Chapter 1 You Get What You Fear Most

Sometimes, what you fear most is exactly what comes to pass.

Just as Mingmei was questioning Mu Chen about whether the mission he had accepted was "legitimate," someone arrived outside the treehouse.

Unfortunately, the two individuals were from the Underground City Security Bureau, and they were there to investigate the death of the fighter in Mu Chen's third match that day.

Instantly, Mingmei became alert.

It seemed the person Mu Chen had killed was not so ordinary, otherwise they would have investigated the death of the fighter in the first match as well, wouldn't they?

"I'll go with you."

Regardless of how strangely the two mixed-race-looking security officers at the door were looking at them, Mingmei took a step forward and took Mu Chen's hand, showing her resolve.

Mu Chen turned his head and looked tenderly at Mingmei, who was facing the darkness with her back to the light inside the house. The light in her eyes seemed to pierce through all darkness.

Mu Chen's heart stirred. The next moment, Mingmei suddenly lowered her head.

She felt the person whose hand she was holding turn it over and grasp hers tightly. It was warm, gentle, and carried an unspeakable domineering air.

Mingmei looked up and smiled at Mu Chen.

This made the two Underground City law enforcement officers who had come to deliver the message feel a slight sense of annoyance.

They were supposed to be arresting one person, so how did they end up catching a couple?

And the other party wasn't resisting or attacking the police. Why did they feel like they had been inexplicably kicked?

...

Mingmei accompanied Mu Chen to the Security Bureau. Since Mingmei hadn't done anything wrong, she couldn't enter the interrogation room inside. She sat in the brightly lit hall, watching humans and non-humans alike, as well as the criminals they were apprehending or dragging along.

Mingmei found the whole scene somewhat comical.

In the Outer Star Sea, a place filled with criminals, she was actually seeing something resembling a police station in a peaceful society.

Was this real, or was her uncle deliberately creating this facade to pass some kind of review?

"Behave yourself!"

Mingmei was lost in thought when a dark shadow suddenly flashed in front of her. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and dodged the thing that lunged at her legs.

Mingmei looked down and saw a skinny man with a pair of beast ears on his head lying in front of her, sliding forward a bit due to inertia.

Mingmei clearly saw a distinct footprint on his body.

She turned her head in the direction of the voice and saw someone she hadn't seen in a long time—Lu Gui.

This was their first meeting in nearly three months since they had left the academy.

"What are you doing here?"

Lu Gui, who had been wearing a cold face, didn't expect to meet Mingmei when he was subduing a prisoner who was trying to resist.

"Ah... something came up. You are..."

Mingmei said, looking Lu Gui up and down. When she saw the uniform he was wearing was similar to the ones the people who brought her and Mu Chen here were wearing, she roughly understood what role Lu Gui was playing in the game.

"Yeah, just doing this. Maintaining... maintaining order." Lu Gui wanted to say maintaining peace, but he subconsciously denied what his role entailed every day.

Where was the peace here?

"I thought this game would divide us into legions after we entered," Mingmei said. She knew this game was mainly for the newcomers from their two legions, to "see the world."

Well, she hadn't expected this "seeing the world" to be so unique.

It directly turned them into "bad guys."

No wonder the veterans weren't allowed to participate. If they did, it might expose what they had done besides being soldiers.

"It doesn't."

Lu Gui pulled up the prisoner he had kicked down and handed him over to a colleague. When the NPC saw that Lu Gui was going to chat with a woman, a lewd smile instantly appeared on his face, as if saying, "I've got this." He took the prisoner away, winking at Lu Gui, making Mingmei and Mu Chen feel awkward.

"Lu Xiaoyao lives around here too."

Mingmei could tell that he was genuinely embarrassed, so she took the initiative to speak first.

"Really? I'll find a chance to see her. It's been three months since she left home, I wonder if she's improved at all." Lu Gui's mouth was smiling, but when he mentioned his sister Lu Xiaoyao, he seemed a bit melancholic.

Mingmei didn't want to reply to that.

After all, whether Lu Xiaoyao had improved was like Schrödinger's improvement.

"Right, what are you doing here?"

Seeing Mingmei's silence, Lu Gui didn't pursue the matter of Lu Xiaoyao's improvement. After all, they would eventually meet since they were both here. But Mingmei appearing here didn't seem like she had been arrested for doing something wrong.

"A Chen got involved in something, so he's here to give a statement. I'm waiting outside."

"Oh, he messed up? So weak, he left a trail?"

Lu Gui understood. It was rare for someone to be brought here and specifically taken inside for questioning.

In the Underground City, either the criminals were caught right away, or they didn't know who the criminal was at all.

It was rare, very rare, for someone like Mu Chen to be brought in for questioning!

"With his ability, how could he leave clues when doing things?" Lu Gui stroked his chin and looked at Mingmei, asking, "What exactly happened to him?"

Mingmei didn't tell him everything. She just said that Mu Chen had hit too hard in the black market boxing match, and his opponent was gone.

However, Lu Gui obviously knew the rules of the black market arena, his expression betrayed him, even though he didn't say anything.

He naturally didn't believe it.

"That fighter seems to have a background."

Mingmei thought, then added, "So, Mu Chen wasn't hired to commit murder, was he?"

Mingmei: ??

Was it that easy to guess?

Before Mingmei could think about whether or not she should admit it, Lu Gui said, "Could it be that some dumb employer was discovered early and exposed Mu Chen?"

"Huh?"

...

Meanwhile, a certain dumb employer, Zhen Hu, had been brought together with Mu Chen. When they faced each other, Zhen Hu was stunned for a second, then revealed an awkward smile!

He had only been transmigrated for two days and was still adapting to his new life. This was his first time out, and he was taken away as soon as he left home, accused of murder, and told that the hitman he hired had confessed everything.

Great!

He had finally found something about this in the corner of the character's memory. Before he could say anything to "defend" himself, the hitman had already confessed?

After struggling for a long time, Zhen Hu finally denied hiring a hitman, saying that he hadn't paid yet, so it didn't count.

Although he indirectly admitted to doing it, he still insisted that he hadn't paid.

What kind of contract killing was it without money?

After Mu Chen arrived, he was also questioned in various ways about whether he admitted to accepting money to kill someone.

Mu Chen absolutely refused to admit it. After he repeatedly denied that he had been hired to kill someone, the people from the Underground Security Bureau brought in Zhen Hu, his unfortunate employer, saying that the other party had admitted everything.

As for what he had admitted, they were vague. After thinking for a moment, Mu Chen understood everything.

They were trying to trick him, weren't they?

Not only were they tricking him, but they probably tricked Zhen Hu as well, and judging from the looks of it, he had already been tricked.

Looking at the awkward smile on Zhen Hu's face, which revealed a hint of naive stupidity, Mu Chen didn't even blink and asked, "Who are you?"

Zhen Hu: ???

"Don't pretend. He's the employer who hired you to kill someone. We have the chat logs from the dark web to prove it."

Seeing that Mu Chen was still denying everything, they showed Mu Chen Zhen Hu's confession and their chat logs. Mu Chen only let out a disdainful snort.

"What do you mean by that?"

"You're saying that any random conversation can be attributed to me? I don't have a dark web account, and I don't know what you're talking about."

"What?!"

Seeing the surprised looks on the faces of the people in front of him, Mu Chen spread his hands and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go to my house and take my optical brain to check."

After saying that, Mu Chen even showed a rare expression of anger and said, "Is it really necessary to make such a big deal out of someone dying in a black market boxing match?! Besides, the prize money for one of my boxing matches is more than the reward mentioned in this conversation. Are you looking down on me?"

Mu Chen slightly raised his chin and looked at Zhen Hu, who was still stunned by Mu Chen's performance, and asked, "You? Hiring someone to kill? With that little bit of money?"