God Eater Sequence: The Devourer

Li Tianming took out another cigarette and lit it.

He stopped talking.

Qin Siyang looked at Li Tianming, who had a troubled expression, patted his shoulder, and didn't say much either.

The two of them waited for two or three hours before another figure appeared on the barren land.

Qin Siyang and Li Tianming looked over.

That person saw them and removed his mask.

It was Zhang Kuang.

Zhang Kuang looked at them and asked, "Old Li, Little Qin?"

"It's us. Looks like you also ran into an impostor. Let's ask a question to verify our identities."

"Alright. What day of the week was abalone served in kindergarten?"

Li Tianming scratched his forehead, "You said that stuff was rationed. Neither of us ate it, so how would we know what day it was served?"

"That's right, it's you two."

"Old Zhang, the thesis I asked you to prepare for Qin Siyang, how's it coming along?"

"Haven't touched it at all. That's not urgent."

"Hmm, that's Old Zhang."

"Haven't touched it at all?", Qin Siyang's eyes widened.

"It's been almost a month! You haven't done anything on the thesis? What am I supposed to do when the semester starts?"

Zhang Kuang ran his fingers through his messy hair, "What's the rush? It's just a thesis. I'll definitely have it done on time for you."

Qin Siyang sighed helplessly.

After all, he still had to rely on Zhang Kuang and the other professors for this.

He wasn't in a position to order Zhang Kuang around.

After confirming their identities, Zhang Kuang walked up.

"Old Li, I have something to say that you might not like. I think we have a mole."

"I know."

"As long as you're aware."

"Who did you encounter pretending to be someone else?"

Zhang Kuang shrugged, "I ran into fakes of you two and Old Wu."

"We each only encountered one impostor, and you ran into three?"

"Yeah. Those three impostors were tough, and their sequence abilities were strange. I almost got killed."

"Those three were that strong?"

Zhang Kuang nodded, "Got a cigarette?"

"Here… Hey, what happened to your hand?"

There was a deep wound on Zhang Kuang's hand, so deep that the bone was visible through the flesh.

Zhang Kuang took a deep drag of his cigarette and exhaled two streams of smoke from his nose.

"Didn't I just say I almost got killed by those three? You thought I was joking?"

"But you… never mind, we'll talk about it later."

"Yeah."

The two of them smoked side by side, casually scanning the barren land.

Li Tianming asked, "How did you figure out there was a mole?"

"The guys pretending to be you two actually knew that Little Qin left the kindergarten through my office window. Not even Zhao Longfei knew that. Just a few of us."

"I see. Little Qin and I just discussed it and agreed that Zhao Longfei probably isn't the mole. With what you just said, we can be sure of it."

Zhang Kuang chuckled, "Suspecting Zhao Longfei? You two… Have you ever seen a leader be the mole?"

Qin Siyang interjected, "He's not my leader."

"Uh… fair point."

Zhang Kuang looked troubled, "I feel like our sudden decision to come out and find Little Qin gave the enemy an opening. Those impostors. They're not something that could be prepared in just a day or two. They must have been planning to take action against us for a while."

"Yeah. The guy they sent to impersonate Qin Siyang and kill me was one of the notable figures. But they only sent one person to kill me. Feels like they underestimated me a bit."

Zhang Kuang smirked, "Well then, I guess my life is worth more than yours."

"How so?"

"The three impostors who came after me. None of them exist in any records."

Li Tianming frowned and gave Zhang Kuang a concerned look.

Zhang Kuang, however, appeared relaxed, as if he didn't care, "By the way, Old Li, Little Qin, have you seen any sign of Old Wu?"

"No. There were no signs of a struggle here. I suspect Old Wu cut his telecom signal to warn us about something."

"A warning? What kind of warning?"

"No idea. Maybe just to make sure we all gathered here?"

"Then let's wait and see. The others should be back within ten hours."

Two more hours passed before another figure appeared on the barren land.

"Hey, Old Li, Old Zhang, you found Little Qin? Why didn't you tell Chang Da?"

This was Chang Er, asking why they didn't notify Chang Tianxiang so he could inform the others.

To distinguish between the two Chang brothers, they usually called them Chang Da and Chang Er.

The two brothers had already gotten used to these nicknames.

Li Tianming said, "Chang Er, hold on. I have a question for you."

Chang Tianxiong looked confused, "Huh? What is it?"

"When you and your brother saw me at the kindergarten the other day, what was the most important thing we talked about?"

"Huh?"

"Just answer the question."

Chang Tianxiong furrowed his brows, thinking hard, "Old Li, we hadn't seen each other in ages, so we mostly talked about random old memories. What important topic are you referring to?"

"Oh, do you mean how, when school starts, if you and my brother teach Qin Siyang's classes, you should make them as hard as possible so he barely passes? Was that the important thing?"

Li Tianming coughed twice, "You can come over now."

Qin Siyang shot a glare at Li Tianming, "Old Li, you're such a great friend! School hasn't even started, and you're already scheming against me?"

Li Tianming pretended not to hear him.

But Chang Tianxiong was confused, "What's up with you guys? Why are you acting so suspicious?"

The three of them all felt something was off, "Wait, Chang Er, you didn't run into any impostors?"

"Impostors? What impostors? I didn't see a single person on my way here!"

The three of them exclaimed in unison, """You didn't see anyone?""

Chang Tianxiong was just as shocked, "What… what did you guys run into?"

Li Tianming explained their encounters to Chang Tianxiong.

After listening, Chang Tianxiong looked utterly incredulous, "So, all of you ran into impostors? Old Zhang even ran into three? But I didn't meet a single one?"

"That's right."

Chang Tianxiong narrowed his eyes, "Why do I feel like the enemy is looking down on me? They didn't even bother sending someone to kill me?"

Qin Siyang thought for a moment.

Li Tianming was a renowned researcher in the safe zone. Zhang Kuang was the top researcher on the apocalypse. Meanwhile, Chang Tianxiong… was just someone who studied gods.

Looking at it that way, his influence was indeed not as significant as Old Li's or Old Zhang's.

No wonder the priority to assassinate him wasn't high.

If that were the case, then Lu Daoxing, who studied god hunting tools.

Qin Siyang believed that Lu Daoxing's assassination priority would definitely be higher than Chang Tianxiong's.

As they were discussing this, another figure appeared on the barren land.

But this person wasn't walking. He was being transported in a wheelchair-like device.

They took a closer look.

The man in the wheelchair was none other than Lu Daoxing.

"Old Lu!!"

———

Meanwhile.

A thousand meters below the barren land.

A capsule pod was moving rapidly.

Inside the pod, Lu Daoxing stared at the positioning system on the control panel and sighed.

He opened his armor, took out a bottle of medicinal powder, and applied it to the ghastly wound on his chest.

"The guy pretending to be Old Hao… That god hunting tool of his was ridiculously strong. If I hadn't had so many backup plans, I would've been ambushed and killed."

"He must've regrouped with Old Li and the others by now. But I still have another half an hour to go before I can reach them. This is bad."

"Hiss—"

Lu Daoxing gritted his teeth in pain, his eyes filled with determination.

"That bastard knew our communication methods and snatched my phone, so I couldn't cut my telecom signal to warn Chang Da."

"Damn it, we have a mole!!"

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