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

Chapter 360 Past
Shengan Amusement Park.

Snow began to fall again, but the amusement park remained open. Snowflakes drifted down, landing on the bustling crowd.

Unlike the countryside, cities don't require a lot of preparation before the Lunar New Year. Instead, for people in the city, the New Year is a rare period of free time.

Liu Yanyan bought tickets and went inside with Ren Dongcheng.

"Wow!"

Looking at the clean and tidy roadside, the snow-covered forest, and the large playground equipment visible through the branches, the girl's eyes lit up with excitement.

"How about we go ride the pirate ship first?"

The girl stood by the hedge, her face full of anticipation. A gust of wind blew away the snow, and a patch of green swayed in the breeze. Ren Dongcheng, who had been absent-minded, was startled. In the cold wind, he seemed to see his younger sister as a child.

When I was a child, my family was poor, my mother was in poor health, and my father was a temporary laborer. Every day, he would get up at three in the morning and rush to the labor market in the urban-rural fringe area at four in the morning, hoping to find work for the day.

My younger sister is very smart and has always studied very hard. When she was in elementary school, she saw other classmates go to the amusement park during the holidays, and she wanted to go too. But she only told herself about it secretly because she knew that her father needed the money to pay for her mother's medical treatment.

I remember it was during the summer vacation after my third year of junior high school. While my father was taking my mother to the provincial capital for medical treatment, I rode my father's old blue bicycle and took my younger sister to the amusement park.

Tickets are 2 yuan each, but attractions inside cost extra, the cheapest being 3 yuan. Where would a middle school student or an elementary school student get that kind of money?
So, I took my younger sister for a walk around the amusement park, just to look around. I remember that her eyes were sparkling too.

That was the only time the two of them went to an amusement park.

Snapped.

Ren Dongcheng's expression softened, and he took Liu Yanyan's hand, saying, "Let's go."

……

Xie Yan and Zha Hu followed behind in the crowd.

"Zhang Hanyu is almost out of control of the situation."

Xie Yan calmly said, "No matter how much his skills have been amplified by the spiritual apostles, Ren Dongcheng is still a traveler who has achieved unity of body and spirit and has crossed the Dragon Gate."

"Coming to the amusement park is not something Ren Dongcheng wanted to do at all. This illogical situation will make Ren Dongcheng realize that something is wrong."

"However, Zhang Hanyu is not bad either. He amplifies the girl's emotions and uses her behavior to guide Ren Dongcheng. In this way, only a very small part of Ren Dongcheng's memory needs to be modified, which can reduce the feeling of strangeness."

Upon hearing this, Zha Hu asked, "What should we do?"

"No need to rush."

Xie Yan said, "Even if that apostle discovers us and turns Ren Dongcheng into a consumptive ghost, I can suppress him in a short time."

"Wait until the general arrives before taking action."

"it is good."

……

Shan Yi Garden, Block A.

Ji Ran was carrying two large bags of vegetables and meat, heading towards her apartment building.

Not long ago, he finished writing down some of his thoughts and sent them to Xie Yan. Although he had other contacts, such as Lu Zaiye's sister—a military commander—he needed to gauge Xie Yan's attitude; at least from him, he could glean some clues.

So that he could understand how the Special Operations Department viewed his thoughts.

Before the captain could reply, her mother messaged her again, asking her to go out and buy some things to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner the next day.

So I went to the market and bought some.

Da da da.

A series of footsteps brushed past him. Ji Ran looked up and saw a middle-aged woman with a pale face and lifeless eyes, dressed neatly, walking towards the exit of the residential area.

Ok?
Ji Ran was slightly taken aback; it seemed somewhat familiar.

But that shouldn't be the case. Although I live in this neighborhood, I've been in school since I moved here—middle school, high school, and university. Throughout my school years, I've hardly gotten to know any new people in the neighborhood.

But soon, Ji Ran realized it was Dr. Zhou!

Ji Ran took out her phone, watched the video on social media, and immediately confirmed that the neat and efficient middle-aged woman was Dr. Zhou from the Central Hospital, who was now being harassed by a medical dispute.

He is Cai Lan's master.

Ji Ran turned around, a glint of cause and effect flashing in his eyes.

The next moment, Ji Ran's pupils shrank!
He saw that on Dr. Zhou's body, causal lines spread outwards, but most of the causal lines connected to her turned transparent when they were close to her.

Transparency represents death.

Previously, when he first began to see cause and effect in Qing City, he thought the cause and effect of the deceased was severed. But that's not the case. The cause and effect of the deceased has simply faded. As long as someone still remembers them, the cause and effect is not severed.

This is also why I was able to reverse life and death and change the past on the Qing City cruise ship—cause and effect still exist. If cause and effect are completely severed, no matter how strong a master of the Dao of Cause and Effect is, they cannot touch it.

Because the cause and effect are severed, the person or thing itself is already in a state of "non-existence". It's like if you close your eyes, there is a cup in front of you, but as long as you can't see it with your eyes closed, and you didn't know about it before, then this cup "does not exist" for you.

The thing that severs all cause and effect is like that imperceptible "cup". Now, the path of cause and effect has gone a step further, and one can see cause and effect clearly.

This phenomenon means... Dr. Zhou may die.

Ji Ran quickened her pace, glancing at the various speculations in the video's comment section, and roughly understood the reason. Cyberbullying and blatant malice without seeking the truth can tear a person's mental world apart.

Dr. Zhou, I can't take it anymore.

Walking down the hallway, Ji Ran scrolled to the short video chart, where the first trending topic was marked with the word "viral".

It's the name of a group I'm familiar with.

[Hengyuan Group held an emergency press conference, promising to restart 17 unfinished projects, including the "Heavenly Garden" in Shancheng and the "Phoenix Mountain Garden" in Nancheng, and to waive all subsequent loans.]

Hengyuan Group has promised to compensate all residents of the unfinished building for the overdue expenses on a monthly basis, at the rate of a local public official's salary. They will also provide free housing.

The first batch of resettlement and compensation payments will be completed at Tian Shang Garden before Chinese New Year's Eve. Furthermore, Hengyuan Group promises to properly handle all issues arising from the housing situation.

[Hengyuan Group CEO Lin Liao was seriously injured in a car accident this morning. His wife, Liu Fang, broke down in tears and knelt down to repent at a press conference.]

……

One trending post after another is trending, each with over a million likes and hundreds of thousands of comments. The number of users is still increasing, increasing at an alarming rate!

It's Lunar New Year's Eve now, a time when most people have a holiday, and it's also a time for relatives and friends, young and old, to gather together and chat.

Most importantly, this news was confirmed extremely quickly! Hengyuan Group directly abandoned several of its hot projects and pooled all its funds to subsidize the unfinished buildings.

Those lives that were originally ruined took a turn for the better.

This news was like pulling tens of thousands of people who had bought homes from Hengyuan Group out of the abyss!

It also gave hope to millions, even tens of millions, of people who shared the same plight.

The explosive popularity of the topic has led to widespread coverage across all new media platforms. Every account, like a shark smelling blood, is frantically plagiarizing and sharing this traffic feast.

This also brought the topic to a new climax!
Ji Ran remained calm. Lin Liao, with all his bones broken and his internal organs poisoned, wouldn't live more than a few days, even with the best medical facilities.

Having witnessed the extraordinary terror of the traveler, he was terrified.

At this moment, the Lin family's actions were not because they had a change of heart, nor because they had become good people, but because they were truly about to die.

Because a traveler once visited.

creak.

Upon entering the house, Ji Ran categorized the purchased items and placed them in the kitchen and refrigerator.

He locked the door from the inside and sat down on the sofa.

Snapped.

The jade pillow was weighed down by incense money and placed on the coffee table by Ji Ran. But at this moment, Ji Ran was thinking about the news that had just come out and sent a message to Ning Yan.

He wanted to see what Ren Dongcheng's motives were for committing crimes before.

drop!
Ren Dongcheng's file is in the police station, and the Special Operations Department can draw it all from it.

Ren Dong'an, Ren Dongcheng's younger brother. After finishing the middle school entrance exam in 99, his father awarded him his blue bicycle.

In August of that year, the naked body of a female factory worker was found in a cornfield. Concerned individuals reported frequently seeing a young man riding a blue bicycle, following women.

In September, Ren Dong'an was arrested and confessed that evening. In mid-March of the following year, he was sentenced to death in the first instance and executed by firing squad in April.

[After the execution, Ren's mother's illness flared up and she died. Ren's father attempted suicide by taking poison but was saved by Ren Dongcheng, though he was left with permanent disabilities in both legs.]

(Note: No fingerprints, footprints, or DNA related to Ren Dong'an were found at the crime scene. The body was cremated immediately after the execution.)
In 05, the real culprit was apprehended, raising concerns about a possible miscarriage of justice. Ren Dongcheng, seeking justice for his father, discovered numerous flaws in the original case file, each providing evidence that his brother had been wrongfully executed.

[By 15, with no recourse for appeals, Ren's father committed suicide in despair. The following month, Ren Dongcheng returned to Pingcheng and stabbed to death three security guards from that time (who have since risen to become the director of the Pingcheng Public Security Bureau, the presiding judge of the Pingcheng Court, and the director of the Pingcheng Nanguan County Public Security Office).]

……

Ji Ran's chest heaved slightly, his eyes filled with complex emotions. He couldn't imagine what the father and son had gone through in those ten years, from 05 to 15.

Some things must change.

Ji Ran held the jade pillow in his hands, the air thick with the scent of incense. He couldn't change what happened twenty or thirty years ago, but he could change the present.

Ji Ran chose a time and entered the dream of her "home".

The moonlight was as clear as water, and the night was tranquil.

Ji Ran opened her eyes and returned to the first night.

The enormous body of the Wind Beast lay prostrate in front of the bedroom door, then suddenly raised its upper body!

Outside the door, almost imperceptible footsteps could be heard.

(End of this chapter)