Back when Ren Xiaosu was squatting on the school's walls and listening to the lectures, he heard Zhang Jinglin talk about some of the "vanished cities."
Actually, when Ren Xiaosu thought about it, Zhang Jinglin did not seem to be a serious person. When the teacher got tired of lecturing, he would bring a chair over to the lectern and talk about some interesting anecdotes to fill in the gaps.
However, Ren Xiaosu felt this was normal. After all, Zhang Jinglin was the only teacher in town. It would be a little difficult for him to teach all the classes every day.
Back then, Mr. Zhang had told an anecdote about an ancient city located in a no man's land. That ancient city flourished for a while but suddenly declined. According to Zhang Jinglin, there seemed to be demons in the vicinity of the ancient city that had not fallen behind.
At that time, Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, 'As if I'll believe you. If you don't want to teach, then don't. Why are you talking about demons? How could there really be demons in this world?'
But Ren Xiaosu was starting to believe it now.
In reality, Zhang Jinglin was not that old. He looked to be in his thirties. Ren Xiaosu had heard from Wang Fugui that Zhang Jinglin had also come from another place a long time ago. As for how long, no one could remember.
Sometimes, Ren Xiaosu wondered if Zhang Jinglin was a stronghold resident in the past and only became a refugee later on. Otherwise, how could he know so many things, even if some of them were just made up?
Now that Xu Xianchu said there was a mysterious city hidden in the Jing Mountains, Ren Xiaosu subconsciously recalled what Zhang Jinglin had said. Then would there be demons in the Jing Mountains?
Ren Xiaosu asked Xu Xianchu, "Did you say anything else?"
Xu Xianchu thought carefully and said, "Also, before we set off, Wang Congyang seemed to have asked around and found out that not only Stronghold 113 had received news about the Jing Mountains, but other teams were also on their way there."
Ren Xiaosu had thought that Xu Xianchu was going to tell him some secret, but it turned out to be this.
"Actually, be it the stronghold overseers or the consortiums, everyone is very interested in the topic of evolution and supernatural beings." Xu Xianchu said, "Y 'all should also know about the newly established psychiatric hospital in the stronghold. They're not only researching supernatural beings to guard against them, but they're also thinking of making use of them."
"Can you talk about supernatural beings?" Ren Xiaosu said, "As a supernatural being yourself, you should be very concerned about this, right?"
"Supernatural beings …" Xu Xianchu pondered and said, "Actually, supernatural beings have existed a long time ago. It's just that everyone treated them as legends at that time. Recently, everyone has been paying attention to them because supernatural beings have started appearing more frequently. There are even some places where very secretive supernatural organizations have appeared."
Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment. "You already have an organization?"
Having an organization meant that the number of Transcendents was not a small number.
"Y 'all should've heard about a supernatural being trying to assassinate a stronghold overseer some time ago, right?" Xu Xianchu said, "Wang Congyang was the one who told me about it. He said that the supernatural being belonged to an organization called the Saboteurs. At least, that's what the supernatural being said himself."
"Has he been caught?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"No." Xu Xianchu shook his head. "His strength is far beyond your imagination. Nowadays, all the strongholds are targeting supernatural beings. It seems that they're still rating the danger level of these supernatural beings, but I don't know how they're rated yet."
Ren Xiaosu muttered, "Why do they have to fight to the death? Can't they just get along?"
He said this because he could empathize with them. Ren Xiaosu was a supernatural being himself. Now that he was suddenly standing on the opposite side of those behemoths, he would definitely feel a little stifled.
Yang Xiaojin glanced at him but did not say anything. Xu Xianchu sighed and said, "It's impossible for me to go back. If the strongholds find out I'm a supernatural being, I'll definitely end up very badly."
Next to him, Liu Bu suddenly said, "We won't reveal your secret, so don't worry!"
To be honest, Liu Bu was a little worried that he would be silenced, so he quickly expressed his stance.
Xu Xianchu glanced at Liu Bu but did not say anything. He could tell that Liu Bu still had a bottom line and would not do something like silencing someone.
But who would believe Liu Bu's guarantee? It would be foolish to trust Liu Bu.
Xu Xianchu retorted to Liu Bu, which was a rare occurrence, "You're the one I'm most worried about!"
Ren Xiaosu asked, "Then if Liu Bu dies in an accident, won't you be able to go back?"
Liu Bu was speechless.
How could he curse like that? Liu Bu wanted to scold Ren Xiaosu, but he did not dare to!
Xu Xianchu sighed and said, "You're also a supernatural being, right?"
Ren Xiaosu said, "Huh?"
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu wondered if he had given himself away and if Yang Xiaojin had seen through him.
Then Xu Xianchu said, "You must have awakened the ability to piss people off."
Ren Xiaosu was speechless.
But Ren Xiaosu suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He asked the palace in his mind, "Palace, do I have a skill that can piss people off? What level is it?"
The palace calmly said, "Perfect."
Ren Xiaosu was speechless.
It turned out to be a Perfect skill!
When Ren Xiaosu discovered that Yang Xiaojin had a Perfect skill, he was very impressed. He did not expect that he would have one as well!
But when he compared his Perfect skill to hers, wasn't it too nonsensical? Palace, are you serious?!
But when he thought about how he also had a Perfect-ranked skill, Ren Xiaosu was a little happy even though he felt a headache. After all, it was a Perfect-ranked skill.
Someone once said, "It's not easy to do one thing well in life." Ren Xiaosu did not expect that he would be able to do it to the extreme at such a young age.
Xu Xianchu glanced at the three corpses outside the cave and finally said, "Let's go. No matter what's hidden in the Jing Mountains, I'll have to go and have a look eventually."
This was the desire of a supernatural being. People used to think that the things in the legends were nothing. But when they started getting closer to the legends themselves, they would develop a desire to explore the wider world.
Xu Xianchu was so, and so was Ren Xiaosu.
Xu Xianchu said, "I don't know if y 'all have read a book called Journey to the West. I read it in the stronghold's library before. At that time, I found it unbelievable when I read that someone could lift a staff weighing 13,500 kilograms. But now I wonder if the characters in that book really exist? It's said that staff can even suppress mountains. "
Ren Xiaosu pondered it for a moment before saying, "There's a book about that in the school in town. But if you say that a staff of 13,500 kilograms can suppress mountains, then that's a little problematic. That's only something that weighs six tons. The tractors in the factories outside of town can only carry a load of ten tons, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to pull two staffs if they're overloaded."
Xu Xianchu took a deep breath and turned around to walk into the forest towards the unknown Jing Mountains.
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