36: Strange Man Appears 1

After the Rabbit finished dealing with the black crystal, it didn't do anything extra, but returned to the temporary space it had created.

With a gentle pat on its belly with its small paw, the white crystal it had swallowed flew out of its belly, perfectly intact, emitting a soft glow, and returned to its original position.

Having done all this, the Rabbit returned to the temporary space, curled up contentedly, and entered slumber once more.

Xiang Yan saw the Rabbit fall asleep again and couldn't help but glance at the two crystals. Although he knew these two things couldn't be touched, what was with this inexplicable urge to act foolishly?

He pondered, contemplated, and thought it over repeatedly.

I!

An Evil God!

A nightmare immortal!

Do I not even have the right to be willful?

Oh!

It seems I really don't.

After all, I can't beat them.

In the end, between acting foolishly and getting beaten, and enduring for longevity, Xiang Yan chose to endure.

Alright, so people don't say I'm a coward, I need to come up with another, oh no, give a reason why I didn't touch them.

Because that damned man's intuition, from the depths of my being, tells me that if I touch those two things, I'll stir up a problem that isn't huge but will be exceptionally persistent, which isn't conducive to my strategic plans!

Xiang Yan took a deep breath and exhaled.

Life is hard, an Evil God sighs.

Suppressing his curiosity, he silently averted his gaze.

Time flowed like water, and in a blink of an eye, Xiang Yan's Rabbit Observation Diary had reached its fortieth year.

In these long years for ordinary people, the vast formation set up by the Rabbit was mostly complete.

And now the area of this city was no longer comparable to what it was 20 years ago. After several rounds of expansion, Mingyu City now covers 37,000 square kilometers, with a staggering permanent population of 245 million.

Towering buildings stood in dense rows, and an endless stream of vehicles supplied the city with resources like blood cells. The prosperous scene was breathtaking.

However, speaking of this, Xiang Yan couldn't help but complain, so the Transcendent world just has to be abstract, huh?

He had been in this city for so long, watching it develop from a barren land into the super metropolis it is today, and the intelligence he gathered was quite considerable.

First, he confirmed that whatever he was standing on, regardless of whether it was a planet, was definitely a sphere.

Secondly, there was something fishy about the technology in this world. After carefully studying the two videos Nelson gave him, based on his deductions, the technology in this world should be divided into two categories: for Mortals and for Transcendents.

If he wanted to confirm this rule, he would have to wait a bit longer.

Also, there were no such things as countries in this world; regional divisions were based on cities. It could be said that each city was a nation.

And the two Transcendent groups, Magical Girls and Monsters, were actually widely known.

In the public's perception, Monsters were the materialized manifestation of the concept of evil, because no matter what type of Monster, their lowest goal upon appearing was to harm the populace, and those who clamored to destroy the world and acted upon it were abundant.

Magical Girls, on the other hand, represented truth, goodness, beauty, and heroism.

Very good, it perfectly aligns with my inherent understanding.

And then there was no more intelligence.

What? Too little!

Please, what can a group of Mortals uncover?

Speaking of which, even though the city's area was already enormous, it was still enveloped within the range of the formation set up by the Rabbit.

According to Xiang Yan's estimation, unless it expanded another four or five rounds, there was no way it could escape the formation's coverage.

Not only that, but the city now had other problems.

Due to the explosive population growth over the past 20 years, the energy generated by various emotions was many times greater than 20 years ago.

At the same time, due to the Rabbit's manipulation of the crystals back then, the energy in the city is now unbalanced. Positive energy is fully absorbed by the white crystal, while negative energy, because the black crystal is only one-fifth left, only one-fifth of it is absorbed.

So, from Xiang Yan's perspective, thick black negative energy clouds accumulated above the city, and the entire city was shrouded in this endless shadow, appearing dim.

It was truly a real-life version of 'Black clouds press on the city, threatening to crush it.'

Xiang Yan had to lower his visual senses by several Ranks to avoid seeing those enticing things.

At this moment, Xiang Yan was watching with great interest a family drama he had stumbled upon: a rich second-generation heir cheated on his wife with her best friend, only to discover that the best friend was his long-lost biological sister. Even more shockingly, his wife was actually his biological elder sister who had been abducted and sold when she was young.

This melodramatic plot made Xiang Yan sigh, thinking that reality is sometimes more absurd than fictional stories.

Just then, the Rabbit, which had been asleep for another twenty years, woke up without any warning.

Feeling the familiar spatial vibration, Xiang Yan quickly shifted his gaze.

After the Rabbit appeared, it once again swallowed the crystal emitting a soft white light, and then began to wander around the city.

However, this time its behavior was different from the last, which greatly pleased Xiang Yan, as this fellow had finally started to advance the main plot.

In the city, the Rabbit, relying on its advantage of being invisible to Mortals, began to 'hunt' wantonly.

It weaved through crowds, touching pretty girls all over the streets, completely ignoring those it found unattractive.

And after detailed observation, Xiang Yan noted that all these girls were between 14 and 16 years old.

This beast is truly a beast.

After some 'careful selection,' the Rabbit finally stopped in front of a girl who looked about 15 years old.

The girl had soft, long black hair, delicate features, and an enviable figure.

She was looking down at her phone, a sweet smile on her face.

By Xiang Yan's aesthetic standards, this girl's total score was probably around 86, which was already very high.

It's worth mentioning here that, for Xiang Yan, the highest score for ordinary Mortals is 90 points; anything above 90 points can only be achieved by Transcendents.

After the Rabbit confirmed its choice, it enveloped her with a bit of positive energy from the white crystal, placed a mark on her, and then headed back to the black crystal.

Upon reaching its destination, the Rabbit raised its small paw high, then gently brought it down.

With a crisp, faint 'snap,' a circle of black ripples, centered on the crystal, instantly spread out, like an invisible giant net, covering the entire Mingyu City.

The ripples touched the chosen girl, canceling out the positive energy that enveloped her. Others were not so lucky.

Facing the black ripples, Xiang Yan did not choose to resist; instead, he carefully felt the peculiar sensation brought by the black ripples.

Are these ripples not purely an attack, but a mechanism similar to a filter?

Can it also amplify negative emotions that have already been magnified by the formation? Not only that, but after negative emotions are amplified to a certain extent, emotions like fear will also rise.

Oh? Does it also contain the coordinate information of the black crystal? And an effect of entering dreams?

Heh, I probably know what this screening mechanism is like, but the technique of combining so many effects is indeed worth studying.

While Xiang Yan was diligently learning new knowledge, in the city, people began to grow restless.

What were once minor frictions in daily life now escalated into violent arguments, even brawls.

The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder, and suppressed emotions were like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment, causing unease and fear.

The once prosperous metropolis now resembled a giant mental asylum.

Some people, who were already dissatisfied with society, had their dark sides completely ignited.

World-weariness and anti-social emotions grew wildly like weeds, screaming frantically in their minds, tempting them to do even crazier things.

They felt an unprecedented urge to destroy, to annihilate.

However, fear and unease, like shackles, firmly bound them in place. They could only roar silently in their hearts, not daring to act.

In another corner of Mingyu City, inside a luxuriously decorated villa, Mizuno Hiroshi stood before a floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the brilliantly lit city.

The neon lights reflected on his handsome face, but could not dispel the deep gloom in his eyes.

He pressed his lips together slightly, his expression cold, as if out of place with this prosperous scene.

His fingers gently traced the old scar on his wrist—a light brown mark, like a twisted centipede, resting on his skin.

Whenever he touched it, Mizuno Hiroshi felt a numb, stinging pain, like a needle pricking his nerves repeatedly, reminding him of his past experiences, reminding him of his incompetence.

He hated this city, hated this false prosperity, and hated himself.

Mizuno Hiroshi was a second-generation rich and second-generation official. He had both parents, and a happy family. His father was the city mayor, and his mother was the city's wealthiest person.

Moreover, his parents didn't marry for politics or profit; they genuinely entered matrimony out of love.

Even now, they still deeply love each other. Every morning, Mizuno Masao would kiss his wife Sasaki Mieko's forehead and say, 'I love you'; in the evening, they would walk hand in hand, sharing their joys and worries, and they loved and cared deeply for their son, believing him to be the testament to their love.

No matter how one looked at it, Mizuno Hiroshi's life should have been extremely happy, yet he lived in great pain.

He believed that all the friendships, loves, friends, lovers, praises, and smiles he had received since childhood were fake, all insignificant things that came for his father's power and his mother's money.

Only the malice others held towards him was real and true. Since childhood, he had experienced countless kidnappings and assassinations. These people were driven to desperation by his father's policies and his mother's business suppression.

These desperate people, whose blades could not reach his high-ranking parents, could only strike downwards.