Seeing the distorted handwriting, Zu'an and Yu Yanlu could feel the guard's fear even through the paper.
The two exchanged a glance, their expressions turning serious. They hurriedly looked behind them, trying to find more information.
Unfortunately, the rest of the page is blank, and there are no more records.
Zuan said in a deep voice, "Could the thing he's talking about be the one that made that roar earlier?"
“That should be it,” Yu Yanluo said, taking the notebook with a somber expression. “These things are secretly called the Book of Life and Death by the guards because they prove their identities and record their last words, so they are basically inseparable from them. Now that they have fallen here, it is obvious that he has met with misfortune…”
Zuan remained silent. The oppressive aura emanating from that mysterious creature had even instilled fear in them; how could an ordinary guard possibly handle it?
Yu Yanluo closed the notebook; the leather cover bore the owner's name—"Ping An".
Seeing this name, so full of meaning for her parents, Yu Yanluo felt a pang of pain in her heart.
She didn't recognize the name. The Yu family had many subordinates, and as the head of the family, it was impossible for her to know everyone.
Even though he was just an ordinary member of the group, when he was in danger himself, his first thought was to help other miners who had fallen into danger.
“It’s my fault as the head of the family for not protecting them properly…” Yu Yanluo’s eyes welled up with tears.
Zuan put his arm around her shoulder and comforted her, "It's not your fault. Nobody would have expected something like this to happen here while you were locked up."
Yu Yanluo, her silver teeth shattered, said, "As the de facto local official of Cloud City, didn't Xu Yu notice the strange changes happening in the mine?!"
Zu An thought to himself that Xu Yu was carrying the emperor's decree and was thinking about how to deal with the Yu family. He might even be hoping that the Yu family would be completely crippled.
But there's no point in saying all this now. He looked around and said, "According to the notes, there are likely other survivors in this mine. Let's search around and see if we can find them."
“Okay!” Yu Yanluo put away Ping An’s notebook, her eyes filled with determination. She wasn’t even thinking about going to the snake clan anymore; she was thinking about solving the problem here first.
Zuan sighed inwardly. Based on the information he had received, those below were likely ordinary miners and some guards. Neither the black mist nor the mysterious beast were things they could handle.
After so many days, they probably already...
Of course, it's not good to say such things out loud, lest it hurt Yu Yanluo.
The two quickly began searching along the mine tunnel, while remaining vigilant against potential dangers lurking in the shadows. According to the guard's record, there were clearly other, even more terrifying entities besides the black mist.
However, Zu'an had some doubts. If that mysterious beast had revealed itself, its mere pressure would have rendered the guards speechless and wiped them all out. Why then did it make them disappear one by one?
Unfortunately, there is too little information to make a judgment.
The two walked for a long time, and apart from the black fog, they did not encounter any other dangers along the way.
Suddenly, Yu Yanluo squatted down in the corner of the wall. There was a patch of land there that was a dark red color. In this dark mine, it would be impossible to notice unless you looked carefully.
Zuan squatted down, rubbed the mixture between his fingers, and then smelled it: "This is blood!"
And it's human blood.
Yu Yanluo nodded, but her expression was somewhat unpleasant.
The two quickly found a broken sword nearby, which was the standard-issue sword of the Yu family guards.
Yu Yanluo was somewhat surprised: "This seems to be someone from my side."
Zuan: "???"
Yu Yanluo explained, "The decorations on the sword hilts are different because the guards around me all have Yu as their surname."
He pointed to the hilt of the sword, where the character for "jade" was carved.
She picked up the broken sword and examined the break: "Although these guards' swords are not divine weapons, their quality is definitely not a problem. It's not so easy for them to break."
Zuan observed for a moment and said, "Judging from the break, it wasn't broken by human hands, nor was it cut by a weapon... There are some fine serrated lines on it, which are not easy to notice if you don't look closely."
“The sword is my life, the sword is my death…” Yu Yanluo murmured to herself, while searching around for something. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she ran to a nearby spot and found a notebook embedded in the wall.
The two of them were so focused on searching the ground that they didn't notice it immediately.
She pulled out the notebook, and when she saw the name printed on the leather cover, her face darkened: "It's Yubin."
Zu An was startled: "Yu Bin?"
When Zu'an first met Yu Yanluo outside Mingyue City, he was one of her guards.
When I came to Cloud City a while ago, I was stopped by the guards at the gate when I went to visit the Jade Mansion for the first time. It was he who happened to pass by and helped me out of the predicament.
As the image of that sunny young man flashed through his mind, Zuan sighed inwardly.
Yu Yanluo opened the notebook, her hand immediately froze, because many places on it were covered in blood, the bloodstains already congealed.
Worried that the sight would trigger her emotions, Zu'an took the document and started flipping through it for her. The first few pages were her usual task records, interspersed with expressions of admiration and respect for Yu Yanluo.
Zuan was already used to it; Yu Yanluo had unparalleled prestige in the Yu family, which could not be achieved by beauty alone.
He could sense that those people genuinely respected Yu Yanluo. It was clear that Yu Yanluo had treated them extremely well over the years. From the previous record of her safety, it was evident that she would not abandon anyone who encountered an accident at the mine, and everyone believed that she would not abandon them...
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