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Larilu stared at Qiu Tu with a ferocious expression, while Qiu Tu looked back at her innocently, as if this was really all he wanted.

half an hour.

"Cuckoo~"

The panicked and ferocious expression on Lari's face vanished abruptly, replaced by a wicked and cunning look.

She laughed like a silver bell, her eyes narrowing into two curved rainbows.

After laughing for five or six seconds, La Riluo stopped laughing, then looked at Qiu Tu with a curious expression and asked, "Qiu Tu~ how did you find out that I was lying to you?"

Qiu Tu chuckled twice, then flattered him, "Because I trust Your Highness. I know that with Your Highness's intelligence, even if you were tricked by Yan Chen, you must have some trump cards up your sleeve, so you wouldn't be so panicked."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, La Riluo chuckled a few times before saying, "Then you're wrong."

"I don't have any trump cards. I just have enough, enough... how would you humans say that?"

"Oh. Right. Optimist. I'm just optimistic enough."

As she said this, Lari's head slowly vaporized, and after a moment, it formed a small image of Lari's entire body.

In the image, La Riluo sits comfortably in the air, then looks at Qiu Tu with curiosity and asks, "Qiu Tu, I'm actually more curious about you than about my own situation."

Larilu smiled wickedly, "You're contacting me at a time like this, it can't just be for a chat, right?"

Larilu stretched out her legs, her two plump little feet almost touching Qiu Tu's mouth, and she smiled mischievously, "Let me guess..."

"If I'm not mistaken, you've come to test me and want to make a deal with me, right?"

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Upon hearing La Riluo's words, Qiu Tu did not try to take over the conversation as usual.

Instead, she took the initiative to hand over the lead in the conversation to Lariro.

He gave a forced, awkward smile, then feigned stubbornness and said, "How could I dare to discuss business with Your Highness?"

"I've come to rescue Your Highness."

After saying that, Qiu Tu took the initiative to offer a suggestion, saying, "I saw Yan Chen's law phantom appear and discovered that something big seems to have happened in the New Territories City."

"So, I arrested a lot of people and after a long interrogation, I learned that Yan Chen had set a trap and a snare to devour His Highness and make him a fourth-order Cataclysm."

"Upon receiving this information, I immediately contacted His Highness, hoping to save him."

Sure enough, upon hearing Qiu Tu's story, La Riluo chuckled and then said mockingly, "Save me? Do I need your salvation?"

She said with a hint of disdain, "Do you really think Yan Chen can outsmart me?"

"I've seen through all the tricks he and Bai Yu played long ago."

“They even made targeted arrangements.”

"Yan Chen felt that he had schemed against me, but in fact... it was all a scheme within a scheme, a plot within a plot."

As Larilu spoke, Qiu Tu kept a close eye on her expression, trying to discern whether she was telling the truth or lying.

Whether it was La Riluo's acting skills that were too good or it was all really true, Qiu Tu didn't see a single flaw.

So he became even more cautious, and tentatively asked, "Is that so?"

"Then... I wonder if Your Highness could enlighten me?"

Qiu Tu deliberately frowned and said in a puzzled tone, "After learning about the general process of the whole thing today, I really feel that the entire New Territories City is a huge chessboard."

"And it seems you and Yan Chen have been plotting this for years. It's been a back-and-forth affair."

At this point, Qiu Tu proactively mentioned a few key words.

He said, "For example... what exactly happened between Zheng Tao and his ex-wife?"

"When did Bai Yu feign allegiance to His Highness?"

"When did Your Highness begin to infiltrate Yan Chen's inner circle?"

"And how did Yan Chen scheme against His Highness?"

At this point, Qiu Tu feigned a dejected expression and said, "I've only pieced together a rough outline of the facts from information from various sources, but I completely don't understand the timeline or your overall strategy..."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, La Riluo looked Qiu Tu up and down with her scarlet eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

Clearly, she hadn't expected Qiu Tu to know so much information and detail. Moreover, he had figured out the whole story in just one day.

However, the intelligence and timing of some key nodes have not been sorted out clearly.

Such intelligence gathering and analytical capabilities are truly alarming.

Thinking this, La Riluo couldn't help but scrutinize Qiu Tu, as if considering whether or not to tell him everything.

After a moment, she made up her mind.

She raised her head slightly and said, "Alright~ Since you want to know, I'll just tell you briefly."

"Consider this a demonstration of my power..."

As she spoke, La Riluo roughly recounted to Qiu Tu the scheming she and Yan Chen had been doing over the past two years.

According to La Riluo, she set her sights on Yan Chen several years ago.

At that time, the shelter had just determined that the New Territories would be transformed into a planned area, and Yan Chen, General Ye, and Commissioner Jiang were subsequently appointed as the highest-ranking officials of the three major agencies in the New Territories.

Old Master Qin learned of this news through some clandestine channels.

So he gathered information on these three people for Larilu, to see who had a chance to be recruited or broken through.

In the end, Larilu chose Yanchen.

The reason for choosing Yan Chen is quite simple: his wife had only been dead for a few years, and he could be resurrected using a "cloned female body." He also had a daughter, which would make it easier for La Ri Luo to secretly descend into the world.

Therefore, Mr. Qin, carrying generous gifts, went to the shelter as a seeker of refuge, and held a secret meeting with Yan Chen. In the end, he reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with Yan Chen on the condition of cloning and resurrecting Mrs. Yan Chen: Mr. Qin's second son, Qin Zhengguang, would take up a position in the Exploration Bureau.

After Yan Chen arrives in the New Territories, the Qin family will continue to cooperate with him.

Of course... all of this is a cover-up. Old Master Qin's cooperation is a pretense; his real intention is to steal Yan Chen's daughter's genes.

When discussing the technology of "cloning female bodies," Mr. Qin fabricated a story: Madam Yanchen had passed away several years ago, and it was impossible to clone her directly using only her remaining genes. It was necessary to use the living cells of Yanchen's daughter as a template for correction.

The number of living cells needed is not large; a tube of blood is sufficient.

Yan Chen clearly did not expect that Old Master Qin's target was his daughter, so he agreed to the condition almost without hesitation.

So, after returning to the New Territories, Old Master Qin began to clone Yan Chen's wife and Yan Yan.

Meanwhile, the cloned body that Old Master Qin had prepared for himself matured.

So, following his and La Riluo's plan, Old Master Qin abandoned his old body, splitting his soul in two and entering his cloned body and his eldest son Qin Heng's body to continue serving La Riluo.

And so, very soon, the New Territories City was officially established, and Yan Chen successfully became the Director of the New Territories City Investigation Department, arriving in the New Territories City.

As agreed, Old Master Qin presented the cloned Lady Yanchen to Yanchen, and Yanchen readily fulfilled her promise: she made Qin Zhengguang the deputy director of the Exploration Bureau.

However, when Yan Chen wanted to further cooperate with the Qin family, Old Master Qin was worried that the relationship between the Qin family and La Riluo would be discovered, so he temporarily delayed the cooperation with Yan Chen.

The reason is simple: his own death. Since he is dead, his descendants are unaware of the original agreement and therefore dare not readily pledge allegiance to him.

At that time, the New Territories City had just been established, and the three major institutions still needed established families such as the Qin family to establish a ruling order, so Yan Chen did not dare to put too much pressure on the Qin family.

Thus... the Qin family and Yan Chen reached a state where they were related, but not closely related.

According to La Riluo's speculation, it was probably Qin Laoyezi's conservative approach that aroused Yan Chen's suspicion.

So Yan Chen began to secretly investigate the Qin family's background, and as a result, he followed the clues and found some traces of La Ri Luo.

Because Yama is the catastrophic factor in the "life" pathway.

Moreover, its cataclysmic ability is somewhat unique, called "Life Devouring".

This cataclysmic ability is incredibly powerful: it can forcibly devour the lifespan and soul of beings of the same path, thereby strengthening itself.

However... in the real world, killing Cataclysms indiscriminately would get you wanted by the Sanctuary, so Yan Chen was forced to use his other Cataclysmic ability, "Turtle Breath," to slowly increase his strength.

But if there's a shortcut, nobody wants to follow the proper path of cultivation.

Therefore, when Yan Chen discovered that the evil god La Ri Luo was also a "life" pathway, he was tempted.

Because the evil gods are all high-level cataclysmic creatures of the fourth or fifth tier, once Yan Chen can devour La Ri Luo, his strength will immediately increase by leaps and bounds, and his advancement to a fourth-tier cataclysmic being will be just around the corner.

But at that time, Yan Chen hadn't thought of a good way to deal with La Ri Luo...

Unexpectedly, at this very moment, Javi approached Yan Chen and, posing as a follower of La Ri Luo, proposed a collaboration with him.

As someone who aspires to reach the summit, Yan Chen naturally rejected Jia Wei without hesitation.

He also sternly warned Jia Wei not to cause trouble in the New Territories, otherwise even his brother Jia Shu wouldn't be able to protect him.

However... after publicly refusing to cooperate with Jia Wei, Yan Chen secretly had a private meeting with Secretary Bai.

During their private conversation, Yan Chen hinted that he wanted to devour La Ri Luo, but couldn't find an opportunity.

If there is a way to lure Lariluo to the real world, perhaps Yanchen could devour her and successfully advance to a fourth-tier Cataclysm.

Yan Chen had done Secretary Bai a great favor.

Therefore, after discovering that Yan Chen had feelings for La Riluo, Secretary Bai thought about it for a long time and finally made up her mind to get involved and help Yan Chen achieve his goal.

So he took the initiative to find Javi, reached a cooperation agreement with Javi, and began to provide Javi with assistance.

Faced with the olive branch suddenly extended by Secretary Bai, one of the nine top officials of the Investigation Bureau, Jia Wei certainly couldn't refuse.

So, although he had some doubts, he accepted Secretary Bai's offer without hesitation.

Thus, Secretary Bai officially became the "Evil God's spy," and began to provide Jia Wei with various intelligence on the New Territories City, the Investigation Department, and other matters.

Secretary Bai was a very calm and serious person. Knowing that Javi might suspect him, he didn't rush to meet Larilu, but instead played the long game, patiently providing various intelligence and support.

It was this action that allowed him to finally win Javi's trust six months later, and Javi introduced him to Lariro.

Because she was prepared to get involved and sacrifice herself, Secretary Bai did not object to being marked with the believer mark that could take away life and death by Larilu.

This further earned Lariro and Javi's trust.

And so... Bai Secretary began to uncover La Riluo's various schemes. Consequently, Bai Secretary learned of La Riluo's plan to descend upon the land, and also learned of La Riluo's target: Yan Yan.

So, one evening, Secretary Bai wrote the relevant information in a letter and placed it on Yan Chen's desk.

Yan Chen made many targeted arrangements based on this information from Secretary Bai.

For example... he borrowed a Cataclysmic Treasure that could kill an evil god in advance.

For example... he prepared a substitute for his daughter in advance, so that she could die in her place.

For example... after determining the date of Larilu's arrival, a large fusion array was set up near the Qin family.

One of the main functions of this fusion array is to forcibly fuse the soul and body together, making them inseparable.

Unless you have the ability to "remove the catastrophe", you cannot escape!

Thus, on the day of her arrival, Lariro was horrified to discover that her soul could not return to the "Boundless Sea of ​​Hearts"!

She initially thought there was something wrong with the body Old Master Qin had created, or that he had been ambushed, so she used the follower's mark to render Old Master Qin unconscious before fleeing the Qin family and going into hiding. (Chapter 143)

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu suddenly seemed to realize something: So... his transmigration and rebirth, as well as Qin Shuman's fusion with a new body, were all actually due to Yan Chen?

But... Yan Chen's magic array was aimed at the Qin family, it shouldn't have affected the old alleyway, right?

Furthermore, merging bodies shouldn't cause the original souls of the two bodies to disappear, right?

Qiu Tu felt that Yan Chen was very likely a key factor in his transmigration and fusion with Qin Shuman's new body.

But something else must have happened that day that ultimately led to all of this.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu also pulled himself out of his thoughts and continued listening to La Riluo's story.

As Lariro continued talking, she probably got tired, so she simply flew onto the table and sat down.

Lariluo, who was transformed from an ancient coin, wore a black lace dress.

The long dress clung to her shapely figure, swaying gently with her movements, like a black butterfly dancing in the dark night.

She leaned against the table, her bare, jade-like feet wiggling back and forth, looking incredibly cute.

But combined with her blood-red lips and alluring eyes, she seemed like a venomous snake luring its prey onto a hook...