When Zuo Si passed through the portal and reappeared in the tower of the floating city of Plantia, he immediately felt a strong physical and psychological discomfort.

It was obvious that this place had become a complete kingdom of the dead and was rejecting him, the only living person.

Through the window, I could vaguely see that the streets outside were no longer as chaotic and disorderly as they were when I escaped. The streets were filled with low-level zombies and skeletons wandering aimlessly.

Just the opposite!

As the corpses of those powerful spellcasters were corroded by negative energy and transformed into higher-level undead creatures, the entire floating city has been divided into "territories" of various sizes, each of which is ruled by an undead lord.

Possessing extremely high intelligence, they not only occupied those very valuable wizard towers, but also used their magical powers to transform these places into places more and more suitable for the dead to live in.

The best proof is the fog that hangs overhead and completely blocks out the sunlight.

What's even more terrifying is that the mutated viruses and bacteria that were accidentally spread did not disappear, but instead formed an incredible long-term symbiotic relationship with these undead creatures.

Some large undead creatures formed by numerous corpses gathered together even grew foul-smelling rotten cysts.

If someone accidentally pokes these things, they will be infected by the black and yellowish mucus inside and die quickly.

Looking at this doomsday scene, Vanessa, a lich, couldn't help but gasp and asked in a trembling voice, "Sir, was this floating city destroyed by your plague?"

"Strictly speaking, this is just the serious consequence of an accident. And not only the floating city of Plantia, but also several other floating cities and the cities and villages on the continent below were almost completely destroyed by the raging plague." Zuo Si explained helplessly.

"It's such a horrific destructive power that's unimaginable." Jeffrey couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, he finally realized why the Imaskar Empire, which possessed such powerful magical skills, would eventually be on the verge of collapse due to the outbreak of a plague, and could only open an inter-dimensional portal to another world to plunder slaves to supplement its own population shortage.

Without God's help, ordinary people are basically powerless when dealing with such a crisis.

When the lower classes die in large numbers due to the plague, it will have an unimaginable impact on the entire country and social structure.

What's more, no matter what kind of magical civilization it is, it must have a large grassroots population as economic support.

Otherwise, the entire society will stop functioning, and a series of serious problems will arise, such as extreme shortage of materials.

In the end, even if those high-level wizards managed to survive, they would not be able to complete the reconstruction of civilization.

Because the foundation of civilization is first and foremost people.

If people are gone, what's the point of talking about civilization, and what's the point of studying the secrets of magic?

In fact, when Zuo Si escaped, there were still some survivors in the floating city of Plantia.

But now, they should be almost completely dead.

Apart from the central tower which was protected by the most powerful magic force, all other ordinary wizard towers were successively conquered by the undead and turned into nests for the lords.

Looking into the distance, one can clearly see that most of the knights who used to patrol the streets on horseback to maintain order have now become skeleton knights or more advanced death knights.

The magic weapons in their hands have been covered with a layer of gray color due to the erosion of negative energy, and are obviously cursed.

"How many people were there in this floating city before it was destroyed?" Vanessa asked the question that concerned her most.

Zuo Si immediately replied, "About 15,000 mages, and more than 100,000 servants, slaves, and family members. Especially the slaves and various creatures captured for experiments, there is no way to count the exact number. The first thing we have to do is to clean up this mage tower, then seize control and use it as a forward base."

"No problem. Leave this matter to me."

"And me."

The other two liches immediately took on the task.

For them, exploring this wizard tower in another world and figuring out the differences in its internal structure and design concepts is undoubtedly a very attractive thing.

Soon, the two liches brought six steel golems and more than fifty large undead creatures made from corpses, and began to clean up the tower from top to bottom.

Since the gate had been breached, every area in the tower was filled with undead creatures that had poured in.

Some of them have developed self-awareness and intelligence, and are trying to transform and control this place, making it their own territory.

In particular, an undead spellcaster who was transformed from a high-level wizard even had a fierce spell confrontation with two liches.

The former took a lot of effort to get it done.

The aftermath of the battle even completely destroyed everything in the room, even the precious instruments and research notes on the table.

After getting rid of this guy who is suspected to be the "Lord", the remaining low-level undead creatures naturally cannot cause any trouble.

Soon they were either destroyed or turned into slaves under the control of the Tome of the Undead.

When all potential threats disappeared, Zuo Si activated the defense mechanism of the Mage Tower through the core controller.

moment!

The entrance that was open the previous second was closed again the next second under the influence of magic.

At the same time, a faint light flickered again at the top of the tower.

Several dormant cleaning constructs woke up and began to perform their duties. They threw all the messy broken limbs in the rooms, corridors and stairs into the basement where garbage was cleaned up, and then tried to repair the damaged areas.

Since they are not designed for combat, they do not react to foreign intruders.

The other liches took over the library immediately, packed up all the books and notes inside and took them away, leaving not even a piece of paper behind.

After doing all this, Zuo Si used illusion magic to create a three-dimensional image of a floating city out of thin air and introduced it to all his subordinates: "The Plantia floating city is the pinnacle creation of this world's magical civilization. Unlike the floating cities of the Netheril era, its power source is not the ubiquitous magic net or raw magic energy, but the planet under our feet itself."

"The planet itself?" Tailantyr's eyes lit up slightly.

Zuo Si nodded gently: "Yes, it is the planet itself.

There was once a very powerful wizard who was good at earth magic. While exploring the depths of the earth, he accidentally discovered a crystal with a unique structure that looked like obsidian.

Some of them are only the size of a fist, while others are as big as a house.

These gems seem to have a very close relationship with the magical energy flowing in the earth veins, so they are called the [Heart of the Earth Veins].

After a long period of research, the wizard discovered that these stones seemed to be able to continuously draw energy from the earth veins, and also allow the holder to gain the ability to control gravity, so they are also called [Energy Stones] or [Gravity Stones].

Since the early batches of [Earth Hearts] mined were generally small in size, at the beginning, mages only used them to make some flying vehicles and wizard towers and magic fortresses that could float in the sky.

Until one day, a super [Heart of the Earth] with a diameter of more than 20 meters was discovered, and the crazy idea of ​​building a floating city was proposed by another high-level wizard.

Therefore, the core of every floating city in this world is the giant [Heart of the Earth] buried under the central tower.

It is not only the source of energy for the entire city, but also a weapon of immense power.

Whoever masters it is equivalent to mastering gravity. He can easily lift huge stones weighing tens or hundreds of tons to a height of thousands of meters and then throw them to a designated location.

In the face of such power, all resistance seems so pale and powerless.

With the establishment of the first floating city, the Mage Council quickly conquered the entire continent and slaughtered all rebels through brutal suppression.

Under the order they established, only spellcasters were the highest-level beings, and the rest were basically either servants or slaves.

Because the power of the floating city is so amazing, in the next few hundred years, the Mage Council frantically searched for sufficiently large [Heart of the Earth] and built several other floating cities.

Therefore, if we want to seize the floating city of Plantia, our first goal is to seize the central tower and ensure that the [Heart of the Earth] is under our control."

"Can I use flying or teleportation magic?" Jeffrey asked in an uncertain tone, staring at the three-dimensional image of the floating city.

Obviously, the mage tower they were in was located on a floating island on the edge of the city, and it would be a very time-consuming and laborious task to fight their way there.

So it would be best if we could avoid those undead creatures.

But Zuo Si gave a negative answer without hesitation: "Impossible. Teleportation magic has been completely banned since the blockade took effect. Even if I can forcibly tear a hole, I cannot ensure the accuracy and stability of the teleportation. The same goes for magic or other means of flying. As long as your feet are not on the ground, you will be immediately captured and pulled down by the strong gravity."

"Damn it! This is troublesome." Jeffrey couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

For a mage, not being able to fly and teleport means losing a huge advantage, and he will be forced to fight head-on with the undead creatures outside, who are unknown in number.

"From here to the central tower, we have to pass through nearly sixty wizard towers. To ensure safety, each one must be under our control. It looks like this will be a very difficult and long battle." Vanessa touched her chin and gave her own judgment.

Tailantyr nodded in agreement. "Yes. With teleportation and flying magic completely banned, ensuring that the rear roads are unobstructed is the most basic military common sense. But are the constructs and undead creatures we brought enough to sustain this high-intensity combat consumption?"

"If there are really more than 100,000 undead in the floating city, and among them there are at least thousands of spellcasters with self-awareness and intelligence, I'm afraid they will be exhausted after advancing to about two-thirds. But since this is a floating city, there must be a considerable amount of supplies stored. We can use these supplies to continuously create more cheap constructs to make up for it."

As she said this, Vanessa raised her head and looked at Zuo Si.

Because only he knew which buildings were filled with large amounts of materials that could be used to make steel golems, stone golems, and clay golems.

However, Zuo Si did not rush to mark the locations of the various spellcasting material warehouses on the projected map. Instead, he lowered his head and pondered for a few minutes. He quickly created another port city on the ground far away from the floating city, and then said, "I think it would be too dangerous to hastily launch an attack on the central tower before figuring out the current specific situation of this city, especially whether there is a hierarchical relationship between the undead lords. In comparison, I think it would be better to take Hull as a logistics supply point first."

"Is this city of any value?" Jeffrey asked in confusion.

"Before the outbreak of the plague, everything shipped to the floating city of Plantia had to pass through this place. It can be said to be one of the most important transportation hubs on the ground. And since the central tower later closed off contact with the outside world, Hull must have a lot of backlogs of supplies, and it is much easier to obtain them than the floating city. The most important thing is, I want to confirm whether there are any survivors in this world." Zuo Si explained patiently.

Hel is the place he has visited most times in this world besides the floating city.

Especially those gorgeous and tall stone buildings, the numerous fountains, gardens and vines climbing all over the walls, all make people feel like they are in a fairy tale world.

And also established good relationships with some local people.

If it weren't for the sudden outbreak of the plague, Zuo Si had considered buying a house in this city as his own home and staying there for a few weeks every year to relax.

When he was in danger before, he naturally had no time to think about these things, but this time when he came back, of course he had to go and see what was going on over there.

Are all the people you know dead?

Or did they get away with it? "But the floating city has been sealed off. According to you, if our feet are not on the ground, we will be caught by gravity immediately. How can we descend to the ground?" Tyrantil questioned.

"Haha, it's very simple. Just send a low-level undead to jump down with this device. As long as it throws it upwards the moment it hits the ground, it can ensure that the thing that records the coordinates will not be damaged. Then I can tear a small space rift."

As he spoke, Zuo Si pulled out a metal disc inlaid with emeralds from his bag.

It was obvious that he had made sufficient preparations in advance and had already thought of how to bypass the seal and reach the ground.

Due to the strong force of gravity, things like climbing down the rope or using magic like levitation will only have one final result, which is to fall down heavily and turn into a pool of meat paste.

As for the transformed weightless spirits and solid constructs, they will be hit by anti-magic rays the moment they jump down, and then instantly return to their original state.

So after much thought, Zuo Si still believed that using the power of the Planeswalker's Spark to tear apart space was the safest and most secure way.

And it is obviously very easy to send down a device with coordinate points.

Soon, under Vanessa's control, an orc zombie without any consciousness took on this crucial task.

Without even a second's hesitation, it leaped down from the edge of the floating island where the wizard's tower was located. When its legs were about to touch the ground, it threw the metal disc in its arms upwards.

The next second...

Bang! With a muffled sound, the zombie instantly collided with the ground and fell to pieces. Under the influence of gravity acceleration several times higher than normal, a large amount of flesh and blood turned into a pool of bloody and blurred mixture on the spot.

Three or five seconds later, the disc also fell from the sky and landed right in the middle of the mixture, gaining a certain cushion.

About ten minutes later, the gems on the surface of the disc began to flash a dazzlingly bright light.

After a while, an unstable portal was opened, and several liches including Zuo Si quickly walked out from the other side.

They ignored the zombies under their feet, only retrieved the coordinate disc, then cast flying magic on themselves and headed straight towards the port city of Hull.

Since he didn't know the situation over there, Zuo Si didn't use the teleportation magic rashly.

After almost a day of flying, the towering city walls finally slowly rose from the horizon.

As expected, there was no sign of any living people on the city wall, only some resurrected corpses wandering aimlessly.

They were still wearing the armor they wore in life, but it had become rusty due to the corrosion of rain and humid air, and would occasionally emit creepy growls.

"As expected, it has finally fallen... I really shouldn't have held out any hope for such a densely populated place."

Zuo Si couldn't help but sigh slightly, and flew directly over the city wall into the city.

The situation is similar to that of the floating city of Plantia. The streets and alleys here are almost all occupied by various resurrected undead spirits.

However, since the number of mages is relatively small and their levels are not as high as those of the floating city, the overall threat is not that great.

Several death knights brought hundreds of low-level undead creatures to kill the enemies who invaded their territory, but they were overwhelmed by fireballs, lightning and other large-scale attack spells falling from the sky.

Vanessa, who specializes in necromancy, also captured one of them and planned to bring it back to study it carefully when she has time.

After the battle was over, they opened the closed door of one of the warehouses.

moment!

Mountains of iron ingots, gold bars, various rare magic metals, as well as massive amounts of blood, bones, fur, gems, etc. that can be used to make magic items and cast spells immediately appeared within the field of vision.

In some cages, one could even see slaves who had died and then been resurrected as ghosts, as well as the corpses of various rare and exotic animals.

Since the floating city of Plantia has a very large ruling area, with a population of more than 10 or 20 million, and it constantly sucks blood from its subordinate city-states and towns, its material consumption and reserves are far beyond the reach of small countries like Faerun, which have only a few hundred thousand or even one or two million people.

"It's incredible! How prosperous was this world before it was destroyed by the plague?"

Jeffrey bent down and picked up several gem types he had never seen before, with an undisguised look of shock on his face.

Zuo Si responded nonchalantly, “Due to the lack of any gods, this world does not have the same serious divisions and opposing beliefs as Faerun.

There is no messy and meaningless struggle between good and evil.

The mage is the absolute master above all living beings.

Although they are very cold and cruel, they rely on rational thinking to continuously improve various technologies and apply magic to all aspects of production.

What's more, the supplies you saw were the result of tens of millions of people supporting 15,000 mages in a floating city."

I can’t help but be envious!

You have to know that most mages in Faerun are troubled by materials and funds, even the most powerful legendary mages are no exception.

But the mages of the floating city of Plantia, who controlled a large area of ​​land and a population of 10 to 20 million, did not have such troubles.

Because no matter what they want, as long as it exists in this world, countless people will come forward to get it at their command.

"Happiness? Maybe."

左思不置可否的笑了笑，紧跟着话锋一转说道：“但也正是因为没有诞生神明的缘故，他们的文明最终在一场突然爆发的瘟疫中走向了灭亡。

在我看来，神对于凡人而言是一把双刃剑。

一方面，他们会不断传播自己的思想，导致民众在认知上的严重对立，同时造成各种各样的社会问题。

另外一方面，他们又能在文明遭遇危机的时候挺身而出保留火种。

据我所知，在耐瑟瑞尔时代末期卡尔萨斯导致魔网陷入失控，无数浮空城从天上掉下来的时候，二代魔法女神就曾经出手拯救过最后三座尚未坠落地面的浮空城。

如果这个世界有神存在，那么现在就不会变成这副样子了。”

话音未落！

仓库后面突然闪过一道黑影，然后便消失不见了。

虽然黑影的速度很快，而且行动方式也非常隐蔽，可还是被左思加持了许多常驻魔法视觉的眼睛敏锐捕捉到。

出于好奇心的趋势，他立刻穿过那一堆堆的铁锭、金条和其他物资，来到后边存放谷物、腌肉和风干肉干的地方。

结果发现满是灰尘的地上果然有几个看上去不是很清晰地脚印。

旁边的货架上也少了好几个装满小麦的袋子，以及盐、香料、腌肉和肉干等维持日常生存所必须的食物。

一时之间，就连瓦内萨等一众巫妖都露出了惊讶的表情。

众所周知，亡灵是不需要吃东西的，只有活人才需要吃东西。

毫无疑问，刚才那个黑影并不是某种变异的亡灵，而是一个活生生的人。

这也就意味着，这座城市的居民并没有完全死光，有一小部分藏起来逃过了一劫。

就在杰弗里想要施展侦测法术搞清楚刚才来拿食物的人是从什么地方进来的时候，左思已经透过【真知术】发现了隐藏在货架后面的密道，直接掀开一口用来装酱料的坛子。

结果当坛子封盖被掀开的刹那，一条只能容纳一个瘦子通过的狭窄隧道暴露了出来。

从表面坑坑洼洼的状态，以及只能让人趴在地面上爬行的高度，基本可以判断出这是通过纯手工一点一点挖掘出来的。

别说是体型浮肿变大的亡灵生物，就以左思现在的身高和体型想要爬过去都非常困难，搞不好会在那些最狭窄的地方被卡主。

“很聪明的做法。那些亡灵生物就算是发现了，也没办法钻进去寻找幸存者的藏身之处。”瓦内萨饶有兴致的低声评价道。

“您打算怎么处理这些幸存者？给予他们庇护，还是让他们成为未来浮空城的居民？”杰弗里直截了当的问左思。

“嗯——总之先找到他们看看情况再说吧。如果这个世界还有残存的活人，最好是把他们集中并保护起来，然后以一座城市为中心慢慢的繁衍扩张。”

说罢，左思迅速施展了一个简单的变形术，从一个少年人的模样变成一只灵活的家猫跳进入口，沿着狭窄的通道快速穿行。

至于随行的巫妖，则放出亡灵和构装体大军，开始以仓库为中心清理、捕获附近的亡灵生物，尤其是那些诞生了智慧和自我意识的领主。

他们的目的非常简单，那就是建立一个稳定的大后方，为收复普兰提亚浮空城可能遭遇到的抵抗跟激烈战斗准备充足的士兵和炮灰。

至于钻进地下通道的左思，则沿着这条狭窄通道跑了差不多有二十分钟，才发现前方隧道的宽度和高度开始不断增加，到出入口的地方已经足以容纳成年男性直立行走。

四个全副武装，身穿盔甲手持盾牌和斧头的卫兵，似乎正在跟一名看上去仅有十岁左右背着沉重麻袋的男孩交谈。

“勒普！怎么样？你搞到粮食了吗？”一名留着络腮胡子一边吞咽口水，一边急不可耐的追问。

透过昏暗的光线，依稀可以看到这个身高接近两米的壮汉眼窝深凹、颧骨凸起，宽大的骨架几乎没有多少肌肉，几乎就是皮包骨头的状态。

不光是他，其他几个成年人卫兵也都差不多，明显属于长期吃不饱饭而导致的营养不良。

“我带回了一袋小麦，还有几斤盐、腌肉和肉干。应该够大伙吃上两顿的了。”

男孩打开身后背着的口袋展示收获，同样也在不停的吞咽口水， 看到有食物，四名卫兵顿时两眼冒出绿光，仿佛下一秒就会化身成为野兽冲上去抢夺。

要知道处在极度饥饿状态下的人类是没有任何理智可言的。

强烈的求生欲和对于食物的渴望会战胜一切，平日约束自我行为的道德在本能的面前连个屁都算不上。

就在左思认为会上演一出人性阴暗面的戏码时，为首留着络腮胡子的男人突然放下盾牌，毫无征兆的抬起手朝自己脸上狠狠抽了一巴掌。

啪！ 伴随着清脆的响声和高高肿起的脸颊，他眼神中的绿光迅速退却，取而代之的是混杂着清醒与愧疚，伸出骨瘦如柴的大手摸了摸男孩的脑袋：“抱歉，孩子，我刚才吓到你了。快把这些吃的带回营地区，多加一些蘑菇和苔藓煮成粥，先给那些快要饿死的人喝上一口吧。”

“嗯！”

男孩重重的点了下头，扛起沉重的麻袋继续朝更深处走去。

等他彻底走远后，另外一名卫兵才忍不住质问道：“队长，为什么不把那些食物截留下来一点？哪怕只是一块肉干、一把麦子也好啊！我们已经整整三天没有吃过像样的食物了，每天只有一碗加了少许盐的蘑菇和苔藓汤。”

“闭嘴！伱以为我不想吗？但问题是如果我们开了这个坏头，聚集地的人会怎么想？眼下的世道已经如此艰难，我们这些在末日审判中幸存下来的人必须团结一致才能熬过去。别忘了，在营地里还有很多人吃的比我们更少，”留着络腮胡子的男人厉声训斥道。

“该死！照这个样子下去，都不用那些亡灵生物动手，我们自己就得全部活活饿死。”

另外一名士兵直接将武器和盾牌往旁边一扔，然后弯下腰抓起一把地上泥土就往嘴里塞，然后疯狂的咀嚼、吞咽，想要从中获得那么一丁点的饱腹感。

没有挨过饿的人永远也无法想象那种胃部剧烈灼烧，全身上下使不出一丁点力气的感觉有多么难熬。

别说是吃土了，饿极了甚至会啃食自己的手脚。

正当留着络腮胡子的男人也准备效仿同伴，抓一把土来充饥的时候，突然看到了一支肥硕漂亮的猫咪从洞穴深处走了出来。

不用问也知道，这只猫正是左思变的。

没有任何犹豫！

这个上一秒还在准备吃土的男人，下一秒就丢掉了手里抓着的黑泥，脸上更是浮现出痴汉般的笑容，一边流着口水，一边小心翼翼的接近，嘴里还念念有词：“小猫咪！可爱的小猫咪！不要怕！到我的怀里来！我保证会用最快速且没有痛苦的方式杀死你，然后把你放进锅里跟蘑菇一起炖成汤。”

另外三名卫兵发现之后，也不约而同从其他方向加入了包围的行列。

因为食物极度匮乏的关系，营地周围几乎所有能吃东西都被扫荡一空。

无论是曾经被视作肮脏和疾病传播源头的老鼠，还是那些可以让女性发出刺耳尖叫的蟑螂，又或者从腐坏东西中诞生的白色蛆虫，现在都已经变成了无上的美味。

如果有谁能逮到一只肥硕的老鼠，立刻就会获得其他热崇拜的眼神。

就连那些原本高不可攀的贵族小姐和夫人，也会为了能够喝上一碗鼠肉汤而掀起裙子、叉开大腿。

饶是左思见过不少大场面，也仍旧不可避免被这四个难民的眼神吓了一跳，立刻突然加速、急转弯、漂移，以极其灵敏的动作从四人中间钻了出去。

留着络腮胡子男人瞬间震怒，立刻撒开腿就追，并且扯着嗓子冲同伴咆哮道：“分散开！都给我分散开堵住所有的出口！无论如何都不能让这种猫跑了！”

“放心！今天就是追到天涯海角，我也要把逮住它扔进锅里去。”另一名卫兵恶狠狠的回应道。

就这样在几个难民的追逐下，左思很快便借助黑暗的掩护溜进了位于最深处的营地。

跟预料中一样，这里并不是什么天然的洞穴，而是位于墓园地下用来埋葬死人的墓室。

不过在瘟疫爆发的时候，一些人拖家带口躲了进来，久而久之便形成了这个聚集地。

后来亡灵开始大批出现的时候，他们放下石门彻底封死了与外界的联系，所以才成功坚持到现在。

As for the interconnected tunnels, most of them were dug by thieves in the past to facilitate the theft of funerary objects. Later, after simple modifications and expansions, they were connected to the interiors of several warehouses in the city.

In order to prevent undead creatures from coming through these passages and killing everyone, they made the front half of the passages very narrow so that only children under ten years old could pass through.

In this way, the refugees can allow these children to steal some food from time to time to barely survive.

As for drinking water, there is a small fountain in the center of the tomb that connects to the elemental plane of water.

This magical device was originally used to decorate the rich to make their tombs look more luxurious.

But now, it has become the source of life for the entire gathering place.

The refugees use the water to grow moss and mushrooms in every available space.

As for why they did not get infected with the plague, the most likely reason is that they were quarantined relatively early, and it is also possible that they produced some kind of antibodies or immunity.

In short, these one or two hundred survivors may not be unique cases, and there may be other survivors in other large tombs around.

Without a doubt!

The food the boy successfully brought back instantly caused cheers among the refugees.

The hungry people filled several large pots with water as if it were a festival, and then poured a small amount of wheat into them with an extremely pious gesture, and then boiled them over the never-extinguished magic flame next to the coffin.

After the pot boils, a large amount of chopped mushrooms, green moss, and a small amount of pickled meat and dried meat will be added.

Once it’s thoroughly cooked into a thick paste, we sprinkle salt on it and distribute it to everyone.

Among them, children around ten years old received the most, two spoonfuls.

Because they are the only ones who have the ability to obtain food from the outside world, they are naturally treated preferentially.

Although the scene looked a little chaotic, things like robbing the elderly, the weak and the sick to get more food did not happen.

The person in charge of distribution and maintaining order was a woman in her forties, who was obviously well educated and whose actions won the respect and trust of everyone.

I don’t know why, but Zuo Si always feels that the other person’s eyes look familiar, but he can also use his photographic memory to be sure that he has never seen them before.

In order to find this out, he waited until the meal was over and secretly followed the other party into a very small independent compartment located on the west side of the main tomb chamber near the entrance.

Generally speaking, places like this are often where the tomb owner's favorite servants, slaves, and concubines are buried.

Of course, these poor people were not buried there voluntarily, and they did not even die of natural causes. Instead, they were buried alive as sacrifices.

The woman who looked somewhat familiar slowly took off her black veil and headscarf, revealing a face that was 60% similar to the Archnecromancer Asta.

Varena! This name popped up in Zuo Si's mind instantly.

Although Asta is an old monster who has lived for more than three hundred years, he has left behind countless descendants.

But Varena is undoubtedly the most special one among them, and the one that the Necromancer is most worried about.

He even takes a few days every year to travel to Hull to live with his offspring to maintain their relationship.

As for the specific reason, no one knows.

However, Zuo Si felt that there were only two possibilities.

One is that Varena may look very similar to Asta's long-dead wife or first love, so it is an emotional transfer.

Another possibility is that he performed some unknown magical experiment on his offspring, so he needed to observe and draw conclusions every once in a while.

Just as Zuo Si was about to get closer to knock the woman unconscious and then do a simple check, the woman suddenly turned around alertly and shouted, "Who? Who is hiding there!"

"Your perception is surprisingly sharp, Ms. Varena."

Zuo Si walked out from the shadows with an elegant and authentic "cat walk".

"The talking cat! Do you know me?" Varena's eyes widened in shock.

"Of course I know you. You are the most beloved descendant of the great necromancer Asta, and also the person he cares about the most." Zuo Si said mysteriously.

In order to extract some secrets from the other party, he did not rush to restore his human form, but remained in the form of a cat.

Because the appearance of a furry little animal like this can reduce other people's vigilance to a certain extent.

Hearing the name "Asta", Varena stood up suddenly and asked with joy: "Are you sent by my great-grandfather to save me? How is he now? Can our world still be saved?"

Zuo Si pretended to be sad and lowered his head. "I'm sorry, I have to inform you of some unfortunate news. Master Asta has died. Like the other mages in the floating city, he did not escape. But before he died, he asked me to come to you and told me that you kept a very important thing for him."

"What? Great-great-grandfather is dead! How is this possible? Absolutely impossible!"

Such bad news immediately caused Varena to collapse and she began to scream hysterically.

You know, the reason why she has been able to hold on until now and not fall down is that she is expecting that the omnipotent "ancestor" will one day descend from the sky to save her.

"Nothing is impossible. Moreover, Master Asta's age is already close to the limit of human endurance. His death is foreseeable."

Zuo Si took advantage of this opportunity to come forward silently and released a ball of colorless and odorless gas at lightning speed.

When Varena smelled it, her eyes rolled back and she lost consciousness.

Apparently, the cat's small size successfully lowered her guard.

After succeeding, Zuo Si returned to his human form, picked up the other person and placed him on a simple wooden bed made of a coffin lid, and began to examine him from head to toe.

As a result, he soon found an area in the woman's brain that was sealed with necromancy.

Judging from the method and technique, it was 100% done by Asta.

As for what exactly is sealed in this area, it will take some time to figure it out.

Because the brain is so complicated, so complicated that even Zuo Si did not dare to try it easily.

Otherwise, if any accident happens, no one will ever know the secret sealed inside.

(End of this chapter)