[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heavenly-official-bestows-evil":3,"chapter-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-79":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heavenly Official Bestows Evil",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2316698,4530,"Chapter 79: The Story of the Jia Family","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-79",79,"\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s expression flickered with shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He trembled as he asked the man: “You mean they refer to…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scruffy man jumped down from the ventilation duct; Wu Xian finally saw his full appearance—he wore a baseball cap, had a full beard, dressed in a tattered sports shirt, and his shoes revealed his toes, looking like a vagrant who had wandered for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vagrant sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The ‘they’ I mean are everyone you’ve seen since you woke up, everyone except me—Xu Ming, the pedestrians on the street, those soldiers, the waiters… they’re all not human!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words spoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you find my appearance familiar? My wanted posters are plastered all over every street and alley—if I were a malevolent spirit, why would they be hunting me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A game, entertainment, or just idle mischief—who knows what those malevolent spirits think? But one thing is certain: if you keep associating with them, your fate... hehe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I believe you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian fell into a long silence, his face growing paler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of hesitation, Wu Xian looked up and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing felt uneasy under the gaze and slightly sharpened his tone: “Aren’t you going to take a bath? Even in this shelter, lingering in your own human scent too long will draw the malevolent spirits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If not for that, how could I possibly have risked my life to save you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian fell silent again, unsure whether to believe Jia Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s expression cleared suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your first flaw is that you’re too professional. On the way to this hidden room, the skills you displayed could only be mastered by a professional.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing laughed bitterly: “Can’t I have trained specifically? If I didn’t have these skills, how could I have survived this long?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing is one-third of the cycle—and also the deputy whose body was possessed in Xu Ming’s story!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ease his doubts, Wu Xian recounted Xu Ming’s story to him once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, that giant snake didn’t look anything like it was treating me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, that explains many inconsistencies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unfortunately, you have three obvious flaws.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Ming’s story is flawed—if I was the one most suspicious of the new device, why would I use myself as the test subject and sacrifice myself for everyone else?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vagrant smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a servant’s voice came from outside: “Mr. Wu, have you not finished yet? The leader has arrived. Please hurry—don’t make the leader wait too long…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Acting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled up a chair, sat down, and calmly stared at Jia Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go take a bath first, then spray this all over your body—make sure you cover evenly, leave no blind spots.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opulent leader’s residence suddenly grew dark and sinister, saturated with malevolent energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing smiled and explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is one of my research findings—it emits the same odor as malevolent spirits, so they won’t detect you as a living person. Otherwise, how do you think I’ve survived in a world full of them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian leaned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Investigation Bureau sent people to question Xu Ming and others—none returned alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think we don’t need to keep pretending anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hidden room was spacious, with two bedrooms and a living area, a bathroom and kitchen—all essentials present, but no windows, lit entirely by artificial lights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian took a deep breath—he couldn’t just believe this vagrant’s word alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your timing was too convenient. At that moment, I was already suspicious of many things, and your explanation matched some of my guesses—so at first, I truly believed you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing blinked: “What did you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Jia Xing had always been suspicious of the equipment, he was the only member of the development team who did not participate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian sprayed the air, then sniffed the scent on his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, though a bit forced… I’ll accept it for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Xu Ming had invested all his wealth into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The real situation is this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, they passed through many buildings and avoided several groups of passersby, unseen by anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said all investigators had been torn into pieces, arranged like fruit platters on tables, with bloodstained utensils nearby—proof someone had held a banquet of flesh here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing stared into Wu Xian’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, my name—you should remember it well. I am… Jia Xing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Jia Xing led the panting Wu Xian into a hidden room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This hidden room was concealed within the middle of a building, its entrance disguised as a bookshelf—ordinary people would never discover its existence unless they measured the entire floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everything I said is true. Do you believe me—or them? Survival or death—it’s your choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he rummaged through the somewhat empty storage room and pulled out a large bottle of spray, handing it to Wu Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he set the spray down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From then on, I foresaw the disaster the possession syndrome might bring, and began long-term research—but just as I made slight progress, there were almost no true living humans left in this world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing took Wu Xian on a tour of his shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing listened, then shook his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After using the device, Xu Ming and the others seemed to instantly become different people—this transformation filled Jia Xing with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spray bottle emitted a fresh, clean scent, with not a trace of cold, musty odor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Climbing ducts, ascending stairs, leaping over obstacles, avoiding pedestrians—I struggled just following you. It’s hard to imagine a researcher could do such things…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vagrant shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing told Wu Xian another version of the story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… why would so many malevolent spirits bother playing along with me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you prove you’re not a malevolent spirit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To resolve the crisis, Xu Ming decided to lead the development team in a live broadcast of the device’s use, proving its safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the device was deployed, it faced overwhelming criticism from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing led Wu Xian to escape through the ventilation duct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian fiddled with his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the gathering, the group shared food and drank merrily!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Xing sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian asked curiously: “What is this spray?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the testing site, Jia Xing reported the matter to the Investigation Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While climbing the duct, Wu Xian followed right behind Jia Xing, nearly fainting from the stench of his filth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story’s beginning was mostly the same, but the commercialization of the new device did not go as smoothly as Xu Ming claimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian raised his arm, pointing left, then slowly moving right, up, down, indicating everything in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… is your second flaw.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1121,"2026-06-20T14:31:06.102Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c2906e0b4ea90b4bccba27be78530079dbb6550cff8ac7ad4fa9d263aca7e61e","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-80","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-78",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheavenly-official-bestows-evil-cover.jpg"]