Book 4: Chapter 37: Bankrupting the Coffers to Advance Chen Heng to Elite 1
Got it.
“Doctor, if you can advance me to Elite 1, I can awaken other abilities.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“What ability?”
“Gravity.”
“Very good. Say no more. I will empty the coffers when we get back to advance you to Elite 1.”
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Kal’tsit, did you see that? Chen Heng is robbing you right under your nose.
Kal’tsit: …
Queen of Ice and Snow: Chen Heng is planning to empty out your Rhodes Island. What a thorough move.
Kal’tsit: …
Kal’tsit: When they return, I’ll tell Doctor that He Who Knows Fate is a temporary promotional seven-star Sniper.
Since you put it that way, I can only target the other factions. I feel that if I calmly reasoned with them, they would be willing to donate some materials to me.
Solomon: Isn’t that just doing the same thing as those transmigrators?
No, no, no. I’ll trade with them using medicinal pills, just those secret medicines. I don’t believe they wouldn’t be tempted. Extending lifespan, treating illness, saving lives, etc. These pills would be very tempting to people of high status, right?
I Have a Strong Presence: What if those people start having wicked ideas?
Isn’t that even better?
I Have a Strong Presence: Huh?
Magus of Flowers: I think He Who Knows Fate wants them to have wicked ideas. I offered to trade items of equal value, but you refused and even planned to rob me. So, I don’t need to be polite anymore…. That way, Chen Heng can righteously attack these factions.
I Have a Strong Presence: …
I Have a Strong Presence: You schemers who use psychological warfare have tainted hearts.
…Sage Megumi, you stole my line.
I Have a Strong Presence: Are you the only one permitted to steal lines? Can I not steal yours? I successfully made a counterattack once.
Kal’tsit: You can try fishing, but don’t go overboard.
Don’t worry. I will give you some face. What do you think of setting the first target as Lungmen? Or maybe the Reunion Movement?
Umaru-chan: You can probably forget the Reunion Movement. I think they don’t have much. You can go to the Sarkaz’s regent.
Efreet: Lungmen works too. Lungmen does not have much else besides money. After all, it is a city of commerce. There’s also the mysterious Yan, which backs it. I believe Yan would be interested in your secret medicine.
“Alright, alright. Let’s stop discussing Elite promotion. Right now, we need to leave Chernobog urgently. We ended up delayed earlier. The catastrophe is getting closer.” Dobermann glanced at the sky and noticed the suppressive dark clouds were lower than ever.
“Indeed, the sky is getting darker. Furthermore, the forms of the catastrophe clouds are even clearer than the earlier vague, dark, suppressive atmosphere.” Having wandered the world, Shining had seen several catastrophes arrive before. When such a scene appeared in the sky, one absolutely had to go far away as soon as possible.
Chen Heng glared in the direction everyone looked at. Then he could not help saying, “Which fellow Daoist is undergoing his tribulation there?”
This did look like a cultivator’s tribulation. He had seen someone undergoing a tribulation before.
“A tribulation?”
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: This line, “Which fellow Daoist is undergoing his tribulation there?” had me rolling on the floor, laughing.
Queen of Ice and Snow: This is a little like a play.
Faillen Angel Gabriel: Speaking of which, He Who Knows Fate has seen a tribulation before, right? He is from a cultivation clan, after all.
I have.
“Alright. Enough nonsense. The most important thing now is to leave Chernobog. However, it is going to be difficult. There should be Reunion members on every street in the lower district. No, it’s more likely every street is filled with Reunion members. There are simply too many of them.” Dobermann felt slightly worried, as she did not have many operators.
Chernobog was divided into upper, middle, and lower districts. The core area where Chen Heng was belonged to the upper district. Ordinary citizens typically occupied the middle district. As for the lower district…
“Let me scout the place. I’ll use my spatial jumps to find the locations with the fewest people. If I can, I’ll eliminate all the Reunion members on the streets we can use.”
“I’ll have to trouble you then, He Who Knows Fate.”
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Initially, everything went smoothly. However, the Rhodes Island group ran into obstructions at the periphery of the middle district bordering the lower district. There were simply too many Reunion members blocking its route.
“What should we do? Amiya?” Chen Heng returned to Amiya while bringing Doctor and Nightingale.
“These people are in our way, and the catastrophe will happen soon. We don’t have much time, so we can only force our way through.” Amiya’s suggestion was currently the only viable solution.
“Amiya, quickly look for cover with some people. The catastrophe…the first wave of the catastrophe is here.” Dobermann looked up and discovered several small black dots falling from the sky.
“Quickly search for cover!” Amiya promptly ordered, despite her shock at the early arrival of the catastrophe.
“Rhodes Island! It’s Rhodes Island’s people! I found them!”
“Damn it! The Reunion Movement found us.” Truly a night full of rain. The Reunion Movement discovered them just as the catastrophe was arriving.
“Don’t worry. Amiya, search for cover first. Leave these Reunion members to me. The catastrophe is an area of effect. It’s not like the Reunion members are heaven’s children. The catastrophe will affect them too. Furthermore, these fools aren’t taking cover.”
“I’ll leave them to you then, He Who Knows Fate.”
Rhodes Island’s group quickly searched for places to hide. Chen Heng took cover and sniped at the Reunion members rushing over.
After nearly 20 years of bachelorhood, Chen Heng had cultivated a fast hand speed. None of the Reunion members could reach Rhodes Island’s group. Furthermore, the Reunion members had to deal with his sniping while suffering from the bombardment of the meteors.
After some time, the meteors falling became smaller, which meant the first wave of the catastrophe had passed.
However, without the threat of the catastrophe, the surviving Reunion members came out. Now, the Defenders stood in front, advancing towards the group.
While the catastrophe no longer posed a threat, the Reunion members did. After the catastrophe’s first wave passed, Reunion members emerged from the rubble—the various corners of the plazas, the shops, and collapsed buildings. Now, they seemed to have surrounded Rhodes Island’s group.
However, the Reunion members did not immediately attack, apparently waiting for something.
Soon, Rhodes Island’s group found out what they were waiting for.
The Reunion members parted neatly to form a pathway wide enough for a few people to walk side by side.
Then a few figures walked in.
“Those are the Reunion Movement’s tyrant leader, Talulah; Crownslayer, who escaped earlier; and the leader of Yeti Squadron, FrostNova.”
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