I, Lord of Prayer

"I'm fine..."

Li Xiaoxiao responded softly, her body trembling like a frightened little rabbit. (Performance) Google Search Reading

She looked up at Zhou Chen, her expression a mixture of lingering fear and surprise: "I...I recognize you. You're Senior Zhou Chen. I remember you were admitted to the Starry Sky Society...Was that person just now...An Ascended One?"

"Okay, you're safe now." Zhou Chen took out his phone to report the current situation and asked the command center to check the surveillance cameras near the park to keep an eye on Wang Ziqian's movements.

"Thank you," Li Xiaoxiao said softly.

"It's alright, the medical team will be here soon. You can have them check you over to make sure you're not injured anywhere." Zhou Chen said as he walked towards the cobblestone path in the distance and squatted down to examine the bloodstains on the ground.

There was no aura of abyssal creatures, no aura of curses, no toxins; it was a normal human being.

Li Xiaoxiao followed, pursed her lips, and mustered her courage to ask, "Senior, could you leave me your contact information? If it weren't for you, I would definitely have been arrested. I... I'd like to treat you to a meal..."

Zhou Chen declined calmly, saying, "No need, it's my duty."

"But, but I still want to thank you..."

Li Xiaoxiao nervously clutched the hem of her clothes, rephrasing her words: "What if, what if he comes looking for me again? I definitely won't know who to turn to for help then."

  

Zhou Chen hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Okay. ♟☹ ❻9丂𝐡ยx.ςỖⓜ 🍮🎈"

After exchanging dramatic lines and successfully exchanging contact information, Li Xiaoxiao was satisfied, and Zhou Chen was equally satisfied.

There were even additional gains.

—Wish Value.

And not just a little. He gained a lot of wish points when he saved Li Xiaoxiao, and after exchanging contact information just now, he gained a lot of stardust. The two combined even directly condensed into a star.

This shows that Li Xiaoxiao had been planning this for a long time and deliberately appeared to try to get closer to him.

As for why she was so sure she would be targeted by Prince Qian... she probably had absolute confidence in her figure.

Anyway, it's free to try, and there's no loss if it doesn't work.

Zhou Chen pulled his wandering thoughts back and walked to a grassy area stained with blood. If there was enough time, he might be able to find Prince Qian by following the blood trail, but several minutes had already passed, and given the speed at which an Ascended Being could run... he probably couldn't catch up.

However, with the blood in hand, the Stars Society will have a way to track down Prince Qian and find him sooner or later.

He can't escape.

"Senior, are you also an Ascended One?" Li Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

"Yes, I awakened unexpectedly." Zhou Chen answered calmly, mimicking the aloofness of Jiang Che, as if he were always keeping his distance from others.

"You must be really amazing, you were so cool just now..." Li Xiaoxiao said shyly, her face slightly red.

...This is a green tea bitch! Zhou Chen could tell at a glance that she was pretending to be weak, and with her innocent and shy appearance, she could definitely arouse the protective instincts of many people.

Unfortunately, he has no desire for that kind of thing right now, and besides, he's a traitor...

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Soon, the medical team arrived, collected Wang Ziqian's blood, and conducted a thorough examination on Li Xiaoxiao. The results showed that Li Xiaoxiao had only suffered a slight shock.

After coldly responding to Li Xiaoxiao's farewell, Zhou Chen left the scene and returned to his car parked on the street.

"I'll leave Li Xiaoxiao alone for a while and wait for her to contact me. Hmm, I'll have to act aloof then. I wonder how she'll test me... Sigh, it's been so long and I still haven't infiltrated the Eternal Flame. I feel like I've failed as a traitor... They're so suspicious..."

Zhou Chen tapped on the steering wheel to distract himself when suddenly his phone vibrated and sounded an alarm. He hurriedly picked it up and saw that another Ascended One was causing trouble!

He started his car, ready to go to the rescue, but the alarm was lifted after he had only gone two intersections, and the troublemaking Ascendant was caught on the spot by the Special Task Force.

—It wasn't Wang Ziqian, but another illegal Ascendant who smuggled himself into Jinzhu. Intelligence said he had taken on a bounty mission from the dark web to kill the chairman of a company in Jinzhu.

Zhou Chen had just breathed a sigh of relief when the alarm sounded again: this time, illegal Ascendants who had smuggled themselves in had been discovered at the port, and they fled in panic during the gunfight.

"What's going on? Everything's suddenly so chaotic..." Zhou Chen frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

After a moment of contemplation, he stepped on the gas and headed straight for the Stars Club.

Twenty minutes later.

When Zhou Chen arrived at the office, he saw an unusually serious expression on Jiang Che's face. Clearly, she had also received various alerts, and the number was definitely greater.

"I saw the alarm. Why are there so many illegal immigrants all of a sudden?" Zhou Chen asked bluntly.

"The work of Eternal Flame".

Jiang Che said in a deep voice, "According to earlier reports, Eternal Flame's activities have been discovered in five cities near Jinzhu City. These illegal Ascendants who have smuggled themselves in are all using the Birdman's channels... It's obvious that Eternal Flame wants to create chaos in Jinzhu so that they can smuggle 'that thing' out."

Zhou Chen asked doubtfully, "Weren't they trying to keep a low profile? Why the sudden change..."

"I suspect that everything Eternal Flame is doing now is a diversionary tactic, trying to make people think they're going to make a big move 'next,' but in reality, they've already been operating in secret 'now' or even earlier."

Jiang Che subconsciously picked up the cup, wanting to take a sip of coffee to refresh himself, but it was already empty.

Zhou Chen stepped forward and refilled her coffee: "What did the higher-ups say about something this important?"

"All cities are on high alert, prioritizing the extinguishing of the Eternal Flame. As for 'that thing,' it was previously difficult to conduct a thorough search of the maritime transport sector because it was uncertain whether it actually existed, but now there is a reason to do so," Jiang Che said.

The large number of illegal immigrants is the reason for the search.

"A storm is brewing..." Zhou Chen sighed.

First Fu Qing caused trouble, and now the Eternal Flame has joined in, smuggling in a large number of illegal Ascendants, and there's also the Paradise Lost that has yet to show its face...

It's hard to imagine how lively Kinmen City will be in the coming period.

At this moment, Zhou Chen received a message from the laboratory department.

They acted swiftly, creating a tracking alchemical device based on Prince Qian's blood, and have now located his whereabouts.

"I'm going now, I need to get to work."

After saying goodbye and leaving the office, Zhou Chen returned to his dormitory and took a large travel bag from his closet.

With the sound of a zipper being pulled, a gleaming, sharp chainsaw appeared before him.

It seemed that because it hadn't been used for a very long time, Zhou Chen felt sadness and grievance emanating from the chainsaw as soon as he gripped it.

—Like a resentful woman who hasn't been favored in a long time.

In addition, there is an intense desire to bathe in blood and an undisguised, ferocious killing intent.

A restless buzzing sound.

"Don't rush, it'll be your turn soon," Zhou Chen reassured him softly.