The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 131 - 103: Turbid Shadow

Chapter 131: Chapter 103: Turbid Shadow

The crow jumped onto the table and rubbed its wings.

"This time, I must give you something good!"

Open!

A flash of light.

A white, fluffy pillow appeared on the table.

[Name: High-Quality Sleeping Pillow]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Special Effect: Using this pillow will grant extremely high sleep quality, reduce the required sleep time, and slightly heal bodily injuries and restore energy during sleep.]

[Note 1: High-quality sleep, you deserve it.]

[Note 2: After this pillow was invented, capitalists worldwide were ecstatic, as it meant they could further exploit workers’ sleep time. Within less than three months, the daily sleep time for workers worldwide was reduced to four hours.]

"It’s a recovery item, not bad."

Zhou Yuan explained the pillow’s abilities, then looked expectantly, "Now that the box is open, could the peerlessly beautiful, radiant, and charming Raven Goddess enlighten me?"

"Oh, such sweet words."

The crow laughed pleasantly, "Alright, I’ll give you a little inside information."

Zhou Yuan quickly pricked up his ears.

The crow paused, then said seriously, "It is an abnormal creature."

"Mhm, mhm."

"That abnormal creature is very evil."

"Mhm, mhm."

"It wants to do big things."

"Mhm, mhm."

The crow spread its wings, "That’s all for now, the transaction is complete, I’m leaving, goodbye."

"?"

Zhou Yuan looked bewildered as the crow exploded into a cloud of black mist and disappeared.

"Wait, what...?"

He was dumbfounded. What kind of insider information was this? Out of three sentences, two were useless. The only useful information confirmed was that the Cyber Demon was an "abnormal creature" and not an extraordinary person.

But on closer thought, even that one sentence seemed useless since the line between abnormal creatures and extraordinary persons was very blurred. Someone like Chen Guangxi, an abnormal creature, could also be considered an extraordinary person.

All in all, none of the three sentences were useful at all.

Zhou Yuan remained silent. Was he mistaken to have expectations from a goddess who enjoyed watching the fun? Even if She knew everything, She probably wouldn’t tell him.

Wait, or...

Zhou Yuan looked suspicious, "Goddess, could it be that you couldn’t figure it out?"

"Tsk."

The black mist surged, and the crow reappeared on the table, very displeased, "Do you think I can’t figure out something this simple? Do you think there could be an insincere chosen one who doubts their own deity’s abilities? In other churches, you’d have been punished long ago."

"Investigate it yourself, I won’t tell you. If I tell you everything, it will be hard for you to grow."

With that, She exploded into a cloud of black mist again and disappeared.

Alright then.

Zhou Yuan reluctantly put away the [High-Quality Sleeping Pillow], deciding to investigate on his own.

If I can’t find anything, don’t be too eager to watch the fun...

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When he got home, it was already evening. Zhou Yuan ordered takeout and lounged lazily on the sofa, scrolling through his phone.

The news of a nuclear explosion in the Amazon Rainforest had already topped international trending lists, attracting worldwide attention.

Coincidentally, a documentary team filming in the Amazon Rainforest had recorded the entire nuclear explosion and posted the video online, which had already surpassed a billion views.

Clicking on the video, the beginning showed scenic footage of the tropical rainforest. Suddenly, the screen shook violently, accompanied by shouts of surprise from men and women. The camera swung around, capturing a heavy mushroom cloud rising slowly in the distance. Then, a tidal wave of shockwaves swept in, shaking the screen...

According to the news, the documentary team was later taken to the nearest hospital for treatment by the rescue team, suffering only minor injuries and no radiation exposure.

As for the cause of the nuclear explosion, netizens from various countries were speculating. Some said it was a remnant of a nuclear weapon from the Third World War accidentally triggered — which was somewhat accurate.

Others claimed it was the work of extreme terrorists deliberately damaging the ecosystem.

There were also theories that the authorities had discovered a Godzilla-like prehistoric monster in the Amazon Rainforest, and because it was too dangerous, they decided to kill it with a nuclear weapon.

As the situation escalated, conspiracy theories flooded the internet. Some of these theories even coincided with the truth — "The Umbrella Corporation" had built a biochemical laboratory in the rainforest, and federal agents had infiltrated it to investigate, eventually triggering the nuclear bomb and wiping out the lab and the zombies inside.

Seeing that public opinion was getting out of control, the federal authorities quickly released a statement, shifting the blame onto a notorious terrorist organization, announcing that they had already deployed the military to completely eradicate this terrorist group.

With the official statement and intentional control of the hype, this incident would soon be forgotten.

As for the nuclear radiation in the Amazon Rainforest, as long as a few high-level extraordinary persons with the right abilities were involved, it wouldn’t be difficult to resolve, even restoring the ecosystem to its original state.

Compared to letting mold contaminate the entire Amazon Rainforest and plunging South America and even North America into a biohazard era, this result was evidently acceptable.

The Transcendent forum’s discussion on this matter was equally intense, but there was not a single reliable piece of news.

West and Hong Fangqi had probably already reported the situation to their respective organizations. If guessed correctly, Wan Gu Genes and Omega had likely already started investigating "Bear Grylls" and "Cyber Demon."

Just then, Zhou Yuan came across a missing person post.