The Cyber Queen of Deception - Chapter 37

Zhi Yi walked over with a serious expression.

“You won’t believe what we just saw,” he began.

Just moments ago, as the murder live broadcast room ended, all the bodies, except for Professor Tan’s, came back to life right where they were.

The police officers on the scene watched in disbelief as the couple’s bodies slowly returned to their original state, witnessing Yao Na’s face regenerate.

Fat and protein meticulously arranged themselves, forming a flawless skin that tightly wrapped around them.

It was like a cyber version of a ghost story.

The media on site went wild, eager to capture this bizarre scene, only to find that the stage appeared ordinary through their lenses, showing only the guests who had narrowly escaped death, lying on the ground gasping for air.

It was incredible.

The process of the guests coming back to life couldn’t be captured, and the live murder broadcast couldn’t be witnessed.

Yao Na raised an eyebrow at the news, making no comment. She gestured for Zhi Yi to place his hand on the back panel of the camera.

“Cold?”

Zhi Yi was surprised, incredulously feeling it again.

Even with the most efficient cooling system, it shouldn’t cool down so quickly!

Moreover, these were outdated equipment discarded by the TV station, lacking such high-tech cooling features.

So, the camera used in the murder live broadcast room looked like this one, but it wasn’t?

The logic of this statement was a bit convoluted.

Zhi Yi, after saying it, found himself confused, his eyes narrowing in thought.

“Considering the camera’s temperature and the phenomenon of the guests coming back to life, there’s only one truth!” Yao Na stated seriously. “The murder live broadcast room isn’t a pollutant evolving according to natural laws.”

“Let me give you an example.”

“The initial murder live broadcast room was an ancient creature, with only a trace of will, no physical form. During its next evolution, its ‘time’ reached the era when writing first appeared in people’s imaginations, becoming a virtual image. In its third evolution, its ‘time’ finally became human, but still from the past.”

Zhi Yi seemed to understand, yet not fully. So…

-The time in which the pollutant existed was different from theirs.

In other words, the recent murder live broadcast show was held in the pollutant’s time, so the camera wouldn’t have a temperature. After all, for the current world, this broadcast had already happened decades or even a hundred years ago.

“The pollutant’s world has only him, no entertainment, so he seeks amusement by targeting the ‘future,’ which is our time. Do you understand?”

Zhi Yi nodded, then shook his head.

He still didn’t quite get it: “Why does he want to kill you? Does someone have to die to enter his time?”

“Stop reading those rebirth and teleportation novels. Humans can’t teleport through time; everything in the universe moves from order to disorder. That’s a universal law.” Yao Na rolled her eyes, explaining patiently, “In my opinion, he needs an anchor point.”

“An anchor point?”

“Yes. Creatures evolving with time need an anchor point to determine their direction.”

So, the murder live broadcast room used their deaths as an anchor point. As long as the murder succeeded and evolution completed, it could reach the desired time point.

Others kill first, then have bodies, first have a process, then a conclusion.

He created a conclusion with three bodies first, then began the process of killing.

At this point, the image of the pollutant was already sketched out: “A monster from the past, and us in the future.” Fortunately, he didn’t kill all three, and the evolution ended halfway.

Otherwise, after this three-person live broadcast murder, he would have evolved to the cyber era, parallel to their time.

Further on, he would become a future creature, facing humans lagging behind him, with zero pressure to crush them.

Luckily, everything was still in time; he only killed one person, not yet evolved to the cyber era. Still stuck in the disadvantaged past. Yao Na sighed lightly, looking up to find an eye above her head. It was a red-glowing electronic eye, silently recording her words.

“It’s over.” Zhi Yi’s face changed upon seeing the electronic eye, quickly whispering, “That’s the eye of the Judgment Department.”

Judgment Department?

Yao Na vaguely remembered the term, the highest court in the cyber world, known for using force and violence despite being a court, with several cases of forced confessions.

Affiliated with the government, yet the people working there were… from the consortium. Just hearing this personnel structure, one could tell what kind of place it was.

As soon as Zhi Yi finished speaking, the sound of leather boots hitting the ground suddenly echoed outside the theater, as deafening as a storm approaching.

In a matter of seconds, officers in various uniforms surrounded the entire theater, encircling the media and guests.

Even Yao Na and Zhi Yi, along with the busy police officers and the sheriff, were surrounded. Except for Yao Na, who was clueless, all the officers present wore solemn expressions, and nearby media whispered, “With this formation, Ran Bo must be here.”

Who is Ran Bo?

Yao Na sensed an extraordinary aura from the name, similar to hers, consisting of two characters.

The crowd parted, and a man in a blue and red uniform walked in, with several moons embroidered on his chest. Yao Na glanced sideways at Zhi Yi’s chest, which had stars, indicating that this man named Ran Bo held a high rank.

“The media cannot disclose today’s events, and the murder live broadcast room will be closed as a case of a mentally ill perpetrator.”

Ran Bo, upon arrival, issued a strict order to everyone present, indicating that the influence of the murder live broadcast room had reached the government, even prompting Ran Bo to handle public opinion.

The media, despite their reluctance, were forced to put away their cameras under the pressure of capital and power.

They were collectively herded into a small room to sign confidentiality agreements.

Through the crowd, Yao Na curiously observed Ran Bo, trying to figure out where the inexplicable familiarity came from… Hmm, couldn’t recall.

When she came back to her senses, those heavy, exquisite leather shoes were already in front of her, looking down at her.

“Yao Na, are you in cahoots with the murder live broadcast room?”

Yao Na admitted she was part of the Legion, but to say she was in cahoots, she disagreed. At least Yao Na wouldn’t kill for fun.

“Innocent! Everyone saw, I was locked in the police’s jail, and you couldn’t even protect the safety of the prisoners, causing me to be kidnapped by some random guy and almost killed, and now you accuse me of being his accomplice?”

The sheriff next door didn’t dare to speak; who would have thought that arresting Yao Na would inadvertently clear her of suspicion?

Now, the entire police station could provide an alibi for Yao Na, and netizens knew she had applied for police protection, so even the Judgment Department couldn’t do anything to her.

Ran Bo didn’t respond; he gestured, summoning the red-glowing electronic eye, which projected the footage it had just recorded, showing the segment where Yao Na explained the truth about the murder live broadcast room to Zhi Yi.

From being a monster of the past to using murder as an anchor point for evolution, not a word was missed.

“Have you finished watching?” Ran Bo asked.

“Finished, and then?”

Whether it was Yao Na’s illusion or not, she felt that after her response, there was a collective gasp around her, as if surprised by her casual manner of speaking to Officer Ran Bo.

“If you’re not an accomplice, how do you know so much?”

“Because I’m smart.” Yao Na had a talent for talking nonsense, calmly placing a crown on her head: “That murder live broadcast room, though retro, was brand new, completely different from the dusty state now. It’s hard not to guess that these are two different times.”

“And if I were an accomplice, why would I reveal his weakness?”

Ran Bo’s expression turned stern: “You say that’s his weakness?”

“Yes.” Yao Na pointed to Professor Tan’s body on the stage, saying, “Think about it, because the broadcast didn’t kill enough people, the live broadcast room’s time is still in the ‘past,’ he needs to continue killing to confirm the anchor point.”

“According to the theory of having a conclusion before a process, we just need to search the world for bodies to identify the victims in advance.”

Yao Na proposed an unprecedented new perspective, and after a brief shock, all the officers present agreed with her: “Yes, as long as we conduct a population check in the identity system, we can find the next victim!”

“But finding the victim is useless; we can’t catch the live broadcast room’s entity.” One officer reminded, “Don’t forget, he’s something living in the past; we can see him through the lens, but we can’t catch him across time.”

This time, Yao Na didn’t respond, but Zhi Yi, following Yao Na’s line of thought, realized first.

“As long as he succeeds in killing.”

“Bingo~”

Yao Na was pleased.

Finally, someone could keep up with her thinking.

As long as the murder live broadcast room succeeded in killing, it could use the anchor point to complete evolution, and then they would be in the same time, able to touch it in reality.

This was the only chance to catch the murder live broadcast room’s entity.

But the opportunity’s premise was… finding the victim in advance, and the victim’s death.

Realizing this, everyone’s expressions turned a bit off, starting to pity the next victim.

“Too pitiful, if the next victim escapes, we’ll lose the chance to capture the live broadcast room, but if the next victim fails to escape…”

Then they would become the bait for the police to capture the live broadcast room, this human=tool anti-human thought, chilling to the bone.

Yao Na thought for a moment, saying something seemingly unrelated: “Not really. Not that pitiful.”

Ran Bo raised an eyebrow at her words, “You know who the next victim is?”

“I do.”

Everyone turned to Yao Na, focused, ready to rush to protect the person as soon as she named them, only to see Yao Na with a nonchalant expression, lazily saying, “It’s me.”

Huh??

No way, sis, how is the next victim you again?

The police, who already felt sorry for the victim, looked at Yao Na with even more sympathy-oh no, starting to feel sorry for Yao Na.

“Ah, it’s not hard to figure out, I ruined his live broadcast room, so the next time he starts a live broadcast to kill, he’ll definitely come for me.”

Yao Na didn’t understand why everyone was looking at her like that. She scratched her head, her expression relaxed, as if discussing whether to have beef stew or go to a tea restaurant for dinner.

“You don’t seem scared?” Ran Bo questioned again, his suspicious gaze scanning Yao Na up and down.

“What’s the use of being scared? Seeking your protection is useless anyway, might as well enjoy life while I can, start a live stream to sell misery, get some tips and go have fun.” She sounded like a jaded Internet Celebrity.

Yao Na opened her Holographic Projector, and the accumulated message notifications exploded, ringing incessantly.

What on earth?

Yao Na looked closely and was dumbfounded.

What’s going on, she seemed… to have gone viral?

…

The sudden interruption of the murder live broadcast caused an uproar among netizens. People condemned the broadcast room for lacking professionalism!

“Ran away, can’t handle it! Can’t handle it!”

“I really wanted to see the murder live broadcast room kill itself, seems more interesting than the guests’ tragic deaths.”

“I just checked, Professor Tan’s account already has a death certification, the identity system has announced his death. The couple indeed survived, they’re live streaming their misery, but not many are interested anymore.”

“Ah, ah, ah, I just want to know when Yao Na will start streaming, I have so many compliments to give!”

“So awesome, actually turned the tables on the murder live broadcast room, worthy of being the Greek god of public opinion, converted from a passerby to a fan!”

“Converted from a hater…”

If anyone benefited from the murder live broadcast room, besides the ever-evolving pollutant, it was undoubtedly Yao Na.

She showed her true face to the entire nation, clearing the rumors of being a photoshopped fake, and leveraged her looks to gain attention. Facing the threat of death and exposure, she calmly analyzed the pros and cons, turning the tables.

In no time, both appearance enthusiasts and intellectual fans were deeply impressed by Yao Na, giving her their attention.

Yao Na’s account followers skyrocketed, much like her death votes once did. In the past, whenever an Internet Celebrity rose, jealous competitors would hire professional trolls to spread false blackmail.

But after the murder live broadcast room, other Internet Celebrities were scared to death through the screen, fearing they’d be targeted by the broadcast room if they caused trouble, so they remained quiet, watching Yao Na rise through the broadcast room.

The final result was-her followers reached billions, and Yao Na remained spotless online.

Previously, people said she had a high school education, but she got into Cyber Technology University. They said she was a photoshopped scam, but appearing on TV live debunked that. The only unverified claim was her being a consortium heiress, but most fans, seeing her poised demeanor, instinctively believed: Yao Na is a consortium heiress!

As for which consortium, she must have her reasons for not saying, perhaps there’s some unspeakable secret.

…

At the top of the main teaching hill in the City Center, in a series of standalone estates, Wen Qingqiu hid in her luxurious princess room, watching the projection of Yao Na with a worried and vigilant expression.

“How can this be?” Wen Qingqiu bit her finger repeatedly, drawing blood: “What do you mean she’s not a photoshopped scam, Wen Na doesn’t look like that at all!”

Who is the person currently using Wen Na’s account?