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Chapter 344 Has Destiny Arrived? Quasi-Third Realm! The So-Called Mastermind! (Second Update)

"Alright..." Chu Zhu stopped Hive, who was practically smoking from deep thought. A faint gloom filled his eyes. He pursed his lips and finally said, "Let me see... the situation in the shantytown redevelopment area!"

The next instant, screen after screen appeared on the Hive phone—

Countless shells crashed down on the shantytown redevelopment area, causing the already dilapidated buildings to collapse and bodies to fly everywhere... The people wailed in despair...

Chu Zhu even saw countless familiar faces among them—after all, he knew far too many people in the shantytown redevelopment area…

He just watched quietly. Watching the widespread devastation, the city stained with blood…

"...Damn it!" Huo Qiming's face turned extremely ugly. He hadn't understood the Hive's language at all, only reacting when he saw the image. He instinctively looked at Chu Zhu, his voice urgent: "We need to go back now..."

"It's too late!" Chu Zhu's voice remained completely still. He clenched his fists silently, closed his eyes, and took several deep breaths.

Countless memories flashed through his mind... scenes from his life in the shantytown redevelopment area from childhood to adulthood!

Faces—some kind, some cunning, some treacherous, some benevolent—flashed through his mind...

Yes, Chu Zhu knew that if he died, everything would reset... there would still be a chance to salvage the situation! However, he still felt he couldn't accept all of this so calmly...

Those memories are becoming clearer, more profound, and more...painful.

Chu Zhu suddenly opened her eyes, a faint, indifferent light flowing within them.

"?" Huo Qiming was stunned for a moment, and was about to say something when he felt a strange aura burst forth from Chu Zhu.

This is……

"Wait, the third realm? No... I'm still a little short! But... you're almost at the third realm? That's impossible..." Huo Qiming's expression changed drastically after he realized what was happening, and he almost doubted that he was hallucinating.

The so-called "quasi-third" means that all accumulations except for destiny... have reached the theoretical limit! However, as far as he knows... this situation generally only occurs after staying in the second realm for several years, or even decades...

Ah...didn't Chu Zhu just break through to the second realm not long ago...?

No, it's not just a short time, it's only been a few days! This is unbelievable!
The information was so shocking that he momentarily forgot about the shantytown redevelopment area that was currently suffering from a major disaster, and just stared blankly at Chu Zhu—you...you're cheating, isn't that a bit too much!

"Isn't this... my destiny?" Chu Zhu's expression was indifferent. From Huo Qiming's perspective, he had only recently broken through, but the problem was, from his own perspective, it had been a very, very long time since he had broken through...

Putting everything else aside, just the ability to replicate the living person's supernatural power through learning and memorizing supernatural powers has basically brought him to the limit of his current level in terms of energy accumulation in this area... and he has even broken through the limit!

Just the half-month or so in reality, converted to the dream world with twenty resets each time, adds up to a year... not to mention the subsequent confrontation with the Black Mist Monster God and the many major events that followed...

Chu Zhu had keenly sensed that the emotions had triggered his memories, and decisively chose to search Ha... but clearly, this was not his destiny!
"No...you...I..." Huo Qiming stammered after waking up.

But suddenly, Huo Qiming stopped speaking and looked solemnly at a tall building.

There, a tall, slender man gazed quietly at Chu Zhu.

Chu Zhu's eyebrows twitched. After a brief silence, he turned off his phone, which was still occasionally emitting cries of pain and the sound of gunfire. Without fear, he calmly and unceremoniously met the man's gaze.

The man frowned, and after a few breaths, he looked away, scanned his surroundings, but ultimately did not make a move!

Chu Zhu had some doubts, and this was because there were still quite a few people around—the Ladder to Heaven, having stood there for so long, seemed to have become a famous tourist attraction in Tianjing, with several commercial streets even spreading out around it!
Of course, because of the previous siege, the vendors had all fled... However, after the situation stabilized—

Then, security guards and drones were discovered maintaining order, and Nuwa was also using public opinion to spread propaganda... So, some of the bolder ones have already come out... and even started setting up stalls again!

"..." Huo Qiming's body tensed up, as if he was silently confronting the man, until the man turned and left, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his expression turning solemn: "I think you should hide right now... no, there's also the chaotic massacre in the shantytown redevelopment area... damn it!" Huo Qiming was momentarily flustered.

"What's meant to happen can't be avoided!" Chu Zhu said calmly, waving his hand and saying with a touch of emotion, "I never expected... Ji Lan would also know 'kung fu'."

Ji Lan…the Governor-General of Jiangnan! He once served as a Grand Secretary in the Cabinet! He was the emperor's chief advisor before his ascension to the throne!
Chu Zhu was no stranger to him. He had not only crossed paths with him when he was in Tianjing—when he infiltrated the palace, this man returned to the capital once… On that occasion, this man and the emperor practically slept side by side! Chu Zhu even had a suspicion that the two might be… This greatly shocked Chu Zhu, who was not very old in the real world at the time.

In short, he is a guy who seems kind and gentle but is actually ruthless... Chu Zhu even guessed that it was this guy's idea to send Li Min to assassinate him - because it was just too much like this guy's style.

"...He is a great Confucian scholar!" Huo Qiming replied, seemingly ignoring the question.

Chu Zhu seemed to be deep in thought. He suddenly remembered something someone had once given him...

"Besides Confucianism... are the others perhaps not my enemies?" Chu Zhu silently repeated, a heavy feeling rising in his heart. Confucianism... Confucianism!

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly sensed something and abruptly looked towards the sky.

From the north, dozens of drones were hurtling towards him at breakneck speed...

Upon detecting the anomaly, the Hive instantly activated its drones, positioning them protectively beside Chu Zhu. However—these drones did not attack Chu Zhu!

Without hesitation, they opened fire, sweeping bullets across the ordinary people who had come out to watch the spectacle from afar, eliciting screams and cries of terror, and instantly leaving the ground littered with corpses.

"...Murder! Murder! Murder..."

"Didn't you say it wouldn't harm civilians... Ah, run!"

"Mommy mommy……"

At this moment, Chu Zhu fell silent. He forced himself to calm down, but the thought that the shantytown redevelopment area was experiencing the same thing caused him to lose his composure for a moment. He almost gritted his teeth and said, "Hive, shoot it down... Nuwa 17! Why, are there drones..."

"...This is not a drone from the Tianjing region!"

Chu Zhu paused for a moment, a flash of understanding crossing her eyes. So… she was urgently transferred from another region? Could she also have been transferred from Yangzhou?

Wait a minute! Chu Zhu suddenly realized that this was part of a coordinated attack on the shantytown redevelopment area...?

Destroying the rear base, shaking the morale of the security regiment, and at the same time...

"Not good!" Huo Qiming belatedly realized what was happening. Looking at the wailing and fleeing crowd in the distance, his expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, he picked up Chu Zhu and fled into the distance.

Chu Zhu's thoughts paused for a moment before she realized that the other party was clearly not killing for the sake of killing... So, this was... a method to drive away the crowd...

"...It's too late!" Chu Zhu's voice remained as calm as ever, as if he weren't the one facing this dire situation. Just as Chu Zhu had predicted. Even though Huo Qiming was running extremely fast, the opponent was clearly even faster—

"Great Goddess Nuwa, I'm sorry!"

A calm voice rang out, filled with respect and apology.

A vast expanse of Confucian spirit suddenly swept out.

The world that Chu Zhu could see turned into pure white at this moment.

Immediately...

Time begins to reverse!

(End of this chapter)