Chapter 2: Fate Changed, Archives Qing Lake Fishman
“The deceased, Bai Mou.”
Seeing these words, Bai Yu’s cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
He had already been bold enough to accept the previous two supernatural information pieces in a short period.
Flood disaster, two million people affected.
City destruction disaster, even more than ten million deaths!
Seeing these cold numbers, he did feel something in his heart, but not much.
After all, the time was still far off, and even if it was a disaster in Tianhai City, he could escape in advance even if he couldn’t change it.
But he never imagined that he would die tomorrow.
When ‘death’ loomed, he would definitely not be able to remain calm.
“Judging from the news headline, this guy wasn’t after me, but wanted to kill a certain female streamer. It looks like a normal revenge killing, and I just happened to be run over and killed.”
Bai Yu muttered to himself, trying to sort out his thoughts.
“It’s not a supernatural creature going on a rampage; it looks like a fate that can be completely reversed.”
“Then I’ll just take a leave of absence tomorrow and stay at home. I’ll see who can kill me!”
Although he said that, Bai Yu was still a little worried.
After learning that this world might have supernatural powers, he felt very insecure.
“My golden finger seems to be related to intelligence. I hope it can provide some information that allows me to become a transcendent later.”
He prayed silently, and with complex thoughts, Bai Yu went to the bathroom and took a hot shower.
After showering, it should have been time to sleep, but he couldn’t sleep no matter what. He opened his computer and started searching major news outlets, wanting to see if there was anything abnormal in this world now.
With a different mindset, he looked at those ‘weird’ news again.
He suddenly discovered that in recent years, legends of water monsters, sea monsters, wild men encountered on icebergs, and sewer lizardmen had increased significantly!
Of course, there were also absurd ones, like the discovery of an Ultraman fossil in the East Sea, which would only fool elementary school students.
Just looking at these news, Bai Yu couldn’t help but feel that this world was much more complicated than he had imagined!
The next day, at seven o’clock.
Bai Yu woke up early, which was rare.
“Hiss~”
As soon as he sat up, he felt sore all over.
However, this did not prevent him from looking at his golden finger first.
As expected, four new pieces of intelligence had appeared.
Intelligence one
Keyword: Special Investigation Bureau
Required Intelligence Value: 1
Intelligence two
Keyword: Fishman
Required Intelligence Value: 1
Intelligence three
Keyword: Life Experience
Required Intelligence Value: 5
Intelligence four
Keyword: Sequence Advancement
Required Intelligence Value: 20
“I only have eight intelligence points left, which is only enough to buy the first three.”
As he said this, Bai Yu did not forget to check if the daily tasks had been refreshed.
Upon closer inspection, they had indeed been refreshed.
And the content was the same as yesterday: one hundred squats, push-ups, sit-ups, and a ten-kilometer run.
“Gray, white, green, it seems to be a quality classification for intelligence. There should be higher quality ones later, and the price will probably be higher? The points obtained in a day won’t be enough to buy them.”
“Looking at it this way, intelligence points cannot be spent carelessly.”
However, this was the early stage of understanding this world, so Bai Yu decisively acquired the first three pieces of intelligence.
On January 9, 2021, representatives of transcendent beings from various administrative regions of Blue Star held a meeting, announcing the establishment of the Special Investigation Bureau on a global scale to deal with supernatural events under the state of Spiritual Qi Awakening.
“2021!? Isn’t that sixteen years ago!?”
“So, this is the starting point of the supernatural in this world?”
Seeing this news, Bai Yu was actually quite excited. At least from this point of view, this world had long had countermeasures against supernatural beings, and he wasn’t carrying the burden alone.
The city destruction disaster he saw might be avoidable!
Continuing to look at the second piece of intelligence.
Archives – Qing Lake Fishman
File Number: SIB-2037-072
Entry Date: 2037.08.07
File Status: Captured
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Basic Information:
Name – Wang Yongjian
First Offense: Jiangnan District Yongcheng Street – Car Accident Case, resulting in 3 deaths and 5 injuries.
The information provided was limited, clearly only a small part of the archives.
Bai Yu carefully looked at the photo. It looked like a legendary fishman, with many wounds on its body and some parts charred, likely caused by supernatural attacks.
The face was not completely deformed, and one could see the person’s appearance, especially the obvious mole on the tip of the nose.
If he saw it, he wondered if he could recognize it.
“I didn’t expect the culprit to be a fishman monster. This is troublesome.”
“However, 3 deaths and 5 injuries, compared to yesterday’s 7 deaths and 5 injuries, there has already been a significant change. It’s a pity that the names of the deceased are not known now.”
Looking at the third piece of intelligence again.
Bai Yu – Death Archives
Position: Level 1 Ordinary Investigator
Date of Death: 2037.12.28
Description: During the investigation of the Blood Pool incident, he entered the Blood Pool area with other team members to assist the elite team in investigation and evidence collection.
During this period, the Blood Pool suddenly erupted with strong energy fluctuations, causing Bai Yu to die on the spot. Preliminary judgment was internal organ rupture and severe bleeding caused by energy fluctuations.
“.”
“I’m dead again! But fortunately, it’s half a year later. And it’s certain that I probably won’t die tonight.”
“It’s just that the intelligence provided doesn’t seem to account for the subsequent effects of the golden finger. Otherwise, with a golden finger, if I’m still this useless, it would be too embarrassing for a transmigrator.”
After seeing this piece of intelligence, Bai Yu looked at the fishman again.
He recalled the seven Alien Gods mentioned in yesterday’s city destruction disaster intelligence.
God of Fishmen, Ancestral God of Blood…
Qing Lake Fishman, Blood Pool!
It seemed that at this time, the forces of these Alien Gods had already entrenched themselves in Tianhai City.
The reason that intelligence was worth five intelligence points was probably because it mentioned the seven Alien Gods.
“Right, yesterday’s intelligence seems to be no longer accessible.”
Seeing this, Bai Yu quickly took a thick notebook and carefully recalled the information about the seven Alien Gods. He remembered prefixes like God of Fishmen, but the names were a bit blurry.
Fortunately, he recalled everything. After writing it down in the notebook, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, relying on his memory, Bai Yu recorded the intelligence information from yesterday and today completely.
After finishing, Bai Yu glanced at the remaining one intelligence point and the fourth intelligence that had not been redeemed today.
Sequence Advancement!
“Is it a cultivation system similar to the sequence pathways in Lord of the Mysteries?”
“This might be intelligence related to the supernatural cultivation system. I need to redeem it as soon as possible to understand it first.”
After reading the intelligence, Bai Yu thought for a moment, took out his phone, and first opened WeChat.
He sent a message to his manager, asking for two days of leave.
Then he sent a message to his intern colleague and friend, who was also his college roommate, Zhang Youpeng, asking him to take leave as well, giving the reason that he had a craving for football and wanted to play in the afternoon.
Even though he wasn’t on the death list, now that his fate line had changed, he had to take precautions.
The other side didn’t reply immediately.
Their work started at 2 PM and ended at 11 PM, so they were used to sleeping late and waking up late.
“This guy is definitely still sleeping. I’ll go take care of the futures business first.”
Saying that, Bai Yu started searching for futures exchanges and found the Tianhai City Futures Trading Market six kilometers away.
“Exchanges open at nine o’clock. It’s only 7:30 now. I can complete the three tasks like squats first, and then walk there. I’ll complete all four tasks together and get the fourth piece of intelligence.”
As for breakfast, ordering takeout would be safer.
After the night rain, the air was filled with a fresh earthy scent.
Bai Yu walked along the wet street, passing a small park.
In the park, elderly people were doing morning exercises, practicing Taiji, and taking walks. Pet dogs bared their teeth at each other, but were exceptionally well-behaved in front of children.
Bai Yu’s six-kilometer walk was nerve-wracking, but looking at this scene, he felt a sense of peace.
Unfortunately, this peace was only superficial; the world was far more complex than the scene before him.
“Phew~”
After walking for a few more minutes, he arrived in front of the futures exchange building.
This was a place where wealth and risk coexisted.
The futures market was a place where fortunes changed dramatically every day.
This was a place where dreams and nightmares intertwined, and everyone who entered here was gambling on a game of fate.
Bai Yu took a deep breath, still feeling a bit uneasy, but he knew he had to take the risk.
While order had not yet collapsed, making money was still an important means of survival!
With this thought, Bai Yu walked through the doors of the futures exchange.
