My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 84

Chapter 84: The World Changes

“What’s going on over there?” Su Chen looked at Yang Yan and Gu Bing, whose faces were so grim they could drip water.

“Not only did it confirm my suspicions, but we also found a Heituo statue,” Xia Hanshi said in a deep voice. “Heituo is really preparing to descend with a vessel, and he’s in a hurry.”

“Heituo statue?” Su Chen showed a probing look. Was that the big thing he sensed?

Gu Bing explained to him, “It’s a statue of a heretic god, cast with a meteorite core, and it houses the power of the heretic god.”

“An oversized Guiding?” Su Chen couldn’t help but ask.

“Yes and no,” Gu Bing shook his head. “Although Guidings also possess the power of heretic gods, it’s just power. While they carry the erosive nature of heretic gods, their connection to the heretic god is shallow.”

“This kind of statue is different. It houses the true consciousness of the heretic god. The heretic god’s vessel summons the power of the heretic god’s本体 through this consciousness.”

Su Chen suddenly understood. He became even more certain that it was probably because the system had devoured its power, which caused this guy to become curious and determined to find him.

Xia Hanshi’s figure flickered and then disappeared.

“Teacher, where are you going?”

“He’s probably going to keep an eye on Zhang Hongbo.” Yang Yan’s face was complicated. “Your Southwind City… is quite deep.”

Gu Bing roughly informed him of the situation.

“The City Lord position, just like that?” Su Chen was also surprised, and he couldn’t help but sigh.

Zhang Hongbo had done so many things before, and even secretly targeted him, to a certain extent, all for the sake of maintaining his own power.

But now, he was removed so easily?

“Isn’t it supposed to be decided by Ying Feng?” Su Chen was puzzled. Dealing with Zhou Xian was a long and drawn-out process, but it was quicker with Zhang Hongbo.

Yang Yan explained, “Special cases require special handling. This time, the matter is too big, with the appearance of a priest and a Heituo statue, and it involves his direct relatives.”

“Of course…” Gu Bing added, “It won’t be announced to the public for now.”

“If Zhang Hongbo himself was unaware of these matters, he might still be able to get an idle position.”

“This is Ying Feng’s normal procedure…” Yang Yan chimed in again, “But given Old Xia’s nature, if Zhang Hongbo takes another wrong step, his whole family will die.”

His whole family will die… Su Chen thought of Zhang Hengyu and Zhang Yunqing, the siblings.

“Also…” Gu Bing paused, his face strange, “Old Xia has already ordered us to recall Yuan Chenyang. He seems to intend to let him temporarily take over as City Lord.”

“Ah?”

Su Chen found it amusing. Back then, Zhang Hongbo transferred Yuan Chenyang out, letting him take over his position as Supervisor.

Now, with a turn of events, Yuan Chenyang was actually going to temporarily take over Zhang Hongbo’s position as City Lord.

“This kind of temporary proxy usually won’t be cancelled again,” Gu Bing explained. “Yuan Chenyang also has people above him, so since he’s seized this opportunity, he won’t let it go.”

“Old Xia is trying to shut up the Third Judge.”

Su Chen also understood that Old Xia wasn’t truly reckless. He was fully aware of the consequences of his actions, but he still did them.

Some of the bad reputation was also a release of others’ helplessness towards him.

However, Su Chen thought of Old Yuan and felt a headache coming on.

Old Yuan wasn’t bad to him, and he didn’t know what to say when the time came.

“Don’t worry,” Gu Bing sighed, seeing his expression, and immediately comforted him.

Su Chen nodded and left.

“This is a rare good seedling, with kindness, perseverance, and talent, none of which are lacking. It’s just a shame that Old Xia got to him first…” Gu Bing watched Su Chen leave, feeling even more regretful.

“It was Yuan Chenyang who discovered him, but he couldn’t protect him,” Yang Yan shook his head. “Old Xia giving him a city lord position is beyond my expectations.”

“Furthermore, he might not necessarily run into trouble. Old Xia has many successful students.”

“The three who died…” Gu Bing couldn’t help but say.

“No one has seen their bodies, they just disappeared…” Yang Yan frowned. “After this interaction, Old Xia is not like what I imagined. Don’t believe those rumors anymore.”

…

“Who, who, who exactly!”

In the underground sewage system, the Heituo priest hid in the cracks, enduring the stench around him. The black robe covering his body was reduced to tattered scraps, and his skin was burned in places, throbbing with pain.

Behind him, the Heituo statue emitted a dark light, appearing extremely unstable.

“How could the news leak? All the informed individuals are believers, so how did Xia Hanshi come straight here!?”

“Where did he get the information!” The priest roared in a low voice. This sudden attack by Xia Hanshi forced him to use the power of the sacred statue to escape.

This led to a chain reaction in the subsequent plans. Now, the fragmented power of the sacred statue made it difficult to support the descent of the Heituo Holy Master.

“Exactly… exactly…” The priest suppressed his anger and forced himself to calm down. A name gradually emerged.

Zhou Xian!

Only he wasn’t a believer.

As the first high-ranking official he developed in Southwind City, even if his superficial identity was exposed, his familiarity with Southwind City was still useful.

Coupled with the death of his son, even if Zhou Xian was reluctant to become a Heituo believer, he still maintained a considerable degree of trust in him.

But now, upon careful reflection, it seemed there was only one possible way the leak could have occurred.

“This sudden attack didn’t use anyone from Nanfeng City, but came directly here, clearly with very precise information. It definitely wasn’t a lucky guess.”

The priest thought more and more, feeling that something was wrong; he was almost certain that Zhou Xian had betrayed him!

“Seeking death, seeking death!”

……

“What’s the situation?” At the elevator entrance, Sun Tai was still anxiously waiting. Seeing Su Chen return, he quickly rushed over and asked repeatedly.

Su Chen whispered, “Zhang Hongbo’s position as City Lord has been secretly removed. My teacher… uh…”

He thought for a moment and added, “Teacher Yuan is on his way back, probably to temporarily take over as City Lord.”

Visibly, Sun Tai’s pupils slowly dilated, his body swayed and bumped against the wall, and his round face gradually filled with flushed blood.

The City Lord was gone because of him!?

This was the only thought in Sun Tai’s mind.

Of course, he knew there were many other factors involved, but his influence was ultimately part of it.

Not only that, but his old superior was going to temporarily take over as City Lord?

Sun Tai was very clear about the unwritten rules involved. If Yuan Chenyang had no one backing him, he would probably only be a temporary City Lord for a while. But Yuan Chenyang came from the Tribunal, and there were also people from Ying Feng.

The word “temporary” would likely be removed very soon. At that time, wouldn’t he, the “number one contributor,” soar to the heavens?

“Brother Sun…” Su Chen couldn’t help but call out. Sun Tai’s entire face had turned blood red, and he was grinning and chuckling, looking quite frightening.

“Oh, oh…” Sun Tai snapped back to reality, his breathing gradually calming, and his face returning to normal, though still excited: “Little brother, this is truly thanks to you!”

“You deserve it,” Su Chen reminded him again. “It’s best not to let this matter leak out.”

“Understood, understood.” Fatty Sun nodded repeatedly. On his way back, he was grinning, attracting a lot of attention, and he wasn’t completely calm even after returning to his office.

“This is the Deputy Director’s room…” Su Chen then went to the new room, which was almost on the highest floor of the Supervision Department.

All kinds of configurations were extremely luxurious. The gravity training room could even reach ten times gravity, and Su Chen tried it briefly but couldn’t really handle it.

“The burden is too heavy. In this situation, the training effect actually declines.” Su Chen adjusted the multiplier on the panel to five before he could adapt.

“A lot of things happened tonight.”

Finally settled down, Su Chen also felt that the rapid changes in the situation were catching him off guard.

First, he encountered an assassination attempt, then Xia Hanshi came to his door, and then Zhang Hongbo was dismissed, all happening in a very short period of time.

“All of this seems to be because of the magical item Qi Chuan led me to, no… it started even earlier.” From Yang Yan and the others’ words, Su Chen gradually pieced together the clues.

“According to them, the Heituo cultists and Zhou Xian’s group had their own plan. Under normal circumstances, it should have been a gradual erosion, eventually leading to a harvest.”

“If it weren’t for me, Jiang He would have died, Qi Chuan would have gained Jiang Rong’s support, and Qi Chuan was Zhou Xian’s man.”

“And if the Holy Word Stone was lost, Old Yuan would be held responsible and might even be transferred, and the person who took over might even be connected to the Heretic God Cult.”

“However, all of this was disrupted by me, and then the Guiding had an accident. That Heituo probably wanted to know who devoured its power, and the Heituo cultists invested more and more power, eventually leading to this situation.”

Su Chen frowned. Before, he was caught in the middle, bewildered and ignorant of what was happening.

Now that his status was getting higher and higher, and he was learning more and more information, he gradually pieced together the truth.

And now that things had developed to this point, it seemed no one cared why the Guiding was empty anymore.

“I can’t control the course of events either.” Su Chen shook his head, deciding not to bother with these matters. He took two gulps of potion and entered his familiar training rhythm.

“But how am I going to leak the priest’s coordinates to Old Xia?”

…

“Uncle…” Zhang Yunqing opened the door, looking quite surprised at the hurried middle-aged man.

Zhang Feng rushed in, sweating profusely, “Quick, Yunqing, pack your things, something happened, we have to leave Southwind City as soon as possible.”

“Hengyu, Hengyu!” he yelled.

Zhang Hengyu came out of the gravity room, looking quite puzzled.

“Quick, quick, pack your things!” Zhang Feng urged repeatedly. Zhang Hengyu looked at his sister.

“Uncle…” Zhang Yunqing frowned slightly, “What happened?”

“Don’t ask, it’s a matter of life and death, let’s go quickly.” Zhang Feng looked anxious. “I wouldn’t lie to you, would I?”

Zhang Hengyu was visibly distraught, but Zhang Yunqing remained calm, “What exactly happened? It won’t take long to explain.”

“Alas… your father is connected to the Heretic God Cult!” Zhang Feng gritted his teeth.

“What!?” Zhang Hengyu’s pupils dilated in shock, finding it unbelievable.

Zhang Yunqing’s heart skipped a beat.

“Why go to such lengths?” A long sigh suddenly echoed, and Zhang Hongbo walked out of the shadows, both annoyed and helpless, with a suppressed murderous intent.

“Why involve these two?”

Zhang Feng’s face was also startled, and then gradually became ferocious, “I’m your brother, and you secretly investigated me!?”

“You think it’s me?”

“If it wasn’t you secretly investigating, who else could it be? No one in all of Nanfeng dares to touch the General Commercial Warehouse!” Zhang Feng gritted his teeth, “A great situation, ruined by you!”

“What did they promise you?” Zhang Hongbo’s tone was calm. “Isn’t this life enough?”

“It’s precisely because of this kind of life,” Zhang Feng said hoarsely, “that it only lasts a few decades. How is that enough!”

“It’s longevity, after all,” Zhang Hongbo was not at all surprised.

Zhang Yunqing looked at Zhang Feng in shock and anger.

“Big brother!” Zhang Feng became fawning again. “Join me, and with the two of us joining forces, won’t Nanfeng be effortlessly within our grasp?”

“At that time, living happily forever, isn’t that good?”

(End of this chapter)