181: Chapter 181 Give Me a Hard Scam

"This definitely isn't a coincidence!"

Chu Xuan still remembered that the first time he woke up from a dream, it was 2:30 AM. The second time was 3:00, then 3:30, and this time it was 4:00.

It seemed that no matter when he entered a dream, he would wake up half an hour later than the previous time.

Especially this time; he had clearly set an alarm, and he even had Bai Yunfei calling him, yet it was still the same—he only woke up when the time came.

Was there some special meaning behind this?

"Chu Xuan, what's wrong?" Bai Yunfei asked. "Did you overuse your talent and haven't recovered yet?"

"Yeah, I'm going to get out of the car for some air."

Chu Xuan took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it. He pushed the door open and got out, discovering that they had already arrived at the roadside next to Xingchen Building.

He glanced at his spirituality value; 370 points remained.

Since he hadn't died in the third dream yesterday—but rather woke up naturally because the time limit for his talent had been reached and he hadn't extended it—this time, entering the dream still deducted 70 points of spirituality value.

Immediately after, Chu Xuan took out his phone. The chat interface with [Future Tang Zheng] appeared, and the last message was from yesterday's third dream—

[After a Specter invades a human body, it achieves a certain level of integration and cannot change its vessel. Do not trust the believers of the Final Phantom God; they are best at bewitching and deception...]

"So that's how it is. You can actually communicate with the future while in a dream."

Accompanied by a faint, lingering sense of fear, the Phantom Demon's voice echoed eerily in his ears: "My friend, how much more have you been hiding from me? Is our friendship really so fragile...?"

Before the Phantom Demon could finish, [Future Tang Zheng] sent a message.

[Tang Zheng: Chu Xuan, on June 20th at around 4:00 AM, you were completely possessed by the Phantom Demon. The S-rank Forbidden Domain spread across the entire city, and there were fewer than ten survivors! Why is it that this time, it's not Chu Huan who appeared, but someone calling themselves the Phantom Demon?]

The Phantom Demon's voice came to an abrupt halt, falling silent, and that faint, perceptive sense of fear receded like a tide.

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly; he roughly understood the reason.

"Phantom Demon, how much more have you been hiding from me? So everything you said about changing vessels was a lie. Your ultimate goal really was to possess me, wasn't it?" Chu Xuan's expression turned cold.

"My friend, there must be some misunderstanding. My friendship with you is as endless as the rolling river... No matter how many helpful hints this Future Tang Zheng gives you, his ultimate goal is to harm you."

The Phantom Demon's voice was incredibly gentle: "He who seeks something must first give. Do not trust him."

Chu Xuan said nothing more. He typed quickly and sent: [Perhaps it was because I knew I was in a death trap, so I treated a dead horse as if it were alive and let the Phantom Demon take control of my body. But it clearly used that point to directly erase my consciousness. Did that mysterious powerhouse reveal their true form?]

[Tang Zheng: No, he turned into a cloud of thick smoke and escaped.]

Chu Xuan pondered for a moment: [Tell me the details.]

[Tang Zheng: You seemed to have anticipated that explosives would be useless. This time, the villa didn't explode; you engaged that mysterious powerhouse directly. Unlike Chu Huan, although the Phantom Demon failed to inherit everything of yours, it did retain the characteristic of an S-rank Specter: the Forbidden Domain!]

[Tang Zheng: Even though the Phantom Demon that had just possessed you hadn't reached S-rank in terms of base attributes, under the pressure of the S-rank Forbidden Domain, the mysterious powerhouse was ultimately no match and fled in a panic.]

[Tang Zheng: Under the Forbidden Domain, the power of the illusion increased. In an instant, the entire city's population of over ten million fell into a state of madness, slaughtering each other. Furthermore, it connected to the Dark Place, and Specters continuously entered Haicheng. In a single day, Haicheng fell into purgatory and became a dead zone. Over 26 million people either lost their lives and became blood food, or were invaded by Specters and became servants.]

[Tang Zheng: The Phantom Demon intended to use Haicheng as a Foundation to spread the Forbidden Domain outward, but encountered the Night Watchers' Captain General Yang Yu, who came to intercept and kill it. One day later, the Haicheng Forbidden Domain was dispelled, the Phantom Demon was slain, and Yang Yu was severely injured.]

[Tang Zheng: Because of this incident, the disasters that appeared in various places afterward could not be resolved in time. Many human powerhouses who would have appeared in the future died before they could even grow up. History changed drastically, and the world was on the verge of destruction!]

The amount of information [Future Tang Zheng] sent this time was explosive, especially the last sentence—the world was on the verge of destruction!

And tracing the source, it was actually because he let the Phantom Demon take control of his body...

Chu Xuan thought for a moment and asked: [What about Ming Xiucheng? Didn't you say before that you were going to find him to look for clues about the mysterious powerhouse?]

[Tang Zheng: I don't know. Although he escaped the Haicheng Phantom Demon incident, I haven't seen him since.]

Is that so... Still no clues this time.

[Chu Xuan: How much do you know about the Resurrection Society? I suspect that mysterious powerhouse is Azure Dragon. Do you know Azure Dragon's specific identity?]

[Tang Zheng: The Resurrection Society involves the schemes of several deities from the Dark World and is extremely mysterious. Only by becoming a Constellation Envoy can one be considered a formal member. They are all insidious and cunning old turtles, especially those at the Four Saints level; they never easily reveal their identities, and one doesn't even know if they are male or female. When I first contacted you, I was ambushed—it was the work of the Resurrection Society.]

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered, and he immediately recalled the scene of communicating with [Future Tang Zheng] in the dormitory back then.

[Tang Zheng: I can't reveal much more about the Resurrection Society to you. I can only warn you: in the early stages, before your strength is on par with an S-rank Specter, it is best to stay away from the Resurrection Society and not let yourself enter their line of sight.

Because "Revelation" within the Night Watchers is a high-ranking member of the Resurrection Society. Their ability is similar to deduction and can see a blurry "truth" from the fringes of an event. If you fall into their field of vision, you might be targeted, which would be extremely disadvantageous for you.]

Chu Xuan let out a soft breath: [But I have already established a connection with the Resurrection Society. I have been scamming their spirit money in my dreams; the spirit money I absorb turns into dust when I wake up.]

[Tang Zheng: ...]

[Tang Zheng: You are truly amazing; you actually found a way to get a free ride! There's no help for it then; spirituality value is a resource you must obtain as soon as possible... Since it's like this, then scam them hard, for all they're worth! Consider it getting revenge for me. However, you still need to be extra careful of Revelation. Don't let them know it's you doing it, otherwise, you will definitely end up like me, being hounded and hunted down by them everywhere.]