I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

Aicheng Hualian sat on the edge of the deep pit, her two feet dangling above the pit and tapping lightly, her expression somewhat intoxicated.

Of course, she was not intoxicated by the evil screams, and she was not a psychopath.

Taking a deep breath, her body gradually filled with spiritual energy, and she couldn't help but exclaim: "What a strong desire to survive."

Yes, these evil spirits captured by Kagura Hikaru were prepared for her.

Using the threat of pain and death to force these evil spirits to produce high-quality survival emotions, Aicheng Hualian then transforms these emotions into psychic energy to enhance himself.

It had just recently entered the intermediate C-level realm, and was maturing and becoming stronger under the care of the new spiritual energy.

"Xiao Guang, thank you for your hard work."

Aijo Karen expresses her gratitude to the evil god.

The evil god had finished his meal two hours ago.

Although no trace of the C-level evil spirit was found in the Black Water Swamp, the evil god who had eaten hundreds of D-level black snakes was enough to ensure that he would not be affected by the surging hunger in the next two months.

The problem of the evil god has been temporarily solved, but the problem of Aicheng Hualian is still not optimistic.

She was responsible for covering up Kagura Hikaru's breath, but she felt increasingly overwhelmed and her chest felt stuffy.

Aicheng Hualian knew that this was a sign that her body was overburdened and a warning that she was being gradually left behind by the evil god.

If no action is taken, the consequences will be disastrous.

If you want to improve your psychic realm, you need to nourish it with appropriate psychic emotions. This restricted area happens to have ready-made resources, and those extremely vicious evil spirits can definitely produce good emotions.

Aicheng Hualian has no psychological burden in using torture to torment evil spirits and make them produce the emotions she wants.

But now she has no psychic powers. Although her physical fitness is terrifyingly strong, she cannot catch the black snake in the muddy water that can fly in the air.

Kagura Hikaru took on this responsibility.

As expected of an evil god, he spent less than half an hour using his evil energy to set up props at the bottom of the deep pit in front of him to kill the dozens of black snakes in the muddy water, allowing these evil spirits to taste death and pain.

The will to survive burst out vigorously, like leeks growing in fertile soil, and was harvested one by one by Aicheng Hualian.

As for how to convert emotions into spiritual energy, the method is also very simple.

By harnessing external emotions to their own will, the psychic's body can then harness the power contained within these emotions to generate corresponding psychic energy. Emotions are like the nutrient-rich culture medium in a petri dish, and the psychic's body is like the bacteria within that dish, absorbing the emotions to generate psychic energy.

As for where the power of emotions comes from, human society is still unclear, so we just use it.

The body was once again filled with spiritual energy, and Aicheng Hualian's realm had reached the pinnacle of the intermediate C level, and he was only one step away from a breakthrough.

But when it comes to breaking through a realm, you can't be too hasty, lest your foundation become unstable.

"Huh..." After exhaling a breath of hot air with sparks, Aicheng Hualian stood up, clenched his fists, and felt the sense of fullness brought by the spiritual energy surging in his body.

As expected of the top psychic emotion, the will to survive is not only of high quality, but also very simple to obtain. All you have to do is let the living being be forced to die.

"If I express this sentiment to others, the authorities may not accept it."

Looking at the evil spirits struggling, roaring and suffering in the deep pit, the long-hidden worry in Aicheng Hualian's heart once again surfaced.

A psychic who feeds on positive emotional traits.

But can something like the will to survive really be considered a positive emotion?

Kindness, perseverance, piety, optimism, and friendliness are positive emotions.

Jealousy, resentment, deceit, anger, greed, these are negative qualities.

Can you survive?

People who fell off a cliff grabbed the last straw to save their lives, people who encountered shipwrecks kicked other crew members off the floating planks, and people who lost their minds due to hunger used their teammates as food. It is difficult to say whether these behaviors driven by the will to survive are right or wrong.

In addition, the means of obtaining the desire to survive are so extreme that even Aicheng Hualian herself cannot say "the will to survive is a positive emotion" when facing these evil and tragic situations.

"Roar!"

At this moment, a low roar like thunder came from the depths of the black water depression.

The roaring sound seemed to take shape, sweeping across the atmosphere and spreading the sand and dirt from the ground. Aicheng Hualian saw a circle of black ripples expanding outward from the black water depression, squeezing the clouds into a circle. Within the circle, a faint scaly pattern appeared, like a dragon biting its own tail.

The three villages and towns surrounding the Blackwater Slough were suddenly in turmoil. The perceptive cats and old dogs mewled restlessly in their dens.

"This kind of evil energy fluctuation!"

Aicheng Hualian was pleasantly surprised.

This is clearly the aura that only a C-level evil spirit possesses.

“What an unexpected surprise!”

When the muddy water black snakes in the deep pit heard the roar, they immediately crawled on the ground and dared not move, even forgetting the pain caused by the sharp thorns piercing their bodies.

Looking at these black snakes in the muddy water, Aicheng Hualian understood something.

"It was the screams of these black snakes and the painful fel energy fluctuations that attracted their leader."

Chapter 143 A Restless Night

"Ahem...so we are considered alive?"

The dirty river water hit the shore, and Hua Liu Xiangzi was awakened by the stench.

The poor thirteenth-generation descendant of the Hualiu family had been assassinated tonight, and then aided by two groups of mysterious individuals. One group revealed themselves to be dispatched specialists from the Evil Response Department, but tragically perished. The other group was even more outrageous, using a single move to disorient the four assassins and even implicate them.

Fortunately, the two mysterious men had no hostility towards her and sent her and Ishido Futaba to the banks of the Yelan River. Otherwise, the inheritance of the Hualiu family would have been cut off in her generation.

But the river water here is really too smelly. As the eldest daughter of the Hualiu family, her nose has never been abused like this.

Covering her nose with her hand, Hanayu Kaori saw Ishidō Futaba standing in front of her, looking towards the east with a serious expression.

"Hey Futaba, are you okay?"

"Shh!"

Ishido Futaba turned around and made a silent gesture, "Listen carefully."

Despite her doubts, Hua Liu Xiangzi still did as she was told.

She heard a low sound coming from the east. The sound waves seemed to hit her heart directly, causing the blood in her body to resonate and wash over the blood vessel walls like waves.

"Those clouds?" She looked up and found that the clouds in the sky had also changed. Circles of them, like mosquito coils, spread out from the black water depression. "This is the movement that only C-level people would produce."

"I didn't expect there would be such evil spirits in the restricted area." Ishido Futaba's face looked unhappy. She had lived here for six years, and she had never discovered that there were evil spirits above level D in the restricted area.

This is not good news for her who wants to break the curse of the forbidden area.

"If it's a C-rank evil spirit, it'll be troublesome."

Although she left the Hualiu family many years ago and went out on her own, the knowledge she learned in the family is still preserved in her mind.

If Rank D is the threshold for the evil-response department, separating official investigators and other psychics into two groups, then Rank C is the watershed between psychics and evil spirits.

At this level, the demonic spirit gains intelligence, the ability to communicate with other creatures, spread its bloodline, and possess the ability to reproduce. Psykers acquire domains, their combat power skyrocketing, allowing them to command entire cities and even gain initial access to the Warp. The difference between Level D and Level C is like the difference between youth and adulthood: everything changes.

……

On a farm outside Donghua City, Tsuzaki Mahiru, who was exterminating insects in the fields, felt something in his heart and looked towards the southeast. His face showed a cold expression under the moonlight.

She had just returned from Minister Clo's visit and was in a terrible mood. The two had fought in the office, neither of them able to defeat the other. Her arms were covered with scars from lion claws, and Minister Clo's abdomen was also covered with red lines from branches.

The result of the negotiation was very unsatisfactory, and could even be said to be contrary to what she wanted.

Her request to get Hua Lian to withdraw from the special operations team was dashed. In that office, Cloe took out a statistical chart of the various evil activities that had recently appeared in Nanlingzhou and the abnormal conditions caused by the emergence of the Chongling Cult. This confidential document forced Mahiru to admit that the current state of balance between them and the evil in the subspace would not last long.

The subspace's erosion of the real world is becoming more and more serious, and the evil spirits are becoming more and more irritable and irritable. There are even records of low-level evil spirits taking the initiative to hurt people.

The storm is coming, and the peaceful years that have lasted for more than a thousand years are about to end.

According to Cloe, chaos was about to come. Staying in a small city department would not only fail to provide Aicheng Hualian with security, but would also restrict her future.

"With backdoor connections, that kid could become a section chief in Donghua City's intelligence department at best. In the chaotic times ahead, even a city minister like you will have to go to the front lines, not to mention section chiefs. How much will you be able to protect her then?" In the chaotic office, the lion and the giant tree were in a stalemate. Cloe, propping himself on the table with one hand, looked at Tsuzaki Mahiru, who was breathing rapidly in front of him. "That kid is lucky to have that ability. Being cultivated by the department is an opportunity that others wouldn't even be qualified for."

"Leave her to me and show her value. She will naturally be promoted to a higher position in the department in the future and receive more comprehensive protection, instead of waiting to die in a small city."

Lu Qi Mahiru was silent for a few seconds, then said: "We can't let Karen be promoted directly..."

"No!" Cloe decisively rejected the outrageous request from his former teammate. "The department has its own rules and regulations, and I can't have the final say. I also want that kid to be promoted to a safe job as soon as possible, but we have to take it one step at a time."

In the end, Tsuzaki Mahiru left.

Perhaps at the beginning, she was afraid that her will would be controlled by the subspace creatures like Nan Fengliang, so the moment she did not sign an absolute contract with Ren Zeshu, the outcome of today's negotiations was doomed.

She returned to Donghua City and came to the farm she managed. She swung her hoe and dug the soil again and again. Her helpless anger turned into dirt splashing in the air, and then she heard a roar coming from the black water pond.

"There's a C-rank evil spirit in the Blackwater Hollow."

Thinking of the message that Crow gave her, Tsuzaki Mahiru frowned.

The invasion of the subspace is getting deeper and deeper. Could it be that a new invasion node has appeared in the black water depression in the restricted area, so that a C-level evil spirit rushed out?

Thinking of this, she put on her slightly scratched combat uniform, flew high into the sky, and rushed to the Black Water Swamp.

……

The roar of the C-level evil spirit affects not only the area around the Black Water Swamp.

In a building in the center of Donghua City, a middle-aged woman sitting cross-legged opened her golden eyes and looked towards the southeast.

As the only C-rank psychic in Donghua City, Jin Tongqian has been in charge here for nearly twenty-one years. She has taken action a total of sixteen times. Although the number of times is small, the opponent every time is a C-rank evil spirit, which is a big problem that only she can handle.

After three years, is it my turn to take action again?

I don’t know if my hands are numb.

A golden light flashed in her eyes, and the next moment she had broken through the clouds, appearing a thousand meters in the sky, gazing at the black water depression in the distance.

"I hope that snake will know its place and not invade my city."

Next to the black water depression.

After swallowing all the black snakes in the deep pit, Kagura Mitsuru cleaned up the dining area.

"Want to go check it out? That C-rank evil spirit?"

"No, it's not appropriate now." Aicheng Hualian shook her head, listening to the angry roars because of the slaughter of her offspring.

"It's making too much noise right now. I guess people will be rushing here soon. It's not appropriate for us to show up."

"Now?"

"Go home and sleep."

Chapter 144: A Gift for Ghosts

"Hua Lian, it's only been a few days since we last met. Do you have time to come and see us again?"

The ruins of Qianmiao Orphanage stood alone in the wilderness, and the moonlight shone through the broken window onto the two girls in the yard.

After leaving the Black Water Margin, Aicheng Hualian did not go home directly. She wanted to visit the place where she grew up.

My position has changed, and I will have to travel all over Nanlingzhou in the future. I don’t know when I will have time to come back and visit everyone in the orphanage.

Because of the aura emitted when she signed the contract with the evil god, these people who were originally brutally killed by the mind flayer were able to remain immortal and turned into ghosts. They were all Hua Lian's family.

She is the evil god's keeper and a C-rank Red Annihilation Investigator, but she is also the youngest child in this orphanage.

"Who is this beauty?"

In front of Aishiro Karen, Teacher Lin, who was responsible for teaching Karen cultural courses, winked at her and asked about Kagura Hikaru's identity.

"This is Sister Guang! A partner I met over four years ago, she has helped me a lot."

No, her life was continued by Kagura Mitsuki.

However, Aishiro Karen chose to conceal the origin and nature of Kagura Hikari.

The existence of evil gods is too scary to talk about.

"Oh, I've never seen her before. Since she is Hualian's friend, she must have taken care of Hualian a lot in life. I have to thank this girl." Teacher Lin Xin smiled at Kagura Hikaru.

Her memory still stays in the time when Hua Lian was a child. As the last orphan accepted into the orphanage, little Hua Lian grew up in everyone's love and care. Her brothers and sisters and teachers helped her in every aspect of her life. She almost had food and clothes provided for her whenever she wanted.

Naturally, Teacher Lin subconsciously thought that the black-haired girl in front of him was also the one who took care of Hua Lian in life.

But she completely misunderstood their identities.

Kagura Hikaru nodded in greeting. As an evil god, she could not say that she respected Aishiro Karen's former relatives, but she also recognized them.