Chapter 1734: New Plan! Development System Activated!

In the dream, through his powerful divine sense, Xu Jingming quickly found Night Li again.

At the entrance of an elementary school, amidst the crowd of people leaving school.

A little girl with a pink backpack was walking alone.

She was about ten years old.

Her height only reached Xu Jingming's waist, and she wore a clean but slightly oversized school uniform.

Her head of black, soft hair was tied into a neat ponytail, revealing a fair and delicate side profile.

One could already see the outline of her future cold and stunning beauty in her brows and eyes, though she still carried a child's innocence at this moment.

This was the young Night Li.

"This life... is she an elementary school student?"

Xu Jingming's gaze fell upon the little girl, thoughtful.

"Meow~ (Go over directly, try again?)"

The little cat Vera on his shoulder licked her paw, her purple eyes flashing with the light of someone who wished the world would not be peaceful.

"No, pure destruction brings anger and sorrow, which may not be intense enough."

Jingming pondered for a moment, and the outline of a plan gradually became clear in his mind:

"If, after giving hope and establishing dependence, I personally destroy it.

The shock of such betrayal and the collapse of faith might be enough to tear through the dream's barrier."

"Meow? (You want to play at raising her? Then backstab?)"

Vera the little cat tilted her head, her cat face showing a human-like surprise, "You're so bad, but I like it~"

Xu Jingming ignored her teasing, his gaze following the little Night Li's figure.

Watching her walk into a place called 'Jin Hu Yuan', a high-end villa district.

The same location as in the first life's dream, but the era seemed somewhat earlier.

"This life, I'll approach in a different way."

He moved slightly, like merging into the afterglow of the setting sun, and followed her silently.

Several days later.

Evening, the sun setting in the west.

Night Li, as usual, carried her backpack and walked home along the familiar path.

Her little face still showed little expression, but her steps were a bit lighter than usual.

On today's small test, she again got full marks.

However, when she pushed open the front door.

The expected gentle greeting from her mother and the smell of food from the kitchen did not appear.

The inside of the house was deathly silent.

At the entrance, her father's commonly used leather shoe lay overturned on the ground.

In the living room, her mother's favorite embroidered cushion had fallen to the floor.

A sense of foreboding instantly gripped the little girl's heart.

"Dad? Mom?"

She called out softly, her voice sounding especially clear in the empty house, even with an echo.

There was no response.

She put down her backpack and walked step by step toward the depths of the living room.

Then, she saw.

Her parents lay on the living room carpet, their eyes wide open.

Their faces retained expressions of shock and pain, and beneath them was a large area of dried, blackened bloodstains.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Night Li stood frozen in place, her pupils contracting sharply, her small body trembling uncontrollably.

After an unknown amount of time, perhaps only a few seconds, perhaps a century.

The icy chill receded, and an extraordinary calm beyond her years strangely emerged.

She slowly walked forward, crouched down, and examined carefully.

There was no obvious external injury, but her parents' expressions.

As if they had suddenly suffered a tremendous impact from within.

"Not an ordinary murder... but a psychic!" A clear judgment flashed into her mind.

Trembling with her small hand, she picked up the fallen household communicator from her father's stiff fingers.

From memory, she dialed a special number—the Night Watch Organization, the official agency handling psychic-related incidents.

"Hello, this is the Jianye City Night Watch Command." A steady male voice came through.

"I... I live at Villa No. 7, Jin Hu Yuan, my dad and mom... are dead......"

Night Li's voice was dry and calm, calm to a frightening degree.

"Stay where you are, do not disturb the scene, we'll be there right away."

Less than ten minutes later, sharp sirens sounded from far to near.

Several black vehicles with the Night Watch emblem stopped outside the villa.

A team of personnel in black uniforms, with sharp auras, quickly entered, sealed off the scene, and began investigation.

The leader was a youth of exceptionally tall stature.

He looked to be in his early twenties, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes.

Wearing a well-fitted Night Watchman uniform, his bearing was steady and capable.

He crouched beside Ye Li's parents, examining them carefully for a moment.

Brows tightly knit, expression Solemn.

"Captain, how is it?" a team member asked in a low voice.

The young man stood up, walked in front of little Ye Li, and crouched down.

Trying to make his gaze level with hers, his tone softened:

"Little one, don't be afraid.

I am the captain of the Jianye City Night Watchman squad; from here on, we're taking over."

His voice was low and powerful, carrying a reassuring quality.

Little Ye Li raised her head, looking at the handsome and serious face before her.

Those black eyes were deep and bright, as if they could pierce through the fog.

"Un... uncle."

She subconsciously used the honorific, her voice still trembling a little, "My dad and mom, how did they......"

"Preliminary judgment: it was the work of a Spiritual Ability User.

The method is very special, destroying vitality in an instant.

We've been tracking a Spiritual Ability User codenamed 'Blood Demon' recently.

He is extremely ferocious, skilled in similar methods.

Your parents most likely fell victim to his poisonous hands."

The young man fell silent for a moment, as if weighing his words, then said in a deep voice.

"Blood Demon......"

Little Ye Li repeated the name softly, her small fists quietly clenching at her sides.

"Little one, you're very calm, and very brave."

The young man looked at her, a trace of admiration flashing in his eyes:

"An ordinary kid encountering this kind of thing would have been scared witless long ago.

You even knew to contact us.

What about your other relatives? Tell me the contact info, I'll help you contact them.

This place needs to be sealed off for investigation for a while; you can't keep living here."

Little Ye Li nodded woodenly, giving her aunt's address and communication number.

Xu Jingming signaled a team member to go contact and arrange things.

The investigation continued, team members exchanging professional terminology in low voices.

Little Ye Li stood quietly in the corner the whole time, like a lifeless porcelain doll.

Only those eyes, tightly following the young man's figure.

Until the young man finished preliminary arrangements, preparing to lead the team away.

Little Ye Li suddenly stepped forward, grabbing his hem.

The young man stopped, lowering his head to look at her.

"Uncle."

Little Ye Li tilted up her little face, her gaze stubborn to an astonishing degree:

"You're the Night Watchman captain, then are you the strongest person in Jianye City?"

The young man froze for a moment, seemingly not expecting her to ask this.

Then he shook his head, revealing a gentle yet somewhat helpless smile:

"Strongest? Counts as it, anyway there aren't many stronger than me."

"Then......"

Little Ye Li took a deep breath, as if using all the strength in her body, saying word by word:

"Can I follow you, cultivate together? I want to become strong."

"No, you're still too young.

Spiritual Ability awakening and system training usually have to wait until sixteen years old.

Don't think too much for now, this case we'll handle.

We'll definitely go all out to investigate 'Blood Demon', give your parents an accounting."

The young man shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Little Ye Li couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

But her hand still clung to his hem, not letting go:

"Uncle, I still don't know your full name."

"Xu Jingming."

The young captain smiled, "If there's anything, you can come find me at the Jianye City Public Security Bureau."

He gently pried open her small hand, turned, and strode away leading the team.

The black motorcade drove off, the setting sun stretching their shadows very long.

Little Ye Li stood alone at the villa entrance, watching the direction the motorcade disappeared, murmuring softly:

"Xu Jingming... Night Watchman... Blood Demon......"

In those still-childish eyes, sorrow was buried deep.

Replacing it was a near-fanatical determination.

From this day on, ten-year-old Xiao Yeli's life changed completely.

Every day after school, she no longer went home.

Instead, carrying her schoolbag, she went straight to the Jianye City Public Security Bureau.

At first, the guards at the entrance would stop this little girl with a stubborn look on her face.

But she just stubbornly repeated: "I'm looking for Captain Xu Jingming."

After Xu Jingming found out, he came out to see her a few times.

Each time he patiently persuaded her to go home, study hard, and forget the unpleasant things.

But Yeli just shook her head, said nothing, and showed up on time again the next day.

This continued for over ten days.

On this day, Xu Jingming finished an external assignment and returned to the bureau when the lights were just coming on.

At a glance he saw that small figure, hugging her knees and sitting on the steps outside the Public Security Bureau's main gate.

Her head nodded as she dozed off, the streetlamp shrinking her shadow into a tiny cluster.

"Shijie?"

Even though all of this was caused by him.

Xu Jingming, seeing this scene, still felt a pang of emotion.

This is too cruel!

"But to awaken Shijie, only this plan will do."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

Then he collected his thoughts, walked up to her, his tall figure blocking the light.

Yeli startled awake, looked up, and saw it was him.

Her eyes brightened for a moment, but quickly returned to that stubborn calm.

"Why have you come again?" Xu Jingming's voice revealed no emotion.

"I want to train with you."

Yeli stood up, looked up at him, her voice clear:

"I can help clean the training ground, organize equipment, do anything.

As long as... as long as you can teach me."

Xu Jingming looked at her silently, for a long time.

The evening wind blew by, carrying the coolness of early autumn.

"Why do you want to become strong?" he suddenly asked.

"Revenge."

Yeli's answer was short and cold, "Find the 'Blood Demon', kill him."

"Power driven by hatred often doesn't go far, and easily loses its way." Xu Jingming said lightly.

"Then what should I be driven by?"

Yeli countered, her gaze clear and sharp, "Happiness? Joy? Those things I no longer have."

Xu Jingming fell silent again.

After a moment, he slowly spoke, his voice low and serious:

"My training will be very hard.

So hard you might not last a day before crying and wanting to go home.

And even if you persist.

I also cannot guarantee you will definitely awaken powerful spiritual abilities at sixteen.

Even less can I guarantee you can find and defeat the 'Blood Demon'.

Even so, do you still want to learn?"

"I've decided."

Yeli hesitated not in the slightest, nodding heavily.

Xu Jingming gazed at that cluster of cold flame in her eyes.

Finally, he nodded.

"Good. Tomorrow morning five o'clock, Public Security Bureau rear courtyard training ground. Late by one second, don't bother coming."