193: God of Man

"Audacious Xu Le, violating military orders. Take one more step, and I will definitely charge you with 'Treason Against Humanity'."

"Treason Against Humanity? The crime of betraying humanity?"

Xu Le turned his head to look at Zhang Shikai, although it was his henchman who had spoken.

Zhang Shikai sensed invisible killing intent and was startled, subconsciously wanting to discipline the henchman beside him.

But he immediately realized that there were no less than five hundred people around, and those watching from the shadows numbered in the thousands; the other party wouldn't dare to act recklessly.

He straightened his collar and said "gently": "Xu Le, you are still young, there are many things you don't understand. When you..."

Mental Shock!

Violent spirit surged directly into Zhang Shikai's Sea of Consciousness, and the powerful divinity crushed it instantly. Zhang Shikai's body stiffened, his health bar emptied, white soy milk flowed from his nose, and he collapsed onto the ground.

"Murder! Murder! Xu Le, it was you, it must have been you!"

The henchman trembled all over, his eyes filled with fear and disbelief.

A dignified fourth-rank official—how could he, a mere ordinary person, dare to do this?

"Guessed right, but no prize!"

A yanyue saber appeared in Xu Le's hand, and with a single slash, he cleaved the henchman in two, not even needing to use a Skill.

The crowd immediately fell into a panic, especially Zhang Shikai's remaining subordinates, who retreated in terror, fearing they would meet the same fate as the two.

The others also looked grim; many subconsciously entered the villa complex, as the security there was quite high.

Xu Le didn't care. If they wanted to follow, they could follow; if not, they could leave. He wanted nothing from those people, nor could he be held hostage by their values.

Xu Le approached the last Shadow unit. The number of people following him was exactly twelve.

In the eyes of those who left, following Xu Le was safe for the moment, but when the reckoning came, it would definitely be miserable.

The last Shadow unit was quickly wiped out by Xu Le. With the Formation destroyed, no new Blood Corpses would be born. By the time the moon rose at midnight, all the Blood Corpses and Cultists in the entire Ninth District had finally been exterminated.

"I wonder how Old Man Liu is doing?"

Xu Le took out his phone, but there was still no signal. Just as he was about to leave the Ninth District, hundreds of people followed him, young and old alike, mainly the families of the twelve people who had been following him all along.

There were also some latecomers who, upon hearing about what happened during the day, chose to leave.

"Mr. Xu, may we continue to follow you?"

"Why do you want to keep following me?"

Yan Tong smiled bitterly: "I am from the Security Department of the Ninth District and have some guesses about the situation here. I estimate that there is no longer a place for us in the entire Great Zhou. Personally, I am unwilling to just die as if nothing had happened."

"And you?"

Xu Le looked at the others; they were all much the same, basically having some guesses about the fall of the Ninth District.

There is never a shortage of smart people in this world, but few are willing to remain smart after seeing the truth clearly.

"What about the other districts? For example, the First District; it shouldn't be abandoned."

The others looked at each other and all fell silent. Although, however...

"Let's go to the First District first! I'll give you three days. If you are willing to give up the internet and abandon the prosperous human world, you can choose to follow me."

"However, I really don't recommend it, because three days from now, I am going to ask a question I am very curious about and do something I have wanted to do for a long time."

Xu Le's expression was very serious, but everyone felt a chill upon hearing this. They didn't need to think to know that the question and the matter were very dangerous, and perhaps it was exactly what they themselves wanted to ask and do.

Yan Tong's eyes lit up: "Mr. Xu, I have already decided! Let me follow you!"

"Be good, take your time to consider it for three days, and give me your answer in three days."

Xu Le patted Yan Tong on the shoulder, as if Xu Le were 46 and Yan Tong were the 18-year-old youngster.

He took an energy stone from his space ring and reactivated the City Lord's Mansion's Formation. When he prepared to teleport, he found that except for the First District, the other districts had already blacklisted this place.

Xu Le chose to teleport directly. When he opened his eyes again, he was not in the center of the First District, but in the suburbs, where dense ranks of Heaven Patrol Guards had the area tightly surrounded.

"Who goes there?"

After a loud shout, the Heaven Patrol Guards on the perimeter all tensed up, each holding a Forbidden Curse, ready to unleash it at the slightest disagreement.

The leading squad leader walked over, and seeing that they were all humans, he pulled out a pile of magic-suppressing handcuffs: "Everyone, you are all from the fallen Ninth District. Please cooperate with our work."

Xu Le raised an eyebrow: "Does cooperating with work require handcuffs?"

"I apologize, but after all, these are special times and special duties. Please understand. After the investigation is clear, if you are all innocent, I will personally invite you to Weimei Restaurant to apologize."

The squad leader spoke very politely, but his attitude was firm.

Xu Le had no interest in cooperating. He directly activated the Mind Link, said "See you in three days" in everyone's minds, and then flapped his wings and chose to leave.

The Heaven Patrol Guards hurriedly attacked, with various magic-suppressing nets, anesthetic guns, and sleeping guns flying everywhere.

"Relax, they can't hit you."

Before Xu Le could lose his temper, the proud voice of the Thousand-Year Fish fell. A bubble that seemed like both water and wind enveloped him, as if he had entered another world, letting all the various tools pass right through his body.

Xu Le flapped his wings and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

...

Ascension Platform.

When Xu Le confirmed that Old Man Liu had not yet finished, he flew directly to his side.

"You've come?"

Old Man Liu's perception was particularly keen; he discovered Xu Le's approach immediately and turned his head to look at him.

"I have come!"

Xu Le looked at Liu Rufeng; the other person was bathed in white light, seemingly only a step away from success.

It was just that the current light was at most like a bright moon, far inferior to the brilliance of the day.

The only redeeming quality was its resilience, giving people a feeling of indomitability.

The people watching the live stream were suddenly excited, their eyes wide, but the new director in charge seemed unprofessional and simply didn't have the idea of putting the newcomer into the shot.

In reality, it wasn't that he didn't want to, but rather that the Thousand-Year Fish had added a layer of water mist to Xu Le. Those with a spirit value below 10,000 couldn't see him at all, and it was even less possible for the camera to record him.

However, Liu Rufeng's situation was special now, and with the Thousand-Year Fish intentionally letting it slide, he was able to see him.

"How is the Ninth District?"

"Very bad, less than 100,000 survivors."

"Hiss..." The people watching the live stream felt their scalps tingle. Only one day had passed, and a massive city of nearly 40 million people now had less than 100,000 left. A survival rate of nearly 1/400, and more importantly, it had been less than half a day.

The bullet comments exploded:

[Fake, right?]

[Talking nonsense, not even daring to show your face?]

[Is the director dead?]

[This old geezer really loves to put on a damn act; he's been acting from the afternoon until now, just adding a white light special effect to himself.]

...

Liu Rufeng looked up at the bright moon in the sky and said, word by word: "The only thing that can save humanity is for a human to become a god. Today, this old Daoist shall prove the Dao at the Ascension Platform!"