Once, I wanted to be a good person

To tell the truth, he wasn't a pervert.

So, torturing Zheng Shu wasn't enjoyable for him.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

It was just that Zheng Shu was incredibly uncooperative, even under these circumstances, still spouting nothing but lies.

Not to mention mixing truth with lies, out of ten sentences, there weren't even three that were true.

If it hadn't been for his ability to probe people's hearts, Fang Ze would have definitely been deceived by him.

Moreover, his thinking was quite firm, hardly ever considering the organization's intelligence.

Thus, Fang Ze could only resort to continuous torture to break down and unravel his will, extracting as much information as possible...

During the whole investigation process, Fang Ze was actually very nervous.

Because, in this investigation, he discovered two terrifying hidden rules of the Late-Night Investigation Room.

The first rule was that when a person entered the Late-Night Investigation Room, it was his physical body that entered.

But at the same time... his body also existed in the real world.

It was a very difficult phenomenon to explain.

If forced to explain it in layman's terms, he thought: it was something similar to the "superposition state" from quantum mechanics in the past.

That is to say, a person's body exists simultaneously in both the real world and the Late-Night Investigation Room.

Whether injured in the real world or trained and healed in the Late-Night Investigation Room, the states of both would synchronize.

Fang Ze had actually been curious many times before:

Why, even though he clearly entered the Late-Night Investigation Room, did his real-world self still exist? And the effects of his training could carry over between the two worlds.

And now, after dealing with Zheng Shu's case, Fang Ze understood.

Because... all creatures that come to the Late-Night Investigation Room exist simultaneously in two spaces...

He guessed... this might be related to the mechanisms of the Late-Night Investigation Room, or some deeper secrets of this world?

And the second hidden rule he had sensed before:

Apart from the two sets of tables and chairs in the Late-Night Investigation Room, and the items Fang Ze brought from the real world, everything else set up after turning on the table lamp was fake.

No matter how real, how solid, or how hot those things seemed, they were all fake! All illusions! They couldn't cause real harm to Fang Ze or the summoned ones!

Combined with the first hidden rule, this led to a very serious problem: If Fang Ze summoned an Awakener stronger than himself, he actually had no power to control them.

That is, if the summoned individual was stronger than him and wasn't duped by him, Fang Ze would be in great danger.

It was also fortunate that Zheng Shu was summoned in a dying state, barely clinging to life. If he had been slightly healthier, Fang Ze might have been easily counter-killed in the Late-Night Investigation Room.

This frightened Fang Ze a great deal.

Fortunately, since obtaining the Late-Night Investigation Room, he had always resisted summoning any Awakeners.

If he had been slightly reckless, the outcome could have been dire...

Besides discovering the two hidden rules of the Late-Night Investigation Room, Fang Ze also obtained a lot of information about the organization, the massacre case, and why they had been "hunting" him from Zheng Shu.

Firstly, regarding the organization.

It turns out the organization that Zheng Shu and the original host had joined was called the Human Rejuvenation Society.

This organization, established for many years, mainly operated in the eastern region of the Polaris Federation.

The purpose of the organization was to uncover the conspiracies hidden by the Polaris Federation, and... the true secrets of this world.

According to the internal statement of the organization, decades ago, the whole human society faced a great disaster. Afterwards, hundreds of countries around the world suddenly merged to form the Polaris Federation.

But, details about that disaster and what exactly it was, had all been erased from history by the Polaris Federation.

All information was blocked, all written documents were destroyed.

Even the witnesses of that event were all silenced.

The president of the Rejuvenation Society, fortunately, had retained a small portion of the documents and knew some of the truth from that time.

He said that that disaster, the Awakening Ability, the World's Laws, and the real secrets of this world were closely related.

He believed that this secret belonged to all of humanity, that all human beings had the right to know this secret. The Federation had no right to cover it all up.

Thus, he created the Rejuvenation Society over these decades, began investigating the hidden truths from that time, and planned to reveal everything to the public.

Both the original host and Zheng Shu were thus "coaxed" (Fang Ze judged) into joining this organization and struggled for this great goal...

Secondly, about the case of the rich businessman's family being wiped out.

From Zheng Shu, Fang Ze had learned the whole truth of the massacre.

Unlike Fang Ze and the Security Bureau's previous speculations,

the organization had no relationship with this rich businessman, nor was it to silence him.

It was purely for the kind of stuff the businessman was smuggling.

That stuff was said to be a very precious resource, not only one of the strategic weapon materials controlled by the nine major regions but also related to the origin of the World's Laws.

That stuff, in its most wasteful but also most fundamental application, could produce countless Extraordinary Artifacts and Awakeners...

After they had taken over the villa, they wanted to coerce the businessman into handing over that stuff.

Who knew, before even having the chance, the businessman suddenly died from poisoning.

Following that, another team of Awakeners came to snipe them.

According to Zheng Shu's guess, the organization behind that team of Awakeners was probably the backstage sponsor of the businessman's interstate smuggling business.

It's just a pity that since the businessman was silenced, and they were repelled, that backstage organization also disappeared without a trace.

As for why the Rejuvenation Society had always been "hunting" Fang Ze.

It was because Zheng Shu's superior thought that Fang Ze had grown from an ordinary person to an Awakener suspected of possessing multiple Extraordinary Artifacts, and even Awakening Abilities, in just a few days, probably because he had obtained that thing.

Therefore, they had sent two groups in succession, preparing to bring Fang Ze back.

The reason they could always find Fang Ze was that Zheng Shu's superior had been lurking in the Special Case Team and, taking advantage of Fang Ze's unguarded moments, covertly used an artifact to implant a tracking device on him.

This device could last for a month. Unless the allotted time passed, or the person who planted it died, it could not be removed....

As long as the device was not removed and Fang Ze was not taken back, the organization would send even stronger individuals to capture him in order to acquire that thing.....

........

"Rejuvenation Society...."

"A major disaster decades ago...."

"The establishment of the Polaris Federation...."

"A world secret desperately concealed by the Federation....."

"The material for a large regional strategic weapon....."

"That mysterious organization behind the wealthy...."

"A mark lasting a month...."

After sorting through the critical information obtained from Zheng Shu, Fang Ze couldn't help but feel a headache.

He felt as though he had been swept into a vast and troublesome conspiracy.

And the whole affair was becoming increasingly complex.

He was inclined to escape this vortex, but he found he had been unwittingly embedded deep inside it, unable to leave.

Especially with the mark lasting a month and the relentless pursuit.

At that moment, Fang Ze suddenly felt like returning to the Special Case Team to lie low.....

He thought, actually, the days of idling away in the Special Case Team were quite nice.

Colleagues were so friendly, and the superiors were so foolish.

Every day there was hot food to eat, hot water to drink.

He could slack off if he wanted to slack off, laze around if he wanted to laze around, with no one hunting him down.

Such a good life, why did he ever escape from it?!

Fang Ze was momentarily at a loss for words.

People always realize the value of their former lives only after losing them.

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However, as much as he thought about it and reminisced, Fang Ze naturally wasn't willing to run back now.

He had just broken free, and to return dejectedly after only two days....

What would his colleagues in the Special Case Team think of him? What would Bai Ling and the others think of him? What would the mole in the Special Case Team think of him!

Didn't he have any pride!?

Besides, running back to the Special Case Team and ignoring everything when he encountered difficulties, what would happen to Miaomiao?

She was still trapped in the slums due to him.

The Security Bureau could protect him, but could it also take care of her?

He was a criminal, not a superior officer.

And suppose Fang Ze traded the information with them. But what if the Security Bureau traced the clues to the grocery store robbery, discovered the Shadow Warrior, and uncovered the secrets of the Late-Night Investigation Room after rescuing Miaomiao?

A man is not guilty until he is found possessing the gem. But that's a truth applicable in every world....

Fang Ze was not willing to depend on others' kindness for his safety....

Thinking this over, Fang Ze also extinguished the idea of returning to the Special Case Team to avoid the pursuit.

A man, after all, needs to have a backbone. Chosen a path, he must follow it through even if on his knees....

As for not returning to the Special Case Team, how to deal with the pursuers and the device?

Fang Ze had already come up with a rough idea.

However, he thought it wasn't urgent, deciding to first review the outcomes of this investigation of Zheng Shu.

This was the first time Fang Ze had investigated an Awakener, and he had done so thoroughly.

If it weren't for the fact that Fang Ze wasn't a freak, he probably could've even determined what color underwear Zheng Shu was wearing today!

Therefore, he was really looking forward to what this investigation would yield!

Was it an Extraordinary Artifact?

Was it a Disaster Creature?

Was it Awakening Abilities?

Or something entirely unknown.......?

Although a bottle of Essence of Tree had already made Fang Ze "break even," but.....having taken such a big risk, who wouldn't want to earn more!

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6000 character update completed, asking for recommendation tickets. Seeking monthly tickets.

Released a single chapter yesterday, and unexpectedly it exploded with so many readers, including some old readers like Shen Chao Coffee, Confusion, etc.... It was a bit surprising, also a bit happy T.T.

Because very few of our old readers followed along, perhaps due to the transformation, even the former Alliance Hierarchs and managers don't read this book anymore, no one is even willing to be the operational officer, sigh....

Then, I read every comment you all left. Seriously, every single one. Danke was comforting me last night, talking about everyone's comments, and he was stunned when I recounted them all verbatim. His exact words were: Dude, you are really awesome! You look at each comment in detail in your single chapters! (Then he also made fun of me for the thing about the protagonist having to shout during fights.

T.T)

Lastly..... Thank you all for your comforting words and support. I will make minor changes (I edited the last chapter again, changed to chanting silently), I will stick to my own path, and I will definitely make this book good! Thanks again, everyone!