"Tch!"
Liang Bing scoffed disdainfully. In her opinion, Yang Tao was purely bored. With his strength, dealing with an ordinary human would be effortless.
Little did she know, Yang Tao found her equally as bored. Logically, as the King of Demons, she could have easily brought Qilin back directly and done whatever she pleased with her.
But instead, she chose to become an ordinary human to seduce her. What else could that be but boredom?
Twilight descended.
Yang Tao was busy preparing what ordinary people would call 'dark cuisine': stewed ant-beef, stir-fried tentacles with green onions...
Just as the meal was ready, the door was pushed open from outside. Xiao Yun, dressed in a special nurse's uniform, stood at the doorway, her face flushed, and softly called out:
"Brother Yang..."
Seeing this, Yang Tao's eyes lit up, and he invited, "Come in."
Xiao Yun took a deep breath and walked into the room, saying, "Brother Yang, I want to..."
"Think while you eat."
With that, Yang Tao produced two bowls of rice and a bottle of red wine.
"Sit."
Xiao Yun hesitated for a moment but obediently sat on the sofa.
Yang Tao took out a stemmed glass, poured Xiao Yun a glass of red wine, and pushed it towards her, saying, "Have some with me. A little wine will help you relax."
Then he sat down beside her and said with a smile, "I know you want to save those injured people, and you're willing to sacrifice yourself for them... But what I want isn't your body; what I want is your soul."
"Huh?"
A confused expression appeared on Xiao Yun's adorable face.
"Brother... Brother Yang, didn't you say you didn't want my body? Your hand..."
"My apologies, I've been to too many coffee shops, it's a habit."
Yang Tao retracted his hand and said with a smile, "Become my believer, and you can gain healing abilities, but... You will completely lose your 'freedom' and be at my mercy. I'll give you time to consider."
Liu Yunyun's face showed a conflicted expression. She subconsciously bit her lip lightly, adding a hint of allure to her otherwise pure appearance. After a moment, she hesitantly asked:
"I want to help those injured people, but if I lose my freedom, won't I be unable to save anyone?"
Yang Tao was momentarily stunned, then said with a chuckle, "Uh, the 'freedom' we're talking about isn't the same thing. After becoming my believer, you'll be just as capable of saving people anywhere as you would be right beside me..."
For ordinary people, becoming his believer simply meant having a mark placed on their soul—similar to a soldier's dog tag. After death, they would automatically go to his Warp.
As the saying goes, 'Those who chant Yang Tao's true name shall gain eternal life,' which is roughly what it means.
"Then what should I do to become your believer?"
"Eat first. I'll teach you after you're full."
After eating and drinking their fill.
Suddenly, a Rumble of noise came from outside. Yang Tao frowned slightly and got up to the doorway. He saw a young man furiously attacking Wei Qi, and the strong Wei Qi was completely unable to restrain the frenzied opponent.
"Stop it, cut it out!"
The opponent completely ignored Wei Qi's words and continued to wrestle with him.
'What's going on? Has he gone mad?'
As he pondered, Wei Qi was directly pushed to the ground by the man. At this moment, Qilin, who had emerged from the tent, saw the scene and directly leaped up, tackling the frenzied man to the ground. She reached out and gripped the back of his neck, subduing him: "Calm down!"
The previously frenzied man instantly became still. Qilin was startled, then quickly got up.
Wei Qi stepped forward and placed his hand on the man's carotid artery, feeling it. His expression changed slightly, and he said, "What... what happened?"
Just then, a soul flew out from the man's body.
All the onlookers were startled.
"What is this?"
"A ghost?"
Qilin instinctively took a step back. Just then, the soul that had floated out of the body excitedly looked at its translucent hands and feet and said:
"So, after death, one can truly live forever!"
"Haha, I am a chosen child of the holy god! I can go to the Pure Land and enjoy eternal life and happiness!"
Then he looked down at the crowd and said alarmingly, "Those who struggle bitterly, you will go to Nether! Hahahahaha!"
With that, the soul flew towards the sky.
When Yang Tao heard the man's words, he knew exactly what was going on. He reached out and lightly clenched his hand, and the soul, which had just left with open eyes, was directly pulled back by him.
"Heh heh, spreading fear... How interesting. Is someone trying to cultivate a new evil god?"
Under normal circumstances, after a human dies, their soul appears in the Warp and then transforms into the purest energy to feed the Warp. Situations like this...
Unless the soul is strong enough or someone is secretly manipulating things. And this soul was just an ordinary human soul, so there was only one option left.
'Heh heh, someone in this world has actually come into contact with the Warp. Are they trying to create an evil god?'
'Or is an evil god seducing ordinary people to help Him be born?'
Theoretically, the moment conscious life appeared in the material world, evil gods were already born in the Warp. Evil gods exist in the future, present, and past.
"Brother Yang, what's going on?"
"Nothing, someone is just playing petty tricks. Come on, I'll go teach you medicine..."
...
The next morning, Qilin, who was sleeping in her bed in the camp, was about to open her eyes when she felt a hand on her hip. She quickly opened her eyes and found that Liang Bing, who had been sleeping in another bed, had climbed into hers at some point.
Her hand was still mischievously pinching her buttock.
However, seeing that it was Liang Bing, she breathed a sigh of relief.
'Fortunately, it's not that man...'
She got up, reached for the jacket on the nearby folding chair, and put it on. She glanced at Liang Bing, who was still in bed, and then walked out of the tent.
She looked around and saw the busy Wei Qi, then walked straight towards him.
"Ready to depart?"
"It's almost time. The communicator assigned by the superior arrived last night and ordered us to go to Huangshi City."
Qilin nodded lightly. Due to the interference of the demonic civilization, communication on Earth had been completely cut off, and information could only be transmitted in the most basic ways.
She looked at the wooden house in the distance and asked, "Has that man come out yet?"
Wei Qi said sourly, "No, Xiao Yun hasn't come out either..."
Qilin: "..."
She strode towards Yang Tao's peculiar wooden house. As soon as she reached the door, she heard Yang Tao's voice: "How is it? Isn't it amazing?"
Then Xiao Yun's voice also came from inside the house: "Amazing, I want more..."
"No, you used it 40 times last night, you can't use it anymore."
40 times???
Qilin quickly pushed open the door and entered the house, anxiously asking, "Xiao Yun, are you alright?"
Yang Tao and Liu Yunyun, who were eating breakfast, looked at Qilin who had pushed open the door: "Want to eat with us?"
This calm scene made Qilin a little awkward. She quietly asked, "You... what were you talking about, 40 times?"
"Life Crystal, a special treasure with usage limits. Ordinary people can use it a maximum of 20 times, but I have two types of Life Crystal, so it can be used 40 times."
"By the way, Qilin, from today onwards, Xiao Yun is my believer. Please take good care of her from now on."