A bizarre resurrection: I, Yang Jian, am bound by a contract with the school beauty!

Kyushu.

Sky Secrets Operations Room.

The atmosphere was beyond what could be described as merely enthusiastic.

Previously, Old Qin had been on edge, barely daring to breathe, but now his face was flushed, and he slammed his hand hard on the alloy table in front of him!

"Good! Good! Good!!!"

He uttered three consecutive "good"s, his voice booming, filled with barely suppressed excitement and joy!

The generals, strategists, and analysts behind him all seemed to have won a battle, embracing each other and shouting excitedly.

"Old Qin!"

"We made the right bet! We really made the right bet!"

A middle-aged strategist with a refined demeanor and gold-rimmed glasses was so excited that he became incoherent.

"Yang Jian! That Yang Jian!"

"He's not just the hope of Kyushu! He... he's the pillar of Kyushu!"

"It's more than just a pillar of strength!"

Another general, dressed in a crisp military uniform, stared intently at the calm figure on the screen, his voice trembling.

"Look at how composed he is!"

"That indifference!"

"It's as if I just did something trivial!"

"What a spirit! What a magnificent character!"

"This child... no, this god... is the cornerstone of our Nine Provinces for all eternity!"

At first.

When they received Yang Jian's utterly ordinary file, they felt despair.

Some people even joked about it in private.

They desperately wanted Yang Jian to be like the protagonist in a novel, unleashing his hidden strength at a crucial moment and turning the tide.

But who could have imagined!

This absurd and ridiculous delusion actually...

It's a reality!

and.

Reality is far more absurd than fiction!

Even more stunning!

How could they not be excited?

How could I not be overjoyed?!

Where there is joy, there is also sorrow.

In stark contrast to the celebratory atmosphere across Kyushu, a persistent dark cloud hung over the skies of certain island nations.

Inside the Supreme Command Center of Sakura Country.

"Baka yarou!!!"

A furious roar, accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering porcelain, broke the oppressive silence in the room.

A short, elderly man wearing a kimono and sporting a mustache slammed his teacup onto the ground.

His face, twisted with jealousy and anger, was contorted with rage.

"How could this happen?! How could this possibly be?!"

"That Kyushu person..."

"How could he possibly possess such terrifying power?!"

"Devouring Fiends..."

"This...this is a method only gods possess!"

"What the hell is the intelligence department doing?! Why does his file say 'ordinary'?! This is what they call ordinary?!"

"It's over...it's all over..."

"With such a guardian deity in Kyushu, how can our Great Sakura Empire possibly surpass them?!"

The other high-ranking officers in the command center were all ashen-faced, their eyes filled with despair and resentment.

They were originally the nation most hoping that Kyushu would fail in this deadly game.

But now.

The glimpse of Yang Jian revealed was like an insurmountable mountain, pressing heavily on their hearts and making it hard for them to breathe.

Hey.

It's frantically eroding their sanity.

fear.

It is ruthlessly destroying their ambitions.

……

Inside the eerie room.

The noise and fervor of the outside world had no effect on this place.

Yang Jian slowly turned around.

The eerie scarlet vertical eye on his forehead had closed at some point, leaving only a faint blood-red mark.

If you don't look closely, you won't notice it at all.

The ghostly aura emanating from him had completely dissipated.

It looks like...

He went back to being an ordinary, unremarkable person.

It was as if the god who had just devoured the vengeful spirits and dominated the heavens and earth was merely an illusion for everyone.

His gaze was calm.

He glanced at Su Qiaoqiao, who was slumped on the ground, still in a daze, and then at Li Yao, who was unconscious by the wall but had regained her human form.

At last.

His gaze returned to Su Qiaoqiao.

In Su Qiaoqiao's complex gaze, a mixture of fear, awe, and worship.

Yang Jian frowned slightly.

He spoke in a completely indifferent tone:

"it's over."

"Now, it's time to find the next one."

Next?

When Yang Jian uttered those three words indifferently.

Su Qiaoqiao's mind, which had just begun to calm down from the extreme shock, once again went completely blank.

What...what did she hear?

Looking for the next one?

What are you looking for next?

A ghost?!

A thought powerful enough to drive any normal person to madness was growing wildly in Su Qiaoqiao's mind!

madman!

The man in front of me is absolutely a complete madman!

When others enter this kind of bizarre dungeon where the odds are against them, they all try their best to avoid the ghosts.

Who among them doesn't have the three words "survive" etched into their very bones?

But what about him?

He actually...

After dealing with such a terrifying ghost, instead of immediately fleeing this dangerous place, they actually... went to actively seek out their next target?!

This goes beyond mere audacity!

This is simply treating this terrifying forbidden land, which is enough to make the whole world tremble, as his own... hunting ground!

Su Qiaoqiao collapsed to the ground.

Looking up at the man's calm, unwavering back...

……

at the same time.

The global live stream, which had been completely engulfed in jubilation because Yang Jiansheng had swallowed the vengeful ghost, fell into an eerie silence that lasted for several seconds because of his casual remark.

Followed by.

The barrage of comments was countless times more intense than ever before, like a flood bursting its banks, instantly engulfing the entire screen!

[Next...the next one?!]

[Did I hear that right?! Yang Shen said he's going to... find the next one?!]

Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!

My brain can't keep up! Everyone else is being chased by ghosts, but with Yang Shen, how come it's become him chasing the ghost?!

That's fucking divine!

[They turned a death game into a jungle farming game! I'm speechless! I'm truly speechless!]

Something's wrong, guys!

Don't you guys think this is really weird?!

[Upstairs, is something wrong?]

[Yang Shen is so fierce, isn't it normal for him to take the initiative?]

[Normal my foot!]

[You've all forgotten the most crucial point! What exactly is Yang Jian's identity?! He's not human at all! He's a ghost! A being far more terrifying than any ghost we've ever seen!]

Yes! He devoured the two-faced female ghost to increase his own power!

So now he's going to find the next one, and his goal must be the same! He wants to become stronger! It's for himself!

But the problem is, what about Su Qiaoqiao?!

She's just an ordinary person!

[Wandering around in this terrifying place with a demon god who feeds on vengeful ghosts, what if... I mean, what if they encounter a ghost that even Yang Jian finds troublesome? What will become of Su Qiaoqiao...?]

[Hiss—! I get it!]

Yang Jian doesn't care about winning or losing this game at all! He doesn't care about the fate of the Nine Provinces either!

[Because the bizarre event occurring in reality has absolutely no impact on someone like him! In fact... he might even be happy to see that happen!]

The reason he protects Su Qiaoqiao is simply because she is the "chosen one." Her existence is the "key" that allows Yang Jian to remain in this instance!

[If Su Qiaoqiao dies, he might also be forcibly teleported out!]

So, he wasn't protecting Su Qiaoqiao; he was just protecting his own "meal ticket"!

Holy crap!

【You've given me a chill down my spine! This...this is just too real!】

【It's all over! The fate of Kyushu is in grave danger!】

Yang Jian is like a double-edged sword; he can slay demons, but he can also... slit our own throats at any moment!

This isn't just taking a risk! This is playing with fire!

Su Qiaoqiao's fate, and the destiny of the entire nation, rest entirely on Yang Jian's single thought!

The public opinion trend in the bullet comments.

In just a few dozen seconds, the previous fervent worship quickly transformed into a calm analysis mixed with deep worry and fear.

People finally snapped out of Yang Jian's bizarre behavior.

They realize.

Yang Jian may be the guardian deity of Kyushu, but more likely, he is a demon god who fights only for himself!