The TV variety show ended, and the legal program started to air.
"I have one more thing to ask of you."
Yuan Zhixia paused for a moment and said, "If you receive a task of the same type as [Electric Energy Retrospection] next time, please keep an eye out for any clues about [Monocular Room]."
Li Cheng remembered that Yuan Zhixia’s cousin, Yuan Donglian, was still trapped in some corner of the kill arena, in Monocular Room, with a daily activity range no larger than a prison cell, facing hundreds of surveillance screens in Monocular Room and acting as customer service Xiao Yuan.
Li Cheng was somewhat puzzled, "Shouldn’t the Special Affairs Bureau be the most eager to find Monocular Room?"
Given the Special Affairs Bureau’s modus operandi, they wouldn’t deliberately ignore it because Monocular Room is useful.
And the Mobile Task Force has ample personnel and resources, constantly sending people to explore the kill arena.
Yuan Zhixia explained succinctly, "Based on the bureau’s experience with past cases, the kill arena likely has a [hidden score] set for each player.
The higher the hidden score, the more likely the player is to undertake tasks of significant importance.
"Take [Electric Energy Retrospection] and this time’s [Anchor Point Connection], for example."
Li Cheng nodded, "Alright, I’ll contact you if I get any news about Monocular Room."
The sun was setting outside, Yuan Zhixia stood up, packed up the paper and talismans, took a special spray from the Backpack to erase biological traces, and sprayed it on the bowls and chopsticks they had used.
(Players’ life essence far exceeds that of ordinary people, with even the most ordinary microscope revealing anomalies in their cells. Therefore, most players deliberately collect their shed hair and skin flakes, some even shave their heads.)
Just as the two were about to push open the private room door, a system notification sounded in their ears.
[Task Type: Script Task (Team Deathmatch)]
[Task Name: Immortal Court Lawyer]
[Stage 1 Task Objective: In four hours, lie in a water-filled bathtub holding a copy of British Library document S343, and wait for the teleportation]
[Task Time Limit: None]
[Failure Penalty: None]
Both their faces changed slightly, looked at each other, and spoke in unison, "Did you hear that..."
"Tsk." Yuan Zhixia took a deep breath, "You’re also [Immortal Court Lawyer]?"
Receiving the same task at the same time and place, Li Cheng glanced at the TV showing the legal program, gave an invisible killer field system a fierce middle finger.
He had an average S-level rating, Yuan Zhixia was similar. Two S-level players participating in a team deathmatch task named "Immortal Court" sounded ominous in terms of trouble.
"The task starts in four hours, let’s go home and prepare first."
Yuan Zhixia sighed, put on a mask and hat, pushed open the door of the hot pot restaurant, and pressed the car key button to call for an electric car allocated by the bureau.
Some Mobile Task Force members don’t live at the base, so to ensure they can be on call, the Special Affairs Bureau provides various vehicles as commuting tools.
Li Cheng also got on a bicycle, leisurely rode toward home.
"You’re back? Want to eat, shower, or eat me first~"
Just as he opened the door, Li Cheng saw Gray Rain with chili sauce all over her mouth, wearing a bathrobe, leaning against the metal shoe cabinet, trying to strike a seductive pose while winking at him.
Due to winking too fast, her eyelashes cut through the air, making a swishing sound.
"What weird short videos have you been watching again?"
Li Cheng helplessly pushed aside Gray Rain’s chili sauce-covered head, "Get ready, a task has come."
Gray Rain’s expression turned serious, she quickly ran back to the living room, took out her phone and started downloading offline short videos.
Li Cheng shook his head helplessly, walked into the study, turned on the computer, and searched.
"British Library document S343, turns out it’s the [Divorce Certificate]..."
In the early 20th century, originally Hungarian, later becoming a British citizen of Jewish origin, Mark Aurel Stein,
Took advantage of the Eastern Giant’s poverty and weakness, from 1900 to 1931, entered the Western Regions four times under the guise of exploration and looted cultural relics.
Took away over ten thousand pieces of documents and relics from the Mogao Caves.
Earned him numerous honors from European countries, including Honorary Citizen of the British Indian Empire, Senior Knight of the India Empire, the Hungarian Merit Cross, the Huxley Medal, and the Kangbai’er Memorial Award.
To this day, his portrait still hangs in the London National Portrait Gallery and the Manchester City Art Gallery.
From race to nationality to behavior, he epitomizes the stereotype.
In short, British Library document S343 [Divorce Certificate] is one of the relics looted by Stein from Dunhuang Cave.
It’s a Tang Dynasty divorce certificate, stating, "Release grievances, untie knots, no more hatred; one farewell, mutual freedom, each finding joy. Three years’ cloth and food, to offer gentleness. Wish the lady long life and happiness."
It signifies a peaceful divorce—at least until the end of the Tang and early Song dynasties, marriage issues were relatively free.
Li Cheng leaned back into the chair, lost in thought.
A divorce agreement, Immortal Court Lawyer, could this task involve handling divorce litigation for deities?
Since the task type is a team deathmatch, there must be divided parties, possibly one side as plaintiff lawyer, the other as defendant lawyer...
Thinking this, Li Cheng leaned close to the computer, downloaded all historical and contemporary legal documents on divorce litigation, as well as court verdict documents.
Through friend communication, Yuan Zhixia informed him of her preparations—
The Special Affairs Bureau’s think tank analyzed the potential implications of the task, urgently contacted historians, prosecutors, judges, and lawyers with relevant permissions, held an online meeting, compiling a thick memorandum within less than four hours.
Over a thousand pages, teamwork at its finest.
Four hours flew by, Li Cheng, having prepared everything, lay in the water-filled bathtub, holding the copy and waiting for teleportation.
[Life-Sacrificing Gambler·Ant]
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[Constitution: 12] (New Human: +1) (Fury of the Common Man: +1)
[Charm: 5] (Barbecue Lover: -1)
[Equipment Column: Liangyi Blade, Assembly Puppet, Mechanic Master’s Certificate, Holographic Bone Corridor, Bat Hook Claw Gun, Skill Mobile USB, Information Integration Glasses, Steel and Victory Flag Spear, Ape-man Degeneration Gun, Technology Singularity Device]
[Backpack: Suicide Notebook, Automated Three-Dimensional Warehouse, Achili Toy Factory Key, Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills*5, Eyes Communication Headset, Emergency Escape Card, Electronic Pet Egg, Sea Shark Single Soldier Exoskeleton, Bat-winged Heavy Armored Motorcycle, Avenger Cannon, Daoist Robe]
[Skill Bar: Fog Concealment Skill, Multi-threaded Brain Domain Method, Experience Playing Method, Instant Thunder, Demon Exchange, Condensed Qi Internal Explosion Fist, Riding the Tide, Wind and Waves, Rooting in Stone Technique, Death Curse Torrent (Temporary), Extracting Brain Entropy (Temporary), Bloodthirsty Frenzy (Temporary), Leopard Jump Double Jump (Temporary), Medium Self-Aiming Gravity Energy Ball (Temporary), Summoning Technique: Thousand Paper Cranes (Temporary), Summoning Skill: Manor Guard*2]
[Game Currency: 4049]
[Spiritual Power Value: 640]
[Sanity Value: 410] (Barbecue Lover: +120) (Helicopter Destroyer: +30)
[Gray Rain: Skill Subtle Spirit Raid, Equipment Skull Shattering Power Hammer]