Chapter 346: Burial Ground
Watch out for strangers!
The news has not spread yet, and only a small number of trusted old members have been notified.
Along with the notification, there are also multiple warnings.
Don't be afraid of ten thousand things, just be prepared for the worst.
That masked man has a weird personality. What if he gets tired of playing around and suddenly wants to kill someone?
For this kind of opponent, you should assume the greatest malice towards him.
The information between the two parties is asymmetric.
The Zero Point Tavern didn't know where Su Xia was, and Su Xia also didn't know how many killer weapons the Zero Point Tavern had prepared for him.
At least, he doesn't know the origin of the member code-named "Shengun".
When he took Chu Feng and many relatives of the Ding family to have lunch, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon, the time when the sun was the hottest in the day.
The perceived temperature is over ten degrees, comfortable and pleasant, perfect for a lazy afternoon tea.
City Lord Ding Yixiu left first.
"My assistant is urging me to go back. Please take your time chatting."
As the master of a city, he is busy with daily affairs and cannot be delayed too long because of these trivial matters.
In particular, the action against the masked monster may have reached a critical moment, and the city forces of Kaiba City cannot let down.
After Ding Yixiu left, Su Xia also planned to leave.
He said to Chu Feng: "The road ahead depends on you. Remember your current ideals and goals, and don't forget them no matter how far you go in the future."
"Uncle, there is a dinner today, aren't you coming?" Chu Feng was reluctant to let Su Xia go. He thought Su Xia could stay for a few more days.
"Well, I have my own business."
"Uncle, I'll come to Coral City to find you later."
"No, the journey is long and it's very dangerous now." Su Xia shook her head and refused, "Wait a little longer, wait until the trouble caused by those wandering mercenaries is eliminated before you come again."
"I heard those mercenaries are very powerful."
Chu Feng was worried, what if the mercenary scourge was never eliminated?
Su Xia smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are people who are more powerful than them."
At this time, Ding Hai stepped forward and asked Su Xia: "Is it about that friend?"
He subconsciously thought that Su Xia left because of the masked man.
After all, almost all the strangers who entered Kaiba City during this period came for the masked man.
"Yes, it's him." Su Xia answered according to his thoughts.
"Take care."
"good."
After saying goodbye to everyone one by one, Su Xia left alone.
He has one last mission in this city.
Su Xia clicked on the mission [Buried in a Foreign Land]. Two of the three mission targets in the current stage have been completed. Li Qian and Chu Feng are both followed by the word [Completed], leaving only one target named "Su Qi".
[Target Person 3: Su Qi, wife of Zeng Gong, a member of the old North Wind Organization]
[Target location: ...]
Click on the location map and you can see that the last mission target is located in the southern urban area of Hippocampus City.
As he was looking at the detailed map, Ding Can hurriedly caught up with him and asked, "Sir, where are you going? I'll give you a ride."
"No need, I'm just taking a walk." Of course Su Xia couldn't tell her real purpose.
"When do you plan to leave, sir?"
"Tomorrow, or tonight."
"So soon?" Ding Can was surprised. "Why don't you stay a few more days, sir? If it's about the masked man, now is not the most critical moment, right?"
"No, the storm is coming, and the city is becoming increasingly dangerous for psionic creatures."
"Are you worried about the city lockdown?"
"Um."
"My Lord, I have a secret way out of the city."
Ding Can suddenly said that he knew an extremely hidden route.
Only he knew this route and he had never told anyone, not even the city lord Ding Yixiu.
Hearing this, Su Xia's heart moved, she stopped, turned to look at Ding Can, and asked, "What kind of passage?"
Ding Can replied: "It's an abandoned mine."
"Where?"
"It's just on the southern outskirts of the city."
Ding Can said that the mine had been abandoned for more than 40 years and mining had stopped long before the war.
The reason for the formation of the mine is very simple. It was originally used to mine a kind of gem. Later, the gem depreciated, the popularity passed, and the people who came to dig for treasure left one after another, so it was abandoned.
There are many similar mines in that area.
Because early mining was not carried out strictly in accordance with regulations, the seriality and continuity of the lithosphere were destroyed. In addition, the collapse of a large number of mines caused the ground to continue to sink. That area has been listed as a [dangerous area] and almost no one has entered in the past few decades.
Later, Ding Can planned to establish his own power.
"I wanted to find a place that was secret enough to base my team, so I spent more than a year exploring various abandoned areas around the city, and finally found the mine," said Ding Can.
"Straight out of the city?" Su Xia asked him.
"Yes, when I went to investigate, I accidentally detonated the explosives left in the mine, causing many tunnels to collapse. Part of the underground area was blown through, and groundwater emerged..."
Apparently, he had hit an underground aquifer.
According to him, it was very dangerous at that time. Due to the explosion, the passage above collapsed, and cold water was constantly gushing out from below.
The gushing groundwater almost instantly submerged half of his body.
Fortunately, there was a tunnel nearby that did not collapse completely.
He hurriedly fled into the passage, with the cold underground water surging and rolling behind him, constantly swallowing up the area he escaped through.
In the end, the tunnel with a vertical height of about 20 meters was flooded by groundwater.
"Later, I went back there, put on diving equipment, entered the flooded tunnel, swam downstream, swam into the aquifer, swam all the way south, and finally swam out of the city." Ding Can recounted the situation in detail.
"How long did you swim?" Su Xia asked him.
"Underground, about six hours."
"Special oxygen cylinders used?"
"Yes, a swimming device that can continuously produce oxygen, otherwise I dare not take the risk."
"Well, six hours..."
Su Xia thought for a moment and realized that swimming is very energy-consuming for humans and they cannot maintain high speed for a long time, even for psychic creatures.
People always get tired, and once they reach their limit, it is easy to cause muscle cramps when they are in the cold groundwater.
During these six hours, you cannot swim too far, unless you follow the direction of the water flow, as the water flow itself is quite fast.
But Ding Can's answer surprised him: "Sir, the underground water flows very fast. I swam a total of 41 kilometers and finally found an exit."
"A cave?"
"No, it's an abandoned well located in an abandoned village."
Ding Can described the location of the village in detail and handed Su Xia a map with the approximate underground route he had drawn on it.
The underground world is not as safe as imagined. The water temperature is extremely low, and the current is fast in some places. There are various forks and some narrow areas where people can easily get stuck.
In the past, when exploring underground areas like this, special robots were usually used, and humans themselves would not risk it.
"Sir, if you need me, I will be waiting for you there with the equipment," Ding Can said.
"No need. It's not the last moment yet. There's no big problem at the moment."
Su Xia looked up at the sky. It was a clear day today, with a very light blue sky.
No one from Anluo Company has been seen yet.
He turned to look at Ding Can and made a suggestion before leaving: "You can consider members of the Undead Tribe for your personal team."
Ding Can was puzzled: "Sir, the Undead are all desperate people who only care about their own interests. They cannot be trusted."
"Yes, but they have the capabilities you need."
"What ability?"
"Reconnaissance." Su Xia pointed to his eyes. "Members of the Undead Tribe all have a reconnaissance ability. It's innate and can detect the undercover in your team."
“So amazing?”
"Well, you can think of it as their special gift."
Su Xia couldn't explain the game system, so he could only use talent to explain it.
People in this world have more trust in psychic talents.
He continued, "The Zero Point Tavern should have updated a lot of information about the undead. As the son of the city lord, you shouldn't have too much involvement with forces like the tavern, but you can let your subordinates join the tavern and buy the information you need."
"My Lord, I understand."
"Okay, if you have nothing to do for the time being, you can go to the north of the city and find a man named Cheng Men to get some money for me."
Su Xia suddenly thought of Cheng Men. A few days ago, he and Cheng Men’s convoy arrived in Haima City together.
There is about three million yuan of funds waiting for him to collect at Cheng Men's place.
On the way to Seahorse City, he eliminated a mercenary organization and obtained a small amount of supplies. He promised to split it 50-50 with Cheng Men and the others, but he hasn't had the time to get it recently.
"Sir, I know this person." Ding Can suddenly said.
"Oh? You know him?"
"I bought a special medicine from him."
"I didn't expect you to be his client."
"Cheng Men is very good at doing business."
Ding Can has a good impression of Cheng Men and said: "Although his base is small now, he will definitely have a place in the southwest region of the mainland in the future."
"Okay, when you get there, explain your purpose and Cheng Men will understand."
"Sir, what should we do with the money?"
"If you keep it for yourself, you can train Chu Feng and expand your team."
"Sir, this is your money, I can't take it..."
Ding Can hurriedly refused. Several million was a lot of money, enough for him to buy a batch of weapons and ammunition.
If the mission is posted at the Midnight Tavern, these millions would be enough to reward high-level psychic creatures.
Su Xia said: "Money is not important. This world will not be peaceful for too long. Turn the money you have into supplies as soon as possible. Once a war breaks out, cash will quickly depreciate and become waste paper."
Ding Can was shocked: "Sir, are we going to fight again? There aren't many signs at the moment."
"Take a long-term view and don't limit yourself to this small Seahorse City." Su Xia is very optimistic about Ding Can. It is rare for the second generation in this world to have someone as conscious as Ding Can.
But simple awareness is not enough, one must also have sufficient vision and a global perspective.
He said earnestly: "A war can break out overnight. Now the situation is getting more and more tense. Perhaps only a local friction can ignite the overall situation. Be prepared early."
"yes."
"The Undead are the biggest variable in this world. Pay more attention to them."
"I see."
"Well, I'll be leaving now."
Su Xia didn't talk too much nonsense, as it would be bad to talk too much.
Everyone has to slowly figure out his own path. If the previous generation says too much, it may have an impact on him.
Ding Can was also a smart man. He did not continue to worry about the money issue, but just watched Su Xia leave.
"Grow up soon, the world needs you."
After saying that, Su Xia walked towards the sun, heading south, and slowly disappeared from Ding Can's sight.
He was not walking fast. He clicked on the mission [Bury the Bones in a Foreign Land] and checked the details of the map while walking.
The location of the third mission target "Suki" is very strange.
There are few residential areas in the southern part of Seahorse City, and most of them are seafood processing factories.
Some of the fresh seafood or dried goods sent from southern coastal cities will undergo primary or secondary processing here, while many will be directly packaged and then sent to other parts of the mainland, especially those cities deep inland.
At first, Su Xia thought the third target might be ordinary workers.
But soon, he found something wrong.
When he zoomed in on the map, he found that the target was not a factory but a landfill.
"Working at a landfill?" Su Xia stared at the map and thought subconsciously.
He stopped, hailed a car, and headed to the target's location.
In less than half an hour, the target area was approached.
As soon as the vehicle drove into the area, a foul odor hit the face. The smell was indescribable, like the mixed rotten smell emanating from a garbage can in summer, which was disgusting.
[Task Tip: You have arrived at the burial ground]
A prompt suddenly popped up for the task.
Su Xia frowned, looked at the words "burial ground" in the prompt, turned his head to look at the environment outside the window, and felt a little alert.
Outside, there was wild grass growing everywhere. The withered yellow grass was half a person tall, and in the distance were vague and continuous low hills.
We clearly haven't reached the outskirts of the city yet, but it looks so desolate and deserted, and there hasn't been any human habitation for a long time.
At this moment, the driver suddenly slowed down the car, looked at the rearview mirror, and said to Su Xia: "Young man, this is the only way to go. You can't go in any further."
Su Xia asked: "Why? Is it forbidden to pass ahead?"
"Yes, this land has been bought by a private person. If you go any further, someone will chase you away. Those people are unreasonable. Do you have a pass, young man?"
"No."
“Then you really can’t get in.”
"Thank you. Please stop here."
Su Xia didn't make things difficult for the driver. After paying the fare, she opened the door and got out.
The driver asked him if he needed to wait here, and after getting a negative answer, he turned around and drove away.
Su Xia stood on the side of the road and watched the car disappear from her sight.
Afterwards, he borrowed all the spiritual energy from his main body, looked focused, and used all his metal sensing abilities.
With this sensation, the whole world became different. In an area far ahead, he sensed the presence of a large amount of metal.
Hundreds and thousands of sensing points, like fireflies, glow faintly in the world he perceives.
"There's something strange."
It is impossible for so many metal sensors to appear in a normal landfill.
There is legislation in Haima City that prohibits the dumping of discarded electrical appliances, second-hand home appliances, etc. in any landfill as their leachate may seep into the ground and pose a threat to public health.
Su Xia walked into the grass, and with the help of the weeds as a cover, he covered his entire body with nanorobots to achieve environmental invisibility.
He then took off into the sky, heading towards the landfill area.
The closer the distance, the stronger the sensation.
Su Xia clearly sensed that those hundreds and thousands of small metal dots were clearly rectangular alloy boxes, like metal coffins.
"No wonder the mission prompt is called 'Boneyard'. Could this be a special landfill for corpses?"
Soon, Su Xia flew over the landfill.
He looked down and blinked.
"That is..."
Su Xia was shocked. With the help of the life sensing glasses, he clearly saw that there were living creatures in the thousands of metal coffins buried deep underground!
Moreover, there are not just one, but at least hundreds of them are still alive.
The final mission target he was looking for was actually in one of the coffins!
