Three days have passed, but the police still haven't found Luo Qingyuan. They have filed a case and checked the surveillance, but there is no sign of him, alive or dead.

Perhaps the efficiency of the American police is really not up to par. Luo Bing no longer has any hope in them. These past two days, he has been dealing with the company and inheritance matters.

Since Luo Qingyuan is only missing and cannot obtain a death certificate in a short period of time, he naturally cannot claim the inheritance. However, Luo Bing can receive the inheritance of his mother, Bai Wenqiu, including two properties and shares in the Ju Chuan Group.

The board of directors of the company needs to elect a new chairman, and the funeral arrangements for his mother also need to be scheduled...

In short, Luo Bing is extremely busy. He does not plan to stay in the United States for long. If there is no news of Luo Qingyuan in the next two days, he will return to his own country.

Just as he was preparing to leave, he received some bad news.

...

November 4th, Boston, Newbury Street Hotel.

"Xu Fang, you're amazing... you're really amazing!" Luo Xiaoming exclaimed excitedly.

"What about this?" Xu Fang moved his fingers flexibly, with a faint electric current flowing through his fingertips.

Luo Xiaoming's breathing became even more rapid. Her cheeks flushed, and her wrists trembled.

"Penta kill!!"

A wild voice came from the phone, indicating that the opposite team had been completely wiped out again.

"Damn, I'm done for!" one of the players on the opposite side couldn't bear the humiliation and cursed before quitting the game. His teammates surrendered one after another.

A big "Victory" appeared on the screen.

"We won again!" Xiaoming cheered, ecstatic. She used to disdain getting carried, but after teaming up with Xu Fang, she realized how comfortable it was to have someone strong support her, and she could also see the frustrated looks on the faces of their opponents.

How delightful.

"Xu Fang, is this really your first time playing this game? Why are you so skilled?" Xiaoming asked.

"It's okay."

They were playing a mobile MOBA game. Xu Fang originally had no interest in this game, but seeing Xiaoming being constantly beaten and mocked by the opponents as a noob, he joined the battle to cheer her up.

Before becoming a demon, Xu Fang was also talented in gaming. The RTS games he often played were even more challenging in terms of gameplay than MOBA games. After becoming a demon, his talent was amplified greatly.

Gussy had extremely fast reaction speed and greater control over his body, far exceeding that of humans. It was like a machine that could accurately record all the data in the game.

In this way, after fully understanding the game mechanics, Xu Fang transformed into a humanoid Alpha Dog, dominating the game and killing the opposing players until they were disoriented and miserable.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Fang only devoted half of his attention to the game, while the other half was focused on the book "C Primer Plus" in his hand. Even with this dual focus, he appeared to be in complete control.

If asked where he got so many hands from, creatures of the Krexian lineage were never short of hands.

"By the way, why have you been reading so many books these past few days?" Xiaoming stretched lazily and pointed to the stack of books next to her. There were hundreds of books, piled up to the size of a cubic meter.

The books covered a wide range of subjects, including natural sciences, history and geography, linguistics, medicine, computer science, and more. There was a wealth of knowledge.

At first, Xiaoming thought Xu Fang was just reading to pass the time, but after a few days, she realized that he hardly ever stopped. He was a reading maniac, and he was reading those highly specialized books.

She couldn't help but doubt her own memory. Was Xu Fang someone who liked reading books?

"To improve myself, and dilute important memories along the way." Xu Fang closed "C Primer Plus", finishing another book. Then he reached into the pile of books and took out one titled "Modern Spanish".

Gussy's way of memorizing things was different from humans. Its memory and consciousness were not separate; consciousness was memory. When thoughts were empty (daydreaming), no matter what was seen, it would not be retained in memory. After trying to daydream once, Xu Fang decided never to do such a foolish thing again—daydreaming made thinking dull, and he feared he would be "reset" if he did it for too long.

Due to this characteristic, Xu Fang never forgets anything as long as he thinks about it. At the same time, he doesn't have the troubles that come with hypermnesia. On the contrary, the more he sees, the clearer his mind becomes.

This is a good thing, as accumulating memories improves his fault tolerance. Previously, if Xu Fang had cut off a hand, he might have forgotten Luobing's name, but now, even if he were to lose an arm, Xu Fang wouldn't forget Luobing's bedtime from last night. Different memories permeate each other, and the more there are, the more stable they become.

"You can remember so much just by reading so many books?"

"Of course. I just don't know if these memories can be retained after I revert to a human body."

"You still want to go back? Isn't this good?"

In the past few days, Xiaoming has been filling in Xu Fang's memory gaps one after another, and Xu Fang hasn't hidden anything except for the content of Horror Novel Web. Xiaoming knows that Xu Fang's original body is gone, and now he is temporarily residing in Gussy's body.

"If I become human again, I can enjoy life better." Xu Fang bluntly lies down on Xiaoming's soft thighs.

"Shouldn't you first think about how to turn me back?" Xiaoming pushes aside the book in front of Xu Fang's face.

Xu Fang pretends to be surprised, "Huh? Haven't you already accepted it?"

"When did I ever accept it?"

"The crossdressing..."

"I don't listen, I don't listen. That's made up by you!" Xiaoming still refuses to admit that.

"And you being my girlfriend, that doesn't count either?"

"It doesn't count... go, I never agreed to that!" Xiaoming's face blushes.

"I thought I could embark on a comfortable life, starting from scratch. But it seems like everything has to start from zero now, right?" Xu Fang sighs.

Xiaoming realizes that Xu Fang is "teasing" her again. She furrows her eyebrows and pushes Xu Fang away, "Yeah, starting from zero. Let me tell you, we are impossible. My orientation is normal, and I'm not interested in energy beings. I'm not the same person as before, so just give up!"

Xu Fang falls silent for a moment. "You have the right to pursue happiness. I won't force you."

"Um, that's not what I meant..." Xiaoming quickly waves her hand, not knowing why she has to explain.

"I might harm you by being by your side. Forgetting each other and no longer being in contact would be a good outcome. But since you remember me, I can't just walk away. I have to change you back, right?"

Xiaoming lowers her head and whispers, "Actually... it's not necessary..."

If it's not the case, Xu Fang won't have a reason to stay by her side.

"Um, about... Old Wang and the others, can you bring them back to life?" Xiaoming changes the topic and brings up another matter.

"It's difficult. I can't do it now."

"Oh... what a pity..."

Xu Fang's former roommates all died at the hands of Ye Huai, and as Ye Huai died, people like Old Wang Wenjian gradually faded from the world without leaving a trace. What's terrible is that their positions are not left empty; they are replaced by unrelated people.

The world in which Old Wang and the others once existed is like a parallel world, and only Xiaoming's memory indicates that they once existed.

Xiaoming doesn't want to go back to school anymore. She feels a nameless terror when she thinks of her roommates having died in another parallel world and now being alive in this world.

The only thing that comforts her is that as long as someone remembers Old Wang and the others, they are not truly dead. Likewise, there is a possibility that her father is still alive. Xu Fang believed this deeply and brought Xiaoming back to life.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

At this moment, someone knocks on the living room door.

Xiaoming opens the door and sees Luobing.

Luobing is breathing heavily, clearly having run back.

He looks at Xiaoming for a second, then looks into the room and sighs in relief when he sees Xu Fang's figure.

"Gushi... Xu Fang, I've encountered some trouble. Can you please help me?" Luobing closes the door and sits across from Xu Fang, holding a bag in his hand.

Curiously, Xiaoming unzips the bag and finds two cans of gasoline inside.

Luobing smiled bitterly and apologetically touched her nose. "It's not good to ask for help empty-handed."

"What's wrong? If you need my help, it must be related to money, right?" Xu Fang put down the book in his hand.

"Exactly. The police have been searching all over Boston for my father, but they found his money instead."

"Oh?" Xu Fang motioned for Luobing to continue.

"Do you remember telling me that my father was possessed by a ghost? Well, it actually happened. It actually gambled away all my father's money... including the 15% shares of Juchuan Group!" Luobing gritted her teeth in anger.

"Can shares be used for gambling?" Xiao Ming asked in surprise.

"No, actually he sold the shares at a very low price and gambled away the money from the sale." Luobing calmed herself down and continued, "I contacted the casino owner to buy back the shares, even at the original price plus a little extra, but he refused to sell unless I win it back in gambling."

"Hmph, then forget it. That owner probably wants to scam you again. Going there would be a waste."

"Do you know how much money it is? It's 800 million dollars! Do you understand my pain?" Luobing clenched her fists, grabbing her chest in agony. "And Juchuan Group is still on the rise, the future shares could continue to appreciate. Damn parasite, not only did it harm my family, it didn't even spare my money!"

"Are you sure you got it right?" Xu Fang couldn't help but comment helplessly.

"Did your father sign a transfer agreement? Instead of coming to me, you should go to a lawyer or seek help from your FBI friend." Xu Fang suggested.

"That owner has connections. He's not afraid of the police or legal battles. This is his territory. He got hold of my father's money, and I can't buy it back anymore. If I gamble with him, there might still be a slim chance." Luobing pleaded, "Xu Fang, please help me, you can help me cheat invisibly, or at least be my bodyguard. I just can't accept losing 800 million!"

Xu Fang crossed his legs and stared at Luobing's face, deep in thought. He wasn't considering the gambling issue, but pondering the deeper meaning behind these actions.

During the possession, Guest forcefully read Xu Fang's memories. At that time, Xu Fang stole a tiny amount of memories using his clone. Even though it was only a little bit.

The author behind Guest is named Josiah, a very mysterious person.

What props does Josiah have? What organization is behind him? The author's level...

Guest knew nothing, he only knew that Josiah was very mysterious and that Horror Novel Web was amazing.

Josiah rarely told Guest anything related to Horror Novel Web, but used various benefits to entice Guest to cooperate with him.

So Guest knew very little about him, Xu Fang couldn't get much useful information, only a name and appearance.

Guest wouldn't just gamble away Lu Qingyuan's money for no reason, he must be acting under Josiah's instructions.

Josiah had two possible motives for doing this.

The first was to covet Lu Qingyuan's wealth. Josiah was a major shareholder of the casino and directly benefited from its profits.

The second was to distance himself from Lu Qingyuan. By doing so, Josiah and the casino would have no connection whatsoever. By doing this, Xu Fang wouldn't be able to trace Josiah's identity through the money's whereabouts.

Both possibilities were likely, but Xu Fang leaned towards the latter. He believed that Josiah was a cautious person who wouldn't willingly expose himself.

After thinking for a while, Xu Fang decided to go and take a look.