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Chapter 971: 782: Rampant Capital

Chapter 971: Chapter 782: Rampant Capital

Time returns to the present.

Xu Shuo stood at the corner of the corridor, holding the unconscious Pei Sheng, and took out his phone to send a text message, urging a certain student who was secretly playing with their phone late at night to go to bed.

Yangcheng Normal University.

Buzz—

The silenced phone vibrated lightly.

Xu Xi, who was curled up under her blanket browsing online news, paused her fingers, then guiltily opened the message to reply.

After replying to the text, she locked her phone and placed it beside her. Then she slightly poked her head out and glanced at the black cat sleeping motionlessly at the foot of the bed.

Xu Xi sighed silently, lying on the bed with her eyes open, staring at the ceiling.

After a long while.

Forget it, I should just go to sleep early.

Even if it’s the end of the world, I still have to wake up early for self-study.

…

…

Xu Shuo put away his phone and looked towards the swimming pool facility.

Los was inside Facility 101 dealing with the Abyss contamination.

According to Los, tonight’s contamination seemed to be targeting him specifically, so it was natural that a pollution source had also appeared at Yangcheng Normal University, where Xu Xi was located.

But perhaps knowing what Xu Shuo cared about.

So after mentioning the situation at Yangcheng Normal University, without waiting for Xu Shuo’s expression to change, Los quickly added, “It’s already been taken care of over there.”

Xu Shuo frowned slightly. “So, why did this situation suddenly occur? Clearly, this morning when Themis left, it had already cleansed the darkness in this world.”

Hearing this, Los had a peculiar expression as he said, “Maybe precisely because it cleansed all the darkness, it triggered this Abyss eruption. You could think of the Abyss as constantly touching your existence, and when it was temporarily satisfied, it wasn’t in any hurry. But when that satisfaction was suddenly ripped away, it instinctively became more frenzied to fill the void.”

After hearing this, Xu Shuo: “…”

He paused for a moment before asking, “Do other players with the Abyss title receive the same kind of treatment?”

Los honestly shook his head.

Then, perhaps trying to offer some comfort, Los added, “But the treatment in front of the Abyss is pretty much the same for everyone.”

In short.

Other players wouldn’t attract the Abyss to come to them.

But if they encountered the Abyss, they would provoke the same insane targeting by the creatures.

Xu Shuo didn’t press further after hearing this. Seeing this, Los quietly breathed a sigh of relief and dutifully entered Facility 101 to clean up the Abyss.

…

The contamination source in the swimming pool facility was easily resolved.

After finishing the cleanup, Los stepped out and glanced at the young man leaning against the corner playing with his phone, just in time to catch the latter’s sensing gaze looking over.

Instinctively, Los opened his mouth to say something: “The pollution source here was probably supposed to be even stronger, given that he’s the closest person to you apart from Xu Xi. But this residential area is protected by special equipment, so the Abyss level hasn’t risen too high yet.”

Xu Shuo nodded. “Thank you for your hard work.”

Los reflexively responded, “No, it was just a small effort.”

“If that’s the case, then why don’t you usually help deal with this world’s Abyss?” Xu Shuo suddenly followed up with another question.

“…” Los was at a loss for words.

“Alright, I know you’re not obligated to.”

Xu Shuo pocketed his phone and hoisted the still-snoring, unconscious Pei Sheng onto his shoulder.

He turned and started walking out of the facility.

But when he looked back, he noticed Los hadn’t followed him out.

Thinking it over, Xu Shuo figured that Los was the type to go his own way and said nothing further. After leaving the facility, he saw Pei Hong waiting not far ahead.

The Safety Bureau’s forces had already arrived as well.

But it seemed they wouldn’t have much to do anymore.

Xu Shuo was confident that whatever was inside had been thoroughly cleaned up by Los—without a trace left behind.

Pei Hong approached.

The Safety Bureau team had intended to take Pei Sheng into custody for quarantine, but Pei Hong stopped them with a calm remark: “I’ll explain everything to your Captain Zheng.”

Xu Shuo handed Pei Sheng over to him.

“Don’t worry, this guy is probably fine. I doubt he’ll even have any psychological trauma. By the way, speaking of which, what kind of arrangement did you set up at Shengcheng Garden?”

“I got a friend to help with it.”

Pei Hong looked at him with slight surprise and said, “He’s a Capital Citizen. After I learned about this world’s abnormalities, I had him leave some safeguards near my home. But he said it’s something hard for people to detect.”

The last sentence was clearly laced with inquiry.

Xu Shuo didn’t hold back: “I see, then he’s probably correct, because I wasn’t the one who noticed it.”

Pei Hong paused briefly.

He recalled the Safety Bureau’s data file on Xu Shuo, which mentioned that the latter had some connections to the special world’s “Judgement,” whose status surpassed that of “Players.”

With that in mind, Pei Hong refrained from probing further.

“I heard that several other locations also had pollution sources tonight. Are you heading there too?” Pei Hong asked casually.

“…I’ll go take a look.”

“Then I won’t keep you.”

Pei Hong instructed his bodyguards to carry Pei Sheng. None of them intended to go to the official quarantine zone with the Safety Bureau’s forces.

Although the Safety Bureau had reluctantly agreed, for safety’s sake, they still left a team stationed at Shengcheng Garden to commence a “disinfection” operation.

If they weren’t planning to go through official quarantine measures.

Then they’d simply isolate the entire area themselves.

But before they parted ways.

Pei Hong suddenly said to Xu Shuo, “I’ve heard that the higher-ups don’t plan on revealing these matters to the public, though with tonight’s events, I doubt they’ll be able to keep it under wraps for much longer.”

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