The male supporting character was actually myself.

The road on Jingang Road was mostly empty due to emergency traffic control by the traffic police, but some vehicles were still able to turn from the alleys and drive on the wide road without being stopped.

The Soul Eater crawled rapidly along the road, grabbing a driver and draining him dry in just one second before moving on to the next target... The out-of-control car crashed into the guardrail and overturned, and Xiao Zhang and his group chased after it and managed to stop it by firing shots from the side.

But this Soul Eater was clearly more shrewd. It knew that the pursuers' weapons hadn't done much damage, and that absorbing souls and life force was more beneficial to it. So it turned around and continued to drift towards the tall buildings on the side of the street.

Unaffected by physical matter, they soar upwards, traversing the corridors in search of the essence of the soul.

"Damn it! The escaped Soul Eater has become unrestricted after devouring a large number of souls, and we've lost track of it!" Xiao Zhang reported anxiously. He had never seen a Soul Eater move freely so quickly after invading.

He couldn't even imagine the consequences if he lost control and entered a crowd!

"You guys go back and support the other groups, I'll handle this one." Jiang Chen was still some distance from Jingang Road when he heard Xiao Zhang's slightly trembling voice through his earpiece. He calculated the distance and replied.

Li Chengze realized he might have to try to remotely control a Horcrux to hunt down Soul Eaters who had sneaked into the residential area, so he unbuckled his seatbelt and offered, "I'll drive."

The car sped along the highway, and the two people inside skillfully switched places. Jiang Chen leaned back in the back seat, closed his eyes, and concentrated.

At this moment, his "vision" was limited to the surrounding environment he could sense as the Horcrux flew away from him at high speed.

Everything seemed to be a form formed by the convergence of various energies.

The walking human figure has a red inner core and an orange-red outer layer; the tall buildings standing on both sides are more like cold, hard lines. As the Horcrux leaves his body and flies further and further away, he can clearly feel a black, cold aura.

No longer relying on his obscured vision, Jiang Chen ordered the Soul Weapon to follow the eerie black aura emanating from the Soul Eater, chasing it all the way to the ninth floor of the high-rise building. Through the "visual" effect provided by the Soul Weapon, he finally "saw" the Soul Eater sucking the struggling human figure into a desiccated, skeletal corpse.

"Buzz!"

The Horcrux tightened around the Soul Eater's neck, causing the Soul Eater, which had devoured more than a dozen souls, to instantly disintegrate and disappear.

The black vortex caused by the massive energy explosion destroyed the entire room, and shattered glass filled the air with black wind, carrying various fragments of the explosion as they flew down from the upper floors.

The violent backlash from the explosion caused Jiang Chen to suffer from an indescribable headache.

The Horcrux flew back to his side quickly, and he managed to stay upright and not faint after a while.

"Clap!"

A liquid, warm and sticky, fell onto the back of my hand.

Jiang Chen subconsciously touched the area and discovered that it was covered in blood.

"How are you feeling?" Li Chengze saw in the rearview mirror that his face was pale and blood was flowing from his nostrils and the corners of his mouth. He was shocked and said, "I'll take you to the hospital. I hope nothing else happens to you."

The Soul Eater is indiscriminate and will devour all souls and even other unknown entities. If he "dies" at this critical moment, the Spider-Man unknown entity should not dare to appear.

If this really causes his soul to be unable to return to its place, Jiang Chen will be completely finished!

"I'm fine, let's take care of the rest first." He casually grabbed two tissues and wiped away the bloodstains.

Fortunately, there was no more bleeding, but the headache was so severe that it made me sluggish and drowsy.

Li Chengze was a little worried; he had never seen this guy injured in all the years he had known him.

Of course, the Soul Eater invasions weren't this frequent or this powerful before, but the situation seems to be getting more and more serious now.

Currently developed weapons all use the user's soul energy as their attack method; the stronger the energy, the greater the damage, and vice versa.

However, there are very few truly powerful members of the new generation. Even someone of his own caliber is struggling to deal with the Soul Eater, let alone others. Even using sheer numbers wouldn't be enough to assemble a team capable of killing the Soul Eater in one fell swoop. What if something were to happen to Jiang Chen, this veteran expert…

His expression was solemn, and his eyes behind his black-rimmed glasses appeared even more profound.

Human peace is in grave danger!

The battle was still raging in the park and amusement park. Although it was tough, everyone was gritting their teeth and persevering in order to hold their ground and prevent the Soul Eaters from getting out of control and devouring souls.

It's likely that the world itself has some kind of defense mechanism, which forces invading Soul Eaters to be expelled after a certain period of time. The specific time depends on the Soul Eater's power; the stronger the Soul Eater, the harder it is to be driven out.

Therefore, once they successfully invade, they seize every opportunity to devour souls and enhance their own power; while the security team tries every means to delay and stop them, even if they cannot eliminate them.

"You better be careful," Li Chengze said worriedly as he parked the car at the park entrance.

Chapter Nine: Important Memories

“You don’t need to go over there.” Jiang Chen’s gaze drifted to the park, feeling that his state was a bit strange. “It will be resolved soon.”

The Horcrux excitedly buzzed and rushed uncontrollably along with the intense aura emanating from the Soul Eater.

He leaned back in the seat, unable to see anything else; his entire field of vision was filled with Horcruxes.

It first strangled the nearest Soul Eater that was being besieged, and then flew to a more distant place;

"Buzz!" In the dimly lit haunted house, the Soul Eater, which had just flown up and grabbed a member of the security team but hadn't had a chance to absorb his soul, had its neck snapped and turned into black mist that dissipated, creating a whirlwind.

The lucky survivor, who had fallen from mid-air, was helped up by his comrades. He stared blankly at the vanished Soul Eater and hurriedly reported the emergency over the comms...

One Soul Eater after another crumbled and disappeared, while the Horcruxes became increasingly excited and active, their speed increasing rapidly.

"You've got the situation under control?" Li Chengze listened to the reports coming from all sides through his earpiece, then looked at Jiang Chen, who was sitting expressionlessly in the car, and asked in surprise, "All the invading Soul Eaters are dead. How do you feel? Is your body overloaded?"

Jiang Chen could vaguely hear the other person speaking, but couldn't make out what they were saying.

He turned his head blankly, but his vision was still filled with the Horcruxes' perspective, and the whole world seemed very strange.

Familiar yet unfamiliar, it seems quite different from what I usually see.

More and more people, radiating red and orange hues, surged in from all directions. The tidal wave of sound filled his mind as if trying to burst it. He opened his mouth but no sound came out. He slumped into his seat and completely lost consciousness.

"Holy crap!" Li Chengze was startled. While arranging for the security team to search in the communications to prevent any escapees, he got into his car and drove towards the nearest hospital.

The situation in Angoku City is special; even the hospital has a special passage prepared specifically for the security team.

Although the medical staff did not know their identities, those who were usually brought in for emergency treatment were young people in their twenties with serious injuries, and more than half of them could not be saved.

Judging from the mortality rate, anyone who enters the hospital through the special security passage is a hero worthy of respect.

They fought to protect their country on unseen battlefields.

"The patient has no external injuries, but his condition is very serious." The attending physician, who had been urgently dispatched, explained to Li Chengze, who was waiting outside, with a furrowed brow: "His pupils are dilated, his heartbeat is irregular, and he is unresponsive to all stimuli. We are currently performing a brain CT scan to check for bleeding..."

As Li Chengze listened to the professional terms that doctors often used in the hospital, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Comrades severely wounded during the hunt for unknown entities are typically found in this condition when taken to the hospital. Most of them don't survive; even those who don't die immediately are kept alive with life support until they wither away and become dried-up corpses…

The security team leaders who rushed over inquired about the situation and contacted the Beijing branch to try to find a better doctor for consultation.

In the special single ward, various instruments shone with cold lights, doctors and nurses bustled about, and security team members who could get there stood guard outside the ward.

Jiang Chen, lying in the hospital bed, felt nothing.

He felt light and free, soaring comfortably in mid-air.

Soon, several floating "soap bubbles" appeared in my field of vision, and I could vaguely hear low murmurs coming from inside the bubbles.

Jiang Chen curiously poked the bubble closest to her with her hand, and with a soft "pop," the soap bubble burst.

"Ah Chen, how was our honeymoon?"

The gentle voice startled him from his daze. Jiang Chen turned his head and saw a beautiful woman sitting at the bar, wearing a long red dress. She had delicate oval face and slightly upturned peach blossom eyes, which now revealed the unique charm of a young woman. She was twirling a glass of red wine in her hand, and the diamond ring on her ring finger was sparkling.

Su Ziqing?

For no apparent reason, a name that was both unfamiliar and somewhat familiar popped into his mind.

"It's strange, looking back now, how could I have liked you back then?" Su Ziqing leaned close to him, a smile on her face, and said, "You were so stupid, being played by a green tea bitch and still willingly doing it."

In comparison, I think what I truly fell in love with was your personality after you suddenly realized your mistakes and changed drastically.

If you hadn't come to my house that day, perhaps things would have turned out differently.

Ah Chen, I really love you so much, I would do anything for you, and I want to be with you forever…

The gentle voice grew more and more ethereal. When Jiang Chen opened her eyes, she found herself still in the clouds, and the scene in the soap bubble had long since disappeared.

"Oh!"

Another bubble hit him, and this time the surroundings became dark, with shimmering green light spots all around.

"Jiang Chen, shall I teach you how to draw a soul-binding array?" A beautiful woman with an oval face, smooth skin, delicate eyebrows, and phoenix eyes, dressed in a red brocade robe, drew a symbol on the ground with her slender hands and said with a smile, "That way you can keep me by your side and never have to worry about me leaving!"

"If only we could become data in the game, then we could be bound together forever and never grow old or die."

"As long as I'm with you, I'll be okay with the apocalypse."

"Writing novels, petting cats, and having such a beautiful wife like me by my side—what a wonderful life it must be for a great writer! We'll never be apart!"

…………

"I want to be with you forever..."

"Captain, don't worry, we've always been by your side, we've never left..."

"Ah Chen!"

"Jiang Chen!"

"Host!"

……

The voices, some sweet, some gentle, some charming, some soft and sweet, were mixed together. Jiang Chen felt as if she were being dragged down by a strong force. Her body became heavier and heavier, and the feeling of falling brought intense dizziness. Finally, she crashed heavily to the ground, and her whole body ached as if it had been broken apart.

"Drip drip!"

Suddenly, various instruments in the ward started sounding alarms, and medical staff rushed over to check the situation.

"call!"

Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes. Only then did the chaotic sounds and dizziness completely disappear. He subconsciously sat up in bed and pulled out the various tubes and messy wires inserted into his body.

The instrument suddenly stopped alarming, and the people who rushed into the room stared at each other, somewhat bewildered.

His condition was clearly very bad just now, and the doctors were holding an emergency consultation to develop a rescue plan, but he suddenly woke up and seemed to be in good condition. It's simply a medical miracle!

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Li Chengze asked softly when he saw him suddenly wake up and look at the people in the room with a wary gaze.

"Who are you?" Jiang Chen asked coldly.

Everyone else: !!!

Oh no, has he lost his memory?

Looking at the man in the suit who looked familiar but whom she couldn't quite place, Jiang Chen frowned and carefully searched her chaotic memories.

"What's the name of the sixth boy from the left in the second row?"

"Li Chengze is seventeen years old and entered the school with the highest score in the entire school. He is in good physical condition, but he is a little nearsighted, though it doesn't affect his life too much."