The two people's eyes met in mid-air. There was obviously no confrontation between them, just a quiet silence, but it was also suffocating.

After a long while, Lin Wu slowly spoke: "I have a few questions."

"you say."

"During this period, you allowed my man Zheng Lian to secretly do so many things for me. Was it all... for this purpose?"

"……yes."

"Including the fact that you deliberately sent Chongjun to the sanatorium, let Fan find him, and gave Zheng Lian the opportunity to replace him?"

"...That's right." The city lord paused, "Zhongjun wasn't. He took the risk on his own initiative, and I almost swallowed him when I lost control. I was very angry afterwards, and seeing that he didn't value his life and deliberately died during the mission to piss me off, I sent him to the Ice Prison to be punished. I didn't expect that he would discover the secret behind the eighteenth floor."

His voice dropped. "He wanted to enter the eighteenth floor by himself, naively thinking he could help me. I was afraid that he would do something stupid sooner or later if he stayed in Killer City, so I sent him away."

"After I met that young man two years ago, I knew that Fan's people were watching me, so I guided Fan to find out. If I don't live to tell you the truth, at least there is someone who can tell you."

Lin Wu remained silent after hearing this.

After a while, she said, "So many people in Killer City have hidden dangers of foreign objects in their bodies. If we don't solve the foreign objects here, will the people of Killer City be forever restrained? When you can't suppress it even after your death, we will also be tortured to death?"

The city lord raised his eyes slightly and looked at Lin Wu. He said, "Yes."

"Okay, one last question." Lin Wu felt a dull pain in her throat, and her voice became hoarse when she spoke: "What if I don't accept it?"

Upon hearing this, the city lord still looked at Lin Wu with a gentle and compassionate gaze.

He said, "You can kill me and possess the rest of my power. I will also teach you how to control it, how to achieve a symbiotic balance with the alien creatures here, and not let them restrict you. In this way, you will not die. Your friends can also live."

Lin Wu was even more stunned.

The city lord just looked at her gently, his eyes were not oppressive, and he calmly waited for her final choice.

Time seemed to be frozen at this moment.

Lin Wu stood there, and suddenly many images appeared in her mind. She quickly reviewed the past eighteen years.

It's thrilling.

There seemed to be very few normal, ordinary times.

But it was also wonderful and complete.

She has witnessed many wonders that others may never see in their entire lives, climbed countless peaks that others admire, and traveled across most of the world, living a free and easy life.

She is not alone either.

She already has a group of most like-minded friends, and there are more and more people around her.

She even has a family who treats her very well.

And a lover.

She now has everything that she lacked, regretted, and didn't have when she was young.

Lin Wu closed his eyes tightly, took a deep breath, and then laughed.

She walked closer to the city lord, half-knelt down beside him, looked at the man, and said word by word: "What a coincidence, I was ready to die before I came here. It seems that I am as smart as ever."

The city lord was slightly startled and couldn't help but sneer.

Lin Wu asked casually: "What should I do?"

The city lord's tone also relaxed, and he said, "Use the Phoenix brand you got."

Lin Wu felt around and found it.

"Right at the entrance to the eighteenth floor, there is a magic circle that can teleport you to the depths of the eighteenth floor, which is behind the polar ice wall." The city lord said, "When I found the fragment of the Kongtong Seal, I sealed it there. After taking the Kongtong Seal away, I left a spell imitating the Kongtong Seal. This sign is the key to activate it."

"But," he looked at Lin Wu, "I need your blood."

Lin Wu understood, "Blood sacrifice, right? I have the blood power of Kongtong Seal in me, which is very effective against alien objects. I can reunite the Kongtong Seal and exert most of its power to seal all the alien objects there into the formation, while also weakening them at the same time."

She frowned as she spoke, "But, I'm afraid I'll die after the blood sacrifice, and there might not be any body left. It's almost impossible to kill them while they are weak in the formation."

Lin Wu had already witnessed the power of that yellow vertical pupil.

Because even if she was still alive after the blood sacrifice, she would be extremely weak and unable to fight back.

"It doesn't matter, I have a way." said the city lord.

"What?"

"Kill this city lord."

“………”

The words that Lin Wu was about to say disappeared instantly.

The city lord did not react at all, and his tone was natural as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

"In a moment, I will abandon my body and allow the alien entity to completely take over."

"It and I are symbiotic. It occupies my body, and the original power will also appear in my body, supporting the recovery of this body and providing it with its use."

"If you kill me, you can severely damage it."

"This way, if you go in and do everything you can, you might have a chance to survive."

Lin Wu didn't even think about it: "No!"

The city lord asked: "Do you have any other ideas?"

Lin Wu's heart sank.

The city lord smiled indifferently, and said softly, "I will teach you how to kill me. Do you have a dagger?"

Lin Wu didn't move.

The city lord said: "Be obedient."

Lin Wu clenched his hands and took out a short knife from his waist.

The city lord nodded: "That's enough."

"The city lord's weakness is three inches below his heart. That was the place where another alien object was once stored in the underground city."

"You need to dip the knife in your blood first, then stab it in, and then use the technique I taught you."

He closed his eyes and murmured a few words, and a white light suddenly appeared and merged into Lin Wu's eyebrows.

"I have taught you everything I know that you may need. The first one is the technique you will use to kill me later."

The city lord asked: "How long will it take you to learn it?"

"..." Lin Wu said, "Fifteen minutes."

The city lord nodded, but then started coughing again, and his face became even paler.

When Lin Wu subconsciously wanted to cut his hand to feed the blood, he was stopped by the city lord.

"This city lord is already dying, don't waste your blood on him."

Lin Wu was silent for a moment and said okay.

She no longer cared about the blood and flesh on the ground. She sat down and tried the magic that the city lord told her.

The city lord would give her some advice from time to time.

In the huge ice cave, a dead silence spread silently.

Gradually, the city lord stopped talking.

Lin Wu took half an hour longer than expected, but the city lord was not surprised and did not rush him. He just looked at Lin Wu and waited patiently.

Finally, Lin Wu compromised and faced the reality of having to kill the city lord.

She said, "City Lord, I am ready."

City Lord: "Okay." (End of this chapter)