My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 39 The Real Goal
Chu Zhu was not surprised. Even without mentioning Li Kang, Lu Muxue's father alone had the power to make a final decision at such a meeting.

"So, has the murderer been caught?" Chu Zhu asked.

“No.” Li Kang’s face darkened as he spoke of this. “I even blocked off those streets and went door-to-door to check people, but in the end, I didn’t find any extra people.”

“Currently, there are two possibilities. One possibility is that the murderer is registered on those two streets, so once he took off his mask, he blended directly into the streets. The other possibility is that we have been looking in the wrong direction from beginning to end.”

Chu Zhu pondered for a moment, then asked again, "Is there some kind of test that can detect if someone is a superhuman? I see the police station has such a testing mechanism, right? As soon as I go in..."

“The police station exists, but we can’t dismantle it,” Li Kang shook his head. “Of course, even so, it’s not entirely impossible to conduct screening. We could try sending all suspicious individuals into the police station one by one, but…”

“There’s not much point in doing this,” Ning Linglong interjected. “Those two streets alone have over three thousand registered residents, even without counting the transient population. Checking them one by one would be a lot of trouble.”

"Troublesome?" Chu Zhu couldn't understand. Wasn't it just a matter of taking a few more days?
"The unspoken implication of 'troublesome' is that it's impossible!" Seeing that Chu Zhu didn't quite understand the slang of the Commandery, Li Kang decided to be blunt. "You need to understand one thing: as Commandery officers, unless it involves extraordinary matters, we cannot arbitrarily use powers beyond those of ordinary police officers—"

“We can screen them now, no problem, but forcing them all to come and check for superhumans is clearly going too far!”

"? But isn't this about the extraordinary..."

"Where's the evidence?" Li Kang retorted. "It's not that you can say it and then it is. Otherwise, we could use this excuse to interfere with everything, do whatever we want, arrest whoever we want. All we need to do is say, 'I suspect this matter is related to supernatural crimes!'"

“The simplest way to intervene is to wait for the murderer to show a flaw, for someone to discover that the murderer is a superhuman, and for that ordinary person to realize the existence of superhuman power. That way, the underground base will be able to detect it, and we can take action. Even if we have to do something like testing three thousand people, it will still be legally acceptable.”

"But what about now? What about the evidence? Or are you going to use the footage you manipulated as evidence? Would you dare show that to anyone else?"

Chu Zhu was momentarily speechless. "Fine!"

“Besides, even if the real culprit is in the crowd, after we’ve screened them once, the culprit should have noticed something was wrong and might have already run away!” Ning Linglong shrugged.

"...Your abilities!" Chu Zhu finally couldn't hold back anymore. Since you all know this, what were you doing in the past? Just going through the motions?

Then, Chu Zhu belatedly realized that the current world and the real world were completely different concepts. Whether it was the quality of administrative and police personnel, or other abilities, they were not the same!
He should have realized this much earlier—after all, seeing the chaotic state of the shantytown redevelopment area, which was completely outside the official jurisdiction, he should have realized that he couldn't rely on them too much.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore!" Chu Zhu patted her cheeks, and just as she opened her mouth, Li Kang suddenly asked, "Then can you give me a few explanations?"

Chu Zhu raised an eyebrow, showing no displeasure at being interrupted, and nodded. "About you and the god..." Li Kang opened his mouth, but didn't know where to begin or how to say it. In the end, he could only say bitterly, "Can this matter be kept quiet? What if it leaks out? What will the consequences be? And what exactly is going on with you?"

Upon hearing this, even Guan Fei, whose emotions were currently unstable, perked up his ears. Clearly, he was extremely curious about the relationship between Chu Zhu and Nuwa No. 17.

Ning Linglong was the only one present, looking completely bewildered, her gaze sweeping over the others. Wait, what's with this feeling that she's the only one out of the conversation? What have you all been secretly doing behind her back?!
"Don't worry, it'll be fine! Trust me," Chu Zhu said calmly. "When have I ever made such an outrageous mistake?"

“There wasn’t one before…” Li Kang muttered under his breath, but he couldn’t help it. This time, Chu Zhu had done a huge job in the union incident, and it was a huge job that he couldn’t understand at all!
"Actually, judging from the current situation, if the murderer's goal was really to stir up trouble in the shantytown redevelopment area, it seems that he has already achieved his goal?" Chu Zhu narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, "Tonight, I plan to go back to my hometown to sleep. You guys come over and see if the murderer will attack me tonight?"

The reason Chu Zhu didn't interfere with the union was because he wanted to see whether the mastermind behind it was simply targeting the union or Chu Zhu himself—these are two different things!
If it was targeting the union, now that the union riots have been quelled and the suppression has been carried out, they probably won't come to ambush Chu Zhu again tonight!
But if an attack occurs at night, that would be really interesting!

"Wait a minute! Let me sort this out." Li Kang's expression changed slightly. After thinking for a while, he guessed what Chu Zhu meant. His face changed several times before he nodded and cautiously uttered a single word: "Okay!"

"That's settled then." Chu Zhu quickly finished the rest of the noodles and took out a small silver coin from his pocket. This was the current currency of the Great Qian Dynasty.

The one in Chu Zhu's hand has a face value of ten and is also known as the Small Qian Coin; the one with a face value of one hundred is a coin made of silver with some gold wire inlaid on it and is known as the Large Qian Coin!

The value of the Qianbi is actually very stable. Generally speaking, two hundred is enough for a family of six in a shantytown to eat and drink their fill for a month. As for why a bowl of noodles costs ten yuan, that's because this is a noodle shop near a wealthy area!

"Wait, um..." Ning Linglong hesitated for a while, and only when Chu Zhu was really about to leave did she grit her teeth and rush forward, "My dad is inviting you to dinner tonight, you haven't forgotten about that, have you?"

Their figures gradually disappeared into the distance...

At the scene, only Li Kang and a few others remained.

“This is too strange…” Li Kang glanced around warily before speaking slowly. He knew that Guan Fei and Bi Xuan had witnessed Chu Zhu’s antics at the underground temple base, so he didn’t try to hide anything. “Today, the feeling I got from Chu Zhu was like…”

"It's like I've been possessed?" Guan Fei picked up the conversation, looking dejected. "But when we talk, it doesn't feel too different!"

"Is it possible that God did something to Uncle Zhu..." Bi Xuan opened his mouth, but before he could finish, Li Kang instinctively covered his mouth and said, "Shut up!"

(End of this chapter)