abnabooks Chapter 2520, Step 1 Completed
Chapter 2520, Step 1 Completed
Chapter 2520, First Step Completed
He Lingchuan looked up and saw Manager Wang's figure indeed appearing on the forest path, walking hurriedly towards the top of the slope.
“He’s walking fast, which means he has a mission to complete and needs to leave again.” He Lingchuan could tell at a glance. “We have to take him down now, otherwise we’ll have to wait a long time.”
But the overseers in the terraced fields were watching everyone work, and their sudden absence would inevitably alarm others.
What should we do?
Not far away, three mechanical puppets were digging away at the ground with great enthusiasm. He Lingchuan glanced at them and said to the Blood Demon, "Make them stop working."
"No big deal." The Blood Demon transformed into a wisp of red smoke and drifted towards the hillside. "Three big, clumsy idiots!"
It is not an independent life form, but is probably judged as a magical artifact by the laws of the small world, so it is not affected by the increase or decrease of gravity and can move freely.
The dusty construction site provides excellent cover for it.
After entering the Lingyun Palace, He Lingchuan did not feel uneasy or like he was being spied on. With his current spiritual sense, he could basically determine that the Lingyun Palace was not like the Jade Capital City, which was constantly monitored by an all-knowing ruler.
Of the three puppets, two of them gradually slowed down their digging motions, and after a few breaths, they stopped and remained motionless.
The reason Blood Demon didn't destroy all three aircraft was that he didn't want the accident to look like it was caused by human intervention.
Have they run out of Mystic Crystals? Several foremen went to the Banpo warehouse to collect Mystic Crystals and filled them, but the animals still wouldn't move.
"These damn things are broken again!" The foreman kicked them in anger.
But only mechanical golems could dig through such hard ground; manual excavation was ridiculously inefficient. The foreman, looking at the laborers huddled on the ground, panting heavily, said irritably:
"Alright, that's enough for today. Let's get someone to fix the puppet. Let's get to work early tomorrow."
Human strength is weak, and even if we work, we can't work for another hour. The puppet is also broken, so we might as well call it a day.
Finally, the gong rang out on the hillside, signaling the end of the workday.
The laborers gave a weak cheer, but most remained seated, conserving their strength. Most of them had been working continuously for thirteen hours, and without rest, they would be exhausted to death. The overseer, however, brandished his whip, driving the laborers back to their huts halfway up the hill, and then walked away without looking back towards his own low house on the hillside.
He also needs to catch up on his sleep.
There were no beds in the room, so everyone lay on the floor, able to see each other clearly. However, the laborers were exhausted, and as soon as they lay down, snoring began to fill the air.
Nobody seemed to care that two people were missing from this group. He Lingchuan and Xiao An were newcomers, and nobody paid them any attention.
At this moment, they once again slipped into the grove of trees at the foot of the slope, where they waited quietly.
Manager Wang did not disappoint them, and appeared on the path about 15 minutes later.
He walked forward with his head down, deep in thought, when suddenly a person appeared from the side, startling him.
Another fawning voice said, "Manager Wang!"
Manager Wang looked closely and realized that this was the same whip supervisor from earlier.
He said irritably, "What are you doing hiding here so suspiciously? Why did you stop at the terraced fields?"
"The digging puppet is broken and we're urgently reporting it for repair," the whip-wielding foreman said as he approached. "I have a favor to ask of you."
After saying that, he pulled out a large piece of mystic crystal from the bottom of his hand, which was flashing with a pale red light.
No light could be more captivating than the Mystic Crystal. Manager Wang's gaze was drawn to the Mystic Crystal, and he didn't notice that he was getting too close: "What is it?"
"Could you please help me change my post, Manager Wang?" The whip-wielding foreman handed Xuanjing forward. "Transfer me to the existing terraced fields. This job is too grueling."
It's not really that difficult. Manager Wang picked up the Xuanjing: "Well, this isn't out of the question..."
Before he could even think of what came after "but," the whip-wielding overseer suddenly grabbed his arm.
The movement was so fast that Manager Wang didn't even have time to react before everything went black.
He also possessed cultivation, but with the Nine Nether Emperor personally taking action, he had no chance whatsoever.
"Nobody's around, nobody's nearby." The Blood Demon was keeping watch for them.
Manager Wang was unconscious, so He Lingchuan and Xiao An quickly searched him.
You wouldn't believe it until you search, and what you find is astonishing. This guy has quite a lot of possessions: magic crystals, magical artifacts, jewelry... and even a few pieces of women's hairpins.
Xiao An took a fancy to a hairpin and happily accepted it.
He Lingchuan found another toy and a book.
Nine-linked rings, from the "Book of Food".
Previously, Steward Wang had asked the caravan leader to procure these two items, saying that Lingyun Palace urgently needed them. It seems the caravan leader is quite efficient, delivering the items in such a short time. However, before Steward Wang could even take them into Lotus Valley, the two men intercepted them.
Then, they finally found the seal.
Don't be fooled by this little thing, which is only the length of an index finger; it actually contains a secret. Its craftsmanship is extremely fine, and different runes can be revealed by rotating the tail.
He Lingchuan counted them; it could print several kinds of runes.
Could these correspond to the various smaller worlds? If you imprint them on your hands, you can probably travel freely in each of those smaller worlds?
He Lingchuan immediately stuffed Steward Wang into the Bean Garden: "Interrogate him and find out how to use the seal and information about other small worlds."
The treasure that is Doukouyuan is truly getting better and better with use. He Lingchuan discovered that it can not only be used to smuggle people, but also to stuff captured prisoners into it.
In the past, once a prisoner was captured and their confession was obtained, it was difficult to deal with them unless they were killed and then thrown into a storage ring.
Now things are much better. There's Doukou Garden to store his belongings, and Aunt Zhu and Dong Rui there can help him get a statement, so it won't delay his actions.
“Leave it to me,” the Spider Queen readily agreed. “Just a moment.”
Ling Jinbao volunteered, "While he's still unconscious, why don't I do it? People who are half asleep or half awake are least likely to lie."
“Okay, you do it.” Aunt Zhu didn’t argue. “It’ll save time.”
This question actually took quite a while to answer.
Fortunately, there were few people on this road, and He Lingchuan and his companion used their mirage horns to conceal themselves.
Ling Jinbao was able to find out the inside story when people were in a daze.
Although everyone was mentally prepared, the contents of Manager Wang's confession still made them more and more shocked.
It turns out that the secret base that the Heavenly Palace built in Yanxia Bay was divided into four parts, which are four small worlds.
The outermost area is Eagle Beak Town, which is a place for exchanging goods between inside and outside the area. It serves as both a warehouse and a residence for Night Demon and other peripheral personnel.
The other three smaller worlds are collectively known as the Spiritual Palace, and can only be reached via the Cloud Platform.
This small world containing numerous terraced fields is called "Million Mountains," a boundary among mountains. While the number of peaks isn't as exaggerated as a million, there are still two or three hundred.
As for what exactly the sea-shaped carts in the terraced fields were, Steward Wang didn't know much about them. He only knew that they were the most important experimental objects of Lingyun Palace, and the higher-ups did not allow any mistakes.
(End of this chapter)