While I was chanting a curse, the system said I was Xiao Yan?

Gojo Satoru held a can of instant coffee in one hand, tilting his head back to drink it, while his other hand swung back and forth dramatically as he moved forward, his entire posture resembling that of a flamboyant big monkey.

Xia Youjie walked ahead of him, hands in his pockets, waist slightly bent forward, black shoulder-length hair tied in a bun, with a long fringe hanging down.

Although his expression looked calm and gentle, which contrasted sharply with the white-haired guy next to him who exuded a frivolous aura, when the two of them walked together, one in front of the other, they didn't really look like decent people, but more like two delinquents in high school.

"Jay." Gojo Satoru tossed his empty can of coffee into a roadside trash can and asked, "What do you think that asteroid... looks like?"

Xia Youjie: "I don't know."

"Is it pretty?"

"have no idea."

"Are your breasts big?"

Xia Youjie didn't stop walking. He thought seriously for two seconds and then said, "I understand."

"Um?"

"Can't you be serious for once?"

Gojo Satoru tilted his head, a smug smile curving his lips. "How am I being unserious? I was just gathering some basic information about the target before the mission. In case she's the type who screams at the sight of a handsome guy, I wanted to be prepared."

"If Riko screams when she sees you later, it'll be because you're too noisy."

Gojo Satoru blinked, then burst out laughing: "How could that be? I'm very popular! The only reason she might scream is because she's impressed by my handsomeness!"

"hehe."

Xia Youjie smiled, but did not refute.

Gojo Satoru chuckled, putting his hands behind his head and looking at the sky. "Jay, why did that stellar substance want to merge with Tengen?"

"what?"

Xia Youjie turned his head to look at him, his face full of helplessness: "Shouldn't this be knowledge that needs to be mastered?"

"Yeah?"

Seeing that Gojo Satoru still looked indifferent, he sighed and began to explain.

"The reason for assimilating the astral body is that Lord Tianyuan's sorcerers are about to begin initialization."

"Although Lord Tengen will not die, he will age. Simply getting old is not a problem, but after aging to a certain extent, I heard that he will try to remodel his body."

"In Lord Tengen's words, it's evolution; he will transcend humanity and become a being of a higher dimension."

Gojo Satoru exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that great?! Evolution and all that, it sounds really exciting!"

"It just sounds like that."

Xia Youjie shook his head: "It is said that once you reach that stage, you will no longer have any consciousness, and Lord Tianyuan will no longer be Lord Tianyuan."

"The barriers of all the colleges and universities, the strongholds of the sorcery world, and the numerous auxiliary and supervisory barriers have all been strengthened by Lord Tengen. Without that Lord's power, we would have difficulty carrying out security defense and mission processing normally."

"If that's all there is to it, that's fine. In the worst-case scenario, Lord Tengen might even become an enemy of humanity!"

"Therefore, every 500 years, Lord Tengen will assimilate with a suitable human to refresh the information of his physical body."

"Once the body is completely renewed, the warlock's effects will return to their original state and will not trigger any of the possible events following the 'evolution'."

"That's why we need to escort the Star Essence Heavenly Riko to Lord Tengen before the full moon in two days."

Xia Youjie glanced at Wujiao Wu: "That's why I'm telling you to take this seriously. If we fail, the consequences of this mission could have far-reaching consequences for society!"

Yes.

Gojo Satoru replied casually, then asked again, "You said... that asteroid body, will it disappear on its own after fusion?"

Xia Youjie was silent for a moment: "Probably."

His voice was very soft, as if he were talking to himself: "Stellar bodies are such special beings, no one would hide anything from her."

"Then why did she agree?"

Xia Youjie's finger paused on the page for a moment.

"Perhaps it was a sense of responsibility, perhaps they were persuaded, perhaps..."

He paused, shrugged, and didn't continue.

Gojo Satoru's lips curved slightly, but there was no real joy in that smile: "No choice, huh? Heh."

He lowered his hands, put them back in his pockets, and quickened his pace: "Ms. Nightmoth, what's with all this 'annihilation mission' stuff? Are you trying to make sure we don't feel guilty?"

"He did it on purpose."

Gojo Satoru tilted his head to look at Natsumi Yuuki: "Hmm?"

"The word 'erasure' is used to create resistance in us."

Xia Youjie's voice was calm: "He knew we wouldn't just stand by and watch an innocent girl go to her death."

Gojo Satoru paused for a moment, then smiled.

The smile was different from before; it carried a knowing "I knew it" quality: "That old man, so roundabout."

"He's not an old man. Although he looks a bit older, at most he'd just be called an uncle."

"Looking old is enough to warrant being called an old man!"

Xia Youjie shook his head and didn't reply.

Gojo Satoru whistled, stopped, leaned against the roadside railing, put his hands in his pockets, tilted his head, and looked at the distant horizon.

"Alright, I'll keep watch here." His voice returned to its usual nonchalant tone. "You use your spell to find that girl, and bring her over once you find her. I'll keep watch outside, and I'll make sure not even a fly can get in."

Xia Youjie nodded and took out his phone to show the others: "Keep communication open."

"learn."

Gojo Satoru gave an OK sign, and then his already bright eyes lit up.

Six eyes, fully open!

In that instant, everything within a radius of several kilometers was reflected into his consciousness.

The flow of magical energy, the traces of living beings, the structure of buildings, the underground currents, every fluctuation in the air...

Countless pieces of information began to flood into his mind.

He "saw" pedestrians walking on the street in the distance, stray cats curled up in the alley, crowds surging in the subway, and the distribution of magical energy in every room of the building.

Xia Youjie quickened his pace, walked through a narrow alley, turned a corner, and came to an old apartment building.

He didn't stop walking, dialing Gojo Satoru's number as he went, saying, "By the way, Satoru, you know the two organizations we need to be careful of for this mission, right?"

"I know, I know."

Satoru Gojo's voice came through the communicator, carrying a casual tone: "The Cursed Mage Group Q, and that... Panxing Cult?"

"Um."

Xia Youjie walked into the apartment building and climbed the stairs, his footsteps echoing in the empty corridor.

"The Q organization is a group of curse masters, and all members are capable of combat. We need to be especially wary of them."

"I can understand the Q organization; curse masters are generally not very bright, and nobody knows what they want to do. But why does the Panxing Cult also want to kill Tian Lizi?"

"They worship the pure Tianyuan Lord and do not allow the Star Essence, which they see as 'impurities,' to enter Tianyuan Lord's body."

Xia Youjie said calmly, "But the Panxing Sect is a non-magician group, so there's no need to pay special attention to them. They shouldn't pose any threat."

"Our attention should still be focused on Q!"