【Ahhh, she really did it!】
【So sneaky!!!】
【So ruthless, that move was completely unexpected. If it were me, I wouldn’t have been able to dodge it!】
Ye Sangsang reached out, placed the flashlight in her mouth, and gripped the hammer again.
Her back to the light, part of her expression was obscured, but the faint traces of excitement on her face were still visible.
She wasn’t panicked—only excited, her body trembling slightly from the adrenaline of her actions.
Across from her, the truly vicious man staggered unsteadily from the sudden blow.
She took a moment to admire her work, then stepped forward slowly.
The sudden strike caused Wang Shun’s hand, gripping the knife, to waver.
Instinctively, he tightened his hold on the blade, his other hand desperately trying to pull off the rain-soaked clothes covering his head.
But it was early spring, and the clothes, lined with thin fleece, clung tightly to his body after being drenched by the rain. The sleeves, tied tightly around his arms, made it nearly impossible to remove in his panicked state.
After several tugs, only half of his face was visible.
“Thud.” A dull sound echoed.
Ye Sangsang was now standing right in front of him.
Wang Shun was struck again on the head with the hammer.
He still hadn’t managed to pull the cloth off his head, but driven by instinct, he clung tightly to the knife that could save his life.
He wanted to lunge forward, grab Ye Sangsang, and plunge the knife into her vulnerable abdomen.
But before he could even extend his arm, the searing pain in his head sent him stumbling two steps back before collapsing to the ground.
The rain instantly soaked his back, and the fall left his entire body aching.
The brain, though encased in the strongest bones of the body, is also one of the most fragile.
The pain from the blow was unbearable for most people.
Even a light strike, combined with the force of a hammer to the temple, could leave someone disoriented and dazed. But Wang Shun was a seasoned criminal. After falling, he yanked the cloth off his head, gritted his teeth through the pain, and stood up, knife in hand, facing Ye Sangsang.
Ye Sangsang stood calmly with the hammer, her expression unreadable under the dim light of the car, facing Wang Shun head-on.
The scene unfolded so suddenly that the live chat froze for a moment before exploding with comments.
【Ahhhh, this is so terrifying!】
【Ye Sangsang is terrifying! She didn’t hesitate at all—she’s completely reckless!】
【Brave, but now that the first move is over, Ye Sangsang is at a disadvantage.】
The live stream’s popularity skyrocketed, reaching an astonishing 30,000 viewers.
“Drive away now, and we’ll leave each other alone,” Wang Shun said through gritted teeth, clutching his head as he glared at Ye Sangsang.
He was injured, and facing an adult man, he knew he might not have the upper hand in a fight to the death.
After weighing his options, he chose to back down.
It was the first time he had ever conceded, and he believed Ye Sangsang would accept his offer.
What unnerved him most was how calm she was.
Her calmness carried an air of madness, like someone who wasn’t entirely sane.
It made him hesitate.
Ye Sangsang’s eyes gleamed with an unusual light. The rain continued to pour heavily, making it hard to keep her eyes open.
But she kept them open, letting the rain pelt her face and eyes as if she felt no pain. She spoke softly, “I’m Sun Bin. Do you remember me?”
Wang Shun squinted, then shook his head uncertainly.
Ye Sangsang’s voice was barely audible. “You’ll remember…”
Without a second thought, she charged at him, ignoring the knife in his hand, and slammed the hammer into the same spot on his temple.
As the blade pierced her abdomen by a few inches, the hammer, driven by all her strength, struck his head with a crushing force.
The temple is a vulnerable spot—even a well-aimed blow from a bottle could be fatal.
Ye Sangsang was certain that even if she hadn’t hit the exact weak point where the skull is thinnest, three such blows would be enough to kill.
Her strength had been described as barely enough to lift a chicken.
So she had deceived Wang Shun. She needed to get close enough to deliver such a devastating strike.
She had to ensure the outcome, or she would face a brutal death.
Though the game blocked out pain and some of the more gruesome visuals, it was still a firsthand experience. She knew her fragile psyche couldn’t handle the trauma of being tortured to death.
So she chose to complete the mission.
She looked down at the man lying motionless on the ground, no longer a threat, and placed a hand over the wound in her abdomen.
A satisfied smile spread across her face.
【Holy crap, holy crap, this is…】
【This is so terrifying! I’m holding myself tight, crying! Oh my god!】
【A criminal!!! Lock her up, I’m so scared of how she kills!】
Ye Sangsang had no interest in reading the live chat. It was just a side effect of playing the game, not worth her attention.
She glanced down at the deep wound in her abdomen, about four or five centimeters deep, and then at the man on the ground. Instead of tending to her injury, she picked up the hammer and stepped forward again.
She bent down.
Raised her arm.
And struck.
Blood splattered onto Ye Sangsang’s face, only to be washed away by the rain.
The cylindrical hammer, about forty centimeters long, came down again and again on the man before her.
Until there was no chance Wang Shun could come back to life.
The live chat was silent, everyone too stunned to speak.
Even with the censored visuals, it was impossible to ignore how ferocious Ye Sangsang was.
Everyone had assumed that in a horror game like this, Ye Sangsang would be the vulnerable one. They had prepared to watch her break down in tears.
But no one expected that Ye Sangsang, with her measly strength stat of 3, would take down a seasoned criminal.
It turned out they were the fools.
【Next up is disposing of the body, right? That’s just as hard as killing him.】
【Looking at this scene, I can only say, no wonder the game developers warned that people with heart conditions or weak nerves shouldn’t play. Even with the censorship, it’s horrifying.】
【The good thing is, after leaving the instance, we’ll go through a memory-hypnosis process to dull the experience. Kudos to Star Ring for being considerate.】
【Without that process, this game would never have been approved for release!】
After a while, the chat slowly resumed.
Ye Sangsang rubbed her sore arm, thinking to herself how physically exhausting killing someone could be.
After a short rest, she moved on to the next phase of the mission: disposing of the body and covering her tracks.
The mission’s success criteria were clear: the police must not be able to trace Wang Shun back to her as the killer, and the crime scene had to match the state in which the police would find it.
If questioned, she would also need to act convincingly.
For most people, this task would require multiple attempts to get it right.
After all, in games, it’s normal to replay a level several times—finishing it in one go is the exception.
But Ye Sangsang was determined to be that exception.
She walked to her car and turned off the headlights.
Pulling out a flashlight, she opened the trunk.
Amid a flood of question marks in the live chat, she rummaged through the trunk.
She didn’t have Sun Bin’s memories, so she relied on her instincts to find some first aid supplies and bandages.
After grabbing what she needed, she closed the trunk and got back into the car. She opened the wound on her abdomen, swallowed some anti-inflammatory pills dry, and bandaged herself up.
Her main concern was preventing blood from seeping out and being collected as evidence.
Once that was done, she returned to Wang Shun’s body with the flashlight, bent down, and removed his raincoat to drape over herself.
The warmth from the raincoat helped ease the chill from the rain. She recalled the details of the mission and, using the game’s map feature, located the spot where the body was supposed to be dumped.
Physical strength was Ye Sangsang’s weak point, so it took considerable effort to drag the body to the now-empty trunk.
She put on the gloves she had found, opened the door to Wang Shun’s house, and after a moment, retrieved the tools he typically used for disposing of bodies.
She meticulously cleaned up all traces of their presence, except for the car.
Shoe prints, bloodstains—she directed them to wash away with the rain.
On her hands and knees, she examined every inch of the ground, erasing every last clue.
She wasn’t worried about the police finding the crime scene. Her goal was to leave no biological evidence, no shoe prints, no fingerprints.
Once she was certain everything was clean, she got back into the car and drove to the designated dumping site, following the in-game navigation.
Her calmness, patience, and attention to detail sent shivers down the spines of the viewers.
【I tried to imagine myself in that situation—I could never be that composed.】
【This is so terrifying. I watched the whole scene, and by the end, she had erased every single shoe print.】
【Is it just me, or is it strange that there are gloves in the car? Ye Sangsang didn’t seem surprised by their presence.】
Not many paid attention to this comment. For most, completing the game’s mission was the priority.
What most people discussed was the meticulousness and thoroughness of cleaning up the scene.
An extra pair of gloves might just be the game system’s way of making it easier for players to complete the task, hence simulating them.
In the rainy night, Ye Sangsang arrived at the dumping site and began driving back and forth in the vicinity.
It wasn’t until the fourth round that she stopped in a deserted wilderness gully.
She took out the small knife she had placed in her raincoat pocket earlier, wiped it clean with a cloth, and put it away. After putting on the shoes Wang Shun had left in the room, Ye Sangsang finally got out of the car.
Looking at the small grove about four or five meters away, Ye Sangsang stepped out of the car, put on the gloves, and began dragging the body down. She used the rainwater to wash Wang Shun’s clothes, cleaning off any fingerprints that might have been left on the clothes or body.
The knife was left in the car. After finishing this, she packed everything into a bag she had found in his room and tied the bag’s opening with nylon rope.
It was a very ordinary way of tying it, and she wore gloves throughout the entire process.
Once done, she dragged Wang Shun’s body into the grove, where there was a ditch in the middle of the woods.
Due to the rain, the water was already about a meter deep.
She used a flashlight to illuminate the area and threw Wang Shun’s body into the ditch.
Picking up a nearby dry stick, she pressed the bag firmly into the water, making sure it stayed in place. Then, she replaced the stick with a small tree to keep it submerged.
“I think this is how he did it,” she said slowly, gazing at the bag sinking into the water, now barely visible.
This was the first time she had spoken after committing the act, and the live stream audience was momentarily stunned.
【Wait, wasn’t the description that someone passing by found a floating body? Now she’s using a bag, which contradicts the description!】
【To the person above, the body was indeed found in a bag. I’ve seen an explanation of this case with photos, and there was a corner of the woven bag visible, exactly like the one Ye Sangsang used. Also, using a tree to secure the body makes sense because, without it, the body would have been washed away. The ditch is small, but without securing it, the body would have drifted, which wouldn’t meet the mission’s condition of the body being found at a specific location.】
【The streamer is so detail-oriented. She even noticed this.】
Initially, many viewers didn’t understand why Ye Sangsang did what she did, but after the explanation in the comments, everyone suddenly understood.
Ye Sangsang still didn’t seem interested in the comments. She had only spoken to go over in her mind whether she had missed anything.
Looking at the footprints beneath her, she continued cleaning up.
She took out the murder weapon again, wiped it clean, and casually threw it into the ditch.
Watching it sink with a “plop,” she felt a strange sense of satisfaction.
Having been in a wheelchair for so long, she even enjoyed this moment of being fully capable.
This was the aspect of the game she cared about the most.
This time, she wasn’t just cleaning up. Wang Shun’s shoe size was one size larger than Sun Bin’s, and she had deliberately swapped them.
It had to be said, the killer was quite clever. The shoe size in the case information turned out to be a red herring.
The difference in shoe size led to a discrepancy in the criminal profile’s height and weight, causing the police to make incorrect assumptions and waste their efforts.
Looking at all this, she silently praised the perfect replication of the crime and got back into the car to leave.
The mud-covered tires left tracks on the road as she drove away.
