Chapter 526: Pretend to Be Dead

[You appear in the 'Regent's Reception Room'. ]

[Behind the desk in front, the masked man is whispering to the young and handsome Regent, looking at you from time to time with a slightly surprised expression. ]

[You are bored and turn your head to look at the environment in the room. ]

[On the four walls of this ornately decorated hall, there are several huge murals, each of which depicts the interaction of some characters in the style of classical oil painting. ]

[You look at them in order and soon find that the protagonist in these murals seems to be the ancestor 'Cain' circulated among the blood clan. ]

[A few simple paintings depict the story of Cain and Abel, as well as the passing god. The god showed a partial attitude towards the two brothers. In the end, Cain stabbed Abel to death, angered the god, was cursed by the god, and exiled to a desperate place... This is almost the same story you pieced together from the ancestor's diary. ]

[But the story line of the mural in front of you does not end here, there is another painting behind it. 】

【In the last painting, a woman appeared, with red clothes like blood, noble temperament, and holy light covering her body. Cain knelt down in front of the woman with tears in his eyes, but the woman smiled and helped him up like a loving Madonna...】

【"Haha, interesting..." You were just guessing the meaning of the last painting, and the Regent suddenly laughed, stood up and clapped his hands and walked towards you. 】

【"Although you played some tricks, I have to admit that you completed this task perfectly." The Regent walked in front of you with a smile and took out an exquisite jade bottle. 】

【"This is the Wuyuan Heart Blood I promised you before, and I will do what I said." The Regent handed the jade bottle to you. 】

【You obtained 'Wuyuan Heart Blood'*1, generation: 6 generations, which can be used to reduce the generation of vampires below 7 generations, and the blood law contained: unknown. 】

【At this time, the Regent has spoken again: "In addition, you don't have to worry about Beverly's existence. I asked him to follow you purely for your safety. After all, you are a celebrity now, and you have attracted the attention of almost all clans. There are countless people who want to attack you secretly..."】

【The Regent looked at you with a smile: "Of course, a smart person like you, how to deal with yourself must not need me to say more, so I won't beat around the bush. I'm very interested in your "talent absorption". If you join the royal family, I will promote you to be my right-hand man, and your status will not be lower than Beverly. At the same time, I will give you the best resources. As long as you join the royal family, I can recommend you to the 4th generation of vampires the next day!"】

【"Don't think that the 4th generation is not high enough. In fact, in this city, the most powerful vampires are only 3rd generation, and the number can be counted on one hand. As for the 1st and 2nd generation vampires, they have long been extinct."】

Mu You looked at the series of assurances given to him by the Regent, raised his eyebrows, and asked questions in the game.

[You asked the Regent how he planned to obtain your blood law? ]

Blood law can only be passed from lower generations to higher generations, and if the other party takes his heart blood, wouldn't he become his blood slave? Unless he is killed afterwards to remove the blood binding effect.

["Regarding this, I naturally have my own way... Well, to show my sincerity, I can tell you in advance: I have a relic of the blood god, which can purify the heart blood and eliminate the blood binding effect. In addition, I have an ability to temporarily increase my generation. These two things combined can allow me to obtain your talent without killing you and without side effects. Unfortunately, this relic has a limited number of times and cannot be used easily at ordinary times, otherwise I would not have to wait for you." The Regent said frankly. 】

【"In addition, if you cooperate with me, you don't need to worry about crossing the river and burning the bridge, or abandoning the dog after the rabbit dies. As the regent, my first priority is to be trustworthy, and I will never do such a thing that destroys my reputation. In addition, I actually know something about you..."】

【"Regarding you outsiders, although there is a rule that is difficult to contend with and has been trying to modify my cognition, I have lived here for so many years after all, and I still feel something more or less: you outsiders, in fact, are just here to train, and will not stay here permanently, right? At most half a year, you will disappear. Since you will not threaten my position, I naturally don't need to do anything to you, and I will even take the initiative to help you complete the training within this half year." The regent said confidently. 】

"Oh?"

Mu You was a little surprised. This regent actually had some NPC awakening, but he didn't awaken completely. He vaguely realized that he was an NPC, but perhaps because he was in a high position, he did not intend to resist all this, but enjoyed his current situation.

Coming back to his senses, Mu You couldn't help but sigh. To be fair, the conditions of this regent were actually very tempting. Not only did he guarantee that he would survive for half a year, but he would also provide the best support in all aspects. It can be said that this was a very smooth shortcut. As long as he agreed, he could guarantee a risk-free clearance. If it were another player, he would probably agree.

Unfortunately, the other party didn't know that there was another "becoming king" mode for clearance, becoming the king of vampires in this city in a short period of time, and Mu You had no time to stay, so he could only be forced to follow this mode, which meant that he and this regent could not cooperate.

Of course, there is no need to explain it clearly here.

[You hesitated for a moment, but still shook your head, indicating that you need to think about it. ]

[“Of course. Once you’ve thought it through, I’ll welcome you anytime.” The Regent spoke confidently, believing that you would eventually make a wise decision. ]

[After you said goodbye to the Regent, you left the mansion alone…]

The text here says ‘left alone’, but Mu You guessed that the masked man must still be following.

Mu You even suspected for a time whether this masked man was the so-called ‘administrator’. After all, the administrator’s purpose was to watch the show from the sidelines, and of course it would be best if he could watch it up close at any time.

Being followed by this person, Mu You couldn’t perform many operations. It happened that the sky in the game had already brightened at this time, so he simply pulled the character to the assigned apartment to rest.

In reality, he also took the opportunity to log off and went back to the house to make up for his sleep.

When he woke up again, it was already noon.

Mu You went downstairs and saw that the pet shop was deserted. Xiaoya and Lin Xue were not there, and it was not open for business. There was no bustle at all.

Linglong didn’t come back all night last night, and I don’t know where she went. At this time, there were only two clones in the shop, the herbalist and the night watchman.

The herbalist was still sitting on the table by the window, looking down and staring at his phone. His movements were the same as yesterday. Mu You seriously suspected that he had been working here for a whole day and night.

As for the night watchman, he was sitting on the sofa with a Coke in his arms, petting the cat and watching TV.

"Tsk tsk, it's the style of Amei. It's too free..."

When Mu You approached, he just heard the night watchman's sigh. He looked up and saw that the TV was broadcasting international news. In a city in America, a coded corpse was lying on the street. It was obvious that the death was quite tragic.

"No, we are kind-hearted and can't watch this. Let's change the channel... Well, movies can be on demand here. Xiao Ba, do you want to watch "Anaconda" first, or the story of Fahai and the White Snake?" The night watchman said while pressing the remote control.

"Can you shut up? I just want to rest now!" The irritable voice of the snake sounded from the night watchman's mind.

"Hey, wait, don't change the channel..." Mu You suddenly spoke.

"Huh? You're awake!" The night watchman turned around and saw Mu You.

Mu You stared at the news on TV, his expression gradually becoming serious.

At this time, the report was that a boy's body suddenly appeared on the street in a certain urban area in America. The death was quite tragic, as if he had been eaten by some wild beast. It caused quite a stir in the local area. The police had blocked the scene and were investigating.

This news suddenly reminded Mu You that the administrator seemed to have said something like "You will be able to see his body on the news the next day."

Could this body be the boy in the game last night?

Because the TV was too heavily coded and it was not a big deal, it was quickly skipped after only a few seconds of broadcasting, and Mu You had no time to distinguish.

After thinking about it, he simply decided to go to the scene to see it in person.

As for flying to the other side of the earth, it was not difficult. Mu You had specially left a teleportation array under all the black holes before, and the crime scene was not too far from the black hole in America.

Next, Mu You was teleported directly to America, and as the ghost captain, he explained his demands to the local official forces.

The US side naturally attached great importance to this. How could they not pay attention? He is the world's number one master, and his every move has attracted much attention. Now he suddenly ran to other people's territory and asked to see a corpse, which was really bizarre.

After Mu You explained the situation, several major forces in America also immediately took action, exempted all procedures, and arranged a large number of people to "accompany" him to the city where the crime occurred.

Two hours later, Mu You finally arrived at the city and saw the body of the boy in a morgue not far from the crime scene.

"Look, this is the deceased. When it was first discovered, it was hanging on the top of a clock tower. Because it was dark at the time, it took a long time for someone to find it. After we received the alarm, we immediately sent people to seal off the scene..." The sheriff in charge of this case carefully explained the situation to Mu You.

"Have you confirmed the identity of this person?" Mu You frowned and looked at the corpse in front of him.

The corpse looked like a teenager, with eyes wide open, pale face, and horrified death. The two wounds on the chest also looked like they were torn open by the fangs of a vampire. What was even more bizarre was that there was no trace of blood on the wounds, because the blood in the body had long been sucked clean.

No matter how you look at it, this corpse is exactly the same as the death of the teenager in the game last night.

"It's confirmed. It's a child who disappeared in our area a few years ago. We filed a case and investigated it that year, but unfortunately there was no result. In the end, it could only be left unresolved. I didn't expect that he would suddenly show up today..."

The sheriff explained the situation and couldn't help looking at the many local bigwigs following behind him, then looked at Mu You and said carefully: "Master, do you know this child?"

"Oh, I don't know him. It's just that I happened to see the news before and felt that this matter was a bit strange, so I came to see it." Mu You explained casually.

"Uh..." Everyone looked at each other in surprise. Your reason is too hasty. Why would someone travel halfway around the world just to see a body that they don't know?

"Okay, thank you for your help. Please put the dead body away."

After taking a few quick glances around the body, Mu You waved his hand and prepared to leave.

"Ah, Master, don't you need to go to the scene again?" someone asked hurriedly.

"No need." Mu You waved his hand and was about to leave. He just came to confirm whether this person was the boy in the game. Now that he was basically sure of it, that was enough.

The police chief was stunned for a moment and hurriedly caught up with him: "Master, do you have any... uh, suggestions about this case?"

"Suggestion? No, I'm not here to investigate the case. Just do whatever you want to investigate." After Mu finished speaking, he declined the invitations and solicitations from others present and flew directly away from the place and returned to the teleportation array. Send back home.

A group of people were left looking at each other, so people really just came to see the corpse?

As soon as Mu You left, the other dignitaries present had no reason to stay. After a brief chat, they all left quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the morgue was empty, leaving only the police chief and the person in charge of the morgue.

"Chief, what about this body?" The person in charge looked at the Sheriff inquiringly.

"Put it away..." The police chief smiled wryly and waved his hand. Then he remembered something and hurriedly ordered: "Oh, remember to keep it and don't let anyone get close! If there is any abnormality, please notify me immediately!"

"Yes." The person in charge put the body into the corpse cabinet and locked it.

After the two of them left, the morgue became completely quiet.

However, no one noticed that not long after the body was put into the morgue, in the freezer, the young man who had been considered dead by everyone suddenly opened his eyes...

…

Mu You didn't know what happened next in America. After returning home, he got into the game again.

[You wake up in the apartment...]

[You feel empty in your belly, and the strong sense of hunger is reminding you: you need to find a living person to eat as soon as possible, otherwise, in the starved state, your full attributes and blood law effects will be greatly reduced...]

【Do you want to go out for food immediately? 】

To be honest, it is quite troublesome for vampires to suck blood every day. Mu You had never had this problem before because he had a gargoyle that could automatically replenish his health every day.

It's a pity that the gargoyle cannot be embodied in this scene, and the daily blood-sucking here can only be done by him himself.

"no."

Mu You shook his head. The problem of blood sucking was easy. When it got dark, he could go out and squat in a corner for a while and he could find his prey.

The real problem now is the masked man. Being monitored by this guy 24 hours a day, Mu You feels uncomfortable doing anything.

But when it comes to getting rid of the other party, it seems that he really can't do it on his own...

[Your computer sounds an email reminder...]

Just when Mu You was thinking about how to break the game, a prompt suddenly popped up in the game.

Mu You didn't think much about it. He controlled the character and walked to the computer, opened the email and took a look.

["Are you worried about the monitor arranged by the regent? If so, come to Chifeng Cemetery right away. I can help you get rid of him."]

"Um?"

Mu You was stunned. He was just thinking about this when someone just sent him such an email. How could it be such a coincidence?

Mu You hurriedly glanced at the messenger: Catalina.

"Katerina..."

Mu You pondered, he had some impression of this name. When he first entered the scene, he met three vampires on the rooftop.

And Katarina is the woman among the three who wears a black robe and calls herself the "Death Raider" clan.