Chapter 144: Father of God【Major Content Revision, Setting Went Wrong】

Whether it's an individual or an organization, it's impossible to become rich suddenly.

Unless, they received support from another organization somewhere!

But the problem is, aside from the Heaven and Earth Society, the entire District only has Chen Yunuo's Symbiosis Sect left.

Chen Yunuo's Symbiosis Sect actually did quite well; during the last Mosquito Swarm Disaster, her guild, with Lin Yifan's support, could be said to have shone brightly.

So in less than 24 hours, nearly 20,000 people joined the guild.

As for the rest, even if they didn't join the guild, most still held some respect for the Symbiosis Sect.

Meanwhile, under the suppression of Chen Yunuo and Lin Yifan, the Heaven and Earth Society, which was already on the verge of dissolution, had most of its members gathered together for profit.

As a result, joining a guild would still harm their interests, so naturally they didn't want to stay.

So, at its lowest point, the Heaven and Earth Society's guild membership had dropped to around a hundred.

As a result, in less than a day, the Heaven and Earth Society used plenty of benefits to attract, directly drawing in thirty to forty thousand members.

Even within the Symbiosis Sect, many members left the guild to join the Heaven and Earth Society.

Moreover, what's even more shocking is that those who joined the Heaven and Earth Society actually received genuine benefits.

How could this not shock him?

However, Lin Yifan is not in a hurry about the Heaven and Earth Society's rapid expansion, because now is not the time.

These Survivors in the District, Lin Yifan originally wanted to protect them well, after all, these Survivors relate to the rewards he can obtain in the Disaster Mission.

As a result, these guys, knowing full well that Lin Yifan and the Heaven and Earth Society are at odds, and also knowing that the Symbiosis Sect is a guild he supports, still ruthlessly quit the Symbiosis Sect and joined the Heaven and Earth Society.

Lin Yifan is no mud Buddha; he won't tolerate just anyone stepping on him.

Moreover, he now vaguely feels that if the people in a District cannot work together in unity, they will only become a burden in the future.

Therefore, he must make these fence-sitters remember that only loyalty can bring them survival, and traitors will surely die.

For now, the timing hasn't arrived, so naturally there's no need to rush!

But not being in a hurry doesn't mean we shouldn't investigate what needs to be investigated.

Lin Yifan quickly replied to Chen Yunuo: "Keep an eye on the Heaven and Earth Society's movements, especially their material sources, and see where they're getting them from."

"As long as we can confirm this, I should be able to trace their material source,"

Chen Yunuo's side was also clearly anxious, seeing the message and quickly replying:

"Okay, junior, but you need to be careful; the Heaven and Earth Society has been making big moves lately, and they're openly smearing and insulting you—I expect they'll try to take action against you."

"My people told me that someone in their ranks obtained a Fixed-point Teleport Scroll, which can teleport a person to a set location; they'll definitely use it against you."

"No need to guess—they've already come looking for me, and they even wanted to kill me outright!"

Lin Yifan snorted coldly, replying: "However, wanting to kill me? They should first weigh their own strength!"

"Alright, you don't need to worry about me; I have self-defense ability. You protect yourself, and then try to clarify the true situation as best you can."

"Leave the rest to me to handle!"

After closing the Private Chat Channel, Lin Yifan's gaze fell once more on the scroll in his hand.

He had originally been hesitating about whether to use this scroll to deal with the "Father of God."

But now it seems the threat from the Heaven and Earth Society is far greater than imagined.

If left unchecked, it would likely cause considerable trouble for his upcoming Disaster Mission Evolution Grand Plan.

Those fence-sitters can be dealt with slowly, but for this guy who insists on riding on his face and causing trouble, Lin Yifan can't even spare a moment.

"Since you're so eager to seek death, I'll grant you that." Lin Yifan muttered under his breath, then without hesitation activated the scroll.

A flash of white light passed, and Lin Yifan's figure instantly vanished from the spot.

He only felt his vision go dark, then was overcome by dizziness from the weightlessness.

However, the duration was very short—about a breath—and the weightlessness disappeared!

When Lin Yifan opened his eyes again, he found himself standing before a dilapidated shelter.

This shelter looked unimpressive, even somewhat crude, though it was made entirely of solid wood, it was extremely rough.

Its seal was decent; likely precisely because of that, it could weather the Mosquito Swarm Heavenly Tribulation safely.

Lin Yifan glanced twice and could basically confirm that this shelter was at most a Tier-2 Shelter, and moreover the most ordinary kind of Tier-2 Shelter.

This made his brows furrow tighter—"Father of God" is the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society; logically, his shelter shouldn't be Tier-2, it should at least be Tier-3.

This really doesn't make sense!

Lin Yifan thought of the Phantom Spirit Light Shield, the home-defense divine artifact he had set up around his shelter; of course he wouldn't not know—everything before him was likely just an illusion they wanted him to see.

However, although the Phantom Spirit Light Shield is a home-defense divine artifact, Lin Yifan knows it too well, so finding a way to break it is still quite easy.

He stood in place, observed for a moment, and then found a human-trodden path.

A path walked by humans, compared to one walked by beasts, is completely different.

A road traveled by humans always bears traces of artificial work; even if deliberately concealed, some traces inevitably remain.

Lin Yifan followed the path he found, walking slowly forward.

Sure enough, after walking less than two meters ahead, everything before his eyes changed!

The originally dilapidated Tier-2 Shelter had vanished without a trace, replaced by a small building.

The small building had a brick-and-tile structure, red walls, black tiles, and frankly it still had quite a bit of ambiance.

Although it couldn't compare to Lin Yifan's Bronze Grade Tier-3 Shelter, the small building before him was at least a Tier-3.

Lin Yifan cautiously approached the small building; in the dark, foggy night, his human eyes could see nothing at all.

But when he neared the shelter's entrance, he finally saw the owner of the shelter.

It was a young man with a somewhat sinister complexion, a pair of inverted-triangle eyes, flashing with greed and smugness.

A typical villain's look!

Lin Yifan looked at the face of the "Father of God" and couldn't help but sigh.

And inside the Shelter, Father of God was sitting in front of an old wooden table, looking down at the map in his hand.

His expression was focused, and he clearly hadn't noticed Lin Yifan's arrival.

Lin Yifan also didn't rush to act, but instead stood quietly at the Shelter's entrance, observing his every move.

He still wanted to figure out how the Heaven and Earth Society had suddenly become so wealthy, and what secret lay behind it.

However, at that moment, Father of God suddenly lifted his head, his sharp gaze sweeping around the surroundings, and said coldly:

"Since you've come, why hide?"

Lin Yifan's heart jolted; he hadn't expected this guy's perception to be so keen.

So he didn't hide any longer, walking straight to the doorway and stepping inside at a steady pace.

"As expected of Father of God, you really do have some skill—you actually managed to detect my arrival." Lin Yifan said lightly.

Father of God saw Lin Yifan, his face showing no surprise, instead revealing a strange smile:

"Lin Yifan, you've finally come; I originally thought I'd have to wait a while for you, but I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly."

Hearing his words, Lin Yifan's brows furrowed instantly, and he secretly felt something was off.

But having gone through so many life-and-death trials recently, he was no longer the naive beginner he once was.

Naturally, he wouldn't be frightened into fleeing by just a few words, and he calmly asked:

"What do you mean by that? How do you know I would come?"

Father of God didn't answer; instead, he lightly clapped his hands.

The next moment, the Shelter's walls suddenly cracked open, and dozens of fully armed black-clad figures rushed out from the darkness, surrounding him.

"Lin Yifan, do you really think you're that smart?" Ji Youming sneered, "From the moment you entered the Shelter, you've already fallen into my trap."

"As for how I knew you would come..."

Father of God laughed triumphantly: "Of course. Where do you think the teleport scroll in your hand came from?"

"That's just a bait I deliberately let out; I had long anticipated that once you found a way to come find me, you couldn't resist coming to kill me, so I specially prepared this big gift for you."

"Looks like I still underestimated you." Lin Yifan's heart sank; he really hadn't expected to have fallen into the other party's trap.

The black-clad men surrounding him numbered over ten, each holding a small crossbow in their right hand, with the bolts aimed at him.

However, Lin Yifan noticed that these people's eyes were all a golden-red color.

What's more strange is that their pupils were vertical slits, like a poisonous snake's eyes; just meeting their gaze could make one's scalp go numb!

No, humans couldn't possibly have such eyes!

What's more important, Lin Yifan heard no heartbeat from any of these people.

His mind suddenly recalled the Elf Clan he had encountered before, who came to this area to run Instances.

He immediately realized that these people were also likely other races coming to run Instances.

Looking again at the bolts in their hands, Lin Yifan also found them quite familiar.

Golden arrowheads, small and delicate, yet extremely ingenious.

Furthermore, the arrowheads have grooves; once they enter a target's body, they are hard to pull out in an emergency, and the negative pressure will cause the wound to tear.

Such exquisite arrowheads, once seen, are hard for Lin Yifan to forget.

Because the arrowhead that harmed Mao Mao is exactly this kind!

"So it turns out you lot are the culprits who harmed Mao Mao!"

A flash of killing intent crossed Lin Yifan's face, and he finally understood why the Heaven and Earth Society had suddenly acquired so many precious resources.

It turns out they had received support from these foreign races, but why would these foreign races support the Heaven and Earth Society?

"Those not of our kind must have different hearts!"

Even the weak Elf Clan, upon seeing this human, would first think of killing him.

Moreover, this group of vertical-pupiled foreign races is clearly formidable in combat.

They are absolutely not comparable to that bunch of weakling Elves; how could such foreign races possibly show kindness to humans for no reason?

"Unless they want more!"

Lin Yifan took a deep breath, his voice low as he said:

"Father of God, do you realize that what you see before you are not humans at all!"