My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 18 Meaning
"Wait, Captain, do you mean Uncle Zhu is also a Super?" Ning Linglong belatedly realized, staring at Chu Zhu in astonishment. After looking him up and down, she asked in confusion, "How could this be normal... Uncle Zhu, you can't be, something's not right."

After hesitating for a moment, Ning Linglong asked cautiously, "You should be male, right?"

"What do you mean? Where do I look like a woman...? Are you referring to muscles?" Chu Zhu was somewhat uncertain. Now that you mention it, it seems that the men who were brought out by Li Kang do indeed have abnormally developed muscles to varying degrees, but the women...

“His situation is rather special…” Li Kang’s face twitched, then he explained to Chu Zhu, “Most men are like me, but the lighter the pollution, the more normal their muscle condition… For women, the thinner, whiter, and lighter their weight, the heavier the pollution! Ning Linglong looks pretty normal, right? That’s because she’s exceptionally gifted!”

"..." Li Kang suddenly stopped, covering his forehead. "Okay, I don't even need to use the word 'gifted' to describe you! As a body cultivator, you actually don't change your physical form... It was my mistake to say this in front of you."

At this moment, Ning Linglong's gaze towards Chu Zhu changed—Chu Zhu could sense that it was a gaze mixed with confusion, disbelief, and existential doubt.

It seems... Chu Zhu pondered, zero pollution might be even more incredible than he thought... After all, right now, Ning Linglong should only be guessing low pollution? And she already had such an expression on her face.

……

far away.

On the steam car.

"That's terrifying!" A young man, looking at Ning Linglong who was at a loss in front of Chu Zhu, gasped. "No, is that the kind of expression that woman would show? Shy? But it doesn't seem like it. But, is this something I can see...? I... I won't be trained to death afterwards, will I?"

The young man shivered.

"That's why I say you're stupid!" A man with an abnormally obese physique, not looking outside, was intently fiddling with his phone. "If you can't look at something, just don't look at it!"

"So, who exactly is that big shot? I really want to hear what they're saying... but I'm too scared! Damn it." The young man ignored the fat man's words, looking extremely conflicted.

However, no one paid him any attention in the steam car.

……

After chatting for a while, Chu Zhu casually asked, "By the way, what did these robbers steal? Didn't you say you wouldn't handle ordinary robbery cases?"

"..." This time, Li Kang remained silent for a very long time before finally saying, "I don't know!"

"This is a topic that absolutely cannot be touched upon." Ning Linglong's expression also turned serious.

"?" Chu Zhu narrowed his eyes. Interesting. It seems that the nuclear facilities involve... something even more terrifying than he had imagined.

“We should go back too!” Li Kang started to say, but the tablet he was holding beeped again with an alarm. “Damn it, is someone else here?”

Li Kang flew into a rage, not even saying goodbye to Chu Zhu, and turned to rush towards the steam carriage in the distance. Ning Linglong hurriedly nodded to Chu Zhu and followed closely behind.

After watching the steam car disappear into the distance, Chu Zhu looked at the bank for a while longer before turning and leaving.

……

Urban redevelopment area.

Chu Zhu stopped and stared at the thing blocking her doorway with a strange expression.

It was a small tent! There was a long queue in front of the tent.

Zhang Xu stood at the entrance of the tent. Someone walked out of the tent, their face beaming with joy.

"Next!" Zhang Xu clasped his hands together.

"My turn! Host, I've made an irreparable mistake..." Another person rushed into the tent. Strangely enough, although his voice was extremely loud, the moment the tent flap was drawn, not a single sound could be heard inside.

"Master Zhang!" A man in his early twenties standing next to Zhang Xu suddenly brightened up and pointed in the direction of Chu Zhu. "That must be Mr. Zhu!"

Zhang Xu's face lit up with surprise, but when he turned and saw Chu Zhu, he froze. He looked her up and down, then exchanged a glance with the man and received confirmation. Only then did he frown and knock on the tent flap: "Master, the person has arrived!"

After a few breaths, the curtain opened.

With an apologetic look on his face, Zhang Hai nodded repeatedly to the man who had entered the tent earlier, saying, "I really have something to attend to today! You can go to the Jinghai Third District Church tomorrow, and I will personally perform an atonement ceremony for you."

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's do it another day, next time for sure!" Zhang Hai then looked at the long line of people, showing no trace of the cathedral abbot's arrogance.

"It's alright, it's alright! Sir, please talk to Mr. Zhu!"

"Mr. Zhu, you're back? Have you had dinner yet? Would you like to come to my noodle shop for a meal? It's on me."

Among the people in line, some people's eyes lit up with surprise when they saw Chu Zhu, and they kept shouting.

Zhang Hai spoke calmly for a while before gradually dispersing the crowd.

"You?" Chu Zhu observed coldly. Only when the Zhang master and apprentice walked up to her did she speak.

"You might not know me! Let me introduce myself first..."

"Zhang Zihai, what do you want from me?" Chu Zhu interrupted Zhang Hai, her tone unusual. "You don't mean you want to spread your God's faith in the shantytown redevelopment area, so you've heard I have a good reputation there and hope to use me as a starting point, right?"

"Heh, I never get involved in people's religious matters! Let alone..."

“Although I don’t believe in the God Worshipping Society, if I really had to choose between the two factions, I would lean more towards the local faction!” Chu Zhu said calmly. “Alright, is there anything else you want to say? If not, you can get lost! Otherwise… I’ll report your liking for playing with lifelike dolls and reading obscene books to Zhao Qian, the abbot of the Second District Church next door, who just came to Jinghai City.”

"?" Zhang Xu's expression froze for a moment, then he flew into a rage. "You bastard, how dare you! How dare you slander my master like this..."

But before he could even utter a curse...

“Let’s talk this out!” Zhang Hai said calmly, stepping forward to grasp Chu Zhu’s hand with a polite smile. “If you disagree, you disagree! Is it really necessary? I’m simply trying to spread the faith! I know my church didn’t contribute to the redevelopment of the shantytowns, but… and with our help, the city officials can pay more attention to the various shantytown redevelopment areas! This is good for the shantytowns, and for you…”

"You have the nerve to say that? It's one thing to play with dolls, but you actually have to play with pretty young boys..."

“What I mean is! After the inspection, I found that the order in the shantytown redevelopment area is very well-maintained,” Zhang Hai’s attitude changed again, becoming serious and earnest, and he vigorously shook Chu Zhu’s palm up and down. “After understanding the inside story, I deeply realized that it was under your guidance and education that the shantytown redevelopment area became like this, and there is nothing that needs to be changed! I will emphasize this point to the city officials.”

"Thank you so much for your work on the renovation of the shantytown. I have always felt that what you did back then had a profound and extraordinary significance for maintaining social order in the entire Jinghai City!"

(End of this chapter)