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

Meanwhile, on the other side, Wu Jing and Lin Xinmai had just come out of the Public Security Bureau and were sitting on a bus heading to the Lanhe City Central Shopping Mall.

The two sat in the back row in two window seats. The window next to them was also slightly open, and the wind squeezed in through the gap, blowing a few strands of Lin Xin's black hair that were buried behind her ears, which she then gently pressed back down with her hand.

Wu Jing's gaze was somewhat unfocused, resting on the back of the front seat, as if she was looking at something but also as if she wasn't looking at anything at all.

Lin Xinmai tilted her head and looked out the car window at the street scene that kept passing by—trees, streetlights, closed shops, electric bikes parked on the side of the road, all receding frame by frame.

Neither of them spoke, and the silence in the car lasted for a long time.

Lin Xinmai broke the silence first. Her gaze was still fixed on the view outside the window, but her voice had already turned to her: "Xiaojing, when did your memory return?"

Wu Jing's unfocused gaze sharpened; she looked up from her seat and glanced at Lin Xinmai. "Just these next few days. What about you?"

"Today," Lin Xinmai turned away from the window, facing Wu Jing, her chin slightly lowered, "to be specific, it was not long ago."

"Also, thank you for saving me."

Wu Jing shook her head and turned to look at him: "You're welcome, but you've encountered Xiao Mai before..."

"Such a thing?"

Lin Xinmai was silent for a second or two, then let out a long sigh: "Several times."

Wu Jing was slightly taken aback: "Several times...?"

Umaru has encountered those monsters that even she, who has already developed her own life force, couldn't contend with several times? And she survived them all?

Looking at Wu Jing's surprised expression, Lin Xinmai smiled self-deprecatingly: "Yes, I've been saved several times."

She tucked the hair that was falling to the side of her face behind her ear and looked out the car window again: "In a sense, I am indeed very lucky."

Wu Jing was silent for a moment, then thought for a moment and asked, "So this was your first encounter with a zombie, and you were rescued by those people in black trench coats, and then you signed that confidentiality agreement?"

This question caused Lin Xinmai's eyes to change slightly. She thought of a figure who also carried a sword, someone who suddenly appeared and then left immediately.

She then glanced at the long cloth bag Lin Jing had placed next to her seat, her expression turning strange: "You...don't know?"

The pale blue figure was enveloped in a misty haze that swirled slowly in the air, its blurred face turned toward the black kitten on the floor.

His voice remained gentle, but with a hint of solemnity: "We are allies now."

"You don't want us to get into such big trouble, do you?"

A mature, husky voice: ...

The pale blue figure waited two breaths, and seeing no response, changed its perspective and continued, "Don't you have irreconcilable conflicts with Thousand Faces and Desire?"

"If they extract enough benefit from our world, wouldn't that be extremely disadvantageous for you?"

After a moment of silence, the mature, hoarse voice said, "I cannot be discovered by them yet."

The gentle voice understood His meaning and sighed, "Is there any other way to stop that assembling ritual?"

"This is easy." The little black cat slightly raised one of its front paws, the tip of the paw drawing an arc in mid-air, and a new pattern of light spots appeared in front of the pale blue figure.

"This ritual can temporarily seal those holes."

The pale blue figure's gaze lingered on the picture for a few moments, memorizing every node and connecting line.

She nodded. "Anything else?"

The black kitten shook its head: "As long as you can plug those holes in time, none of the subsequent problems will occur again."

"But we have to hurry—"

"They know you have discovered this ritual, and they will not give you much time to react."

"Understood." The voice of the pale blue figure softened. "Thank you this time."

After the words were spoken, the blue light that appeared from nowhere began to fade, as if someone were slowly dimming a light. The outline of the light blurred in circles until it finally dissipated completely into the air, leaving not even a trace of moisture behind.

The training room fell silent again. The little black cat lay down again, resting its chin on its front paws, and slowly closed its fiery golden eyes.

But just before its eyes completely closed, those golden pupils suddenly widened, its eyelids snapped upwards, and the light within flickered violently a few times: "Wait, my bound master seems to still be in the deep dark realm here...?"

The black kitten pressed its paw on the floor, and its body instantly went from lying down to standing up.

His fiery golden pupils narrowed to slits in the dim light, then suddenly widened: "No, if those deep dark domains were truly aggregated, they could probably accommodate beings at the 'God Child' level crossing the world barrier..."

Then, *thud*—

A door slammed shut.

When they looked again, the black kitten had already disappeared.