Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

"Little Zhao, remember this,"

The old leader instructed, "Protect the remaining few people before the investigation team and the army arrive."

The killer's target was clear: those who had harmed the Lin family. If what Xu Damao and the others said was true, then the next one might be…”

"I understand." Director Zhao nodded emphatically. "I will increase vigilance."

After hanging up the phone, Director Zhao leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh of relief.

The weight on my heart has finally been lifted.

The old boss agreed to help, and there's also that mysterious "Special Case Investigation Team"...

Perhaps, things can still turn around.

Director Zhao stood up, walked to the window, and saw the gloomy sky that had been covered by dark clouds dissipate, and the sunlight shone down again.

In the courtyard, several police officers were whispering among themselves, their faces showing fear and unease.

That's not surprising.

In three days, more than twenty people died, and their deaths were more gruesome than the last.

Now the entire police station, even the entire street, the entire Nanluoguxiang, and the entire Dongcheng District are shrouded in fear.

People dare not go out, dare not act alone, and even dare not turn on the lights at night.

Fear spread like a plague.

Director Zhao murmured worriedly, "I hope this matter ends here. We really can't let any more people die."

……

[Host, that's enough! You've almost wiped out everyone in Courtyard No. 95! They really can't die anymore!!! Stop killing them!!!]

"You damn system, shut up!"

"Knock knock knock!!!"

The sound of a cleaver chopping meat echoed within the spiritual spring space, crisp and rhythmic.

Lin Tian stood beside the octagonal table in the courtyard where the whole courtyard was holding a meeting, holding a sharp kitchen knife in his hand, and was focused on chopping a pile of dog meat on the table.

"These lickspittle meat are fresh."

Lin Tian muttered to himself as he chopped the dog meat, a faint smile playing on his lips.

The system protested: "Host, killing someone is just a matter of beheading them; you will face retribution for what you've done."

Lin Tian paused for a moment, then continued chopping, saying nonchalantly, "Damn system, what do you know? Sha Zhu is guilty of grave sins; I'm just trying to help him pass on."

"I'm doing this out of great compassion, to save him from suffering, so he can be with his beloved Sister Qin, do you understand?"

The system angrily retorted: "Qin Huairu is dead, how can he be with the one he loves? Host, stop! Outside there are only police and the military; don't be so stubborn."

Am I stubbornly clinging to my delusions?

Lin Tian was so angry he almost laughed. He put down the kitchen knife, put his hands on his hips, and said, "Damn system, look at what you're saying!"

Was it the task you issued in Chapter 35 that said Sha Zhu had been coveting Qin Huairu for a long time and wanted to eat dumplings for many years?

"Help Sha Zhu get Qin Huairu and fulfill his wish? Did you say that?"

The system acknowledged: "That's right, what's wrong with that? The task description is indeed as stated."

"That's right, then it must be right."

Lin Tian grinned. "I'm just helping them get together. Look, I'll chop the simp into mincemeat, then deal with him a bit more, and they'll be together, won't they?"

The system asked, puzzled, "Host, what are you talking about? They're both dead, how can they be together? In the next life?"

"Damn system, you're so outdated."

Lin Tian shook his head, with an expression that said, "You're hopeless." "Is your brain full of code and data, like Liu Bei's?"

Can't we be a little healthier? When I say "together," I mean physically together, not biologically, understand?

The system remained silent for a few seconds.

system:"……"

Clearly, it was shocked by Lin Tian's logic.

Lin Tian didn't care what the system thought, and directly took out a bag containing a row of lotus root slices as thin as cicada wings.

That was something he had carefully selected and cut off from Qin Huairu's body while he was in the hospital.

"Watch closely, you dog system."

Lin Tian put the lotus root slices into the dog meat and started chopping them together. As the cleaver rose and fell, the dog meat and lotus root slices gradually mixed together.

You have me I have you.

"See that?"

"They got together, they became one, they'll never be separated."

Where's my reward? Damn system, stop playing dead and send me the reward already!

The system remained silent for a few more seconds.

[Host, this doesn't fit...]

"What doesn't fit?"

Lin Tian interrupted the system directly, talking nonsense in a serious tone, "Tell me, did Sha Zhu get his Sister Qin or not?"

Damn system, are you blind?!

"Look at them now, aren't they together? Aren't they inseparable, each other's presence, never to be apart again?"

[System: But...]

"No buts."

Lin Tian raised the kitchen knife, the tip pointing into the void. Although the system had no physical form, he knew that the system could "see" it.

"If that's not enough, I'll wrap them up into dumplings in a bit, and then let Sha Zhu's watermelon head eat them. Would that count as Sha Zhu getting his Sister Qin?"

And it's a real gain.

From mouth to stomach, then to intestines, it's absorbed wholeheartedly, becoming one with the body—isn't that intimate enough? Isn't that enough to fulfill your desires?

[Stop! Stop! Stop! Host, please stop talking!]

Surprisingly, a hint of fear crept into the system's mechanical voice.

Lin Tian laughed, put down the kitchen knife, and leisurely wiped his hands: "What, can't take it anymore?"

"You dog system, you were the one who issued these insane tasks first, and now you're blaming me for being insane? Aren't you just being hypocritical?"

System: [I...I was just generating the task according to the program...]

"Does this mean that tasks generated by programs can absolve them of responsibility?"

Lin Tian raised an eyebrow. "Then I completed the task according to the requirements, why don't you give me a reward? You damn system, are you a sore loser?"

Another eerie silence followed.

"Knock knock knock!!!"

The sound of a cleaver chopping meat rang out again.

Finally, the system spoke again, its voice filled with helplessness:

【Ding! 】

[Congratulations, host, on completing the mission "Help Sha Zhu obtain Qin Huairu".]

[Task Rewards: 100 servings of braised pork, 100 roast chickens, 100 roast ducks, 100 roast suckling pigs, 100 roast pigeons, 100 roast rabbits, 100 jin (50 kg) of roast bullfrogs, and 100 roast fish.]

[The reward has been sent to your system space. Please check.]

Lin Tian then revealed a satisfied smile: "Damn system, you're smart to know what's good for you."

With a thought, he opened the system space.

Sure enough, the room was neatly filled with all sorts of delicious food, the aroma of which was incredibly enticing.

If we don't consider what these rewards were obtained in exchange for.

If the system were shut down, would there be countless delicious foods?

The system, sensing the intense malice, trembled: [Host, you...you haven't gone on a killing spree, have you?]

Lin Tian was counting the rewards when he heard this and looked up: "What, scared?"

[System: I... I just feel that you haven't been behaving quite well lately, host...]

"Something doesn't seem right?"

Lin Tian laughed, a cold and eerie laugh. "Damn system, tell me, what's wrong with me?"

System: [A normal person wouldn't...wouldn't mince X's meat into paste and then say they wanted to make dumplings...]

"A normal person?"

Lin Tian interrupted it, "Damn system, do you think I can still be considered a normal person? From the moment Jia Dongxu beat me to death, from the moment I was almost burned, from the moment I crawled back from hell, I was no longer a normal person."

He walked to the spring, squatted down, and looked at his reflection in the water.

It was a young face, eight years old, an age when one should be full of vitality.

……