I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

Thinking this, Li Cheng casually tossed it aside, turned around, and left.

This place was very different from the city ruins outside. First, the ground was covered with shell craters and various explosion marks, clearly the result of a very intense battle. Second, although the city outside was dilapidated, at least its shape could still be discerned, but many areas here had been completely blasted away, utterly destroying the original terrain. Li Cheng couldn't even imagine what those places should have looked like before.

Finally, he reached the foot of a relatively intact small hill. Looking up, he could vaguely see a dilapidated shrine on the summit. For some reason, Li Cheng felt that the shrine seemed somewhat similar to the one where the calamity had been.

Li Cheng lifted his foot and slowly stepped onto the uneven stairs, heading towards the shrine on the mountain.

"...Indeed, they are the same."

It didn't take Li Cheng long to reach the shrine. Looking at the dilapidated, crumbling building, he compared it to the rundown place in his memory where he trained his demonic power. Li Cheng quickly confirmed that the two shrines were the same one, only this one was in far greater disrepair.

A slow sound of footsteps came from behind Li Cheng.

Li Cheng turned around abruptly, but before he could even utter a "Who?", he stopped in shock, staring at the person who had appeared behind him with a look of astonishment.

"purple?"

Long golden hair, a familiar and delicate face, only dressed in strange clothes that Li Cheng had never seen before, and wearing a white cotton hat that looked strangely familiar. The person in front of him was undoubtedly Zi, whom Li Cheng had met twice before.

but……

"purple?"

Li Cheng tried calling out again, but the other party still didn't respond.

Zi stared blankly at the unchanging, deathly gray sky above, showing no reaction to Li Cheng before her. She gazed at the sky for a long time before finally looking away, lowering her head, and speaking slowly in a voice that was neither clearly sad nor happy:

"In the end, was it human desire that destroyed everything?"

Li Cheng stopped speaking. He realized what he was seeing and decided not to try anything, simply watching quietly.

"So much effort, so much perseverance, and in the end, this is all it amounts to? Ha, what a laughable life, but it's finally coming to an end..."

Something is coming this way.

Listening to Zi talking to herself, Li Cheng suddenly had this feeling.

He turned around as if sensing something, his gaze fixed on the far distance. He saw a black light covering the earth at the edge of the horizon, sweeping towards them.

What is that...?

It seemed to be nothing more than a black light, but wherever it passed—mountains, plains, cities—it would all be dyed the same color, merging into the infinite darkness. The black light was so fast; Li Cheng had only just seen it appear on the horizon when it had already shortened the distance considerably, arriving in front of Li Cheng in less than ten seconds.

At this moment, Li Cheng realized that this was not a black light at all, but rather a black wave surging towards him.

Behind him, Zi seemed to sigh softly. Li Cheng turned around and saw that she had closed her eyes, as if she had given up all resistance and was letting herself be swallowed up. Li Cheng watched the black waterfall surge rapidly, crashing into his body the next moment. The feeling of weightlessness swept over him in an instant, and then he opened his eyes on the bed.

tide was still hugging her fox-shaped pillow, sleeping peacefully.

Was what I just saw a dream? Or was it...?

Turning to look at tide, who was still sleeping peacefully, Li Cheng remained silent for two or three seconds, then sighed softly, rubbed his head, and lay back down on the bed.

It might be difficult to fall asleep again in the middle of the night.

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I had an exam today, so the update is much later than usual. This is the second update. Well, I'll try my best.

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Chapter 2, Section 120: The Beginning of Summer Vacation

"tide, it's time to get up!"

In the early morning, after washing up and preparing breakfast, Li Cheng, as always, went into the bedroom and shook tide's shoulder to wake her up.

"Mmm, mmm—"

After being shaken quite roughly by Li Cheng several times, tide frowned, buried her head in the pillow, and whimpered, refusing to get up.

"Stop whining, it won't help. Get up, or I'll spank you!"

Li Cheng showed no mercy and continued to shake tide's body, forcing her to get up from the bed.

"Aww, tide is sleepy. tide wants to sleep more. Cheng, goodnight..."

"How about I eat breakfast for you?"

"tide is hungry! She wants to eat people from Guangxi!!"

It seems only food can truly bring her to her senses...

Li Cheng, who was so familiar with this daily routine that he could almost recite it by heart, sighed, rubbed the other person's head twice, and saw that tide got up and slowly started changing her clothes before walking out.

"When Ilya and the others come over to play later, if they see that you're still this lazy, they might laugh at you."

A casual reminder made tide behind him immediately speed up her dressing.

Hmph, this girl is starting to care about her reputation now.

Outside the window, the incessant chirping of cicadas seemed to announce the unbearable heat of summer, but inside the air-conditioned room, the scorching sun offered no respite. Not long after Li Cheng and tide finished breakfast, the doorbell rang.

"You're here."

Li Cheng responded and then got up to open the door. tide followed him, and the two of them walked to the door and opened it together.

Then a small white figure collapsed in with a mournful cry, followed by another brown-skinned girl who had used her as a cushion.

"Waaaaah, wake up, Xiao Hei! Uncle Li and tide-chan saw us!"

Lying on the ground, Ilya struggled and cried out with a miserable face, while Chloe, who was riding on her, just chuckled twice and greeted Li Cheng and tide in this posture.

"Well, although I think it's okay for kids to play around a bit, the ground near the entrance is quite dirty, so it's best not to lie there for too long."

After much commotion, Ilya and Chloe finally stood up and greeted Li Cheng and tide again.

Ilya and Chloe, two little girls, one white and one black, with almost identical appearances, each carrying a small schoolbag, walked into Li Cheng's house.

Their reason for coming here was simple: they came to find tide and ask her to help them with their studies.

Yes, these two children had to seek help from tide, who has an exceptional talent for learning, because the summer homework assigned by the school this year was too difficult.

Although she was initially a little unaccustomed to tutoring, after spending some time together, Shio quickly adapted to the role of a teacher and did a great job fulfilling her role as Ilya and Chloe's temporary teacher.

Out of interest, Li Cheng listened to tide's lecture and then discovered that although tide still had some problems with pronunciation, she had no problem at all in teaching, and was extremely skilled.

How should I put it? Li Cheng had a strange feeling, as if because he had lived a long life, was experienced, and had seen too many storms, he could easily assume the role of a teacher.

"Cheng, you're talking badly about tide again!!"

Before Li Cheng could delve any deeper into the matter, tide suddenly stopped lecturing, lunged in front of Li Cheng, and bit his right hand hard, drawing blood instantly.

"Ouch! You actually bit down! Ouch! Ouch! Let go! I didn't say anything!"

Shaking his hands, Li Cheng couldn't help but shout.

"tide heard it, tide heard it all! Idiot! Moron! Cheng is an idiot! Moron! Haa ...

"Oh my god, stop it! You're really bleeding, little darling!!"

After struggling for more than half an hour, tide finally relented, pouting. By then, Li Cheng's hand was covered in a large circle of bloodstains.

I never imagined she could bite through my skin like this...

Watching the wound slowly heal under the influence of demonic power, Li Cheng thought with some emotion.

When I first took this child in, she bit me with all her might, only managing to chip my teeth and bring tears to my eyes. Now, just over six months later, my physical strength is no longer enough to defend against her teeth.

Although it only bit through the epidermis and left a small wound in the dermis, and didn't even reach the level of actually damaging the subcutaneous tissue, Xi's power has indeed grown significantly compared to the beginning.

No, it's less about growth and more about recovery.

Li Cheng thought to himself silently.

However, why is she so sensitive about age? It's somewhat understandable that Zi, whose memories are complete in the dream, would emphasize age, but Xi's memories and personality are not perfect, so why does she also get hung up on these issues and even bite people in anger?

From the small desk not far away, a sinister gaze was cast upon it, accompanied by the faint sound of teeth grinding.

I almost forgot that their wills are linked; if I keep thinking like this, this girl will definitely pounce on me again.

With a sigh, Li Cheng stopped thinking about those things that would make him bleed and began to think about how to make lunch more plentiful.

Without realizing it, I've actually become like that old woman named Wuming.

Li Cheng was quite impressed by this.

Clearly aware of Li Cheng's thoughts, tide's mood brightened considerably, and her enthusiasm for explaining the problems to Ilya and Chloe increased. Through their interconnected thoughts, Li Cheng could even hear her softly singing in their mental world.

Yes, it's an original song that claims to have eaten everyone's food all over China.

Li Cheng began to regret showing her a map of China when he was teaching her to read, and accidentally letting her hear the joke about "Guangdong people eating Fujian people".

Finally, after much deliberation, Li Cheng decided to cook a simple Chinese meal, four or five small dishes. He didn't use any overly expensive ingredients, but he made them very delicately, which surprised the two girls at the table.

"Wow--"

After taking a small bite, Ilya's expression turned to shock.

"This is so delicious!"

"So, can you compare to Shirou?" Hearing Illya's reaction, Li Cheng replied with a smile, "You should be just as good as him, right?"

"You're still a bit lacking compared to your brother!"

Ilya refuted this very seriously.

"However, it feels very close."

But after thinking about it, Ilya added somewhat uncertainly.

"Feelings?" Li Cheng asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Yes, it feels like…” Ilya tried her best to describe it, “The dishes my brother makes have a very special feeling, a very gentle and beautiful feeling. Uncle Li’s dishes now have that feeling too!”

"Haha, then I'll take that as a compliment."

Li Cheng smiled and was about to pick up his chopsticks to finish the food in front of him when his phone, which was in his pocket, vibrated.