Light Fortress
Chapter 548 - 129: Parting Gifts_3

Chapter 548: Chapter 129: Parting Gifts_3

After stealing the Space Sealing Items from the Underground Church, he didn’t even need to consider an escape.

All he needed to do... was to commit suicide.

So bursting through the doors was just a decoy, a means to deceive himself?!

"Lord Bishop!"

"Two bodies have been discovered just outside of Xiyin City..."

A church member rushed in, hurriedly presenting the latest report to Lan Wei’er.

"On an abandoned ox cart, remnants of Extraordinary Aura were detected..."

"However, by the time they were discovered, all the sealing items had already vanished..."

"The deceased were Xiyin River no-names, not registered in the Deep Sea system, he took a very bizarre route, and among the church members responsible for clearing the way, several have already turned up having committed suicide out of fear of punishment... They’re all dead!"

Voices rose one after the other.

Lan Wei’er remained silent.

Listening to everything in silence.

Looking at the photographs on the case report in silence.

Under the Mahua trees, lay a withered corpse, its face identical to the "Amir" presented by "Zhou."

After viewing the case file from the East Continent, he realized that the truth behind this incident...was far more serious than the loss of the New Moon Church’s sealing items. A being capable of using spiritual power to possess bodies had infiltrated the interior of the New Moon Church.

He could easily take away the sealing items of the Underground Church.

He could act and then effortlessly cast off these "shells."

To kill... was to cast off.

The horror he displayed was alarming enough...and even more terrifying was the intuition telling Lan Wei’er that this was probably just the tip of the iceberg. This guy was like a cockroach that couldn’t be stamped out, capable of endlessly breeding, proliferating, and if not eradicated, he would always cling to life, ever lurking in some dark corner, waiting for the opportunity!

But fortunately...

He had discovered it all.

There was still time!

"Xiao..."

Lan Wei’er muttered the name to himself.

The joint case report from the East Continent Federation listed their last reason for stopping the investigation: a "possession by evil spirits" case had occurred in a church on the Southern Continent. Deep Sea matched the spiritual element of the evil spirit with Xiao’s Blood Fire, which overlapped by 100%. The evil spirit was thought to have died under the influence of the Holy Image. Consequently, the East Continent Federation began their eradication of Xiao’s Changjiu Foundation, and the subsequent process was very smooth.

The authorities in the East Continent assumed that the S-rank fugitive, Xiao, was dead.

But now, it seemed that this thread of Blood Fire was still alive!

"I need to go to the ’Storm Temple’."

Lan Wei’er spoke in a grave tone, "Lord Divine needs to know about this matter!"

...

...

On the return flight.

Cui Zhongcheng looked at the sealing items that filled nearly half the cabin and furrowed his brow.

"You should know that these ’items’ should not be taken out for use... If discovered by the Southern Continent, it could have adverse effects."

The sealing items had already been thoroughly cleaned once.

But Cui Zhongcheng, who was always particular about cleanliness, couldn’t help but look disdainfully at the ’items’ after learning from Gu Shen where they had previously been buried.

"We can’t just leave them for Xiao, right?"

"These sealing items can be placed in Huazhi Underground... There are already too many sealing items there unseen by daylight; adding these to them won’t make much difference."

As Gu Shen spoke, he began to take off the bulky white robe.

He really didn’t want to wear such priestly robes anymore... but it was thanks to these robes that he remained unrecognizable in Xiyin City, making the final transfer of identity trouble-free.

Now.

He wasn’t Amir.

Xiao was Amir.

"Are you sure...those two Believers you mentally hypnotized don’t need to be dealt with?"

Cui Zhongcheng asked softly, "I have arranged snipers in Xiyin, if needed, there’s still time."

Two Strong Logic Bullets.

To dispose of the two last "informants."

"That... is nothing to worry about."

Gu Shen shook his head and said, "Lan Wei’er is a Transcendent from the tenth layer of the deep water area, even he didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary... If anyone tries to probe, I will directly destroy the Spiritual Link. They will not obtain any information."

The owner of the Holy Image Auction House, as well as Zhou.

Both of these individuals had been implanted with the "Chi Huo" seed.

Transcendents capable of harnessing "Spiritual Link" across extremely vast distances are scarce.

And Gu Shen’s Chi Huo possessed such a power.

In a sense, they were no longer believers of the New Moon Church, but followers of their own... This was indeed a very subtle feeling, being able to sense the two devotees who would sacrifice their lives for him at any moment, their loyalty and obedience absolute.

In fact, Gu Shen treated them as his own "eyes".

[Deep Sea] was balancing all the information.

If one wants to see the real world... more and more "eyes" are needed, seeing is believing.

He saw with his own eyes.

He personally witnessed.

This... is the only truth that can convince him.

The events in the Southern Continent, he still wanted to stay connected... If everything went as expected, this case would attract the attention of the Storm God’s Throne, that dark rat who hides everywhere, being exposed to the light of day.

Gu Shen was curious.

How would Xiao hide?

He looked forward to waking up one day to the good news that "Xiao" had been crushed by the Storm God’s Throne.

Of course... he hoped that this time it wouldn’t be through the intelligence analyzed by [Deep Sea].

But "seen with his own eyes".

"By the way."

Cui Zhongcheng spoke again, sitting across from Gu Shen, he gently shook the paper "newspaper" and spoke slowly, "I need to tell you about the final outcome of this meeting."

Gu Shen was slightly startled.

If he remembered correctly, Huazhi’s landing in the Southern Continent was meant to "sell" secret research findings from underground.

It should be some kind of weapon.

"The trade has been canceled," Cui Zhongcheng said nonchalantly, "Huazhi did not reach an agreement with any church, nor any general... The so-called secret weapon will not be sold to the Southern Continent."

"Why?"

This was indeed a development that Gu Shen had not anticipated.

It had disturbed the great figures near Xiyin.

Such a grand meeting was held.

And yet, the outcome had ended abruptly... Most likely, this incident would have an adverse effect on Cui Zhongcheng.

"Their asking price was very high, almost irresistibly profitable..."

Mr. Xiao Cui calmly said, "Logically, the transaction should have been successfully completed. But morally, I didn’t want to see the scene after the deal was reached."

The plane soared above the clouds.

Looking down from above.

City after city became tiny amidst the clouds.

From 10,000 meters high, one cannot see the bloodshed, the violence, nor the suffering... Only by getting close to the ground can one see the true state of the Southern Continent, a land full of calamities.

The people here have already suffered enough.

Cui Zhongcheng put down the stack of "newspapers", which was the only thing Gu Shen brought out from the Underground Church after destroying the alarm.

On the thick stack, written was all the ugliness and filth of the New Moon Church underground.

And at this moment, every inch of the soil the plane roared past was buried with the endless "sorrow" of the South Continent People.

"There’s not much I can decide on my own, but this transaction was one of those things," Cui Zhongcheng said slowly.

With the cancellation of the trade, Huazhi was bound to suffer losses. It was clear that Huazhi’s subsequent actions would be criticized by the Southern Continent representatives in the central parliament, and the repercussions would be a backlash within the board’s internal opinions.

Gu Shen fell silent for a second.

He spoke softly, "Mr. Xiao Cui, the task your wife entrusted to you was to assist me in completing the operation in the Southern Continent. This time, we brought back a large number of Space Sealing Items, a successful mission overall. The failure to reach a cooperation with the Southern Continent can only be seen as a minor misstep. Weighing the pros and cons, you’ve done nothing wrong. I will take care of the trade complications in the post-mission report for you."

Cui Zhongcheng was taken aback.

He pushed up his single-lens glasses and looked at Gu Shen with a subtle expression.

Gu Shen extended a hand, smiling, "Pleased to have worked with you."