Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Zhou Zhengyang is gone.

They came in a hurry, and they left in a hurry.

Su Ming, on the other hand, leaned back in his chair leisurely, scrolling through his phone, occasionally letting out a light laugh.

Shen Wanyu, however, felt somewhat uneasy.

Ever since Su Ming told her that she was being observed by some unknown entity.

She felt extremely uncomfortable.

No matter how I sit or adjust my position, I feel uncomfortable.

Su Ming looked up at Shen Wanyu, who was constantly adjusting her posture, and couldn't help but laugh, "Don't panic."

"To them, it makes no difference whether you sit or stand."

"Even whether you are alive or dead makes no difference to them."

Hearing Su Ming's words, she indeed felt much more relaxed.

But then, an uncontrollable question arose.

Why was she being observed?

Is it because she's pretty?

No.

In the eyes of polluters, physical beauty is worthless.

excellent?

No.

In the eyes of the polluters, human excellence and mediocrity are insignificant.

Therefore, Shen Wanyu had no choice but to look to Su Ming for help.

Those big, watery eyes really make your heart ache.

"Ugh."

Su Ming sighed, put down his phone, and straightened his posture: "Actually, I don't know either."

"Based on my understanding of the sources of pollution."

"They have no emotions, and no concept of good or evil."

"The only thing that is certain to exist is endless curiosity."

"What they are curious about is human emotions and imagination."

Su Ming is qualified to speak on this point.

He had seen the world through a distorted, echoing lens, and knew roughly what the world looked like through the eyes of the polluters.

"Emotions and imagination?"

Shen Wanyu stared at Su Ming curiously and asked in return, "If that's the case, then Yu Mengnian is actually the easiest target."

"Her awakened ability allows her to weave dreams into a cultivation world and extract things from those dreams."

Su Ming shook his head: "First, you need to know..."

Yu Mengnian was born with a deficiency in her emotions.

"It's not so much numbness as a sense of loss."

Su Ming couldn't help but think of Yu Mengnian in 2003.

At that time, she allowed herself to have close contact with her.

But it's more like a reward mechanism or a privilege based on status.

Before he dies, he asks himself to allow himself to have a child with her.

to be frank.

According to Su Ming's judgment.

She probably felt that she had caused Su Ming a lot of trouble, so she wanted to make amends.

The child was, in her opinion, the most appropriate form of compensation.

"As for imagination."

Su Ming chuckled lightly: "Is Yu Mengnian's world of cultivation something she imagined?"

"That was something she pieced together from other people's novels and ancient myths."

"Because it's mostly familiar faces inside, there aren't many new faces."

In 2026, a flesh and blood fairy palace grew on the distorted Yu Mengnian's body.

If you look closely, you can find the prototype of each figure in past myths and legends.

"so."

Su Ming snapped his fingers: "Don't be fooled by her amazing talent; she's actually the hardest person for the pollution source to notice."

If it weren't for Yu Mengnian's forceful attempt to become a Sixth Awakened Being.

She is most likely still alive and well.

No sooner had the words left her lips than a clear, calm female voice suddenly boomed in the empty room, without the slightest warning.

"Some of them are my own creations."

Shen Wanyu froze, then looked abruptly at Su Ming.

But seeing his calm and composed expression, she instantly understood.

This guy already knew that Yu Mengnian was with them.

That night, while they were sleeping...

Every move they make is practically a live broadcast.

Thinking of this, Shen Wanyu's face turned red, and she punched Su Ming hard: "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Su Ming quickly pressed Shen Wanyu's hand and explained helplessly, "I can't find her."

All I know is that she's there.

"As for where it is, I don't know either."

"Besides, this guy doesn't listen to me."

After explaining, Su Ming called out to the room, "Yu Mengnian, come out first."

Sure enough, the air at the doorway distorted slightly, and a figure with an extraordinary bearing and a cool demeanor slowly emerged.

Why are you following me?

Yu Mengnian said calmly, "Protect."

Su Ming stared at her speechlessly: "Do you think you can protect me?"

After a few seconds of silence, she said in a calm tone, her eyes still firm: "I will do my best."

This was her decision after reading that letter.

Su Ming shrugged at Shen Wanyu: "Look."

Shen Wanyu sighed softly.

She roughly knew what kind of personality Yu Mengnian had.

Pure, stubborn, and inflexible.

So, you really can't blame Su Ming.

However, Su Ming looked at Yu Mengnian curiously again and asked, "What things did you create yourself?"

She pondered for a few seconds, and a rare hint of pride appeared in her usually cool tone: "The remnant soul of an old immortal residing in the ring."

"A small bottle that can speed up the maturation of spiritual herbs."

"The remains of a powerful being who passed away peacefully in a mountain cave."

Su Ming immediately looked at Shen Wanyu: "See? There's not even a system."

"I told you, her creativity is just average."

Yu Mengnian was a little angry.

Su Ming continued, "His thinking and imagination are still stuck in the early 21st century."

"These templates..."

Swish-!

The sword hummed.

A frost-covered sword was held against Su Ming's neck.

Its blade was icy cold, pressed tightly against the skin, and carried a deadly sense of oppression.

Behind the sword was an even colder face.

His aura was frighteningly cold.

Su Ming immediately gave a thumbs up: "Great!"

The final tone of the word "good" was drawn out.

"As expected of the strongest awakened one in the Dragon Kingdom, without exception."

"Our thinking has always kept pace with the times and has been far ahead of them."

"Dreams."

"It's the beginning of the 21st century now."

"I truly admire your ability to create something so imaginative back in 2012."

Su Ming's response was just two words: "Lies."

This immediately left Su Ming stunned.

He almost forgot that Yu Mengnian could distinguish between lies and the truth.

"These cheat codes were once incredibly popular in the novel world."

"Although it is a bit old for the year 2026 that I am in, it was indeed popular all over the internet and was followed and imitated by countless people. It has its own merits."

After saying that...

Yu Mengnian slowly sheathed her sword.

Shen Wanyu covered her mouth and chuckled.

Seeing Yu Mengnian's gaze sweep over, she quickly nodded in agreement: "Su Ming is right."

"Although I don't read novels much, the fact that it became popular definitely means it has value."

After saying that, the two looked at each other, their eyes full of smiles.

Yu Mengnian frowned slightly.

I always felt like they were laughing at me.

But she had no evidence.

Just then, Su Ming's expression changed, and he suddenly turned his head to look out the window.

That strange feeling I had while watching the fireworks that night came back to me.

This time, the feeling was particularly strong and obvious.

The next second, screams and cries erupted from the street outside the window.

Someone died?

"A ghost! There's a ghost!"

Pedestrians on the roadside fled frantically, as if they had gone mad.

The vehicles lost control and collided, with a series of loud explosions.

The screech of brakes, the crashes, and the cries echoed throughout the street.

Death arrived in an extremely bizarre way.

That's so weird.

It was so bizarre that it exceeded everyone's expectations.

One second they were running away, the next they were lying flat on the ground.

The most terrifying thing is.

Before it fell, it was an adult body; after it fell, it shrunk to the size of a child.

In the blink of an eye, the corpse vanished completely.

Su Ming reacted extremely quickly. He smashed the window open with a punch, and while still holding onto Shen Wanyu with one hand, he jumped down.

They approached the nearest deceased person.

She was a middle-aged woman in her fifties when she died.

After she died, she fell to the ground, and her body suddenly transformed into that of a young woman in her twenties.

There was no transition whatsoever in between.

Suddenly, there was a leap in age groups.

That's too absurd and bizarre.

Although Wen Qi repeatedly instructed Su Ming to avoid using low-level blind spots.

But at this moment, Su Ming had no choice but to use it.

He immediately activated the low-level blind spot.

In an instant, the whole world underwent a dramatic change.

Blue Star was transformed into an endless, indescribable wormhole.

The sky, the ground, and the earth—every inch of space within sight was filled with countless twisted and entwined worms.

The longest worm exploded from somewhere on Earth, like an infinitely splitting worm body.

This worm coiled countless times around the surface of the blue planet, like a giant python that devoured the world, tightly imprisoning it.

And at its end, it connects to the moon, which is being stretched infinitely.

That cold, silvery-white sphere seemed to come alive at this moment, wriggling its body, lowering its "snake head," circling the blue star again and again, gazing at it.

"Su Ming".

Shen Wanyu's voice had countless layers, representing the voice of all periods of her life.

She also transformed into a long worm with countless heads and tails connected.

Yu Mengnian, who followed closely behind, was the same.

Her movement speed was extremely strange.

It was more like an extension, with countless afterimages stretching densely from afar to Su Ming's front, each movement clearly frozen and layered upon each other.

Then look down at the dead on the ground.

Her length is decreasing.

Until its length completely disappears and it vanishes into nothingness.

At the same time, Su Ming's phone was ringing off the hook.

Zhou Zhengyang's phone call.

Chen Zhiwei's phone call.

Even Lin Jiajia called.

"Su Ming, it's observation. They've been observing all along..."

Zhou Zhengyang's voice stopped abruptly before he could finish speaking.

He should be dead by now.

When I answered Chen Zhiwei's call, there was complete silence on the other end of the line.

She must be dead too.

When Lin Jiajia answered the phone, she spoke rapidly, her voice filled with suffocating fear as she screamed, "The Time! Worm!"

The next second, the phone made a loud thud as it hit the ground.

On the other side, Yu Mengnian's body suddenly began to sway.

She is strong, but she can't hold on for long.

All she could do was convey her feeling: "Something... is watching me."

The word "see" is very meaningful, because Yu Mengnian doesn't know if it is "see".

But that's all she could say.

"My whole self is being torn apart."

"That's strange."

She staggered, completely losing her footing, and leaned all her weight on Su Ming.

"It's as if I've become a painting."

"No, they are paintings."

"No, no, no, it's a simple line drawing made up of countless lines."

"wrong…"

She was incoherent, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment, completely at a loss for words.

But soon, she no longer needed to describe it.

Because she died, her breath suddenly vanished.

Is it "death"?

At this moment, even Su Ming began to doubt whether "death" was a real concept.

She seems frozen in the past.

19-year-old Yu Mengnian died and became 12-year-old Yu Mengnian.

When Su Ming laid her flat on the ground, she transformed into Yu Mengnian, who was 5 or 6 years old.

A few seconds later, Yu Mengnian disappeared completely.

The long snake that belonged to her also vanished.