Chapter 69

Dugu Fu was discovered.

Wiping his face, he took off running. Without a clear facial photo, the safe distance increased by twenty meters.

When he was discovered, he was still within ten meters. By the time the person on the other side reacted and tried to lock onto him with a phone, he was already more than ten meters away.

"Damn! Damn! Damn! Is this guy Usain Bolt?!" The pursuer cursed and turned to instruct the others, "Find a car, find a car, chase him with a car!"

Dugu Fu wasn't Usain Bolt, but... with his constitution at the fifth or sixth level of Mingjin, he might not be far off.

Dugu Fu had wiped out a dozen people, but there were more outside, not all of whom had entered. They swarmed after Dugu Fu. Realizing they couldn't catch him on foot, they scattered. Some ran back to the police car; some jumped onto the street, waving their police IDs: "Your car is requisitioned!" Others, confident in their speed, pursued Dugu Fu relentlessly.

"Alright, Sister Wei, Xingxing, you can come out now," Dugu Fu said calmly as he sprinted, "With so many dead, the exhibition hall must be in chaos. Pretend to be panicked, mix in with the crowd, and go to the place I told you."

Turning off the microphone, Dugu Fu felt relieved. Having a phone for long-distance communication was truly convenient! He ran along the sidewalk, followed by police cars, motorcycles, and even a bus...

However, some people had a sense of self-awareness and didn't join the chase. Instead, they rushed into a flower shop next to the anime exhibition.

"Police!" He flashed his badge, "I saw a camera at the entrance, show me the footage from just now!"

After checking the badge, the shop owner, trembling, led the person to the surveillance system.

The footage from just a moment ago was quickly retrieved. It showed Dugu Fu being discovered and suddenly turning to run.

The footage wasn't very clear, but... "Pitter-patter," with fingers moving like a storm, the face quickly became clear.

"Hehehe!" Looking at the face, the person grinned, "With your face, and a name, I'll have your ID number soon..." He took a photo of Dugu Fu's face on the screen. Meanwhile, on the left side of the screen, Dugu Fu's face was magnified, and on the right, faces flashed continuously as the computer performed facial recognition.

There were only so many people named Zhang Wei, Wang Fang, or Li Na, and the results came quickly.

"No, no, no?" Seeing the results, the person was stunned. He had considered all possibilities, such as Dugu Fu not being named Zhang Wei but instead being named Wang Fang or Li Na, a man with a woman's name, so he checked all three names.

But, no!

Without a match, he still didn't know the ID number. Without the ID number, the Death Design was limited by distance.

He prioritized searching all image libraries for these three names, regardless of gender; then, he compared with the entire city's six million population... After a moment of thought, he set new search conditions and fell into deep contemplation.

The first condition was quickly checked, but there was still no match.

Comparing with six million faces would take a long time. But... how could it be? Not among these three names. Could it be that this guy wasn't the target they were looking for? Did they get the direction wrong from the start?

That shouldn't be the case. From the guy's cautious and well-prepared style, and the fact that he didn't log out after completing the level, it was certain that he was the target.

But... as his gaze swept over the faces on the screen, he suddenly noticed something slightly unnatural about the face and some unusual reflections. He quickly switched back to the surveillance footage, slowed it down, and watched it again carefully.

"Damn! Too cunning!" He punched the screen, shattering it. The comparison program continued to run, and the expressionless ID photos on the screen seemed to mock him.

"The photo I just sent to everyone is wrong, repeat, the photo I just sent to everyone is wrong, he's wearing a silicone mask!" He said on the phone as he walked out of the shop.

The shop owner followed closely behind, "Officer, officer, what about my surveillance..."

"I'll pay you!" Pulling out his wallet, the person impatiently handed over a stack of bills to the owner. Suddenly, a gust of wind, a headache, and then... he was ejected from the game.

"What, what, what's going on? Can someone tell me?" Suddenly detached from the game, he appeared in the character interface, completely confused and bewildered.

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Let's rewind a few seconds. Back to when he flashed his badge and rushed into the flower shop.

At that moment, two women with slightly stiff faces were passing by, holding their heads.

"Was that the enemy just now?" The shorter woman asked the taller one.

"Right. Xiao Fu said that people here act like they're in a play. If someone doesn't act like they're in a play, they're probably the real deal. The shop owner looked fake, so the one who entered is probably the real one. Take him out!"

"Huh?" Guo Xingxing was taken aback.

"What, you don't want to try?"

"I do." Encouraged by the shop owner, Guo Xingxing was a bit eager.

"Then let's go in. We don't know his name or his face, so we need to get within ten meters, right?"

"No, no need to go in." Guo Xingxing pulled the shop owner and pointed upward, "Look at that."

It was a building, with the flower shop on the ground floor. On the fifth or sixth floor, there was a protruding balcony filled with flowers.

"Pot smash!" She said softly into her phone, word by word. They definitely couldn't use the keyboard, but voice input was no problem, as Dugu Fu had just taught them. She input the Death Design word by word, ensuring the description was accurate.

As for the target, she left it blank for now. This was a small trick: pre-writing the Death Design and locking onto the target at the moment of activation saved time and effort.

In the end, the hacker master and first strategist of the pursuit team was thus unknowingly and inexplicably the first victim of the two women...

Listening to the two women's excited narration on the phone, Dugu Fu was dumbfounded. Sister Wei, I know you're brave; Xingxing, I know you're smart, but you two... you adapted too quickly!

It's all chaos, complete chaos!