Newspaper Boy

Chapter 217 Epilogue (3)

"Zhang Zizhen's doppelganger is at the bottom of Weak Water Lake in the zoo." Uncle chuckled, "There's no place safer or more secure than the bottom of Weak Water Lake."

"In the zoo?" Zhang Yuanqing was taken aback, then frowned, "You're really bold, aren't you afraid Lingtuo will notice?"

He hadn't expected his old man's doppelganger to be in Weak Water Lake. He had even ventured deep into it to save the Demon Eye, riding the waves in the lake.

It felt like it was only last year, but thinking about it now, it felt like a lifetime ago.

Uncle chuckled again, "If it was Zhang Zizhen's idea, of course, it wouldn't escape Lingtuo's notice. But before Zhang Zizhen died, he entrusted the doppelganger to Chen Shu. It was only a dozen years later that I hid his doppelganger at the bottom of Weak Water Lake. You know, with this extra step in between, we can sever the cause and effect and effectively avoid divination."

In other words, Zhang Zizhen's thoughts wouldn't escape Lingtuo, but the Void Demigod's private operations couldn't be directly divined by Lingtuo. If they were protected by Taiyin, it would be even safer.

After all, Lingtuo wasn't the Lord of the Stars.

As for whether the Lord of the Stars knew, it didn't matter, because in the eyes of the Lord of the Stars, except for Lingtuo, the Three Heroes of Xiaoyao were all small fry.

They could be discarded after being used, posing no threat at all. There was no interest in giving them an extra kick, and that was indeed the case.

Uncle continued, "As for the doppelganger of Wangshi Wuhen, it's also in Weak Water Lake!"

Zhang Yuanqing expressed his emotions with a long "Hmm."

Back then, Uncle had sighed and said that he didn't know where Master Wuhen's doppelganger was hidden.

"Master Wuhen sealed himself in the illusion for decades. The doppelganger must be carried with him, which is safer than hiding it anywhere," Uncle said.

"Before he entered the instance dungeon and became the Illusion God, I met him once, and he entrusted the doppelganger to me at that time. As for why I didn't tell you, it's because you were too weak. If you knew, Lingtuo would know too. With Lingtuo's hatred for the Three Heroes of Xiaoyao, he would definitely try to destroy the doppelganger."

Zhang Yuanqing said expressionlessly, "That makes sense!"

Uncle continued:

"As for Chu Shang's doppelganger, I've already found it. Although that massacre happened very suddenly, even Zhang Zizhen didn't have any warning. He was worried about it for many years. Of course, now we all know that the Lord of the Stars was secretly behind it, interfering with stargazing.

"After Chu Shang died, his doppelganger could only be in two situations: one, hidden in the inventory, and with his death, all the items in the inventory were recycled by the Spiritual Realm.

"Two, it's stored in the already conquered Gang instance dungeon. Chu Shang was the head of the Chu family and also the gang leader. The already conquered Gang instance dungeon is like his own backyard."

Like the Mo Sect's Mechanical City! Zhang Yuanqing nodded slightly, "So, Chu Shang's doppelganger is in the Gang instance dungeon?"

The Mo Sect's Mechanical City had become his secret base for meeting with the Third Dao Mountain Goddess.

"Of course!" Uncle smiled:

"Compared to the inventory, the Gang instance dungeon is indeed safer. In the Spiritual Realm's mechanism, after the Gang instance dungeon is generated, it will no longer be open to members outside the gang. Once the gang disappears, these instance dungeons will not disappear or open, becoming permanent 'garbage'. This kind of garbage is our favorite treasure to explore for Void professions.

"On the other hand, once Chu Shang dies, his doppelganger will be regarded as a 'spirituality-rich' high-level material, randomly assigned to the Musician profession's instance dungeon, or a multi-person instance dungeon. That's it, the spirituality-rich material is not only sought after by The Way of the Extraordinary, but also by the NPCs in the instance dungeon. Over the years, it has been dismantled and used countless times.

"If I were Chu Shang, I would also keep the doppelganger in the Gang instance dungeon."

Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, "So, you and Yu'er had already collected the doppelgangers of Zhang Zizhen and Chu Shang a long time ago, and have been enduring hardship, hiding it from me, also because I'm weak, which is understandable. But why didn't you resurrect Zhang Zizhen and Chu Shang when you sneaked into the Theology of the Blade to resurrect me?"

Two peak Dominators would have been a very considerable force at the time.

Uncle shrugged, "What's the use of peak Dominators? The nine elders of the headquarters, the peak Dominators of the evil faction, have been background characters from beginning to end. They don't need to take action when the order is stable, and their level is not high enough during the final battle."

Bullshit! Zhang Yuanqing said coldly, "When I was in New York County, if I had two peak Dominators to help me, I wouldn't have encountered a desperate situation in the instance dungeon."

The series of battles after returning to the Second District would be easier, and even, he could follow two dads to instance dungeons, leveling up faster and more conveniently. He wouldn't have to sink in the instance dungeon of the Beauty God Association, being slept with by NPCs again and again, and after sleeping in this instance dungeon, changing to another instance dungeon to continue sleeping with them.

"The main reason is that your mother thought that resurrecting Zhang Zizhen at that time would only attract Lingtuo's revenge, and if he was killed again, there would be no hope of resurrection. Yu'er seconded!" Uncle betrayed his two younger sisters without hesitation.

…Zhang Yuanqing was silent for a few seconds, his dignified and upright face expressionless, and said, "I am indeed an orphan."

"Then there's no need to use this kind of lose-lose attack, it will affect me," Uncle said.

"Get out!"

After driving away the family disgrace, Zhang Yuanqing grabbed the Yata Mirror from the void, looked at himself in the mirror, and then shook out the Dominator-level doppelganger.

He looked at the doppelganger and instructed:

"Go, meet Zhang Zizhen and Chu Shang, and speak nicely."

After the Sun's origin was completed, he was already the most powerful Demigod in the world. In terms of status, he symbolized light, symbolized order, was dignified and domineering, and unique.

Moreover, the Lord of the Sun was different from other Demigods. His brilliance and strength, and his sharpness, were his symbols, which could not be hidden.

Just like the sun cannot be hidden.

Therefore, he was destined not to be suitable for appearing in an environment where parents were kind and children were filial, and families were reunited.

If he called out "Dad," Zhang Zizhen would have to kneel down on the spot and say: "Noble Lord of the Sun, you are the light, you are the electricity, you are the only myth, please don't kill me, a little man."

If Zhang Yuanqing said: "Then from now on, let's each call each other by our respective titles. You call me Lord of the Sun, and I call you Dad."

Zhang Zizhen would have to say: "If you do this, Zizhen can only commit suicide to apologize!"

Although there was some artistic exaggeration, as long as he was present, his parents would definitely be on pins and needles. This was the suppression of status.

"Leave it to me!" Doppelganger Zhang Yuanqing put the mirror in his pocket and waved his hand: "Send me out."

The next second, he was sent to the real world.



Zoo, deep in the area where tourists are prohibited, on the shore of Weak Water Lake.

The crimson flesh, full of Cthulhu-style, stood like a meat mountain on the shore of the lake.

Around the Mother God's Womb, people waiting for the resurrection of relatives and friends stood in silence.

They included Chen Shu, Doppelganger Zhang Yuanqing, Jiang Yu'er, Xiao Yuan, Kou Beiyue, Dog Elder, Ms. JoJo sitting in front of the miniature canopy bed, Xiahou Aotian, An Dieqi, and a plush rabbit with bright red eyes.

Among them, Ms. JoJo was there to watch the ceremony (watch the fun).

As the Void Demigod used a long wooden hook to hook out a vine inserted ten centimeters underwater on the shore, and then slowly pulled the vine, pulling out three pig cages, the emotions of everyone present changed.

Their eyes were fixed on the two pig cages, with anticipation, nervousness, or joy and sorrow.

The pig cages contained three bodies wrapped in a layer of "fetal membrane."

The vines and pig cages were made of Lin wood, including the wooden nails that embedded the vines on the shore.

It was by relying on these things that the three bodies were hidden in Weak Water and would not sink to the bottom.

Uncle glanced at them and picked up the middle pig cage, saying:

"Yu'er, resurrect your adoptive father and future father-in-law first."

Jiang Yu'er glared at him, beckoned to take the pig cage, and then opened the "hatch" of the Mother God's Womb, throwing the body wrapped in the fetal membrane into the flesh cabin.

The hatch of the Mother God's Womb was immediately closed, and this prop shaped like a womb began to beat powerfully, like a heart. In the hatch covered with a layer of light white film, the body wrapped in the fetal membrane began to melt, as if it had fallen into the stomach of a behemoth.

When the doppelganger finished dissolving, the beat of the Mother God's Womb became more violent. An embryo formed in the flesh cabin and quickly developed and grew. A few minutes later, a hand propped open the film covering the opening of the flesh cabin.

The cute and petite plush rabbit and Chen Shu couldn't help but take two steps towards the flesh cabin, their eyes fixed on the palm that propped open the film.

The film cracked with a "shhh," and a handsome young man slowly sat up from the flesh cabin.

His features were three or four points similar to Zhang Yuanqing, but his temperament was completely different, gentle, upright, and with a faint dignity, with the temperament of a Confucian general.

Zhang Zizhen looked around with some confusion. When he saw himself sitting in the flesh cabin of the Mother God's Womb and saw a group of people watching, he understood everything.

The first thing he did was to let black, viscous energy gush out of his pores, weaving into a simple robe on his body.

"Zizhen…"

Chen Shu burst into tears. At this moment, the longing suppressed in her heart for sixteen years erupted like a volcano, turning into surging sadness and joy.

She rushed towards the Mother God's Womb, stepping on the beating flesh material, and threw herself at her beloved husband.

"Wow, Zizhen!"

A white shadow rushed out from the side. When passing Chen Shu, whether it was intentional or unintentional, she kicked Chen Shu's calf, knocking Chen Shu to the ground, and then jumped into Zhang Zizhen's arms first.

Zhang Yuanqing, who felt like an orphan, pretended not to see it and didn't help.



ps: I'll update the wrong words first and then correct them later.