Chapter 1 Handheld Evil Thoughts

The evil thought entity trapped in the lunchbox was still struggling, probably jumping around, because the lunchbox was bouncing around on the coffee table with great energy. Dou Dou, who was watching, suddenly got excited and ran over to bounce with the lunchbox.

She probably thought it was her new toy after the data terminal.

And "Gun" was squatting next to the coffee table with wide eyes, keeping watch: she still insisted that she had caught a mouse just now, and felt that the mouse in the lunchbox was her trophy, so at this time she was not blinking to prevent the trophy from running away.

The others, however, didn't have time to slack off and tease the cat, they were discussing Vivian's sudden split.

According to the time of the evil thought entity's birth as judged by the data terminal, the most likely explanation now is that Vivian has just undergone a split, but this split is completely different from what Hao Ren has been investigating. Not to mention that what came out was a small fry only the size of a palm, who couldn't even beat Gun and Dou Dou, even Vivian herself—she seemed to be unaffected at all.

"Are you sure this is what Vivian split off recently?" Hao Ren was still a little suspicious. He glanced at the enamel lunchbox shaking on the coffee table, and reached out to poke the data terminal, "Vivian has been with us all the time these past two days."

The data terminal shook its body: "It can correspond in terms of time, this is the only explanation."

Vivian frowned slightly. The matter of self-splitting has been a long-standing hidden worry in her heart. She has always been worried about the day when she can't control her power again and release a new evil thought entity. But when this matter really happened today, she fell into a huge bewilderment: "I don't feel anything, there has been nothing unusual these past two days... According to the previous rules, shouldn't I fall into a sleep of about a century when I split, and fall into a manic state before splitting? And after the split, there will be severe amnesia and loss of power..."

Before Hao Ren could analyze it, Lily, with her exquisite mind, had already jumped up: "This is easy to explain. Usually what you split off is such a big lump, but this time the amount you split off doesn't seem to be as much as a period..."

Without saying a word, Vivian threw an ice cube at the husky's face: "No one will think you're mute if you don't talk!"

Hao Ren watched this scene with a cold sweat, and forcibly swallowed the sentence "I think that makes sense" that was in his throat...

At this time, Nangong Sanba suddenly remembered something and looked up at the corner: "By the way, where does that mouse hole lead to?"

"I really don't know," Hao Ren scratched his head, "This house has been around for more than 20 years... May, please help me check it out."

Nangong Wuyue casually summoned a stream of water to explore into the mouse hole. After a while, she showed a surprised expression on her face: "Oh, this hole seems to lead to the basement, right where Vivian usually sleeps."

"Then it seems that Vivian did split while sleeping," Hao Ren looked at the vampire girl beside him with a tangled face, "I just don't know why, this time she split off such a thing."

While everyone was blindly discussing in a fog, the sound of opening the door came from the direction of the entrance, followed by Elizabeth's energetic and loud shout that flew into the house: "Uncle Ren, Uncle Ren! I'm back, what are we eating for lunch... Eh? What are you all doing?"

It was Izhaks and his son who had gone out to collect waste products and returned home. Elizabeth was the first to rush in and saw a large group of people surrounding the coffee table with serious faces. The little girl was startled on the spot, and Izhaks, who was like an iron tower behind her, also showed a surprised expression when he saw the situation in the house, but soon focused his eyes on the lunchbox in the center of the coffee table.

It wasn't that he sensed any aura inside that thing, but that he had never seen a lunchbox bounce so fast...

"Vivian split," Hao Ren said concisely, "The split body is in this lunchbox."

The old demon looked confused: "What?"

Ten minutes later, the ins and outs of this bizarre incident were explained clearly, and Izhaks and his son also participated in the discussion. Elizabeth held the lunchbox with a curious face: "Can I take a look?"

Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other and nodded: "Be careful, prevent her from running away—although that little thing can't run fast either."

Elizabeth hummed, carefully peeled off the transparent tape wrapped around the lunchbox, then held a screwdriver in one hand (I don't know why she took out a screwdriver), and slowly lifted the lid of the lunchbox with the other hand.

Almost at the moment the lid was lifted, a small black figure darted out from inside and fell onto the coffee table with a thud.

The palm-sized mini-Vivian rolled on the tabletop, then got up on all fours and started to make threatening "hissing haha" sounds, and immediately saw Elizabeth, who was holding the screwdriver and was closest to her. She immediately pounced over, and at the same time raised her hand to throw a black and red arrow of venomous blood, without hesitation in her attack.

The arrow of venomous blood hit Elizabeth's small horn (it seems that even this rookie evil thought entity's aim wasn't very good). This time, not to mention breaking the skin, the little demon didn't even feel anything. She was just slightly startled, and then conveniently pressed the mini-Vivian who was pouncing towards her with the screwdriver, and began to study her curiously.

Izhaks stroked his chin and watched this scene with interest: "In terms of power and aura, it is indeed very similar to the 'evil spirits' we dealt with before, but it's not generally weak. By the way, Vivian, did you feel any loss of power or memory problems after this split?"

Vivian had been asked this question several times. This time, she tried hard to think for a long time before finally nodding a little uncertainly: "If I have to say... I seemed to be a little weak when I got up this morning, but basically it's the same as not sleeping well. As for memory loss... I don't know about that."

"Oh, right, Bat, you said you were going to stew spareribs for me for lunch today!" Lily suddenly shouted, "It's already half past eleven! Are you still going to stew them?"

"When did I say I was going to stew spareribs for you?" Vivian looked blank.

Lily pinched her chin and nodded, her face full of solving the case: "Well, it seems that this is the memory that Bat lost."

Hao Ren and Vivian said in unison: "Get out! Don't make trouble!"

"I'm not making trouble, meow! When are you going to return the mouse I caught?"

"...It's none of your business either."

"Wait, I have an idea," Just when everyone's discussion about Vivian's split was becoming more and more imaginative and unfocused, Nangong Sanba suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that the amulet given by the goddess weakened the impact of this split?"

"Amulet?" Hao Ren was stunned at first, because he had completely forgotten about it, but Vivian was obviously particularly concerned about every amulet on her body, she immediately took out a silver-white feather-shaped pendant from her close-fitting place.

This was exactly what Raven 12345 had given her, which was used to alleviate her usual symptoms of lethargy and amnesia.

At this moment, this amulet was emitting a faint white light and releasing bursts of warmth. Vivian immediately judged from the amulet's condition that this thing had been activated once recently.

"I'm afraid that's the reason..." After recalling the origin of this amulet, Hao Ren instantly felt that his thoughts became clear, and the reason for the strange situation was easily solved:

Vivian did have a split last night, she fell asleep, lost a little bit of power, and perhaps really lost a little bit of memory (maybe the spareribs that Lily wanted were real), and at the same time created an evil spirit clone with violent tendencies, but this time her split process was completely harmless by the blessing from the goddess!

However, after figuring out these things, he felt a cold sweat breaking out with lingering fear: What if Vivian wasn't wearing the amulet?

I'm afraid the fun would be huge!

Everyone thought of this possibility, and Vivian's face also turned bad: "I thought I would have at least one or two centuries before I fell asleep next time... I didn't expect it to come so soon. Fortunately, I have the amulet this time, otherwise... After waking up..."

The more she thought about it, the more afraid she became, and she couldn't help looking around. This lively family, this unprecedented place of residence, she almost lost these things today.

Hao Ren noticed Vivian's wavering, so he reached out and held the other's cold hand: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, isn't it all right? The sleep problem that we were most worried about has passed without any danger, and you can at least feel at ease for several centuries next."

Vivian took a long breath and showed a smile: "Yeah, I'm a little nervous."

After comforting her, Hao Ren stood up: "In short, although the evil thought entity that came out this time is not a threat, this matter still needs to be told to Raven 12345. Elizabeth, stop playing, I'll take this... little thing to see the goddess. Lily, I'll continue to borrow your lunchbox for a while."