Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 49

“The so-called demon evolution path splits into two branches starting from a puppet: becoming an anomaly or a ghost.”

“Anomaly takes the path of strengthening the body. The stronger the body, the more human souls it can devour and contain. The likelihood of an awareness resisting ‘instinctual corruption’ increases as well.”

“When such an awareness emerges, it means the anomaly is no longer a beast that only knows slaughter. It will use its intelligence to plunder more bloodlines, thereby evolving towards becoming a demon lord.”

“A demon lord is a demon that has delved deeply into the path of physical enhancement. Even the weakest demon lord can easily confront an army, requiring at least a fifth-grade supernatural to deal with.”

“Of course, the one you encountered this time, Yujing No. 3, is an extreme evolution of a demon lord, only a half-step away from becoming a demon god. With your strength, there’s no way you could defeat it, no matter how many times you try.”

“Well, I’m not that weak,” Cheng Jinyang said with a smile.

“I don’t believe you,” Ye Ru shrugged, “and I don’t care. You don’t need to explain to me.”

The two continued walking along the road. To prevent the other party from intervening in the connection state like Xie Guyan did, Cheng Jinyang had long since quietly lifted his demonization.

Recalling the key questions Miss Wang had asked him to remember before breaking contact, Cheng Jinyang steadied himself and asked, “Yujing No. 3, where does this name come from?”

“Stars,” Ye Ru answered concisely.

Cheng Jinyang was puzzled and continued to ask:

“Stars? What do you mean?”

“The source of power,” Ye Ru replied.

“Uh, be more specific.”

“The power of demon evolution comes from the stars,” Ye Ru looked at him speechlessly and added a few more words, “just like the source of supernatural abilities is star beasts.”

“Well, Ye Ru,” Cheng Jinyang had to be honest, “I don’t understand anything you’re saying from start to finish. Can you explain it to me in plain and simple language? Please, for Xiaoli’s sake?”

Ye Ru: …..

Forcing herself to suppress the urge to slap him to death, she slowly smiled gently and said, “Jinyang, you know there are many stars in the universe, right?”

“The sun is one of them. They continuously release energy into the universe. Light and heat are just the lowest forms of this energy, while higher forms… it’s very complicated to explain, and you wouldn’t understand. Let’s just call it star power.”

“Star power is a chaotic and difficult-to-utilize massive energy. Even after traveling extremely long distances, its energy intensity is still considerable. In the universe, there are other creatures called star beasts, migrating between stars like wild horses on a prairie.”

“They are vast in number and consume the primordial chaotic star power, then excrete fundamental laws like mass, time, and space, much like spiders weaving webs, causing the universe to continue expanding.”

“Then, at some point, a star beast died on Earth… uh, I can’t explain it exactly, but around a thousand years ago, Emperor Sima Zhongda discovered the star beast’s corpse in the deep sea and began researching its flesh and blood.”

“That’s how supernaturals and demons appeared. Supernatural abilities come from the impure star beast blood within you, allowing you to manipulate some simple laws. Demons take it a step further. We evolve ourselves by referencing star beasts, thereby more effectively absorbing star power.”

Cheng Jinyang was dumbfounded. It was the first time he had heard such secrets about the source of their powers.

“Then…” he wanted to say something but found himself speechless.

“You think I’m belittling humans and elevating demons?” Ye Ru sneered disdainfully. “Ha, look at how humans develop their supernatural abilities: ‘Bloodline concentration naturally increases with age.’ Yes, silently absorbing star power until the star beast blood within you is saturated. Can that be called development?”

“Your understanding and development of supernatural abilities is akin to early agricultural civilizations, just knowing to scatter seeds in the soil and letting them grow naturally. The growth of the crops entirely depends on the quality of the natural environment—that is, your physical constitution.”

“Some people happen to occupy more fertile land and thus consider themselves to have superior bloodlines. Frankly, reaching the third grade in this manner is already the ceiling for you humans. No matter how fertile the land, if you don’t develop it, it’s just waste.”

“I see,” Cheng Jinyang came to his senses and asked seriously, “Then, how can one develop their physical constitution?”

“You?” Ye Ru glanced at him sideways, “No chance.”

“Why not?”

“Because only females can become demons,” Ye Ru said earnestly. “Star beasts reproduce parthenogenetically; their species doesn’t have the concept of males, so human males can’t evolve towards star beasts.”

“Although your constitution is quite unusual, allowing you to enter this world and plunder demon blood energy… hmm, I don’t know why that is, but the difference between you and demons is too significant. Our evolution path may not apply to you.”

“Really?” Cheng Jinyang shook his head and said, “That’s too much, isn’t it? Isn’t this gender discrimination? Hearing this makes me so angry that I’m trembling, breaking out in a cold sweat despite the heat. Can the world get any worse? Hell is empty, and all the demons are here.”

“What nonsense are you spouting?” Ye Ru looked at him inexplicably. “There is no inherent fairness in this world, and attributing your current situation to gender is even more ridiculous.”

“You should think about how to explore a development path that suits you to become stronger, rather than daydreaming about ‘males becoming demons’ and freeloading on collective efforts. Such men are not only looked down upon by me but are also unworthy of Su Lili, understand?”

“You’re right,” Cheng Jinyang agreed repeatedly, thinking to himself: Males can’t become demons? Not necessarily.

Then he remembered Xie Guyan’s parting advice and couldn’t help but look troubled again.

“Ye Ru, do you know…” He was about to ask if she knew Xie Guyan when Ye Ru suddenly said sharply, “It’s here!”

As soon as she finished speaking, he saw that flat-chested demon leap from a distant rooftop, appearing before them in an instant, throwing a punch at Cheng Jinyang’s chest.

Then its severed arm flew away.

The demon retreated over twenty meters, clutching the broken wound on its right shoulder, looking at Ye Ru in shock—who was standing next to Cheng Jinyang with her right hand raised, fingers together in a sword-like gesture, smiling and saying, “Flat-chested freak, remember me?”

“You…” The other party spoke hoarsely, showing a confused and pained expression, “You seem familiar, who are you?”

“No matter how fast, it’s not faster than the distortion of space,” Ye Ru smiled.

“Remember?”

“You are… Beidou No. 4, Tianquan…” the demon muttered.

“Oh, you recognized me,” Ye Ru said with a smile. “I thought you wouldn’t remember, and I could kill you without any psychological burden. Didn’t expect you to recall… what, about to revive?”

“Almost,” the demon stepped back a few steps, its eyes gradually clearing. “Tianquan, I have no grudge against you, there’s no need to fight me here.”

“Oh?” Ye Ru cupped her chin and threatened, “But you killed my people. How do you plan to settle that?”

The demon looked at Cheng Jinyang beside her, surprised:

“You fell in love with a human man?”

“He’s my person, not my man!” Ye Ru hurriedly corrected.