City No. 7.
A young man was leisurely walking down the street.
He seed to have just arrived in this city, so he had a heightened curiosity about this coastal city.
The young man walked straight into the depths of the city until he arrived in front of a mansion. The two stone lions at the entrance ca to life, glaring at him with angry eyes.
The young man smiled, "I’m here to discuss business with your master, don’t attack ."
After speaking, he calmly walked to the door, picked up the brass knocker on the red door, and knocked loudly.
With a creak, the door opened, revealing an elderly man who looked at the young man expressionlessly, "Who are you looking for?"
The young man smiled and said, "I’m the Puppet Master Zong Cheng, here to find the Chen Clan’s Demigod, Chen Yu."
The old man said, "Wait."
With a clang, the door closed.
The old man hobbled deeper into the yard.
At this mont, Chen Yu was standing in his courtyard, facing a table, on which was spread a piece of Xuan paper.
The figure on the Xuan paper was already half-drawn, revealing the Wide-Eyed Heavenly King, with red armor, one face, two arms, protruding eyes, and a dragon helt. In his right hand, he held a dragon, and in his left, he carried a pagoda.
Impressive and lifelike.
Behind Chen Yu was a clock, as tall as a person.
The pendulum of the clock swung left and right, and when it struck the hour, it sounded with a dong, dong, dong.
Curiously, from ten ters away, the old man watched as Chen Yu’s every move seed to be sped up unnaturally, with even his painting movents appearing absurdly fast.
But once the old man stepped within ten ters, everything seed normal.
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Uncle Xu, you should stay beyond ten ters. This clock is a Taboo, and within ten ters, ti flows six tis faster than outside. You’re already quite old; don’t waste the precious ti."
"Young master," Uncle Xu said, "A young man has co to the door, claiming to be Puppet Master Zong Cheng, and he wants to see you."
Chen Yu’s brush paused for a mont.
He pondered for a mont, "Let him in, but don’t let him have the chance to touch you."
"Understood."
The old man went to bring the young man in and then withdrew.
"Such courage, to dare co here," Chen Yu said calmly as he painted.
The young man looked him over, then smiled and said, "Does the Chen Clan’s Demigod also feel a sense of crisis? To the point of using a Taboo to aid in drawing, wanting to create a few more paintings before the war cos? I’ve heard that this clock is usually for ordinary artists, as demigods prefer not to accelerate their own lifespan."
Chen Yu glanced at the composed young man, "Speak of business; if you can’t please , your puppet won’t be going back."
The young man laughed heartily, "Your enemy is Qing Chen, and my enemy is also Qing Chen. We have common interests."
"The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily a friend," Chen Yu put down the brush, "You want to kill him, that’s your business. If I want to kill him, I’ll do it myself, there’s no need to join forces with anyone."
This is the pride of a demigod; a demigod who wants to kill soone doesn’t really need to join forces with anyone.
The young man then said, "I’ve already tead up with the Roosevelt Kingdom of the West Continent. Are you interested in joining us?"
Chen Yu glanced at him, "Not interested."
"Then I’ll tell you sothing important," the young man smiled, "Do you want to know the secrets underground?"
Chen Yu’s eyes narrowed, "You also know about the underground matters."
"I crawled out from there," the young man explained, "Currently, there are still Chen Family mbers stationed beneath Taboo Land No. 8; you can have them look at the shattered glass vessel on the rock wall. I ca out from there. I’m a bionic body made by the Tinder Company, with genetic origins from the Zong Consortium of the Second Epoch, Zong Cheng."
Chen Yu scrutinized this Puppet Master seriously, "What’s underground?"
"The secret of divine ascent," the young man smiled, "I know only sothing like this could pique the interest of a demigod, so I dared to co here. Let elaborate: that underground base contains a vast amount of Tinder information, including the entire treatnt process of God Ren Xiaosu after he got cancer and received treatnt from Tinder Company."
Chen Yu beca serious.
The young man continued, "After getting cancer, Ren Xiaosu’s father, Ren He, sent him to a secret base. Dr. P developed a drug for coexisting with cancer. After treatnt, all the cells in his body were broken and reford into an alien nucleus like a diamond. However, coexisting with cancer ans facing the risk of rging with the world will... you can understand that coexisting incompletely with cancer results in gray skin experintal bodies, while the new humans who perfectly coexist with cancer must beco demigods."
Chen Yu was taken aback.
Is it certain that by coexisting with cancer, one can beco a demigod? He had painfully cultivated for twenty years, even ensuring seamless integration with Zhi Lanxing, and had barely beco a demigod at age thirty. But others just needed to get cancer, take a shot, and that was it.
The young man continued, "After coexisting with cancer, the mind and body will be on the verge of collapse, but Ren He brought a special object from the Northwest to stabilize the situation. So Ren Xiaosu initially lost his mory for a long ti; his entire ntal will was sealed until his body could withstand that enormous ntal will, then he unlocked it himself."
"How do I know you’re telling the truth?" Chen Yu asked, "Give the underground data, then tell what you want to do."
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