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A group of special life forms, stronger than S-Rank Polluted, lived upstairs. The superhumans from the Ability Control Bureau had been informed of this before entering the mall, so they never considered having a conflict with them.

"In the past couple of days, some brothers and sisters have encountered 'toys' coming down from the elevator and were asked for some money, but it's okay, no one took it to heart."

"It's really no problem, the Healer doesn't need to help return it. The higher-ups said it's reimbursable, haha!"

It was just a matter of being asked for some material possessions, nothing serious. Afterwards, these superhumans only talked about it as a topic of conversation during breaks in their training.

Ye Jiang: "..."

She insisted on leaving the money behind, and the superhumans had no choice but to accept it.

Although the humans might not want to make a fuss for various reasons, Ye Jiang had no intention of condoning it.

She paid back the money for the little monsters, and despite the eager gazes of the superhumans urging her to stay, she went downstairs and left the mall, heading outside.

Go find the teacher.

The little monsters desperately need a good teacher who can correct their thinking. Her creations, living in her marketplace, must learn to be as upright and honest as her; she rejects anything crooked or flawed.

As soon as Ye Jiang stepped out of the mall, she appeared in Yu Qingyi's apartment. After hiding the high gate of Nancheng, she set up an entrance in Yu Qingyi's apartment room, right in the small bedroom where she used to live, so that it would be convenient for her whether she stayed at the mall or at Yu Qingyi's place. She promised to stay by Yu Qingyi's side until Yu Qingyi wanted to end their contact.

Pushing open the bedroom door, I saw Yu Qingyi taking the keys from the shoe cabinet, looking like she was about to leave.

Yu Qingyi saw her, paused for a moment, and blurted out, "You're home."

After saying that, she touched her nose and said embarrassedly, "You said you wouldn't be back for the past few days, and when I was home, I didn't hear any noise from your room, so I assumed you weren't back yet. I just finished eating and didn't leave you any food..."

Ye Jiang told her not to worry about her, and seeing her clutching the keys, asked, "Are you going out?"

Yu Qingyi hummed in agreement. "There have been personnel changes in our branch's Logistics Team. Several colleagues have been reassigned to the execution team after their awakening. Currently, the Logistics Team is temporarily short-staffed, and we need to work overtime to fill in."

Yu Qingyi didn't complain about working overtime. She just shared with Ye Jiang, "Those who work in logistics are usually low-potential people, but they can suddenly awaken. Jiangjiang, isn't that amazing?"

Ye Jiang remained silent, realizing that she was probably referring to the support staff who had fallen into the shopping mall.

She looked at Yu Qingyi: "Do you want to awaken your special abilities?"

"Huh?" Yu Qingyi was stunned.

Ye Jiang stared at her and asked, "Do you want to?"

Yu Qingyi: "..."

She snapped out of her daze, recalling her birthday four years ago, that hopeful journey, in which neither she nor Tang Su ever reached the Moon Tree. A miracle was right before their eyes, yet worlds apart.

Yu Qingyi was speechless.

Ye Jiang turned around and took two steps.

The apartment was small, with only two small bedrooms side by side, the doors separated by no more than a meter. Ye Jiang turned around and took two steps to reach the door of Yu Qingyi's bedroom.

She raised her hand and placed her palm against the bedroom door, leaving a small, blood-red mark.

After finishing this, she turned to Yu Qingyi and said, "Touching this sign will take you to another place. It's a big shopping mall, and I run a supermarket on the first floor. You can come find me there when you're free on your day off."

"You can sleep there anytime; floors 50 to 59 are empty, so you can choose to sleep on those floors," Ye Jiang said. "It's just that there are no beds inside, and the floor is a bit hard, so it's not comfortable to sleep on."

Yu Qingyi's expression turned a little strange. She didn't know what she was talking about until the next second when she heard, "It won't be long before you're able to awaken like your Logistics Team colleagues."

"!!!"

The keys fell from her hand with a snap.

Ye Jiang didn't think she had said anything surprising. Seeing that the flowers in the vase on the table had withered because of her departure, she gently stroked them as usual, restoring them to life, and a faint fragrance wafted out.

Yu Qingyi stared at her, her mouth opening and closing, but no sound came out. Ye Jiang finished arranging the flowers on the table, looked up, and finally saw the shock on her face. She blinked, then remembered to explain, "Your colleague awakened by accidentally falling into the mall. It's a rather magical mall, similar to the Blood Moon and the Moon Tree. By chance, I now control the mall. This sign is the entrance; you can go in. Oh, everything in the mall seems to be a secret of your Bureau of the Ability Control Bureau, so go in by yourself and don't make a sound."

Yu Qingyi: "..."

Ye Jiang looked at the ground. "The key, don't we need to pick it up?"

Yu Qingyi mechanically bent down and picked up the keys.

Ye Jiang asked again, "Aren't you going out?"

Yu Qingyi opened the door, walked out mechanically, and closed the door mechanically.

The room fell silent. Ye Jiang looked down at the flowers on the table and touched the delicate pink petals.

Suddenly, the lock opened, the door was pushed open, and Yu Qingyi stood in the doorway, her gaze fixed intently on Ye Jiang. She looked at Ye Jiang, her chest heaving, her eyes slightly moist. She simply stared for a long time before slowly closing the door again.

After closing the door, Yu Qingyi leaned against it, hunched over, and covered her face with her hands.

Four years ago, the miracle she and Tang Su desperately pursued was now easily handed to her by an "outsider".

Thanks.

Inside the room, Ye Jiang remained still, her hand still touching the flower petals.

Her expression gradually changed from blank to serious.

What happened to Yu Qingyi?

Why did she come back and stare at her after she left?

Ye Jiang pondered seriously.

She couldn't understand it; the complex emotions of humans are hard to comprehend.

She heard a noise by the window and looked up to see two heads hanging outside, one on top of the other, their eyes sparkling... many eyes. It was Shi Li and Dong Zhen, who had disappeared for a while.

After a long absence, the two monsters were overjoyed to see Ye Jiang again. Shi Li saw the tentacles pry open the window, Dong Zhen took the fruits of her labor and jumped into the house through the crack in the window first. Shi Li was so angry that her tentacles waved wildly. After gritting her teeth for a moment, she also jumped into the house.

"Elder sister!"

"Ye Jiang!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously, and the boy's illusion instantly spread out, filling the room with floating, colorful bubbles. The octopus, finding the bubbles annoying, poked them one by one with its tentacles.

"You came out of that door, were you alright?" Shi Li floated up to Ye Jiang and asked.

What could possibly happen to her?

Ye Jiang remained expressionless. She had long sensed that the gate to the south city was not dangerous. In fact, it was indeed her creation.

Not wanting to talk about herself, Ye Jiang asked them, "Where did you all go?"

Dong Zhen answered first, "They went to find help!"

Not to be outdone, Shi Li added, "Dong Zhen said she knows of a high-level monster lurking in this city, so let's go meet her and persuade her to join us."

What were they saying? Ye Jiang thought to herself that she probably had been separated from these two monsters for too long, otherwise she wouldn't be unable to understand what they were saying.

She tried to understand. "Do you also want to destroy the world?"

Otherwise, why would we join forces with a higher-level monster?

357 wanted to destroy the world, but based on Ye Jiang's interactions with them recently, these three monsters' talk of destroying the world was more like childish play, very immature, just for fun. Now, they've found enjoyment in training the little monsters in the mall, and have completely stopped talking about destroying the world.

Monsters only descend upon humans whose souls are highly synchronized, but 357 happened to descend upon three human children, which speaks volumes.

Shi Li Dong Zhen also want to destroy the world? Is world destruction a common ambition among monsters? And what about them? Are they just playing around or are they serious?

Ye Jiang sized up the two of them, trying to see through them.

"World destruction? What world are you talking about?" Shi Li asked, puzzled. She waved her tentacles. "I don't know what you're talking about. We're seriously preparing for the worst."

Her expression was serious.

"So it wasn't the end of the world," Ye Jiang thought, turning her gaze away and asking listlessly, "What rain?"

"' The Slaughter God ' is coming like a thunderstorm!" Shi Li said with a murderous glint in her eyes. Dong Zhen nodded in agreement with a serious expression.

Ye Jiang paused, Slaughter God?

She heard that name again.

Hearing this brutal name from multiple monsters, she, who had initially paid no attention to them, couldn't help but become a little serious, developing a slight wariness towards the unknown monster. To be honest, somehow, she seemed to be born without the emotion of fear.

Dong Zhen said, "The Slaughter God has appeared in the world. He's right here in the human world. We saw him enter the shopping mall with our own eyes. Three hundred years ago, his appearance caused mountains of monster corpses and rivers of blood. Now that he's here, how can we not be worried? So we want to prepare for the worst and find helpers so we can unite to fight back if something happens."

Shi Li chimed in, sounding very worried. "Ye Jiang, he's already infiltrated your inner circle. I wonder what he's up to."

Ye Jiang: "..."

She remained silent for a very long time.

Having gone this far—entering the mall and sneaking up to her side— Ye Jiang should have a clear image in her mind by now.

The slight seriousness she had just mustered slowly dissipated upon hearing this, her expression subtle. "... The ' Slaughter God ' you're referring to, is it that human figure who is tall, slender, cold-faced, carries the scent of pine resin, and possesses black hole abilities..."

"It's him!" Shi Li interrupted as soon as she heard the black hole; the black hole was the symbol of the Slaughter God.

Ye Jiang: "."

She said "Oh," with a flat expression and a flat tone.

So it was referring to Rong Yin.