Volume 3 Chapter 179 Conspiracy
At the test site at the entrance to the city within the ship, the supervisor looked at the time from time to time with some impatience.
In the port not far away, the riot caused by the assassination of the immortal was still spreading in all directions.
Countless figures wrapped in sword light landed in the port from the depths of the mothership.
Those were practitioners from the mothership management office, who came to investigate the situation on the scene.
The death of an immortal is a serious matter and cannot be vague in any way.
The supervisor also wanted to get closer to see what was going on.
However, he had to be here to do some tests with a few lunatics who claimed to be immortals.
Although according to regulations, if someone claims to be an immortal, they must be reported immediately after testing, in reality, no one has ever claimed to be an immortal over the years.
After all, there are only a handful of immortals in the entire No. 6 Immortal Gate. No matter they have just come out from the prehistoric times to perform missions, or they have been stationed in the No. 6 Immortal Gate all year round, they all have unique personal identification codes. Before they get close to the port, the monitoring system will react from afar and begin to make arrangements to welcome them.
There is no need to reveal your identity.
Besides, immortals don’t ride in spaceships, they just fly on swords!
Just like in the city within the ship, many practitioners who are not immortals like to fly with swords rather than ride in cars.
After all, this is a symbol of status.
Now suddenly a man comes out on a spaceship, takes the ordinary people's channel to leave the port, and claims to be an immortal.
When the supervisor heard the report from his subordinates, he almost spit out water.
However, according to regulations, only simple tests can be conducted on these few people.
"Who will be the first to take the test?" A staff member led Lin Xu and others into the testing site.
It is called a test field, but in fact it is just a huge alloy steel plate standing in the parking lot next to it.
This alloy steel plate is said to have once been a fragment of the main deck of a battleship. In a conflict long, long ago, the battleship was damaged, and after all the usable parts were dismantled, the remaining main deck should have been sent to the steel plant for recasting, but the staff at the time had an idea and used it as a test plate for various tests.
It can be used for both students' ability tests in schools and various ability tests in society.
After all, although there are very few immortals on the motherships around the No. 6 Immortal Gate, there are a large number of practitioners.
Over the years, many test boards have been damaged or even replaced.
However, only the one standing at the entrance of the city inside the ship, which is used to test the identity of immortals, has never been used.
Until today, there was finally a daring guy who claimed to be an immortal and came to conduct the test.
So the staff who greeted them actually looked at them with great pity.
There is nothing wrong with pretending to be something here. Even if you pretend to be a high-ranking official, if you are exposed, it will only be a crime like fraud.
But he insisted on pretending to be an immortal, which was really asking for death.
Until Mu Xiyue took a few steps forward and came to the test board.
The staff member looked at this girl with outstanding temperament, and with a rare burst of sympathy, he tried to persuade her.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's not too late to regret now. You'll just be locked up for a few days at most. Just hold on until the test results come out and are reported. It will be too late to change your mind now," the staff kindly advised.
The supervisor, who had been looking at the nearby port and was curious about the immortal assassination incident, became a little dissatisfied when he heard the staff's advice.
He turned around and was about to give a warning.
Mu Xiyue has already swung the sword in her hand.
With a loud bang, the piece of the battleship's main deck, which had stood there for who knows how long, finally turned into dust, leaving only a deep pit in its place.
The scattered air currents ruffled the hair of the staff and supervisors.
The supervisor opened his mouth to blurt out a warning and reprimand, but the words were completely swallowed back.
Being able to turn the main deck of a battleship into dust with one strike, even if this strength is not that of an immortal, it must be at least that of the Nascent Soul, the God Transformation or even the Fusion stage, right?
Even if such a person is not an immortal, he is no longer someone they can question.
"This immortal has such amazing swordsmanship. No wonder I thought he was so handsome and smart just now." The supervisor came over at a trot and flattered Mu Xiyue with a big smile on his face.
At the same time, he was thankful that although he was a little impatient just now, at least he did not show it on the surface and did not make a fuss.
Otherwise, disaster would have befallen us now.
"Well, the test of this immortal has been completed. We will report it to the mothership management office immediately, and staff from the management office will come to greet you soon." The staff member who had just advised Mu Xiyue began to tremble in his voice.
He is now also trying to recall whether he had done anything rude just now.
"Actually, there's no need to welcome them. We just want to find an immortal messenger to guide us through the immortal gate to the prehistoric world." Lin Xu said.
This time, the supervisor no longer dared to treat Lin Xu's words as a joke.
Although Mu Xiyue was the only one taking the test, he could still see that Lin Xu was the leader among the group.
"If the immortal wants to find a guiding immortal envoy, only the staff of the management office can help you find him. We do not have the authority to contact the guiding immortal envoy." The supervisor replied quickly.
"In that case, the guest should follow the host's wishes." Lin Xu nodded, indicating that he had no objection.
The supervisor finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time secretly felt that he was indeed a real big shot, much easier to talk to than those little troublesome guys.
He had no idea that he himself was a troublesome kid.
Soon, one of the countless figures wrapped in sword lights that had just landed in the port split up from the port and arrived at the entrance of the city in the ship in the blink of an eye. It was already a ruined parking lot.
He glanced at the edge of the ruins and noticed Lin Xu and his group.
Then, without paying any attention to the supervisors and staff standing nearby who didn't know what to do with their hands and feet, he landed directly in front of Lin Xu and others.
"Are you the ones who claim to be immortals?" The cultivator from the mothership management office obviously did not believe that they were immortals, and looked at Lin Xu with suspicion in his eyes.
As for destroying the main deck of a battleship during the test, perhaps in the eyes of the ordinary staff below, it was already a big shot who could not be offended.
But in his eyes, it cannot prove the immortal identities of Lin Xu and others. Even he can destroy the main deck and a parking lot at the same time. Could he be an immortal too?
So Mu Xiyue and Lin Xu looked at each other, and Lin Xu nodded.
Mu Xiyue instantly controlled the nanorobots in her body, and communicated with the nanorobots between heaven and earth, and began to dance in a certain pattern.
In an instant, the eyes of the practitioner who had just been questioning almost popped out of his head.
What did he see? He saw that the aura of the entire universe, centered around the girl in front of him, seemed to be interacting with her and responding to her call.
At that moment, he couldn't even control the spiritual energy in his body, and he fell from mid-air.
At the same time, he even saw that countless practitioners who were investigating the assassination of the immortal in the sky above the port not far away fell from the air while flying, and it was obvious that they were also affected.
“Mo Fan, the scout from the Mothership Management Office, greets the Immortal. My suspicion of your identity was just my duty. Please don’t blame me.” The cultivator scout named Mo Fan fell to the ground and bowed immediately.
"It's okay. We came here just to see the immortal messenger who will guide us to the ancient times." Mu Xiyue answered on behalf of Lin Xu.
“This.” Mo Fan was suddenly stuck.
"What's wrong?" Lin Xu asked puzzled.
“Under normal circumstances, this would be easy to do, but today the Immortal Envoy was assassinated and killed. I’m afraid that we won’t be able to guide the Immortal to the prehistoric world in the short term.” Mo Fan said with difficulty.
"The dead one was the guiding fairy messenger?" This time even Lin Xu was surprised.
“Yes, we have just confirmed his identity. He is indeed the Immortal Envoy.” Mo Fan replied.
While the conversation was going on, more figures wrapped in sword lights were coming towards this place from inside the mothership.
At the same time, even at the port, many figures came to Mo Fan.
After Mo Fan confirmed that Lin Xu and his group might really be immortals, the mothership management office immediately increased their attention to Lin Xu and his group.
From the sword light coming from the interior of the mothership in the distance, Lin Xu even sensed two auras that, although they had not yet generated an antimatter reactor in their bodies and were not immortals, were close to the immortal level.
He should be a practitioner in the so-called fusion stage or Mahayana stage.
They went straight to where Lin Xu and his companions were.
Originally, because the guiding immortal envoy was assassinated, the entire mothership was facing a formidable enemy.
After all, if the existence that can assassinate the guiding immortal envoy were to launch an attack, I am afraid the entire mothership would be unable to resist.
Who knows, there is not a single immortal on the entire mothership at this time?
There are only some practitioners in the fusion stage and the Mahayana stage in the management office.
This is also the reason why they did not appear after the immortal was stabbed to death.
They have to hide in the dark as much as possible to deal with possible disasters.
At the same time, he asked for help from the No. 6 Immortal Gate, hoping that the immortals there could provide reinforcements as soon as possible.
Anyone would feel uneasy when investigating the assassination of an immortal without an immortal in charge.
Until now, Lin Xu and his group suddenly appeared, which not only confirmed that they might indeed be immortals, but also appeared near the scene where the guiding immortal envoy was assassinated. This cannot but arouse some kind of association.
"Mr. Zhong Hao, are you sure that these people were not the ones who killed the Immortal Envoy?" The two people in the fusion stage were discussing with each other while being enveloped by the sword light.
"Whether they are or not, we have to treat them as if they are not now."
"What's the meaning of this?"
"There is no immortal here at this time. Even if they really did it, we will be the only ones who will suffer if we break up with them."
The questioner was silent for a moment and finally sighed.
"Yes, it seems that we can only pretend to be submissive for the time being. I just hope that the immortals from the Immortal Gate can arrive sooner so that we can have some confidence."
"Actually, I think that the assassination was not done by them." Unexpectedly, the man called Zhong Hao suddenly said.
"Why?" another person asked excitedly.
"It's very simple. Since the person who was going to assassinate the Immortal Envoy chose to do it, he didn't want to expose himself. So, if that's the case, then why would he deliberately appear near the assassination scene after the assassination to arouse suspicion? Isn't that a waste of time?" Zhong Hao explained.
"That's true. If the assassin didn't mind exposing himself, why would he choose to assassinate? If that person wanted to hide himself for some reason, he wouldn't have stayed at the scene so blatantly after the assassination, so it is more likely that it was not these people who assassinated him." The man's face also looked happy.
"Yes, we are now lacking immortals to take charge, and these people happened to be here. If we can ask them to take charge, we will have some kind of deterrent power before the immortals from the No. 6 Immortal Gate arrive." Zhong Hao said solemnly.
"But, what if they really did it?"
"Then let's just assume that we lost the bet. Even though I don't like it, we have to gamble this time. As for the dead immortals, we can temporarily stay out of the investigation, but can we really just ignore the living ones?" Zhong Hao said with a wry smile.
Yes, it is unacceptable that they did not come to greet the immortal when he came to their doorstep.
So, they actually have no choice.
Just like that, in the blink of an eye, the group of practitioners led by the two men had landed in a ruined parking lot.
At the identity processing office not far away, the female staff member who had just processed the identities of Lin Xu and others was now staring with wide eyes, stunned at what was happening not far away.
Now they all know that the few people who claimed to be immortals just now seemed to really be immortals.
This made the female staff member feel a little excited besides being terrified. She actually received a real immortal? This was enough for her to brag about for the rest of her life.
"Zhonghao."
"Changling."
"Greetings to all the Immortals."
The two leaders who were in the fusion stage were named Zhong Hao and Chang Ling. When they saw Lin Xu and his group of five, they couldn't help but feel a little numb on their scalps.
Are these five all immortals? Isn't this a bit too many?
"We just heard that the one who died at the port was the Immortal Envoy?" Lin Xu waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and immediately asked.
Nothing is as big as this right now.
"Yes, it is the guiding fairy messenger." Zhong Hao answered seriously.
"Can we go and see the scene?" Lin Xu is now also interested in this matter.
He didn't care about the death of an immortal before, but now, the one who died happened to be the guiding immortal messenger, which was a bit too coincidental.
"Of course you can, please come in, great immortals." Zhong Hao was stunned for a moment, but still answered immediately.
To put it bluntly, at this moment Lin Xu and others asked for his opinion to give him face. So what if they didn't ask for his opinion?
You can't beat him.
In this way, under the leadership of Zhong Hao and Chang Ling, two people in the fusion stage , Lin Xu and his party returned to the port.
Back to the scene where the immortal died.
Lin Xu and others didn’t pay attention to it before, but now they observe it again, especially Lin Xu communicated with the nanorobots in the body of the dead immortal.
Finally found the problem.
The nanorobots recorded the data of all the functions in the immortal's body before his death.
These data are generally impossible to call.
But Lin Xu naturally has a way to call it.
"You guys step back." Lin Xu waved his hand.
As a result, many practitioners from the mothership management office immediately retreated in cooperation.
Only Miss Qiu, Mu Xiyue, Nanzhu and Lu Yao continued to follow Lin Xu.
Lin Xu has already awakened the nanorobots in the body of the dead immortal.
In an instant, projections appeared above the body of the Death Immortal.
What was projected was exactly what the immortal experienced before his death.
Zhong Hao and Chang Ling’s eyes almost popped out of their heads when they saw this scene.
He quickly signaled to the people around him to record it with various video equipment.
They really didn't expect that this immortal named Lin Xu actually possessed the power to go back in time and space.
They had only heard of such magic but had never seen it.
At least none of the immortals who reside at Immortal Gate No. 6 have such great magical powers.
Of course, despite their feelings, the two were soon attracted by the scenes when they went back in time.
Because they both saw it clearly.
No, not just two people, but all the practitioners at the scene saw it.
The Immortal Jie Yin was not assassinated at the port.
Instead, he was assassinated before entering the port, and died from his injuries only after landing at the port.
But this is not what shocked everyone the most.
Instead, everyone saw in the retrospective time and space the figure who suddenly attacked and dealt a fatal blow to the Immortal Envoy Jie Yin during the high-speed sailing of the flying boat.
It was just the moment before that the Immortal Zhaohua was walking arm in arm with the Immortal Envoy.
The two of them left Immortal Gate No. 6 at the same time and headed towards the mothership.
But when they were approaching the mothership, Immortal Zhaohua suddenly made a move, succeeded in one strike, and then turned and left.
It seemed as if he was very confident that this attack could have such an effect.
And the result was indeed as it happened. The guiding immortal envoy barely managed to land at the port, but he died there before he could pass on the message.
"This, how is this possible? How could it be that Immortal Zhaohua plotted against the Immortal Envoy Jie Yin? This is impossible." Chang Ling was already trembling all over.
"It is impossible to go wrong when tracing back in time. I just didn't expect that the murderer would be the Immortal Zhao Hua. Did you record everything that happened just now?" Zhong Hao remained calm and immediately looked at the practitioners next to him who were holding various photographic equipment.
"Recorded, recorded." The practitioner in charge of recording nodded quickly, but he would rather not have recorded it.
Who is that? That is the Immortal Zhao Hua. Although I don't know why he suddenly attacked the Immortal Envoy, I know such a big secret, so he will definitely be silenced.
"So what even if it was recorded? If Immortal Zhaohua says this is not evidence, then it is not evidence." Chang Ling said with a wry smile.
"If it is any other matter, Immortal Zhaohua can naturally cover it up, but this matter has already involved the death of Immortal Jie Yin, can he still cover it up? Even if he wants to cover it up, how can the other immortals sit idly by? Normally, the immortals give in to him, but it does not mean that they will give in to him when it comes to assassinating immortals." Zhong Hao had a different opinion.
"That's right. This matter involves the death of an immortal. How can he cover up the truth?" Chang Ling also reacted and immediately became energetic.
But then he became worried and said, "What if Immortal Zhaohua chooses to silence us before we present the evidence to the other immortals?"
Yes, if the immortal wanted to silence them, he would definitely not find them out and kill them one by one. He would probably destroy the entire mothership directly.
If that happens, it will be a great disaster.
However, Zhong Hao did not respond to Chang Ling's concerns, but bowed directly to where Lin Xu, Miss Qiu, Mu Xiyue, Nanzhu and Lu Yao were.
"I also ask all the immortals to have mercy on us and support justice for us."
Suddenly, Changling also reacted.
Even the many practitioners around who were originally worried began to react.
Yes, we have ready-made immortals here who can serve as our backers.
There is no need to protect this place forever. As long as you can protect us from being silenced during this period, and then we can announce the truth and let all the immortals of the No. 6 Immortal Gate know about it, that will be enough.
Chang Ling and many other practitioners were cheered up and immediately bowed in the direction of Lin Xu and his companions.
"Please have mercy on us, and uphold justice for us."
And he kept bowing his head, as if he would not get up unless Lin Xu and the others agreed.
"What does the Immortal Zhaohua you just mentioned do?" Lin Xu didn't care whether they could get up or not, but asked directly.
"Immortal Zhaohua came from the ancient times a thousand years ago and is in charge of all management affairs of Immortal Gate No. 6. I have never heard of any conflicts between him and the Immortal Envoy Jieyin." While answering, Zhong Hao seemed to realize that Lin Xu was a little unhappy that everyone did not stand up, so he stood up first, and at the same time raised his hand slightly, signaling everyone around him to stand up quickly.
Although everyone was puzzled, they quickly stood up.
"Is that so? Now that the Immortal Guidance Envoy has been stabbed, how long will it take for a new Immortal Guidance Envoy to appear?" Lin Xu asked.
"This, this kind of thing is not something we can know, but the guiding immortal envoy is extremely important. I believe that the Honghuang side will not let such a position be controlled for too long." Zhong Hao thought for a while and replied.
"In that case, let's stay here for a few days." Lin Xu said after thinking for a while.
Stay for a few days first to see if the successor to the guiding immortal envoy will arrive. If not, go to other immortal gates.
Of course, Lin Xu wouldn't mind protecting the mothership for a while during this period.
"Thank you, Immortal." Zhong Hao immediately bowed excitedly.
However, before he could finish being excited, a star-like light suddenly flashed in the distant starry sky.
Then a sword light came from far away, seemingly slow but actually fast, with the will to destroy everything, and in the blink of an eye it had flown over the mothership.
The power contained in that sword light could undoubtedly easily destroy the entire mothership without leaving any trace.
Zhong Hao, Chang Ling and countless other practitioners instantly stared at the sword light with wide eyes.
At this moment, there was only one thought left in everyone's mind.
Immortal Zhaohua has silenced me, and my life is over.
Only Lin Xu was puzzled. How did that Immortal Zhaohua know that he was exposed?
