I slay demons and monsters in a bizarre city.

Chapter 28 Evil Spirit
Li Changgeng felt dizzy and disoriented, as if his head had been kicked wildly by a dozen strong men for hours, and his head seemed to have been deformed.

There was a blurry, flickering light in front of him; it was the frequent flashing of Li Changgeng's phone when it received a call. The phone's built-in flashlight turned on, and with great effort, Li Changgeng opened his eyes. Just as he reached for his phone, the ringing stopped.

As usual, the sky began to lighten in the east; it was already dawn.

Li Changgeng didn't check his phone, assuming the person who called had given up.

Actually, his phone was out of battery and had been turned off. Li Changgeng was being hunted by evil spirits, but he was completely unaware of it.

Hunger was stimulating his senses; Li Changgeng wanted to eat.

"It's really killing me."

"very hungry."

"We have to find a way to avoid the red countdown numbers, or we won't survive."

This time, after returning to reality from the ghost train, Li Changgeng was even more exhausted, and he saw double.

Li Changgeng couldn't help but sigh, having not eaten properly for the past two days. His bizarre experience had almost driven him to the brink of collapse. The games he had played and designed before were nothing compared to what he had experienced in the past two days.

Instant noodles and iced cola are Li Changgeng's standard diet, which has indeed saved him a lot of money. His sister Li Ying's medical expenses seem to be a bottomless pit, and Li Changgeng really has no way to get the money.

In the year 2073 of the Eternal Night Era, the second year after the appearance of the mist, technology was highly advanced. Whether it was artificial intelligence, biotechnology pharmaceuticals, or even genetic engineering, they had all reached an unprecedented level of development. However, the progress of technology brought about a persistently high unemployment rate, and more people became idle. The continuation of human genes became a privilege of a few wealthy people. Ordinary people were not qualified to have children, nor could they afford to raise them.

Entropy-increasing holographic projection virtual reality game development companies, biopharmaceutical and genetic engineering companies, and artificial intelligence development companies—these three types of companies account for almost 80% of social enterprises. Global conglomerates monopolize the vast majority of industries. Food has long been mass-produced and prefabricated, and ordinary people can only eat finished or semi-finished food products that have undergone secondary processing.

Thinking of the nine-tailed blue fox he encountered on the ghost train in the game "Mythical Descent," and the seemingly harmless black goat that ate human brains, Li Changgeng banged his head hard. It must be a dream.

If we're talking about dreaming, then another problem arises.

The bronze shrine with his name on it inexplicably appeared in his mind; this had never happened before.

There were also three different colored cards that looked like playing cards, neatly arranged on Li Changgeng's computer desk.

The card is blue with the number 9 on it. On the other side is the hearse that Li Changgeng once rode in. This is absolutely true. Li Changgeng remembers the two conspicuous soul-summoning bells on the hearse.

The card is purple, with the number 15 on one side and a skeleton grim reaper on the other.

There's also a new card I just got, the number 14, with a golden revolver on the other side. To be precise, the card's color is gold.

Li Changgeng sensed a connection between his soul, the bronze shrine, and the three cards.

Calling a hearse is not a good idea; it might accidentally damage your house, causing it to collapse.

Summoning the Grim Reaper feels strange. If that guy starts playing by the rules of death, Li Changgeng won't have time to waste with the Grim Reaper.

The best one is that revolver.

As soon as Li Changgeng closed his eyes, the golden revolver appeared in his hand. Li Changgeng held it in his hand and felt it. It was no different from when he was on the ghost train. He opened the magazine and saw that it was full of six bullets.

Li Changgeng boiled water to make instant noodles, added a braised egg, and then placed the golden revolver on the cup of instant noodles, pressing down the peeling paper lid, while rapidly typing game code.

"I almost forgot to take my medicine again!"

Li Changgeng opened the drawer, took out two small white pills, and swallowed them with warm water. The effect was immediate; his pupils dilated and shrunk, and he felt refreshed and much more energetic. This medicine was not cheap; it was a special drug developed by PPLN Biopharmaceutical Company specifically for the Eternal Night Mist. People who did not take the medicine would either become mentally impaired or go insane and die.

The medicine cannot be stopped!
Li Changgeng's home was in an urban village, a large single-story house. To enter, one simply had to go through the courtyard gate and then open the house door. Li Changgeng was still working on the game, coding and turning everything he had seen and heard over the past few days into the game's storyline, completely unaware that danger was approaching.

"Is this such a trivial matter? Go and bring me Li Changgeng's head."

Pooh!
A greasy man with a greasy belly picks at the skin between his teeth with a toothpick.

He spat out a piece of human flesh the size of a fingernail.

This pot-bellied man had just eaten a living person. After the Eternal Night, he gained a special ability: he could transform into an evil spirit emanating black malevolent energy. His body would inflate as if it were being inflated, and his muscles would become even stronger. The evil spirit's craving for human flesh was like a cat's craving for fish.

"But..." The skinny man who had spoken earlier was emaciated, pale, and severely malnourished. "But I heard from Xiao Mei's best friend, who is the neighbor of the judge under Hades's third cousin, that this kid named Li Changgeng still has a divine mark on him!"

The pot-bellied man pulled up his belt, looking at the skinny man with disdain. "It's not the god-like opponents you're afraid of, it's the pig-like teammates. You're an evil spirit, and you can't even kill an ordinary person?"

"Damn it! Hurry up!"

"Whether it's true or not, the judge under Hades said that as long as we take Li Changgeng's head, he will spare our lives!"

"Wait until it's completely light and the sun rises. Be careful, the sunlight might burn you to ashes."

The big-bellied man kicked him, and the skinny man staggered, almost falling to the ground.

The skinny man slammed his head against the door, and with a loud crash, the door shattered.

疑？
Li Changgeng had just slurped a large mouthful of instant noodles into his mouth, and before he could even chew, he heard a loud commotion.

Li Changgeng was about to chew the instant noodles hard.

Bang... Crack!
The house's security iron door made a few crisp sounds.

The skinny man carried the iron door frame with one hand, his body shrouded in black mist. In his blurred face, only his eyes were scarlet. After transforming into an evil spirit, the skinny man exuded a chilling aura.

puff……

Li Changgeng spat out the instant noodles he had put in his mouth.

"Trespassing is a capital offense!" Li Changgeng silently picked up the golden revolver. He had seen too many terrifying, bizarre, and horrifying monsters, and this one was really too boring.

"Aren't you afraid?" The skinny evil spirit trembled when he saw the golden revolver. Although he didn't know what the revolver was, he was just afraid, a fear deep in his bones.

It turns out the video circulating online is real. The skinny man in front of us looks exactly like the rumored "evil spirit." Many of the videos circulating online are about evil spirits eating people, but the police department says they are all fake!
Bah!Bah!
Li Changgeng pulled the trigger, and the golden revolver emitted two beams of golden snake light.

The skinny evil spirit's body was like a block of ice frozen solid. Along the bullet hole, cracks appeared, and within seconds, it turned into a pool of black water.

"I told you not to kill someone! And make such a fuss!" The pot-bellied man cursed, transforming into a burly, bull-like evil spirit, and drifted into Li Changgeng's house like a black wind.

"Brother, let's talk this out! Can we put the gun down first?"

"I know the rules. The judge ordered us to kill you!"

"I'll tell you who the judge is if you don't kill me."

The pot-bellied man immediately cowered and knelt before Li Changgeng, his face pressed against the ground. The golden revolver in Li Changgeng's hand was a divine weapon; not to mention him, even the judge couldn't withstand a single bullet.

(End of this chapter)