The New Instance's Location

The Zhang's barbecue restaurant incident was a minor detour. After returning from the mall, life in the Broken Mirror Squad went back to normal.

Qu Xuanqing and Carlos continued entering deductions as usual. Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu, who had decided to get tickets alongside Zhao Mou, used the delay in livestreams to control how often they entered instances, waiting for Zhao Mou to get definite news.

The downside was that once the safe period passed, they had no choice but to go about their lives with a livestream window hovering in front of them.

The revamped system was more enthusiastic about livestreamed deductions than ever. Almost every "show" or "event" featured famous deduction players from all walks of life. Taking advantage of this, Yu Xing personally observed some of the people Zhao Mou had included in his intelligence reports.

Well, as expected, everyone who'd survived had grown stronger, and there were plenty of formidable newcomers, too.

Unfortunately, most of those newcomers wouldn't make it in time for the Yin Yang City event, which was already being teased. Like a game update, Yin Yang City was the finale of Absurd Version 0. New players registering at this point had obviously missed out on a lot. If the game didn't shut down, though, they could still catch up with Version 0.

So the only people worth watching were those within a certain range.

Yu Xing followed their livestreams and analyzed what he saw alongside Zhao Mou's intelligence. One day, he spotted a familiar face in a fishing festival instance.

The instance was nearing its end. He waited for it to conclude, then bought a communication channel from the shop and sent the other person a message.

An invitation.

On the eleventh day of resting at home, Zhao Mou got a lead