living room.

Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, Jia Lan, and Zhou Ping sat at the table, all with serious expressions...

Except Zhou Ping.

“Senior Sword Saint, the strength of that wind-veined earth dragon has exceeded our capabilities, so…” Lin Qiye spoke carefully.

"Leave it to me." Zhou Ping nodded slightly, "But, I can't feel its breath in this city right now."

"Have they left here?" Baili Pangpang couldn't help but ask, "After all, they attacked Team 008 more than ten days ago. After such a long time, it doesn't make sense for them to stay in Lintang, right?"

Lin Qiye frowned and thought for a long time...

"No, it's unlikely." Lin Qiye said slowly, "The [Believers] took the initiative to attack the Night Watch team. This has never happened before. This means that if it is not necessary, they will not take the initiative to provoke the local Night Watch team, let alone a top team like 008."

"Could it be that they are not [believers] at all? The words Jiang Er heard were just a cover?"

"I don't think they'd lie in front of a pile of dead bodies."

"Too……"

"If they are indeed [believers], and they took the initiative to wipe out the local Night Watch team, then I can only think of one possibility." Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes slightly, "They are going to do something big, and this big thing may be discovered by the 008 team during the process, and then reported to the top...

They would not allow this to happen, so they did not hesitate to use the First Officer to kill the 008 team silently. As long as they died, no one would be able to inform the higher-ups.

From this assumption, many things can be deduced.

For example, this matter has certain limitations and can only be completed in Lintang City.

If they had a choice, they could have avoided Lintang City and gone to a city like Anta County where the Night Watch's defenses were weak. But they would rather stay here under the pressure of Team 008, which means they had no choice.

In other words, they are most likely still in Lintang City."

After listening to Lin Qiye's explanation, everyone's faces showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"Then where should we start our investigation?" Cao Yuan asked.

Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, "Fatty, go find Jiang Er and ask him if anything strange has happened in Lintang City recently?"

Baili Pangpang nodded and walked into the laboratory.

After a moment, he returned to the living room.

"Jiang Er said that she couldn't leave her body due to the limitations of her abilities, so she wasn't very clear about the situation in the city, but... earthquakes in Lin Tang seem to be more frequent recently."

"earthquake?"

"She said that after Team 008 was killed, three earthquakes occurred in the ten days or so. Although the magnitudes were very minor, earthquakes are very rare in Lin Tang, so it is considered a strange thing."

Lin Qiye leaned back in his chair, slowly closed his eyes, tapped the table unconsciously with his knuckles, and began to think intently.

[The Believer], Team 008, First Seat, Earthquake...

"Could it be that what they are going to do is underground?" Lin Qiye murmured to himself.

If the enemy's target is underground, then things will be easier. He and An Qingyu's dragnet will search underground, but the problem is that it takes time for An Qingyu's rat tide to form, and now it is daytime, so nocturnal creatures cannot be mobilized to explore...

"Well, Jia Lan and I will go to the Geological Bureau to look for clues related to the earthquake. Cao Yuan, Pang Pang, the two of you go out to the streets to investigate and see if there are any strange things happening in Lintang City recently besides the earthquake." Lin Qiye made a decision quickly.

"good."

"Senior Sword Saint, do you want to go to the Geological Bureau with us, or go with them to visit?" Lin Qiye looked at Zhou Ping.

The corners of Zhou Ping's mouth twitched slightly. "I, I... I think it's enough for you to go. I'll wait here. If I sense any unusual aura fluctuations, I will take action directly."

“…That’s fine.”

After the tasks were assigned, Lin Qiye, Jia Lan, Cao Yuan and Pang Pang immediately set off and left in different directions.

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Lintang City.

manor.

underground.

Shen Qingzhu moved his hands away from the gray altar, glanced around, placed his hands lightly on his temples, and walked a little erratically, pretending to be mentally overdrawn.

"Xiao Shen, take a rest."

The Ninth Seat walked past him, his face was a little pale, and it seemed that his mental strength was overdrawn a lot.

Shen Qingzhu nodded, and the two of them walked up the stairs to the first floor and came to the yard. They felt the long-lost sunshine and breathed a sigh of relief.

For more than two months, apart from sleeping and eating, they went underground to infuse spiritual power into the altar. Shen Qingzhu almost thought that the [believers] had changed their careers to become slaves...

Of course, he seemed to be trying hard on the surface, but it was impossible for him to put his mental strength into it.

This altar is too weird. Although no one knows what will happen after it is fully activated, it is definitely not a good thing. If Shen Qingzhu puts less mental power into it, its activation time will be later and the probability of variables will be greater.

But what puzzled him was that such a long time had passed, and there had been several minor earthquakes during the revival of the altar. Why hadn't the Night Watch team stationed in Lintang responded yet?

During this period, Shen Qingzhu tried several times to find an opportunity to leave the manor and secretly pass on the information, but on the one hand, he didn't know where the night watchman's station in Lin Tang was, and on the other hand, he had no chance to leave the manor.

For more than two months, their daily necessities were purchased by the seventh and ninth seats, and they would purchase a month's supply at a time. Even if Shen Qingzhu wanted to leave, he had no suitable excuse.

In the yard, the ninth seat took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one for himself, and handed one to Shen Qingzhu.

Shen Qingzhu snapped his fingers lightly, and two flames lit up, lighting the cigarette butt.

The ninth seat took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "The spiritual power of the altar has almost been infused. I estimate that in two or three days, it will be completely revived. I have had enough of this kind of hell..."

When Shen Qingzhu heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He flicked the ash off his cigarette and spoke slowly: "This kind of life is really not a life for human beings. They are treating us like slaves..."

"After all, it's Lord Yiyu's order. There's nothing we can do even if we're a little tired." The Ninth Seat shook his head.

"Oh, right." Shen Qingzhu seemed to remember something. "All the food in the manor has been eaten. We may need to buy more."

Hearing this, the Ninth Seat let out a long sigh.

"What's wrong?" Shen Qingzhu asked.

"You haven't gone shopping with that woman from the seventh seat before. Going shopping with her is more tiring than being a slave here." The ninth seat stood up shakily from the ground and walked towards the house. "I'll go call her. Let's go buy everything before it gets dark. I really don't want to go out tomorrow."

"Are you okay?" Shen Qingzhu stood up. "You've overdrawn your mental strength too much. I feel like you're about to pass out."

"Well...it shouldn't be a big problem." The ninth seat waved his hand.

Shen Qingzhu narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the Ninth Seat's departing back, as if hesitating about something.

Finally, he made up his mind and followed the ninth seat.

He stretched out his hand and gently patted the ninth seat on the back.

A feeling of dizziness caused by lack of oxygen suddenly surged into the Ninth Seat's heart. His eyes rolled back and he fell straight back.

Shen Qingzhu reached out to catch him, looked at the pale face in coma, and murmured to himself:

"I told you...you were about to pass out."

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