Villain: After I died, all the heroines cried themselves to sleep.

Luo Chuan led Xu Xiaojin to the rooftop of a high-rise building.

Looking down from the rooftop, you can see half the city.

"What should I do next?"

Xu Xiaojin asked.

"You need to establish a connection with this thing."

Luo Chuan took out two Etheric Prisons from his backpack.

Xu Xiaojin glanced at the parasitic demon in the cell and was immediately startled.

The hideous, grotesque arthropod body, along with the densely packed limbs around it, made her feel nauseous.

"What...what is this?"

"This is a parasitic demon that can infest human bodies and transform them into demons."

Luo Chuan briefly explained the situation to Xu Xiaojin.

"I suspect there's more than one of these parasitic demons, and they might be controlled by a mother entity like the queen ant. I need your help to locate them."

"You want me to form a bond with demons? But I've never even formed a bond with any other animal."

Xu Xiaojin looked at the parasitic demon in front of her, feeling very conflicted.

This was her first time coming into close contact with a living demon, let alone establishing a connection with it.

"This is a hurdle you must overcome."

Luo Chuan said without any mercy.

"Talented abilities can be improved through training. The most basic way is to practice regularly and explore new areas to bring your abilities to their limit, or even beyond."

"……I see."

Xu Xiaojin swallowed hard and took a deep breath.

"Skynet".

She reached out, allowing the steel wires binding her body to gradually penetrate into the etheric prison, binding the parasitic demon.

As if sensing danger, the parasitic demon desperately tried to break free of its restraints.

However, under the suppression of Luo Chuan's ethereal prison, they were completely unable to move, and were completely enveloped by the net woven from steel wires.

"coupling."

Xu Xiaojin immediately established a connection with the parasitic demon.

The next second, a stream of information, like an electric current, emerged from the parasitic demon's body and traveled along the steel wire into Xu Xiaojin's consciousness.

A massive flow of information instantly flooded Xu Xiaojin's mind.

"vomit!"

Xu Xiaojin vomited on the spot.

The parasitic demon's viscous, pure malice corrupted her mind, making her feel nauseous like never before, almost crushing and melting her consciousness.

"Ugh... I'm going to vomit..."

Xu Xiaojin couldn't help but lie on the ground, tears streaming down her face.

She kept vomiting, bringing up her lunch along with stomach acid.

It felt like my stomach was being emptied out.

She felt like she was going to die.

"I told you not to eat too much."

At that moment, a hand was placed on her back.

Luo Chuan pointed his sword vertically and muttered incantations.

"The Twelve Earthly Branches - Dog (戌)"

"To ward off evil and misfortune, and protect my supernatural powers."

The twelve ether swords transformed into exorcising hounds, guarding Xu Xiaojin's side.

In an instant, Xu Xiaojin's consciousness jolted.

The pollution that was eroding her mind was like encountering a natural enemy, and was instantly expelled from her mind.

"I have temporarily shielded you from the evil of the demons."

Luo Chuan looked down at Xu Xiaojin, who was lying on the ground, and said calmly.

"You should be feeling the spiritual pollution from the demons. What you need to do next is to use your will to fight against it and resist its erosion."

"Having strong perception without a strong will will only make you someone else's plaything."

"Next, the protection of the Dog will gradually weaken. You must become completely immune to the mental pollution of demons before the Dog disappears."

"Otherwise, you can just wait to be completely corrupted by demons."

"This is the price of becoming stronger."

On the bright side, at least I won't go bald.

Luo Chuan patted Xu Xiaojin on the shoulder, leaving her there to resist the mental pollution.

He then walked to the side and took the opportunity to turn on his phone.

As expected, the notification bar was full of missed calls.

Teacher Xiaolin called Luo Chuan non-stop.

Luo Chuan thought about it and decided to call back, lest he be treated as a missing person.

"Hello, Ms. Kobayashi, it's me."

"Luo Chuan? You finally decided to call back? Where have you been?!"

Right in front of me was Ms. Kobayashi's furious roar.

Luo Chuan silently pulled the phone away from his ear, letting Teacher Lin unleash a torrent of abuse.

Once the noise subsided, Luo Chuan put the phone back to his ear.

"Ms. Kobayashi, I have my own difficulties, that's why I'm calling you now to let you know I'm safe."

"Is it just to let you know you're safe? Are you sure you don't have some trouble you need to ask me for help with?"

A cold laugh came from the other end of the phone from Ms. Kobayashi.

"Do you know how big of a mess you've made? The Extraordinary Bureau has come knocking on your door, saying you took important clues and they want to take you back to the bureau for investigation and interrogation."

"So fast?"

Luo Chuan looked slightly surprised.

Unexpectedly, the Extraordinary Management Bureau acted so quickly, immediately knowing that he had taken away the parasitic demon.

"The Extraordinary Management Bureau is not the key issue. This matter is far more complex and has completely exceeded the capabilities of a second-tier martial artist."

"Luo Chuan, why did you have to get involved in this mess?"

"What should I do if something happens to you?"

Teacher Xiaolin spoke earnestly and patiently.

She was Luo Chuan's recommender and also an advisor to the Dark Moon Sword.

Both emotionally and logically, she certainly didn't want Luo Chuan to take any risks.

"Don't worry, Ms. Kobayashi, I have my own plans and I will never act impulsively."

Luo Chuanqian smiled and comforted Teacher Lin.

Based on the level of the parasitic demon and the mission objectives proposed by the system, he had a rough estimate of the mastermind's strength, which was still within a controllable range.

On the contrary, the other party is a bit difficult to control and needs to rely on Ms. Kobayashi.

Luo Chuan thought for a moment and then added his explanation.

"And what about the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau? Could you please help cover for them, teacher?"

"So you really have to get involved in this, don't you?"

Teacher Kobayashi gritted her teeth.

Seeing that Luo Chuan did not answer, she remained silent for a long time before finally sighing wearily and reluctantly agreeing.

"Sigh... I shouldn't have agreed to protect you when you were specially recruited..."

"Hehe... Thank you, teacher."

"Hmph, don't be too happy yet. With so much energy to cause trouble, just wait until I get my hands on you and make you suffer."

Leaving behind a final threat, Ms. Kobayashi hung up the phone.

"..."

Luo Chuan glanced at his phone and shrugged.

With Mr. Kobayashi's connections, we don't need to worry about the Extraordinary Management Bureau for now.

Luo Chuan returned to Xu Xiaojin's side.

At this point, the protection of the Dog (戌狗) has disappeared.

Xu Xiaojin collapsed to the ground, her clothes and hair soaked with sweat.

She was breathing heavily, but her gaze was more determined than before.

"I...I did it!"

Despite being exhausted, she still shouted it out loud.

This stubbornness and refusal to admit defeat reminded Luo Chuan of Luna, his student when he was still Professor Rhodes.

Is this the common trait of women of destiny and heroines destined for greatness?

"good."

Luo Chuan rarely showed a satisfied smile, and gave Xu Xiaojin an appreciative look.

The sudden praise left Xu Xiaojin completely stunned.

"Don't just stand there, quickly sense it and see if you can find the culprit."

Luo Chuan reminded Xu Xiaojin.

"oh oh."

Xu Xiaojin snapped out of her daze, immediately closed her eyes, and tried to locate the mother body through the parasitic demon.

Not long after, she suddenly opened her eyes.

"Found it!"

"Where?"

"There are many, dozens or even hundreds of signal sources, scattered in various corners of the city. The farther away they are, the more blurred the perception becomes, and it is impossible to distinguish which one is the mother body."

Xu Xiaojin looked at Luo Chuan with a pale face.

She suddenly felt a sense of dread.

At some unknown time, hundreds of people in the city were parasitized by demons.

You never know when you might have brushed past a parasitic demon.

"Then let's use the process of elimination to find the real mastermind among them as quickly as possible."

Luo Chuan wasn't surprised at all.

All of this is still within his expectations.

He took out the wireless Bluetooth earphones he had prepared beforehand and handed them to Xu Xiaojin.

"We'll keep in touch. You'll be responsible for reporting the approximate coordinates of the parasitic demon signal sources, and I'll be responsible for eliminating them."

Luo Chuan himself also put on a wireless Bluetooth headset of the same model.

After confirming that the connection is working.

He went straight to the edge of the rooftop.

With a flick of his fingers, twelve ether swords arrayed themselves.

"Heavenly Lock Sword Formation - Modified"

"Twelve Yuan Chen - Zi Shu."