Chapter 3: Peaceful Days! (Please Like and Vote)

After a flurry of commotion, two people were already sitting in front of Zhou Yi; one was Lao Zhou, and the other was a leader from the Police Station.

There was no other reason: regardless of what kind of virtual property it was, once the recharge amount reached a staggering figure, the case became a truly major one.

However, Lao Zhou, who had just wiped his mouth clean, exchanged a glance with Liu Suo beside him; they were both wondering if the kid in front of them was a bit slow-witted...

They had roughly looked over the evidence, and with the transaction records, recharge records, and the contract from the third-party platform, it was basically determined that there were no issues with the case.

But... this person really must be slow-witted, right? You bought an account for five hundred, and you recharged a million?

On this side, Zhou Yi felt his scalp tingle a bit under the gaze of the two police officers.

After thinking for a moment, he still asked, "No, two officers, then regarding this matter of mine, what do you think..."

Liu Suo waved his hand and said, "Young man, please rest assured, we will definitely handle this. And your amount... the amount has already reached the threshold of being exceptionally large, so we have already reported it upward and will dispatch capable police forces to solve the case."

After finishing the routine-like words, Liu Suo thought for a moment and couldn't help but add, "However, young man, regarding your case, that person who reclaimed it probably didn't know you had recharged so much; their subjective malice isn't that strong."

"But let's not talk about this for now; let's first find the person and solve the case!"

That was good. Zhou Yi nodded to express his gratitude. After asking the two comrades if he could film the reporting process for a video, that Liu Suo said there was no problem, but it would have to go through their review.

Holding the Report Receipt, Zhou Yi walked out of the Police Station. Perhaps after such a series of events, his anger was not as intense as before.

It seems this is why many people choose to let "minor evils" in life slide.

It is mainly just too troublesome, truly too troublesome; even with his "cheat," he felt it was a hassle to handle.

In the words of that Liu Suo just now, the other party probably didn't know he would recharge so much, and the subjective malice wasn't that strong, but Zhou Yi didn't care about that now.

He didn't care if the subjective malice was great or not; the account had been sold for a year, yet it was reclaimed out of the blue, and he had tried various ways to contact the other party, only to be blocked on both phone numbers.

He had previously called using another phone number, but the result was the same: it was always busy.

Forget it, they were both adults, so they should understand one principle: bear the consequences of your own mistakes!

Looking at the time, several hours had passed since the account's security period ended, which meant that the person who reclaimed it had definitely logged into the game.

This point could be confirmed with certainty, which meant that they must have seen that string of numbers on the account that made one feel dizzy just looking at it. Yet, knowing full well that the recharge amount was exceptionally large, they still did not contact him; what did this indicate?

Either they were a legal blind who didn't think their behavior was a crime at all, or they were certain they wouldn't be found.

And regardless, they had already destroyed their own last hope.

Zhou Yi shook his head and opened his panel. Everything else was normal, but the completion progress bar had already reached thirty-five percent. Not bad, the recharge and the police report had increased it quite a bit.

So the next step was to go back and wait, and edit the video while he was at it.

This time, he planned to split the video into two parts. The content of the first video would be him discovering the account was stolen, then taking various methods to contact the account owner and the third-party platform, only to end up with nothing.

Then, unable to bear it any longer, he retaliated by recharging a million and deciding to report it to the police!

As for the follow-up results of the police report, that would have to wait for the second video.

Of course, Zhou Yi would absolutely never admit that he was doing this to pad out his video; for an Up Master, can that even be called padding?

Although only a few people would watch it, he was an old hand after all, and he was familiar with doing these things.

With a happy mood, Zhou Yi hummed a tune and happily headed home to edit the video.

On the other side, the police had already begun their investigation through various means. Although an account with a million in recharges certainly wasn't worth that much money—not even worth a few hundred thousand—the amount was still considered exceptionally large, which was not something their local Police Station could handle alone.

Therefore, Liu Suo had reported the case upward very early on.

Coupled with the special nature of this case, within a very short time, many people in the Jingzhou Legal System knew that a young man who appeared to be slow-witted had had his account, which he had recharged a million into, reclaimed...

Facts proved that people who underestimate the police generally don't have a good ending...

Jingzhou City was the provincial capital of Handong Province, and in a small county called Qingshan County, thousands of kilometers away from Handong Province, inside a room, Liu Xu was showing off his account to his friends.

"Holy crap, Brother Xu, how much money did you recharge into this?" someone beside him exclaimed while looking at the phone screen.

Liu Xu laughed upon hearing this and said, "Not much, not much, just a few hundred thousand or so."

"A few hundred thousand isn't much! Brother Xu, you're rich!"

Listening to the waves of flattery from those around him, Liu Xu was full of pride.

This Original Demon account was one he had sold a year ago. At the time, he was in his third year of high school, and his family was strict, so he didn't have time to play games, which was why he listed the account on a trading platform for five hundred.

It sold not long after he listed it.

What followed was the college entrance exam and starting university. Because his parents were both teachers, it could be considered a scholarly family, and Liu Xu had tested quite well. He had just finished his freshman year and had returned home for summer vacation not long ago.

Bored and idle, he happened to see someone saying that the Real-name Registration weight for Original Demon accounts was the highest, so he thought of his previous account, which had also undergone Real-name Registration at the time.

Holding the attitude of just giving it a try, he ended up reclaiming it in one go!

Although there was a security period because the other party had changed the binding, Liu Xu wasn't in a hurry; he could log in once the security period passed.

He had, of course, received messages and calls in the meantime, but he had no intention of responding to the other party at all.

With the internet spanning across the country, I've reclaimed it, so what can you do?

He knew that buying and selling accounts online was almost like paying to play for a while; many people who sold accounts would reclaim them.

That guy spent five hundred, so letting him play for a year was enough.

Looking online, there were many posts showing off, where people reclaimed accounts and found all sorts of max-constellation characters inside.

Liu Xu had originally just been playing around with no expectations, but he was stunned when he logged into the account.

Honestly, he had never encountered a situation where the number of gacha orbs was so high!

It was even much higher than the number in his bank card...

How much money was this? Liu Xu didn't dare to think about it anymore. He did a rough calculation, and in any case, it was definitely over five hundred thousand.

Don't think that university students should know everything; university students get scammed all the time. There are even scams specifically targeting university students, and the things that come out of the mouths of some university students will make you wonder: is this really a university student?

The answer is yes. After the expansion of university enrollment, there were too many of them; Wudaokou Vocational and Technical College is a university, and those third-tier colleges that only exist to rake in money are also universities.

Liu Xu certainly knew that doing this was wrong, but he couldn't articulate exactly where it was wrong. He vaguely felt that the money the previous guy had recharged was a bit much, but he didn't take it to heart.

This was another issue: many kids today, and even university students, no longer treat money as money.

Look at Zhihu, look at Xiaohongshu, and all those other short videos; you would feel that there are so many rich people, that everyone you meet online is rich, and they talk about luxury goods as if they are daily necessities, living a peaceful life.

What's a few hundred thousand anyway...

Perhaps only when one earns money oneself can one realize it; who knows.

Plus, with so many people online recovering accounts without any issues, Liu Xu was not worried at all.

Moreover, because both of his parents were teachers, he had been strictly controlled since he was a child, especially regarding money.

Therefore, after recovering this account, Liu Xu subconsciously began to show off, which satisfied the vanity he had lacked since childhood.

Looking at the surprised expression on the face of a friend who had always shown off in front of him in the past, Liu Xu felt that his life had reached its peak; it had never felt this good!

Of course, Liu Xu did not know that, at this moment, some people had already found his home.

Good morning, fellow drinkers. I haven't written a book in a long time. Signing contracts is all online now; it's so fast, it was finished in half an hour... so for those who invested... uh, helpless.

(End of this chapter)