84: Chapter 84 Great Lord-level Divine Artifacts

Meanwhile, inside Baiye City.

"How much longer?"

The lord of Baiye City, a handsome middle-aged man who was blind, asked.

On the surface, he looked no different from a human, but many details confirmed that he was entirely a different species from humans.

"Almost there. In another six days, we can bypass Luofeng Fortress and enter the God-given Land directly."

"Once we gain a foothold in the God-given Land this time, you, Venerable Bai Ye, will enjoy supreme authority within the Council of Venerables."

A Gray-skirted woman tinkered with a piece of machinery that had a strong punk aesthetic in front of her, with a constantly shifting mass of fluid suspended in its center.

"But..."

The Gray-skirted woman's purple pupils contracted, and the long horns on her forehead flickered.

"Have you considered that Sovereign at Luofeng Fortress?"

"I fear his strength is not something our Baiye City alone can contend with, not to mention that Luofeng Fortress is well-manned and extremely powerful."

Venerable Bai Ye blinked his pure white blind eyes and pulled a pale gold skull from his embrace.

"This is...!?"

The Gray-skirted woman's expression changed drastically; she could never have imagined that the lord of Baiye City could produce such a treasure.

"That's right, it is exactly what you are thinking of."

Venerable Bai Ye curled the corners of his mouth slightly; how could he possibly fight an unprepared battle?

"The skull of the Exiled Sovereign, also a Sovereign-level artifact!"

The Gray-skirted woman had heard of this Sovereign-level artifact—or, to be precise, she had heard of the Exiled Sovereign's talent.

"Exile"!

Not to mention existences below the Sovereign level, even a powerful Sovereign would have to be extremely cautious when encountering the skull of the Exiled Sovereign.

If you are not careful for even a moment, even if you are a Sovereign, you will be exiled hundreds of thousands of miles away.

The key to victory in a battle or war is decided in those few moments; once exiled that far away, even a Sovereign cannot reverse the course of the battle.

"You know this, I know this, and there is no need to tell anyone else."

"Have the slave laborers continue adding energy stones; I want to open a passageway inside the God-given Land!"

Venerable Bai Ye put away the skull of the Exiled Sovereign and turned to leave the energy hub.

This was technology he had obtained from the ruins; although he did not know the principles behind it, it worked, and that was enough.

With just a period of accumulation, taking Luofeng Fortress would be a piece of cake.

...

In the blink of an eye, five days passed, and the tunnel had successfully extended beneath Baiye City.

This operation was extremely covert; even the scouts of Luofeng Fortress could not find even the slightest trace of Chen Mo and his group's movements.

Zhang Lianqi had been getting more and more headaches lately; in a sense, no news was good news, but he still could not help but worry.

"Hmm..."

Chen Mo frowned deeply, looking at the map in his hand, and began to try to determine their orientation.

In the Abyss, never mind GPS, even a compass would fail; one could only rely on changes in the external environment to determine basic cardinal directions.

But now they were underground, and it was impossible to distinguish north, south, east, or west.

The direction Chen Mo had originally confirmed was only the direction of Baiye City, not a more specific location.

"What should we do?"

Sitting in the dim but spacious tunnel, the group looked at each other.

"How about... we dig up and take a look?"

Chen Mo rubbed his chin; this might be the best method for now.

He could only be certain that they were already inside Baiye City, but he could not determine exactly where.

"We can dig, but if we are not careful and dig into the City Lord's Mansion or the barracks of Baiye City..."

"We would truly become turtles in a jar, trapped in an urn."

"Did you all forget about Su Qingyue?"

Chen Mo grinned, and the group simultaneously turned to look at Su Qingyue, who was covered in dust and looked like a little tabby cat.

"Didn't I say? My True Sight Eye judges future developments by observing established facts, not by making predictions out of thin air!"

"If I had the ability to predict out of thin air, would I have lost to Wang Jun back then?"

"Besides, even if I see established facts, how far I can judge depends on my brain's computing power. This thing is very complex; you guys wouldn't understand."

"The True Sight Eye is mathematics and probability, not metaphysics!"

Su Qingyue was a bit agitated. Why did these people always treat her like a prophet?

Her True Sight Eye was simply not used that way!

"I understand, I understand. My Vector Deflection also requires me to perform vector calculations myself; otherwise, it's easy to send myself flying."

Xia Li nodded vigorously, very much understanding how Su Qingyue felt.

Lin Ye had always thought her Vector Deflection was a shield that could deflect attacks, but in reality, this thing was complicated as hell.

Chen Mo sat cross-legged on the ground without speaking. So talents were actually such complex things?

He had always thought that a talent was just a weapon, to be used however one wanted.

It seemed these high-level talents were not that convenient; they were indeed not as practical as brute strength.

"Then you should have a basic premonition about good or bad, right?"

Shen Zhou seemed to have thought of something and asked tentatively.

"I do, but it's very vague, not even as accurate as Wen Wan's sixth sense."

Su Qingyue spread her hands. Wen Wan's sixth sense was what you called metaphysics, and the kind that sought good fortune and avoided disaster at that.

"That's enough!"

Chen Mo's eyes lit up. He had witnessed Wen Wan's sixth sense, and it was quite accurate.

Even if it wasn't as good as Wen Wan's sixth sense, it could at least provide a rough direction, right?

"Come on, what would happen if I dug up from here?"

Chen Mo raised the engineer shovel in his hand and took a shovel to the cave wall above his head, then turned his head to wait for Wen Wan to give a judgment.

"Hmm..."

Blue light flickered in Su Qingyue's eyes, and wisps of faint white steam drifted out along her hair.

"No, it feels like we'd be in trouble if we went up."

"Then what about this direction?"

"Also no."

"Here?"

"Hmm... how about changing to another one?"

"Keep going forward?"

"Okay!"

Chen Mo: "..."

After all this, he still had to keep digging forward.

"Let's go, let's dig another kilometer forward and try."

Chen Mo sighed, picked up the engineer shovel, and continued digging forward.

What he didn't know was that Su Qingyue's True Sight Eye was, to some extent, actually touched by a bit of metaphysics.

If he had dared to dig out just now, right above his head would have been the Baiye City guards patrolling the street.