Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 434 - 353: Will You Win?

Jiuyue’s experiment had failed.

Although Duan Mingyuan’s subconscious cognition could, to a certain extent, influence past history, such changes were not unbridled like wild horses; they must conform to certain limitations, at the very least maintaining a degree of plausibility within his own cognition.

The plan she had just tried to implement, to insert herself as "a love-sick girl during high school who had a crush on Senior Mingyuan," had failed because Duan Mingyuan’s subconscious did not recognize such a person at all.

But the clever Jiuyue was not disheartened by this.

"Well, Mr. Mingyuan, although I am not your school junior, this does not prevent me from being your childhood sweetheart by divine coincidence," she said.

When these two identities overlapped, she was invincible.

Jiuyue declared her victory internally.

"Divine coincidence? Childhood sweetheart?"

Duan Mingyuan exhibited a puzzled expression. He now suspected this little fox demon wasn’t really working seriously but was instead trying to infuse his subconscious with some strange notions.

Jiuyue was already prepared for this. "Childhood sweetheart refers to when we met as children, and you saved me from the evil clutches of the Department of Life Sciences; divine coincidence refers to the sudden encounter years later, after you had grown up," she explained.

When these two points were combined, anyone could easily imagine a story of a fox demon repaying a debt of gratitude.

Even someone as emotionally dense as Mr. Mingyuan was no exception.

"I know, but I didn’t call you here to do this," he said.

Duan Mingyuan touched his forehead but also reluctantly accepted Jiuyue’s theory. Those playful high school students entered his peripheral vision, making him suddenly feel that Jiuyue’s mentality wasn’t much different from that of those high schoolers, and it seemed she was of the type smitten with love.

However, the Fox Demon Chronicles also presented a similar viewpoint.

Fox demons are creatures that place a special emphasis on love, usually sticking by someone they have chosen persistently and indefinitely, such that folklore around various places narrates tales of fox demons interceding in reincarnation to tirelessly seek their partner’s new birthplace even after their partner’s death.

When these words were written in a book, they seemed to convey a profound mood and romance; but in today’s slang, it’s simply being super lovestruck, and it might even possess the potential for dangerously obsessive behavior.

"You called me here to do just this."

Jiuyue declared boldly. freewēbnoveℓ.com

On this matter, she had no intention of backing down, not even if Mr. Mingyuan grabbed her tail or pulled her ears.

"Mr. Mingyuan, haven’t you heard that if you keep pursuing the wrong clues, you are bound to reach the wrong conclusion?"

"Hm?"

"If your inner self starts to doubt its own identity, the subconscious will magnify it endlessly, similar to how if you initially assume someone is a villain. Subsequently, no matter what he does, he will appear very suspicious in your eyes," she said powerfully.

"Just like the middle-aged man at the school gate. He might just be an unrelated person, possibly an inspector disguised as a parent deeply investigating the hygiene of school gate vendors, or perhaps a kidnapper who targeted a wealthy student at your school and came here to scout, when he was looking at you. There were three students nearby you, one of whom was wearing sneakers that were $6900 brand merchandise."

If the past events were set in stone, they could, through interviews and investigation, peel away layers to find the correct answer out of countless possibilities.

But if the past could change with shifts in Duan Mingyuan’s perception, there would never be a correct answer.

Jiuyue straightened her chest; at this moment, she appeared as a true detective. "Which means, if your subconscious accepts the possibility that you are the ’Dark Mire,’ then everything you’ve seen along the way would continuously reinforce this idea."

She had already clearly recognized, despite Duan Mingyuan’s apparent disdain for those scholars’ theories, his inner self had already begun to waver.

This was why he would allow others to access his "deep memories."

However, Jiuyue’s first attempt had already ended in failure.

She had intended to make Duan Mingyuan discard the concepts of the "Dark Mire" and the "Royal Hunting Court," focusing instead on a romantically obsessed junior female; but she was rebutted by his subconscious.

But this also made Jiuyue realize the purpose of Duan Mingyuan choosing this memory.

According to Da Jiang’s description, he should have encountered the Royal Hunting Court Hunters who were investigating the abandoned construction site that afternoon, but for some reason, he altered these details.

As a result, Da Jiang could only vaguely remember that the squad of hunters was completely wiped out. What he encountered in the abandoned building and what he was there for became eternal mysteries.

Next, she needed to explain each of these questions to Mr. Mingyuan.

The consciousness of the Void Demon had already taken a step ahead of her.

It had provided a viable explanation to the subconscious mind of Duan Mingyuan.

The middle-aged man who seemed to be a hunter that he encountered at the school gate suggested that Duan Mingyuan was already under surveillance by the Royal Hunting Court. If one were to continue along this line of thought...

The true target of the Royal Hunting Court Hunters was not the evil spirit at the abandoned site, but Duan Mingyuan himself; they had noticed Duan Mingyuan’s strange behaviors and had followed him to the abandoned construction site.

Perhaps the hunters had sensed the demon residing within this high school student’s body, and a clash ensued, resulting in the complete annihilation of the hunters at the construction site. The Void Demon residing within Duan Mingyuan altered his perception to cover up the incident, and in the newly formed memories, the Royal Hunting Court Hunters he encountered at the abandoned construction site were not them but rather the evil spirit later noted in his notebook. It led to a severe and unprecedented battle there.

Jiuyue had thought this as well.

The moment she began to doubt the identity of the middle-aged man, the seed was already planted in her heart.

Ding-dong—

The sound of the subway arriving at its stop rang out, and Duan Mingyuan, who was holding his notebook in a corner of the car, looked up at the station’s information, closed his notebook, and walked out of the car carrying a messenger bag.

The night had fallen exceptionally early today. As they exited the subway station, the sky outside had completely darkened.

Perhaps due to the recent ghost stories, the street near the abandoned construction site was empty, hardly a few pedestrians in sight. Coincidentally, as the pair stepped out of the station, a black sedan drove past them, heading straight into the night ahead.

The abandoned construction site was just ahead.

In later notes, there dwelled an evil spirit close to completing its Nesting there.

The high school version of Duan Mingyuan also faced the toughest battle of his life there.

"What are you thinking about?"

Suddenly, Duan Mingyuan’s voice came from beside her.

The thoughtful Jiuyue turned her head and seriously replied, "I am concocting a story."

She had fully understood the significance of this journey.

"Concocting a story?"

"It’s a storytelling contest."

She, joining midway, had directly entered the finals, facing an unprecedentedly powerful opponent.

As those people said, the Void Demon was perhaps the best at manipulation.

"If you just blurt it out, the effect would be greatly diminished," Duan Mingyuan casually reminded.

"Mr. Mingyuan, haven’t you heard? Sincerity is the lethal hit."

Jiuyue clenched her right fist, her posture one of absolute resolve for the championship.

"Will we win?"

"We will win!"

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