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

A more vicious and pleasurable thought surfaced in Lin Che's mind.

He spoke slowly, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"I've changed my mind."

His voice rekindled a glimmer of hope in the hearts of the villagers who had been waiting in despair for death.

Is he going to let them go?

Lin Che spoke the second half of his sentence to Su Hongyi, who was in mid-air.

"Keep them."

"Let them stay here forever."

The words fell.

Su Hongyi nodded slightly.

She formed an intricate hand seal in front of her chest.

The red threads that enveloped the entire mountaintop instantly transformed into a cloud of blood mist, surging down the mountain and completely enveloping the entire Lin Family Village.

From the outside, Linjia Village has disappeared.

What came next was a huge, writhing, blood-red fog.

The villagers found themselves trapped.

No matter which direction they run in, they will eventually return to this cemetery on the back mountain.

This place has become an inescapable cage.

[Ding! Despair level from all villagers +5000!]

[Fear level is full, automatically redeeming...]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained: 10 Yin Qi Pills!]

The villagers have gone completely mad.

"No! Let me out!"

"I don't want to stay in this awful place!"

They cried out, ran, and pushed each other, but could only endlessly circle around in this cursed place.

Lin Che watched all of this with indifference.

Watching Lin Guofu drag his two broken legs as he crawled on the ground.

Watching Master Zhang being nailed to the tree, bleeding and wailing.

Watching those villagers attack each other in despair, fighting for that pitiful chance of survival.

This was the revenge he wanted.

Let them live.

He was living in the hell he had prepared for himself.

Living in eternal fear and despair.

Lin Che withdrew his gaze, ignoring the wailing and howling behind him.

He walked over to Su Hongyi's side.

The red umbrella that had been holding above her head automatically moved to the side, covering Lin Che as well.

Lin Che reached out and naturally took her cold hand in his.

"Let's go."

Lin Che held Su Hongyi's hand as they walked down the mountain.

Behind them lay a cage of despair, shrouded in blood mist, where eternal wails echoed.

He could hear those sounds, but he didn't care.

Su Hongyi's hands were very cold, devoid of any human warmth, yet holding them brought Lin Che an unusual sense of peace.

He could feel a faint but pure chilling aura flowing from her palm into his body, nourishing the "Supreme Ghost Body" he had just acquired.

Every cell in the body is cheering with joy.

Neither of them spoke.

The red umbrellas blocked out the pale sunlight, casting a warm, dim glow around them.

When Lin Che reached the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, he stopped.

He looked at the deserted village road, now only stained with dark red blood, and felt a little lost.

I can't go home anymore.

This world has become unfamiliar.

Where should he go?

Seemingly sensing his emotions, Su Hongyi stopped and tilted her head.

She raised her other hand, palm up.

With a flash of light, a bright red apple appeared out of thin air in her hand.

Instead of handing it to Lin Che, she held it there, and the nails on her other hand grew out of thin air, becoming sharp as knives, and began to spin rapidly on the apple.

The fruit peel was cut into a long, straight line, which floated down and disappeared in red light before hitting the ground.

She held the peeled apple to Lin Che's lips.

Lin Che was taken aback, and subconsciously opened his mouth and took a bite.

Crisp and sweet.

He chewed on an apple, looking at the stunningly beautiful yet dangerous "wife" before him, and the confusion in his heart suddenly dissipated.

Does it matter where we go?

Home is wherever she is.

Lin Che took the apple and began to eat it in large bites.

Just then, a muffled rumbling sound came rapidly from the horizon, growing louder as it approached.

……

On the temporary blockade line 30 kilometers away from the village.

The atmosphere was heavy and oppressive.

A completely black armed helicopter, without any markings, is preparing for takeoff.

Inside the cabin sat eight fully armed combat personnel.

They were dressed in black special operations uniforms with silver runes engraved on them, completely covered from head to toe, with only their eyes showing.

The man in the lead, codenamed "Falcon," is Yan Feng, the captain of this elite "Dragon Group" squad.

He was examining the weapon in his hand, a strangely shaped rifle with silver lines covering its body. Instead of bullets, the magazine contained spindle-shaped spikes that were as clear as crystal.

"Report! The 'Candle Dragon' energy detection satellite confirms that the energy fluctuations in the target area have stabilized at the SSS-level threshold."

"Repeated, SSS rank!"

The voice coming from the communicator made the already oppressive atmosphere in the cabin even heavier.

SSS level.

This means that the target has the ability to easily destroy a large city.

This is the highest-level alert recorded since the establishment of the "Dragon Group".

"Everyone understands the mission?"

Yan Feng's voice came through the mask, deep and powerful.

"clear!"

"Our mission is not to destroy, but to reconnaissance and assessment! No one is allowed to open fire before the target's characteristics are understood!"

"yes!"

"Check the equipment. Number three, is the 'boundary marker' ready?"

The team member, referred to as number three, patted the huge metal box behind him.

"Captain, don't worry. The latest type of space stabilization anchor, once activated, can temporarily seal off the space within a five-kilometer radius, ensuring the target cannot perform a space jump."

Yan Feng nodded.

He looked out the window; the distant sky was already shrouded in an ominous crimson hue.

He had experienced hundreds of missions, large and small, and dealt with bizarre events of A-level and even S-level, but he had never seen such a terrifying energy reaction.

The feeling was like the entire sky was bleeding.

"Set off!"

The helicopter rose from the ground like a black arrow, hurtling towards the blood-red sky.

Ten minutes later, the plane hovered over Linjia Village.

From the air, the entire village looks like it's covered by a giant, blood-red bowl, making it impossible to see what's inside.

"Captain, the energy concentration is too high, and the onboard equipment is severely interfered with, making it impossible to perform image scanning."

"Prepare to rappel."

Eight specially made ropes were dropped from the cabin.

Yan Feng was the first to slide down.

The moment my feet touched the ground, a strong smell of rust and blood, mixed with a putrid odor, hit me.

He looked up, his vision filled with crimson.

Visibility is extremely low.

The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only faint, indistinct sounds coming from afar, like wailing or screaming, sending chills down one's spine.

"Report the situation from all units," Yan Feng said in a low voice.

"Second Security".

"Security Level 3"

"..."

"Security Unit 8. Captain, my thermal imager is malfunctioning; the screen is just static."

"Me too! All electronic targeting devices are malfunctioning!"