I am an insect

"This person is staying at the funeral home, and his purpose is probably to kill the spiritual entities that appear due to cremation. In that case, the fact that humans become adults after death is not a secret that only I know; at least this man knows it too."

"Is he representing himself personally, or is there a similar organization?"

Ji Ye understood that there was a huge difference between an individual and an organization. If it were an organization that knew the secret of the adult insect, how could it allow itself to remain in a cocoon for forty-nine days and then pupate into an adult insect?

Thinking about it that way, this man's actions must have been a personal matter.

"The tentacle that appeared inside his body is essentially the same as the mental entity; it's an extension of mental power..."

"Then, can I also extend my mental form to form tentacles like those for attacking?"

Ji Ye thought a lot, and fragmented memories kept flooding his mind. These memories, which did not belong to him, were all from the original owner of this body, Li Hao.

From these fragments of memory, he learned Li Hao's home address, that he was currently studying at Ancheng University of Science and Technology, and that his academic performance was below average.

Because he was short and thin, and had a somewhat unsociable personality, he was somewhat isolated by his classmates, which made him increasingly withdrawn. He also knew that Li Hao's parents ran a steamed bun shop. Although they worked hard from dawn till dusk, they made some money and their economic conditions were not bad.

As Ji Ye adapted to his body, these memories belonging to Li Hao were continuously absorbed by Ji Ye.

"No wonder there's a folk saying about 'being possessed by a ghost.' I'm currently in Li Hao's body, so for Li Hao, that could be considered a form of possession..."

Ji Ye began to understand that many folk legends were not entirely fictitious or baseless, but rather based on facts. It was just that as ordinary human beings, we had cognitive limitations and could not understand the essence of these phenomena, which led to all sorts of seemingly absurd superstitious sayings.

Ji Ye knew that it was because his mental entity was powerful that he could easily take over Li Hao's body, completely suppressing Li Hao's consciousness and leaving him with no ability to resist. But there must be very weak mental entities in the world, similar to Li Hao's grandfather.

If Li Hao's body is occupied by these weak spiritual entities, then his consciousness may not be powerless to resist. If these weak spiritual entities are eliminated, Li Hao's consciousness can regain control of his body.

This reminded him of the folk tales about "possession by a ghost," which mostly only lasted for a short time before returning to normal. He wondered if it was because the invading spirit was destroyed, or if the invading spirit, like him, received the original body owner's memories and then pretended to live on as the body owner.

This thought sent a chill down Ji Ye's spine. If it were truly like the latter, then humanity in this world...

Is this the same person as before?

Ji Ye originally thought that he had become a mind-body, able to freely change bodies, and that as long as humanity did not perish, he could live forever, which was basically no different from immortality.

He has many wonderful plans for the future in his heart.

But the appearance of the man in the white hat disrupted all his previous plans, and coupled with what he had just thought of, he realized that the human world was far more complex and terrifying than he had imagined.

He decided to hide himself for now and wait until he found out the white-hatted man's identity and background before making any decisions.

The biggest problem now is that Li Hao's identity has been exposed. To get a new body, we need to destroy Li Hao's body first.

"We must find out who that man in the white hat really is... It's no coincidence that he's at the funeral home, or... is he actually like me?"

Lost in thought, Ji Ye spent over an hour getting closer to the city, where he could already see many buildings in the distance.

All along the way, he had been thinking about how to leave this body without harming Li Hao's life, and where he should go now.

According to Li Hao's memory, Ji Ye knew that his family lived in the relatively old Nanzhuang community.

Nanzhuang Community was built in the 1990s and is known for being old and dilapidated. Fortunately, the housing prices are cheap. According to his newly acquired memories, Li Hao's family has only lived here for a little over a year.

Of course, Ji Ye doesn't dare to go back to Nanzhuang Community now. He's afraid that if the man in the white hat finds out Li Hao's home address, he might be waiting for him in Nanzhuang Community to walk right into his trap.

Just as Ji Ye was thinking this, he suddenly heard the sound of a motorcycle behind him.

When he turned around, he saw a motorcycle speeding towards him.

Startled by the sudden turn of events, Ji Ye hurriedly dodged to the side, the motorcycle almost grazing his body as it sped away.

A screeching sound of brakes rang out.

The motorcycle veered sideways in front of him, blocking his path, its wheels leaving two black tracks on the ground.

The man driving the motorcycle was a man around forty years old, wearing a white hat and smoking a cigarette.

Ji Ye was shocked. He never expected that the man in the white hat would actually catch up with him. How did he find him?

It should be noted that he was extremely cautious along the way, choosing secluded paths and avoiding surveillance cameras as much as possible.

What he was afraid of was that the other party was organized and could track him down through surveillance. He even lost his phone to prevent the other party from locating him through the phone.

Although he didn't know if the other party truly possessed such abilities, it was always better to be cautious.

Ji Ye couldn't understand how the other party could find him so quickly despite his caution, unless the other party had some kind of special method that was beyond the norm.

All of this flashed through Ji Ye's mind in an instant. This time, he didn't run away immediately, but instead took the initiative to ask, "Who exactly are you? How did you know I was here?"

Even if he escapes now, the other party can still find him if the reason isn't clarified.

The man in the white hat smiled slightly, got off the motorcycle, touched his nose, and said, "Because of your scent, my nose is very sensitive. Once I smell your scent, it's no use no matter where you run."

Ji Ye suddenly realized that this guy actually had an ability even more powerful than a dog's nose. He had smelled Li Hao's scent at the funeral home and followed the scent all the way here.

No matter how much Ji Ye planned, he could never have predicted that the other party would have this ability.

"Who exactly are you? A funeral home worker, how do you have such capabilities? Are you alone, or are you part of an organization?"

The man in the white hat pinched the cigarette between his fingers, took a deep drag, and then exhaled the smoke from his nostrils like two thin snakes before speaking: "You don't need to know this. There aren't many fully metamorphosed adult insects left. The most troublesome ones are like you; dealing with them is a real hassle."

"Speaking of which, your situation is quite strange. Normally, you wouldn't be given forty-nine days to form a cocoon. Even if it's officially permitted to keep the body for forty-nine days, someone would be secretly sent to eliminate it ahead of time. How did you manage to emerge from the cocoon successfully? Was someone negligent? Or was someone overlooked? Or is there some other reason?"

A look of confusion crossed his face; he clearly couldn't understand it.

"Forget it, I'll deal with you first and then find out what the cause is."

As he said this, he dropped the cigarette he had only half-smoked, and with a sharp tap of his toe on the ground, precisely extinguished the remaining half of the cigarette. Using the force of this stomp, his entire body seemed to rise into the air as if weightless. With his arms outstretched, like a roc, he leaped several meters, fast as a ghost, and in an instant, he was close to Ji Ye.