Chapter 234: Volume 1, Chapter 234 – I See Your Hall of Darkness Turning Black (22)

Jiang Zhi's breath halted, her eyes widened, and she stared in shock at the man blocking her path.

The evil ghost's soul scattered, and a ferocious blood hole appeared on Yu Beihan's chest, eroding his five viscera and six bowels; he was beyond saving, certain to die.

【The villain Yu Beihan's vitality is rapidly decreasing……】

【If the villain dies, the Host's mission will be deemed a failure outright!】

A cold mechanical voice from the Plot God Pillar suddenly appeared.

777 watched this scene, clearly feeling the sorrow and anger emanating from the Host, risking punishment from the Main God, and directly muted that cold mechanical voice.

At this moment, no one may disturb its Host.

Jiang Zhi exerted all her strength to step forward and catch the man's falling body, watching the bright red blood seep from the corner of his mouth as she reached out to plug the hole in his chest.

Yu Beihan still had a trace of consciousness, voicelessly saying: '…I…I remember…the female ghost is you, the exorcist celestial master is also you…Zhizhi……I thought…I thought heaven had been unkind to me…but it brought you…brought you to my side.'

He couldn't bear to close his eyes, fearing he'd lose sight of her in the next second: 'I…I am very fortunate…aren't I?'

Fortunate?

Everything she did in the basement was fixed by a bug, as if a parallel world had dissipated. All that he deserved was taken by the male lead. In the end, his legs were utterly useless, his body filled with extreme evil yin energy, suffering endlessly.

A tragic life, and even his final ending was not a good one.

Why? Jiang Zhi couldn't understand, nor was she willing to accept it.

She gripped his wrist tightly, unrelated to the original owner, revealing her own genuine emotions as Jiang Zhi.

"You still owe me a request! Yu Beihan, you cannot die! Did you hear me?"

Her body was stained with dark red blood; she heedlessly embraced him and shouted.

"My second request is that I hope you can live and appear before me!"

The surrounding air seemed to drop to freezing point, endless dark aura surging into the illusion.

The person in the painting, Mu Yan, who was about to leave on the ferry, sensed something, grabbed the wrist of the sturdy man beside him, and dissolved the illusion to depart.

Taking Yu Beihan as the origin, the scenery before them shifted, the illusion shattered, and they returned once more to Wu Yuan's residence.

The wooden floor trembled like an earthquake, cracks spread across the spider‑webbed walls, the ceiling lights flickered, the house's window glass shattered piece by piece, and the entire residential building was shrouded in darkness.

Myriad evil ghosts poured out of their nests, clearly targeting this residential building as they surged forward.

"It is the aura of the Ghost King!!"

"The Ghost King descends upon the world!!"

Jiang Zhi is an exorcist, never having encountered such surging yin energy; her body felt as if immersed in an icy cellar, her consciousness gradually blurring.

In her hazy vision, Yu Beihan, who ought to have been dead, floated in midair; the yin energy condensed from boundless malice was gradually reshaping his flesh.

The cold mechanical voice blocked by 777 emitted a beeping alarm.

【Plot progression abnormal!! Beep beep beep!! Plot progression abnormal! Host, change it quickly!!】

【Beep beep beep——! ￥#@&$】

Later, the system of the Plot God Pillar produced error garbled code.

777 sensed a powerful aura and frenziedly attacked the Plot God Pillar system.

Only it was overlooked.

777 trembled with fear, daring not to think further.

Jiang Zhi, who had fainted, had no idea what was happening outside.

The frenzied gathering of yin energy also alerted the major exorcist sects; the highest leader of the national government's exorcist department summoned everyone to investigate the source of the yin energy.

Evil ghosts stirred, the Ghost King descended into the world.

Mu Yan, who had dragged Wu Yuan into the painting, dared not look at that being's presence.

Not long after, a figure emerged from the darkness cradling a girl, myriad ghosts bowing and kneeling.

Yu Beihan—no, it should be Yun Jin, who had regained all his memories, vanished instantly from the spot.

【Sizzle…hiss……detected unknown presence……】 The last words spoken by the system created by the Plot God Pillar were destroyed by a mysterious force.

…

The terrifying yin energy that had shaken the globe overnight vanished without cause after just three short hours.

This apocalypse‑like disaster raised awareness across the nation, with forum hot searches all discussing what exactly had happened the previous night.

Only Jiang Zhi slept most soundly, dozing for two days and two nights until hunger woke her.

She thought she had already left this world, facing the Main God's judgment.

But upon opening her eyes she realized she was still in that world; she sat up and asked 777 in her mind.

"What happened last night?"

777's voice trembled, panicked and frightened: 'V…villain…he…he…'

Jiang Zhi had never seen Brother Seven this flustered; she paused, then asked the key question: 'Has Yun Jin's true self arrived?'

Besides that, nothing could make 777 this afraid.

777 held back for a while, then timidly uttered an 'en'.

Jiang Zhi rested her forehead.

Only when she was about to leave the world would Yun Jin appear.

Last night's situation was special; his doppelgänger, the villain, was about to die, so Yun Jin should have awakened then and directly become the world's villain.

Jiang Zhi glanced around; the room's furnishings were familiar—indeed, it was the decoration of her real‑world room outside the quick‑transmigration world.

She propped her chin and thought carefully.

Why would Yun Jin know about her real‑world room?

This guy is absurdly strong.

No wonder even the Main God can't do anything to him.

"Where is he?" Jiang Zhi asked.

777 stumbled up again, obviously afraid of Yun Jin to the extreme.

"He… he…"

Jiang Zhi sighed: "Forget him, I won't ask you."

Having said that, she got up and walked to the door, intending to push it open.

"Where are you going?" Yu Beihan's voice sounded from behind, yet it carried a cheerful madness unlike his usual tone.

Jiang Zhi knew who it was without turning around.

"Yun Jin."

Yun Jin appeared behind her like a ghost, arms outstretched, he wrapped his arms around her waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and gently inhaled her scent.

"Zhizhi, I miss you so much."

Each time he entered a new world, his memories were sealed, cycling like reincarnation until she arrived.

Jiang Zhi pushed him away, turned back, and saw a tiny blood mole at the corner of his eye, like a mermaid's A Jin, lascivious and enchanting, exuding a bewitching allure.

Black markings like curses crawled along the edges of his brows, exuding ominous danger.

"What about Yu Beihan?" she asked.

A flash of coldness appeared in Yun Jin's pupils, his thin lips slightly curved, showing an innocent yet gentle smile.

"He…" the man paused for a few seconds, then said, "Do you want to see him?"

Jiang Zhi deliberately provoked him: "Mm, I've already fallen for him."

The disguise on Yun Jin's face gradually cracked, revealing the deepest paranoia and viciousness, as well as a pathological madness and cruelty.

He stretched out his long arms, pulling her into his embrace, not letting her struggle or escape, leaning in, his voice wrapped in a chilling laugh: "Just because he died to save you? Zhizhi, how could I not know you'd become so easily emotional?"

Jiang Zhi showed no fear, reaching out to roughly pinch his face, tone unfriendly: "He's your avatar, you won't forget, right?"