Chapter 338: Return to Jiangzhou!

"Hey, Mr. Su..."

Five minutes later.

The call ended.

Su Ming glanced out the window, then checked the time.

It is now five a. m.

First, take a nap in the car.

After waking up, still have to do real work in Jiangzhou!

It's exhausting!

"Mr. Su, we've arrived!"

At nine a. m., Su Ming was awakened by a voice from the front row.

The journey was smooth; this privileged official car took just over four hours to cross more than half the realm.

Hoo!

"Thanks, brothers, go back."

Su Ming pushed open the car door, his feet firmly on the ground.

After winding around, he returned to this familiar territory.

When he left, he was very strong.

Now returning...

Even stronger beyond measure!

Jiangzhou, of course, lies by the river.

In the morning river breeze, there was a faint whiff of fishy water.

Su Ming stood at the intersection, watching the rising steam from a distant breakfast stall, his gaze somewhat complicated.

He had only just left not long ago.

Yet in his eyes, every brick and tile exuded a long‑missed unfamiliarity.

In the Huangquan instance, his eyes saw blood, flesh, and shattered laws.

In Jingcheng's courtyard, his eyes saw the nation's fate, a cursed dragon, and an impending apocalyptic collapse.

But here, in Jiangzhou...

On the surface, the common folk still eat a few‑yuan soy‑milk and fried dough sticks, hustling for a living.

So calm it makes one's scalp tingle.

"Where is there any tranquil age..."

"This is the peace that the exhaust valve has propped up."

Su Ming exhaled a puff of foul breath and shook his head.

In his mind, Chen Rang's arm covered with bluish‑purple scales flashed involuntarily.

And Li Lao's chest has a clacking gold‑coin abacus.

The pressure in Jingcheng is almost off the charts.

A few old guys are risking their lives to fill the holes!

The debt tower is towering!

It could collapse at any moment!

"Fine, since we took the money, we have to help people avert some disaster."

Su Ming gathered his thoughts and strode toward the street corner.

…

Jiangzhou West Suburb, heavy industry park.

Just as he reached the building entrance, a figure in a black suit rushed out to greet him.

It was Zhao Gang.

"Mr. Su!"

Zhao Gang, two meters away, abruptly halted, his back bent without a hint of flaw, his respect ingrained to the bone.

"You've worked hard."

Su Ming nodded and followed him into the factory interior.

"Hm?"

Upon entering, Su Ming was taken aback.

The previously drafty abandoned factory, now has been welded with a thick layer of steel plates.

Dozens of sturdy men in black vests, with steady aura, crossed patrols in the corridor.

Not even a fly can get in!

The speed of development is unbelievable!

Admittedly, Zhao Gang's strong execution is at work.

But more so, it's the benefits Su Ming has provided these days!

The Rose Squad girls…

There truly are resources below, directly allocating some for Jiangzhou's dual‑track development!

"Mr. Su, now we can gather a huge number of items daily, more than tenfold compared to the start!"

"We reassess transaction prices daily, fully controlling the underground pricing power of Jiangzhou!"

"Not only the white street‑stall goods, the green-quality items have also newly entered inventory, three hundred and ten pieces!"

Even the blue‑quality items number twenty‑eight!

Zhao Gang paused, a hint of pride flashing in his eyes.

The expansion and other plans are also being advanced in an orderly manner!

Su Ming halted his steps, turning his head to size up the middle‑aged man before him, whose eyes were rimmed with blood vessels.

Smart, trustworthy.

Also sufficiently aware of the times.

Saving his daughter back then was only a pretext; he also needed people.

But this man seized the future that was offered to him.

He stubbornly carved out a foothold in this apocalyptic age.

Still, that same saying.

In this era where tomorrow is never guaranteed.

To keep pace with a powerhouse like him…

How could one not feel at ease?

How could one not strive!

Once seized, it becomes an opportunity!

A little over an hour later.

Inside the core warehouse, Su Ming's mouth curved upward, his mood excellent.

The previously depleted Source Blood stock in Sakura Country…

At this moment, it has been re‑stacked in the dimensional‑reduction warehouse into a small mound of gold!

A full several thousand bottles!

This wave counts as a complete blood refill!

As for those items that weren't broken down and have special mechanisms, he took them all and tucked them away close to his body.

Having more trump cards is better.

Only by being unconventional can one win!

Then ride the wave!

Going to Chang'an to lift the coffin board of the First Emperor's Tomb fills him with even more confidence!

At noon, the sun was scorching.

The previously packed warehouses were now completely emptied.

"Mr. Su, it's time for a meal,"

Zhao Gang wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and hurried forward to report.

"Do you think we should eat here at the base, or go into the city?"

"Let's go to your place,"

Su Ming replied cleanly and calmly.

Zhao Gang's body jolted, his gaze shifting several times in an instant.

Then he nodded heavily.

Going to his house for a meal…

Definitely not to sample his wife's cooking.

He knows Su Ming's intention!

"Yes."

The two got into the vehicle and drove toward the city district.

Inside the car, Zhao Gang gripped the steering wheel, blue veins bulging on the back of his hand, his voice pressed low.

"Xing He's recent anomalies have been occurring more and more frequently,"

Su Ming closed his eyes, leaned against the passenger seat, gave no reply, and signaled him to continue.

"When we came back from the hospital before, there were only occasional minor oddities,"

Zhao Gang swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"At first, I noticed she cast no shadow under the lights!"

"My wife took her to the hospital for tests; all indicators were normal,"

"But in the past few days, just as I told you…"

"She talks to herself, divides snacks, and so on,"

"It's as if… an invisible person is playing with her!"

"She herself is completely unaware, just assuming all this is natural,"

Zhao Gang pressed the brake, stopping at the traffic light.

Su Ming slowly opened his eyes, a faint glow flashing in his pupils.

"Let's go take a look first,"

The situation sounded eerie.

Even he, without seeing it himself, couldn't gauge what exactly was going on.

Twenty minutes later.

An old residential complex, a familiar security Gate.

When the Gate was pushed open, Zhao Gang's wife was holding a water cup, her eye circles bruised dark.

Her whole demeanor exuded a sense of nervous exhaustion.

Seeing Su Ming, she was about to bow, but Su Ming raised his hand to stop her.

"Where is the person?"

Su Ming went straight to the point.

"In... in her own bedroom, she's sunbathing!"

Her voice trembled.

She was excited.

She was also confused!

Sunbathing?

Su Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.

That's kinda far-fetched!

If Zhao Xinghe's current abnormality is because she initially absorbed the 【Source Blood】……

There's no way she'd like sunbathing, right?!

After all, that guy......

But he's the progenitor of vampires!

Who has a proper vampire going out to bask in the scorching sun at high noon?

Aren't you afraid of being burnt to a crisp?!

Creak——!

The bedroom Gate was pushed open by Su Ming.

Zhao Gang and his wife held their breath, closely following behind.

The bedroom's orientation is excellent.

The scorching sun at high noon poured in unobstructed.

It cast a large patch of bright, glaring light on the floor.

The little girl, wearing a pink princess dress, had her back to the door and sat quietly in the center of the light patch.

A pile of building blocks lay scattered before her.

Su Ming softened his steps and walked to the side.

The girl seemed completely immersed in her own world, unaware.

She was assembling a building block in her hand, her face lit with a pure and satisfied Smile Mask.

This warm scene, however, chilled the surrounding air to freezing point.

Because, following the direction the sunlight fell......

Su Ming's pupils suddenly contracted.

The light was intense enough to sting the eyes.

But behind the little girl sitting exactly in the center of the light patch......

Empty!

Damn, it's freaky as hell.

Not even a shadow's outline!