"If it's not her fault, is it mine?" Jia Xia Chuhe was full of resentment.

"I can tell she's had a tough time, but she's not a bad person. You said it yourself, she was thrown out as a mutant. If she had a choice, she probably wouldn't have chosen such a bad start, right?"

"Er Ya! Are you serious? If you're truly on her side, go to Taotie City. Maybe she needs a strategist who only causes trouble and makes things worse!"

Er Ya pouted and refused to talk to her anymore.

After venting his anger, Jia Xia Chuhe calmed down and began to think about Er Ya's words.

If it wasn't her fault, nor Xia Chuhe's fault, then the only person at fault was the one controlling her fate—the head of the upper family.

But Xia Chuhe was unwilling to doubt him.

She grew up in the upper class and lived a carefree life for eighteen years. From a young age, her mother told her that their family was able to live such a good life because of the kindness of the head of the household.

Even though her parents made mistakes, the head of the family did not kill her, but instead gave her a chance to live.

Putting aside any bias towards the family head, judging solely from their abilities and resources, the family head could indeed control the fates of both her and Xia Chuhe.

But why would the head of the family do this?

Why should the master bother with two tiny insects underground?

Xia Chuhe picked up the rabbit skin from the ground and stretched it out: "Um, I've finished making the skin. Do you have any more straw?"

Ironically, after all those years in the upper echelons and the base, the fake Xia Chuhe didn't have any special abilities, but after leaving the base, she awakened them.

Ironically, her special ability is to escape unscathed.

As long as she has a proper shell, she can hide her real body and let her soul act from inside the shell. If she encounters danger, she can simply discard the shell and run away.

Sometimes, even Xia Chuhe suspected that fate was playing a joke on her, making her unable to leave this shell for the rest of her life.

But no matter how unwilling she was, Jia Xia Chuhe still had to rely on her supernatural abilities to survive. After several months of exploration, she found the most comfortable shell she could make so far—an outer skin made of various processed animal hides, and an inner lining of soft straw.

Er Ya had been saved by the fake Xia Chuhe, and knowing that she had a bad temper and a stubborn mouth, she didn't argue with her and kindly handed her straw.

Seeing that Er Ya wasn't angry, Jia Xia Chuhe breathed a sigh of relief and changed the subject again: "Besides her, there's no one else. Those family heads at the top are all good people."

"Yes, the head of the family is kind-hearted and can't bear to see the poor suffer, so he kicked you out," Er Ya said sarcastically.

The fake Xia Chuhe ignored this and focused on making the shell. When he released his superpower, the shell seemed to have gained a skeleton, naturally expanding and taking on the shape of Xia Chuhe.

"Take a look and see how it goes."

“It’s fine.” Er Ya stroked her chin. “I just don’t understand, if you think this face is shameful, why did you make it look like hers?”

The fake Xia Chuhe got angry again: "What do you mean 'her face'? This is my face! Why can't I use my face?! I'm not giving it to her!"

The fake Xia Chuhe grew increasingly angry as she spoke: "That person is wicked! Look at her videos, they're all labeled as counterfeit, openly and subtly claiming they're genuine, trying to smear me! She's clearly the counterfeit one, and she's the one featured in those videos!"

“Sister Dong, I think she filmed those videos just for you to see.” Er Ya suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a possibility.

"What?" Jia Xia Chuhe didn't understand what she meant.

“Besides you, who else would be so angry after watching this video? Everyone else was having a good time, but your reaction was different from everyone else's. That video was made for you.” Er Ya stated her conclusion with certainty. “She also wants to see you.”

Xia Chuhe recalled his previous experience of being ambushed and was still shaken.

That person is too strong and too fast.

She had no choice but to run away.

Er Ya's words made sense. That person wanted to catch her, but force didn't work, so he tried to lure her out with a video.

What does that person want to do?

To silence them?

If I kill myself, there will only be one person in this world with Xia Chuhe's face.

But... what if Xia Chuhe is killed instead?

Jiaxia Chuhe was somewhat tempted.

If that person is killed in retaliation, I can replace her and become the real Xia Chuhe, the city lord of Taotie City, possessing Taotie City, Dream Chasing City, and the trading market. I will no longer have to hide and live a life of uncertainty...

No, you can't think like that.

He was originally Xia Chuhe, and now he just wanted to take back what was rightfully his.

If successful, the rewards will be enormous. If it fails, all you'll lose is the shell.

Jia Xia Chuhe affectionately pinched Er Ya's cheek: "Our Er Ya is so smart, I should go see her."

...

Xia Chuhe received two messages from Lu Danggui.

The difference is that one uses Fetion, and the other uses Haijiao.

The message from Feixin provided some information about the Heavenly God Temple and urged Xia Chuhe to come there, as it contained what Xia Chuhe needed. Furthermore, Lu Dangui was in danger inside and awaiting rescue.

The message from the cape also contained information about the Temple of the Heavenly Saints. The difference was that the last sentence of this message was: "Don't go to the Temple of the Heavenly Saints, don't trust anyone else, and next time we meet, you can attack me."

Xia Chuhe could guess with his toes that the message from the cape was actually sent by Lu Dangui.

I just don't know who sent the message using Fetion.

As for why the real Lu Dangui both advised Xia Chuhe against going to the Heavenly God Temple and yet provided information about it, it's easy to understand—the person behind the scenes is relentless in achieving their goals, and Xia Chuhe, whether willingly or unwillingly, would likely have to go to the Heavenly God Temple anyway. Since that's the case, it's better to prepare information in advance and take the initiative.

Heavenly God Temple...

Lu Danggui repeatedly emphasized the places not to go.

During this time, Xia Chuhe was not entirely unaware of the Heavenly God Temple, after all, many people from the Heavenly God Temple had infiltrated the army initially formed by Taotie City.

What these people have in common is that they believe in God and are obsessed with Brutus.

Blue is a drug that is ostensibly used as a tranquilizer but is actually a narcotic. Many people want to sell this drug at the Cape Trading Market.

Because Taotie City is located on the only way between the Heavenly God Temple and the trading market, Xia Chuhe intercepted a lot of medicine.

Unfortunately, there are no experts in Taotie City who can research medicine. Xia Chuhe still hasn't figured out this medicine. He has only banned its circulation in Taotie City and forbade the people in Taotie City from taking it.

The true path, as mentioned in the message, is that the Temple of the Holy God is an important production site of Bru.

If Xia Chuhe is going to the Temple of the Heavenly God, he must not touch this medicine, nor consume any food or water from the Temple of the Heavenly God, and should avoid contact with everything in the city as much as possible.

Therefore, avoiding the Heavenly God Temple is the safest option.

Xia Chuhe tapped the table lightly. Her immediate priority was upgrading the farm. The farm already had 10,000 mu of land, and she wanted to see if the next upgrade could double that amount.

In order to find the next suitable dungeon for grinding experience, Xia Chuhe flipped through the small notes accumulated by the dungeon locator.

At that moment, she was unaware that a woman who looked exactly like her was stuck at the city gate.

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