"But I actually know that my aunt is still a normal person, so her blood power as a member of the Chi family is not obvious. I can't feel her and don't know her situation. Over time, I began to understand that my uncle didn't want her to get involved in the affairs of the dungeon anymore."

"That's good too. The Chi family... at least one of the clan members should be able to live well. So I never asked my aunt about it. I just pretended that she was gone."

Lu Guichi said this and looked at Lin Wu.

"So, when I first saw you, I really didn't think of you as my aunt. I was just sure that you were from the same tribe, and I thought you must be the descendant of someone from the same tribe."

"I actually already knew about my uncle's plan. But seeing that you are a normal person and don't even know what a dungeon is, I didn't want to involve you."

There are very few of his people left.

He doesn't have many relatives left.

Since Lin Wu doesn’t know what happened in the Chi family, it would be nice to let her live a normal life without worries.

Lu Guichi didn't want to involve an innocent member of the tribe in order to seek revenge.

He just felt that Lin Wu had neither enjoyed the glory of being a member of the Chi family nor experienced the suffering of the Chi family. She was a completely clean outsider and had no obligation to bear their hatred.

So he began to actively cooperate with the Huo family to do tattoo experiments, hoping to break through the limitations of the Chi family's bloodline and make a real tattoo to enter the dungeon and reunite with Kongtong Seal. It's just a pity that it failed in the end.

Lu Guichi remembered the day when he begged his uncle. His uncle looked at the photo of Lin Wu he gave him and was silent for a long time. Finally, he agreed to give up using Lin Wu.

"I learned about my relationship with you after I left Surabaya Prison."

Lu Guichi said, "I was exposed in front of you, so I had no choice but to return to the Huo family's residence. At that time, I was afraid that if I turned against you in public, my uncle would try to get you into the underground city again, so I was going to talk to my uncle, but I found a photo from him."

"That's when I found out who my aunt was, and I lost my memory. I also found out that you were my biological sister. I asked my uncle if he knew it a long time ago, and he said yes. I asked him why he didn't tell me earlier, and he said that when he decided to give up on you and cut off all ties with you, there was no future, so naturally... I didn't need to know."

At that time, Lu Guichi was prepared to die in the underground city with Jian Chonghe.

Hearing Jian Chonghe's words, he was speechless, and even felt lucky that they didn't recognize each other in advance. This way they could leave quietly, and no one would be sad.

After hearing this, Lin Wu felt a little upset.

Lu Guichi carefully watched her reaction. Seeing that she looked a little strange, he thought of something and said anxiously, "Wuwu, what I said and did in Danmaya and Lingnan Tiankeng... were not what I meant!"

"I'm just afraid that you'll die because of the Kongtong Seal, and I'm also afraid that you'll die because of the events in the dungeon..."

He suddenly choked, his throat spasming and hurting at this moment, and he couldn't utter the rest of the words.

He didn't know what to say either.

Because whenever he thought about what he had done and said at that time, he felt a dull pain and suffocation in his heart.

Those are just too abominable.

Even if it was meant to be good for her, it couldn't erase the hurt that was caused at that time.

Lu Guichi lowered his head, not daring to look at Lin Wu.

Lin Wu's eyes felt sore, he turned his head and rubbed his eyes twice, then turned back to normal, looked at Lu Guichi and said, "Forget it, I'm not a stingy person, let it go."

Lu Guichi looked up suddenly.

Lin Wu added coldly: "There won't be a next time."

Lu Guichi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded repeatedly, assuring, "No more."

Lin Wu's expression softened, and he said, "Then why did you come to Killer City? Calculating the time, shouldn't you and Jian Chonghe go to open the underground city?"

Speaking of this, Lu Guichi was also puzzled and said, "Originally, my uncle and I had agreed to return to the underground city after we got all the fragments of the Kongtong Seal. But not long ago, my uncle drugged me and made me sleepy, and I missed the departure time."

"I slept for two whole days. When I woke up, I saw a letter from my uncle, saying that you would die in Killer City due to an alien object, and asked me to save you. At that time, I couldn't find my uncle and his friends to verify it, and I couldn't contact them, so I had to rush here."

Lin Wu was surprised: "He asked you to save me? I know he knows the city lord, and he left me to the city lord. I thought he... wouldn't care whether I lived or died."

"No." Lu Guichi shook his head and corrected, "Uncle may not seem very close to you, but he is actually the same to me. But he is not a cold-hearted person, he just... has too much hatred in his heart. He still treats you as a relative and hopes that you will live."

Lin Wu paused, then asked, "Then how did you find me?"

Lu Guichi said: "My uncle left me a boat with a navigation system, and I used it to find Killer City. Also, the mayor of Killer City knew I was coming, and he asked his two trusted aides to help me find you."

Lin Wu was stunned when he heard this.

This is... what the city lord told her, hoping that she would have a chance of survival? Regardless of whether she agreed to accept him in the Ice Prison at that time, she could... survive?

Lin Wu was silent, took a deep breath to suppress his chaotic thoughts, and asked, "How did you save me?"

Lu Guichi's eyes instantly turned red, "Wuwu, I'm sorry."

"I, I turned you into an alien... From now on, you can no longer be a normal person."

Lu Guichi spoke hoarsely, enunciating each word.

Lin Wu was slightly startled by what he had not expected. He opened his mouth but could not say anything and just stood there.

Lu Guichi's tears immediately rolled down: "I'm sorry, I had no other choice at the time. I could only do this. I'm sorry..."

Lin Wu just came back to his senses, and he was not too panicked. Instead, he had a feeling of "as expected".

She said, how is it possible to come back to life from the dead.

So that's how it is.

If you want to survive, you must pay a huge price.

Seeing Lu Guichi crying more and more miserably, Lin Wu calmed down a little with a headache and said, "It's okay, I can accept it. I'm lucky to be alive."

"But you will die prematurely and turn into stone after death. Your soul will dissipate and will not be able to reincarnate, and you will be imprisoned forever." Lu Guichi choked.

Originally, she could have lived a long and healthy life.

Lin Wu waved his hands and said casually: "This way I can at least live a few more years. Otherwise, I can't even live a few more years. Life is predestined, and blessings and disasters are unpredictable. Don't worry too much. Just cherish the only time you have."

She took the initiative to divert Lu Guichi's attention: "If you stay, can Jian Chonghe enter the underground city alone? Isn't he afraid of increasing the possibility of failure?"

Lu Guichi wiped his face and said, "Uncle said he already has a way to enter the dungeon, so he doesn't need me anymore and wants me to live well in the outside world. But I'm worried about uncle, so I'll go find him when you're fully recovered. I can't let him face the dungeon alone."

This reminded Lin Wu.

Lin Wu asked: "What about Bo Qingcheng?"

"What?" Lu Guichi was stunned.

Lin Wu said: "After leaving Lingnan, I went to the northwest to look for the missing Bo Yuting. When I met him, he told me that his uncle Bo Qingcheng was not dead, and he saw it with his own eyes. It was his uncle who took the Kongtong Seal fragment in the northwest away, and it seemed that he was going to meet up with you and go to the underground city together."

Lu Guichi was shocked: "Uncle Bo? I don't know!"

Lin Wu: “?”

Lu Guichi said solemnly, "My uncle and I acted separately. I went to get the fragments stored by Danmaya, and he dealt with the Blackback Mountain in the northwest. Then we met in Lingnan, and after getting the fragments there, we went to the underground city."

"When I met my uncle in Lingnan, I asked him if he had gotten the fragment from the northwest. He said he had arranged for someone he trusted to get it, and that we could meet up there as soon as we left Lingnan and head to the underground city. Other than that, he didn't tell me much, nor did he tell me who he asked to go to the northwest."

"After leaving Lingnan, we did rush to the foreign rendezvous point. But we waited there for a few days. My uncle said his people had something important to do. I was busy determining the route to the underground city, so I didn't ask any more questions."

Lin Wu asked: "Have you seen the people you are meeting?"

Lu Guichi shook his head and said, "My uncle went to meet his people. He drugged me the night he came back, and I didn't even have time to see who his people were. When I woke up, they were gone."

Lin Wu frowned.

Lu Guichi also realized that something was wrong and was extremely surprised: "The person who cooperated with my uncle and went to the northwest on my uncle's behalf turned out to be Bo Yuting's uncle? He is not dead? My uncle never told me this!"

Lin Wu thought carefully and suddenly asked, "Where is the Buddha's head? I saw it appear in the northwest. Who sent it there?"

"This... I don't know. But it should be my uncle." Lu Guichi said, "I didn't give it to the Huo family, I gave it to my uncle. It is an item related to my Chi family. My uncle will probably put it in the ancestral hall for worship. As for the Huo family, I gave them a fake one. Anyway, they can't make tattoos, so they won't know whether what I gave them is real or fake."

Lu Guichi sneered, "You really want it? I'm lucky I didn't kill them to avenge myself!"

Lin Wu frowned and pondered, "It seems that the method that Jian Chonghe found to enter the underground city is related to Bo Qingcheng."

"It must be!" Lu Guichi nodded, looked at Lin Wu, and said with concern: "Wuwu, don't worry too much, just leave it to me, don't worry about it. I will go find my uncle and others to figure it out."

Lin Wu asked pointedly, "Are you still planning to come back from the underground city?"

Lu Guichi stopped talking and even avoided Lin Wu's gaze.

Lin Wu sighed and said calmly: "Don't be impulsive and go by yourself. This matter is originally related to me, and it also involves Bo Qingcheng. Neither me nor Bo Yuting will give up. When the time comes, we should also go to find the underground city."

Lu Guichi was silent for a moment, then stood up and said, "You should take a rest first. I'll be back."

Lin Wu looked at him but didn't expose him. "That's fine. I've been in Killer City for more than half a month. The outside world must be in chaos after disappearing for so long. I have to return to China as soon as possible. Otherwise, Bo Yuting and the others will be worried to death. Let's leave tomorrow morning. You come back with me."

Lu Guichi did not give a direct answer. He just responded vaguely and left.

Happy Lantern Festival everyone. (ω)