novelraw Chapter 50 : The Death of the Thunder God
Chapter 50 : The Death of the Thunder God
Chapter 50: The Death of the Thunder God
【Radiance】faction player 【Time Traveler】 has died.
【Current remaining players: 【Radiance】6, 【Shadow】4】
Inside the player lounge of the Transcendent Affairs Bureau, Haicheng Branch.
All the players stood frozen, listening blankly to the death broadcast echoing in their minds. Their expressions solidified in that moment—
Shock, disbelief, confusion, and absurdity.
Shi Yuan was 【Radiance】?
The very teammate they had all believed to be the “traitor,” the one they had personally “executed.”
He was 【Radiance】 too?
They had killed the wrong person!
Shi Yuan wasn’t 【Shadow】—he was also 【Radiance】!
They had killed their own teammate!
This cruel truth weighed heavily on everyone present.
In the lounge, Meng Chao—the impulsive, extroverted rock singer—murmured under his breath.
“What… what have we done…”
His voice trembled. “How… how could this happen?”
“We… we killed one of our own?”
“Then who’s the real traitor?!”
Bai Yu’s face went pale. She barely managed to stay upright by holding onto the wall.
Fear. Suspicion. Cowardice. Fragility.
The remaining players began to look around, their eyes filled with deep mistrust, examining every single person beside them.
Because anyone still alive could be that hidden wolf among them—ready at any moment to drive a fatal knife into someone’s back.
The fragile trust and unity that had just been rebuilt among the 【Radiance】 players after the officials’ intervention crumbled in an instant.
……
At the top of the base’s tallest signal tower.
The evening wind fluttered Li Wei’s coat, scattering the heat that had just surged in his heart for his teammate’s “revenge.”
He stared blankly at the hand that had just pulled the trigger.
That very hand had killed an innocent man.
A man who should have fought beside him, shoulder to shoulder, against the 【Shadow】.
The justice he had taken pride in, the conviction he had always stood by—it all felt like a cruel joke now.
He had become a fool, a puppet murderer played by the true culprit.
A wave of nausea and self-doubt, sharper than ever before, gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake.
“What… what have I done…”
Li Wei murmured, his eyes clouded with pain and confusion.
……
Inside the command center.
“Report, Director Chen… Comrade Li Wei has confirmed… 【Time Traveler】 Shi Yuan… was of the 【Radiance】 faction.”
A trembling voice came from the communicator.
Chen Mo closed his eyes in agony, his body swaying as he leaned against the command console.
The plan he had personally led, the “official advantage” he had been so proud of, had become a farce of mutual slaughter.
Not only had they failed to crush 【Shadow】—they had been toyed with, completely, by them, and had personally sent one of their own to his death.
The “Report of Shi Yuan’s Escape Due to Guilt” still lay on his desk; every word on it now mocked his stupidity.
“Advantage, was it?”
He recalled his own impassioned speech during the meeting and felt his cheeks burn with shame.
What an irony!
“Stop… all operations.”
Using every ounce of strength, Chen Mo gave the order through the communicator.
“Bring… bring back Comrade Shi Yuan’s body. Handle it with care.”
He remembered Shi Yuan’s eyes—those eyes filled with fury and disappointment.
Shame!
Unprecedented shame!
The true killer was someone else!
And this killer had not only completed the assassination under everyone’s watch but had also framed Shi Yuan, turning his ability into the perfect scapegoat.
Such insidious calculation!
Such venomous intent!
Chen Mo’s eyes snapped open, bloodshot and blazing.
He forced himself to calm down, his mind spinning at full speed, replaying every detail from the start of the meeting to now.
“Reanalyze all surveillance footage around Hailan’s death!”
“Magnify every facial microexpression, every minor movement, a hundredfold for analysis!”
“I want to know who it was!”
Chen Mo’s roar echoed through the silent command center.
He turned all his emotions into a burning fury, aimed straight at the hidden murderer lurking in the shadows.
He summoned Li Wei and several crime psychology and behavioral analysis experts from the Capital, beginning a frenzied reconstruction of the entire event.
“Magnify every reaction within thirty seconds before and after Hailan’s death!”
Soon, five split screens appeared on the main monitor.
At the moment Hailan was assassinated, Bai Yu’s reaction showed pure shock; Meng Chao’s was of anger and disbelief; Chu Hanyue’s was cold astonishment…
Everyone’s response matched what any normal person would show in such a sudden event.
“The killer must be among the remaining five players.”
Chen Mo’s voice was hoarse, but his thoughts were razor-sharp. “He (or she) not only possesses a supernatural ability beyond our comprehension but also has immense psychological resilience and acting skill.”
“He (or she) perfectly exploited our collective psychology.”
“He (or she) knew that in a closed space murder, our first suspicion would fall on the player with time acceleration ability.”
“So he (or she) killed Hailan, then left clues pointing directly at Shi Yuan, whose ability best matched the ‘crime pattern.’”
“Successfully igniting internal conflict—using our own hands to eliminate one of 【Radiance】’s players.”
Chen Mo’s analysis sent chills down the experts’ spines.
What kind of murderer could be so calm, so cunning, so utterly vicious?
“I noticed something,”
Li Wei, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
His face was still pale, but in his eyes returned a glint of a policeman’s sharpness.
“At the moment Hailan fell, although Qi Jiang’s expression also showed shock and anger, his reaction was more exaggerated—too theatrical.”
“And when Shi Yuan was suspected, while everyone else fell into panic and rage, only his reaction felt too deliberate.”
“He was the first to stand up and accuse Shi Yuan, using inflammatory words to direct everyone’s anger toward him.”
“His actions seemed righteous at the time, but now that I think about it—it was more like he was fanning the flames, eager to see chaos.”
Li Wei’s words were like lightning cutting through the fog, instantly awakening Chen Mo.
“Yes!”
“It’s him! That guy Qi Jiang!”
Chen Mo slammed the table. “I knew something was off about him!”
“Among all the players, when facing Bureau 869, he alone didn’t show fear or resistance—instead, he cooperated unusually well.”
“At the time, we thought it was because of his sense of duty and trust in the organization.”
“But now—it’s clear he came here with a purpose from the start!”
“He was the one who stirred emotions, guiding us to doubt Shi Yuan from beginning to end!”
One clue after another pieced together like a puzzle in Chen Mo’s mind.
“Retrieve all of Qi Jiang’s data! His social connections, every movement before we found him!”
“Locate Qi Jiang’s position immediately!”
“Report! Target is inside his private lounge. Vital signs are stable.”
“Send a team to his room at once—detain and interrogate him!”
Chen Mo gave the order without hesitation.
However—
“BOOM——!!!!!!”
A deafening explosion blasted from the lounge area of the base!
The entire facility shook violently; dust rained from the ceiling.
“Report! Report! A massive explosion occurred in Rest Room B-307!”
“Repeat! Explosion in B-307!”
“B-307… isn’t that… Qi Jiang’s room?!”
Chen Mo’s heart sank. A dreadful premonition surged within him.
When the rescue and fire teams arrived, Qi Jiang’s room had already been reduced to scorched ruins.
Wild electric currents had destroyed everything in the chamber, and the air reeked of ozone and burning flesh.
No complete remains were found—only charred fragments of tissue.
【Radiance】faction player 【Thunder God】 has died.
【Current remaining players: 【Radiance】5, 【Shadow】4】
Then, the cold mechanical voice once again echoed in the minds of all surviving players.