[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world":3,"chapter-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-347":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Survival Guide in a Mysterious World",{"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},2299316,4497,"Chapter 347: Raising an Army to Demand Accountability","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-347",347,"\u003Cp>September 10, 2018, 23:22 at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Saint Abilene airship landed on the roof of a building in Vivian Port, where the evening wind whipped the giant bikini posters above the mall, and alongside them fluttered banners embroidered with the Thorn-Rose crest of the Dai family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhe leaned against the wall, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a hair tie Xia Yubing had used, on which sat an ice-blue butterfly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering his wind-tousled hair with both hands, Ning Zhe tied it with Xia Yubing’s hair tie and said to Lan Shiwen, who had just come up from downstairs: “A day without seeing you feels like three autumns, little Lan. I bet you’ve got something to say to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t catch Fenwu. He ran.” Lan Shiwen didn’t even look at him, walking straight toward the airship’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Would’ve been a miracle if you had.” Ning Zhe wasn’t bothered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tying his hair, Ning Zhe’s body faded and dissolved under the night sky, transforming into a beautiful ice-blue butterfly that flapped its wings and landed on Lan Shiwen’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Shiwen glanced sideways—it was a Morpho menelaus, a tropical butterfly native to the forests of South America, absent from both Asia, the land of sunrise, and Europe, the land of sunset, visible only in ecological gardens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not turn into a bird? The wind up here is strong—afraid your wings might snap?” Lan Shiwen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Want me to carry you in a cage so I can take a stroll downstairs?” Ning Zhe pretended not to notice the Shitan  in his tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Shiwen shook his head and fell silent, walking into the cabin with the butterfly perched on his shoulder, passing through the empty interior of the airship, which had been cleared in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the only occupied room aboard the airship, tension hung thick; the gathered men frowned at the corpse on the floor, covered by a white sheet, their expressions stiffening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they couldn’t see the face, they recognized the body by its attire and build—it was Fosolus Milicato, the young master of the Milicato family, vassals of the Dai clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yubing leaned back against the sofa, scanning the room, her gaze sweeping over each face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Hongwen, the last surviving member of the Liu family of Yunzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Changjiang, vice-chairman of the Yanzhou Merchants’ Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Boying, the biological younger brother of the former “God of Wealth,” Ji Bochang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…These were all those who had fled persecution in Jiuzhou and found refuge under European nobility; Xia Yubing’s public identity was the same, so she fit in among them without standing out. Indeed, since she had been personally invited here by Marquis Fan Daike, her status subtly surpassed the others’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though no matter how high she rose, she still couldn’t surpass the local European lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Mei Lin, this—this is…?” Shen Changjiang’s face was pale with fear, his eyes pleadingly fixed on the tall woman seated on the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Obviously, Fosolus is dead.” Mei Lin stroked her nails, speaking indifferently: “I didn’t call you here to ask questions. You’re here to answer them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside her, Bédat nodded and added: “Don’t forget why the representatives of our four great families came to Vivian Port.” Liu Hongwen and Shen Changjiang exchanged glances, both sensing the terror in the other’s eyes, yet they spoke in unison:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“—To hunt Lan Shiwen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct.” Bédat nodded, continuing: “The Dai family, the Fuliemisileite, the Golden Clan, and my own ‘Astarti.’ We four families have gathered here to hunt the Yunzhou Ascended known as ‘Lan Shiwen.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The potential gains from hunting Lan Shiwen are unimaginable, but such great opportunity carries equal peril—he possesses the terrifying ability to foresee the future. Before we act, we must share intelligence and prepare thoroughly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against a monster that knows the future, even the most cautious hunters are not excessive; the four families uniting to target one man is already civilized—they didn’t drag all of the European United States into this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet earlier today, just as the representatives of the four families arrived in Vivian Port and had yet to formally meet, an incident occurred.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Lin paused, then continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, the Golden Clan’s representative vanished without a trace after entering Vivian Port, never returning to his lodging. Almost simultaneously—‘Xi Zhao’ went out of control.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then came Fosolus—he was at the opera house with Mr. Dai and Ms. Xia, attending a… auction. Taking advantage of ‘Xi Zhao’s’ Shikong , an extremely vicious ghost arrived in Vivian Port, killing several people in the mall before drifting into the opera house.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bédat interlaced his fingers, propping his chin as he continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Notably, our post-incident investigation shows the ghost’s movement wasn’t random—it moved deliberately toward the opera house, as if guided by some invisible force toward a specific target.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who was in the opera house at the time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Hongwen drew a sharp breath, his gaze fixed on the cold corpse on the floor—Fosolus’s body—and the man who had been with him in the opera house…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where is Mr. Dai? Has he…?” Shen Changjiang turned ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, Mr. Dai is currently investigating the disappearance of the Golden Clan’s representative. Thanks to his timely use of the ‘Ink Line,’ he sealed the ghost inside the opera house, preventing the incident from spreading further.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bédat shook his head: “And this leads to what I must say next—after sealing the incident and leaving the opera house, Fosolus shot himself on the balcony of a hotel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…?” Liu Hongwen froze: “Suicide?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are many Yidian , but it was undoubtedly suicide.” Mei Lin, seeing she would get nothing from Liu Hongwen or Shen Changjiang, turned her gaze to Ji Boying, who sat across the table, silent, sipping tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Boying resembled Ji Bochang, but where Ji Bochang was gaunt, Ji Boying was slightly plumper, his complexion ruddier, and he bore no black thunderwood tattoo on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Ji, what are your thoughts on this incident?” Bédat fixed his eyes on Ji Boying’s wrinkled face, his meaning clear:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—We gathered here because of you. Had you not claimed to hold leverage over Lan Shiwen, this gathering—cut short before it even began—would never have happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Vivian Port has been struck, they need an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1044,"2026-06-20T06:29:22.815Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","56f0378062dfe3292d1af0a863732c5fa2645608000863ad9c179281ac85b354","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-348","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-346",353,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurvival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-cover.jpg"]