"How strange..."

Bai Yan opens his attribute panel again, and it clearly states that he owns a Level 5 [Void Evil Spirit] Demon that hasn't been infused into a Demon Servant.

This is a demon that Bai Yan cultivated a while ago, just to experience firsthand the strength and Talent of the so-called battlefield meat grinder - the Void Evil Spirit.

Moreover, Bai Yan has a habit of cultivating one demon of every level and Species and keeping them in the Abyss Territory.

It's a collecting habit.

Furthermore, since each demon's Talent and skills are different, maybe one day Bai Yan would need to use the Talent or skill of a certain demon, which would eliminate the need for on-the-spot demon cultivation.

Bai Yan frowns deeply, his expression somewhat uncertain.

He is very sure he had not tampered with this Void Evil Spirit since it was cultivated using demon energy. Being busy with the tedious affairs on Demon Island, Bai Yan had recently traveled to Paris to attend a gathering of the Dark Camp.

When would he have even had the time to try out the abilities of this new demon?

But...

"If I didn't interfere, where did it actually go?"

Bai Yan murmurs to himself, suddenly feeling a spine-chilling sensation: "Could it be? Is there a malfunction in the System?"

Inside Bai Yan's Abyss Territory, aside from himself, no one else can enter!

There's only one reason - a System malfunction!

Could it be, this thing is actually part of a conspiracy?

Bai Yan's eyes slightly narrows, glinting with a cold light.

His brain is running wild.

Currently, the majority of Bai Yan's strength and power relies on the demon breeding facility module of the System; if there really is a problem with the System, relying solely on the Dragon Vein Technique, it would be difficult for Bai Yan to protect everything around him.

Demons are inherently suspicious, he even starts to doubt his most loyal, most private, and most powerful System!

At this thought, Bai Yan feels a startle in his heart and hastily checks major functions of the System, trying them one by one.

Fortunately, all system functionalities are intact, and superficially, there appears to be no issue with the System.

"It shouldn't be... if there really was a problem with the System, then I would have died a hundred times over already."

Bai Yan offers a wry smile, dismissing this thought internally.

Bai Yan leans in the bathtub, the warm water flow and the spa's comfort unable to dissolve his inner doubts and the heavy depression.

Losing a Level 5 demon which only cost one million demon energy to cultivate isn't much of a loss for the current Bai Yan.

However, the real reason behind the disappearance of the Level 5 demon was what worried Bai Yan the most.

No matter how Bai Yan thought and calculated, he could not come up with a reasonable explanation.

Unfortunately, with the inheritance of his previous life memories merging into Bai Yan's body in the second fusion, the System conscience had been sufficiently suppressed and disappeared, only the original System functionalities remained.

The initial role of the System conscience was merely to provide some guidance and convenience for Bai Yan's second life, but it wasn't supposed to accompany Bai Yan throughout his entire second life.

Otherwise, Bai Yan could have asked it.

Time flies.

A full half-hour passed, Bai Yan lay in the bathtub motionless, his eyebrows tightly knit.

An Yan somehow had woken up, stretching lazily in the bathtub, her endlessly beautiful body clearly visible, yet Bai Yan wasn't in the mood to admire.

"Hmmm... What's wrong?"

An Yan's pretty face carries a sweet smile as she turns her head and notices Bai Yan's furrowed brow. The smile on An Yan's face fades, replaced by a worried look.

"Ah? Nothing much, just thinking about some things, don't worry."

Bai Yan startles, then comes back to his senses and forces a smile.

Intensively consuming brain cells for a full half hour of high-intensity brain operation and deduction, even for someone as intellectually superior and powerful as Bai Yan, was somewhat overwhelming.

After all, the stronger the person, the more spirit, qi, and essence are consumed when deducing—some of the strongest even expend their lifespan during intensive deduction!

"Are you really okay?"

An Yan looks at the man she deeply loves with a heartache, wishing she could smooth away his tightly locked brows.

"Really, don't worry."

Bai Yan stretches out his hand, comfortingly pinching An Yan's smooth jade hand.

This matter, let it go for now.

Bai Yan sighs, knowing now isn't the time to think about this.

An Yan gets up from the bathtub, drying her mature, gorgeous body with a towel; Bai Yan still appears somewhat dazed and doesn't approach her teasingly as usual; this makes An Yan worry even more.

The pleasant spa time for the two had come to an end, and they hurried back to their suite.

In the following days, Bai Yan instructed his subordinates to gather information about the dark gathering while informing Demon Island to search intensively for any news and information about the missing demon.

Any hint of this Level 5 demon appearing on the Main Plane would be unearthed and controlled by Demon Island!

What really relieved Bai Yan was that the mental connections and control over the demons and Demon Servants on Demon Island were as strong as ever, just like usual.

None of the worries he had anticipated had happened.

It seemed, things weren't as bad as he had imagined.

...

That night.

In the presidential suite of Lenaxis Blanc Hotel, in the study, Bai Yan, wearing pajamas, sat in a chair holding a cup of coffee.

"How is Jim Flick doing lately?"

"Master, they've been very compliant recently, cooperating well with our activities and intelligence gathering."

"That's good."

Bai Yan nodded, sipped his coffee, and continued to inquire about a matter that was giving him a headache: "It's been three days, any progress on that Level 5 demon?"

"Master, there's been no progress yet. On Demon Island, we have dispatched five thousand special agents and three thousand elite Demon Warriors, but there's still no reliable news."

The Demon Warriors shamefully lowered their heads.

"We deserve death!"

All the Demon Warriors knelt on the ground with a thud, groveling.

Among demons, there's mutual connection.

Three days were enough for those dispatched from Demon Island to search every corner of the globe, but not finding a single demon, they might as well be dead!

"Alright, alright, stand up everyone, I don't blame you."

Bai Yan somewhat ruefully smiled.

So, this Level 5 demon just disappeared without a trace?

Could it have crossed over to another dimension?

Bai Yan suddenly found this notion absurd, but he could only suppress it in his heart, continuing to let Demon Island search while he kept a close eye on the matter.

At this moment, a Demon Servant rushed in, holding a stack of thick documents: "Master, the new intelligence has come in."

The Demon Warrior lifted the documents over his forehead and respectfully handed them to Bai Yan.

"Master, these are the documents just sent by Lord Chen Yudong, they record the true purpose of the dark gathering convened by the Dark Council."

This Demon Warrior knelt on one knee in front of Bai Yan's desk, speaking with great reverence.

"On the surface, it's about signing a ten-year peace treaty, but secretly, they're recasting wartime conventions."

Bai Yan coldly smiled as he browsed the documents: "The Bright Church is set to unify global forces of Light Camp Abnormal People; whereas the Dark Council will gather global forces of Dark Camp Abnormal People. Both parties have agreed to work together to take down the Huaxia Abnormality Organization and divide the resources! Simultaneously, major countries in the Mortal World are also eager to act, preparing to strike a heavy blow to Hua Xia from the Mortal World side!"

"How? Do they wish to reproduce the tragedy of a certain major country's disintegration within Hua Xia!"

There wasn't a trace of anger detectable in Bai Yan's voice.

However, the tapping of his right forefinger on the desk, with a high frequency, hinted at his deep irritation.

"Thump, thump, thump..."

The tapping sound was thick, laced with agitation.

Only these first-generation Demon Warriors knew, Bai Yan was extremely furious inside!

Never take on tasks that harm Huaxia.

Never engage in activities harmful to Huaxia.

Never indirectly or directly aid forces or nations with strong hostility towards Huaxia.

These three principles concerning Huaxia, personally established by Bai Yan, were the fundamental stances of the previous God's enemy organization and now of Demon Island!

It was understandable how furious Bai Yan felt upon learning the Dark Council's real intent.

Although I am a demon...

Yet my soul still belongs to Huaxia!

You petty figures, dare to be so presumptuously self-important!

Truly a bunch of death-defying dogs!

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