When Mingmei opened her eyes, it was already pitch black outside. She got out of bed and called out a few times into the empty house. A demon maid came in from outside and told her that her parents were attending a banquet in the front hall of the city lord's mansion.

Mingmei didn't say anything about it; she just nodded to indicate that she knew, but didn't say that she was going.

Seeing that Mingmei's eyelids were drooping and she looked listless, the maid asked her in a low voice if she wanted to eat something. Mingmei nodded, seemingly a beat late in the morning.

They really looked like they were so hungry they couldn't think straight.

So the maid withdrew, saying she would bring her some food later, and told Mingmei to wait in the room for a while.

However, as soon as the maid left, Mingmei's expression changed immediately, clearly indicating that she had done it on purpose.

"I want to go and see the Realm of Primal Demons!"

This sudden question made even Gui Gui want to ask Mingmei what the Realm of the Primal Demon was and why she wanted to go there.

In response, Mingmei simply explained that the Primal Demon Realm was a secret realm where the demon race was born. As for why she suddenly thought of going to the Primal Demon Realm, it has to be said that while Mingmei was asleep, the memories she had forgotten deep in her consciousness gradually became clear.

She remembered the demons, everything her mother had done after accompanying her there, and the pill Aunt Guqin had given her.

A pill that reshapes one's bones and body. Because the main ingredients of this pill all come from the Primal Demon Realm, Mingmei naturally thought of things related to the Primal Demon Realm.

Only the Primal Demon Realm can continuously nurture this demon race.

When Lu Xiaoyao came back injured last time, she was saying that those insect-shaped evil spirits seemed to be constantly moving from one place to another.

Given that his parents mentioned the possibility of a connection between the demon race and this, the effects of the Primal Demon Realm naturally attracted people's attention.

"If that bug has modified some data in the game without permission, there might actually be a Zerg nest here."

Besides the bright and natural imagery, she also recalled the bone-like substance she had seen earlier that day.

If the Zerg were truly as strong as they appear, they certainly wouldn't dare to make any moves under Gu Qin's nose.

The ability to create a continuous stream of insect-shaped evil spirits imbued with demonic energy immediately brought to Mingmei's mind the Primal Demon Realm.

"There's no time to lose, Gui Gui, can you help me scout out the surrounding area now?"

Mingmei still remembers that Guigui seemed to become a mascot in this round, unable to help with anything.

【able……】

As soon as Gui Gui agreed, Ming Mei slipped out. She looked at the familiar terrain and then went through the familiar process of asking for prices and finalizing them. After watching for a long time, Gui Gui fell silent.

After a while, Mingmei suddenly heard Guigui ask, "You know the way, what do you want me to scout out?"

"Check if anyone's nearby."

Mingmei walked cautiously on the path leading to the Realm of the Primal Demon. She knew the way well, but she was worried about being discovered. If she were discovered, what was the point of a little kid going to the Realm of the Primal Demon? She would be brought back directly.

Thinking this, Mingmei's eyes suddenly narrowed, and she dodged a man in a black robe who suddenly appeared from the other side.

Luckily, she didn't rely entirely on Gui Gui, otherwise she really would have been sent home.

"Hey Gui, who's that?" Mingmei asked Guigui immediately, noticing the man's suspicious behavior.

[If I didn't misjudge just now, it should be Lu Gui.]

【Huh?】

Upon hearing Gui Gui mention Lu Gui, Ming Mei suddenly remembered that Lu Gui had come here during the day, and it seemed that he was with a group of demonic cultivators.

"Isn't this a banquet at this time?" Mingmei muttered to herself, her eyes fixed on Lu Gui as he walked away. If Lu Gui heard her, he would definitely chime in, "Yes, I heard that Lu Xiaoyao was arrested, didn't I?"

There's no need to misunderstand, Lu Gui had no intention of saving anyone.

He had only just seen Qing Mian's words at the banquet, which had already alerted the enemy. Judging from the reaction of the city lord of the far north, it seemed that a thorough investigation was about to begin. At that time, Lu Xiaoyao would definitely be taken up for questioning.

Lu Gui had long noticed Julian's wariness of him, and now that he had come here silently with Lou Jia, he couldn't help but wonder if Lu Xiaoyao and Julian might suddenly blurt out his secret during their confession, in which case he would have to say, "Thank you!"

If he's brought out, Loujia will definitely be implicated, and then everyone will be wiped out together...

Then, as Mingmei walked, she discovered another problem—Lu Gui was actually going in the same direction as her!

"This guy..." Mingmei was incredibly surprised as she watched Lu Gui pass through the Primal Demon Realm without any reaction. "How come he wasn't discovered?"

If she hadn't swallowed the demonic treasure from Gu Qin during the day, she wouldn't dare come here now. The Primordial Demon Realm is inaccessible to anyone who isn't a demon, and forcing their way in would only result in the realm's treasures expelling or killing them.

As a result, they entered easily.

"Isn't he a human?"

Mingmei was a little confused, but she followed them inside. Once inside, she suddenly realized that she had lost the person while she was hesitating.

"No way?"

Mingmei looked at what seemed to be the dead of night, yet she could see everything clearly. A light purple mist hung in the air, leaving her momentarily at a loss for where to go.

[Host, there is a moving life form directly in front of you.]

Fortunately, Gui Gui pointed out Lu Gui's direction to Mingmei in time. She ran towards Lu Gui with her short legs, but the more she ran, the more difficult it seemed that the road under her feet was becoming.

It wasn't that the road surface was rough, but rather that the flat ground seemed to have softened?

"Oh My God……"

After realizing this, Mingmei did not retreat, but ran directly to the roadside. The environment in the Primal Demon Realm was more like a forest covered with strange and bizarre plants.

There are many paths in this forest, and at the end of these paths lies the core of the Primal Demon Realm, a natural incubation ground for demonic embryos, and a hot spring in the center of the forest.

But now Mingmei realized that the path under her feet was wrong, so she quickly jumped away and landed on a tree trunk. With her inexplicably enhanced night vision, she saw that the road she had just been running on was rhythmically moving up and down.

"What is this thing?" Mingmei asked Guigui, still puzzled, as she continued walking along the side of the road.

I'm not sure either, it looks like some kind of living thing?

"What else?" Mingmei knew what kind of living thing this thing should be, but the key question was, what exactly was this thing inside?

"No way?"

Just as Mingmei was about to say that she didn't know anything, and that even the lower-ranking demons in the demon race weren't this disgusting, she suddenly realized there was another possibility.

"[Zerg.]" Gui Gui spoke first, looking at the soft, broad, and long thing whose entirety was obscured, and quietly remarked, "Doesn't it look like an enlarged version of the Pseudo-Mother?"