Damn it! Let’s smash the darkness together!

Chapter 1356 - 176: Righteous Tricksters, Deadly Narrow Escape

Earlier, I actually encountered a small group of the Nagou Secret Sect on the wastelands. Although they were very weak, it was like a common cult spreading around.

But those beasts from the Oblivion Followers and the Salvation Army, they have a history after all...

However, targeting a first-tier safety zone instead of a second or third-tier one? We’ve thought about this before, logically, they shouldn’t be so foolish... Nevertheless, luckily I warned Xiao Ya about it. Considering the local Astronomy Association’s strength, it shouldn’t end up as bleak as the D8B3 District. The number of Demigods here even requires two hands to count.

Damn it, another war between Living and dead cultivators, and now there’s someone suspected of cult activities causing trouble. It makes me have no time to spend more with my family.

Why am I so unlucky? Always no place for peace wherever I go?

Damn Salvation Army, sooner or later I’ll wipe you all out!

Xu Shu cursed silently in his heart, and soon arrived at the door.

At this night, the lights are just starting to shine, and outside on the overpass streets, it was bustling with people coming and going.

But the two residences in this household were unusually quiet.

The reason is nothing more than that the blockade here was only lifted this afternoon, and there was no one in the one-ladder-two-household.

Xu Shu didn’t let his guard down but silently activated his Spiritual Vision, checking the surroundings.

After confirming that there was nothing strange in surveillance or anyone lurking, he went to his door and reached into his Lace Storage Bag, pulling out a key.

"It’s only been a few days, and it’s already starting to rust. The local door locks are really unreliable."

Xu Shu tried inserting it a few times but couldn’t, thinking how embarrassing it would be to have to use ’Nine and One Wear Walls’ at his own home, he must go through the front door.

So, he applied some lubricant, rubbed the long metallic key up and down the tight moist keyhole opening on the door, evened it out, and then aimed precisely.

Clink~

With forceful pressure, the key instantly sank to the bottom of the lock hole, tightly biting together with the lock core that hadn’t seen anyone for a long time.

Clearly, this petite and lovely lock core had long been shaped like Xu Shu’s key, biting tightly with no gap at all.

"Phew!"

Xu Shu let out a long breath, twisting and adjusting the position with force.

Click, zzz!

The door was forced open a crack by Xu Shu. His tall figure nearly filled the door gap, then silently slid in.

The house, reasonably spacious, was empty with no one around. Only the various colored neon lights from outside the window streamed in, making it even more silent.

Xu Shu glanced around, not hesitating much, quickly went to his room, and familiarly peered under the bed.

Great, Wu Liuzhi’s brocade box storage bag was still there, not taken away!

"Hehe, seems the investigators here don’t recognize the goods, otherwise, I’d have to fetch it from the Judgement Department."

Xu Shu shook his head, chuckling. Not even mentioning how rare this storage equipment itself was, it also contained quite a bit of money inside.

After a bit of fiddling, he simply wrapped the brocade box with cloth, hanging it across his waist, using it as a crossbeam for the amber orange cat wine barrel.

This setup looked quite peculiar, but the advantage was it could keep the wine barrel stable, ensuring the blood inside wouldn’t spill.

Subsequently, Xu Shu walked around his home, took all his family’s identity documents, residency certificates, and other materials, even including not particularly important rental contracts, ensuring he missed nothing.

As for the newly bought furniture, since there’s no place to move it to, he could only leave them here.

After completing all this, Xu Shu sat under the sofa, reminiscing a bit about the past hard life, and also calmed his breathing, like a wooden puppet—he thought to stake out a bit, to see if the Voodoo or that Bruce White might return!

"Hey, returning to the crime scene is a common behavior for many criminals, but the chance shouldn’t be high."

Xu Shu’s mouth curled into a smile. If they came, he was definitely going to give them a big surprise!

After waiting a while, not seeing anything unusual and feeling a bit bored, he reached into his underwear to drive it, paying attention to the surroundings as he browsed.

Swoosh!

A pale gold screen opened up in front of him. The Ascended Network interface quickly scaled down to a palm-size, displaying some familiar words:

*Ascended Network

*Gu Pan (Tai Chu), Third-rank Dragon Elephant

*Contribution: 33149

——

Seeing the slightly exaggerated number, Xu Shu smiled, also feeling a bit of anticipation.

According to Lu Bingwei’s account, by this time, they should have already come out from the ruins.

Xu Shu remembered very clearly, back in the Qingshan Temple secret realm, Yan Huoxing promised that if he helped them fight, they would compensate him with items equivalent to the value of a third-tier Yin King or Corpse King, to cover his empty losses.

Don’t forget!

To his relief, there were indeed three new friend requests at the lower left corner.

He opened them to see they were from Yan Huoxing, Ali, and Lu Bingwei respectively.

Both Ali and Lu Bingwei used their real names, of course, this real name could also be a nickname, Xu Shu didn’t really care, so he thought of them as their real names.

While Yan Huoxing used the name "Fire and Ice Twofold Heaven".

"This guy plays even more than I do with a name like that." Xu Shu smiled while accepting the friend requests.

Brother Ha Ha and Ali were very polite, greeting him with a "Brother Xu", "Big Brother", making Xu Shu quite pleased.

And Lu Bingwei was still as cold as ever with just one sentence.

"Open your payment portal." —Lu Bingwei, Third-level Heavenly Master.