"How dare you come here," Chen Yu said calmly while painting.
The young man sized him up, then smiled and said, "So even the demigod of the Chen family feels a sense of crisis? He's actually using forbidden objects to aid his painting, trying to create more works before the great battle? I heard that this bell is usually used by ordinary painters, and the demigod himself doesn't want to accelerate his own lifespan."
Chen Yu glanced at the composed young man and said, "Let's get down to business. If you can't satisfy me, you don't need to go back as a puppet."
The young man laughed and said, "Your enemy is Qing Chen, and so is my enemy. We have common interests."
“The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend,” Chen Yu put down his paintbrush. “If you want to kill him, that’s your business. If I want to kill him, I will do it myself. There’s no need to join forces with others.”
This is the pride of a demigod; a demigod who wants to kill someone doesn't really need to team up with anyone.
At this moment, the young man said, "I have already joined forces with the Roosevelt Kingdom of the Western Continent. I wonder if you are interested in joining us?"
Chen Yu glanced at him: "Not interested."
“Then let me tell you something more important,” the young man said with a smile. “Do you want to know the secrets of the earth?”
Chen Yu narrowed his eyes slightly: "You also know about things underground."
“I crawled out of there,” the young man explained. “I am a bio-engineered being created by the Fireseed Corporation, and my genetic source is the Zong family conglomerate of the Second Era, Zong Cheng.”
Chen Yu carefully examined the puppeteer: "What's underground?"
"The secret to becoming a god," the young man laughed, "I know that only something like this can pique the interest of a demigod, which is why I dared to come here. Let me explain in detail. The underground base contains a vast amount of information about the Fire Seed, including the entire process of how the god Ren Xiaosu received treatment from the Fire Seed Company after being diagnosed with cancer."
Chen Yu became serious.
The young man continued, “After living with cancer, both my mind and body are on the verge of collapse, but Ren He found special items from the Northwest that helped stabilize my condition.”
"How do I know you're telling the truth?" Chen Yu asked. "Give me the underground data, and then tell me what you're planning to do."
The young man shook his head: "I only glanced at those documents back then. Most of them were destroyed by the Fireseed Company. Some were broken into pieces, and some were burned."
Chen Yu sneered: "Then what value do you have to me?"
The young man said, “But I know someone can restore them, and has already done so.”
"Chen Yu?" Chen Yu immediately thought of Da Yu and the other party's ability to use paintings almost infinitely.
The young man opposite him laughed and said, "That's right. Chen Yu has a forbidden item called the Shroud of the Saint. It was seized by Qing Chen from the Time Travelers of the Western Continent. It can restore any item, such as paintings or underground data of the Fire Seed Company."
"You mean, Qingchen has already restored the information about the Fire Seed?" Chen Yu asked.
The young man nodded: "That's right. Not only that, he has already developed a drug that allows us to coexist with cancer at any time."
“Oh? Then why doesn’t he just become a demigod?” Chen Yu sneered.
“Because he still lacks something to stabilize his mental will,” the young man replied. “That thing is in Forbidden Land No. 001, and he has already set off.”
Chen Yu asked, "You mean, Qing Chen has already gone to Forbidden Land No. 001 to find the thing that helped Ren Xiaosu stabilize his mental will back then?"
The young man nodded: "Exactly."
Chen Yu looked at him: "You want me to go to Forbidden Land No. 001 to kill him?"
"That's right."
Chen Yu sneered: "Use me as a knife? Do you even have the qualifications to be the one to wield the knife? Uncle Xu, show the guest out."
The demigod ultimately did not kill the young man, but instead left each other with some leeway, perhaps even having the opportunity to cooperate in the future.
After seeing the puppeteer off, Chen Yu stood in the courtyard and picked up his paintbrush again, but he hesitated to put it down, his wrist suspended in mid-air.
Becoming a god is something that everyone who reaches the demigod realm will inevitably think about.
Just like playing a game, once you reach a certain rank, you'll naturally want to reach an even higher rank.
Moreover, becoming a god means longevity and immortality, and it means that the Chen family will prosper forever!
Is there anyone who doesn't want to become a god? Certainly not.
After thinking it over, Chen Yu looked at Uncle Xu and said, "Uncle Xu, please bundle up all my paintings. I'm going on a trip to the Northwest."
Uncle Xu was taken aback: "All of them, including the three paintings I've kept hidden away?"
There are six in total.
“Yes, have someone follow that puppeteer and see where he goes,” Chen Yu said. “Also, starting today, the manor will not receive any guests. Tell everyone in the family that I am in seclusion.”
“Understood,” Xu Bo replied.
After the painting was bundled up and placed in a backpack, Chen Yu changed his clothes, carried the backpack, opened a secret passage, and walked into the darkness.
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After leaving the Chen residence, the young man wandered around for a while. First, he ate a bowl of crab roe noodles in the wealthy area of City 7. After wiping his mouth with satisfaction, he went to eat pan-fried dumplings.
After finishing their pan-fried buns, it was already noon. The young people went to the Old City God Temple to stroll around and digest their food. In the evening, they went straight to No. 7 City Specialty Restaurant and ate local smoked fish and braised pork.
The people keeping watch were confused. Was this guy here to eat?
The young man walked out of the restaurant and strolled around casually. But as soon as he turned into an alley, the person keeping watch noticed something was wrong and immediately quickened his pace to catch up with him.
Just as they ran into the alley, they saw the young man waiting at the corner.
In a flash, the young man reached out with both hands, shattering the Adam's apples of the two men like thunder, then turned and walked into the darkness deep in the alley. Somehow, his figure flashed and disappeared.
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"Ah, that scared me to death!" The young man patted his chest. "That's the Chen family demigod! I actually went and chatted with the Chen family demigod face to face! Can you believe how scary that is?!"
Zard and Da Yu, sitting opposite him, nodded: "That was scary... Xiao Jiu, how is it? Did he believe it?"
“I think he believes it,” Xiao Jiu nodded.
Xiao Jiu has been a member of the parent-teacher association for a while, and recently became a new core member, a core member who has been secretly responsible for intelligence.
Xiao Jiu said, "I did as my parents told me to do. I pretended to be a puppeteer and then revealed the information to Chen Yu with a mix of truth and falsehood. If nothing unexpected happens, he will go to Forbidden Land No. 001."
“Very good,” Da Yu nodded, “Thank you for your hard work.”
Xiao Jiu grinned and said, "It's not hard work at all, it's just what I should do. As long as my parents give the order, I'll go even if it means going through fire and water!"
In fact, everyone understood that this trip to see Chen Yu was a matter of life and death.
Whether Xiao Jiu lives or dies depends entirely on Chen Yu's mood.
Even under these circumstances, Xiao Jiu was able to perform the entire show without changing her expression. This courage and boldness are enough to prove that the parents' meeting is full of talented people.
Zard: "Little Nine is awesome!"
"Hehe," Xiao Jiu smiled shyly.
Da Yu looked at Zard: "I'm not joking with you this time. Qing Chen risked his life, and Xiao Jiu almost lost his life. Don't waste the opportunity they fought for us because of your frivolity."
Da Yu knew that Qing Chen was using him as bait to lure Chen Yu away from here. Only when Chen Yu left could they seize control of the Chen family, obtain the Chen family's army, and also the Chen family's air fleet and air fortress.
He and Zard came here to seize power.
etc!
Da Yu thought to himself that even if he could seize power, all his previous efforts would be in vain once Chen Yu returned from Forbidden Land No. 001.
So Qing Chen wasn't luring the tiger away from the mountain... he was going to kill the tiger in Forbidden Land No. 001!
It would only make sense for them to seize power if Chen Yu could never return to City 7!
Chapter 910, Wingsuit Flying Training
Da Yu and the others waited for a long time, until nightfall, before he finally received the news that Chen Yu had gone into seclusion.
He knew that Chen Yu had already left City 7.
“Let’s go,” Da Yu said, getting up and walking out of the apartment toward the most magnificent manor in the center of City 7.
Upon arriving at the gate, the manor's servants recognized him at a glance and hurriedly ran out to greet him: "You're finally back! While I was away, the old man and your mother talked about you every day at meals, wondering how you were doing."
"Yes, I'm back," Da Yu said as he got off the shuttle bus in front of the massive villa. He walked into the villa and called out loudly, "Grandpa, Mom, I'm back!"
The countdown has reached zero; we're back to normal.
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Countdown 168:00:00.
The world is lit up again.
Qingchen opened his eyes in the training base. The outside was still deserted, with no new trainees arriving.
He got up and went to the training room, where he practiced the basic techniques of skydiving by himself. Then he carefully folded his parachute, making sure it was neat and tidy.
A parachute is a wingsuit flyer's lifeline.
If a mistake is made in the air, the parachute will open and the person will live; if the parachute fails to open, the person will die.
Hearing the commotion, Alice from next door came curiously to the training room door: "You must have just returned, right?"
“Yes,” Qingchen nodded.
"Don't you need to rest?" Alice asked.
Qing Chen smiled and said, "Please have Coach Sorel take me wingsuit flying this morning, starting with high altitude and then low altitude."
"Huh?" Alice was stunned. "But you've only done 25 skydives so far. You usually need to do 200. You don't have any experience with low-altitude skydiving and can't handle the turbulent airflow at low altitudes. Opening your parachute in wingsuit flying is actually very dangerous because you're at such a low altitude and so fast... I suggest you do another 100 skydives before you try wingsuit flying."
“No need,” Qing Chen said with a smile. “I know you are responsible for my life, but I insist on starting wingsuit flying training this morning. I will arrange another helicopter and a professional team to assist with the helicopter’s maintenance, upkeep, and refueling. All I need is for instructor Sorel to accompany me throughout the training and point out my mistakes. For this, I can pay double the price.”
Alice suddenly realized that wingsuit flying was not a hobby for Qingchen.
After thinking for a long time, she said, "Okay, but you don't need to pay double the price. We are dedicated professionals."
“That’s great,” Qing Chen said with a smile. “If the helicopter doesn’t crash after the training is over, I can give it to you as a gift.”
Alice felt that she understood this reclusive billionaire less and less.
When she first met Qingchen, she thought he was just an overseas Chinese from Birmingham who had some money and loved extreme sports.
But when she saw Qingchen being picked up by a convoy and returning covered in injuries, she realized something was different.