A stranger suddenly appeared and patted Zhao Geng on the shoulder, giving him a fright. He reflexively covered his vitals, but after realizing he wasn't being attacked, he peeked through his fingers and looked at Qiu Xia. "Wait, who are you? Do I know you?"
"Geng-ge, don't you remember? Five years ago, I was out late and ran into a fierce ghost. You were the one who caught it just in time. You might not know me, but I heard your colleagues calling you Geng-ge, so I remembered your name."
Hearing Qiu Xia's words, Zhao Geng thought back carefully. He had caught so many fierce ghosts over the years; how could he possibly remember which was which? Perhaps he really had encountered this kid during a past hunt. "I don't remember."
"You were busy escorting ghosts back then, so it's normal you don't recall. But I remember you, brother! Give me a chance, Geng-ge. Let me treat you to a meal, alright?"
Zhao Geng thought for a moment. "Another time. I have other business to handle. Leave me an address, and I'll come find you when I'm done."
Qiu Xia nodded. "That works, Geng-ge. I live at XXX District, Number XXX. It just so happens I was going to the bank to deposit some gold today. If you don't mind, Geng-ge, take some to play with." As he spoke, Qiu Xia stuffed a piece of gold into Zhao Geng's hand.
Zhao Geng's eyes lit up at the sight of the gold. "This... this is a bit embarrassing!"
"Nothing to be embarrassed about! If you don't take it, I'll be the one feeling awkward. After all, I've kicked you so many times."
"Kicked me so many times?!" Zhao Geng's expression changed instantly. He reached down to protect himself, but this time, the target wasn't his vitals. Qiu Xia directly hit him with a Soul-Sucking Death Pinch.
"Aaaaaagh!" Zhao Geng's scream echoed through the entire city.
After the strike, Qiu Xia vanished from sight in a manner very familiar to Zhao Geng. Once he was gone, Zhao Geng clutched his injury and cursed, "Bastard! That bastard! He changed the target! And isn't that move supposed to be for dealing with female ghosts? Why is he using it on me?"
"Ow, ow, ow... I need to go get this checked out. Right, my gold! Where's my gold?"
"Gold? The gold is right here!" A familiar voice appeared behind him. Zhao Geng's face paled as his mana surged and his hands flew down to protect his vitals. However, he guessed wrong again. This time, Qiu Xia didn't aim for his groin. Instead, he unleashed another ultimate technique.
"Secret Art: Golden One Thousand Years of Death!"
"AWOOO!"
An unknown amount of time later, Zhao Geng woke up in a small alleyway. The lingering pain turned his eyes bloodshot. "Scumbag! That little brat! I'm not done with you! You just wait... I'm going to kick your family jewels until they explode! When I get back, I'm ordering a Dharma treasure immediately. God, it hurts... I can't even take a taxi like this!"
Because a victim of the One Thousand Years of Death cannot sit down for a long time, Zhao Li was forced to find another way back.
He pulled a jade pendant from his pocket, his face twisted in heartache. "This damn thing cost me a fortune from my salary! I was saving it for an emergency, but it looks like I have to use it early. Damn brat, just you wait. We aren't finished!" After speaking, Zhao Li crushed the jade and vanished from the square.
After Zhao Li sought treatment from a ghost doctor, news of his repeated assault spread like wildfire through the Underworld. However, compared to previous attacks, the method had changed.
Before, the culprit focused on groin kicks or eye pokes; now, he was using female-exclusive killing moves on men and had introduced a new technique: a One Thousand Years of Death performed with a bar of gold.
The ghost doctor had to put in a lot of effort to remove it. Unlike before, where there was only pain, this injury at least yielded a piece of gold as compensation.
"Zhao Li, I heard you were attacked again?" Wearing commoner clothes, A Cha walked into the hospital. She looked at Zhao Li, who was lying face-down on the bed with several pillows propped under his stomach.
"My Lord A Cha! Please, seek justice for me! That bastard ambushed me again, and he changed his moves! I'm severely injured and need a long period of rest!"
"I'd love to find him myself, but how am I supposed to catch him? The guy is as slippery as a loach. To this day, I don't even know what he looks like."
Zhao Li's eyes darted around. "Actually, it's not like there's no way. It just requires some of our brothers and female soul ferrymen to suffer a bit."
A Cha glanced at him. "Tell me your plan."
"It's like this, Lady Chacha. we'll send a few soul ferrymen up to the surface to look for him just like before. That guy definitely won't be able to resist ambushing them."
A Cha frowned. "Isn't that just the same plan as before?"
"It's different, Lady Chacha! This time, you'll also disguise yourself as a soul ferryman and hide in the crowd. If that guy tries to ambush you, won't he be delivering himself right to our door? With your strength, My Lord, you can definitely drag him down to the Underworld."
A Cha thought it over and felt it made sense. "Hmm, reasonable. We'll do as you say. I'll arrange the personnel. I've been wanting to head up for a stroll anyway, and this is a perfect excuse."
Qiu Xia, meanwhile, had no idea that Zhao Liwhom he had pranked multiple timeswas digging a hole for him to jump into. He was currently enjoying fine delicacies and touring various sights.
What Qiu Xia didn't know was that while he was having fun in the Zombie World, the Naruto World and the One Piece World were undergoing drastic changes.
First, the One Piece World.
Previously, Kaisha had ordered her angels of judgement to begin a cleansing of that world and had taken the zombies away. Beyond that, she sent guardian angels periodically to check if Qiu Xia had returned and to monitor the situation.
When the guardian angels arrived this time, they were blocked by a barrier outside the atmosphere.
"Reporting to the Queen: A magnetic energy field has appeared outside the Chaotic World. It cannot be analyzed and cannot be bypassed."
In the Merlo Heaven, Kaisha's thoughts shifted. "Cannot be analyzed? Has that transmigrator Tashigi spoke of returned?"
"Send the data to me!"
"Yes, Queen!"
After reviewing the data, Kaisha sent it to her best friend, Hexi. "Old lady, are you busy? If not, head to that Chaotic World. It seems the transmigrator is back, and he's deployed an incredibly powerful magnetic energy field."
Hexi observed the data and was visibly shocked. "What kind of field is this? It can protect an entire planet. If I had this technology, the defenses of Merlo Heaven could reach a whole new level. Even if the two of us weren't there, it wouldn't be breached for a long time."
"That's why I want you to go. See if you can trade for this technology from that transmigrator."
"Understood. I'm leaving now!" Intrigued by the barrier, Hexi set off at her maximum speed. In less than two days, she used a massive teleportation device to reach the outskirts of the One Piece World.
The guardian angels waiting outside bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Sky Base King!"
Hexi waved them off and approached the barrier. Her eyes turned white as she began to analyze the shield.
As her Sky Base Computing Array activated, a massive amount of stellar energy was consumed. Streams of data regarding the barrier flooded her database. Analysis showed that the shield was composed of an unknown energy mixed with dark energy.
Since she was outside the shield, she couldn't analyze the power source, but she could see that the barrier was drawing dark energy, stellar energy, and unknown starlight energy from the surroundings to maintain itself.
The shield blocked micro-wormhole calculations and was strong enough to withstand the damage of a supernova. With the angels' current technology, they would likely need to detonate more than ten stars in the vicinity just to have a chance of breaking it.
"This energy shield is truly formidable. It can resist the damage of a supernova. Based on existing records, it would take the Angel Civilization at least hundreds of thousands of years to set up such a shield, and we would still need to solve the power source problem."
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