All the heavens begin with the mind-monkey.

Some people gathered around Chu Xuan, watching him repair the very old telephone; others gathered separately to chat.

"Do you think what Zheng Zha said is true?" Everyone looked at the speaker, who was named Lu Renjia and looked like an ordinary young man.

Saito asked, somewhat puzzled, "What do you mean, 'really' or 'false'? Which sentence of his are you referring to?"

Lu Renjia looked at Saito Hajime, a hint of jealousy flashing in his eyes.

He recognized the other person. When they left with that big man from Northeast China, the other person stayed behind. It seemed that he was also a talent that the Zhongzhou team valued highly, and his treatment was different from theirs.

However, Lu Renjia also deeply concealed his emotions, saying, "It's nothing. What I really asked was whether what the Zhongzhou team said was true?"

Saito said, "When you went out before, didn't you see that so-called 'Ju-on'? What, that thing still doesn't convince you?"

Lu Renjia shook his head: "You haven't seen it. If you saw it for the first time, you would know clearly that it is not a person in disguise, nor is it some kind of high-tech projection."

"Because the moment you see it, you will feel a deep sense of fear, and that atmosphere of fear will spread in your heart. You will understand its true identity; it is a monster without any humanity. It is Ju-on."

As Lu Renjia finished speaking, an atmosphere of fear filled the surroundings.

He reached out and touched the three one-time-use amulets on his body, and only then did he feel a little more at ease.

He said, "I'm talking about the exchanges and enhancements in the Main God Space. Look at the members of the Central Continent Team, that guy in the cloak, and that muscle man named Arno when they confronted each other; and Zheng Zha, who said he went out alone to explore the surrounding area. They didn't seem to be afraid of those curses at all."

"In other words, we can also become stronger step by step through the enhancement from the main god, eventually becoming like Arno, like that cloaked man, like Zheng Zha, and maybe one day, we will become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven like Sun Wukong!"

As Lu Renjia spoke, a look of longing appeared on his face.

The others were also quite moved. One of the young men, named Jun Zhongding, said, "It's not that easy, is it? I heard that to strengthen yourself with the main god, you need reward points and side quests, all of which can only be obtained by completing the main god's tasks."

"We can get it now, but we have to kill those fake Kayako's true form once. I don't know what that thing's true form is like. Was the thing we saw before Kayako's true form? But we were so scared of that thing that we practically crawled away. Do you think we have any chance of killing it?"

Lu Renjia said, "You haven't figured out the situation. For us, whether it's exchanging items, strengthening, or getting reward points and side quests, it's just like playing a game. If we put our characters to fight some powerful boss at the beginning, could they even beat it?"

"We shouldn't fight the weak monsters first, level up little by little, and then fight the powerful bosses. Kayako is a powerful boss for us, not one we should normally face. That should be the veterans of the Central Continent Team."

"As long as we are protected by the Central Continent Team, we can cheer and receive the most basic rewards. We can gradually become stronger and then face those powerful BOSSes."

"Besides, isn't Sun Wukong there? Do you think we could talk to him and have him protect us while we try out some weaker monsters to test our skills? Or, we could have him capture Kayako's true form, beat her half to death, and throw her in front of us to see if we can kill her with some kind of evil spirit amulet? Wouldn't that give us a lot of reward points right away?"

Upon hearing Lu Renjia's words, Saito frowned and said, "I don't think this is a good idea. Aren't your demands excessive? Why should the people of the Central Continent Team, or rather, the Monkey King, do as you say?"

At this moment, a young man named Xiao Bingyi's eyes lit up. He said, "I don't think it's impossible. After all, that's Sun Wukong. Isn't he the embodiment of justice? Didn't we all grow up listening to stories about Sun Wukong? What's wrong with asking him for help? Let's go, why don't we go and discuss it with him?"

Lu Renjia said, "Okay, let's all go together!"

Upon hearing what the others said, Saito immediately broke away from the group.

Although he wasn't very emotionally intelligent, he still felt that going to see Sun Wukong under these circumstances was a bit too much of a stretch.

He didn't want to get involved with these people, so he turned around and ran to the other side.

Just then, as Lu Renjia and his group were about to take action, they suddenly saw Zhe Xingsun, who had been in the room, grab the long staff in his hand. He turned around and, as if transformed into a golden lightning bolt, appeared on the windowsill in the blink of an eye.

Zhe Xingsun looked out with a serious expression.

His actions also alarmed the other members of the Central Continent team.

Li Xiaoyi ran over immediately and asked, "Brother Monkey, what's wrong?"

Zhe Xingsun said, "Just now, something seemed to flicker outside the window, but before I could see it clearly, it disappeared."

Chu Xuan then said, "Li Xiaoyi, use electromagnetic induction to check and see if you can find anything."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoyi didn't hesitate to use his special ability, asking, "Can electromagnetic induction find ghosts like Kayako?"

Chu Xuan said, "Normally, it should be possible. After all, if we use scientific methods to explain Kayako, we can understand her as a special kind of energy body. And as long as it is an energy body, it will naturally generate electromagnetic signals, which you can sense."

Li Xiaoyi sensed for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, I didn't find anything."

Chu Xuan then asked, "Look, what time is it now?"

Zhan Lan looked up at the sky; the sun was already setting. She said, "The sun wasn't that low just now; it should be dusk now, right?"

Chu Xuan nodded and said, "In the far eastern island nation of Japan, there's a saying about sunset, called the 'Hour of Twilight,' which signifies the boundary between life and death, symbolizing the time when demons appear. From now on, we need to be extra careful. By the way, could someone go and call Zheng Zha over and tell him that it's best not to act alone for the foreseeable future."

Zhang Jie, who was standing nearby, said while holding a pistol, "I'll go call him. I won't go far. I'll just call out a couple of times at the door. If Zheng Zha hears me, he'll come back."

Chu Xuan nodded, and Zhang Jie went to the door and shouted.

The newlyweds next to them gradually settled down as well.

When they saw Zhe Xingsun suddenly appear at the window, their hearts raced, thinking a great battle was about to unfold, but nothing happened.

Lu Renjia said, "You scared me! I thought that female ghost really came, but it was all bark and no bite. Look at this female ghost, she's a coward, hahaha!"

As he was speaking, a newcomer suddenly spoke up: "Wait, have you guys noticed that one person seems to be missing from our team?"

His words immediately drew everyone's attention.

Another person said, "It seems like one of the teachers is missing. I can't recall his name right now, but I remember he introduced himself as a teacher."

The newcomer's panic caught the attention of the Zhongzhou team.

Not long after, a person ran out of the door; that was Zheng Zha.

He had been searching for intelligence outside, and when he heard Zhang Jie's call, he ran back.

Upon seeing the newcomers' appearance, they immediately came over to inquire, only to discover that one of the newcomers had mysteriously disappeared.

He also remembered the man. Zheng Zha frowned and asked, "Brother Monkey, how did that person disappear? Did you see him?"

When Zhe Xingsun heard Zheng Zha say this, he shook his head and said, "No, I only saw some noise outside the window earlier."

Zheng Zha gritted his teeth and said, "From now on, make sure the newcomer stays under our watchful eye. Chu Xuan, this is some information I gathered outside; see if there's anything useful about it."

As Zheng Zha spoke, he took out a stack of what looked like very old newspapers.

However, Chu Xuan glanced at the newspapers and frowned, saying, "These newspapers are not in Japanese, or rather, they are not in Japanese in the conventional sense."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha looked surprised and said, "Wait, I saw it before too. Although I couldn't recognize it, it should be written in Japanese, right? I saw a lot of symbols that I've seen in some... Japanese movies before."

Chu Xuan said, "There are indeed some Japanese hiragana characters here, but the order is all wrong. If you ask a Japanese person to read these characters, they will only feel that these characters are just random katakana characters arranged randomly, just like Chinese characters that have been scrambled and rearranged."

Zheng Zha said, "How could that be? This is text printed in a newspaper. If they just printed it randomly, how could any of the Japanese understand it? Or rather, the world of Ju-on and real Japan are actually just two similar worlds, but their civilizations and ways of communication are actually different?"

Chu Xuan shook his head and said, "The probability is very low. Besides, take a look at the picture in the newspaper."

As Chu Xuan spoke, he distributed some newspapers to everyone.

After a couple of glances, the text itself didn't seem strange, but the accompanying pictures immediately revealed something unusual.

Although they may not seem strange at first glance, a closer look reveals that the accompanying images are somewhat distorted.

For example, in one picture, it looks like a car has lost control and crashed into a nearby house, but upon closer inspection, you'll find that the car's wheels aren't real wheels, but human heads; another picture shows a utility pole at dusk, but upon closer inspection, you'll find that the densely packed creatures on the power line aren't sparrows, but human hands.

Zheng Zha couldn't recognize them for two reasons. First, he was in a hurry to find the newspapers and only glanced at them before putting them away. Second, the black and white illustrations were too distorted and abstract, and the resolution wasn't very high, so he didn't recognize them immediately.

"Wait, there seems to be my name on this!" a voice suddenly screamed.

Everyone looked over and saw a newcomer holding a newspaper, staring at the words on the paper with a look of horror.

Zheng Zha walked over and took a look. He immediately noticed that among the strange Japanese text in the newspaper, there were a few Chinese characters mixed in.

As the newcomer pointed them out one by one, Zheng Zha suddenly realized that the newcomer's name was indeed recorded there, but it was not recorded continuously. Instead, it was separated into two paragraphs with one character in each paragraph. These characters were far apart, and if the newcomer had not pointed them out, an ordinary person probably would not have been able to find them.

Chu Xuan also took a look at the newspapers. He took out a pen and made some marks on them. After a while, he said, "In total, there are four names: Xiao Bingyi, Liu Daneng, Chen Xin, and Zhao Yingkong."

Upon hearing Chu Xuan call their names, the two newlyweds immediately turned pale.

In any case, it's definitely not a good thing for their names to appear in such a newspaper out of nowhere.

Zhao Yingkong remained quite calm, showing no signs of fear or anxiety.

"Who is Chen Xin?" Zheng Zha asked, because he noticed that there didn't seem to be anyone named Chen Xin among the new recruits.

At this moment, a newcomer raised his hand and said hesitantly, "That newcomer who suddenly disappeared earlier, he seems to be Chen Xin."

Everyone felt their breath catch in their throats.

Although their names have not yet appeared in the newspapers, some names have appeared, and one person has completely disappeared, leaving no trace.

The pressure and sense of oppression this brings are undoubtedly enormous.

The faces of the two newlyweds darkened almost visibly.

But soon, Xiao Bingyi thought of something and quickly took a few steps to stand near Zhe Xingsun's position, as if this could bring him a sense of security.

However, others were not optimistic about this, after all, the newcomer named Chen Xin had also disappeared in front of them, while Sun Wukong had not reacted at all.

He is not the all-powerful and magically powerful Monkey King from Journey to the West.

According to the Central Continent Team, the other party was only pulled into the Main God Space when they were looking for a master in the Southern Continent.

In other words, at that time, Sun Wukong had not yet become a disciple of the Bodhi Patriarch. Without the Patriarch's guidance, he would have been just an ordinary monkey.

Suddenly, everyone heard another scream from outside the window. The scream was extremely shrill, accompanied by a whooshing sound, like a heavy object falling rapidly.

Zhe Xingsun reacted quickly, leaping onto the windowsill. His eyes, now like those of a hawk, immediately spotted a figure plummeting from the sky.

He leaped forward and rushed out, reaching out to grab the person.

However, before he could even react, the person slipped from his grasp, and he hadn't managed to grab them at all!

Thud...thud!

Two heavy thuds followed one after the other. The first was the sound of the person who had fallen earlier landing, his body smashed to pieces. The second was the dull thud of Zhe Xingsun landing.

Zhe Xingsun strode over and saw the figure that had fallen to the ground; it was Chen Xin.