Malevolent – Chapter 13 – A Brain That Occasionally Malfunctions Is Truly Troublesome

Gaia Lobir,

In the ancient language, it meant the Deathmother of the Earth, a name given to the Terran Malevolence out of fear by the surviving humans.

However,

The Terran Malevolence, who was originally a native of Earth from China, had no fondness for such a westernized name. He still preferred the name that had accompanied him since birth, before he was forced to become the Terran Malevolence.

-“Bai Lianyue”-

…

At this moment,

Looking around at the incredibly clear Forsaken Metropolis and the shocked pink tentacled octopus beside him, Bai Lianyue was filled with surprise.

I?

Am awake?

Really, awake? And… my brain feels, feels so clear? This unprecedented sense of clarity… how nostalgic.

Using what could hardly be called a hand—some indescribable appendage—to press against his ‘head,’ Bai Lianyue couldn’t help but sigh repeatedly in his heart.

Indeed,

Back when he was betrayed by that bastard Moande and knocked off the cliff, he had been devoured by the source of calamity, that disgusting monster. Although due to his final counterattack before death, and a series of inexplicable operations afterward, he had bizarrely merged with that monster and become what people now recognized as the Terran Malevolence, but strictly speaking…

He hadn’t completely gained control over this body.

Perhaps due to the corrosive influence of the curse power itself, or the instinctive resistance of that monster’s body, Bai Lianyue had spent most of the past thousand years in a state of mental fogginess.

In that state, his actions were basically driven by instinct, the strong obsessions in his heart, and portions of his consciousness. As a result, in many situations, he had no idea what his foggy self had actually done.

For instance,

Somehow raising four strange creatures like this…

Glancing at the pink octopus beside him, Bai Lianyue thought to himself with mixed feelings.

Octopus: Yingying??

However,

He wasn’t always in a foggy state of consciousness. During specific time periods or under certain circumstances, he could still fully gain control of his body. But even in these situations, his mind was still in a semi-foggy state, somewhat similar to being drunk… constantly surrounded by a sense of haziness.

Everything felt blurry, covered by a veil of confusion.

Bai Lianyue hated this feeling, but he was helpless against it. After being merged into the Terran Malevolence, the fact that he could retain consciousness was already a blessing; he dared not hope for too much.

Over a thousand years, he had grown accustomed to this foggy state, even forgetting… what it felt like to be ‘clear-headed.’

But now?

He was experiencing that long-lost feeling of clarity?

It truly was,

“Feels… so refreshing…”

Looking up at the sky, Bai Lianyue couldn’t help but sigh. At this moment, his heart suddenly felt an unprecedented calmness, a comfortable pleasure spreading from the depths of his being.

However, after this brief comfort, Bai Lianyue immediately fixed a serious gaze on the pink octopus beside him. With his mind unusually clear, Bai Lianyue only had one matter of concern.

“Ling Xi, how’s the investigation on House Solrog going?! Have Viktorr and the others started taking action after infiltrating?”

House Solrog,

Was perhaps the mastermind behind Moande’s plot to harm him and kill Xing Wu years ago.

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Therefore, Bai Lianyue was particularly concerned about them…

Faced with this question from his boss, the pink octopus first froze, then instinctively rolled its eyes.

The next moment,

Under Bai Lianyue’s serious gaze, the pink octopus waved its tentacles with complex emotions,

“Yingying, yingying~, yingying~” (Please, boss, that assignment was from seventy years ago. Those people you managed to plant inside have either died of old age or been discovered and executed… they’ve been out of contact for ages.)

“=-=”

Upon hearing the octopus’s reply, Bai Lianyue’s serious expression froze in place.

“Oh, is that so?”

After blinking in confusion for a moment, Bai Lianyue, now understanding, instantly felt the urge to curse, grabbing his head and twisting around on the spot.

“Damn it!! Why does this always happen?!!”

“…”

Faced with Bai Lianyue’s howling and apparent fit, the pink octopus seemed quite accustomed to it, silently watching him act up, and even pulling out its favorite apple from somewhere unknown, quietly munching away.

The octopus had anticipated both this outcome and the boss’s reaction.

There wasn’t much that could be done about it, right?

After all, his boss’s brain only cleared up once in a great while. On the short end, it might be a few years; on the long end… like this time? Directly seventy years?

What plan dragged out for years or decades could still be executed normally?

Moreover,

With a constantly foggy brain, the boss had long since lost touch with modern human society, and his plans were somewhat unrealistic; it would be a miracle if they succeeded…

Like that time he wanted to lure out a city lord who might have intelligence on House Solrog.

The boss directly pretended to be the man’s romantic rival and sent him a duel challenge letter.

Then, he eagerly laid an ambush outside the city, planning to capture the man and torture him for information.

As a result,

After waiting for more than ten days, when the boss’s brain fogged up again, no one had come out…

Later they learned that

That notion of duel letters was long outdated; real duels were now announced through social media, requiring real-name authentication… no one would pay attention to a mysterious duel letter.

The boss was simply out of touch.

Of course, the pink octopus didn’t dare say this directly, lest the currently agitated boss take it out on him.

Fortunately, after his fit, Bai Lianyue gradually regained his composure and refocused his attention on the pink octopus.

“Did you just say that this time, I was out for a full seventy years?”

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“Ying.” (Yes.)

“…”

Hearing this, Bai Lianyue fell into a brief silence, his heart growing increasingly heavy.

Last time it was only fifty years, the time before that was just thirty-six years… this time it was actually seventy years?

The foggy periods were getting longer and longer. How much longer could he maintain his sense of self at this rate?

What if he truly lost himself completely, wouldn’t he…

Thinking of this, Bai Lianyue couldn’t help but take a deep breath and clench his ‘fist’ tightly.

Just as Bai Lianyue was deep in self-reflection, a strange sense of weakness suddenly assailed him, causing the Terran Malevolence to shudder. His newly cleared consciousness seemed to be covered by mist once again.

Again,

Am I going to lose consciousness again?

Feeling his vision gradually blur, Bai Lianyue reluctantly grumbled inwardly.

The aura around him also began to distort and fluctuate.

The pink octopus quickly noticed the change in his boss’s aura and hurriedly voiced its concern:

“Yingying? Yingying?” (Boss, what’s wrong? Are you going to…)

“Yes.”

Holding his head, Bai Lianyue let out a bitter laugh, somewhat helplessly.

At the same time,

The Terran Malevolence silently directed his attention toward the courtyard, the direction where Ailiya had gone earlier. Thinking about it, that child’s aura… was very similar to Xing Wu’s, and he had only regained clarity after interacting with her…

If that was the case…

“Ling Xi.”

“Yingying?” (What is it, boss?)

“After my consciousness becomes confused, guide me to interact more with that child… but try not to frighten her.”

Hearing this, the pink octopus blinked in confusion,

enmm,

More interaction shouldn’t be difficult… when you’re foggy, you seem quite fixated on that human girl already.

But,

“Yingying, yingying.” (Not frightening her, boss, you know with your condition…)

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“Get a body then.”

“A body?”

“Yes, guide my confused self… to… sigh… to consume someone.”

Bai Lianyue, his consciousness gradually blurring, spoke with a slightly bitter tone.

For Bai Lianyue, who was once human, even a Celestial Augur Knight, devouring humans was undoubtedly difficult to accept. But at present, to interact normally with that girl, there seemed to be no other way.

If he continued to approach her in his original form, not only would he frighten her, but he would also unconsciously corrode her.

Bai Lianyue had no desire to harm an innocent child, especially one who reminded him of ‘Xing Wu.’

And by consuming a human,

He could use his body’s characteristics to temporarily transform into the form of the consumed, inheriting their appearance and aura. Additionally, he could successfully suppress his own aura.

If he interacted with the girl in human form, she shouldn’t be too resistant, right?

At least she wouldn’t be as afraid, right?

Bai Lianyue reasoned in his heart.

As he reasoned, Bai Lianyue again felt his brain shudder, and everything in his vision became blurry. Clearly, his consciousness was about to sink into slumber.

Just before his consciousness became foggy, Bai Lianyue instructed once more:

“Try to find… a corpse…”

“Ying.” (Got it.)

“If possible, find a male.”

“Ying.” (Got it.)

“Preferably young and robust.”

“0-0”

“Preferably over 1.8 meters tall, and handsome too.”

“=-=”

“Preferably…”

“Ying.” (That’s enough, boss.)

…

Finally,

After giving instructions for several minutes, Bai Lianyue’s consciousness fell into the familiar foggy state, and the gaze fixed on the pink octopus changed from previously full of authority to harmless…

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Feeling the pressure dissipate, the pink octopus sat down on the ground, widened its crimson eyes, and thoughtfully stared at the figure whose aura had drastically changed.

enmm,

After a moment of thought, the pink octopus suddenly clapped two of its tentacles together, the entire octopus wearing an expression of sudden enlightenment.

It came to a conclusion.

“Yingying~” (So basically, any corpse will do!)

…

—

enmm,

Hmm?

Mmm~

Time passed by unknowingly. In a haze, Bai Lianyue seemed to feel the light shining on him. He then instinctively opened his eyes slightly… and what entered his view was a bright, sunny sky.

Directly facing the brilliant sun, Bai Lianyue quickly regained alertness from his drowsy state.

The sky, huh?

My consciousness is back to normal.

And,

That action just now?

Opening my eyes? What a nostalgic feeling, heh, hehe.

It seems Ling Xi, that fellow, was unusually reliable this time, successfully obtaining a body. Not bad, not bad.

Speaking of which, what kind of body is it?

Having rarely obtained a human form, Bai Lianyue was evidently quite curious about his new body, even if it was just a false form temporarily simulated using the malevolence’s characteristics.

However, before Bai Lianyue could look down to check his body, two clear, melodious, and adorably cute voices directly entered his ears, causing the newly awakened Terran Malevolence’s brain to instantly crash.

—”Mommy! Mommy! I want milk!”—

—”Mommy, Weiya wants some too~”—

Bai Lianyue: …

Hmm??

Eh??

What the heck??