Volume 1, Chapter 31: Su Qiuyu’s Frenzy

Restricted by the elevated highway, Su Qiuyu pressed the accelerator, driving straight past the outer ring road and exiting the Southern City harbor provincial highway. Driving another seventy kilometers south would lead directly to Lingning. Su Qiuyu called Zhu Lizhen, but the line remained unreachable. After exiting the provincial road, she pulled over and dialed Lu Xiaoqian’s number. Lu Xiaoqian sat blankly on a stone bench on the nursing home lawn. Seeing the caller ID, she felt a flicker of fear and hesitated to pick up. As the ringing neared its end, she finally answered: "...Xiaoyu." Su Qiuyu said, "Aunt Lu, can you do me a favor?" Lu Xiaoqian was surprised; hearing the calm in her voice, it seemed she did not yet know...

As the immortal consciousness receded into his body like a tide, Xu Qianqiu’s awareness followed it into an incredibly peculiar space. Specifically, after an artist signs with the Aiyin Agency, in addition to a fixed monthly base salary, they receive an additional split for any work they take on. The ratio is fifty-fifty. That faction not only possessed fighters capable of standing against the Four Sons of the Archangel, but they were also well-armed; they used gunfire to pin the Catholic forces down, keeping them from even showing their heads, a truly stifling situation. With the inertia of a Swallow Return, the Urshifu brought a Brick Break straight down onto the back of Machamp’s neck. Though a silencer was used, it could not eliminate sound entirely, and no matter how faint the noise, every person present was a top-tier powerhouse—how could they possibly fail to hear it?

Hearing that the patient was alone in the room, Cao Zhiqiang finally let out a sigh of relief before pushing the door open. It could be said that after nearly half a month of wining and dining, Cao Zhiqiang had finally managed to arrange the internship transfers for Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli; it was no easy feat. Yet, Xu Qianqiu felt no resistance toward heading to the Yellow Springs; on the contrary, he felt a sense of intimacy, as if he were returning home.

So much time had passed, and it remained in its Drakloak state, having yet to evolve into its final form, Dragapult. Lin Jinyong’s words—asking whether she liked people more the worse they treated her and the cheaper they made her feel—were like a knife twisting in Yu An’an’s heart, leaving a pain that had yet to subside. However, I held this in utter contempt. I grabbed Yao Hu by the hair, and he let out a cry of agony. But as Lu Guan proved his worth time and again, the entire project team began to flourish. She looked at the surveillance camera ahead, took off her black-rimmed glasses, and waved with a smile, looking perfectly at ease, showing no tension at having been caught.

Xiao Ran poked his head out. Tan Ruonan had already entered a room on the third floor. He reached out to touch the bare outer wall, puzzled—was she a gecko? How did she climb up there? Their work content differed slightly from Lu Guan’s, but the interns’ desks were all clustered together. Although the trunks in the cave chamber were all locked, this did not stump Zhou Yunshu; after all, she had learned a few tricks for picking locks from Du Mazi out of boredom while fleeing for her life. The next day, Tan Ruonan discovered that the five had not slept all night, having become adept at manipulating their phones.

When the grand army set out, all the Xiliang soldiers raised their weapons in unison, shouting as one. Tan Ruonan felt a sense of admiration, but she did not approve of the woman’s methods; one should not attempt to work with porcelain if they lack the diamond drill. "I rushed back to report the news first. Father still has matters to handle in Taiyuan and may not be able to return to Daxing for a few more days," Cui Changfeng explained to Yang Hao. The nobles responded, "Understood." They followed Luo Tong out of the camp, and Yao Jin also peered outside. The berserker hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to swing his axe, he performed the same action in the next instant.

Having lost all grain and supplies that night, they had carried less than five days’ worth of dry rations. Although they had plundered wealthy households in villages along the way to barely scrape by for over ten days, they were now nearly depleted, with only enough for at most another day before the food ran out. Wuchi Hong lunged forward, his steel whip and arm thrusting out in unison. Kuiying turned, firing a beam of white light from her index finger. Leaning backward, she fired three times in succession before pivoting to land a whip kick on Wuchi Hong’s head.

Most of them were elderly people gathered together to play chess, cards, and compose couplets. There was quite a variety of activities, but... Yi Le suspected he had arrived at a fake amusement park; this was clearly a park for the elderly! Xin Yue’e was not paying attention as she walked through the city, lost in thought. She was bumped into by someone, but she paid it no mind. The cultivation technique was pushed to its limit, and the energy in his body was mobilized to the extreme. Endless energy turned into a massive wave, converging toward that glimmer of light. That glimmer now seemed like a glowing black hole, greedily devouring all energy.

Eriri’s face flushed red, half from the shyness of having her jade feet massaged by Yi Le, and half because Yi Le had mentioned her *gonko* manga. Even though she had resigned herself to the fact that Yi Le knew she was a hentai manga artist, she still could not discuss it with him as if it were nothing. Given the circumstances, Shen Shixing had just used a single impeachment to take down the "Great Demon King Lin"—whom the clean-official censors had never managed to impeach—at the height of his reputation. With the Empress Dowager’s blessing, who would dare raise an objection? Offending both sides at once—did they still want to survive?

The same scene had appeared in the livestream multiple times; recently, Qixin had broadcast quite a bit of the "Electric Woodpecker" OB. "Exactly. And even I wasn't informed of this surveillance. That Mr. Wang clearly hasn't fully trusted me yet," Ren Tianxiang realized. Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd, Meng Luo could not afford to refuse this gesture. Besides, the item was still stored in the lounge. Lin Feng did not answer, instead releasing a fire whirlwind, but it carried a vibrating force. Liu Changfeng, standing nearby, was slightly startled, looking at the two of them with surprise. The Golden Carp Prince only sneered inwardly, but out of respect for the True Immortal’s words, he did not retort.

Yet, many never knew that Liu Hao’s Dan-sea physique was actually achieved by plundering Liu Qin’s innate energy. Many staff members were willing to leave with them to start their own business, especially those who were highly skilled and had joined later. It was difficult to get promoted staying there, but by starting a new company together, there were plenty of positions waiting for them. After all, unless you reach a certain level, even if your family can gaze upon this place from afar, if the other party doesn’t want to show themselves to you, you will never know who these people are.