The next day...

Wang Lan's home...

Physical Attack Power: 450

[Magic Attack Power: -50]

Defense: 250

[Magic Defense: 0]

Cooldown Reduction: 10%

Critical Hit Rate: 20%

Critical Hit Rate: 25%

Movement Speed: 300

Wang Lan quickly scanned the C system and discovered that the aftereffects this time were more severe than before.

After shutting down the system, Wang Lan rolled out of bed and stood on the floor.

My legs felt weak, and I struggled to support my body.

That's absolutely outrageous.

"The magic attack power that didn't exist to begin with has now become a negative number!" Wang Lan said to Sun Muchen, his face full of exasperation.

“Normal!” Sun Muchen said while eating breakfast, “I helped you clear the toxins from your body, which is equivalent to helping you release your internal heat. So it’s normal for you to feel weak and fatigued. It will be fine after 24 hours.”

Wang Lan nodded, walked to the table, sat down, picked up a piece of bread, and asked curiously, "How did you know that wild boar was a machine?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Muchen rolled his eyes at him and said, "You just had a sudden inspiration. You wouldn't tell me when I asked you. When I was deleting that woman's memories, I discovered that I could use magic to retrieve people's memories. So when I was detoxifying you, I quickly browsed through them and that's how I found out."

Wang Lan looked bewildered and said, "That's amazing! You've developed a new application for your magic skills."

“But you!” Sun Muchen poked Wang Lan’s head and said, “You encountered a mechanical wild boar, such a big thing, and you didn’t even tell me.”

“Isn’t this because I didn’t want you to worry?” Wang Lan said. “That mechanical wild boar is too strange. I originally wanted to find out more about it before telling you.”

"So you've gone crazy from understanding yourself?" Sun Muchen glared at him fiercely. "You should have told me a long time ago that this is no small matter."

Wang Lan nodded and said, "Yes, I was indeed rash this time."

Sun Muchen said, "According to Lin Han's test results, the irritant released by that wild boar is clearly a substance that can induce estrus in living organisms. Do you think this means that the reason why a group of wild boars were chasing a mechanical wild boar is because this substance attracted the other wild boars, which is why this happened?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Lan suddenly felt as if he had been enlightened and had a sudden realization.

“That makes sense,” he thought for a moment and said, “Is it possible that someone is manipulating mechanical boars behind the scenes, attracting a large number of boars towards us?”

"But what is the purpose?" Sun Muchen asked.

Wang Lan replied, "The purpose is of course us, or rather, the villagers!"

Sun Muchen shook his head and said, "Besides Hope Village, there is only Holy City nearby. During our contact last night, although we could see that Holy City had some unique and arbitrary methods, it had always treated Hope Village well, protecting the village and distributing food and water to it from time to time. Moreover, given the weapons Holy City possesses, they have no need to use such tricks to harm us or the villagers!"

Wang Lan asked curiously, "Their weapons are also very good?"

Sun Muchen nodded and said, "Very good. They all have machine guns, and the gun bodies are very clean. Moreover, I think the armor they are wearing is of very good quality."

After a moment's thought, Wang Lan said, "Is it possible that this Holy City and the Final Fortress are cut from the same cloth?"

“Same kind of people?” Sun Muchen thought about it carefully and then said, “It’s unlikely. The Holy City and the Final Fortress are quite different. Although the Holy City also selects villagers to enter, they are basically staff members each time, and they can go home regularly. It’s not like the Final Fortress where they are used as experimental subjects.”

“That’s strange…” Wang Lan scratched his head, then plucked a hair from his head, blew it away, and asked, “What was the tone of that so-called holy envoy like when you were talking to him yesterday?”

“I don’t know,” Sun Muchen shook his head: “It was low and a little hoarse, very calm, and I couldn’t hear any emotion in it.”

"And what about his expression?" Wang Lan asked again, "or rather... how did he look? Righteous, or sinister?"

“I can’t see him,” Sun Muchen said. “He was wearing a hood, and his face was completely covered. I couldn’t see him at all.”

"It's neither this nor that, this holy city truly lives up to its name, it's wonderful!"

“Maybe you misunderstood from the beginning,” Sun Muchen said. “This Holy City is a completely different concept from the Final Fortress; one is bad and the other is good.”

Wang Lan was completely baffled.

"Let's take it one step at a time," Wang Lan said. "Until we figure out the problem with that mechanical boar, we should still reserve our opinions on this Holy City. After all, as far as we know, only the Holy City has this capability."

“You seem to really dislike this kind of organization,” Sun Muchen said, pursing his lips. “Is it because of the Final Fortress that you’re viewing this kind of leadership organization with prejudice?”

"I didn't," Wang Lan quickly retorted, then added, "Let's go. Didn't you say that the Holy City would send people to repair the damage from yesterday?"

Sun Muchen nodded.

"That's perfect. Let's go check out the soldiers' equipment."

“What’s so interesting about that?” Sun Muchen said. “They’re just some soldiers from the Holy City. What can you possibly learn from them?”

"Just joining in the fun," Wang Lan said with a grin. Then he stood up and turned to leave, but his legs suddenly gave way, and he felt a sharp pain in his knees. He fell to his knees with a thud.

Seeing this, Sun Muchen quickly ran over to help Wang Lan up, then chuckled and said, "Brother, your legs are still weak!"

"I was careless," Wang Lan said, standing up unsteadily as she walked out with Sun Muchen.

"I didn't expect the aftereffects to be so severe. By the way, how is that woman from yesterday?"

“It’s alright,” Sun Muchen said. “Her memory has been erased; she won’t remember anything from yesterday.”

"That's good!" Wang Lan nodded with satisfaction.

The two then headed towards the place where the fight had taken place the previous night. However, the brother and sister did not notice that shortly after they left, a man appeared near Wang Lan's house.

The figure appeared somewhat frail, gazing into the distance with a complex expression. It was unclear what he was looking for or what he was pondering behind that gaze.

Then, the figure withdrew its gaze and turned away.

He looked toward Wang Lan's house.

He walked away slowly.

Finally, standing at the doorway, a resolute glint flashed in his eyes, and he let out a heavy "humph".

And this person…

It was none other than Lin Han!