My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 19 House Thief
After a while.

Zhang Hai carried the small tent that Zhang Xu had packed and stuffed into his bag, watching Chu Zhu return home.

"Master," Zhang Xu said, his face dark. He wasn't stupid; judging from his teacher's attitude, he was basically certain that everything Chu Zhu said was true. This wasn't just a matter of being shocked; his worldview was beginning to crumble.

Zhang Xu had previously heard people say that members of the priestly faction within the God Worshipping Society, who believed in a Western God, preferred young boys. He had always thought this was a rumor, since he himself belonged to the priestly faction and had joined as a young boy; how come he had never encountered such a thing?
He even argued vehemently, getting into fights more than once... But now! The sky has fallen, a traitor has appeared in the family.

No, the question now is whether my master's situation is an isolated case, or whether it is quite common?
Wait a minute, the key point is to think about it carefully. When I was a child... no matter how you look at it, it was actually quite normal! My master didn't do anything strange to me... that's really outrageous.

“That’s not important.” Zhang Hai said indifferently. He seriously considered every word he had spoken with Chu Zhu before, and finally sighed, “I’ve heard people say that this Mr. Zhu can see one step ahead and plan ten steps ahead. If you get Mr. Zhu, you can get Jinghai City under the cover of night. I thought it was just a rumor, but now it seems that although you can’t believe it all, there is some truth to it.”

"!" Zhang Xu was stunned for a moment, breaking out in a cold sweat. That's right, even he, as Zhang Hai's disciple, was unaware of his teacher's sordid affairs, yet the other party seemed to know everything?
What kind of intelligence capability is this? It's beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

“And Zhang Zihai.” Zhang Hai lowered his eyes and murmured, as if talking to himself, or perhaps asking Zhang Xu, “How did he know that name?”

There are probably no more than five people in this world who know this name and what it means!
"So, Master, what's next?" Zhang Xu asked cautiously. "Destroy your incriminating evidence, and then come back to put pressure on him? That person shouldn't have any evidence, and under those circumstances, he shouldn't dare to act recklessly! The price of slandering a diocese abbot, even for him..."

"Foolish!" Zhang Hai roared in fury, clenching his fist and delivering a powerful punch to Zhang Xu's head, making him howl in pain. "I told you to destroy things, to exert pressure, to bully others, to slander others! How did I teach you? How could you do this! Who taught you... how did you become so bad so quickly?"

"Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me!" Zhang Xu yelled repeatedly as he fled in a sorry state. "It's all because of you! Like father, like son!"

“Hey.” Zhang Hai laughed angrily, “I didn’t actually play with little boys. What’s wrong with me playing with dolls? Is playing with lifelike dolls a crime? Even if it were exposed, so what? At most, it would just make me lose face within the God Worshipping Cult! But what are you talking about? That’s a crime!”

"Strength can be cultivated gradually! But if your body is crooked, there's no cure!!"

……

Chu Zhu watched the two leave through the window, a noncommittal expression on her face. She closed her eyes and continued to ponder the events that had just transpired.

"Nuwa No. 17 extension, which means there are at least sixteen more? The two capitals definitely have them. What about the rest?"

It's getting late.

Chu Zhu decided to stop wasting his energy and went to bed. Then, he realized something was wrong. He subconsciously tensed his muscles, clenched his left fist into a heavy hammer, and swung it behind him.

It was a dim light.

At that moment, Chu Zhu felt his perspective shift, and he saw a headless corpse. Those clothes—they were so familiar!
"...He's dead? That's so sudden!"

Confusion made it difficult for Chu Zhu to wake up from reality.

Time, reversed.

……

The light was blinding.

Chu Zhu was momentarily dazed, then clutched his head. His brain felt as if it were being pierced by needles, the pain unbearable. He slumped onto the bed.

After a long while, Chu Zhu finally managed to stand up. "So, who is it?"

Zhang Hai? It definitely can't be Zhang Xu. Zhang Xu probably couldn't even beat him!

"However, the old charlatan is unlikely to be the culprit." Chu Zhu thought for a moment and ranked Zhang Hai down in the list of suspects. Chu Zhu knew Zhang Hai very well! Although the old charlatan was a lecher, his character was still commendable.

After all, other charlatans, or rather, the priestly faction, actually play with young boys! But this old charlatan actually plays with dolls—you should know that for the priestly faction, adopting young boys is basically a routine operation!
On the contrary, Zhang Hai, who took Zhang Xu as his disciple, only targeted the puppets, which would be very shameful if word got out... Yes, the previous threat was only against the old charlatan's behavior of playing with puppets! It was not a threat to expose him for playing with little boys.

Exposing the little boy's story would only result in the priest faction silently suppressing it.

"But who else could it be?" Chu Zhu was extremely puzzled and started counting on his fingers. Because it was a reset, he didn't know the robbery gang in this dream world line... The only people he met from beginning to end were Li Kang and his group, and the old swindler and his group.

"Li Kang is even less likely to be involved..." Chu Zhu used the process of elimination, and then all the suspicious candidates were ruled out. Shocking!
"Could it be an old enemy? That's impossible. I was just an ordinary person back then. If this enemy could kill me when I was at the first level of Body Refinement, killing my past self would be a piece of cake. Why did they have to wait until today? It can't be a coincidence."

Can't figure it out.

But it doesn't matter.

"Now it's time to use the process of elimination!" Chu Zhu hummed twice, then rolled over and pulled a long storage cabinet out from under her bed. Surprisingly, the cabinet also had an ancient electronic lock!

He skillfully entered the password, opened the box, and inside were three wooden-handled grenades, two pistols, and a disassembled rifle.

He skillfully stuffed the grenade into his pocket, disassembled the pistol, reassembled it, confirmed it was in order, and then loaded it.

"I'm not going anywhere today... I want to see if anyone comes to kill me tonight."

If no one comes looking for us tonight... then we'll have to prepare for the worst. Chu Zhu's gaze was deep and unsettling.

Time slips away, bit by bit.

Several hours later.

There was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Zhu, are you there?" Zhang Hai's voice came through the door, extremely clear.

Chu Zhu did not speak.

"Um, Master! Perhaps Mr. Zhu has already left? Mr. Zhu has always been quite busy!" It was a slightly embarrassed voice.

Chu Zhu knew him; he was an ordinary resident of a shantytown redevelopment area, a novice follower of the God Worshipping Society—or rather, Chu Zhu knew almost everyone in the various shantytown redevelopment areas of Jinghai City. If he couldn't even understand the basic situation of these shantytown redevelopment areas… how could he dare say he knew 60% of what was going on in Jinghai?

(End of this chapter)