Chapter 258: Three Days!

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(PS: Don't worry about there being no extra chapters for Alliance Leaders in February. I've already discussed it with the Alliance Leaders in the group. There are still some pending extra chapters from the previous book, and we've decided to carry them over to this one. The plan for February is to have three extra chapters from the previous book every week, so even without new Alliance Leaders, there will be plenty of updates in February.)

"…You must first guarantee you absolutely will not kill me, otherwise you might as well strike me dead right now."

A few seconds after Su Xing stopped, the muscular young man's body began to change. He shifted from a youth back to a middle-aged man, his frame beginning to wither. Nevertheless, he spoke immediately.

Su Xing remained silent, but a concentrated killing intent locked onto the First Company's Chairman, pinning him so thoroughly that he didn't dare move his eyeballs, let alone anything else.

From his flesh to his consciousness, and down to his soul, the Chairman understood clearly: if he dared to make even the slightest move, regardless of what he had said, Su Xing would kill him instantly without a second thought.

This man was someone who would truly strike to kill. He was fundamentally different from people like Chu Minghao or even Zhao Gou.

This man lacked any sense of the "big picture" or political awareness... A *brave warrior* (Pifu)!

The term "brave warrior" wasn't a mockery from the Chairman; it was a heart-palpitating exclamation.

A brave warrior fears no consequences. When he moves, he moves with absolute finality. For those who play the high-level political game, encountering a "brave warrior" at a time like this is their greatest fear.

"Make these Sinners and Purified Ones stop."

Su Xing paused. "I'll give you five seconds."

"Five, four..."

The Chairman's body was already back to its middle-aged state, but he didn't dare show the slightest negligence. His hands flicked, turning into dozens of tentacles that swept toward the monks fleeing back into the palace. He absorbed half of them in one breath, and as he felt Su Xing's palm move an inch closer to his face, he shrieked, "You can feel it, right? The Heavenly Net has been destroyed. If you die here, you truly die! And I won't let you die—I will let you attain eternal life within my body!"

"Make these lumps of meat stop immediately. I'll give you two seconds! Two, one."

"Three, two..."

When the Chairman reached "one," Su Xing reached "two." Clearly, the Chairman had reached his breaking point; if he couldn't live, these monks would all die with him. These monks shared a connection with the Chairman, or at the very least, a deep association. They were truly terrified. Every surviving monk roared at the top of their lungs, ordering all Sinners and Purified Ones to stop and lie flat on the ground.

This voice, amplified by the Chairman's flesh, reached the crowd. Sure enough, the Sinners and Purified Ones who had been charging at Lin Heier and Ren Ping immediately prostrated themselves, not even daring to move while in the presence of their "enemies."

This behavior had truly transcended the boundaries of life.

Seeing that everyone had prostrated, the Chairman breathed a sigh of relief. "So now... can we talk?"

Su Xing remained silent, but he decisively withdrew his palm and even turned to beckon Lin Heier and the others.

In the few dozen seconds that had passed, Lin Heier's team had been merely disheveled, but compared to them, Ren Ping and his group had been severely beaten, each of them bruised and swollen. Meanwhile, Zhou Qingqing and Xia Luote had been the most relaxed; seeing the impending assault, they had simply leaped onto a building rooftop, with Xia Luote carrying Zhou Qingqing and jumping four or five meters at a time.

Seeing Su Xing beckon, the group ran toward the outskirts of the palace area.

The moment Su Xing turned his back, a company member lunged at him. But before he could even touch Su Xing, the Chairman's tentacles had already coiled around him. Before the man could make a sound, the tentacles had devoured him completely.

Su Xing acted as if he hadn't noticed, slowly turning his head to look at the Chairman. The Chairman's expression remained unchanged, standing rooted to the spot. Su Xing stared at him for a long time. It wasn't until ten seconds later, when Lin Heier's group had reached them, that the pressure eased slightly. Only then did the Chairman retreat several steps, gasping for air.

Just a moment ago, even though Su Xing had withdrawn his hand and turned his head, the sensation of a blade pressed against his carotid artery had remained. The Chairman hadn't dared to move a muscle. As for the man who had dared to lunge at Su Xing—that was an attempt on the Chairman's life, and Su Xing would have killed him without hesitation.

Su Xing ignored the Chairman and looked at Lin Heier. "What is your team's mission?"

Lin Heier hesitated before speaking truthfully: "Track the First Company's Chairman and his high-level cadres, investigate their technological roots, find out if they know how to save President Chu Minghao, and uncover any spies or collaborators within the Human Unified Government."

Su Xing nodded. "So, killing them isn't strictly necessary, right?"

Lin Heier nodded. Su Xing turned to the Chairman. "Tell me how to save Chu Minghao and how to save this world. No nonsense, no information everyone already knows, or I'll kill you right now... As long as your information is true and effective, I'll take responsibility and spare you for this Dream World session."

The Chairman nodded slightly without speaking. One of the four remaining company cadres stood behind him. Despite the death of three colleagues, they didn't even frown. The refined, brutal man spoke: "How do we know which information you already have, and which you'll deem as 'nonsense'?"

Su Xing glanced at him. The man didn't show fear, which made Su Xing nod slightly. Then, everyone saw him open his palm to reveal a conch shell. Ignoring everyone's reaction, he blushed and said to the conch, "Magic Conch, how should I save this world?"

A few seconds later, the conch emitted a female voice mixed with the sound of crashing waves: "Beat all the enemies to death."

Su Xing immediately said to the Chairman and the cadres, "You heard that? That's what I call nonsense! As long as it's not that, I'll consider it valid. And as for what information we already know, I shouldn't have to repeat myself. If I have to repeat that, I'll just assume you're tired of living."

Everyone looked at the conch, which made Su Xing's face turn even redder. Feeling a surge of heat, he shook his hand and stowed the conch away.

The Chairman and the cadres didn't find it strange; it was clearly a fantasy item.

The Chairman spoke immediately: "That's fair. Then... do Lin Heier and her team agree?"

Lin Heier looked at her team, and they all nodded immediately.

Compared to the lives of the First Company's Chairman and his cadres, saving Chu Minghao was clearly more important.

Lin Heier turned and nodded solemnly. "We agree."

The Chairman breathed a sigh of relief. As a villain, he had actually trusted Su Xing's promise, and even his subordinates had no objections. He didn't hesitate: "First, about saving Chu Minghao. The problem is that he is trapped within the 'Weekend.' Due to his sheer scale, unless the rift continues to tear or he is 'digested,' the Weekend will remain paused. You have almost no way to rescue him. The only method I know is to enter a world with a Baseline Reality of 0.3 or lower and use the specialized paths to the Weekend within those worlds. That is the only way you can bypass Chu Minghao's scale and enter the Weekend."

Lin Heier and the others looked surprised, while Su Xing felt it out and nodded at the Chairman.

Seeing that Su Xing and Lin Heier's group had accepted half the deal, the Chairman felt even more relieved. He took a few deep breaths and continued: "Now, about saving this world... First, I must say, I only know this information because I share the same roots as the pollution contaminating this world, though we have since diverged. I can't be certain if I'm telling you everything, but I will tell you all that I know."

Seeing Su Xing remain noncommittal, the Chairman didn't hesitate. "This world should have been destroyed long ago. Based on my understanding of the 'Unborn Mother' lineage, because their fundamental techniques are incomplete, they have lost the ability to generate large-scale faith. That's why when they pollute a world, they consume it entirely in a short time. You've seen how they treat their believers—skinning, dismembering, devouring. This usually lasts two or three hundred years before the population withers away."

Su Xing nodded heavily. It sounded exactly like the most bizarre form of slavery he had known from Earth's history—a system of self-destruction and population decline.

The Chairman continued: "But this world is different. The humans here are self-enslaved. They have abandoned all resistance, even taking pride in being enslaved and consumed. This fanatical self-enslavement faith reduces the consumption required to manufacture artifacts or replenish power. Where it might usually take tens of thousands of lives to create one artifact, here it might only take one or two. This extreme self-enslavement has allowed the population to grow over time, which is likely unique among all worlds occupied by the Unborn Mother lineage."

But that was exactly why Su Xing felt such intense hatred!

He said coldly: "How do you save this world? You don't mean to save these people who act like lumps of meat, do you?"

"No, how could that be?"

The Chairman laughed. He looked deeply at Su Xing. "My greatest strength is my ability to judge people. If it were you, you'd rather kill them all, right? So, to save them, it must align with your will, otherwise you'd kill me too..."

Saying this, the Chairman looked up at the sky. "The humans of this world are self-enslaved, but why? No intelligent life is born liking to be enslaved and slaughtered. That's impossible; otherwise, they wouldn't have evolved into intelligent beings... Search for the records from when this world was first invaded! That's the first step. Second..."

"The resentment in this world has a major problem. It must involve the core!"

"Finally..."

The Chairman looked at Su Xing. "You must be quick. You can feel it, right? The true body of the Luo Han Jun Tu Bo is descending. Three days... at most three days. You must find the answer before he arrives, otherwise, everything will be over. Because it's not just Jun Tu Bo; behind him, the furious Unborn Mother is also descending!"

"That is a terrifying entity with a Baseline Reality of 0.2, a supreme Bodhisattva who transcends ordinary Buddhas, and even ordinary Buddhas-to-be. She has a name among humans..."

"Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva!"