The burning fireball crackled in the air. Its terrible heat that could scorch through flesh made the air around it slightly distorted as it flew towards the screaming crowd at an unstoppable speed.


    The young man at the front of the crowd raised his eyes and looked at the yin fireballing his way.


    His pale face was illuminated red by the fire and his amber eyes reflected the mes that were getting close enough to scorch his skin and hair.


    st''s eyes widened in shock. He anxiously called out, "Hurry and dodge!""


    Wei Yuechu could feel her heart grow tense. She immediately turned and rushed towards the fireball, but it was toote. In less than a second, that fireball would swallow up those people there.


    The same thought appeared in everyone''s mind at this moment—–


    It''s over…..


    As for Ye Jia, everything was done subconsciously.


    Having had his life hanging on a thread for so long, everything seemed to be etched into his bones. He reflexively moved without needing to think.


    A cold and bright light shed, and a faint shape of a de emerged from his hand. Following that, a crescent shaped afterimage seemed to cut through the air and light, immediately colliding with the scorching fireball.


    That ball of fire that was hot enough to make anything that ites into contact with melt made a loud sound before rising up several feet and bursting into smaller fire particles.


    Everyone couldn''t help but look away.


    When the dust and smoke finally settled, they anxiously looked back.


    The young man stood in ce unscathed with no traces of burns on him and, about a step in front of him, the floor and ceiling was scorched ck. As if a small bomb had gone off, the surroundings had been ttened by the st but there seemed to be a dividing line right before the young man. Everything before that line was scorched ck while everything behind it was stillpletely unaffected.


    As for Ye Jia who stood at this junction between light and dark, his tall and straight figure was like a protection talisman. Reaching everyone''s eyes, it was a sight that made their eyes hurt.


    "This……"


    "What''s going on?"


    Shocked whispers rang out from the crowd. Everyone couldn''t believe their eyes. They couldn''t seem to be able to process the scene before them.


    What happened just now?


    They turned and looked at the others beside them, but they only saw the same confusion and disbelief on their faces.


    st looked at Ye Jia dumbfoundedly. The red hair that fluttered in the air seemed to have frozen in ce. A''Chang who was half the size of a human once again turned smaller and returned into Chen Qingye''s sleeve. Together with its owner, they both looked at the young man standing before them.


    Wei Yuechu stopped in ce. Carrying therge chainsaw that didn''t match her size, she looked at Ye Jia in daze. She simrly didn''t expect something like this.


    "You……"


    She took in a deep breath and then asked the question everyone wanted to ask, "How did you do it?"


    Ye Jia: "……."


    Oh no.


    In a spacious conference room.


    This was the only room that was not destroyed by st and it still had most of the necessary equipment including tables and chairs. The door was closed, blocking out the curious and inquisitive looks from the other employees.


    The chains on his clothes clinking, st crossed his arms and leaned against the door with a look of annoyance.


    Wei Yuechu who stood to the side frowned and fixed her eyes on him vigntly, "What are you looking for Ace for?"


    "None of your damn business……" st rolled his eyes and said impatiently, "Why? Only you''re allowed to look for him and I''m not?"


    The next second, A''Chang stuck its head out from Chen Qingye''s sleeve.


    st''s face turned pale and he subconsciously backed away, "Fucking hell…."


    Wei Yuechu gloated, "What? Afraid of bugs?"


    Sheughed happily and patted Chen Qingye''s shoulder, "Brother, I''ll leave it up to you."


    Chen Qingye pushed up his sses and slowly made a sound of acknowledgement.


    The next second, countless gu insects rushed out from his sleeves. Purple, green, blue, those with shells and those without, there were all sorts of gu insects. Just the sight of it was enough to make one''s scalp go numb. Even Wei Yuechu who wasn''t afraid of insects couldn''t help but hide to the side and rub the goosebumps on her arms.


    st jumped all over the ce, his face pale, "Ahhhhhh!"


    Seeing that he was subconsciously about to retaliate, Chen Qingye hooked his finger to call back half of the gu insects, leaving the rest hovering not far away from st.


    st''splexion was very poor as he had his back pressed firmly against the wall. He slowly swallowed, "A-a-are……are you a psychopath?"


    Chen Qingye acted like he didn''t hear him. He continued to sit with his back straight and tall and expressionlessly pushed up his sses.


    Wei Yuechu was a little astounded, "Hey, if you''re this afraid of them, how did you manage to survive in the game?"


    There were many instances in the games that involved insects. Even if they weren''t important existences in the instances, there were also many scenes in there with disgusting bugs like cockroaches and maggots. Those who were afraid or disgusted by them pretty much all had a very difficult time in the game and basically anyone who managed to survive had at some point be desensitised to these things.


    st smirked arrogantly. A single me appeared at the tip of his finger, "Can''t I just burn them?"


    Chen Qingye stared at him. The gu insects flying in the air quietly got a little closer.


    st chocked. The smile on his lips froze slightly and seemed to be faintly twitching, "K-k-k-keep them away from me."


    "Tell me why you''re looking for Ace." Wei Yuechi rested her arm on Chen Qingye''s shoulder as she said this. Chen Qingye expressionlessly moved away, causing her arm to fall off his shoulder, and dusted the ce that was touched by her earlier.


    Damned mysophobia……


    Wei Yuechu silently rolled her eyes and continued, "Otherwise, I''ll ask this Mr. Red here to release some of his insects, follow you home and then have themy eggs in your ears!"


    She deliberately tried to scare him.


    st''s expression waspletely green. He gritted his teeth, "You think I would fall for that?"


    Wei Yuechu shrugged, "It''s up to you whether or not you believe me….."


    In fact, she also didn''t know whether Chen Qingye could do something like this. In any case, it didn''t matter whether or not it worked, it was better to try it anyway.


    st''s gaze moved between the two people present. Finally, he messed up his hair in frustration and said, "Anyway, it doesn''t matter even if I tell you. The reason why I''m looking for him is so that I can fight against him again."


    His head of messy red hair was like a zing fire and his eyes carried strong fighting spirit, "I lost to him in the gamest time but he left the game before I could challenge him again. This time, I must win back my honour!"


    Seeing another fighting fanatic like herself, Wei Yuechu''s hand felt itchy, "Why don''t you try it out with me?"


    st nced at her and stuck up his pinkie with a contemptuous expression on his face.


    Wei Yuechu: "…….."


    Who are you looking down on?!


    Before she could explode in anger, stzily continued, "Besides, I also want to take revenge."


    Wei Yuechu let out an ''oh'' in understanding. She elbowed Chen Qingye, "He''s the same as you."


    She said, "Why don''t you try and persuade him?"


    st was stunned for a moment. He looked at Chen Qingye, "Hey you, you also have a grudge against him?"


    "Yes……" Chen Qingye thought for a while and after holding back for a long time, he finally added, "But Ace is actually pretty nice."


    He rubbed his hair, his face a little flushed. He actually looked a little shy.


    Wei Yuechu: "…….."


    Why did she suddenly feel danger?


    She took a deep breath and looked back at st who stood before her, "Why not talk about it? What grudge do you have against him?"


    st''s expression stiffened and even his entire body froze. His eyes drifted around for a while and soon a faint flush appeared on his cheeks. He angrily roared, "It''s none of your damned business!"


    Wei Yuechu: "…….."


    Why did that feeling of danger seem to have doubled?


    Ye Jia who hadn''t said a word the entire time was happily watching the show —- This continued until their conversation shifted to him.


    In fact, the bet that had caused st to fall out of the top 30 rankings was because he had run into Ace.


    There were various underground ck markets and arenas in the game.


    It didn''t belong to the game itself and was only popr among a small group of yers who liked topete. There were many ways one could gamble; the number of kills in an instance, the longest survival time in an instance, and of course the simplest one was an in-person PK between yers. Various items could also be used to make the bets, including points and game props.


    st enjoyed gambling and had always been reapingrge profits until…..he ran into a hard nail.


    It was an S-Level prop.


    He originally listed it for auction and the highest bidder would receive it, but just before the points were transferred, st saw the buyer''s real name and instantly changed his mind.


    At that time, Ace was ranked sixth and st was ranked seventh. He had always wanted to test out the strength of this yer who was ranked above him so he challenged him to enter the same instance andpete in the number of kills.


    The other young man thought for a moment and agreed.


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    The ending was just as you imagined.


    But the difference between the two wasn''t too big. st wasn''t satisfied so he proposed a new bet —-A one on one fight.


    Ace stared at him silently for a while. His amber eyes shed thoughtfully.


    st felt a little unnerved by his stare, "W-what is it?"


    Ace retracted his gaze and replied calmly, "Nothing. I ept."


    But before st could get too happy, he heard the other party add, "However, I would like to raise the stakes."


    st excitedly agreed, "No problem! How would you like to raise it?"


    The young man smiled faintly, "Your hair……"


    And so, after that round of betting was over, st not only dropped out of the top 30 rankings, he even had to shave off the red hair he was most proud of —- And don a bald head for an entire year.


    st took in a deep breath and pulled himself out from those memories. He said through gritted teeth, "I want him to pay for what he did to me back then!"


    Wei Yuechu and Chen Qingye, "……."


    Why am I not surprised?


    Wu Su on the other end slowly spoke up, "But there is no need for you to charge into the Bureau and hold the employee''s hostage."


    st pulled a face and said in a bad tone, "I didn''t hold them hostage. You can go out and ask whether or not I said that they could go."


    Wu Su: "……."


    But the problem is, with you acting like this, who would dare leave?


    Wei Yuechu frowned, "If it wasn''t for someone blocking it, you would have caused a big catastrophe."


    Knowing that he was in the wrong, st scratched his head awkwardly and muttered, "It was all because of those bugs."


    He suddenly remembered something and his eyes widened instantly. He rushed over to Ye Jia who hadn''t said a single word until now and looked at him up and down with great interest, "Hey, speaking of which, how did you do that?"


    st spread open his hand and a ball of fire appeared, "I have never seen anyone be able to put out my yin fire!"


    Everyone''s attention was now on Ye Jia who had silently shrunk back into the corner of the room, avoiding bringing attention to himself.


    Everyone''s expressions carried obvious curiosity.


    st retracted his hand and muttered a little reluctantly, "Of course, except for that person."


    Until now, his fire had only failed before one person. It was that wicked and nasty Ace. He didn''t expect that he would actually run into someone else who could do it today.


    "What?" Wei Yuechu didn''t hear him clearly.


    Seeing that his cover was about to be blown, Ye Jia''s heart fell. He quickly tried to exin, "Actually, this wasn''t something I could do alone."


    st frowned, "What do you mean?"


    Ye Jia took in a deep breath and exined slowly, "I believe Cap Wu has already told you about a fierce ghost willing to cooperate with the Bureau."


    Indeed, Wu Su did mention that before. A lot of the information they had were obtained from this fierce ghost who was willing to cooperate with them.


    Ye Jia continued, "I am his main contact person."


    Everyone was shocked.


    Ye Jia finished off with the excuse he had prepared beforehand, "Yes, that''s right. So, in order to ensure his anonymity and to also ensure his own interests, he gave me a prop that could block a fatal attack."


    As he said this, he pulled out the small ck hand from his shoulder, "See? It''s this one."


    The small ck hand, "?"


    Fuck….


    Ye Jia''s expression didn''t change, "But it''s no longer effective now."


    He shook the limp small ck hand in the air.


    Small ck hand: "………"


    Damned conman!


    But the situation at hand was more important. It could only y dead in Ye Jia''s hand and let him shake it around.


    The small ck hand was passed around the people present.


    Wei Yuechu poked at it and eximed, "So soft!"


    She tugged at it, "And it''s stretchy!"


    The small ck hand: "…….."


    M.US.T E.N.D.U.R.E.


    Chen Qingye lowered his head and carefully examined the small ck hand who was still ying dead. He slowly nodded, "It''s a very powerful prop. Even if it is now no longer useful, I can still feel strong yin energying from it. It''s almost at the level of a B-Level fierce ghost."


    The small ck hand: "………"


    Your uncle, IAMa B-Level fierce ghost!


    At this moment, A''Chang stuck its head out from Chen Qingye''s sleeve and inched closer towards the small ck hand.


    The small ck hand: "!"


    Ahhhh Fuck!!!


    Seeing that it was about to expose itself, Ye Jia hurriedly took the small ck hand back from Chen Qingye and said, "Anyway, that''s what happened."


    After seeing that very powerful prop, everyone was convinced.


    Wei Yuechu breathed a sigh of relief and patted Ye Jia on the shoulder, "Anyway, it''s great that you''re okay. I really thought that fireball was going to hit you just now. If you encounter anything like this again, you should try and get away as quickly as possible or the oue would be unimaginable."


    Chen Qingye who stood behind her lightlymented, "Why haven''t I seen you treat others this nicely before?"


    Wei Yuechu angrily turned back and red at him, "I just like to treat handsome guys nicely, it''s none of your business."


    "Then what about Ace?" Wu Su asked, "Didn''t you say that you wanted to confess to him?"


    Wei Yuechu: "……"


    She had lost her courage after seeing him and didn''t dare mention it.


    She looked at Wu Su expressionlessly and gritted her teeth, "If you don''t know how to speak, you should just keep quiet."


    After walking out of the office, Wu Su pressed the button for the elevator.


    "So where will we be working for the time being?" Ye Jia asked.


    All the employees had been evacuated out of the building. Because the Bureau had basically been destroyed and also because the yin fire would still continue to release yin energy even after it is extinguished, it wasn''t suitable for ordinary people to be there. The building could only be used once it is dealt with by the professional team.


    Wu Su, "We''ll have to see what the people above says."


    The subtext of that was — I also don''t know.


    Wei Yuechu turned to nce at st and said icily, "Look at what you''ve done."


    st: "….."


    He said half irritably and half guiltily, "T-then I can just help with cleaning up this ce, alright?"


    Wei Yuechu smiled faintly, "Of course. If you didn''t do it, I would''ve let Chen Qingye''s A''Chang have some close interaction with you."


    Chen Qingye sent her a look of disapproval, "A''Chang isn''t something dirty. Don''t talk about him like that."


    It seems that Chen Qingye''s quirk of raising insects had left st with a psychological shadow. He silently stepped back to increase the distance between them and then snorted, "I am a man of his word!"


    "A man who''s afraid of insects?" Wei Yuechu gloated.


    st''s eyes widened and his handsome face flushed slightly,plementing his red hair, "You!!"


    The elevator before them dinged and the door slowly opened.


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    Ye Jia turned to look at Wu Su and asked, "Then we won''t need to work overtime for the time being, right?"


    Wu Su: "Have you been waiting to ask this the entire time?"


    Ye Jia smiled shyly, "Yes….."


    Wu Su: "…….."


    The elevator slowly descended, but it suddenly started shaking!


    The lights above them flickered a few times. Soon afterwards, the screen disying the floor suddenly turned dark and red numbers appeared instead.


    Wu Su was stunned, "W-what''s going on?"


    The expressions of the other people present turned serious — They all felt the sudden surge in yin energy in the air.


    At this moment, the numbers on the screen suddenly stopped —–


    A bright red ''100'' was now disyed on the pitch-ck screen, resembling half-coagted blood.


    "Damn….." st rubbed his red hair in annoyance, "They should juste out instead of ying these stupid tricks."


    As he said that, a ball of fire appeared from his hand. He then proceeded to press it against the elevator wall, almost instantly melting a big hole through the thick metal. Golden red melted metal flowed down from that hole, sizzling as it made contact with the ground.


    "Wait….." Chen Qingye''s words were stuck in his throat.


    What appeared outside the elevator wasn''t a reinforced concrete wall, but pitch-ck darkness. That darkness covered the entire world, the lighter parts and the darker parts mixing together. Above them, arge eye stared down at them. It was a particrly terrifying sight.


    "Ghost domain!" Wei Yuechu gasped and tightened her grip around her chainsaw.


    — At least S-Level. It may even be one of the lords.


    The next second, the elevator they were in seemed to have lost its support and it suddenly fell downwards at an rming speed. Chen Qingye grabbed Wu Su while Wei Yuechu dragged Ye Jia, and they all jumped out from the hole in the wall.


    Behind them was a loud crash. The elevator they were in only moments earlier had crashed into the ground, turning into arge pile of scrap metal.


    Everyone managed to safelynd onto the ground.


    In the dark and barren ground ahead, several cracks suddenly appeared. From those cracks, a terrifyinglyrge human figure slowly crawled out.


    The woman''s limbs were thin and pale. Her long, jet-ck hair fell onto the ground, every strand curling and slithering around as if they were alive. She slowly raised her head, revealing her face that was covered with numerous eyes and looked towards the people present. Strong, crushing yin energy enveloped everyone, causing all their hairs to stand on end.


    Everyone stared warily at the fierce ghost before them with their weapons in their hands.


    Wei Yuechu lowered her voice and asked, "Have you seen this one before? This.."


    "No…." Chen Qingye slowly shook his head, his expression simrly serious, "It''s an S-Level fierce ghost I have never seen or heard of."


    Ye Jia narrowed his eyes.


    That''s right…..


    He also didn''t have an impression of this fierce ghost.


    It was very strange —-Logically speaking, such a powerful existence like this shouldn''t have no name or title.


    The woman''s voice seemed like it wasing out from her all parts of her body. She murmured softly, "Ace……."


    Ye Jia: "………" At least he knew who the other party hade for.


    The next moment, the woman''s hair shot out like arrows, attacking the people present from all directions.


    "Hah, at least I can now warm up my body." st''s eyes burned with fighting spirit. Heughed out loud as mes appeared next to him.


    "Would you like to have a match?" Wei Yuechu revealed a slightly crazy smile as she held her chainsaw in her hand.


    Chen Qingye didn''t speak. He just silently released countless gu insects from inside his sleeves.


    However, something unexpected happened.


    They watched that woman''s hair suddenly make a sharp turn and then charge straight towards Ye Jia!


    "Whoosh——–"


    Ye Jia raised a brow, a cold light shing briefly across his amber eyes. Icy cold killing intent was evident.


    —- In that case, there was no need for him to continue acting.


    His fingers twitched slightly, and the shadow of a scythe gradually appeared in his hands, the crescent shaped de reflecting a bloody light.


    However, without any warning—-


    A cold and slender hand held Ye Jia''s waist from behind.


    The hair missed their target.


    Ye Jia''s eyes widened in astonishment and the shadow of the scythe disappeared. Following a few faint sounds, those sharp strands of hair fell to the ground and were then slowly retracted back.


    The woman''s numerous eyes looked in his direction.


    The next moment, a man''s low and slightly hoarse voice sounded close to his ears. It carried a familiar hint of a smile with seemed to be teasing but also seemed to be showing concern, "Gege, be careful."