Chapter 296 - - 294 Special Affairs Bureau’s Response_1

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Buried in the same grave after death?

Duge mentally went through how this skill could be used and then shook his head, Chen Ziyong had taken the wrong path.

Confession isn’t merely about professing love; it also implies a public statement or notice.

Simply going down the path of professing love is not necessarily wrong, but it is definitely a misstep.

The effects of Lips and Teeth Are Sweet as Honey wouldn’t necessarily lead to others becoming romantically involved with him.

Without his help, it was highly unlikely that a mighty skill like Buried in the Same Grave after Death would emerge.

Buried in the Same Grave after Death meant that the more people he was affectionate with, the more human shields he essentially had. With the aid of the Marriage Talisman and Harmony Talisman, it might even be possible to experience a qualitative change through quantitative accumulation.

Once he had many human shields,

these strong lovers who took the blade for him would definitely cherish him and may even help him trend keywords, aiding in his growth until they were in perfect harmony, forming a powerful harem squad and sweeping across the world.

However, this required a long-term process.

The early development would be slow, the middle stage would require external forces like Marriage Talisms, making it a late-game hero, which was not fitting for the current simulation context…

“Can I help you?” Chen Ziyong asked with a fawning smile.

“Old Chen, what are you talking about? Doesn’t an ordinary person deserve friendship?” Duge patted his shoulder, comforting him, “Even if you are a waste, so what? I’ll take you high.”

“…” Chen Ziyong.

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While Duge was subduing the Fox Demon and others, the outside world had already been rocked by a storm.

Tourists at Heavenly Master Mountain uploaded their captured videos to the internet, and in just half an hour, the footage spread everywhere, unstoppable.

The dark aura, the golden cage, the skull in the sky, the Five-Colored Divine Dragon… these couldn’t deceive anyone…

On websites, forums, and chat groups across different apps, nearly everyone was discussing the strange phenomena on Heavenly Master Mountain.

The battle of Cheng Yu against the group of ghosts at Heavenly Master Mountain quickly trended online.

This wasn’t a blurry UFO or sea monster that was shot; it was a real event that took place right before their eyes.

After all, many people were streaming live with their phones at the time.

The details of Cheng Yu’s battle with the ghosts, the spells he used, were all captured clearly, with people even able to count the number of scales on the armor of the knife-wielding Ghost Generals.

One of the main reasons the video quickly became popular

was that the person fighting those ghosts was none other than Cheng Yu, the star who had publicly demonstrated his abilities in Tongshan City.

At this point, no amount of trickery with special effects or movies would fool anyone—if special effects could be captured by bystanders’ smartphones, what was the point of watching movies?

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“Cheng Yu was telling the truth, there really is such a thing as Daoist magic in this world.”

“The world truly has been invaded by Heavenly Demons.”

“We’ve been kept in the dark for so long.”

“No wonder the typhoons keep veering away from our country’s coastline and turn back; it turns out that there truly are Immortals guarding us in the unknown.”

“Can we no longer hide the truth of what happened 20 years ago? It’s time to tell everyone about their sealed memories…”

“Could it possibly be a mirage or a light show?”

“Are you stupid, the person upstairs? When have you ever seen real people in a mirage? Didn’t you see the huge dark cloud that day? If our country could control the weather with such precision, we would have been invincible long ago.”

“I want to learn Immortal Techniques.”

“I strongly demand that the country introduce cultivation courses in elementary and middle schools.”

“I no longer blame Cheng Yu for driving luxury cars and wearing designer watches; turns out he’s truly bearing the weight for us…”

“That’s right, he has every reason to look down on us.”

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It wasn’t just domestically.

Foreign citizens, upon witnessing the scenes from Heavenly Master Mountain, were equally shocked and screaming.

They began to form groups in their own countries to search for their own divine beings and demons and monsters. In various churches and temples, forums were flooded with inquiries from netizens.

After all, if other countries had them but theirs did not,

how could they compete in a war? What if you launch a nuclear missile and a divine dragon swallows it mid-flight? Who do you reason with then?

Let’s put aside the reaction of the netizens for now.

The candidates who had just managed to flee abroad, or were planning to flee, went crazy upon seeing what happened on Heavenly Master Mountain. What exactly was this situation?

Was the main questline unveiled?

These candidates were too ferocious, weren’t they? It had only been a few days, right?

Duge wasn’t even that fierce in the beginning, was he?

One controlled the power of a nation, while the other could show off just by himself. How were they supposed to play this game?

Were they supposed to wait for both to be wounded in the fight?

Prideful in their perceived elite status, they believed that if they entered the simulation, they could achieve greatness like Duge. But facing the brute force of these two unreasonable guys, they suddenly felt as naive as children.

Some candidates even started to miss the days when everyone was just keeping a low profile. Duge’s tactics were too wild; without enough strength, it was impossible to keep up…

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On the highway from Dragon Tiger Mountain to Heavenly Master Mountain, more than a dozen identical business vans were racing.

In one of the middle vans, a man in his thirties looked at his phone, his brow furrowed tightly, “Cheng Yu, Integral Dan Realm? How did he do it?”

“Officer Zhang, did Cheng Yu release the Ghost King from the Demon Sealing Cave? Are we still going to Heavenly Master Mountain?” asked Li Yao, who had once furiously scolded fans online. She carefully looked at the middle-aged man, “Not to mention the Ghost King he released, just with his achievement of the Integral Dan Realm, all the experts we have gathered are probably no match for him.”

“Li Yao, do you really think Cheng Yu’s key word is ‘discrimination’?” the middle-aged man asked.

“That’s what he showed from the start, right?” Li Yao replied, “If it wasn’t for discrimination, his attributes wouldn’t have increased so rapidly, without such high attributes, he wouldn’t have been able to reach the Integral Dan Realm.”

“Even with such high attributes, one can’t reach the Integral Dan Realm in just a few days.” The middle-aged man’s frown deepened, “Li Yao, do you think the main plot of this world could be related to Sheng Wenhua from a thousand years ago?”

“Officer Zhang, are you deciding not to go to Heavenly Master Mountain?” Li Yao asked.

“If we know we can’t win, do we go there to die?” The middle-aged man glanced at Li Yao and then opened his personal panel, “I’m already number one in the simulation. Finding the main plot now and then finishing the simulation to lock in the win is the right move… Fuck!”

“What’s wrong?” Li Yao asked.

“Nothing.” The middle-aged man looked at the glaring second-place spot, a tremor involuntarily ran through his brow as he said irritably, “Notify the vehicles ahead to turn around and head back to Capital City. Pull out all stops to find clues about Sheng Wenhua. Issue an announcement offering a reward for demons and monsters with investigation abilities to join the Special Affairs Bureau, and I will distribute the top ten.”

“…” Li Yao glanced at the middle-aged man and with a trace of disdain in her eyes, said, “Officer Zhang, Duge offered rewards to other demons and monsters only when he was holding all the cards. This is a simulation. Only exceptional performance will lead to the Alien Battlefield, and the distributed top ten spots are pointless.

Probably no one will listen to you.

Moreover, the simulation has only begun for four or five days. Most candidates are likely hoping that you and Cheng Yu wound each other in battle, so they can reap the benefits.”

The middle-aged man sighed and rubbed his temples, “Anyway, first we go back to Capital City. I refuse to believe that while having such a huge advantage from the start, I could be overturned by Cheng Yu. If it comes to it, I’ll mobilize the army, bombard Heavenly Master Mountain…”

“Modern weapons don’t do much against cultivators, and besides, Cheng Yu probably won’t be foolish enough to wait for you at Heavenly Master Mountain to bomb him.” Li Yao said.

“I don’t believe Cheng Yu really reached the Integral Dan Realm.” Having his first-place rank snatched away in less than a day, the middle-aged man felt understandably disturbed. He shot Li Yao a glance and said impatiently, “If you’re so smart, why don’t you come up with a way to deal with Cheng Yu…”

“Beimang Mountain.” Li Yao looked at the middle-aged man and said a location, slowly articulating, “Heavenly Master Mountain has the Demon Sealing Cave, Beimang Mountain has the Ghost King. If there’s anyone in this world who can deal with the Integral Dan Realm, it would be the Ghost King from Beimang Mountain.

Beimang Mountain has been the strategic focus of military families for generations and is also the site of royal tombs, nurturing who knows how many fierce ghosts.

For thousands of years, no matter what happened in the Cultivation World, no one dared to attack Beimang Mountain. The Ghost King has countless Ghost Generals under his command, and if we can control them, our overall strength will only be higher than Cheng Yu’s.”

“Brilliant!” The middle-aged man’s eyes lit up, “If Cheng Yu can open the Demon Sealing Cave, then I can take control of Beimang Mountain. I refuse to believe, that a mere Integral Dan Realm, can defeat a million Underworld Soldiers.”

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