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Chapter 363: The Missing City: Part 1
White mist emanated all over, and the city of Tyrngol was filled with weeds, vines, and all sorts of vegetation .
The thicket of vegetation had erased all traces of human civilization away from the city, leaving only houses and streets covered in green .
The city itself had a massive oval shape to it, and while disjointed at certain parts, the general oval outline could still be seen .
Lin Sheng and Kasumi stood on the plains afar as they looked at the silent, ruined city for a good while .
They had rushed over the moment they got off the place using GPS . They assumed that there would be roadblocks and checkpoints due to the lockdown, and gaining entrance would involve a lot of paperwork, but now…
“Where are those elites from Asterism and the Moon Basin?” Lin Sheng was puzzled as he squatted down and grabbed a hand full of mud .
The mud was brown and dry like powder, and moss actually grew on a dry mud like these alongside all sorts of vegetation .
Lin Sheng pressed gently, and the mud slab crumbled . He then looked at Kasumi .
“Found anything?”
“Nothing . ” Her response was immediate . “I’m a Palatinate, not an Omnipotent . Aside from cleaving someone in half, I don’t know anything else . ”
Lin Sheng was speechless . That was the downside when he had to deal with the lack of memory fragments . If this was the Kasumi with her complete soul and memories, she would not be so lost .
She was, after all, an ancient monster that had lived for god knows how long all by her own strength .
“What are you planning to do here?” That was the first time Kasumi proactively asked a question . She was Lin Sheng, but Lin Sheng was not her .
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As the main body, Lin Sheng could read her mind, but she could not .
“To see how strong you are,” Lin Sheng flatly said . “If you were to unleash everything, can you take own this entire town?”
“If it is just a simple town, easy . One move is all I need, but it is not normal here,” Kasumi said .
“You cannot do it?”
“I don’t know if I can or not . I won’t know how strong or weak my opponent is before I fight them,” Kasumi explained .
“Alright . Let’s head in to check the place out . ” Lin Sheng dared not act rashly too because he wanted to avoid inviting bigger problems .
Be it the Sevenlocks Tower or the three hidden realms, they were all lined up with Palatinates .
With that, Kasumi led the way as she walked into the ruined city, with Lin Sheng following closely behind .
The two of them wore gray-white tracksuits, which looked almost like a couple’s outfit .
While advancing, Lin Sheng pulled out his phone and sent a message back to the university to get a high-level official like Cainphas to liaise with Asterism and the Moon Basin to ensure the safety of their men here .
Not too long later, he received a return call .
“There’s a situation . We are unable to reach the lockdown team!” Cainphas’ voice sounded grim .
“What do you mean? Not a single person at all?” Lin Sheng was dumbfounded . He had checked the data before coming over here . There were at least thousands of troops garrisoned here .
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There should have been at least a whimper with that many people, right?
“None of them can be reached! All of the phones, network connections are not returning the signal!” Cainphas said . “I suspect something may have already happened there . ”
“Regardless, I need a detailed copy of the town’s files . ” Lin Sheng had just arrived, and he knew nothing about the place, so having a historical file would definitely help .
“That’s simple enough . I can get it with my authorization level . Wait up, I’ll send them over . ”
As the matter was serious, Cainphas did not dally and quickly logged into the network with his ID, and then sent all of the data Lin Sheng required over .
“…It started about three days back when we noticed something was off,” Cainphas said in a serious tone . “The phone lines were dead, and none of the elites we sent over responded .
“After a while, the phones came back alive, but when we called there was no sound there, only static from the phone . ”
Lin Sheng then looked at Kasumi . Was this not great? The bigger the problem they ran into, the better Kasumi’s strength could be proven .
“That aside, why are you asking for the town’s files?” Cainphas asked, slightly confused .
“Nothing, just for the sake of it,” Lin Sheng said .
“That question itself had helped the Moon Basin quite a bit . If not for your request leading me to approach them, they would not have noticed that the lockdown team had run into trouble . ”
Cainphas sighed .
“Well, that’s that I guess . Proceed with your tasks . ” Lin Sheng cut the call .
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The phone signal had gotten significantly weaker when he got this area . It was just a simple cloud of mist, but the mobile signal had dropped from a full bar to one and was about to be totally cut off .
“Something’s not right!” Kasumi suddenly held her hand up to stop Lin Sheng as the two stood where they stand .
“What’s wrong?” Lin Sheng immediately connected with Kasumi’s mind .
While he had verbalized it, he already knew what Kasumi was thinking .
Someone was approaching!
The location they were at now was at least a hundred meters away from the city’s building clusters . All around them were thick shrubs and vegetation, and through the gaps, one could see some abandoned public facilities, like benches, fountains, and statues .
“This seems like a park? An outdoor park? There’s human activity at this time?” Lin Sheng quickly looked around and got a grip on things .
He then looked at the phone’s signal before shutting it off .
In fact, if the phone remained on, it would continuously send out signals to triangulate one’s location, and that would happen every set moment . If he did not take notice, this could result in him being discovered, so precautions were needed .
After turning off the phone, they stood quietly in the mist as they looked at the blurry town buildings before them .
“There’s really someone there?” Lin Sheng asked in his heart .
“Yes, look up . To the right, the window of the second floor . ”
Lin Sheng then looked up in the direction she mentioned .
It was an overpass corridor between two blocks . One of the windows of the corridor was without its glass panel and was fluttering in the wind .
The wooden window frame creaked with the motion and the large about of shrubbery made it difficult to listen to any other sounds .
Lin Sheng did not see anything at first, but the moment he focused, he noticed what was wrong . Behind the wooden window frame was a blurry white figure . The figure seemed to be looking in his direction, with the thick fog blanketed the area, he could not tell if it was a man or a woman . But even with the distance, Lin Sheng could feel the chill from the latter’s gaze .
“What sort of power does the person have?” he asked .
Kasumi shook her head .
“I don’t know . My scouting ability is hopeless . I could only tell that the person has evil intentions . ”
“Should we go in and have a look?” Lin Sheng was different now, and with Kasumi in the lead, he did not mind taking the initiative .
With the Blacktide roiling, he had to be proactive in looking for clues and secrets, such opportunities would few and far between by the time the situation worsens .
As he recalled the ruins in the dream, Lin Sheng understood more than anyone else what the Blacktide was .
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