My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 150

Chapter 150: Royal Court Holy Feast (monthly votes requested at the beginning of the month)

“He was crushed to death just like that, huh?”

Su Chen raised an eyebrow, looking at the muscular, bronze-skinned giant before him, half his body stuck in the second floor, his bulging muscles distinct like tree roots, an intimidating pressure assaulting him.

Those eyes, as large as a baby’s fist, stared intently at him.

His body gradually shrunk, and to Su Chen’s surprise, the clothes he was wearing also began to shrink proportionally, clearly not ordinary garments.

“Are you alright?” Teng Liang was secretly relieved when he confirmed Su Chen was unharmed, then asked again for confirmation.

“I’m fine, Senior Brother arrived just in time.” Su Chen shook his head, but then hesitated, “However, I just suspected it, I wasn’t certain this guy was Meng Qi in disguise.”

The message Su Chen sent to Director Teng only said that someone had suddenly come to him, their behavior was strange, and he was suspicious.

He had thought that Teng Liang would at most restrain him, but he didn’t expect Teng Liang to just flatten him.

He was sure this guy was Meng Qi in disguise, but could Teng Liang be sure too?

“Better to kill the wrong person than let the right one go.” Teng Liang’s coldness surprised Su Chen, and then he heard him say, “Besides, I trust Junior Brother’s intuition very much.”

This reason… was truly impeccable.

“And this corpse is indeed not right.” Teng Liang stared at the mangled heap of flesh on the floor.

Although it had turned into a pulpy mess, the bits of flesh were still slowly wriggling, as if trying to reassemble, clearly not normal life.

At this moment, a ruthlessness Su Chen had never seen before flashed in Teng Liang’s eyes. “He doesn’t know what’s good for him, if he doesn’t hide properly, he still dares to show up and attack.”

“Every wrongdoer has their reckoning; if he had come for me, I would have respected him as something.”

Teng Liang was angry, believing that the reason this guy attacked Su Chen was essentially retaliation against him, otherwise he wouldn’t have found Su Chen.

“Senior Brother, your hand was too heavy,” Su Chen looked down at the pile of rotten flesh. “The Chief probably still wanted to ask him how Wei Yinsuo died.”

“We should have destroyed the body last time,” Teng Liang said coldly. “Leaving him was a hidden danger. As for how Wei Yinsuo died, would this kind of monster tell us?”

“Alright.” Su Chen didn’t want to see this thing resurrect again, it was too eerie.

What a lunatic!

Among the pile of corrupted flesh on the ground, the consciousness belonging to “Meng Qi” had not yet dissipated, only surprised and furious.

He never thought that his risky move would be ruined by a crude man, who wouldn’t even give him a chance to explain, and just smashed him to death.

“Such a good Faceless shell, just gone. The Holy Feast is approaching, and I won’t have a chance to create a second body. Damn it!”

The goal of preserving the body was completely shattered, and the remaining consciousness within it gradually vanished.

“Why is it still moving…” Su Chen stared at the scattered body parts on the ground, frowning. “Let’s burn it.”

“Good idea.” Teng Liang nodded, and with a wave of his hand, a green flame landed on the corpse, instantly igniting a raging fire.

At the same time, the surroundings gradually became noisy as the Tribunal members, sensing the commotion, gathered.

…

On the top floor of the central building of the Tribunal, Chong Jingtian was looking down at the entire Tribunal, his brows furrowed deeply with unwavering worry.

“…The explosion in the Emergency Department seems to be due to uncontrolled ghoul power within him, perhaps he was fighting someone before he died…”

Lei Tieyan sighed, “But if we don’t figure out why he sent people away, we probably can’t continue the investigation.”

This was a dead end. Wei Yinsuo was already dead, who knew what he wanted to do.

“Why does it feel like the Cult’s activities have been very frequent recently?” You Shan’s eyes showed confusion. “Especially today, all sorts of Heretic God Cultists are rushing to their deaths. Are Wei Yinsuo and that corpse so important?”

“Not just recently…” Chong Jingtian slowly began, “There’s the latest news from Old Xia’s side, not just Ying Feng, Yuandu, Lieyang, and other controlled areas, there have been varying degrees of blood sacrifices.”

“I suspect it’s the ‘Holy Feast’ mentioned by the Royal Court.”

“Holy Feast?” You Shan’s eyes showed confusion.

“Exactly…” Chong Jingtian said faintly, “Ten years ago, we first encountered the Royal Court and learned that beyond the firmament, there’s an boundless vastness.”

“It was only then that the four cities ceased their conflicts and stopped fighting.”

Lei Tieyan and You Shan had long known about the Royal Court and listened quietly.

Chong Jingtian’s voice was low: “They mentioned that once the number of Heretic God Cultists on a planet reaches a certain threshold, the gods will initiate a Holy Feast to determine the planet’s ownership, thereby entirely transforming it into a divine paradise.”

“Is that true?” Lei Tieyan stood up abruptly, his face grim.

You Shan, hearing this for the first time, was also unsettling.

Chong Jingtian sighed, “The elders guess that the Heretic God Cultists’ actions are becoming more frequent, so it’s highly likely they’re preparing to initiate the Holy Feast.”

“Then what about us…” You Shan hesitated, “Can we ask the Royal Court for help?”

Chong Jingtian smiled bitterly: “Even if we ask, they might not agree. We can only offer the most valuable thing, the thing they didn’t find back then, the profession we jointly concealed… that profession.”

“Even so, from now on, we can only be a subsidiary of the Royal Court, and over sixty percent of our resources will have to be handed over every year.”

Just like Ying Feng received sustenance from lower-level cities, they would then provide sustenance to the Royal Court. Not only Ying Feng, but people in other areas were also very resistant.

“However, as long as we can prevent the Holy Feast from starting, we still have a chance.”

It sounded simple, but it was anything but. The mist isolated everything, and Heretic God Cultists could do too many things. Both Lei Tieyan and You Shan understood this.

Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Chong Jingtian did not continue, changing the topic: “According to the Royal Court, in some places with special resources, there is also intense competition among the Heretic Gods.”

“They will even observe with a portion of their consciousness, or even participate.”

Chong Jingtian’s words were abrupt, but Lei Tieyan and You Shan both reacted, hesitating, “Are you saying, Meng Qi?”

“Indeed.” Chong Jingtian nodded, solemnly saying, “Faceless Ghost followers cannot achieve such perfect disguises. After the body was taken this time, I suspect it might have been truly born from the flesh and blood of a Heretic God.”

Lei Tieyan and You Shan felt a subtle tremor in their hearts. What they had been fighting against were always Heretic God Cultists, not actual Heretic Gods.

To truly face the methods of a Heretic God, or even a true Heretic God born of flesh and blood… “Why did he infiltrate the Tribunal?” Lei Tieyan questioned after a moment of silence, “Is he trying to become a high-ranking official and then collude from within?”

“That possibility cannot be ruled out,” Chong Jingtian nodded.

“Then we must find him as soon as possible,” Lei Tieyan couldn’t help but say, “If it’s truly the creation of a Heretic God’s flesh and blood, the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for us.”

Chong Jingtian smiled bitterly. What he said was true, but if it was truly a creation of the Heretic God, it was still a question of whether they could find it.

But just then, his eyes flashed, and he tilted his head slightly, looking directly in a certain direction, his face suddenly changing.

With a crack, he had already shattered the glass, glass shards flying, and he was gone.

“Something’s happened!” Lei Tieyan and You Shan reacted a beat slower, but they also noticed the powerful, undisguised energy fluctuations not far away.

From afar, Chong Jingtian saw people gathering in the core seed residential area, and his heart sank.

In the Tribunal now, Su Chen was the only core seed. Could it be him…

His figure landed in an instant, but seeing Su Chen and Teng Liang perfectly fine before him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“This is…” He walked over, and before he could speak, Teng Liang pointed to the charred object on the ground and said, “Chief, we found him.”

“Found him?” Chong Jingtian paused, looking in astonishment at the charred, irregular object on the ground.

So fast?

“This…” He couldn’t speak for a moment, until Lei Tieyan and You Shan arrived, then he asked, “What exactly happened?”

Su Chen briefly summarized, “Meng Qi disguised himself as a judge to find me. I noticed his unusual expression and strange behavior, so I secretly notified Senior Brother Teng. Senior Brother Teng immediately subdued him when he arrived, and discovered he was indeed Meng Qi in disguise.”

“This thing is Meng Qi?”

Lei Tieyan and You Shan finally understood what was going on, and looked at the thing on the ground with astonished eyes.

This is what a Heretic God looks like?

Chong Jingtian’s previous pronouncements had led them to believe it might be impossible to find, yet no sooner had he spoken than the person had turned into a charred block.

Lei Tieyan quickly composed himself, noticing the oddity in Su Chen’s words, and asked, “How did you confirm that he was Meng Qi?”

“After his death, his body was still wriggling,” Teng Liang said.

Only confirmed after death?

Lei Tieyan’s face darkened, and Chong Jingtian frowned slightly, but didn’t say anything.

He simply had someone peel open the charred corpse, took a piece of relatively intact flesh from within, and sent it to the laboratory for comparison.

After doing all this, Chong Jingtian raised his palm slightly, his five fingers curled, and the charred fragments of the corpse on the ground began to tremble silently.

The next moment, like a sand dune scattered by the wind, all the remains instantly disintegrated into fine black particles, rustling and dispersing, leaving no trace.

He couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, looking at Su Chen, “Was he trying to attack you?”

“Perhaps, after all, Senior Brother Teng disrupted his lurking, and he couldn’t deal with Senior Brother Teng.” Su Chen replied, “Perhaps he also wanted to impersonate me after succeeding.”

Impersonate Su Chen?

A subtle thought suddenly arose in Chong Jingtian’s mind: Is the current Su Chen really Su Chen?

This thought was quickly quashed by him. If he thought any further, perhaps no one in the entire Tribunal could truly be cleared of suspicion.

When the comparison results from the research came out, if they didn’t match the previous data, it wouldn’t be too late to suspect Su Chen.

Thinking this, a hint of undetectable fear suddenly flickered in Chong Jingtian’s heart. Was this the true horror of the Faceless Ghost?

Looking around, though they were all familiar people and familiar faces, perhaps someone among them had already been replaced.

In the past, they had methods to detect cultists, and the disguise of Faceless Ghosts couldn’t fool them, so they had never experienced such a deeply unsettling feeling.

Meng Qi’s appearance was like a thorn, piercing into his heart.

What if another creature like Meng Qi appeared?

They couldn’t find anything unusual about Meng Qi.

“Chief…” Lei Tieyan called out, and Chong Jingtian suppressed his emotions, saying lightly, “The most troublesome one has been found. If there are any remaining Faceless Ghost cultists, they won’t be able to hide for long.”

“Su Chen, well done.” Chong Jingtian praised, but anyone could tell their chief was distracted.

“It’s what I should do,” Su Chen responded respectfully.

The area was temporarily sealed off, and to ensure Su Chen’s safety, Teng Liang took him to his own residence.

He also had a gravity training room, and the Spirit Communicator was easy to carry.

Teng Liang arranged him on the second floor; there were many rooms, and usually no one lived there.

Su Chen casually picked a room, lying on the bed with his face up, all the things that had happened before flowing through his mind.

He had tried his best to cover up Wei Yinsuo’s death, so they shouldn’t trace it back to him. “Regardless, the Tribunal must figure out why Wei Yinsuo voluntarily sent people away.”

“It’s a miracle if they can figure that out.”

Su Chen’s thoughts wandered, “I just don’t know if that high priest is really dead, or just a part of his spirit body…”

“But it doesn’t matter, my identity as Su Chen wasn’t exposed at the time anyway.”

“As for that Black Tuluo fellow, he keeps issuing divine edicts, but he doesn’t have any overwhelming power. He probably has some kind of restriction, like not being able to arbitrarily interfere with reality. Otherwise, he would have just picked me up with a big hand.”

“But the most important thing is still the stone tablet. The people from Yuandu are also after the stone tablet. It seems I’ll have to go find Old Sang in a couple of days to figure out what’s going on with the ‘Venerable’ profession, which even needs recognition…”

Now that he wasn’t a novice anymore and was not far from Tier 4, directly asking should yield useful information.

“Just in time to ask him about the Tier 4 job choices. I’ve also managed to get three mid-grade Black Tuluo powers, which should be enough.”

Su Chen thought, his body gradually dematerializing, hidden in the interlayer, attempting to switch to his Black Tuo Priest state again.

After sensing it for a moment, he said in surprise, “Empty?”

(End of this chapter)