"Little one, you've done a great job bringing us this exotic beast guest. You can come here with peace of mind in the future, and we can give you more of the ore residue."

The little ghost shook its head vigorously: "I don't want ore! I just want to wake up my mother!"

"Commander, you promised me you would tell me how to save my mother!"

"Now that the strange beast is here, you must have a way, right?"

The centurion looked at the innocent little ghost, his soul stiffening almost imperceptibly, a faint sense of guilt flashing through his heart.

Since the dead cannot be brought back to life, he certainly knew that the so-called method to save his mother was just a pretext to trick this foolish child into searching for rare minerals.

The centurion could only cough dryly and give a vague reply:

"Well, well... we'll figure something out for you."

The little ghost took this vague agreement as a promise and instantly became happy, looking at Li Yu with excited eyes:

"What a wonderful creature! The adults are so happy to see you. They've promised to find a way. Mom is saved!"

Looking at the genuine joy in Xiao Youhun's eyes, and then at the centurion's flickering gaze, a chill crept into Li Yu's own eyes.

He merely nodded slightly, without exposing the cruel lie.

Then, surrounded by the centurion and his group of ghosts, Li Yu and the little ghost walked towards the city he had mentioned.

The closer she got, the stronger Li Yu's sense of astonishment became.

He couldn't understand how these ghosts, composed of pure white mist energy, could accomplish such a large-scale excavation and transportation task.

However, when Li Yu actually stepped into this so-called "urban area" and passed through the gaps between the low, rough stone piles that could barely be called buildings,

What he saw before him struck him with an overwhelming sense of absurdity!

In those houses built of stone, resembling primitive dwellings, Li Yu saw many things that surprised him—