The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 454 - 333: City of Illusions (Part 3)

Little Red moved its limbs; its circuits seemed to be reconnected. The first thing it did after its body recovered wasn’t anything else—it immediately pinned Gu to the ground.

Its action was so abrupt that it scared Gu, whose surprise quickly turned into a scream as Little Red realigned his dislocated leg.

This is the duty of a medical robot... nothing can be done about it.

After Little Red’s treatment, Gu’s condition improved a lot, but he still couldn’t walk immediately.

I had Little Red stay behind to look after Gu anyway, since the patient it was searching for had unexpectedly died.

Being unable to possess and then getting killed in return, that for her definitely counts as ’unexpectedly’ dying.

Leaving the power supply room, I retraced my steps back to the roadblock location to see if Qinghan and the others had returned.

But the manhole cover was still in place and had rusted severely, unlike it had been opened.

I checked the core area; the light source was still there, though its brightness was slightly dimmed compared to before.

I quickened my pace towards the center of the light source, walking for about a few minutes when suddenly someone called out to me from the roadside.

Whoever called me ’Leng Fuqu’ was definitely not an old acquaintance. I looked towards the voice and saw someone standing inside a house on the roadside, waving at me through the window.

I recognized him immediately; I had just seen his photo today. He was even skinnier in person than in the photo, giving his features a sharper look.

The cowboy hat was reduced to just a corpse, yet he was still alive. I turned around immediately and called his name.

"Ou Chen, have you seen my teammates?" I’m not shy with strangers, so I went up to the building’s window. The first-floor window was large; the building might have been a restaurant or shop before. The double doors weren’t locked, the door frames were askew, and the door hinges were decayed and broken. One door panel leaned tilted against the other.

This door would probably collapse with a touch. Ou Chen didn’t seem to enter through the doors; maybe he can really walk through walls.

"They’re over there," he raised his hand and pointed towards the light source.

"OK, thanks. By the way, why did you call me here?" I asked.

"I wanted to tell you how to destroy the core," Ou Chen said. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Hmm? Didn’t you tell Gu that cutting the power would be enough? Now the power’s off, the city... has restored its original appearance, still no good?"

"No, cutting off the energy supply was just to stop it from working, so the people trapped in the city can get out. Completely destroying it is another matter."

"We plan to take it for research, why rush to destroy it? Going against the leadership, I’ll be out of a job." I finished in one breath, then quickly added, "Besides, why didn’t you tell Gu, did you know he was hurt? Wait, you met him before he got hurt, why didn’t you mention destroying the core then?"

Ou Chen looked at me without interrupting, and after I finished, he finally spoke, "He can’t do it."

"How do you know I can?" I glanced at the collars and cuffs of Ou Chen’s clothes, as well as the edges of his pant legs, looking for any wear and tear.

"Observation, analysis, deduction." Ou Chen’s expression was actually quite rich, a bit gloomy, but his eyes still sparkled. He would raise his brows and frown while speaking.

"Go ahead, how do I do it? I’ll listen first."

"Ignite it."

"Is it gas? Or liquid fuel?"

"Neither, it’s a light-emitting body but flammable. The hardest part is... you need to enter the core and ignite it from the inside."

"Is it that difficult?"

"Anyone who touches it becomes its slave. As a slave, there’s no way to destroy it."

"Then how do you know this will work? Who exactly are you?"

"I’m someone who understands it, and that’s all you need to know. Besides, the transparent creatures you saw in that building, I understand them too."

"Are you a forebear of the Ancient City? I know you know Wuyong, she came here thousands of years ago seeking the magic of immortality, did she meet you then?"

"You know her name, do you know her?"

"I asked you first."

"No, I’m not a resident of this city, but it was here that I met Wuyong."

"Oh, I’m her fellow townsman."

"What? You’re from the Blood Mother people?"

"Why are you so surprised? Didn’t you know Wuyong? Didn’t she say where she’s from?"

"She did, I’m surprised because I didn’t expect the Blood Mother people to still exist."

"Oh, not yet, but soon."

"Go ahead, you can definitely succeed in destroying the core. Let’s talk after you succeed."

"Wait, one more question: after destroying the core, what will happen to those possessed by the Evil Spirit?"

"They’ll be fine, don’t listen to Allen’s nonsense, he’s been deceived by the Evil Spirit all along, both in life and in death."