164: Does mental illness give one the right to kill at will?

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect him to actually be a criminal."

Inside the monitoring room, Li Zhou had already received Chen Chuan's reply.

Chen Chuan's answer to his inquiry was very brief.

However, it clearly stated the young man's background.

"Name: Xu Yan"

"Age: 26"

"Features: Likes to wear a black leather jacket, occasionally shows a bright smile, appears harmless."

"Suspect in the 3.18 major criminal case, possibly suffering from mental illness, currently at large!"

"A major criminal case, many people must have died, right?"

"This kind of guy deserves a severe punishment when he faces justice!"

Putting down his phone, Li Zhou looked at the young man on the screen and muttered.

He selectively ignored the words "possibly suffering from mental illness" in Chen Chuan's reply.

What about mental illness?

Does mental illness give you a free pass to kill people?

As a certain young man once said, if you make a mistake, you admit it; if you get hit, you stand at attention.

If this guy really has some kind of mental illness, it's possible he might escape the death penalty.

How could that be allowed?

Debts must be paid, and a life for a life.

These are self-evident truths.

He couldn't execute this guy, but Li Zhou could at least let him experience a taste of despair before he was brought to justice...

"I said, why haven't the next batch of Players arrived yet?"

Could it be that they fell into the water like me?

Deep in the first underground floor of the Haunted House, Song Yang stood on the riverbank, gazing ahead like a wife awaiting her husband.

However, the environment was too dark, and he couldn't see anything after watching for a long time.

Earlier, when he chose Screening Room No. 13, he saw words written behind the sign.

Upon seeing that the current scene required a total of sixteen people to enter, he immediately became excited.

One should know that the Devils Castle only needed six people back then; this number had increased several times over, so the level of horror and terror was self-evident.

"Oh, it seems like someone's here!"

Just as Song Yang retracted his gaze, his assistant, who was always by his side, suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Song Yang immediately turned his head again, his eyes wide.

Sure enough, a small boat faintly appeared on the river not far away.

"Hey, they're finally here!"

Seeing that people had finally arrived, Song Yang immediately rubbed his hands together.

The others also perked up.

The four Passerby Players also had varying degrees of excitement on their faces; the fear they felt on the boat had gradually dissipated after they came ashore.

This was their first time challenging an instance with so many people in reality.

Sixteen people, for even a slightly smaller instance, would probably be able to rampage freely.

After all, sometimes when there are many people, not only is their strength greater, but their courage also increases.

On the other side, the Players on the small boat on the river also saw Song Yang and the others.

Finally seeing living people, the Players' expressions visibly relaxed quite a bit.

Although along the way, the Water Ghost, because he was constantly watching Xu Yan, didn't cause any trouble.

However, the Corpse Beetle Swarm underwater still swam by as usual.

Coupled with the fact that the small boat was already crowded and seemed to capsize with the slightest movement, everyone's expressions had been tense throughout the journey, not daring to relax in the slightest.

Only when they saw they were about to go ashore did everyone breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"Haha, you're finally here."

"I've been waiting so long that the flowers are almost wilting."

Song Yang was clearly a social butterfly.

After the small boat docked, he immediately stepped forward proactively and, very gentlemanly, extended his hand to help the Players off the boat.

At the stern of the boat, the Water Ghost watched this scene and silently asked Li Zhou in his mind: "Boss, this guy you asked me to watch is about to go ashore, what should I do?"

"Ignore him, just go back and pick up the next batch of Players."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Inside the monitoring room, Li Zhou said casually.

A simple "thank you for your hard work" immediately made the Water Ghost feel flattered.

"No, no, it's nothing at all."

"I won't disturb you, Boss."

Hearing that he didn't need to pay attention, the Water Ghost relaxed and paddled the small boat away again.

Throughout the journey, he had been 100% alert.

It could be said that if Xu Yan dared to have any ill intentions towards the Players on the boat, the Water Ghost would show him what a dimensionality reduction strike was.

Who knew that Xu Yan had been well-behaved throughout the journey, without any actions.

This made the Water Ghost feel a bit regretful; he had wanted to show off a bit.

"Oh, brother, you look familiar!"

Song Yang treated everyone equally, helping all the Players off the boat.

However, when he reached the last person, his eyebrow suddenly twitched.

Looking at Xu Yan in front of him, he said, "Have we met before?"

Song Yang really couldn't remember where he had met Xu Yan; he just felt that the other party was somewhat familiar.

His assistant behind him couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up to remind him: "Brother Yang, you forgot, you were chatting with someone this morning."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, look at my memory."

Hearing the assistant's reminder, Song Yang slapped his forehead, suddenly enlightened.

"Hehe, what a coincidence, we meet again."

Xu Yan looked at Song Yang in front of him, then at his assistant holding a phone behind him, and a characteristic bright smile appeared on his face.

"Haha, it is quite a coincidence."

"From now on, we'll be teammates."

Song Yang very familiarly put his arm around Xu Yan's shoulder; the two of them looked like good buddies.

At this moment, sixteen people stood on the shore.

Fortunately, the platform beneath them was very large, so it didn't look too crowded.

On the other side, Mozi and Dai Xiaomei also very familiarly started greeting these Passerby Players.

As Streamers, facing so many Stream Viewers and fans every day had long cultivated their outgoing personalities.

Soon, under their explanation, the group of Passerby Players who arrived later also roughly understood what was going on.

Upon hearing that they could challenge an instance with three big Streamers, almost no Player refused; they all readily agreed.

Only Xu Yan, who was being embraced by Song Yang, subtly frowned.

However, in the end, he didn't say anything and was led by Song Yang towards the fourth large door.

Inside the monitoring room, Li Zhou shook his head at this scene.

Good heavens, Song Yang is really bold!

Xu Yan is suspected of having a mental illness; who knows when he might pull out a small knife and stab Song Yang in the kidney.

"Boss, but you said that as long as they don't die of fright, anything else is fine, right?"

Inside the fourth large door, in an unknown space, Red Spirit blinked, and everything on the platform was visible to her.

Looking at Xu Yan, who was being embraced by Song Yang, she asked.

Although the Screening Room and the Haunted House were similar in nature, the chance of dying from fright was very small.

However, it was not impossible for someone to be scared into becoming a vegetable.

She was really worried that if she wasn't careful, she might scare someone into a vegetative state.

"That's right, you can do whatever you want."

"As long as they don't die or become a vegetable."

Hearing Red Spirit's question, Li Zhou spoke and added:

"Also, pay attention and don't let him harm any other Players."

Li Zhou was well aware of Red Spirit's thoughts.

Although he didn't care about Xu Yan's life or death, after he was apprehended, the necessary interrogation still had to take place.

If he were scared into becoming a vegetable, it would be a minor imperfection.

A 'small' punishment would be just about right.