Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 365 One Thousand Gold Coins
Will I die?

Mr. Xu's answer was both expected and somewhat incomprehensible to Han Su.

Since it's so dangerous, why do we have to go?
Now that Qinggang has just been taken over by our own people, who would risk coming in to arrest Xu Ji?
"Xiao Han, there are some things you might not understand..."

Mr. Xu seemed to have guessed Han Su's confusion at this moment, and said in a low voice: "We are indeed of sinner blood, but at the same time, we are also of marquis blood. I once received noble titles and honors, and I still have the mark of glory on my body. I also receive the blessings of our ancient ancestors."

“But I cannot pass these on to Xu Ji directly. He needs to return to his family and personally receive the blessings of his ancestors.”

“He should have gone back when he was eighteen, but because of this series of events, I kept him in Qinggang and he didn’t even know anything about his family.”

"Now that a letter has arrived from the family, this is his opportunity. If he still doesn't return by now, then the title and wealth that originally belonged to him will be taken away by others without any problem..."

"..."

"A title?"

Han Su was at a loss for words when faced with this question.

He didn't care about titles or anything like that; he simply considered them his hunting targets.

But judging from Mr. Xu's tone, he cared a lot about this, and this question inexplicably reminded him of the person he saw on Life Line 04 who looked extremely similar to Xu Ji.

After a moment's hesitation, he directly asked his concern: "If he goes back, won't the ancestral substances on his body be discovered?"

"If it's discovered, then the matter was already exposed after that goddess of beauty visited Qinggang..."

Mr. Xu said in a low voice, "So this trip back, though risky, is a risk he has to bear!"

"And another thing is..."

Suddenly, as if he had made up his mind, he gave another answer: "Mr. Han, the tidal phenomenon has appeared in various places. To some extent, we can even consider that the tides have already arrived."

"If we cannot withstand this tide, then civilization will inevitably face a restart. Only those who have obtained noble titles will have a chance to board the ship..."

"tidal……"

Han Su understood Mr. Xu's thoughts.

In his fourth life storyline, he had already witnessed the ruthlessness of the legendary "Twelve Dukes," who showed no hesitation in restarting civilization and destroyed the world as they wished.

However, destroying the world is not their goal. Like Miss Ai, while destroying this generation of civilization, they will also select "races" to prepare for a new civilization.

However, their criteria for selecting people differed from Miss Ai's; one chose "suitable people," while the other chose "one of their own."

So, is Mr. Xu using this opportunity to give Xu Ji a "way out"?

Does this mean that, in the eyes of those important figures, the situation of this life trajectory is already on the verge of collapse?

When disaster strikes, rats are the first to know.

These nobles, who have already begun to consider the issue of "getting on board," are the rats of this world.

He had no intention of arguing with Mr. Xu on this issue, but after a brief moment of thought, he said, "I have my own things to do, and many of them, so I don't have the energy to get involved in your fight for the title."

"But Xu Ji is my friend, even one of my own in a certain sense, so I will definitely help him if I should."

"However, as the 'elder' who made this request, Mr. Xu, I need you to tell me some information about the nobility that you know, as well as the dangers we may encounter on the road."

"Let's consider it a kind of exchange!"

"..."

Mr. Xu visibly relaxed: "I will. How can I give it to you? It's just a matter of time now..."

"We will set off as soon as possible."

Han Su said, "You just need to prepare the information and send it to my email."

"Mail?"

Mr. Xu was visibly taken aback. All information related to nobility, including titles, power, and even branches of blood, was confidential and taboo for ordinary people living in the comfort of reality.

As a nobleman, one cannot reveal one's status casually, otherwise one may be discovered and punished, or even stripped of one's title.

This is also why, after arriving in Qinggang, he selected and trained a reliable assistant who did not know his true identity before becoming Secretary No. 5.

Even during this conversation with Han Su, he used an encrypted phone call, but Han Su said to just send it to his email?

This could easily be spotted by the ever-present patrolling knights and spies...

"Don't worry, it's safe."

Han Su didn't say much more about this. With Miss Ai's return and her taking over Qinggang, the security had increased exponentially, making things extremely convenient.

"Old Han, are you coming to Jianyuan City with me?"

Shortly after hanging up the phone with Mr. Xu, Xu Ji excitedly arrived at his apartment. He, who had been heartbroken, now felt a renewed sense of excitement.

"Originally, when my dad suddenly told me to go to Lin Yuan City, I wasn't interested at all. What's the point of going? My thesis defense is coming up soon. But he actually said that he would come with me this time?"

"He even agreed to cover all the expenses, which was incredibly comfortable!"

"..."

"That's true."

Han Su watched as Xu Ji barged into "his" apartment, opened the refrigerator to grab a drink, and then sat down on his sofa without even taking off his shoes.

"I need to go to Lin Yuan City for work, and your father said you were going too, so he suggested we travel together. I've already agreed, but..."

"You seem so excited. Do you even know what you used to do?"

"..."

"I know!"

Xu Ji replied nonchalantly, "It's a blind date!"

"A blind date?"

Han Su was taken aback.

"Yup!"

Xu Ji said, "What contribution do you think a piece of trash like me can make to the family?"

"I don't know who was so quick to tell my dad that I've fallen for the bar goddess. He said I've finally figured it out and confirmed my sexual orientation, so he doesn't have to worry about me bringing him a boyfriend in the future."

"So we need to seize the opportunity to go to Lin Yuan City and meet his old friend's daughter. If it goes well, the two families should finalize my marriage as soon as possible..."

"He even said that since I'm good at nothing, the only thing he's counting on me to give him a grandson to raise..."

"...You think this is a normal father?"

"..."

Listening to Xu Ji's ramblings, Han Su felt helpless: "And he's still complaining about this?"
You didn't see how my dad did it...

However, in Han Su's and Mr. Xu's eyes, a trip fraught with crisis and shrouded in mystery was actually simplified by Xu Ji into a tourism and blind date, which didn't seem so bad. Han Su sent Xu Ji away, telling him to go back and pack his things and then come to meet him.

"Okay, besides packing your things, you also need to ask the school for leave. Oh, and I also need to ask for one for you..."

"I?"

"Yup!"

Xu Ji said, "Why haven't you been expelled yet, given that you haven't been to school for over three months?"

"I've been answering for you the whole time..."

"..."

Brothers!
What else could Han Su say? After going through all the ups and downs, the bizarre and the strange, he was actually a little moved.

After seeing Xu Ji off, Han Su opened his email and looked at the message from Mr. Xu, saying to the air:
"Miss Ai, how are the preparations going?"

"..."

On the phone, the Disaster Management Bureau's app immediately displayed a series of messages: [Route planning to Lin Yuan City has been completed. It is recommended to take the intercity high-speed train. Tickets have been booked.] [Expenses will be reimbursed through a subsidiary of the Xu Group via a specially approved account of the Disaster Management Bureau. Departure time is 3 PM tomorrow. The journey will take approximately seven hours. Hazard data along the route is being collected…]

Han Su nodded and asked, "What are your thoughts on the risks Xu Ji might encounter along the way?"

"I have just extracted all the publicly available data related to this target, and I am also reading the encrypted data, but unfortunately I am restricted by access permissions."

"The only records I can access now are those left in Qinggang. In addition, I have also conducted a comprehensive scan of him through various channels. Mr. Butcher, from a mechanical point of view, all of this person's data is normal."

"But from an intuitive point of view, I would admit that he gave me a feeling that was unusually familiar but unclear."

"..."

This awkward answer even made Han Su pause for a moment to process.

Miss Ai's words need to be understood from two aspects. Before being invaded and having her will merged with Li Manman's, Miss Ai did not have "intuition". In other words, the part that actually possesses intuition is "Li Manman".

Xu Ji was the first person to leave the castle, and Li Manman had never had any contact with him. So, what was it about him that made her feel familiar yet unable to see clearly?

Li Manman on the 04th life timeline has reached a level where she can rival the High Priest in the Red Robe.

Things that she can be familiar with but cannot see clearly represent danger, as well as something "precious" in a certain sense.

Han Su trusted Miss Ai's arrangements and, the next day, boarded the intercity high-speed train to Lin Yuan City with Xu Ji.

After careful consideration, Han Su did not accept the security team arranged by Mr. Xu. Instead, he and his two students, one carrying a suitcase and the other carrying large and small bags, hurriedly boarded the business class of the intercity high-speed train.

"Old Han, would you like to sit here, by the window?"

"Old Han, do you want some water?"

"Old Han, do you think Sister Cheng's legs are long?"

"...Old Han, Sister Cheng wrote down her phone number for me, do you want it?"

"..."

Faced with the noise disturbance from Xu Ji, who rarely leaves the city and is clearly overly excited, Han Su simply closed his eyes to rest.

Just as the intercity high-speed train began to slowly depart from Qinggang and enter the endless wilderness, his phone suddenly vibrated slightly. Han Su took out his phone and saw Miss Ai's latest synced message:

“Mr. Butcher, we just found that the moment Mr. Xu Ji left the Qinggang Reality Hotbed area in his high-speed train, a bounty related to him appeared on the Black Table.”

"The current reward is twenty ancient gold coins."

"..."

This means that there are indeed people on the road who might try to take advantage of him.
Moreover, offering a bounty in the form of ancient gold coins shows that he is being treated as a supernatural being from the mystical side.

Black Table is a global bounty platform with a large number of missions targeting ordinary people, as well as some mysterious missions targeting extraordinary individuals.

One of the biggest differences is that the missions for ordinary people involve money, while the missions for extraordinary individuals involve an ancient gold coin that circulates only within the mystical world, and only extraordinary individuals know the importance of this gold coin.

Han Su frowned slightly and said, "Only twenty? That doesn't seem like much."

"Yes."

Miss Ai replied, "It seems too little. I think this is just a test to see if we can put him on the bounty list."

"For an illegal underground organization like Black Table, more than 95% of its commissions are for ordinary people, and only the remaining 5% are for superhumans."

"But there is another special feature: bounties for 'nobles' will not appear on the Black Table, and no one will dare to accept such a commission."

"Based on the analysis of existing data, this may be because some people are unsure whether Mr. Xu Ji is currently protected by his noble title, so they only used twenty gold coins to test him."

"..."

"Does this also show that the person who put the bounty on him is very familiar with the rules of the game in aristocratic circles?"

Han Su pondered silently until the intercity train had left Qinggang and truly entered a world beyond the comfort zone of reality. Only then did he let out a long sigh, pick up his phone, and slowly type in the message: "So, how much is his bounty now?"

"one hundred……"

"One hundred and fifty..."

"two hundred……"

"Three hundred and fifty..."

"..."

Miss Ai's messages kept popping up, making Han Suzhen frown: "It's already over three hundred?"

"No!"

Miss Ai replied, "I was referring to the different bounties offered for Mr. Xu Ji, ranging from one hundred to three hundred and fifty coins. Currently, the total bounty for Mr. Xu Ji has accumulated to eight hundred ancient gold coins..."

"Just detected another bounty of two hundred ancient gold coins. Congratulations, Mr. Xu Ji, your bounty has now reached one thousand coins!"

"one thousand?"

Han Su suddenly sat up straight: "What does this mean?"

Because I haven't had much experience with old gold coins before, I can't do an effective conversion, but intuitively I think there should be quite a lot.

"It goes beyond the realm of common sense."

Miss Ai said, "Given the special value of ancient gold coins, there aren't many people or organizations in the world who can produce hundreds of gold coins. Two hundred gold coins would be enough to mobilize the entire staff of a medium-sized mysterious organization or tribe."

"And a thousand gold coins is enough to make multiple mysterious organizations and tribes join forces and openly launch a war against a second-tier city..."

"As expected of a conflict between nobles, they've really gone all out..."

Han Su looked away from his phone and out the window. The rapidly passing scenery carried a gloomy and oppressive feeling.

"So, I suppose this strength meets my requirements?"

"Theoretically, it fits, but how many will actually come depends on the level of greed in people's hearts in this world!"

"..."

Han Su nodded, put away his phone, and for the first time, he was filled with anticipation for this trip.

This time, after returning from the castle, his golden cells had undergone four divisions, but his mysterious power was in a state of semi-depletion. He needed a battle to recharge himself.

However, the killing and sacrifice that satisfy one's needs are rarely encountered in normal times.

Although he was not a good person, he was not so bad as to massacre a mysterious organization or city for the sake of power.

However, the important goal of his return was to improve his own level. Without pushing his own strength to its limit, it would be impossible to see the path ahead clearly. Even after going to the Traveling Knights Training Camp, he was not confident enough to deal with possible crises.

Therefore, Xu Ji's offer of a bounty was tantamount to creating an opportunity for himself...

The only hope is that the person who comes to me is strong enough to restore me to the limit of four divisions of my Golden Cells, or even stronger enough to break through that limit and reach the level of five divisions of my Golden Cells, or even higher...

He put on his headphones, closed his eyes to rest, and heard Miss Ai's real-time updates through the headphones: "Supernatural spying power detected infiltrating the train, tracing the source of the information..."

"A deep-seated mental pollution field fluctuation has been detected 20 kilometers ahead of the intercity high-speed train..."

"We have taken over all management authority over the intercity high-speed trains..."

"Mr. Butcher, the first wave of attacks is expected to occur in 31 seconds, at the 3 o'clock position in the ninth carriage!"

"Thirty days to go..."

"Twenty-nine..."

"Twenty-eight..."

"..."

Han Su slowly opened his eyes, picked up his suitcase, and stood up.

Just as things quieted down around him, Xu Ji, who had taken out his phone to start a game, looked up in confusion: "Where are you going? I'm waiting for you to play support!"

Han Su glanced back at him and said, "You do your thing, I'm going out to kill a few people!"

(End of this chapter)