Zhai Zhu

My grandfather is very eccentric, performing daily rituals of offering incense to himself, standing in front of his own spirit tablet and eating candles.
Villagers are fearful of my grandfather.
I am fearful of him too.
Later, I discovered that what they were afraid of was not my grandfather, but me.
Even grandfather is afraid of me.
...
My name is Chen Shi.
The Chen of honesty, the Shi of sincerity.

Above the Great Dao

Chen Shi really wanted to jump down, carry away one of the heavy Hongyi cannons, and place it at the entrance of the village. It would be magnificent, and wouldn't the village children kneel and worship King Chen?


"I could ascend the throne once I return to the village!"


Unfortunately, the carriage did not stop.


Chen Shi swept his gaze toward the bodies on the ground, all dressed in Divine Mechanism Camp uniforms. However, each of these men had a small hole in their forehead, no bigger than a finger wide, very delicate.


Not much farther, another great Hongyi cannon came into view, its barrel cut off, surrounded by several more bodies of Divine Mechanism Camp soldiers.


In the same location on their brows, they all had a wound, as if marks left by fingernails pinching.


But, fingernails couldn't penetrate a person's skull.


As he went forward, the bodies increased in number, as did the Hongyi cannons.


Chapter 40 Rescue