My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 110 Zhang Hai: Are they treating me like a member of a demonic cult?
3:48 PM.

Chu Zhu walked wearily toward the church in the third district. But he stopped abruptly as soon as he reached the church entrance.

"Interesting!" Chu Zhu looked at the parking spaces next to the third section, where many electric cars were parked.

"Speaking of which, has the number of electric vehicles increased again along this timeline?"

As Chu Zhu was pondering this, her pupils suddenly contracted, and she stared blankly at a strange car without wheels that was rapidly approaching from the distant sky.

Whoosh!
The flying car suddenly stopped above the church in the third district. Then, the car began to emit a faint glow, revealing a technological quality. Finally, it slowly descended and landed precisely in a parking space.

"..." Although Chu Zhu's expression remained unchanged, his true feelings were not what they appeared to be. He felt as if he had seen a ghost.

What is this thing? Don't tell him it's an anti-gravity car?!
Although flying cars have already been invented in the real world, those are more like helicopters shaped like cars, relying solely on the reaction force generated by the rotation of the rotor blades to take off.

But this one in front of me has no rotors, no wheels, and no noise... This!

"Where did I end up? Is this still the Dream Civilization?" Chu Zhu's mind was in a mess.

He was now almost certain that this thing was also an ancient relic. But he was absolutely certain that he had never seen this thing before in the dream world!
So, it was because he founded Company C, which spurred technological progress and triggered a butterfly effect, that he created this anti-gravity flying car? And then, in the ancient ruins, it was transported to the timeline of the Dream Civilization?
Chu Zhu's thoughts were more active than ever before. He was even considering whether he should go back now and ask Nuwa 17 if it had any anti-gravity technology.
But that doesn't make sense! Chu Zhu was completely baffled. He didn't recall that the Star Sea Explanation contained any content related to antigravity—and if he disregarded the Star Sea Explanation, he didn't believe that human civilization could develop antigravity technology on its own in such a short time!
What is the concept of antigravity technology? This technology is far more outrageous and revolutionary than anything else, such as room-temperature superconductors or controlled nuclear fusion...

The next moment, the church doors burst open.

Zhang Hai walked out of the church with a solemn expression, followed by several people. Chu Zhu immediately recognized that the first person on Zhang Hai's left was the abbot of the Fourth District Church, while the first person on his right was a high-ranking official from the Second District Church.

Zhang Hai saw Chu Zhu as soon as he came out: "..."

Chu Zhu raised an eyebrow, crossed her arms, and met his gaze.

However, Zhang Hai only paused for a moment before pretending not to see Chu Zhu and continuing to walk quickly toward the flying car.

"Your Excellency, welcome." Zhang Hai respectfully opened the car door, and then an elderly man in a red robe slowly stepped out of the car.

The old man had a hunched back and a face full of wrinkles, but his eyes were very clear.

He was wearing a gorgeous red outfit with pale gold embroidered on it, which gave off a sacred quality that was hard to describe in words—it was obvious at a glance that this outfit would be difficult to take off, difficult to put on, and even more difficult to wash.

Meanwhile, he was wearing an oversized red hat, making one wonder... if the enormous weight of the hat had crushed his back?
the most important is……

"What a contradiction!" Chu Zhu's lips twitched. The bishop, bent over, plus the height of his hat, exceeded the interior height of the flying car by quite a bit, making one really wonder... even if he was sitting inside the car, had this bishop not moved at all?
Otherwise, why didn't the hat wrinkle when it touched the car roof?
Surely they wouldn't deliberately tidy up before getting off the vehicle, would they? Or... use supernatural powers to maintain it?

Chu Zhu's thoughts were wandering at this moment.

Bishop Hu Kaikang coughed lightly, nodded to Zhang Hai, and then turned to look at Chu Zhu.

At this moment, Zhang Hai was so tense that his whole body was taut, his gaze constantly shifting between Bishop Hu and Chu Zhu. In Bishop Hu's blind spot, he even clasped his hands together and kept giving Chu Zhu meaningful glances, clearly pleading.

"Old Hu!" Chu Zhu took two steps forward and waved to Hu Kaikang. "It's been a long time since I've seen you fishing at Changyun Lake."

The question mark was like a bolt from the blue, shocking everyone else present.

"Haha, I've been quite busy lately! Plus, I'm getting old, and my men don't trust me to go fishing alone!" Hu Kaikang walked towards Chu Zhu with a gentle smile. "But to be honest, they used to be quite worried about me too, but they weren't strict enough, so I could sneak out fishing. Now I don't have the time!"

"What a pity!" Chu Zhu shook her head. "Last time, I caught a big fish weighing twenty pounds at the west corner of Changyun Lake, the place where we sat the second time we met."

"?" Hu Kaikang paused for a moment, a hint of envy appearing in his eyes. He sighed, "Damn it! If I hadn't been 'under house arrest,' I would definitely have been the one to catch that big fish! My fishing skills are much better than yours."

"Not entirely. The best fisherman is probably Old Su!" Chu Zhu glanced at Old Hu, shook his head, and asked, "By the way, do you know what he's doing right now? You two haven't come, and the timing of your absences is so coincidental... I almost suspected that you two had a twilight romance and eloped!"

“…Him?” Hu Kaikang was stunned for a moment. After realizing what he meant, he was so angry that he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He stomped his foot and said, “What elopement? And a sunset romance…Your mouth is still so annoying.”

After a brief pause, a mocking look appeared on Hu Kaikang's face. He opened his mouth, then gritted his teeth and swallowed his words. "Let's not talk about that guy! Kid, what a coincidence!"

Touching the bishop's hat on his head, Hu Kaikang narrowed his eyes and said with emotion, "You recognize me now, don't you? I never expected you to still have this attitude!"

"When I first saw you, I was actually a little nervous."

“Just like that little story you told me before, ‘his attitude clearly became respectful, and he called me ‘Master,’ ‘a thick barrier had already been erected between us…’” Hu Kaikang sighed, “I was really afraid that you would try to please me right away, or that your attitude would change in some other way!”

"This is good now...this is good!"

Zhang Hai stared blankly as the cardinal and Chu Zhu talked, watching the cardinal walk shakily yet nimbly to Chu Zhu and stop in front of her.

He struggled to rouse his sluggish mind, and after a long while sorting out his thoughts, he finally realized what had happened. He was then deeply shocked and found it difficult to calm down.

Seriously, buddy, how come you even know the cardinal of the First District of Jinghai?!
What is the concept of a cardinal?
That was a truly high-ranking figure in the entire God Worshipping Society, a person who held real power!

If it weren't for the old ruling party's suppression of the God Worshippers Church, and considering Jinghai's increasingly important economic and industrial status, as well as the plans of other religions for Jinghai City, which forced the God Worshippers Church not to fall behind, Bishop Hu would not have been sent here.

And they're actually so familiar with each other?
How can they be so close?
"Anxiety? Thick barrier? Awe? Have you lost your mind from fishing all this time?" Chu Zhu rolled her eyes, still with her arms crossed and chest puffed out, and said, "Get your facts straight first. Your God Worshipping Society still owes me... that Zhang Hai, how many favors does your church owe me again?"

"..." Zhang Hai could feel that the shock in his colleagues' eyes was slowly changing, and their gazes were now fixed on him with a hint of surprise, confusion, and even doubt.

He shuddered and quickly said, "The God Worshipping Society only owes you one favor at most; the rest is something I owe you."

"..." Chu Zhu's gaze sharpened as she met Zhang Hai's eyes. Although she felt slightly guilty, Zhang Hai still gritted his teeth and glared back.

"Sigh, why are you so hard to fool now!" Chu Zhu said with a regretful expression. "...?" After a brief silence, Zhang Hai smiled with a sense of relief.

Was this a deliberate trap set for him? Or was it in front of the upper level of the church? Hahahaha... birth!

"Oh? Oh!" Hu Kaikang slapped his forehead, as if he had just realized something. "I knew it! So you're that Mr. Zhu!"

"Don't try that on me... you old fox!" Chu Zhu's smile remained unchanged, but his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, "When you cheated and stole the fish, I knew what kind of person you were, you old geezer!"

"You don't know who I am? Even if we're considered half-friends despite our age difference, you old codger, it would be a miracle if you didn't suspect I knew your identity before, deliberately trying to hook up with you in order to get closer to you!"

"You've probably dug up my family tree, haven't you?"

"...No, that's not available!"

"You still dare to admit it?" Chu Zhu laughed angrily.

“Ahem, what I mean is, um, let’s get back to our previous topic…” Bishop Hu paused slightly.

"Sigh, I didn't expect you to find out. After all, my identity is indeed a bit sensitive." Hu Kaikang showed no embarrassment, his tone as usual. "But! It's fine this way."

“I could always tell you didn’t recognize me! That’s why our friendship, despite the age gap, was so pure! True friendship is like water, pure and simple.”

Chu Zhu glanced at Hu Kaikang sideways. They definitely wouldn't recognize each other on their first meeting, but they'd reconnected a few times... Heh! But whatever.

He and Lao Hu did have some acquaintance, but don't expect this acquaintance to go any deeper... Chu Zhu knew the man in front of him very well.

The person in front of me is a true, fanatical believer in the religion of God, who values ​​everything, including his own life, above all else!
Zhang Hai: "..."

Many priests: "..."

Fourth District Host: "..."

They felt their worldview was about to collapse at that moment.

It is precisely because they know Bishop Hu and what kind of person this old man is that they find it hard to accept at this moment!

Although Bishop Hu was hunched over, he was always decisive and assertive, a man who could truly withstand pressure and get things done—otherwise, he wouldn't have been sent to the First District, a "battlefield" where real violence was involved.

Some people present witnessed the old man slamming his fist on the table and confronting the former leader head-on; others saw him secretly plotting to break through the impenetrable defenses of Jinghai City, allowing the God Worshipping Cult to infiltrate.

But now, where is the iron-blooded bishop who is so widely known among the upper echelons of Jinghai City?
He looks like a playful old man!
And this person... um, no, how dare you speak to this person like that?

In the entire city of Jinghai, I guess only the old ruling party would dare to call Bishop Hu "old thing" and "old codger" to his face.
Moreover, Bishop Hu accepted it without any anger? Most importantly, if this happened in private, it would be somewhat understandable, but to show the same attitude in front of his subordinates? This…

The group's thoughts were completely in disarray.

"I'm a little curious! Why did you come here?" Chu Zhu glanced at Hu Kaikang. "Simply for this matter, it shouldn't be enough to make the bishop come all the way here, right?"

Upon hearing the word "bishop," Hu Kaikang's attitude changed, realizing that Chu Zhu was now indicating that they wanted to discuss serious matters.

He coughed slightly, his gaze sharpening like a sword, piercing straight at you, making you feel a slight sting on your skin. But Chu Zhu was quite certain that Hu Kaikang hadn't used any extraordinary abilities—it was simply his aura, or rather, his presence.

“Of course I came!” Hu Kaikang thought for a moment and said, “Fine, I can’t hide it from you little fox! I’ll just tell you the truth.”

"I just want to see you, to see this little fox who's been promoted on the spot!" After a slight pause, Hu Kaikang's voice took on a playful tone. "Besides, I heard from Zhang Hai that you seem to be planning to join my God Worshipping Cult? Is that... true?"

Zhang Hai's expression froze. But at that moment, he also understood...

No, should I say that it was indeed the case?
The bishop did not come for him!

But he never expected it would be for...

"Do you believe me?" Chu Zhu was starting to lose his composure. Although he knew the other person knew his identity as Mr. Zhu, he could at least pretend!

You were all all smiles and excitement before, but now you're just being blunt, aren't you? You're such a cunning old fox... not only are you sly, but you're shameless too.

"I came here because I didn't believe it." Hu Kaikang rolled his eyes, sized up Chu Zhu, and clicked his tongue. "So, say it to my face, are you joining or not!"

“Well, I’ll add a little something extra,” Bishop Hu said slowly. “If you’re willing to join, then I’ll reluctantly become your mentor.”

"?" Zhang Hai fell into deep thought. Wait, was he being bullied?

"No, I won't add it," Chu Zhu replied casually.

Zhang Hai: "???"

His eyes were fixed on Chu Zhu, staring incredulously. Although he had vaguely sensed something before... being betrayed like this still caused him a pang of heartache.

Even if you just said "Let me think about it some more"! Even if you just thought about it for half a minute!

Born! Born! You're treating him like a cultist!

(End of this chapter)