Chapter 414: Hmph—the act is quite convincing!

Zhou Hu fled with the crowd at school, his mind a complete mess, as if a tangled ball of thread had been stuffed into his head, leaving him dizzy and overwhelmed.

He couldn't understand—this was a school! It was the Martial Arts Joint Examination! Cameras were everywhere; it was the safest place he had carefully chosen!

Why had such a terrifying monster suddenly appeared?

Screams and cries filled his ears, and everywhere he looked was drenched in the color of blood; Zhou Hu felt his worldview had been dealt a massive blow.

His worldview seemed to be ruthlessly crushed by an invisible black hand, then tossed into a trash can.

"Is this a school or a slaughterhouse?!"

Just then, Zhou Hu's gaze was suddenly drawn to a familiar figure.

"Feng Mu? He's here too!"

Zhou Hu subconsciously slowed his steps, his pupils contracting sharply to pinpricks.

He saw Feng Mu answering a phone call, his face unusually calm and gentle, as if the surrounding chaos had nothing to do with him.

That eerie contrast sent an indescribable chill through Zhou Hu's heart.

Even more shocking was that Gong Qi stood right beside Feng Mu, wearing a sickly, playful smile.

Gong Qi kicked a student away, passing him like a ball to the monster in the distance.

The monster didn't even look back, caught it steadily, opened its blood basin mouth, and bit off the student's neck in an instant, blood spraying out.

The whole scene looked as if it had been tempered through a thousand hammers, their coordination flawless.

If it ended there, Zhou Hu would at most curse "inhuman" in his heart.

But what made his hair stand on end was that the monster actually mumbled unclearly: "shei——shei——"

"sheishei??? Thank you!!"

Zhou Hu's head buzzed as if something had exploded; he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, chilled to the bone.

"Feng Mu, Gong Qi, monster, thank you... that monster can talk! No, that's not the point—the point is the monster is thanking Gong Qi?!"

Zhou Hu's brain spun madly, gradually piecing together the terrifying truth like a puzzle—these monsters were brought by Feng Mu!

"Feng Mu brought these monsters to kill me?"

The moment that thought arose, Zhou Hu's heartbeat almost stopped.

Though it sounded like nonsense, it wasn't impossible.

After all, he had just personally witnessed Gong Qi "feeding" the monster—didn't that prove the monsters were in league with them?

As for how Feng Mu could obtain or control these monsters, Zhou Hu figured out the logic in just one second.

Feng Mu didn't have that ability, but Prison Warden Qian Huan did!

Behind Qian Huan stood the Guangming Group, and online rumors had more than once claimed that research institutes under the Guangming Group were conducting secret inhumane experiments.

Though those rumors were quickly suppressed and caused no waves.

Countless images flashed through Zhou Hu's mind, like slides quickly replaying.

He remembered the posts that had been quickly deleted, the whistleblowers who suddenly recanted and apologized, and the so-called "official debunking."

In short, those who understand, understand...

At this moment, Zhou Hu's intelligence reached its peak.

Zhou · Divine Detective · Hu goes online!

"No, not just to kill me, but also..."

Zhou Hu's brain spun rapidly, cold sweat sliding down his forehead.

"To create a bigger news event through more bloodshed, heavier casualties, and monsters attracting attention—then who would still care about the Second Prison riot? Yes, that must be it!"

Zhou Hu's lips trembled, his head bowed almost into his chest, his body shrinking into the crowd as much as possible, like an ostrich trying to hide in a sand pile.

He wished he could kill everyone blocking his way, but he dared not make any drastic moves; he could only be pushed by the crowd, inching outward bit by bit, every step like walking on thin ice, afraid that a single sneeze would get him discovered by Feng Mu and those monsters.

His eyes scanned around, glancing several times at that slightly faded blood mist pit, and he coldly laughed in his heart:

Since the monsters were brought by Feng Mu, they couldn't really kill his sister. This was just a self-inflicted injury act performed in public, a smoke screen to clear his suspicion.

Hmph—the act is quite convincing!

While hiding and fleeing for his life, Zhou Hu hurriedly took out his phone from his pocket, his fingers trembling so much he could barely press the screen.

He dialed the call, and in a voice suppressed to the extreme, he spoke into the microphone in alarm:

"Save me, Station Chief Lou! Qian Huan and the others are simply insane—they actually released monsters into the school! Feng Mu and those monsters are looking for me; I could die at any moment... Station Chief Lou, send someone to save me quickly, if you don't come now it'll be too late..."

The voice on the phone was somewhat incoherent, rambling, as if frightened out of his wits.

But Lou Duan's brain turned slightly, and he understood, because he was watching the live broadcast on TV.

He frowned slightly, his tone carrying a hint of displeasure:

"You're at No. 8 Middle School? Didn't I give you an address..."

"I thought the Martial Arts Joint Examination site would be safer; who knew Qian Huan and the others had all gone mad!"

Lou Duan fell silent for a second, then said calmly:

"Don't panic, I'll send someone to save you right now!"

Hanging up the phone, Lou Duan stared at the TV screen, roughly guessing Zhou Hu's thoughts from his fragmentary words.

The corner of his mouth curled into a contemptuous cold smile, his eyes carrying a hint of disdain.

"Idiot, Qian Huan already has victory in hand—how could he cause such a big commotion just to kill you? The one truly eager to kill you to silence you is me."

Lou Duan scoffed at Zhou Hu's speculation; he harbored another guess closer to the truth:

"Those monsters were clearly hired by me at a high price. After all, what could be more like an 'accident' than monsters crawling out of the sewer and killing people indiscriminately?"

Lou Duan took a deep breath, slowly sat back at the desk, his fingers tapping quickly on the keyboard a few times, and the computer screen lit up.

He took a U Disk from the drawer, plugged it into the computer, and secretly logged into the "Libra" website.

On the screen, a dark red interface slowly unfolded, as if a corner of some secret underground world had been unveiled.

Lou Duan's gaze swept across the screen, quickly finding his task order—【Dispatched, retrieving goods for you】.

Below the order was a prominent rating and tipping channel, beside which was a line of small text—"Your support is our motivation to move forward!"

Although the task was not yet complete, Lou Duan couldn't wait to click five-star praise, entered a string of numbers in the tipping field, and pressed the confirmation key without hesitation.

Previously, in order to expedite the "delivery," he had agreed to the website administrator 【Clown】's extortionate triple price hike.

At that time he was furious, feeling he had been ruthlessly fleeced.

But now, watching the chaotic and terrifying images on TV, watching those huge and hideous monsters rampaging across the Campus, a nameless satisfaction surged in his heart.

"This money spent was well worth it, wasn't it?"

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