Chapter 641 - 410: A Little Role-Playing (2)

Chapter 641: Chapter 410: A Little Role-Playing (2)

’Asleep?’ Erin knocked again, tentatively. There was still no sound from inside. She stood at the door, pulled out her phone, and sent another message to Zhou Chen and Li Xiye, but still got no response.

She stood at the door for quite a while before someone suddenly opened it.

"Zhou Chen?" Erin was taken aback for a moment when she saw who it was, and her expression immediately turned suspicious. "Why was the door locked?"

"We were discussing a few things," Zhou Chen replied, perfectly composed.

Suspicion written all over her face, Erin walked into the hospital room. She saw Li Xiye lying in bed with an IV drip, and Li Xiye greeted her.

Everything seemed fine, and there were no strange smells in the air.

But that in itself was the problem.

’If nothing was wrong, why did they wait so long to open the door?’

Erin wasn’t an idiot. She had a pretty good idea of what the two of them had been doing. With a deadpan expression, she said, "And here I was, worried something might have happened to you two. Turns out you were just in here doing... *that* sort of thing."

"We’ll invite you to join us next time, then," Li Xiye said with a grin.

That one sentence completely flustered Erin. Her face turned visibly red. "W-what... What do you mean, ’join you’? You-you’re... you’re shameless!"

Li Xiye gave a dismissive wave. "It’s going to happen sooner or later. You might as well get used to the idea."

’What does she mean, "sooner or later"?!’ Erin’s face felt even hotter, burning as if it were on fire. She didn’t dare to look at Zhou Chen and scrambled into the hospital room’s bathroom in a panic to cool down alone.

With Erin here, the two of them couldn’t continue their shameless intimacy. They had to be a bit more mindful. So, Zhou Chen turned on the TV to watch.

The Hai City incident was already on the news, with all the relevant details made public. It caused a massive uproar worldwide. That a Grand Councilor from the Asian Region would take such drastic measures after his downfall shocked countless people.

Dupe’s case had triggered a frenzy of whistleblowing. An endless stream of tips, like a snowstorm, flooded the Star Association’s tip inbox. A large number of videos with people making real-name accusations also appeared on major video platforms, generating billions of likes, shares, and comments. This whistleblowing frenzy was now trending on media platforms all over the world.

The Star Association would probably use this as an opportunity to conduct an internal purge—to cut out all the rot and corruption. Though it would be painful, it was a necessary measure to maintain proper operations.

In response, those who were accused would surely use every means at their disposal to eliminate the incriminating videos and letters. A bloody political power struggle was bound to follow.

At the same time, another piece of earth-shattering news broke.

—The Dawn Church would soon be rebuilt!

This news briefly overshadowed even the whistleblowing frenzy. At its zenith, the Dawn Church had been incredibly powerful, even surpassing the Life Church to become the world’s foremost religious organization. The name of the Sun King, Noah, was known to all. People revered and worshipped him as they would the sun, believing he could bring light to the world and a brilliant future.

Even today, countless people still fondly remembered them and studied their teachings. Now, the Dawn Church, silent for over a decade, had announced its imminent revival. It was like a depth charge dropped on the world, leaving countless people reeling in shock.

Zhou Chen checked his phone. On the Extraordinary forums, the most-discussed threads were all about the Dawn Church’s reconstruction. In terms of hype, it completely dwarfed the Hai City incident.

"So, the Dawn Church is really being rebuilt..." He had anticipated this, but he didn’t know where Father Daun had gone.

Li Xiye pinched her chin in thought. "I need to have my company start some business talks with the Dawn Church. Hmm... how about we make our next new product a ’Sun Sunflower’ in collaboration with them? What do you think?"

Zhou Chen nodded. "I think that could work. And then you could have a Peashooter that shoots peas, or a Snow Pea that shoots frozen peas. Oh, and a Melon-pult for home security. It can lob melons when there are burglars, and when there aren’t, you can just eat the melons. And a Kernel-pult..."

"The company is already developing those. They should be ready to sell in two or three months," Li Xiye said calmly. Her company hadn’t made it into the world’s top 100 by simply selling flowers; Extraordinary Plants were her main source of revenue.

Zhou Chen looked at Erin, who had emerged from the bathroom, now composed. "Erin, do you think the Elizabeth Clan should also pursue some business cooperation with the Dawn Church?"

"I’ll talk to my father about it and have them try to secure a partnership as soon as possible." Erin knew how much influence the Dawn Church wielded. If her clan could establish a business partnership with them, the benefits would be immense.

Some time ago, the Laine Kingdom’s general election had concluded. The Republican Party leader her father had supported won the election, and the Laine Kingdom was now renamed the "Laine Republic." It was now fully integrated with modern society, having abolished a series of outdated feudal customs.

Having backed the winning side, and with her father providing significant help and support during the election, he was now the third-most powerful figure in the Laine Republic. His position was extremely high, and the clan’s status had soared along with his. If they could now establish a business partnership with the Dawn Church, their position would become even more secure.

Li Xiye and Erin immediately got on the phone with their respective companies and families.

Just over ten minutes later, another major news story broke.

—[Daun, Former Archbishop of the Dawn Church, Kills a Tier Five Monarch in the Abyss, Slaying a Traitor of Old!]

Zhou Chen’s eyes widened. ’Father Daun went to the Abyss? And killed a Tier Five Monarch?!’

He quickly clicked on the news story to get the details.

It turned out that during the Night of the Sun’s Fall, a traitor from within the Dawn Church had backstabbed its core members and grassroots forces. This had led to massive casualties, including the deaths of many young students.

That traitor later fled to the Abyss, willingly underwent Abyssalization, and advanced to become a Tier Five Monarch. He seized an entire level of the Abyss, where he ruled as a tyrant and lived a life of wanton pleasure.

For every day the traitor lived, the Dawn Church was shrouded in shame. Only by killing him could the Church dispel the shadow of betrayal and usher in an era of reconstruction and rebirth.

Daun’s long journey was for the sole purpose of executing this traitor—to settle an old score and to offer a blood sacrifice to his fallen comrades, clearing the path for the Dawn Church’s reconstruction.

The news also mentioned that he had advanced to become a Tier Five Crowned King!

Zhou Chen was deeply shaken. Even as a newly advanced Tier Five Crowned King, the Abyss wasn’t a place one could enter and exit at will. The traitor, especially, had received a divine endowment from an Abyssal King. He wasn’t just an Abyss Monarch, but also a Divine Favored who could use the Abyssal King’s blessing at critical moments. On top of that, he had an entire level of the Abyss to draw power from. He would have been anything but an easy kill.

Yet Daun had killed him and returned victorious.

Countless people who saw the news shared Zhou Chen’s astonishment: ’This is someone who *just* advanced to Tier Five?!’

A great many people were ecstatic when they heard the news, for in Daun, they saw a shadow of the legendary Noah.

Even before becoming the renowned King of the Sun, Noah was a legend. From the moment he appeared on the scene, he was invincible, constantly fighting and killing foes of higher Tiers. Defeating powerful enemies against the odds was as common to him as eating and drinking. A Tier Three killing a Tier Four, a Tier Four killing a Tier Five—and upon first reaching Tier Five, he killed four veteran Tier Five Abyss Monarchs in a stunning counterattack, which made his name resound throughout the world.

While Daun’s past accomplishments couldn’t compare to Noah’s, they were still astonishing. But this time, he demonstrated true power, daring to venture alone into the Abyss to execute the traitor right after reaching Tier Five. It was a feat worthy of Noah himself.

[A New Sun King Is Born? Can Daun Become the Next King of the Sun?!]

[Former Archbishop of the Dawn Church Advances to Tier Five! Will the Sun Rise Again?]

Eye-catching headlines like these flooded every major platform, sparking a debate of unprecedented intensity.