Only I Have the Law: A Realistic Cultivation Game

Chapter 106 Knowing, Understanding, Abiding by, and Using the Law

"I've confessed everything."

Only after the containment bag's opening was tightened again did Zhou Wenbin breathe a sigh of relief. "Can I leave now?"

"No rush, wait a moment."

Xu Zhiyi reached out and took Zhou Wenbin's phone.

"password."

Zhou Wenbin hesitated for a moment, but still obediently gave out the password.

Xu Zhiyi unlocked the phone and quickly looked through his chat and call logs. She found that he had been in frequent contact with Zhou Cheng in the past two days, which basically confirmed that he was not lying about what he had just said.

Having identified the mastermind, Xu Zhiyi turned her attention to the silver-ringed snake.

"Where did you get this?"

"Huh?" Zhou Wenbin was taken aback.

Xu Zhiyi shook the bag in her hand. "Since you want to scheme against me, you should at least prepare the props beforehand, right? You can't just scramble to find them when I ask you for clues, can you?"

"this----"

Zhou Wenbin's eyes darted around, and he began to stammer again.

Xu Zhiyi handed the bag directly to him.

"No, no, no!" Zhou Wenbin was terrified and cried out, "I'll talk! I'll talk! I got it from a friend! He keeps these things!"

"Specially raised?" Xu Zhiyi became interested.

"Yes!" Zhou Wenbin spilled the beans, "My friend is a ruthless guy. He likes to keep all kinds of poisonous things! He keeps things like banded kraits, bamboo vipers, five-step snakes, as well as scorpions, spiders, centipedes and the like!"

He said it was like raising poisonous insects, letting them fight each other, then filming the videos and posting them online. He actually gained quite a few followers, and he made money from it, buying a Maybach in just one year!

Xu Zhiyi frowned slightly.

He had seen similar videos before.

Basically, they put all sorts of snakes, insects, rats, and ants into a sealed glass box and let them fight each other. It's bloody and grotesque, and a bunch of people in the comments section are just watching the show.

However, this was the first time he had ever heard of using protected animals to raise poisonous insects.

"My friend posted them on foreign websites—" Zhou Wenbin seemed to see his confusion and took the initiative to explain, "But it's not so good now. Many of his videos have been reported and taken down by animal protection organizations abroad."

So my friend is also planning to change careers and get rid of all the poisonous creatures he's raising.

"What should we do?"

"Sell what you can sell, and kill or throw away what you can't."

Xu Zhiyi snorted coldly.

This is the kind of person who illegally raises a large number of poisonous animals for his own selfish gain. When he no longer wants to raise them, he simply throws them into the wild and calls it "releasing them into the wild"!

He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Zhou Wenbin.

Where is your friend?

"Huh?" Zhou Wenbin was taken aback for a moment, then understood what he meant. "You want to go see him? No way! My friend won't let me bring anyone to his place."

Xu Zhiyi didn't say anything, but simply picked up the bag in her hand again.

Zhou Wenbin's face turned deathly pale, and he waved his hands repeatedly, "No, I really can't take you!"

Are you sure you want to refuse?

"I----"

Zhou Wenbin opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

He seemed completely resigned to his fate, and said with a mournful face, "I can take you there, but it's already past midnight, and he lives over in Mashan—it's very far. How about we go tomorrow?"

Mashan is indeed very far away; it takes more than an hour to drive there.

After a moment's thought, Xu Zhiyi decided it would be more appropriate to go during the day tomorrow.

"Okay, then you can go to your friend's place tomorrow."

Xu Zhiyi picked up the containment bag of the silver-ringed snake and turned to walk out of the park.

"Let's go."

Zhou Wenbin paused for a moment, "Where to?"

"Go find Zhou Cheng." Xu Zhiyi turned to look at him. "Didn't you say he was the mastermind? Take me to see him."

"Now?" Zhou Wenbin's expression changed. "It's already past midnight—"

"What, you don't want to go?" Xu Zhiyi waved the containment bag in her hand.

"Go! Go now!"

Zhou Wenbin immediately backed down.

The two left the park.

Zhou Wenbin's car was parked on the side of the road; it was a black, secondhand Nissan.

Xu Zhiyi sat in the passenger seat, placed the bag containing the silver ring snake at her feet, took out the miniature camera from her pocket, opened it in front of Zhou Wenbin, took out the memory card and put it in her pocket.

He then took out a new memory card, inserted it, restored the camera, and handed it to Zhou Wenbin to put on.

Zhou Wenbin's eyelids twitched, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he could only obediently take it and put it on his shirt.

The car started and drove into the night.

Zhou Cheng's live-streaming base is located in a nearby digital economy industrial park.

About ten minutes later, the car stopped in front of a complex building in the park.

"This is it." Zhou Wenbin pointed to the third floor where the lights were still on. "The Starry Night Guild is on the third floor. Zhou Cheng should still be in his office right now."

Xu Zhiyi nodded, picked up the bag, and got out of the car.

The two took the elevator to the third floor.

When the elevator doors opened, several posters of popular online streamers were hanging on the opposite wall, next to which was a glass door with the words "Starry Night Guild" pasted on it.

Zhou Wenbin led the way, guiding Xu Zhiyi inside.

This is a typical live streaming base, with live streaming rooms, dressing rooms, and rest areas, but most of the rooms are individual live streaming rooms, with someone broadcasting in almost every room.

There's a small glass window on the door of the live-streaming room, so you can see what's going on inside.

Xu Zhiyi glanced at the screen and found that it was mostly filled with female live streamers, whose live stream content was mostly dancing, singing, playing games, and chatting, with most of them being suggestive.

"President Zhou's office is over there."

Zhou Wenbin pointed to the end of the corridor.

Xu Zhiyi walked over and pushed the door open.

Inside the office, Zhou Cheng was sitting in the boss's chair, scrolling through his phone, a cigarette between his fingers, constantly puffing out smoke, making the room smoky and unpleasant.

Hearing the door open, he looked up and saw that it was Xu Zhiyi. He was immediately stunned.

"How did you get in?"

Xu Zhiyi pushed Zhou Wenbin inside, then walked straight into the office herself and sat down directly opposite Zhou Cheng.

Upon seeing Zhou Wenbin, Zhou Cheng instantly understood the whole story.

He glared at Zhou Wenbin before turning to Xu Zhiyi with a forced smile, saying, "What's wrong? Trying to cause trouble here?"

Xu Zhiyi placed the bag containing the silver ring snake on his table.

"I've come to return your things."

"Give me back what you want?"

Seeing the pupae constantly appearing on the surface of the bag and hearing the hissing sounds coming from inside, Zhou Cheng immediately realized it contained venomous snakes. His eyelids twitched, but he forced a smile and said, "This has nothing to do with me. Don't come looking for trouble with me!"

Xu Zhiyi turned to look at Zhou Wenbin, who immediately jumped out and pointed at Zhou Cheng, saying, "He's the one who asked me to get this silver-ringed snake. He said he'd introduce me to a female streamer after it was done and even help me create an account and start streaming!"

Zhou Cheng's face turned completely cold.

He glared at Zhou Wenbin, then looked at Xu Zhiyi and laughed.

"That's right, I ordered it!"

He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, leaned back, crossed his legs, and looked smug. "What can you do to me?"

Beat me up?

Should I call the police to arrest me?

We live in a society governed by the rule of law now. If you hit me, you'll be going to jail!

Calling the police won't do any good; my actions don't constitute a crime at all.

Hearing his arrogant words, Zhou Wenbin quickly took two steps back to avoid being caught in the crossfire when Zhou Wenbin got beaten up later.

To his surprise, Xu Zhiyi calmly said, "I won't hit you, and I don't plan to call the police."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Cheng smiled even more smugly.

He stood up, looked down at Xu Zhiyi, and said smugly, "Kid, you're still too young. Even if you know I'm messing with you, what can you do about it?"

In today's society, knowing, understanding, abiding by, and using the law is the key to success!

Xu Zhiyi also stood up.

Zhou Cheng instinctively took a half step back. "You—what do you want to do? Let me tell you, there are cameras everywhere here. If you dare touch me, I'll sue you for intentional assault!"

Xu Zhiyi smiled and shook her head.

"Don't worry, I said I wouldn't hit you, so I won't—I think you're absolutely right. We live in a society governed by law, so we must know the law, understand the law, abide by the law, and use the law!"

As she said this, Xu Zhiyi reached into her pocket with one hand.

With a thought, an old-fashioned coin appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Money God, activate!

Zhou Cheng froze instantly.

An invisible force enveloped him, and the anger of being betrayed surged to his head.

He suddenly grabbed the glass ashtray from the desk and smashed it hard at Zhou Wenbin, who was standing next to him!

"Traitor, die!"