I deliver food in a bizarre world

"Don't rush, send me the internet cafe address and Zhao Lei's basic information," Chen Mo said in a deep voice. "I'll help you check it out."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo immediately informed everyone at the firm about the situation.

"A student went missing in an internet cafe?" Su Yifan keenly grasped the key point. "Generally, going to a place like this doesn't seem like a case of running away from home or being kidnapped. Although we can't be too hasty, the probability of those two things can be considered extremely low."

Zhou Mingyu was a man of action, and having been bored for a few days, he sat down in front of the computer: "Extreme Speed ​​Internet Cafe? I'll check the surrounding public surveillance footage and... well, maybe I'll need some special methods to look at their internal records."

"By the way, if it's an electronic device issue, I can also try to track the last signal location of his phone, or check the activity records of his last game account login."

"Keep your hands and feet clean." Chen Mo tacitly agreed. "I've sent Xiao Xing to get the information; I'll send it to you later."

Even if it's not clean, he has ways to get around it, so it's best to avoid the hassle...

He doesn't mingle in the entertainment industry, but people within it keep coming to him.

Lin Xiao asked succinctly, "Do you need to go to the site and take a look?"

Chen Mo nodded, "Of course I'll go, but I'll have to trouble Sister Jing and Mingyu. You two should start by checking the information to see if there are any similar reports in Jinghai City recently. If you don't have enough manpower, just ask and everyone can help out."

In less than 5 minutes, Li Wenjing was the first to make a discovery.

Her expression turned grim: "Brother Mo, we've found out...it's not just Zhao Lei, there are three others!"

"Holy crap, three?" Su Yifan was also shocked.

"Their names are Yu Jun, Cao Leyang, and Lü Cheng, all from Jinghai City. The oldest of them has been missing for a month..."

"A month?"

Everyone was horrified and crowded around.

Zhou Mingyu also turned his head to look behind him. But his hands didn't stop moving; blindfolded typing was a piece of cake for him.

"Yes, the first incident happened a month ago. During this period, three other internet cafes in different areas of Jinghai City experienced three almost identical disappearances!"

"All three are high school boys who went to an internet cafe all night on Saturday and then disappeared. The surveillance footage only captured them entering the cafe, not leaving it, and there were no signs of kidnapping or assault."

"Because they belong to different districts and are under the jurisdiction of different security bureaus, they are all temporarily listed as unsolved cases."

"Such consistent events have not been consolidated into a single case..." Lin Xiao's expression was grave. "This is definitely not a coincidence."

Li Haojie asked, "Yeah, and there's been no news for so long, so it's just been left hanging?"

Su Yifan pursed his lips, saying nothing, yet it seemed as if he had said everything.

Zhou Mingyu also made progress: "The last place where Zhao Lei's cell phone signal disappeared was inside the Speedy Internet Cafe."

Chen Mo was somewhat surprised: "You found their phone number so quickly?"

"Thanks to Xingdi for providing the number, otherwise we would have had to wait for news from Sister Jing. Let me see... His last active game account was 'Fantasy World,' I'll try to track his game character data..."

"Hmm? That's strange... His character ID is Thunder God of War, and the game shows he's always online..."

"Moreover, it's stuck at the entrance to the Netherworld Castle dungeon in the game, but there's no record of any actions taken, it's like it's been AFK..."

"Damn, this situation... it started the night he disappeared!"

The game character is always online, but the person is missing in real life, and the game character is still stuck at the dungeon entrance?

This bizarre phenomenon sent a chill down everyone's spine.

"Let's go to that internet cafe!" Chen Mo decided immediately.

The group quickly arrived at the Speedy Internet Cafe.

On the way, Chen Mo briefly looked up some information.

"Fantasy World" is an old game that has been popular for more than ten years. With its rich content and high degree of freedom as its core, it has attracted a large number of players.

Chen Mo knew about this game because he had played it, largely because Chen Xing had been pestering him.

It wasn't just him; Li Haojie, Su Yifan, and Zhou Mingyu had all done it too.

Li Wenjing and Lin Xiao, on the other hand, don't play games...

However, they were unaware of the Netherworld Castle dungeon, as it was a new dungeon introduced in the recent update, only three months ago.

Very few people have cleared the game yet; the entire Chinese server is still vying for the Hall of Fame.

Inside the internet cafe, everything seemed normal; the lights were on, and many young people were immersed in the virtual world.

Chen Mo glanced around; the internet cafe was very clean, without a trace of gloom.

He went straight to the network administrator, but before he could even speak, the administrator recognized him.

"You...you're not that..."

Chen Mo quickly made a shushing gesture and looked around.

Thankfully, no one saw it...

Chen Mo quietly explained his purpose, requesting to see the machine Zhao Lei had been using.

The police had come before and asked questions, and now that Chen Mo was here... Although the network administrator was a little confused, he still cooperated by pulling up the records.

Chen Mo is now a top streamer in the supernatural field; he's even changed the verification on his livestream account!

Just thinking about it made him shudder, and he didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Mo glanced at the records and saw that Zhao Lei had used machine number 23 in area C.

The group approached the machine, which had just been used by other customers and was still warm.

After checking it, I found that it was the same as the other machines and there was nothing special about it.

Zhou Mingyu took out the device, connected it to the computer port, and performed a deep scan to see if he could extract any residual data.

"The machine itself has no abnormal programs or hardware modifications," Zhou Mingyu reported to Chen Mo after a careful inspection.

"So, it's a problem with the game itself? But there are so many players, there shouldn't only be four, and all of them are from Jinghai City."

"I don't know... Wait a minute! In the system's low-level logs of this computer, there is a residual abnormal data stream that points to 'Fantasy of the Mystic Realm' and is related to some data in the Netherworld Castle dungeon."

Li Haojie asked, "Isn't this generated by normal game interaction? It generates a log file every time I open the game..."

Zhou Mingyu pondered for a moment and shook his head: "It doesn't seem like it. Besides, what you're talking about is the game log, while I'm talking about abnormal data, which shouldn't exist in the first place."

"Oh." Although Li Haojie plays games, he doesn't really understand these technical issues. He just feels impressed but doesn't quite get it, and scratches his head.

"The Netherworld Castle seems to be a newly released dungeon," Su Yifan said, looking at the screen. "So, the problem is most likely within this game?"

"Open 'Fantasy World,' log in to your or my account, and check out the Netherworld Castle dungeon," Chen Mo said to Zhou Mingyu.

Zhou Mingyu operated the system skillfully and logged into his account directly.