864: Hunting preparation, automatic answering call

Ye Tian's supplementary explanation caused two black lines to appear on Mo De's forehead.

Since things had come to this point, he had no reason to hesitate: "Then update it."

He now only hoped that the System's updated content could help him safely survive the next 12 hours.

"Ding ~ Host voluntarily updates, System consumes two lie detection opportunities, new function updating."

After the System's broadcast sound appeared in his mind, Mo De saw a light screen appear before his eyes.

And within this light screen was a percentage progress bar.

1%

100%

"Ding, update complete. This update adds a new function, Case Key Item Reminder Function."

"It's already updated?" Mo De didn't expect the System's speed to be so fast.

It could compete with the speed when it bound itself to him.

In reality, this small function was merely something Ye Tian could derive with a single thought.

If he hadn't been concerned about giving too large a cheat and arousing the vigilance of this World, he would have directly given the Host the answer.

Among this batch of one hundred participants, there were actually also fated protagonists.

However, due to the special nature of this World's Mo De, it was impossible for the protagonists to have contact with the Host.

Everyone's common direction is the solving of the case.

In the original work, out of a batch of one hundred people, only the protagonist ultimately survived.

And the protagonist barely passed the level, relying on some luck.

Since even the protagonist found it so difficult, Ye Tian naturally had to put some pressure on the Host.

He originally thought that two lie detection opportunities per day were enough.

He didn't expect that even with such a cheat, it wasn't foolproof. Allowing important information to pass by several times, if this continued, this Host might really die due to some oversight.

Out of necessity, Ye Tian only thought of adding another layer of insurance for the Host at this time.

"Case Key Item Reminder Function?" Hearing this new function that appeared in the System, Mo De's attention couldn't help but focus.

After he completely understood this function, his mind was greatly shaken!

This function could let him know which items in the surroundings were related to the dismemberment case he was currently investigating!

In other words, this function could help him accurately and unmistakably find physical evidence!

He glanced at the meat stall in front of him. With a single look, everything was normal, and there was nothing related to the case.

His attention returned to the matter of buying meat.

Mo De looked at the vendor: "So, if wild game is provided to you, you will have meat to sell?"

Through the conversation, he discovered this key Breakthrough point.

Since there was no meat in the vegetable market, he just needed to help the vendor find meat.

Go hunt a wild animal in the wild, then take it to the vegetable market and ask the vendor to sell it, and then buy it himself.

Although this operation seemed quite abstract.

But the strange talk rules described it this way.

He needed to buy meat at the vegetable market himself and take it home to make for the Child to eat.

Mo De was unsure if taking the creature he hunted in the wild directly home would comply with the rules.

Since he was unsure, under circumstances where he could be certain, he naturally had to pursue the most reliable method, even if it was relatively more troublesome.

The Fatty stall owner heard Mo De's words and replied with an expression that said 'Isn't this obvious?': "Yes, only when the hunters in the Town provide us with wild game do we have meat to sell."

"What time do you close?" Mo De asked again.

"Around eight o'clock in the evening."

...

After leaving the vegetable market, Mo De turned around and took a look.

Under his gaze, a line of pitch-black writing slowly appeared in the void at the entrance of the vegetable market.

[The Meatpacking Plant at 20:10 in the evening welcomes the patronage of customers and friends]

This line of text was very clear.

It was like another type of strange talk rule, but it looked more like a demon's mouthparts that devour people!

"Looking at it this way, to survive today, I, including the other nine people still alive in this instance, must bring back a wild animal before eight o'clock tonight."

Thinking of this, Mo De no longer had the idea of continuing to investigate the case.

Time was pressing. If he didn't bring meat home tonight, he wouldn't even survive today, and collecting more information would be useless.

Of course.

Unless he could solve the case today, figure out everything, and know all the truth.

But this was clearly impossible.

He fumbled for the car key on his person.

He put it in front of him and looked. This was the key the original owner carried, but he didn't know which lock it opened.

He had taken the wrong key.

A perfectly normal thing.

Mo De was about to put it back in his pocket and take out the other car key.

However, in the next moment, his movement suddenly paused!

Because he suddenly saw that the key in his hand, which he didn't know which lock it opened, was emitting a deep, pitch-black luster!

This is...

It was the Case Key Item Reminder Function newly added by the System!

Without needing to think further, Mo De immediately understood.

This key in his hand was actually related to the case!

The System's reminder was undoubtedly telling him that if he explored in the direction of this key, he would definitely be closer to the truth!

He seemed to have thought of something.

Mo De took out the sky-high priced watch from his pocket.

It was as he had thought.

When the watch appeared before him, a dim luster also appeared on the watch.

This was clearly also one of the key items in the case!

However, compared to the extremely dark reminder color of the key, the hue on the watch was significantly lighter.

The brightness and darkness of this luster perhaps represented the degree of the item's connection to the case!

The original him actually had these two items related to the case on his person.

What exactly was hidden within this?

Could it be Bosen's belongings that he, as the Town Sheriff, collected while investigating the case before?

This possibility wasn't non-existent.

After all, looking at the collected data, one could see how active the previous him was in handling cases.

It wasn't strange to collect such things.

And the original him handling the case while hiding it from Corey might also be because he discovered Corey's suspicion.

In the entire Town, he was the only one painstakingly working to find the real killer.

But one point didn't make sense: How could such an expensive watch be related to Bosen's case?

Bosen himself was just an ordinary person; by working, it would be difficult for him to ever come into contact with such a watch in his lifetime.

Perhaps that's not right...

Wasn't Bertha also an ordinary person in the Town?

She was even an orphan, her family background belonging to the last batch of people in the Town, but she could have two hundred thousand US dollars to buy a piece of jewelry!

This was a situation that broke the possibility.

Mo De also understood that Bertha's money was definitely not from a legitimate source.

As for the true source of that money, perhaps he would have to meet Bertha again tomorrow and clarify it in person.

Gathering his thoughts, Mo De put the two key items alerted by the System back on his person and got into the driver's seat of the police car.

He felt the pistol at his waist. Mo De placed the other gun from the passenger seat on the other side of his waist.

This was the service pistol he had taken from Corey.

Two guns, a total of 17 bullets.

For hunting, it should be enough.

After thinking about it, he still drove back to the police station and rummaged out two boxes of new bullets.

Thinking that he had never practiced shooting after all, his accuracy would definitely be poor, and less than twenty bullets was really too few.

Two boxes of bullets totaled one hundred rounds.

When he took these bullets from the police station, Corey was still shouting that he wanted to eat, but Mo De ignored him.

"Ding-a-ling ~"

"Ding-a-ling ~"

Suddenly, just as Mo De was about to leave the police station.

In the empty, desolate office, the old-fashioned phone, which was entirely black, rang out.

"Ding-a-ling ~"

The ringing was continuous, as if some kind of ghost about to crawl out was hidden within, constantly tempting people to approach.

Standing by the phone, Mo De's gaze was solemn, and for a moment, he didn't move.

"Tap ~"

Yet, in this cold environment, without anyone touching it, the phone... connected itself!

He clearly hadn't touched it, but it seemed to know there was someone nearby and connected itself!

"Hello? My dear, are you there?"

In the phone, the woman's voice was as if covered by a cloth, carrying the static of an old videotape playback, giving it an old-fashioned filter.

Hearing that it was the voice of the woman from home, Mo De slightly relaxed.

Just as he was about to answer, the woman on the phone continued on her own: "It's nothing, I just wanted to remind you that tonight is our daughter Una's birthday, so be sure to prepare a birthday gift."

"Also, we ran out of meat at home today, so be sure to remember to buy some meat when you come home. Una and Betty love eating meat the most."

Speaking of this, the woman's voice with static on the phone paused for a moment.

It was as if she was listening for a reply from this end.

Mo De vaguely understood something and chose to remain silent.

While he waited like this, the woman's voice continued from the other end of the phone: "Oh? Heh heh heh, you still have money to buy such an expensive gift for your daughter? Looks like you've hidden quite a bit of private money?"

"Alright, that's all. Remember to come home early tonight."

After speaking.

From inside the tightly held phone, the sound of hanging up the phone came through.

The surroundings also fell silent again.

It was just that compared to before, the silence at this moment was filled with a strangeness that had not yet dissipated.