When meals were being cooked, Chen Zuan and Cheng Qiuqiao followed the smell of food and came over. After all, they lived next door. All they had to do was walk out and turn right, and it was as if they had stepped into a canteen.
But Chen Zuan seemed anxious. While they were eating, Lu Shu curiously asked, “Is there something on your mind?”
Chen Zuan looked up. “Is it that obvious?”
“What nonsense.” Lu Shu said unkindly, “Where are you aiming your chopsticks at? You took away the food that Little Fury took for itself! Taking away food from Little Fury’s bowl like that. Are you still human?”
Chen Zuan turned and look. Little Fury was angrily looking at him…
“It’s actually nothing much. I might need to go out over the next two days,” said Chen Zuan. “There is a guest back in the Capital, but I don’t know who that guest is.”
Lu Shu glanced at him. He did not ask any other questions. Instead, he said, “I suggest that the two of you do not follow me to the Luniverse. Just wait at the Longmen Fortress. The Heavenly Network needs you too.”
Chen Zuan was engrossed in eating. He did not speak.
The next day, he drove to the Capital alone. Someone was already waiting for him there. However, they did not have the right to enter the Longmen Fortress.
The Longmen Fortress was tightly sealed from the outside. They were on their guard. There were Heavenly Network spies and patrol guards even five kilometers away from the city. Their checks were very thorough.
This was also the reason why Lu Shu assumed that the slave owners had been exterminated. This was to prevent anyone else from entering the Longmen Fortress and carrying out their plan.
It took two hours to drive from Luo City to the Capital. If one drove quickly, they might even be able to reach in 1.5 hours.
Unlike at the Longmen Fortress, the civilians here were more relaxed. They did not sense the incoming war. The Heavenly Network had stopped all the danger at the Longmen Fortress. This place was still peaceful and prosperous.
They did not care about how tense it was in the Longmen Fortress, as long as the danger did not reach them. If they lost control of the Longmen Fortress, they might even complain about it on the Internet, if they still had the chance to do so.
The guest to the Chen family had booked a room in the most expensive hotel in the Capital. It was said that a meal could cost a few hundred thousand dollars. Chen Zuan’s family, and even Chen Zuan himself, had lived such a life in the past. Chen Zuan was now used to cheap fish-flavored shredded pork and scrambled eggs with tomato. He felt that he would be very happy eating anything at Lu Shu’s apartment.
Chen Zuan called the guest. He thought about it and said, “I will book the place. I don’t eat expensive food. There’s no need to reserve such an expensive place.”
He chose a reasonably-priced buffet. After all, he was preparing to go to the Luniverse. It was normal to stock up on food, right?
But when the Chen family returned, Chen Zuan was dumbfounded. He did not expect his fourth uncle to come. His fourth uncle was part of the new generation of military commanders.
His fourth uncle looked at the simple and crude entrance of the buffet restaurant. He furrowed his eyebrows slightly, but did not show much. Instead, he happily said to Chen Zuan, “Let’s go. We’ll talk while we eat.”
His fourth uncle said that they would talk while they ate, but he did not plan to take any food. To him, all the food here was very crude. The food might not even be hygienic. Only Chen Zuan constantly refilled his plate. It was as if he was here only to eat.
This unusual volume of food easily caused the waiters to pay attention to him…
Chen Zuan could eat 15 days’ worth of food in one sitting a long time ago. Now that he had advanced to Rank One, he was not much more powerful, but he ate even more. Now, he could eat 50 days’ worth of food in one sitting… he could single-handedly finish all the food in the buffet restaurant.
Ever since the dawn of the magically rich era, more and more owners of buffet restaurants could no longer say, “Although you are good at eating your money’s worth, I am not losing money.”
Of course, Chen Zuan’s ability did not simply allow him to eat. After all, he had displayed a unique ability in the previous battle. He could absorb the energy around him, creating a vacuum.
His fourth uncle watched him hungrily gobble up the food. He said, “I know that you might be upset over your family cutting off your funds, but you don’t have to over-indulge like that.”
Chen Zuan was dumbfounded. He smiled. “I’m not angry, really. I’m preparing to go to the Luniverse. I’m stocking up on food in advance. It’s not like you don’t know my abilities.”
“The decision to cut off your funds was your Second Master’s. We also feel that his values are rather old-fashioned, but we can’t do anything. Don’t blame us,” explained his fourth uncle patiently.
“Wait.” Chen Zuan smirked. “I don’t think that he is old-fashioned. Some time ago, when the space pathway to the Luniverse opened, he almost died at the Longmen Fortress. If you say that, he will be unhappy.”
Chen Baili’s position in the Chen family was very high, but the younger generation was not quite fond of him. They feared him more than they respected him.
To the older generation, he was a senior that would never allow them to speak other languages. It was as if they were living a few centuries ago.
In the past, one of the sons of the Chen family said, “I want some shui[1].”
He was almost beaten up by Chen Baili. “If you want to drink water, then drink water! What rubbish language are you speaking?!”
At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that he could understand foreign languages…
Chen Zuan’s fourth uncle observed Chen Zuan. “I remember that you did not like your Second Master in the past.”
“People change.” Chen Zuan smiled.
“Then let me get straight to the point.” His fourth uncle said, “We know that the Ninth Heavenly King will be heading towards the Luniverse. The Chen family hopes that you will not go. You are now the pillar of the Chen family. You should avoid danger and stay safe. Don’t risk yourself. You should spend more energy on family affairs.”
“Fourth uncle.” Chen Zuan put down his chopsticks. “There is no should or should not in this world. According to what you have said, Qiuqiao should not have used his life to stop two Rank One experts.”
As Chen Zuan spoke, he pointed to the people outside. “They are able to safely shop and eat, precisely because we are protecting them. Is the Chen family planning to interfere with the Heavenly Network before the war is over?”
His fourth uncle remained calmed. “I want the Chen family to contribute more to the Heavenly Network and relieve some of their load. Our family is sensible. We have no intentions of influencing the Heavenly Network. We can’t. But you are the person closest to the core in the Heavenly Network. Our family needs you. Your Second Master has rejected us. We cannot do anything. We can only hope to seek your understanding. If you are willing, the Chen family will use all our resources to help you become a Heavenly King.”
Chen Zuan was speechless. He was not an eloquent person. If Brother Shu were here, he might be able to badly attack his fourth uncle.
For some reason, Chen Zuan suddenly had no appetite. He wanted to return to the Longmen Fortress.
Chen Zuan stood up and was about to leave when his fourth uncle looked at him with a sharp gaze. “You know what rejecting the Chen family means. Can you go against all the resources the Chen family has provided you all these years? If you leave now, don’t call me fourth uncle any more.”
Chen Zuan thought about it for three seconds. Then, he said, “Sorry, fourth brother.”
His fourth uncle was dumbfounded.
[1] “shui” means water in Chinese
