The Out-of-Control Ghost Controller

Chapter 18: The Swelling and Out-of-Control Ghost Controller

This is a bit ridiculous.

"I didn't even click it, and I knew this thing was problematic."

Chen Yu said, a hint of surprise in his heart.

Anomalies were everywhere, he hadn't expected even mobile phones could be invaded.

If he had opened that chat box, he would definitely have been targeted by an anomaly.

[It's good that you didn't! This anomaly is like a virus, its spread is comparable to the Spanish Flu. I estimate that any Ghost Controller who registered an account on the official Anomaly Era forum has already received this message...]

[Once a few more Ghost Controllers open this chat box and get killed by the anomaly, the anomaly will possess the Ghost Controller's body and revive. The world will descend into chaos then.]

"This is when your Investigation Bureau needs to step in. The original purpose of your Investigation Bureau is to protect Huaxia and eliminate anomalies that threaten humanity."

Chen Yu said.

[Our motto is "No anomaly appeased, no Buddha achieved," but this Anomaly Computer virus is spreading so rapidly, we are stretched too thin.]

[That's why we had no choice but to look up your personal information, to see if you had any solutions.]

[Mr. Nightfall, we're really in a bind...]

The voice on the other end was very anxious, clearly begging Chen Yu for advice.

"Help you? I don't think I have the ability. If even your Investigation Bureau can't solve this anomaly, I definitely can't."

Chen Yu said, "Don't you think I'm the best just because I resolved a high-risk anomaly incident?"

[No, no, this is a collective effort now.]

The other party said anxiously, "And you are someone the Investigation Bureau values. The Director himself asked me to call you."

The Director?

It seems the Investigation Bureau thinks highly of me.

Chen Yu couldn't help but smile.

The Anomaly Computer must be a pretty good anomaly, otherwise the Investigation Bureau wouldn't be so afraid.

If he were to consume the Anomaly Computer, he would definitely gain quite a bit.

"I can try to help you, but as a civilian, I shouldn't be helping unconditionally, right?"

A smile played on Chen Yu's lips.

[Of course not unconditionally! Our Director personally promised...]

[Let me talk to him, get out of the way!]

On the other end of the phone, a voice interrupted the agent. Then, his hand was snatched away, and a slightly deep voice continued.

[I am Yang Guanlin, the Director of the Investigation Bureau. I have heard of Mr. Nightfall's great name for a long time. As long as Mr. Nightfall is willing to help us deal with this anomaly this time, Mr. Nightfall can choose anything he wants from the Investigation Bureau's collection, or receive a large amount of gold.]

"Not bad."

Chen Yu smiled.

The Investigation Bureau was a national institution.

The items in the Investigation Bureau's collection must all be treasures.

Chen Yu chose the first option without hesitation.

Because he had no use for gold right now.

[Alright, it's settled then. We'll await Mr. Nightfall's good news.]

With that, the Director hung up the phone.

Chen Yu picked up his phone and entered the anomaly forum again.

At this time, the prominent pinned chat box was still in Chen Yu's private messages.

"Heh heh, I won't click it, I'll just play with it."

Chen Yu certainly wasn't stupid enough to click it himself.

Didn't he have the Headless Ghost Shadow?

The next moment.

His aura shifted.

The shadow on the ground shot up with a whoosh.

Then, the shadow enveloped his entire body.

Chen Yu chuckled, and then, with his pitch-black hands, he clicked on the chat box.

Crack, crack, crack!

The phone screen flickered with static, like an old CRT television suddenly losing power and shutting down.

The screen went completely black!

The next moment!

On the pitch-black screen, lines of crooked text appeared, exuding a strange aura.

[Hahaha, another one fell for it.]

[You're a lucky one, you've contracted my meticulously crafted Anomaly Incense Burning Virus!]

[The moment you opened that chat window, you stepped into an abyss of no return. All that awaits you is death.]

[Next, you will face two things.]

[First, your brain will slowly enter a shutdown state, leaving only a sliver of consciousness.]

[Second, this remaining sliver of consciousness will make you feel your heart pounding wildly. When your heart beats at a certain frequency, congratulations, you're dead! Hahahahaha!]

[The reason I died is because of this damn overtime!]

[Why is the company treating me like this! I'm just a twenty-year-old programmer, so young, yet I've gone bald, become an old man!]

[Overtime, overtime... I hate overtime...]

From the bouncing text on the screen, it could be seen.

This Anomaly Computer was born because its creator was a programmer. Programmers always have some personal side projects, which is hacking.

But in the end, he died from overwork due to the company forcing him to work overtime.

[Everyone will die from overwork! Everyone!]

[...]

Another line of text flashed on the phone, followed by a countdown.

Clearly, this was the countdown to death.

Five...

One...

As the countdown ended.

Chen Yu remained standing in place, holding his phone, without any movement.

[Huh? Why aren't you dead?!]

[Why isn't your brain shutting down?]

[What the heck, why can't I sense your brain? Where's your head?!]

[You don't have a head?!]

The phone's prompts sounded extremely shocked.

Chen Yu couldn't help but chuckle.

Although Chen Yu was holding the phone at this moment, it was Chen Yu who had already been enveloped by the Headless Ghost Shadow.

The Headless Ghost Shadow didn't even have a head, so where would it get a brain?

[It's, it's okay, you'll die anyway...]

[Don't celebrate too early. Having contracted my Anomaly Incense Burning Virus, you are bound to die.]

[Since you don't have a head, your heart should be beating violently, right?]

[Hehehehe...]

[Huh?]

[Where's your heart? What's going on?!]

[Why don't you have a heart either?! What the heck, why are you a shadow?!]

"Had enough?"

Chen Yu smiled.

Since the other party could spread anomalies through the phone.

Then his shadow could also infect the other party's shadow through these messages!

As the saying goes.

You must reciprocate.

Linjiang City.

In a remote and deserted internet cafe.

The internet cafe was desolate, not a soul in sight.

But in the last seat of the internet cafe, a person was sitting, and beside him, a girl lay bound.

The girl was tied up, her face exquisite, and her figure slender, possessing a unique charm.

However, her face was now extremely terrified, pale, and bloodless.

The man sitting in front of the computer was very obese and wore black-rimmed glasses.

All the flesh on his face was squeezed together, resembling a human chrysanthemum face.

"Hahaha, Liu Jia, didn't you look down on me? I've become very powerful now! I can make anyone die if I want them to!"

The fatty turned his head, his chrysanthemum face splitting into a smile uglier than a cry, and said to the girl, "Didn't you say you'd marry me if I got stronger?"

The bound girl, named Liu Jia, saw that Zhou Gui had completely lost his mind and began to get scared. "Zhou Gui, let me go quickly! This is illegal!"

"Illegal? Let me tell you, in Linjiang, I, Zhou Gui, am the law from now on!"

Zhou Gui said arrogantly.

"Zhou Gui! Let me go quickly! It's not too late to surrender now!"

Liu Jia said anxiously.

"Surrender?"

A sinister smile appeared on Zhou Gui's face. "If I surrender, I'll be shot immediately. How could I possibly surrender?"

He was a teenage internet addict who was often beaten and scolded by his parents.

Over time, this developed into a habit. He got used to his parents' beatings and even began to hate them.

He ended up living in an internet cafe. Fortunately, because his mind was still somewhat sharp and he was familiar with computers, he started exploiting loopholes in websites to earn money for internet fees.

Liu Jia was the internet cafe's manager, and he had been interested in her for a long time.

By chance, he controlled the Anomaly Computer and gained an Anomaly Ability.

As long as he hacked into a website and sent files, emails, or messages, anyone who opened them would be targeted by the Anomaly Computer and killed.

Initially, after obtaining the Anomaly Computer, he was quite normal. But not long ago, his parents took him home and beat him severely. His classmates also looked down on him, and when he confessed to the manager Liu Jia, she rejected him without hesitation.

He completely broke down, and his mind began to change slowly.

He began to understand the Anomaly Computer's Anomaly Ability and spread viruses everywhere.

The day before yesterday, his parents received a text message on their phones. After opening it, they were killed by him.

And those who looked down on him at school, especially the class monitor, were also killed by Zhou Gui after opening an invaded news pop-up window.

With a few successful experiences, Zhou Gui felt increasingly invincible.

He increasingly felt like the master of this world, that no one could oppose him!

So, he kidnapped Liu Jia.

Didn't Liu Jia look down on me?

I'll let you know how strong I am!

In front of Liu Jia, he hacked into the Anomaly Era forum!

"Hahaha, the Anomaly Era forum has been breached by me now. All the Ghost Controllers in the anomaly forum will eventually die by my anomalies!"

After learning that there were many Ghost Controllers in this world, Zhou Gui directly hacked into the Anomaly Era forum, wanting to kill all the Ghost Controllers to demonstrate his power.

His past inferiority complex had become a stepping stone to the abyss.

His despicable qualities, hidden deep within his heart, were now fully exposed!

Liu Jia watched Zhou Gui with a look of horror.

What had this fatty gone through to become so insane?

"Hahaha, anomalies, anomalies. If I kill all the Ghost Controllers in this world, then I will be the most powerful Ghost Controller!"

Zhou Gui said maniacally, his eyes narrowed into slits, the flesh on his face squeezed together, making him look terrifying and sinister.

When his phone invited him to enter the official website of the Anomaly Era, he discovered that besides him, there were other Ghost Controllers in this world!

Without anomalies, he had always been mediocre, an internet-addicted fatty who only knew how to surf the web, looked down upon and despised by everyone.

Now, he possessed anomalies and had successfully turned his life around.

Discovering that there were others in the world with anomalies like him, he found it hard to accept.

Finally, he used the Anomaly Computer's Anomaly Ability to hack into the official website of the Anomaly Era and planted a virus within the website.

[Buzz!]

[You are amazing. Your anomaly has helped you kill a Ghost Controller.]

[The two of you combined are a match made in heaven!]

[Keep killing. You need to let everyone know that you are no longer the person you used to be.]

[You are the master of this world.]

[Make everyone fear you!]

The words on the phone screen reappeared, scarlet and flickering with flames.

They continuously lured Zhou Gui's soul deeper into his own soul.

It made him unable to extricate himself, becoming more and more frenzied.

"See that? Just now! I've already killed a Ghost Controller!"

Zhou Gui showed Liu Jia the text on his phone, boasting about his combat achievements.

Liu Jia's face was filled with terror, pale as a sheet. She stomped her feet, trying to retreat, only to find she couldn't move back at all.

[Buzz!]

[Someone else has opened your message!]

[You can now cruelly torment his body to your heart's content!]

A prompt appeared again, and Zhou Gui was overjoyed!

He hadn't expected someone else to fall for it!

He hurriedly began to control the Anomaly Computer, sending batches of text to the phones the Anomaly Computer had infiltrated.

"Named [Nightfall], huh? You're just another stepping stone for me, haha."

Zhou Gui rejoiced inwardly.

If he killed this Ghost Controller, that would make two kills in total!

After infiltrating [Nightfall]'s phone, Zhou Gui was waiting for good news from the Anomaly Computer.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The phone began to vibrate wildly.

"Did it succeed?"

Zhou Gui excitedly picked up his phone, only to find lines of text.

[Buzz!]

[Although you are powerful, you must also be careful not to be too arrogant.]

[In this world, there is always someone stronger, and there are always greater things beyond your imagination.]

[Perhaps when you use your Anomaly Ability to target others.]

[Others are also targeting you...]

Seeing this prompt, Zhou Gui froze. What did it mean?

Did he succeed in killing him or not?

"He's not dead?"

Zhou Gui looked baffled!

Anyone hit by his Anomaly Ability should have their brain crash, followed by a rapid heartbeat, and finally, sudden death. But it had been so long, why hadn't the feedback about [Nightfall]'s death come back yet?

[Do you want "him" or "It" to die?]

[You're overthinking it. You can't kill either of them.]

[You're not worthy. If you insist on going down the wrong path, the only road ahead of you is death.]

[Although you are good at courting death, it's best to disappear immediately before It completely targets you.]

[Only then will you have a sliver of a chance to survive.]

The phone continued to prompt Zhou Gui.

"I still have a sliver of a chance to survive? My Ghost Controller Ability is so powerful, who can compare to me?"

Zhou Gui sneered.

Having successfully killed so many people without a single failure, the survivor bias made him feel incredibly inflated. He believed he was the king of the Anomaly Era.

And this time, after infiltrating the website, he also discovered that the website had some kind of regional ranking.