[Sin Cleansing Successful!] [Target: Ghost Call (D-Class)] [Sin Points: 150] [Cleansing Rating: S (Overwhelming Logic, Cross-Dimensional Strike, Perfect Counterkill)] [Double rewards triggered. Calculating rewards...] [Final Cleansing Points obtained: 300.] [Extracting target's core concept... Extraction successful!] [Legendary Armament obtained: Death Notice (D-Class)]
The echoes of gunfire had yet to fade when the cold system prompt sounded a victorious fanfare in Qin Feng's mind.
Qin Feng abruptly lowered his head and looked at his left wrist.
A dark gray tattoo shaped like an old-fashioned rotary phone was branded there, echoing the scissors tattoo on his right arm.
A chilling yet domineering sense of power quietly flowed from the tattoo.
[Legendary Armament: Death Notice] [Category: Conceptual Armament / Rule-Type] [Ability: You may issue a "death notice" to any target you have locked onto. Once the notice is issued, reality will twist and shift in the direction you foretold.] [Current Level: D-Class (Upgradeable)] [Note: To speak is to command the law—this is no joke. But remember, the backlash of causality is just as real.]
"Rule-type..." Qin Feng's eyelids twitched violently, and his heart seemed to skip a beat.
This ability was absurdly overpowered!
Unlike the Scissors of Truth, it did not require close combat, nor did it need a physical medium like firearms.
This was a higher-dimensional method of slaughter, directly altering "rules" and killing without a trace!
One whispered sentence could decide a person's life or death.
"Good stuff!" Qin Feng's lips rose uncontrollably.
He glanced at the two students lying unconscious in the corner. A faint, ominous aura of death still lingered above their heads.
As he took out his phone and dialed the customer service hotline for "Yellow Springs," he flicked his fingers.
Two nearly invisible streams of inner energy entered the students' foreheads. Like snow beneath the blazing sun, the death aura instantly melted away.
"Hello, customer service? Raven speaking." Once the call connected, Qin Feng got straight to the point. "Room 502, Building 7, Juyuan, Donghai University Town. Target eliminated. Two students at the scene need memory treatment."
"Understood, Mr. Raven! A response team has already been dispatched and will arrive within fifteen minutes. Thank you for your hard work!" The young customer service agent's voice was full of reverence.
After hanging up, Qin Feng put the pistol and shell casings back into his backpack, turned, and vanished into the darkness without leaving a trace.
Back in his bright, spotless new home, Qin Feng took a shower, then flopped onto the soft bed and eagerly summoned the system panel.
[Host: Qin Feng] [Cleansing Points: 310] [Spiritual Sense Level: Form Observation Realm (Early Stage)] [Legendary Armaments: Scissors of Truth (E-Class), Gluttony Stomach (D-Class), Death Notice (D-Class)] [Mastered Ability: Item Affinity (Passive)]
Looking at the hefty sum of 310 points, Qin Feng did not hesitate in the slightest. "System, upgrade the Scissors of Truth!"
[Confirm spending 250 Cleansing Points to upgrade Scissors of Truth to D-Class?]
"Confirm!"
[Exchange successful! Remaining Cleansing Points: 60.] [Legendary Armament strengthening...]
Boom!
A torrent of heat, intense enough to seem capable of melting his soul, exploded from the tattoo on his right arm. The ancient scissors tattoo shone with blinding silver light, as though a divine smith had placed it in starlight and reforged it!
Qin Feng could feel the "concept" of the scissors being elevated. They were no longer merely capable of cutting through "falsehood"; they were beginning to touch deeper "laws"!
With a thought, a brand-new pair of scissors condensed into existence.
They were dark and muted like the night sky. Along the edges of the blades ran a streak of silver light, like a crack tearing through space, making one's heart tremble.
[Legendary Armament: Scissors of Truth (D-Class)] [Ability: Sever falsehood and reach the truth. Can deal high true damage to spirit bodies, illusions, and rule-based barriers.] [New Trait: Law Breaking — Every attack has a chance to directly sever rule-based beneficial effects on the target!]
"Law Breaking!" Qin Feng's eyes lit up at once.
This meant that if he encountered an anomalous event with special defensive rules like the Human Meat Buns again, he would not even need to follow the usual process. One snip, and he could directly cripple its "law"!
He then opened the exchange store in the "Yellow Springs" app, his gaze settling on the Golden Light Incantation he had been longing for.
[Price: 180 Contribution Points.]
"Still short by 100 points..." Qin Feng frowned slightly as he looked at the pitiful 80 contribution points in his account.
"Soloing D-Class missions is still too slow." A sharp gleam flashed in Qin Feng's eyes. "It's like playing a game—how can I reach max level by endlessly farming weak mobs? It's time to take on elite monsters, maybe even team up to farm a boss!"
Without further hesitation, he directly called Shen Bingyue.
"Hello, this is Shen Bingyue." Her voice on the other end was as cool and detached as ever.
"It's me, Qin Feng." Qin Feng got straight to the point. "I want to take a C-Class mission."
The other end of the line fell silent for a full three seconds, as though she were processing the information. "A C-Class mission? Are you crazy? You should first gain more experience with E-Class missions..."
"I reached the Form Observation Realm." Qin Feng interrupted her calmly.
"Even if you've reached the Form Observation Realm, you... What?!" Shen Bingyue's voice abruptly rose, filled with incredulous shock. "You... reached the Form Observation Realm?!"
Absurd! This was too absurd! It had only been a few days?!
Shen Bingyue took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the storm in her heart. She instantly recalled how Judge Cui had suddenly asked her for Qin Feng's information before.
So that was it!
She quickly organized her thoughts. Her tone returned to calm, though it carried an added note of gravity. "C-Class Anomalous Events usually form stable 'domains.' Their fatality rate is more than three times that of D-Class events. I don't recommend that you..."
"I only have one question." Qin Feng cut her off again, his tone calm yet sharp. "Can multiple D-Class or E-Class anomalous events appear at the same time in a C-Class mission?"
Shen Bingyue froze again. At last, she understood what Qin Feng was thinking.
"Yes. Some C-Class events are essentially 'nests.'
For example, The Vanishing Bus. The bus itself is the C-Class core, while the 'passengers' aboard may all be independent low-level anomalous events."
"Understood." A smile touched Qin Feng's lips as he prepared to hang up.
"Wait." Shen Bingyue suddenly spoke. "Judge Cui thinks highly of you. He secured an opportunity for you."
"Oh?"
"Three days from now, there will be an operation to clear the C-Class anomalous event, The Vanishing Bus.
There is one opening on the action team, and Judge Cui secured it for you." Shen Bingyue paused before adding, "You are taking the place of Gao Tianliang, the direct-descendant prodigy of Shanghai City's Lei Fa Gao Family."
"I stole someone else's job?" Qin Feng laughed. Rather than worrying, he found it even more interesting.
"You could put it that way. Gao Tianliang is arrogant and holds grudges, so you've made an enemy for no reason at all." Shen Bingyue's voice revealed no emotion.
"Of course, you can also choose not to participate in this mission."
"I'll participate. Of course I'll participate. Judge Cui arranged this for me—if I don't go, wouldn't that be disrespecting him?"
Qin Feng replied cheerfully. As for whom this might provoke, he did not care in the slightest.
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