132: Chapter 132 Is Prince Qi colluding with the Divine Sect?

Ouyang Wanqing was stunned by his sudden, rough movement.

The two were in an extremely close posture at this moment, with more than half of her body curled within Chen Shanzhi's embrace.

Her cheek was almost pressed against his rising and falling chest, and she could even clearly hear his steady, powerful heartbeat, which suddenly quickened its pace for an instant.

“Chen Shanzhi... you're hurting me.”

Ouyang Wanqing's delicate brows furrowed slightly as she tried to pull her wrist away, only to find that Chen Shanzhi's strength was surprisingly immense.

She looked up with some uncertainty at this man, the capital's number one playboy, who usually feared nothing in heaven or earth and acted without restraint.

She actually saw a trace of extremely rare wariness in Chen Shanzhi's eyes!

“What exactly is wrong with this village?” Ouyang Wanqing lowered her voice, following Chen Shanzhi's gaze toward the stone tablet marked 'Shi Village'.

“Isn't it just a remote settlement?”

“That Zhang Qing only has a cultivation of Xuan Guan Ten Apertures. With our combined strength, it shouldn't be difficult to sneak in, rescue a few people, and retreat safely.”

“Shouldn't be difficult?”

Chen Shanzhi swallowed with great difficulty, his lips pulling into a bitter smile that looked worse than crying.

“Big sister, if you think your life is too long, go in and deliver your head yourself. Don't drag me down with you!”

Ouyang Wanqing didn't know the weight of 'Shi Village', but Chen Shanzhi knew it all too damn well!

In the early settings of this adult game, when the original protagonist Tang Liu was an Academy student and went to the Jiantian Division to take on training missions...

The massive bulletin board representing mission Ranks was covered in densely packed tasks.

But at the very top of the board, there had always hung a single, unique red mission!

A red mission meant extreme lethality!

And the content of that mission was precisely: Exterminate the 'God-Invoking Sect' Demon People causing chaos in Shi Village on the outskirts of the capital!

In this perverted level designed by the dog planners, this seemingly ordinary 'Shi Village' was actually a devil's den wearing the skin of a village!

Inside, there were no less than three Twelve Mysterious Apertures Peaks, six Xuanguan Eleven Apertures, and dozens of Martial Artists above Xuanguan Nine Apertures!

The most fatal part was that the God-Invoking Sect Demon People were all freaking madmen who could temporarily boost their combat power by sacrificing to evil gods!

In the game, they defaulted to being elite mobs with the 'Berserk' attribute when at low health!

Just with himself at Xuanguan Nine Apertures plus Ouyang Wanqing at Xuanguan Eleven Apertures?

If they sneaked in and were discovered, they would instantly be beaten to a pulp by dozens of red-named mobs!

But that wasn't what made Chen Shanzhi's spine go cold the most.

What truly horrified him was the logical chain behind this!

“Zhang Qing is the Grand Elder's man, and the Grand Elder is Prince Qi's dog... Zhang Qing sent people to Shi Village, and Shi Village is a stronghold for the God-Invoking Sect...”

Chen Shanzhi's mind raced, the veins on his forehead throbbing slightly.

“Prince Qi is actually in league with the God-Invoking Sect?”

How was this possible?!

One must know that the God-Invoking Sect was one of the two major demonic Sects.

To resurrect an evil god, they kidnapped people everywhere for sacrifice, using extremely cruel methods.

In the Great Jiang Dynasty, they were rats in the street that everyone had the right to kill!

Prince Qi was an ambitious man who wanted to seize the throne legitimately.

How would he dare risk universal condemnation to cooperate with such a wicked path?

If even a hint of this leaked out, let alone competing for the succession...

The Great Jiang Imperial Family and the three Great Sects would directly level his Prince Qi Mansion to the ground!

“There was no such hidden plotline in the game at all!”

Chen Shanzhi took a deep breath.

It was another unknown plot triggered by his butterfly wings flapping!

“Chen Shanzhi, what on earth are you thinking?”

Seeing Chen Shanzhi's face shifting between dark and light while staring fixedly at the stone tablet without speaking, Ouyang Wanqing also realized the gravity of the situation.

She reached back and grasped Chen Shanzhi's large hand, her palm sweating slightly:

“Are there some experts hidden in this village?

But if we don't save them now, by the time we return to the capital to bring reinforcements, will those refugees and Yaya have already met with a cruel end?”

Although Ouyang Wanqing was a member of the nobility, she still possessed kindness in her heart when facing innocent children.

Feeling the soft touch on the back of his hand, Chen Shanzhi snapped out of it.

He patted the back of Ouyang Wanqing's hand in return, giving her a reassuring gesture.

“Rest assured, they definitely won't die in the short term.”

Chen Shanzhi's tone was certain.

In the game, after taking this red mission and clearing it...

The final ending scene showed a large number of civilians, tortured beyond recognition, being rescued from an underground dungeon beneath the village.

This indicated that the God-Invoking Sect captured these people for some extremely time-consuming, massive project.

Or they were keeping them for a unified sacrifice at a specific time.

But it was certain they would not kill them immediately upon capture.

“This village is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den; charging in blindly is just suicide.

This water is too deep; it's not something the two of us can wade through.”

Chen Shanzhi decisively let go of Ouyang Wanqing's hand, keeping his body extremely low as he retreated like a silent leopard.

“Let's go, withdraw first. As long as the green mountains remain, one need not worry about firewood. We'll plan this out back home!”

Ouyang Wanqing took a deep look at the deathly silent village in the distance and bit her red lip.

Then she followed Chen Shanzhi, using the cover of night to silently retreat from the area.

...

The next day, afternoon.

At South City's Caishikou, it was still bustling with people and noisy as ever.

A few old ladies were arguing heatedly over some rotten vegetable leaves, and the butcher's chopping block thundered loudly.

At a tea stall on the outskirts of Caishikou.

The five members of Chen Shanzhi's squad were already seated in a circle.

*Crunch.*

Jiang Feiyu held a roasted sweet potato dripping with oil and took a huge bite, her cheeks bulging like a hamster's.

But in her large eyes, which usually seemed a bit scatterbrained, fire was practically spitting out at this moment.

“This is simply lawless!”

Jiang Feiyu swallowed the sweet potato, her pretty face flushed with anger:

“Right here in the capital, under the Son of Heaven's feet, someone actually dares to kidnap people so brazenly?

Selling people like livestock packed in sacks?

Those bastards—this old lady will definitely use her broadsword to chop off all their heads and kick them around like balls!”

Beside her, Murong Yun was rubbing his temples, which were throbbing from a hangover.

Hearing the harrowing experience Chen Shanzhi and Ouyang Wanqing described from last night, he was shocked into sobriety and sucked in a cold breath.

“Good grief... they kidnapped over a hundred people? Are they trying to start a rebellion?”

Murong Yun swallowed and looked at Chen Shanzhi with some lingering fear:

“Brother Chen, it's a good thing you stopped Lady Wanqing from going down yesterday.

If you two had been surrounded, we'd be burning paper for you outside the city today.”

Sitting to the side, Shen Lingfu was wearing an extremely elegant light green silk dress today, looking quite pitiful.

She held her teacup with both hands, her pure face showing a perfectly timed expression of extreme shock and fear.

“Heavens... how can there be such wicked people in this world.”

Shen Lingfu's eyes were red as she said in a soft, weak voice:

“That Shi Village is actually so dangerous. Young Master Chen, Sister Wanqing, it is truly a blessing that you returned safely last night.”

At this point, she changed the subject and thoughtfully offered a seemingly very sound suggestion:

“Young Master Chen, since the water in Shi Village is so deep and there might be experts hidden inside that we simply cannot handle...”

“How about... we report this clue directly to the main headquarters of the Jiantian Division?”

Shen Lingfu looked at Chen Shanzhi, her watery eyes full of worry:

“Let the Gold and Silver Rank lords go and suppress the bandits.

We are just students of the Academy; our safety is most important. There's no need to risk our lives for such a thing.”

These words were spoken beautifully.

It both showcased her kindness and highlighted her concern for everyone's safety, making her appear like a flawless, understanding flower.

But when Chen Shanzhi heard this, he directly rolled his eyes.

Report to the Jiantian Division?

I went through all this trouble to find this max-level experience pack, and you want me to hand it over to Zhao Laosan and those old foxes?

“Report to who?”

Chen Shanzhi leaned against the wall arrogantly, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from Jiang Feiyu's pocket, and started cracking them.

“This is a shocking case that our squad worked hard to dig up!

If we hand it to the Jiantian Division, those constables will snatch all the credit in no time!”

Chen Shanzhi spat out a seed shell and swept his gaze over the others, saying somewhat helplessly:

“Don't forget, our squad's current point ranking in the Jiantian Division is at the very bottom!

Spending every day at Caishikou mediating arguments between old ladies—I'm truly sick of it!”

“If we take down that devil's den in Shi Village, it will definitely be an unprecedented Special Grade mission!

How many points would that be? It wouldn't be a dream to directly dominate the number one spot on the leaderboard!”

At the mention of points and dominating the leaderboard...

Everyone's eyes instantly lit up!