There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game
Chapter 494: All Things as One (Additional chapter for the book's first alliance leader "Gao Lengji Yongxuan Xiao Hua")
The place that Yueshu focused on was mid-air.
In the darkness of night, wrapped in the radiance of nine shimmering stars, the female reporter exuded a strong Aura of Light, impervious to even Yueshu's power!
Old Wang, having broken free from the Illusory Realm, stalled for time, successfully putting the female reporter into a loading state!
This was also the reason he could remain so composed now!
Especially upon seeing how calm the director remained despite being nibbled on by a cat, Old Wang felt even more confident, though slightly worried about his partner still trapped in the Illusory Realm.
In fact, when the office became enveloped in a swirl of black fog, everyone's thoughts had already been deceived.
Old Wang, holding up a shield, rushed out of the office only to realize something was wrong, but it was too late to warn the others, for they were all affected.
Only the female reporter, by accident, managed to magnify immediately and avoided being dragged into the delusion.
After that, his partner, who had a tough fate, brought him a pleasant surprise!
[Congratulations on completing the task: Recover the doll left behind by the child.]
Their main task had been accomplished!
There was no longer any worry of being sent to the Abyss Battlefield to feed the monsters!
And they were set to receive a hefty reward!
Old Wang felt relaxed in body and mind, especially since the game's countdown had been triggered, he suddenly felt that the future was as bright as the nine stars shining in the sky!
At that moment—
The indigo night sky suddenly opened a huge, solitary eye!
The eye, with its pitch-black sclera and the thin, tawny yellow vertical pupil, looked extremely terrifying, resembling a cold and cruel snake watching everything; its gaze fell on the female reporter in mid-air.
At the same time, the female reporter with closed eyes also opened them.
A hint of emerald flashed in her eyes as she looked at the solitary eye in the sky, her expression solemn and dignified, she raised one hand.
"Stars' wisdom, heed my command," she said.
"All Things as One, and One as All!"
The nine marbles instantly transformed into planets of immense size, their dazzling, colorful lights showering upon the earth, like divine wisdom's nourishing rain. The sky and ground were clothed in beautiful auroras, reflecting each other's brilliance.
Then, the nine planets charged towards the giant solitary eye!
Yueshu lifted the corner of his mouth, sneering.
An invisible wave spread through the air as darkness, like ink from an overturned inkwell, engulfed all the colors in the sky, a thick and deadly silence descended upon the stars!
Neither side's assault came with great fanfare, as the impact seemed to explode in everyone's minds!
This was a collision on the plane of thought!
"Hiss..."
Old Wang drew in a cold breath, squinting through the colorful auroras at the sky.
After a moment, he said anxiously, "The reporter's All Things as One doesn't seem fully mastered, not even affecting the child's chain. This doesn't look good... it's over, it's all over..."
"I thought that move was called the Nine Star Chain," said Xu Shuo beside him.
"Nine is the extreme number, signifying All Things as One," Old Wang explained casually.
"Oh."
"If her move had at least Master Level power, the might of the Stars would be enough to dissolve the Abyss Darkness, and we wouldn't be tied up right now, that's why I say she didn't hold up," Old Wang went on.
"Ah."
"That child seems to be coping with ease for now, and thank goodness that cat didn't join in, or we'd definitely be wiped out already."
"Mhm."
Xu Shuo looked away and pinched the cat's head.
Following the office collapse, Yueshu had also tried calling the cat, but this cat was now intently focused on eating, undisturbed by anything else.
Then Xu Shuo took the opportunity to mock Yueshu.
After which he was tied up by Yueshu.
In fact, Yueshu's behavior, which seemed frantic, was actually a probing attempt.
After all, this person had been in the orphanage for so long without being killed, and his sanity appeared to be getting clearer, which couldn't help but make one vigilant.
That Yueshu was initially restrained by the SOA organization meant that he was not invincible either.
If he wanted to leave Qiming Orphanage successfully, the first thing he needed to worry about was that SOA Investigator who had boldly broken into the orphanage, beaten dozens of unruly kids single-handedly, and casually became the third director!
So, while dealing with the female reporter, Yueshu was also paying some attention to him.
But he found that the guy...
Was engrossed in petting a cat.
"Huh."
Suddenly, the female reporter let out a light chuckle.
She no longer paid attention to the giant eye in the sky, indifferently watching Yueshu on the ground, with her fingers subtly moving in front of her as if she was twiddling something.
Above, nine colorful and dazzling planets surged towards the solitary eye in the sky with overwhelming force, burning through the air like wildfire!
But the result was underwhelming, the brilliance being gradually devoured by the extreme density of darkness.
The connection of light floating between the sky and the ground had also slowly dissipated, and the boundless darkness pressed down like low-hanging storm clouds, bringing with it an oppressive sense of suffocation.
As Old Wang had said, the female reporter indeed couldn't hold on.
Yueshu narrowed his eyes slightly on the ground, and as soon as he felt the barrier of the Stars' power disappear, the whirlwind-like black fog immediately swept toward the female reporter!
Facing the attack, the female reporter dodged in the air and came to a halt atop the Qiming Building.
She looked at Yueshu again with a smile playing on her lips.
In her raised right hand, she held a plain three-centimeter, semi-transparent marble between her fingers.
"All Things as One, Magic in Simplicity."
The female reporter smiled at him, flicked her wrist, and casually shot the unremarkable marble into the Qiming Building, where colorful light burst forth instantly!
Yueshu's pupils shrank!
The solitary eye in the sky was distracted by the Nine Star Chain, and from such a distance, Yueshu had no time to stop her!
Once again, countless fissures spread through the void of the orphanage, followed by a crashing sound!
The Illusory Realm shattered!
The previously disappeared female office workers and social workers appeared in the yard without any warning.
And not just them, the swaying Yan'er on the swing, Korshi by the wall in the staircase on the first floor, and the motionless orphanage employees in the caregiver's room...
All the rules about where everyone should be were restored to their right places, except for those rules that had already been abnormal.
What countless monsters? They were all just illusions.
At the same time, a scream came from a room on the third floor.
"Lina!"
Yueshu's gaze snapped to that direction, and in the next moment, his face twisted hideously, his once graceful composure transforming into madness and rage!
The hallucination invading everyone's mind was supported by his sister Lina, and now that the illusion's rules were violently broken, Lina naturally suffered harm!
"You deserve to die!" Yueshu glared fiercely at the person on the rooftop.
The sky roiled with Abyss Darkness, the light of the nine planets had completely vanished, and the entire orphanage fell into dead silence.
The female reporter stood tall on the rooftop, looking down at the furious Yueshu with an indifferent, resolute expression, as if she had everything figured out!
In fact, her heart was in utter turmoil!
She couldn't fight him!
She really couldn't fight him, ah!
Help! I'm out of mana!!
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