When you wake up tomorrow, Huang Si will no longer be the Hidden Moth, but this doesn't automatically mean that He Kao will become the next Hidden Moth. This still requires a process.

From Xiaopang's personal feelings, what his father did back then, rather than calling it an inheritance ceremony, felt more like a very ceremonial hypnotic suggestion.

Back then, Xiaopang and today's He Kao were different. Before today, He Kao already knew and was convinced of the existence of the Hidden Moth, and also had some understanding of the Hidden Moth's abilities.

Back then, when Xiaopang suddenly heard his father mention these things, he could hardly believe it, yet he very eagerly hoped it was true. Indeed, the next day, his father forgot all about it. When Xiaopang asked again, the result was somewhat strange.

Father still remembered having a long talk with him that day, but completely forgot about the Hidden Moth and the inheritance ceremony, only recalling that he had instructed Xiaopang to take good care of He Kao in the future.

If you want to pass through that door into the Hidden Moth Space, Xiaopang had to figure it out on his own.

After completing the inheritance ceremony, before going to sleep, Father told Xiaopang not to rush, as it would take quite a long time. He himself took a total of six months before he succeeded.

But as long as you know the location of the portal and possess your own Hidden Moth Object, you will succeed sooner or later.

Father left the portal in Xiaopang's bedroom, which was also a real door—the bedroom door leading to the living room.

Xiaopang was skeptical yet full of anticipation, feeling that there was always a door there every time he went to sleep, and his bracelet seemed like the key to opening that door.

Whenever he entered the living room from the bedroom, he couldn't help but have an illusion, as if carelessly he would traverse into another space.

At that time, he had just started university. He lived on campus, but since it was a local university, he would go home whenever he was free, not just because of the Hidden Moth, but also because his father's health wasn't good.

He always wore that bracelet, often holding it in his hand and meditating, subconsciously always thinking about it, as if there was some kind of spiritual connection, able to feel the remote portal at home through the bracelet.

Huang Si was also a modern youth who had read novels and played games. He later summarized this process and coined a professional term for it—sacrificing one's mind and spirit to refine the Hidden Moth Object.

The term "reserve" was also something Xiaopang came up with himself.

According to reports, Huang Cankui took six months for this process, while Huang Xiaopang only took a month. Huang Xiaopang was quite proud of this, assuming he had innate talent and was a prodigy of sorts.

The process of "sacrificing one's mind and spirit to refine the Hidden Moth Object" is very vague, as if it naturally happens. Based on Xiaopang's experience, even if He Kao is not told about these things, he would eventually enter that door on his own.

With the inheritance ceremony, He Kao chose his own Hidden Moth Object and knew the portal's location. How could he not be unconsciously mindful of it every day… perhaps this is a spontaneous process.

Xiaopang reminisced about this process, which finally made He Kao understand why Xiaopang did not explain it in detail earlier—because he couldn't put it into words; it was indeed very mystical.

After hearing it all, He Kao's feelings were complex, and he nodded slightly, saying, "Thank you for telling me so much, if you…"

"Wait a minute!" Xiaopang suddenly interrupted him, "I almost forgot something, just mentioned Xiaoshan, which reminded me that there's something necessary to warn you about.

Xiaoshan borrowed campus loans and didn't dare to tell her family. She kept borrowing new ones to pay off the old ones. A few months ago, those high-interest lenders came to her house to chase the debts, asking her to take revealing photos as a guarantee.

Xiaoshan refused, so they threatened her… Later, I took care of that company, led the police to them, and many illegal materials were seized.

But I don't know what happened to that platform later—if it's shut down now, or if those people are still around.

I took all the paper documents of Xiaoshan's loan records that I could find and placed them in the bottom drawer of my desk, at the very bottom of a pile of stuff.

As for the computer data, including various electronic files, I deleted all I could find.

It's just uncertain if the platform has other backups, which they usually should have. If the police didn't stop them, they might come after Xiaoshan again for collections."

He Kao: "Is there really such a thing, which platform was it?"

Huang Xiaopang: "The company is called Xinda Internet Finance Co., Ltd., but you know, these types of companies are often just shells, with behind-the-scenes bosses registering many companies, appearing unrelated on the surface but actually are interconnected.

There used to be many such platforms a few years ago, and many have disappeared now. However, the debts owed aren't erased just because the company is gone. It's a cycle of borrowing new to pay old, where interest becomes principal and snowballs exponentially."

He Kao frowned, "How much did she borrow, and when did this happen?"

Huang Xiaopang: "Actually, not too much. Initially, it was eight thousand RMB borrowed during her sophomore year. Later she didn't pay back, and the platform kept forcing her to borrow new to pay old, all the way until after graduation, and it still wasn't cleared; now it has grown to 150,000 RMB!

I roughly estimated that over these years, the interest she has paid has already exceeded 20,000 RMB, surpassing the original principal borrowed. Yet, she still owes this much.

This year, I think around May or June, the platform owner might have gone crazy, as they stopped the borrow new to pay old scheme and instead forced her into a long-term installment repayment agreement, requiring her to pay quite a sum each month for quite a while.

They even asked her to film a nude video holding her ID card as collateral for the agreement. If she didn't agree, they threatened to sue her..."

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