God Eater Sequence: The Devourer

After speaking, Li Tianming cheerfully leaned toward Qin Siyang, "Hold on!"

Qin Siyang suddenly shouted, "I need to verify if you're really Old Li!"

Li Tianming smiled confidently, "Ask away! I'm definitely the real deal!"

"How many bottles of my sequence magic potions did you secretly drink?"

"…"

Li Tianming tidied his hair, "How can you call it 'stealing'…"

"I ask, you answer! Hurry up!"

"Three or four bottles…"

"Three or four bottles? I'll beat you to death, you impostor!!!"

Qin Siyang didn't know exactly how much Li Tianming had stolen.

But that day, when he caught Li Tianming secretly drinking his sequence magic potions, he picked up the safe where they were stored and found it significantly lighter.

Three or four bottles wouldn't account for such a weight difference.

Saying this, Qin Siyang activated [Violence].

The fake Li Tianming from earlier didn't seem to want to kill him. But surely, this impostor wasn't just here for a chat either, right?

With the Thunder Snow Wolf's flesh already in his mouth, he was ready to kill the Li Tianming in front of him on the spot.

"Thirty-four bottles! Thirty-four bottles! I drank thirty-four bottles!!"

Seeing Qin Siyang about to strike for real, Li Tianming immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.

But Qin Siyang didn't relax upon hearing this, he got even angrier.

"Thirty-four bottles? I'll kill you, you shameless old rogue!!"

BOOM—

Qin Siyang was just about to attack.

But thick vines wrapped around him, locking his body in place. He couldn't break free.

"Let me go! Let me go!!"

Meanwhile, a crimson mask appeared on Li Tianming's face.

He sighed, lit a cigarette, and leaned toward Qin Siyang, "You brat, why do you have such a heavy killing intent?"

"I gave you the Crimson Crystal, yet you still hold a grudge over a few dozen bottles of sequence magic potions?"

"You gave me the Crimson Crystal, yet you still stole a few dozen bottles of my sequence magic potions?"

Hearing Li Tianming's shameless reasoning, Qin Siyang became even more furious.

He swallowed a piece of divine remnant on the spot and activated [Banquet Domain].

Breaking free instantly, he dashed behind Li Tianming and stabbed his short wasp dagger straight into his butt.

Li Tianming didn't react, he kept smoking.

BANG—

Just as Qin Siyang was about to attack, a powerful force repelled him, sending him tumbling to the ground.

Li Tianming cast a disdainful glance at him, "With those meager tricks, you think you can fight me?"

Qin Siyang stared at him in shock, "Old Li, how are you so much stronger than before? I remember when you were all high and mighty in the office, but when we were fighting the Ghost Faced Heron together, you were totally useless."

"Shut your damn mouth. What 'high and mighty'! And when was I ever useless? Listen, you can spout nonsense in front of me, but don't say a word about this to Fenghe, got it?"

"Tch."

Li Tianming said, "A few days ago, I went to Central Glory and retrieved some of my hidden God Hunting tools and research results from before my accident."

"No wonder. I was wondering why I couldn't see through your strength now."

"Heh, even without those things, I could still deal with you. Do you really think you're invincible?"

Li Tianming exhaled a smoke ring and asked calmly, "Brat, have you calmed down now?"

"I was never not calm. If someone stole your stuff, would you stay perfectly composed?"

"Can't be bothered arguing with you."

Li Tianming took another puff, then glanced at the corpse on the ground without any surprise.

"Xiao Qin, did you run into a fake version of me?"

"Yes. Did you run into a fake version of me too?"

Li Tianming nodded.

"Old Li, why did you come here?"

"It's a long story."

Li Tianming flicked his cigarette butt onto the ground and exhaled another smoke ring that drifted away in the cold wind.

"Didn't Chang Tianxiang install a navigation system on your phone? That system also has a unique tracking signal, making it easy for us to follow your movements."

"Professor Chang never told me about this."

"He told me. And I told him not to tell you."

"Why?"

"You're already too reckless in your actions. If you knew someone had your back, you'd be even more reckless when venturing outside the safe zone."

Qin Siyang snorted in disdain.

"I really didn't expect it. Turns out, even without backup, you've still got the guts to come all the way here!"

"I had navigation…"

Li Tianming scolded him sternly, "Even with navigation, you shouldn't have been so reckless. Ever since you left the safe zone, you've been running straight into danger. When Chang Tianxiang saw your signal vanish over forty kilometers away from the safe zone, he immediately informed me. Are you not afraid of running into a large-scale god? What, you think you can kill one now?"

Qin Siyang scratched his head and stayed silent.

"Afterward, Lu Daoxing checked the vines you gave him and saw they were still active, which meant you were alive but had definitely run into trouble."

"I knew you'd be lost without your navigation app, so I had everyone drop their urgent tasks and called Zhao Longfei too. We all worked together to figure out how to save you! Do you know how much trouble you caused?"

'They all came to rescue me?'

Hearing Li Tianming say this, Qin Siyang felt a bit guilty.

He shrank his head, "I know I was wrong. I won't do it again next time."

Li Tianming continued, "We arrived here about three days ago. But we only found traces of a battle—no sign of you."

"I was looking for my way back. I wasn't here."

"We figured as much. So after some discussion, we decided to split up to search for you. Then, whether or not we found you, we'd regroup here after three days."

"I didn't find you. But I did see a fake version of you yesterday."

"And then?"

"He tried to kill me, so I took care of him."

Then Li Tianming pointed to the body of Laudenor on the ground, "Just like him. Gelatinous blood, reverted to his original form after death."

'An impostor of me tried to kill Li Tianming?'

Qin Siyang fell silent.

'The fake Li Tianming I met didn't have any intention of killing me.'

'Could it be that the enemy have different objectives for different people?'

"They were probably controlled in advance and followed us out of the safe zone, planning to pick us off one by one after we split up."

As he spoke, Li Tianming's expression darkened, "I suspect Old Zhang and the others might have also encountered impostors."

"What? This… Zhang Kuang and the others won't be in danger, right?"

If any of the professors lost their lives searching for him, Qin Siyang would feel guilty forever.

"You're the weakest among all of us. If even you're still alive, they should be fine."

"That's a relief."

Li Tianming said, "Zhang Kuang, Wu Yu, Chang Tianxiong, Lu Daoxing, Hao Liang—those renowned professors all came to find you. Chang Tianxiang stayed behind to monitor the signals and relay messages."

"There's no signal outside the safe zone, so phones don't work. Professor Chang's ability is related to communication, so he's directing things from the base."

"We all took different directions to search for you and had Wu Yu wait here in case you came back."

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