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

"Hmm, I've fallen asleep again?"

"It seems there's something wrong with my condition. Why am I falling into a deep sleep every few days?"

"Also, where am I? Is this still in China?"

Lin Zhili slowly opened his sticky eyes with a soft "hmm," glanced at his surroundings, and his eyes still held a trace of the confusion unique to those who have just woken up.

Then 'he' straightened his head.

What met his sticky eyes was a pair of blazing golden eyes, and he was immediately startled: "Oh my god."

Wu You shook his head and brushed his hand across Lin Zhili's eyes.

Then a lustful corpse seed, appearing as a mass of pitch-black gas, was squeezed out of Lin Zhili's body.

He used the Xuan Suo Sword Intent to forcibly dispel the parasitic state of the Desire Corpse Seed within Lin Zhili's body.

After the lustful corpse was forced to break free from its parasitic state, it realized what had happened.

Without saying a word, it immediately used all its strength to fly straight away into the distance.

But in Wu You's eyes at this moment, this was just an eighth-level Lustful Corpse Species whose escape speed was no different from that of a snail.

With a flick of his finger.

A faint, jet-black sword aura flashed past, and the Lustful Corpse Seed, utterly powerless, turned into a wisp of black smoke and vanished from the world.

At this moment, Lin Zhili slowly opened his eyes again.

This time, his eyes finally returned to a normal, clear state.

To confirm his condition, Wu You asked again, "Director Lin?"

Lin Zhili glanced around at the still-falling black rain and quickly came to his senses.

He glanced at Wu You's black trench coat, nodded, and then said rapidly, "My lord, the God of a Thousand Faces still has a wisp of his will remaining in the real world!"

"He was hiding inside my body before! He even directed a coordinated operation by the Faceless Cult!"

"Their goal is to summon a projection into our world!"

"But now, I can no longer sense the presence of the Thousand-Faced God's will!"

"He has most likely already gone somewhere in the three southeastern provinces to establish the ritual of His coming!"

"It's most likely in Dongjiang Province!"

"My lord, we must find him as soon as possible—"

Wu You shook his head, then pointed to the city below, which had quickly stabilized.

The Thousand Faces Projection has dissipated, and the number of Thousand Faces Clan members will no longer increase. In addition, Wu You has been continuously activating the Xuanming Domain, using black raindrops to restore the status of friendly units while simultaneously applying the Deadness status to enemy units.

Currently, cities within the Xuanming Domain are restoring order at an extremely rapid pace.

Unfortunately, even though he had expanded the Xuanming Domain to its maximum extent, it could only cover about half a province.

Lin Zhili reacted quickly, and upon seeing the remaining Thousand-Faced Clan members in the city, he immediately understood: "The projection of the Thousand-Faced God has descended?"

Wu You nodded: "It's already been taken care of."

Lin Zhili, however, seemed oblivious to everything. He continued gazing at the ravaged city below, still billowing black smoke and littered with ruins, his body trembling uncontrollably, his eyes reddening and welling with tears: "Has it finally arrived...?"

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault!"

"If I hadn't been parasitized, how could things have gotten to this point?!"

"I am a sinner against all mankind."

"Sinner!"

"How can I possibly have the face to live in this world!"

"If I had died sooner, perhaps none of this would have happened!"

"I deserve to die!"

As he spoke, he slapped his forehead hard with his palm.

Seeing this, Wu You sighed and stopped him.

He could tell that Lin Zhili was a person who had a strong sense of belonging and honor towards the Investigation Bureau and humanity.

However, the Corpse Seeds parasitized him, using his body to commit many horrific acts, which was a thousand times more painful for Lin Zhili than killing him.

"Director Lin, the deceased is gone, but the living still need us. We must look forward." Wu You wasn't very good at comforting people, so he could only say this dryly.

But Lin Zhili remained utterly devastated, his expression one of profound grief and despair. As he gazed at the horrific scene below, he kept muttering, "I am a sinner!"

"I deserve to die!"

And so on.

Seeing that Lin Zhili still had a strong tendency to self-destruct, Wu You had no choice but to directly activate the [Sword Dao Only I Am] trait, projecting his own will and state of mind onto Lin Zhili, forcibly stabilizing his emotions and state.

With the blessing of "Swordsmanship is My Own", Wu You can now use his own will to guide the world's will to form an attack. Now, projecting his will onto others is the same operation, but much easier and requires almost no effort.

If he wished, he could even use his sword heart to draw the world's will over, and then project the world's will onto others. This might help others comprehend the laws governing the operation of heaven and earth, that is, the rules.

Of course, Wu You has not actually experimented with it, so he is not sure if it has such an effect.

Theoretically speaking, it should be fine.

As long as the mental state of the object being projected upon is strong enough to withstand the pressure from the will of the world.

After all, even the slightest wisp of the world's will is still a wisp of the entire world!

For ordinary people, it is as heavy as a mountain, and they simply cannot bear it!

Wu You estimated that at least a level 10 ordinary ability user or a level 9 ability user with mental abilities would be needed to barely withstand the pressure of facing the world's will.

Looking at Lin Zhili, who was in a daze due to the influence of his will, Wu You tried to comfort him again:

"Director Lin, for us, death is a very easy thing; on the contrary, living is an extremely difficult thing."

"Moreover, the situation is critical now, and every bit of strength is precious."

"If you die like this today, then hundreds, even thousands of people who could have survived may die because they didn't receive timely rescue. Do you want to see that happen?"

"There is hope as long as we live, and we can contribute to humanity as long as we live."

"Or are you saying, Director Lin, that you're only concerned with your own comfort and have no desire to make greater contributions to humanity?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhili immediately snapped out of his daze: "How could that be? I can give everything for humanity!"

"I just—"

Before Lin Zhili could say anything more, Wu You nodded, cutting him off: "That's more like it."

"Director Lin, please preserve your usefulness and wait until later."