Chapter 14 The Devil's Opera House
The smile on Lin Ze's face froze, but did not disappear.
She slowly lowered her head to look at her pierced body. The tail was very thick, and the woman's body was very petite (if you think of it wrongly, go to face the wall). The piercing directly opened a big hole in her abdomen.
"Hey, this is my work clothes. If you do this, I'll have to pay for a new one. How can I sneak attack you?"
The devil looked at the woman coldly. The woman's body was pierced by him, but not a drop of blood gushed out?
And she didn't seem to be in any pain.
"You...are not human."
The demon said in a hoarse voice, then hung the woman up with her tail and hung her in front of him.
"Your breath is so strange..."
Then, the demon began to smell the woman's scent carefully.
"Is the perfume I'm wearing nice?"
Lin Ze blinked at him without any fear on his face.
"I don't know what... you are, but your... soul is very powerful."
The devil's face was full of confusion, and he seemed to be extremely interested in what kind of woman this woman was.
But Lin Ze obviously didn't want to be left hanging like this.
"Let's continue with what we were talking about, Li Muhan. You should still be able to hear me, right? I absolutely have no objection to you fighting violence with violence. After all, our Special Management Bureau needs people like you. But the prerequisite is that you must have sufficient strength, otherwise you may hit a wall that you can't handle right now."
"Hehehehe."
When talking about this, the devil is no longer sleepy.
"You little thing, are you talking to me about strength? With me here, no one can stop him. He can kill whoever he wants!"
The demon moved closer to the woman and grinned.
"Yeah?"
Lin Ze also smiled. Her slender fingers gently tapped the demon's tail that had pierced her. "Baal, you weren't this arrogant when your soul was shattered."
"You...! How dare you humiliate me like this!!"
Finally, Lin Ze slowly placed his hand on the demon's tail that pierced him, and then sighed as if he was tired.
"I'm quite interested in you, demon. Unfortunately, you're too weak right now."
"Me? Too weak...?"
The devil's face suddenly turned gloomy, as if Lin Ze's words had touched his reverse scale.
"Yes, I assure you, demon, you are...boring to me right now."
"Hehehe, okay, now that you're pierced by my tail, you still dare to say such things?"
"Excuse me, what did you say? Your, tail?"
Snap——
Lin Ze still had a faint smile on her face, and she gently exerted force on the devil's tail with her hand, so the thick tail that pierced her body was easily crushed into pieces by her like foam.
"You!! How dare you!"
The demon was shocked at first, and then became extremely furious, but it also understood that this woman was definitely not an ordinary person. No, she was not a fucking human at all!
Then the demon's eyes suddenly burst into golden light.
"Boundary realm!! Thousands of thunders lead to death!!"
He opened the realm without hesitation, intending to blast the woman to pieces in an instant.
But the next second, Lin Ze's hand had already grabbed his neck, and the tremendous force made the demon feel inexplicably frightened.
"Did I say you can open the realm?"
Snap——
The lightning that was originally gathering disappeared in an instant.
My own boundary... was broken in an instant?
The demon stared at the woman in front of him with wide eyes.
It was at this moment that the woman truly began to reveal her power, a power that was ancient and pure, representing the profound heritage of the Chinese land for thousands of years.
Bal stared at the woman in front of him, as if his throat was being strangled by an ancient, mysterious and great being.
"You are powerful, Baal."
The smile on the woman's face disappeared, and she looked at Baal expressionlessly, while increasing the strength in her hands. The hole that had just been pierced by the demon's tail was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"But now, just now, I am stronger than you, so just give the body back to him."
Bang--
Baal's realm was completely shattered, and he felt his power being sucked back by this body.
He grinned, looked at the woman, and smiled.
"Hehehe, China... This land is truly interesting. There are beings like you. Woman, remember, I didn't lose to you today, but... because of this body and my broken soul..."
His horns began to turn to dust, and the runes on his body began to slowly dissipate.
"Remember this... Remember this well, woman. When I regain my strength... I will come back to taste your pain."
Finally, his skin began to gradually return to its previous color.
"What a delightful land this is... It seems I won't be bored in this human body."
Eventually, the demon transformed back into human form.
The woman who was pinching Li Muhan's neck slowly let go.
“Cough cough… cough cough…”
Li Muhan looked around at the corpses, then he slowly raised his head and looked at the woman.
"I...did kill people, but that was to survive."
"I know."
Lin Ze gently supported Li Muhan, and this time she did not show the terrifying expression from before.
"It's the same now, Li Muhan. When you face someone who wants to take your life, no matter how you fight back, it's not excessive. But Li Muhan, there are still rules in this world, and your current strength is not enough to break the rules of this game."
"...Yeah, I felt it just now."
Although the authority of the body does not lie with him, Li Muhan also personally experienced the terrifying power of Lin Ze.
There was a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.
"Don't make that expression. You can't control your power well right now. The demon in you seems to like this world very much. How about coming with me to the Special Management Bureau? I won't force you to join."
The woman supported Li Muhan and walked out of the basement step by step.
“…”
Li Muhan pondered for a while, then turned his head slightly to look at Lin Ze: "...Free labor?"
"Don't talk nonsense. You're in a formal state-owned unit, and you're covered by the five social insurances and one housing fund."
"...I'll think about it again."
"Don't worry, it's not time yet."
Li Muhan looked at the woman. He had just deeply felt the woman's power, but that seemed to be just the tip of the iceberg of her power, and he had to become stronger.
Judging the situation is what he learned most in the orphanage. At least for now, he really can't beat this woman.
So he nodded slowly.
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So half an hour later, Lin Ze, this woman, drove Li Muhan and Xia Yue to the Tianhai City Bank Building.
Then he entered an elevator room through a secret passage at the back door.
After learning that Li Muhan was kidnapped, Xia Yue followed the smell of his blood and found Zhao Zhijiang's private villa.
But she was stopped by Lin Ze outside the door, and she said she would take care of the matter.
In fact, Xia Yue already understood that this woman's purpose was probably to get Li Muhan to join the Special Management Bureau.
"Li Muhan, if you don't want to join, just refuse directly and I will help you."
In the elevator, she turned and looked at Li Muhan and said.
"Yes, thank you."
Li Muhan replied with a smile.
"Hey, our Special Management Bureau is a formal state-owned unit, a civil service organization. Please don't talk about it as if it's some criminal gang, okay?"
Lin Ze smiled helplessly. These two people didn't care at all that she was there.
The elevator went down for several minutes. One can imagine how big and deep the underground was. When the elevator door opened, Li Muhan was stunned.
This is a completely small underground city, and the buildings and roads are no different from those on the ground.
"My God, building a place like this underneath a bank is like punching a hole in people's wallets."
"This is the headquarters of the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau."
Lin Ze walked in front to lead the way for the two. Everyone they met along the way was very respectful to Lin Ze and would call out "Director Lin" as they passed by.
Soon Lin Ze brought Li Muhan and Xia Yue to the registration center.
"Name"
"Li Muhan."
"age."
"twenty one."
"It belongs to a different species."
"ah?"
When asked this question by the registrar, Li Muhan was stunned.
“Write about the devil.”
Lin Ze said to the registrar with a smile.
The registrar was stunned for a moment and looked up at Li Muhan for the first time.
"Demon? Director Lin, you're not mistaken, we've never taken in any demons."
"You're right, I caught one of them, didn't I?"
Lin Ze said jokingly.
"I'm sorry, but I don't intend to be taken in by you."
Li Muhan interrupted their conversation.
The registrar looked at Lin Ze in confusion and said, "Director Lin, are you tricking people into coming here again?"
"What do you mean by deception? Li Muhan, this is just a registration. We won't let you join. Besides, the examination here will help you better understand your body. This will be beneficial to you, right?"
Li Muhan remained alert until Xia Yue spoke softly behind him.
"...Don't worry, they don't have any malicious intentions for now."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
So he was willing to cooperate a little.
The registrar stood up and waved to Li Muhan, indicating that he should follow him into the room.
Li Muhan looked at Lin Ze and Xia Yue.
"Go ahead, it's okay, just assess your disaster level."
"Disaster level?"
It was the first time that Li Muhan heard this word and he was a little curious.
"I'll explain it to you later."
Lin Ze waved at him.
"Come in now, our staff are very busy."
The moment he stepped into the room, Li Muhan suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of depression.
The room was not as bright as he had imagined. There were no high-tech testing equipment on board. Instead, it looked a bit dark.
Just as Li Muhan was confused, his eyes fell on a wheelchair in the middle of the room.
There was a young girl sitting in a wheelchair. She was wearing a long dress as white as snow, and her eyes were covered with a white cloth, making her seem unable to see the world.
Her long silver hair cascaded down like a waterfall, standing out in the dim room.
Her face is so beautiful, like exquisite porcelain, that people dare not touch it easily.
"Ma'am, this is a new alien. I need your help in identifying it."
The registrar was polite to the woman, and she turned her head slightly when she heard the voice.
"Come here."
She looked at Li Muhan with a smile, as if her eyes were not affected by the white cloth at all. The smile on her face also made Li Muhan feel extremely warm.
"Please hold my hand."
Li Muhan stretched out his hand and gently held the silver-haired woman's hand. At this moment, she seemed to be pulled by some force that wanted her to enter.
The woman did not resist too much. She had to go deeper to understand what kind of power this was. This was also her mission of existing here.
A theater.
An empty theater and stage.
The silver-haired woman stood in the center of the stage. Her feet were now able to move freely and her eyes slowly opened.
She looked around at the eerie theater.
"demon."
The woman uttered two words lightly.
Because she discovered that in the dim auditorium, there were faintly visible figures of one or two demons hidden in it.
"Why are there so many demons living in his body?"
The woman looked at the demons and spoke as if talking to herself.
Fortunately, these demons are not too powerful, but they are full of chaos and evil power.
No problem, just a few little demons.
Finally, the woman came to a conclusion and closed her eyes.
The woman's figure finally disappeared from the stage, and then the spotlights went out one by one.
In the dark auditorium, someone suddenly sneered.
And then the second sound.
The third tone.
Sneering, jeers, and laughter filled the entire theater.
Countless pairs of demonic eyes opened in the darkness, and they laughed madly at the woman who had left, like children who had played a successful prank.
Until everything was swallowed by the dark abyss and the world returned to silence.
The woman let go of her hand and continued to smile at Li Muhan.
"Sorry, I think something's on my mind."
Li Muhan said to the woman apologetically that he knew the woman had seen the same thing as him just now, and this might be the woman's ability.
The silver-haired woman said as she slowly shook her head.
"You are special. Your soul is pure, but there are some demons living inside. This is the first time I have seen such a thing."
"Disaster level, chaos."
After the woman said this, she turned her back and said nothing more.
"I understand. Thank you for your hard work."
This level didn't seem to be particularly high, and the registrar didn't react much.
Only after Li Muhan and the registrar left did the woman breathe a sigh of relief.
She didn't understand. She didn't understand whether those things would let her go if she hadn't pretended not to see them.
Her hands are still shaking and she is still scared.
What are those things...
After Li Muhan left the room, Lin Ze walked out from the darkness. She looked at the silver-haired girl with a smile and asked.
"How about it?"
"What kind of soul could contain so many horrible demons?"
"Even Di Ting's descendants think so highly of him, so this time we've truly found a treasure."
The silver-haired girl was skeptical of Lin Ze's optimism.
"He's a demon. The Special Management Bureau has never taken in a demon, nor does it have experience dealing with demons. That human won't last long. Once the demon takes over his body, then..."
"Don't worry, that kid won't lose to those demons."
Lin Ze squatted in front of the girl and gently stroked her hair.
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Then Lin Ze explained to Li Muhan the Special Management Bureau's assessment of the levels of aliens.
The lowest level is chaos, which generally refers to some wild goblins that have infiltrated the human world and can be dealt with by ordinary police.
Then there is chaos. If aliens of this level cause trouble, the Special Management Bureau will intervene.
Then comes the catastrophe. Aliens that reach the catastrophe level are already under control. Without special permission, they cannot even live normally in the human world.
Then came disasters, annihilation, and natural calamities.
These three levels of aliens are forbidden from contacting humans and must survive under the strict monitoring of the Special Management Bureau.
Xia Yue is an exception. Lin Ze, deputy director of the Huaxia Special Management Bureau, personally acted as her guarantor to ensure that she would not endanger human society. This is why she can walk in the world.
The last level is destruction of the world.
It has only appeared once since the establishment of the Special Management Bureau and twice since the birth of human society.
One of them was in China a thousand years ago, when humanity was almost extinct.
The second time was in Europe more than 700 years ago, and that natural disaster caused the death of almost one-third of the world's population.
That was the Black Death that swept across Europe.
Li Muhan was suddenly stunned when he heard the level of world destruction.
Because in the hall of Baal, the level of Baal that people think of is destruction.
And Xia Yue is at the disaster level, which means that if he really gets all of Baal's power, he might be able to fight better than Xia Yue?
"By the way. This is for you."
Lin Ze took a pendant from a staff member and handed it to Li Muhan.
"I... didn't plan on bringing a leash."
Li Muhan did not take the pendant because he could clearly feel a certain power from the pendant, a power that bound the devil.
Perhaps the devil's blood was seeping into his body, and he was naturally sensitive and repulsed by this binding force.
But Lin Ze stuffed it into Li Muhan's hands.
"This isn't a leash. If you use demonic power now, you might lose yourself. If you keep going like this, the demon will take over your body sooner or later. This thing can help you stay conscious while using demonic power."
Lin Ze said with a smile.
Li Muhan was a little curious, so he took the necklace.
"How will it help me?"
Lin Ze did not answer the question directly, but just smiled and said, "You will know when the time comes."
"You'll find out soon enough."
Although Li Muhan accepted the pendant, he did not wear it. He was not stupid enough to do whatever others asked him to do.
Under Lin Ze's leadership, he also visited various departments of the Special Management Bureau.
Except for some confidential intelligence departments, I visited places like the engineering department, human resources department, medical department, and logistics department.
This also made Li Muhan feel more and more that this Special Management Bureau seemed to have indeed received strong support from the country, and both human and material resources were quite sufficient.
"Then here comes the last thing."
In the restaurant of the Special Management Bureau, Lin Ze said while drinking coffee and looking at the two people sitting across from him at the table.
"Your guarantor, whether you join the Special Management Bureau or not, you must have a guarantor. Unfortunately, I'm already the guarantor for the person next to you, so..."
"Then I'll be his guarantor."
Before Lin Ze could continue, Xia Yue spoke first.
"Um......"
Lin Ze seemed to be thinking about something. She took a sip of coffee, but her eyes kept looking back and forth at the two of them.
"You two have sex, right?"
The sudden words scared Li Muhan.
"What?! No, that's not the case! We..."
He blushed and tried to defend himself, but when he thought about the night when he lost his memory...
Is it true that nothing happened and everything is innocent?
Well, even Li Muhan himself didn’t quite believe what he said.
"Xia Yue...that night..."
Seeing that Lin Ze was just looking at him and smiling without saying anything, Li Muhan became anxious and quickly looked at Xia Yue who was standing beside him.
When I turned around, I found Xia Yue with her head lowered and silent, and her face was already blushing with shame.
Wait! Why did Xia Yue react like this?
Could it be...
Xia Yue buried her head even lower, her face red to her ears. Li Muhan gave up thinking for the time being, but he must ask Xia Yue about this matter later.
When I'm unconscious...
"Okay, stop. I agree. You will be his guarantor. You two must live together from now on. Li Muhan, you cannot leave Xia Yue's sight for more than 24 hours, otherwise..."
Lin Ze smiled, and just when Li Muhan thought she was going to say something harsh, she suddenly looked at Xia Yue on the side and said.
"Otherwise, Xia Yue, you can reasonably suspect that he is cheating."
puff--
Li Muhan, who was drinking water to relieve his tension, suddenly spat it out.
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