I went berserk in the game of gods.

Chapter 32 The Fake Man?

Scratching his head... This was a small detail that could be noticed or ignored, and Cao Yu wasn't sure if there was a problem.

So, looking at the tall, thin policeman, he probed directly:

"Officer, I think you're quite handsome. You should be getting off work soon, right? I happen to be free, how about we go out for dinner together? It's on me."

"..."

The tall, thin policeman was stunned.

This is... this couldn't be...!?

He awkwardly touched his nose and declined, saying, "Uh... I'm straight, and I'm very busy, so let's skip the dinner. Sorry."

Cao Yu's eyes narrowed.

Touching the nose... The other person touched their nose.

In normal conversation, it's probably not common to see someone touching their nose, right?

the other side.

Upon witnessing this scene and hearing Cao Yu's words, the fitness instructor and the businessman instinctively took a few steps away.

An Li, however, remained calm.

She wasn't overthinking things.

She sensed something Cao Yu was probing.

She walked towards the female staff members inside the police station and invited them on dates one by one.

then……

Everyone responded by first awkwardly touching their nose, then stating that they were heterosexual and declined to comment.

She originally wanted to continue to be reckless and test the waters, but many staff members thought she was there to cause trouble, and their eyes clearly showed their intention to drive her away, so An Li had no choice but to behave herself.

After returning to Cao Yu's side, the two exchanged a glance and left the lobby together in tacit understanding, arriving outside the office building.

An Li frowned slightly and said:
"These people like to touch their noses and scratch their heads when they talk, which makes them seem like fake people. But apart from that, everything else about them is normal."

"No, their unusual enthusiasm for 'Operation Pig Hunt' is hardly normal."

Cao Yu added:
"One or two is fine, but if they're all like this, there's definitely a problem. However, apart from these three anomalies, everything else is actually quite normal."

"So what you were saying just now was a test of the people here?"

At this moment, the fitness instructor also left the office lobby and approached Cao Yu and An Li again. A look of relief was clearly visible on his face.

The same was true for the merchants who came along with them.

Thankfully, Cao Yu wasn't some kind of male prodigy. Otherwise, given the strength he had displayed... I don't even want to think about it!
"Speaking of which, your probing reminds me of something. Most of the people we've spoken with do have a habit of touching their noses and scratching their heads," the merchant analyzed. "Those who don't... perhaps they just haven't shown it yet?"

"What on earth is going on?" The fitness instructor became wary. "I thought they were all normal people... but this is a bit strange!"

"Maybe they were all raised by the same parents."

Cao Yu made a casual joke.

"Brother, this isn't funny..." the fitness coach asked Cao Yu. "By the way, brother, have you guys gathered any intelligence related to danger?"

“No, we followed you to the police station. However…” Cao Yu said, “If I’m not mistaken, these clones of humans with common habits are likely the source of the danger. Let’s go and talk to people in other areas. The current sample size is too small to draw any conclusions.”

Both the fitness instructor and the businessman accepted the proposal.

They couldn't rest easy ignoring such a strange spot.

So the four of them left the police station and headed to other areas.

Afterwards, they dispersed, randomly sampled people, and struck up conversations with them along the way.

Normally, you need to be good-looking to be approached on the street; otherwise, passersby will generally politely decline.

However, in this instance, as long as the banner of "Operation Pig Hunt" is raised, everyone will become kind and enthusiastic.

It's almost like an NPC with a fixed program implanted in it, responding to templates when keywords are triggered.

After spending more than half an hour torturing hundreds of people, the four met at the entrance of a small park on the street.

"I feel extremely uneasy right now!" The businessman couldn't help but speak up first. "Dozens of people have been touching their noses and scratching their heads in front of me. It's giving me the creeps... Could the people in this city be putting on an act for us?"

"It can now be basically confirmed that the humans in this instance, whether players or ordinary people, have three characteristics."

An Li concluded:
"Touching his nose when embarrassed, scratching his head when ashamed, and displaying extraordinary enthusiasm for 'Operation Pig Hunt'... Perhaps the situation is different for those breeders who raise low-level players?" She looked at Cao Yu and asked:

"What do you think?"

"I think it's getting dark."

Cao Yu replied.

The people in this instance share three commonalities—a phenomenon that further convinced him of his theory that the City of Truth is the "Common Grave."

Buried in the same grave and corrupted by the same strange power, they possess the same characteristics... Although this conjecture is baseless, it still has some logic from a metaphysical perspective.

I just don't know how to verify it...

'No, that's not right. My current way of thinking seems too linear. I'm only considering the scale of the communal grave, how many people are buried there, and how these people differ from normal people…'

'Looking at it from another angle, if there's a dungeon boss in this instance, would it be the strongest one in the shared graveyard? Or would it be the one who created the shared graveyard?'

'If it's the latter, then these three common anomalies among humans might all originate from him: touching his nose and scratching his head are his habits, and eliminating the farming players is his intention... So the question is, why would he have the intention to eliminate the farming players?'

After considering the logic from a different angle, Cao Yu suddenly had many guesses, and the images in his mind gradually pieced together a blurry jigsaw puzzle.

the other side.

Seeing that Cao Yu's answer was irrelevant, An Li knew that his logical puzzle was not yet complete, so she stopped dwelling on the matter.

She glanced at the player panel and followed Cao Yu's words;

“It’s 7:52 now, and it’s getting dark. Let’s head to the outskirts of the city and try to get away from the crowds.”

“I agree with that,” the fitness instructor agreed. “People in the city aren’t all normal! And this is a supernatural instance, they might… sigh, we were supposed to meet in the square to exchange information, but now it’s probably too late.”

"Just a verbal promise." The merchant shook his head. "I reckon the other players went to the cemetery. It's far from the city, so it's actually safer than us. By the way..."

He suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said:

"My hunger is getting worse, and my strength is decreasing. How about you?"

“Same here.” The fitness coach frowned. “I just don’t know how to solve it… If we can’t solve it, we’ll be exhausted by tomorrow morning and won’t be able to make it to the end of the dungeon.”

At this point, he became somewhat anxious.

Being so exhausted in a dungeon that you can't move is no joke.

We must find a solution to this problem!
"I do have an idea about this."

Cao Yu's words were startling, immediately drawing the attention of the three of them.

However, he did not explain immediately, but said:

"Let's go back to the police station first."

Upon hearing this, An Li did not hesitate at all. She immediately went to the roadside to flag down a car and persuaded the driver to take them to the police station for free by using the slogan "Operation Pig Hunt".

An Li sat in the passenger seat, while Cao Yu and the other two squeezed into the back.

After the car drove away, An Li turned her head back to look at Cao Yu, who was sitting in the middle of the back seat, and asked, "What method? Is it part of the background content of the dungeon?"

"So clever," Cao Yu praised.

“I just think the background of the dungeon won’t be filled with meaningless content,” An Li explained. “As for the reasons behind it, I haven’t figured them out yet.”

The fitness instructor and the businessman were completely bewildered by their conversation, and subconsciously brought up the player panel to check the background information again.

Just then, Cao Yu suddenly spoke up:
"Ready to fight!"

This sudden shout startled both the fitness instructor and the businessman.

The two quickly followed Cao Yu's gaze—it turned out that Cao Yu had been staring at the rearview mirror in the front of the car. Through the wide and narrow mirror, the two saw that the driver's head in the driver's seat... was gone!
The headless driver was not dead; he was still holding the steering wheel, controlling the accelerator and brakes, and maneuvering the car to turn corners, which startled the fitness instructor and the businessman so much that the hairs on their arms stood on end.

Where did the head go...?

"help me!"

A sound suddenly came from the right-side window of the back seat.

The businessman sitting on the right glanced over instinctively and, through the light-tinted car window, saw the driver's head... a neck over 40 centimeters long supporting a distorted human head, which was stuck to the car door.

A pair of helpless and terrified eyes stared intently at the businessman through the car window, as if pleading, while he kept calling out:

"Help me... help me..."

(End of this chapter)