Unfortunately, You've Been Triggered

"Dawn shall pass, but the red moon shall endure forever."

"May the radiance of the Lord of the Red Moon shine upon the world forever, and may all the illusions of this world become eternal nightmares..."

Beneath the red moon, a graceful woman slowly rose into the air, with wine-red hair, captivating eyes, and the pears hanging in front of her...

Pink?

Wei En's eyes went wide, staring unblinkingly at that figure. He only felt his blood surge upward, and two streams of blood flowed from his nose.

He raised a hand and wiped it. "You're testing me with this?"

They knew how to play. Hurry up and give him more.

"Oh ho ho... Wei En, come here."

As if unaware of the danger she was about to face, the woman crooked a finger at Wei En.

Wei En looked at the woman before him and felt her face grow more and more familiar. When he looked closely—it had astonishingly become Sister Kali's pure, innocent face.

"Sister Kali?"

His face instantly flushed bright red, and he said shyly, "Since you've put it that way, then I'll come over."

"Come on. Once you're here, I'll be yours..."

No good. His nosebleed sprayed out, the kind he couldn't stop at all.

Wei En was so scared he hurriedly covered his nose and shouted, "I'm not going, Sister Kali, you win..."

Huh?

Wei En suddenly sat up, drenched in sweat as he looked around, and found he was still in the familiar room.

"It was a dream."

But it had been such a real dream.

Sister Kali with wine-red hair... that was way too criminal.

Wei En rubbed his head as he thought.

Still, was the backlash from using the panel yesterday that bad?

Even after sleeping, his head still hurt, and his body felt somewhat exhausted too.

Hm?

His body?

Wei En hurriedly pulled open his pants and took a look, then quickly covered them back up.

No, he quickly changed into a new pair of underwear.

"Damn it. After my body got stronger, my pants got tighter."

Wei En looked up and saw the curious gazes of the two "Little Ashis." "What are you looking at? Turn around."

The Little Ashis exchanged a glance, both seeing the curiosity in each other's eyes.

"Wadada?"

"Wadada."

Wei En glared at them and cursed, "Bastards, don't think I don't understand you. You two are the ones who grew tentacles... no, wait, you two won't have any at all."

Little Ashis: "..."

Wei En was just about to further display his authority as a father when a crimson prompt slowly appeared in his mind.

[You were corroded by the Power of Desire from an unknown existence. Unfortunately, your defenses were broken. Evaluation: Trust me, you're not the first person who failed to withstand the Power of Desire. Special Reward: Resilience Level -1 (Temporary: 1 day).]

"What the actual fuck!" Wei En stared at the prompt, his forehead full of black lines.

What was this?

So in this world, even doing that in a dream wasn't allowed?

Which bastard had such a disgusting power?

If he didn't still have some assets, and it had been someone physically weak instead, they probably wouldn't last many rounds, right?

Absolutely rotten to the core!

"A bad mood for the whole day starts with discovering that doing that in a dream reduces your resilience level. Mm, even if it's only temporary."

Wei En sighed, helpless and pitiful.

He only felt that the whole world was full of malice. Even such a beautiful person in his dream had wanted to harm him...

Then Wei En checked the time. It wasn't even six o'clock yet.

He tilted his head and looked out the window. A dim yellow glow had appeared in the distant sky, and the red moon hanging high in the heavens had also faded until it could no longer be seen.

Day had broken.

"What time does the Secret Investigation Bureau start work again?"

Wei En scratched his head. It should be nine... Forget it, he would just head over a little earlier later.

Then he got out of bed to wash up. His body felt sticky and uncomfortable.

"Spell systems..."

After Wei En came out from his shower, he looked at the parchment spread open on the table. After thinking for a moment, he continued reading.

It was still early. Leaving at eight would be fine.

"After clarifying your spell system, you may begin strengthening your 'Origin Sub-entity.'"

"Special reminder: the first rune brand is extremely important. Once a mistake is made, you will not be given another chance to start over."

"So you must be cautious. Through extensive practice, you can increase the success rate of branding runes."

"Next is the selection of the four basic spell runes."

Wei En read the contents of the parchment with rapt attention, and his use of the Gonzalez Language grew increasingly fluent.

"They are, respectively, the Undead Summoning Rune of the Undead Spell System, the Elemental Spirit Rune of the General Spell System, and the Flesh Body Rune of the General Spell System."

"And the special rune of the Secret Art System—the Soul-Devouring Rune."

Soul-Devouring Rune?

This name again... Ghost really was terrible at naming things.

"The Soul-Devouring Rune is the school's most core knowledge. The reason it has been opened to all wizard apprentices is also in the hope that the school can produce another Spirit Devouring Wizard."

"Below are the rune branding method, as well as some points requiring attention..."

Wei En continued reading and saw that what followed were four oddly shaped patterns, along with some annotations.

He did not pay much attention to the runes of the Undead Spell System and the General Spell System, instead going straight to the Soul-Devouring Rune and carefully reading the notes beside it.

"The prerequisite for the Secret Art System is at least two 'Origin Sub-entities,' each branded with a Soul-Devouring Rune. By borrowing the internal connection of the 'origin,' the circulation of power can be achieved."

"What requires special attention is that when branding runes for the first time, it must be performed on the 'Origin Sub-entities' simultaneously. This requires the wizard to possess a relatively high spirit level, to avoid a situation where spiritual power is insufficient."

"According to the notes of the school's Spirit Devouring Wizards, the spirit level must be at least above level 30 before the Soul-Devouring Rune can be branded—that is, one must have reached Intermediate Wizard Apprentice."

"At the same time, after completing the branding of the Soul-Devouring Rune, all sub-entities can then proceed in different strengthening directions."

"It can be the Spirit Mystery System, or the Blood Spirit System, or even the Mechanical System, and so on. Most Spirit Devouring Wizards choose the Undead System plus the Spirit Mystery System."

"After all, for the school, the body is not necessary—the origin endures, and life is undying."

Wei En put down the parchment and looked thoughtfully at the Little Ashis meditating nonstop in midair.

So he had to reach Intermediate Wizard Apprentice before he could brand the Soul-Devouring Rune?

Level 30?

He looked at the spirit level on his panel. It was only level 22.36, but it was already not far from level 30.

"I can only wait for now."

Hopefully, there wouldn't be any more anomalies from the Church of Dawn later...

Wei En thought of the Voice of Divinity from yesterday, the culprit that had caused him to drop an entire spirit level.

Otherwise, he would be level 23 now!

Damn Church of Dawn, damn Lord of Dawn... Mm, now he also had to add that Nameless One who had infected him with the Power of Desire.

A pair of absolute bastards!

With that thought, Wei En picked up the parchment again and continued reading. He would turn grief and anger into strength. He was going to memorize the entire Soul-Devouring Rune.

While he had yet to reach Intermediate Wizard Apprentice, he would make as many preparations as possible.

"This is fucking hard... Who the hell invented this chicken-scratch crap?"