God Eater Sequence: The Devourer

Qin Siyang did not go home immediately.

First, he found a secluded corner and burned his clothes.

He was still worried that the scent on his clothes could be tracked, even though they were drenched in the strong-smelling juices of cafeteria food.

Watching as his jacket slowly turned to ashes, Qin Siyang sighed, 'How long has it been? I've already burned three or four jackets. If this keeps up, I'll be wearing short sleeves in this cold world.'

Most of these jackets were ones he had picked up from the garbage dump, discarded by others—none were bought with money.

But his days without money would likely continue for some time.

'I should find time to visit the garbage dump again and see if I can strike gold.'

Then, he dumped the food from his lunchbox into a stinking gutter and washed the lunchbox before heading home.

He hastily ate some leftover rice from yesterday and went out again.

After making sure no one was following him, he once again arrived at the internet café.

Wang Defa saw Qin Siyang appear at the entrance of the internet café and walked out with an unwilling expression,"Boss, your silver coin."

Yesterday, Qin Siyang had agreed with Wang Defa that he would come to collect this silver coin today, as payment for someone to forge his Sequence information.

Wang Defa took a silver coin out of his pocket and placed it in Qin Siyang's hand, but he didn't let go, his face showing reluctance.

"Thanks. I'll pay you back.", Qin Siyang forcefully pulled the silver coin from Wang Defa's hand and slipped it into his pocket.

Although it was a bit shameless, Qin Siyang had no other choice. A silver coin was indeed hard to come by for him.

Wang Defa drooped his eyelids, "Boss, if there's nothing else in the future, let's not interact anymore. Just take this as a lesson you taught me."

Wang Defa had gained nothing from dealing with Qin Siyang and might even get into trouble with the Sequence Ability User Management Bureau. The thought made him feel like he had swallowed dirt.

But Qin Siyang didn't have time to worry about that. He still had many things to do that required internet access, and Wang Defa's internet café was the only safe way for him to get online.

"How could we stop interacting?", Qin Siyang said with a smile, "I still need to use your warehouse computer tonight."

"Huh? You're coming again? The police haven't even checked in today yet."

"It's already ten o'clock. Isn't your internet café about to close? Why are you still worried about inspections?"

Wang Defa pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Don't worry, I won't shortchange you. But you'll have to wait until I get through this ordeal first.", Qin Siyang patted Wang Defa on the shoulder and then headed to the warehouse.

Seeing Qin Siyang enter the warehouse, Wang Defa stomped his feet in frustration, "Damn it! Somebody kill this bastard already!!!"

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Qin Siyang sat in front of the computer and immediately opened the Aisiko Virtual Chatroom.

The Aisiko Virtual Chatroom was a place for making connections online.

Unlike other chatrooms, the reason why Aisiko Virtual Chatroom remained popular for so long was because it used internet address-hiding technology.

In this place, everyone was anonymous, login addresses were completely hidden, and no one knew who was inside the chatroom.

Even the backend operators of Aixi couldn't track the identities of the guests in the chatroom.

This absolute confidentiality provided a natural gray-area marketplace.

Of course, this chatroom was also under police surveillance, with undercover officers lurking inside.

To avoid mistakenly conducting business with an officer, people doing business here used all sorts of cryptic methods.

For example, the person who forged Sequence information would confirm their trading partner by entering and exiting the chatroom eight times in a row.

As for how this trading method spread and how Roylena knew about it, Qin Siyang was unclear.

Following Roylena's instructions, he repeatedly entered and exited the chatroom eight times, then stopped moving and quietly waited for the mysterious person to contact him.

The chatroom interface was very simple. On the left was the list of current guests in the chatroom, in the middle were various game and gambling advertisements, and on the right was the chat window with his current conversation partner.

Below was the public chat area, where Qin Siyang could see a constant stream of advertisements for loans and forged identities scrolling past.

This chatroom interface made him think of his past life.

At that time, his previous life was just like this one—extremely poor, unable to afford a computer.

So, he only occasionally went to a nearby internet café, using his dinner money, just to contact Li Jingwen and chat with her in the chatroom.

Usually, Li Jingwen would open a private channel with others in the chatroom to play games together, while he would help her with homework and silently listen in.

Thinking back now, he really was like a dog.

However, in this life, things shouldn't be as miserable.

Qin Siyang's thoughts quickly passed through his mind, and he returned to reality.

On the right side of the chatroom interface, his chat window was currently blank.

After a few minutes, the blank chat box finally flashed.

Qin Siyang clicked it open—it was someone named [Exile] initiating a chat with him.

["Are you looking for someone?"]

["No, I'm waiting for someone."], Qin Siyang replied.

He saw that his current alias in the Aisiko Chatroom was [Visitor].

["Who are you waiting for?"]

["I'm waiting for someone who won't waste time asking these kinds of questions."]

[Exile] was silent for about two minutes before replying, ["When asking someone for a favor, your attitude should be better."]

["Tell me your rules."], Qin Siyang got straight to the point.

["No. First, I need to know how you found out how to contact me."]

Without hesitation, Qin Siyang typed out the excuse he had prepared, ["A friend who doesn't want to reveal their name told me."]

["You're talking nonsense. If you keep this up, we won't be able to do business."]

["Business is business. If it's unrelated to the transaction, we shouldn't talk about it. If you don't want to do business, I'll find someone else."]

["It seems like you're very afraid of your friend. If you say their name, will they come after you? Or even kill you?"]

Qin Siyang did not respond to his speculation.

Leaving room for the other person's imagination was an important way for him to maintain control.

["Tell me your rules, [Exile]. I really want to complete this transaction."]

["Provide me with your personal information, then find a way to place a silver coin under the tenth floor tile from the left in the tenth row at the exit of Security Zone 38324 before the end of tomorrow. After that, just wait for the people from the management bureau to find you.]

["What personal information is required?"]

["Thumbprints of both hands, a recent one-inch personal photo, full name, current job, home address. And, of course, the 'identity' you need. This is the internet—no matter how anonymous this chatroom is, there may be surveillance, so I can't be too direct. You understand what I mean, right?"]

Qin Siyang immediately understood. The so-called "identity" was the Sequence he needed to forge.

["There's too much to prepare—I can't give it to you today."]

["That's fine. To be safe, this information will be exchanged offline anyway. You can pay me first. I'm often in the chatroom. Pick any time and contact me here again."]

["Same method as today?"]

["No. A paying client should first enter the chatroom and say 'I'm new' in the public chat area, then enter and exit the chatroom five times in a row."]

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