The Night Watchman Task System

After submitting the removal application for Omnipotent God to the Infinite Game Platform, Tang Yu waited for a response.

Having yet to receive a reply from the platform, Tang Yu opened his virtual host and began browsing the latest news online.

His focus remained on horror and mysterious events.

As he scrolled through the pages, a concept gradually took shape in Tang Yu's mind.

Although Tang Yu had previously toyed with the idea of how to build a "Night Watchman Task System," he had never found a clear path for its implementation.

After all, he had no way of knowing where evil spirits or demons were hiding.

While he could manipulate the God-Demon Space and use his consciousness to scan a large area to locate existing demons and evil spirits, doing so was not only time-consuming but also highly inefficient.

His current priority remained the players of the Boundless Realm; if he spent a large portion of his day searching for demons and evil spirits, the cost would undoubtedly outweigh the benefits.

After all, the players were the main force in resisting the Boundless Realm.

Therefore, Tang Yu's idea was to create a system capable of automatically searching for demons and evil spirits, then issuing tasks to the Night Watchmen.

Yet, Tang Yu still lacked a concrete plan for how to implement it.

While browsing the online news, inspiration suddenly struck.

He wondered why he couldn't build a system that automatically retrieved information on mysterious and horror-related events from the internet.

He could have this system collect clues and data through the web, then filter and judge the information regarding mysterious and horror events, and finally compile them into tasks to be sent to the Night Watchmen, directing them to the scene to investigate and exorcise the entities.

With this system in place, he would no longer need to handle everything personally; it could operate entirely on autopilot.

Thinking of this, Tang Yu did not hesitate and decisively began to experiment.

After entering the God-Demon Space, the Five-Colored Law Ribbon automatically coiled around his body.

As his Divine Power burned, the thoughts in Tang Yu's mind gradually transformed into imprints, carving themselves into the God-Demon Space and becoming one of the rules governing its operation.

Several hours later, the initial version of the "Night Watchman Task System," attached to the God-Demon Space, was born.

It took the form of a small, glowing white orb.

Once the system was born, it began to run automatically, starting its search through network information.

Langya City, Donglong Port.

11:29 PM.

The port duty officer sat on a patrol boat, conducting a routine inspection of the sea surface.

As they moved along the port, the officer maneuvered the searchlight, scanning the water.

Just as the officer swept the searchlight toward the distance, a fishing boat suddenly appeared in his line of sight.

It was an old-fashioned fishing vessel with tattered sails and a hull covered in moss, looking as if it had come from the previous century, slowly drifting toward the port.

Seeing this, the duty officer immediately grew alert.

The port area he patrolled was a semi-military facility, and unauthorized private vessels were not permitted to approach.

Moreover, he had received no notification that any ship was scheduled to dock temporarily, so the arrival of this fishing boat raised his alarm.

He immediately opened the radio and issued a warning to the approaching vessel.

After several warnings, the dilapidated fishing boat gave no response, continuing to drift unhurriedly and unsteadily toward the docking area.

At this moment, the duty officer spotted three characters printed beneath the port side of the moss-covered hull.

Windbreaker!

With no other choice, the duty officer immediately opened his walkie-talkie and contacted the duty water police, preparing to inspect the approaching vessel.

A moment later, two water police officers approached the dilapidated fishing boat on a motorboat.

After a routine hail went unanswered, the two officers decisively boarded the old vessel and began their inspection.

Several hours later, the results of the inspection left the two officers chilled to the bone.

The interior of the fishing boat was covered in rust and spiderwebs, the entire cabin was filled with dust, and even the fuel tank was bone-dry; it was clear the boat hadn't been used in decades.

So, how had this fishing boat managed to sail into the port?

During the subsequent investigation, the two water police officers discovered a man in a coma at the bottom of the cabin.

The unconscious man was dressed in an old-fashioned sailor's uniform, and his hair was styled in a short cut that had been popular decades ago.

Who was he, and why did he appear on this old fishing boat?

Faced with the baffling situation before them, the two water police officers felt a sense of dread.

Soon, this ghost ship incident caused an uproar on the internet, becoming a hot topic of discussion.

"I'm so furious, I'm so furious!"

Jiang Su walked out of the game room, stood by the side of the road, and fumed with rage.

Just a moment ago, he had been ganged up on in the game once again.

The cause was still a dispute over resource allocation, which led to a verbal altercation with other players, followed by a beatdown.

If this were in reality, Jiang Su felt he could easily take on ten people at once; after all, he possessed supernatural abilities bestowed upon him by a mysterious figure.

But in the game, his abilities were completely useless.

The units summoned by players were not a bit weaker than him in strength, let alone the fact that they completely overwhelmed him in numbers.

Faced with a gang beating, he could only lie there and take it, then shout for them not to hit his face.

Thinking of this, Jiang Su felt inexplicably aggrieved.

Earning resources to grow stronger in the game was far more difficult than he had imagined.

Just as Jiang Su was deep in thought, a notification sound suddenly rang in his ears.

[Night Watchman Notification: Night Watchman Task System officially activated]

[Night Watchman Notification: Commencing search for mysterious and horrific events occurring in your area, and analyzing the content]

[Night Watchman Notification: Please select and accept an investigation task from the task list (Next mandatory task release time: 5 days later)]

Task List (Langya City):

[Minghe Village, dead people resurrection incident]

[Nanlin Street, frequent incidents of people jumping from buildings in their sleep]

[Hugui Town, No. 31 haunted house incident]

[Donglong Port, ghost ship incident]

There were 78 mysterious event tasks in total, making Jiang Su's scalp tingle.

Was it starting already?

Although he had obtained the abilities bestowed by the mysterious figure, Jiang Su felt fear from the bottom of his heart when it came to evil spirits and demons.

But he had to accept a task.

Because the Night Watchman Manual had clear regulations.

After the task system officially went online, a Night Watchman had to select and complete one task from the task list every five days; they could take more, but not fewer, and the price for refusing to complete a task was erasure.

Therefore, doing a task didn't necessarily mean death, but not doing one meant certain death.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Su cast his gaze toward the task list.

Regarding how to choose a task, Jiang Su opted for the principle of proximity.

Among the seventy-eight tasks in Langya City, the one closest to him was Donglong Port, so Jiang Su chose the "Donglong Port ghost ship incident" as his first task.

After clicking confirm, a massive amount of information instantly surfaced in his mind.