I deliver food in a bizarre world

Chen Mo took it out, and blood-red text appeared on the screen:

[Order: Silent Echo (Completed)]

[Evaluation: A narrow escape (Settlement reward increased by 30%)]

[Basic Reward: 1200 Spirit Coins (plus an additional 360), Special Reward: Imperial Decree - Rebuke (Consumes a large amount of spiritual energy to issue a rebuke imbued with willpower, which has a repelling effect on low-level spirits and can also cause a brief shock to some living beings with low willpower.)]

[Note: The reward has been credited to your account.]

My Spirit Money balance has increased to 6160, and this time I even got a reward of an active skill!

The punishment at the Silent Mansion is the permanent loss of the ability to speak, while the reward is also related to language...

There seems to be a force of cause and effect at play.

Chen Mo held his phone, glanced at the three still-shaken people, and then looked at the still-closed mansion gate.

Master Liu is still lying inside, we don't know if he's alright, and Lily... will be there forever.

He glanced at the top right corner of his phone and saw the signal bars flickering weakly. He dialed a number immediately.

The phone rang a few times before being answered. The background was quiet, and Chen Jingming's voice came through: "What's wrong? Why are you calling at this hour?"

"Dad." Chen Mo's voice was tinged with fatigue, but his tone was calm. "I just came from the Silent Mansion."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, then Chen Jingming's voice became noticeably serious: "How many people?"

"Six went in, four came out," Chen Mo said succinctly. "Me, two students, a middle-aged woman. A social media influencer named Lily died. There was also a repairman surnamed Liu, whose identity is probably not simple. He tried to steal something from inside, but I knocked him down, and he's still unconscious inside."

He paused, then added, "That Lily, before she died, tried to use the rules to frame me. I have a recording of it."

Chen Jingming took a deep breath on the other end of the phone, clearly processing the dense information: "Send me the location. I'll send people over to take over immediately. You all stay in a safe place and don't leave. Be careful when our people arrive; that place is not simple."

"Understood," Chen Mo replied. "You handle the people, I'll keep the evidence. I'll hang up now."

He hung up the phone decisively, then pulled out his live-streaming phone.

The portable camera on my chest had run out of power at some point, so I could only pick up sound through the speakerphone in my pocket.

That's great!

The most exciting part was at the end, and the yin energy materialized, allowing viewers to see the epic scenes without needing yin-yang eyes. Unfortunately, it wasn't recorded, and the viewers in the live stream missed out on a fortune!

That's good, it saves him the trouble of dealing with it...

I don't know when the battery died, or how many photos I took.

He carefully checked the remaining audience members, and the timeframe should be shortly after Lily's death.

After doing all this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the roadside utility pole.

After relaxing, the pain in my left shoulder and mental fatigue came rushing back like a tide.

He glanced at the rising sun; its golden rays pierced through the clouds and fell upon his face, carrying a warm vitality.

He turned to look at Zhang Hao and the other two who were helping each other to their feet.

"Just wait, someone will come to pick you up soon." After saying that, he didn't say anything more, closed his eyes, and savored this hard-won moment of peace.

Soon, the people from the polling office arrived and took the three of them to do psychological tests and comfort them. Chen Jingming pulled Chen Mo aside and talked to him alone for a while.

……

The internet in Jinghai City exploded because of a fragmented live stream recording.

The video is a screenshot from an online celebrity named Lily's live stream in the Silent Mansion. The footage is shaky and dimly lit, but you can clearly see Lily falling down in a panic and Chen Mo rushing over but being blocked by the door.

The video ended with a short scream from Lily, followed by complete darkness.

Lily's family, a well-dressed middle-aged couple, were emotionally charged and, accompanied by a group of relatives and hired media personnel, launched a frenzied campaign across various online and offline platforms in Jinghai City.

They tearfully recounted their daughter's innocent and tragic death, accusing Chen Mo of faking his illness, being a murderer, failing to save her, and even possibly using some kind of evil magic to kill Lily.

They posted photos of Lily looking glamorous during her lifetime, contrasting them sharply with her disheveled state in the video, in an effort to incite public sympathy and anger.

"Give me back my daughter's life!"

"Severely punish murderer Chen Mo!"

"We demand an explanation!"

Online trolls stirred up trouble, and uninformed netizens were swept up in the emotions. In a short time, Chen Mo's social media accounts and live streams were flooded with insults and doubts.

Even his past acts of saving lives were dug up and maliciously interpreted as acting and creating a persona.

I never expected him to be this kind of person!

[Looks so upright, but acts so ruthlessly!]

That kick looked painful; no one would believe there wasn't a grudge between them!

[Lily may have made a mistake, but it doesn't warrant the death penalty, does it?]

[Waiting for a plot twist, I believe in Brother Mo.]

Chen Mo scrolled through his phone, looking at the scrolling vulgarities on the screen, his face expressionless and his heart completely unmoved.

I woke up after a nap and was surprised to find that public opinion had turned out this way.

However, this does fit Chen Mo's stereotypes about these people.

Wherever the accident happens, the family will try to extort money from that place.

When a child gets into trouble at school, the school and teachers are usually made to take the blame.

When an elderly person has an accident in the hospital, their family members may sue the hospital.

Even if there's only one dog on the roadside when a family member dies, they'll still get slapped a few times and then the dog owner will be blamed.

Anyway, wherever I go, I'll sue the owner first!

If you can't sue the person in charge, sue the deceased's companions!

You can't just admit you didn't receive a proper education, can you?

Chen Mo had heard plenty of gossip like this, but he never imagined he would one day become the main character...

He recalled Lily's foolish behavior at the mansion, and his aversion to stupidity almost kicked in.

Then, remembering Master Liu's actions and how he had fought so hard to escape with the three of them, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Brother Mo, this..." Zhao Tianyi, young and honest, had never seen anything like this before. Behind him, someone yelled angrily, "Are these people blind! She clearly brought this on herself!"

Xiao Jing didn't react much.

"Calm down... Human hearts are far more terrifying than ghosts..." Chen Mo replied calmly. "By the way, Xiao Jing, what was that thing that appeared at the end? The one you mentioned called 'Silence'?"

"No, that was just a part of the mansion's power, pure malice."

Chen Mo frowned: "Won't those people from the public opinion polling office be okay after going in?"

He didn't follow up on the matter. He would only feel guilty if the incident caused someone's death.

"It's alright, that thing only appears at night, just like the Yongle Theater. Basically, these things only appear at night. Sunlight is quite harmful to them, unless you have the ability to change the environment like I do, except for illusions."

Chen Mo said "Oh," and remembered the red-clad demon in the amusement park; that thing seemed to be able to change the environment.

In the middle of the day, acting crazy under the blazing sun, tsk tsk...

After relaxing, he dialed a number.