Chapter 212 Bedlam Asylum Project

[Good morning, Mr. Player, today is July 2028, 07. There are 22 days left until the deadline for the ultimate mission "Exterminate Superhumans". ]

[The current number of players surviving worldwide is: 93/100. ]

Hearing the cold reminder sound, Ke Mingye tilted his body and sat up from the bed. He yawned, tears of fatigue welled up in his eyes, and his vision was blurred.

He hung his head in a daze for a while, then looked out the window. The sky, which was fragmented by power lines and the eaves of tall buildings, came into view.

The sky was slightly bright and gray.

He raised his right hand, felt around his butt, and pulled out the spare phone hidden under his pillow.

While waiting for the phone to start up, I clicked on the message bubble in the upper right corner of the field of view.

Soon after, the chat panel and phone messages filled my vision, overwhelming me like a tide.

[Anti-Dog: Let’s meet this afternoon, at the game hall in Tobacco Street.]

[Che Zhengchen: I'm awake. I will leave the hospital and return to the association this morning. Do you have time to come to the association? Let's meet and talk about what happened yesterday. ]

[Not Ashes: Thank you for what happened yesterday, Little Red Riding Hood. If you have time, please come out. I will treat you to cake, and then we can go to the cat cafe.]

[Bai Qiuwu: I wrongly blamed you. Thanks to you for saving my sister today.]

[Mo: I came to the coast tonight to buy wine and think about the coast. I have something to ask you.]

"You guys are really fucking insane. You're going to force me to become a master of time management, right?"

Ke Mingye sighed and complained in his heart. This is the trouble that only modern people have. No matter how many trivial matters the ancients had, they could at least have a moment of leisure and peace after getting up.

He got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up. Then he put on his sneakers, went downstairs to run, and did sit-ups.

Soon, he completed his daily tasks.

[Received the reward for daily task 2 "One Hundred Sit-ups", and obtained 2 attribute points that can be freely allocated. ]

[Your "Nervous Reaction" attribute changes: 49 → 51 points (↑2 points)]

[Received the reward for daily task 1 "Run 5000 meters" and got a chance to win a lucky draw. ]

The reward wheel slowly unfolded before his eyes, and the texts in six areas came into view.

[3000. 2000 mall coins; . C-level equipment card; . Get a small monster transformation card (werewolf); . One travel voucher; . Instance double experience card; . experience points. ]

Ke Mingye stared at the reward in area ③, thinking that if he really drew it, he would have to do something good with it so as not to waste its value.

"Oh, Blue Crow, for you I became a werewolf... for you I became crazy, put on thick disguise, and changed my heart..."

Muttering some meaningless words, he glanced at the rewards in the other areas and casually pressed the start button of the turntable.

Then the pointer began to rotate at high speed, and finally slowly stopped above area ④.

[Congratulations, you have received the reward for area ④: a travel voucher. ]

"I made a fortune." Ke Mingye was excited. "Travel vouchers, I remember they were quite expensive, one voucher cost 10,000 mall coins."

He opened the luggage panel and took a look at the extra items in the grid.

[Item name: Travel voucher]

[Item Description: Can go to any city in the world, and return at any time within a day (if more than a day passes, the return permission will be invalid)]

After closing his bag, Ke Mingye began to plan his time in his mind.

"I'll go to the association to meet Commander Che in the morning, meet Anti-Dog at noon, and then meet my second brother in the evening. If I want to meet my eldest sister and my youngest sister, just send her a message. It doesn't matter whether I meet them now or not."

Hey...this is the value of being a time management master.

Ke Mingye boasted silently to himself and immediately put the phone into his pocket.

He crushed the drinks can in his hand, threw it into the trash can behind him, and walked towards the abandoned train station without looking back.

Not long after, we arrived at the Hongdeng Commercial District and the Chaoying Building.

A figure in a red and blue combat uniform walked out of the elevator, looked up at the office in front of him, and walked straight into it.

"I'm here, Commander Che. It looks like you were also seriously injured yesterday?"

As Blue Owl spoke, he pulled a chair and sat down at the table, glancing sideways at Che Zhengchen who was sitting across the table.

He could see that Che Zhengchen's neck was wrapped in a bandage, and he was writing with his left hand instead of his usual right hand. And Commander Che's entire right arm was drooping downwards. Leaving the hospital early with such a wound was really a sign of professionalism.

"I'm fine. The association branch around Beijing is equipped with many heroes with medical abilities. With their help, my wounds healed quickly."

Che Zhengchen spoke without raising his head, his voice still gentle.

"That's good."

"What happened after you were arrested yesterday?" Che Zhengchen put down his pen. "Tell me everything, otherwise it will be difficult for me to explain to my superiors."

"Those people called themselves 'Vampire Hunters', and they cooperated with the Dice Freak for their own purposes. The Dice Freak said that if I was taken there, he would tell them the location of a vampire, so they tied me up."

Blue Owl leaned his head against the back of the chair and said helplessly.

"Another dice freak?"

As he said this, Che Zhengchen sighed and shook his head slightly.

"Yeah...always the dice freak."

Blue Owl spread his hands, stared at the ceiling, and his tone was a little doubtful about life.

"Let's not talk about it for now." Che Zhengchen paused, "'Blood Clan Hunter', I really didn't expect that there were still remnants of this organization. Then how did you escape from them? Did the dice monster let you go?"

Blue Owl shook his head.

"Blue Crow rushed over to save me. Then the Dice Freak gave me a hint and told me the location of those vampire hunters."

He paused for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and said, "I was very upset, so I ran to the Old Jingmai District and had a fight with those hunters."

"It seems that this incident was caused by this dice monster again." Che Zhengchen thought for a while, "I really don't understand what it is thinking and its motives..."

"Maybe he's just enjoying the chaos..."

"That's right." Che Zhengchen took a deep breath. "I should report to the association and apply to increase its wanted level. I can't let it do whatever it wants."

"Even the blue crow couldn't catch it, let alone others."

“You have to give it a try.”

"That's true."

As he spoke, the corners of Blue Owl's mouth behind the mask curled up slightly, thinking that as long as the wanted level of the Dice Monster was raised from C to B, then one of the branch tasks of the main line of Green Crow would be completed.

At the same time, Blue Owl is not far from being promoted from an E-class superhero to a D-class superhero. He only needs to do a few more days of tasks assigned by the association and accumulate points step by step. Promotion is just a matter of time. He will climb to an A-class hero within this year and become a member of the Round Table.

In this way, the main tasks related to "Green Crow" are progressing step by step.

"The vampire hunters you mentioned look like this, right?"

Che Zhengchen said as he pushed a file across the table toward Blue Owl.

Blue Owl lowered his eyes and saw the portraits of those vampire hunters on the file, including Gastro who was roasted into embers by Little Red Riding Hood's fireball.

He took a deep breath and thought that it would be better if he didn't look closely. If he looked closely, it would be scary. Maybe this woman would come to him in his dreams to take his life at night...

In particular, Gastro may be the most oppressive opponent he has encountered so far. Others do not have a player's perspective, so they can play with a God's perspective, but Gastro is different: as a player, they know each other's weaknesses.

"Yes... these are the people I saw at that time."

Blue Owl nodded. "When I rushed over, I also ran into Black Goku, Magical Girl Ashes, and Magical Girl Little Red Riding Hood. It was these comrades who helped me defeat them... We were fighting fiercely at the time, and just after the fight, the nuclear bomb exploded in the sky above the capital. Then we all went back to our homes."

Hearing this, Che Zhengchen said with emotion: "You are lucky. If you had gone there alone, you would probably not be a match for these vampire hunters."

What he meant was "You are too reckless. If no one helps you, are you going to kill all these vampire hunters alone?"

"Please, I'm not the kind of rash person who takes action based on the situation at hand."

Blue Owl defended himself.

"Anyway... the result is good enough. Not only for the vampire hunters, but also for the parasite incident, it has come to an end. When the association finishes its investigation, the top management should reward you with certain points for your contribution."

Che Zhengchen said, raising his hand to adjust his glasses on the bridge of his nose, "It's just that our president has to endure a month-long observation protection period... The official people want to find out what those blood hunters did after using parasites to control the president. Now the entire Beijing branch is in a panic."

"It should be calm in a few days... But it's impossible for President Li Qingyao to take this position again. After all, the impact of the nuclear bomb incident on public opinion is too serious. No one will support a person who sent a nuclear bomb towards his own city to continue to serve as the president of the Super Hero Association..."

Blue Owl said nonchalantly.

Last night, when he was lying in bed and browsing his phone, he scanned around and saw that almost every forum was using some ugly words to denounce Li Qingyao's mistakes, even though the official had already come out to explain that his out-of-control behavior was due to being controlled by parasites.

But not many people could listen to these words and just vented their emotions to themselves.

As far as the current Internet environment is concerned, no matter how highly respected Li Qingyao was in the past and how much he contributed to various fields, he is basically equivalent to a dead man, let alone being able to sit back on the throne of president.

"These topics are too sensitive and not suitable for us to discuss." Che Zhengchen changed the subject. "Bai Yi and the others are having dinner on the 15th floor. You should go find them. They are also worried about you." "Don't I need to undergo additional investigation, such as taking a statement or something?" asked Blue Owl.

"No, I'll help you deal with those things."

"Okay, thank you, Commander Che."

Having said this, Blue Owl paused for a moment, then glanced at him sideways.

"Also, are you really not going to consider cutting ties with me? Last time you were kidnapped, and this time it's my turn... This is pretty straightforward, isn't it? Nothing good will happen if you get too close to me."

"Not consider."

Che Zhengchen said calmly, clasping his hands together in front of his chest, "But if time went forward, ten years ago, I might still consider it."

"why?"

"My wife hadn't died of illness at that time, and my son was still alive and hadn't been dismembered by the watchmaker." Che Zhengchen smiled, "My principle is not to involve my family, but now I have no family, I am alone, what do I have to worry about?"

"What about yourself?"

"I may have been dead a long time ago." Che Zhengchen said calmly, "but I was still holding my breath in my heart. There was a voice in my head saying to me every day, 'Can you just forgive the watch maker?' 'Do you want to be a coward?' So I barely maintained a half-dead state and have been lingering on until now."

Having said this, he smiled with relief.

"So if I die because of you one day, it would be a relief for me... After all, I am openly using you, how can I not pay a price?"

Blue Owl was silent for a while, then asked unhappily: "Let me think about it. When the watch man dies, you won't suddenly pick up a gun and shoot yourself in the head one morning, will you?"

"possible."

"Then you're done."

"What do you mean?"

"When that happens, I will keep an eye on you every day. Be prepared to be harassed by me every day. I will make it impossible for you to die."

After saying that, Blue Owl turned and walked out of the office, closing the door behind him.

At this moment, he turned his head slightly and found that a team of superheroes was standing in the corridor. It seemed that they were coming for him, and several of them stopped in front of him.

Blue Owl looked up from behind his glasses. To be honest, he knew the people in this team...

Octopus Squad.

This team, like the White Wing Team, is a D-class superhero team, and every member is a rookie superhero who has just joined the Beijing branch not long ago.

As for why Blue Owl knew them, it was because they were fairly famous: someone had posted a thread on the forum of the Superhero Association's official APP, and it was said that in the past two months, the Beijing Ring Association had actually added a D-class team made up entirely of mutants...

They are all mutants, a very rare configuration, so it naturally caused a stir in the forum.

And this team of mutants is the Octopus Man team standing in front of him.

There are four people in the Octopus Man Squad. The leader is codenamed "Octopus Man". He is a mutant with some characteristics of an octopus in his body. He can summon octopus tentacles when fighting.

The remaining three are "Diamond Man", "Acid Man" and "Mud Man" - these titles of mutant heroes are generally given by their management companies based on their physical characteristics. The format is very uniform and there is no personal characteristics. But in the Internet age, traffic is king, and a name that can leave a direct impression on people is enough.

Blue Owl glanced at the four people. The system rating of Octopus Man was C+, Diamond Man was C, Acid Man was D+, and Mud Man was C-.

Anyway, they are all one level stronger than Comrade Blue Owl.

Again, Blue Owl cannot use strange props and skills in broad daylight like players Spider-Man and Dice Freak, so its combat power is greatly limited.

You can only rely on attribute points and gene enhancers exchanged from the association mall to push forward.

"Are you Blue Owl?" said the leading octopus man. "I'm the D-class hero 'Octopus Man', and I want to make friends with you."

He spoke lazily, had dark circles under his eyes, looked sickly pale, and had messy long hair hanging down his back. He was wearing a simple brown combat uniform with an octopus painted on his chest, and he didn't even wear a helmet. His white cape fell to the ground listlessly like a mop.

"You can."

As he spoke, Blue Owl took the initiative to extend his hand.

The octopus man held his hand, looked up at him, and said gloomily, "Then let's not be secretive. I would like to invite you to bring your team to play a friendly match with us."

"Friendly match?"

"Yes, this match is an exhibition match and will be broadcast live on the official website of the Super Hero Association. This can bring a lot of popularity to both of us." The octopus man had a deadpan expression. "These days, traffic is the salary of a superhero... In other words, if we fight more excitingly, gain more popularity, and get good ratings, then our salary will be higher."

Hearing this, Blue Owl tilted his head and said, "Uh... so you want to drag us into a fake match to stir up some hype?"

"No, there's no point in a fake match. I want to have a serious fight with you." The octopus man shook his head. "Each team bets 200 points. If they lose, they will give it to the other team. Do you accept it?"

Blue Owl thought for a moment and asked, "What about the time of the competition?"

"About half a month later, on August 8th."

"Why did you choose me?"

"Because you have the highest traffic among the new heroes, and we can't beat the veteran team, so don't even think about it." Octopus said bluntly, "If you think losing will affect your traffic and fan enthusiasm, you don't have to accept it... After all, this deal is a loss for you. Your public attention is much higher than ours, so the risk is the greatest."

"Okay, then I accept..." Blue Owl said, then changed the subject, "I say I accept, but I'm not the captain. These matters must first be approved by our captain, Platinum Wings. Instead of looking for me, why don't you go directly to him?"

"You are the most popular. Basically everyone on the Internet regards you as the captain of this team. No one cares what others think because no one pays attention to them... Although it is cruel, it is the truth..."

The octopus man said as he turned and left with the three members of his team, "Goodbye."

"What a weirdo..."

Blue Owl looked at the octopus man's back, shook his head and sighed, thinking that he should take advantage of the next half month to add more points, improve the attributes as soon as possible, and then beat them up.

It would be a waste not to take the points that are delivered to your mouth. Besides, it is a win-win situation regardless of the outcome. From the octopus man's point of view, it is enough as long as he can take advantage of his popularity and traffic. This is the same as a new band looking for an internet celebrity band to compete on the same stage.

He walked into the elevator, took it to the bottom floor, and left the building.

On the same day, at noon, on the Tobacco Street,

Ke Mingye put his hands in the pockets of his jumpsuit, walked into the lifeless video game store, greeted the owner, then walked up to the second floor and stopped in front of the last private room.

The gate opened with a click, and a young man wearing a gray coat and frameless glasses came into view. His expression was still as indifferent as ever, like the protagonist of "The Outsider".

"Today is quite punctual..."

Fan Quan closed the Bible in his hand, looked up at Ke Mingye, and spoke calmly.

"Stop talking nonsense... What do you want from me? I'm busy taking a nap."

Ke Mingye sat down on the sofa and picked up the pickled cucumber on the table with a toothpick and put it into his mouth.

"I want to talk to you in person about the action scheduled for a month."

"The Bedlam Asylum we talked about yesterday?"

"good."

"I heard that many crazy superheroes and super criminals are sent there. There are all kinds of people in that damn place... Even though they may be crazy, they might kill you with a snap of their fingers. You won't really go there to die, will you?"

"Really." Anti-Dog had a blank expression. "When that time comes, we will use the power of card number 7 to go to London, England. I will pretend to be a patient, and you will pretend to be a nurse. We will sneak into the Bedlam Asylum and take care of each other. The hacker girl will try to hack into the internal network of the asylum and provide us with monitoring information... But this is just a temporary plan, and there may be changes after a while."

Ke Mingye glanced at him and said unhappily, "No, after all this talk, you didn't mention your purpose for entering that insane asylum. It's impossible that you were just out of curiosity, right?"

He still remembered how the psychopath Fan Quan found out his identity, ran to the Lao Jingmai district and ran into their family, and was chased by his second brother all the way.

From then on, no matter what Fan Dog did, he would not find it strange. Even if he said that he went to Bedlam Lunatic Asylum, a place that was known to be full of bosses, just for the pursuit of excitement, Ke Mingye would just nod and say that as long as you are happy, after all, people only live once, and it would be a pity if they did not live to their heart's content.

Anti-Dog explained: "We found the leader of the anti-superhuman organization 'Revolutionary Evening Bell' in London. According to rumors, he is hiding in Bedlam Lunatic Asylum, and even the leader of Japan's Tengu Front doesn't know his whereabouts. So the leader of the Tengu Front gave us a commission, asking us to go to Bedlam Lunatic Asylum to find this person and apply for cooperation with him on behalf of the 'Tengu Front'."

Ke Mingye was silent for a while.

"Okay... I'm using a puppet anyway, so there's no risk. As for you, if you want to die then I can't stop you."

"That's fine..." Fanquan paused, "Also, I'm glad to see you're still alive. You're worthy of being our ace. I thought you were dead for sure."

"It's been so long since we last met, you're acting awkward right after you come back, aren't you, a cultured person?"

Ke Mingye dry-heaved for a while, then continued.

"Anyway, I'll take this commission. I'm also curious whether there's someone like the Fire Cloud Evil God hiding in that insane asylum... But my puppet can only last for 6 hours. After 6 hours, I can release another puppet to extend the duration, but the total duration is only 12 hours. If you can't find that person within 12 hours, won't you have to stay in that insane asylum alone?"

"It's not a big problem." Fanquan adjusted his glasses. "I'm sure... you just need to follow my instructions. If things don't work out, Caibing will support me remotely. It shouldn't be a problem for me to escape from that insane asylum..."

"OkayOkay, anything else?"

"No, go ahead and explode."

“Then I exploded.”

After saying that, Ke Mingye left the video game store, walked around a few times to avoid the surveillance cameras on the street, then found an empty alley nearby, stuffed his body into a trash can and blew himself up.

Accompanied by a strange laugh, banana peels and rotten paper scraps flew like snow.

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