It is said that everyone's life is predestined from the moment they are born, but it is also said that fate is never set in stone.
There was perhaps only one future that could be determined, and that was that no one knew exactly what would happen in the future.
High Life reached into the black box and removed the blood-stained black ring.
He looked at the three members of the Investigation Bureau in front of him and spoke, "How is it going to be activated?"
"After entering your identity information and performing a triple verification, you are its sole owner."The tall and thin man's expression became a little softer, "I'm glad that you can make this choice, my name is Chen Yuntian, Hanhai Old Town Investigation Sub-Bureau, Director of Lishan Investigation Agency, the Laijing Apartment where you reside is within my jurisdiction."
With the help of the investigator, Gao Life completed his identity authentication, and the moment he wore the black ring, he could view all the information retained within this black ring.
Most of the information was the code of handling unusual events that the Investigation Bureau had uniformly compiled, and a small portion was the experience that had been passed down by the successive owners of this black ring.
The black ring itself represented the highest technological achievements of the New Shanghai Intelligent City, and it also carried the courage, fearlessness, and other shining character of an ordinary person.
"You don't have to worry about the work on the game studio side, if you don't want to quit, you can work as usual during the day, we won't interfere with your life."Chen Yuntian closed the lid of the black box, "But there are some words that we still need to make clear to you."
"The old city area is the most densely populated of the nineteen districts in Hanhai, with the highest number of transients, and is also the place with the highest number of outbreaks of unusual events at the moment, we've drawn a large number of investigators from Xinhu, but it's just just barely enough to keep the situation in check.We'll give you the best treatment, and we also hope that you won't resist certain instructions we issue."Chen Yuntian always had a calm look on his face, as if he had lost his human emotions and would not be angry, sad, or feel happy.
"How many times have you encountered unusual events in the old city?"Gao Life was a little curious.
"21 level 0 anomalies, 17 level 1 anomalies, 7 level 2 anomalies, and 2 level 3 anomalies."
"So many?"It had only been a few days since Gao Life had come out of the tunnel, and he had thought that there were only a few anomalous events.
"There is no pattern to the appearance of abnormal events, and there is no connection between them, but one thing is certain, the frequency of abnormal events is getting faster and faster."Chen Yuntian spread his palms, "I will give you three days to adjust your state and adapt to the change in identity.After three days, you will join the investigation group of the Li Shan Investigation Agency and take over from Qin Tian."
After watching Gao Life put on the black ring, Chen Yuntian lifted the black box and left with the other two members of the Investigation Bureau.
"Little Gao!They didn't give you a hard time, did they!"Manager Gou and Wei Dayou ran inside, "This group of people are really inexplicable."
"I'm fine."Gao Life's sleeve covered the black ring, "Is everyone okay too?"
"We won't be able to return home tonight, we're going to spend the night in the office, how about you?"Wei Dafuili looked like he had rediscovered his passion for creating games.
"I'm going to go home."
Gao Life walked out of the room and Xuan Wen was waiting for him with a cup of coffee, "Your eyes have become much more resolute?Stimulated?"
"With the horror game becoming a reality, there will be other players besides me who will take part, and if the power of Guile falls into the hands of some lunatics, the situation could become even more chaotic."High Life didn't bother to take the coffee from Xuan Wen's hand.
"Yeah, after all, there are very few sane people like you and me."It was natural for Xuan Wen to put herself in the same category as High Life.
"That's why I'm going to speed up my pace and take advantage of the information gap to get more and take greater initiative."Gao Fate picked up his backpack containing the posthumous photographs, "I'll leave the Night Light side to you, find out who the hidden murderous players are, and then construct a 'production line' that specialises in making games for Weird Tales."
"You're willing to trust me now?"Xuan Wen's eyes were full of playfulness, she called Gao Life her husband the first time she met him, but whether she really liked him or not only she knew.
"I've always believed in you."Gao Life ran downstairs and stopped a taxi, preparing to go back to the old city.
"Chen Yuntian gave me three days to mentally prepare, but he doesn't know that I'm actually more anxious than anyone else."
Silently flipping through the black ring, the Bureau of Investigation had a whole set of internal procedures for dealing with unusual events.
Different scenarios required adherence to different codes, such as the flat code, the school code, the hospital code, etc. These codes could greatly increase the probability of the investigator's survival, but they did not help the investigator pass the game.
Gao Ming was patiently studying the black ring when the signal light on the black ring suddenly lit up, and after feeling a slight vibration, he received a message from the Li Shan Investigation Agency.
"An unusual event has been detected in the old city, Li Shan Min Cage Street, all free investigators please rush there immediately!"
The vast majority of unusual events occurred at night, and now that there were only a little over two hours left until dawn, Gao Fate pondered for a moment before asking the taxi driver to change his destination.
He decided to go to the scene to see and understand how the Bureau of Investigation operated, in case he was investigated later, he would also have a mental preparation.
The taxi travelled through the city's roads, gradually there were no more prosperous and dreamy skyscrapers around, only crowded and dilapidated flats and densely darkened windows remained in his sight.
If the old city is the poorest district in Hanhai, then Lishan is the poorest and most chaotic part of the old city.
Lai Shan is not really a mountain, but refers to a large complex of old apartment buildings built without any planning and in violation of regulations.
Densely piled up with concrete buildings, there is absolutely no such thing as building spacing here, and the ground-floor dwellings are basically deprived of sunlight for the whole year.
Getting out of the taxi, Gao Life walked through a street of less than two metres, with sewage breaking through from the heights.
The stench of the damaged pipeline rows down was overwhelming, and from time to time there were shouts of curses and cries in his ears.
Looking up, the narrow sky was obscured by illegally entangled wires, clotheslines, and billboards, and instead of seeing the night sky, Gao Life saw only depression, dilapidation, and filth.
Taking a deep breath, High Life walked past a dentist's office and into the unlit hole in the building.
The old metal sliding door made a piercing sound, and the interior of this dilapidated building was completely opened up, brightly lit, with a staff in black uniforms busy, the vast majority of them not wearing black rings.
Lighting up his black ring, after Gao Life completed the verification, he felt that the gazes of the staff looked at him were full of respect.
Among the Investigation Bureau, frontline investigators who wore black rings seemed to have a high status.
"Hanhai Old City Investigation Sub-Bureau, Li Shan Investigation Department, Investigation Group 1 first-tier investigator Gao Life, number 01919, hello."The staff in charge of the reception was seeing Gao Life for the first time, and very patiently explained the situation of the Li Shan Investigation Department to him, "In order to more conveniently understand the abnormal events, the Li Shan Investigation Department was established in the middle of the Li Shan complex where the abnormal events occur most frequently, and there are a total of seven streets here, and your investigation group is responsible for the Min Cang Street and Li Jing Street."
"I received a message to go to Min Cao Street."
"The investigation group has already departed, you may have to act alone, please follow me."
The staff brought High Fate to the back door of the building, several black modified trams were parked outside the door, "The internal roads of the Li Shan complex are narrow, the trams are more convenient, you can activate them directly by using the black ring, navigation and communication devices are installed on each vehicle."
Without any nonsense, Gao Life put on his mackintosh, rode the tram and left.
He had lived in the Lyai Apartments for a long time and was quite familiar with the surrounding area, and with the help of navigation, it only took him a few minutes to arrive at the Min Cao street.
The cordon had been drawn, and four investigators in black uniforms were exchanging something.
Removing his mackintosh and hat, Gao Life flashed his black ring and walked over to the several people, "My name is Gao Life, I am the investigator who took over from Qin Tian."