Chapter 224: 224
A wireless signal—piggybacking on the ship’s wireless communication frequency—was sent out undetected .
“I’ve checked; those relatives of Lin Sheng, whom you’re looking for are on my ship . The box will continue to emit a location signal for the next three hours . I’ve done my job, so I hope you’ll keep your promise and pay,” the man said softly into the box .
“No worries,” a voice was heard answering from inside the box, which was a satellite phone in disguise . “Once we determine that the information you’ve provided is real, your reward will call you at once,” the voice in the box said .
“Alright . ” The man nodded, getting to his feet and hanging the ring on his neck with a string . He then put on a diving suit as well as a scuba mask, and he topped off the look with a black sweater on the outside . After that, he took out his mobile phone to make a call . The phone rang three times before the call was hung up .
The man got the message and walked out of the room toward the stern of the ship empty-handed . It was the perfect opportunity to flee since Khadula and Chen Minjia were chatting at the bow . His steps were light, and he did not forget to greet the people that he saw—be it the sailors, the crew, and even strangers . He was composed and had a constant smile on his face .
Soon, he came before a metal hatch at the end of the corridor, which led to the stern outside . The man could not hold back his smile, turning the valve on the hatch . As the valve turned, the hatch swung outward .
There was no one on the outside, and he could feel the bitter wind rushing in . The man covered his eyes and darted out of the hatch toward the taffrail at the stern . Closing the visor on his mask, he took out a metal wire catapult and fastened one end on the taffrail while the other on his diving suit . He deftly jumped over the taffrail and descended using the wire . Halfway through his descent, the wire suddenly got stuck . He gave it a harder pull, but it refused to budge .
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“Do you need help?” a little girl with white hair who was floating on his right asked .
“Umm…” The man rubbed his head and smile . “No, it’s just a little glitch . ” He pulled the wire again, and it was finally released . He breathed a sigh of relief and continued the descent . Soon, he descended past another little girl on his left, then another on his right, and another on his left, so on and so forth . The man froze . He was in shock . He slowly turned his head to his right, and the little on his right also turned to smile at him .
Lin Sheng woke up from his stupor as the ticking sound of the clock gradually faded away . He had returned to the magic research lab in Blackfeather City . The flames on the blades of the double swords in his hands had been dim as if they were about to die down soon . However, when Lin Sheng regained consciousness, the swords began to burn at a higher intensity with sparks spurting out from the flames .
He rose to his feet and glanced at the metal discs on the ground; they were still there . Holding the swords in his hands, he slowly walked to the second door on his right and tossed a sword at the door . Electric current, flames, and smoke instantly broke out just like magnesium powder used in flash photography during the old days . Immediately after, the smell of burnt leather drifted into his nostrils .
The burning sword dropped to the ground, and when the flames on the sword died down, the blade appeared rusty as if some corrosive substance had eaten into its surface .
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Using another sword, Lin Sheng pushed the door inward . It creaked loudly from what sounded like metal grinding . It seemed that something was stuck behind the door, which could only create a small gap . Lin Sheng frowned, raising his guard . There was squeaking inside the room again, as though children were playing swings in the playground . The living room was basically quiet with only the audible sound of the squeaking .
Lin Sheng took a step back before he forcibly struck the door with his sword . A loud bang later, the door split in half and fell inward .
At that moment, a dark one-eyed humanoid monster lunged out from the pitch-dark room like a leopard . Hearing a loud gust of air rushing out, Lin Sheng took another step back and struck his Flaming Sword forward with all his strength . The monster exploded at once, and its body parts flew in all directions . Unable to dodge in time, Lin Sheng’s face was pasted with the disgusting body tissues . He wiped the monster’s flesh and blood off his face before he slowly walked into the dark room . Now, the flame on his sword was bright enough to illuminate the entire room as he had injected his sacred power into it .
Unlike the other rooms, this one had a children’s bed, a metal swing, and a black leather ball . There were also a few metal chains hanging on the wall, and each chain was as thick as the arm of a child .
Lin Sheng took a few steps forward, came before the bed, and glanced around . Dirty children’s clothes that seemed to be red and stained with blood were strewn around the bed . When he saw a metal disc next to a dress, he focused his sacred power in his hand to protect himself against any poisons before he took it . Once he was out of the room, he raised the disc and examined it .
“I am hungry . Is there anyone outside?
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“Have I been forgotten?
“Something is approaching!
“Here they are . They are coming again!”
Streaks of blood marks were seen at the bottom as if someone had scratched the surface with bloody nails .
“It looks like the diary of a prisoner . ” Lin Sheng put the disc down . “And the people in the research lab went away, leaving behind these things that they did not manage to bring . ”
He headed down to the rest of the doors, and like before, he opened them one by one . There was either a monster with four horns wielding a flaming sword or a single-eyed humanoid in the rooms . Very quickly, Lin Sheng collected all of the discs related to the sacred power font . He had found many empty cupboards and boxes in the last room, but aside from the few monsters and the discs, there was nothing else in the research lab .
With the help of the Flaming Sword’s light, Lin Sheng brought the discs and returned to the round platform at the tunnel entrance . He put the discs together and carefully studied them . With the help of a diagram, Lin Sheng quickly discovered something strange .
“This… is the map of Blackfeather City?” He traced his memories of the places he had visited . “These nodes should be the key clampdown zones, which means that there are powerful non-human monsters there . ” Those living creatures were so powerful that even the Steel Lord had to use a magic circle to contain them . Lin Sheng figured that Blackfeather City was akin to a massive tomb, on which there were four nodes . The node in the middle was the Steel Lord’s location while the rest of the nodes were scattered around the city .
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