CHAPTER 674: CHAPTER 673: THE REAL THREAT (THANKS TO ’FAT BEAR FAT CAT’ FOR THE MONTHLY TICKET)

These ordinary people, how could they have arrived at the gates of the Demon Country? Without thinking, it was known that Crimson had escorted them here.

Otherwise, Lu Zixun wouldn’t believe that they could find the Demon Country with such precision.

However, the situation now had become quite troublesome.

Lu Zixun never restricted contact between the people of Demon Country and Spiritual Ability Users, just as the Dog-Eared Girl who appeared beside the Spiritual Ability Users demonstrated.

With the reputation of Demon Country getting better and better, more and more Spiritual Ability Users wanted to make good relations with the Demon Country.

After all, Demon Ability Users could not only help themselves but could also become partners.

Who hasn’t envied those male protagonists in anime before?

Befriending the Demon Country was the first step to realizing one’s dreams.

But the arrival of these ordinary people was undeniably turning the Demon Country into something akin to a pet store – an idea that Lu Zixun couldn’t accept.

"Now that the situation has come to this, if you want to solve it, it’s actually quite simple. Just shift the location of the ruins and at the same time investigate who leaked the video to human society."

As he pondered, Lu Zixun quickly found a solution.

But Ge Changming’s next words made Lu Zixun roll his eyes involuntarily.

"The person who released the video is the Dog-Eared Girl you spoke of, Brother Xun..."

What a hassle...

Lu Zixun sighed, which meant that Crimson was just adding fuel to the fire.

The reason for such a significant commotion was still caused by one of their own.

If he had known there would be so many issues upon returning to the Crimson Land, Lu Zixun would have rather stayed happily in Jerusalem, like a salted fish.

After muttering to himself for a while, Lu Zixun finally spoke, "Crimson wants us to be the ones to play the bad guy, to make these ordinary people understand their place, but they are not good at speaking up."

He paused, rubbing his temples, "But if the Demon Country plays the bad guy, we will have to face an onslaught of keyboard warriors, which will also greatly damage the reputation of Demon Country, so... how should we handle this?"

After calmly analyzing the situation, Lu Zixun threw the question back to Ge Changming.

To this somewhat helpless Ge Changming, who could only heave a sigh, replied, "I think we should avoid this period and let Crimson deal with these ordinary people."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zixun immediately used the Void to shift the location of the Demon Country.

If those outside preferred to wait, then let them keep waiting.

"This world of human society, did it connect on its own, or?"

After settling the matter of the Demon Country nearly turning into a pet store, Lu Zixun returned to the main issue.

Normally speaking, after one world has already connected, no matter what, it shouldn’t connect so rapidly.

Could it be that during the time Lu Zixun was not in the Crimson Land, Crimson had caused some trouble?

"Normal connection, Crimson did nothing."

Understanding what Lu Zixun wanted to ask, Ge Changming spoke up.

After knowing that worlds could also be connected artificially, the Demon Country’s surveillance of Crimson became even more meticulous.

It’s just that the connection to human society really had nothing to do with the Crimson Land.

It’s just that being the same human race, there would inevitably be much friction and clashes between human society and the Crimson Land.

The Crimson Land, which prides itself on acting in humanity’s best interest, must be having one hell of a headache by now.

With that thought, Lu Zixun felt that the recent events were nothing to fuss over.

The refreshed Lu Zixun let out a comfortable burp and was even thinking about lighting a cigarette when Ling arrived in the room.

"Lord Xun, a disease has been detected spreading rapidly through human society. This disease targets only ordinary people, and the symptoms observed so far include the infected humans’ skin turning bark-like."

Lu Zixun’s mood immediately went from clear skies to overcast with clouds.

If the Crimson could connect to the Snowfield Frost Land on their own, there’s no reason the Plague Believers wouldn’t be able to—after all, Limorex is no simple being.

Thinking of this, Lu Zixun felt mentally exhausted. What the hell kind of problem is this?

"Lord Xun, regarding the disease in human society, Liao Fan was dispatched yesterday to investigate, but it only came to public attention today."

Shadow appeared in the room as well, signifying that the issue was indeed not so simple, at least the disease wasn’t going to be easy to resolve.

Just as Lu Zixun was pondering whether the Demon Country really needed to get involved, he suddenly remembered something: Lin Beisheng might still be in human society.

"Fog Grass..."

Lu Zixun suddenly got up and, summoning the Night Evil Sword, left a message: "The Demon Country must research this disease with all our might."

Then, he soared into the sky, rushing towards human society.

The familiar architectural style and the city invoked a sense of nostalgia in Lu Zixun.

Yet, compared to how it was before the connection, the human society now had people wearing masks and hurriedly walking the streets, as if something was chasing after them.

Upon arriving at Yu Ren Middle School, Lu Zixun activated his Spiritual Energy to its fullest to search for Lin Beisheng.

When he found him grading assignments in the teachers’ apartments, Lu Zixun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Teleporting to Lin Beisheng’s room, Lu Zixun called out softly, "Uncle."

In the silent room, the sudden sound of a voice would startle any normal person, let alone Lin Beisheng, who already had some heart problems.

Seeing Lin Beisheng clutching his heart, collapsed in his chair, gave Lu Zixun a scare.

He quickly went to Lin Beisheng’s side and nourished his body with Spiritual Energy.

After a while, Lin Beisheng, having caught his breath, swatted Lu Zixun on the head with annoyance: "You little bastard, are you trying to scare me to death?"

Seeing Lu Zixun’s simple-minded smile in human form, Lin Beisheng got even more irritated: "You can actually transform? That’s a loss. I thought you’d be a cat for life! Where’s Si Yin? Why are you back alone?"

"Si Yin should be in the academy. I saw that a disease was spreading through human society and was worried about your safety, Uncle, so..."

After hearing Lu Zixun’s explanation, Lin Beisheng nodded, smiling: "At least you have some conscience. That disease is far from here; it’s just a minor contagion, nothing to worry about."

A minor contagion?

Lu Zixun raised an eyebrow and after a moment, understood.

This was not to blow things out of proportion. Otherwise, if human society knew the disease turned people into trees, that would be troublesome.

Lu Zixun, who had spent quite some time in STO, was quite familiar with this kind of cold handling.

After a moment of silence, Lu Zixun smiled: "Uncle, this is not an ordinary contagion. It’s a bit complicated to explain. Please take some time off, and I’ll take you to the Crimson Land; we can also check on Si Yin?"

Fearing that Lin Beisheng would not accompany him, Lu Zixun played his trump card—Lin Siyin.

You could see the tempted look on Lin Beisheng’s face, but after a moment, he shook his head: "I... can’t go to the Crimson Land."