146: Chapter 146 The blood of the Great Xia flows in my veins!

The violent roar instantly stunned Lin Tianyi and the others as they entered the corridor.

Fatty roared on the spot,

"Zhe Ningchuan!! To think Lord Song spared your life just now!!"

His roar couldn't penetrate the stone slabs of this later era, so Fatty acted decisively and shouted directly to Song Yiqing in the distance,

"Lord Song!! Zhe Ningchuan is the traitor!! He is the real traitor!!"

"The path here is wrong; there must be a problem! Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have closed the door!"

"I know,"

Song Yiqing said calmly, while carefully observing the current situation.

[Challenge Mission: Cross the tomb passage to obtain an SSS-rank reward!]

This was an environmental crisis mission prompt.

Although it was only SSS-rank, it was a dangerous situation for Song Yiqing, whose current physical strength and Qi consumption were excessive.

He wasn't entirely sure why Zhe Ningchuan had closed the entrance to the corridor.

However, before coming down, he had felt an extremely powerful aura approaching from afar.

That aura had appeared once before outside the Queens Palace, but it had never drawn close.

Its reappearance now undoubtedly posed a significant hidden threat.

Regardless of Zhe Ningchuan's true purpose, the most urgent matter was to pass through this tomb passage as quickly as possible.

And after successfully killing the Giant Stone Buddha Statue through teamwork earlier, he had also successfully obtained a reward.

[Challenge Mission: Kill the Giant Stone Buddha Statue, Completed. Obtained SSS-rank reward: Feigong Mechanism Art]

The so-called Feigong Mechanism Art referred to the legendary Mohist Mechanism Art.

It could also be considered the pinnacle of Mechanism Art.

The tomb passage before them was filled with traps; to pass through with minimal consumption,

this Feigong Mechanism Art would be of great use.

...

[How awful!! What on earth is Zhe Ningchuan doing!! Damn him!]

[My god, Song Yiqing's judgment earlier really was correct.]

[Zhe Ningchuan really is a huge problem!]

[It's over, Wang Xianzhi is still up there alone!! Given how things are going, she'll definitely be killed!]

[What are you thinking, person above? Song Yiqing will definitely go save her.]

[Would he really abandon such a powerful helper?]

[Exactly! Song Yiqing might abandon anyone else, but the Little Sword Saint is a major force! How could he lose that card!]

The viewers in the livestream were talking frantically.

Meanwhile,

Yu Lin and the others inside the Penglai shelter were also shocked by the actions of Zhe Ningchuan and his group.

"How could this happen!"

Yu Lin stood up angrily, his face filled with anxiety.

At this moment, Mo Yu frowned tighter and tighter as he looked at the tomb passage.

"For some reason, the more I look at this tomb passage, the more familiar it feels."

"Familiar?"

Yu Lin looked at him in confusion, then sat back down and began to watch closely.

Yan Ningrui, who was beside them, immediately said,

"The layout of this tomb passage is highly similar to the one beneath my Penglai!"

"Exactly! It should be the same kind of passage,"

Mo Yu nodded heavily, but as he said this, his expression turned slightly grim.

"I'm afraid this stage won't be easy to pass!"

"When it rains, it pours!"

Yu Lin barked,

his right hand slamming heavily onto the table.

The reason he and Mo Yu had come to Penglai was to go deep into the Penglai underground.

It wasn't because the two of them were exceptionally strong or had superior skills,

but purely because the Penglai underground had an extremely strange restriction—anyone from Penglai who went down would be limited.

This was the main reason the Dan Sect wanted to cooperate with Yu Lin and the others.

By utilizing the fact that they were not from Penglai, they could crack the anomalies of the Penglai underground.

This would then reduce the danger level of the forbidden zone and ease the risks for those currently exploring deep within.

Thus, their code name was 'Lurkers'.

Yu Lin then asked,

"But if I remember correctly, Song Yiqing's Mechanism Art is also considered unparalleled."

"He successfully breached the Mechanism Path previously."

"So for this one, could he..."

"It's difficult,"

Mo Yu shook his head slightly.

"Although I might not be as skilled in Mechanism Art as Shen Yu,"

"through my recent research combined with extensive computer calculations, I have gained some insight."

"Many of the points within are quite dangerous."

"The slightest mistake could be fatal!"

"Most importantly..."

Yan Ningrui spoke up at this point,

"Even if they try to push through now, the difficulty is extremely high. The massive consumption of physical strength and Qi is the biggest problem they currently face."

As they spoke, the atmosphere gradually grew somber.

However, Yu Lin still suggested that they should inform Song Yiqing of what they currently knew.

Perhaps he could still create a miracle.

But just as the three were talking,

Suddenly!

Bang!!!

The roof of the shelter was instantly blown away by a violent gale.

A second later, a figure stood upon the crossbeam.

"Old Yan, we're all Penglai people. Why bother saving these bumpkins?"

"The expansion of the forbidden zones is certain."

"Humanity's extinction is also inevitable."

"But Penglai will not perish."

"Don't be so stubborn."

"Hu Yanhui! You people are utterly devoid of conscience, completely subverting the true ideals of Penglai!!"

"Penglai was meant to be the last spark of humanity, but it was absolutely never meant to actively drive humanity to extinction!!"

Yan Ningrui roared, the veins on his forehead bulging, and his Qi slowly released as he spoke.

"Our Penglai was supposed to be the continuator of civilization, yet it has been dragged into this state by villains like you."

"Hehehe,"

Hu Yanhui laughed coldly.

"You are still as foolish and naive as ever."

"Continuators of human civilization? What kind of talk is that?"

"That was clearly because we hadn't found a way to coexist back then."

"But now, everything has changed."

"Times are evolving."

"Just like the people of these barbarian lands,"

"they developed technology,"

"while we in Penglai have taken an entirely different path."

"A completely different path."

"From that moment on, we and these barbarian lands no longer belonged to the same species!"

"Do you still not understand?"

"Absurd!!"

Yan Ningrui grew more indignant as he spoke.

"I don't care if you refuse to admit it, but the blood of Great Xia flows through this old man's veins!!"

"When Great Xia is in trouble, I will never sit by and do nothing!"

"My Dan Sect, especially, will not wait for death!"

"Truly incorrigible, Yan Ningrui,"

Hu Yanhui shook his head slightly, his face full of regret.

"Your Dan Sect is already riddled with holes, and you are merely putting up a desperate last stand."

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