CHAPTER 167: CHAPTER 105: THE CHAPEL

On Sunday, the two female members of the Ding Family were properly dressed and, accompanied by the caretaker and the butler, left the house.

According to Major General Ding’s principle, the Ding Family was atheistic. However, his only daughter had a penchant for defying him and, at the age of eighteen, accepted the baptism of a Saint from the David Sect, the most influential church in Hua Country, and became close friends with the Holy Daughter Xianxian.

As a member of the Rand Military District and one of the promoters of atheism, Major General Ding was initially opposed. In the end, it was Mrs. Ding who spoke a few words in favor: after Ding Ling graduated from high school, she could not attend university normally due to her legs and thus missed the opportunity to interact with her peers. Through the David Sect, she could meet a broader spectrum of people. This eventually led Major General Ding to agree.

So every Sunday, Lu Xun enjoyed the rarity of a quiet day, undisturbed and peaceful. Usually, on Sundays, Lu Xun would be immersed in gun training or assisting Major General Ding with some military data. No matter the arrangement, he would appear at the dining table around eight o’clock. But today, even after nine o’clock, as the servants reheated breakfast for the second time, he still had not come downstairs.

"This doesn’t seem like Young Master Lu’s style," the servants whispered among themselves.

"There’s always an exception. Today, even the master hasn’t shown up," the servants waited for another hour or so, yet no one came down for breakfast, so they had no choice but to clear away the now cold meal.

In Lu Xun’s room, all was still, the man lying on the bed, eyes tightly shut, breathing normally. Suddenly, his leg twitched, his arm raised, and before it was fully extended, his back arched, as if hit by something heavy, and he was flung onto the bed board, making a muffled thud.

Lu Xun abruptly sat up, checked his body, and found nothing unusual.

The events that had occurred to Yijie these past few days were indeed bizarre. Following his agreement with player Zero, he logged into Military Road at precisely ten o’clock. He had barely reached the city gates when he was surrounded by the Babylon Royal Guard, accusing him of murder and the victim was none other than Apoli, someone he desperately wanted to avoid. Naturally, he refused to give in and had to resist arrest on the spot.

The average soldiers did not expect the solemn-faced stranger to resist arrest. After being hit by an "improved hand cannon," Yijie fled into the city. That night, unwilling to accept the defamation, he barged into the palace of the King of Babylon. He had not realized at the time that he had inadvertently "met" the King of Babylon and became the first person to complete a system task.

Following Yijie’s plan, he initially intended to find Hammurabi to explain that the murder was not his doing. However, just when he was about to speak, he noticed the stone pillar in the palace. The Legal Code Stone Pillar should have been shaped by his own hands.

The stone pillar itself was not unusual; the problem was with the cuneiform writing on it that had been processed by the system. Some texts had been artificially altered, making the already slavery-dominated law code even more exploitative.

His intrusion alarmed the Guard, and without a second word, he dropped an excuse of an explanation, picked up the stone pillar, and left. In retrospect, he wondered why he even bothered to involve himself in things that had no impact on reality. He regretted it and planned to return it.

Then, the thief appeared. Wearing a mask, cloaked in black night clothes, with tea-colored hair, the figure approached from behind. Yijie, ever vigilant, dodged the attack.

One stood atop the Babylon Inner City wall, and the other stood below, eyeing each other.

"At last, a worthy opponent," said the man in night clothes, and after his declaration, a silver flash shot from his hand. Yijie saw clearly; the man wielded a delicate Western Sword. Yijie quickly set the stone pillar down and dodged.

Unknown to him, the man’s intent was not to attack Yijie. Once he dropped the Legal Code Stone Pillar, the attacker performed several aerial rolls, swooping down like a large bird in his black clothes, snatched up the pillar, and vanished outside the palace wall.

Yijie gave chase with all his might. The man in night clothes moved sporadically, as if deliberately taunting him, until they reached the Babylon City Gate. Once he crossed the wall, the man burst into laughter: "Remember to find me at the next stop."