My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 94, Section 4-24: The Fallen Soul Sword
A restaurant located near an affluent neighborhood.

"Ah Zhu, you've been promoted so much! This meal is definitely on you." Li Kang said with a smile.

"Where would I get any money right now?" Chu Zhu rolled her eyes.

Because his union membership prohibited him from living a life of luxury, he did not use his intelligence advantage to deliberately plunder money, so he was known for being poor.

Not to mention that he had previously helped Zhang Hai pay eighty thousand yuan – that was a month's worth of his food expenses!

He wasn't deliberately teasing Zhang Hai before; he genuinely couldn't bear to part with those eighty yuan—in fact, he certainly wouldn't have eaten that ten-yuan bowl of noodles in the wealthy area last time if he hadn't already made up his mind to recharge...

He sighed, "Once things are on track here, and the official subsidies actually come through, I'll definitely treat you all... Now, though!"

"Well, if you really insist that I treat you, it's not impossible," Chu Zhu thought for a moment, then held out her hand to Li Kang, "Lend me your phone!"

"?" Li Kang immediately became alert. "What do you want to do?"

"Let Lu Muxue come and pay the bill!" Chu Zhu said matter-of-factly. So much so that Li Kang didn't realize something was wrong at first, until he was halfway through handing over the phone, then belatedly gasped, "Wait, it's dinner time! Is Miss eating with her parents?"

“Generally speaking, wealthy and powerful families don’t have much time to gather together and have a peaceful meal! Or rather, they need to specifically choose a time to get everyone together, since everyone is quite busy.” Chu Zhu glanced at Li Kang, who was relieved, and said with a sigh, “However, Lu Muxue’s family is an exception!”

Lu Muxue's family is rare... Although they are a powerful and wealthy family, her parents still allow Lu Muxue to attend a public school normally without cheating... And under normal circumstances, the three of them eat together most of the time.

Even the meals were prepared by Madam Xue herself, not by the nanny.

This is also the key reason why Chu Zhu said they don't know how to raise children—this way of raising children is indeed very warm and like a normal family—but normal wealthy and powerful families don't raise their children this way.

"I'll pay the bill." Li Kang was sweating profusely. He strongly suspected that Chu Zhu was threatening him. Otherwise, after he finished the phone call, if Miss Lu really came to pay the bill, and Lu Zhizheng, who was eating at the same table, asked unhappily why, Chu Zhu might casually mention... that he had forced her to do it...

Isn't this just adding to Lu's troubles while he's having a family reunion dinner?

"This isn't a good idea!" Chu Zhu gave a shy smile. He grasped the phone Li Kang had handed him and pulled hard, but couldn't budge it! Clearly, Li Kang hadn't let go.

"Speak!" Li Kang said expressionlessly, "How can we turn the page?"

“At least,” Chu Zhu put down her phone, counting on her fingers, “you’ll have to treat me to another ten or eight meals!”

"...You think I'm a sucker!" Li Kang laughed angrily. If he treated his wife to ten or eight more meals like this this month... even if he saved up his cigarette money for three months, it wouldn't be enough! As for the rest of the money... that has to be given to his wife!
He said firmly, "No, absolutely not!"

"Wait, so that means no matter how many meals you treat in the future... this one is definitely on you, Captain, right?" Guan Fei shouted after realizing what was happening, "Waiter, bring me five more servings of the dishes I ordered earlier!!"

Guan Fei wasn't full at all. The reason he hadn't dared to order more before was because Chu Zhu was the one paying, wasn't it?
Now, the captain doesn't care... He'll fill his stomach if he suffers a little!
"I..." Li Kang had a thousand words stuck in his throat, not knowing where to begin cursing.

Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded.

"What?" Li Kang's pupils contracted, and he subconsciously pulled out his tablet.

The sound was so conspicuous that it even drew the attention of many well-dressed white-collar workers and junior managers who were eating nearby, and who clearly weren't factory workers. However, upon seeing that Li Kang, Ning Linglong, and the others were wearing patrol uniforms, their expressions quickly changed, and they averted their gazes.

The police in the dream world aren't like the real-world police. If you piss them off, they really can... Swinging three batons in a second isn't my limit, it's that I'm afraid I'll break the baton!

"What went wrong this time!" Bi Xuan's expression was serious, but soon his eyes widened. "Something's not right, is it? Why is this alarm so long..."

In theory, the alarm should only last for ten beeps. After Li Kang takes out the tablet and swipes it open, it will quiet down and display the marked location.

But now, there's no sign of it stopping at all!

"This is a huge problem." Ning Linglong's body tensed instantly, her breathing became rapid, and she quickly stood up. "Boss, come and settle the bill! Right now! There's no time."

She wanted to run for captain, and naturally, she put in a lot of effort behind the scenes. At the very least, she memorized the entire warning manual from the Commandery.

"Captain, twenty-five yuan! Remember to transfer it to me when you get back." Ning Linglong quickly grabbed Chu Zhu's forearm and pulled him towards the electric car, saying in a low voice, "It's an alarm that can't be wiped off, at least a level three alert! And this level of alert means that a large-scale malign incident has occurred—more than a hundred ordinary people with malign supernatural abilities are facing each other at the same time!"

On the other side, Guan Fei stopped wolfing down his food. He moved his lips slightly, then poured all the remaining food into his wide-open mouth, wiped his cheeks, and quickly followed.

He caught up with Chu Zhu and walked to the other side of Chu Zhu, hurriedly taking over Ning Linglong's words, "Once this happens, all members of the surrounding Commandery must assemble immediately at all costs! Suppress the incident in the shortest possible time... This time must not exceed two hours, and the number of viewers of the malicious incident must not be allowed to double again. At the same time, erase the memories of the viewers!"

Sit in the car.

The electric car sped along, but the atmosphere inside the cabin was very somber.

Chu Zhu looked at Li Kang, whose expression was growing increasingly grim, and after a moment's thought, deliberately spoke in a relatively light tone: "According to what you said before, it shouldn't be just our Third District Commandery that's heading there, right? Then there's no need to panic too much! Also, where exactly is the location?"

"Ha, no need to comfort me! If something like this happens, the probability of casualties is too high." Li Kang's eyes were filled with sadness. After his lips moved a few times, he gritted his teeth and said, "Azhu, you are a guest advisor, and your strength... you are also the director of the shantytown renovation department! You really shouldn't have come up here... No, Deputy Ning, why do you keep doing such stupid things?"

Ning Linglong: "...Huh?!"

"Wait a minute, when we get close to the scene, stop for a bit, Bixuan, be careful." After Li Kang finished speaking to the driver, he looked at Chu Zhu and said, "You can get out by yourself then."

"Don't worry, I can protect myself!" Chu Zhu said calmly, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest of the electric car window. Suddenly, he said, "You've been changing the subject the whole time... Let me guess, is the place where the accident happened related to me?"

"Has something happened to the labor union again? Or is it related to the shantytown redevelopment area?"

Chu Zhu knows Li Kang too well.

Li Kang pursed his lips, his face contorting slightly.

“Minmin… alright, considering my safety, you’ve finished talking to Minmin! I guess Minmin will support you.” Chu Zhu thought for a moment, “Then I’ll talk to Auntie and say that clearly, if I went with you, it would reduce the risks you would face… but you insisted on kicking me out…”

"I was wrong!" Li Kang slid to his knees at lightning speed, his voice urgent. "But I can tell you the location! But you have to promise to leave later... Okay, you don't have to answer me, I just want peace of mind!"

"The location of the incident is..." Li Kang fumbled around for a tablet whose screen was off but was still emitting a piercing alarm. He glanced at Chu Zhu silently and sighed, "The Third District, the Church of God Worshippers."

Li Kang knew that Chu Zhu had just visited the church in the Third District. That's why he didn't want to bring it up...

Chu Zhu remained expressionless, but the hand that was rubbing against the car window handle suddenly stopped.

……

The church in the third arrondissement was now a ruin. Many surrounding buildings were damaged; windows were shattered, walls had collapsed, and plaster had been torn away.
Smoke and fire still lingered everywhere, the stench of rotting meat carried by the wind. Beneath the ruins, cries for help and desperate pleas for help could be heard…

Furthermore, many people knelt in the street in fear, kowtowing repeatedly. Some, however, became extremely fanatical, chanting phrases like "God has appeared!" and "God bless you!" while kowtowing.

At the bend at the end of a dilapidated street.

"They're all insane, completely insane," muttered the deputy captain of the Second District. He stared at the figure standing on the ruins of the church in the distance, his face extremely grim.

"You guys are pretty slow!" Captain Qi Heng slowly turned his head to look at Li Kang and his group who had stopped their car. He sneered, "You actually arrived after us regarding the Third District matter! I will report this to the headquarters afterwards."

Li Kang's face was gloomy, but he did not argue—it was late, and saying that it was just a coincidence that there was a gathering today, or that the church in the third district was right next to the second district, was meaningless.

Chu Zhu gazed into the distance, his expression unreadable. The person on the church ruins at that moment was naturally Zhang Hai.

However, Zhang Hai at this moment was completely different from before. He was enveloped in a faint veil of light, his face cold and numb like a machine, and pure white wings extended from his back, gently fluttering…

Like an angel!

It's also like...

"His from the timeline of the ruins!" Chu Zhu murmured to himself.

What happened? You were perfectly fine during the day! You even discussed cultivation techniques with him!
Wait, isn't this a pollution problem?
Byd, surely you're not even aware that something bad is about to happen to you? Don't you have any idea whether your pollution levels are above the limit? Are you kidding me!
"I've already dispatched patrol officers and cordoned off the area!" Qi Heng said indifferently, extending his palm. "Deputy Hai! The situation is critical... just use that."

Haiyun respectfully handed over a long sword, which was sealed in its scabbard... His respectful demeanor showed no trace of the treacherous intention he had shown when discussing with Li Kang earlier!
“Next, all we need to do is kill this charlatan! Hmph! I’ve heard for a long time that the higher-ups don’t like these charlatans,” Qi Heng’s grin widened. “Haven’t they just handed us their leverage?”

“…A forbidden weapon! 4-24!” Li Kang stared at the sword, his expression constantly changing. He stared at Qi Heng in shock, his lips moving, “A fallen soul sword!”

Chu Zhu: "...?"

4...

Does that mean the fourth realm?

A tremendous storm raged within Chu Zhu's heart!

next moment.

Zhang Hai, standing on the ruins, sensed something and turned around. At that moment, the wings on his back suddenly retracted, and a dazzling, blazing light swept over him.

"kill!"

The sword is unsheathed!
At that moment, a faint veil of darkness rose from nowhere around them.

The darkness completely sealed off the entire battlefield! By now it was dark, and under the cover of darkness, no one outside could detect anything unusual.

At the same time, the expressions of those residents who had been kneeling and kowtowing, even praying fervently, froze, gradually becoming numb, as if hypnotized, or as if they had lost their souls. They stopped praying, stopped worshipping!
Half of the wing was suddenly severed! Qi Heng was too fast, as if he had turned into a dark light, and grabbed the half of the falling wing.

Zhang Hai, like a wild beast, felt no pain whatsoever. He unleashed a powerful palm strike, the light veil transforming into mist that instantly enveloped dozens of meters.

Qi Heng remained unmoved, his sword flashing with light as he blocked the palm strike head-on. Then, he simply thrust out his sword with an unremarkable motion... This sword strike was perfect!
Even though Zhang Hai had sensed the danger and wanted to retreat, his body seemed to be forcibly controlled, and in that instant of pause, he was pierced through the chest.

"General!"

Zhang Hai's body was stiff, and although his face remained as stiff and numb as before, his originally cold eyes, at this moment, became blank, just like those of the residents who were kowtowing.

“This sword, once unleashed, will bring immense pleasure to those within the shadowy area, immersing them in an imagined world, causing them to lose all perception of the outside world, appearing as if paralyzed… And if this sword inflicts a fatal wound, even a superhuman whose power doesn't surpass this forbidden weapon will…” Li Kang wiped the cold sweat from his brow, “Yes, and the consequences are…”

"Hehehehe, hahahahaha, hehehe!" Qi Heng, who was originally calm and composed, suddenly fell to the ground, his face contorted in pain, snot and saliva dripping from his nose and mouth, his body convulsing as if he had gone mad.

Zhang Hai, his eyes lifeless, pierced through the chest, also fell to the ground along with the sword. But soon, Captain Qi, in a frenzy, swung the sword wildly and pulled it out. Blood splattered everywhere.

Li Kang covered his face, "That's right, the user will experience the sum of pleasure from everyone within the affected area!"

Chu Zhu: "..."

Ha people!

Chu Zhu stared blankly. These forbidden artifacts were more outrageous than the last—were they treating their users like ordinary people?

There were only a couple hundred people scattered around the dark area at the scene. Considering that some people were still buried under the rubble, the number was probably more than three hundred.

More than 300 times the pleasure?!
Chu Zhu silently wiped away a bead of sweat; he simply couldn't bear to think about it. No wonder even Qi Heng, a superhuman, looked so disheveled…

No wonder Haiyun is so disrespectful to Qi Heng in private—it's really hard to respect your boss when you see him making such a fool of himself all the time!
"Don't come any closer! Get out of here! Don't stop me!" Qi Heng screamed, wildly swinging his longsword to prevent Hai Yun from approaching him. Clearly, he was blinded by the intense pleasure, completely absorbed in it!
Haiyun remained expressionless, took a few steps forward, and thrust the scabbard in his hand into the wildly swinging sword—he had clearly tried countless times before, and it landed perfectly in one go!

Qi Heng's body stiffened instantly, and he collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. His eyes were vacant and unfocused, but he inhaled the foam he coughed up into his trachea, coughing violently. His snot and tears flowed even more, and his body curled up into a ball, looking utterly pathetic.

Haiyun ignored him and even took out her phone to take a few photos.

"...I'm a little curious!" Chu Zhu paused briefly before suddenly asking, "Was this forbidden weapon also obtained on short notice? There probably wasn't enough time, right? Or does he carry this weapon with him at all times? And you, as a fellow captain, why..."

“No! Uncle Zhu, little…” Ning Linglong’s expression suddenly changed drastically, but she only had time to extend her palm to Chu Zhu.

Behind Chu Zhu, the shadow of someone hidden in the darkness seemed to come alive, and stood up straight.

The next moment...

Stab it!

"..." Chu Zhu didn't turn around. He lowered his head, looking at the hand that had emerged from his chest, clutching his heart. He coughed, whether with understanding or relief, and said, "So it was you!"

Then, my heart was squeezed and burst.

(End of this chapter)