As the savior, I only want to play single-player games.

"Perhaps you are not a good fit for this system."

Seeing this, Zi's heart skipped a beat.

What's wrong? Could it be that Kagura Tendo lost patience because of her first failure?

That doesn't make sense. What happened to the promised forty hours?

But for her, this condition was a bit harsh.

In complete darkness and undisturbed, the only place she could think of was inside the coffin; nowhere else was safe.

Tendou Kagura remained silent, seeing that Kagura was a "prophet" in his eyes, with extremely strong intuition and the ability to sense existences beyond the world. Perhaps the heavy responsibility of saving the world would fall on her shoulders.

Normally, the fact that absorption cannot be completed after ten hours is not a big deal for most people; it's just the beginning.

However, for Jianzi, if she has the aptitude, she can absorb it in three hours at most, or as little as half an hour. It wouldn't be outrageous if she could absorb it as soon as she entered the darkness. It is said that Shangyang has this kind of aptitude. He directly absorbed the spiritual body left by the Heart-Stealing Monster, defeated himself in half a minute, and then made great strides to become the strongest human ability user. His efficiency is extremely high. In short, ten hours is enough to determine whether she is suitable for the Shadow System.

The longer he pondered this, the more he thought about seeing his son. Could it be that he really had to lie in a coffin?

Her face was a little pale, but she remembered what Kagura had said yesterday, the scene when her father disappeared, and the unstable world of evil spirits.

She gritted her teeth, ready to give it her all!

At the same time, she felt a deep sorrow that she, a young girl in the prime of her life, had been reduced to lying in a coffin.

"I……"

She was interrupted by Tendo Kagura before she could even open her mouth: "Let's switch to a different system."

Why change the coffin?!

Then, upon seeing the child, they saw that Kagura Tendou had taken out a crystal-clear, blood-red magatama, its blood-red light dazzlingly beautiful, without any impurities, and flawless in its entirety.

"This is..." Jianzi was immediately attracted, thinking that this thing was very beautiful, very much like a natural ruby, extremely precious, and that it was absolutely impossible to make this thing artificially.

"Strengthen the bloodline!" Tendou Kagura murmured.

He has already digested one, but although his physical condition has been slightly enhanced, the effect is not obvious. The energy contained in the solidified blood body is of little use to him, so he still has three solidified blood bodies left.

He had fought these things head-on and killed quite a few, but he didn't find them to be anything special. Compared to the Shadow Creatures, they were just a bunch of harmless little kids.

It's just that it's tough and thick-skinned, with a very strong body. Only armor-piercing bullets can tear through the fleshy monster's skin. It has a strong regenerative ability and can eat its own kind raw to quickly digest and restore its own energy. As long as there is enough food, the damage caused by ordinary firearms cannot keep up with its healing speed.

But this only applies to ordinary people.

The only thing that troubled him was that if a fleshy monster devoured a large number of its own kind or a solidified body, it would evolve greatly once again, with its strength and speed soaring, seemingly completing an advancement.

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Those who break my heart must die: Chapter Twenty-Four: Humanity has always been dangerous [Second update, please vote]

This level of flesh-and-blood monster has almost no weaknesses. It can evolve targeted body structures in a short time and is highly adaptable. Even if it becomes a pile of mud, it can stand up again. It took Tiandao Kagura three arrows with a meteorite to kill it, and it was not even possible for it to solidify its blood body.

However, as the offspring of flesh and blood, this performance was actually less than satisfactory.

Tendou Kagura then remembered their immense potential and felt relieved.

No matter how outrageous the Shadow Creatures are, he has never seen a Shadow Creature that gets stronger. Almost all Shadow Creatures are at the same level, as if they were produced from the same assembly line.

The warrior system mainly focuses on self-evolution, similar to him, prioritizing oneself—but it's a wild and unorthodox approach, not as easy to navigate as a well-developed warrior system.

"Take this thing and keep it as close to your heart as possible. Your heart might twitch a little during this time, but don't worry about it. After 24 hours, it will integrate into your body, and then you will have a chance to transform your physical body," Kagura Tendou, who had a similar experience, silently reminded her.

"If the aptitude is not suitable, the body modification will cause extreme pain to the person being modified; if the aptitude is good, the pain will be greatly reduced..."

Seeing that Zi carefully took it and examined it closely, he found that the little thing was extremely beautiful. It was shaped like a magatama and shone brightly, as if a blood-red light shone throughout its body. It was flawless, crystal clear, and even more intoxicating than red wine. Just looking at it was enough to fascinate people. If it were presented to the royal family in ancient times, it would at least get him a high-ranking position.

Seeing that Zi held it in her hand, she found that it was full of vitality. Although she couldn't see it, she could feel that vigorous and upward energy was almost overflowing. This made her feel much more energetic, as if she had been injected with chicken blood. She felt comfortable all over and had a lot of energy.

She recalled what Tendo Kagura had said and felt a chill run down her spine, so she asked, "Will there be any danger?" She asked subconsciously, because for Tendo Kagura to describe it as an extremely painful process must be a near-death experience for an ordinary person.

"See you, son!"

"Hi!" Yotsuya Miko quickly replied.

"Humans have always been dangerous..." When Kagura Tendou said this, recalling the tragic scene at the second node, even her usually bright eyes dimmed considerably.

The dark world, though filled with despair, was only a momentary despair. Most people were transformed into monsters without knowing it, while the humans of the second node were locked in a stalemate with the monsters for many years. After the resistance collapsed, they lost all hope, and living was nothing short of torture.

So Kagura Tendou kept hesitating, wondering if he really wanted to completely shut down the second node and open the third node.

He was extremely unwilling.

In fact, he had been prepared to die in another world in the past, because no matter how many crises he encountered, he never stopped moving forward out of fear.

One day, Suzuka Ise woke up to find no one answering his room. When he opened the door, he found that Ise had become a cold corpse. He could accept this situation; it was no big deal. Even if it created a cold case for the police, it wouldn't matter.

Anyway, what happens after death is not something he considers. There's nothing he can do about it; he's not an omniscient superman who can predict when he will die.

Even the all-powerful prophet of the resistance couldn't have foreseen his own fate.

Otherwise, the second node wouldn't have ended up in this state.

He had always maintained his identity as Tendou Kagura well. Even if he couldn't get a perfect score, he was still passing. It was not unusual for an ordinary person like him to die in his bedroom. He was not an important person and would not cause social unrest. Probably no one would want to investigate the cause of his death. It would just result in a death certificate and a mound of yellow earth.

But things are different now; signs of crisis are appearing in the real world.

He hesitated, losing his usual decisiveness and composure.

It was only then that Yotsuya Miko noticed that Tendo Kagura's usually cold and stern expression had relaxed. It was not a warm and sunny expression, but rather an expression of deep weariness, yet still silently persevering. Her heart sank.

"Is there anything you want to say to me?" Jianzi asked tentatively.

"What did you say?" Tendou Kagura turned her head.

Miko took a light breath. Unlike Suzuka, she wasn't useless; she was brave and strong, and even now she could remain calm. She said, "We agreed last time that if anything happened..."

She stopped speaking halfway through her sentence, letting Tendou Kagura experience the spirit of the conversation on her own.

Kagura Tendo stood still, not moving forward. He was tall and slender, more than half a head taller than Miko, and gazed at her. Miko was beside him, swaying gently. She tilted her head slightly, looking at the cherry blossom tree by the roadside, her cheeks slightly puffed out, exuding youthful energy and a girlish charm.

At first glance, the two look like a young couple having a tiff.

Tendou Kagura remained silent for a moment. He had not yet made up his mind and had not considered telling Miko about the second node. He simply said, "Knowing those things will not benefit you."

If he was hiding information about the world, he would definitely tell Yotsuya Miko, because the world and humanity are inextricably linked.

However, anything concerning the second node is actually unrelated to Yotsuya Miko, and also unrelated to anyone in this world.

It only concerns him.

Because he is the savior...

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That concludes the discussion.

Tendou Kagura turned and left.

As Jianzi gazed at his retreating figure, she inexplicably felt that his figure was extremely heavy, as if he had experienced a great deal, while she could do nothing about it and knew nothing about it.

Now that she knows that Kagura Tendo can travel to other worlds, she finds it extremely unbelievable and subconsciously regards him as a reclusive character in a movie.

Mysterious, powerful, and low-key.

She was genuinely curious about what kind of story was hidden within Tendo Kagura.

It's probably not a good thing that someone like that is so worried and looks like that.

Despite this, she was still very curious.

She had only been in the mysterious world for a short time, while Tendou Kagura had been there for an unknown amount of time. Although he could not see the evil spirits, his own strength was astonishing.

The scene at the milk tea shop is still vivid in my mind. Tiandao Shenle didn't even move, yet he annihilated an extremely powerful evil spirit with just the aura he emitted. It was simply beyond imagination.

Just how powerful is such a being?

He was hardly human anymore, but what were the worlds he went to like?

When I first met him, I could see countless vengeful spirits hovering around his body.

This information was enough for her to fill in a lot of blanks in her mind, but because it could not be verified, she had to abandon it.

The truth is that she knows very little about Kagura Tendo, and now this mysterious and powerful man would say something like "humanity has always been dangerous."

Is it because of the impending disaster he mentioned?

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Before my father left, he also said that the world of evil spirits was no longer stable...

However, she felt that it was more than that.

What exactly is Tendo Kagura doing in places she can't see?

What are the origins of Shadow Crystals and Blood Solidification...?

Jianzi felt as if she were shrouded in countless fogs, with too many unsolved mysteries swirling in her mind...

"Ugh!"

Yotsuya Miko sighed unintentionally, then realized what she meant, patted her face, and realized that sighing would make happiness slip away.

Tendo Kagura is probably protecting herself, because knowing too much is really not a good thing.

The more I experience, the more ignorant I realize my own ignorance, my confusion about the unknown world, my anxiety, and my deep-seated fear...

Sometimes she desperately wished she could be that naive, quiet girl living in the drum again, someone who only needed to joke around with Hana and talk about topics relevant to their current age, instead of discussing things like Outer Gods with Tendo Kagura.

Jianzi gently bit her lip, gazing at the blood-red magatama in her hand.

It's placed on the heart, right...? Miko thought to herself.

Then he inserted it, and confirmed that the position was very stable and the magatama would not fall off.

By the time she boarded the bus and arrived at school, it was almost time for class to start.

Looking at the orderly and tree-lined girls' academy, many female students with a tendency to procrastinate rushed over, afraid of being late, their steps hurried. Watching this scene of youthful energy unfold, Miko, who had been filled with worry, suddenly felt much better.