Future

At five o'clock in the morning, Lu Li woke up in bed and went to the washbasin in the dormitory. Looking at his reflection in the mirror, the triangular circle on his right hand, surrounded by twenty-seven runes, was shimmering with blue flames. His reflection in the mirror finally stabilized.

Letting out a soft breath, Lu Li put on his clothes and adjusted his glasses. He wore glasses not because he was nearsighted, but to conceal his ability to see into his palms. He had developed a new ability, Future Sight, and the unusual phenomena it caused when activated.

In fact, Lu Li developed three visual abilities: Future Sight, Present Sight, and Past Sight. The past and present visions were fine. When using the Past Sight, Lu Li just appeared to be staring blankly, lost in memories. When using the Present Sight, it only made Lu Li's pupils dilate, as if he were looking into the distance.

Only when using Future Sight does Lu Li's eyes emit a faint blue light, showing a noticeable abnormality. These glasses are specially made by the Countermeasure Bureau to conceal the light in his eyes. There are actually contact lens types as well, but Lu Li doesn't like them.

Because of his Future Sight, Lu Li was quite famous in the Countermeasure Bureau. The Countermeasure Bureau's intelligence department tried to poach Lu Li several times, but Lu Li refused on the grounds that he still needed to study. He reasoned that going to such an intelligence department would mean Lu Li would have little chance to leave his secret location and would be under close surveillance, which would be very disadvantageous for him.

I checked my phone and saw a text message from my advisor Albert Vladimir. The two professors had gone to the sanatorium to rest again because they weren't feeling well, and the Department of Mysticism was on holiday once more.

Time flies, and more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye. Many things have happened in this year, but the Mysterious Department seems much quieter now, since Wang Wencheng used to liven up the atmosphere, has disappeared.

Lu Li pushed open his room door. His roommate had changed to someone from the English department, someone he barely knew. He was probably still asleep, or maybe he hadn't come home all night. Lu Li didn't care.

As his physical body grew stronger, Lu Li's control over time became increasingly terrifying, and the main world's rejection of Lu Li became even more terrifying. If it weren't for the fact that he had used the Dead's Protection to strengthen his connection with the Life-Death Interstice over the past year, he would have been rejected by the main world long ago. Even now, he needs to perform regular maintenance, otherwise his body will slowly become nothingness.

Arriving in the kitchen, Lu Li cooked some noodles. Watching the noodles bubbling in the pot, Lu Li gently tapped the kitchen counter with his right hand. The mark on his hand began to glow slightly, and blue flames and black light slowly flared up. Lu Li's eyes emitted a faint blue light as he observed the scene in the future.

Images flashed by, mostly of people. Lu Li, or rather Gresta, was familiar with two of them: Tian Lan and You Qiying, who had carried out missions in the Shadow Kingdom within Him. These two were the cause of this incident.

Then a lot of images flashed by, but they were not clear. Some of them were past and false images. For example, Lu Li saw Old Hu. Old Hu followed a group of people to an unknown location and dealt with some incidents. In one of the images, Old Hu took away a talking toad.

The toad was later captured by Lu Li in Leping City. Lu Li originally planned to study it, but it disappeared on its own not long after. As for any further information, Lu Li can no longer see it.

After all, the main world is a very complex place, and Lu Li couldn't be sure how much of the information he saw was misleading or false. Only with the passage of time could he slowly dispel the fog of time.

However, Lu Li had a premonition that this incident was most likely related to the power of time. After all, now that he thought about it, the toad's power might be related to time. If he could obtain a similar ability, Lu Li should be able to gain a foothold in the main world.

Slightly regaining his senses, Lu Li saw that the noodles were already cooked. He put the noodles into the soup and finished eating. Lu Li checked the time; it was almost six o'clock. If things went as expected, the mission should be issued soon. He needed to go to the Countermeasure Bureau.

Walking along the campus path of the Mi University, on his way to report to the Countermeasure Bureau, Lu Li suddenly squinted at the woman walking into the campus ahead. The woman was wearing fishnet stockings and a black see-through outfit, through which some flesh could be seen. Her bright red lips exuded a unique charm, and there was a faint fragrance mixed with the smell of alcohol, arousing one's desire.

"Long time no see, Bai Lu!" Lu Li greeted her with a smile. Indeed, this woman, whose appearance and behavior could be described as delinquent, had changed a lot in the past year or so, Bai Lu the obedient girl she used to be.

Judging from the current timeline, it's estimated that she had been staying out all night before. Lu Li has some understanding of Bai Lu's reputation. After being injured and hospitalized in the Ten Methods of Seeing Ghosts, she was depressed for a while. After that, she gradually stopped going out all night and attended various lesbian parties. There were rumors that she was secretly dating her counselor, Albert, and she was rarely seen in class during the day.

"Lu Li, it's been a long time." Bai Lu looked a little embarrassed. After all, he was a former friend, and it was somewhat shameful for him to see her like this. Looking at the gradually brightening sky in the distance, Bai Lu said in a hurried tone, "I have to go now, let's talk again next time."

"A vampire?" Lu Li squinted, recalling Albert's file in the Countermeasure Bureau. If nothing unexpected happened, Bai Lu should have been transformed into a vampire, which would explain such a drastic change.

However, Lu Li had no reason to interfere. Bai Lu had spent a few days in the Life-Death Interstice, which made her constitution extremely yin. Without treatment, Bai Lu would probably die before she turned 40. Turning into a vampire, on the contrary, allowed her to make full use of the advantages of her constitution.

Upon seeing Bai Lu, Lu Li's Future Sight flickered slightly. Since she was involved in this incident, it was highly likely that Albert would also be involved. In that case, it was also very likely that Mi University would have a hand in it.

Lu Li kept thinking about all sorts of information, from the smallest to the largest. It seemed that the Mi University was also involved in this incident, but the information from the Mi University was unclear, as the other party seemed to have a unique way of shielding it.

With some reservations in his heart, Lu Li arrived at the place called the Natural Meteorological Research Bureau, which was actually the Countermeasure Bureau. He went up to the eighth floor and pushed open the office door, where he saw three members of the Non-Standing Group lying haphazardly on the sofa table, with scattered notes and playing cards around them.

If Lu Li hadn't been here for quite a while, no one would have believed this was a department of the Supernatural Events Countermeasure Bureau. The sound of Lu Li opening the door startled a girl awake from the sofa. Rubbing her eyes, she said to Lu Li with a tired expression, "Lu Li, I thought it was the team leader. Why are you here so early?"

After speaking with Lu Li, the girl named Nan Chu kicked the chubby guy next to her and yelled, "You fatso, get up and get ready!"