Monitoring Surveillance

Guan En recalled the echoing female voice that wouldn't stop.

It felt like brainwashing, which matched perfectly.

The female attendant's face grew increasingly pale and haggard.

Zhu Yan's palms began to sweat slightly.

He reached into his pocket, where his aunt's player badge, Ability Card, and black envelope were still kept.

These items, which he hadn't had time to deal with, could serve as perfect props to deceive the police officer.

Guan En instinctively felt that the female attendant wasn't faking it.

If she were acting, she might have given herself away by saying things like, "I've been pulled into a dungeon."

He had seen suspects who, to gain trust, would fabricate highly logical and meticulously detailed confessions.

But the woman before him was panicked, in a trance, and incoherent, perfectly fitting the state of someone who had suffered a sudden shock.

He glanced at the door; his colleagues were still standing guard there, while his superior was inspecting the train car.

Strangely, the passengers' faces showed no signs of fear or panic.

None of them had been pulled into the dungeon!

Could this female attendant be one of his few teammates?

Guan En asked, "Miss, when did you start having auditory hallucinations? Did you receive anything?"

Zhu Yan let out a small, dry heave.

He recalled his aunt's condition when she first entered a dungeon and improved upon it with a bit of intelligence.

"I... I heard it while I was working..."

"As for things, there was a black..."

Zhu Yan adjusted his complexion to look even paler.

"Officer, it's hard to describe clearly. It's too complicated, I'm just..."

"Show me the item." Guan En frowned slightly. "I know what's going on, don't panic just yet."

"In those hallucinations of yours, there was a player quest, right? What is the quest?"

This must be one of the players, but time was tight, and he had no time to offer her psychological counseling.

He could only verify her player quest first and then have her follow his instructions and cooperate.

Cat and Mouse Game.

His side was the Cat, and Zhu Yan was the Mouse.

If his guess was correct, the others were either characters assisting the Cat, or they had other, simpler quests!

Looking deathly pale, Zhu Yan tremblingly placed a gold coin in Guan En's palm.

It was obvious that he and the police officer were playing the same game.

The officer wanted to coax out his abilities and quest to make decisions more favorable to the Cat.

Since that was the case, he could just play along with the officer.

However, he couldn't give away his aunt's Ability Card.

If he handed it over, he would definitely be exposed!

"Is it this?" Zhu Yan said. "There's also a card, but I casually put it in my bag when I changed shifts to rest."

"I found these things when I was—"

"Do you still remember your quest?" Guan En had no time for nonsense.

Zhu Yan pretended to hesitate for a second.

In that one second, he glanced into the train car.

The pseudo-human had already found his empty seat.

Unlike the previous level 2 pseudo-humans, it raised its nose and sniffed gently, as if it could smell a certain scent.

Then, it decisively turned around and headed straight toward car number 8.

A level 3 pseudo-human, with a keen sense of smell, capable of distinguishing specific scents?

But the pseudo-human didn't come back looking for him; instead, it followed the route he had taken.

Could his Acting cover up his scent?

A hint of vigilance rose in Zhu Yan's heart.

With a thought, he tried to mask his human scent, and then brought his attention back.

"My quest," he revealed just the right amount of confusion, "the exact words were something about assisting... cooperating with the police station to catch a mouse..."

"Officer, do you know something?"

Pretending to be a teammate of the Cat would make it easier to proceed.

"A person." Guan En said. "Car number 7, a young man, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with long hair."

"He looks... very good-looking. Have you seen him?"

Like Zhu Yan, Guan En also noticed his superior's movements and instinctively glanced into car number 7.

As expected, he did not see Zhu Yan's striking face.

However, Guan En wasn't in a hurry.

The entire train was surrounded by their people, everyone was kept behind, and there was absolutely no way out.

He turned his gaze back to the female attendant and found her frowning, cold sweat seeping from her forehead due to panic.

"I have seen him... I even spoke to him... but, I don't understand..."

She looked at Guan En, so anxious she was about to cry.

Guan En's heart stirred.

Seen him, and even spoke to him?

This was an important clue!

Guan En wanted to ask more, but Zhu Yan grabbed his cuff, acting as if he were completely lost and terrified.

Now was the time.

He needed to confirm Guan En's quest!

"Officer, do you mean all of this is real?"

Zhu Yan looked at the pseudo-human's back with trembling lips, once again interrupting Guan En, who was equally anxious to ask questions.

"You have a quest too? Are the exact words of your quest the same?"

Guan En could tell that the terrified female attendant already saw him as a lifesaver.

He said, "It is real, and you must complete the quest."

Seeing the female attendant's expression, Guan En comforted her, "You don't need to worry too much. My quest is almost the same as yours. Mine is to assist my companions in completing the quest and stay alive."

In an instant, Zhu Yan's mind turned through eighteen different angles.

In his view, the police officer's novice quest was quite difficult.

From a realistic logical perspective, as a police officer, Guan En's companions were the pseudo-humans.

But from the perspective of the Carnival Paradise, as a player, Guan En's companion was Zhu Yan!

Such confusing concepts could easily lead to misjudgment.

A slight error in judgment would cost him his life.

If he were this police officer, he would already be thinking about how to exploit the bug and deceive both sides.

Yet this guy in front of him was actually kindly comforting a female attendant who was suspected of being a fraud.

Zhu Yan nodded, his eyes red, pretending he was trying hard to stay calm.

"I... I understand." he said. "So, our quests are both to find the person the police station is looking for?"

To make it more realistic, he asked another question a newcomer would ask.

"Then, the pseudo-humans mentioned in the broadcast are...?"

Then again, whether Guan En lived or died had nothing to do with him.

He just needed to find a way to get out with a suitable identity.

"Yes, we need to find someone."

Guan En nodded, watching the pseudo-human leader stop in front of the restroom.

The pseudo-human was his superior, and also his companion.

In his eyes, the underlying premise of this game was to unite with the pseudo-humans to catch Zhu Yan, who was also a player.

It was cruel, but that was just how life-and-death dungeons were.

He could use his abilities to ensure that Zhu Yan wasn't eaten by the pseudo-humans and didn't die in such a painful way.

But whether he lived or died after leaving the dungeon was none of his business!

"Around four o'clock in the morning, he spoke to me."

Zhu Yan returned to the main topic, truthfully recounting his conversation with the real attendant.

"He greeted me, asked where the dining car was, and also asked if I had a shift change so I could rest and eat..."

"So I told him the shift change time..."

Zhu Yan observed Guan En's expression; the other party was thinking seriously.

"He went to the other side of the train, towards Carriage 15..."

Zhu Yan glanced at the connection between Carriage 8 and Carriage 9.

There was the restroom where he had stayed for a long time. The doppelganger had already entered the restroom and looked like it was about to come right back out.

Let this idiot deal with the real attendant.

He needed to find the doppelganger and then leave this place without anyone noticing!

Guan En quickly figured it out.

This Zhu Yan was very cunning. Judging from his conversation with the attendant, what he wanted was the female attendant's shift change information.

It was simple: this way, when he disguised himself as the female attendant, he wouldn't be easily exposed.

Going to Carriage 15 was purely because it was the furthest away.

Guan En didn't dawdle any longer and strode toward Carriage 15.

Zhu Yan took the opportunity to jog after him, rushing toward the doppelganger he had been fixated on.

The doppelganger, having found nothing, had already come out of the restroom.

Guan En hurriedly stopped and called out, "Boss, the person should be in Carriage 15. We need to head over there."

Guan En's gaze was fixed directly on the doppelganger's face.

Taking advantage of Guan En's distraction, Zhu Yan tugged hard on the doppelganger's cuff.

This wouldn't do.

This doppelganger was highly useful!

Feeling the tug, the doppelganger turned its neck and glanced at its own kind.

Now was the time!

Zhu Yan took a step back, pretending to be afraid, ensuring that the doppelganger's body shielded him and kept him in Guan En's blind spot.

Then, his face rapidly shifted, transforming back into his original appearance.

The doppelganger's head, which had been about to turn away, stopped.

It looked at Zhu Yan. As Zhu Yan's face slowly reverted to that of the female attendant, a hint of confusion and awe appeared on its stiff face.

"Are you the supervisor?" Zhu Yan hinted to it clearly, wanting it to follow him. "Shall I take you to see the surveillance footage?"