Su Man's gaze was subtle, "Why do you think their target is you?"
Lu Zhi felt a slight embarrassment, as if he was being alluded to, as if he thought too highly of himself. But the next second, his eyes sharpened, "Could it be that they're here to kill my brother!"
Lu Zhi remembered the day Lu Chengxuan was injured. It coincided with the news of Apostles infiltrating the country, information that Shen Qi had personally conveyed to him. How could he have forgotten this?
Thinking of this, Lu Zhi's expression gradually turned grim, and his voice grew much colder, "I really want to know what future the God of Prophecy saw to send Apostles time and again to nip the roots."
Lu Zhi's identity, from the very beginning, was that of someone 'already dead'. Did the God of Prophecy see a future that included him? It was unlikely, otherwise the Apostles' targets would not have been limited to Lu Chengxuan.
"You've reminded me of something," Shen Qi's silver-grey eyes were icy. A sinister curve appeared at the corner of his lips. Then, with a placid gaze, he said to Lu Zhi, "Do you want to go on vacation abroad?"
The topic change was too abrupt, and Lu Zhi couldn't react immediately.
Shen Qi lowered his gaze, idly spinning the bronze ring on his index finger, and said slowly, "What? Don't you want to see the scenery outside? Hmm?"
Lu Zhi felt that Shen Qi's intention was not for travel, but a deliberate desire to go abroad. Could it be to visit foreign divine realms? Was there something that required him to personally make the trip?
"Alright, I'll accompany you," Lu Zhi pondered. In such a short time, he had visited the Divine Tower, the City of Never-ending Night, and Consalin. He had confirmed the status of the Horse, Rat, and Snake among the twelve Zodiac Gods. Only the Horse God was truly awakening.
Both the Rat God and the Snake God had said the same thing: the time was not yet right.
So, as long as people were sent to confirm the locations of the other Gods, they would naturally awaken when the time came.
Shen Qi wanted to go abroad to confirm something, and this matter was likely related to him.
"Have those foreign Apostles left?" Lu Zhi asked.
Su Man replied, "Of the ten known Apostles, three have left. The remaining seven have all been confirmed dead. As for those not accounted for, it's unknown. However, it can be confirmed that two Apostles exist within the three major guilds."
Lu Zhi's eyes flickered slightly.
If, among the three Apostles, one referred to Lan Guoguo, then who would the other one be?
Would it be the Qingxuan Guild or the Ronghua Guild?
"Grant him access to the database," Shen Qi tapped the table with his index finger, signaling Su Man.
Su Man frowned, "This is against the rules."
Shen Qi's eyes were shallow and carried an unspoken authority, "Is that so?"
Su Man took a deep breath, "Fine, I'll open it. If there's any trouble from above, you can't blame me." Saying that, she beckoned Lu Zhi with a finger, "Mind-link."
Lu Zhi was stunned for a moment. He extended his hand and opened the mind-link with Su Man. A string of data encoding flashed before his eyes. With a beep, Su Man said, "Done. You can now access all files in the national database."
Lu Zhi: "Thank you."
Su Man waved her hand and sighed, "I knew Captain Shen coming here wouldn't bring any good news. This information is all national first-level classified. It's best that no one other than you knows what you see."
Lu Zhi nodded. He casually glanced at the very first document and was immediately startled by the numbers on it. He said earnestly, "I understand."
Su Man checked the time, "It's noon. Do you want to go eat together?"
At that moment, Lu Zhi's phone suddenly rang. It was Li Mei calling, "Little Lu, where are you? Your brother has gone mad. He went to the Ronghua Guild alone and got into a fight with their guild leader!"
Lu Zhi: !!!