Life Dungeon Game

He originally planned to start with this gang leader and further investigate the detailed information about the Evolutionary Path, but by the time he went there, the gang leader had already 'disappeared'.

He never saw the gang leader again after that.

These two items comprise all the information about the Evolutionary Path that the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang had investigated. The rest of the document contains some other information.

The transaction data of the Poison Scorpion Gang and Evolution over the years.

The earliest data dates back 15 years, when the number of 'sacrifices' required for evolution was very small, requiring only a few people each time, and only once every few months.

However, as things progressed, the number of offerings required by the evolutionary process increased, and the frequency of these offerings also increased.

The most recent transaction between the Poison Scorpion Gang and the Evolutionary Path has already involved dozens of people.

This also proves from another perspective that evolution has indeed been rapidly 'developing' over the years.

On the other hand, as the appetite of the Evolutionary Ones grows ever larger, the Scorpion Gang's frequent mass 'disappearances' have plunged the lower-class residents of Green Olive Street into terror.

This ultimately led to the creation of an organization that involved a large number of lower-class residents and resisted the Scorpion Gang.

This organization should be the same one that helped He Ao, and it was this organization that protected the owner of the cold drink shop at the entrance of the Green Olive Street.

However, this organization, composed entirely of poor people and lacking any supernatural power or weaponry, is unable to openly confront the Scorpion Gang. Therefore, they can only help each other in private and try to reduce the occurrence of 'disappearances'.

Some information in the documents suggests that the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang was actually aware of the organization's existence.

He also knew that this organization couldn't cause much trouble now, but as he arrested more and more people, it would inevitably cause more discontent, eventually leading to either resistance or escape from the Green Olive Street, and the Scorpion Gang's rule would eventually collapse.

Therefore, in recent years he has actually been consciously controlling and evolving the number of transactions.

However, the ever-expanding appetite of the Evolutionary Force will not diminish due to the intensification of internal conflicts within the Poison Scorpion Gang.

One can't afford it, and the other isn't getting enough to eat.

This is the direct reason for the escalating conflict between the Evolutionary Clan and the Scorpion Gang.

This also led to Evolution deliberately exposing the Green Olive Street to Ishia of the Pollution Cleanup Department, hoping to use the Pollution Cleanup Department to 'solve' or 'teach a lesson' to the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang.

However, He Ao ultimately intervened, disrupting Evolution's original plan.

However, there is a serious problem with this "borrowing a knife to kill" strategy.

That means the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang is not going to sit idly by and wait to die. If the Pollution Cleanup Department finds him, he will definitely expose the Evolutionary Source.

As can be seen from previous information, Evolution has been trying its best to conceal itself and avoid being exposed to the light.

This 'hidden' mindset is one of the fundamental conditions that has enabled the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang to consistently 'maneuver' against the Evolutionary Force and seize profits.

Now, dealing with the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang will greatly increase the probability of the Evolutionary Path being exposed.

There are two possibilities in this situation. One is that Evolution is confident that it can prevent the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang from exposing himself. However, judging from the strong emotion shown by the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang who wants to drag everyone down with him, the probability of this happening is not high.

That leaves only one possibility: that the Evolutionary Ones no longer "mind" exposing themselves to the Pollution Cleanup Department.

This stems from the recent frequent occurrences of...

This can perhaps be corroborated by the 'disappearance case' that raises concerns.

So what made Evolution change its previously cautious attitude and start to become 'arrogant'?

It should be noted that the director of the Pollution Cleanup Division, that B-level powerhouse, is currently still in Saint Jon City.

While pondering, He Ao exited the document viewing interface, switched the bracelet to the chat software, and looked at the message that Ishia had just sent him.

He asked Ishia if she knew anything about the 'Evolutionary Path'.

Ishia replied that she didn't know and had never heard of the organization.

A supernatural organization, similar to the Pollution Cleanup Division, covering multiple cities and possibly also possessing B-level status, has been lurking silently beneath the surface, seemingly unnoticed by the Pollution Cleanup Division.

At least, Ishia, who was in a mid-level position, was unaware of the organization's existence.

This well-hidden organization, which had remained undiscovered for so long, seems to have suddenly stopped caring about its secrecy.

What does this 'unusual' behavior mean?

Everything that seems illogical likely has some hidden, unknown logic behind it.

He Ao rubbed his temples and put down the bracelet.

The 'key' to all of this probably lies with that 'traitorous' Night Hawk.

Based on what Ishia had said before, the dividing line between the frequent disappearances in St. John's City was Nighthawk's 'escape from justice'.

When the Nighthawks were still around, there were very few obvious missing persons cases in St. John's City.

Of course, in secret, the Evolutionary Clan still relies on the Scorpion Gang and these 'black gloves' to find ways to obtain offerings, but at least they are not so 'unscrupulous'.

It seems that the existence of the nighthawk has, to some extent, hindered the development of evolution.

From this perspective, the source of evolution might be the third-party force that 'reported' Night Hawk.

Now, the logic loop returns to 'Nighthawk'.

Sito's son, Cavill, also disappeared around the same time as Nighthawk's 'flight from justice,' and died around the same time.

What is the relationship between these two?

Based on past experience with dungeons, the characters assigned by the system are mostly related to the main quest in some way.

The only connection Sito can currently see with the main storyline is his son, Kavi, who seemingly died unexpectedly in some incident. The incident that led to Kavi's death appears to be related to the Night Hawk and the vortex surrounding it.

Finding out what exactly happened in this vortex might help us figure out what the 'Winding Hill' mentioned in the main quest is all about.

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Just as He was pondering, his bracelet vibrated.

It's a message from Ishia: "[The St. John City Police Department replied to me. They are reviewing the relevant information about the Kavi case. They have only found the forensic report so far. I'll send it to you.]"

Soon, a file titled "[Autopsy Report in the Kavi Case]" was sent over.

He received the document and opened it.

The report was short, only a few pages long, consisting mostly of graphic photos and simple descriptions.

However, this report contained some information that Sito was previously unaware of.

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The report concluded the same as Sito knew: the cause of the Cavies' deaths was a horrific car accident.

However, the report's analysis mentioned another matter: the Kavi couple had suffered some kind of 'prolonged torture or abuse' in the period before their deaths, leaving them with numerous wounds and scabs on their bodies.

However, the wounds inflicted by these tortures or abuses are not enough to cause death.

Upon seeing this analysis, He Ao's hand movements stiffened for a moment. He looked up at the rearview mirror, and in the reflection, Jiaxi was lying across the back seat, fast asleep.

He Ao lowered his head and glanced at the report in his hand again.

This report suggests that the son and daughter-in-law's "sudden disappearance" was likely due to their abduction and torture by an individual or organization.

Combined with the words Kavi wrote in the books in his bedroom, it seems that his son Kavi does indeed know some things that he 'shouldn't' know.

This 'knowledge' brought him his death.

While reading the report, He Ao's bracelet vibrated again.

He exited the report and re-entered the chat interface.

Ishia sent him a compressed file named [Kavi].

He accepted the message, and at the same time, Ishia sent him a new message.

"Sir, all the on-site materials and some simple case analysis documents are in this compressed file."

He Ao quickly replied, "[Thank you]"

After He Ao sent his reply, there was a pause on the other end, and it got stuck at [typing].

After a long while, a reply finally came: "[It's okay, it's what I should do. Please accept my condolences.]"

I'm much better now.

He replied with a message, and then sent over the file on Evolution from which he had just been reading.

[Perfect timing! All the files I've collected about Evolution are here. They've most likely sent corrupted monsters to assassinate your organization. You can see if you can investigate this organization.]

The file was received quickly on the other end. [Okay.]

He Ao looked at her reply, thought for a moment, and sent another message: "[Try to keep the investigation secret and be careful.]"

Since the evolutionary process was able to find a way to 'report' Night Hawks to the headquarters of the Pollution Cleanup Department, it's possible that they really had no communication with the Pollution Cleanup Department at all.

[good!

Ishia sent a 'Received' emoji.

He Ao smiled and turned off the bracelet.

Then he opened the compressed file that Ishia had sent him.

The compressed file contains only one file and a few photos.

Most of these photos were taken in a small alley, showing the mangled corpses of Kavi and his wife.

One photo was taken specifically of the ground, where several blurry numbers drawn in blood were visible in front of the two people.

There were four numbers in front of Kavi's body, and five numbers in front of his wife's body.

The numbers are arranged in a somewhat random order, up and down, but they are basically arranged in a left-right order, and when put together, they form Kavi's social security card number.

He looked through all the photos, then opened the document, which contained the basic facts and analysis of the entire case.

The first half of the document is a case introduction, including...

Including details of the discovery of the body.

The bodies of Kawi and his wife were discovered by a cleaner. When the cleaner was collecting the bodies in that alley, he saw the two men, their flesh mangled, and he also saw their social security card numbers. He then called the police.

Because the disposal of these unidentified corpses is funded by municipal funds, the city encourages cleaners to find the original relatives of the deceased if possible in order to save money. If they do, the cleaners will receive an extra bonus.

Therefore, when they encounter relatively clear clues, the cleaners will help call the police to help find the relatives of these deceased.

Those who leave no information at all will eventually be taken away by the municipal hearse.

The Kave couple had no identification documents on them, and if they hadn't left their social security numbers, they would have ended up being taken away in a hearse.

He Ao quickly skimmed through the introductions, then his gaze fell on the case analysis at the end of the document.