Chapter 33 : Gentlemen reading, come out and say hello~

Chen Daocheng was drenched in a cold sweat.

Xilin Garden, the famous villa district in the western part of White City.

The people living there were either business tycoons or descendants of meritorious heroes.

The figures inside were each more formidable than the last.

He never would have imagined the cult’s network ran so deep.

Little Yu, being an ordinary investigator, had no way of tailing them inside, so he could only stop outside to avoid alerting the enemy.

Although the people inside were all merchants, heroes, and officials, this didn’t mean the Investigation Bureau was powerless against them.

Under pressure, it wasn’t impossible to directly surround the place.

When the Investigation Bureau conducted its business, it never had to care about what others thought.

What’s more, this case involved a heretical cult.

If anyone inside dared to obstruct, they would all be labeled as cultists and dealt with one by one.

Hiding in the background wasn’t an excuse for them to be freeloaders.

At this critical juncture, the safety of a million people in White City was at stake.
Forget these people; even the corps commanders of the seven major war zones would have to obediently cooperate with the investigation.

But the trouble wasn’t whether they had the right to deal with that group of people, but that the people in there were highly influential.

Picking any one of them out at random could make White City tremble.

So, over these many years, using these conveniences, just how large was the heretical cult force he had secretly managed?

The silver lining in the Qingcheng incident was that the one who planned the chaos wasn’t a person of high rank and power, but just the boss of a small company.

A small company boss, with about a hundred employees, most of whom were his subordinates.

This was a group of cultists he had gathered over decades, plotting in secret.

But their own strength was too ordinary, so they were wiped out in one fell swoop by a Second Form warrior.

Xilin Garden was established in 6970, fifty years ago from the present.

In these fifty years, the residents inside had hardly changed, which meant the cultists had been operating in that area for at least fifty years.

With his resources and status, perhaps their strength was even greater than imagined, possibly not something a single Second Form warrior could resolve.

No wonder they were so audacious, openly kidnapping youths as sacrifices.

With a certain level of strength, even if things were exposed, they would have enough time to stall, to let the Dark Abomination descend upon White City.

Perhaps the cultists no longer cared about being exposed at all.

They were going to be exposed sooner or later.

As long as everything was prepared, they had no fear of a surprise raid from the Investigation Bureau.

Now, all the guards in the city had to be notified.

Because the enemy was so powerful, they might throw some areas into chaos just before the summoning to stretch the defensive forces thin.

He also didn’t know how the personnel sent from the front lines were doing.

Chen Daocheng wasn’t foolish enough to only contact one super squad.

He had also called the Lingnan War Zone’s Corps Headquarters to request that they send people for support.

This way, there would be a double layer of defense.

He just didn’t know how the support situation was progressing, or how long it would take for them to arrive.

The cult’s audacity was even greater than he had imagined.

After all, if the cultists had a sudden whim, they might just start the ritual.

Chen Daocheng was restless, glancing at the director seated behind him.

The director nodded.

The entire Investigation Bureau was in a flurry of activity.

Everyone was on the move.

Even a special group of people in White City, upon hearing the news, took out the battle uniforms they had treasured in their closets and hung the black special iron military sabers at their waists.

They were retired soldiers, but they were still soldiers.

On the streets, guards were dispatched in long lines.

Broadcasts ordered citizens to self-isolate at home.

If anyone still dared to come out, they would all be detained.

Citizens watched as those tall, straight figures stood under the streetlights, praying that tomorrow the world would still be as it always was.

“Mommy~ Are they bad guys?”

A little loli pointed her cute little finger at a soldier with a loaded gun outside the glass window, looking at her mommy with big eyes.

The mommy stroked the loli’s head with a warm hand and said, “No, they are all good people, they are heroes~ our Prince Charmings who protect us.”

“Then where’s the white horse?”

“The white horse… it doesn’t like to come out at night. They’re afraid of the dark.”

“Really~ Just like me.”

“That’s right.”

An old man leaned on a cane, looking at the several men in black kneeling before him with their masks removed, and slowly said a sentence, “You were followed!”

The leader of the men in black trembled and said in a panic, “My lord… this subordinate did his best.”

The old man glanced at the altar covered in unknown runes and said in a low voice, “Of course you did your best. You were up against agents from the Investigation Bureau. It’s impossible for you to guard against their tracking. But it doesn’t matter, it’s just a small problem. Don’t worry about them, because God will be descending soon. In that case, let’s invite them over to witness the beauty of God’s descent…”

The conversation between the two woke the unconscious Su Xuan.

His hands were tied behind his back, and he couldn’t move.

Su Xuan didn’t make a sound.

In the dark basement, no one knew he had woken up.

The old man continued, “There’s an important task for you to do later. Stop those guys. I’ll have the Shadow Assassins assist you. Don’t let them disturb me.”

The middle-aged man quickly accepted the task.

It was merely to stall for time for the old man’s ritual.

The old man smiled and sat down in a chair, recalling his glorious life of over a hundred years.

He had been on the battlefield, killed Dark Abominations, been a deserter, and with the support of the Divine Cult, changed his identity and lurked in White City.

He had been lurking for more than fifty years, becoming a famous business tycoon.

Because energons nourished the body, many people thought he was just an old man in his seventies or eighties.

Who would have thought that this old grandfather, who would smile kindly at others when he went out, was actually a man burdened with deep sin.

He had once thought of living out his life peacefully like this, but when he watched his old acquaintances die one by one, when he stepped into their black-and-white funerals, he chose no.

He didn’t want to die so soon; he had to live longer.

Yao Chen was just his alias; his real name was Wang Xiang.

He hadn’t married or had children because he felt that descendants couldn’t be controlled like tools and could easily cause trouble for him, exposing him.

Moreover, he truly despised his human body and wanted to wait until he had a divine body to reproduce.

So, in this huge villa, he had no relatives.
They were all his subordinates, or rather, tools.

The old man caressed his cane.

If placed under the sun, the design of this cane was very unique, as if it concealed a sword.

That sword was like a hidden venomous snake, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.

Under the dim light, he looked towards the place where Su Xuan and Gao Chong had fallen, and also at the group of young tributes who were groaning faintly.

Slowly, a fanatical smile appeared on his face, as if he could see the pure Life Source Energy washing his body, forging his longevity.

Su Xuan’s face was directly facing the altar.
An indescribable throbbing rippled in his heart.

It was a bizarre geometric body that was impossible to comprehend.

At its peak was a special triangular pyramid that could not be constructed by nature, supported by a cylindrical pillar below, carved with incomprehensible, special inscriptions.

His gaze suddenly solidified.

Several black-gold metal blocks were beckoning to Su Xuan like the most alluring women.

“Master, come on~”

“Patron, don’t go~”

‘That is the Black Energon Stone I have longed for day and night, deeply loved. How on earth can I find it~’

It turned out to be right in front of him, less than five meters away, yet a distance more remote than the entire Milky Way.

Su Xuan’s eyes widened, seeing only the four plump Black Energon Stones.

But trapped as he was, he could barely even preserve his own life.

How could he seize this Black Energon Stone?

Su Xuan frantically shouted in his heart:

“Su Xuan’er! Hey, Su Xuan’er! Are you done yet?”

Only when she had finished her task would he have a chance to take a gamble.

Right now, he was a rookie who hadn’t even reached the Initial Form, without even the capital to fight.

If the Energon Pool could be completed, perhaps he could still take a shot!

The so-called Energon Pool was something similar in nature to an Energon Chamber, but it stored different things.

Su Xuan’er’s voice rang in Su Xuan’s mind: “…Wait a moment, it’s not ready yet…”

Last night, Su Xuan’er had suddenly appeared, saying that his Life Source Energy was abundant.

If he didn’t open up a storage chamber similar to an Energon Chamber in his body, it would easily lead to bizarre growth of his body.

Although Su Xuan was inclined to give it to the Crimson Blade, Su Xuan’er had refused righteously.

She didn’t want to use her scarce Life Source Energy to stimulate his combat power like last time.

That would be very dangerous for both of them.

In the end, Su Xuan had no choice but to compromise, staring blankly at the lone red blade.

So, when the Energon Pool was successfully constructed, it would be like having an extra card in his hand, a card with fewer side effects.

It could instantly activate the energons in his body, giving him a very short burst of top-tier Initial Form combat power.

From what he had just overheard, Su Xuan guessed that a battle would break out here very soon, and he had to take the opportunity to touch that Black Energon Stone.

Even just one piece would make him happy for a long time.

Not only could it replenish the consumption of the Energon Pool, but the excess could also be used for the Crimson Blade.

That way, on the male side of things, he could win back a point.

He had to remember that if not for the chest binder, he would definitely be seen as a pervert.

“That woman isn’t even wearing a bra~ So slutty!”

Su Xuan definitely didn’t want people to talk about him like that.

A voice, like someone who had eaten their fill in the toilet and then vomited for half a day until their throat was hoarse, rang out.

“You’re awake!”