The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 422: Meeting an old friend, pointing the sword to the East Pole (asking for monthly votes)
Baiyujing, the lower city area.

The expressionless young man turned into a chaotic and crowded building.

He walked through the chess and card room where middle-aged and elderly women gathered, through the narrow and crowded alleys full of hawking girls, and finally settled in a cheap hotel with foot massage shops on both sides, and entered a room on the fourth floor.

As soon as he entered, he took off the human skin mask, and there was another layer of mask inside, which looked like a dish of braised chicken nuggets.

Judging from the mask, he is one of the high-ranking members of the Resurrection Society, "Braised You Chicken".

In the room were his other three companions, the "Skull-Broken Horse", the "Fried Rabbit" and the "Stomach-Disemboweled Tiger".

They were sitting around a table playing cards, playing "Fighting the Evil God".

As soon as Rooster came in, he immediately locked the door, took a big sip of the water on the table, sat down and said:
"The latest news is that our base in the lower city of No. 7 was found by the snake. Two of them escaped, and the rest were killed by her."

As soon as the words fell, the bunny girl "Maotu" in a slit cheongsam immediately threw the cards in her hand on the table and said angrily: "Boss, that crazy woman Jiang Biyun is determined to make things difficult for us! How can we tolerate this?"

When she opened her cards, the best ones were the ones with the faces of 'Sunlight Bodhisattva', 'Moonlight Bodhisattva' and 'Medicine Buddha'.

Those who often play "Fighting Evil Gods" know that the Lingshan Buddhist deck is one of the worst combination decks, and you will lose ten points if you get it.

The Tiger, the landlord, looked at the Rabbit calmly, put his cards down lightly, and inadvertently revealed the first card: an eight-winged angel.

This is the Sanctuary deck, also one of the worst decks, and it’s even generally recognized that its effects are worse than those of the Lingshan deck.

“……” Maotu’s eyes twitched when he saw this, but he didn’t say anything.

Wu Ma cursed and revealed two big cards, "Guang Chengzi" and "Holy Mother of Fire Spirit"!
This is the top deck of the Taoist school, which can form the skill of 'suicide sacrifice'. It was originally a sure win for him, but the idiot Maotu actually slammed the table, causing him to lose millions!
Wu Ma glanced at Mao Tu viciously.

Yin Hu smiled and took the bets on the table - four second-level crystals per person - and put them into a bottomless bag, then said slowly:
"Why rush? The bigger the fuss she makes, the better it is for us! Now the attention of the two major factions of the Living Cultivation Organization has been attracted by her, so we can take advantage of the situation and do our job.

"My people arrived in Penglai last night. According to him, the church's top brass sent an extraordinary person here. When you meet later, be careful with your words. Although we have different beliefs, we are all working towards the same great cause!

"Also, although that person is only a second-level one, his identity is special, so it would be effortless for him to kill you."

"Yes, boss!"

The Rabbit, Rooster and Horse all nodded in agreement, though they felt a little disdainful in their hearts.

What's so great about the second stage?

Having said that, their faces didn't show it at all.

The agreed meeting place was in this inconspicuous hotel in the downtown area.

Time passed minute by minute, from the agreed time of noon to two o'clock in the afternoon, and then to four o'clock in the afternoon.

But they waited and waited, but no one came.

"Boss, could it be that your people can't find their location?" Maotu said bluntly.

"Humph! Do you think everyone has the same memory loss as you?"

Yin Hu sneered unhappily, but felt somewhat confused.

Although the four evils of the abyss still need some work to enter the safe zone, they are not novices, so they should have arrived by now...

He had a bad feeling in his heart, so he clicked on the upgrade drive and sent a message to urge: "Shen Hou, where are you?"

A moment later, the "Spicy Monkey" from the Inactivation Society sent a message and asked:
"Ah? Didn't you go into the city? I shouldn't have. Those stinky ghosts wouldn't let me follow them. Only your apprentice went with them. He left early this morning."

"You guys split up? Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

Yinhu suddenly felt angry.

These guys are more difficult to lead than the other. It seems that I have to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys! If I don't take action for too long, it will seem too approachable. Maybe they have forgotten how terrifying the "executioner" is!
He was secretly angry in his heart, and did not say anything more to Shen Hou. Instead, he opened another private message and quickly edited the message:
"Where are you?"

Yinhu clicked send, and suddenly a red box flashed on the screen.

[Tip: Sending failed, your friend 'Link' account has expired. ]

"what?"

Yinhu's eyes suddenly widened.

There is only one reason why the upgrade network account is invalid, that is, the other party has died and the upgrade driver has been removed!

How can this be?

Others may not know, but as the confidant of "Rat", the only two true deputies of the Resurrection Society, I know that this time, the sect has sent a "Father's Favor"!
Even though they are only at the second level, there are only a handful of people in this world who can threaten them!
unless……

Could it be that the demigod took action?

But under normal circumstances, how could a demigod go hunting down a few small first-level characters for no apparent reason?
This is so cheap!
Is that the master at the top of the human list?
No, don't worry, it may not be like this. Link's death does not mean that the 'kind father' is also dead.

There is still a chance to save it!
Yinhu lowered his eyes and quickly sent orders to Shenhou. They also had to go to the wasteland to find the whereabouts of the sect's messenger no matter what. This was the key to future cooperation.

Live to see people, die to see corpses!
……

……

In the wasteland of Penglai District, outside Zuyufang.

Hong Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead and squatted down in the shade.

"Xu Shu actually ran away secretly and left all the dirty work to me. How despicable!"

"Well, let's report the news to our family first."

She muttered a few words to herself, then turned on the driver.

Originally, she received the news and came to track down the whereabouts of the "Yinhu" men of the Deactivation Society.

As it turns out, Yinhu's men didn't seem to appear in Zuyufang?
There was only one evil cult group here, and it was destroyed by Xu Shu.

Hong Yan could only accept this result. Intelligence is like this and cannot be guaranteed to be 100% accurate.

She now wants to report the situation truthfully to the family elders: No trace of the tiger "Yu Mingluan" has been found in the above six towns, including Zuyufang, Jinbu Village, Hongru Temple, etc.!

After completing the sending and receiving symbolic encouragement and praise from the elder, Hong Yan pouted.

The mission was not completed well, so I only earned a few dozen contribution points. It was too little! It was not enough to spend!
"I have to think of a way to make some money. Alas, even a penny is a difficult thing for a heroine like me!"

As he sighed, Hong Yan saw a prompt box light up in the lower left corner. He quickly clicked it and his eyes suddenly fixed:
Inside information!

Yu Mingluan from the Resurrection Society appeared in the Ponyo episode, openly killed three resurrections, and then left arrogantly!

……

……

"Humph, useless thing. So many people attacked me and I was killed in return. Do you know how to play?"

Ponyoji is hidden in a private church in an old neighborhood.

Xu Shu grabbed the leading "nun" by the hair and made her kneel before the shrine and confess devoutly, telling the strange statue all the crimes she had committed.

Behind the numerous crimes are numerous idle shares.

Under Xu Shu's repeated criticism, the nun thoroughly reflected on her own mistakes.

The continuous appearance of white shares made the other believers red-eyed.

Their limbs were broken by Xu Shu, and they lay on the ground and roared in grief and anger:

"No, stop it now, let go of Angel Ellie!"

"Emissary Ellie is blessed by the Mother Goddess, and you are also a priest. You are blaspheming God, and you will go to hell!"

“No, you can’t do this, you can’t f*cking do this~!”

Facing the incompetent fury of the crowd, Xu Shu smiled coldly: "Can't this be done? I want it this way, what do you think? Humph, if it weren't for the fact that you are an old friend, I would have killed you in seconds just now."

Hearing this, the "nun" Ai Li who accepted the punishment rolled her eyes and gritted her teeth and said, "It turned out to be you! You are... Wang Teng!"

She gritted her teeth, and the humiliation of the past suddenly flooded into her mind, and this moment cut into that moment.

At that time, she was still an unemployed little nun preaching in the wasteland of D8B3 area. She began to believe in the Dark Mother Goddess using the doctrines she got from a roadside encounter and took the opportunity to make money.

Who would have thought that one day, a man named Wang Teng suddenly appeared and took away her virginity in front of all the church members. This made it impossible for her to survive in that area, so she had to do the opposite and go to the city to make a living. (Note 1)

But after just a few days of good meals, the safe zone suddenly exploded, and even the Damashii Star Tower collapsed!

Ellie was terrified. She was all alone and helpless, with monsters running around the streets. The city defense army had no chance of holding out, and all the new converts had died.

Fortunately, in the end, with her firm will, she managed to cross the magical "extinguished road" with difficulty.

However, she discovered that the "shelter" mentioned in the city-wide broadcast did not exist at all. After she came out, she went directly to another safe zone and could never go back.

Since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. With her flexible tongue and adaptability, Ellie quickly gained a foothold in this thriving first-class safety zone and once again attracted a group of believers to support her.

She even recruited several local "living cultivators" to join the team, and her influence grew.

But who would have thought that just a few days after things got better, the guy who had once defiled her would appear again!

Although the other person has changed his face, Ai Li will never forget the shame of that day.

Based on his strength, speed and other characteristics, she determined that the bearded man in front of her was the bad guy "Wang Teng" who had bullied her in the past!
Unfortunately, what good does it do to know?

The gap in our strength is too big.

"Wow, Ai Li...I lost again..." Ai Li cried as if she accepted her fate, and simply activated her innate ability: double cultivation. As the saying goes, since you can't resist, you might as well enjoy it.

This is the case now.

The opponent is so strong that I can't beat him at all.

Now that things have come to this, I might as well take advantage of the opportunity to reap some benefits... Anyway, this "strong man" has an extremely strong physique, and I can take the opportunity to gain some of his essence to feed back to myself, and even improve my cultivation. No matter how I look at it, I won't suffer any loss, and it's a win-win situation for everyone.

As Ai Li was thinking this, she heard the other party speak again.

"We are old friends, and we meet again today. Alas! It really makes me feel how big the world is and how unpredictable fate is!"

After an hour of self-reflection, Xu Shu sighed and said, "Time flies like an arrow, never stopping day or night."

“Uh…” Ellie huddled in the corner, trying to pack her clothes, feeling contempt in her heart.

For some reason, she felt that the guy in front of her had no worldly expression on his face at all.

If she hadn't been kissed hard by him just now, Ellie would have thought that the guy in front of her was a saint who had no desires or requests!
I clearly wanted to...

At this time, Xu Shu flicked his clothes, pointed at the small jade Buddha on the shrine, and said to the three living monks on the ground: "Smile for me. Whoever smiles the loudest and most sincerely will live."

"Forehead?"

The three "high-level" members of the cult, who had been cursing "sons of bitches and beasts" non-stop, looked at each other when they heard this, and saw determination in each other's eyes.

The next second, they all grinned and laughed out loud:
"Hahahaha!"

"Well done sir! Hahahaha, I'm so happy to see it!"

"Hahaha, the Envoy of God Elly should be possessed by a strong man like you, hahahaha!"

When Ai Li heard this, she gritted her teeth and secretly glanced at Xu Shu's back, but more thoughts came to her mind.

This person is not the first time to come to me, could it be...

Before she could even process this thought, Ellie's eyes suddenly narrowed.

In the midst of sincere and genuine laughter, the beautiful and holy-looking Buddha statue slightly opened its lips, revealing a crystal clear white jade tooth.

The tooth landed lightly on the ground and began to move on its own as if it were a living thing.

It came to the three living statues one by one, like a chick pecking at rice, and then returned to the mouth of the Buddha statue.

brush!brush!brush!
The three people who were full of energy a moment ago immediately turned into withered mummies like fallen apart building blocks.

All the flesh and blood in their bodies was lost in an instant, without them even having time to utter a scream!

"Well!"

Ellie covered her mouth in horror to prevent herself from screaming, even though she had been screaming for an hour and her voice was hoarse.

But at this moment, witnessing such a horrific scene with her own eyes, the beautiful fantasy in her heart was completely shattered, and was replaced by waves of intense chills on her back.

What it is?
What it is!
The most brutal devil "R'lyeh" mentioned in the mother god's texts seems to be just like this!

Ellie was not only frightened in her heart, she also found that her body was having trouble breathing. It was as if her clothes were attacking her and trying to strangle her!

"Cough... cough cough... help... me..." Driven by the desire to survive, Ellie's vision blurred and she stretched out her hand to the man who had violated her before.

Xu Shu was accustomed to this and casually loosened her collar - this woman had just looked directly into the eyes of the Narrow-sleeved Guanyin without knowing what was good for her and suffered backlash.

"Ugh~ cough cough! Thank you, thank you!" Ellie knelt on the ground, retching and spitting out some milky white sour water.

Xu Shu glanced at it inconspicuously, curled his lips, hung the narrow-sleeved Guanyin around his waist again, and covered it with his clothes.

After testing, it was found that "Aphrodite Wisdom Tooth" can indeed be used and is quite powerful.

But he couldn't help but have a doubt.

What do I need a wisdom tooth for when I can beat my enemies to their knees, force them to smile at the little jade Buddha, and forbid them from making any defensive moves?
Why not just beat them to death!

The "ritual" method of starting this thing is simply as unnecessary as taking off your pants to fart!

Of course, it can’t be said that it cannot be used to fight against opponents of higher levels.

Just like the time against Steve, you can be killed by the enemy first, and then when the enemy thinks he has won, relaxes his vigilance and smiles knowingly, you can successfully counter-kill him...

It sounds like it's not that easy to fulfill the conditions. In fact, it's not easy at all. First of all, you have to learn how to be beaten to death but not die. This condition has already blocked most people. Not every profession can be reborn like a "devil".

"Well, assuming it's in the ruins, I can do it."

"Besides that, you don't have to pretend to be dead. There are other ways to trick the other party into letting down their guard..."

Xu Shu muttered to himself.

When he looked up, he saw Ellie looking at him with a very strange look.

"What are you looking at? Your skills are not good enough. I am not very satisfied." Xu Shu said.

Ai Li's eyes widened: "I..."

Before she could finish, Xu Shu waved his hand and interrupted, "Since we are all from the same hometown, I will let you go. But the third time, if I see you cheating people in the name of a cult, I won't be so easy to deal with."

Speaking of this, Xu Shu was a little speechless.

He had heard passers-by talking about the "Church of the Dark Mother Goddess" and thought he had really encountered an organization similar to Suki Herrera's Black Virgin School.

Who knew that when they got in and took a look, they found that the statue that Ellie had placed was actually fake.

This is a fake cult!
Because it was just, Xu Shu was willing to let her go. After all, they were from the same hometown, so there was some affection between them.

However, if someone instigates others to cause a murder, naturally someone will have to bear the consequences. For example, the three living practitioners from Penglai in this church became scapegoats.

As for Ellie, she has paid the price and made redemption - the passerby who was instigated to stab to death has recovered under her treatment and will be fine after a few days of recuperation.

This is the advantage that being a "nun" brings her. As long as the person is not completely dead, there is room for recovery.

"Will you let me go?"

Ai Li looked at Xu Shu, seemingly unable to believe it.

Xu Shu snorted coldly and said, "Why, do I look like the kind of unreasonable and indiscriminate killer?"

“Uh…” Ai Li looked at the body on the ground, opened her mouth and stammered, then nodded after a moment, “Thank you for not killing me, I will definitely change for the better and not lie to you again!”

"You'd better." Xu Shu didn't say much and started to fiddle with a few shriveled corpses on the ground.

Ellie wanted to say something but stopped herself. In the end, she said nothing more. She hugged her shoulders, squeezed into the narrow passage at the back, and escaped quickly.

At the scene, Xu Shu picked up a small piece of wood as a knife and scratched the skin of the three "living repairmen" on their abdomens, leaving a big "X" shape, which looked both scary and full of symbolic meaning. He put them in a special pose.

——He was imitating the traces left by the "Inactivation Society"!
Of course, the orthodox inactivation is not that simple. They will skin the victim's abdomen open alive and then sew it up, just like the antelopes whose internal organs have been hollowed out by hyenas in the wilderness, and use the scars after the sutures to write the letter "X".

In addition, they would twist the victim's legs into an eight-shape and spread them apart, leaving a long trail of dried blood in the middle, which means "raising a ghost will backfire and the ghost will break out of the body."

Finally, the joints of the two arms are twisted in multiple places to make a "W" shape on both sides of the shoulders, which symbolizes "the self-redemption of the sinner."

In short, if it was done by someone from the Inactivation Society, the scene would be much bloodier and more terrifying.

However, Xu Shu felt that this was a bit too much and did not fit his bright and great image of the "wasteland savior", so he decided to keep it simple.

Besides, you don’t need this to prove your identity.

He left a line of large characters in a dragon-and-phoenix style on the wall:
"At the end of the eighteenth year of the new calendar, I traveled to Ponyoji, eliminated the key criminals of the evil cult, rescued some innocent victims, punished evil and promoted good, and made the righteous path flourish forever - the conqueror king, Yu Mingluan!"

After doing all this, Xu Shu cleaned up his traces at the scene and left with satisfaction.

He wandered around the wasteland for another long time, and finally appeared in a small town north of the safe zone.

At 1200: in the afternoon, he took the return train and went back home. On the way, he bought a small gadget that a girl might like - a small shoulder bag worth yuan.

Today is the weekend and his sister is back home. Xu Shu misses her very much after not seeing her for a long time. This is a good gift to strengthen the brother-sister relationship.

In the evening, Xu Shu had a rare moment of free time, so he spent New Year's Eve with his family - today was December 12, the last day of the 31th year of the lunar calendar.

He practiced early, and after completing his daily routine of devouring two erosion crystals, he returned to his room.

It was a rare night, Xu Shu slept with the cat and his sister, it was very warm.

The adoptive parents saw Xu Shu enter Zhou Shiyu's room with their own eyes. They looked at each other, but finally said nothing. They quietly got up and returned to their room, locking the door with a click.

This meaning seems to be self-evident.

Of course, they were actually overthinking it. Xu Shu didn't have such excessive thoughts at all.

He and Zhou Shiyu slept on opposite sides of each other, just like they did when they were little, each covered with a thick quilt, wrapped up like two little bears.

Zhou Shiyu told him about the interesting things that happened at school that week, and Xu Shu just listened silently.

In the second half of the night, Xu Shu woke up to the slight vibration of the upgraded drive.

When I opened it, I saw a message from the bride Xie Xiaochan:
"Everyone is here! We are ready to go. When are you free? We will meet you at the East Pole area."

Xu Shu looked at his sister and the cat sleeping together, raised his lips, and replied:
"Just today."

(End of this chapter)