Lin Shuyue pretended to be oblivious, walking past the large tree. On the Good and Evil Radar, her dot and the red dot representing the suspect drew closer and closer, eventually overlapping, then separating again.

The red dot began to move. Lin Shuyue took a deep breath, clutching the bag in front of her more tightly. Inside was the remarkably unremarkable brick.

The red dot was getting closer and closer to Lin Shuyue. Duan Taoyong stepped on the leaves on the ground, making a few slight rustling sounds.

00:25:38.

Just as Duan Taoyong took down the wooden club and, licking his lips, swung it at Lin Shuyue.

Lin Shuyue spun away, dodging the attack, and stepped to Duan Taoyong’s side, reaching into her bag to pull out the brick.

Duan Taoyong hadn’t expected a seemingly frail young woman to be able to dodge his strike. This only excited him further.

Having killed two little girls and effortlessly knocked out a strong young man, Duan Taoyong’s ego had become immensely inflated.

Duan Taoyong remembered the noise that had diverted him earlier, and realization dawned. “You little bitch, you made that noise earlier, didn’t you? You’ve got some nerve.”

Duan Taoyong spoke with a heavy southwestern accent.

“You might have saved someone else, but can you save yourself? Little bitch, in your next life, don’t be so nosy.” Duan Taoyong tossed aside the wooden club and took out the axe.

He had originally intended to spare this woman’s life. After all, a warm, living woman, even if she wasn’t his preferred type, was still more interesting than a cold corpse.

Lin Shuyue pursed her lips, remaining silent.

Duan Taoyong swung the axe at Lin Shuyue. Reacting quickly, Lin Shuyue immediately crouched down, and, seizing the opportune moment, smashed the sharp corner of the brick against Duan Taoyong’s knee.

It was a direct hit. Duan Taoyong’s face contorted in pain.

He grunted in pain, switching the axe to a downward swing. Lin Shuyue rolled to the side, getting three steps away.

Duan Taoyong, having missed his first strike, immediately took a step forward, the axe cleaving through the air even faster than his body moved.

Lin Shuyue had already gotten to her feet. As Duan Taoyong rushed towards her, she raised the brick and, with all her might, threw it at Duan Taoyong’s face.

The brick followed her intention. Just like now, she wanted to hit Duan Taoyong’s face, and the brick flew down from above Duan Taoyong’s head.

Duan Taoyong’s forehead and nose were bleeding. The intense pain made his head ache as well, and his vision began to blur.

The brick clattered to the ground with a dull thud.

Team Leader Hang, who was leading the main group forward, heard the sound and immediately ran back.

00:03:02.

Lin Shuyue was exhausted. She forced herself to stand, extending her right hand. The brick automatically returned to her hand. She gripped the brick tightly.

Thud! It was the sound of Duan Taoyong falling to the ground.

Confirming that Duan Taoyong wouldn’t be waking up anytime soon, she reached into her pants pocket, took out a bright red plastic whistle, put it to her lips, and blew. She fumbled a bit before finally getting the whistle’s cord around her neck.

The sharp whistle pierced the silence of the forest. Team Leader Hang ran even faster, his pistol already loaded. He ran in the direction of the whistle, and the scene that greeted him would be etched in his memory forever.

A young woman in a green T-shirt and jeans stood in the forest, blowing a whistle, holding a brick in one hand and a camera in the other. A man lay face down on the ground, a bloodstained axe lying not far from him.

The members of the main group, a few steps behind him, ran back and saw this scene. Everyone’s gaze towards Lin Shuyue changed.

00:01:09.

Team Leader Hang was the first to react. He unloaded his gun, tucked it back into his pocket, took out a pair of handcuffs, and walked toward Duan Taoyong. Duan Taoyong was still unconscious. Team Leader Hang first handcuffed him, then felt his neck for a pulse. It was still beating.

The moment Team Leader Hang handcuffed Duan Taoyong, the countdown timer on the Good and Evil Detection System stopped at 00:00:30.

Lin Shuyue breathed a sigh of relief, and the whistle she’d been holding in her mouth fell out.

One of the police officers, wearing white gloves, took out a clear plastic evidence bag to collect the axe.

[Congratulations to the host for assisting the police in capturing the fugitive, Duan Taoyong. Task evaluation in progress…]

[Ding! Settlement complete. The host has received one month of life value and 300 points (these points can be used to upgrade system items).]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the first task. Reward: Strength-Enhancing Pill x1, 1000 RMB.]

The system’s robotic voice finished its announcement, and Lin Shuyue let out a huge sigh of relief.

One month of lifespan was short, but compared to the previous three hours, it was a vast improvement.

Team Leader Hang handed Duan Taoyong over to his colleagues and walked over to Lin Shuyue. “Have you had training?”

Lin Shuyue glanced at Duan Taoyong, who was being carried away by several people. “Yes, I have.”

Team Leader Hang nodded. “Zhao Youcheng, you come here. Escort this young lady down the mountain, and first go to the hospital to get her wounds treated.”

The plainclothes officer named Zhao Youcheng was actually someone she’d already met; he was one of the officers who had tried to persuade Lin Shuyue to go down the mountain earlier with Team Leader Hang.

Lin Shuyue only now realized that her knee was throbbing with pain. She vaguely remembered tumbling on the ground earlier and banging her knee. At the time, it hadn’t hurt much, but now that she’d relaxed, it felt like she’d been hit with a hammer, a piercing pain.

“Can you walk?” Zhao Youcheng was exceptionally obedient to his captain’s orders and immediately came to Lin Shuyue’s side. Another officer had taken the leash of the police dog.

“My knee might be a little injured, but it shouldn’t be a big problem,” Lin Shuyue said, smiling at Zhao Youcheng.

Her hair was as black as a raven’s wing, her skin fair, and her features delicate. When she smiled like this, she had an indescribable air of fragility.

Lin Shuyue’s appearance made some of the younger men around them blush, while the older ones looked at her with a mixture of scrutiny and disbelief.

Who was Duan Taoyong? He was someone with two lives on his hands, a murderer who had lost all control! Hongzai was considered one of the strongest men in their village, yet he’d been knocked out before he even saw his attacker’s face, and he’d landed in his own urine.

They’d be laughing about that for the rest of their lives.

Lin Shuyue didn’t care how others looked at her. She shifted the camera bag from her back to her front and put the brick inside.

Duan Taoyong had already been carried down the mountain, and Lin Shuyue immediately followed. Behind her, the villagers, now relaxed, were buzzing with discussion about today’s events.

She had practiced martial arts since childhood, and injuries were a common occurrence. She guessed that her knee was already swollen, but this kind of injury was nothing to her. She tried her best to keep up with the main group.

Suishan Village was bustling with activity. Reporters from all the newspapers in Pengcheng, large and small, had arrived. Military trucks and police cars completely blocked the narrow streets of Suishan Village.

A group of police officers stood in front of the police cars, the highest-ranking among them being the captain of the Criminal Investigation Division.

The brutal murder of two young girls was a major case, no matter when it happened! If they had dispatched a thousand armed police officers and two to three hundred regular police officers today and still failed to catch the culprit, how would the outside world view them? How would the general public view them in the future?

Seeing Duan Taoyong being carried down, the city bureau leaders were overjoyed. The reporters swarmed around Duan Taoyong, snapping photos.

Team Leader Hang went to report to the city bureau leaders, and Lin Shuyue was taken to one of the police cars by Zhao Youcheng.

Lin Shuyue and Duan Taoyong were sent to the hospital in separate cars, one after the other.

Her knee hadn’t suffered any bone damage, just some swelling. Rubbing it with some medicated oil for a couple of days would make the swelling go down.

Compared to her, Duan Taoyong was in a much worse state. His forehead and nose were severely swollen, and there was a large bump on the back of his head.

He woke up on the way to the hospital. A group of armed police officers with guns were surrounding him. He was lying flat in the center of the large truck.

Duan Taoyong was scared. He didn’t dare to move a muscle.

Lin Shuyue was taken to the sub-bureau to give a statement.

As soon as she entered, she saw a clock hanging in the reception hall, clearly displaying May 20, 2004.

Lin Shuyue’s mind went blank with a buzz.

The ringtone of the phone in her pocket sounded again. Zhao Youcheng, who had been following Lin Shuyue all the way, saw that she wasn’t moving. “Miss Lin?”

Lin Shuyue snapped back to reality and instinctively smiled at Zhao Youcheng. She reached into her pocket to take out her phone, her hand trembling slightly.

Her hand trembling on the mountain earlier was a normal physiological response, but now, her hand was trembling because she was genuinely afraid. No matter how brave she was, she was still only 20 years old.

No one could remain calm after discovering they had traveled through time and space.

Lin Shuyue never dreamed that she would be brought to 2004 by the Good and Evil Detection System.

What year was 2004? At this time, her father and mother had just started dating. She wasn’t even born yet!

She took out her phone, and the music stopped.

Lin Shuyue had no intention of calling back. Zhao Youcheng led her to the interrogation room. Seeing her dazed state, he even poured her a glass of water.

A female police officer came in with him.

The female police officer was in her thirties, her tone even and her expression gentle. Lin Shuyue’s heart, which had been shaken by her time travel, gradually calmed down.

After giving her statement and leaving the interrogation room with the female police officer, Lin Shuyue encountered Duan Taoyong, who had just returned from having his wounds bandaged at the hospital.

Duan Taoyong saw Lin Shuyue, and his eyes turned bloodshot. If it weren’t for this woman’s appearance, he could have escaped. He roamed the mountains constantly. Even the most experienced hunters in Suishan Village might not know the mountain’s hiding places better than he did. Once these police officers went down the mountain tomorrow, he could just head from the mountain to the neighboring town. What could these police officers do to him then?!

All of this had been ruined by Lin Shuyue! How could he not hate her? If he could go back in time, he would not show this bitch any mercy!!

If looks could kill, Lin Shuyue was sure she would have died a thousand times over by now.

Lin Shuyue wasn’t afraid at all. She looked at Duan Taoyong. “You bastard. In your next life, don’t be so arrogant, you trash who only dares to prey on children.”

Duan Taoyong’s eyes were completely bloodshot, and he lunged towards Lin Shuyue.

The police officers escorting him restrained him. “Behave yourself.”

Duan Taoyong was filled with hatred. Lin Shuyue strolled past him, letting out a disdainful scoff at the same time. Duan Taoyong struggled to rush at her again, which directly angered the police officers escorting him, who promptly gave him a hard slap on the head.

The police officer who had taken Lin Shuyue’s statement watched from the side, a smile unknowingly creeping into her eyes.

She called out to Lin Shuyue, who was about to leave, and tore a piece of paper from a small notebook she was carrying. She wrote her personal phone number on it. “Miss Lin, my surname is He, and my name is He Yuling. If you have any further questions, you can call me.”

Lin Shuyue took it without hesitation. Based on the characteristics of the system she was bound to, she would have plenty of dealings with the police in the future. Having another contact in the police force would open more doors for her. She politely thanked He Yuling. “Thank you, Officer He.”

“You’re welcome.” Officer He Yuling walked towards the office with a light step. No matter when or where it was always gratifying to see women possess the strength to protect and defend themselves.

Lin Shuyue walked out of the reception hall, and a wave of heat washed over her. She stood at the entrance of the police station, gazing at the night market stalls set up nearby, smelling the various barbecue aromas wafting through the air, and felt completely disoriented.

She finally accepted the fact that she had time-traveled to 2004. Because back in her time, night markets had long been banned. It was extremely difficult to find a place to set up a street stall at night, and setting one up so brazenly near a police station, like this, was extremely rare.

So, the question was, where was she now, and what was her identity?

As soon as the thought crossed her mind, Lin Shuyue heard a ding, followed by the Good and Evil System’s distinctive robotic voice:

[The Good and Evil Detection System is at your service. The original owner’s memories can be transferred now. Would you like to receive them?]

[Transfer, transfer, transfer.] As soon as Lin Shuyue finished speaking, a sharp pain shot through her head, so intense that she couldn’t help but clutch her head.