25 Chapter 25: Gold Shop Arson
Translator: 549690339
As one day ends, a new one begins, and the daily tasks are refreshed.
In comparison to yesterday, there’s not much difference in today’s daily tasks.
There is still the task to kill a guard, an exploration task for Cell No. 30, and a task to hunt mortal-level demons.
“Out of the three task slots, two are occupied by three-star tasks.”
The number of tasks he completes daily directly affects the amount of Demon Power he gains. But now, two unfinishable tasks have been occupying the tasking slot for a while, leaving a significant impact on him.
It’s an unavoidable situation, as the task refresh is clearly linked to the map he is currently in and the events he has come across.
In other words, as long as he stays in this prison for one more day, there’s a great chance he won’t be able to rid himself of these two tasks.
If it were only this, he could still undertake the two-star task to hunt mortal-level demons every day. His situation wouldn’t be that bad.
The problem is that in the entire first floor of the prison, there are only three demons which he can handle.
One of them is located in Cell 42, which means he only has one more demon to hunt.
Once today’s demon is hunted, he will face an awkward situation where there is no demon left to hunt.
To change this situation, he has no choice but to complete a three-star task!
“I can only take it one step at a time,” Su Nan sighs helplessly.
Now, all he can hope for is not to be too unlucky, and encounter the awake one in Cell No. 30 as quickly as possible.
“First, I will hunt the demon I can hunt.”
He used his foreknowledge opportunity once more and started today’s hunt.
This time, his target is Cell No.15.
[Using the Kun Tian Key, you successfully entered Cell No.15.]
[Inside the cell is a ground rat demon, half a man’s height. You were the first to attack the ground rat demon.]
[Unexpectedly, this demon is not strong and is the weakest you have encountered. You surprisingly have the upper hand.]
[This is the first time you’ve fought a demon head-on and are excited. You plan to finish the battle swiftly, using the Bloodline battle skill Mountain Elephant Tramples Mountain, delivering a significant blow to the demon.]
[After a fierce fight, you successfully killed the demon.]
“I already killed it?”
Very much to Su Nan’s surprise, only one use of foreknowledge led to success. This is the easiest-to-kill demon he has encountered so far!
Without any hesitation, he headed straight to Cell No.15.
A few minutes later, the task was complete, and he received another 5 demon power points!
His available Demon Power was now 10 points.
“Feeling good!”
With a smile creeping at the corners of his mouth, Su Nan realized that this had been the quickest task he’d ever completed so far.
“Level up the Iron Ape Sutra!”
As he spent 8 demon power points, he could feel his blood pulsing within him. It was clear that his strength had improved significantly.
Great Accomplishment of Iron Ape Sutra!
“I’ve probably gained about three hundred more pounds of strength!” After closely feeling the changes in his body, Su Nan nodded with satisfaction.
One type of Great Demon Art Perfection and one type of Great Accomplishment of Demon Sutra, his rate of improvement was astounding.
But it was still far from enough.
He hasn’t been able to complete even the first stage of the Mainline Task, and there are only 17 days left before the demon beast arrives!
“There are still three foreknowledge opportunities left, they should all be used to probe the situation of Cell No. 30!”
[After successfully hunting one more demon, your confidence has increased again. You decide to continue heading to Cell 42 to hunt demons.]
[As you pass Cell No. 30, you naturally slow down your steps.]
[You have died.]
This was Su Nan’s fourth time dying at the entrance of Cell No. 30.
He sighed. This task wasn’t something that could be completed in a short time as expected.
“Logout from the game.”
He had two more chances to foretell, but he didn’t continue.
At this point in time, trying to foresee the future was unlikely to succeed.
He planned to try again in the morning, and if that didn’t work, he would wait until the evening to try yet again.
The next day.
Su Nan was awakened by the alarm clock. It was exactly seven o’clock.
The first thing he did was not wash up, but log into the game and try to foresee the future again, as planned.
Unfortunately, his failure was anticipated.
…
“Fatty Li, do you ever stop? You just had us check everything yesterday, and you’re having us check again today? Are you trying to make work for the sake of it?” Su Nan had just arrived at the hotel where he worked and heard Wang Chong’s disgruntled voice.
Across from Wang Chong sat a muscular man in his thirties – the head of the hotel’s security team, nicknamed Fatty Li.
While Fatty Li seemed very strict at work and held high expectations for his subordinates, he was actually very warm-hearted. He had a good relationship with Su Nan, Wang Chong and the others outside of work, and they often went out to eat kebabs together.
“What’s going on?” Su Nan stepped forward and asked.
Wang Chong said, “Brother Nan, this Fatty Li is giving us extra work for no reason. He wants us to recheck the fire safety equipment that we just checked yesterday.”
Fatty Li said, “This is just as a precaution. Last night, a gold shop not far from us caught fire. Although no one was injured, the loss was quite heavy.”
“That’s a coincidence, isn’t it? There was a fire in a residential block the night before last, and last night there was a fire in the gold shop. Both places are very close to us!” Su Nan felt something strange about the whole situation.
Fatty Li continued, “But this time it seems to be arson. The police are already investigating. After the fire was extinguished, they discovered that all the gold in the shop had disappeared.”
“So could it be that someone stole the gold and then set the fire on purpose?” asked Wang Chong.
“It certainly seems that way,” Fatty Li nodded.
After a pause, he added mysteriously, “It’s said, that after the fire was extinguished, the surveillance footage from the shop opposite the gold shop showed that the fire in the gold shop ignited in an instant.”
“What do you mean?” Su Nan asked.
Fatty Li clarified, “The fire in the gold shop ignited and spread to the entire shop within less than a second!”
“Even if it was drenched in gasoline, the spread of flames would take some time. It couldn’t happen that fast. Moreover, no flammable or explosive materials were found in the gold shop. This is quite incredible.”
“And there’s another issue. The fire in the gold shop was so hot that it melted most of the metal items in the shop.”
Fatty Li shared all the information he had gathered.
After listening to him, Su Nan’s expression changed subtly.
He thought of a possibility.
Players! This was caused by a game player, and specifically, a player from the law-controlling class.
In the game, martial artists’ bloodline could be divided into three classes: physique series, secret power system, and law-controlling class. Law-controlling class could control fire, water and thunder.
He had never seen a martial artist from the law-controlling class, but just based on the words’ literal meaning, one could infer that such a martial artist possesses the ability to control fire.
He had previously guessed that Zhou Cheng was not the only one hiding his game strength. Now, it seems his guess was correct.
And coincidentally, that player wasn’t far from him.
“The game hasn’t entered public beta yet, and chaos is already starting. I wonder what this world will become after the game goes public,” Su Nan expressed, concern in his eyes, now he felt an urgent need to increase his strength.
Eventually, the task of checking the fire safety equipment fell to the two of them.
Having no choice, Su Nan and Wang Chong reluctantly began to recheck the equipment.
In the afternoon, a VIP guest arrived at the hotel.
It was the person who had booked out the entire top floor of the hotel yesterday to set up a game studio.