Chapter 20

The accompanying magistrate of Pingzhou explained that, fearing the hot weather would cause corpses to rot and spawn new plagues, they only collected the bodies of those who died each day, transporting them to a vacant lot to be piled up. Every three days, someone would come to carry the bodies outside the city for burial.

"General, what exactly are we supposed to receive this time? Do you want us to bring the aircraft carrier here?" Before departure, one of the power soldiers had asked the leader of this mission, the renowned Admiral Rommel, commander of the Imperial Capital's defense fleet. However, the admiral had brushed off the question, citing the mission's utmost secrecy.

"I heard that Sister Changning got her hands on some top-grade Bodhi seeds. Is that true?" Liu Qingyue asked ingratiatingly from the side.

Xu Xuefeng grit his teeth and reached out to grab Lin Xiaoxiao’s neck. In her previous life, she had been choked by him many times. Now, as soon as he raised his hand, she swiftly dodged toward the window and slipped beside Su Qingyu.

The platform only stopped when they reached the highest point—a room beneath the clockwork chamber. The robed man silently handed Charlotte a stone, then took the platform down again.

Suddenly, a mountain breeze swept by, whistling as it carried away the heat clinging to them. Their weariness seemed to lift, and their spirits were invigorated.

“What’s going on? Were you talking about something?” She gave Saiko Dokushima a slight nod, seemingly half in jest and half in earnest, suddenly asking.

“Huh?” Gloria’s previous remarks were easy to explain, but how could she know that Totori could sing?

“...” Gao Mohan had only made a polite comment, but Qingyuan responded in such a way that Gao Mohan was momentarily stunned and found it difficult to retort.

According to the information received, this time the ruins appeared in the central area of the Endless Desert. To enter the ruins, one must venture deep into the Endless Desert. The Endless Desert is one of the Ten Forbidden Zones, where ordinary people dare not set foot, and even Holy Spirit-level or King-level experts hesitate to enter lightly.

The Plague God’s reply was brief and to the point, revealing nothing of what he truly thought, but Luo Chen surprisingly understood.

“We want to go in with you.” Kua Hai and Iron Beast exchanged a glance, then said awkwardly.

“You really don’t joke around. Here, take this!” Ziyunyuan chuckled as he flipped his palm, producing a scroll that he tossed to Wang Lu.

Only heaven knew how resentful she had been when she saw that face during her menstrual pain. Others envied her astonishing beauty, but only she hated that face. She wished she looked more ordinary so she wouldn’t be used as a pawn and her fate wouldn’t be controlled by others.

She once thought the speed of her shadow was already astonishing, but now she realized how ignorant she had been. The shadow could at least be seen to some extent, but this old man was like a ghost, suddenly appearing and utterly invisible.

Indeed, Higashikata Josuke’s Stand was Restoration and Repair, but its flaw was that it could not repair itself.

Approaching the destination, they saw Bu Yi standing intact, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, following his direction to look at the Blood Spring, their hearts immediately leaped into their throats.

Back then, Ye Qiuer had severely scolded him, yet he always trailed behind her eagerly, seemingly tireless. Later, when Ye Qiuer fell on hard times, he was the one who insisted she stay in the palace, taking care of her, caring for her, giving her everything he had.

“I didn’t expect him to be so strong!” Lin Ruyan was also surprised. When they first met in the Tianxing Mountains, Ximen Zhuixue was still quite immature. But now, he could even make the experts on the Tianxing List suffer losses. Such progress was truly remarkable.

He would figure out the rest. Since this path was set by his Zhang ancestors, naturally he would have a way in.

“She’s being watched closely and seems a bit restless,” Mingzhu said casually, stirring her coffee. She didn’t believe such an important design blueprint could just be lost, yet Yang Ning had brought it to compete. As far as she knew, Yu Tian and Dr. had not officially signed a contract yet.

Li Lu met her starry eyes and felt something prick his chest—soft and warm—and all the hostility that had bristled throughout his body instantly subsided.

Song Zhen held Ji Xi tightly, as if wanting to merge her into his very marrow, squeezing her so hard she almost couldn’t breathe.

Though wild chicken eggs were fewer than wild duck eggs, chicken eggs were still better. Duck eggs were just too pungent. For making pastries and such, chicken eggs were preferable. Thus, Nuannuan asked the wild hens to lay more eggs so she could pick some up to bake cakes.

“But I’m not willing!” the man in the black robe bit his teeth and said, his already terrifying face growing even more ferocious with anger.

However, this method had a drawback: the entire system had to be rebooted, which would erase everything stored within. Most importantly, rebooting required a power outage for several minutes. During that time, they would be unaware of anything happening ahead.

While speaking, Mingzhu twirled a red earring shaped like a cross in her hand, which looked somewhat stylish.

Mu Enxi looked toward Master Jin Siyie. After all, he was part of the Zhang family and might understand some things better than she did, so she didn’t intend to keep anything from him.