AITAMITB Chapter 149

“Hughes, do you have any bad premonitions?”

In the Gods’ district, the most prosperous place in the entire sacred city.

As first-class citizens, the gods enjoyed absolutely superior treatment. Raymond, a former member of the End of the World sect, felt very fortunate that he made the right decision at a critical moment. Otherwise, how could he now be enjoying the lavish life that only billionaires could have?

Clothes at his fingertips, food at his beck and call, the once unattainable beautiful women now groveled before him, seeking his favor. Watching those women compete for the position among the gods, scheming and plotting like characters in a palace drama, Raymond’s male ego was greatly satisfied.

“Bad premonitions?” Hughes, lying on a beach chair, opened his eyes and glanced at Raymond through the gap in his sunglasses. With a suggestive tone, he said, “Are you talking about kidney deficiency? I’ve told you before, restrain yourself. Women are endless entertainment. No need to rush. Anyway, when we’re in our fifties or sixties, there will still be teenage girls willing to climb into our beds. Why worry?”

There was no sun in the mysterious realm, but among those who joined the End of the World sect, besides incompetents like Hughes and Raymond, there were also many scientists and politicians. The latter maintained the operation of the city, manipulating everyone in the palm of their hands, while the former researched various measures of pleasure, allowing the gods to enjoy modern life even within the mysterious realm.

Raymond complained, “This place is simply a paradise in my dream, everything is great, except…”

He and Hughes exchanged a glance, both saying, “No internet!”

“It’s a pity that we can’t go online to mess with those damn F City idiots!”

“I really hope the true god could rule the world sooner, so we don’t have to shrink in such a small place.”

While the two were talking, neither of them noticed that the shadows under their beach chairs, like waves, gently swayed.

In an instant, a jammer with a set countdown was installed in the cleaning room.

On the street.

A white girl dressed as a commoner, her head wrapped in a scarf, eyes downcast, hurriedly walked along the long street.

In the sacred city, it was rare to see women moving outside. Even if they did, they were like her, wrapping themselves from head to toe, almost showing only their eyes. In this world where the upper class had absolute dominance over the lower class, the status of women here was even lower than that of men. Even commoners were likely to be noticed by a passing god and pressed down at any time and place.

In a place without police and courts, even though commoners were considered to have the rights of free individuals, they had nowhere to appeal their grievances. They could only reduce the chances of their wives and daughters going out, trying to minimize the possibility of insult. At least inside their own houses, commoners still retained a bit of dignity.

The girl was tall, yet her graceful figure couldn’t be concealed, especially her pair of amber eyes that restlessly darted around, resembling a nimble cat. Behind her, two tall men gradually closed in on her body. The onlookers, noticing this scene, revealed eyes filled with reluctance but quickly lowered their heads, avoiding the fierce gazes.

Passing through a small alley, the girl’s arm was suddenly grabbed, and she was pulled inside.

Before she could shout for help, her mouth was covered.

In an instant, as several harsh screams and muffled sounds beneath the screams echoed, the alley returned to silence.

Park Huiya calmly pried open the mouths of each man, pouring the liquid from the bottle into their throats. Then, reaching to her back, she pulled out a thin fabric shimmering with silver light.

It was a specially crafted invisibility cloak from City H, using the principle of optical reflection. It was challenging to escape the discerning eyes of people but more than enough to deal with casual inspections. She shook the fabric, draped it over the three men, and a magical phenomenon occurred—

With a shimmer of light, the three men disappeared from her sight.

Of course, this disappearance was quite limited, giving the impression of nothing unusual at a glance. However, upon closer inspection, something seemed a bit off. If someone walked by and scrutinized, they would likely notice something peculiar.

But that didn’t matter. Park Huiya didn’t intend for these three men to vanish forever; she just needed them to disappear temporarily.

Arthur entered the city and immediately headed towards the god district. Tall and handsome, with sapphire-like blue eyes sparkling, he walked with confidence, his chin slightly lifted, appearing no different from a true god.

He pressed the doorbell of a standalone villa, and the servant who came to open the door was a worker in the villa. Arthur smiled at her, revealing his snow-white teeth, “I’m here to see Grein. Is he at home?”

“Mr. Grein is…”

Without waiting for the servant to respond, he brutishly pushed her aside and walked straight in.

In the living room, Grein heard unfamiliar footsteps, stood up, and looked at Arthur with confusion, “Who are you, and why have I never seen you before?”

“I am…” Arthur walked over, the stun gun in his hand unexpectedly pressed against Grein’s abdomen, instantly robbing him of his voice. All that could be heard was him whispering, “Of course, you don’t know me because I don’t know you either.”

Lin Bai entered the city and went straight to the commoner’s district.

In the normal world, the slums were usually the best hiding places, but in the sacred city, it was precisely the opposite.

According to Julia’s instructions, the slums were, in fact, the most strictly monitored area in the entire sacred city.

The commoner’s district and the god district relied on electronic surveillance and patrols by extraordinary individuals. In contrast, the slums relied on mutual supervision among people. Every person had to go out with a fixed companion, and when two people were together, they were not allowed to speak. There had to be a third party present. If the content of what the three people said didn’t match during a random check, the person proven false would face severe punishment.

Of course, if someone said something they shouldn’t, all three would die together.

In a short period, the slums had formed a stricter system than other places.

Everyone supervised each other, and each person was the eyes of the authorities. Everyone attempted to please the management by reporting on others, gaining their favor, and thus changing their own fate.

“As expected.” Lin Bai pretended to be reading in a café with few people, the tablet hidden in the book swiftly deciphering the WiFi. Soon, he connected to the local network within the mysterious realm.

He appeared relaxed as if genuinely an ordinary commoner. Occasionally taking a sip of coffee on the table, gently flipping through a page of the book. For the men in the commoner’s district, their lives seemed relatively easy. After completing their work, they had enough energy and time to indulge in some small relaxation.

Therefore, Lin Bai’s Asian appearance, though somewhat uncommon, was inconspicuous to this group who couldn’t really distinguish what Asians looked like. This made it easy for him to infiltrate the monitoring within the mysterious realm, erasing all traces of his companions.

The technological level of the End of the World sect was actually quite impressive, with many areas combining superpowers and science, surpassing even the outside world. After all, they had been developing such content for decades, a time when most countries had just become aware of the existence of superhumans! Fortunately, among them, there was no one like Lin Bai, a superhuman in the brain department.

Perhaps there were some, but at least no one’s awakening direction was like Lin Bai’s, directly connecting to data on the internet.

Following the instructions of the Sea Goddess, Julia obediently waited in her room.

Her gaze was expectant as she looked at the door, wondering when the messenger sent by the Sea Goddess would arrive.

During the waiting process, she would chat with her sister, Salabie, discussing topics related to the Sea Goddess.

She envied Salabie for having seen the Sea Goddess and wondered if there would be a chance this time to witness the appearance of the sea goddess.

As seconds and minutes passed, Julia, sitting and staring at the door, didn’t notice that behind her, a figure gradually stood up in the shadows. When Ye Ying appeared beside Julia, Zhao Xiaokui’s voice sounded simultaneously.

“Julia, the messenger I sent has arrived.”

“Where is he? Why haven’t I seen him?”

“He’s behind you. Don’t scream.”

Julia turned around, promptly covering her mouth, her eyes showing an excited expression.

“Oh my, oh my, oh my! How did you do that? I didn’t even open the door, and you came in! This is so magical. Did you come in through the window? In such a small room, can you shrink your body? I’ve seen kung fu on TV from Huaxia…”

Julia was too excited, and Zhao Xiaokui had to calm her down, saying, “Hey, Julia, calm down.”

Ye Ying was unaware that Zhao Xiaokui was talking to Julia or that he could be seen. Seeing the petite Julia, a soft expression involuntarily appeared in his eyes.

Everything they were doing, wasn’t it all to protect every child like Julia, allowing them to have a bright future?

“Hi…” He greeted Julia cautiously, afraid of startling the girl. “I am a messenger sent by the Sea Goddess. I heard that your special ability could help us, so I’ve come to seek your assistance.”

Julia’s excitement finally subsided.

Seeing Ye Ying sit down, she walked over and, in front of him, sat cross-legged, mimicking Ye Ying’s posture, asking, “What do I need to do?”

Ye Ying instructed her to simply confirm the time with her sister Salabie, as well as with Zhao Xiaokui, just like she did before.

Their jammers were set with a countdown to activate. As long as the times matched on both ends, the activation would be simultaneous. Their biggest difficulty before was being unable to determine the activation time. Due to Zhao Xiaokui’s incident, they missed the scheduled time for the first jammer.

In fact, according to the communication between Julia and Salabie earlier, even if they had set up the jammers according to the predetermined time, it was highly likely they would have ended up alerting the enemy because their military watches, carried with them, were unexpectedly affected by the environment within the mysterious realm, causing significant errors.

Julia, being a lively girl, filled with curiosity about the sea goddess’s messenger after learning that the Sea Goddess would come to save her.

Ye Ying had nothing else to do, so he chatted with the little girl. He wasn’t an offensive superhuman anyway, and once the jammer successfully activated, it would be time for him to retire.

Zhao Xiaokui didn’t stop them. Along the way, everyone’s nerves were tense, so relaxing a bit wasn’t a bad thing.

Ye Ying actually had a child of his own, and seeing Julia made him unavoidably think of his daughter back home.

His daughter couldn’t speak yet, but when she grew up, maybe she would be as lively and adorable as Julia.

He couldn’t resist reaching out, wanting to pat Julia’s little head.

But before his hand touched Julia, she suddenly let out a low exclamation.

Ye Ying asked, “What’s wrong?”

Julia’s tiny eyebrows furrowed, “It hurts… I don’t know what happened just now.”

“Did it hurt when I touched you?” Ye Ying inquired.

Julia wasn’t sure, “Maybe?”

“Stretch out your hand; let’s try.”

Ye Ying extended his palm, inviting Julia to place her hand on it.

Julia’s hand was small, with slender fingers. She carefully placed her hand in Ye Ying’s palm. Before their skin touched, a faint golden light appeared. At the same time, Ye Ying felt warmth from a certain part of his body.

He reached to touch it, realizing it was the Buddhist scripture given by Sucha.

What’s going on?

He looked at Julia, who had the same puzzled expression. Suddenly, he had a somewhat uneasy premonition.

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