from him.
He disliked the boy's speaking style; his words and aura had a strange, inflammatory quality that made him very uncomfortable.
Yu Yili glanced at the screen, then at Pei Xiangjin, and laughed: "At least it's definitely not an AI."
The parents are alive, and there are complete records of their studies, life, and medical care, as well as video and audio materials from childhood to adulthood. There is really nothing to doubt, unlike Yi Heye, whose existence and appearance seem extremely abrupt.
“Yes.” Pei Xiangjin closed the page and wiped her face.
Perhaps I'm overthinking it; after all, intuition can't be 100% accurate—investigating a case really does require evidence.
On the other side, on the way back, Yi Heye, having had his fill of showing off, drove his motorcycle incredibly fast.
This time, the terrified little cloud could no longer run. It didn't know where its little sunglasses had gone. It could only lie flat on the skateboard like a snow cake, sprawled out into a semi-fluid, decadent mass of flesh.
When they arrived downstairs, Xiaoming escorted the guests to their seats, warmly kissed the lamb with the tire, and then went to rest in the parking space.
Jian Yunxian lifted the little cloud-shaped clay figure off the skateboard, as if she were hugging a giant pillow.
Yi Heye let them into the elevator, only then realizing how inexplicably he had brought them back to his home.
He stared speechlessly at the man and the sheep, thinking that although this guy was his guardian and had a key to his house, he would always ask for his permission before coming over, except for the one emergency when he was rescued. He would even knock on the door, which was quite polite.
But then he thought of SHEEP, who would suddenly appear at his house from time to time and scare him, and immediately lowered his head—polite my ass, he's a fucking robber!
It has to be said that this bastard is really cunning. He uses his sheep form, which is not easy to get angry at, to act shamelessly, and then uses his beautiful human form to win favor. Yi Heye feels that he is about to drive him to a split personality.
Since he still owed him a life-saving favor, Yi Heye took the man home and even made him and his sheep a cup of milk each.
Having never received such courtesy, Feng Jianyun, holding his cup, hesitated before drinking, saying, "Sir, you're making me a little scared."
Little Cloud looked at the milk in front of her and trembled as if she had seen a butcher's knife.
Yi Heye's face fell: "If you want to drink, then drink; if not, then get out."
The two of them quickly grabbed their cups and started gulping down their drinks.
Yi Heye stroked the cup in front of him, and after they finished drinking, he said, "It seems I still have to join this game."
Jian Yunxian put down her cup and looked at him silently.
"Can you still come in?" Yi Heye asked.
"I'm sorry," Jian Yunxian said hesitantly, "My health hasn't been quite right lately."
Yi Heye wasn't surprised by his answer. After the battle against Lan Yang, he noticed that Lan Yang wasn't there, so he could guess that the guy was probably being targeted and blocked by the other side.
"It's alright," Yi Heye said. "You stay outside and watch over me. If the situation like last time happens again, unplug the power cord for me immediately."
Jian Yun chuckled and teased, "You're so confident that you've entrusted your life to me?"
Yi Heye also laughed along with him, which was rare for him: "I've worked with them once, and I thought they were alright, so I'm too lazy to look for someone else."
Author's Note:
Today, Little Cloud will perform a trick for everyone: she can turn into a sheep-shaped snow biscuit in a second! (=O3O=)
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Although I updated early today, I have to go out for epidemic prevention work tonight, so there won't be a second update. (bows)
Chapter 31, No. 031
As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Heye's smile disappeared: "But don't get me wrong, it's one thing for me to reluctantly trust you now, but it's another thing for me to kill you later."
"Alright, alright." Jian Yunxian's tone was like coaxing a child, "One thing at a time."
Yi Heye drank a few mouthfuls of milk, and feeling pleased, he yawned contentedly, "You can go now, I'm going to sleep."
Jian Yunxian, who had been used and discarded, had no temper: "Fine, you should get some rest."
Yi Heye glared at him: "If you really want me to get some rest, please ask your sheep friend named SHEEP to at least spare me one night."
Jian Yunxian nodded: "Okay, he told me he understands."