The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

If you don't fight for it yourself, are you going to pray for a gift from heaven?

......

In the light screen.

Gu Ran and Xue Xiling returned to Lanxin University in an ambiguous atmosphere.

Because the two of them were disguised, no one recognized them along the way, assuming they were just an ordinary couple.

Throughout the journey, Xue Xiling's face was filled with an undisguised smile.

She enjoys her current state.

Holding hands with your lover, strolling through the streets of Canglong City, looking at the cityscape, and chatting together.

However, Gu Ran's thoughts had already drifted far away.

After returning to Lanxin University, Gu Ran did not go back to his research lab, but instead went to the cold storage room where the corpses were stored.

The classroom where he had just encountered the body, along with the bodies of the family of three from before, now filled the cold storage room with corpses.

"Principal, you're here too?"

Gu Ran looked at Xue Yingsong and asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Hey, still calling me Principal?" Xue Yingsong said unhappily. "Why are you being so formal? You're engaged to Xiaoling now, how should you address me?"

Gu Ran was immediately embarrassed.

He hesitated and said, "Ah, well, that..."

Actually, he had thought about changing how he addressed Xue Yingsong, but he always thought of calling her "Old Xue" or something similar, and never considered calling her "Xue Xiling" as well.

However, when Xue Yingsong brought up the issue in person and looked at him expectantly, it was hard for him to refuse.

It seems reasonable to use a different form of address, but it would be appropriate to use the same form of address as Xue Xiling.

It's just that Gu Ran herself hasn't gotten over that hurdle in her heart yet, and doesn't want to add another "dad" to her life.

Xue Yingsong sighed in disappointment: "Alright, alright, I knew you weren't the kind of person who would be taken advantage of so easily. Since you can't say it now, then wait until the day you and Xiaoling are officially married before you call me that. By then, at least you'll call me father-in-law."

Gu Ran gave a slight, bitter smile.

Well, he could actually bring himself to call her father-in-law, but he didn't know if he would actually marry Xue Xiling.

Maybe Xue Xiling won't like him anymore by then?

But when Gu Ran suddenly realized that Xue Xiling didn't like him and had fallen for someone else, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

A feeling of displeasure welled up inside me.

"Alright, Principal, tell me why you're here?" Gu Ran didn't want to think about it any further, so she quickly spoke to Xue Yingsong to divert her attention.

"You are my designated successor, so I am naturally very interested in what you are investigating."

When it came to serious matters, Xue Yingsong's expression became serious.

“I’ve examined all these bodies, and I’ve discovered one thing they have in common. Do you know what I mean?”

"Common ground?" Gu Ran frowned.

If we really look into the commonalities, then these corpses have many things in common.

However, Gu Ran knew that what Xue Yingsong was talking about was definitely not just a common point, but an amazing discovery.

Gu Ran immediately scanned the cold storage room with his mental power, "observing" the body shape and appearance of all the corpses.

"You mean they've all lost their minds? Very much like... the Star Stone Infection from over three hundred years ago?"

Gu Ran suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said.

Xue Yingsong nodded: "Yes, that's right. There were quite a few people alive in that classroom, but when you had them sent to Lanxin University, they all died inexplicably."

"Well... it wasn't entirely inexplicable. It's just that they all seemed to have exhausted all their strength and died from exhaustion. Their bodies showed signs of weakness, and the ability cores of those who had awakened their powers were all shattered due to overuse."

Exhaustion? Overuse?

"Could it be because they lost their minds and only knew how to kill with all their might, thus causing exhaustion and overuse of their newly awakened superpower cores?" Gu Ran guessed.

Xue Yingsong nodded: "That's what I thought too. It's very strange that such an event happened in Canglong City. I'm also worried, so I came here to check it out."

"Have you figured it out?" Gu Ran asked.

Xue Yingsong shook his head: "At present, I only feel that they are very similar to the Star Stone Infection from more than 300 years ago. I don't know much else. For example, why did they have this Star Stone Infection-like condition? I had people search the area around them, but we still didn't find any high concentration of Star Stone, only ordinary Star Stone instruments."

"This has happened twice already. If we don't find out the reason, it's hard to be sure it won't happen again. And last time there were only three people, but this time there are more than twenty. The number is increasing very quickly. This is making my dorm very uneasy."

Gu Ran knew that Xue Yingsong also had high hopes for Canglong City and deep feelings for its people, which was why he was so eager to find out the real cause of the incident and then resolve it.

However, there is still too little information available. The two exchanged opinions in the cold storage room and agreed to go back together to find relevant information, and then summarize and analyze it together like this.

Back in the lab, Gu Ran thought of his three enormous "portable hard drives" and wondered if they might contain any clues. After all, "Deep Water" and "Swarm Consciousness" had lived for countless years and must know many secrets.

Gu Ran immediately checked how much internal data the "Ark Core" had analyzed and processed.

Two are 4%, and one is 2%.

The two percent is the "Ark Core" where the "Evil God's Consciousness" resides.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Ran tried to import the massive amount of information processed by the "Ark Core" into his mind.

It was difficult to know the exact number of items during the import process, and Gu Ran felt a sudden and enormous shock, almost fainting.

Fortunately, only four percent of the information was processed, so it wasn't too serious.

Before long, Gu Ran adapted to the onslaught of this massive amount of information.

Although only four percent of the information was processed, the "import" time exceeded Gu Ran's expectations.

What Gu Ran didn't expect was that "importing" would require so much of his energy. If he didn't put in a lot of effort to guide it, the massive amount of information rushing into his sea of ​​consciousness might very well overwhelm it.

Because he was so focused, Gu Ran became completely absorbed in the "introduction" process, and his body automatically activated its self-defense and counterattack capabilities.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Ran suddenly opened her eyes.

"Blood Moon... Slaughter..."

In the end, Gu Ran still couldn't completely "import" the four percent of information that the "Ark Core" had already processed; there was simply too much of it.

He must first "digest" the information that has already been "imported" before he can continue to "import" information without any worries.

Currently, he has only "imported" less than one percent of the information, about 0.7 percent.

However, coincidentally, there seems to be a relevant piece of information among this 0.7% of data.

"A blood moon descends, extraterrestrial beings... Has anything like this ever happened before?"

Gu Ran wondered to herself.

Suddenly his expression changed. Just as he subconsciously extended his mental power, he discovered that something seemed amiss in Azure Dragon City.

A blood moon hung high in the sky, making Azure Dragon City seem even more mysterious.

"It's been more than a day?"

Gu Ran glanced at the electronic calendar on the wall, and her heart sank slightly.

240. Demonic Invasion! Extraterrestrial Species! 4.1k

Gu Ran glanced at the door of his residence; it had been changed.

Fragments of the original door remain on the ground, and traces of other people are visible inside the room.

Looking around, he saw that many things in his bedroom had been destroyed, all by physical force.

In an instant, Gu Ran sketched out the entire process in his mind.

I had one of his classes yesterday, but I didn't expect to be so "engaged" that I missed it.

They must have found him missing class and noticed something was wrong when they found him here, so they wanted to check on his health.

However, his body has an automatic defense mechanism that allows him to retaliate. The damage to the appliances in the bedroom and the walls was likely caused by his body's automatic counterattack.

Then, judging from his physical condition, they realized that he was not seriously injured, so they did not try to wake him up again, but simply repaired the damaged door and locked it.

"So, I should be alright, at least when they found me. And this safe period should be a considerable time after I missed class yesterday."

While quickly thinking, Gu Ran used his mental power to check the situation inside Canglong City.

Canglong City seemed no different from usual.

Those who should sleep soundly will sleep soundly, and those who should enjoy nightlife will continue to enjoy nightlife.

On the streets, couples laughed and argued, vendors hawked their wares at the night market, children cried loudly in the courtyards, and men and women huddled together in houses, panting heavily.

Everything is as it was before, everything is as peaceful as ever.

—Except for the blood moon in the sky shining on Azure Dragon City, which appeared somewhat bloody and dazzling.

"No, that's not right!"

Gu Ran's heart skipped a beat, and a feeling of extreme anxiety welled up inside her.

Azure Dragon City is too peaceful!

No one seemed curious about the unusual blood moon in the sky, as if the crimson moonlight shining on Canglong City was still the same beautiful silvery-white as before.