[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done":3,"chapter-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-116":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","National Guardian's Gone and We're Done",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1743832,2228,"Chapter 116: Research on the Origin of Evil Spirits in the Orphanage","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-116",116,"\u003Cp>When Jerry perished, no flames appeared on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he was burned to ash by some mysterious power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Chu He was too late to stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The special energy fluctuation emanating from Jerry had erupted to its peak the very moment he tried to reveal the secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Divine punishment.’ As the words formed in his mind, he found the idea absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Do Deities really exist in this world?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had asked himself this more than once, but no one could give him a convincing answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information Jerry was about to reveal must have touched upon the Vampire’s core secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might have even involved the Ancestor he mentioned earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Jerry, he was a Count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above Counts are Dukes, and above Dukes are twelve Princes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So, above the Princes... could it be the Ancestor?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that was the case, just for trying to speak the Ancestor’s name, Jerry was instantly annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goat-headed Evil Spirit, Bafumie, had once said that Vampires were truly at the Divine Level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could he have been referring to this Vampire’s Ancestor?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like I’ll have to add some more fuel to the fire when it comes to probing the Lighthouse Empire.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He’s gaze fell upon Xiao Cangqing, who was still unconscious on the ground. Then, his figure slowly faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing didn’t know how long he had been unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew that his strange condition meant Chu He must have been here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened his eyes again, the same sky stretched out above him, and his surroundings were eerily quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing snapped to his senses, kipping up from the ground and scanning his surroundings in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming there was no danger nearby, he pulled his phone from his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered he had been unconscious here for three full days and had numerous missed calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t been woken by the ringing because he had habitually put his phone on silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone only had two percent battery left and could die at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After switching on power-saving mode, Xiao Cangqing called back one of the numbers—it was from Gao Yimin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You finally picked up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yimin answered almost instantly. \"Otherwise,\" she said, \"I would’ve thought the news reports were fake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"News? What news?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing’s heart sank. That familiar, ominous feeling washed over him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Gao Yimin could answer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing used what little battery he had left to open a web browser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the top trending story was about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"New World Organization Leader Reveals Lighthouse Empire Is a Puppet State Controlled by Vampires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true masters behind the Lighthouse Empire are the Vampire Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days ago, the Lighthouse Empire dispatched a Count Level Vampire named Jerry to the Great Jing Empire to eliminate the New World Organization and Xiao Cangqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrogant Vampire came to the New World Organization’s territory alone but was annihilated by Xiao Cangqing, leaving behind nothing but a pile of ash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the text was an accompanying photo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The setting in the photo was identical to his current location, and on the ground was a small pile of ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing immediately looked over and saw that there was, indeed, a pile of ash right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The report also stated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that before his death, under intense interrogation by Xiao Cangqing, Jerry had revealed some information about the Vampire Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jerry himself was a Count within the Vampire Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the Counts are Dukes and twelve Princes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And above the twelve Princes is the supreme ruler of the Vampire Clan, known as the Ancestor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey! Xiao Cangqing, are you listening to me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think the Lighthouse Empire hid the truth about the Vampires for so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would’ve thought you’d expose it all so easily? Now, empires all over the world are in an uproar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many empires were already unhappy with the Lighthouse Empire to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, they’ve begun a media war against the Lighthouse Empire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>denouncing them for choosing to ally with Evil Spirits, despite being Blue Star’s foremost superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re also being condemned for allowing the Vampire Clan to control every aspect of their nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, I thought you were just ditching me and Dai Ju to save your own skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out I misunderstood you!\" Gao Yimin said from the other end of the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Other empires are launching a media war against the Lighthouse Empire over the Vampire issue, and the Lighthouse Empire hasn’t responded at all?\" Xiao Cangqing asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ever since you and the New World Organization released the report about their secret, the Lighthouse Empire has chosen to remain silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ve stayed completely mum in the face of the media onslaught from other empires.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yimin said matter-of-factly, \"There’s no need to even guess what that means.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know how domineering the Lighthouse Empire is. If they were really being framed, they would have immediately launched a terrifyingly brutal retaliation... one that would strike fear into people and nations alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot of people in our Great Jing Empire are clamoring online to make you the new ruler,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and they’re hoping you’ll step it up and kick Ji Shengyue off the throne.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make me the new ruler of the Great Jing Empire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Needless to say, Xiao Cangqing knew that the report, released in his and the New World Organization’s name, was definitely Chu He’s handiwork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That means the contents of the report must be true.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he fought Jerry that day, Xiao Cangqing had already sensed that his opponent wasn’t human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was a Vampire, then Jerry’s strange condition made perfect sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the report, Jerry was a Count Level member of the Vampire Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the Counts, there were Dukes, twelve Princes, and the legendary Ancestor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing was no match for a single Count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If other Counts, Dukes, or even Princes came after him, he would stand no chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He might show up to save him, sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that would just be relying on outside help. Right now, Xiao Cangqing felt utterly insecure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that wasn’t even mentioning the Ancestor, who loomed over all the members of the Vampire Clan like a colossal mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Black Continent Grassland.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having returned from his encounter with Jerry, the Vampire Count, Chu He found himself growing increasingly curious about the orphanage mentioned in the intelligence provided by the woman in leather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the intelligence on the note,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was a passage describing research into the origin of Evil Spirits being conducted at the orphanage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is humanity’s nightmare, and also humanity’s hope.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer Chu He got to the orphanage’s exact location, the more he noticed the air growing colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was even a great deal of dark cyan frost covering the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He halted and looked up. A single cloud hung in the sky, having floated there for some time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every step he took, the cloud moved forward as well.\u003C\u002Fp>",1165,"2026-06-06T16:46:32.086Z",1,"novelbin.me","2b21b077022d87803fb7b33359038215940d10693415fa47a726f7a664da4cf5","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-117","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-115",274,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnational-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-cover.jpg"]