Bizarre: Forced into an arranged marriage, his wife turns out to be a demon emperor?

Chapter 41 Conscription Order, Lin Che, the Guard of the West Gate

Lin Che pulled Su Hongyi towards the door.

"Let's go out for a big meal."

He had just finished speaking when he placed his hand on the doorknob.

"Boom—!"

Another loud bang, closer and clearer than the one heard on TV earlier.

This time, the tremor was no longer a slight shaking.

The entire building seemed to have been given a hard push by an invisible giant hand, tilting violently, and dust fell from the ceiling.

From the stairwell came the screams of neighbors and the cries of children.

Lin Che steadied himself and opened the door.

A gust of wind, mixed with the smells of blood, burnt food, and some kind of rotten, fishy stench, rushed towards us.

The window at the end of the corridor was shattered, and blood-red moonlight shone in, casting distorted shadows on the floor.

The chaos in the city no longer needs to be imagined through sound.

It's right in front of you.

Lin Che pulled Su Hongyi down the dilapidated stairs.

At the entrance of the building, a car was swerved and crashed into a flower bed, black smoke billowing from the front of the car and the windows shattered.

A man was desperately trying to climb out of the driver's seat; half of his body was already hanging out of the window, but he was stuck by something.

More riots are unfolding in the streets.

People ran around like headless flies, crying and shouting.

A delivery driver in his uniform was knocked over and his bike was thrown to the ground. He didn't bother to pick up his bike; he just covered his head and curled up on the ground, trembling.

At the entrance of an alley across the street.

A dark figure, barely recognizable as a human, was grabbing a woman's ankle and dragging her into the darkness of the alley.

The woman's fingernails drew long, desperate bloodstains on the cement floor.

"Help—help me—"

Her cries for help were drowned out by the various noises.

Su Hongyi stopped and turned her head to look at the alley entrance.

She did nothing.

The dark figure dragging the woman suddenly stopped.

It turned around stiffly, its empty eye sockets seemingly looking in Su Hongyi's direction.

next second.

The dark figure let out a silent shriek, its entire body twisting and melting rapidly like a wax figure thrown into a raging fire, finally turning into a wisp of smoke and dissipating into the air.

The woman being dragged froze, then scrambled towards the main road without looking back.

Su Hongyi withdrew her gaze, looked up at Lin Che, and her fair nose twitched slightly.

"My lord, the taste—has changed."

Lin Che understood what she meant.

Under the glow of the blood moon, the low-level, eerie aura in the air was becoming denser and more violent at an alarming rate.

For some, disaster is the best catalyst.

Just then.

[Ding! City-level disaster "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" has been detected and has officially begun!]

[Main Quest Released: Protect Jiangcheng!]

[Mission Details: Survive the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" and ensure Jiangcheng is not completely destroyed. Every action you take will affect the final outcome.]

[Task Rewards: Calculated based on final contribution. The higher the contribution, the richer the reward! Guaranteed Reward: 1 "New Underworld" Foundation Fragment.]

Lin Che's eyes lit up.

The cornerstone of the new underworld!

Just when he was worrying about how to build his own power, the system delivered a godsend.

This task must be done!

Moreover, you should aim for the highest contribution!

Almost at the same time as the system notification sound ended.

"Beep beep beep!!!"

A piercing alarm blared from every corner of the city.

This time, it wasn't an air raid siren.

Instead, everyone's mobile phones simultaneously issued the highest level of mandatory alerts.

Lin Che took out his phone.

There is no signal on the screen.

There was only one scarlet pop-up window that occupied the entire screen.

Above the pop-up window are lines of commands written in bold black font.

[Jiangcheng Paranormal Events Emergency Command Center - Level 1 Recruitment Order]

[Citizen Lin Che (Temporary ID: A007), in accordance with Article 13 of the "Extraordinary Period Paranormal Management Act," you are hereby legally conscripted to immediately report to the "West Gate" defense zone and accept the unified command of frontline commander Li Zhen.]

This is a Class A mandatory conscription; no citizen may refuse or delay it for any reason.

Those who refuse to comply will be dealt with on-site by the "Dragon Sparrow" Special Operations Team on charges of "endangering wartime public safety."

The fate of Jiangcheng rests on your decision.

A007?

Lin Che looked at the number thoughtfully.

It appears that his behavior at the abandoned school has been officially recorded and given a rather high danger rating.

Li Zhen —

The commander of that dragon sparrow.

What does it mean to assign him to the West Gate?

"My husband."

Su Hongyi tugged at his sleeve, interrupting his thoughts.

She stretched out her fair finger and pointed to the west of the city.

That direction was precisely where the claw marks were deepest on the golden light barrier.

"It's so noisy over there."

In her beautiful phoenix eyes, there was no fear, only an undisguised longing.

"There are so many, so many delicious things."

She used "a lot" three times in a row.

Lin Che smiled.

He put away his phone, ruffled Su Hongyi's hair, and spoke in a doting tone.

"Want some?"

"Um!"

"Then what are we waiting for?"

Lin Che took her cold hand and said, "Come on, your husband will take you to a buffet, all you can eat."

The official summons suited him perfectly.

He needs a legitimate identity to openly and honestly reap the rewards on the battlefield of "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons".

He also needed a grand stage so that his great-aunt could enjoy herself to the fullest.

Otherwise, who knows if she would have been so hungry that she would have eaten the entire city of Jiangcheng as a snack.

Li Zhen wanted to take advantage of him.

He was also using Li Zhen and this "Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts" as a means to an end.

The two did not take the main road.

Lin Che pulled Su Hongyi directly into a dark alley.

He lightly touched the trash can with his toes, and his body, as light as a feather, leaped onto the second-floor security window. With a few leaps, he reached the rooftop.

Su Hongyi, holding a red umbrella, followed behind him, her feet barely touching the ground, like a red shadow, drifting upwards.

Standing on the rooftop, the view suddenly opens up.

The entire city has become a giant battlefield.

In the distance, armored vehicle convoys roared forward on the street.

Drones with runic glow occasionally streaked across the sky.

Others who also chose to walk on the rooftop whizzed past them.

Those people were dressed in strange clothes.

Some were wearing Taoist robes and riding flying swords.

Some were completely shrouded in black robes, with only their red eyes showing.

There are also creatures with various mechanical cables inserted into their bodies and metal limbs extending from their backs.

These people were all recruited and were hidden in Jiangcheng as ghost tamers.

On ordinary days, they are students, company employees, or street vendors.

At this moment, they are all heading towards the same destination—the city's defensive barrier.

Lin Che carried Su Hongyi and leaped across several city blocks in a few bounds.