Detective Bureau

"Ah!!! I feel awful!"

After sorting through his gains, Su Li suddenly rolled around twice on his bed, venting the gloom in his heart.

No, more accurately, his frustration.

He had indeed gained a great deal during his time on Primal Star, but it had come at a price.

Primal Star was no safe place. There were plenty of beings that could kill Su Li with ease, and beasts that could go toe-to-toe with him were even more numerous.

With the information provided by the Blue Screen, Su Li had acted cautiously. At least he had not provoked any utterly unstoppable creatures that night.

Of course, that was also why he had been able to survive on Primal Star all this time.

But even so, Su Li's hunting expedition had still been fraught with difficulties.

The beasts above F- had developed some intelligence. They were not idiots who would stand still and wait for Su Li to kill them, so naturally, they resisted.

Over the course of the night, Su Li had made more than twenty moves, but ten of them had failed. He could only watch helplessly as his prey escaped right under his nose.

On one occasion, a huge rabbit had even bitten him, tearing off a chunk of flesh.

On another occasion, Su Li had tried to kill a creature called a Tunneling Rat, only for its parents to show up. One was F, and the other was F+.

Facing three Tunneling Rats, Su Li had nearly been beaten to death. He had survived only through a bit of luck and by running for his life the entire time.

All in all, his hunt on Primal Star had been filled with hardship, leaving Su Li with quite a psychological shadow.

"Forget it. I'll go to a couple of classes to calm down, then head back tonight!" Su Li sighed and closed his eyes. There was still some time before class, so he would sleep for a while first!

Two hours later—

Su Li and Zheng Hongyu were walking toward the classroom. Along the way, Zheng Hongyu kept looking at Su Li suspiciously.

"What is it, Old Zheng?" Su Li finally couldn't help asking. After all, he wasn't gay. Being stared at by a man like that was more than he could take.

"Su Li, you're acting kind of strange today!"

"Strange?"

"There's a strange feeling about you, like..."

"Like a butcher, right?" Su Li suddenly asked.

Zheng Hongyu: "..."

After a moment of silence, Zheng Hongyu nodded slowly. There were still some differences, but the resemblance was uncanny.

"It's normal. I dreamed all night that I was slaughtering pigs. Now, let alone seeing pigs—even when I see people, I can't help wondering where it would be best to chop!" Su Li tugged the corners of his mouth into a smile. Zheng Hongyu shuddered at the sight, as if Su Li might really chop him up the next second.

"You haven't actually thought about chopping me up, have you?" Zheng Hongyu asked.

"With your build, chopping off your head would probably be best!" Su Li gave a sinister chuckle, then fixed his gaze on Zheng Hongyu's neck.

Zheng Hongyu said nothing and silently moved a step away from Su Li.

What Su Li had said was no different from the jokes they usually made, but for some reason, Zheng Hongyu felt as though he had meant it!

"By the way, Old Zheng, after class, call a few people over. How about we go to an internet café and play together?" Su Li suddenly suggested.

"Sure! I'll call Yaoyao. We can go together!" Zheng Hongyu instantly forgot what had just happened and agreed.

After all, how could that tiny bit of abnormality about Su Li compare to playing games? Especially when he could bring his girlfriend along!

"Heh-heh, make sure your girlfriend is mentally prepared. Don't let my skills scare her!" Su Li looked extremely confident.

"Yaoyao's best friend is an expert too. You'd better be careful not to embarrass yourself!" Zheng Hongyu warned.

"No problem!"

After seriously attending two professional classes, Su Li's somewhat explosive state of mind gradually calmed down.

After class, Su Li called Zhang Yu, while Zheng Hongyu contacted his girlfriend, Chen Yiyao. Chen Yiyao then brought along her roommate and best friend, Miao Yunxi. The five of them headed toward the school's east gate in grand fashion.

In fact, the five of them had played together before. They knew the routine well, so there was not the slightest awkwardness.

"Su Li, Old Zheng says your skills have improved tremendously?" Miao Yunxi asked along the way.

"Mm, they're all right. Carrying you guys is no problem!" Su Li said indifferently.

"Have you forgotten your own rank? Golden Boy!"

"Is that so? Today, I'll show you that rank doesn't mean anything!" Su Li finished disdainfully, then said no more.

Even at F-, his agility had already far surpassed that of an ordinary person, let alone now!

To put it bluntly, Su Li could now produce plays with one hand that would make the opposing team want to die.

"Su Li, I support you!" Zhang Yu quietly chimed in.

"Thanks!"

"Heh!" Miao Yunxi gave a cold laugh and said nothing more. As a Diamond-level expert who had spent years using alternate accounts to carry these scrubs, she was completely immune to the boasts of people who could supposedly carry a game with their mouths but often fed nonstop in reality!

After walking for a while, the five arrived in front of their destination, the "Starry Night" internet café.

However, standing opposite the former "Starry Night," they remained rooted to the spot for a long time.

That was right—the former "Starry Night."

"Where's Starry Night? Did we come to the wrong place?" Zheng Hongyu asked.

"..."

"It probably went out of business!" Su Li stared at the sign across from them, which bore the three large words "Detective Bureau," then continued, "Actually, I found out about this a few days ago. I just accidentally forgot!"

"'Detective Bureau' was still under renovation a few days ago. I didn't expect it to be finished already. That's really fast!" Su Li sighed.

"Bro, have you been sleeping too much lately? Is your brain rusty? You actually managed to forget something like this?" Zhang Yu said, looking speechless.

"Can't be helped. I'm busy with this and that all day. Where would I find time to remember such a trivial matter?" Su Li shrugged, then said, "Anyway, there are other internet cafés nearby. Let's go somewhere else!"

"I guess that's the only option! Starry Night used to be pretty popular. I can't believe it went out of business just like that. Life really is unpredictable!" Zheng Hongyu sighed.

Su Li: "..."

Su Li remembered that when he had passed by here that day, he seemed to have expressed a similar sentiment.

"What does this Detective Bureau do? It sounds like some government department!" Miao Yunxi suddenly asked.

"No way, right? How could a government department be in a place like this? This is a university town!"

"Is that so? But what ordinary business would dare use a name like 'Such-and-Such Bureau'?"

"But does the government even have a department like this? Even if it does, what does it do?"

"From the name, it sounds like it catches drug dealers!"

"Then it's even less likely they'd build it in a place like this!"

"..."

Other than Su Li, the four of them stood there discussing what this "Detective Bureau" actually was.

As for Su Li, his attention had already been drawn to a woman across the street...