The police officers guarding outside Liu Jiayiâs room were communicating with the members of this
âYou are...?â A police officer guarding Liu Jiayi looked at these heavily armed and well-trained visitors
The team members in dark gray uniforms showed their credentials. âWe are the Dangerous Heretics
Handling Department. We have taken over the blood ganoderma lucidum that has caused a major
social impact. Liu Jiayi is a very important witness in this case. To ensure her safety, we are going to
transfer her secretly to our base tonight. It is inconvenient for us to disclose too much specific
information. You can directly ask your superiors to confirm our identities.â
The two policemen guarding Liu Jiayi looked suspiciously at the weapons carried by the visiting team
They were all armed with handcuffs, guns and if the officers werenât mistaken, these people also
brought anesthesia needles and a steel bar cage. Two or three armored vehicles were parked outside
This wasnât like they were transferring an important witness. It was more like they were arresting an
It was only when the two policemen called and confirmed that the people who came were really
from this special department that they let the team members go suspiciously.
The group of people quickly and neatly put on the anti-poison masks, a move that startled the two
This group of people didnât only bring it for themselves. They also handed the masks to the two
confused policemen and told them, âComrade, when we break in, there is a chance that a black fog
will flood out from the room. You must hide far away. Donât inhale or touch it. Try to stand in a place
in the corridor where the wind convection speed is relatively high. This thing is toxic.â
âIs harmful gas leaking from somewhere in the hospital?â The two confused policemen asked.
âNo, it is more terrible than that.â The member of the third team leaning against the door took a
deep breath and made a gesture to the other team membersâone, two, three!
The door of the room suddenly opened. The team members quickly fanned out as they entered the
room, holding anesthesia guns as they surrounded the small bulge on the bed.
The leader of the team was preparing to fire but he soon realized that something was wrong. He
raised his hand to pause the actions of the others. âWait.â
He stepped forward and raised his gun to the small bulge on the bed. Then as all the team members
watched nervously, he pulled off the quit. An ugly doll around the size of Liu Jiayi was made of
pillows with its tongue sticking out. It was smiling badly like it was laughing at the team members
who were busy all night and didnât catch anything.
âWhere is Liu Jiayi?â The leader looked back at the two policemen outside the room.
The two policemen were also dumbfounded. âLook at the surveillance. She has been asleep in the
hospital bed! The doors and windows are closed. Where did she go?â
Liu Jiayi disappeared completely from a sealed room.
The leader sighed with frustration and reported into his walkie-talkie. âReporting on the heretic with
the proposed number of 601. The arrest of the heretic who poses a poisonous gas hazard has failed.â
The members of the third team sat on the sofa and had a headache as they looked at Mu Ke who
was opposite them and holding his chest.
Mu Ke was biting his lip as he frowned. His face was as white as a piece of paper and he was gripping
his chest tightly. Mu Keâs father and mother were also there and they circled nervously around Mu
Ke. Mu Keâs father called two hostile teams to come over before looking at the uninvited guests
sitting on the sofa with hostile eyes.
Father Mu picked up his tea cup. This was the third time he served tea tonight and his tone was cold
and threatening. âI donât know what dispute my son is involved in. He is an ill patient and usually
doesnât go two steps outside this door. Just running two steps will scare him into trembling. Now you
say he is involved in a major social accident?â
âDo you have the qualifications to say you want to take him? If something happens to my son, can
you afford to bear the responsibility?!â
Father Mu slammed the tea cup down onto the coffee table and stared fiercely. âDonât think I am
someone who can be pushed around easily and let you take away my son just because you rush into
my house and say a few words. Iâm telling you, it is impossible. If you want to take him away, show
me the relevant evidence and specific proof. Give me a warrant of arrest from a department I know
nothing about! Do you think I havenât read any books?â
Mu Ke lay on the sofa with his eyes closed and pretending to be in pain. He opened his eyes slightly
and saw the ugly and embarrassed expressions of the people sitting on the sofa across from him and
his lips slightly curved up.
Then it was soon removed by Mu Ke himself. He lay on the sofa with a frown, his face almost
transparent. He looked fragile and like the team members could kill him with just one touch..
The team members had a headache. They really didnât have a good way to take Mu Ke away.
The unreliable Captain Tang said that Mu Ke wasnât strictly a heretic but he must be captured.
In other timelines, Mu Ke didnât have the skill to attack others. He was more of Bai Liuâs external
spokesman. He relied on his excellent memory to deal with and sell all types of heretics born in the
Mu Ke might have no skills but he played a very important role. He was the intermediate hub and
transfer point of Bai Liuâs money swallowing network built by evil things. He was the manager of Bai
For many years, Bai Liu relied on Mu Ke to contact other people and pass on information while Bai
Liu hid very well. For many years, the Dangerous Heretics Bureau regarded Mu Ke as a lunatic who
built his assets using evil things. Eventually, they discovered that Mu Ke was just a card played by Bai
Liu on the surface. Bai Liu was the real ghost king and he was hiding in a much deeper place.
Mu Ke relied on his disease for many years and played dumb with the Heretic Bureau. Once
something went wrong, he closed his eyes and started playing tricks. They would have to send Mu Ke
to the hospital for treatment, making Su Yangâs hair on his body stand up every time.
It was once again the same this time.
Mu Ke was different from the others. He had a prominent father and the protection of his disease.
Tang Erdaâs forcible arrest of Mu Ke didnât comply with the provision that heretics must have a
harmful impact on humanity. The department couldnât bear the consequences of Mu Keâs forcible
arrest. After all, Mu Keâs heart disease was real and his identity wasnât simple. It would be very
difficult if this person died in the bureau.
Mu Ke, an unskilled patient with a heart disease, looked as fragile as a crystal cat but in the eyes of
the third team members of other timelines, Mu Ke was extremely evil, insidious and cunning.
Yet in fact, this wasnât the case. It was as Tang Erda said. Bai Liu protected the people around him
very well. For example, Mu Ke was also protected.
Mu Ke, both inside and outside the game, never killed anyone or directly hurt people from beginning
to end. His hands werenât contaminated with blood. He was only responsible for negotiating, doing
business and running the guild. Perhaps due to empathy, he even saved many desperate, unskilled
This was also the reason why it was difficult to deal with Mu Ke in other timelines. In a narrow sense,
Mu Ke hadnât shown a harmful effect on humans. To a certain extent, he was just a normal person.
Mu Ke invested in some projects he thought were good. He could say that he didnât know what the
consequences of investing in these things would lead to. After all, Mu Ke invested in many projects,
many of which he didnât check carefully. Mu Ke could definitely say that he didnât know these things
It was because they didnât look like it.
At first glance, these things were ordinary mushrooms, a special antique mirror or an exquisite
Mu Ke felt the project was good so he invested in it. He didnât even participate in the specific process
so he couldnât be judged as a heretic unless Mu Ke himself admitted it.
For Liu Jiayi, Mu Sicheng and Bai Liu, Tang Erda held evidence of crime and that they had caused
harmful effects on humans. The heretics who actively committed a crime could be directly and
However, Mu Ke was different.
Tang Erda had never been able to tell if Mu Ke was deceived or took the initiative to join with Bai Liu.
There was no direct evidence in any timeline to prove whether Mu Ke was subjectively willing to help
Bai Liu or if he was just a poor man who was coerced by Bai Liu. The boundary between good and
evil was strangely blurred with Mu Ke.
The members of the third team tried hardness and then softness. They invited Mu Ke to the base to
cooperate with the investigation but Mu Keâs father stubbornly refused. He even said he would call
the police and use some of his special relationships. Eventually, the members of the third team had
Seeing these team members leaving, Mu Ke sat up from where he was pretending to be sick. He
breathed very quickly and turned on his phone. It was open to the message Bai Liu had sent him at
[Watch out for roses and the hunter. I might die at the hunterâs hand. Donât wait for me and get out
Mu Ke gripped the phone with an ugly expression.
Die at the hunterâs hand? Was this group of people who came to capture him tonight the hunter?
Had Bai Liu been arrested?