Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 324: Level 211

The Ouroboros Serpent couldn’t answer Ma Lu’s question.

"I know that great men always have some traits unlike ordinary people, and they usually have good luck, but there are so many doubts about the Shrike that luck can’t explain them all."

Ma Lu said, "Additionally, there’s the device used by the Witch Alliance that can temporarily block the Ring of Order. To my knowledge, it has never been showcased before tonight. I just consulted a researcher from the Weaponry Department.

"She said that even with Holy Temple City’s current technological level, it is not easy to produce a similar piece of equipment, let alone the Witch Alliance which is incapable of manufacturing weapons... All these signs indicate that behind the Shrike there’s a real scriptwriter, manipulating everything that has happened today and over the past several decades.

"He must hold a high and influential position in Holy Temple City; otherwise, he couldn’t mobilize so many resources in secret. At first, I thought this person was the Pope, but given his reaction tonight, the chances of that are slim.

"Plus, the Shrike obviously harbors great resentment towards his own father, it’s unlikely that he would train his own daughter specifically to go against himself.

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"Then I thought of Martin from the Sacred Order of Knights. He is the nominal leader of the Order, but his position is in jeopardy due to the rising power of Li Wei. He indeed thought of using the Witch Alliance to deal with Li Wei, creating rumors that the Shrike was still alive.

"But Martin is an old man. What he wants is simple: to keep his power as much as possible for the remainder of his days. Maybe, under pressure, he might let the actions of the Fallen Witch slide to drag down Li Wei.

"But I don’t believe he has the courage to work with the Witch Alliance, let alone destroy the Holy Stone.

"As for Li Wei, he’s about to replace Martin as the leader of the Sacred Order of Knights, so he also has no motive to do this, which means I had to look elsewhere."

At this point, the Bliss Bird took over from Ma Lu, "The Great Tower built by Prophet Yong Yi has a total of 211 levels because this number is full of the beauty of order, yet no one has ever set foot on the 211th level since the construction of the tower.

"Apart from the 211th level, every floor of the Great Tower corresponds to a related authority department, but among all the records I can find, whether inside or outside the Church, there is no mention of the 211th floor.

"Even the flying height of horses within the city is set below the 200th level, and even someone of high status like the Pope is forbidden from entering the 211th level."

"You mean to say there’s someone living on the 211th level with a status even above the Pope?" the Ouroboros Serpent frowned. "People don’t even know who he is, yet this person stepped in to help the Shrike, destroying Holy Temple City... It makes no sense, why would he do this?"

"That’s a question we’ll have to ask him in person," Ma Lu said.

"How do you plan to get to the 211th level?" the Ouroboros Serpent asked again. "Even if you’ve now been promoted to a Master, you are only free to move below the 100th level. Beyond that, unless invited and accompanied by an official, you don’t even have the authority to make the elevator operate." Continue reading stories on novelbuddy.com

"Who said I was going to take the elevator." Ma Lu said, "We have a much quicker way to go up."

"How so?"

However, this time, Ma Lu did not answer the Ouroboros Serpent; the group had already arrived at the base of the Great Tower.

The place was now jam-packed with citizens who had heard the news. Everyone wanted to know whether the Holy Stone had indeed been completely destroyed and what the fate of Holy Temple City would be next.

It wasn’t easy to push through the crowd, and despite the fact that the events of the night had thrown everyone, including the Pope, into disarray, the Church’s long-established organizational system hadn’t completely collapsed but was still operating on inertia.

The guards of the Great Tower were still at their posts. Ma Lu could enter due to his status as a Master, but his witches might not be allowed in under the current urgent circumstances.

Contrary to what the Ouroboros Serpent had expected, Ma Lu didn’t head into the crowd. He simply glanced at the dense throng of people nearby and instead headed straight for the airstrip, placing the Rope Dart Gun and other equipment Togoth had procured onto the rear seat.

Once Yun Que and the others were aboard, Ma Lu began to ascend in the aircraft.

They continued to rise until they reached a height of approximately two hundred levels when a red light indicating the aircraft’s maximum altitude lit up. Despite Ma Lu’s attempts to climb higher, the warhorse would ascend no more.

"What do we do now?" asked Ouroboros Serpent.

"Let’s find a place to dock first."

"Dock?" Ouroboros Serpent looked around but saw no suitable place to stop.

Her question was answered when she heard Ma Lu say, "Hold tight."

Immediately afterward, Ma Lu maneuvered the warhorse to crash into the glass curtain wall of The Great Tower.

Even the bulletproof glass could not withstand a head-on collision with an aircraft; it shattered instantly, sending fragments of glass flying everywhere.

However, due to the impact, Ma Lu lost control of the aircraft. Although he struggled to slow down, after breaking the glass, the warhorse passed over the hallway and spun towards the opposite wall.

The front propeller came loose during the collision and flew tens of meters down the hallway, breaking through another glass curtain wall before continuing its descent.

Meanwhile, the aircraft itself hit the wall, the tremendous force collapsing half of the wall. Thankfully, their momentum had mostly dissipated by that point, and the warhorse was jammed in the wall, leaving Ma Lu and his companions inside, battered and sore all over.

It took them quite a while to recover before they finally kicked open the deformed hatch and crawled out.

Bliss Bird immediately released a group healing spell, restoring everyone’s lost HP.

Ouroboros Serpent’s face was ashen. She had not expected Ma Lu’s idea of docking to be so brutal.

Yun Que was too shocked by the harrowing moment to speak, while Hellhound was still visibly excited, patting Ma Lu on the shoulder and grinning, "You are indeed my disciple; you learned to land so quickly."

Ma Lu said nothing but took out the rope dart gun from the rear seat, approached the fractured glass curtain wall, peeked out to check beneath, then fired a shot towards the top of the tower, hooking onto a lightning rod above.

After testing the load-bearing capacity, Ma Lu allowed the purple-haired girl to go first, followed closely by Bliss Bird, then Ouroboros Serpent, while he and Yun Que stayed behind to cover the rear.

The Great Tower’s security reacted quicker than Ma Lu had anticipated; just 2 minutes and 42 seconds after the aircraft breached the curtain wall, the first squad of guards appeared.

They wore power armor similar to that of the knights but without witches. As soon as they showed up, they were targeted by Yun Que’s sniper attacks.

However, with an armor value of 12 and endurance of a good forty points, it took Yun Que nearly five shots to take down one, and after gauging her firepower, the guards didn’t hesitate to launch a charge!

With six of them, they paid the price of three lives to reach Yun Que, but just then, Ma Lu pulled out a blue electric stun device and pressed the yellow button.

As the yellow arc struck the three opponents, they immediately collapsed onto the ground, vomiting uncontrollably as if trying to expel their bile.