In the Middle Yuan City Special Affairs Administration.
"Lao Lu! Lao Lu!"
"You've been sitting here for the whole day, what are you looking at?"
Pang Long stretched his hand in front of Lu Jia Nian, shaking it hard.
Since returning from Zhou Qi's grandmother's house.
Lu Jia Nian locked herself in the office and did not allow any disturbance.
Upon seeing that Lu Jia Nian didn't emerge all day, Pang Long directly kicked in the door, and he saw Lu Jia Nian holding a photo in her hand, lost in thought.
"You think, can Zhou Qi do it?"
Lu Jia Nian held a photograph of herself and her sister Lu Nian Wei in her hand, her eyes full of bloodshotness.
"Zhou Qi?"
Pang Long was taken aback at first, and upon seeing the image in the photograph, he fell silent instantly as well.
Thoughts went back to 8 years ago.
Eight years ago, both Pang Long and Lu Jia Nian, who were orphans, had already become members of the Special Affairs Administration.
Pang Long was an abandoned child from the orphanage.
Lu Jia Nian and Lu Nian Wei, on the other hand, were pitiful orphans whose parents had died early on and were forced to move into an orphanage from their happy home.
Due to the special nature of their work, they often could not return home on time.
On the birthday of Xiao Lu Nianwei eight years ago, both were unable to return home due to being on business trips and investigating cases, and they cruelly missed her birthday, which consequently led to a major disaster.
A major disaster that no one could have anticipated!
No one could have imagined that a demon-like creature would set its sights on a mere six-year-old child.
Back then, the innocent and naive Lu Nianwei inadvertently accepted a gift from the demon, and as a result, that damned demon had sown the seeds of darkness within her.
After that day, Lu Nianwei's mind was haunted by a kind old grandmother, a demon wearing human skin!
The demon constantly lured Lu Nianwei towards despair, and every time she felt hopeless, the demon would spawn a new personality, pretending to give Lu Nianwei hope once again.
From then on, the young mind oscillated continuously between despair and new beginnings, tirelessly providing the demon with an endless supply of demonic energy.
Lu Jia Nian and Pang Long discovered this when Lu Nian Wei was ten years old.
When they brought a cake full of surprises to celebrate Lu Nian Wei's tenth birthday, they suddenly realized that beside her, there were 8 unfamiliar figures that no one knew.
The caution cultivated in the Special Affairs Administration prevented Lu Jia Nian and Pang Long from casually exposing their intentions, and instead, they secretly conducted various investigations.
The deeper they delved into the investigation, the more shocked they felt, and the more hopeless it became.
When Lu Jia Nian realized that all the beings beside Lu Nian Wei were demons, she experienced a sense of despair for the first time.
And this taste of despair was one that her young sister had endured for no less than 14 times!
The only way to solve a demon is to rely on the power of divine punishment.
Therefore, Lu Jia Nian became even more dedicated to participating in every mission, trying to find the upcoming evolution of the demon race, or perhaps the ghost race or spirit race that had committed grievous massacres.
But no matter how hard Lu Jia Nian searched, she could not find an appropriate candidate.
Moreover, due to the unpredictable nature of lightning, Lu Jia Nian does not know how to handle the situation appropriately.
Last night when encountering the black-robed man, as soon as Lu Jia Nian saw him about to trigger a lightning strike.
The reason Lu Jia Nian was so resolute and unhesitant.
The reason Pang Long was so obedient and compliant.
All of it stemmed from the two of them harboring a sense of guilt.
One is determined to sacrifice their life for precise measurement.
One intends to spend the rest of their life bearing the responsibility of a brother.
Then the black-robed man successfully crossed the trials at the Ghost Gate.
When Lu Jia Nian reached the point of total despair.
Zhou Qi once again brought Lu Jia Nian a glimmer of hope.
It turns out that there are people who have mastered the power of divine punishment!
This is simply a gift given by heaven to him!
A gift specifically meant for him to make up for his regrets!
"I think she should be able to do it! Yesterday, she definitely wasn't the first time using the power of divine punishment. We can talk to her about it."
"If we're honest, she should be willing to help!"
Pang Long was silent for a moment and clenched his fist.
"Whether she's willing or not, I'll do whatever it takes to gain her help."
Lu Jia Nian didn't care about Zhou Qi's thoughts; he only cared about whether Zhou Qi could accomplish this matter.
He's willing to exchange one life for another if necessary!
"Alright, don't underestimate her. She's at least a nurse sister, so she should have some sympathy!"
"Don't look anymore, just go back and get some sleep. Wait until tomorrow when Zhou Qi comes, I'll go with you to beg her!"
Pang Long poked Lu Jia Nian's forehead, trying to persuade him to go home and sleep.
"I can't do that. I have to stay here and wait for her to arrive. If I can't talk to her face-to-face at the earliest opportunity, what's the difference from the past?"
Lu Jia Nian shook his head resolutely.
8 years ago, he missed a birthday and thus started his sister's life in hell.
Now, he doesn't want to miss anything else.
He must wait for Zhou Qi's arrival in person.
"Then we can give her a call?"
Pang Long seeing that he couldn't persuade his brother, proposed.
"No, such matters must be discussed in person. And I'm afraid that if I let her come too early, it might cause her to have a rebellious attitude, so I will wait."
After a whole day of sitting and waiting, Lu Jia Nian had even prepared for Zhou Qi to refuse.
"Alright, I'll come with you!"
Pang Long pulled a chair over and sat down.
The office lights swayed, and the two of them sat together, staring at the photo in a daze.
...
At the mental hospital in Middle Yuan City.
Room 410.
The old woman, a demon in disguise with her thirteen servants, slowly surrounded Xu Shi Lu and Zhou Qi.
"The scariest thing about demons is that they don't have a specific standard for cultivation. Whether you can defeat them depends solely on how firm your will is."
"Once they find an opportunity, it's not far from death!"
Xu Shi Lu quickly introduced Zhou Qi about the characteristics of the demon race.
Demons are versatile and grow stronger in the face of adversity, so they don't need to have a specific level of cultivation power.
Only those with firm willpower can resist the invasion of demons and defeat them.
"The fourteen demons mean you have to resist fourteen temptations. You must hold on!"
"If you really can't handle it, don't worry about that little girl. Just summon the lightning to strike her!"
Just as the demon reached out, Xu Shi Lu warned Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi couldn't respond to Xu Shi Lu's warning in time, and she felt an inexplicable sense of endless sorrow in her heart.
The next second, the scene changed.
Zhou Qi was suddenly transported from Room 410 to her grandmother's house.
"Come out and meet everyone. This is the child of the third son, and he will live with us from now on!"
This was when Zhou Qi first came to her grandmother's house. Her grandmother had taken her away from the altar of her parents and brought her back to their rural hometown.
In order to help Zhou Qi quickly adapt to the family, her grandmother called out everyone in the household and wanted Zhou Qi to recognize them.
"This is your Uncle, this is your Uncle, this is your Aunt, this is your Aunt..."
