I am an insect

The young man nodded and said, "Yes, there is a certain power contained in the earth that can dissolve the buried consciousness. However, this power still has some blind spots. In these blind spots, this power does not exist. Once someone is buried in these blind spots, their consciousness cannot be dissolved. After forty-nine days, they can emerge from their cocoon."

"These kinds of blind spots in the land are what are known as auspicious feng shui locations."

"Of course, that's not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is certain special blind spots in the earth. Not only will they not dissolve the spirit of the buried dead, but they will also nourish the spirit. For example, some extremely yin and cold places are called deadly and ominous places in feng shui. Once someone is buried in such a place, their spirit will be nourished by the yin and cold energy. Once it emerges from its cocoon, it will be much stronger than an ordinary adult insect."

Upon hearing this, Ji Ye's heart stirred slightly, recalling how his own body had been frozen in an ice coffin for forty-nine days.

At this point, the young man stopped, and the owner brought over some grilled meat skewers and beer.

The young man took out a beer, opened two bottles, handed one to Ji Ye, and smiled, saying, "Creation is much simpler now. Without going through the forty-nine-day pupal stage, the adult insects are very fragile. Even if we don't intervene, most of them won't last more than two days before their souls are scattered. Occasionally, a few might slip through the net, but with us here, we can easily deal with them."

"You're the only exception, which is a bit unexpectedly tricky, but..."

As he spoke, the young man poured himself a beer, then picked up the glass and smiled, "Ji Ye, don't be so tense. I've already said, I won't make a move here, at least not tonight. As for you, I might be able to suggest to my superiors that they lift the manhunt on you..."

As he spoke, he slightly raised his head, slowly sipped his beer, a satisfied look on his face, and squinted his eyes, clearly enjoying the process of swallowing the beer.

"I really miss this lively atmosphere. I'm usually too busy with work, and it's rare to have a moment of leisure to enjoy the ordinary life of ordinary people..."

He had just finished speaking when Ji Ye suddenly erupted, his left fist slamming towards his head and face across the table.

The incident was sudden, and even the young man did not expect Ji Ye to suddenly turn on him and attack him while he was drinking. He was greatly surprised and hurriedly raised the beer glass he had picked up with his left hand to protect his head and face.

With a loud "bang," Ji Ye's left fist struck the young man's left hand and the beer glass, shattering it instantly. Glass shards flew everywhere, and the young man instinctively squinted to avoid getting shards in his eyes.

The table between the two of them was overturned as Ji Ye stood up, with a loud crash. The skewers and beer on it fell to the ground. The young man roared, and his reaction was equally quick. He raised one foot, trying to kick Ji Ye away, while opening his mouth and shooting out his blood-red tongue.

But all his reactions were within Ji Ye's calculations. Ji Ye was a step faster. With the left hand that had just smashed the beer glass, he grabbed the tongue that had shot out. His mental body protected his internal organs and took the initiative to step forward, enduring the kick. The black hook on his right hand lit up.

With a "hiss," the sharp, cone-like hook pierced into the young man's abdomen, passed through his body, and emerged from his back.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, in no more than a second or two. When the people around came to their senses and looked over, one after another they rolled over and fell down, like a chain reaction, and everyone who fell down fell into a deep sleep.

Among the fallen crowd, two men roared and charged toward them at full speed.

The two people were a short-haired beauty wearing a bodycon skirt and a man with tattoos on his arms, Brother Yong.

They had already infiltrated the night market without anyone noticing, but fearing that Ji Ye would become alert, they did not approach him. Instead, they quietly hid in the crowd on both sides, preparing to encircle him with the young man. They would only show themselves and make their move when the young man gave the order.

But no one expected that Ji Ye would strike suddenly with lightning speed before the young man could give the order, catching the young man off guard.

As his black hook pierced through the young man's body and emerged from his back, the young man let out an extremely piercing scream, a scream so terrifying it resembled the desperate howl of a vengeful ghost.

"Serves you right for showing off!"

Ji Ye said coldly, retracted the black hook, ignored the short-haired beauty and Yong Ge rushing over, grabbed a bottle of beer from the ground, and rushed at full speed towards the direction of the giant dog on the other side of the night market.

He suspected that the giant dog was the main reason they were able to track him down, and he would do whatever it took tonight to get rid of it.

His sudden move wasn't just because he had already noticed the short-haired beauty and Brother Yong sneaking into the night market and knew that the young people and they would eventually target him; more importantly, he had slowly noticed a faint, peculiar smoke hidden within the hazy atmosphere.

This special smoke looks like the smoke from a barbecue, but it is actually quite different. It belongs to a kind of mental energy, and he doesn't even know when it appears.

Especially when this layer of smoke is mixed with the smoke from the barbecue, it becomes extremely difficult to detect.

If Ji Ye hadn't been completely focused and secretly observing, he almost wouldn't have noticed.

While he was chatting with the young people, the faint smoke had somehow enveloped the entire night market.

Ji Ye could guess that the appearance of this smoke must be related to the young man and the short-haired beauty, but although this faint smoke contained the power of intention, it could not harm him. So what exactly was the purpose of this smoke?

Suddenly he noticed that around the short-haired beauty, people were yawning, looking very sleepy, and some had even fallen asleep on the table.

Suddenly, Ji Ye understood.

The smoke was released by the short-haired beauty, its purpose being to hypnotize the ordinary people around the night market. Ordinary people have weak willpower, so this smoke should have the effect of hypnotizing their willpower. Of course, for Ji Ye, who has a strong willpower, this smoke has almost no effect.

As for whether the short-haired beauty could release this smoke because of a special ability she possessed or some kind of special item, Ji Ye had no idea.

The young man deliberately stalled him, talking about things to distract him and buy time, all so that the short-haired beauty and Brother Yong could sneak up on him, hypnotize the people in the night market, and then they would kill him.

Ji Ye was fully aware of all this, but he remained outwardly calm, showing great interest in the topics the young man was discussing, while in reality he was waiting for the opportunity to strike and kill him.

Ji Ye knew that as long as he could kill him instantly, he would have a chance to survive today.