Fang Yu took several deep breaths to calm his nerves and then spoke.
"Sister Jin, we’ve reached the residential area! It’s safe now!"
"Right! That was too dangerous earlier. I didn’t expect such things to happen even in crowded places. It’s terrifying."
While mentioning it was terrifying, Fang Yu didn’t notice much emotional fluctuation in Qi Xiaojin.
True to Sister Jin’s reputation, she’s a synonym for bravery.
Facing such situations, she could even remain calmer than him.
The two entered the residential area and, seeing its calmness, Fang Yu felt much relieved.
"Sister Jin, it’s better for us to go out less these days."
Fang Yu himself was fine; he was just a gamer.
Most of his time was spent on gaming day in and day out.
But for Sister Jin, who lives a fulfilled life, it would be tough.
However, given the chaos and danger outside, Fang Yu still repeatedly advised Sister Jin to hold off going out for shopping or buying clothes for a while.
Qi Xiaojin felt somewhat amused but obediently nodded in agreement.
She was happy to receive such care from Fang Yu.
It was only after Fang Yu escorted her to the doorstep that they waved goodbye.
Watching Fang Yu’s departing figure, Qi Xiaojin quietly closed the door and made a phone call.
Not long after, Qi Xiaojin walked out of her home again.
She took the elevator, went downstairs, and outside the residential area, a black sedan was already waiting.
She got into the car, and it started moving.
The destination was exactly where the murder had occurred earlier.
"Forget about the Dead Silence Spirit."
"How dare these creatures stir up trouble on my turf."
In the black sedan, Qi Xiaojin’s eyes flickered with a faint cold gleam.
In a dark alley, a running figure gradually came to a stop.
He looked left and right, and no one was chasing him.
Feeling the primitive impulses inside him and the unique pleasure after bloodshed, he couldn’t help but smile.
"The feeling of Blood Blade piercing into the human body and tearing it apart is indescribably exhilarating! Far more thrilling than trivial sexual activities!"
"I want... I want more!"
The last bit of his sanity made him take out a piece of Parchment from his pocket.
[My name is Ye Shangming, I have just killed three humans...]
[No, I should say, three humanoid food.]
[I got the supreme power from the great Mr. Parchment and have evolved as a species.]
[I, Ye Shangming, am no longer a human but a new species! The future dominator!]
Well said! Well spoken!
With the back of the Blood Blade against his head, Ye Shangming’s eyes, one larger than the other, revealed a somewhat crazed smile.
[I found that by killing humans, I can become even stronger.]
[I still need to kill more humans, devour their flesh and blood, to continuously perfect and complete myself!]
Is that so... It turns out I have to eat the food raw!
Mr. Parchment, teach me more, more knowledge!
Ye Shangming’s eyes turned slightly red, feeling his brain buzzing.
[Those three corpses caused chaos.]
[Law enforcement officers are investigating the bodies.]
[But I am not among them.]
[I avoided the surveillance and slipped into the alley, unseen by anyone.]
[I am like the king of the night, quietly lurking...]
The words on the Parchment suddenly paused.
The word ’lurking’ was only half-written, as if stuck and suddenly stopped.
Ye Shangming blinked.
The words on the Parchment suddenly retreated like a tide, fading, disappearing.
And then, a new line of text emerged.
[My name is Ye Shangming, and when you see this line of text, I am already dead.]
His head, without any warning, exploded.
Blood spattered all over the wall.
Headless corpse fell.
Behind him, standing at a distance, Qi Xiaojin slowly withdrew her hand.
Steam of reddish vapor was rising from Qi Xiaojin’s head, quickly dissipating.
And the Parchment held in the corpse’s hand burnt itself like spontaneous combustion, turning into ashes and dissipating with the wind.
That right arm’s Blood Blade, too, turned into a pool of blood on the ground.
"An incomplete demonization?"
Having encountered Dead Silence Spirit before, Qi Xiaojin was somewhat mentally prepared for real-life demons.
However, she hadn’t expected the opponent to be just of this level.
That really was... using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, making a big deal out of a small issue.
"The news serial killer, was it him?"
"Or... is there someone else?"
Qi Xiaojin approached to examine the body.
She sniffed slightly.
Qi Xiaojin couldn’t help but show a cold smirk.
"Another demon’s Qi."
"It seems he has a demon behind his back."
"Don’t let me find out where you are..."
"Otherwise, I’ll obliterate you!"
With a cold snort, Qi Xiaojin turned around and left.
Not long after, a passing beggar discovered the body, quickly attracting a crowd and media attention, and even some celebrities.
"Mr. Lu, what do you think about the two cases that occurred today?"
"Detective Lu, do you think the serial killer will continue to commit crimes?"
"Mr. Lu, could you speculate on where the murderer might strike next?"
A man wearing a trench coat, after reviewing the crime scene, pushed away the annoying reporters and briskly walked away.
He didn’t follow the main road but chose a small path, deliberately avoiding surveillance-laden routes, and at a corner, he took out something from his pocket.
[My name is Lu Wenqing, a well-known short-video influencer, known as a detective, but in reality, a fraudster.]
[But by a stroke of luck, I obtained this piece of Parchment.]
[A Parchment that can briefly predict the future.]
[Perhaps, from now on, I can stop being a fraudster...]