Backup Plan
Lu Li thought it was such a coincidence that he happened to run into their wedding. As he walked over, he saw Lu Zhengling standing at the hotel entrance, dressed in a suit and tie, with a simple and honest smile on his face. He looked like a very honest man. Next to him was a woman in a wedding dress with makeup on. If Lu Li to the town hotel not far from Zhao Family Village, he would know that this woman was the receptionist of that hotel.
Lu Li walked over, placed a monetary gift at the gift counter, and then stepped forward to say, "Uncle, congratulations!"
"My nephew is here. Come upstairs and sit down," Lu Zhengling said honestly. He asked someone to arrange a seat for Lu Li. Soon the wedding began: entrance, bowing to the elders, exchanging cups, a small game, and then the food was served.
Later, Lu Zhengling toasted Lu Li's table with a glass of wine. Not long after, Lu Li went into the restroom and saw Lu Zhengling smoking inside.
"You've only just found a scapegoat, how can you get married so soon?" Lu Li asked, puzzled, looking at Lu Zhengling who was smoking and acting nonchalant.
"Women, once you get to know them, it's actually quite simple to get them to marry you. I've been working in elevators for ten years, and she's been a 'receptionist' for three. She spent most of those three years under my watchful eye. I know her better than she knows herself."
"She was convinced of me on the way home. After we got off the bus, I willingly tricked her into going to a hotel, and she even paid for it. She acted like she got a great deal. In the last few days, she's been trying to get me to marry her and has even told her family that I've been her boyfriend of three years."
"That's really tragic for that woman." Lu Li shook his head. "She thought she'd found an honest man, but she actually found a ghost."
"What's so tragic about it? She just wanted to find an honest person to take over. She worked at the hotel for three years, ostensibly as a receptionist, but secretly as a part-time card reader. She made quite a bit of money in those three years, and she offered to give me the money so I could pretend I had made money outside and come back with her to do business."
"I plan to get married, take the money, and run away," Lu Zhengling said without the slightest shame.
"She's really unlucky to have met you," Lu Li sighed. But to be honest, neither of them are good people. Lin Yueyue made money from her part-time job and wanted to find an honest person to take the blame. She probably had that in mind, which is why she was so easily swindled by that old swindler Lu Zhengling, losing both her money and her virtue.
"I'm just avenging honest people everywhere. When I leave, I'll also dig up her family's ancestral graves," Lu Zhengling said with an air of righteous indignation. "I heard her ancestors were quite decent; perhaps we can dig up some things."
"Okay, it's not just her bad luck that she ran into you, her entire family has had terrible luck for eight generations." Lu Li silently mourned for Lin Yueyue for a second before asking, "So, why did you specifically call me here?"
"It's like this, you summoned my spirit before, which was considered letting me go. This created a karmic connection, and I have to repay you somehow, otherwise things could easily go wrong." Lu Zhengling said seriously, "I was a dead person for ten years, so I understand some things about the dead."
"Your ghost-seeing ritual has made a pact with twenty-seven ghosts, gaining the protection of the dead. In fact, it's not just the power of the dead involved, but also the power of the Life-Death Interstice."
"Life-Death Interstice?" Lu Li raised his hand, revealing twenty-seven black characters encircled in three circles, seemingly possessing some kind of magic.
"That's right. The Life-Death Interstice is called the underworld in the human world. It's rumored to be the place of the six realms of reincarnation, but this is wrong. Not all the dead belong to the Life-Death Interstice; only a small number of the dead can be included there."
"It's generally very difficult for outsiders to get in, and it's almost impossible for the ghosts inside to get out. The Ten Methods of Seeing Ghosts are one of the few ways to summon the dead out, and the dead recorded in the Life-Death Interstice are different from the ghosts outside. Each of them is connected to the Life-Death Interstice."
"So?" Lu Li asked, raising his hand.
"So, you, who are connected to those twenty-seven dead, actually have a way to absorb the power Life-Death Interstice to strengthen yourself," Lu Zhengling said. "I can teach you some techniques, and from then on we'll be even, and you can't reveal my identity."
"No problem." Lu Li thought for a moment and nodded.
"Then this USB drive is yours. All the techniques I can teach you are contained within. I hope you will take them to heart in the future." After saying this, Lu Zhengling walked out of the restroom.
Lu Li took the USB drive, his expression momentarily stunned, then a look of understanding flashed across his face; his memories had been restored.
Before leaving the real illusion, Lu Li's main body altered the memories of his Avatar, making it believe that the Hound swallowed the orb of light, causing the Evil God's ritual to fail. Before that, Lu Li had no idea that his main body had been involved in the whole affair.
"Reporting to the team leader, Lu Li is not in contact with any other beings besides the River Hound in the Life-Death Interstice!" In a room, a large screen in front was displaying images of Lu Li's surroundings, and several computers around him were displaying various data. A chubby man said.
"Understood. When he returns, check the USB drive. Also, have someone monitor Lu Zhengling." Lin Tong said with a frown, "Temporarily adjust Lu Li's credit rating to normal and maintain a certain level of surveillance."
"Yes, team leader, but the people in the official team might object. They've had quite a few complaints these past few days, saying that we're a Non-Standing Group, and we're using so many resources for a newcomer," the chubby guy said, somewhat embarrassed.
"If they have any complaints, they can either talk to me or stay silent," Lin Tong said nonchalantly, though he couldn't help but wonder if he was making a mountain out of a molehill, since people from Leping City do come out every year.
"I hope Lu Li is really alright?" Lin Tong closed his eyes helplessly.
Lu Li has now figured things out. For his own safety, the original body made him go through a series of tests with incorrect memories, and even temporarily cut off the memory sharing with himself. He could only recover his memories through Lu Zhengling's words and memory passwords. It can be said that he went to great lengths.
"As expected, the move of the Dead's Protection's was the right one. They can only check whether I'm lying through lie detectors and other means, but they can't break through the Dead's Protection's' protection and read my memories. Even if they could, the price wouldn't be paid for someone as insignificant as me."
"Even if Lin Tong has an extraordinary identity, at most he can only use the communication detection device to check my connections with other beings. If the main body actively cuts off memory sharing, that kind of device alone cannot detect it."
"Nyar's information specifically mentioned the Countermeasure Bureau's inspection equipment. It seems He anticipated this." Lu Li embarked on his return journey, constantly calculating in his mind that after being "wrongly accused" once again, Lin Tong's suspicion of him would decrease further. As long as nothing unexpected happened, joining the Countermeasure Bureau would be no problem.
Please note that the Avatar and the original body are essentially the same person. Even if they have different memories, they are still the same person, so there will absolutely be no boring plot of the Avatar betraying the original body.