Infinite Murder Mystery Game: The Beauty with a Delicate Palm

"What did you bring today?"

Su Mian looked at him with amusement, took the bag from his hand. It was a very delicate cream cake with a logo drawn on the front in edible jam. It seemed to be a peripheral cake of a big brand.

"It was a free gift with the purchase of red wine," Si Shi said, wearing a dark gray wool coat and a scarf with the same pattern as Su Mian's, but in a dark blue.

He opened the car door for Su Mian, who chuckled, "How much more wine are you going to buy? The research institute is about to burst."

That was an experimental site. A group of people, in order to cater to the arrival of this chief of the National Security Council, emptied half of the sample cold storage room for him to use as a wine cellar.

Speaking of the National Security Council, Su Mian has to mention what happened after Lunar New Year's Eve.

The National Security Council, officially known as the International Council for Biotic Homeostasis and Evolutionary Security (ICBHES), is a body dedicated to ensuring the safety of the environment and the security of evolution.

Su Mian was very curious about how he obtained this identity, so when the topic came up casually one day, Si Shi told her.

"Do you remember that bookseller you guys discovered was running a shady business?"

Su Mian certainly wouldn't forget that stealing human players' memories was solely for the purpose of learning more, and the answer certainly goes beyond that.

The bookstore owner was originally supposed to be eliminated after being found to be running a shady business outside the rules.

Later, at the hour of Si (9-11 AM), he was kept on. The boss was touched and told him to call him if he needed any help.

He absorbed so much knowledge about the human world in preparation for his journey there; he could no longer stay in the inner world.

Therefore, when Su Mian and the others met him, he had already traveled through the time tunnel for countless years. In order to prevent people from discovering that he was an alien, the book boss lived very cautiously on Earth. In fact, apart from himself, no one knew that he had been to Earth.

After breaking the barrier of time and space at the hour of Si (9-11 AM), the boss immediately provided him with a fake identity.

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"The chairman of the National Security Council has just passed away. If you live with this identity, you will thrive on Earth. However, remember, you cannot use your snake form in the human world."

And so, at the hour of Si (9-11 AM), I arrived here. Using the pendant of Su Mian to sense her location, I rushed over without stopping.

As for why they've been running out for so many days, it's because there's one more thing they haven't done: change the rules and increase their survival rate.

The person in real power in the underworld is not the main god, as mentioned before, but the Twelve Hours Arbitration Committee. Their long-term domesticated mindset is that humans and the arbitrators are opposites.

The arbitrators are low-dimensional beings, and if they speak directly, it will definitely offend those gods.

What they had to do was persuade the gods of the arbitration panel to change the deeply ingrained rules and use a less cruel method to allow more humans to survive and for human evolutionary genes to continue for generations to come.

As Su Mian once said, the world created by humankind should benefit humankind, not destroy it.

Zi Shi had already compromised when he was taken back to exist in snake form by Si Shi. It is unknown whether he was shocked by this stubbornness or whether his own consciousness originated from Su Mian's father.

In short, he compromised; none of the remaining zodiac deities were easy to deal with.

After discussing it, the two decided to try persuasion first, and then resort to force. Su Mian used the characteristics of each zodiac sign to convince them that if they did not agree, they would not allow the 9-11 AM to go.

The second zodiac deity to agree very quickly was Chou Shi (丑时), as Su Mian (宿眠) convinced him with just a few lines of theory.

"The Ox God is in charge of 'cultivation,' emphasizing sowing, nurturing, and harvesting. You should know best that if only the three strongest plants are left on a piece of land every year, and all the rest are cut down, the land will become increasingly barren, genetic diversity will be thinned, and the ability to resist disasters will decrease. In the next real catastrophe, humanity will not be able to withstand it."

"Isn't fairness what you care about most?"

After a long silence at the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), he finally compromised.

Of the remaining zodiac signs, the Monkey is the most cunning. No matter what you say, you can't persuade him, and even when you go to the temple to find him several times, he cleverly hides away.

They made a little noise just as the two were about to leave, forcing them to turn back; in short, they were completely fooled.

With just a glance, Su Mian knew she was angry. She immediately set the main hall ablaze with divine fire, gave that stinky monkey a good beating, and agreed to everything.

The hour of the Rooster (酉时) appears to be the most gentle, sitting motionless on its throne every day. Occasionally, it goes on missions, allowing Su Mian to seize the opportunity to steal its egg and take it to the dungeon.

The two carried the egg around, having water fights, racing cars, playing hide-and-seek, and even making a flower wreath for the little egg.

Soon after, the chicks hatched, and none of them recognized the hour of the Rooster (酉时). Instead, they all followed Su Mian and Si Shi (巳时) around, calling for their parents.

When they returned from their mission at 5 PM, they were so exhausted they could hardly speak of it. They were so tired they almost fainted. They immediately gave in and returned the egg.

When the horrifying stories reached Hai Shi's ears, he was so frightened that he immediately ordered people to clean up the muddy pool. He rolled around in it for a while before he recovered. Before Su Mian and Si Shi even arrived, he was already frightened into agreeing.

The two "demon pills" traveled all over the country, dating and "threatening" the various zodiac gods along the way, and finally gained the approval of the gods.

They gathered at headquarters once again, watching the perfectly matched couple open the Book of Rules of the Forbidden Zone of the Temple.

Su Mian reached out and touched it, and the words lit up with a gilded light as the girl's hand moved.

"The maverick who wrote this book was the book's owner."

Su Mian was somewhat surprised, "It was actually him?"

Si Shi nodded, "The person who thinks he understands humanity best is not human."

It's unclear whether it refers to an outlier who writes books, or a nightmare that has dominated the position of the supreme god for hundreds of years.

After speaking, he handed over a brush from the treasure pavilion. The brush was covered with incomprehensible runes, and it felt slightly warm in his hand.

"Now you possess this supreme power; the rest of the era is yours to write."

Su Mian stared into his eyes, as if she could see the man who had once insisted on elevating her to the position of saintess, standing beside her, praising everything she had. Only last time, Si Shi was not standing with her at the highest point, but this time, they were side by side.

Zi Shi, leaning on his cane, coughed twice as he stood below the round platform. "When changing the rules, they must not be too outrageous. After the changes are made, I still need to review them."

Su Mian nodded, picked up her brush, and dipped it in ink.

"At the end of each instance, the player voted out by the crowd will no longer be directly eliminated, but will instead have 10000 points deducted."

"When the detectives win, the points are no longer evenly distributed. Instead, a tiered system is adopted, with those closer to the core of the truth receiving more points. Those who stand idly by are essentially defeated, even if they win, while those who have keen insight receive more, even if they receive fewer points."