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Chapter 274 The Eleventh Lord Leads a Rebellion?! (Second Update)

"I'm at Base Seventeen! Get over here." Chu Zhu rudely interrupted the other person and hung up the phone. Then, he looked at his boss: "Take us to the underground base!"

"Yes." The boss completely echoed.

……

This is a peculiar secret room.

Chu Zhu sat in the chair, her brows gradually furrowing. The boss, of course, had already left.
"Um..." Captain Yang opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Chu Zhu, "Don't say anything right now! Just stand quietly like a stone statue. Wait for my orders! Whatever I ask you to do, you must do it immediately!"

“…Yes.” Even though Captain Yang still had doubts, he could only nod at this moment.

Chu Zhu tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of his chair, pondering a very serious question—the person he had contacted by phone earlier was Eleven's third most trusted confidant…

Chu Zhu knew that Eleven had a very special group of trusted men under his command, men whom he would not kill even if Eleven were in a state of madness...

Previously, Chu Zhu couldn't understand why, no matter how he reset his confidants, he couldn't occupy those positions! He used to think it was because his reset time was only one day... but now he suspected it might be because these special confidants were all extraordinary individuals—

Ordinary people can be killed without consequence! But extraordinary individuals are difficult to cultivate... so even someone as insane as Eleven cannot be killed indiscriminately!

The reason Chu Zhu chose number three instead of number one is because Chu Zhu suspects that number one is now deeply embedded in the plan—as number one, he can even be considered the spokesperson for Eleven in some ways.

Number One might even know parts of the omnipotent plan, and know exactly what is happening in Jinghai right now...

In this situation, if he were to make a phone call to try and deceive the other party… he could easily expose his weakness! Chu Zhu hadn't forgotten Eleven's supernatural abilities… In fact, Chu Zhu was now even starting to suspect that it was possible that this number one confidant was actually a ghost controlled by Eleven…

But that's not important now! Let's just consider him a subordinate... But even if Number One is just a subordinate, in the current situation, there's a high probability that Number One is accompanied by a ghost directly controlled by Eleven!
Taking all of the above into consideration...

Ah!
In reality, even for number three, Chu Zhu was only estimating based on past experience that the chances of fooling the other party were over forty percent! That's why she called to summon them over...

It seems like the chances are less than 50%, but it's not a big problem... the worst that can happen is we're exposed! If the other side comes, let Captain Yang handle it. If Captain Yang can't win, then he can just commit suicide and reset...

soon.

The sound of the stone gate shifting could be heard.

A man wearing a squirrel mask quickly walked in.

His gaze swept over Captain Yang, who was wearing a white fox mask, and a knowing look appeared in his eyes. He recognized the person wearing the white fox mask—in fact, this mask belonged to one of Chu Zhu's eleventh subordinates, a man of similar build to Captain Yang, who had been deliberately chosen to wear that person's mask…

"Your Majesty!" The squirrel-man's voice was humble as he knelt on one knee. However, unlike the previous foot massage parlor owner, he dared to raise his head and look directly at Chu Zhu: "I was on my way to the shantytown redevelopment area union to carry out your Plan No. 3! You summoned me... Has the plan changed?"

"Chop off his little finger." Chu Zhu suddenly pointed, her voice completely calm.

Captain Yang's pupils contracted slightly, but remembering what Chu Zhu had said earlier, he didn't hesitate at all. He rushed forward, grabbed the hand of the squirrel man who was dumbfounded and whose body was trembling slightly with fear, drew a dagger from his waist, and swiftly brought it down.

"?!!" The squirrel-man groaned, one of his fingers falling to the ground. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead, but he showed no surprise or resentment, accepting everything as it was.

He lowered his head, his voice trembling: "I...I was wrong! I shouldn't have been lazy, I should have gone to the guild to carry out the plan earlier...And, and, I shouldn't have gone to see the women of the Hehuan Cult last night...But, but I really didn't betray the Omnipotent lineage's plan! Your Majesty, please believe me..."

In fact, the squirrel man had sensed something was amiss the moment he entered, but his eyes cleared the instant his little finger was chopped off.

This tastes just right!
That's the taste of brutality!
It's this kind of madness that normal people can't understand at all!
Without a doubt, this is definitely the eleventh apostle to whom he serves! Even a normal person couldn't fake it!
"Who cares about your stuff?" Chu Zhu interrupted him, sneering, "I just want to chop off your fingers! Do you have a problem with that?"

"..." The squirrel man said nothing more, and knelt on the ground with his other knee. Blood flowed continuously from the severed finger joints, staining the earth, but he seemed to have completely lost the sense of pain, and only bowed and said: "No! You chopped off my finger, you must have done it for my own good! It's just that I can't understand your unfathomable wisdom yet."

Captain Yang: "..."

"So good at flattering?" Captain Yang was dumbfounded. "You've already done all that, and you're still like this?" He was really starting to lose his temper... To be fair, if Huo Qiming treated him like this, he would have flipped the table and punched the other man in the face... Even if you're his boss, you can't act like this!
"That's what you think!" Chu Zhu's face showed a slight smile, with a hint of approval in her eyes, before suddenly turning cold and ruthless. She added, "Knock him out!"

Captain Yang delivered a swift chop to the squirrel man's body, causing him to tense up instinctively. Ultimately, he managed to control himself and not resist, his face contorted in bitterness. With a thud, he collapsed to the ground.

The secret room returned to silence.

But at this moment, Captain Yang looked at the squirrel man lying on the ground, his mind still somewhat confused. He tried to sort out everything that had happened before... Hmm, it turns out... I can't make sense of it at all! Can anyone tell him what exactly happened?

After glancing at Chu Zhu, Captain Yang pondered for a moment, then reached out and pressed his hand on the squirrel-man's neck. He paused, as if unsure, then pressed down on the squirrel-man's arms and thighs again, repeatedly confirming the man's physical strength...

Finally, he stopped what he was doing, looked at Chu Zhu, and said in a voice filled with astonishment and disbelief: "He is... a body cultivator of the third realm?!"

How could it possibly be the third realm...?

This is so bizarre!
In other words, the other side really couldn't muster even the slightest thought of resistance under Chu Zhu's pressure! After Captain Yang realized this, he felt his scalp tingle.

Because of this level of strength, if the opponent were to resist... given that he and the opponent are currently at the same level, he absolutely could not have defeated them so easily. Chu Zhu, however, felt it was quite natural. Judging from the power displayed by the Eleventh Apostle, if his third confidant didn't even possess this level of power... then he would truly be doomed!
Of course, Chu Zhu wasn't worried about being at a higher level, the fourth realm, mainly because of the current power structure of the Commandery... To put it bluntly, Eleven was most likely inferior to Huo Qiming! In terms of both power and strength!

Currently, Huo Qiming has only a handful of experts above the third realm under his command!

Not to mention, Huo Qiming is affiliated with the government...

As an apostle of the omnipotent lineage suppressed by the authorities, obtaining cultivation resources will only become more difficult... and the number of cultivators under his command will only become more scarce.

Overall assessment! The strength of his direct subordinates is most likely third... However, Chu Zhu has a slight doubt at this moment, that Eleven's number one confidant may actually be an existence above the third realm.

Chu Zhu went forward and rummaged through the contents of the squirrel man's pocket, quickly finding the white bead inside.

“This is…” Captain Yang said cautiously.

"It's nothing!" After a moment's thought, Chu Zhu put it away and shook his head: "Carry this guy on your back! Then we'll go."

……

Inside a foot massage parlor.

Chu Zhu left with Captain Yang, who was carrying the squirrel man, without saying a word from beginning to end. He did not threaten or bribe, nor did he order the foot massage shop owner next to him to remain silent. He completely ignored him.

Only after he had completely left did the boss silently wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He waited in the same spot for another ten minutes to make sure that Eleven wouldn't come back to make a surprise return before entering the secret room. After scanning the area for a moment, he looked at the bloodstains on the floor and calmly began to clean them up.

……

Chu Zhu only stopped walking after she had completely left Gambler Street.

"What we're going to do next is..." Captain Yang looked at Chu Zhu with a mixture of recollection, realization, and shock... but also deep admiration and awe...

Yes, that's the feeling! It's exactly the same feeling as before, when we entered Lou Wai Lou and wiped out the Omnipotent Clan's stronghold in the second district...

This calculation is so thorough! It's as if the opposing boss has infiltrated their ranks—it feels incredibly surreal…

"And then..." Chu Zhu thought for a moment, then made a direct call to Huo Qiming, asking succinctly, "What are you doing?"

"Check the key." The reply from the other end was equally concise.

Chu Zhu guessed that the person opposite him was probably still in his office, and immediately got straight to the point: "You drive now, give me your maglev electric car! I need to use it..."

"Don't ask why! It involves the plan to eliminate the Omnipotent Clan... Oh, and by the way, I've already caught an Omnipotent Clan mole! That plan you thought was impossible before, I've succeeded..."

Chu Zhu's words remained calm throughout, devoid of sarcasm or boasting... He was simply and calmly explaining...

"???" Huo Qiming almost thought he had misheard. After he spoke again to confirm, he choked.

Huo Qiming paced back and forth in his office, opening his mouth several times, a thousand words stuck in his throat, unsure of what to say. Finally, he could only manage to stammer, "Um..."

"Alright! No need to test me anymore, I'll give you the evidence directly!" Chu Zhu showed an ambiguous expression, knowing that the other party really wanted to believe him, but also felt that this was too unbelievable. He wanted to test him, but he also felt that this kind of test was questioning Mr. Zhu—as a masked hero with a very close relationship with Chu Zhu, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Chu Zhu didn't make things difficult for him and simply tossed the phone to Captain Yang.

Captain Yang was rather flustered, his hands trembling as he held the phone to his ear. He heard a familiar voice coming from the other end and instinctively straightened up: "Captain! It's me."

After listening to the question from the other end, Captain Yang glanced cautiously at Chu Zhu. Seeing Chu Zhu nod, he breathed a sigh of relief and then answered all the questions truthfully and honestly...

"Yes, yes... We did capture an all-around expert... probably a mid-to-high-level member! A third-realm expert... Um! You don't need to praise me, I didn't expect this either... It's all thanks to Director Chu! I really just lent a hand... I even suspect that Captain Li from the Third District could have succeeded..."

"...?" Huo Qiming fell silent for the second time. He looked at the phone in his hand, and after confirming that he hadn't misheard, he hesitated to speak.

He wanted to question, "Are you serious? Do you think that according to Chu Zhu's plan, a second-realm cultivator can take down a third-realm demon cultist?"

This……

Taking the phone back from Captain Yang, Chu Zhu immediately gave a location: "Old Huo, get here in fifteen minutes! It shouldn't be too difficult... Don't worry, I've grasped the key to the whole situation..."

Chu Zhu paused briefly, her tone enigmatic: "If nothing unexpected happens, you still don't know where to begin, do you?"

"I understand... I'll come right now!" Huo Qiming's voice carried a wry smile, because Chu Zhu had completely guessed correctly. Although it was a bit of a blow to his pride, Huo Qiming wouldn't try to save face in that regard! That's just the kind of person he is... he only does what's right!
After a brief pause, Huo Qiming gathered his thoughts and added, "It's not just about the car... If there's anything else you need from me, please feel free to speak up."

“No problem.” Chu Zhu hung up the phone. He naturally knew that Huo Qiming was implying that it wasn’t just about the maglev train… anything that could help resolve this matter! Even if it required mobilizing himself… he had no problem with that!
(End of this chapter)