Godslayer: The Progenitor of Symbiotes

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A loud slam on the table rang out, and in the dim light, the wine, still slightly foamy, slid down the side of the glass on the table.

[Huang Sha] picked up a glass of wine from the table and drank it down in one gulp. "Wasn't it said that this mysterious group was difficult to deal with? Why did not only did he return unharmed, but none of the people he took with him also died?"

Ahead in the yellow sand, Han Shaoyun, puzzled, said, "This batch of mysterious items was personally inspected by you, sir, and there's absolutely no problem..."

Huang Sha slammed the cup in his hand to the ground. "Fine, you like to play the hero, huh? Go and make the arrangements. I want to see if he's a 'real hero'."

"I don't believe you can keep maintaining your 'mysterious' image forever. It didn't work in Cangnan, and it certainly won't work here."

After Han Shaoyun left, Huang Sha casually crossed his legs and said, "Damn, I didn't expect to give you such a good reputation."

Huang Sha picked up the wine on the table and drank directly from the bottle. His ambiguous gaze was reflected on the glass.

……

"Boss, can you turn the TV volume down a bit?" Shenli mumbled sleepily as he lay on the sofa.

Chen Shu glanced at Shenli, not tolerating him at all, "You still know I'm the boss? If you think it's noisy, go back to your room and sleep."

"...Hmm...never mind then..."

dong dong dong...

A soft knock sounded on the door.

Chen Shu glanced at Shen Li, thought for a moment, walked to the door, opened it, and seeing who it was, Chen Shu smiled and said, "Hey, how did it go? Were you convinced by your brother?"

Xiaoxue seemed to have just been crying; tear stains still lingered on her face, her eyes were red, and her gaze was hazy like autumn water, making her look preoccupied.

Hearing Chen Shu's words, Xiao Xue shook her head. "Boss, I still want to stay with you, but... I beg you to help my brother from time to time. I don't ask for too much, I just hope he won't be bullied."

Looking at her reddened eyes, Chen Shu suddenly realized that this appearance was quite similar to Hong Ying's when she was heartbroken.

"No problem, come in." Chen Shu nodded.

"Thank you, boss. I just got back from outside. I'll go and run you a bath." Upon receiving Chen Shu's affirmative reply, the mist in Xiaoxue's eyes immediately dissipated.

……

After taking a bath, Han Shaoyun came to Chen Shu's place and placed a bank card on the table. "Two hundred thousand, password: six zeros."

Chen Shu picked up the bank card and looked at it. "You got 200,000 so easily. Your Ancient God Church must be rich."

Han Shaoyun seemed not to have heard Chen Shu's words, his gaze darting around the room.

"Hey, what are you looking at? What's going on? You think you can steal something from me after I give you 200,000?" Chen Shu said to Han Shaoyun.

"Haha, how could that be? I don't need that little bit. I've already given you the money. I'm leaving now." Han Shaoyun said casually before getting up and leaving.

……

In the following days, Han Shaoyun did not contact Chen Shu again, and naturally did not assign Chen Shu any tasks.

In the past few days, Chen Shu has noticed that the area where he used to live, where there were hardly any people, is now gradually becoming more populated.

However, Chen Shu had no intention of befriending them. If some ordinary believers were still considered "good people," then there were certainly not many good people among these believers who held seats.

In the past few days, Chen Shu has also been visiting the residential areas of ordinary believers, and he always felt that they secretly had a lot of opinions about these believers who had seats.

I wonder if these people, who outwardly address me respectfully as "Lord Chen," secretly despise me just as much.

……

Street No. 1.

"Lord Chen, why did you come alone today? Where is Lord Shenli?" Zhanfu greeted Chen Shu with a smile.

"Nothing to do, just came over to check. Shenli's at home." Chen Shu glanced around and whispered, "Battle Axe, tell me, have there been any negative comments about me around here lately?"

War Axe patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, sir. Everyone on First Street praises you. Even if anyone speaks ill of you, I will deal with them immediately."

Chen Shu nodded, then shook his head. "War Axe, come on, take me to other streets. You can also tell me about some of the stronger people here, so it'll be easier to find them for future missions."

"Alright, sir, let's talk as we walk." War Axe led Chen Shu toward Second Street.

"Sir, our ten streets are actually quite evenly matched in strength, but the managers on each street have different specialties."

“Take our Battle Axe as an example. We excel at cooperation, and with our experience, we can handle two or three ‘Lamp’ Realm warriors at the same time without any problem.”

"This Second Street is different. The manager here is very capable in individual combat. It is said that he used to be an assassin."

"Wow, that's incredible!" Chen Shu nodded with interest. "If you two fought him, who would win?"

"Well..." War Axe scratched his head awkwardly, "We've probably lost."

"My lord, don't be fooled by his seemingly ordinary appearance. He possesses a spatial artifact, and he is proficient in all kinds of weapons, making him virtually impossible to defend against in a fight."

Chen Shu nodded affirmatively. Indeed, if he had a spatial restriction device, then he would be no simple character. He could pull out hidden weapons one minute and cannons the next; it was simply inhuman fighting style.

"Sir, turn right, we've reached Second Street."

Chen Shu looked at the street on his right, a street he had never properly explored before when he passed by.

The layout here is similar to that of No. 1 Street, with the front section seemingly occupied by people of high status. However, the street is cleaner than No. 1 Street.

"Warhawk, the person you're talking about is quite clean, isn't he?"

Battle Axe looked at the clean street in front of him and nodded apologetically. "Actually, I just don't want to deal with the people on the street. After all, there will always be troublemakers who jump out, and it's troublesome to deal with them."

Chen Shu said nonchalantly, "It's alright, I was just asking. Let's go in and take a look."

War Axe smiled and nodded, then followed Chen Shu into the street.

The believers on the street were somewhat surprised to see Chen Shu.

"Why is this Chen Shu here? If I remember correctly, he often hangs around First Street."

"Who knows? But it doesn't really matter. I've heard that they're a breath of fresh air in the Church of the Ancient Gods."

"What do you mean? Tell me quickly, I've never heard of this before?"

"Oh dear, it was just a few days ago, supposedly his first mission..."

War Axe glanced at the whispering people around him and chuckled softly, "Sir, it seems your reputation is better than the others."

Chen Shu smiled and did not refute.

After walking a short distance, War Axe suddenly spoke up, "By the way, boss, the lord in charge of this street just returned the day before yesterday. If you want to see him, you can look for him while you're at it."