133: Chapter 131 The City Lord Was Killed? This Opportunity Must Not Be Missed

Zhang Mu hadn't expected that Mihe would actually run over to provide backup and request to cover the retreat himself.

The gesture was kind, and Zhang Mu accepted it.

Although he didn't need it, Mihe had the Swift Travel Technique, which indeed made traveling convenient and fast.

Most importantly, he wouldn't have to feed magical beasts all the way back to the Magic Array himself.

Grabbing his wrist, Zhang Mu said, "They didn't notice me. Quick, let's go."

He was a bit dazed, thinking to himself that those who ventured deep into the Silent Forest were at least high-level Professionals; how could they possibly not have noticed you?

But looking back, there was indeed no sound of footsteps or the rustle of fabric against branches in the dense forest.

He had come with the determination to die and was mentally prepared, but not having to die was naturally a good thing.

Mihe glanced back at the treasure site, then gripped Zhang Mu's wrist in return, activated the Swift Travel Technique, and began running toward the Magic Array.

The trees and bushes constantly flashing past them seemed pixelated, becoming a blur.

Enduring the nausea caused by the spatial distortion, Zhang Mu stepped into the light gate of the Magic Array an hour later.

"Your luck seems to be blessed by the gods."

Standing at the entrance of the valley, Mihe stared at the ring on the ring finger of his right hand: "The World?"

"Yeah." Zhang Mu patted his chest hard, and after feeling a bit better, he looked up. "What were you doing running off? If something happened to you, the Resistance Army would be finished."

Smiling, he gave an irrelevant answer: "Your business in the Silent Forest is over. Where are you going next?"

Next, he would naturally be busy building up the World, but he definitely couldn't disclose this to him.

"We'll see. I might stay in Gur City for a while."

"Is that so..." Mihe lowered his head in thought and suddenly vanished from the spot.

He reappeared about three minutes later, carrying Domit in his hand: "Go to Gur City and investigate news of the City Lord."

After saying that, he directly threw the bewildered Domit, who had no idea what was happening, out of the light gate.

Zhang Mu curiously asked him why.

Mihe explained that before fleeing, he had sensed intense magical fluctuations coming from the treasure site; it was very likely that the treasure-hunting Adventurer Group had made their move.

And there was a high probability that the City Lord was also involved.

Because among the chaotic magical fluctuations, he had sensed one that was exceptionally familiar.

Afterward, he also stepped through the light gate, saying he was going to the treasure site to check the situation.

With the item in hand, Zhang Mu didn't care much about these matters. He told him to be careful and strode back to his own house.

Entering the living room, Liya was, as expected, lying on the wooden table asleep.

Without disturbing her, he sat by the bed and carefully studied the simple ring on his ring finger.

After reading the information received from the core, he had a general understanding of the internal structure of "The World."

It was a void space, and Zhang Mu's Mental Energy was not enough to touch its boundaries.

But based on the currently explored areas, it was more than enough to build a station and then a Magic Academy that would take seven hours to reach.

Zhang Mu withdrew his Mental Energy: "By using the core, I can divide independent spaces that are forbidden from communicating with each other, so one world is enough. But..."

"But..."

Not to mention the floating mountains and various 'immortal sceneries' of a Cultivation Sect, just Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, and the mountains, lakes, and elevated railways between it and the Magic Academy—the amount of engineering was terrifyingly huge.

"I'll get the blueprints ready first, otherwise, even if I have workers, they won't be able to start."

Muttering to himself, Zhang Mu summoned a portal and stepped inside.

...

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

During those seven days, Zhang Mu didn't rest for a single second.

First, he watched the harry potter movies in their entirety, took screenshots of all the scenes related to the geographical environment, and then refined them according to the descriptions in the original novels.

Then he returned to the Other World and, with a glimmer of hope, asked Mihe if the Lake Kingdom had any private construction teams.

In a country ruled by royal power, everything belonged to the King, so the answer was no.

China had the world's most impressive infrastructure capabilities, but considering that the future Academy and Sect might be detected if anomalies were noticed, he didn't dare look there.

The Other World didn't have such concerns, but there were no 'construction teams' that dared to take on private work.

This really worried Zhang Mu.

He was so anxious that he was ready to head to a neighboring country to find a solution, but after being told by Mihe that the nearby kingdoms were all the same, he gave up in frustration.

What to do?

Just as he was about to scratch his scalp raw, Domit finally rushed back with good news.

The Lord of Gur City had been killed.

The detailed circumstances were unknown.

Domit only knew that the City Lord's manor had been busy preparing for the funeral for the past two days.

Perhaps because the City Lord usually lacked the people's support, the residents of the entire city were in an uproar.

The one jumping the highest was none other than the City Lord's eldest son. It was understandable; after all, he was about to take over his father's vast family estate, so excitement was inevitable.

Mihe had expected this to some extent.

He explained to the two of them that he had returned to the treasure site seven days ago and saw the scene in a mess after a great battle.

Strangely, there wasn't a single corpse.

After a brief investigation, he found several giant bear paw prints, which should belong to a Violent Bear.

Mihe, who wandered the Silent Forest year-round, was extremely familiar with the strength of a Violent Bear. Without a life-saving spell like the Swift Travel Technique, facing one head-on meant certain death.

Mihe had fought the City Lord and knew he hadn't mastered any similar magic.

Therefore, he guessed that they must have been attacked by the Violent Bear.

Thinking that the City Lord might have died under a bear's claws, his heart surged with excitement. He followed the human footprints on the ground that fled into the forest for several hours and caught up with an Adventurer Group.

After inquiring from a safe distance, he learned that not long after they were sent out of 'the World,' a Violent Bear attacked.

However, strangely enough, that Violent Bear ignored everyone else, bypassed the outer Adventurer Group, and charged straight for the City Lord's party.

The Adventurer Group, which had intended to fight for their lives, saw that this had nothing to do with them. Why hesitate? Run!

Afterward, Mihe turned back to the Magic Array, thinking along the way that the City Lord had most likely been trampled to death by the Violent Bear.

But because he hadn't seen the body, he couldn't be sure of the City Lord's life or death until Domit returned with the news.

After listening, Zhang Mu's expression became strange.

At that time, I was using the Shadow Technique and stayed close to the City Lord's team for a while, so we must have picked up each other's scent.

This faint scent probably wouldn't be noticed by a human's sense of smell, but a Violent Bear... Good grief, did it track my scent and kill the City Lord?

Eh?

We know the City Lord was attacked by a Violent Bear, but the people in the City Lord's manor don't know that, right?

Otherwise, they wouldn't have waited half a month before preparing the funeral.

In that case, using the Transformation Technique...

Sitting by the stone table in the small courtyard, Zhang Mu bared his teeth and suddenly stood up, walking toward the stone stairs: "I need to go to Gur City."

After taking two steps, he suddenly turned back and looked at the confused Domit and Mihe: "I have some ideas I'd like to discuss with you."

Building various houses, elevated railways, lakes, and so on—just the initial coordination of materials and selecting suitable construction sites was not something he could manage alone.

Moreover, he would also have to handle the City Lord's daily official duties.

He needed manpower—his own people.

Currently, the only ones around him who could be of use were them.

Zhang Mu sat back at the stone table and said with a smile, "I will explain my plan in detail. Whether you agree or not is for you to decide."