Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#213 - Chapter 213: Groundhog Flying to the Sky

In the car, Xiang Nanzhi asked without turning her head, "Why are we leaving like this? Couldn't we have explained things before leaving?"

"Explained?" Li Chenqiu smiled helplessly, "If I could explain things clearly, I wouldn't be here with the title of 'Second Grandpa.' Besides, time is tight, and explaining would be a waste of time."

"Second Grandpa?" Xiang Nanzhi glanced at Li Chenqiu out of the corner of her eye and laughed, "Second Grandpa, you're doing so well for yourself?"

Li Chenqiu said unhappily, "Doing well my foot! Becoming a grandpa at nineteen, can you handle that?"

Xiang Nanzhi said disdainfully, "You're a typical case of not knowing how good you have it. Do you know how miserable I was?

Waking up as a skeleton in a pile of garbage, my strength also went from tenth ban to first ban. After inexplicably growing flesh and blood, I wanted to find you.

To do that, I rummaged through the trash for some cardboard and made myself some makeshift clothes. As soon as I hit the streets, I was chased by a bunch of inexplicable people. Fine, I tolerated it, but…"

Xiang Nanzhi took a deep breath, paused, and continued, "But as I was running, my clothes fell off, so I covered my body and ran naked through the streets, from the pedestrian street to the shopping mall, and then to the snack street.

The sound of cameras clicking never stopped along the way. Can you understand my collapse and helplessness at the time?"

Li Chenqiu covered his mouth and smiled.

For some reason, after hearing Xiang Nanzhi's experience, he suddenly felt like he was a little happy.

"Later, I finally escaped the pursuit and managed to sneak into that Qitian tribe, planning to go to the Divine Empowerment Society to take a look, but… but I didn't get anything!

I wouldn't have cared, since I still had you with me, but what about you? How did you treat me? You were hit by two golden lights right in front of me…"

Li Chenqiu nervously gripped the seat belt, "Hey, hey, you can be excited, but can your hands please stay on the steering wheel?"

Hearing this, Xiang Nanzhi put her hands back on the steering wheel, "What are you afraid of? Resurrectors can regenerate. We won't die in a car accident."

Li Chenqiu lowered his eyebrows, "Can you regenerate and heal yourself?"

"Huh?" Xiang Nanzhi glanced at Li Chenqiu in surprise, "Yeah, why?"

Li Chenqiu said calmly, "I can't regenerate and heal myself, and I can't turn into mist anymore."

"What?" Xiang Nanzhi turned her head in shock.

Li Chenqiu reached out and slapped the back of Xiang Nanzhi's head, "Watch the road!"

Xiang Nanzhi turned her head, anxiously saying, "You didn't become a Chosen One, did you?"

Li Chenqiu said in a deep voice, "I'm not sure, but I really can't heal anymore. I guess it's related to this body, so… be careful. If I die here, I'll really be dead."

"Got it, don't worry, my driving skills are top-notch!" Xiang Nanzhi made an "OK" gesture with one hand.

Li Chenqiu released the seat belt, "Turn left after we get out. By the way, how many years have you been driving? You feel very steady!"

Xiang Nanzhi smiled triumphantly, "I just passed my learner's permit test. I don't even have a license yet. Isn't my talent strong? This is my first time touching a car, and I can be so steady. Awesome, right?"

Li Chenqiu's face darkened, "Awesome."

…

Along the desolate highway, a van quietly parked on the side of the road.

Sitting in the passenger seat was a middle-aged man with rough skin and disheveled hair.

This man's name was Liu Shen, the vice leader of the God-Hater organization, God Dynasty, and also a powerful Fourth Realm God-Hater.

Liu Shen closed his eyes, his bony fingers holding a cigarette, leaning against the car window.

"Brother Liu!" A young man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks trotted to the wooden door of the passenger seat.

Liu Shen raised his head, "How are the preparations?"

The young man rubbed his hands, "All buried!"

Liu Shen patted the young man's shoulder, "Get in the car. We'll just wait for the car to come."

"Okay," the young man responded with a smile, opened the rear door, and sat inside.

The old man sitting in the driver's seat said with some solemnity, "The God Dynasty is not the same as it used to be. Now it finally has this kind of scale…"

Liu Shen snuffed out the cigarette with his fingers, "You don't need to persuade me. The leader has been resurrected and appeared on the street like that. Are you asking me to just watch?"

The old man continued, "How can you be sure that's the leader? The leader died in front of us. You and I both know this very well. This might be a trap."

"What if it isn't?" Liu Shen turned his head and looked straight at the old man, "We can live until now, we can live until now, all thanks to the leader!

Even if someone digs a hole for me and uses the leader as bait, I have to jump, because my life was given to me by him."

The old man did not continue speaking, but turned his head to look out the window. The others in the car were the same.

After an unknown amount of time, the young man sitting in the back row straightened up, holding a cell phone, "Brother Liu, their car is coming this way, but there's only one."

Liu Shen opened his eyes, "One?"

"Yeah, just one. There seem to be some people following behind the car. Should we attack?" the young man asked.

Liu Shen was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Seriously injured, but not fatally, understand?"

"Understood!"

…

"Hahaha, steady, steady, absolutely steady. They're already running out of steam!" Xiang Nanzhi laughed wildly, looking in the rearview mirror.

Li Chenqiu reminded, "Watch the road ahead. What are you always looking back for?"

Xiang Nanzhi waved her hand casually, "What are you afraid of? There's not a single car in front of us. Even if I drive with my eyes closed, it'll still be steady!"

"It's always good to be careful. For some reason, I have a bad feeling in my heart," Li Chenqiu touched his chest.

Xiang Nanzhi chuckled, "I think you're just suffering from paranoia. What could possibly happen? It's not like in the movies, where the car is driving along perfectly fine and suddenly gets blown up by a bomb. What a joke!"

"Aren't movies all based on reality?" Li Chenqiu retorted casually.

"Hehehe, with me, you can rest assured. I'm famous for being reli…"

Bang!

A light brighter than the sun engulfed the truck, and a small mushroom cloud rose into the sky. Visible waves spread out, and dust surged in all directions like a flash flood.

A groundhog had just poked its head out of the ground and, before it could react, was swept into the sky along with its home.

Squeak squeak squeak—

In the distance, Jiang Haicheng, who was running in the front, shuddered and slowly stopped, looking up at the mushroom cloud rising high.

The others stopped as well, staring in shock at the mushroom cloud.

"What… what's going on with this explosion?" someone asked blankly.

No one responded.

"Ahhh, my car!!!"

A terrified scream came from far behind.

The truck driver, who had been running frantically, covered his head and fell to his knees.

Jiang Haicheng, who was standing there in a daze, was pulled back to reality by the scream and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Huaijin!"