Customers in the shopping mall scattered in all directions, with various goods strewn all over the floor, creating a scene of extreme chaos.
Wang Chong and Su Nan couldn't get in at all, so they could only stand in a less crowded place and look inside the mall.
Large swaths of crimson flowed.
The pungent odor filled their nostrils, and at a glance, more than ten customers were lying on the ground, their life or death unknown.
But what really made Su Nan's pupils constrict was the murderer in the middle of the scene.
If one were to only look at his appearance, he seemed to be a young man in his twenties, with an ordinary face that was not ugly.
What was eerie, however, was that the young man's body was not that of a normal human being, but rather a black bear with thick, black fur!
This couldn't be described as a person at all, but instead, a monster.
A monster with the body of a giant bear and a human head!
"What... what is this?" Wang Chong was frightened, his voice starting to tremble.
In that instant he saw the monster, any thought of subduing the criminal vanished, his body trembling slightly as he couldn't help but retreat.
Su Nan was even more unsettled.
Especially upon seeing the wide double palms characteristic of bear-like creatures on the monster, his face changed continuously.
For some reason, looking at that bear paw, he felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
"Where have I seen it before?" Su Nan quickly pondered.
Suddenly, he thought of something and was instantly shocked.
Forum.
He had seen it in the Demon World forum!
He clearly remembered that two nights ago he had browsed a help post from a player with the same IP address as him, who was about to lose control in the game due to the fusion of two bloodlines.
In that post, there were two pictures, one was a game screenshot, and the other was a photo.
In the photo was a bear paw, but the arm behind the bear paw was a human arm.
Su Nan thought it was a photoshopped picture and didn't pay attention to it at the time.
However, upon seeing the palm of the bear-bodied, human-headed monster, he instantly recognized it; the two were clearly one and the same.
"Could it be... out of control?" A bold and terrifying thought flashed through Su Nan's mind as his heart raced.
Was the photo that the player posted real?
If the player lost control in the game, would their real-life body also lose control?
Was the monster at the moment the same player who asked for help on the forum?
One thought after another flashed through his mind, and Su Nan's face instantly turned pale.
He didn't want to admit it was true, but all signs indicated that his guess was highly likely!
Beast-headed humans and human-headed beasts, weren't these the appearances of the demons in the Demon World?
Moreover, the game screenshot in the post at the time showed that the player would lose control in 42 hours, and subtracting the time it took to post, the player would most likely lose control around this time.
The IP address was in the same city as him, the location matched, and the timing matched!
In this light, the monster in the shopping mall was most likely the out-of-control player.
This judgment was horrifying.
If Su Nan hadn't gained the power of the bloodline in the game last night, he might not have thought this way or believed it.
But now he had no choice but to believe it.
"Let's go, it's too dangerous here, let's get out!"
Without giving it a second thought, Su Nan grabbed Wang Chong and left.
In the game, out-of-control martial artists' strength surges. He didn't know what would happen to a player losing control in real life, but it was certain that it wouldn't be something ordinary people could handle.
The more than ten unknown victims had already explained everything.
Wang Chong also chickened out and quickly evacuated the mall.
In just a few minutes, a large crowd of onlookers had gathered outside the shopping mall, each looking from a distance, but none daring to approach.
Soon after, several police cars and ambulances rushed to the scene, followed by a special vehicle.
With their intervention, what followed was simple.
Entering the mall, just one minute passed before a giant corpse covered in white cloth was brought out, accompanied by several gunshots.
As people watched, the corpse was carried onto an ambulance and quickly taken away.
"Thankfully it was killed, but what kind of monster was that exactly?"
When the monster was killed, the doubts of the crowd didn't disappear. Everyone was discussing and guessing, all kinds of conjectures flying around.
Su Nan and Wang Chong exchanged a glance, their hearts still shocked. Neither of them ever expected to encounter such an incident while having a barbecue.
...
Half an hour later.
Su Nan returned home.
Sitting in front of the computer, looking at the silvery bracelet on his wrist, his heart was far from calm.
"The abilities gained in the game can also be used in reality."
"A player who loses control in the game will also lose control in reality!"
"Does this mean that the so-called Demon World is actually a real world?"
Su Nan's expression was grave, and he was now somewhat afraid, afraid that he would lose control in the future as well.
He didn't even know if he should continue playing the game.
If he continued playing, what would he become?
For a moment, he was lost.
However, this feeling didn't last long. Soon, he knew exactly what to do.
"Escaping won't solve the problem. The game must go on, and not only go on, but I must invest even more energy."
He didn't forget that the origin of his game bracelet was shady, and if others found out that the bracelet was with him, his fate would probably be very terrible.
Unless he had enough strength.
And strength could only be given to him by the game.
He opened the game forum once again.
At this time, there was nothing unusual about the game forum. Apparently, no one had yet realized that today's incident was related to the game.
But Su Nan knew that before long, someone would discover this problem, and by then, it would certainly cause another sensation.
"Brother Wang Nan, why didn't you log in yesterday? You're not really thinking about quitting the game, are you?"
Just as he was about to close the forum, a friend message popped up.
It was Zhang Feng, whom he had met in the prison cell.
Su Nan's current login account was still the one he registered yesterday, so he naturally received the message.
After thinking for a moment, he made up a reason and replied, "I've been busy with work these two days, haven't had time to play."
He had already left Cell No. 19, and if Zhang Feng couldn't find a way out, it was likely that they wouldn't meet again in the next few days unless something went wrong.
What he didn't expect was that Zhang Feng immediately replied after he sent the message.
"Brother, hurry up and add me as a friend with your QQ account. The forum is not safe anymore! The officials have already noticed this forum!"
There was a link to add friends at the bottom of the message.
"The officials have already noticed the forum? So soon?"
Su Nan was shocked. If today's monster was indeed a player who had lost control, it would be possible for the officials to investigate the game.
But he didn't think it would happen so soon.
Could it be that the officials had already been aware of the game?
There was a possibility!
Following that, he thought of another question - how did Zhang Feng know about this?
He never believed that he was the only one who discovered the problem with the game. At the very least, the previous owner of his game bracelet knew.
After pondering, he registered a new account, added Zhang Feng as a friend using the new account, and then canceled his forum account.
Soon after, he received a group invitation.
Su Nan was curious about what Zhang Feng was trying to do, but he joined the group without hesitation.
The group was called "Group Monster Chat Group", and there were already eleven people in it.
The group owner was not Zhang Feng, but someone with the nickname "Sea Corner Daoist".
The group was currently in full mute mode, with no messages in it.
Since there were no messages, Su Nan didn't waste any more time. He closed the chat software, checked the time, and put on his game bracelet, preparing to log in to the game.
It was already ten o'clock, and in two hours, the Daily Task would be refreshed. Meanwhile, he had only completed one of today's tasks.