I discovered a world bug.

Eight hours later, at 8 a.m.

Li Yu suddenly woke up with a start, her body leaping upwards as if she were a patient who had just recovered from cardiac arrest.

The stool under his feet bounced up and crashed to the ground with a loud "bang".

Losing his balance, he instinctively tried to reach out to brace himself, but found that he couldn't move his hands.

Another loud crash, and he fell sideways to the ground along with the stool, his head hitting the tile floor. He had just woken up when he felt dizzy again.

"Holy crap..."

"What the hell is going on...?"

I had already found that person, and I was about to use the Gu pill in my hand!

But his own memory vanished the instant he made eye contact with him.

I opened my eyes again...

Where the hell am I?!

Li Yu struggled desperately, and in the darkness, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Don't move."

The voice carried a hint of coldness, instantly silencing Li Yu.

It’s over.

Only he knows that 80 is hard to earn!

This time, it seems we've... provoked a true god!

Are you kidding me!

That kid is clearly just an ordinary, unremarkable person!

How could he have subdued me beforehand? How could he have sensed it?

Or is it...?

Does he have the Five Witches protecting him?!

Five Witches... I've heard of this thing but never seen it.

But if his own Gu poison is real, then it's quite obvious that the Five Witches Technique is also very likely real...

This is truly the end...

"Master! Master!"

Li Yu's voice already carried a hint of sobbing.

"I was wrong! You can't hide anything from me, but I was also misled by a villain!"

"They just want me to cause you a little trouble, just a little trouble!"

"I haven't laid a hand on you yet, please let me go, please let me go!"

Li Yu struggled to straighten herself up, seemingly wanting to kowtow on the ground.

But he was bound tightly by Lin Shu, like a fish in a bow, unable to move at all.

Seeing his almost frantic actions, Lin Shu's unease, or rather, guilt, completely dissipated.

Looking for some minor trouble?

Is this how you find minor troubles?

You're not just looking for trouble, you're trying to kill me.

After I caught you in the act, you still tried to lie to me...

Then I don't need to be polite with you.

"You want to kill me with Gu magic."

Lin Shu's words hit the nail on the head, and the man's movements froze for a moment, but he continued to argue.

"Master, there's no such thing as Gu magic in this world! What era are we living in? There's no such thing anymore!"

"Master, I really just wanted to cause you some trouble, I didn't mean anything by it!"

"Besides, this trouble might not even actually happen, Master. It's the 21st century; we should trust science!"

science?

Tsk tsk...

Who says rituals aren't science?

If, as I suspect, the ritual is indeed a special method to "trigger a world bug"...

Then it must be science, but a science with a low return on investment and that has not yet received enough attention from the world.

With a cold laugh, Lin Shu continued:

"You keep calling me 'Master,' and it's obvious you know how you got here."

"You know you lost the magic contest, and now you're telling me those are all feudal superstitions."

Do you think your logic makes sense?

"We're all seasoned foxes, what's the point of talking about ghost stories? You know the situation in this industry better than I do."

"I won't ask you what you want to do right now, I'll just ask you one question."

"Who on earth sent you to kill me?"

After Lin Shu finished speaking, Li Yu, who was lying on the ground, immediately fell silent.

This is really the end.

They not only know everything, they're experts.

Even if I try to deny it and say I'm just a con artist, it won't work—he has the real skills, so why would he think I'm just using fake techniques?

No, it won't happen...

Li Yu let out a heavy breath, and her panicked expression immediately disappeared.

"Could you help me up? Let's sit down and talk."

His tone was quite calm—he seemed to have calculated that Lin Shu either wouldn't dare to kill him, or didn't want to kill him.

"Just lie there and we'll chat like this."

"Isn't that unnecessary?"

Li Yu struggled to lift her head and open her eyes, trying to see the shadow in front of her clearly.

"Each serves their own master; you have your lineage, and I have mine."

"We originally kept to ourselves and did not interfere with each other. I was just doing my job."

"As for holidays, we don't celebrate them together."

"It's just business."

Lin Shu slowly shook her head.

"There used to be no festival, but now there is."

"Besides, whether it's a business deal or not isn't up to you, it's up to me."

"...Okay, okay."

Li Yu laughed heartily.

"You're tough enough, you're tough enough."

"No wonder those people wanted to get rid of you. Someone like you, once you enter this line of work, you're likely to get into big trouble."

"I advise you to be careful. Even if they don't take it from you, fate will..."

Heaven's will?

This was the second time Lin Shu had heard this word from someone else.

I first heard it from Xu Changshun.

But it is clear that Xu Changshun had no connection with these people, or even any contact with them.

Otherwise, he would have left clues in his records.

Thinking about it this way, the concept of "heavenly harvest" seems to be a common consensus.

Even without any interaction, those who walk the path of "ritual" will inevitably come to this conclusion...

After a brief silence, Lin Shu continued:

"I don't care about fate, I just want to know who's behind you."

"Your phone is with me. Tell me what the plane's code is."

"Of course, you can say it yourself."

"That way, you can suffer less."

Lin Shu tried his best to deliver his threat in the coldest possible tone, but it was clear that he wasn't very good at it.

----Just kidding, what kind of good person would be good at this?!

As expected, Li Yu was completely unmoved by this.

"Are you new to this industry?"

He began to speak:

"Young man, there's no need to say such flippant things."

"I don't know if you belong to Meishan, Longhu, or some other lineage."

"But I know you people are good at performing rituals and chanting spells, but when it comes to dirty work, you can't compare to me."

"You wouldn't dare kill anyone—not to mention killing, you wouldn't even dare to hurt someone."

"Do you know what happens when you make a cut? The skin and flesh will split open, blood will flow out, oh, there's fat under the skin, some people's is yellow, some people's is white."

"Can you handle it? You can't."

"You'll throw up..."

"So, if we're going to talk, let's talk properly."

"I botched this job, so I need to explain myself. You don't want to cause trouble, right?"

"wrong."

Lin Shu suddenly noticed the blind spot.

He laughed, but Li Yu, who was opposite him, couldn't see the smile.

"You said I'm new to the industry, but you must have been in it for a long time."

"But I feel like you don't really understand this industry."

"Does torturing someone always require cutting them with a knife? Not necessarily."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Shu noticed that Li Yu's expression finally changed a little.

He pressed his advantage:

Have you ever heard this joke? It's so funny.

"If you wish for something and your enemy gets double it, what should you wish for?"

"The answer is, wish for 10 hours of sleep every day."

"You see, I really don't have any rituals for 'making a wish'."

"But I also have a way to let you sleep 20 hours a day."

"Well, theoretically, 24 hours is possible..."