Anger +2.

Anger +1.

In a back alley off a street near the university, Li Cheng颐's figure suddenly materialized in the shadows, crouching down quietly.

The Jointed Filigree Flower Scale Armor on his body quickly receded, reverting to his usual plain T-shirt and pants.

He stood up.

Outside on the street, university students were performing street dance, dressed in flamboyant outfits, seemingly doing a fan event for some anime.

The music and occasional bursts of laughter completely masked his movements from just now.

‘Only three points, pathetic slug.’ Li Cheng颐 had originally hoped to absorb more malice, but alas.

Taking out his phone, he leaned against the cold wall and dialed Rainbow Candy's number.

"Hello, you can lift the block."

"No problem." Rainbow Candy seemed to be eating something, her response slightly muffled.

"So, how's your force field generator?" she asked.

"I'll need you to send an anonymous email to my advisor," Li Cheng颐 said. "The fact that Wang Long was the one who reported it still needs to be mentioned. As for my force field generator, the school probably won't hold it up anymore."

"You guessed right. Your advisor bought it in his name, so the legal procedure is impeccable. Who would refuse money?" Rainbow Candy laughed, "Everyone involved didn't want to obstruct it, only that idiot foolishly ran to report it. It's hilarious. By the way, guess what I found?"

"What?"

"That Wang Long has reported your advisor more than once, and also reported many other students in the school! This guy is a habitual offender!" Rainbow Candy chuckled.

"Tsk tsk..." Li Cheng颐 was speechless.

"How about I publish it all?" Rainbow Candy said mischievously, "This guy also ruined the professional promotion process for a local big group's heir. The heir slightly used some back channels, but he secretly exposed it and it was gone. This kid is too funny. His phone is full of everything!"

"Can you send it to me?" Li Cheng颐 immediately became interested.

"Sure, I got it for free anyway. What are you going to do with it?" Rainbow Candy asked.

"What do you think?" A hint of a smile appeared on Li Cheng颐's lips. "It's better not to publish it. I like kids with handles like this the most..."

"Tsk, nasty enough, but I like it!" Rainbow Candy laughed even louder.

He hung up the phone.

Li Cheng颐 walked out of the alley.

Swoosh!

A red short sword flew past over his head in an instant, shooting towards the distant night sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Li Cheng颐 smiled, lowered his head, and merged into the crowd bathed in colored light, blending into this bustling night market like all the other students and passersby.

The next day.

Nuclear Armor Research Institute.

"What? Senior Wang Long was attacked?!" Li Cheng颐 and Tang Yuwei both looked shocked.

"This is Long'an City! Even though it's declining now, it's still a top-tier Fei Yi Shi (Flying Ritualist) institution in the country. Who is so bold and capable to cause trouble here?" Tang Yuwei's mouth was wide open, "The school's students often help patrol and maintain security. The security coefficient here is several times higher than in other cities!"

"So how is Senior Wang Long now? How badly was he injured?" Li Cheng颐 quickly asked seriously.

"Alas, he didn't die, but he has severe internal bleeding and half his bones are broken. It was a terrible sight. He definitely would have died if he was found a few minutes later," Tang Zhiwei sighed.

"People from the Security Department said the attacker was a lunatic, claiming he attacked Wang Long because he liked to sleep naked."

"...That's definitely not the reason, probably just a random excuse," Tang Yuwei said in a deep voice.

"Everyone knows it's made up, but the key is how did this attacker get into the school? The school's surveillance is layered and extremely strict. Modified humans, Fei Yi Shi (Flying Ritualists), gene-enhanced humans, none can escape the surveillance without blind spots. How did this person get in?" Tang Zhiwei shook his head.

"The current clues have begun to point to teachers and students within the school. Because there are no traces of outsiders entering."

Li Cheng颐 and Tang Yuwei were both speechless.

"Senior Wang is too unlucky... this is really, humans have unpredictable fortunes," Li Cheng颐 sighed.

"That's right, luckily medicine is advanced now, even if the brain is damaged, it can be healed. It's just that his force field generator worth millions was destroyed before he even had time to use it. It's simply..." Tang Zhiwei sighed again.

"Can we visit Senior now?" Tang Yuwei asked.

"He's still in the hospital's intensive care unit, so no visits are allowed. His family is with him," Tang Zhiwei replied.

The three of them sighed for a while, no one expected such a thing to happen suddenly.

After chatting about the possible identity of the attacker, Tang Zhiwei changed the topic to Li Cheng颐's custom-made force field generator.

"By the way, Xiao Yi, the generator you wanted has arrived, it was just delivered. Because of your Dead-Angle Person (Si Jiao Ren) status, you shouldn't be able to buy it, but the restrictions on this kind of defensive equipment aren't as strict as for professional Fei Yi (Flyers), so I ordered it for you in my name."

"Thank you so much, Advisor!" Li Cheng颐's face immediately showed emotion.

"You don't have to be so polite, after all, you are my student, so I have to help with this small favor. It's not easy for you Dead-Angle People (Si Jiao Ren)," Tang Zhiwei sighed.

"Dead-Angle Person (Si Jiao Ren)?" Tang Yuwei said in surprise from the side, obviously she only just found out.

Li Cheng颐 explained his situation to her in detail, which immediately made Tang Yuwei look at him with much gentler eyes.

The three chatted about the country's attitude and corresponding policies towards Dead-Angles, until it was almost lunchtime, when Li Cheng颐 left the Nuclear Armor Research Institute with the Level Four Force Field Generator.

Back at his residence.

He closed the doors and windows, drew the curtains, and went to the basement alone.

From an exquisite packaging box, he took out this powerful defensive equipment worth tens of millions.

In terms of appearance, the Level Four Force Field Generator was shaped like a black flashlight.

One end was thick and the other was thin, the surface of the thick end was surrounded by some white lettering.

There was a circle of red fluorescent lines in the middle, dividing the entire generator into two parts.

Li Cheng颐 found the manual and looked through it.

Then he held the thin end of the generator, pressing his finger on the red fluorescent line.

"Fingerprint recognition in progress..."

"Life Comprehensive Field recording in progress..."

A sweet female voice sounded.

"Binding complete. Welcome to use the Weibang Automatic Auxiliary Safety System. Do you want to activate the force field?"

Li Cheng颐 calmed down.

"Activate."

Buzz!

In an instant, he clearly felt as if a layer of glass cover was covering him.

This cover did not affect his actions at all. The magical thing was that when he stretched out his hand, the cover also deformed like a fluid, covering his hand and extending out.

'This is the Level Four Force Field?'

Li Cheng颐 thought.

Suddenly, the fusion form of the Wisteria Flower Scale Armor silently emerged.

As soon as the flower scale armor appeared, it quickly merged with the force field shield.

Both were silent and motionless. If Li Cheng颐 himself could not feel the existence of the flower scale armor, he would probably think that these two layers of protection did not exist at all.

'Next, I should test the strength.'

He took out his phone and sent a text message to the team AI, Rose.

Soon.

The information automatically replied.

"Surrounding signals have been disguised and shielded."

"No signal transmitter exists."

"Basic scanning complete, no recording lens exists."

After confirming that this thing had no recording function, and confirming that it could fuse with his own flower scale armor.

Li Cheng颐 then turned off the force field and put it away.

The energy block had to be replaced every time it was used. Although it was a bit wasteful, it had to be tested before use, otherwise, if it could not be fused when needed, it would be an accident.

He had to go back and ask Rainbow Candy and the others to help check this thing to see if there were any other tricks inside.

Such as recording various surrounding data.

So he couldn't rashly use other obvious supernatural abilities for the time being.

‘Next, I should slowly become familiar with Tang Yuwei, and purchase higher-level equipment Fei Yi (Flyers) through her. This can’t be rushed.’

They had only known each other for a short time, and all aspects were immature.

So Li Cheng颐's core was still on absorbing malice.

‘Among malice, the easiest to obtain are still murderous intent, anger, and fear. The others are much more troublesome in comparison.’

Li Cheng颐 thought to himself.

‘And among murderous intent, anger, and fear, fear has the greatest breadth. As long as you scare people, you will get fear.’

‘Just like when Dead-Angle People (Si Jiao Ren) encounter danger in Dead-Angles. As long as people are unable to resist danger, they will generate the emotion of fear. It has great intensity, is easy to obtain, and should be the easiest malice to acquire.’

Thinking of this, Li Cheng颐 involuntarily focused his gaze on a metal cage in the corner.

In the cage, there was a ferocious gray-black giant rat about the size of a kitten.

He had previously ignored the significant reduction in intelligence after the xenomorphosis, which led to the丑恶化 (chou e hua - uglified) creature being impossible to control.

'Fear... fear...' Li Cheng颐 muttered in his heart, thinking about how to quickly and effectively acquire this emotion.

Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind.

'Perhaps, it can be like this... The absorption range of malice is within thirty meters around. Then...'

Early the next morning, Li Cheng颐 asked his advisor for a long vacation and left Long'an.

Anyway, he had already achieved half of his purpose here. Next was to grind time and become familiar with Tang Yuwei. As long as he contacted her from time to time, that would be enough.

He could freely arrange the rest of the time.

This time, he planned to completely solve the uncertain absorption situation of malice.

Back in Suiyang, this was his base.

Li Cheng颐 quickly began to purchase various props and costumes he needed.

Then, in the bustling downtown area, he rented an open space next to a shopping mall.

In half a day, a small black and red tent was set up.

Outside the tent, a sign was hung: Terror Magic. Admission ten yuan per person.

This was an attempt, a legal attempt that fully complied with the rules.

Li Cheng颐 approached the shopping mall, asking them to help promote and draw traffic for a day, and he also paid an additional 300,000 yuan for the traffic draw.

Then he found people from the city's circus, bought ready-made temporary tents, and pulled some people from Mingyuan over to help.

In just half a day, a rough magic performance tent was set up.

Next, was how to make people feel fear.

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Inside the eerie tent.

Streams of pale blue light shone on the stage at the very back. That was the only light source.

Below, in the area directly facing the stage, dozens of simple black metal chairs were placed.

At this time, led by staff, a dozen people were sparsely seated among them.

Some of these people were carrying shopping bags, obviously just finished shopping.

Some were couples huddled together.

Some were friends who had just finished dinner, coming together to see something new.

But no matter who they were, those who could enter here came for the two elements of fear and magic.

Zhou Xingtong stood in the corner, quietly observing the scene.

She completely couldn't understand her boss's train of thought, suddenly smacking his head and wanting to come and do some kind of terror magic?

And spending so much manpower and financial resources, could this be the quirks of the rich?

But no matter what, she, as a secretary, only needed to do her job well.

‘I just don’t know what this terror magic means?’ In fact, she also had a hint of expectation in her heart.

Watching magic was always easier than the boring routine of running around doing errands every day.

(End of this chapter)