[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-301":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Secret Buyer",{"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},1759100,2324,"Chapter 301 - 230: The Plague Ghost Appears, Slaying Qingyi Amid Unravelable Cause and Effect","secret-buyer-chapter-301",301,"\u003Cp>Cui Qingyi strode out of the building and onto the lush green grass, her steps suddenly halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black-robed figure was standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind blew, lifting the black robe, revealing the blood-red skeleton underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed figure glanced at her, and the surrounding flowers and trees withered and died rapidly, everything seeming to be tinged with a faint gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Fusheng?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Qingyi raised the Array Map with one hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s useless, you can’t break the Array Map, nor can you kill me... However, you are very formidable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said quietly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are no perpetual enemies in this world. You and I, we can collaborate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The God of Plague has set their sights on you, while people from the Capital are about to arrive. I can help you eliminate the God of Plague, or even... kill Him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Qingyi said earnestly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have complete certainty...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were left unfinished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed figure before her reached out a skeletal hand in a probing gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cause and Effect Parallel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden pain struck her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Qingyi lowered her head, clearly the black-robed figure was reaching out from the front,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet that hand bypassed the Array Map, piercing from behind, stabbing out from the front of her chest, clutching a freshly beating heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed figure stood silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The harsh sound of bones clashing and scraping arose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not impossible for ants to plot against an elephant, it’s just somewhat laughable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Qingyi spat out a mouthful of blood, her vitality rapidly fading, yet she remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a bizarre technique... We will meet again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really think you’ve killed me? There are always meetings in the ebb and flow...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never personally took risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chip in her mind continued to operate, transmitting the memories of this cloned body back,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, in an underground fortress, the woman removed the special helmet on her head, severing the mental link with the clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Fusheng...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real Cui Qingyi murmured to herself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this your utmost effort? I admit I underestimated you, but everything ends here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words did not completely fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly felt dazed, seeing a strand of starlight, a hand following that strand, descending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, a calm voice accompanied it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a massive Cause and Effect... What is this thing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That hand traced the Cause and Effect, and in Cui Qingyi’s astonished gaze, plunged into her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart was crushed once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life force dissipated, her hands weakly clutched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Qingyi wondered, wanting to cry out for help, but her throat was blocked by the metallic taste of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this what dying feels like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I... dying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I really dying here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could I possibly die here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Qingyi squeezed out a whimper from her throat, her grand plan already unfurling!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of my clones have already been sent to various parts of the home planet, my multitasking abilities stirring up storms in thousands of places simultaneously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Zhang Fusheng find my true body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind was muddled, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of method is this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t comprehend it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was at a loss, desperately trying to struggle, but no words could form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness closed in around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the underground black market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was not too concerned about the sudden events at the Cui Family Manor,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the chess stall owner’s pondering, he returned from his intent on the manor, just as the chess stall owner finished thinking and placed his piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are there two Cui Qingyis?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought flashed through Zhang Fusheng’s mind, one was slain at the Cui Family Manor, and following the Cause and Effect, another was dispatched... No matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the chessboard, Zhang Fusheng contemplated for a moment, then calmly placed his final piece, smiling as he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chess stall owner’s face gradually turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>",660,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","ad2a7c3de88e6bb867e845e0701b56722786c6c15f74484b4428b79783fb53dd","secret-buyer-chapter-302","secret-buyer-chapter-150",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]