You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

“Master, if you are willing to grant me a certain level of secondary control over this space, I… can open a stable and easily accessible ‘small door’ in this vicinity.”

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"You can reliably open a spatial portal without expending your source power?"

"As long as you don't move around too often or experience excessively strong impacts, maintaining a small passage isn't difficult. It's much less strenuous than forcing your way through every time like you do."

Li Rou's explanation.

"Moreover, I can sense entry and exit within my authorized range."

This is one of the innate abilities of the spirit of the cave.

"Row."

Chen Yang readily agreed, raising his hand to touch Li Rou's smooth brow.

A mysterious and complex contract rune flashed and disappeared, granting Li Rou a deeper level of control over the core of the cave, second only to his own.

"From now on, the maintenance of this entrance will be handled by you. If you need to 'go out,' just come to you."

"Yes."

Li Rou lowered her head and replied, a barely perceptible curve appearing at the corners of her lips.

Having resolved the follow-up arrangements for the Living Yama and the issue of the entrance to the cave, Chen Yang finally felt somewhat exhausted.

After days of running around and engaging in fierce battles, even someone with a strong foundation needs to catch their breath.

He moved swiftly, exiting the cave, and the next second, he appeared in the hotel room he had booked.

The curtains were drawn, making the room dimly lit.

He lay down on the bed, his head almost touching the pillow, and his heavy breathing became steady.

# # #
The hotel room was quiet and comfortable, and the light filtering through the curtains indicated that it was already the afternoon of the second day.

Chen Yang was awakened by a series of rapid vibrations from his phone.

"Hey?"

His voice was low and hoarse, as if he had just woken up.

"Brother Chen! Brother Chen! Something terrible has happened!"

Wang Shengxiong's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone, with some background noise.

"A few more thugs have come to the shop, looking for trouble! They're much more aggressive than last time! They're flipping tables and hitting people! I can't control them anymore! Several of our regular customers have already run away!"

"Location."

Chen Yang sat up, his eyes instantly regaining their clarity.

"The usual spot! The bar!"

"Stay calm, don't make a move. I'm coming right away."

Chen Yang hung up the phone, quickly washed up, changed out of his slightly torn coat, hailed a taxi, and headed straight to the "Night Drunk" bar.

Twenty minutes later.

Chen Yang pushed open the somewhat heavy wooden door of the Night Drunken Bar.

A mixture of smoke, alcohol, and a faint smell of blood wafted out.

The inside was a complete mess.

Several tables were overturned on the ground, and broken glass and spilled wine mixed with stains, making the floor sticky.

Several waiters, their faces bruised and swollen, cowered in the corner of the bar. The central dance floor was empty, occupied by three or four fierce-looking, muscular men, the leader of whom was a bald man with a large beard, shouting and spitting as he stood with one foot on an overturned sofa.

"Damn it! What lousy liquor! It's made my throat itch! Pay up! And get that pretty boy boss out here! We're not done with what happened last time!"

Wang Shengxiong stood beside the bar with a livid face, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white, but he managed to hold back his outburst.

Seeing Chen Yang enter, he felt as if he had found his pillar of support and quickly squeezed through the crowd to greet him.

"Brother Chen! You've finally arrived! Look!"

Chen Yang's gaze swept across the entire scene, lingering on the few burly men causing trouble, especially the bald man's face.

"them?"

He looked at Wang Shengxiong.

"Not the same group! But their tactics are exactly the same! Deliberately picking a fight!"

Wang Shengxiong lowered his voice, his eyes filled with anger and lingering fear.

"And...and I think they're even more unreasonable and aggressive than the last group! They're practically going to completely destroy this place!"

Chen Yang nodded slightly, his eyes turning colder.

He walked to the bar, poured himself a small glass of purified water, and slowly took a sip.

The burly men's eyes were instantly drawn to him.

"Sea serpent, look! Here comes another fearless one!"

A blond guy next to the bald man gestured with his mouth towards Chen Yang.

The bald, burly man nicknamed Sea Serpent spat a mouthful of phlegm on the ground and glared at Chen Yang with a sidelong glance.

"Hey kid, are you the boss? Or just some accomplice this coward hired?"

Chen Yang ignored him and instead turned to Wang Shengxiong, whose face was grim.

Have you contacted your third uncle?

"I haven't had time to do it yet!"

Wang Shengxiong was taken aback.

"Take this opportunity to get in touch and get to the point."

Chen Yang put down his water glass, his tone calm but carrying an undeniable urgency.

"The Living Yama was just crippled and his henchmen raided his lair."

This group of people, regardless of their background or attire, are most likely all from the same group, blown in by the same wind.

Wang Shengxiong's expression changed drastically.

You mean…

"They are here to stir up trouble, disrupt the order of Xicheng District, and even the entire Hainan Island."

Chen Yang's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached Wang Shengxiong's ears.

"Tell them to unite, to guard their gates and be prepared, to be wary of any ruthless individuals who suddenly appear out of nowhere, and to be wary of 'genetic agents' appearing in their territory."

"Otherwise..." He paused meaningfully, his tone serious.

"Those old men who have been entrenched under your third uncle for many years will be the next living Yama and the fate of his cronies who have been dismissed."

Wang Shengxiong's forehead instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

His third uncle was his powerful backer! He didn't dare to think about what might happen if something really went wrong!
The smell of conspiracy and bloodshed seemed to waft towards us!

"I...I'll call right away! I'll tell Uncle San right away!"

He could no longer care about the scene at hand. He took out his phone and hurriedly went to a corner to dial a number, his voice low but filled with obvious panic.

"Damn it! I'm talking to you! Are you deaf?"

When the sea serpent saw that Chen Yang completely disregarded him and instead whispered to the pretty boy boss, his fiery temper flared up instantly.

He strode forward, his large, fan-like hand whistling through the air as he reached for Chen Yang's collar!
Chen Yang's body appeared to remain still, but with a slight shift in his footing, the large hand that had been grabbing him missed the corner of his clothes.

"Oh ho? You can hide?"

The bald sea serpent hadn't expected the other party to be so slippery, and felt even more humiliated, so he let out a sinister laugh.

"Let's see where you run!"

He raised his fist even higher, ready to smash it down!
Just then, the piercing sound of police sirens grew louder as they approached, and soon stopped in front of the bar.

"Police! People inside! Stay still! Don't move!"

Several uniformed police officers strode in with grim faces, their sharp eyes scanning the messy scene and the menacing Sea Serpent and his gang, finally settling on Chen Yang, who appeared to be in a vulnerable position, standing by the bar drinking water with a calm expression.

"Who called the police?" "Me! Officer! I called the police!"

A waiter hiding in a corner shakily raised his hand.

The police officer looked at Chen Yang.

"you are?"

"Friend, I've come to see what's going on."

Chen Yang smiled, his tone quite innocent.

The sea serpents immediately put on a wronged expression.

"Officer! You've come at the perfect time!"
This shop sells fake alcohol! Even my brothers and I felt unwell after drinking it! When we confronted them, their pretentious owner tried to call people to beat us up! We were acting in self-defense, officer!

A young police officer frowned and looked at Chen Yang and Wang Shengxiong, who was making a phone call in the corner and looked extremely anxious.

Is that what happened?

Chen Yang shrugged, looking very single.

"Officer, I don't know either. I just came in, and this sea serpent guy tried to grab me, saying I shouldn't have hidden, and then you guys arrived."

He pointed to several flashing surveillance cameras in the corner of the ceiling.

"The whole process should have been filmed, right?"

The expressions of the sea serpents and the others changed slightly.

They're experienced troublemakers; they know exactly where the cameras are pointed, and they deliberately caused trouble in blind spots. The spot where Chen Yang was standing just now was also a blind spot!
This kid is blatantly lying!

The experienced police officer in charge could tell from the expressions of both sides that something was amiss. Fights in bars are common, but usually both sides suffer injuries. However, the waiters who called the police had all been beaten, and there were signs of a struggle on the ground, while the burly men were completely unharmed.

This "self-defense" is a bit too justified. Then look at the small business owner huddled in a corner, making a phone call like a cat on a hot tin roof, and this calm, collected, yet shrewd young man…

"Alright! All of you, come back to the station with me! Explain what happened clearly!"

The officer in charge waved his hand impatiently, too lazy to argue.

"You shall compensate for the damaged property at its original price!"

"Why should they? They're the ones selling counterfeit alcohol!"

The sea serpent tried to argue its point.

"Whether it's counterfeit or not, we'll get it tested when we get back! As for who started it and who caused trouble, we'll go back to the station and review the video footage to clarify things!"

The police officer wasn't having any of it and remained firm in his stance.

Wang Shengxiong finally finished his call and quickly came over, repeatedly telling the police officer what he had said.

"Officer, please rest assured, we will cooperate fully with the investigation! We will take responsibility for the damaged items! Thank you for coming to uphold justice!"

He knew he had no choice but to accept his fate; getting rid of this plague god was the most important thing.

They glanced gratefully at Chen Yang, whose words had aroused the officer's suspicion and led to their arrest.

Otherwise, if these bastards keep causing trouble, the losses will be even greater.

The sea snakes clearly didn't want to go to the police station for such a trivial matter, and even tried to make a scene, but were sternly stopped by the police officer.

He was eventually escorted away from the bar by police officers and amidst his unwilling curses.

"They're finally gone!"

Wang Shengxiong watched the police car drive away, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and felt completely exhausted.

"Brother Chen, thank you so much! I was ready to fight them to the death just now!"

"Rich man's courage is useless."

Chen Yang said calmly.

"What did your third uncle say?"

"I told you! I told you everything you reminded me to!"

Wang Shengxiong's face still showed lingering fear.

"At first, my third uncle didn't take it seriously and thought I was making a fuss over nothing."

Later, I mentioned that the "Living Yama" had been exposed, and even used the term "genetic agent"... My third uncle was silent for a while before telling me very seriously that he knew, and that he would arrange for people to investigate his territories. Everyone would be on high alert, and their territories would temporarily shrink. He also told me... to thank you for your reminder.”

He felt even more awe towards Chen Yang.

"Yes, it's always good to be more vigilant."

Chen Yang nodded.

"Then I'll be going now."

"Brother Chen, take care!"

"I'll clean up here!"

Wang Shengxiong quickly replied.

Chen Yang waved his hand, pushed open the wooden door of the bar, and walked out. Night had fallen outside, and the streetlights were just coming on.

# # #
Leaving the bustling bar street, we turned into a relatively quiet back alley in the old town, which was preparing for expansion, with potholes dug up on the road and dim lighting.

The area is piled with building materials and waste soil on both sides, and almost no one passes by.

Chen Yang walked at a moderate pace, like an ordinary young man taking an evening stroll to digest his food.

But he had already sensed that there were several "tails" hanging behind him.

From the moment they met under the streetlights outside the bar, the henchmen of Hai She, who had been taken to the police station and quickly released, followed him furtively.

The thugs thought they were well hidden, but little did they know that in Chen Yang's divine sense, their presence was as conspicuous as fireflies in the dark.

Chen Yang's lips curled into a very faint smile. He deliberately slowed down his pace and deliberately chose to go into the side roads where the lights were dimmer, the roads were worse, and there were layers of construction barriers and piles of cement and soil.

It felt like...being lost? Or rather, walking right into a trap?
He had reached the end of this dead-end road, surrounded by tall barriers. The ground was covered with large areas of construction debris and exposed soil, with only a dim street lamp humming with electricity.

The five thugs following behind exchanged glances, their faces revealing cruel and excited smiles.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

They stopped hiding and grabbed steel pipes and broken bricks from their pockets or from the nearby garbage heaps. They swiftly surrounded Chen Yang from several directions, instantly blocking all his escape routes and trapping him in the center of the open space surrounded by construction debris. Leading them was the blond-haired guy who had been the loudest in the bar.

The blond-haired man kicked away the half-hollow brick blocking his way, making a loud, ear-piercing clang.

He grinned maliciously, pointing the steel pipe at Chen Yang's nose.

"Ha! Kid! Try hiding again, you son of a bitch!"

Another thug with a fierce face swung a brick in his hand, spitting as he spoke.

"Damn it, they were playing tricks on the police in the bar! They made us spend two hours in there!"

"I'm going to settle this score with you right now!"

The third thug weighed the steel pipe in his hand, his eyes scanning Chen Yang like those of a hungry wolf.

"Hey guys, you were really putting on airs at the bar earlier, acting all high and mighty like you knew everything. Now let's see where you run to!"

This place is so bad, it's hard to even dig up a person to bury them!

He seemed to have thought of something and let out a strange, cacophony laugh.

The last two thugs didn't say anything, but just swayed from side to side, the rusty steel bars in their hands reflecting the dim light of the street lamps. Their eyes were fixed on Chen Yang's legs and groin, ready to pounce and break his legs at a single command.

The five men formed a circle around Chen Yang, their faces displaying a cruel and mocking confidence, as if Chen Yang were already fish on their chopping board.

Yellow Hair spat out a mouthful of phlegm, which landed exactly half a meter in front of Chen Yang's feet. He swaggered forward a step, his nostrils pointing to the sky.

"If you know what's good for you, kneel down! Lick my shoes clean! If the brothers start fighting later, they might spare your life! Otherwise..." He swung the steel pipe fiercely.

"I'll smash every single bone in your body! I'll make you regret being born into the wrong family!!"

The other thugs immediately joined in the shouting and yelling.

"Yes! Kneel down!" (End of Chapter)