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You know, Yu Xing is too unpredictable. Zhao Yijiu grew wary and took half a step back.

"What are your terms?"

Seeing Zhao Yijiu's subtle movement, Yu Xing found it amusing. He didn't care how dirty the broken machine was. He bent one leg, propped himself up with the other, and pointed at the knife in Zhao Yijiu's hand. "Can I take a look at this after it's over?"

The handle of the knife pulsed faintly with a dim heart, looking quite eerie at first glance.

"This..." Zhao Yijiu looked down at it for a moment, hesitating.

"Don't worry, just a quick look, a tiny one," Yu Xing clasped his hands together, grinning. "I promise I'll return it exactly as I borrowed it. I'm just curious... this is a Sacrifice, isn't it?"

"!" Zhao Yijiu was startled at first, then calmed down.

Yeah, I figured Yu Xing was in the know. If he knows about the Yugi test, he might know about Sacrifices too.

"Alright," he agreed, pausing before adding, "Someone lent this to me. I can't unleash its power."

"Normal. You're not a formal deducer, so you can't use it," Yu Xing gestured with his chin. "Do you want to bandage your wound?"

His shoulder, pierced by Tang Li, was a bloody mess. It looked painful.

Zhao Yijiu shook his head. The current environment wasn't ideal. He didn't have clean gauze, and using his clothes might lead to a bacterial infection.

While it could stop the bleeding, he was only wearing a long-sleeved shirt and didn't want to be improperly dressed.

He'd just... endure it. He had a hunch it would be over soon.

Besides, he wasn't afraid of pain. He was quite used to it.

"Hmm... a bit harsh on yourself," Yu Xing remarked, then shook his leg and patted the spot next to him. "Then I'll tell you what happened at this Pharmaceutical Factory half a year ago. Sit!"

"Not sitting? Fine."

Half a year ago, the owner of Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory hanged himself in his office, causing a minor stir.

The incident was quickly suppressed and reported externally as a suicide.

It was an unremarkable case that didn't pique public interest, like a pebble dropped into the ocean, causing no ripples.

In reality, during the police's covert investigation, it was discovered that the pharmaceutical factory not only sold counterfeit drugs but was also involved in larger illicit industries. It had a mysterious raw material Supplier above it, which was the source of raw materials for many illegal factories.

The owner of Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory had long been on the police's radar. They had been waiting for days to lure out the Supplier.

But before they could cast their net, an accident occurred.

Cheng Rui, a top student from Ruibo University's journalism department, joined an online media company after graduation. Eager to break a big story and boost his performance, he investigated Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory.

It wouldn't have been a problem normally; Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory's issues were bound to be exposed eventually. However, no one expected that after capturing evidence with his camera, Cheng Rui wouldn't report it but would instead use the photos to blackmail the factory owner.

The factory owner was very young and couldn't handle psychological pressure well. He wasn't like an old hand who could negotiate, evade, or manage public relations. After being threatened by Cheng Rui, he and his girlfriend, who was also in charge at the factory, paid various prices to get Cheng Rui to agree to keep quiet.

But people are always greedy.

Cheng Rui wanted more money and recognition at work. With such a significant story in his hands, he found it hard to stay put.

Thus, almost inevitably, he approached the owner again, issuing another threat.

His camera was his eyes, his weapon.

The camera held not only evidence of the pharmaceutical factory but also photos of the owner's girlfriend when she first "sacrificed" herself to Cheng Rui.

The owner's girlfriend found it unbearable. She slit her wrists in the bathtub at home, leaving behind a blood-soaked note filled with hatred: "You should gouge out your own eyes!"

One death led to another.

The girlfriend's death devastated the owner. Eventually, one day, when Cheng Rui came to the factory to blackmail him again, the owner hanged himself in his office beforehand.

Normal people commit crimes driven by profit. When the profit disappears, the heart, already trembling and riddled with holes, becomes fragile.

By the time the police realized something was wrong, a large part of the Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory's trail had gone cold.

To continue tracking the raw material Supplier, they had to investigate the journalist who had caused all this trouble.

However, at this critical juncture, another piece of bad news arrived: Cheng Rui's car accidentally flipped over on the highway, falling into a ditch outside the guardrail. He died at the scene.

Was this an accident?

Any seasoned detective knew it was impossible. The conclusion was that the raw material Supplier had tampered with Cheng Rui's car, intending to cut off all leads completely.

In short, for various reasons, the owner, his girlfriend, and Cheng Rui all died because of "evidence."

This was the origin of this Deduction Test.

Hearing Yu Xing calmly recount the secrets of half a year ago, Zhao Yijiu felt a sense of sudden understanding, but his confusion about Yu Xing's identity deepened.

This was information only accessible to insiders, right? Yu Xing looked so young... Who exactly was he?

And... if Tang Li was the owner, then Tang Yuan... was actually Tang Li's girlfriend, not his Younger Sister?

Since he was curious, he decided to seize this opportunity and ask directly: "These two people have the same last name? What a coincidence."

"Of course not. Just like Cheng Rui called himself Fang Rui in the test, Tang Li and Tang Yuan must be fake names. I didn't pay much attention to this case before, so I don't remember the names of the owner and his girlfriend, but it doesn't matter," Yu Xing shrugged, offering a subtle smile. "Calling each other 'gege' between lovers... it's a form of foreplay, isn't it?"

Zhao Yijiu's face turned cold. How would I know about foreplay? I've been single my whole life. Unlike you, who looks like a seasoned veteran.

If Yu Xing could hear him, he'd probably cry foul – who isn't a powerhouse from birth!

Good thing he couldn't hear.

After his internal monologue, Zhao Yijiu calmed down and thought, "So, the method you mentioned for ending the test early is... taking pictures? Fang... Cheng Rui is already gone?"

Yu Xing: "That's right, say cheese~"

In the events of six months ago, in a way, the extension of all tragedy stemmed from Fang Rui—no, Cheng Rui's camera.

And now they had a camera in their hands too.

Assistant Hao had specifically instructed that the video recording must not be interrupted for more than five minutes. This was both a reminder and a mental trap—because one needs to find batteries to maintain power, most people's first thought is that the recording is interrupted due to the camera running out of battery.

In reality, the recording can also be interrupted when the camera has power, just like when Yu Xing checks the recorded videos on the camera, as long as it's not more than five minutes.

Another example is the most common use of a camera—taking pictures.

The boss and his girlfriend undoubtedly feared being photographed; it was precisely because of this that they met their death.

And Cheng Rui, also because of being photographed, had subsequent developments, leading to him being silenced.

Similarly, they all had hidden criminal facts, so they disguised themselves as applicants in the test, waiting for the living to expose them.

Therefore, this test wasn't difficult at all. As long as photos were taken before these three ghostly creatures disguised themselves as humans, the creatures would completely disappear.

Having learned the method to pass the test, Zhao Yijiu truly relaxed. He hadn't expected his qualification test to be so much easier because of the presence of a stranger teammate.

So, he asked another question that piqued his interest: "Have they caught that raw material supplier yet?"

"They caught him. The case was closed a while ago, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to tell you this," Yu Xing hopped down from the machine and walked to Zhao Yijiu's side. "Let's go. Ask any more questions on the way. We're getting new batteries. If we delay any longer, I'm really afraid you'll bleed dry. I'm so frail, I can't carry you."

Batteries represent life—in every sense of the word.

This logic needs to be reversed: since ghostly creatures will inevitably appear when batteries are taken, startling the living, then... when the living want to find the ghostly creatures, they can also use batteries.

The ghostly creatures were hiding well, but as soon as the batteries were taken, bam~ they were forced to appear before the living.

And the ghostly creatures attracted by touching the batteries would inevitably appear in their ghost transformation state, and taking a photo directly would send them to heaven.

Yu Xing thought this was great, saving him a lot of time.

The two of them were quite efficient. Now, they were almost unimpeded. When Yu Xing wasn't being dramatic, the darkness posed no threat to them at all.

Along the way, Yu Xing glanced at the gruesome wound on Zhao Yijiu's shoulder and asked curiously, "Aren't you dizzy from the blood loss?"

To this, he only received a ruthless reply:

"No, I'm not as delicate as you."

"..." Yu Xing: This is just sad, I have my reasons!

They chatted about random things for a while, walked through the familiar narrow corridor, opened the familiar rusty iron gate, and arrived at the familiar Office 02.

Two batteries lay quietly in the storage cabinet.

"Taking a picture right when we get here. I'm grabbing them~" Yu Xing held the camera in his left hand and reached for the batteries with his right, signaling Zhao Yijiu, who had one arm inconvenient, to get ready.

"..." Zhao Yijiu, who had always been the one holding others back, experienced being taken care of. His eyebrow twitched, and he really wanted to say he wasn't that weak; he wouldn't even flinch if he had to lift something heavy with his injured shoulder.

After thinking about it, he decided not to say anything.

Actually, being taken care of wasn't too bad.

He raised his camera, turned off the recording, switched to photo mode, and waited for the ghostly creature to arrive.

Yu Xing took the batteries in his hand and then looked around.

A chilling aura spread, clearly indicating the ghostly creature had arrived.

It was just hiding somewhere, not daring to appear.

"Let me see~ Where are you?" Yu Xing stretched his voice, resembling a perverted killer playing hide-and-seek in a horror movie. Of course, he was righteous now, very righteous—

"I'm here!" He slowly paced to the desk, suddenly bent down, and flashed a kind smile at the Female Ghost hiding under the desk, decisively pressing the shutter button—a wrinkled, ugly, terrified ghost face was frozen in time.

The Female Ghost let out a scream and turned into a pool of blood, which quickly solidified and dried, leaving only a small black trace.

Yu Xing didn't even turn his head. His objective achieved, he tossed the camera onto the ground like trash: "There's one more, behind the sofa."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yijiu didn't have time to ponder how Yu Xing knew the ghostly creature's location and immediately moved.

As expected, the long-tongued ghost was unwillingly hiding behind the sofa. Just as it was about to rush out the door, Zhao Yijiu captured it with his camera.