The city lord said: "I have thought about it. But I haven't put it into action yet. That young man contacted me and said that he would use the Huo family to open the underground city and go back for revenge. So I didn't move."

"As expected, he wanted to return to the underground city more urgently than I did. He not only joined forces with Chinese institutions, but also leaked the news to the Huo family to follow him secretly and make preparations. But something unexpected seemed to have happened. I don't know what it was, and he didn't succeed in the end."

Lin Wuxin said, it was because there was a spy.

The exact location of the dungeon is difficult to find. If you want to find it accurately, you can only rely on the "map" in the tattoo.

Hey, wait!

Wasn't the spy in the Chinese organization Jian Chonghe's man? Since he wanted to find the underground city, why would he stop him? That meant... there was another spy? ?

Also, how did Jian Chonghe, who had a shallow foundation at the time, use No. 49? ? Through Chi Yangzhi? No, Chi Yangzhi was already mentally ill at the time and could not do anything.

So it was cooperation? Cooperation with the top brass of No. 49? And being backstabbed? ? In any case, one of the parties must have encountered something that Jian Chonghe had not expected. Backstabbing and espionage were both possible.

The city lord said at this time: "After knowing this, I thought about whether to intervene, but the young man contacted me and told me one thing. The location of the underground city has shifted due to the noise they made while escaping. Without the phoenix tattoo, they can't find or enter the gate, so they want to give up for the time being."

"I told him that none of the Chi family members who are still alive have phoenix tattoos. But he told me that's not the case. There are three other children who are considered Chi family members. They all have the possibility of having phoenix tattoos."

"The probability is too small, so I don't hold out hope. But he actually told me that his sister is pregnant. When the child was still in the mother's womb, they felt a strong blood force. They have a hunch that the child will most likely be born with a phoenix tattoo."

Lin Wu was stunned.

The city lord looked at Lin Wu and said, "It's a pity that an accident happened."

"The timing is unfortunate, as it happened exactly when that little boy escaped from the dungeon eighteen years ago."

"The young man took the little boy and hid from place to place. In a place in China, he contacted his sister and asked for help. His sister rushed over, but encountered the Huo family and had a difficult time giving birth to a dead baby."

"They couldn't take the child away at the time, and they went back to look for him but couldn't find him. But they all felt that the child was not dead."

Lin Wu's mind went blank. "It's... me?"

The city lord nodded.

"In fact, I discovered you when you first entered the assassin city thirteen years ago."

"Because you are the first one of my tribesmen I have met in all these years who is so tenacious, full of vitality, healthy and normal. It is hard for me not to notice you."

"But I wasn't sure at the time that you were the child that young man was talking about. I just had a feeling. I couldn't contact the young man to verify it either. He disappeared without a trace."

"I originally wanted to keep you by my side and raise you myself, but the former deputy city lord was still keeping an eye on me, and I was afraid that you would be implicated. After thinking about it, I felt that Fan was a good fit. He and the former deputy city lord were in opposition, and the former deputy city lord would not touch him. So I tried to get someone to guide him to choose a new person and keep you by his side."

"It wasn't until two years ago that the young man finally showed up and found me. I mentioned you to him and showed him your photo. He confirmed my idea."

Lin Wu was stunned.

She knew that the Chi family's bloodline was very peculiar.

For example, Lu Guichi, as soon as he saw her, he was sure that she was one of his people, and then he stayed with her for six years.

Chi Yangzhi knew about the underground city and the Chi family at that time, so he was naturally very clear about this bloodline.

So it was because of this that Chi Yangzhi was sure that she was still alive during those months; it was also because of this that when Chi Yangzhi was mentally ill, she was sure that her whereabouts were related to the underground city, and thought that someone similar to the Huo family had kidnapped her and wanted to use her to make a tattoo to enter the underground city? Lin Wu calmed down after a long time and asked a question: "My appearance is very similar to my mother. It's not surprising that Jian Chonghe was able to identify me as soon as he saw me. But since he knew it in advance... why didn't he tell my mother so that my mother could find me earlier and take me home?"

Lin Wu felt that Jian Chonghe had known it at least six years ago.

At that time, she was familiar with Lu Guichi, and Lu Guichi must have mentioned it to Jian Chonghe. Jian Chonghe would know her relationship with Chi Yangzhi as soon as he saw her.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Lu Guichi did not mention it to Jian Chonghe, not a single word.

The city lord said after a while: "Because he gave up his original plan."

Lin Wu was puzzled: "What?"

"If this doesn't work, he plans to use their blood to sacrifice the Kongtong Seal, hoping that the Kongtong Seal can be restored, so as to open the door and let them enter the dungeon."

"He had failed until six years ago. But then he met someone, you. Of course, he didn't know at that time that you also appeared here with me."

"He knew at that time that you would be able to fuse the Kongtong Seal. He decided to use you, but the little boy who followed him stopped him and continued with the tattoo experiment."

"Two years ago, he came to me after he had not succeeded. That was when he knew that I already knew you. After we discussed it, we came to a conclusion. He and the little boy decided to sacrifice their own blood to the Kongtong Seal, forcefully open the door to the dungeon and go in, and gave up on you."

"He left you to me and let me choose whether to use you... to deal with the alien creatures here."

"He never told your mother about this. He said your mother no longer remembers what happened in the past, and he didn't want her to suffer more after knowing it. I think it's a good idea. At least one member of the Chi family should be able to be an ordinary person and live a normal life."

The city lord looked at Lin Wu and suddenly sighed.

"According to the time, they should have reached the underground city by now. In fact, there is no chance that they will succeed. In three years, they have not made a real tattoo."

"But he actually contacted me not long ago and said that they already had a solution. He didn't tell me the specific method, but just asked me to... leave you in Killer City."

Hearing this, Lin Wu stood up suddenly.

There was a buzzing in her ears. For some reason, the wounds on her body suddenly became very painful, and her heart also felt uncomfortable and confused.

She: “They…have gone to the underground city?”

"Yes. I can feel it. They took away the Kongtong Seal. I don't know what they will do, but I am powerless to do anything."

Lin Wu was silent, thinking about how Lu Guichi had been rejecting her since Danmaya, and also about what Jian Chonghe and Lu Guichi had said in Lingnan, and how Jian Chonghe had finally promised not to harm her soul and make her lose her memory.

But in fact, at that time, Jian Chonghe was still unwilling to give up, right? They couldn't find a way to successfully reunite the Kongtong Seal better than her. They couldn't get into the dungeon, so they couldn't take revenge. They didn't have a phoenix tattoo, so going there would be like sending themselves to death!

Lin Wu closed his eyes tightly, forced himself to calm down, and looked at the city lord.

"So what choice did you make?"

"Now that I'm standing here, does that mean... you've decided to let me deal with the alien objects here?"

The city lord looked at Lin Wu in silence.

The ice cave became increasingly quiet, so quiet that it made one's heart suffocate.

The city lord suddenly said, "I have thought about giving up on you. So I have acquiesced to your wish to leave Killer City and provided you with convenience."

"But I'm getting weaker and weaker. Over the years, I've been awake less and less. In order to avoid losing control and hurting the people in Killer City, I have to spend a few days here every year to try to strip away some of the foreign power in my body. But once it's stripped away, I will turn to stone."

"In order to stop it, in order to wake myself up, every year I dig out my petrified flesh and blood, tie myself up, and force myself to regain my sanity after losing control, just like I am doing now."

Lin Wu's eyes fell on the city lord's scarred body, and he was speechless for a while.

She couldn't help but think of the last time in the castle. She went to look for the city lord at night and smelled a pungent smell of blood in the city lord's room.

So the city lord was at that time...

"I need someone who can take over from me and do what I haven't done yet."

The city lord's eyes softened, but with a strong sense of apology, "I'm sorry, I made this decision when I first discovered your existence thirteen years ago. So from then on, I began to guide your growth, waiting for you to discover these things, to ensure that you would eventually be strong enough to do what I hope you to do."

"Later, I no longer wanted you to return to the underground city. I only hoped that you could do what you did here, have a chance to survive, and leave the underground city and the Chi family, and become an ordinary person."

"Now," he asked hoarsely, "do you accept it?"