Chapter 25 - 25 Chapter 25: Gold Shop Arson (2/2)

[you have died.]

this was su nan’s fourth time dying at the entrance of cell no. 30.

he sighed. this task wasn’t something that could be completed in a short time as expected.

“logout from the game.”

he had two more chances to foretell, but he didn’t continue.

at this point in time, trying to foresee the future was unlikely to succeed.

he planned to try again in the morning, and if that didn’t work, he would wait until the evening to try yet again.

the next day.

su nan was awakened by the alarm clock. it was exactly seven o’clock.

the first thing he did was not wash up, but log into the game and try to foresee the future again, as planned.

unfortunately, his failure was anticipated.

…

“fatty li, do you ever stop? you just had us check everything yesterday, and you’re having us check again today? are you trying to make work for the sake of it?” su nan had just arrived at the hotel where he worked and heard wang chong’s disgruntled voice.

across from wang chong sat a muscular man in his thirties – the head of the hotel’s security team, nicknamed fatty li.

while fatty li seemed very strict at work and held high expectations for his subordinates, he was actually very warm-hearted. he had a good relationship with su nan, wang chong and the others outside of work, and they often went out to eat kebabs together.

“what’s going on?” su nan stepped forward and asked.

wang chong said, “brother nan, this fatty li is giving us extra work for no reason. he wants us to recheck the fire safety equipment that we just checked yesterday.”

fatty li said, “this is just as a precaution. last night, a gold shop not far from us caught fire. although no one was injured, the loss was quite heavy.”

“that’s a coincidence, isn’t it? there was a fire in a residential block the night before last, and last night there was a fire in the gold shop. both places are very close to us!” su nan felt something strange about the whole situation.

fatty li continued, “but this time it seems to be arson. the police are already investigating. after the fire was extinguished, they discovered that all the gold in the shop had disappeared.”

“so could it be that someone stole the gold and then set the fire on purpose?” asked wang chong.

“it certainly seems that way,” fatty li nodded.

after a pause, he added mysteriously, “it’s said, that after the fire was extinguished, the surveillance footage from the shop opposite the gold shop showed that the fire in the gold shop ignited in an instant.”

“what do you mean?” su nan asked.

fatty li clarified, “the fire in the gold shop ignited and spread to the entire shop within less than a second!”

“even if it was drenched in gasoline, the spread of flames would take some time. it couldn’t happen that fast. moreover, no flammable or explosive materials were found in the gold shop. this is quite incredible.”

“and there’s another issue. the fire in the gold shop was so hot that it melted most of the metal items in the shop.”

fatty li shared all the information he had gathered.

after listening to him, su nan’s expression changed subtly.

he thought of a possibility.

players! this was caused by a game player, and specifically, a player from the law-controlling class.

in the game, martial artists’ bloodline could be divided into three classes: physique series, secret power system, and law-controlling class. law-controlling class could control fire, water and thunder.

he had never seen a martial artist from the law-controlling class, but just based on the words’ literal meaning, one could infer that such a martial artist possesses the ability to control fire.

he had previously guessed that zhou cheng was not the only one hiding his game strength. now, it seems his guess was correct.

and coincidentally, that player wasn’t far from him.

“the game hasn’t entered public beta yet, and chaos is already starting. i wonder what this world will become after the game goes public,” su nan expressed, concern in his eyes, now he felt an urgent need to increase his strength.

eventually, the task of checking the fire safety equipment fell to the two of them.

having no choice, su nan and wang chong reluctantly began to recheck the equipment.

in the afternoon, a vip guest arrived at the hotel.

it was the person who had booked out the entire top floor of the hotel yesterday to set up a game studio.