Olov thought for a moment. "Since the case of the arson and the burning of the bodies happened two stops away in the direction towards the edge of the safe zone, let's conduct a search along the edge of the safe zone. Check who has returned home with a lot of bags full of unknown objects. We should be able to find the culprit this way."
He glanced at the empty trash can again. "All the god remains in the three trash cans are gone. That's no small amount. If he took them directly, he must have carried a big package, which would be hard to go unnoticed."
"Yes, I'll report this to the bureau right away."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
"But detective, what if we can't find anyone carrying a large amount of unknown objects at the edge of the safe zone?"
Olov threw away the cigar butt and smiled faintly. "If we can't find anyone, things will get interesting."
Then he stamped out the cigar butt with his foot and murmured to himself meaningfully, "I've been waiting for a long time."
It was already eight o'clock in the evening when Qin Siyang got home.
He was late because he found a deserted place, ate all the remaining god remains in the schoolbag, took out the lunch box inside, and then burned the schoolbag and his second coat.
These follow - up tasks took some time.
Thankfully, when he got home, he still didn't notice anyone following him.
When Qin Siyang sat on the hard cardboard sofa at home, he felt extremely exhausted.
Even though he now had a very strong physical constitution, he couldn't withstand the ordeal of running away and killing people.
"What a day..."
He glanced out of the window, and a scorpion with a sticky and indistinguishable tail was crawling across his window.
Qin Siyang sighed with a bitter smile. "I really want to taste it... but there are risks in eating it casually."
"Come to think of it, risk and reward are always good partners that go hand in hand. The greater the risk, the greater the reward!"
Qin Siyang looked at the [Greedy Reckless One] sequence in his mind with satisfaction and showed an expectant smile.
It was Saturday, a day when he should have been resting, but it was the most tiring day since his rebirth.
Qin Siyang emptied his mind and let himself relax for more than ten minutes. Then he took a cold shower and went to bed.
That night, Qin Siyang slept deeply without any disturbance.
When he woke up, it was already ten o'clock on Sunday morning.
"I actually slept for so long."
Qin Siyang got out of bed and planned to heat up the food he had packed from the school cafeteria to fill his stomach.
He turned on the stove. "Life is so tough when you're short of money... Hmm?"
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he had rummaged through some money from the three gangsters yesterday, but he had left in such a hurry that he hadn't checked how much there was.
He rummaged through the pants he had worn yesterday and took out the money. He was immediately stunned.
Among the pile of copper coins, there was actually a silver coin that shone brightly!
"Actually... there's a silver coin?!! How rich these gangsters are!"
Generally speaking, the value of ten thousand copper coins is equivalent to that of one silver coin. However, due to the large differences in the composition of copper coins, it often takes twelve thousand copper coins to exchange for one silver coin.
Qin Siyang thought that the three gangsters dressed as homeless people should be as poor as he was, with at most a few hundred copper coins in their pockets.
Unexpectedly, there was such a huge sum of money as a silver coin!
"Why did they attack me when they were so rich?"
Qin Siyang was a bit confused at first, but then he immediately understood that they had set their eyes on his schoolbag at that time, thinking that there were very precious treasures inside.
Those three people never expected that not only the money they had saved for a long time would end up in someone else's hands, but they would also lose their lives because of it.
It was obvious that the money these three wandering gangsters carried with them was from an unknown and probably illegal source.
At this moment, Qin Siyang's mood sank to the bottom.
With so much money on them, how could these three gangsters dare to go to the police station to report him?!! That would be like committing suicide together with him!
Damn it! If he had known they had so much money earlier, he could have just robbed them in return and left in a hurry, saving himself all these subsequent troubles.
Now, on top of stealing the god remains, he had also added a murder case to his list.
"These three scumbags are not only stinky themselves but also disgusting to others!"
Qin Siyang held the silver coin in his hand. It was both appealing and a hot potato.
The reason was simple. He had nowhere to spend it.
If he took out this silver coin in the neighborhood, it would definitely arouse others' suspicion.
Where could an orphan student who didn't work get so much money?!!
If someone was jealous and reported him to the authorities, and the people from the United Government came to ask, he wouldn't be able to explain the source of this silver coin at all.
Having so much money but not being able to spend it made Qin Siyang pound his chest in frustration.
After finishing the leftover food he had brought home from school, he took out forty copper coins from the hundreds of them and decided to rent a computer at the Internet café.
After thinking about it, he realized that forty copper coins was also a huge sum of money for his identity and would be hard to explain.
He had to put back twenty copper coins.
Taking twenty copper coins to the Internet café to rent a computer for an hour seemed more reasonable.
"Damn it! I have to be so cautious when spending money. It's so frustrating!"
Qin Siyang grumbled as he walked out of the door.
He also realized his current limitations.
With the identity of an orphan and a poor student, he couldn't freely dispose of money.
But this wasn't the most pressing issue for him at the moment. Money was still a secondary concern.
Compared with finding a proper reason for a large - amount of income, he needed to find a suitable identity for himself now.
A suitable identity as a sequence ability user that would allow him to appear in public openly.
"Anyway, I can't tell anyone that I'm a [God - Eater]. I have to find a sequence to hide my real identity and tell others, and then join a team of sequence ability users to hunt gods outside the safe zone to continue improving myself!"
He believed that as long as he could lie low, he would gradually become powerful. When he was finally free to do as he pleased, he could reveal his sequence and abilities. By then, no one would be able to pose a threat to him.
Even if he couldn't lie low all the time, he had to at least do so at the beginning until he had the ability to protect himself, and then show himself.
After making up his mind, Qin Siyang arrived at the Internet café and took out twenty copper coins.
The Internet café attendant today was still the overweight middle - aged man he had seen last time.
"One hour on a computer."
The attendant pointed expressionlessly at the computer he had used last time. "That one. Go ahead."
Qin Siyang noticed a new advertisement behind the attendant. "Recharge five hundred copper coins and get five hundred more for free! Hurry up and recharge!"
Looking at this Internet café promotion that was somewhat similar to his memories from his previous life, he sighed.
He had the ability to recharge, but he couldn't explain why he could take out so much money at once.
Qin Siyang turned around regretfully and walked over to the smoky computer and sat down.
Just like last time, it took an extremely long time to turn on the computer, long enough for Qin Siyang to brush his teeth and wash his face.
After entering the interface, Qin Siyang opened the browser and entered the [Godslaying Camp] forum again.
He saw several pinned posts, and the content was very helpful to him.
In addition to the statistics of all known sequences that he had clicked on and read last time, there was also a guide for newly awakened sequence ability users on how to report to the United Government and then join a god - hunting team.
Qin Siyang clicked on this guide for newbies and read it carefully.
"A person can awaken sequence abilities at any time, any place, and in any state. When you awaken sequence abilities, there will be an information panel in your mind, telling you the name of your sequence, the sequence level, and the skills you can use."
Qin Siyang looked at the information panel in his mind again.
[Sequence "God - Eater"]
[You will become stronger by digesting gods.]
[Current sequence level: Level 2, Greedy Reckless One]
[Skill: Blood Drink. Skill description: You can digest gods even by eating them raw.]
[Skill: Violence. Skill description: For ten minutes, your strength, agility, and physical strength will be tripled, and you won't feel any pain during this period.]
It seemed that his information panel had one more line than what the poster had described.
[You will become stronger by digesting gods.]
It was this piece of information that had guided Qin Siyang to go to Exit [X4] the day before yesterday to try his luck at finding god remains.
Now, when looking at the information panel contents of other sequence ability users, it seemed that they didn't have this item.
"How do they become stronger if they don't have a prompt on how to do so?"
Qin Siyang continued to read the post with this question in mind.
"After awakening sequence abilities, you can go to the nearby Sequence Ability Users' Administration Bureau to report your sequence and relevant information. Since others can't view the information panel in your mind, the content you report is up to you."
"However, we strongly advise you to report truthfully, without hiding anything or lying. Because after you report, the Sequence Ability Users' Administration Bureau will make arrangements according to your sequence and skills."
"At the same time, after your information is announced in the Sequence Ability Users' Hall, sequence ability users who are interested in you will invite you to join their team to hunt gods outside the safe zone. If your information is incorrect, it may likely lead to your own death or the destruction of the team."
Qin Siyang was shocked when he read this.
He didn't expect that after reporting the information, all sequence ability users would know his sequence and skills!
This made him even more determined not to let his sequence be exposed! Otherwise, who knew what would happen.
"After you register at the Sequence Ability Users' Administration Bureau, you will receive the first payment provided by the bureau, which can also be understood as a newbie gift - the sequence potion."
"The sequence potion is a drug developed and researched by the United Government specifically for enhancing the strength of sequence ability users. The formula of the sequence potion is still the highest - level secret of the United Government and is controlled by the highest - level leaders of each safe zone."
"Drinking the sequence potion is currently the only known way for all sequence ability users to become stronger. Only after taking the sequence potion can sequence ability users continuously become stronger and be promoted."
"But you can't just take the sequence potion blindly. After using the sequence potion, you must digest it for your strength to increase. And the way to digest the potion is very simple, which is to use your skills when fighting against gods. The more times you use your skills, the faster the sequence potion will be digested."
"Don't think about randomly using your skills outside the safe zone to digest the sequence potion. Because the administration bureau will issue sequence potions to you according to the level and quantity of the god remains you hand in."
"If you use your skills many times and the potion is completely digested, but you only bring back a pitiful amount of god remains or no god remains at all. The administration bureau will think that there is a problem with your combat ability and will reduce the supply of sequence potions to you, or may even cancel it directly."
"After hunting gods, in addition to providing you with sequence potions, the administration bureau will also give you corresponding honors and generous rewards. Therefore, hunting gods is the best way for sequence ability users to get rich and improve their strength."
Qin Siyang thought thoughtfully.
All sequence ability users need to rely on sequence potions to improve their strength and also need to release their skills during the fight against gods to digest the potions.
However, he only needed to swallow gods and digest them to continuously improve his strength.
Didn't this mean that he was like having an unfair advantage?!!
No, he didn't have any system beyond the rules. This was the sequence he had awakened. How could it be considered an unfair advantage?
I, Qin Siyang, am not cheating!