The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 248 Harvest and Aftermath

This sacrifice lasted for a full hour.

All those who were standing inside the altar when the sacrifice began were dead.

Whether they are the mysterious members of the Heroes Association, the group of well-dressed beasts from the Cao Gang, or the ferocious members of the Human Snake Team, as well as the first batch of hostages selected by them for the test.

All died, not one was left.

The array is great and fair, and regards all things as straw dogs.

There is no distinction between men and women, and no distinction between good and evil, right and wrong.

He accepted all the offerings placed within the altar.

There is no discrimination.

While waiting for the clouds to clear and the rain to stop, the light of the altar disappeared, leaving only a palm-sized thing that looked like a string of DNA sequence numbers, where a cricket pupa was wriggling, like a small golden eel.

It is composed entirely of characters, constantly sprang up, squirmed, and twisted, and finally connected head to tail, relying on its own squirming to become a grid-shaped sphere - this is the mark, and it is an epic mark, and its career path is [Yin Shen]!
Wearing a mask, Xu Shu walked to the middle of the remaining altar in full view of everyone and picked up the mark of the [Yin Shen].

Whoosh!
An invisible sound of wind flashed by.

The group of kidnapped hostages only saw a flash of golden light on Xu Shu's hand, and then it became empty, as if nothing had ever existed.

The mark can be stuffed into the Taichu Scroll prop bag, which is the safest place. After Xu Shu puts the mark in, no one else can see it.

Then, Xu Shu turned around and looked at the eighty or so people tied up on the ground, and suddenly fell into silence.

There were more than 20 people, both men and women, most of them were between 40 and years old, and there were also a small number of less than ten children. They were all tied up, with gags stuffed in their mouths. Except for their eyes, they could not move anything else, so they stared blankly at Xu Shu.

Both sides looked at each other, and suddenly fell into a dead silence.

"Ah, that, that, sir..." The first person to speak was an adult woman with a plump figure and strong arms. She had a very flexible tongue and cheek muscles, and she was the first to spit out the things in her mouth.

"Don't talk, I'm thinking." Xu Shu stopped this guy's question, picked up the ball gag from the ground, and stuffed it back into her mouth.

When the other hostages saw this, they trembled in fear and dared not speak. What is this gentleman thinking?
What is he thinking about?
Thinking...how to silence us?

These people are refugees in the wasteland, but they are not fools. No, even fools know that what they just saw must be something they shouldn’t have seen.

Will he be silenced?
They don't know.

This extraordinary master didn't allow them to speak, so they could only use pitiful eyes to reveal their strong desire to survive.

It's like a poor puppy that has been hungry for two days and is wagging its tail to beg for food.

But in fact, they overthought it.

Xu Shu never thought of killing them, otherwise there would not have been so much trouble just now.

He was now lost in thought because he had discovered a big problem.

"What about the upgrade drives of Little Peony, Boss Cha, and several other first-level extraordinary people?"

"Without their upgrade drive, how can I play in the ranking match? I can fight two level 3 warriors alone, which should be enough for me to squeeze into the top 50 of the Qingyun Ranking. No, I can even enter the top 20, right?"

"Strange, logically, there should be some..."

Xu Shu searched on the ground, but at the scene of the sacrifice, even the bloodstains had dried up and there was nothing left.

Not to mention the "upgrade drive" that may have a special appearance.

If one or two people did not drop the upgraded drive, Xu Shu could still suspect that they did not have it. For example, the captains of the patrol team who could barely reach level 12 would not have the right to continue to hold the upgraded drive, but would need to hand it over to the Control Bureau.

But at this time, even the two third-level beings were unable to leave behind any upgrade drives, which forced Xu Shu to change his direction of thinking.

Is it possible that when the array receives the sacrifice, it will also devour the upgrade drive?
Now it seems that this is the only way to explain it.

"So, when I first met the group of Black Emperor soldiers on the border last time, I thought they didn't have an upgraded drive. Now it seems that they actually did have an upgraded drive, but they were also swallowed up by the formation that time."

"Lie Zhenzi is really overbearing. How could he eat everything? These two masters might have some valuable treasures, but they were also eaten. Really, please leave some for me..."

Xu Shu looked down upon Him silently, feeling quite helpless.

Things have come to this, and he has no other choice. Without the altar, he cannot kill two third-level masters on his own.

Alas, this is how it works with external forces. The formation only needs to use its might to help him kill all the powerful enemies. Xu Shu, who wants to reap the benefits, needs to consider a lot~
Xu Shu shook his head and sighed, looking so sad that the faces of the group of prostitutes turned green.

They felt that this adult was in a bad mood, and they were afraid that they didn't have much chance!
as predicted!

They saw Xu Shu take out a small knife from his pocket and walk towards them.

'No, I can't die! I can't die yet!'

Just now they didn't dare to move because they were being guarded. Now that there is no one guarding them, everyone is a little bolder.

Driven by a strong desire to survive, some people have begun to try to crawl towards the window and consider jumping out to escape.

But how does their speed compare to Xu Shu?
The fastest one only moved five centimeters, and Xu Shu's knife had already approached a little boy and stabbed him.

"No! Don't do this!"

Next to her was the boy's mother. The grief of losing her son made her eyes burst into tears. She sobbed and cried.

But to no avail.

Xu Shu's knife was close to the little boy's neck.

Jam!

The rope was cut with one knife.

The little boy was freed, and his mother was stunned. Before she had time to think more, Xu Shu cut the rope on her body with a knife.

Speaking of these human human traffickers, their kidnapping methods are very skillful. The "tortoise shell binding" method is surprisingly flexible. It seems that the person cannot break free no matter how hard they try, but as long as the rope is cut behind the neck, the whole rope will automatically untie. It is very magical.

Xu Shu kept exclaiming in his mind, but his hands never stopped. After a few minutes of hard fighting, he killed all the hostages on the ground one by one and freed them.

After doing all this, Xu Shu clapped his hands, pointed to his face behind the mask and asked: "Can everyone remember my face?"

"I can't see it, I can't remember it, I can't recognize it." Everyone cooperated very well and shook their heads.

"very good."

Xu Shu nodded, and then continued: "Everyone has seen that the Cao Gang and the Heroes Association are in cahoots with each other and want to sacrifice everyone to the evil god. They are really big bastards! Fortunately, I acted in time and saved you..."

Everyone was in high spirits. Led by a few clever leaders, they fell to the ground one after another, shouting in unison: "Thank you for saving our lives, sir!"

Xu Shu waved his hands and said generously: "Hey, everyone, don't be so polite. Saving a life is just better than building a seven-story pagoda. It's just a small matter for me."

"Ah? This..."

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what the young man in the mask meant.

He specifically stressed that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Could he be hinting that we should pay some price?
But Xu Shu said again: "I am used to being idle, and I don't like to leave my name when I do good things, but there is no wall that is impenetrable, so if someone asks you in the future, you should tell them the truth, the one who saved him is Li..."

Xu Shu paused, then changed his words: "The one who saved us was Wang Teng! Wang is above all others, and Teng is as powerful as the sky! Do you understand?"

Now I understand.

"Listen, I understand!"

"Thank you, Uncle Wang Teng, for saving my life!"

Everyone was confused for a while, and they just felt that Mr. Xu's words were strange and nine out of ten were contradictory.

However, this did not prevent them from shouting Wang Teng's name loudly and praising Wang Teng's merits in saving people. Flattering and currying favor with the powerful were the instincts engraved in the genes of the wasteland refugees, and they could do it without even opening their mouths.

Actually, Xu Shu originally wanted to say that he was Li Toyota's, but after thinking carefully, he decided that Li Toyota should not take all the benefits. What if this reputation got to the King of Hell, and he thought that Li Toyota had done too many good things and had been reborn into a good family in the next life?
Of course this is not important. What is important is that many people already know that Li Toyota has Xu Shu's face.

Things that offend people are easy to be recognized. Apart from anything else, the Cao Gang is quite powerful. All the out-of-city businesses, big and small, in the safe zone cannot avoid the roots of the Cao Gang.

Therefore, Xu Shu thought about it again and again and decided to use a new name.

This way, it would be impossible for anyone to find me by following the clues.

Of course, whether or not there was room for them to touch after the sacrifice was completed was another matter of debate. Xu Shu was just trying to reduce the risk.

Seeing that everyone was expressing their gratitude for a while, Xu Shu was quite satisfied. He turned around and jumped down the stairs, and threw the little girl who was hanging in the air back.

Having done this, Xu Shu felt that he was indeed a good person. Unfortunately, this old man, Deng Liezhenzi, was blind and only looked at the merits, not the virtues.

In terms of merit, I have earned at least 560 levels of pagodas this time.

Then, avoiding the sight of others, he went to the building next door to tinker with it for a while to clean his clothes, then made a big circle through the ruins of the building at the back, and then sneaked back into the room through the window.

It was still early, and there was still an hour before dawn. He couldn't fall asleep if he tried to sleep any longer, so Xu Shu simply took a hot shower, but he kept thinking about what had just happened in his head.

I have made the Yin Shen Seal today, and I now have the basic main materials for my advancement to the third level in the future. This is a good thing.

But there was one thing that Xu Shu couldn't figure out.

That is, what kind of cult organization is the Heroes Society?
Why do they want to capture living people from the wasteland and bring them back to the safe zone?

The Administration Bureau has been cracking down on these illegal cults with great force and will not show any leniency. Once caught, they will be killed on the spot without mercy.

On the contrary, in the wasteland, due to the limitation of manpower and material resources, the intensity of the crackdown will be greatly reduced, and these cults will have a chance to survive.

This is also the reason why Xu Shu often runs into secret cultists in the wasteland, but does not find it strange. After all, they like to develop strongholds in the wasteland.

But what kind of operation is it to bring people "smuggled" into the city? Isn't this just walking into the muzzle of a gun? There was nothing wrong originally, but they made it into trouble?

Even if they think the conditions in the city are good and the scale is large, and they want to go into the city to preach, it should be one or two more powerful believers who sneak in, avoid the eyes and ears of the governing bureau, and secretly preach among the people, right?
This secret missionary method is what most esoteric believers use to cause trouble in the safe zone. Xu Shu has also heard about it. The Control Bureau often publicizes it in schools, communities and other places, telling everyone to be careful of people of unknown origin, and there are rewards for reporting them.

Therefore, Xu Shu really couldn't understand what the hero's purpose was in kidnapping hostages and bringing them into the city.

Could it be that they want to hold a sacrificial ceremony in the safe zone to summon the evil god?
It's so funny, do you think the Star Tower is just a decoration?
When the evil god comes and sees that your altar is in the safe zone, he will probably be so angry that he will curse you.

Isn't this cheating people, no, cheating God?
and many more……

Xu Shu wanted to laugh, but suddenly he couldn't.

He remembered an incident in which he once encountered a sacrifice to an evil god in the safe zone.

Vdivos! The demon chosen one that I killed the first time! Wasn't it the monster that was created by the neighbor's sacrificial ritual at that time?
Although it was killed by the Star Tower in the end, it still killed a team of patrol police before it died. If the Star Tower had been a little slower at that time, Xu Shu himself was not sure that he would have survived.

Could it be that they wanted to use these victims as sacrifices to summon the Devil's Chosen One?
This……

This is not impossible!
Xu Shu's eyes were solemn.

Although it is hard to understand, since they are ready to die in the safe zone, why would they look for "sacrifices" outside instead of using materials directly on the spot.

But Xu Shu felt uneasy when he thought that the place where his family lived might also be threatened.

Although the safe zone should be safe and protected by the Star Tower, even if a demon is summoned, it will be killed by the Star Tower.

But this thing, when you don't think about it too much, you don't think it's a big deal, but once you think about it too much, it's like a nail stuck in the eye, a thorn stuck in the flesh, which is uncomfortable.

Most of the time, Xu Shu was very confident in the Star Tower. For example, on the border, he often wanted to lure some powerful third-level or even fourth-level monsters to reincarnate on the border and send them to the afterlife.

But we should never be afraid of a thousand things, but be prepared for the worst.

Apart from anything else, what if, by chance, the Star Tower was half a beat slow in its reaction when facing the Demon Chosen One?
And what if the moment when the Star Tower is slow to react happens to be when your family encounters them?

It is hard to guarantee that this will not happen! As the saying goes, if there is one, there may be two. After Xu Shu encountered the incident where the Star Tower was half a beat late, he could not trust it 100%, unless it was on the border. At least the Star Tower had never been late on the border.

No, not necessarily.

Like that second-level Demon Chosen One, it is in the wasteland and is not even afraid of being discovered by the Star Tower!
Is it possible that the Demon Chosen has special abilities that allow them to avoid detection by the Star Tower?
For example, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who secretly crossed the border, and the Narrow-sleeved Guanyin who pretended to be a corpse to avoid being scanned!
Is there such a possibility?
Have!
Not only that, it's huge!
The more Xu Shu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He touched his chin, feeling a little anxious.

I feel it's inappropriate, but there's nothing I can do. The Heroes Association and the Cao Gang are very powerful and have combat capabilities that I can't match.

Are we just going to let it go like this?

Of course not.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Shu pushed his hips forward and turned on the upgrade drive.

Cao Gang, right?

A hero, right?
There are a lot of third-level masters, right?

amazing?
I'll report you right away!

Xu Shu smiled coldly.

In the safe zone, no matter how powerful you are or how deep your background is, you can never be stronger than the Astronomy Society or have a deeper background than the Governing Bureau!
He browsed through some friend lists in his chat interface.

In the end, he chose "Yu Mingluan".

In fact, Xu Shu now has many higher-level friends that he can contact.

Not to mention Yu Mingluan who is at the third level, even the fourth level is not good enough, there are several fifth-level powerhouses on the Heavenly Ranking!

Three anonymous ones, and one 'Lord of the Disaster'.

However, these powerful ones are all friends of "Taichu".

As "Taichu", it was a bit too embarrassing to talk to these people about small roles like the 'Heroes Association' and the 'Cao Gang'.

'Taichu' is suspected to be a master on the Heavenly Ranking!

Therefore, it is just right to find Yu Mingluan in my own identity.

It just so happens that the intelligence I got from Suki Herrera last time was also reported to Yu Mingluan, and the feedback was very good.

At the same time, Yu Mingluan was also quite enthusiastic every time he chatted with Xu Shu, and he invited Xu Shu to join the church many times, which gave Xu Shu a very good experience and made him feel very good about him.

With Yu Mingluan's identity and status, as a close confidant of the president of the Astronomical Society and the archbishop of the Dawn Church, he should be able to mobilize sufficient manpower to resolve this matter.

Xu Shu decided that he was the one.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Shu organized his words and typed silently:
"Respected Bishop, hello, it's been a long time since we last met. How are you these days?"

"Thanks to you, I have been honing myself in the wasteland recently, working hard to defeat the evil, eradicate heresy, and strive to contribute to the Dawn Church, the Astronomical Society, and the general public."

"I recently met a friend while traveling. His name is Wang Teng, and he is also a five-good young man who cares about the safety of the human race. I learned something very interesting but not friendly from him, and I think it is necessary to report it to you."

"This matter involves two underground forces in the safe zone, the Cao Gang and the Heroes Association."

"According to reliable information, they are secretly engaged in human trafficking, which is a heinous crime. Not only that, they are also involved in a cult sacrifice incident and illegally transported refugees into the safe zone..."

"The prayer of this evil god is as follows: You are the embodiment of wisdom and strategy..."

"I hope you can keep this a secret for me - your friend, the ghostwriter of the Astronomy Society, and the 99th demon slayer on the Qingyun list, Gu Pan."

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ps: Do you godfathers think that Yu Mingluan’s abnormality will be discovered by Xu Shu?
(End of this chapter)