"Lin Qingsong?"
Zhang Chen was startled!
Although the person in front of him looked a bit aged, Zhang Chen had a very deep impression of this villain.
"You... are also from the apocalypse?"
Lin Qingsong was slightly taken aback.
He was not only surprised by Zhang Chen's immense power, capable of shattering the entire city wall into molecules, but even more so that Zhang Chen actually knew him.
He subconsciously glanced at Zhang Chen's finger, which indeed wore a jade green ring.
"Have the newcomers become this powerful already? It seems I'm truly old!"
Lin Qingsong said with a smile, shaking his head.
Zhang Chen activated his Absolute Vision to examine Lin Qingsong. Powerful energy surged within him, suggesting a strength comparable to an intermediate inheritor.
Such power was almost on par with Shirley's, making him a god-like existence in this world.
However, all the meridians within his body had been severed.
This meant he could only use limited abilities. If he were to unleash the combat power of an inheritor, the energy would instantly erupt from his broken meridians like a breached flood, ultimately causing him to explode and die.
"We know each other, and yet we don't. The Lin Qingsong of the same batch has already been killed by me; my feud with him is settled."
"Now it's our feud. Hand over the Wish Stone to me, and I can consider letting you return to the apocalypse alive!"
"Also, a reminder: don't think that once your allotted time expires and you're automatically teleported back, I won't be able to find you. I advise you not to take the risk."
Zhang Chen made a slight gesture with his left hand.
A teleportation portal immediately opened and then slowly closed.
"Are you... a True God?"
"I've heard legends of you in the apocalypse!"
"It's a pity that Planet Shui Lan is too vast; we never had the chance to meet."
"I wonder... who is more powerful, you or the Supreme Being Zhang Chen."
Lin Qingsong asked with a slightly provocative tone.
"The Supreme Being has been sent to another world by me. In the apocalypse world now, there is no Zhang Chen, or if there is, it's only me."
Zhang Chen said lightly.
"You... are indeed very strong..."
Upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, Lin Qingsong's face turned somewhat pale.
The man whom he couldn't surpass despite all his efforts had been so easily defeated by the Zhang Chen before him?!
The "another world" that Lin Qingsong understood meant death.
Although he had misunderstood, the final conclusion was correct.
That is, the Zhang Chen before him was far more formidable than the Supreme Being.
"Where is the Wish Stone?"
Although Zhang Chen and Lin Qingsong didn't have a deep enmity, they weren't exactly compatriots from the same apocalypse, and Zhang Chen felt no sense of familiarity.
After all, Lin Qingsong with the green ring had left a terrible impression on Zhang Chen.
Therefore, he was unwilling to chat further with Lin Qingsong and urged him directly.
"The Wish Stone? Haha, there's no such thing at all!"
"It's just that the people in this world are too foolish. Seeing me conjure things out of thin air from my ring, they thought I obtained them through wishes!"
"Their world lacks space abilities, so naturally, they wouldn't understand the principle of how the ring works. Cough cough... cough cough..."
Lin Qingsong said with a laugh, and towards the end, he even coughed loudly.
It was evident that the sealed meridians had caused severe issues with his body.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have remained a hidden mastermind and would have already been dominating this place.
"I can understand conjuring objects, but what about the beauties?"
Zhang Chen asked.
It was undeniable that storage rings could not directly contain living beings.
"That's just my innate skill."
"Since things have come to this, there's nothing for me to hide anymore. My awakened talent is Puppetry."
"I can control anyone to become my puppet and act according to my will."
"Those beauties were just women I gathered from this world, who drank some beauty-enhancing potions from apocalypse technology to improve their looks, and then I controlled them with my puppet art."
"Otherwise... how could everyone obey my every command? How could I, the hidden mastermind, feel at ease?"
Lin Qingsong conjured a rosewood carved chair from his ring and sat on it. He also offered one to Zhang Chen, indicating for him to sit and chat.
"So... there isn't actually a Wish Stone in this world?"
Zhang Chen asked.
"There probably isn't one in this world, but there is a magical item in the apocalypse world."
"I only found out about that item at the very end, and it was always worn by the Supreme Being."
"Did you not find it when you dealt with the Supreme Being? It's a fingernail-sized, seven-colored crystal stone."
"It was because of this item that I lost to him; otherwise... the current Supreme Being should have been me..."
Lin Qingsong said, narrowing his eyes as he recalled the past.
However, when he noticed Zhang Chen's changing expression, he quickly added:
"Of course, even if I were the Supreme Being now, I would still not be your opponent."
Zhang Chen nodded, stood up, and said:
"Thank you for the information. I believe you know far more than you've revealed!"
"I need to find that seven-colored crystal stone, and at the same time, I need to find something in this world. Are you willing to help me?"
Upon hearing Zhang Chen's question, Lin Qingsong quickly said with a smile:
"Of course I am, but I have a condition..."
Before he could finish, his expression suddenly froze, and he became rigid in place.
After a while, as if waking up, he said:
"Master, you can find anything you wish, and I will do my utmost to assist you!"
In that instant, the Underworld Mushroom, using the immense power within Zhang Chen's body, directly seized Lin Qingsong's consciousness.
It was washed within the consciousness symbiont and then reinserted into Lin Qingsong's brain.
This way, Lin Qingsong became a member of the consciousness symbiont and would undoubtedly obey Zhang Chen unconditionally.
"I need your puppet emperor to issue orders to search for strange occurrences in this world!"
"Including, but not limited to, energy outbreaks, supernatural events, appearances of ghosts and spirits, concentrated areas of genius, certain forbidden zones, and so on."
"List everything that feels unusual in this world."
"There is something in this world that I desire, but I don't know what it looks like, only that its appearance will definitely bring about unusual events!"
Zhang Chen said.
"Understood. I will have the emperor do it immediately. Also, I sincerely invite you to visit my harem. There, I have over a hundred meticulously selected beauties, hoping to satisfy Master!"
Lin Qingsong issued the command to the puppet emperor, then respectfully and enthusiastically extended the invitation to Zhang Chen.