Chapter 603: Successor

There was no wind in the ruins.

Lu Yu stood outside the collapsed Building Three, big.

He clenched his fists, nails digging into his palms.

The Taotie Core began to stir inside him, the devouring desire surging wildly. It sought a target, sought the strongest prey.

But the prey disappeared.

It vanished completely.

"I've prepared for so long......"

Lu Yu's voice began to tremble.

He lowered his head to look at his hands, these hands that had once torn open space barriers in the North America Extreme Danger Weird Domain, had once forcibly merged the Eye of Truth, and had once achieved balance with the Taotie Core.

All for that day.

Standing before Chu Che, to personally tear apart this god who treated him as a pawn.

But what now?

The god is gone.

"Ah——"

A low growl squeezed out from his throat.

The Taotie Core completely lost control, black mist exploded from Lu Yu's body, his eyes turned pure scarlet, and black bone spikes began to grow on his skin.

The surrounding ruins were pulverized by the Devouring Rule, turning into fine powder that drifted away.

"Lu Yu!"

A voice came from behind.

Lu Yu jerked his head back, seeing Chen Yao running toward him.

"Don't come over!"

He shouted, trying to stop her.

But Chen Yao didn't stop.

She rushed straight into the black mist, arms wrapped around Lu Yu's waist.

"Let go!" Lu Yu struggled, "I'll kill you!"

"No way." Chen Yao's voice trembled with tears, "You won't."

The black mist churned wildly around her, the Devouring Rule touching her skin yet causing no harm.

Lu Yu froze.

"You......"

"I know you're suffering." Chen Yao lifted her head, eyes red, "But you're not alone."

She held him tighter.

Lu Yu's body trembled.

The Taotie Core's rampage stopped at that moment, the black mist slowly receding into his body.

He stood there, like a puppet with its spine pulled out.

"I......"

His voice hoarse badly.

"I've spent so much time, prepared for so long, just to kill him."

"But now, he's gone."

Lu Yu closed his eyes.

"I don't even have a chance for revenge."

Chen Yao said nothing, just held him.

After a long while, Lu Yu finally opened his eyes again.

The scarlet faded, his pupils returned to normal.

"Sorry." He said softly, "I scared you."

"It's fine." Chen Yao let go, stepped back, "Are you okay?"

"Not good." Lu Yu was honest, "But I'm still alive."

He turned to look at the ruins, his voice becoming very calm.

"Since I can't kill the god, then I'll kill the Weird."

"Chu Che wants to use the Weird to force human evolution, so I'll exterminate all his Weird."

Chen Yao stared for a moment.

"You want......"

"Yes." Lu Yu nodded, "Starting today, I will kill all Weird."

"Whatever S Ji, Zhun S Ji, I'll clean them all up."

He raised his hand, looking at his palm.

"Anyway, the Taotie Core needs to devour, so let it eat its fill."

Chen Yao bit her lip.

"Then I......"

"Go to Qiu Ce Yuan." Lu Yu interrupted her, "Study well, stay away from this mess."

"But......"

"Listen."

Lu Yu rarely showed a smile.

Outside the ruins, Chen Shao stood there, witnessing the whole process.

He did not step forward.

He merely watched Lu Yu and Chen Yao from afar, his eyes complex.

Xu An walked over to his side.

He wrote on A4 paper, "Should we control him?"

"No longer pursuing." Chen Shao shook his head, "He is no longer an enemy."

"Then we......" Xu An wrote again.

"Go back." Chen Shao turned, "Eden Garden will go underground starting today."

"On the surface, we are a normal Capital Group."

"In secret, continue to gather the scattered Mystic Controllers."

He paused.

"Chu Che wants a new order; then we will live in the shadow of that new order."

"Until one day, we can tear this order apart with our own hands."

Xu An nodded.

The two disappeared into the mist.

Three months later.

The outskirts of the abandoned city.

Ji Bai held the old black umbrella with a worn edge, standing before a stretch of ruins.

Behind him followed hundreds of Fierce Ghosts.

"Starting from here."

Ji Bai pointed at the ground beneath his feet.

"One kilometer outward is the Ferry Port's territory."

"The rules are still three."

He lifted his head, his gaze cold enough to frighten.

"Do not harm the innocent."

"Conceal one's whereabouts."

"Be each other's backup."

"Whoever dares to break the rules, I will be the first to kill them."

The Fierce Ghosts behind him all nodded in unison.

Ji Bai turned, looking at this abandoned city.

"From now on, this place will be our home."

"Humans have their world, and we have ours."

"Let no one provoke another."

He paused.

"But if someone dares to act......"

Ji Bai's eyes lit up with a bluish light.

"Then let him know, the Ferry Port is not to be trifled with."

As his words fell, hundreds of Fierce Ghosts simultaneously released their aura.

The entire ruins were shrouded by the Strange Rule, forming an invisible barrier.

At the same time, a remote Weird Domain in the southeast coastal area.

Screams filled the village.

Evil Spirits crawled up from the ground, brandishing claws and fangs as they lunged at the crowd.

"Help!"

"Who will come save us!"

The villagers clutched their children and fled in all directions.

The Investigation Bureau's reinforcements had not yet arrived; they could only run on their own.

Just as the Evil Spirit's claws were about to tear apart a little girl, bluish flames descended from the sky.

Boom!

The Evil Spirit was burned to ashes.

The little girl blankly lifted her head.

A young man stood before her, his right eye a deep, bottomless bluish color, while his left eye was normal black.

He held a knife in his hand, its blade still burning with bluish Hellfire.

"It's alright."

Lin Fan's voice was very calm.

He turned, looking at the remaining Evil Spirits in the village.

"Xin Yu."

"Mm."

A clear voice rang out.

From behind Lin Fan walked out a girl wearing a white dress.

Her features were delicate and lively, her eyes big and bright, and when she smiled she had two shallow dimples.

The only thing special about her was her heterochromatic eyes.

Her left eye was normal black, while her right eye was a deep blue, exactly the same as Lin Fan's right eye.

Ling Xinyu raised her hand.

Black hair streamed out from behind her, turning into countless spikes that precisely pierced the core of every evil spirit.

In less than three seconds, all the evil spirits in the village vanished.

The villagers stared blankly at the scene.

"Is... is that someone from the Investigation Bureau?"

Someone asked softly.

Lin Fan shook his head.

"No."

He took Ling Xinyu's hand.

"Just passing through."

Having said that, the two turned and left.

"Wait!"

The village chief caught up.

"Benefactor, may I have your name?"

Lin Fan stopped, turned his head, and glanced at him.

"No need."

"Just remember one thing."

His voice wasn't loud, yet it carried throughout the whole village.

"Weird that doesn't harm people can survive."

"If anyone bullies them, I will know."

Having said that, Lin Fan and Ling Xinyu disappeared into the mist.

The villagers looked at each other.

"Is what he said true?"

"Weird... can also survive?"

No one answered.

Only that gradually closing mist hid the two figures as they went away.

At the same time, Federation headquarters.

In Lord Wei's office, a room full of people stood.

Jiang Yuan, Su Ming, Qin Zhixia, Liang Wen, and several senior executives.

"Lord Wei."

Jiang Yuan spoke.

"You wanted us..."

"Have a seat." Lord Wei pointed to the sofa, "Please sit down."

Everyone took a seat.

Lord Wei stood up and walked to the window.

"You all know that Chu Che has become a rule."

"Known." Jiang Yuan nodded.

"So what do you think we should do next?"

Lord Wei turned around.

"Continue following his script? Or..."

He paused.

"Find a new path?"

The office fell silent for a few seconds.

"I have an idea."

Su Ming suddenly spoke.

"What idea?"

"Since Chu Che wants to use the weird to force us to evolve, we'll go along with his intention."

Su Ming looked at Lord Wei.

"But not passive acceptance, rather taking the initiative."

"Go on."

"Establish a new department dedicated to studying the weird rules." Su Ming said quickly, "Treat the weird as a usable resource, not merely a threat."

"At the same time, speed up the progress of the Night Watcher Project."

"Let more people become weird controllers, so that humanity's overall combat power increases."

Lord Wei didn't speak.

He looked at Su Ming, then at the others.

"What about you?"

"I agree." Jiang Yuan was the first to raise his hand.

Me too. Qin Zhixia nodded.

No objections. Liang Wen shrugged.

Lord Wei smiled.

Alright.

He walked back to his desk and picked up a file.

Then, starting today, the Federal Weird Investigation Bureau enters the reform phase.

New department structure, new combat system, new strategic goals.

He paused.

There's also a new bureau chief.

Everyone was stunned.

Lord Wei, you......

I'm old. Lord Wei waved his hand, "It's time for the younger generation to take over."