Marvel Superheroes in China

"By the way, when I went to the 22nd meeting today, I heard that there have been a lot of accidents happening in the Dark Forest recently."

The Dark Night Forest is under the jurisdiction of the Plane People. Upon hearing that something had happened in the Dark Night Forest, Lu Acai immediately became interested and nodded, asking, "What happened?"

Chen Baima took a breath, squinted his eyes, and said, "These past few days, the people from other planes have been sending large armies to explore the depths of the Dark Night Forest, as if they've discovered something significant. But what's surprising is that not a single one has returned. I've thought about it before; there are many demonic beasts in the Dark Night Forest, but they don't belong to any faction. If we don't provoke them, they won't provoke us. What I'm curious about is why these people from other planes keep heading to the depths of the Dark Night Forest? There's a Grandmaster-level demonic beast there!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Acai lowered her head and pondered for a while.

He slowly began to speak: "There are two possibilities. Either the beings from this plane have gone mad and want to conquer this monster for their own use, or Qin Wu is not dead."

The voice just fell.

A loud, muffled thud suddenly echoed through the quiet room.

"Oh!"

Chen Baima, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly. His eyes widened like copper bells, filled with disbelief, as he stared intently at Lu Acai.

His right hand was also bright red, and the veins on his arm were bulging.

"You...how is this possible? Qin Wu isn't dead?"

Chen Baima's mind went blank, and his face turned pale.

Lu Acai frowned, glanced at Chen Baima with dissatisfaction, and said in a deep voice, "It's very possible. It's true that there are people with the strength of a Grandmaster among the plane people, but they wouldn't go so far as to tame a Grandmaster-level demon beast. The price they would pay would be immeasurable. The plane people aren't stupid and have no reason to do something that would lose them money. It's very possible that Qin Wu is not dead at all."

Lu Acai made a bold guess that Qin Wu was living well somewhere deep in the Dark Night Forest. This was not just a guess, but a feeling that he had.

Little did he know that his guess was absolutely correct; at that moment, Qin Wu was with the Grandmaster-level demon beast Qiongqi.

Hearing Lu Acai's explanation, Chen Baima slowly sat down, but his panicked and confused look did not fade at all. His hands clenched almost subconsciously, and he pursed his lips and said, "It shouldn't be like this. He was chased by more than a dozen Transcendent Realm cultivators and still survived. Qin Wu is only an Inner Strength cultivator. How could he do that? Even if he has a Five Elements Spear, his strength is at most similar to that of a beginner Transcendent Realm cultivator. If he encounters a strong opponent, he won't be able to escape."

He didn't understand why Lu Acai would say that, but seeing Lu Acai's confident smile, his doubts deepened.

After a long pause, Chen Baima's eyes suddenly lit up, and he exclaimed, "If Qin Wu is really not dead as you say, then we can deduce that Qin Wu must have an inseparable relationship with this demonic beast. Otherwise, why would Qin Wu be alive?"

Lu Acai nodded in agreement, his expression becoming serious. After all, even Lu Acai had some trouble dealing with a Grandmaster-level demon beast, let alone someone like Qin Wu who was a weakling in combat, unless... even the heavens were on his side.

He then said, "How about this, send a few clever scouts to investigate; they might discover something."

Chen Baima nodded and quickly left Lu Acai's room.

All the way, Chen Baima kept thinking about Lu Acai's words. The more he thought about it, the more headache he got. He was also annoyed that he hadn't asked clearly what had happened during the meeting today. He thought it was just something about people from different planes, but he never expected it to be Qin Wu.

Beads of sweat dotted his forehead, Chen Baima's heart pounded, and he thought to himself, "If Qin Wu were still alive, that would be terrible..."

But then another question arises: if Qin Wu were to return, how should he face him?

……

Dark night forest, inside the canyon.

Qin Wu looked at the two mummified corpses and a bloodied body on the ground with a smile. Besides being horrified, he also felt a little smug. His eyes turned down and his mouth turned up, and his whole face was full of excitement and joy.

After crouching down and rummaging through the mummies' clothes for a while, Qin Wu gathered the insignia from their hands and laughed, "Twenty-four! The Armaments Bureau must be giving me the title of number one on the Earth Ranking!"

However, these beings from other planes were quite bold, as they still tried to struggle against Qiongqi even in their dying moments, which enraged Qiongqi, resulting in none of them having a complete corpse.

Qin Wu witnessed firsthand how the struggling dimensional being was directly controlled by Qiongqi, who sucked his spiritual power into his face, bit off his head, and confirmed his death before slowly savoring his spiritual energy.

This made Qin Wu realize that a demon beast is still a demon beast, and it still has its bestial nature. This also made Qin Wu give up any thoughts he had about conquering the Qiongqi.

Aside from that, Qin Wu was still quite pleased with himself.

"To single-handedly annihilate twenty-four beings from another plane, including four experts at the Gang Jin level, is something that, apart from genuine Gang Jin experts or grandmasters, no one below the Transformation Realm could do, right?"

After examining the emblem in his hand carefully for a while, Qin Wu subconsciously flipped it over.

The scene before him left Qin Wu dumbfounded.

Behind this emblem is the shape of a crescent moon?

"This……"

After a brief moment of distraction, Qin Wu broke out in a cold sweat and quickly took out the badge he had previously stored away to compare it.

From the front, there is no difference, but when you turn them over and look at the back, one has an emblem and the other does not.

Those with emblems are unique symbols of Southmoon City, while those without emblems are Principality Dimensional Cities, and those that are constantly at war with humanity are Principality Dimensional Cities.

Qin Wu carefully put away the two badges, his brows furrowing slightly as he began to recall them carefully.

"The Dark Forest is north of the human city and south of the city in the plane... but the principality is southwest of the human city, which is quite a distance from the Dark Forest."

Qin Wu was startled, and his face turned deathly pale in an instant.

"Could it be... that Nanyue City and the Turkic State have joined forces? That would explain why we saw a large army in the Dark Night Forest!"

"No, we have to spread this news quickly. This is serious. The combined strength of cities from two different dimensions is not to be underestimated."

Turning his head to look at the sleeping Qiongqi behind him, Qin Wu felt a little uneasy.

He said cautiously in a low voice, "Your Majesty? Shall I go out and find you some more food?"

After a while, Qiongqi seemed not to have heard, and the faint snoring made Qin Wu somewhat certain that Qiongqi believed him. Qiongqi was very satisfied with Qin Wu's performance these past few days, so it felt at ease letting Qin Wu go out.

Without saying a word, Qin Wu hurriedly picked up the Five Elements Spear and ran out of the canyon.

Instead of heading north to Dawn City, they went straight south, intending to check out the situation in South Moon City.

.......

Chapter 195: A Narrow Escape

Leaving the canyon, Qin Wu finally felt a huge weight lifted from his heart. He glanced back at the canyon with lingering fear, a smug glint in his eyes: "I'm not playing with you anymore."

After saying that, Qin Wu composed himself and strode off southward.

South Moon City, located directly south of Dawn City, is also a massive city.

However, this city did not have much conflict with humans, but it was still mentioned in the introduction. Qin Wu suddenly remembered the introduction about Nanyue City that he had seen in a geographical atlas before, and that's when he remembered that there was such a thing.

"South Moon City has actually sent troops. Has it really allied with the Turkic State?"

Qin Wu frowned, a hint of worry in his eyes.

Suddenly, Qin Wu stopped abruptly, his face pale, cold sweat pouring down his forehead, his eyes wide open like copper bells, filled with terror and panic.

Qin Wu slapped his forehead in frustration, exclaiming, "Am I crazy?! We're already out here, why am I still running towards the dimensional beings' stronghold?"

"Whether we fight or not, we'll find out when we get back. We need to get back as soon as possible."

Without giving it much thought, Qin Wu quickly changed direction and started running north.

At the same time, he thought to himself, "This continent is the only way for the army of Nanyue City to pass through, and there are quite a few troops ahead. If we just run straight ahead, we will definitely run into them, and then it will be troublesome. No, I have to take a detour."

At this moment, Qin Wu was extremely nervous. Behind him was the army of the Plane People, and in front of him was also the army of the Plane People. If he wanted to return to Dawn City, he could only take a detour. Although it would add hundreds of miles to the journey, as long as he could return safely, it was better than anything else.

The Dark Forest is teeming with demonic beasts, not to mention there are quite a few interdimensional martial artists. With only internal energy, what right do I have to fight them to the death? Am I courting death?

Qin Wu took a deep breath, his brows furrowing tightly, his eyes filled with growing worry. He changed direction again, preparing to bypass the Dark Night Forest.

"Just wait, I'll be right back."

As Qin Wu pondered this, he took increasingly larger steps.

His entire body transformed into a white streak of light.

With a "whoosh!", they appeared dozens of meters ahead in the blink of an eye, leaving only a series of footprints and wisps of dust behind them.

……

After running for more than an hour, Qin Wu finally managed to get around the forest, but he was dumbfounded the moment he emerged from the woods.

"Where...where am I?"

Qin Wu was stunned. He looked at the giant mountain in front of him, which blocked his way.

Qin Wu was on the verge of tears. He had gone in circles and was still stuck inside the stronghold of the otherworldly beings.

In that hour, Qin Wu ran for three or four hundred miles, finally managing to bypass this part of the Dark Forest in the plane. However, what greeted him was not the cheers of Dawn City, but a majestic mountain, a mountain that was hundreds or even thousands of meters high.

Qin Wu stood rooted to the spot, his mind blank. He had thought that this time he would escape the clutches of the beings from different planes and the clutches of Qiongqi, but after a long time, he felt like Sun Wukong trapped in the palm of Buddha's hand. No matter how he ran, he could not escape the Five Finger Mountain.

"It's over..."

"Is there really no going back? Is my illustrious reputation, Qin Wu, about to fall once again?"

"Dawn City... Xingyi Sect... Natasha..."

Looking at the majestic mountain before him, Qin Wu's mind kept replaying his past, flashing through his mind like a slideshow.

There was no expression whatsoever, not even a ripple in his eyes; calm, an unprecedented calm.

Just as Qin Wu was stunned, a small army of ten men emerged from the giant mountain.

"Tap Tap!"

The synchronized footsteps startled Qin Wu, who was standing there in a daze.

"This is……"

Qin Wu suddenly snapped out of his daze, looking at the army with a solemn expression, his heart filled with unease.

He hurriedly crouched down, held his breath, and concealed his aura and cultivation level completely. He crouched behind a towering tree and nervously observed what lay ahead.

The army of the dough figurines was different from those encountered before. This army was dressed in dark red armor and wore helmets. They all carried long spears and patrolled the mountains step by step.