The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 211 Cyber ​​Killer

As the phone screen slowly lights up, the screen saver features a swordsman holding a long sword, with handsome features and an extraordinary bearing.

Since his death, there haven't been any new messages on his phone, either from WeChat or phone calls. On the contrary, QQ messages keep popping up.

"This person's social style is quite unique," Qi Fei said, scrolling through his phone. He glanced at the messages popping up on QQ and found they were all groups related to online novels.

"Looks like a shut-in who loves reading online novels?" Qi Fei browsed the group messages, not really understanding what these netizens were talking about.

At the top of his phone, the button reminding him of the novel's update was still hovering, prompting Qi Fei to pull down the menu and open the book called "The God of War: Rebooting Life." However, after opening the book, his eyes suddenly widened.

When Wu Shanqiu saw Qi Fei standing at the crime scene, swiping Hao Weiwei's phone screen with his thumb, looking completely engrossed, she walked over curiously. Upon seeing that it was an online novel interface, she was greatly surprised: "No way, Fei-ge, you're openly slacking off today, this isn't like you!"

Qi Fei, however, showed no sign of joking. His expression was extremely solemn as he shoved the phone into Wu Shanqiu's hand without saying a word.

Seeing that something was wrong with him, Wu Shanqiu read the contents of her phone with confusion, and was immediately shocked: "Ah! This is...!"

The latest chapter of the novel, titled "The God of War: Rebooting Life," begins by describing how a man named Hao Weisuo is brutally murdered by a genius assassin named Cyber ​​in a remote suburb of a city. The chapter details every spot where Cyber ​​stabbed Hao Weisuo, and the location of the wounds is exactly the same as the wounds on Hao Weiwei, who is currently lying in a rented room.

When Wu Shanqiu read about the rescue, she couldn't help but gasp, because the article also described the details of Cyber ​​cutting off Hao's lewd finger, throwing it out the window, and having it eaten by wild dogs.

“Brother Fei…” Wu Shanqiu looked at these shocking details, “This can’t be a coincidence, right? Only the people at the scene could know these details, right?”

"No, to be precise, only the murderer would know," Qi Fei said calmly. "Look at the process and perspective described here."

Following Qi Fei's instructions, Wu Shanqiu re-examined the content of the article. The subject of the description was always Hao Weisuo, including his initial rude remarks, his reaction after each stab wound, and even many details such as how blood gushed from the wound. It was so detailed that it made one's hair stand on end.

"Ugh, after reading this for so long, I'm starting to experience phantom pain," Wu Shanqiu murmured.

“If it were written by an eyewitness, I think it would describe both the murderer and the victim, including details of the victim’s back being stabbed. It would clearly be from an overhead perspective, unless the eyewitness was constantly standing close to the murderer, but we obviously didn’t see any evidence at the scene that fits this hypothesis,” Qi Fei said.

Wu Shanqiu nodded thoughtfully: "The person who wrote this clearly has strong personal feelings towards Hao. Fei-ge, have we found the murderer? The author of this novel?"

Qi Fei looked at Wu Shanqiu meaningfully and said, "You should read the ending of this chapter."

Wu Shanqiu continued reading with trepidation, her eyes widening as she did Qi Fei's. At the end of the chapter, the author wrote that the day after Hao Weisuo's death, the police arrived at the scene, found Hao Weisuo's phone, and discovered a novel he had written. The latest chapter detailed his entire death. "This…" Wu Shanqiu looked around in disbelief, "Have we transmigrated into a novel?"

Qi Fei, of course, didn't have Wu Shanqiu's wild imagination, and calmly said, "Time travel is impossible. I think the murderer planned to release this chapter only after we arrived at the scene."

There are two things we don't know. First, while I guessed correctly that the finger was thrown out the window, we don't know that it was eaten by a dog. Second, did you notice that the article says these murders were published through Hao Weisuo's novel?

Upon hearing this, Wu Shanqiu immediately scrolled up to find the author of "The God of War: Rebooting Life," whose online name was Supreme True Being: "Wow, that's a pretty arrogant name!"

However, she soon noticed that the username of this reading account was exactly the same as the name of the novel, and scrolling further back, she found that many of the interactions with readers were also posted from this account.

It seems that Hao Weiwei is indeed the author of this online novel.

This novel tells the story of an ordinary guy who travels to a parallel universe and rises against all odds. In the novel, the protagonist is a powerful figure who reaches the pinnacle of life. No one would have thought that the author in real life lived in a dilapidated house of only a few square meters in the countryside and died on a night when no one cared.

"Needless to say, the 'Hao Weisuo' in this latest chapter is Hao Weiwei, right? It seems he didn't write this himself beforehand, after all, no one would call themselves 'Weisuo'." Wu Shanqiu carefully studied the text. "Moreover, this writing style is unlike his previous style, even... it's a bit like..."

Qi Fei knew that Wu Shanqiu was more familiar with online content than he was. He wondered what this surfing girl had discovered today, so he quickly asked, "Could it be that someone in the online novel you're reading has a similar style to this?"

"Ha, what a coincidence! I mean, this style is quite different from the online novels I usually read; it seems too..."

"Too what?" Qi Fei hurriedly asked.

Wu Shanqiu frowned, seemingly unable to think of a suitable way to describe it for a moment. After thinking for a while, she said, "It's just too serious, you know? It's like the kind of serious literature we read when we were kids."

Qi Fei didn't care about online literature; he only cared about the person who published the article: "From your perspective as a reader, this chapter was definitely written by someone else, right?"

"Of course! And this plot has absolutely nothing to do with what came before. This murderer is pretty arrogant, openly provoking us like this!" Wu Shanqiu said excitedly, her ponytail swinging back and forth.

Qi Fei's gaze fell once again on the empty old desk: "It seems that he took Hao Weiwei's laptop not for money, but to use his account to send out this record of the crime."

“Hao Weiwei, Hao Weisuo…” Wu Shanqiu muttered the two names, “The murderer used such an insulting name to refer to Hao Weiwei. Judging from the name, it’s highly likely to be a revenge killing. However, it’s also quite strange that he used ‘cyber’ to refer to himself…”