Chapter Five: The Delivery That Never Arrives

For the first time, Gu Yunshen grunted in pain. [FORCED HUMAN AGENT TO BEAR RETURNED-ORDER LOSS. DREAD +80.] [ABILITY ACQUIRED: ROUTE INTERCEPTION. INTERCEPT ONE ANOMALOUS MOVEMENT WITHIN AN OWNED ZONE.] The black street shattered. Zhou Ran, Lin Wan, and the scooter crashed into the kitchen. Only four minutes had passed. At the hospital, the black-helmeted rider collapsed into an empty uniform. His mother was safe. The mechanical heart remained. Two of its twelve wires were now dark: Midnight Zero and another node had been interrupted. Lin Wan sealed the purchase order in an evidence bag. “This proves Zero Degree planned twelve fear nodes, even if it doesn't prove monsters.”