Zhang Huainan ultimately accepted Lu Yibei's proposal.

Although the thought of seeing Qingji again after a hundred years made him feel uneasy, upon careful consideration, Lu Yibei's proposal was indeed good.

After all, causing destruction to help the Disaster feign death and escape the pursuit of various Psychic organizations went against his authority to "save all living beings, protect the two realms from falling, and ensure the eternal peace of all life."

While acting to this extent for personal gain was not enough to corrupt his authority, he still felt that something was not quite right.

That feeling was like asking a Dragon Xiang Army Armored Soldier, who protects the nation and ensures its peace, to destroy the vegetable patches of residents in Yumen Pass and even roast and eat the chickens raised next to them.

Moreover, he also wanted to see Lu Yibei's God Kingdom Prototype...

He definitely didn't want to see Qingji!

What's there to see in a scoundrel who bullied you since childhood?

He mainly wanted to see what changes had occurred to the God Kingdom Prototype, which Ms. Wang Meili had constructed, and he himself had participated in suppressing for nearly twenty years, after it experienced a destructive Disaster and was handed over to Lu Yibei.

Tonight was the time to test the results!

"..."

It will surely get better, right?

That child, though seemingly unreliable and always coming up with unorthodox ideas, is essentially quite kind... Zhang Huainan thought.

Actually, he still had some reservations about handing over the God Kingdom Prototype to Lu Yibei's control.

Which of these God Kingdom existences isn't a great weapon capable of causing devastating Disasters?

A slight mistake could lead to tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of lives being buried with it!

And the difference between a God Kingdom Prototype and a complete God Kingdom is, at most, the difference in yield between various nuclear bombs.

Therefore, even though the God Kingdom Prototype was originally left by Ms. Wang Meili for Lu Yibei, Zhang Huainan still felt it would be more appropriate for her to take it over once her temperament matured and became more stable. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Unfortunately, things are unpredictable, and heaven does not always grant one's wishes...

Filled with emotion, Zhang Huainan followed Lu Yibei through the passage of the God Kingdom Prototype. A few breaths later, as his feet touched solid ground and he just opened his eyes to see the empty street illuminated by streetlights, he frowned deeply and turned to look into the distance.

"What's over there? Why is there a chaotic, complex, and defiled Ling Neng wave coming from that direction?"

"Oh, over there!" Lu Yibei glanced at the direction Zhang Huainan was looking, and said expressionlessly, "Some Psychic are imprisoned there, they are Eclipse Society members I casually caught when I went to Shancheng last time."

She paused, then added with remarkable nonchalance, "It's been so long, I estimate Ji Yunpei has almost tamed them, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Huainan's blood pressure, which he had maintained well for decades, suddenly rose significantly.

Tamed? She used the word 'tamed' just now, didn't she?

Zhang Huainan didn't think punishing Eclipse Society members was wrong; from a normal person's perspective, over eighty or ninety percent of Eclipse Society members had blood on their hands, and their crimes warranted execution.

If he had encountered a group of Eclipse Society members, he would have eliminated them one by one, sending them to start anew.

The dignified Black Emperor, even when slaying evildoers, did so openly and with a single fatal blow!

However, with those Eclipse Society members falling into Lu Yibei's hands, and the word "tamed" being used, the nature of the situation changed.

One didn't need to think deeply to know what kind of inhumane, dual psychological and physiological torment those individuals would experience.

One couldn't possibly expect Lu Yibei to reform them into good citizens, could they?

This was a bit twisted...

And doing too many twisted things inevitably affects one's mind.

As Zhang Huainan was thinking, suddenly more, more subtle Ling Neng waves hidden in various corners of the God Kingdom Prototype touched his spiritual perception, and one of them even made him feel a hint of unease.

This was not his first time entering this God Kingdom Prototype.

Aside from Qingji, and Wang Yingying, whom he had long known about through divination and secretly assisted when Lu Yibei signed the Familiar Contract, as well as the Xuan Ying Luo Fu that he personally handed to Lu Yibei, he knew perfectly well what Ling Neng waves should or should not be present.

Those he had just sensed, belonging to employees of Sunrise Biotechnology Company, should not have been there.

And now...

"Besides those Eclipse Society members, what else is hidden in your God Kingdom Prototype?" Zhang Huainan couldn't help but press.

The next moment, he received a shocking answer from Lu Yibei, "It's nothing much! Just some remnant souls from Divine Kingdom Jade Gate."

"Some?" Zhang Huainan narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing her up and down.

"Uh..." Lu Yibei turned her face away, avoiding his gaze, and whispered, "Just a few tens of thousands."

"That's not right, is it?" Zhang Huainan concentrated, carefully probing his surroundings with his spiritual perception, "Tens of thousands of ordinary remnant souls alone shouldn't have this quality, should they?"

"Just, just some Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers and one..." Lu Yibei suddenly felt a bit guilty.

"One what?" Zhang Huainan pressed.

"Do you really have to know?"

"Of course!" Zhang Huainan nodded.

As he spoke, his tone and expression seemed to say, "If you don't confess honestly today, this old man will not let you off."

"Alright, old man, you asked for this. I wasn't going to make you angry!" Lu Yibei rolled her eyes and said expressionlessly, "It's nothing much! Just the remnant soul of a Calamity Psychic who has lived for over a thousand years..."

"Don't worry too much, he's just my little minion! If you work hard, you should barely be able to catch up to him."

Zhang Huainan, "???"

A Psychic who has lived for over a thousand years... Is such a person really possible? What does "work hard, barely able to catch up" even mean? Is that even human language?

At this point, he unhesitatingly gave Lu Yibei's answer sheet a zero.

Lu Yibei did not make the God Kingdom Prototype better...

Invasion Beast, Eclipse Society members, tens of thousands of remnant souls, a Calamity Psychic who has lived for over a thousand years... stuffing all sorts of dangerous things into the God Kingdom Prototype, how could it possibly get better?

It was like buying a child an electronic device for studying, only to find out she didn't use it for studying at all, but instead downloaded tens of gigabytes of unhealthy videos and games onto it.

Zhang Huainan suddenly felt that Master Bixuzi's suggestion for him to prepare blood pressure medication might actually be necessary.

Seeing Zhang Huainan's face turn as dark as his Black Emperor title suggested, Nanling Yaohua, standing beside him, covered her mouth and laughed so hard she bent over backward.

Without a trace of restraint or concealment, since no one else could hear or see her ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) anyway.

For a moment, she actually felt a slight thrill in her current state.

At least, in the past, she wouldn't have dared to mock the renowned Black Emperor so brazenly.

Zhang Huainan glanced at the space behind Lu Yibei, sensing the ecstatic aura drifting from there, and sighed silently.

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【"Calamitys Death" countdown: 105h0m41s】

After his composure was thoroughly rattled by Lu Yibei, Zhang Huainan finally walked with Lu Yibei through Peony Street and arrived in front of the Lu Family Old House.

Standing at the entrance of the Lu family, he saw that the small restaurant had changed its sign back to "Yanzhi Tavern." He then carefully examined the two pomegranate trees over the wall, which he once could only admire from afar without appreciating their true essence. Memories surfaced in his mind, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

And when Nanling Yaohua saw the fiery red pomegranate blossoms covering the branches, she eagerly floated over the wall, climbed onto a branch, looked left and right for a long time, picked out the largest and reddest one, and reached out her hand...

She grabbed the pomegranate blossom with both hands, tugging hard for a long time, making the branch rustle, but she still couldn't pluck it. Finally, she could only sigh helplessly.

But then, as if something came to mind, her eyes lit up. Her figure circled in the air for a small half-turn, and when she stopped, she had completed a clever positioning, making the largest and reddest pomegranate blossom appear as if it were worn, resting perfectly at her temple.

However, when she waved her small hand and looked at Lu Yibei with anticipation, she found that Lu Yibei was not currently using her special ability to look at her.

"..."

Actually, this was quite normal, wasn't it?

Using that ability placed a considerable burden on her; she couldn't use it at any time!

Forget it, I'll forgive her this time, for now. Nanling Yaohua thought.

Sighing silently, her figure floated up gracefully. Cupping her chin with both hands, she sat on the highest point of the pomegranate tree with a look of disappointment.

However, before she could settle down, she heard a piercing cry, seemingly from a human child, coming from the small room in the attic. Immediately after, she heard hurried footsteps from inside the room.

Accompanying the footsteps, a delicate, doll-like girl rushed out, "waking" the sleeping motion sensor light. As if on cue, she jumped in place in the small courtyard and plunged into Lu Yibei's arms, who had just pushed the door open, then sobbed and mumbled.

"Wuwuwu, Xiao Bei master, there's a ghost! There's a ghost in the house!"

Nanling Yaohua's fists suddenly clenched. The pomegranate blossoms, which she couldn't pluck no matter how hard she tried, were crushed by her hands.

Why is this child so rude? Whose child is this... Huh?

Upon closer inspection, she suddenly realized that the little girl's appearance was remarkably similar to Lu Yibei's appearance after she became a urban legend, so much so that no one would believe there wasn't some blood relation.

A younger sister, it must be a younger sister or something like that, right?

There's no way that guy would ignore a bunch of girls and secretly have a daughter behind everyone's backs, right? Nanling Yaohua comforted herself.

Unlike Nanling Yaohua, who had no blood pressure but whose "blood pressure" was still quietly soaring, Zhang Huainan, whose blood pressure had already dropped, examined Wang Yingying for a while and nodded in satisfaction.

The Invasion Beast, once controlled by the Eclipse Society, causing a lot of trouble for the Night Watch, and possessing the potential to destroy the world, had actually transformed into such a harmless appearance under Lu Yibei's care. He was very pleased.

However, his satisfaction did not last long before it was shattered by sudden fear...

"You scoundrel, why are you yelling instead of sleeping in the middle of the night! Is your butt itching?"

Yelling, Qingji, dressed in pajamas and holding a rattan stick enveloped in surging Ling Neng, burst out of the room.

Looking at that familiar figure, mist blurred Zhang Huainan's weathered eyes. In that instant, he seemed to return to the summer when he was thirteen, and a phantom pain shot through his palm...

That summer, Qingji, who he had just begun to learn from, told him, "Don't be afraid, go ahead and do it boldly. If you make a mistake, I'll only hit you once. It's not to abuse you, but just to make you remember it deeply."

And so, his palm was almost shattered by that finger-thick rattan stick.