The Demon Monk System from Another World, but I didn't travel through time.

Chapter 375 Him! The Symbol of the Blood-Red Comet?

That night, the fairyland was so lively it was as if the mighty Yangtze River had been instantly boiled by some mysterious force.

Emerald mountains, Jade Pool, Fairy Island, Surrounded by the sea... The maidens gathered in twos and threes, still filled with boundless excitement.

In the vast void, the guardian dragon Zhuyin pulls the compass chariot carrying the entire Yaochi Wonderland slowly forward.

The seven-day holiday is finally over.

The box office of "Seven Kills" reached more than 40 billion yuan, but its popularity has been overshadowed by "The Amazing Girl".

Some people joked that it was mainly because the movie "Seven Kills" was so popular during the long holiday.

In addition, the plot of the mainland police invading Southeast Asia was too exciting and had too great an impact.

Therefore, some forces deliberately created the "magical girl" incident in order to suppress the box office of "Seven Kills".

Of course, jokes aside.

It was impossible for the incident of the "magic girl" stopping the tour bus to not cause widespread discussion.

Subsequently.

October 8th, that day.

A Western country suddenly claimed that China was cultivating superhumans and had abducted a protected magical girl.

The hype has intensified further.

The girl was clearly from Taiwan, yet it was a certain Western force that made such accusations.

Such a strange occurrence already reveals the source of the problem.

Was the girl imprisoned on the island of Taiwan, or was she "protected" as a certain Western country claims?
Was she kidnapped or rescued?
The accusations made by a certain major western power, which has gradually lost credibility in recent years, are not believed by many people.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, they remain consistent in neither admitting nor denying.

Then we fell into a phase where foreign countries made the same accusations in the same way, and we kept repeating the same platitudes, until everyone was tired of hearing it.

Regardless, everyone has realized that the girl who was "protected" by Western military forces on the island of Taiwan has disappeared.

Some people even filmed the explosions that night, with flames constantly erupting from the military base.

There are even rumors that the prison break was carried out by two girls who were about the same age as the magical girl.

However, this news cannot be verified, so it is unknown whether it is true or false.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the fairyland, a discovery was made.

More and more innocent young women are under the surveillance of the state...

……

"Li Mengtong! 13 years old, she had to drop out of school due to leukemia. Because it had already reached the late stage of leukemia, the hospital originally judged that she would not live past March or April of this year."

"But she is still alive, and after several follow-up examinations at the hospital where she works, it was found that her condition stopped deteriorating at the beginning of this year's Spring Festival and then reversed. In the follow-up examinations two months ago, she had fully recovered and was even healthier than ordinary children."

The man with a serious expression placed a stack of documents in front of Zhang Yiran.

"Li Mengtong, like Wu Yanyan, has never run away from home. Her parents are ordinary people. Her family is very poor and has incurred a lot of debt to pay for her medical treatment."

"She's rather introverted, doesn't exercise much, and often likes to sleep at home on weekends. She likes magic shows..."

Zhang Yiran asked in a deep voice: "Magic?"

“Yes!” the man said. “She likes Zhang Wuqi’s magic tutorial videos and watches Zhang Wuqi’s live streams. Her username in that live stream is ‘Live Well.’ She went to see Zhang Wuqi’s movie ‘Seven Kills’ on its first day of release.”

Zhang Yiran frowned: "Isn't this similar to that Wu Yanyan?"

The man nodded and took the next document: "Does Mr. Zhang still remember the incident where those four old guys from Hong Kong and Taiwan conglomerates, along with their numerous security personnel, disappeared into thin air?"

"Also missing with them was a girl who had just turned 14. According to our previous investigation, she had an online alias called Super Coco."

"This Super Cocoa happens to be the second on Zhang Wuyong's live stream fan leaderboard."

Zhang Yiran pondered, "If we have to say, the disappearance of dozens of people on that island could be considered the first mysterious event we know of that clearly involves the supernatural and the unknown, right?"

“Yes!” the man said. “In fact, Western forces also investigated the incident secretly, but they had no clue. But recently, we found the missing girl.”

He took out a document: "Xia Keke! She is said to be the illegitimate daughter of Xia Tianlan, the chairman of Lujiang Jincheng Group."

“She grew up abroad and a few months ago renounced her foreign citizenship and is currently in the process of becoming a Chinese citizen. However, we discovered that the name Xia Keke is actually a forgery, and her true identity is the girl who disappeared on that island.”

"Based on her current identity, we focused our investigation on numerous surveillance cameras in public places on the Lujiang side and finally found her."

He took out a photo with two girls in it, one of whom was Xia Keke.

"Combined with the story of those two mysterious twin girls who broke into a military base on Taiwan Island to rescue people."

“We suspect that Xia Keke is also a member of some mysterious superpowered organization. Those four old guys tried to assault her, and as a result, everyone on the island was killed.”

Zhang Yiran asked, "Who is this other girl?"

“Song Ling!” the man said. “She’s from Rongyang City, Zhang Wuyong’s cousin. She went to Lujiang on October 1st and went to see a movie with Xia Keke that evening.”

"Prior to this, there was no evidence that she and Xia Keke knew each other. But the surveillance footage showed that the two were very familiar with each other."

"If we have to say there was any contact, both of them were fans of Zhang Wuqi's live stream."

"Then! In the live stream, the number one fan on the fan leaderboard, 'Extinction of Hope', is, according to our investigation, the daughter of Xia Tianlan, the chairman of Jincheng Group."

Zhang Yiran pondered, "Is this matter related to the Jincheng Group?"

"I don't think Jincheng Group is behind this. On the contrary, I think it's Jincheng Group that got involved with Zhang Wuqi."

"How to say?"

"The daughter of the chairman of Jincheng Group was diagnosed with ALS a couple of years ago. Jincheng Group was founded in the 1980s by patriotic overseas Chinese who returned to China in response to the country's opening-up policy. The country also paid great attention to them and organized the best experts in the country to consult on Xia Zinan's case."

Zhang Yiran said in a deep voice, "But ALS... there is currently no good solution."

The man said, "Yes, the consultation results are quite consistent. They all believe that the Xia family's daughter will not even live to see this year."

"But an unexpected event occurred. Starting last year, Ms. Xia continued to recover, and the examination results in October last year showed that she had fully recovered."

"The Xia family wants to conceal the process and outcome of her recovery. If it was normal treatment, why would they do that?"

Zhang Yiran said, "She's the number one fan on Zhang Wuqi's live stream ranking?"

“Yes!” the man said. “Then, based on the list of his live stream fans obtained from the website, we specifically investigated those girls whose grades had risen rapidly in recent months and who spent most of their time sleeping outside of school…”

Zhang Yiran said, "Wait a moment."

The man stopped.

Zhang Yiran looked up: "Yesterday I called home and mentioned my granddaughter to my son."

"Her grades improved rapidly, she doesn't go out on weekends, she just sleeps at home, she likes to watch Zhang Wuqi's magic shows, and she gives him tips in his live stream... That's how she is now."

"My family even joked that she's so lazy and doesn't exercise at all, so how come her skin has gotten better and she's gotten stronger..."

The man remained silent.

Zhang Yiran had a headache: "Don't tell me that my granddaughter has also become a superhuman?"

During that year, he joined a special team assigned by the government to investigate the mysterious power brought by the blood-red comet.

So the superhuman was actually in his own home?
The man sat down opposite him: "Not every girl on the list is like that."

"But according to our recent investigation, the number is probably quite large."

"We do not know the specific selection criteria. A considerable number of them are excellent in both character and academics, while some are chronically ill and introverted."

"There are also quite a few others, with rather unique and outgoing personalities. But generally speaking, they are all under 20 years old and over 12 years old..."

……

On the Jade Pool Wonderland side, a team battle against the Death Star has just ended.

The Death Star, though captured, was not absorbed or decomposed by the Fairy Realm.

Instead, it was modified by Zhao Yutong and three imperial concubines, along with a large number of beautiful maidens.

They transformed the Death Star into a Jiangnan-style garden with mountains and water.

Then, Zhao Yutong spent points from the Demon Realm Shop to purchase a Divine Demon Well and placed it here.

They stood in this garden.

The entire garden is very large, like a third or fourth-tier city. "Before the 'renovation', let our families live here first."

Zhao Yutong looked around: "The families of those 'pure girls' should be fine. But we'll probably be identified as key members of this mysterious organization very soon."

“Especially your parents, Zinan, they have done so much for us during this time. In the end, Xiaoxianpeng Island will definitely be investigated as well.”

Xia Zinan said softly, "I've already told my parents. They both understand..."

"Don't sound so helpless!" Yao Xueqin raised her hand and waved it back and forth. "The scenery here is beautiful, and there's spiritual energy. We even gave them cultivation techniques. Are you suggesting that since they have the opportunity to cultivate immortality, they won't even bring their own families?"
"The ancients also knew that when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

Liao Xiumei whispered from the side, "My resignation letter is also ready..."

Yao Xueqin looked at her: "Teacher Liao, you're being too formal. We're about to leave Earth, and you're already thinking about writing a resignation letter?"

"How would you like to write this? I'm sorry, but I plan to leave Earth temporarily for a year. I hope you will approve."

Liao Xiumei muttered, "You talk too much!"

At the same time, the old campus of Lujiang University Science and Technology Museum.

Two maids wearing maid aprons are tidying up.

"I'm still a little reluctant to part with it!" Mary turned her head. "Master, can't we just move this whole place to Wonderland?"

Zhang Wuyong stood by the window, looking at the setting sun outside: "Why move there? Every inch of soil and every tree in the fairyland has spiritual energy, isn't it better than here?"

Xiao Tang said softly, "But this place holds many of our memories."

"There's still a long road ahead! We're all cultivators now, hundreds, thousands... even tens of thousands of years. If we're all together, won't we have countless memories to cherish?"

Mary and Xiaotang came to his side and looked up at him.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Wuyong looked down at the two female senior students.

"Master, can you take us here?"

“Let our first day here coincide with our last day here. That way, we’ll never forget this place. Whether it’s hundreds, thousands… or tens of thousands of years.”

The last rays of the setting sun shone through the window and fell on their faces.

The two senior students' faces shone brightly.

Zhang Wuyong picked them up and placed them on the carpet in front of his desk: "Right here?"

“Yes!” the two female students whispered, “right here.”

They sat up: "Master, we are here to serve you."

"No! You have done so much for me this past year, so today is a special day. Let me serve you instead."

Then came the warbling of orioles and the chirping of swallows, a truly wonderful sound.

over the next few days.

The box office for "Seven Kills" continues to rise.

Before we knew it, it had surpassed 50 billion, 60 billion, 70 billion...

Although it didn't create the same frenzy as in the first few days, the quality was still there, and the box office continued to rise.

The international dispute arising from the disappearance of the mysterious girl from Taiwan remains heated.

But even more news is breaking out.

Initially, many of the girls' parents posted online, trying to find their children who had suddenly run away from home.

Their child left a letter saying that he was safe and sound, but was going to do something of great significance to the future of humanity, and then disappeared without a trace.

During this process, some children, in order to convince their parents, showed off a special skill before leaving.

Or perhaps they take flight and soar into the sky, disappearing into the air.

Or perhaps she'll suddenly disappear with a smile in her closed home, and then you can never find her again.

The only people who can see their unique skills are usually their own family members.

Many others left nothing but a letter.

More importantly, an increasing number of these cases of missing girls are being discovered.

All indications suggest that at least several thousand people have suddenly disappeared in the past day or two.

The internet is buzzing with all sorts of speculation.

The relevant departments, however, remained silent.

In addition, some girls were inexplicably investigated by the police.

The police asked them if they had given any virtual gifts in the live stream of Zhang Wuqi, the leader of the evil cult, and whether they had noticed anything unusual or encountered any mysterious or supernatural phenomena.

However, these girls are really just ordinary girls.

He was completely baffled and had no idea what was going on.

Online, all sorts of speculations about this are rampant.

"—There seems to be a rumor that all the missing girls are fans of that Zhang Wuqi?"

"Lujiang University is surrounded by the army. It seems there's a small villa belonging to Zhang Wuqi inside the university. I heard he's keeping many beautiful women there."

"I don't understand. These missing girls come from all over the country, from all sorts of places. What does it have to do with him?"

"Hehe, you wouldn't understand, would you? Let me tell you... actually, I don't understand either."

— "Look at this video! A girl suddenly disappeared on the street."

"—Last night I opened the window and saw a girl flying in the sky. I'm not kidding you. It's true. I took out my phone to take a picture, she glanced at me, and then suddenly disappeared."

"So it really is a spiritual energy revival? But why is it starting with these girls?"

"—Still don't understand? It's not that the recovery started with the girls, but with Zhang Wuqi's fans."

"—Is it fake? Or is the so-called leader of the demonic cult not the leader of magic instruction, but really the leader of the demonic cult?"

Inside the military blockade zone, Zhang Yiran and key figures in the special task force were also receiving various kinds of information.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry!" The man looked at him helplessly, "We have taken extra precautions to protect your granddaughter, but we still couldn't keep an eye on her."

Zhang Yiran pondered for a moment and said, "Did she also disappear into thin air?"

"Although she vanished into thin air, the military's thermal imaging could still detect her, even though she was invisible to the naked eye. Our people even followed her quietly for a while, but suddenly, a cold wind swept by, and everyone monitoring her was momentarily stunned. When they came to their senses, half an hour had passed, and she was gone."

Zhang Yiran looked at the stacks of documents in front of him and said, "I see."

The man said, "Old Zhang..."

“No…it’s alright!” Zhang Yiran sighed. “At least, judging from the current signs, these girls left voluntarily, rather than being kidnapped by some unknown force.”

"They must have found out something. Many children left messages for their families telling them not to worry. Besides, the phrases 'concerning the future of humanity, the new civilization of mankind' are baffling."

The burly old man said, "They didn't go in the same direction?"

The man said, "Judging from all indications, they are not going to the same destination. But we can't say for sure. Perhaps it's just some mysterious place with different entrances."

"Furthermore, the various clues found in the old science and technology museum of Lujiang University don't reveal anything. However, strange and bizarre events have been discovered on the uninhabited island that was once purchased by the Jincheng Group and is now renamed Xiaoxianpeng Marine Park..."

He zoomed in on the picture on the big screen: "This island clearly possesses some kind of mysterious power. The creatures on the island grow in a crazy way, and there are some plants that did not exist in our world before."

"The entire island has undergone tremendous changes since the Jincheng Group purchased it, but no one noticed it before. We only discovered that the interior was completely different from what we saw from the air after we sent people to the island."

"Zhang Wuyong, Liao Xiumei, Zhao Yutong, Yao Xueqin, Xia Zinan, Zhu Hongli, Qiu Xiaotang... these people must have lived on the island for a long time."

"But during these days, Liao Xiumei continued to teach at the Affiliated Science and Technology Middle School of Lujiang University as usual, and Zhao Yutong and Yao Xueqin also attended classes at Lujiang University as usual."

"Perhaps there is some kind of spatial passage between Xiaoxianpeng Island and the science museum at Lujiang University. But we have no way of verifying or finding it now!"

Zhang Yiran looked at him and asked, "What are your plans next?"

"I'm afraid we can only continue to wait," the man said in a deep voice. "In addition, according to the investigation, people in Rongyang confirmed that Zhang Wuyong did indeed have the nickname 'Big Fist Bro' when he was in middle school."

"If the blood-red comet last year symbolized him, we would never know what would have happened in the end."

"But no matter what, six thousand girls, I don't think anyone can convince so many people to abandon their families."

"So I think it won't be long... before they all come back."

(End of this chapter)