As Kong De's energy core within his body suddenly emitted a blinding light before his death.
Initially, Zhang Chen thought Kong De was feigning surrender, intending to fire an energy beam and seize an opportunity to escape.
However, unexpectedly, after the energy crystal core flashed, Kong De died entirely.
It was likely that a remotely detonated skill had been pre-installed within Kong De's body.
Due to the presence of the barrier, external energy attacks aiming to kill Kong De had to pass through it. Not to mention whether those attacks could penetrate the barrier, even if they possessed such intensity, Zhang Chen should have been able to sense it.
The only explanation was that the enemy's skill could directly detonate the energy bomb within Kong De through remote control, destroying him.
Because detonating the energy only required a signal, its energy fluctuations were extremely weak. Unless one's perception was fully engaged and observant, its existence was impossible to detect.
Implanting energy bombs within subordinates to facilitate silencing them?
Hiss... How could these Supremes behave like a cult?!
Thinking of Clarence, if he truly became the so-called King, he would undoubtedly have such a bomb installed in his body. As long as his actions deviated even slightly from their intentions, he could be silenced at any moment.
For such a pathetic position, he was still desperately fighting to obtain it?!
Truly incomprehensible!
Zhang Chen reached out and lightly touched Kong De's corpse.
Ding! Collection successful! Congratulations on obtaining [Super Condensed Crystal Core] *200,000 + 200,000 (30% trigger of Light Blessing), [Super Energy Crystal Core] *3,000, [Pale Yellow Ring] *1.
[Super Energy Crystal Core]: Between the first stage of Advanced Evolver and the third stage of Intermediate Transcendent, [Super Energy Crystal Core] can be used to increase strength level.
[Super Energy Crystal Core]?
This was Zhang Chen's first time encountering such an item.
It seemed that after Evolver came Transcendent. As for the Supremes, whether it was a title or a level, Zhang Chen had no way of knowing.
However, what was certain was that regardless of the level, it definitely wouldn't be the maximum level.
Because Zhang Chen was at the maximum level, displayed as Supreme God.
And he had already detached himself from the ranking of Reincarnators.
Currently, the first-ranked Reincarnator in the same batch was Qing Feng, and others had also advanced their rankings accordingly.
"Hoo!"
Zhang Chen exhaled a long breath.
The frequent use of his abilities had left him somewhat exhausted.
The more powerful the enemy controlled, the higher the proficiency requirement for his abilities.
If Zhang Chen's proficiency were maxed out, his abilities could basically instantly kill any monster or survivor he encountered.
But now, ensuring that his abilities did not go berserk and could control powerful enemies according to his will was indeed a very arduous task.
Divine Power Control proficiency +8, currently 51/500.
The speed of leveling up was still a bit slow. If he captured stronger enemies in the future, he absolutely must not kill them in haste; he needed to practice with them more to gain experience in divine-level control.
Zhang Chen slowly descended from mid-air.
The survivors in the plaza immediately cleared a large open space.
The eyes of these people were not filled with admiration but with fear.
Humans were naturally afraid of unknown strong individuals.
Zhang Chen ignored these people and returned directly to the coffee shop.
Here, Qian Xinxin and Zhao Xiyue were still asleep.
However, their postures were vastly different.
Zhao Xiyue had fallen onto the sofa, her waterfall-like black hair cascading down. Her head was turned to the side, revealing her fair swan-like neck and beautiful profile.
As for Qian Xinxin, she had collapsed onto the table, with her two large mounds resting on the tabletop, significantly alleviating the burden for her.
Zhang Chen gently placed his hand on Zhao Xiyue's chest. A surge of pure energy instantly flowed from his palm into Zhao Xiyue's body, gradually decomposing the toxins within her along her limbs and bones. After about three minutes of this, Zhang Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat down.
Finally, it was done!
Controlling Kong De with his abilities earlier had consumed a lot of energy, and coupled with the current use, his stamina was nearing depletion.
If he used more energy, he might not be able to control the meteor core within his body and cause it to go berserk.
He would let Qian Xinxin sleep soundly.
"Huh? Did I fall asleep?"
Zhao Xiyue slowly sat up, her messy hair obscuring her beautiful face.
"It's fine, it's all handled here," Zhang Chen said with a smile.
"You must be exhausted!" Zhao Xiyue asked with concern, seeing Zhang Chen's somewhat pale complexion.
"I'm alright. In fact, they weren't difficult to deal with. It's just that using abilities is quite tiring. But for the sake of becoming stronger, it's only right to be a little tired!" Zhang Chen said nonchalantly.
"It's all my fault for being so useless. If only I could share some of the burden with you!" Zhao Xiyue said with her head bowed, feeling somewhat self-reproachful.
"It has nothing to do with you, don't blame yourself!" Zhang Chen reached out, pinched Zhao Xiyue's chin, and lifted her face.
"Mm?"
Zhao Xiyue's small face instantly flushed as Zhang Chen held her chin.
She had indeed never had such intimate contact with other men before; she hadn't even held hands, let alone had her chin held.
Looking at Zhang Chen's handsome face, Zhao Xiyue's heart was racing. Could it be... he was going to kiss her? Should she close her eyes then?
But... what if he wasn't, wouldn't that be too awkward?
Seeing Zhao Xiyue's delicate and charming face, her clear, flowing eyes, and her rosy, soft lips, Zhang Chen almost couldn't resist leaning in for a kiss.
"Guji!"
Xiao Ruan had crawled out at some point and was floating between their faces, curiously watching the scene.
"Uh... I'll relocate some of the camp personnel, and you help me!" Zhang Chen changed the subject, retracting his hand simultaneously.
"Oh, okay!"
Zhao Xiyue's face turned even redder, and her heart was pounding wildly.
It felt as if she had done something embarrassing that had been discovered.
"That, Xiao Ruan, go and open a teleportation gate to the fourth walled city!" Zhang Chen said to Xiao Ruan.
"Guji, guji!"
Xiao Ruan spun in the air, reluctant to leave.
"What are you looking at? There's nothing interesting to see anymore. Stop gossiping and get to work!" Zhang Chen said.
"Guji..."
Only then did Xiao Ruan, with a look of great unwillingness, fly outside the coffee shop. Before opening the teleportation gate, it couldn't help but glance back, to see if they had kissed yet.
Seeing that the two of them were more than five meters apart, it slowly shook its head (if it could shake its head), and then, a massive teleportation gate slowly opened.
This time, besides the True God Cult's guard team, most of the people being teleported were non-combat personnel.
Zhang Chen planned to turn this place and the cities behind it into a rear base for combat training, knowledge learning, and talent cultivation.
The outer walled cities would be responsible for defending against monster attacks. If they were breached, they could retreat to the rear cities, thus avoiding being trapped and killed.