Chapter 1 How Did You Do It?

"Gu Shen, how did you do it..."

Little Iron Man had been pondering for hours, unable to understand what had possessed those heretics who worshipped Tosé Shozo to repent and turn to the righteous path overnight.

The guidance from Nagano's higher-ups was that if they couldn't be hypnotized, they should all be eliminated to prevent more innocent people from suffering.

With the investigation over this period...

The secrets of the Isa Islands were gradually being revealed, and Tosé Shozo's crimes were too numerous to count.

After retiring and returning to his hometown, the old bastard began plotting a "betrayal"!

Even without the guidance of the Shrine, he would have taken this step sooner or later. Now, more than half of the Tosé family's top executives are followers of the Snake God Cult. These people deceive those above them and conceal the truth, recklessly transferring assets and smuggling industries under the cover of the Yinghai Councilor, Tosé Takamasa.

With the support of Guang Ming City and the Tower of Origin behind the scenes, the Tosé family had been hollowed out.

All that remained was the final transfer of personnel.

This made Little Iron Man feel depressed, like a punch thrown with all his might had landed on cotton.

There was nothing he could do but arrest these beasts first…

However, those family retainers who worshipped Tosé Shozo resisted fiercely, all carrying poison on them. It was impossible to interrogate them. That night, Chen Li invited these people to meet the King of Hell.

The real King of Hell.

Gu Shen didn't hesitate at all to send these people to the Pure Land.

He chose to save the villagers raised on the Isa Islands but didn't save these "retainers."

Because these two types of people were different. The former had no choice, while the latter did.

Chen Li thought that the fate of those villagers would be the same… but he didn't expect to see them working hard in the fields.

"These people are quite pitiful. They have been raised for a long time, and their spiritual seas have been severely damaged by the poison of faith."

Gu Shen said, "Even if the gods came, there would be limited things they could do."

It would be difficult for these Snake God Cult believers to ever leave the island in their lifetime.

Their level of understanding was completely locked. They couldn't use their brains or learn knowledge… In other words, even if these followers of Tosé Shozo had their faith converted by Gu Shen's *Saint Book*, they would only be cannon fodder.

Because the smartest of them didn't even reach the average intelligence level of outside society.

"...Anyway, these people at least saved their lives."

Chen Li looked at the villagers working in the fields, his eyes filled with complexity. "If it weren't for you, they probably wouldn't have survived even a month."

Speaking of this, Little Iron Man sighed, "Speaking of which, are you really the King of Hell? Every time I think about it, I find it absurd."

Gu Shen smiled, "What, is it different from what you expected?"

Chen Li was silent.

Yes… it was very different from what he had imagined.

Growing up in Nagano, though a martial arts fanatic, he also had a strong sense of right and wrong.

Little Iron Man once hated himself for going berserk and fighting when he entered the "Gluttony" state.

So, he knew very well what "losing control" meant to transcendents. The more powerful the uncontrolled, the greater the threat to human society.

Among the Seven Gods, the King of Hell had the worst reputation.

Murder, arson, and all kinds of evil deeds. In Chen Li's impression, the King of Hell was the embodiment of "darkness" and "evil."

But now.

What Gu Shen had done completely subverted his understanding… The one who wanted to kill the believers on the Isa Islands was a believer of Guang Ming City, but the one who saved these mortals was the King of Hell.

"Judge by actions, not intentions. If you judge by intentions, no one in the world is perfect."

Gu Shen said indifferently, "From this matter, it seems that I have made a great achievement, but I never thought of being a saint."

"I will never be soft on my enemies. If I couldn't save these Snake God Cult believers, I wouldn't wipe Tosé Shozo's ass."

Gu Shen said, "If they live and cause more people to die, I will kill them without hesitation."

These Snake God believers were all terminally ill and on the verge of losing control.

If they could be saved, then save them.

If they couldn't be saved, then they could only be killed.

"That's true…"

Chen Li rubbed his eyebrows. Hearing these words, he was sure that Gu Shen was still the Gu Shen he knew.

"Saving these people is also beneficial to us."

Gu Shen said calmly, "Has the news of Tosé Shozo's death been released?"

"It has been released, and I handled it very carefully." Chen Li said seriously, "These days, outsiders don't know what crime the 'Tosé family' committed. Only a very few core executives know the real reason… The arrest operation was clean and neat, and not a single suspect was released, so the news will definitely not leak."

"Very good. I guess Guang Ming City won't be willing to let the power of these believers' faith be lost like this."

Gu Shen stood on the ridge with his hands behind his back, overlooking the Isa Islands.

"You mean they will send people to harvest faith..."

Little Iron Man reacted quickly, but he felt something was wrong. "Wait, will these people use the legendary *Saint Book*?"

"I'm not sure about their methods of harvesting faith. They may use the *Saint Book*, or they may have other methods."

Gu Shen shook his head and said, "But in principle, Guang Ming City should try to test it out. The believers that Tosé Shozo cultivated are a great temptation. If they need a large amount of 'power of faith', then sacrificing a few Saint Arbiters and taking a risk is always worth it."

"More than three thousand believers..."

Chen Li pondered for a moment and asked, "Is it worth it?"

"Three thousand, that's the number you know." Gu Shen glanced at Little Iron Man and asked, "This Isa Islands is heavily guarded. When you were clearing it, did you catch any spies from Guang Ming City?"

"This… no."

Gu Shen asked again, "Then who was Tosé Shozo so cautious about, deploying troops and setting up defenses against?"

"It's Nagano..."

Chen Li subconsciously opened his mouth, then immediately corrected himself, "Is it Guang Ming City?"

Over the years, Nagano had no idea about the secrets of the Isa Islands.

On the one hand, the scale of believers cultivated by Tosé Shozo was still small.

On the other hand, this guy was too careful.

So, the family retainers were actually guarding against Guang Ming City's spies!

"That's right. I guess Tosé Shozo and the Shrine's behind-the-scenes 'deal' was a single-line contact." Gu Shen said in a low voice, "The Shrine's behind-the-scenes person is not in a hurry, because he holds the most important card, which is to receive Tosé Shozo, allowing him to leave East Continent and be completely safe… But Tosé Shozo prevented Guang Ming City from inserting spies, which was a backup plan to prevent the situation from being completely controlled. From the moment he defected from East Continent, Tosé Shozo had no capital to negotiate terms, but he could lie to Guang Ming City about the number of believers."

Little Iron Man suddenly understood.

"Perhaps..."

Gu Shen smiled slightly, "I mean perhaps, Tosé Shozo's death will make Guang Ming City think that the Isa Islands is a piece of fat that cannot be discarded. As long as the benefits are sufficient, they may do anything."

"I understand."

Chen Li took a deep breath and asked again, "So we just wait here?"

"Wait."

Gu Shen said in a deep voice, "Besides waiting, there is no better way. The news of the execution from Nagano must have been transmitted to West Continent. If they want to steal faith, they must do it in the near future, because in their eyes, a few days later, these Snake God Cult members will be killed by us."

……

……

Although Gu Shen's mental power is now very strong.

But after all, the scope of this monitoring is the entire Isa Islands, with dozens of small and medium-sized islands scattered.

Relying solely on Chihuo, it is impossible to perfectly control the situation.

But it doesn't matter, he also has Chu Ling.

When Gu Shen saw Xiaoman off, Chu Ling went to Dadao to deal with some trivial matters. It just so happened that the case of the Tosé family here was coming to an end, and she had about three days left of her descent time.

When Chu Ling came to Yinghai, *Source Code* immediately took over the Heavenly Eyes of the Isa Islands and also temporarily dispatched the Heavenly Eyes in the surrounding areas to assist in monitoring.

A net has been laid.

Now we just wait for the arrival of the Guang Ming City apostle.

The transcendents under Chen Li's command have strictly sealed off every island in the Isa Islands, leaving only a small loophole on Wu Dai Island. This is Tosé Shozo's old nest. If Guang Ming City wants to draw faith, they will also consider starting from here first.

Within the original scope of the *Poison Nest*, Gu Shen deliberately left some believers, letting them pretend to be Snake God Cult members and cowering in the darkness.

Gu Shen's plan is to wait for three days… These three days are the last opportunity for Guang Ming City to act. Whether it is directly plundering faith or testing the waters, it should happen within three days.

If Guang Ming City doesn't act within three days, he will have Chen Li spread the news that the case has been handled and all irrelevant people have been wiped out, thereby ending everything.

Unexpectedly, on the first day, Gu Shen waited for the person he was waiting for.

A small boat departed from the southern pier of Dadao, winding and turning. Instead of reaching the east coast from the inland of the river beach, it chose to make a big circle, detouring from the East Sea and finally sailing into the gap in the control defense line of Wu Dai Island.

The Tosé family's control was very strict.

But the Nagano transcendents who took over did not know the terrain, so they would ignore the cliff on the back of Wu Dai Island.

This is the "flaw" that Gu Shen deliberately left.

Landing from the cliff on Wu Dai Island means that the Guang Ming City transcendents not only know the habits of the Tosé family but also know the deployment of Nagano's operation this time. This is likely to be a chess piece hidden in the system. For this mission, Guang Ming City decided to sacrifice the dark chess piece in exchange for tangible benefits.

The night was dark, and the high moon hung high.

The two Guang Ming City spies took out grappling hooks. They didn't dare to use their abilities and could only honestly use the power of tools to climb from the cliff, step by step, to the highest point of Wu Dai Island.

Then they sped all the way towards Tosé Shozo's *Poison Nest*.

After arriving at the destination, the two exhaled a long breath, and the stone hanging in their hearts was finally put down.

They saw the *Poison Nest* mentioned in the intelligence as they wished. The Snake God believers who had not yet been executed were cowering in the dark corners.

"Drip..."

This was just a test. The *Poison Nest* of Wu Dai Island was still there, which meant that Nagano's execution had not yet begun.

Stealing faith was still in time.

After seeing this scene, the two immediately transmitted this crucial secret report.

The next moment, they turned their heads, and the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

Because after turning around, a young figure wearing a demon mask was standing in front of them, less than a meter away.

All this was silent.

The two had no idea.

The ghost mask, seemingly smiling, mockingly uttered two words.

"You've come?"