Nightmare Light

Chapter 235 The Shadow of the Rebel
“Landlord, I suggest that you focus your investigation on your unfilial son.”

On the platform halfway up the tree fern, Qianlan raised her hand, and a branch bearing fruit moved toward her.

In front of her, the server function shone a screen of light.

Qian Lan quickly typed content on the light screen with both hands, her skill making her look more like the World Tree Administrator than Lin Wang.

As she typed, she multitasked: "That little girl who's over a hundred years old is right. Those rebellious sons, their goal is to support a new god to replace the goddess."

"Then they must have hidden facilities in many places, and more importantly..."

She turned her head and glanced at Lin Wang: "They must know a lot about immortals and gods, even their whereabouts."

"Why?" Lin Wang asked, a thought escaping his lips.

This guy is really good at controlling tree ferns...

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As Qianlan manipulated it, the tree fern fruit gradually unfolded, its skin became smooth, and its size increased little by little. In just over ten seconds, it had grown from the size of a walnut to the size of half a person.

And this process is still ongoing.

Qianlan continued to control the changes in the fruit, while simultaneously multitasking, and said to Lin Wang, "Because they want to replace the gods... But you must know that it is very difficult for mortals to create a god."

"You mean...it's difficult?" Lin Wang keenly caught the key words in Qian Lan's words.

"The formation of a godhood is a very complex process, and it is impossible for a group of cultists hiding in the shadows to accomplish it."

"Therefore, I believe that the method they can use to promote a new person to the top is somewhat similar to what they tried to do to me before—to create a divine body and put the existing godhood into it."

Lin Wang nodded—what Qian Lan said was very similar to his judgment.

The focus of our next investigation will be on this direction...

Lin Wang pondered to himself.

While they were talking, the tree fern fruits had already grown to the size of a house.

Qianlan looked at the huge fruit with great satisfaction. She put her hands on her hips and nodded vigorously with great joy: "Okay, this is my place!"

With that, she waved her hand, and a door-like opening appeared on the fruit. She excitedly walked inside: "I'm going to renovate the house..."

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She bumped her forehead on the edge of the "door".

The former lord of the mountains clutched his head and squatted on the ground: "...It hurts so much...I forgot how tall I am."

Then came a series of vulgar, mountain-like words.

"..." Lin Wang's face twitched, ignoring this retired god with his strange thought process.

He used the server function to bring Miaomiao up.

"Miaomiao, I need to ask you something... Why are you crying?"

Tears welled in the little girl's numb face, and a few seconds later she burst into tears, sobbing, "It's so hard! Who can understand the thought process of gods!"

"Briefly describe the relationship between the thinking logic of gods and human life, in no less than 300 words. What kind of person could come up with such a question?!"

"Destroy it! What's the point of supporting a new god? This world should just be destroyed!"

Lin Wang already had experience in handling such situations.

He pulled out a chocolate bar and waved it in front of the little girl. Sure enough, she stopped crying immediately, sobbed a few times, and reached out her hand to the chocolate: "Is it with cream?"

"Half sugar, too much sugar is bad for children."

Lin Wang handed over the chocolate: "Miaomiao, I need to ask you something." The little girl sniffled and immediately bit into the chocolate wrapper with her teeth: "What is it?"

Lin Wang snatched the chocolate from her, tore it open for her, and handed it back: "Do you know the specific addresses of the research facilities for the Reverse Shadows?"

The little girl sniffled again and took a bite of chocolate: "I can tell you the addresses of some of the ancient projects I've been involved in... However, since the temple previously fought a war with the Shadows, I guess some of the important ones have probably already been moved."

"Of course, you can try your luck. Maybe there are clues to be found underground in some facilities... I still want something a little sweeter."

She took another bite of chocolate, then changed the subject.

"However, you don't need to be discouraged. Although I know that most of those facilities are probably already empty... I know how those rebellious sons think."

She plucked a withered leaf from a tree fern, placed it on the ground, and squatted down: "Let's assume this leaf represents the Chu Federation."

She dotted the center of the leaf with a chocolate: "This is Tang Shengcheng."

He then pointed to the top and left side of the leaves: "This is your territory, Northerners... This is the territory of the Mist Clan, isn't that right?"

"So what?" Lin Wang also squatted down.

“During the years I was still with the Order, almost all of the Shadow Rebels’ secret research facilities were located in these two regions—and I believe that’s still the case now.”

Lin Wang's heart skipped a beat: "Why?"

“It’s safe,” Miaomiao said matter-of-factly. “You don’t actually think that the most dangerous place is the safest, do you? That’s a silly statement that makes a lot of sense, does it?”

"How many troops, how many sheriffs, how many priests, how many Holy Army soldiers are stationed in Tangsheng City?"

"We can run into seven people trying to arrest us just by going out to buy a loaf of bread!"

"So, it must be in a remote, secluded place where different factions' territories intersect, to hide their research facilities!"

She muttered to herself as she picked up the chocolate again: "If it weren't for the fact that the Shadow Realm has an entrance and exit in Tangsheng City, I wouldn't want to hide in Tangsheng City... I have to sneak along the walls just to go out and buy something to eat!"

"Another time, I encountered an old man who insisted that I was a truant student and insisted on sending me back to school! I'm almost a hundred years old!"

The little girl suddenly flew into a rage, waving her arms wildly and shouting, "Skipping school! Skipping school! You're a hundred years old and you're still skipping school! And you still make me do my homework!"

Then, by accident, with a splat, half a chocolate bar was thrown to the ground.

Miaomiao looked at the chocolate on the ground and slowly pouted.

Then, she suddenly squatted down, picked up the chocolate in a flash, stuffed it into her mouth, her cheeks puffed out, and mumbled something like "it won't get dirty in three seconds."

Lin Wang was both amused and exasperated, and interrupted the little girl: "I understand what you mean—go to the North or the West to find the Shadow Rebels."

Miaomiao puffed out her cheeks and shook her head: "Even if you go, it's unlikely you'll find them directly."

The former head of the Shadow Rebels showed no remorse for betraying his colleagues: "We've been fighting the temple for so many years, we naturally know how to hide our tracks."

Lin Wang looked at the little girl: "So... two chocolates?"

"Gojo!"

"No, bad teeth."

"Half-sweet is fine too."

"make a deal."

(End of this chapter)