Chapter 198

Chapter 198

A centuries-old prophecy has been circulating within the inner circles of wealthy families. It states that in the near future, the human world will face a collective extinction, and the great Lord of Dusk, the savior of humanity, will descend upon the world.

When that time comes, the Lord of Dusk will lead humanity into a new world.

However, the Lord of Dusk cannot save all of humanity because there are too many people, and their quality is uneven. Therefore, the Lord of Dusk can only take a portion of the higher-quality individuals with him.

Thus, the purpose of the Dusk Society before the end of the world is to weed out the lower-quality humans before the Lord of Dusk arrives.

When the true Lord of Dusk descends, the remaining humans will be allowed to survive.

To achieve this goal, the Dusk Society has been covertly manipulating numerous fields in society.

They have used the immense power of the wealthy families to infiltrate various industries, especially those that influence the masses, including the highly influential entertainment industry.

As people's living standards have improved, idol worship has become a trend among many, especially teenagers. Using the influence of celebrities to eliminate lower-quality individuals is part of the Dusk Society's strategy.

However, in the process of implementing this plan, the Dusk Society found that even though some stars in the entertainment industry earn far more than ordinary people, they are still lower-quality individuals who need to be eliminated.

This is why there are many stars in the entertainment industry who are on a path to self-destruction, whether through addiction, scandal, or other means.

To further cull the population, the Dusk Society started pushing darker, more violent, and nihilistic content in the entertainment industry, and manipulated certain stars into believing they should sacrifice themselves for the Dusk Society.

For example, the Dusk Society makes "sacrifice" requests to certain individuals who actively seek to join, which is why bloody rituals like "Girl Island" keep emerging, reducing a portion of the population.

Moreover, the Dusk Society promotes various unreliable theories, such as the idea that bathing with children's blood and extracting certain substances from it to inject into humans will grant eternal youth. But in reality, this is all part of the Dusk Society's plan to reduce the world's population.

The Dusk Society’s ideal outcome is to effortlessly claim the lives of young people and prevent them from reproducing.

Their sinister plan is moving forward without a hitch, and countless lives are vanishing every day because of it.

However, the Dusk Society is still not satisfied with this pace, believing that even with the large number of deaths, it is still far below their desired rate. Some members of the Dusk Society have even begun researching large-scale man-made disasters, aiming to eliminate the population through extreme methods.

According to Dusk Society lore, the end of the world is set to arrive next year, which is also the year when the Lord of Dusk will descend upon the world.

So before that time comes, more humans must die.

Only in this way can all the high-quality humans survive and a new world order be established.

After reading the information in the system, Yi Tiantian was covered in goosebumps.

He had once wondered what kind of organization the Dusk Society really was. Perhaps it was some evil organization created by bored individuals to mess with people's minds, or an anti-human, anti-social group founded to satisfy perverse desires.

But Yi Tiantian never imagined it would be an extremist cult made up of powerful individuals.

"Destroying humanity based on a far-fetched prophecy—what else could that be but a cult?"

"But why do they believe in such nonsense so deeply?"

"Is it true that rich people are very superstitious? But this is a bit too extreme!"

Yi Tiantian knew that wealthy people might be superstitious, but he never expected them to be so fanatically superstitious.

Sacrificing so many lives for an uncertain future is not something any human should do.

Yi Tiantian couldn't stop shaking his head, glancing down at his phone to see that all the security footage had been fully transmitted.

Dragging the video progress bar, Yi Tiantian found that the quality of the footage was actually quite good. The picture was very clear, although the angle was a bit strange, it didn’t really affect the viewing, and all the dialogues were recorded as well.

But Yi Tiantian wasn’t in a rush. He first transferred the file to his computer, made a backup, and then opened a document, attempting to record the information about the Dusk Society that he saw in the rumor system.

Yi Tiantian didn’t have much hope, after all, the content from the rumor system couldn’t be leaked, and no matter what form of disclosure was attempted, it would eventually turn into a bunch of gibberish...

This time, he cautiously typed out two words, just to see if anything would stick in the document.

After typing the pinyin for "Dusk Society information," Yi Tiantian looked up in surprise to see that the words had actually appeared on the screen, and they weren’t gibberish!

Yi Tiantian gaped in astonishment, then hit enter, trying to write the main text, but he found that every word he typed appeared perfectly on the screen, without even a single grammatical error!

“Can the information from the rumor system actually be recorded in words now?!?”

“But is this limited to the Dusk Society or…?”

Yi Tiantian randomly found another rumor in the rumor system to see if this one could appear in text on the screen.

“I’ll choose this one, a 70-year-old woman and a 23-year-old young man living in seclusion in the mountains...”

“What a brave love!”

Yi Tiantian randomly chose a rumor online and tried to input it into the document, but he found that although he could type, after pressing the spacebar, all the input content turned into a bunch of gibberish, and eventually, the keyboard became unresponsive, not allowing him to type anything.

“So it still doesn’t work?!?”

“It seems that only information about the Dusk Society can be entered into the document!”

“I was worried that this system might be in cahoots with the Dusk Society, but it looks like that’s not the case after all.”

After all, all the messages about the Dusk Society in the system were released very cautiously, and sometimes the relevant content couldn’t even be found in the rumor system at all, so Yi Tiantian misunderstood that this rumor system definitely wasn’t purely neutral and must have had something to do with the Dusk Society.

Realizing that he could record information about the Dusk Society, Yi Tiantian immediately started writing down the introduction of the Dusk Society from the system.

After organizing the Dusk Society information until the early hours of the morning, Yi Tiantian finally sent the security footage along with a detailed summary to Officer Qin.

Officer Qin quickly replied after receiving the message. Upon discovering that the content Yi Tiantian provided was precious insider information about the Dusk Society, his eyes widened in surprise, and he expressed his sincere gratitude.

Officer Qin: “Thank you, Mr. Yi!”

Yi Tiantian quickly replied, not wanting to be overly formal.

Yi Tiantian: “This is all information I obtained from attending the Dusk Society’s insider gathering, so the credibility should be quite high. I hope it can be of help to you!”

Officer Qin: “If there’s any more information, please contact me again!”

Yi Tiantian agreed, and Officer Qin then packaged and encrypted the information, sending it to the specialized department investigating the Dusk Society.

Ever since the Dusk Society came into the public eye a few years ago, the police had immediately started investigating the organization. However, due to the complex web of various forces behind it and the high loyalty and secrecy of its members, there had been no substantial progress in the investigation of this mysterious organization.

Yi Tiantian’s appearance undoubtedly brought hope and light to the frustrated investigation team. So, when Officer Qin received the message from Yi Tiantian, he immediately sparked a reaction in the specialized department responsible for investigating the Dusk Society.

A female officer in a crisp police uniform, her hair tied back in a neat bun, sprang from her chair with a look of surprise, rushing over to Officer Qin, who was just stepping into the office.

“Officer Qin, can you confirm if this evidence is genuine, and is our source reliable?”

“Yes...”

Officer Qin gathered the rest of the people in the office and then informed all the officers about their situation with a big star from the entertainment industry as their informant.

"Wow, that's so cool!!! Can we know who this big star is?!!!"

A young officer, who was quite young, shouted excitedly, his eyes wide with exaggeration.

"No."

Officer Qin flatly rejected the young officer's suggestion without even thinking.

"Given the special identity of the person, I cannot tell you who it is."

"Really can't? Officer Qin, give me a hint, let me guess for fun."

The young officer put on a pitiful look, still not giving up.

Officer Qin just slightly turned his head to glance at him, too lazy to respond.

The girl with a bun immediately understood and said to the young officer, "This is confidential. You should get back to work. Officer Qin won't tell you!"

The young officer chuckled and scratched the back of his head, "I got it."

"Alright, everyone, go through the files immediately. Wait for my notification, and then we'll have a meeting."

Officer Qin looked around at the other officers present with a serious expression.

Everyone nodded in understanding and quickly immersed themselves in the research of the files.

At the same time, Yi Tiantian's phone, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly rang.

He thought it was Officer Qin calling because he had found something important, so he answered without checking the display.

But an unexpected voice came from the other end.

"Tiantian!! Long time no see!! This time you must do me a favor!!"