Chapter 98: Cracked Version App, Safe and Guaranteed (First Update!)

Got a mobile phone.

Qin Shi fiddled with the orange puppy; it was soft and bouncy, and kneading it felt quite comfortable.

The latter was extremely fawning, its antenna-like tail spinning like a windmill, occasionally making beeping sounds.

"Killed It? What's that? Let me see."

Qin Shi curiously poked it and found it had an interface style similar to food delivery software.

【Group Order】【Cut Price】【Didi Hit People】【Weapon Delivery】【Interplanetary Errand】...

"This art style isn't quite right."

Before Qin Shi could click in, a pop-up message for "New User Special Offer" jumped out.

Opening it, it turned out to be a free red packet, inside which it said "First order discount five thousand."

At the very bottom was a line of extremely tiny fly-head small print.

Can only be used after spending five hundred thousand.

"What a ruthless merchant! Spend five hundred on takeout and give me a five-cent discount coupon!"

Qin Shi silently raised a middle finger of contempt in his heart, then discovered that categories such as 【Didi Hit People】, 【Weapon Delivery】, and 【Interplanetary Errand】 were actually not open to him.

He could only use 【Group Order】 and 【Cut Price】.

"Discriminating against poor ghosts! Must give a five-star review, pay in installments!"

Qin Shi clicked into 【Group Order】; they were all "merchants" running special price promotions.

For example, the one ranked first, 【City Village King of Kill】, could buy a life for twenty thousand, buy two lives for enemies at once, and could also throw in a relative or a domestic pet.

However, scrolling down to check the comments, negative reviews were the majority.

【Anonymous User: The order target was the fruit shop owner who disturbed the peace; why did you kill his dog?】

【Merchant Reply: Didn't you specially note "take his dog's life"?】

Qin Shi's mouth twitched; what an old chestnut brought into reality.

【Anonymous User: Super negative review! Asked you to create an accident to kill Mr. Wang next door, do you have a brain disease, and you got his wife involved too? Lost my love, applying for a refund!】

【Anonymous User: Terrible after-sales service, clumsy body disposal method, I'll keep complaining about you after I get out of prison!】

【Anonymous User: Fuck you...】

"Being a killer isn't easy either; they earn nothing but hard-earned money."

After scanning over a dozen negative review comments in a row, Qin Shi shook his head; if he were this 【City Village King of Kill】, he'd probably be depressed.

His gaze moved downward; the second-ranked "merchant" was called 【Slip Away Die】, and the third was 【Chicken Soup Is Here】.

They should all be private order-takers, lone killers without teams.

As for 【Cut Price】, it was crowdfunded killing.

Initiated by a certain high-level user, setting a target; if other users also hoped the target would die, they could cut a price.

But it was more like an eye-catching show effect; for example, the one at the top of the 【Cut Price】 list had over seven million users participating in crowdfunding, yet the progress bar toward achieving the condition was still far, far away.

"How hated must that person be?"

Qin Shi thought to himself; unfortunately, his permission was insufficient, and he couldn't see who exactly was in the top ten of the list.

He pinched the electronic pet with mobile phone functions, expressionless, saying:

"I can't use this kind of illegal software! And I've been craving something lately; I want to try the taste of cyber dog meat!"

The orange puppy curled up in a ball in fright; the reason it feared Qin Shi so much was that in its perception, this human's mental wave was extremely terrifying, constantly emitting an aura of hunger and gluttony at all times.

If it were really eaten, its entire existence would be erased!

Beep beep beep beep beep beep—

The orange puppy stuck out its tongue, wagging its tail hard, almost shaking out an afterimage.

The Killed It application software suddenly distorted and changed, as if deleted and then downloaded again.

Finally, it became "Killed It Cracked Version."

"Huh."

Qin Shi's eyes brightened slightly, and he clicked it open again.

The originally closed category channels such as 【Didi Hit People】, 【Weapon Delivery】, and 【Interplanetary Errand】 were all unlocked for him.

"Alright, death penalty changed to death with reprieve, I'll spare your 'dog life'."

Qin Shi curiously rubbed the orange puppy, as if treating it as a stress-relief prop:

"Is there any other useful software?"

Humans are more terrifying than demons!

The orange puppy drooped its face, wagged its tail with difficulty again, and after a long while squeezed out a brand new APP icon.

【Defective Map】

Poke it with a finger to open.

Heard an extremely gentle and pleasant voice broadcast—

【Defective Map, navigating for you continuously, ensuring you don't get lost in the Netherworld...】

The largest landmark building in Yincheng is Liaoyuan Building.

Its business area reaches nearly one hundred thousand square meters, located in the central area connecting four major streets.

The main building has eighteen floors, integrating leisure, entertainment, food, clothing, housing, and transportation; it can be said to be all-encompassing and have everything.

All Yincheng residents know this is a property of the Qin Family.

On the helipad of the top floor, a Black Bird Helicopter slowly descended.

Qin Yixiong, dressed casually with a baseball cap on his head, descended from within; a gale swirled, whipping his clothes into billowing waves.

The accompanying female secretary bent at the waist, gathering her disheveled hair, yet Qin Yixiong stood ramrod straight, head held high and stride broad, like a hard reef washed by surging waves.

Compared to Qin Lihao, who blossomed on multiple fronts — doing both urban construction and freight — his second brother Qin Yixiong focused single-mindedly on aquaculture.

The reputation of the Qin Family's four brothers resounded throughout Yincheng; they were known as the "Three Pythons and One Flood Dragon."

It sounds domineering, but in truth it means they eat people and don't spit out the bones — ferocious and vicious.

Their father Qin Xie was originally an entrepreneur from Mang Village; later, to drive his hometown's development, he started aquaculture, establishing his own seedling farms, breeding farms, and a cold-chain logistics company, expanding at extremely fast speed.

Before long, the Qin Family's eldest Qin Renying was elected Head of Mang Village, directly building Mang Village into a famously wealthy village in Yincheng; not long after, he integrated the surrounding counties and towns, establishing the resounding signboard of Yucheng Group.

Qin Yixiong walked very fast, taking the elevator up to a high-floor hotel private suite; after the Qin Family's four brothers reached adulthood, they would often each separate households, taking charge of a portion of the family's external money-making businesses.

Because he needed to shuttle back and forth between Yincheng, Zhou City, and the Taian Urban Circle, Qin Yixiong had always treated hotels as home; this personal habit was later even learned by the third brother Qin Lihao.

He pushed open the heavy door of purple copper brushed finish; the ever-busy eldest brother Qin Renying, usually hard to get a meeting with, was already sitting inside waiting for a long time.

"Elder Brother, the wind picked up on the road, the flight was late, I'm delayed."

Qin Yixiong was born refined and gentle, not at all ferocious like his nickname "Shark Xiong"; he slid the tea leaf box in his hand across the tabletop.

"A Zhou City specialty, commissioned from those masters who cultivate the spirit, specially picked from the Netherworld; another day brew a pot and taste the flavor — it's said to clear the mind and calm the spirit, replenishing energy."

Qin Renying wore square-frame glasses, his hair combed meticulously, sitting posture upright with spine ramrod straight, like a gnarled pine growing on a sheer cliff.

He raised a hand and pressed it on the exquisitely designed tea leaf box, nodding slightly:

"Sit down first and have a cup of water. Rushing back all the way from Zhou City — hard work."

Qin Yixiong's face was sorrowful, and he said in a low voice:

"A Hao suddenly gone — the blow to Father must be huge; can his body still withstand it?"

Qin Renying's gaze was calm; he gave an "mm":

"We've hired professional nutritionists and meditation masters from the metropolitan area to care for him daily. A Hao's matter counts as an accident; no one expected Cheng Ze, this wild dog raised for many years, would actually not be fed full, would kidnap Ajie, and then by a fluke make off with that teaching material from Nine Pine Wharf.

This matter can be big or small; I'm handling it. Cheng Ze, his bunch of brothers, including Old Factory Street — afterwards we'll slowly clean them up. The urgent task is to get the thing back.

He Lanchan's 'Void Meditation Method' falling into Chen Ruofu's hands counts as him owing me a favor, and it can trigger the Martial Association's new-old conflict; if the Taian Urban Circle falls into chaos, the Qin Family can insert itself."

Qin Yixiong understood; these years his eldest brother had wholeheartedly wanted to step into the Taian Urban Circle, to expand the Qin Family's influence.

When it comes down to it, Yincheng is a small pond; staying too long is stifling; for a flood dragon to become a dragon, it must enter the river, change to a larger place.

"Elder Brother's planning is correct, just luck was a bit off. Hengzhou's opening is imminent, all parties are stirring restlessly; if the Qin Family cannot take another step upward, obtain more resource quotas, and reach super first-tier administrative regions like the Imperial Capital or Haizhou, we won't make a splash at all."

Qin Yixiong said softly:

"We must seize the opportunity!"

Qin Renying looked at his second brother who could understand his thoughts, a trace of relief appearing in his eyes:

"Every extraterrestrial pioneering is a means for Dongxia to consume the power of the aristocratic clans. Making those ancient surnames that branch and spread continuously wear down their foundations, struggling against the completely unbeatable 'Star Gods'.

Wait until a thousand years of pioneering period pass, then we're recalled, taking those trivial benefits back to the Ancestral Star... too unreasonable.

Was our ancestors' blood shed in vain? Was our Qin Family's bloodline extinguished in vain?"

Qin Yixiong sighed:

"Dongxia has always been vigilant toward the aristocratic clans that once supported the Restoration; suppression is the norm.

I've heard that in Haizhou, new rich emerge endlessly, each arrogant and domineering, often not giving face, trampling the old generation seniors until they're disgraced."

Qin Renying explained the true situation to his own younger brother, saying with a serious expression:

"A Hao's death — set it aside for now. I had Patrol Division Action Division's Gao Haipeng help. The Martial God Inheritance is very valuable; even if Chen Ruofu doesn't want to take this hot potato, there are plenty of people willing to take it; letting it fall into the hands of a poor student from Old Factory Street — too wasteful, too buried."

Qin Yixiong narrowed his eyes, like a bloodthirsty crocodile:

"Can Lao Gao pull it off? I've investigated that person's background — although he's also surnamed Qin, he has no background, an ordinary worker family.

If he makes a move, it shouldn't be difficult."

Qin Renying frowned, rarely showing worry:

"Hard to say. Chen Ruofu seems intent on backing him; looks like he's unwilling to align with the Taian Urban Circle's restorationist faction."

Qin Yixiong fished out a special terminal branded with the Divine Machine Emblem, opened it and lit it up.

Then he stood up, leaned forward slightly, and pushed it before his elder brother:

"If Lao Gao's side finds it inconvenient to act openly, I have a channel here. Elder Brother, these years I've privately contacted quite a few deep forces hidden beneath the order. For example, the 【Dark Web】; they hide in corners the Patrol Division can't see, and have developed many applications.

For example, this one."

Qin Renying lowered his head, fixed his gaze for a look.

"Killed It?"

Qin Yixiong's eyes burned hot:

"This application was developed by the 【Dark Web】; safety is guaranteed. Want to erase a nameless nobody? Just spend money to place an order, and naturally someone will handle it cleanly."

(Chapter End)