The Relationship Between the Rat God Cult and the Divine Plant Cult

The outskirts of Shanhai City.

Several heavily armored security vehicles came to a stop in front of an abandoned factory.

As the car door opened, a group of fully armed security guards immediately poured out and rushed into the factory in an orderly fashion.

"The security guards are coming! Run!"

A loud shout rang out from inside the factory.

Then came a burst of intense gunfire.

Drug dealers are well aware of the enormity of their crimes; once caught, they are basically facing the death penalty.

Therefore, they all raised their guns in resistance, firing wildly at the security guards who came to arrest them.

It's either you die or I die.

Faced with the drug traffickers' overwhelming firepower, the security guards chose to temporarily avoid a direct confrontation.

Anyway, there are drones guarding the factory, so the drug dealers can't escape.

Unlike the security guards, Lin Zichen did not choose to avoid the limelight, but instead charged directly at the drug dealers amidst a hail of bullets.

Unlike the ordinary security guards, he Biological Rank of up to the Tier 9 and his body had been tempered, making him extremely strong. He could even withstand heavy sniper rifles and was not afraid of ordinary firearms.

Seeing this, Luo Yongjian behind him gritted his teeth and followed suit, charging forward despite his fear.

He's the Provincial Top Scholar, after all; he can't back down at a time like this.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

Seeing the two men charging straight at them, the drug dealers immediately began to suppress them with firepower.

The bullets struck Lin Zichen as if hitting steel, ricocheting off completely and only tearing his clothes without causing him any harm.

In comparison, Luo Yongjian fared much worse.

His attempt to show off backfired; he was shot several times and blood gushed out, staining his clothes red.

It hurt so much I screamed.

They had to find cover to hide from the bullets.

Meanwhile, Lin Zichen had already stormed into the drug dealers' territory and started a solo show, taking them down one by one with a single punch.

"This guy is impervious to swords and spears, we can't hurt him!"

"No, don't kill me, I surrender!"

"Go to hell! I'll use a grenade to drag you down with me to my grave!"

"Boom!!!"

A reckless drug dealer detonated a grenade.

However, when the smoke cleared, Lin Zichen was unharmed, calmly and expressionlessly killing the remaining drug dealers who were still resisting.

Seeing Lin Zichen's bravery, many drug dealers were so frightened that they dropped their guns and surrendered, no longer daring to resist.

The remaining few continued to put up a stubborn resistance, fighting and running, looking for an opportunity to escape.

Seeing that the situation was settled, Lin Zichen did not deal with the remaining drug dealers, deliberately leaving this situation for Shen Qinghan to practice on.

"As expected of the Newcomer King of Mountain University, his physical body is too strong!"

Seeing that Lin Zichen had single-handedly routed a group of armed drug dealers, the Square-Faced Captain couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he led the security guards behind him to charge forward and pursue the remaining drug dealers.

Shen Qinghan also began to take action, using her ability to Blood Control from a distance to assist the security guards, causing the drug dealers who were still resisting to become disoriented and collapse.

"Die!"

Suddenly, a female drug dealer emerged from a corner with incredible speed, wielding an alloy steel knife, and slashed fiercely at Shen Qinghan's neck.

Shen Qinghan was wearing bulletproof gear, so ordinary firearms had no effect on her.

However, the high-tech alloy steel knife wielded by the female drug dealer was different; it could cut through iron like mud.

If we can strike Shen Qinghan's neck with one blow, we can cut off her head along with her bulletproof gear.

Faced with the female drug dealer's attack, Shen Qinghan reacted extremely quickly, dodging to the side at the first moment.

Immediately afterward, he had a sudden thought and remotely manipulated the female drug dealer's blood and qi.

This caused the female drug dealer's blood and qi to become disordered, resulting in dizziness and unsteadiness.

Shen Qinghan kept in mind Lin Zichen's usual teachings.

One must never be merciful when killing the enemy.

You must act quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly.

Upon seeing the female drug dealer in front of her become dizzy, she didn't hesitate and immediately swept her leg out to kick the other woman in the head.

She went all out with that kick, holding nothing back.

"Bang!"

Then, this sound rang out.

The female drug dealer's head was kicked and smashed open, splattering red and white substances all over the ground.

Looking at the exploded head on the ground, Shen Qinghan felt a sudden discomfort. She quickly covered her mouth with her hand, found a cover, and hid inside, gagging.

Brain matter spilled out; the scene was too gory for her to bear.

Lin Zichen glanced at her but didn't go over to check on her, letting her gag.

This is an inevitable part of growing up, and she has to overcome it herself.

More than ten minutes later.

The arrest operation was a complete success.

A total of 21 armed drug dealers were apprehended.

Sixteen people were killed.

Five people were captured alive.

In contrast, among the security personnel involved in the arrest operation, only three were injured, and none died.

The reason we were able to achieve such a good result is mainly because of Lin Zichen.

His skill overwhelmed everyone present.

Its first move was a devastating blow.

The drug dealers hadn't even fired a few shots before he took them down one after another.

How are you feeling?

Outside the factory gate, Lin Zichen handed a bottle of water to Shen Qinghan.

Shen Qinghan took the water, took off her bulletproof helmet, revealing a head of bright blue hair and a pretty face flushed slightly from the rush of blood to her head.

She first unscrewed the bottle cap, took a sip of water, and then said in as calm a voice as possible, "I felt fine when I was in the factory, but now that I'm outside, my legs feel a little weak."

"That's normal. I was about the same way the first time. You'll get used to it after a few more times."

When is the next time?

Shen Qinghan screwed on the bottle cap and asked, her clear, beautiful peach blossom eyes sparkling.

She wanted to grow up quickly, catch up with Lin Zichen as soon as possible, and realize her dream of becoming one of Lin Zichen's Peerless Twin Stars.

Lin Zichen was somewhat surprised.

Unexpectedly, Shen Qinghan would take the initiative to do tasks to train herself.

All I can say is that they've really grown up.

"About two weeks later, I'll take on a similar task and we can work on it together."

"Good."

Shen Qinghan nodded.

At this moment, Luo Yongjian had been shot several times and whose wounds were bandaged, walked towards the two of them.

Seeing Shen Qinghan's deep blue hair, he asked in confusion:

"Shen Qinghan, why has your hair turned blue?"

He clearly remembered that Shen Qinghan's hair was jet black and shiny, so how did it suddenly turn blue?

Shen Qinghan replied, "I have fused with the genes of the Deep Blue Jellyfish King."

"You've undergone Gene Fusion?" Luo Yongjian's eyes widened in shock. "When did you undergo Gene Fusion?"

With a thought, Shen Qinghan put the Deep Blue Jellyfish King gene within her body into dormancy, causing her hair to turn back to black. Only then did she say, "It hasn't been long, I just fused with it a while ago."

"I see..."

Luo Yongjian nodded, feeling somewhat defeated.

He originally thought he could become the third Gene Fusionist in the class, second only to Li Moyu and Ma Xiwei.

Unexpectedly, Shen Qinghan beat her to it.

This beautiful girl is truly a hidden gem. She may seem like just a pretty face, but she's actually an absolute genius. I was completely fooled by her act.

Yes, the most lethal form of showing off is the subtle kind.

I learned...

Luo Yongjian's mind was racing, and he learned a little trick for showing off from Shen Qinghan.

As the three were chatting, the Square-Faced Captain walked out of the factory.

He stopped in front of the three men, smiling broadly, and said, "Tonight's operation was made possible entirely thanks to the support of the three of you."

"In return, I'll treat you to a late-night snack after we've cleared the area."

"You can eat wherever you want."

"Thank you for your kind offer, Captain Fang." Lin Zichen smiled and politely declined, "My girlfriend and I have to go back to school for something at the party, so we won't stay for a late-night snack."

"I see. Then there's nothing we can do."

The Square-Faced Captain remarked regretfully and wisely declined to extend another invitation.

Then, he looked at a female security guard in front of him and called out, "Xiao Liu, Zichen and Qinghan have something to do and need to go back to school first. Could you drive them there?"

"Yes, Captain Fang!"

The young female security guard said excitedly.

Driving two top geniuses back to school is a really lucrative job.

If I could manage to establish some connection with two top geniuses on the road, I would benefit immensely for the rest of my life.

It wasn't for nothing that she always gave gifts to the Square-Faced Captain and frequently went to his office to curry favor with him; now she's reaping the rewards.

"Captain Fang, we found a box of very strange seeds inside."

A security guard in charge of clearing the factory ran out and stopped in front of the Square-Faced Captain to report the matter.

Upon hearing this, the Square-Faced Captain immediately followed the security guard into the factory.

A very strange seed?

Lin Zichen immediately thought of the Demon Seed of the Divine Plant Cult, and followed them into the factory to see what was going on.

Seeing this, Shen Qinghan and Luo Yongjian quickly followed them inside.

At the factory.

Lin Zichen followed the security guard to a wooden crate about the size of a shoebox and stopped in front of it.

The box contained half of mysterious, multicolored seeds. Each seed was strangely shaped, and something resembling blood vessels was wriggling on its surface.

Familiar odd shapes.

The familiar peristalsis of blood vessels.

The appearance of these seeds is very similar to that of the Tree Demon Gu Seed.

It seems it really is related to the Divine Plant Cult...

Thinking of this, Lin Zichen frowned slightly, sensing something was amiss.

He was wary of Divine Plant Cult.

Whenever he thought of the words "Divine Plant Cult," he would recall the time when Lu Gang and Wang Shujie had tricked him.

Beside them, the young female security guard who was going to take Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan back to school later expressed her doubts about the strange seeds in the box. "Captain, are these plant seeds? They look more like insect eggs."

"It's a plant seed."

The Square-Faced Captain explained, "These seeds are very likely related to the Divine Plant Cult, a Heretic Cult Divine Plant Cult that has recently become active in various universities. The various mysterious plants that have appeared in the city recently are probably related to this Heretic Cult."

Soon, he had the five drug dealers he had captured brought over for questioning.

After some questioning, I learned...

Just two months ago, a mysterious masked man approached these drug dealers, offering them a hefty reward to spread these seeds everywhere.

And after these seeds take root and sprout, they can develop into those mysterious, unknown plants reported in the news within a few days.

As for what these mysterious, unknown plants were for, all five drug dealers said they didn't know.

"Not only did he traffic drugs, but he also Human Traitor! He's worse than an animal!"

After hearing the drug dealer's account, Luo Yongjian couldn't help but curse.

Then, he kicked the five drug dealers in front of him, venting his anger from being shot several times.

The Square-Faced Captain intervened slightly to prevent the five drug dealers, who were only human, from being beaten to death.

During this time, Lin Zichen reached out and touched the mysterious seed in the wooden box to see if he could absorb it.

Unfortunately, it couldn't be swallowed.

It seems that the Tree Demon Gu Seed that can devour others must be a rather special existence...

I thought about this and that for a while.

Soon, Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan left the factory, asking the young female security guard to take them back to school.

He was curious about the Divine Plant Cult, but didn't want to get involved with it.

For safety reasons, he would stay away from anything that was Heretic Cult, and wouldn't want to cause trouble for himself.

As long as you don't do anything reckless, you won't die.

On the way back to school.

The young female security guard driving the car would occasionally strike up a conversation with the two people in the back seat.

Trying to get closer.

Let's see if we can add each other on WeChat and get to know each other.

Lin Zichen was rather taciturn and didn't say a word the whole time; Shen Qinghan did all the talking.

The female security guard knew how to start conversations.

First, she praised Shen Qinghan for being pretty and cute, winning her favor. Then, acting as a caring older sister, she steered the conversation towards Shen Qinghan's relationship with Lin Zichen.

"University has only just started, and you two are already dating? Did you know each other before?"

"Yes, we were childhood sweethearts."

"This kind of childhood sweetheart relationship is so enviable! I also have a childhood sweetheart, and I like him a lot, but we're just friends now. I don't know how to express my feelings to him. Can I add you on WeChat and ask you for your experience with your childhood sweetheart?"

"Sure."

Shen Qinghan agreed without even thinking.

The female security guard was overjoyed and quickly gave Shen Qinghan her phone number so she could add her on WeChat.

Lin Zichen listened to their conversation the whole time and knew that the female security guard was trying to build a relationship with them.

However, thinking that adding a female security guard on WeChat wouldn't be a bad thing, he didn't stop Shen Qinghan from doing so.

"Um?"

As the security vehicle was about to leave the suburbs, Lin Zichen suddenly frowned.

Through the car window, he saw an unusually large rat on the roadside not far ahead.

The mouse was digging incessantly in the dirt by the roadside, and in no time it had dug a small hole.

Then, he spat out a strange seed with wriggling blood vessels on its surface, placed it in the pit, and buried it.

It looks like they're sowing seeds.

The scene before him filled Lin Zichen with a chilling sense of dread.

The rats that can help the Divine Plant Cult sow seeds are clearly not ordinary rats.

Instead of ordinary rats, three words immediately came to his mind— the Rat God Cult!

Was the Rat God Cult not wiped out but completely eradicated?

And are they colluding with the Divine Plant Cult?

Wait a minute! Both of these Heretic Cult have the word "God" in their names. Could they be branch sects belonging to the same organization?

In just a short moment, Lin Zichen thought of many things.

So he asked the young female security guard who was driving, "Hello, could you help me contact the Captain Fang?"

Now?

"Right."

"The connection has been established."

The female security guard handed the walkie-talkie to Lin Zichen.

Lin Zichen took the walkie-talkie and told the Square-Faced Captain everything he had just witnessed and his guesses.

Afterwards, he put down the walkie-talkie and looked at Shen Qinghan beside him, asking Shen Qinghan to convey to Yuan Dongzhi via WeChat what he had just said to the Square-Faced Captain.

After doing all this, he had completed his mission.

He wasn't even Advanced Being; considering his own safety, this was the best he could do.

As for the rat he had just seen by the roadside, he didn't want to deal with it, nor did he dare to.

At this stage, he is just an eighteen-year-old Freshman in Heretic Cult, utterly vulnerable in the face of a behemoth like a heretic, and dares not provoke it recklessly.

All he could do was tell the capable people what he had just witnessed and his own speculations, so they could handle it.

Time flies.

Two weeks later, in the blink of an eye...

Lin Zichen accepted a mission to capture arms smugglers and took Shen Qinghan with him.

Those who engage in arms smuggling are all ruthless and vicious criminals.

Upon seeing someone come to arrest him, he immediately opened fire with a machine gun without saying a word.

Just like the last time we chased down drug dealers in the abandoned factory.

This time, Lin Zichen was once again in charge of leading the charge.

He was ruthless and didn't talk much. He rushed over in a Flash Step and crippled the opponent's main combat force without breaking a sweat, leaving a mess for Shen Qinghan to practice on.

Compared to last time, Shen Qinghan was clearly much more adept this time.

Even when she witnessed a scene even more gruesome than the last, she didn't gag or cover her mouth, demonstrating a significant improvement in her mental fortitude.

Lin Zichen was pleased with this.

Three days later.

With the aim of improving his teamwork skills, Lin Zichen asked Song Yuyan to do tasks to earn Credit.

Song Yuyan readily agreed.

The two discussed it.

Ultimately, Song Yuyan used her mentor's account to accept a mission to kill Mechanical Cyborg.

This Mechanical Cyborg is a vicious criminal who robbed multiple banks, killing many people in each robbery. His strength is at the Advanced Tier 1.

Lin Zichen and Song Yuyan both possess ordinary Tier 9 strength.

But--

One is achieving mastery of First Body Tempering.

One is the completion of Secondary Body Tempering.

Its physical body is extremely powerful.

With thorough preparation, if we team up to take down an Advanced Tier 1 Mechanical Cyborg, we have at least an 80% chance of success.

Even if they can't win, they can easily walk away unscathed.

The day after I accepted the mission.

Lin Zichen and Song Yuyan set off lightly equipped for the mission location.

Then, after three days, I found the mission objective and easily solved it.

The reward will be split 50/50 afterwards.

Lin Zichen earned 500 Credit.

Two weeks later.

Having had a pleasant experience with the team last time, Song Yuyan took the initiative to find Lin Zichen and asked to team up with him to do tasks and earn Credit.

She set her sights on a mission to eliminate the cult of Divine Plant Cult.

The target of the mission is an elder of the Divine Plant Cult, who is Gene Fusionist has only recently evolved to the Advanced Tier 1.

If the two of them team up, they can easily take them down.

Moreover, it was even easier than taking down the Mechanical Cyborg from last time.

However, when Lin Zichen heard that the target mission was an elder of the Divine Plant Cult, he refused without hesitation.

He wouldn't consider any missions related to Heretic Cult at this stage, fearing retaliation later.

Although my family has now settled down at Shanhai University and is under the school's protection, the problem is that Heretic Cult are everywhere. Who knows if there are any Heretic Cult of the Divine Plant Cult within Shanhai University?

Lin Zichen thought it was most likely true.

After all, he still vividly remembered what happened between Lu Gang and Wang Shujie, and he remained vigilant at all times.

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