The web pages on the computer screen refreshed rapidly, continuously popping up new pages. Lu Yu quickly scanned the content on the web pages, then closed them and opened new ones.

Through news, official announcements, and forums, Lu Yu gained a general understanding of the emergence of demons in reality.

As early as two days ago, Hua Country's online defenses showed signs of faltering, until the demons publicly appeared before the people's eyes, and the network defenses declared breached.

Public opinion on the web intensified. Some took the opportunity to release some foreign information, forcing Hua Country's officials to dispatch experts to explain and disclose the current foreign situations to calm the public.

Comparing the dire situation abroad with the currently stable life domestically, people felt much more at ease, and few clamored to emigrate.

However, there were some reckless individuals who privately obtained information from abroad, learned about the existence of extraordinary powers, and envied these powers, always wanting to slip out to join foreign guilds, knight orders, and organizations...

About a day ago, a significant change occurred, with the sudden appearance of demonic traces in Hua Country for unknown reasons.

With precedents of demon appearances abroad, the officials were fully prepared. At the first sign of demons, they exterminated them; however, a few slipped through, leading to a small spread of demons in parts of Hua Country.

The demonic aura is more potent than a pandemic virus, with a very fast infection rate, against which ordinary people are almost defenseless. Upon contact with the demonic aura, they are quickly transformed into demons, generating more demonic aura and infecting more living beings.

Hence, the authorities dispatched the special forces, the Shenwu Group, which had long been formed to deal with such incidents.

The members of the Shenwu Group who acted were Martial Cultivators of the Qi Control Realm, easily handling the demons formed from infected ordinary people and animals.

However, the number of members was too few, and foreign demons infiltrated Hua Country, leading to a manpower shortage.

At this juncture, the authorities mobilized the Recruitment Bureau, which had already been formed, to enlist players from the Shenwu Realm to join teams led by Shenwu Group members to maintain peace in the cities.

This wasn't the first time the Recruitment Bureau negotiated with players, but this was the first time they conducted such a large-scale player recruitment.

For this, the authorities offered very generous conditions to players. As long as players responded to the recruitment, the authorities could issue players specialized Martial Cultivator certificates and provide financial subsidies.

With the Martial Cultivator certificate, players had an official background, and as long as players refrained from engaging in illegal activities in reality, the authorities wouldn't intervene in their activities in the Shenwu Realm and would protect players' Shenwu Realm logins.

Before a player voluntarily gives up their Shenwu Realm login, the authorities promise not to forcibly confiscate it.

If one refused the official recruitment, the player would be classified as an illegal interdimensional stowaway, subject to transfer to the Bureau of Interdimensional Travel Management.

The accusation of illegal interdimensional travel, as a stowaway between two worlds, is a newly established legal provision yet to be made public. This law applies only to players, belonging to a special set of rules that can take effect without public disclosure.

Overall, the benefits of responding to the recruitment outweighed the downsides. Currently, the demons weren't strong, and for most players already possessing a certain level of strength in the Shenwu Realm, they were easy to manage.

Lu Yu clicked the "X" on the web page, closing it. He now had a question in his mind: Where did the first demon come from?

For the demonic aura to spread in reality, there must be a source.

Materials from the Shenwu Realm can't enter reality, a fact recognized up to now. So how did the objects carrying demonic aura appear in reality?

Knock, knock, knock~

While Lu Yu was pondering, a knocking sound came. He glanced at the time in the lower right corner; it was 1 a.m. Who would visit him at this hour?

Looking through the peephole, he saw a man and a woman in uniforms standing at the door.

Both were ordinary people. Lu Yu opened the door and asked, somewhat puzzled, "Who are you? What do you want with me?"

Seeing Lu Yu, the two couldn't help tensing up, feeling like they were facing a fierce, man-eating tiger.

In reality, Lu Yu always tried to restrain his aura to avoid affecting others. His Qi Blood was too strong; without suppressing his aura, an ordinary person standing before him might faint directly.

Even with Lu Yu restraining his aura, he was still exceptionally terrifying to ordinary people, exuding a substantial sense of oppression.

Fei Yuqing looked at Lu Yu before him and felt immense pressure. The records clearly stated that Lu Yu was at the Qi Control Realm level one, yet the pressure he faced was more terrifying than the previous Qi Control Realm level seven encounter.

He couldn't help but wonder if the intelligence department had mixed up Lu Yu's and someone else's strength.

In truth, there was no mix-up; it was just that he hadn't practiced cultivation and couldn't sense Spiritual Qi or Spiritual Power.

Qi Blood is fundamental to humans, and it can be felt without cultivation. That's why Lu Yu felt more dangerous and terrifying than someone at Qi Control Realm level seven.

The difference is like comparing Spiritual Power to electricity. Everyone knows electricity is dangerous, and seeing a transformer box at the roadside evokes thoughts of its danger.

But they lack detailed awareness of this danger since it's challenging for people to directly perceive the threat of electricity currents.

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