Godslayer: The Progenitor of Symbiotes

The battle ended, and before they knew it, dawn had broken. War Axe and the others sat down to rest.

Shenli walked up to Chen Shu with a handful of crystal fragments in his hands. "Boss, I counted them. There should be a total of 17 crystals. There are 12 in the 'Zhan' realm, 4 in the 'Chi' realm, and 1 in the 'Chuan' realm."

Chen Shu nodded. "Give me the 'Chuan' territory, and we'll split the rest equally, how about that?"

Shenli shook his head decisively, "Boss, I don't want it. I've already gained a new ability today, and I'm very satisfied."

Chen Shu nodded in satisfaction. "We'll divide it as I said. If you don't want it, I'll have to consider finding another underling."

"After all, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier. If you feel that your current abilities are sufficient, then I won't need to support you any further."

Shenli thought for a moment and then smiled and said, "Since you've said so, I'll accept it. Whether now or in the future, I will always be your most important right-hand man!"

"Alright, let's not talk about this nonsense anymore. Let's hurry up and find what the search team left behind, lock up the mysterious person, and leave."

"No need, no need, boss, you rest. I'll go. Anyway, there's no danger here." After giving the crystal to Chen Shu, Shenli called two uninjured members of the Battle Axe Squad and headed along the route left by the search team.

Qin Feng glanced at the three people who had disappeared into the woods, then looked at Chen Shu. After hesitating for a long time, he seemed to have finally made up his mind, got up and walked towards Chen Shu.

Chen Shu tensed up as he watched Qin Feng walk towards him.

Could this guy be trying to kill me to cover up his incompetence since he didn't prove himself?

"...Lord Chen..." Qin Feng began, his face stiff.

"Speak up, what do you want me to do? I don't know what you want to do." Chen Shu looked at Qin Feng's indescribable expression, feeling as if he were talking to an idiot.

Qin Feng gritted his teeth and made up his mind to speak, "Lord Chen, I know I didn't show any value in this mission, but I still want to beg you to spare my sister."

"If you agree, I will go on missions with you in the future without any payment. This is the first time I have encountered something mysterious, and it will definitely come in handy next time."

Hearing Qin Feng rattle off so much in one breath, Chen Shu wanted to strangle him. "Wait, why is it that you're telling me to let your sister go again?"

"So, as long as you can convince your sister, I won't say anything. But if you can't, don't blame me. After all, who wouldn't want a beautiful woman living with them?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng clenched his fist and looked at Chen Shu as if he were a scoundrel.

Battle Axe, who was leaning against a tree, glanced at Qin Feng and said, "Kid, don't make trouble for yourself. At least your sister won't be bullied by you every day with the adults, and you'll have a much better time as a result."

"...Although I really don't want to get involved with you, the adults are here now, and I mean what I say. After we get back, anyone who dares to make things difficult for you is going against my Battle Axe."

The man with the halberd also spoke up: "You haven't been here long and haven't taken on any missions, so I'll be frank: apart from Lord Chen, none of the other guys are even human."

“There is a fact you may not know: the mortality rate for ordinary believers on missions is over 70%. If ten people go on a mission, only two or three will come back.”

"Look at our mission again. Only four of us were injured. Can't you see Lord Chen's character from these aspects?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Shu felt a pang of regret. If the Night Watch had trusted him so much back in Cangnan, he wouldn't be here today.

Sigh, so many awesome forbidden ruins, I wonder if I'll be able to get them again in the future. But, on the Ancient God Church side, the Dream of the Dream is pretty good too.

Qin Feng thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, we'll do it your way."

"Boss, we can leave once we lock up Mystery!" Shenli dragged a two-meter-tall sealed glass container to Mystery, who was being controlled by the symbiote offspring.

After locking up the mysterious object, Shenli walked to Chen Shu's side, glanced at Qin Feng beside him, and asked, "What's this kid up to now?"

"Oh, right, I have some good news for you. If you want to run away, you can run now. I promise I'll stop the boss for you."

Chen Shu also laughed and said, "No need, I'm too lazy to stop him. Let him go if he wants to."

Qin Feng walked to the tree where he had just been sitting, picked up the bow and arrows from the ground, and said, "I hope you will still say that after I convince my sister."

Chen Shu looked at the divine power and said, "That's amazing, you've dug a hole for me."

Shenli scratched his head, unsure of what to say; he was just speaking casually.

……

The stronghold of the Church of the Ancient Gods, Sand City.

Chen Shu jumped off the helicopter and looked at Han Shaoyun beside him, "Han Shaoyun, I'm not going next time if the intelligence is inaccurate. You almost got us all killed."

Han Shaoyun's lips curled slightly as he calmly said, "As compensation, I'll personally give you two hundred thousand. How about it?"

"Oh my, this is great! Remember to send it to me as soon as possible," Chen Shu laughed.

"Alright, go back and rest first. I'll handle the rest."

Han Shaoyun led the way toward the residential area.

As they entered the residential area, people around them turned to look at the group.

"Hey, is the mission complete? How come there weren't any casualties?"

"Impossible, something must have gone wrong. It's impossible for a mission to be completed without casualties."

"That's not necessarily true. This mission wasn't led by the adults like before. Maybe this newcomer is really strong."

"Enough with the nonsense. We can just ask the people at Warhawk later."

After arriving at Street One, War Axe and his companions said goodbye to Chen Shu and returned home.

After escorting Chen Shu to his doorstep, Han Shaoyun took his leave, saying he had to handle the follow-up matters.

"Boss, I have to say, this mission was a bit troublesome, it exhausted me." Shenli opened the door and walked into the room.

Chen Shu followed behind, and the moment he stepped into the house, a sinister aura rushed towards him, and this aura was also penetrating his body through the pores on his skin.

Chen Shu withdrew the foot that had already stepped inside and looked into the room. "Shenli, don't you feel something's off?"

"Huh? No, it just feels a bit cooler in the room, but it's still quite comfortable."

At this moment, Shenli was lying on the sofa, and he looked perfectly normal.

Chen Shu stepped back into the house and felt a chill in the air. He tried putting all four feet inside, but nothing strange happened.

Chen Shu looked around the room but didn't find anything amiss.

After taking one last look at Shenli, who had fallen asleep on the sofa, he realized that he might have been overthinking things.