The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

"explain!"

The sticky voice came out again from inside the black figure, tinged with impatience.

"Sir, we're currently in the heart of Dayun City!" Li Liebiao immediately exclaimed, his voice tinged with urgency. "We still have a chance!"

Hearing Li Liebiao still dawdling, the cloying voice said directly, "If you say another word, I'll kill you!"

"My lord!" Upon hearing this, Li Liebiao's speech suddenly quickened. "Isn't your clan capable of absorbing negative emotions to become stronger?"

"With enough negative emotions, you will have the strength to contend with Liu Musheng, and even breaking through to the ninth rank is not impossible! At that time—"

A sticky voice interrupted Li Liebiao once again, its tone carrying a strange arrogance: "Do you need to tell me that?"

"But there's no time to stop the massive destruction and killing now!"

"At most two minutes, that human named Liu Musheng will catch up!"

"At that point, forget about negative emotions; just being able to hold on for two more seconds would be a miracle!"

"And without large-scale destruction and killing, where would we get enough negative emotions?"

Li Liebiao's voice trailed off for a moment.

"My lord, perhaps it is possible to obtain a large amount of negative emotions without large-scale killing."

"As you know, humans are a very peculiar race."

Upon hearing this, the sticky voice paused, as if savoring a particular word in the sentence: "Strange?"

"Just tell me the method."

Li Liebiao stopped beating around the bush and said quickly, "Sir, not far to your left is the education district of Dayun City."

"Dayun No.1 Middle School, No.2 Middle School, No.3 Middle School, and several junior high schools are all over there. You can go that way!"

The sticky voice, somewhat puzzled, asked, "Why go that way? What's different about the people there?"

Upon hearing this, Li Liebiao began to explain.

"My lord, there are several reasons for this."

"First, adult humans are mentally mature and have a very high fear threshold. On the other hand, very young humans cannot properly understand what fear is, so neither type of human is very efficient at generating negative emotions related to fear."

"People in junior and senior high school have begun to develop mentally and have the richest emotions. They are afraid of exams, being scolded, losing face in front of their classmates, the unknown, and all sorts of things. Even small things can stir up huge waves in their hearts."

"They can definitely provide you with the most negative emotions."

"Secondly, the Investigation Bureau is vigorously promoting martial arts. Their goal is clear: to increase the number of ability users by promoting martial arts."

"An important way to promote martial arts is to open martial arts courses, and the Investigation Bureau wants more new blood to join them."

"Therefore, compared with other humans, young humans who are still in junior high or high school are of the greatest strategic significance to the Bureau of Investigation."

Li Liebiao lowered his voice slightly: "Using these humans as hostages to threaten us will make the Investigation Bureau more hesitant to act."

The sticky voice sounded somewhat puzzled: "Hostage? Threat? What does this have to do with me absorbing negative emotions?"

Li Liebiao continued, "Sir, once we have enough hostages of sufficient importance, Liu Musheng won't dare to act rashly. If he doesn't dare to act, you'll have time to absorb negative emotions. As you absorb negative emotions, your strength will increase. Once your strength increases, he won't be your match, and you won't need to run anymore."

Hearing this, the sticky voice asked incredulously, its tone full of suspicion: "Really? With those hostages, Liu Musheng won't dare to act rashly?"

"Yes, sir."

"Although I hate to admit it, the torchbearers of the Investigation Bureau do possess something useless that is called 'virtue' in humanity. They call it 'responsibility' and 'protection'."

"A gentleman can be deceived by his principles; now, you can also take advantage of this."

"But—" he then changed the subject, "there are also some things you need to be aware of."

"Are you teaching me how to do things?" The sticky voice turned sharp again.

"No, no," Li Liebiao quickly denied, his voice instantly becoming increasingly humble. "I'm just giving you a small suggestion, sir. A trivial suggestion, just for your reference."

The sticky voice then stopped arguing.

Li Liebiao's voice rang out again, this time slower than before: "My lord, first and foremost, the most important point..."

"That is, you can't kill those students."

"Even if you kill, you can only kill a few."

"You need to ensure the survival of the majority of students. They are your hostages, your bargaining chips, the source of your negative emotions, and the key to making Liu Musheng stop."

Upon hearing this, the sticky voice shouted, "What? No killing?! Without killing, where do negative emotions come from! Fear comes from death! How can other living beings be afraid if we don't kill!"

Upon hearing this, Li Liebiao fell silent for a moment, feeling as if his previous words had been spoken in vain.

Li Liebiao sighed, "Sir, you can kill a few, as long as it makes a big fuss so that most of the others know about it, that will be enough."

"At that time, a constant stream of negative emotions will naturally follow!"

The sticky voice still asked suspiciously, "Really? Killing a few will generate a constant stream of negative emotions?"

"My lord, we share both prosperity and adversity now, so why would I need to deceive you?"

The sticky substance didn't seem to make a sound directly, as if it was thinking and judging.

Li Liebiao assumed it understood and continued, his speech quickening again: "Sir, there is another point you need to pay attention to."

"Liu Musheng isn't stupid; he'll definitely figure out our purpose eventually."

"Therefore, my lord, you must suppress your growing energy and aura fluctuations as much as possible, and stall for time. Once your strength grows to the point where you can contend with him, you can do whatever you want!"

The sticky voice hesitated for a moment, and although it didn't fully understand, it finally nodded: "Fine! There's a saying among you humans: 'A wise man submits to circumstances.' Your actions of aiding and abetting evil—no, I mean, assisting the wicked—"

It seems to be struggling to find a positive word to describe Li Liebiao's act of betrayal: "I am very satisfied."

Hearing the other person misuse idioms, Li Liebiao fell silent for a moment.

"Sir, this is called abandoning darkness for light," he corrected after a moment.

Upon hearing this, the sticky voice immediately retorted, its tone carrying a certainty that what you said was wrong: "No, we, the Lustful Clan, are entirely black, with not a single part of our bodies shining, so you are the one who has abandoned the light for darkness."

Li Liebiao: "..."

then.

The figure emitting black smoke suddenly stopped in mid-air, then made a sharp turn and veered to the left front.

In the distance in that direction, the red brick walls of several school buildings and the reflection of the flagpole on the playground can be vaguely seen.

Liu Musheng, who was approaching from behind, frowned upon seeing the Lustful Corpse's actions, a bad premonition flashing through his mind: that direction...

His pupils contracted slightly, and the wind beneath his feet picked up.

Meanwhile, at Dayun No.1 Middle School, Grade 11 (1) class.

"Look, there's something flying in the sky!"

A boy who was leaning against the window suddenly shouted, poking at the glass with his finger, almost pressing his whole body against the window.

"Where? Where?" A classmate next to him also came over.

"Over there! It's getting closer, it looks like it's coming this way—"

More and more students were drawn to the sentence and flocked to the window. Several heads crowded in front of one window, gazing at the sky.

Xiao Qiu also walked to the window. She squinted and looked in the direction the boy was pointing.

A black dot.

It's so small that you wouldn't notice it at all unless you were constantly looking in that direction.

It flew over from the city skyline at a very high speed.

"He really seems to be coming this way. Could he be some kind of superhuman?" Xiaoxiao stood next to her, also looking at the black dot, her voice filled with curiosity.

The black dot is getting bigger and closer.

Xiao Qiu's eyes were finally able to make out the outline of that thing!

No, that's not a superpowered person!

It was a blurry, black, smoke-like humanoid shape!

Black energy surged around it, like an inextinguishable black flame burning its body.

Xiao Qiu's pupils suddenly contracted. Her hand unconsciously gripped Xiao Xiao's sleeve, her knuckles turning white.

"wrong!!!"

Her voice changed; it was no longer filled with curiosity, but with a primal, instinctive emotion that suddenly welled up from the depths of her heart: fear!

"It's emitting black smoke!!!"

"It's that kind of monster from the video!"