At the moment the bizarre event began, Xu Fang stood still, his eyes lost focus, sinking into deep thought like a black hole.

The phone dropped to the ground with a thud, and a cold wind blew, rustling the leaves.

A few seconds later, the phone gently vibrated, and an unfamiliar number called. Although no one answered, the caller's purpose had been achieved.

The sky suddenly dimmed, and the sunlight wasn't as intense anymore. Black spots surged out of the phone, gradually, more and more black spots gathered, forming a burly humanoid monster.

If observed from a demonic perspective, it would be noticed that the thing formed by the gathering black spots had almost solidified into a tangible entity, with a density several levels higher than the gypsum guardian in the symmetrical world.

Gussy descended in front of Xu Fang through the phone, emitting a cold and oppressive aura, like a demon king from hell, making all sentient beings shiver in fear.

However, even in the face of such a terrifying presence, Gussy was cautious when facing Xu Fang. In order to avoid being suddenly attacked by Gussy, it split itself in half, each half connected by fine black mist threads.

One half pounced on the stunned Xu Fang, while the other half stayed by the phone, ready to escape through it if things went wrong. Even if it lost half of its body, it could still survive.

Gussy seemed overly cautious - Xu Fang offered no resistance, allowing Gussy's black energy to invade his body.

A burst of ecstasy filled Gussy's heart, it had succeeded.

Immediately, all of Gussy's energy transformed into surging black waves, drilling into Xu Fang's body.

Possession was one of Gussy's special abilities, effective on all sentient beings. Even the "author" could not escape it. With Josiah's help, Gussy had personally devoured the soul of an author, although that author was a newcomer who even Horror Novel Web didn't know, but he was still an author.

There was a wide variety of life forms on Earth, and they all shared a common trait - their souls were too fragile.

If Gussy's soul strength was a piece of steel, then the souls of Earth's creatures were thin sheets of paper that couldn't even separate from their bodies.

Gussy only needed to tear apart that sheet of paper, read their memories, and easily possess their bodies.

Now, Gussy wanted to do the same thing. It wanted to invade Xu Fang's consciousness, tear apart his soul, and take over his body.

The bizarre events that all "authors" feared posed no threat to Gussy; it was a creature derived from such events itself. Being strengthened by the "Seeds of Destruction," Gussy treated the bizarre world as its own, able to come and go as it pleased.

It could even control the direction of bizarre events.

"Run, run to your heart's content, pitiful humans! Hehehe, let me slowly harvest your souls!"

The long runway seemed endless.

The owner of the small demon's body - Xu Fang - dragged his exhausted body and ran forward, his speed gradually slowing down.

Behind him was an indescribable specter, radiating ominous black energy. Just getting close to it would be affected by the energy, sinking into despair.

The realm of consciousness was dominated by Gussy.

On the runway at this moment, the two people were getting closer and closer. Finally, Gussy grabbed Xu Fang's left leg and crushed it fiercely.

Losing balance, Xu Fang fell to the ground and couldn't get up anymore.

Gussy greedily devoured a portion of Xu Fang's soul, smiling contentedly, "Truly an author, your soul is much more delicious than an ordinary person's."

The task of reading memories would be done after this author's death; for now, Gussy just wanted to enjoy this crushing victory.

The pain of having his soul torn apart flooded Xu Fang, he gasped for nonexistent air and, with great difficulty, turned himself over to face Gussy, locking his gaze onto the being.

"Mr. Ghost, may I call you that? You also know about authors?"

"Not only do I know, I'm even collaborating with other authors. Surprised? There's another author who has thoroughly investigated your background."

"I've miscalculated." Xu Fang lowered his head. "Why did you go to the extent of killing Luo Bing's family? What did they do wrong?""What did I do wrong? Hehe, that old man Luo Qingyuan betrayed me years ago—I hold grudges very, very, very, very well. I can only be satisfied by killing them all. Hahaha, I have already played with Luo Qingyuan's body and possessions enough, and now you come to me on your own. Perfect timing."

"Is that so?" Xu Fang said calmly. "Coincidentally, I hold grudges too. Last month, you killed me once and I still remember it vividly."

"Last month?"

"You don't remember? Oh... I see, after the timeline changed, you lost your memories too," Xu Fang said provocatively.

"Empty threats... there is no need to try to anger me. My emotions aren't easily disturbed."

Gusder smirked and looked at Xu Fang with amusement. "I have witnessed the deaths of many humans and seen their pitiful expressions before they die. They all kneel and beg me to spare them. But you're different. I couldn't sense an ounce of fear in your soul. Aren't you afraid of death?"

"Mr. Ghost, are you expecting me to be afraid so you will spare me? No, that won't happen. However, I must say, your emotional range is unexpectedly rich. Asking such a question implies that you fear death too, isn't it? I wonder if human psychology applies to a creature like you?"

"What an interesting soul. When I tear apart your soul, speak to me in that tone. It is incredibly painful for those I kill, going deep into their souls. Ordinary people cannot experience it," Gusder said.

"You want to kill me? It'll take another hundred thousand years, little ghost. You're too young!"

"Hehe, is that so?"

Gusder was finally provoked and stopped wasting words. It lunged directly and pierced Xu Fang's consciousness with its strong limbs.

This was not a fair duel because this consciousness realm was created by Gusder. Xu Fang's consciousness was suppressed, even if his consciousness intensity reached the same level as Gusder's, he would still be at a disadvantage.

The battle was almost completely one-sided. Facing such a terrifying existence, Xu Fang had no ability to resist. At the moment when his soul was about to shatter, he clung to the belief of facing death and entangled with the consciousness of the powerful ghost.

Gusder knew what Xu Fang was trying to do - shatter himself in an attempt to forcefully implant his thoughts into Gusder's consciousness, gaining a glimmer of hope. However, Xu Fang's soul was too weak. Even if Xu Fang's mind was enhanced ten thousand times, it wouldn't be able to shake Gusder's consciousness at all.

The feeling of having one's soul torn apart was a hundred times more painful than being slowly tortured. But Xu Fang did not beg for mercy or scream. Instead, he felt a sense of relief. This made Gusder feel as if he had punched the air, which was uncomfortable.

This was the first time he had killed someone without feeling satisfied.

After devouring the remaining consciousness of Xu Fang, Gusder took control of the body of Little Devil and deciphered Gussy's genetic sequence.

Gusder was extremely surprised by Gussy's body structure. It had never imagined that in this world where both matter and consciousness were extremely weak, such a perfect physical body could be born.

- It had freed itself from the complex and inferior genes of carbon-based organisms. Every "cell" in its body was composed of pure energy, with highly open gene sequences and evolutionary directions, opening up new laws.

At this moment, even though this life form was not enough to shine as brightly as the moon, Gusder faintly glimpsed the prototype of a "god."

Could this really be the realm that organisms can reach?

Gusder slowly opened his eyes.

Although it seemed like devouring the soul took a long time, in the real world, it only took a moment.

"Power... unmatched power!" With a thought, Gusder emitted sharp beams of energy from Gussy's body, penetrating through this artificially created forest.

Flames soared into the sky, and white dots of light freely flew about.

Gusder leaped vertically, reaching a height of 10 meters, then transformed into a sword as it fell back to the ground.

"Hahaha! I love this feeling!" Gusder exclaimed with a metallic sound. Its voice turned into a shockwave and spread rapidly to the outside world.

The energy shield application methods, energy beam attacks, and blasting methods that Xu Fang had taken a long time to learn... Gusder fully mastered them within a few seconds by deciphering Gussy's genetic sequence. It even used them more skillfully than Xu Fang.The phone on the ground rang, and Guster picked it up and pressed the answer button.

"My ally, it seems you have succeeded," came Josiah's surprised voice from the phone, rare excitement in his tone. "Now tell me the pseudonym of Gu Xi so that I can confirm who she really is."

"I will check her memories."

Guster closed his eyes and perused the memories within Xu Fang's soul. The more he looked, the stranger it felt: the memory capacity was too small and seemed intentionally deleted, with all memories of that website gone...

"Hmm? I can't find any memories about that website. And this author is not named Gu Xi... Gu Xi is just her pseudonym. Her real name is Xu Fang, do you know her?"

"Xu Fang? I don't know... Can you check if there are any missing contents?" Josiah's voice calmed down a bit. Xu Fang's name was not important; the important thing was her pseudonym.

"She is indeed the author of that website, but... the memories are incomplete, disconnected. It's strange, too strange!"

"Because I deleted the memories in advance!"

Guster turned alertly, coldly staring at the unexpected guest approaching.

The blaze that could have burned down the entire forest was extinguished by a strange force, and a figure appeared in Guster's sight.

It was a cute little girl who looked exactly like Gussy, even their attire was the same. The breeze blew through the remnants of the burning leaves, lifting her soft long hair, but under the protection of an energy shield, not a single particle of ash soiled her appearance.

Dangerous light flickered in her deep black eyes, reflecting Guster's figure.

Josiah immediately hung up the phone.

"Xu Fang? You're not dead?"