"This is a confidential matter. I can't tell you."

Facing Ren Suo's question, Li Dan, with dark circles under his eyes, opened the office door and said, "I'm going to ask the deputy director... Why don't you go and ask him?"

So Ren Suo and Li Dan came to Yu Kuangtu's office. Li Dan knocked on the door and went straight in. It seemed that their relationship had reached the point where they could be honest with each other - or maybe Yu Kuangtu had never been caught running naked or watching movies in his office.

Sure enough, Yu Kuangtu did not do anything to undermine social customs. Instead, he leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed. Ren Suo was a little confused at first, but after looking at the room, he understood instantly.

"Even this place is equipped with a spiritual energy gathering device? Practicing while working, wow..."

"The privileges of a deputy director." Yu Kuangtu opened his eyes and said, "You are not practicing while working... Ah, you are not, you are not working, you are only practicing."

Ren Suo: "How can you, a deputy director, be so idle..."

"Li Dan and the others have been promoted to the second rank, so they can share my duties. Would I be stupid if I don't practice now that I have time?" Yu Kuangtu said slowly, "Practice is the foundation. Tell me, why do you have time to come to me?"

"Ren Suo wants to look through the bureau's data on awakened people or demons injuring people." Li Dan said.

Yu Kuangtu became interested, straightened up and looked at Ren Suo. After a moment's hesitation, he didn't say yes or no, but asked, "Can the Countermeasures Bureau benefit from this?"

Ren Suo exhaled: "If it's what I thought, then... we may have discovered a big secret."

Yu Kuangtu looked at Ren Suo suspiciously and nodded: "Li Dan, take him to the archives room."

…

An hour and a half later, Ren Suo and Li Dan came to Yu Kuangtu again with three documents.

Yu Kuangtu: "What did you find?"

Ren Suo handed the document over and Yu Kuangtu took a look. All three of them were files about demons injuring people. They were basically vicious incidents that occurred in Lianjiang City, where awakened people fell into demonic madness and wantonly attacked their relatives, friends or passers-by.

"Is there any problem?" Yu Kuangtu asked.

Ren Suo: "Could the Countermeasures Bureau have known in advance that they had awakening spells?"

Yu Kuangtu immediately shook his head: "Until now, the countermeasure system does not have a device that can 100% confirm that others have awakened spells."

Ren Suo: "Look at the ages of these attackers and their living conditions before they launched the attack."

"They were 14, 32 and 36 years old. They were orphans, construction workers and unemployed people respectively," Yu Kuangtu said. "They were basically living a peaceful life before the attack."

Ren Suo tapped the table with his index finger and said, "Their lives are not satisfactory, and they are even under great pressure to survive. Moreover, they have awakened and possess cyclones, which may cause spiritual energy pollution and lead to demonization."

"'Analysis of Demonization', an article from the Intranet's Elite Zone." Yu Kuangtu said calmly, "I know all this knowledge, you don't want to talk about this, do you?"

“No, no, no, I actually found a problem.” Ren Suo said: “Have you interrogated them?”

"The demonized person's brain is already insane. Even if you send him to the hospital for forced suppression, you will only get an idiot." Yu Kuangtu said helplessly: "If you want to see those idiots, go out and take bus 466 to Yingquan Station and transfer to bus 23 to Lianjiang Third Hospital."

Ren Suo: "So, we still don't know why these ordinary people, who have never used awakening spells to gain benefits for themselves or solve life problems, suddenly fell into demonic madness."

Yu Kuangtu looked at Ren Suo and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"These three cases are different from other demon cases. Other demons all committed many illegal acts to gain benefits for themselves, then gradually stepped into the abyss of crime, and finally fell into the devil's crazy rampage and attacks."

Ren Suo said, "But the awakened people in these three cases did not have this condition. They were living normal lives the day before, but they suddenly fell into demonic madness. It was too sudden."

"If they knew they had awakening spells and could become monks, do you think they would still fall into demonization?"

Yu Kuangtu frowned slightly and nodded slightly: "So, there is only one explanation, they don't know that they have awakening spells, maybe they are half awakened."

Ren Suo said, "However, semi-awakening is hard to spot. Normal awakening is often mistaken for a cold or fever. If they don't have any knowledge of awakening and only have spiritual energy meridians, they won't be aware of the changes in their bodies at all."

"Because of their age, they are not among the target students of the current Cultivator Academy. Therefore, they definitely do not think they have the opportunity to become monks and leap up the social class to solve their life difficulties."

"But after they awakened, they were still overwhelmed by the pressure of life. Although it was different from committing crimes, the pressure accumulated in their hearts also made them slightly inclined towards demonic madness."

"It's not obvious at ordinary times, but once it exceeds a certain point, the jealousy, anger, and resentment hidden in their hearts will erupt and cause bloodshed. Negative emotions in their hearts are inevitable. The problem is that life does not give them enough positive feedback to let them break free from the vortex of spiritual pollution, and finally they get deeper and deeper into it."

Yu Kuangtu took a deep breath: "It is undeniable that this is indeed possible."

Ren Suo continued: "And the question now is..."

"How many semi-awakened people do you think are there in the city who are suppressing their pain and ready to burst into demonic madness at any time?"

The office fell silent.

After a long while, Yu Kuangtu said, "Are there any other discoveries?"

"there is none left."

"Then you go back first, Li Dan stay."

Ren Suo nodded and patted Li Dan on the shoulder: "Then I'll come over next time."

"I'm not sleepy." Li Dan said with two panda eyes.

After leaving the Countermeasures Bureau, Ren Suo looked at the brightly-lit sky and suddenly felt a little cold.

Because of his mood in the afternoon, he did not go home, but went to the training ground of the sports club to practice for the whole afternoon.

I went to Dong Chengling's house for dinner that night, but Gu Yueyan hadn't come back yet. But I don't know if Ren Suo's behavior was obvious, or Dong Chengling's observation ability was really amazing, she asked: "What happened?"

Ren Suo hesitated for a moment, then decided to change the question and asked, "I recently watched a new anime series... Well, it's about a modern city where ordinary people can turn into monsters and attack others at any time."

"Everyone initially thought that this was an isolated case and that the government had it under control. But the protagonist discovered that many ordinary people actually have the potential to turn into monsters. Do you think if the protagonist announced this news, would it cause social panic? Would normal people be very scared if they found out that their neighbors and passersby could turn into monsters at any time?"

Dong Chengling tilted his head and shook it: "I haven't seen that kind of movie."

"However, this kind of story usually has a happy ending, right? The protagonist will definitely find a way to solve the problem in the end, right?"

Ren Suo was slightly startled, then hummed, "That's right, I think too much."

Dong Chengling smiled and said, "Don't worry, this kind of situation will not happen in reality."

"Because this world does not rely on the protagonist to save humanity. If something does happen, it will be a difficulty that requires everyone to work together to overcome. The only thing we can do is to do our best and not think that we are the only protagonist."

"By the way, how has your cultivation been going recently?" Dong Chengling suddenly changed the subject.

"Hmm?...It's okay." Ren Suo said.

Dong Chengling sighed imperceptibly, then smiled and said, "Let's work hard together. If Xiaoyan gets promoted before you, she will definitely chase you home and laugh at you."

"Hey, I'm not worried about that. I will definitely be promoted faster than her."

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After returning to his home, Ren Suo turned on the Small World game console.

Although Ren Suo realized that if this game was broadcast live, it would likely cause panic among the citizens.

But these things will not disappear if you pretend not to see them. That is just deceiving yourself. It is better to make them public and draw the attention of countries around the world.

Moreover, when Ren Suo looked at the golden cup of "Desire Collection", he had a vague feeling that it might be a... surprise.