[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-99":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},1758998,2324,"Chapter 99 - 97: Who Will Devour Whom!","secret-buyer-chapter-99",99,"\u003Cp>\"An... earthquake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chengzhong and Li Qiuhua gasped, looking at the long street that seemed to have been ravaged by artillery fire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road ahead had completely collapsed, while water from the deeply buried underground river occasionally surged up, splashing into fragments, leaving foamy residue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the entire shattered street was trembling with each jolt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chengzhong, gasping for air, glanced at the torn wound on his abdomen and dragged Li Qiuhua into a relatively intact supermarket, stumbling as they went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knocked over a shelf, slumped to the ground, a trace of bitterness and disbelief still lingering on his face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was, it was the Action Team...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiuhua swayed a bit, her voice dry:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be, could it be fake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she said this, she didn’t even believe it herself—above, ten enormous aerospace ships were hovering at this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Investigation Bureau,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vanguard Team functioned like ’scouts’, responsible for gathering information and intelligence, determining the movements of the Evil Cult, led by a Martial Arts Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Action Team, on the other hand, was responsible for ’extermination’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Grandmaster leads a team of ten groups, a hundred people, with an entire aerospace ship at their service.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu coughed up blood, with a tragic smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Western Sect, an Evil Cult, merely intended to limit the Divine Descent to the Lower Three Districts...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He murmured in a daze:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Upper Envoy who came to oversee discovered a Flesh Plague spreading in other districts, and even sent us to investigate and contain the plague’s spread.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiuhua sat dejectedly on the ground, lighting a cigarette, lost in thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, the ones spreading the plague are the Action Team, the Anti-Cult Investigation Bureau.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though uninjured, her face was pale, as if the beliefs she had held for many years had crumbled catastrophically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu said nothing, taking a deep breath. Earlier, while they were investigating the plague’s spread in the Upper Three Districts and Central Three Districts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they saw numerous aerospace ships, and several Action Team members descending from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two wanted to connect with them, exchange information, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they revealed their identity, three or four action groups chased them for the kill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiangzhou, Investigation Bureau, Federation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu spoke bitterly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least, Old Zhang survived... Little Fusheng should be in the waiting area by now, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiuhua’s face twitched:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not necessarily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All communications with areas outside Jiangzhou have been cut off, do you think airports and stations wouldn’t be sealed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chengzhong was silent for a moment, then let out a bitter laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground began to shake again, and from the collapse site not far away, came weak muffled sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something’s not right.\" Suddenly, the two’s expressions changed, curling their bodies as much as possible—they saw an Action Team chasing them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The last breath was around here... where are they?\" The team leader spoke in a low voice, scanning around, the ground vibrating slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Earthquake?\" A member frowned, pointing to the hole there: \"Could they have gone in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader pondered for a moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go! Let’s go down and check it out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleven people approached the deep space, looking down, a pitch-black void. It was hard to see clearly, but thudding sounds echoed repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strange...\" The team leader raised an eyebrow, unfortunately, the first secret he discovered was not a liver’s mystery,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>otherwise, he could see hundreds of miles away, and see through the thick darkness easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Follow me closely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered, taking the lead in leaping down, members all followed by jumping one after the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleven people descended along the cracked, fractured rock layers, further down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred meters underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a mid-level underground river, extremely dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it... is it over?\" Chen Nuanyu’s hands and feet were cold, had Zhang Fusheng died?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the deathly silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Thud thud thud thud thud!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a series of falling noises sounded, Chen Nuanyu looked over, momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleven mysterious figures in protective suits, with gas tanks strapped on their backs, wearing masks, appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who were they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she remained in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where’s the underground river?\" The team leader looked at the moist rocky ground, muttering in confusion, along with the members, who blinked slightly, quickly acclimating to the dimness here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is...???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader saw, in the center of the broken, collapsed rock layer, two Giants, one glowing with golden light and the other terrifyingly grim, embracing each other!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Team... Team Leader?\" Some members were terrified, each a bit restless, instinctively retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying Giant withdrew its hand, revealing shattered heart fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuanyu closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s over.\" Niu Dali paid no attention to those who jumped down, opened his mouth lightly, suddenly feeling a pang of sadness, finally, finally having encountered such an opponent...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Martial Artists, there was only this one who could rival him in strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended his hand, touching Zhang Fusheng’s rapidly paling face, and softly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Junior Brother, Black Eye said you have the Life Plate to become a Deity, now it seems, indeed so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you hadn’t met me, you certainly would have become a Deity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Become... become a Deity??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader’s mouth twitched:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a load of bull...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He relaxed slightly, realizing those two giants seemed to be... only at the Martial Artist level?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they’re nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali turned his head, glancing at him lightly, grinning widely, unconcerned about outsiders, considering them all dead already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked again at Zhang Fusheng’s hand embedded in his own abdomen, smiling silently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Black Eye said, there’s no chance I’d ever kill you because you’re destined to become a Deity in the future, but I don’t believe in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only believe in the present.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See—you’ve been killed by me now, haven’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Body Giant hung its head, coughing up a large mouthful of blood, its life force quickly extinguishing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Dali once again reached out to touch the face of the Golden Body Giant, gently lifting it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1013,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","bc237471bc8729abbe72f16331004126b28d7f11f996fbca06b990c90de0c4ba","secret-buyer-chapter-100","secret-buyer-chapter-98",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]