All the evil beasts in the world, I feed on demons and monsters

Chapter 240 The Way of Cause and Effect

Cruise ship, top-floor residential area.

Da da da.

Ji Ran walked down the corridor, with the Wind Beast hopping and skipping around beside him. The Sickle Weasel rode on the Wind Beast's back, squeaking excitedly.

The Zashiki-warashi sat on Ji Ran's shoulder, swinging its feet.

Although this weasel was a level 4 demon, it couldn't speak. Ji Ran then thought of releasing the Wind Beast, and sure enough, the two could communicate.

Let's take it for a walk together.

Since the Wind Beast has been tamed as a spirit pet, it naturally poses no danger to ordinary people. He should get used to keeping it by his side.

At this moment, medical staff occasionally pass through the residential area, which has been converted into separate wards for travelers with serious injuries or those who have been in contact with a large amount of Dao Lao Gui's blood.

The blood in the hall had been cleaned up, but the crystal chandelier on the ceiling was missing.

Ji Ran found the boy's address and gently pushed open the door.

The door opened silently on the velvet carpet. A breeze, carried by the sunlight from the balcony, blew onto my face.

The bed from the bedroom was placed in the living room, which was currently empty.

A boy in a hospital gown is leaning on the balcony railing, looking out at the deep blue sea under the clear sky.

At that moment, upon seeing the boy, Ji Ran felt as if something inexplicable had completed a closed loop.

That's not a change or reversal of time or space, but cause and effect.

The expenditure of 33 points altered the cause and effect of a dream and reality.

But looking back, the bloody handprint, the bloodstains on the ground, and the shattered glass were exactly the same as before I entered the dream.

It's as if everything was predetermined before I even entered my dream.

I interfered with the past, but I wasn't part of the past. The future also lost its possibility due to the break in cause and effect.

This is... cause and effect.

At this moment, as Ji Ran looked at the boy in the sunlight, a profound sense of wonder welled up in his heart.

It truly feels like being in a dream, unaware that one is a guest.

Human? Butterfly?
[You have mastered the Turbid Immortal Specialization: The Path of Cause and Effect]

The Way of Cause and Effect

Status: Beginner (33%)

Effect: Allows for a vague understanding of cause and effect.

Causal points: 0
……

"This is?!"

Ji Ran was taken aback. Specialization?

The Way of Cause and Effect!
This is an ability similar to a skill, but it's classified as a specialization. This is... an ability granted by the Immortal's rank!

This was activated because I consumed the karma I gained from my Immortal rank!
Ji Ran attempted to apply the Dao of Cause and Effect.

Click—

Scattered, multicolored lines appeared in Ji Ran's eyes.

In an instant, the world reflected different images in his eyes.

At the same time, his energy was being rapidly depleted!
He saw the boy on the balcony, his body covered in fine, intricate lines. All the lines were grayish-white, stretching to an unseen end.

But there was one line, faintly shimmering with color, thicker than the others, connecting... itself!

This is the line of cause and effect!

call--

Ji Ran quickly canceled the skill; this causal vision was too energy-consuming.

Is cause and effect the connection between a person and all people and things in this world?

Ji Ran had a feeling that if these threads were cut, something strange would happen.

But right now, he can only "see" cause and effect; he can't do anything else. In the dream, did he interfere with the causal chain?
Whose causal chain is this?

For a boy, or...for a cruise ship?

Ji Ran understood that he would probably need to gain more causal points in the next world to understand all of this in greater depth.

Another 67 points of cause and effect are needed to enter the path of cause and effect.

Da da da.

Ji Ran walked over quietly.

The sea breeze was howling on the balcony, but the boy did not hear his movements.

Until the man grabbed the railing next to him.

"For patients, I don't recommend being exposed to cold drafts."

The boy was taken aback. His body and face were wrapped in gauze, revealing only a pair of clear eyes.

"Ok?"

"you!"

Upon seeing Ji Ran, the boy's pupils slowly widened, an expression of disbelief appearing in his eyes. Bang!
He grabbed Ji Ran's wrist, trembling, and said, "You are... You..."

"You can call me 'Zhuoxian', that's my code name in the department."

"Yes! Brother Zhuoxian!"

"I knew it! You really exist!"

The boy gripped Ji Ran's arm tightly, his eyes filled with surprise and excitement, and said, "I told my parents, but they don't believe me. In their eyes, I killed those hundreds of monsters with my bare hands last night!"

"They were afraid that saying it would cause me trouble, so they didn't let me say it."

The boy suddenly smiled and said, "The main reason I didn't tell you was because I was afraid of causing you trouble, brother."

Ji Ran's eyes flickered, and he said, "Okay, I understand."

"what's your name?"

"Xiao...Xiao Xiangyun!"

……

Is that the truth...?

As Ji Ran chatted with the boy in the sea breeze, she pondered the situation.

In her dream, she and the boy killed over a hundred vengeful ghosts, and no one knew. This was because her previous deduction was correct: the cult leader would kill the Dao Lao ghost after creating chaos.

His goal was to infect more people.

The authorities also believed that the vengeful ghost on the cruise ship was killed by the cult leader himself.

After a moment's thought, Ji Ran decided not to speak for the time being. He didn't want to reveal the issue of Zhuo Xian and the cause and effect, and if he didn't, he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.

During their conversation, he gradually learned about Xiao Xiangyun.

A fourth-grade student from a wealthy family loved rock climbing. However, during a rock climbing accident, he fractured his arm, triggering a serious genetic disease—petrification syndrome, also known as Medusa syndrome.

This disease slowly calcifies a person's muscles and fascia into bone. It is a chronic, incurable disease that cannot be reversed once it develops.

"Let me take a look."

Ji Ran removed the boy's gauze, and her pupils suddenly trembled!
On the boy's delicate face, the wound wasn't blood-red, but rather a pale color. Ji Ran pressed it with his finger.

Beneath the wound was bone that had grown.

"hiss--"

The boy frowned and let out a groan of pain.

Why wasn't your wound treated?

Ji Ran frowned and asked.

"Because petrification cannot be treated, it requires diagnosis by a professional doctor. Ordinary suturing, when it touches the muscle, will stimulate the muscle to turn into bone."

The boy smiled and said, "I might not be able to move anymore. There's nothing I can do about it."

Ji Ran looked at the boy's forced smile, nodded, and thought to himself, "Vlad."

"exist."

"Is it possible to fix this and bring him back to normal?"

“I don’t understand this condition, but I can dig out the bone and then temporarily replace the muscle with chunks of flesh from the bloodline.”

"Well... let me find out first."

Ji Ran was not clear about this symptom, and he would only consider Vlad's brutal approach if there were no other options.

This boy gave me a special feeling.

The causal point has been on me for a long time, and this is the first time that someone has triggered the consumption of my causal energy.

drip-

Ji Ran suddenly looked at her phone; it was Zha Hu calling.

"Hey?"

"Come to the top deck of the cruise ship. There are helicopters here to take you to downtown Qing City!"

Ji Ran was taken aback and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Cult members have appeared, and... they've released a Knife Demon in the city center!"

Ji Ran's heart suddenly tightened!
"immediately!"

He hung up the phone, looked at Xiao Xiangyun, and said, "I've given you my contact information. You can talk to me if you have any questions in the future."

"Ah."

The boy nodded obediently, and could tell that Ji Ran had something to do, so he just waved and said, "Goodbye, brother."

Ji Ran waved his hand, grabbed the railing and jumped. Suddenly, a blood-red chain emerged from the black and red ring on his hand and stuck to the outer wall of the residential area.

Whoosh!
The next moment, the bloodline flesh in the ring suddenly contracted, and Ji Ran's figure immediately leaped up and disappeared into the sunlight.

"squeak!"

"Ow—"

The weasel, which was rolling around in the room, grabbed the wind beast's ear and flew up to chase after Ji Ran, much to Xiao Xiangyun's astonishment!

(End of this chapter)