541: Chapter 541 Lü Yang in Action

"Young Miss Lv, nice marksmanship."

Seeing Lv Yang take down a thug who broke into the hospital with one shot, Li Hua clapped and praised.

"By the way, where did Young Miss Lv buy this gun?"

"It looks like a military model, but the internal configuration doesn't seem like standard equipment; it's a bit like the style from the Southern Desert."

Lv Yang retracted the pistol and continued walking toward the ICU.

"This gun was made in the Southern Desert. It's powered by the inner core of a fourth-rank fire-attribute Yao Beast, with some other technologies added."

Li Hua showed a look of sudden realization, but was still somewhat puzzled.

"Doesn't the Southern Desert avoid communication with the Demonic Path?"

"When I went to the Southern Desert, I found many places were still ancient towns. I thought you didn't develop technology at all."

Lv Yang didn't answer.

She was already used to this classic stereotype.

Fortunately, Li Hua had actually been to the Southern Desert and didn't ask questions like whether people from the Southern Desert wore bamboo hats, had triangular eyes, or handlebar mustaches.

Otherwise, no matter how good Lv Yang's temper was, she would have started cursing. As for the current level, let him misunderstand if he wants.

Seeing Lv Yang didn't reply, Li Hua stopped asking and just continued following her while starting to contact his two subordinates.

Originally, after Li Hua arrived at the Dream City, he should have gone to the Truth Cult's base.

But Yuwen Yingyu and Shu Xue felt he should go to the hospital first to treat his traumatic amnesia.

If he had returned normally, he would likely have agreed; after all, not being able to use magic was too uncomfortable.

But ever since he started believing in the Taiyi God, his back didn't ache, his legs didn't hurt, and his magic circulation was excellent; there was no need for treatment at all.

If his own father hadn't also strongly demanded he get a thorough physical check-up before coming to the Truth Cult base, he would have gone two days ago.

It's just that for some reason, his father was being very mysterious, remained unseen, and couldn't be contacted; he didn't know what he was busy with.

It wasn't until that Black Wall rose today that Li Hua came out to look, feeling a faint sense of unease.

He had an intuition that the Black Wall was very likely related to the Truth Cult, or even to his father.

So when Lv Ling said she knew the origins of the Black Wall and that Sky Island, Li Hua followed her, wanting to hear what she knew.

It was also to fulfill their previous agreement.

Although he hadn't recovered much yet, it was enough to ensure Lv Ling's safety.

"We're here."

Looking at the ICU in front of him, Li Hua's body trembled slightly; he could feel a great terror hidden inside.

Swallowing hard, Li Hua looked at Lv Yang.

"Young Miss Lv, what are we doing here?"

"Aren't we going to find Brother Ai?"

After speaking, Li Hua looked at the door again.

"The aura inside is very wrong. Brother Ai shouldn't be in there, right?"

Creak—

Lv Yang pushed the door open, startling Li Hua into reaching out to stop her, but it was too late.

A massive field of pressure surged from inside the room, making it difficult for Li Hua, but he still shielded Lv Yang behind him, resisting the oppressive force for her.

"Who are you?"

The pressure suddenly vanished. Li Hua, who had closed his eyes waiting for an attack to land, cautiously opened them.

What met his eyes was neither a terrifying thug nor an indescribable monster, but just a decadent young man lying on a hospital bed.

But instead of relaxing, Li Hua felt even more creeped out.

"Bai... Bai..."

"Bai Ling, we need your help."

Lv Yang pushed Li Hua aside and walked into the ward.

Seeing her approach, Bai Ling didn't make any move; he just stayed on the bed, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

"I'm not a Prodigy at all. It's all just an illusion. I'm just a useless person with a Soul Transformation Stage Realm, not even as good as the one beside you."

"How can someone like me help anyone?"

While Bai Ling spoke, Lv Yang was approaching step by step, not forgetting to reload her gun.

It wasn't until Lv Yang pressed the dark muzzle against Bai Ling's head that he realized what she was holding.

"Wha—"

Bang!

Southern Desert.

With a "bang," a document was slammed heavily onto the table.

King Dong's already aged face looked even older, and the characteristic relaxed manner of a businessman had completely vanished.

"Arthur, I need your help."

Arthur gave a bright smile and scratched the back of his head with his arm encased in a mechanical exoskeleton.

"What are you saying? Haven't I been working hard?"

"You're not really going to be like those businessmen and try to exploit my labor, are you?"

King Dong rarely didn't joke; he just sat there quietly, rubbing the bridge of his nose with his fingertip.

After a moment of silence between the two, King Dong finally spoke.

"The Dream City... has lost contact."

"The plan there involves the one in Eden, as you know."

"I was truly overwhelmed with work, so I entrusted full authority to Fellow Daoist Li, letting him oversee the overall situation."

"I even sent someone, someone I trust immensely, a dear friend."

"But now, what I get in return is such news!"

As he spoke further, two lines of tears flowed from King Dong's eyes.

"That was a rising star of our school, the future pillar, and my most trusted partner."

"She was only supposed to go see the world and check for any accidents for me, but now there's no word from her, and no one knows if the plan succeeded or failed."

A flicker of something hard to catch flashed in Arthur's eyes, then he said with a hint of sadness.

"Then that is truly a sad thing."

"The entire Dream City has disappeared, causing such a stir. Even if the plan succeeded and the person is still alive, they'll be doomed once they come out."

King Dong looked up and took a deep breath.

His reddened eyes revealed his pain. He tilted his head back, struggling to restrain his tears, looking all the more helpless.

"By then, not only will the future of the School of Life be ruined, but even an old fossil like me might be implicated."

"I might not love the Truth Cult, but my love for the school is real. They are like my family."

"Now one of my family members is in trouble, and I'm about to be in trouble too. Without us, what will they do in the future?"

Arthur suddenly seemed a bit at a loss.

"King Dong, what are you doing?"

"Originally, this plan had been scrapped. It was you who provided the materials that allowed us to prop it up again."

"Now, are you going to leave?"

"If you leave, won't the plan be ruined again?"

King Dong's sobbing stopped abruptly, and his voice turned cold.

"I won't leave. I will show them through my actions that I will keep persevering, for the School of Life and for my family."

"So..." King Dong turned his gaze toward Arthur, his bloodshot eyes staring intently at him, "So Arthur, I'm going to give everything for my family."

"I also hope that for the sake of the research spirit in your heart, you will launch a conquest of the entire Southern Desert!"

"I will bring out all the Cloning technology and try to replicate Wang Yao's body."

"If one isn't enough, then two; if two aren't enough, then three; if three aren't enough, then thirty. Even if it burns through resources, we must get one of them moving first!"

"I think with this set of technology, you should have a way, right?"

"You don't want our plan to fail because of the Dream City, do you?"

Arthur seemed to see something and hesitated.

"According to what you said, if the number of Clones is sufficient and the quality is high enough, it's possible to get them moving temporarily."

"But it can't be the conquest knight."

"Why?" King Dong's finger twitched slightly, but his expression didn't change.

He had thought Arthur might argue strongly to stop his plan.

Or advise him to take a milder approach, or even take a step back and give up on the whole plan.

But he never expected that at this moment, what Arthur wanted to talk about had nothing to do with the plan itself, but rather which knight he wanted to activate.

Arthur didn't give King Dong time to think and explained.

"The conquest knight is too uncontrollable."

"My original idea was to activate the War Knight first, so we could quickly advance the mission through slaughter and save time."

"But the conquest knight is different. In His boundary, one doesn't necessarily have to kill opponents to gain benefits. Once people discover that the benefits of defeating an enemy multiple times are far higher than killing one..."

"Without the constraint of a powerful force, no one knows what kind of monster will be created."

"However, I understand the situation. I'll go make arrangements. You get moving too."

The two glanced at each other and said nothing more.

One remained sitting, while the other had already turned and left.