"Look at this guy, he's still so scared even though he's out. This combat uniform seems to be from the Secret Bureau of Baiyi City Ruins. Are all the ruins-killing personnel there so useless?"
There were some laughter and chatter coming from the side.
Xu Shen turned his head and saw several Xushu warriors wearing similar combat uniforms. They were looking at him teasingly, with sarcasm and amusement in their eyes.
"Can you see that I'm scared?" Xu Shen raised his eyebrows. He thought there was nothing wrong with his previous expression.
"I can sense the fear in your heart!"
One of the young men with flowing hair had a haughty smile on his face and said, "The smell of fear is very strong. You must have just escaped from the powerful ancient corpse, right?"
"Do you still have such ability..." Xu Shen glanced at him with a calm expression, and said: "Then can you still sense it now?"
"Now..."
The young man laughed softly, probed a little, and his expression suddenly changed.
The feeling of fear was gone, but instead there was a horrible evil thought that made him tremble.
“What do you want to do?” The young man couldn’t help swallowing. In his eyes, Xu Shen exuded dark evil thoughts all over his body, like burning flames. The existence that could release such powerful evil thoughts meant that Xu Shen’s mental strength was beyond imagination, and he was definitely not an ordinary ruins slayer.
"It seems that you can indeed sense it..." Xu Shen glanced at him and the murderous intent in his heart subsided.
The young man's face changed, and in the end he didn't say anything more to Xu Shen. He pulled his teammates away in a hurry.
Xu Shen ignored him and looked around, looking for other people.
Soon, Xu Shen saw the familiar figures of Mu Xue and others in the crowd.
Mu Xue also noticed Xu Shen and immediately waved and walked over.
Xu Shen saw Gu Qiufeng and Luo Hua beside her, but not Baye, as Baye had said before that he planned to hunt alone.
"Xu Shen, are you okay?" Gu Qiufeng saw that Xu Shen was extremely affectionate. He was deeply moved by the fact that Xu Shen had stood up for him before.
Luo Hua looked at Xu Shen and said with a smile: "Old Xu looks fine, not injured at all. The harvest should be good, right?"
Xu Shen nodded and glanced at Mu Xue: "What did you gain, Captain?"
"It's okay." Mu Xue's expression was calm. With that kind of personality, she wouldn't be too happy or too sad.
"It's all thanks to Sister Mu that we were able to return safely." Gu Qiufeng said immediately. They also encountered an extremely dangerous situation.
Xu Shen glanced at Mu Xue and asked tentatively: "Have you reached the second form?"
"Aren't you the same?" Mu Xue glanced at Xu Shen but did not hide it. After all, she had shown it in front of Gu Qiufeng and the others, and the old fox would probably know it later.
"A breakthrough on the battlefield?" Xu Shen was surprised.
"Do you think I'm the protagonist in a fairy tale?" Mu Xue said unhappily.
"Sister Mu had already made a breakthrough, but she just hid it secretly." Gu Qiufeng said with a smile, looking proud.
Xu Shen was speechless. It seemed that Chu Bai and Mu Xue were just like him. They had made breakthroughs ahead of time, but were just hiding like ostriches.
Didn’t we agree to lie down together?
"I don't know what happened to Pug. I couldn't find him." Luo Hua looked around, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
Xu Shen and Mu Xue didn't say anything more and started searching among the crowd.
After they looked around, Xu Shen saw Zhou Yuanyuan and other members of the Light Chasing Club. Their number seemed to be significantly less, but Xu Shen had no idea which ones were missing.
Soon, they saw Chu Bai and Meiya, but apart from them, there were only Zhao Qingmian and another young man left in the team.
In the crowd, they also saw people from other precincts and members of the Fog Workers Mutual Aid Association.
"All of you come and gather together!"
When Xu Shen and his companions were searching in the square, the leader of the Queen Mother District saw them, immediately waved to them, and gathered Xu Shen and the others together.
There are also personnel from other branches around the Queen Mother District.
"Let's go back together later. Her Royal Highness the Queen Ant has sent her personal guards to welcome us." said Wang Cheng, the leader of the Queen Mother District.
Xu Shen had some impression of this person. He had previously tried to establish a relationship with the Mo family but had hit a wall.
The latter is obviously the second form. In addition to Wang Cheng, there are three second forms in the Queen Mother Zone. This lineup looks quite powerful and obviously surpasses other zones.
As people gradually gathered, Xu Shen heard some people talking, "Where is the Mohist School? Why can't I see anyone from the Mohist School?"
Xu Shen also showed a look of doubt on his face.
As for the others, some looked calm, while others had a slight change of color on their faces, as if they had thought of something.
Xu Shen looked at these people with abnormal reactions, and his heart moved slightly. Could it be that they had seen the place where Mo Jia was buried?
"Don't meddle in other people's business." Wang Cheng said in a low voice, stopping the discussion in the crowd.
"Look, that seems to be the Mohist school over there." Someone suddenly said.
Xu Shen's heart skipped a beat, and he looked slowly, and saw a group of people standing in the distance, wearing purple armor. In the middle of the crowd stood a slender and charming young woman.
Xu Shen saw the faces of those Mo family members and discovered that they were not the followers of Mo Qinghao. Obviously, this was another person from the Mo family who seemed to have entered another cave.
As more and more people gathered in the square, Xu Shen and others saw that in addition to the Mohist School, other forces also appeared one after another.
These forces have established their own territories in the square and no one is allowed to enter.
Xu Shen glanced around and silently took note of all the major forces in the inner city, so as to avoid provoking them in the future... and not being able to deal with them cleanly.
Soon, all the organizations in Termite City gathered around the Queen Mother District, led by Wang Cheng. They found a position at the edge of the square and waited quietly for the square to open.
Outside the square, there were many figures in luxurious clothes waiting outside.
Not long after, the figures of other major forces left the square one after another, escorted by the people who came to greet them.
Wang Cheng also saw the Queen Mother District’s guards who came to greet him outside. They were inconspicuous among the crowd. They immediately waved and walked towards the designated exit of Termite City.
At the exit, some Mohist figures were waiting.
Seeing Xu Shen and others coming out, the Mohist figures all looked puzzled and glanced at the crowd.
A luxury car rolled down its window, and the purple-armored Mohist member standing beside the car immediately bent down to listen, then quickly came to Xu Shen and the others, "Stop, are you all from Termite City?"
"Yes, I am the Sixth Guard of the Queen Ant in the Queen District of Termite City..." Wang Cheng hurriedly stepped forward to introduce himself, but it seemed that his title was too long. The man waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't be long-winded. Since you are from Termite City, then where is our Seventh Master of the Mo Family?"
Wang Cheng's expression changed slightly, and he shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"I don't know?"
The man suddenly became angry and asked, "Did Master Mo Qi lead you into the cave?"
"It's Master Mo Qi."
Wang Cheng immediately said, "But later we each dispersed to look for the passage to the dark ruins, and we never saw Master Mo Qi again."
"Never seen again?"
This person had a gloomy expression, and he looked past the crowd. At this point in time, the cracks in the dark ruins should have closed. If they haven't appeared yet...
"You wait."
The man said this and hurried back to the luxury car.
Not long after, the door of the luxury car was pushed open, and a middle-aged woman dressed as a noble lady walked out, along with a little girl of seven or eight years old holding a doll.
"You didn't see my Qinghao?!" The lady came in front of everyone, her face livid, and she said in anger, "Could it be that you losers are fine, but our Qinghao is in trouble?!"
Everyone looked at each other, some secretly curled their lips, isn't it?
"Until Qinghao comes back, none of you can leave!" The lady looked grim and stretched her head to look into the square. Not to mention Mo Qinghao, even people from other forces rarely appeared in the square out of nowhere. Obviously, the dark ruins had closed at this point in time.
Her face looked increasingly ugly, her rosy complexion turned pale, and after waiting for three to five minutes, she still did not see Mo Qinghao.
"asshole!"
The lady gritted her teeth, finally feeling despair in her heart.
"My son Qinghao will not die. He shouldn't die. Why aren't you trash left in there?!" She looked at the people in front of her angrily.
How can I not be angry when my precious son didn’t come back but these garbage came back instead?
Wang Cheng secretly groaned in his heart and said, "Madam, Master Mo Qi is very powerful and has the protection of the Mo family. He will definitely be safe. It may be that the hunt for a certain ancient corpse has not been completed yet, so he was delayed..."
"Shut up!"
the lady scolded.
Her voice startled the figures at other exits, and another group of Mohist figures walked out from an adjacent exit, surrounding the charming woman.
The woman tilted her head and looked at the subordinates beside her, "What happened?"
"It seems that Master Mo Qi hasn't come back." The subordinate responded quickly.
The woman raised her eyebrows and sneered, "That guy must have been too greedy. If he hasn't come back yet, he probably won't be able to come back. How stupid..."
She looked at him with disdain, laughed twice, and turned and left.
"None of you can leave!"
The noble lady looked at everyone angrily and asked, "Which of you has seen my Qinghao last?"
Everyone looked at each other.
"Could it be that my Qinghao was killed by you guys?" The noble lady looked at the bewildered expressions of the crowd, gnashing her teeth and saying, "Whoever explains the situation to me, I will give you 10 million! In addition, I will allow you to live in the inner city and come to work for my Mo family!"
Ten million... Many people swallowed their saliva secretly and were tempted.
Everyone looked around, and Wang Cheng's face changed slightly. He said, "Madam, it's getting late. We all have to go back. It's a bit against the rules for you to stop us..."
"Rules? I am the rules!" The lady's eyes became sharp and she asked, "My son didn't come back. Is it related to you?"
Wang Cheng said quickly: "Madam, you are wronged. We were separated when we entered the ruins world. No one has ever seen the Seventh Master."
"Then shut up!" the lady said angrily.
After a short silence, someone raised his hand and said, "Madam, I, I seem to have seen Mr. Mo Qi's whereabouts."
The lady looked over immediately and said quickly, "Tell me!"
"When I was hunting in the dark ruins, I passed by a pile of rocks and saw a lot of bloodstains and the armor of Mr. Mo Qi's men..." The man looked hesitant and said nervously: "Mr. Mo Qi may have encountered a very powerful ancient corpse, and something went wrong..."
He expressed it very tactfully.
The noblewoman's face turned pale, and she angrily said, "Impossible, my son is a cautious person. If he encounters a ferocious ancient corpse, he will definitely be the first to run for his life. How could he be in trouble?!"
Everyone was speechless. Being the first to escape...is this an honorable thing?
"You're lying!" The lady glared at the person who spoke: "I'm going to kill you!"
The man's face changed, and he quickly said, "Madam, everything I said is true, and I would never dare to deceive you."
"Mom, why don't we arrest them and interrogate them separately? This way they will definitely confess." said the little girl next to her. She was holding a doll, and her delicate cheeks were like the doll's, even more beautiful and lovely. But at this moment her expression was very calm, forming a sharp contrast with the lady next to her.
She tugged at her mother's sleeve, and hearing her tender and clear voice, the lady calmed down immediately as if a basin of cold water had been poured on her.
"That's right, interrogate them one by one!"
The noblewoman looked at everyone with cold eyes: "You are all responsible, someone must have framed my son!"
Wang Cheng's face changed, and he said, "Madam, I am the personal guard of Her Majesty the Queen Ant, and I am waiting to go back and report..."
"This is the inner city, the Queen Ant can't control it!" The lady snorted coldly and waved her hand, "Take them all back!"
The Mohist member next to him stepped out.
Wang Cheng looked grim. Although there were not many Mohist members around the noble lady, they could easily fight their way out if they had to, but it was impossible to fight against the Mohist .
"Madam, you are too bullying." Wang Cheng said through gritted teeth.
"Are you considered human?" The noblewoman looked at him with contempt and anger. She turned around and waved her hand, saying, "Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot!"
After hearing this, the more than 200 people gathered behind Wang Cheng were angry but dared not say anything.
"Behave yourself and follow us." A Mohist leader stepped forward and said coldly.
As the noble lady and the little girl got into the car, the luxury car led the way, while Wang Cheng and others followed behind the Mohist members' car.
The Queen Ant's personal guards who came to greet everyone could only watch the scene helplessly from the side. They walked up to Wang Cheng and whispered a few words to him before turning around and reporting back.
Xu Shen didn't expect the Mo family to be so brutal and take away more than 200 people. This place gathered the elite forces sent by the entire Termite City.
Does just being one of the high-ranking families in the inner city, and being a member of it, mean that one has such great power?
Xu Shen remained expressionless and followed the team silently.
“Bad luck.”
Gu Qiufeng complained in a low voice.
"That Mr. Mo Qi really didn't come back..." Luo Hua kept looking back, but no one had come to the square, which meant that Mr. Mo Qi was probably not coming back.
"He is so dissolute and we are the ones who are in trouble. What is this ?" Gu Qiufeng said angrily in a low voice.
Mu Xue glared at him and said, "Shut up."
Gu Qiufeng didn't dare to say anything else, for fear of bringing trouble upon himself.
The crowd followed the Mohist vehicle in a mighty procession and emerged from the tunnel beneath the deep pit basin.
Xu Shen looked back and saw the huge figure at the edge of the square, still maintaining a sculpture-like posture without any movement.
As if it had sensed something, when Xu Shen turned around to look, one of the heads of the huge figure, with four blood-red eyeballs on it, suddenly turned, as if a sculpture had come back to life, and looked to the side.
Xu Shen turned around hurriedly, not daring to look again.
"If it's Xu...it should be at least A-level..." Xu Shen felt secretly awed.
If there was a third form here, it would probably be noticed.
Maybe someone noticed it but chose not to take action?
Or maybe even the third form is undetectable?
Xu Shen had no answer, he just followed the team silently.
The road is long and the vehicles are moving slowly.
The crowd followed the convoy of vehicles like a group of death row prisoners, under the supervision of Mohist members.
"You'd better not fall behind!"
A member of the Mohist School saw the slow-moving figure behind them and sneered, "You don't have the identity of the inner city. If you fall behind and are seen by the patrolling guards, they will regard you as stowaways and kill you directly, or arrest you and send you to some place you dare not imagine to do hard labor. No one will be able to save you then."
After hearing this, many people looked unhappy and hurried to follow.
Outside the basin tunnel is a secluded road with only mountains and water around it, but no buildings. After walking for hundreds of miles, we finally arrived at the bustling urban area.
The crowd followed in a mighty procession, being pointed at by people on both sides in the city, and finally arrived in front of a huge high-rise manor.
The limousine just stopped and the noblewoman stepped out. She was about to say something when suddenly a calm voice rang out, "The Mo family is so arrogant. Just because a young master died, they actually arrested all the public officials in Baiyi City. How arrogant! "
The lady's face suddenly changed and she looked towards the woods in front of the manor, where a group of figures appeared.
Leading the group was a figure riding a white horse and wearing silver armor. He was tall and slender, and wore a mask, so his face could not be seen clearly. However, his indifferent and cold voice, coupled with the powerful aura he exuded, made it impossible to ignore him.
"Queen Ant?"
The lady's face changed when she saw the guards following her.
The other party obviously emerged from the third level of the Xu Realm.
"You are just a slut from the Mohist school. How dare you be so arrogant?" the queen ant said indifferently.
The lady looked unhappy and asked, "How dare you insult me?"
"So what if I humiliate you?" The queen ant looked at her calmly. Her cold eyes, like autumn water through the armor, were like a sharp cold light, making the lady's face pale.
"To insult me ​​is to insult the Mohist school!" the lady gritted her teeth.
"Then let's see if the Mohists will stand up for you." The Queen Ant said indifferently, "If you want to touch my people, let your Mohist king come out and talk to me face to face. Otherwise, get out of my sight."
"Don't you dare say that about my mother."
The little girl in the luxury car also got out, her calm and childish eyes carrying a hint of anger.
"Oh? The Mo family still refuses to give up, and the experiment hasn't stopped yet..." The queen ant glanced at the little girl and said indifferently: "If you are disrespectful to me, you can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the punishment of living."
After she finished speaking, the little girl's body suddenly cracked and her legs bent and broke.
The little girl gritted her teeth, cold sweat broke out on her face, but she didn't cry out in pain.
"Let's go."
The queen ant looked at Wang Cheng.
Wang Chengru felt as if he had been pardoned and nodded quickly. He glanced at the lady and the little girl, and immediately called the rest of his guards and the people from the Queen Mother District Branch to go to the Queen Ant.
When the others saw that there was a thigh to hug, they hurried to follow.
Is this the ant queen? Xu Shen looked at the woman in silver armor and felt that her voice sounded very young, without any sense of the graceful old age of a person in a high position.
Is this queen ant very young?
The queen ant mounted the white horse, turned around and rode away into the woods.
The other guards stayed behind to meet up with Wang Cheng and the others, then walked along the woods.
Xu Shen saw the queen ant leading the way in front of the guards, with the sound of crisp horse hooves.
He followed the team silently, and was somewhat moved by today's scene. The power of the Mohist School could suppress half of the city, but the Queen Ant could also easily turn the tide.
Strength is the foundation of freedom!
"Queen Ant, you've crossed the line."
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the manor. It was a middle-aged man wearing black armor.
The queen ant riding on the white horse paused for a moment and said indifferently, "You are the one who crossed the line. You didn't educate your own children well. Don't take your anger out on others. Although Dicheng was abandoned, it is not a place for you to do whatever you want."
When the queen ant stopped, the guards behind her continued to move forward, passing through the queen ant's body.
Obviously, the queen ant is now in the deep ruins.
Xu Shen's eyes moved slightly, not daring to stare, and he followed the team and walked with his head down, quickly passing by them.
"As a mother, it's normal to feel anxious." The middle-aged man said calmly.
"As the leader of Dicheng, it is normal for me to educate her on behalf of my subordinates."
"you……"
The sound gradually faded away and Xu Shen could no longer hear it.
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After a long time, following the guards, they finally arrived at the exit of the high wall.
At this time, Xu Shen heard the sound of horse hooves, and the figure of the queen ant came on horseback and passed by Xu Shen.
The white horse was wearing a helmet, but the eyes under the helmet were dark red. They turned slightly and glanced at the boy passing by.
The young man had a blank expression on his face and walked forward with his head down.
"That horse is not an ordinary breed either..." Xu Shen felt secretly awed.
Didn't they say that there is no technology to train high-level Xu?
Since that horse could enter the deep world of ruins, it must be an extremely terrifying existence.
When we got back to the bottom city, the Queen Ant showed up. She looked at the people in front of her and said indifferently, "The Mo family will not give up easily. They may investigate you separately afterwards. You should be careful. If you have nothing to do with this matter, don't be afraid. They don't dare to kill people indiscriminately in the bottom city."
Everyone looked stern and hurriedly thanked him.
The queen ant said nothing more. She rode her horse into the ruins and ran higher and higher. She rose off the ground as if she was riding a Pegasus and disappeared from Xu Shen's sight.
Wang Cheng and other guards got on the vehicle that had been prepared here and returned to the Queen Mother Area.
Xu Shen also saw vehicles from the Black Light Branch nearby. He saw one of the car windows rolled down and Director Liu, holding a cigarette in his hand, stretched out his hand outside the window and waved to everyone.
Finally home... Everyone felt like they had been away for a long time, and their hearts were finally at ease.
After visiting the inner city that I had been longing for, I felt that the air in the lower city was sweeter and I felt like I was surrounded by warmth.
Only here, perhaps, can they live like human beings, with dignity.
All forces got into the vehicles that came to pick them up and returned to their respective locations.
Before leaving, Xu Shen glanced at Zhou Yuanyuan. From Zhou Yuanyuan's eyes, Xu Shen understood what she meant and knew that he would go to a light-chasing meeting as soon as possible after returning to the bureau.
"The queen ant just showed up, and I heard something went wrong with the hunt?"
Chu Bai, Mu Xue, Xu Shen, Mei Ya and others got into Liu Jichuan's car, while the rest got into other vehicles.
"Well, I heard that the young master of the Mo family who led us into the Xu Cave died in there." Chu Bai replied.
"So unlucky?" Liu Jichuan raised his eyebrows and said, "You all worked hard. The Mo family should investigate this matter later. Of course, the Dark Ruins have been closed. Unless they let the king sneak in, they won't be able to find out anything. At most, they will ask you to confess."
Xu Shen's heart moved. Can the king sneak into the cave at any time?
He knew that the king was the title of the third form.
To reach the second form, one has to pass the test of life and death. There are very few of them, and they are all people who can sit and see patients.
In the entire city, there are probably only a few dozen people, both openly and secretly.
And the king seems to be just the queen ant.
There are four kings in the spiritual space... I wonder if there are other kings from the bottom city in it? Xu Shen's eyes flickered.
"You've all worked hard." Liu Jichuan said to everyone, "We're all family, so I won't be polite to you. How did you harvest?"
"I'm fine, I only have 4 pieces of Xu soldiers." Chu Bai said calmly.
Mu Xue glanced at him and said indifferently: "I have 3 pieces."
"I also have 3 pieces." Xu Shen said.
"I only have two." Meiya smiled bitterly and said, " Captain Chu helped me, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to come back."
Li Meina, who was sitting in the passenger seat, showed a slightly changed expression.
Liu Jichuan turned his head and glanced, his gaze lingering on Xu Shen for a moment, and said with a smile: "It seems that you have all broken through to the second form?"
"Just passed." Mu Xue said calmly: "I was forced into a desperate situation during the battle and luckily broke through. Otherwise, I would not be able to come back."
Chu Bai didn't say anything. Director Liu already knew about his situation.
"Me too." Xu Shen said with lingering fear.
Mu Xue glanced at him and said, "Don't give me that. When Xu Shen was exploring the way for Gu Qiufeng, he had never encountered any danger. But Xu Shen's careless words exposed his true identity. It was obvious that he had already made a breakthrough and awakened the ability of perception, which allowed him to explore the way without any danger."
Xu Shen also looked at Mu Xue. Same here. Who was it that said that he had already made a breakthrough?
The two of them withdrew their gazes, understanding each other tacitly.
Liu Jichuan laughed and said, "Great, great, there are three more second forms at once. Now that Old Wang knows about this, he will probably jump for joy. He can finally retire."