How many followers are there?
Shangwu asked the crucial question.
"I'm not sure, but there are at least a hundred people there," Xu Zhou said seriously.
"Hundreds..."
Shangwu asked, "Are there any city guards?"
"That's the most crucial point."
Xu Zhou slowly revealed a major piece of news.
“According to what you say, the believers should have infiltrated the city guards, but I didn’t see a single city guard uniform there.”
"Perhaps it's not just the city guards; the entire Eleventh District has been infiltrated by cultists!"
I initially thought that only the load-bearing pillars of this wooden house in District 11 were damaged by termites, but now it seems that there are probably very few places in the entire house that are still intact!
"This is troublesome."
Shangwu murmured.
The cult members on the city's defensive side are likely all under the command of those who have risen to the higher ranks; they follow a clear line of command, making it easy to trace them and eliminate them completely.
However, the scattered believers in the community are somewhat chaotic, and whether they have leaders is a problem, making it difficult to clean them up all at once.
His gaze drifted into the distance.
Shangwu spoke up, "Do you still remember the address?"
"certainly."
"Then let's set off now."
Xu Zhou was taken aback: "They've all been exposed. They should have abandoned that stronghold by now."
“Perhaps, but not necessarily.” Shangwu explained, “They would rather expose that there are cultists in District 11 than not kill you. That stronghold is most likely not going to be moved, or they haven’t found a suitable stronghold yet and want to buy some time.”
“Your injuries are fatal. Now most of the cultists have slowed down, reorganizing their strongholds and looking for new ones. Going now might just be the perfect time to stop them.”
Xu Zhou nodded thoughtfully, then paused and said, "But there are more than a dozen grandmasters there, and maybe even kings. They are all followers, and their combat strength is relatively high."
"It's alright, just take us there."
Shangwu tapped a few times on his phone.
Since they had guessed that there were a large number of cultists hidden in District 11, and Kaitian Academy had only sent two students, Shang Wu and Xu Ruiling, they were naturally prepared to provide support at any time.
"Oh well."
Xu Zhou nodded, Shang Wu was indeed no ordinary person.
He was so decisive, and his guess was remarkably accurate.
In the original plan, he was supposed to make the suggestion to hand over the followers of this stronghold to Shangwu as a way to cut his losses and survive.
Make him mistakenly believe that all the believers in the populace are here and that he has wiped them out, so that he can focus on cleaning up the believers in the city's guards.
This time, with the higher-ups thoroughly investigating the Creation Cult, Xu Zhou never intended to let all the believers live. It would inevitably require a massive bloodbath to eliminate the inner city's suspicions about District 11.
As long as he survives, with his current influence in District 11, even if all the cultists are wiped out, as long as there are enough drugs, District 11 will eventually fall into his hands again!
Xu Zhou handed the address to Shang Wu.
"Sorry, Chenhang is still in the hospital, and there's nothing we can do to help, so we won't cause you any more trouble."
"It's alright, be careful on the road."
Shang Wu paused for a moment, then looked at Shen Qing: "And you?"
"Of course I'll stick with you guys," Shen Qing said, as if she'd already guessed. "You guys are the safest place to be right next to me!"
"Alright, hold on tight."
Flying again?
"etc!"
Shen Qing expressed her desire to stop hanging it and offered suggestions.
"You've already told them the location of the stronghold, haven't you?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Then why are we in such a hurry to get there?"
Shen Qing shrugged and said, "This time you don't need to lift a finger. We can just go and clean up the mess. Why are you in such a hurry?"
Shangwu thought for a moment and said, "That's true, then let's just forget about it."
After discussing it for a while, the three of them quickly hailed a taxi and leisurely headed towards the location of the stronghold.
Shen Qing leaned back comfortably in the passenger seat.
Shangwu and his companion clearly enjoy life, even taking a top-of-the-line luxury sedan, which has no stuffy feeling and the seats are very soft.
Of course, the most crucial point is that Shen Qing had just experienced being suspended on a flying sword at high speed without any safety measures.
Now, any mode of transportation is more comfortable than that.
"Are the three of you going to Laoshan Temple for sightseeing?"
The driver started chatting casually.
Laoshan Temple used to be a tourist attraction, but it has actually been abandoned, as locals all know.
Aside from tourists from other places, who may have read previous travel guides, they might visit Laoshan Temple.
There are hardly any people around at other times.
"More or less."
Shen Qing casually said, "Laoshan Temple used to be quite lively, but unfortunately, after the invasion of the strange beasts, no god or anything like that appeared to protect humanity."
"Gradually, people stopped believing in gods and turned to self-reliance and self-improvement."
"As a result, no one visits Laoshan Temple anymore."
The driver nodded: "Gods do not exist, but 'god' is just a title. If someone can lead us to eliminate the alien beasts, isn't he a god too?"
"That's not right."
Shen Qing said seriously, "The reason why a god is a god is not simply because of its powerful strength. It should possess something that humans cannot have at all, only then can it be called a god."
"No one else can do it, but I can do it. Isn't that a power that no human being can possess?"
The driver also offered his explanation.
"That's just an exception. In the future or the past, there will always be people like that who appear later."
"We won't mention the past, and there's no way to prove it without the existence of strange beasts, but do you know for sure that there will be in the future?" The driver paused for a moment: "Besides, it's not even certain whether there will be a future."
"It definitely has a future."
The two began to talk non-stop, as if in a debate, leaving Shang Wu and Xu Ruiling in the back seat speechless.
"Hey driver, can you please just focus on driving?" Xu Ruiling said, speechless.
Shang Wu rolled his eyes: "Shen Qing, you should be honest. You haven't even figured out humans, what are you doing studying gods?"
Interrupted by the two of them, but there seemed to be sparks flying between Shen Qing and the driver as they looked at each other.
"Leave me your contact information?" the driver asked, squinting.
"good!"
I have important business to attend to today, let's do it another day!
Martial spirit: ...
Xu Ruiling: ...
Fortunately, it finally quieted down. The driver focused on driving, and Shen Qing lowered his head, lost in thought.
Perhaps they are really considering the God the driver mentioned?
As time went by, the group could see several tall buildings in the distance.
"The Laoshan Temple is just behind there. You'll see it once you cross this intersection."
The driver began to explain, "It is said that these buildings were built by people who wanted to take advantage of the feng shui of Laoshan Temple. They were quite popular at the time."
"Who would have thought that no one would visit Laoshan Temple anymore, and their company went bankrupt as a result."
He sighed and then the red light changed.
"Look, there it is..."
The driver paused, slammed on the brakes, and looked in alarm at the small hill in the distance.
Countless pebbles flew out, and a person stood in the void, drawing a longbow and aiming it at the mountain peak.
boom!
With a deafening roar, blinding flames exploded halfway up the mountain, and some fragments of bodies could still be seen.
"No!"
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