I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

The Nian Race seemed to utterly detest the Defiled.

If the Nian Race on Blue Star were sheepdogs, then in their eyes, the Defiled were the wolves poaching their flock, the robbers plundering their harvest.

As long as the Ancient An Country’s collusion with the Defiled was exposed, the Nian Race would undoubtedly prioritize dealing with the Ancient An Country and the Filth Earth Organization.

Zhang Tai, who had been holding back for a long time at the side, finally couldn’t take it anymore and asked, ”President, what are you two talking about? I can’t understand a single word.”

Although Zhang Tai had already become an Overlord, he had been Gu Chengguang’s secretary for many years. He hadn’t quite shed the habits of his old role, so he still addressed Gu Chengguang respectfully as ”President.”

He had been listening from the side as Su Ze and the others discussed things that sounded more and more outrageous. His head was spinning with all the bizarre revelations—aliens, the Nian Race, the Evolution Divine Teachings colluding with aliens, and the Ancient An Country getting into bed with the Filth Earth Organization... What was any of this about?

’If all of this is true, doesn’t that mean the end of the world is coming?’

He had just broken through to become an Overlord and was still not privy to many secrets. Hearing all this for the first time, he could only hope that Su Ze and Gu Chengguang were joking with him.

”I’ll tell you later.” Gu Chengguang dismissed Zhang Tai with a single sentence, then turned back to Su Ze. ”Should the matter of you becoming a Venerable Powerhouse be kept secret?”

Su Ze shook his head. ”It can’t be hidden.”

Gu Chengguang said, ”In that case, can we publicize it in Dongli? If the people know that Dongli has produced a Venerable Powerhouse, they will feel much more secure. Even if the times become turbulent in the future, they won’t be so prone to panic.”

A Venerable Powerhouse, especially one with immense national popularity like Su Ze, would absolutely give the people of Dongli an unparalleled sense of security. In modern terms from Su Ze’s past life, it was like having your own nuclear deterrent.

Su Ze thought for a moment, then nodded. ”Alright. But I have other matters to attend to, so I probably won’t have much time to cooperate with the publicity.”

Gu Chengguang was overjoyed. ”Just leave the publicity to us.”

He was already thrilled that Su Ze had agreed. For Dongli to produce a Venerable Powerhouse was an absolutely monumental event.

As Su Ze’s power grew, Gu Chengguang’s attitude toward him had imperceptibly changed. He showed more deference, more respect—an inevitable shift that came with such an increase in strength.

At the side, Zhang Tai opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

He knew that once the news of Su Ze becoming a Venerable Powerhouse was released, it would dominate the headlines. He, the new Guardian God of Dongli, would have only spent half a day in the top spot before being kicked off before his seat was even warm.

With a Venerable Powerhouse like Su Ze around, who would care that Zhang Tai had become an Overlord?

Zhang Tai felt a wave of bitterness. ’I worked so hard to break through and become an Overlord, and all I get is a half-day trial of the limelight?’

”By the way, there’s one more thing I came for,” Su Ze said, taking out a handful of storage artifacts. ”Mr. Gu, take a look at the resources inside. See if there’s anything you guys need, or anything Dongli is short on. Feel free to pick whatever you want.”

Gu Chengguang took the storage artifacts. As his Spiritual Power swept through them, his expression changed.

The resources in these storage artifacts were priceless. The three vials of Tier 5 extract, in particular, made his heart pound.

”This is...” Gu Chengguang hesitated.

Su Ze smiled. ”Don’t I still owe the Dongli National Treasury a hundred million Contribution Points? Just take these resources to settle the debt. Mr. Gu, take whatever you need, especially those three vials of Tier 5 extract. Whichever of you can use them, don’t hold back.

”Blue Star isn’t going to be peaceful from now on. You all need to increase your strength as quickly as possible. Otherwise, how will you protect Dongli?”

Gu Chengguang knew that those three vials of Tier 5 extract alone were worth more than a hundred million Contribution Points.

He took a deep breath and nodded heavily. Without saying anything more, he began to carefully select resources from the storage artifacts.

Many of these resources were things Dongli was indeed short on and desperately needed.

Those three vials of Tier 5 extract, in particular, could perhaps even allow Dongli to produce one or two more Venerable Powerhouses!

All along, the upper echelons of the Dongli Kingdom had spared no resources on Su Ze, focusing on his development and investing everything in him. Now, it was time for them to reap the rewards.

Gu Chengguang selected all the necessary resources and said, ”I will deposit all these resources into the National Treasury, convert them to Contribution Points based on their appraised value, and after deducting the hundred million you owe, the remainder will be credited to your account.

”Anyone, myself included, who wants to obtain these resources must redeem them from the National Treasury using Contribution Points.”

Su Ze wanted to persuade him that it wasn’t necessary to go to all that trouble, but Gu Chengguang was insistent.

”Nothing can be accomplished without rules. I know your intentions are good and that you don’t care about the Contribution Points, but since the rules were established, we must follow them.”

Seeing Gu Chengguang’s resolve, Su Ze didn’t insist further. He took back the remaining resources, planning to have Xu Sheng come and collect them.

While he was at it, he would also use Evolutionary Technology’s channels to gather some materials suitable for upgrading and strengthening his skills.

Having completed his fifth evolution and absorbed the first vial of extract, his skill upgrade progress naturally had to keep pace.

Su Ze remembered that in the cultivation room of the Tree Spirit Race’s spaceship, there was a Tier 5 Iron Tree Spiritual Plant that had upgrade materials suitable for him (see Chapter 265).

It was just that his strength had been insufficient before, so he hadn’t dared to provoke it.

Now, however, he could go and pay that iron tree a little ”visit.”