"Then why did he make a move against Lake Hunting?" Xia Pingzhou asked.

"Because the leader wants the artifacts stored in Zhou Jiuya’s Ancient Compass," Yanmo Lin said almost word by word, "Robbers are like that; we’re allowed to steal from others, but never allow others to steal from us. Otherwise, we must pay them back a hundredfold."

"Oh, I get it now that you say so." Xia Pingzhou maintained a blank expression, "Actually, I’m quite curious, if we killed Zhou Jiuya, just how valuable the artifacts in that Compass would be. Perhaps they’d be worth enough for each of us to live twenty lifetimes."

"Correction recommended: enough for you, but not enough for me..." Bloodline curled her lips, "My lifetime spans hundreds of thousands of years, unlike you who have at most fifty years."

"It’s rare for someone to call themselves an old freak voluntarily." Xia Pingzhou mocked.

Bloodline yawned, "Anyway, that Zhou Jiuya is really annoying. This time, we must make him suffer."

"No worries, if you can’t beat him, 1001 will come to save you." Xia Pingzhou said, "If he’s really as powerful as you say, maybe he’ll wipe out Lake Hunting with a flick of his hand."

"You’re really good at bringing up sore subjects." Bloodline was silent for a moment, then smirked self-deprecatingly, "But... I hope he still remembers me." After speaking, she left the bar counter first and headed toward one of the sleeper compartments, "I’m going to rest. You guys chat."

Xia Pingzhou turned his gaze slightly, quietly watching Bloodline leave, pondering that when betrayal comes, Bloodline following him is almost certain, especially since he has so many clues about 1001.

At this moment, Jack the Ripper suddenly spoke, interrupting his thoughts, "By the way, have you decided which kind of demon you’ll contract after reaching Tier Three?"

"I’m quite interested in the Seven Deadly Sins from Northern Europe, particularly that Furious Demon. The hacker showed me their data." Xia Pingzhou said, "It seems suitable as my contracted demon."

"I see... Then, after arriving at Hai Fan Mountain, you can ask for the leader’s opinion." Yanmo Lin said, "But generally speaking, he wouldn’t allow such recklessness; I hope he lets you play around a bit. Just as well, my blade is itching; cutting down a couple of Seven Deadly Sins demons would be entertaining."

"Alright, then we can go together." Xia Pingzhou said, then left the bar counter first, "I’m going to sleep. See you tomorrow."

When he returned to his compartment, he closed the door, turned on the light, and glanced at the ticking clock on the wall, realizing it was already 1 a.m. on August 19th.

He was tired too, so he found a pillow and lay down on the bed, took the gloves Ayase Origami gave him out of his pocket, glanced at them under the bed lamp, and then went to sleep.

After falling asleep, Xia Pingzhou first entered the Spirit Library, where he rested while leaning against a bookshelf and chatted a bit with Red Dragon Wales, lest the dragon succumb to depression.

And after that, he slowly fell asleep to the heavy breathing of the dragon.

Soon, a cold voice broke the silence, waking him from the darkness.

"Restricted-level Superpower User, No. 1001—Ji Minghuan, a mentor is visiting, quickly get up and prepare for the meeting."

Ji Minghuan’s eyelids fluttered slightly. He opened his eyes to see his mentor’s grave face.

The mentor walked in from the open door and sat at the head of the blank long table.

"What’s up?" Ji Minghuan sat up, crossing his legs and asking, "Why do you look constipated again?"

"Just a few hours ago, we... deployed Zeus." The mentor paused for a moment and said in a low voice, "Ji Minghuan, do you want to know what happened?"

After speaking, he lifted his head, looking at Ji Minghuan’s face from behind the lenses.

"You deployed Zeus?" Ji Minghuan was slightly taken aback, recalling the mentally collapsed boy, while a vague outline of an ancient Greek titan formed in his mind.

He thought to himself, that’s a mythical level incident. Who in this world now could deserve the Salvation Society to deploy Zeus? Could it be the White Crow Travel Brigade... or perhaps the Nian Beast?