Only I can make them stronger

Hearing Y's words, Qiu Rui trembled even more violently. He shivered for a long time and didn't know what to say.

"Answer my question." After a few seconds of silence, Y said softly, but his tone was unquestionable.

"Please...please...excuse me." Compared to the silent fear, at least the other party took the initiative to communicate, which made him feel more hopeful, so he responded hurriedly.

“What on earth exists in the highway zone?”

"Hide your beliefs..." Qiu Rui's heart tightened and he hesitated for a while, but he still didn't dare to hide anything in front of Y.

Although he had never seen any messenger from heaven due to his status and position, he had heard of the existence of the three of them.

[The Ugly Lord] is a mechanical cyborg, with a rank 8 strength and the weakest among the Heaven's Messengers. His merchant groups are numbered from 10 to , but he only obeys the orders of the Chamber of Commerce President, Xia Mier, and is the most iron-blooded and loyal executor. Apart from that, he does not interfere in any affairs of the Chamber of Commerce. All of his merchant groups and industries are managed by General Manager No. , Cresson.

[Feng] is his immediate superior, an eighth-level ability user. He usually participates in the most Chamber of Commerce affairs. Together with the second general manager Dan Wen, he manages all the business groups from No. 3 to No. 7, as well as nearly % of the Chamber of Commerce's industries in various regions.

As for the [Box Carrier], she is the most special. She is the only female among the three messengers from heaven. She is extremely idle and mysterious on weekdays. Not only does she rarely show up, she also hardly manages her No. 1 and No. 2 merchant groups and the northern industries. She has not even appointed anyone to take over the position of No. general manager.

But there are rumors that [The Suitcase Man] has the closest relationship with President Xia Mier, and is the only person who has seen the president's true face. In addition, she is also a powerful eighth-level warrior, so even though there are complaints about her style within the Chamber of Commerce, no one has ever shaken her position.

In front of such an existence, Qiu Rui didn't think it was possible for him to hide anything.

“Tell me something useful… like your relationship with hidden beliefs.” He continued to ask without changing his expression at hearing this word.

"I...I! I didn't join the hidden faith! It's just...it's just that Chief Chikaf ordered me to do so!"

"He asked me to find a suitable carrier of faith! This carrier requires extremely high inspiration, so I issued a sample screening task and summoned a group of research experts. They are all people with abilities in the mystery domain or analysis domain, and their inspiration is usually relatively high..."

"So the Sunset Town incident was directed and acted out by you guys?" Hearing this, Y no longer concealed the disgust on her face.

Although she usually does not interfere in the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, using the Chamber of Commerce's authority to do improper things has touched her bottom line.

"No... not all of them!" Feeling Y's anger, Qiu Rui said in fear:

"The hidden faith here had already spread before we launched our operation in the highway area!"

"It's just that... a rather concrete existence has appeared in Sunset Town, so offering sacrifices... will be more convenient and direct."

"All I did was bring them there on the night of the black moon... These were all Commander Chikaf's orders!"

"Sacrifice..." When the people around heard this word, the expressions on their faces turned unpleasant.

"Have you found a suitable carrier?" At this time, Xia Ye suddenly asked.

Qiu Rui raised his head slightly and looked at him hesitantly.

"My friend is asking you a question." Y said coldly upon seeing this.

"No! No! But that little girl... there's a high probability that she can become a carrier!" Qiu Rui looked at An Ke hesitantly, causing the latter to grit his teeth.

"That's why you're going after Anko... Then why do you need anyone else besides her?"

The other party's words were not enough to explain why the bald man they took away and the assassin in the spell-like domain wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop.

"In addition to the carrier, Chief Chikaf also asked me to collect as many alien bodies as possible. He seems to control a kind of monster that can extract pure energy from alien bodies, and use the extracted energy to create certain things."

"I don't know the rest! I...I was just following orders!"

Hearing his words, everyone quickly thought of what Fat Jack had said before.

The alien flesh that he mentioned, which had been drained of all its elements, was probably the "by-product" of this behavior.

In this way, the content of the transaction between Fat Jack and Qiu Rui gradually became clear.

Such a cruel behavior made everyone look even worse.

"So, the purpose of your issuing a rescue mission is to attract more people to the highway area..." Y's pretty face became even more terrifyingly gloomy.

"The high bounty for the members of the merchant group is just an empty pretext. What you really want to attract are the middle and lower-level clerks and mercenaries who are not strong enough but want to try their luck in rescuing hired personnel..."

If the truth of this matter were to spread, the credibility and reputation that the Mercury Chamber of Commerce has accumulated over such a long time would collapse overnight.

"These... these have nothing to do with me! It's all... it's all Chikafu..."

Faced with Y's pressure, Qiu Rui did not hesitate to put all the blame on his superiors.

"I know, you're not qualified yet."

At best, Qiu Rui just followed the instructions and captured and killed the people who came to rescue him.

Bounty missions issued in the name of the Chamber of Commerce must be applied for by at least the head of the Chamber of Commerce or above, and must go through multiple levels of approval before they can be passed.

At present, it seems that the people involved in this matter within the Chamber of Commerce are probably of high status.

"Do you have anything else you want to ask?" After calming down for a while, Y stood up, looked at Xia Ye and asked.

"Do you know how to remove the interference of the hidden faith?"

"This... I have no idea..." Qiu Rui shook his head.

"Forget it... He's just a dog that follows the rules. I'm afraid he can't answer any of the questions I really want to ask."

Xia Ye still had many doubts in his mind, but from what the other party had just said, it seemed like it would be a waste of time to ask.

"I have told you everything I know! Please let me go, Mr. Box Carrier! I promise I will never…"

Qiu Rui's voice begging for mercy slowly stopped.

Although he did not look up, he could still feel that some extremely terrifying power was emerging above his head.

That is Y's suitcase.

The suitcase that originally contained the components of her heavy hammer suddenly split apart at the seams, as if it had turned into some kind of creature with its mouth opened wide.

"Sir, the man with the box..." Qiu Rui raised his head slightly with trembling lips, only to see the darkness inside the box, like a bottomless abyss.

The next second, the suitcase "bite" off and "swallowed" his head, but not a drop of blood flowed from the broken part, instead it was covered by a layer of gray-black energy.

Then, Suitcase slowly closed his mouth and returned to his original quiet state.

"Um...Xia Ye, I'm actually from the Mysterious Domain. I lied to you about this matter, I hope you don't blame me..."

Qiu Rui's body fell in a pool of blood. Y pursed his lips, put the suitcase on his back, and turned back into the mercenary with calm speech and lively personality. He smiled at Xia Ye with his tongue sticking out.

87. Disappeared?

"How dare I..." Xia Ye pulled the corner of his mouth and said helplessly.

Even if he had done this or that, the other party's identity and strength were still there, and he was completely out of reach of them in his current situation.

He was thankful that the other party didn't cause him trouble.

"..." When Y saw him like this, the smile on her pretty face froze and a hint of loss appeared in her eyes.

She knew that once she revealed her identity, she would no longer be able to stay with them.

But soon, Y regained his spirit and asked:

"Are you going to go back directly next?"

"No, there is one more thing to do." However, Xia Ye shook his head, which aroused everyone's confusion.

Now that the crisis has been resolved and An Ke and Canaanzi have both been found, what else is there to do?

Just as Xia Ye was about to speak, an exclamation from the door caught their attention.

"This... this is!" A man looked at the scene inside the house and sat down on the ground with horror on his face.

After dinner, he fell into a deep sleep for unknown reasons. He was suddenly awakened in the middle of the night and realized something was wrong. He was about to check it out, but what he saw was a picture of hell.

"This is really troublesome..." Xia Ye realized that the current situation seemed difficult to explain.

"Leave the aftermath to me." At this time, Y snapped her fingers, and the man immediately fell unconscious. At the same time, she opened the suitcase, rummaged through it, and took out a black and gold Mercury Chamber of Commerce badge and pinned it on her chest.

"It's considered as compensation for defrauding you. Anyway, I just came out to negotiate with the local law enforcement officers in a friendly manner. It's still within my power."

"In that case, let's go to another place. This place is really not suitable for talking..." Xia Ye looked around and said:

"There's an inn in this town, let's go there. What I want to talk about is also related to that inn."

…………

Late at night, at the Linqimi Hotel, the maid and nun of the Shenyue Church, Fitty, who had been tossing and turning because she was afraid of nightmares and could not fall asleep, did not expect that a large group of people would suddenly visit.

"Good evening." Xia Ye looked at Fiti, who was surprised and a little angry, with some embarrassment, and greeted her dryly.

Fiti, who was about to get angry, saw Xia Ye, and forced himself to suppress the restlessness in his heart, frowned and asked:

"What's going on, who are these people?"

The arrival of seven strangers made her hear whispers again.

"They are all my companions. Something happened at the place where we originally lived, so we wanted to come here to find a place to discuss things..."

"Discuss something? Is it urgent?" Fitty looked unwilling.

"It's not good for so many people to be homeless in the streets at night... and what we want to talk about is also related to 'that', I think it's better for you to listen too."

The conversation between Xia Ye and the other party clearly showed that they knew each other and that there were some unknown secrets between them. This made the three wives who had a very close relationship with Xia Ye look at him sideways, and then looked at Fiti back and forth.

"It seems that the playboy Xia Ye has a good relationship with all the beauties..." Leah whispered in Luo Qi's ear.

"Mr. Xia Ye is very special and indeed very charming..." In response, Luo Qi could only smile helplessly.

They all have their own possessiveness towards Xia Ye, but Luo Qi also knows that complete possession is impossible.

"Well... let's just go to the lobby. The guest room is not cleaned and it's very messy." Fiti hesitated for a while, but finally agreed to let them enter because of the "that" that Xia Ye mentioned.

"So, what are you talking about?" Soon, everyone sat around the largest round table in the hall, and Shana asked in confusion.

"I have something to tell you about the hidden faith that Qiu Rui mentioned."

As soon as she heard the words "hidden faith", Fiti could no longer sit still and looked at Xia Ye with wide eyes.

They swore an oath!

"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with what you said. We have also learned some information from other channels. I will not disclose your identity and related matters."

Seeing this, Xia Ye immediately leaned close to Fiti's ear and comforted her.

The latter then leaned back in his chair doubtfully.

"In fact, the hidden faith he mentioned, I had come into contact with that day in the underground, and if nothing unexpected happened, I was probably entangled by it."

"Under its influence, I am unable to use some of my abilities, which I am sure you have all noticed."

"Ah! Xia Ye! Do you feel uncomfortable?"

Everyone's face changed slightly, but only Leah exclaimed.

Shana and Luoqi had a premonition long ago, Anke, Canaanzi and Xia Ye were not familiar with each other and had not talked to each other, while Karen and Jinniel did not know exactly what hidden beliefs were.

"It's okay to feel uncomfortable, but I know one thing——"

"The hidden faith that has entangled me will not disappear just by leaving the place where it happened, and my healing fire cannot cure it completely, it can only suppress it temporarily."

"I think it's because of the special nature of my ability that I can stay relatively rational... But in fact, the horror scenes I saw in the underground that day were no less than those in Encore, and the feeling of being surrounded by something gloomy also made me depressed for a while."

"So, we can't leave right away. We need to at least get rid of the hidden beliefs in our bodies before we leave."

"Also, this...maid is also troubled by hidden beliefs, so I want to bring her along to discuss and resolve the issue together."

Hearing this, Anke looked at Fiti with a look of sympathy in his eyes.

Having been tortured by hidden beliefs for several days, she understood this feeling all too well.

"Do you have any ideas?" Canaanzi suddenly asked at this time.

"Kill the monster with two upper bodies that An Ke saw." Xia Ye said confidently.

"Everything has a source. At present, in the absence of any other clues, we should first eliminate the source that may have affected Anko and then see what happens. At worst, there will definitely be some other clues."

Of course, Xia Ye would never be able to guess this kind of thing with such certainty by himself, but the system said so, so he just needed to make up a reason.

"There is some truth to that." Canaanzi actually nodded at this statement without raising any questions.

Seeing that the intellectual person in the office said so, except for An Ke's expression which was a little frightened because he recalled the scene of that night again, naturally no one else had any objection.

"Then... we still have to go to Sunset Town?" Shana asked thoughtfully.

"I can't do it." At this time, Y's voice sounded from outside the door, and the whole person walked directly in through the door.

The actions that an eighth-level ability user can perform are beyond their understanding.

"Who is this?" Seeing another person, Fiti asked Xia Ye with an even more painful expression.

"He's someone we can't afford to offend...but at least he won't do us any harm for now." Xia Ye could only answer helplessly.