It was the dead of night.
Everyone in Fiesburg had already gone to sleep.
All around was quiet, except for the sound of snowflakes falling softly on the eaves.
Xiao He closed the book, preparing to turn off the lights and rest, but then received a message from Yang Xing.
Yang Xing: Let's take a ride on the airship.
[Xiao He: 1]
Flying Dragon One was floating above Fiesburg, so Xiao He only needed to climb out of the window to reach it.
"You've already made a breakthrough?" Xiao He asked as soon as he entered the cabin.
Yang Xing projected the screen image onto a two-meter-high whiteboard and used infrared light to guide Xiao He's gaze.
"This is a floor plan of Dragon City. The shaded area I've circled represents the underground city; you can see the scale. Now I'll switch to 3D mode..."
Xiao He sat to the side, quietly watching the changes in the scene.
“Red areas are sealed off and unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. Blue areas are areas that have not been discovered by the authorities, which are the strongholds of the Resurrection Cult in the city.” Yang Xing said with a smug look on his face, as if he were asking for credit.
"How did you crack it?" Xiao He was indeed very surprised.
"I scanned the scent of the potion you just gave me and found that it was produced in the dungeon. By combining it with the tracking program set up on the ice crystal cross, I was able to penetrate the defensive walls of this underground lair and obtain a map of its interior."
"Weren't we discovered?"
"Of course, this is cutting-edge technology."
Upon hearing this, Xiao He immediately gave Yang Xing a thumbs up.
“Look, the structure inside is very ancient.” Yang Xing continued to turn his gaze to the map, which was now magnified.
The map shows a regular hexagonal pattern, and all the buildings inside are constructed in accordance with this shape, giving it a unique and comfortable aesthetic appeal.
"This...?" Xiao He was momentarily bewildered, as if he had seen a similar scene somewhere before.
"Wait! I remember now!" After saying that, he immediately took out the notebook that the old dean had given him on the fifth day of the lunar month.
Yang Xing adjusted his glasses and took the item with some curiosity: "What is this?"
Xiao He then told Yang Xing about the old dean's affairs, and Yang Xing was astonished upon hearing it.
“I should have given this to you sooner. I thought we hadn’t gone to the Origin Continent yet, so I put it aside for the time being,” Xiao He explained.
"So that's how it is." Yang Xing's eyes lit up immediately: "Here's the remote control. Take a look at this map yourself first, and I'll have the system read this notebook."
"Okay." Xiao He took the remote control and turned around to carefully examine the screen projection.
Yang Xing operated very quickly, connecting the laptop like plugging in a USB drive, and then page after page of content was scanned into his "weapon," the Netherworld Computer.
This was far more efficient than the human eye slowly browsing through pages, and it also allowed for the use of a search engine to filter information. For an era with limited technological advancement, Yang Xing's "black technology" was thousands of years ahead of its time.
Xiao He kept changing his perspective to observe this hexagonal underground city, and then compared it with the location of the underground arena he had visited before, only to find that the two were separated by "only one wall".
"This location...?" Xiao He muttered to himself, "No... could it really be a coincidence?"
Where did the "Lord of Ice" Sammeq come from?
I first saw him at the school building in the clouds, but where was he before that?
Such a powerful aura can't just appear out of thin air without any warning, can it?
"Could he have come from the underground city? From this central altar?"
Xiao He continued to zoom in on the map.
At the center of the regular hexagon is an altar, somewhat similar to the altar encountered in Stardust City, but larger and more imposing.
Xiao He found it increasingly strange, his gaze constantly shifting between the arena and the altar.
I still remember that last skill unexpectedly pierced through the deep and thick rock layer, even breaking through the ground and leaving this strange "tunnel" on the map.
Moreover, the angle at which the skill was released was so perfect it could hardly be described as a coincidence, as it was perfectly parallel to the sunlight at that moment.
So the sunlight ended up falling precisely on his spot, shining into his eyes...
"Was it at that time?!" Xiao He was shocked.
It seems that all the changes began from that moment.
Realizing this, Xiao He immediately picked up the remote control and connected the altar to the point where he was at that time.
Sure enough, the line perfectly coincided with the sunlight at that time.
"Could it be that my power summoned him...?"
Xiao He stared blankly at the altar on the map.
None of this would have happened if I hadn't gone to the underground arena.
However, the system's instruction to "go to the underground arena to participate in the competition" is...
However, the issuance of system tasks depends on the will of the "account owner" himself...
"Hanflav wants to summon Sammeq?" Xiao He was completely baffled.
If Xiaohe's deepest fear is Sangmaikui, why would she want to summon him, especially during her most vulnerable period?
"Besides, why did Sangmaikui save me?" Xiao He was completely bewildered.
At that time, Hanfulaf did not "break the rules" and his soul was still free, which is why he was subtly influenced to act in the way of Xiaohe.
Normally, he wouldn't think he would risk his life to save a stranger, but that's exactly what he did.
He later summarized the incident as "acting impulsively." So, when facing the old director, he tried very hard to remain rational, but it was to no avail…
Because Hanvlav forcefully regained control of her.
However, now Hanfulaf's soul is not only sealed, but he is also bound by the shackles of "delayed execution".
According to the system's annotation on "delayed execution," the moment the order is completed, the "prisoner's" soul will be erased by the Netherworld system, and the account will be reclaimed by the Netherworld.
Xiao He did not tell Sangmaikuri the truth, because Hanfulaf was no longer coming back.
Even if the order fails and is handed over to another "player," she can't get it back.
Xiao He felt this very deeply.
The feeling in one's soul is different when one temporarily takes control of the body's actions and when one completely controls everything about the body.
The former is like a third-person perspective, while the latter is a first-person perspective.
He naturally preferred the latter.
"From this perspective, it seems that Sammeq harbored no ill will towards Hanfulaf herself, and even considered her an ally..."
"But when he discovered that I had replaced Hanfulaf's soul, he decided to kill me..."
"Therefore, what the nightmare showed me was not what Hanvlav feared, but what I need to fear in the future..."
Xiao He slowly sorted through the known clues, but the results of his guesses overturned the people's conclusion that "Sangmaikkui and Hanfulaf were in opposition".
"Perhaps there was never any real conflict... because Hanvlav was always the same soul..."
“True conflict only came into being after I came into being.”
"The original god of life, Hanfulaf, dies, or I, Xiao He, die."
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