121: Section 121

"Do you think Charles, like the lord of light and shadow, can control Phage Beasts?"

"If he had that ability..." Jing Yuan smiled disdainfully, but his smile stopped abruptly.

Was it possible that Charles himself wasn't sure if the lord of light and shadow existed?

Based only on that one contact back then, and no miracles had appeared on Charles.

Charles didn't have heaven-defying wisdom, nor did he have martial power beyond ordinary people like Mark.

So for many years, Charles had always treated the "lord of light and shadow" as a political tool.

But that incredible experience back then, plus this video recording, made him feel like he was the chosen one.

Gradually, he didn't believe in the lord of light and shadow that much either.

If all of this was true and the lord of light and shadow really existed—last time, when Charles was in danger, he appeared.

This time, if Charles encountered Phage Beasts on The Surface, would the lord of light and shadow appear again?

At that time, if he gave Charles a cheat and he counter-attacked the Lighthouse... Jing Yuan thought of the original plot.

To become the City Lord, Charles killed Mark, but after Mark turned into a Phage Beast, he blinded Charles's eyes and crippled one of his arms.

If it was reversed, sending Charles to The Surface—if he didn't die but instead turned into some kind of monster and attacked the Lighthouse.

Wouldn't that be looking for trouble?

"What are you thinking?" Jing Nan asked, seeing that Jing Yuan had been silent.

"Nothing!" Jing Yuan looked at Jing Nan. "I need to find Mark. Charles cannot go on the Far-Away Journey."

Jing Nan was startled and quickly asked, "Mark wants to send Charles on a Far-Away Journey?"

Jing Nan thought sending Charles on a Far-Away Journey was just something Jing Yuan said. She didn't expect it to be Mark's decision.

Jing Yuan glanced at Jing Nan and said, "Charles is the spiritual pillar for that group of people. If he doesn't die, there will always be someone raising Charles's banner to cause trouble."

As one of the Lighthouse's high-ranking officials, Jing Nan naturally understood Jing Yuan's considerations.

"You promised me to spare his life."

Jing Yuan fell silent; previously, it was just a temporary measure.

"Let's find Mark first!" Jing Yuan said quickly. "Anyway, Charles can't go down to The Surface for a Far-Away Journey now; he has to stay on the Lighthouse."

Jing Yuan glanced at her, and then the two of them walked out of the Data Room together.

On the way to the command hall, Jing Nan couldn't help but ask, "Letting Mark send Charles on a Far-Away Journey was also part of your plan, right?"

"No! My plan was for Charles to die!" At this moment, Jing Yuan didn't hide his purpose at all.

"Then why did you change your mind?" Jing Nan connected it to the information Jing Yuan had just looked up and suddenly realized, "Is it because of the lord of light and shadow?"

Jing Yuan nodded and said, "You once told me that both Charles and Mark were successors chosen by Morgan..."

Jing Yuan didn't say the latter half of that sentence.

He knew Mark had his uniqueness, so did Charles also have something special about him?

Morgan considered Charles, perhaps not because of father-son affection, but because of the "lord of light and shadow"!

Jing Nan stared at Jing Yuan. Seeing him delay the second half of the sentence, she asked, "And then?"

"It shows that their status in Morgan's heart is the same."

Jing Yuan explained briefly and then prepared to take the elevator to the Central Command Hall with Jing Nan.

Just as they waited for the elevator doors to open, they saw Ran Bing coming out.

"Ran Bing, is Mark in the command hall?" Jing Yuan asked.

Ran Bing shook her head and said, "City Lord Morgan just sent someone to find Mark."

"City Lord Morgan?" Jing Yuan was taken aback. "Where did they go?"

"City Lord Morgan's residence."

Jing Yuan and Jing Nan exchanged a look and took the elevator directly to Morgan's residence.

As the City Lord, Morgan's residence was the most luxurious place on the Lighthouse.

It didn't look like a prison in the sky at all; it was more like a villa in the sky.

Huge floor-to-ceiling bookshelves covered the walls, and there was even a piano in the empty living room.

At this time, Morgan's residence was empty.

Jing Yuan scanned with his Mental Power and focused his gaze behind a row of bookshelves.

He used telekinesis to forcibly move the bookshelf, and the passage behind it was revealed to the two of them.

Jing Yuan and Jing Nan walked in.

Jing Nan asked in confusion, "How did you know there was a passage here?"

"I didn't know; I just sensed Morgan and Mark's presence."

Jing Yuan spoke the truth.

Jing Nan recalled, "This should lead to the Lighthouse's Computing Center. This is a secret place of the Lighthouse, where only the City Lord has ever been allowed to enter. Jing Yuan, should we..."

"What are you worried about?" Jing Yuan didn't care at all. "Since we're already here, don't you want to know what's in the Computing Center?"

Jing Nan raised her eyebrows; she was indeed curious about what was inside.

The two of them moved forward and soon arrived in front of a large door.

The door was not closed, and at a glance, they saw the brain soaking in a huge jar inside, as well as the two people nearby.

Morgan was sitting in a wheelchair, while Mark... was lying on the ground.

"Mark! What's wrong with you!" Morgan shouted anxiously several times.

Seeing this, Jing Yuan and Jing Nan quickly ran over.

Jing Yuan looked at the unconscious Mark and questioned Morgan, "What on earth did you do to him?"

Morgan looked at a loss. "I didn't do anything!"

Chapter 125: Searching for Dragon Bone Village (Seven Updates)

Jing Nan looked at Morgan; she knew her adoptive father very well.

From Morgan's expression, he was also very confused about Mark's fainting.

Jing Nan quickly asked, "City Lord, what did you say to Mark?"

Seeing Mark unconscious, Morgan said to Jing Nan, "I only told Mark about his background and his relationship with clotho."

"Mark's background?" Jing Nan didn't understand. "What background does Mark have?"

Facing Jing Nan's questioning, Morgan was unwilling to answer and quickly said, "Send Mark to the Medical Clinic first!"

Jing Yuan helped Mark up with one hand, looked up at Morgan, and asked, "City Lord Morgan, Mark fainted like this for no apparent reason, and you're not even willing to tell us a single word of truth?"

"What do you want to know?"

"The truth!"

"I have no obligation to tell you these things!"

"Hmph!" Jing Yuan snorted coldly and said, "You found Mark back then through the coordinates given by clotho! I don't see the point in keeping such a secret hidden."

Morgan looked at Jing Yuan in surprise. How did this kid know so much!

"Why do you even know about this?" Morgan stared at Jing Yuan. "Except for me, no one on the Lighthouse knows this secret."

"That's just what you think."

Jing Yuan suddenly looked at the brain in the huge glass jar; it emitted a massive aura of life source essence, just like the aura of those Phage Beasts.

"Can... you... perceive... me?"

Jing Yuan's pupils shrank as he stared at the giant brain.

It was actually speaking!

Jing Yuan put Mark down, stood up, stared at the giant brain, and asked, "Are you the one speaking?"

The giant brain did not respond.

Morgan was also very surprised to see this scene.

"Is it you speaking?" Jing Yuan asked again.

"Who... are... you?"

"And who are you?" Jing Yuan asked anxiously, but received no reply.

Morgan looked at Jing Yuan with a face full of shock. "You can communicate with clotho?"

"I don't know."

Jing Yuan was a bit dazed; that moment just now could have been the giant brain speaking to him, or it could have been a hallucination.