Chase Game

Ling Yi smiled and waited for him to continue.

Sure enough, Zhang Haiping leaned closer and lowered his voice:

"You might not know this yet, so I'm telling you in advance."

Li Fang's identity is also quite special; you're already being watched by some people.

Ling Yi said, "Actually, I was tested just now in the central courtyard of our community."

Zhang Haiping nodded. "It's alright if it's just a test. They wouldn't dare to make a move in broad daylight. Our monitoring system isn't to be underestimated either."

They were all unregistered players, and usually, even their existence was illegal.

But you don't need to worry about it, you just need to be careful.

Ling Yi couldn't do anything about it. He didn't even have the Hunter skill yet, so he had no means of attack. If he encountered a player, he would most likely have no choice but to run away.

But there was still one question he wanted to ask: now that he had decided to join the association, he needed to find out the answers first.

"Is Li Fang dead?"

Zhang Haiping glanced at Ling Yi and said:

"He's dead. His right eye was pierced by a sharp weapon, and his entire eyeball is gone. Then no one cared for him all night, and he bled to death."

Ling Yi was silent for a moment, then said, "I didn't do this."

"We know that the fatal eye injury came later, and we suspect it was done by Li Fang's accomplices, which fits their style."

"But you were lucky. At first, when we were investigating, we thought you had fled to avoid punishment. But after we found out the truth, you came back, which saved us a lot of misunderstandings and trouble."

Ling Yi: "So, should the law intervene?"

Zhang Haiping paused for a moment before replying, "I can't control what happens inside the game, but someone else will."

"Understood."

"Okay, good that you understand. Let's go down now."

The game is a separate space governed by game rules, so laws do not apply.

As for things outside the game, the same point remains: everything is about maintaining the boundary between players and ordinary people.

When they arrived downstairs, Liu Hao had already parked a black sedan.

Ling Yi had asked about the location of the association earlier, and Zhang Haiping only said it wasn't far.

Liu Hao drove, while Zhang Haiping and Ling Yi sat in the back, introducing him to the association's basic information along the way.

The association currently has five departments, collectively known as the "Five Departments".

Oversees and manages administrative and financial affairs;

The Supervisory Department is in charge of internal and external supervision, maintaining discipline internally and monitoring unaffiliated players externally.

The Operations Division is responsible for external operations and executing orders;

The Logistics Department ensures the supply of resources.

There is also a rather special department, the Development Division, which ignores all real-world affairs and focuses solely on the chase game itself.

They chatted along the way, and after about half an hour, the car gradually slowed down. Ling looked out the window and exclaimed, "Wow, isn't this right near their school?"

It makes sense that they were able to find him so quickly. They originally thought it was some underground secret base deep in the mountains, but it turned out to be just an ordinary office building.

"First, I'll take you to the General Affairs Department to register, and then I'll arrange for you to start work. Don't worry, it's modern management, and you'll get paid for your work."

The three arrived at the 7th floor, where the Coordination Department was located. Along the way, Ling Yi noticed that everyone in the place seemed very busy, walking briskly. If you didn't know better, you would think it was a large company.

The work here was efficient and clean, and he quickly acquired a new identity:

Level 1 member of the Chase Game Association.

Liu Hao is level 2, while Zhang Haiping is level 5. In addition to different salaries, members of different levels also have different rights.

However, levels 1, 2, and 3 are basically like beasts of burden; only at level 4 can one become a team leader and have some management authority.

For example, the person lying in Zhang Haiping's office is "Li Qingping," the leader of the Qingping Second Group of the Action Division of the Beiguan City Branch.

The association stipulates that new members must first undergo a period of training in the Operations Division. So after the three of them completed the procedures, Ling Yi was taken to Zhang Haiping's office.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard deafening snoring. When I pushed the door open, a strong smell of alcohol hit me.

Ling Yi immediately noticed a man lying on the sofa, with several wine bottles scattered haphazardly on the coffee table in front of him.

"Wow, how much did they drink?"

The smell of alcohol was so strong that just smelling it made me feel drunk.

"Team leader..."

Liu Hao sighed, unable to bear the sight. Li Qingping was his team leader.

"Damn it, that old bastard is drinking here again..."

Zhang Haiping cursed a couple of times, put a cigarette in his mouth, and then opened the window to ventilate the room.

A cold wind blew in, and Li Qingping, who was sprawled out on the sofa, shivered and gradually woke up.

"Ah...achoo," Li Qingping sneezed, shrank back, and mumbled, "Damn it, who opened the window?"

Zhang Haiping said irritably:

"Who the hell do you talk to? You've made a complete mess of this place. I'm being lenient by not throwing you out right now."

Li Qingping recognized the speaker and chuckled twice.

"Heh, so it's the old team leader. Why are you so stingy? You got a few bottles of good wine and didn't even invite me?"

"Even though I didn't tell you, you still found out."

"Hehehehehe..."

Listening to their conversation, Ling Yi realized that their relationship was quite special. What amazed him was that even after drinking so much, the guy could still speak so clearly and logically.

As he was thinking this, Li Qingping also turned his gaze over.

"Oh, Ritian's back too?"

Ling was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.

Liu Hao, Liu Ritian.

He suppressed the twitching at the corner of his mouth and turned his head to see Liu Haosheng's utterly hopeless expression.

He patted his brother next to him silently and said, "Ritian, that's good. You have the aura of a king."

Li Qingping turned his gaze to Ling Yi and asked, "Who is this kid?"

"A newcomer," Zhang Haiping interjected.

"Oh! I remember now, that newbie who turned the tables on his pursuers."

Li Qingping quickly stood up, walked steadily to Zhang Haiping, and whispered:

"Old team leader, could you give this to our group two? You have to look after the older members, right?"

After taking the last drag of his cigarette, Zhang Haiping stubbed it out in the ashtray Li Qingping handed him. Then, Li Qingping took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, flicked one out, and as he lit it, the cigarette pack naturally ended up in Zhang Haiping's pocket.

Zhang Haiping chuckled twice, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said:

"Don't even think about it! He won't officially start work for another few days. You team leaders can decide what to do then."

Li Qingping was dumbfounded. "Where are my cigarettes?"

Zhang Haiping gestured with his eyes to look at the empty bottles on the coffee table, meaning:

I'm the one who's losing out by trading a few bottles of wine for a pack of cigarettes!

"Get out, get out. If you don't have anything to do, get out. I still need to explain things to the new guy. Honestly, you've made a complete mess of my office..."

Zhang Haiping ordered Li Qingping to leave, and Liu Hao was also implicated.