"Xiaoyuan, I'm going back to the provincial capital tomorrow. You still have two months before school starts. Do you want to come with me first?"
In the living room, the two siblings sat on the milky white cushioned sofa. Jiang Yue asked in a soft tone.
Jiang Yuan was taken aback: "So soon? Shouldn't your school be on summer break too?"
"I'm going to be a senior soon, and I need to do an internship."
Jiang Yue replied: "I originally asked for leave to come back for your birthday, but with this incident happening, I've already delayed for a few days. I need to go back."
Pausing for a moment, she continued: "The university you're going to is also in the provincial capital. Why don't you come with me to the provincial capital? I can rent a house for you first, and we'll talk about it when school starts."
In normal circumstances, Jiang Yuan should have gone with his sister.
Now that he had gained his sister's trust, he could also avoid Aunt Wang and the security guards.
But the key was that he didn't dare!
Under normal circumstances, the gods needed to be worshipped every day.
Just this one time today had reduced his spirit by 14 points. If it happened again, how could he handle it?
And while it would be safe to follow his sister, the problem was that the survival point rewards would also be less.
Without thinking too long, Jiang Yuan said: "No, sister."
"I'll stay at home first. I'll come find you when school is about to start."
Jiang Yue stared at Jiang Yuan for a moment, then nodded slightly: "That's fine too."
"But remember, you must worship the Merciful Saint God every day, and you must go at least once a week."
"Also, in a month, there will be a Faith Ceremony held by the Merciful God's Son in the provincial capital. You must go then!"
"The Faith Ceremony is something everyone can only experience once in their lifetime. It's also the greatest opportunity for ordinary believers to become fanatical believers."
"Isn't your goal to become a fanatical believer of the Merciful Saint God? Then you can't miss this opportunity."
Jiang Yuan was overjoyed: "In a month? I definitely will go!"
Only then did Jiang Yue feel relieved and said: "Good, it's getting late. Let's go rest."
"I'll leave early tomorrow morning. Take good care of yourself at home. I'll transfer some money to you later. Let me know if you run out."
"Okay, thank you, sister."
Back in his room, Jiang Yuan indeed received a transfer of 20,000 yuan.
Their family wasn't very wealthy, but they had some small money.
Also, although he had transmigrated into this body, he looked exactly the same as the original owner, even their fingerprints were the same.
So the original owner's phone password, bank card password, etc., were all no obstacle to him.
Jiang Yuan didn't rest after returning to his room.
His sister was leaving tomorrow. He wasn't sure if staying at home alone was an impulsive decision.
For now, Jiang Yuan believed that staying here was the best choice.
If he went with his sister, he would almost certainly be eroded by the demon god's power.
Not going with her, Aunt Wang and the security guards were indeed a threat, but...
Jiang Yuan bet that they weren't fanatical believers!
He definitely couldn't beat a fanatical believer.
But fanatical believers were extremely rare. Moreover, Jiang Yuan didn't believe that they would attack him without being 100% sure that he was a heretic.
Without being 100% sure that he was a heretic, even if they sacrificed him, they would suffer backlash. He believed no one would dare to take this risk easily.
As long as he didn't reveal any flaws during this time, it should... be fine!
As for the idea of killing Aunt Wang, the security guards, etc., to get a massive reward of survival points, that was for the future.
Right now, he was too weak. He needed to increase his various attributes first.
He only thought about it for a moment before starting to feel a bit sleepy.
The side effects of the massive decrease in spirit were fully apparent.
Thinking about it, he didn't rush to rest. He turned off all the lights in the room, then turned on his phone's camera again, pretending to be playing with his phone, and continued to take photos of the area below.
Unfortunately, it was too dark, and the screen was blurry.
Actually, Jiang Yuan wanted to see if the old security guard had come. During the day, only the young security guard should be there. He didn't know if the surveillance of him was the young security guard's personal action, a joint decision with the old security guard, or...
A decision from the entire security bureau.
Since he couldn't see anything, he stopped looking.
Putting away his phone, he lay down on the bed and started sleeping to recover his spirit.
...
"Xiaoyuan, remember the Merciful Saint God's Faith Ceremony in a month. Don't forget!"
At the high-speed rail station, Jiang Yue instructed this, then waved her hand and said: "Bye, I'm going in."
Jiang Yuan smiled and waved goodbye to his sister. Only after her figure disappeared did he let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Standing there thinking for a moment, he turned around and took a taxi away from the high-speed rail station.
About half an hour later.
Jiang Yuan walked out of a weapon store.
Yes.
A weapon store.
Perhaps because there were fanatical believers who mastered supernatural powers in this world, this country didn't prohibit any weapons except for firearms.
You could buy swords, spears, any weapon you wanted. You could even bring them to high-speed trains, planes, schools, and other places without any problems.
Correspondingly, all security guards in this world were equipped with guns, and they would immediately shoot if they found you behaving dangerously.
Jiang Yuan went into the weapon store to buy a weapon, of course.
He bought a knife, a long, thin one similar to the Tang sword or Miao dao from Earth.
In this world, it was called a 'straight knife'.
In this dangerous and evil world, it was necessary to buy a weapon for self-defense.
Taking a taxi, he went straight home.
By the time he got back to the neighborhood, Jiang Yuan no longer felt like someone was watching him in secret.
He didn't know if it was because no one was watching him in secret anymore, or if it was a side effect of his decreased spirit.
He guessed it was the latter.
Compared to other attributes, the spirit attribute was undoubtedly the most important.
When he got home this time, he didn't encounter Aunt Wang again. What made him even more confused was that he didn't see the old black car in the open-air parking lot either.
"Did they give up after knowing I performed the worship ceremony?"
In his bedroom, after using his phone camera to search several times and confirming there was no sign of the young security guard, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but guess.
Then he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
Drawing his straight knife, he began practicing slashing in the living room.
Whether it was useful or not, at least it gave him peace of mind.
Anyway, Jiang Yuan had made up his mind not to go out at all during these days.
The survival points might be few, but they would accumulate. Ten days would be 30 points, a month would be 90 points.
He would pile up his spirit again first. After all, he didn't know what the Faith Ceremony in a month was, but he guessed it was probably another ritual where the demon god would descend with magical power and he would need to resist erosion.
He didn't know if he would be able to withstand it then...
...
The whole day passed.
Jiang Yuan stayed at home without going out.
When he was hungry, he ordered takeout. When he was tired, he used his phone to surf the internet to learn more about this world.
In the evening, Jiang Yuan went back to his room to get clothes to take a shower.
But suddenly his gaze froze.
A paper airplane had somehow flown into the room and was trembling with the breeze from outside the window.
Jiang Yuan's face instantly turned dark. He walked over and unfolded it.
Sure enough, it was exactly the same content as yesterday's paper airplane!
Heretic, heretic! You can't escape! Admit it! Admit that you're a heretic! You can't fool me! You definitely won't escape my grasp! I'm going to sacrifice you! You're mine, you're mine!!!
"Damn it, crazy, all of them are crazy!"
Jiang Yuan was furious and tore the paper airplane to pieces.
But then he collapsed onto the bed, feeling extremely exhausted from the powerlessness of being in constant danger but unable to do anything about it.
"It should... just be scare tactics, trying to scare me into revealing my flaws."
Jiang Yuan frowned as he thought about his current situation: "Otherwise, they wouldn't send paper airplanes. They would just attack directly."
"Forget it, let them be crazy... When I become stronger, I'll kill them all, kill them all!"
Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth and snorted, then took his change of clothes and went to take a shower.
Time passed slowly.
Everything seemed calm.
At around eleven o'clock at night, Jiang Yuan was lying in bed using his phone to continue browsing information about the demon gods in this world. Sleepiness overcame him, and he drifted off to sleep.
He didn't know how much time had passed.
In a half-dream, half-awake state, that feeling of being watched returned, and this time it was!
Thinking he was just too scared and having a dream, hely rolled over, opened his eyes a small crack, glanced casually, then closed them again to continue sleeping.
But the next second—
"Fuck!!!"
Like being electrocuted, Jiang Yuan rolled several times on the bed, pressing himself tightly against the wall. His eyes were wide open in terror as he stared at the head of the bed.
In an instant, Jiang Yuan's face turned as white as a sheet.
At some point.
By his bed, to be precise, right at the head of his bed.
More precisely.
What he had just seen when he opened his eyes was a cold, grinning face facing him!
The young security guard didn't know how he got in or when he came in.
At this moment, he was squatting at the head of his bed, face to face with him, only a few centimeters apart!
A pair of eyes full of malice, madness, and excitement.
Staring fixedly at him.