It turns out I'm a second-generation demon.

[Archive Administrator] Murphy: "Group rules: upload videos directly to the group files, not post them in the group. You're new here, so you're being banned for a day as punishment. This is not to be repeated."

Li Xianyu: "..."

Why am I banned?

I didn't post anything rated 18+, I was just being cheeky, I used clickbait... Wait, can't you all tell?

Li Xianyu felt a chill in his heart.

Did the big shots really take it seriously?

Oh no, I'm afraid I'm going to get hammered to death!!

At this moment, a private message was sent to his phone. The sender's ID was "Bloodline Law Enforcement Department Task Management Center". The message read: "A paranormal event has been suspected to have occurred at Jiuhua Youth City. Please investigate and resolve the matter within 24 hours. If you need assistance, please call the Task Management Center at 021-76xxx35."

A brief introduction, accompanied by a Word document.

Jiuhua Youth City is the mixed-use residential and commercial complex where Li Xianyu currently lives.

A mission already? And it's in my own neighborhood.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, Li Xianyu opened the Word document, which contained a detailed account of the events.

The victim was a man in his early thirties with an average appearance. After glancing at his passport photo, Li Xianyu was shocked. This man was the owner of the Shaxian Hotel, the guy whose neck had been blown by his deceased mother.

Could it be that the old lady is still not satisfied and is pestering her son?

After carefully reading the document, Li Xianyu shouted at the top of his lungs, "Grandma, Sanwu, you've got work to do, come out now!"

In the era of data explosion, Baoze Group's network connects to many state-owned enterprises such as hospitals and police stations, and its intelligent system automatically filters out bizarre events that cannot be explained by science.

The owner of Shaxian Hotel went to a mental hospital for a check-up a few days ago. The case was entered into the system and quickly identified by the intelligent system within Baoze Group. The task was then assigned to Li Xianyu, who was closest to the hospital, to investigate the situation.

Sanwu came out immediately upon hearing the sound, while Grandma, amidst Li Xianyu's repeated calls, walked out of the room in slippers, scratching her hair, looking listless.

Grandma is a battle spirit, and she shouldn't need to sleep, but Li Xianyu has been slow to awaken her. Without the nourishment of her grandson's essence, Grandma will wither like a flower.

Women ultimately cannot live without the nourishment of men, just as flowers cannot live without dew.

These days, Grandma has been watching Li Xianyu take the capsules with the "cool name that most people can't type out" every day, waiting for Li Xianyu to regain his energy so she can take a sip.

After the two came out, Li Xianyu said, "The company just gave me a task."

He briefly explained the details of the mission to the two men. A few days earlier, the owner of the Shaxian Hotel had gone to a mental hospital for treatment. He told the doctor that he had been having the same dream for several days in a row, in which a man grabbed his foot and said he was going to break his leg. When he woke up in the morning, there were inexplicable bruises on his legs. The doctor thought he might be under too much stress and experiencing mild hallucinations, and that the bruises on his legs were self-inflicted.

But the medication didn't rid him of the nightmares; the recurring dreams continued, and the bruises on his legs from being pinched grew more and more numerous. The last time the boss was taken to the hospital by his family yesterday, he completely distrusted the doctors. He firmly believed he was being haunted by a ghost and lived in constant fear.

The case was captured by Baoze Group's intelligent system, which initially determined it to be the work of a vengeful spirit, and then assigned it to Li Xianyu, the bloodline intern who was closest to the case.

According to the information, the boss did not have a habit of sleepwalking, and the extra bruises on his legs every morning were enough to illustrate the strangeness of the incident.

Li Xianyu had met the boss's deceased mother, and he felt that it was most likely her lingering spirit.

However, there was still one question that Li Xianyu couldn't figure out...

"If it's his deceased mother causing trouble, then why is the thing in his dream a man?" He frowned, looking at his great-grandmother and Sanwu, hoping they could give him some advice.

Sanwu shook his head decisively: "I don't understand."

"don't know?"

"Low-level, not for contact," Sanwu said seriously.

She meant that lowly monsters like vengeful spirits were never worth a second thought for a max-level character like me with top-tier gear.

Li Xianyu: "..."

He then looked at his great-grandmother, who was playing with her fingers. Seeing her great-grandson's eager gaze, she remembered that she was, after all, his great-grandmother, so she straightened her posture and analyzed, "It's very common for vengeful spirits to enter dreams. After falling asleep, bodily functions decline, making one most susceptible to invasion by evil spirits. Vengeful spirits vary in strength, depending on their resentment. They usually harm people because of karmic debts they incurred in their previous lives, but some are particularly vicious, harming people purely out of instinct. Hmm, that's it."

Li Xianyu listened intently, then looked up blankly: "Is that all?"

Grandma nodded: "Yes."

Li Xianyu: "Is your analysis relevant to this mission?"

Great-grandmother: "Think about it yourself."

"..."

A barrage of analysis goes unpunished; the truth is utterly baffling.

It's like saying nothing at all; they really are two traps.

The great-grandmother said helplessly, "I've lived for 150 years, and I rarely deal with vengeful spirits."

The three voices echoed: "Low-class."

Two max-level characters with top-tier gear are mocking me, someone who hasn't even left the newbie village.

Li Xianyu was quite worried about his future.

As evening approached and darkness fell, Li Xianyu received a package from Baoze Group containing an identity tag.

Attending Physician: Li Xianyu

The Second Mental Hospital!

This is a mission item, which gives him a legitimate reason to intervene in the incident.

These days, you can't just knock on someone's door, act all mysterious and say, "My lord, your house is haunted! Let me come in and help you exorcise the ghost!"

They can freely enter private residences.

They'll just spit in your face and say: "Get lost, are you out of your mind?"

Having received the props, Li Xianyu silently hung the amulet, which had been blessed by a master and which he had bought online, around his neck, tied the copper coin sword strung with red thread to his arm, and then took out two handfuls of garlic from the kitchen and stuffed them into his pocket. He was satisfied and felt that he was awesome.

"What use are these mundane things?" Grandma scoffed.

Li Xianyu said, "I'm not like you guys. I'm just an ordinary person, okay? If it weren't for you guys being with me, I wouldn't be looking for death."

Grandma rolled her eyes and pretended to yawn: "For such a small task, Sanwu can just go along. I'm going back to my room to sleep."

Sanwu suddenly pointed at his great-grandmother and said, "She's scared."

"Come back here." Li Xianyu grabbed her by the collar and pulled her back, staring at his great-grandmother's beautiful eyes with a suspicious look: "Are you scared?"

"I didn't," Grandma argued.

Sanwu firmly stated, "She does."

Li Xianyu said in a deep voice, "What are you afraid of? Aren't vengeful spirits low-level? Aren't you a big shot? If you're so cowardly, I'll be cowardly too."

Grandma glared fiercely at Sanwu. "Is this girl out of her mind? She can deal with a mere vengeful spirit herself. Why does she have to drag me into this?"

Sanwu attracted a wave of hatred simply by virtue of his strength.

Grandma exclaimed "Ouch!" and impatiently pulled her hand away from his, saying indignantly, "It's all because you're useless. I used to be a respectable person, but now I'm powerless. I've been sealed away. Vengeful spirits may be low-class, but they can easily bully me. Why should I put my face up to them and get beaten up?"

Li Xianyu was startled: "Oh, right? Then, Great-Grandma, will you die?"

Grandma said proudly, "No, it won't. At most, it will go back to the bead to recuperate. The battle spirit is immortal and indestructible, it's very powerful."

Li Xianyu breathed a sigh of relief and pulled her towards the door: "That's good. If we encounter danger, I'll throw you out as a human shield."

Grandma was furious. She bent over, adjusting her weight to resist, and smacked Li Xianyu on the head, saying, "I'm not going, I'm not going."

But Li Xianyu dragged him out the door.

Sanwu followed behind them with a blank expression.

Li Xianyu took a few steps, then suddenly turned around: "Sanwu, you forgot to close the door."

Sanwu: "Oh."

He turned around and closed the door.