Deep in the Living-Chapter 878 - 857: Malice

Chapter 878 -857: Malice

“Mom, I scored second in the whole grade this time!”

A lively and energetic little boy, in second grade, bounced back home, eagerly expecting praise from his mother, who was his only relative.

However, his mother, who was working on the sewing machine, didn’t even turn around. She just said lightly, “Isn’t there still one person ahead of you?”

“Oh.”

The boy grew little by little, and his liveliness gradually turned into sluggishness. The report card that he once held onto was now buried at the bottom of his backpack.

“What did you score?”

“Second…”

“Why are you always second? Just treading water. In this society, people who are second are never remembered. In the future, your job opportunities will always be a little less.

I work hard to support this family so that you can stand out.

Don’t be like your useless father, understand? Go read your book now.”

“Okay.”

Another year passed.

The elementary school admissions exams were approaching.

In a small alley two kilometers away from the school,

a boy wearing glasses, with a face not yet free of childishness, and standing just over five feet tall, squatted there.

In front of him lay a corpse, also an elementary school student, with deep strangulation marks on the neck, seemingly having crushed the trachea.

He dragged the corpse into a pile of garbage and buried it.

Having dealt with everything, he quickly left from a blind spot in the surveillance, as if he had planned it for a long time.

This time in the admissions exam, Yu Ze finally scored first in the school.

With such grades, he could attend the best middle school in the city without paying tuition, and may even receive special attention from certain companies in advance.

When he held the report card, beaming with excitement, hoping for his mother’s acknowledgment.

What he ultimately received was still a cold face.

“When you get into middle school, there will be even more outstanding classmates, keep it up.

You should know that your mother worries a lot for you. I don’t dare misuse even a penny of the government’s monthly subsidy, it’s all for you.

I…”

The words were suddenly cut off.

Not because the mother stopped speaking, but because she couldn’t speak.

Her neck was tightened with a hemp rope, eyes staring wide open at her “obedient” son.

But this time,

what she saw was not obedience, but a pair of eyes filled with hatred.

In the many following years, Yu Ze spent his time in juvenile detention.

He was also diagnosed here by psychologists with a severe case of bipolar disorder. Even after reaching the management age, he still needed to be confined in juvenile detention or transferred to a psychiatric hospital.

This mental illness made his probability of becoming a Pseudo-Person much higher than ordinary people, and he absolutely couldn’t be released into society.

During his time in juvenile detention, Yu Ze was idle for the first time. He didn’t have to think about studying anymore. He could try doing things he liked.

In the library, he came across novels, especially popular Xianxia novels among the Huaxia community.

Because of his mental disorder, he often fantasized about the scenes in novels, frequently feeling that he was not in a juvenile detention but a secluded sect.

Until one day.

Due to internal management issues, a Pseudo-Person sneaked into the juvenile detention center.

When the investigator arrived,

in the detention center engulfed in flames, amidst the heaps of corpses.

A black-haired teenager stood there,

the wicked Pseudo-Person had already been beheaded.

…

[Heavenly Gate Mountain, Xuantian Temple]

“Yu Ze, the Clear Heart Technique that I teach you must be practiced twice at sunrise and sunset, every day.

Your talent can be said to be the best in nearly a hundred years, but deep in your heart bred a mad demon beast by others, difficult to eradicate at this stage. Only the Clear Heart Technique can maintain your inner and outer balance.

You’ll study solely with me from now on, there’s no need to stay with your senior brothers, nor to participate in any sect contests.”

“Yes, master!”

“By cultivating yourself, you can understand all things, and slay that demon beast.”

“Master, I’m worried that I won’t be able to do it.”

“Just concentrate on your cultivation, when the time is right, I and your senior uncles will assist you in slaying.”

Ten years passed.

Fire reaching the sky, corpses everywhere.

Yu Ze stood in front of his dying master, “Master, thank you and the senior uncles, as well as all the senior brothers for your assistance… This puts my mind at ease! With your help, I can refine this world.

I will also completely slay that demon beast.”

At this moment,

a strange expression appeared on the master’s face, his features contorted, face chaotic, as if some goal had been achieved.

An unseen, intangible influence, like a string of concepts, drilled into the pituitary, and disturbed his Divine Status.

The sound from the Corner,

compared to the usual mechanical reminder, today’s transmission was slightly disgusted:

≮You have fully embraced the maliciousness of the God, your Divine Status has become turbid, your prison guard upgrade completely failed, your Corner System has been sealed.

You have been tagged as a “prisoner,”

you will be permanently confined in a cage.≯

Buzz!

Yu Ze awoke in a completely enclosed cell.

Though not restrained in any way, the cell itself had no exit, made from the Central Prison’s material, impossible for Yu Ze to break through.

Not to mention, he could no longer feel the Corner System, his pituitary was sealed, and rejected by the Prison Director.

Hahaha!!

His hair in disarray, he laughed loudly.

“Without malice, how can one understand malice… Such narrow-mindedness, no wonder they met such an ugly end! The so-called Prison Director, just a defeated weakling.

I have no use for such a system.”

Yu Ze opened his mouth wide, reaching into his brain, forcefully extracting the dull pituitary. He bit it, crushing it with his teeth, swallowing it into his abdomen.

However,

even so, this was his core organ, a crucial system. Even though Yu Ze had a dual system, this reckless action left him on the ground convulsing wildly.

Yet a smile never left his mouth, he continued to laugh.

“If I can’t be first, I might as well die! Hahaha… cough cough cough!”

Just as he kept coughing, unable to stop the outflow of life within.

Knock knock knock!

A knocking sound came.

Strangely, in this completely enclosed cell, there was no structure leading to the outside, nor any door.

Yu Ze, however, immediately moved, crawling with difficulty towards the direction of the knocking.

He found the door, turned the lock.

This action exhausted his energy, leaving him weak on the ground.

His blurred vision could only make out a pair of crocodile leather shoes stepping on the ground.

The person squatted down slowly, placing a leather, strange-looking briefcase in front of him, unzipping it.

What was shown inside the briefcase made Yu Ze open his eyes wide.

A rasping, as if something stuffed deep down, voice came over,

“Ha… What a surprise. The Prison Director’s carefully orchestrated candidate plan, unexpectedly breeding an “Evil Man” like you, made me come over for a look.

The separation of your system opened my eyes, gave me a hint of excitement.

I can offer you a chance… do you want it? I have many goods here, cheap and good quality, just need you to pay with that malicious soul of yours.

Your soul is beautiful, full of malice, capable of purchasing high-quality goods!”