Chapter 1 Untangling Vivian's Split

There were still many mysteries surrounding the root cause of Vivian's split, but at least Hao Ren was certain of one thing: this was definitely not part of the Creator Goddess's original plan.

After all, the Creator Goddess created Vivian to be the "guide" for the ultimate amnesty plan, and the split phenomenon constantly caused the host to lose memories and weaken her powers, which was obviously to hinder the goddess's actions—the mastermind behind this was undoubtedly the evil forces of the Dream Plane.

"In short, things are not as critical as you think. At least with the amulet, Vivian is safe," Raven 12345 reassured Hao Ren, then looked down at the mini-evil spirit struggling in her hand. "And about this little thing... we need to study it."

"Study what?" Hao Ren temporarily put aside the matter of the "mastermind" and asked curiously.

"See her power attributes, the strength of her abilities, maybe we can find the corresponding negative characteristics." As Raven 12345 spoke, she casually poked the mini-evil spirit's head. The latter immediately flew into a rage, baring its fangs and claws and roaring, without any sense of crisis in the face of a true god.

Hao Ren saw a dangerous, inquisitive expression on Raven 12345's face, and a chill ran down his spine. He vaguely felt that this little evil thought body was about to suffer...

Facts proved that his intuition was accurate, because Raven 12345's method of studying the little evil thought body was to find all kinds of things to beat her up with—and then see what kind of combat power this little thing could unleash.

The goddess waved her slender hand and directly summoned a radiant enchantment cage on the small square. The cage was only a dozen meters square, but for the little evil spirit, it was already a super-spacious arena. After Raven 12345 threw the little evil thought body into the arena, she began to summon all kinds of bizarre creatures—some Hao Ren had seen, and some he couldn't even name. The little evil thought body was a little confused when she was first thrown into the arena, but when the first enemy was thrown in, she immediately showed the ferocity and cruelty that a manifestation of evil power should have.

She cruelly killed a cockroach with a corrupted blood arrow.

She fought fiercely and killed a rat that challenged her.

She fought a rabbit for three hundred rounds and finally won by a narrow margin.

She charged fearlessly at a cat, fighting to the point of mutual injury, and finally won a tragic victory by a hair's breadth.

When Raven 12345 threw a local dog in, the little thing really couldn't fight anymore…

The tiny corrosive blood arrow had a range of only eighty centimeters, her short legs couldn't outrun anyone, her martial power was weak and her intelligence was low. Apart from the racial characteristic "Manifestation of Evil Power", she was basically a noob. This unlucky little thing was chased all over the field by a local dog, and almost in the blink of an eye, her head was covered with teeth marks. If Hao Ren hadn't intervened in time, she might have been eaten by the dog…

Those unnamed magical creatures summoned by Raven 12345 were never even used in the end. The little evil thought body's combat power was greater than a cat but less than a dog. If she was thrown on the street, let alone hurting anyone, snatching food from the mouths of stray cats would be a fifty-fifty chance. Her weakness wasn't just a shock to Hao Ren, even Raven 12345 was dumbfounded.

"This... what kind of evil power do you think she represents?" Hao Ren looked blankly at the little thing resting in the arena, tilting his head slightly to ask the goddess, "Can you tell?"

"Probably corruption... toxins? No, she has both of these," Raven 12345 didn't know what kind of expression to make. "No, she's too weak, she doesn't even have any innate abilities."

"Okay, whatever," Hao Ren waved his hand indifferently. "Anyway, she's an evil thought body, there's no way to communicate with her or teach her. What's the best way to deal with her next? I don't think she's much of a threat."

"After all, she's an evil thought body, we can't just let her go," Raven 12345 said, while waving her hand to remove the surrounding barrier and prepare to retrieve the little thing in the center of the field. But just as she was about to act, she noticed some anomalies. "Wait, something's not right."

"What's wrong?" Hao Ren asked, puzzled.

"Look at her reaction," Raven 12345 pointed at the little thing. "It's not the same as other evil thought bodies."

Hao Ren looked intently and found that the little evil spirit was still lying on the ground as before, but upon closer inspection, her body was trembling slightly. And when she looked up and her eyes met Raven 12345's, the evil thought body actually retreated a little bit, almost imperceptibly. Hao Ren was stunned by this scene: "She has fear?"

"That's right, she's afraid... although it doesn't seem to be rational fear, but just a biological instinct to shrink back, but this is undoubtedly fear," Raven 12345 said quickly, her expression as if she had discovered a new continent. "Similar situations have never occurred in other evil thought bodies... all evil thought bodies' 'emotions' seem to only be anger, or rather, they don't even have anger, they are just pure destruction. According to my research, they should be a pure collection of negative factors that do not have the ability to think at all. But this... seems a bit special!"

"An evil thought body that can be afraid?" Hao Ren looked incredulous. "Doesn't that mean she can also develop humanity?"

"It's still far from humanity," Raven 12345 shook her head. "But she has already broken away from the completely negative collection attribute. This emotion should have been generated under pressure. If other stimuli are applied, there may be more changes. Wait, I have an idea."

Hao Ren instantly felt that the goddess was probably having another brainstorm, but he still braced himself and asked, "Tell me, tell me."

"The reason for her mutation is undoubtedly the amulet on Vivian's body. If the two are put together, perhaps more changes can occur," Raven 12345's researcher's interest grew higher and higher. "Take her back and let her live with Vivian, observe her changes at any time, maybe we can unlock the secrets of the essence of evil thought bodies!"

When Hao Ren heard this, he thought that this was indeed a brain-opening idea, but he had to admit that Raven 12345's statement was quite reasonable, but he still felt unreliable to really take this little evil spirit back: "It's no problem to take her back, but do you think this guy can really 'live' with people?"

As Hao Ren spoke, he reached out and poked the little evil spirit. As a result, the latter was trembling with fear the second before, but the next second she pounced ferociously, biting Hao Ren's finger and tearing at it with all her might, while gnawing and making chaotic roars: "Hiss hiss... ha..."

"Ouch, she bites! This thing bites!" Hao Ren jumped up with a yell, waving his hand vigorously and shouting, "You say how is it possible to live normally with people like this!"

"Hey, who told you to raise her like a normal creature," Raven 12345 put her hands on her hips and didn't mean to help at all. "Don't you have a lunch box? Raise her in the lunch box first. If that doesn't work, go buy a hamster cage—I think with her weak combat power, she can't even run out of a hamster cage."

Hao Ren spent a lot of effort to finally pull the crazy evil thought body down. Seeing that Raven 12345's idea was not going to change, he could only nod helplessly: "Okay, then I'll take her back and try."

"Well, but I still have to collect a sample before you take her back. I have to ensure the integrity of the sample library here," Raven 12345 said, beckoning a small crystal cone and walking towards the evil thought body being held in Hao Ren's hand. "Just draw some blood, don't move."

The evil thought body had no rationality, but still felt a great crisis through instinct. It immediately began to struggle madly, trying to break free while roaring and scratching and biting randomly, but Hao Ren was prepared, and with a hard effort, the little thing was completely unable to move.

This little thing's strength is only slightly greater than a house cat…

In the evil thought body's shrill screams, Raven 12345 successfully collected the blood sample.

Hao Ren left with the evil thought body in a long-term manic state, while Raven 12345 had a small crystal in her hand. Inside this crystal was sealed a drop of turbid dark red blood. Even in a sealed state, this drop of blood was still constantly surging and trembling, as if ready to break through the crystal's seal at any time.

A few seconds later, Raven 12345 snapped her fingers, and the surrounding scenery immediately changed dramatically.

She came to the "storage room" from the bungalow square. This boundless place sealed all the evil thought bodies or their wreckage samples found so far.

With the emergence of translucent water ripples in the air, crystal containers appeared between the two rows of neatly arranged pillars. The crystal containers were filled with the light of magical power, and inside them, dozens of evil spirit state Vivians were quietly lying in a sealed state.

Raven 12345's sight turned to the end of the queue, where a blank base appeared out of thin air.

"Decay... plague... cruelty..."

Raven 12345 walked slowly past these containers, murmuring the symbol of each one. Finally, she came to the blank base, put the newly collected sample on the base, and engraved a new name on the base:

Weakling.