[Confusion]

Lu Yibai eventually passed out.

He didn't know how long he'd been unconscious. When he woke up, the pain in his shoulder and lower abdomen had lessened.

Instead, he felt a cool, pleasant sensation in those areas.

Was this normal now?

Or had he truly evolved into a masochist who enjoyed pain?

"Boss, you're awake?"

Lu Yibai heard a familiar voice. He turned his head slightly and saw Lin Xiaoqi sitting cross-legged on the carpet, her fair, slender legs crossed. On her lap rested a bag of "Crispy Delights."

"Crunch, crunch. Boss, want a bite?"

Lu Yibai: "..."

How could she be so carefree?

He was also puzzled about how Lin Xiaoqi had found him.

"How long was I out?" Lu Yibai asked.

"Not too long. I just finished watching three episodes of a variety show before you woke up."

Lu Yibai was a bit surprised. Only a few hours?

He was currently shirtless, with bandages wrapped around him.

He glanced at his shoulder and abdomen. "Did you put something on me?"

"Just some standard healing medicine for us Night Watchmen. Plus, our cultivation technique already speeds up recovery, so you'll be all better soon, boss."

Healing medicine. They were really too lazy to come up with a better name.

"What about that demon? And the child?" Lu Yibai suddenly asked, his mind clearing.

Lin Xiaoqi took another bite of her Crispy Delights. "I've already disposed of the demon's corpse. As for the child, the relevant departments will handle it, so don't worry, boss."

Relevant departments. They were always so involved...

Still, it was true that Night Watchmen needed a department to clean up their messes and handle aftermaths.

Lin Xiaoqi informed him that there was a special department within the police force that cooperated with Night Watchmen and dealt with loose ends.

The child was probably still at the police station.

Lu Yibai remained lying on the sofa, content to be an injured patient. He slightly raised his left hand, activating his Night Watchman Mark. Two green light spots floated above it.

One came from the female ghost, and the other from the small demon.

"What kind of demon was that?" he asked curiously.

"Just a Rat Demon. A cowardly rat, really," Lin Xiaoqi said nonchalantly.

Lu Yibai's mouth twitched.

Damn it, it dared to try and kill me, and she calls it cowardly?

"But you really surprised me, boss. With your current strength, you're not even a First-tier Night Watchman yet, but you managed to kill a Second-tier Rat Demon."

Lu Yibai was slightly stunned. That Rat Demon was Second-tier?

That meant if it had been bolder and used its demonic power from the start, he could have been dead already?

He didn't feel smug about defeating a stronger opponent.

Instead, he looked down at the wound on his abdomen, a sense of lingering fear washing over him.

He had won this gamble, but what about next time?

This was a high-risk profession!

"Oh, right, boss. I found this on the Rat Demon," Lin Xiaoqi said, pulling out a tag.

It was a silver chain with a small black tag attached.

The tag seemed to have a number written on it.

"C0742."

What did it mean?

Lu Yibai looked closely and exclaimed, "There's a layer of demonic power on it?"

Lin Xiaoqi nodded.

It was possible this was something similar to the Night Watchman Mark, used to prove identity.

On the back of the tag, there was also a shattered green crystalline object.

"Boss, this might be something like a Life Token, similar to an ID card. Except this green crystalline object on the back was likely refined using the demon's natal blood essence. Now that it's dead, it's shattered."

"It seems this could be a mysterious demon organization," Lu Yibai analyzed.

Lin Xiaoqi nodded, agreeing with his assessment.

"I suspect this demon organization might have backup Life Tokens, and they might already know the Rat Demon is dead," Lin Xiaoqi said.

Lu Yibai had never seen Lin Xiaoqi so serious and formal before.

But on second thought, analyzing the Rat Demon's Life Token, his token started with "C," followed by the number "0742." This indicated that it was a demon organization with at least a thousand members.

"Why would this Rat Demon capture a child?" Lu Yibai wondered.

"It's not clear yet, but I've already reported it," Lin Xiaoqi replied.

Lu Yibai nodded. Such matters definitely needed to be reported.

It seemed he had stumbled into a whirlpool by sheer bad luck.

"Xiaoqi, didn't you say Wucheng was very peaceful?"

Lin Xiaoqi glanced at Lu Yibai, wanting to speak but hesitating.

Her expression seemed to say, "Well, you're here now, and the person in charge has changed."

Normally, assistants would be promoted along with their superiors. The news that Ji Dekeng was taking charge of Modu had already spread, and everyone assumed Lin Xiaoqi had also gone to Modu. Otherwise, Lin Xiaoqi alone would have been enough of a deterrent.

After a pause, she seemed to gather her thoughts and said, "Boss, I'm not trying to cause trouble, but it seems they really don't take you seriously."

Lu Yibai: "..."

He was quite annoyed!

"Boss, you should rest and recover. I'm going to sleep for a bit," Lin Xiaoqi said, yawning.

Lu Yibai nodded.

It was clear that Lin Xiaoqi had been busy tending to his injuries earlier.

It was now afternoon, and Ye Yiyi, who was sensitive to light, had locked herself in her room to rest, not daring to step outside.

So, Lu Yibai was once again alone in the living room.

He felt tired, but the pain from his wound made it difficult to sleep.

Staring at the ceiling, he fell into thought.

He was just an ordinary person before.

No, he was an ordinary person with good luck, after all, he was a "chai er dai" (second-generation descendant of a demolisher).

He never imagined he would suddenly step into such a bizarre and fantastical world.

It was interesting, but also very dangerous.

The injury he sustained now was the most severe he had ever experienced.

In the past, the worst he'd had was a dislocated joint.

Those kinds of non-humans in novels who could dominate new worlds from the moment they entered were clearly not his kind of people.

He was just a Zen man with a rather carefree disposition.

For instance, he couldn't understand what motivated Lin Xiaoqi to endure pain and cultivate every day, or what drove her to kill demons like it was nothing.

He didn't believe that Lin Xiaoqi was completely safe just because she was powerful.

Everyone started as a rookie, didn't they?

He was so badly injured, yet Lin Xiaoqi seemed so carefree. Did that mean such an injury was nothing in her eyes?

Even at night, his initial plan was just to follow the Rat Demon and contact Lin Xiaoqi.

Who knew the Rat Demon would hide and ambush him!

That was an accident.

At that time, he had no other choice but to fight desperately.

Under normal circumstances, he believed in "shining and contributing within his capabilities."

He still felt a lack of belonging to the Night Watchmen organization.

After thinking for a while, he felt a headache coming on.

It was truly a headache!

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