Chapter 183: Evil God Promotes, Patrollers Pay Attention

Chapter 183: Evil God Ascends, Patrol Takes Notice

Bai Zhenzhen asked again, “By the way, what about the evil god’s secret stash? Did you find it?”

Fuji replied, “How could it be that easy? Once that fellow knew he couldn’t win, he wiped all the records and data from his mind.”

“And even if there were any, you must never touch the legacy he left behind.”

“The commotion we caused this time wasn’t small; it’s bound to have caught many eyes.”

“The patrol might already be investigating this incident, so you two must be careful from now on.”

As she spoke, a faint, chilling aura of evil god power emanated from Fuji. She said proudly, “But after devouring that guy, I’ve now recovered to the rank of a lower-tier evil god. In this first layer of Kunxu, shielding you two is more than enough.”

Through Fuji’s explanation, Zhang Yu learned that evil gods also had a hierarchy, and the key to this hierarchy was what they called “rank.”

Fuji said, “From Level 1 to Level 9, evil gods have nine ranks. Only with a higher rank can one infiltrate higher-level divine power networks.”

“For example, in the 36 layers of Kunxu, the higher you go, the higher the network level, and the harder it is to breach.”

“But now that I’ve recovered to Level 1, a lower-tier evil god’s rank, infiltrating the divine power network of Kunxu’s first layer shouldn’t be a problem.”

Zhang Yu knew that all networks in Kunxu were essentially divine power networks—channels for the true gods to transmit information and power, though they had gradually been opened for civilian use.

Listening to Fuji, Zhang Yu asked, “So what exactly can you do?”

As if wanting Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to recognize her value, Fuji began to introduce the powers she had regained as a Level 1 evil god, like a salesperson.

“First of all, I can now perform various rituals.”

“Detection rituals can locate cameras.”

“Shielding rituals can block cameras.”

“Anti-surveillance rituals can control cameras…”

“And also…”

Zhang Yu couldn’t help but interrupt, “Are you obsessed with cameras or what? Why are they all about dealing with cameras?”

“That’s because you don’t understand the trade,” Fuji explained. “The lower the layer of Kunxu, the less developed the divine power network. The first layer is the least developed of all, so the true gods’ methods of monitoring the first layer are the most primitive and crude.”

“On the first layer, surveillance cameras are the eyes of the true gods—their most important way to observe the world and monitor society.”

“If you can avoid all cameras, you can avoid most of the true gods’ attention, and then you can be considered invisible on the first layer.”

“That’s why among the rituals mastered by Level 1 evil gods, those related to cameras are the most numerous.”

Bai Zhenzhen recalled how she had monitored Song Xu and the others through cameras and asked, “Then why didn’t Song Xu and his group use this?”

Fuji chuckled and said, “Because even for evil gods, rituals can’t be used indefinitely.”

“The number of rituals a Level 1 evil god can maintain is limited.”

“Take my colleague, for example: he had to maintain the wish rituals for eight followers, a shielding ritual for the apartment building to block cameras, and a shadow curse to monitor you—he was almost at his limit. He had no spare capacity to casually perform rituals for his followers.”

“And I’m not like him, buying a bunch of junk stocks.”

“I only have you two as followers, so I can set up detection rituals on both of you, allowing you to always sense the locations of cameras.”

“There’s also an anti-detection ritual. Once it’s completed on you, as long as no true god is presiding, it can hide part of your data when your mana or physical strength is being tested.”

“Heh heh, your recent data has been drawing too much attention. This ritual should help you lie low, right?”

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen both nodded repeatedly. With no one backing them, their rapidly growing physical data had indeed become a major headache.

Especially now that they were preparing for the Foundation Establishment qualification exam, excessively high test scores no longer meant much to them and instead invited unnecessary covetousness.

For instance, when Zhang Yu sold seeds, Director Long had taken special notice of him.

Seeing that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were both interested, Fuji finally revealed her true intention: “Then just prepare the materials and venue for the rituals, and we can start anytime…”

But as he looked at the list of materials she kept listing, Zhang Yu frowned and asked, “What’s with these antiques? That adds up to over a hundred thousand, doesn’t it? Do the rituals really need such expensive antiques?”

Fuji was prepared for this and explained, “The evil god’s rank is just the threshold for performing rituals and infiltrating the divine power network.”

“Each ritual consumes evil god power.”

“Of course, I could steal a little divine power from the true gods’ network every day. It would take about half a year to gather enough for these rituals.”

Zhang Yu stared at the phone screen, where Fuji had added statues, incense burners, candlesticks, and other items to the shopping cart. He frowned and said, “So these antiques can replenish your evil god power?”

Fuji said, “Long before the divine power network was established, gods stood in Kunxu, worshipped by countless people, receiving incense and wish power.”

“That incense and wish power was the precursor to divine power.”

“In various artifacts left over from the old era, traces of residual incense and wish power can still be found. By absorbing them, I can replenish my evil god power.”

After saying this, Fuji continued to persuade, “Your progress will become more and more astonishing from now on, and you need to hide your strength appropriately. The matter with Song Xu might also alert the patrol. Who knows when they might start monitoring you with cameras? What if someone sees something they shouldn’t?”

“You two have so many secrets; you need means of concealment the most.” “Spending over a hundred thousand for peace of mind is absolutely worth it.”

“And don’t worry about having too many rituals active and getting caught during the Foundation Establishment exam. I can temporarily turn off all rituals except the wish ritual during the exam. With my technical expertise, I can hide them completely—no true god will detect them.”

Bai Zhenzhen thought for a moment and said, “Yu, she has a point. It seems we can’t skimp on this hundred thousand.”

“Alright,” Zhang Yu nodded. “Let’s prepare then.”

Fortunately, after returning to Songyang, Zhang Yu had earned a decent sum by selling seeds and collecting brokerage fees, so he could afford to shop on his phone now.

Then Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen resumed their training.

Zhang Yu twisted his body, channeled his mana, and repeatedly performed various movements to temper his flesh and blood while accelerating the expulsion of waste and toxins from his body.

Ever since returning from Xiandu City, Zhang Yu had been diligently practicing the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, a top-tier body-forging technique.

Over the past few days, not only had he pushed the technique’s level forward, feeling his physical strength grow, but during the process, he also sensed the residual pill toxins and medicinal toxins in his body being gradually expelled.

After all, in the past few months, in order to pass the Foundation Establishment qualification exam, Zhang Yu had completely abandoned his original natural body-forging path, frantically using drugs and injections, and continuously consuming Hunyuan Pills.

While this process had allowed his cultivation to advance rapidly and his data to skyrocket, it had also left a large amount of hard-to-expel impurities in his body, gradually affecting the metabolic functions of his internal organs.

In fact, before his last Foundation Establishment exam, he had felt a pain in his organs.

But now, through the practice of Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, he felt his flesh and blood becoming cleaner, and his internal organs gradually felt lighter and more comfortable.

After finishing another round of Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, Zhang Yu felt completely refreshed. He glanced at his Feather Book.

Spring and Autumn Endless Zen Level 6 (14/60)

“Once I push Spring and Autumn Endless Zen to Level 10, I’ll start practicing those high school basic techniques and see what the high school saint body from the Chain Method Diagram actually does.”

…

In the following days, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen trained while preparing the materials and venue for the rituals.

One day at White Dragon High School.

After sparring with Yu Xinghan and Song Hailong for two hours, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were walking out.

Zhang Yu recalled Yu Xinghan’s pale face today and thought to himself, “Is he okay? He won’t overwork himself and drop dead someday, will he?”

Just then, he saw several people in patrol uniforms striding down the corridor of White Dragon High School. Students around them quickly stepped aside.

“The patrol…” Zhang Yu thought of the information he had just gathered from Yu Xinghan and Song Hailong.

The disappearance of Song Xu, a top student at White Dragon High School, had not caused much of a stir, because the details seemed to have been suppressed. The students at White Dragon only knew that Song Xu hadn’t come to school for a few days, unaware that this top student had died from the backlash of an evil god ritual.

Seeing the patrol appear, Zhang Yu immediately suspected they might be investigating Song Xu’s case. He and Bai Zhenzhen quickly moved aside, trying to avoid drawing attention.

But just as they were passing by him, the woman at the lead suddenly stopped and turned to look at Zhang Yu.

"Hmm? You're Zhang Yu, right?" She smiled at him. "You're Zhang Pianpian's... heh."

Seeing the beautiful woman taking the initiative to greet them, both Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen grew tense.

She continued, "My name is Yun Ni, captain of the patrol team."

"We've talked before, don't you remember?"

Zhang Yu was slightly startled, for she looked far too young, nothing like the patrol captain he had imagined.

What Zhang Yu didn't know was that Yun Ni came from ten generations of patrollers, a renowned patrolling family in Songyang.

As an outstanding scion of this generation, she had joined the patrol team in high school, and after graduation, following her family's arrangement, she skipped college and became the patrol captain directly.

Yun Ni seemed about to say something to Zhang Yu, but her gaze swept over the surrounding White Dragons, and she frowned. "Sigh, the White Dragons are now reeking of blood, all looking like demons and monsters."

Zhang Yu was taken aback for a moment, then realized she was referring to how, after the imitation demon muscle modification surgery, many White Dragon students had taken on the appearance of demon descendants.

Yun Ni sighed, "With these half-human, half-demon looks, back in the day if they ran around campus, they'd be stabbed to death by a flying sword."

"Who would have thought... that the high school campus would become such a ghostly place."

A patrol team member quickly reminded her, "Captain, if someone hears that, you'll be reported again."

Zhang Yu understood: the Yun Ni before him was a standard demon descendant discriminator.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that." Yun Ni shook her head, then looked at Zhang Yu with a slight smile. "Zhang Yu, let's talk somewhere else."

Zhang Yu told Bai Zhenzhen to go on ahead, and he followed behind Yun Ni.

As they walked, Yun Ni asked, "Zhang Yu, have you been in contact with Song Xu recently?"

(End of chapter)