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Chapter 410 Hell Creek Family

Federation, central canton of Montigny.

Surrounded by a vast expanse of pristine jungle, stands a mountain that soars into the clouds.

From a distance, about one-third of the top of the mountain was covered with white snow and surrounded by thick clouds.

"Look everyone, that's Mount Dynaso. It's the highest peak in the Federation, with an altitude of 6,435 meters. It's also the only mountain in the Federation that has not been conquered by humans."

On the outskirts of the primitive jungle, a group of tourists, led by a guide, looked out at the towering Mount Dainaso.

"Why?" a tourist asked curiously, "Is it because it's too high?"

The tour guide shook his head. "It has nothing to do with the height. There are many peaks in the world that are higher than Mount Denasso, but they have not been able to stop the mountaineering team. The reason this place has never been conquered is because it belongs to the private property of a big family."

"Private property?" Many tourists asked in surprise, "The whole mountain?"

"To be exact, including Mount Dainaso, the original jungle starting from here is all of it!" The tour guide smiled and pointed to a warning sign not far away and said, "Our tour can only end here. Going further is someone's private territory."

The tourists looked at the warning sign and saw that it read: "From here on, this is the private territory of the Hell Creek Family. Trespassers will be at their own risk."

"Hell Creek Family?" A young man curled his lips and asked unconvincedly, "Such a grand ceremony?"

The girl next to him also looked around and said, "I don't see any fences or anything like that. What would happen if someone didn't notice the warning sign and walked in?"

"Don't try it out of curiosity." The tour guide warned: "I don't know what the relationship is between the Hell Creek Family and the Montaigne State Government, but I can tell you with certainty that they have the right to deal with any intruders at will in their private territory. As far as I know, more than a thousand people go missing every year because they mistakenly enter this jungle. I don't want you to become one of those thousand people."

"Okay, everyone, come over here, we're going to the next spot, where we can get a better view of Mount Dinaso..."

Led by the tour guide, the tourists turned around and walked towards the tour bus. Only the couple seemed a little unwilling and looked back at the deep jungle.

Especially the young man, he seemed to feel that there was some unknown existence stirring in the jungle, arousing his curiosity.

"Joe, let's go! The bus is about to start. There's nothing to see in this damn forest!"

"Oh..." Faced with his girlfriend's call, the young man finally came to his senses. He looked back and followed the main group away.

As the tour group left, a huge monster slowly emerged from the depths of the jungle.

This monster was about four or five meters tall and more than ten meters long. It was covered with hard scales and had a bloody mouth. Its two thin arms were tucked in front of its chest. Its thick and long tail was straight backwards, balancing the front half of its body. It looked like a carnivorous dinosaur that had traveled from ancient times.

"Really? That guy almost walked in..."

The huge carnivorous dinosaur moved its lips and actually spoke in human language, with a hint of regret in its tone.

At this moment, a somewhat dull cell phone ringtone sounded. The big dinosaur was stunned for a moment, looked down, and then changed its shape, shedding its dinosaur appearance, and finally revealed a tall, unshaven, blond man who looked to be in his forties. As he changed back to human form, the ringtone of the cell phone became clearer.

The man reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone, answered the call impatiently, and put it to his ear.

"Hello? I'm taking a walk? What's the matter...what?!" The man's tone was lazy and impatient at first, but as he spoke, his blue eyes suddenly widened and his face was full of shock.

"Charles is dead?!"

"Yes..." A cold female voice came from the other end of the phone: "The life signal of your useless brother who was sent to Aurora to carry out the mission just disappeared."

"No matter how useless he is, he is still my brother!" The man looked annoyed: "Who did it?"

“We don’t know yet…” The woman said, “Elder Lessard wants to see you and discuss this matter with you.”

The man turned his head and glanced at the misty Dainaso Mountain in the distance, and snorted coldly: "I'll be there right away."

After hanging up the phone, the man tiptoed into the air, changing his shape in mid-air, transforming into a pterosaur with a wingspan of more than eight meters. He flapped his wings and flew all the way to the top of the mountain.

From a distance, the top of Mount Dainaso is covered with snow all year round, looming in the clouds. However, as the pterosaur gets closer and closer, it passes through the clouds and reveals a green paradise among the vast white snow!
Yes, at the top of the mountain with an altitude of more than 6,000 meters, unlike the perennial snow below, the climate here seems to have been changed by some mysterious force, becoming warm and humid, with various rare plants growing, forming a large beautiful garden. In this garden, you can see a large castle built on the mountain, with various towers, houses, and statues scattered around, like an ancient city in the sky.

The pterosaur flew directly to one of the tall towers, changed back into human form in mid-air, and landed on the windowsill of the tower.

"You're not going through the door." An intellectual beauty with glasses and long golden hair was standing on the windowsill. Although she said reproachfully, it could be seen from her expression that she seemed to be prepared for the man's unconventional approach.

"I only care about my brother's safety." The man snorted coldly. The woman sighed, turned around and waved her hand, opened the floor-to-ceiling window on the balcony, and led him in.

There is a circular hall on the top floor of the tower. Facing the balcony is a huge desk. An old man with glasses and a white beard is writing at the desk. After noticing the man, he raised his eyelids and glanced at him over the reading glasses on his face.

"Elder Lessard!" The man walked straight to the desk and slammed his hands on it. "What happened to my brother?"

Lessard did not answer his question directly, but frowned: "You have reached the peak, but you are still so impatient..."

As he said that, he sorted out what he had just written: "Nikla, don't forget, you are facing an old guy who is over a hundred years old. My heart can't withstand your sudden movements." "Don't pretend to be so pretentious..." Nicola snorted coldly: "I don't think that an old monster who has reached the peak more than half a century ago is the same as an ordinary centenarian."

“It’s just the peak, after all, it’s not the final stage…” Elder Lessard sighed: “Our lifespan is longer than that of ordinary people, but we still can’t escape the brilliance of time…”

As he spoke, he took off his reading glasses and rubbed his nose bridge. "In the past few years, I have clearly felt that my eyes have begun to blur, and my body functions have begun to decline uncontrollably... Listen to me, kid, you are more talented than me. While your body still allows, stop being lazy and find a way to become a feathered being. That is the true destiny of a cultivator."

"I'm not here to listen to your preaching!" Nikolai gritted his teeth and said, "I just want to know how my brother is doing."

Elder Lessard shook his head: "I don't know..."

"I don't know?" Nikolai frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"His life signal disappeared." The girl with glasses said, "Other than that, no other information was sent back."

"He has the Cross of Rebirth!" Nikolai gritted his teeth and said, "Could it be that the life monitoring system identified it wrongly?"

The woman with glasses shook her head. "The system shows that his life signal disappeared twice. The first time it disappeared only briefly and then recovered in an instant. Then, after a minute, his signal disappeared again..."

"The ghost state after the cross is activated lasts exactly one minute..." Nikolai realized something, but widened his eyes, unwilling to believe it.

"This means... the cross didn't help him escape the opponent's clutches. After he released his ghost state, he was killed again in an instant." Lessard looked at Nikolai and said word by word: "The opponent is a master who he has no power to fight back against!"

"He can kill Charles in seconds..." Nikolai gritted his teeth and said, "Although his strength is not that great, he can't be killed so easily. Is the opponent a peak master?"

"It's very likely." Lessard nodded.

"Could it be the Yuan Xiu Society that did this?" Nikolai snorted coldly, "Those guys have always been unwilling to cooperate with us..."

"Impossible." The bespectacled woman immediately retorted: "The Yuan Xiu Society in Zhendan has always been very sensible in doing things. Even if Charles violated the rules there, they would at most control him and negotiate with us to resolve the issue. They would not kill him so decisively."

"And it's not just Charles. We've also lost contact with the other members of the tribe who were with him in Zhendan. We have reason to believe that they have all died in Zhendan, in Ningdong! The Yuan Xiu Society would never do something so outrageous."

"Ningdong..." Nikolai frowned: "I apply to investigate the cause of Charles' death!"

Elder Lessard snorted and laughed: "Then why do you think I came to you?"

As he spoke, he handed the materials he had just written to Nicolae: "I know you have never been to Zhendan, and you don't know much about Ningdong. This is the information I compiled about the local cultivator forces in Ningdong, including the inference about the cause of Charles' death. It should be useful to you."

Elder Lessard was so proactive that Nikolai was a little surprised. He took the materials in a daze and said, "Hasn't the patriarch always forbidden me to leave here? I thought I needed his approval..."

"That's because you are too prone to getting into trouble." Lessard said with a smile, "Now you have reached the pinnacle. After several years of consolidation, your realm has long been stable. The number of people in the main world who can beat you can be counted on one hand, except for those few who have ascended to the Immortal Realm. I have already communicated with the clan leader, and it is time for you to come out of the mountain."

"Of course, more importantly, since you haven't been in public for many years, the Yuan Xiu Society doesn't have any information about you. It's easier for you to act if no one knows you."

"You want me to act in secret?" Nikolai frowned. "Aren't you representing the Hell Creek Family?"

"After something like this happens, the Hell Creek Family will definitely send people to Zhendan to negotiate with the Yuanxiu Society, but the official personnel will definitely be closely monitored, and their actions in Zhendan will be severely restricted. In comparison, we need a hidden line to coordinate with the open line while being able to act more freely."

"But correspondingly, you must also remember that no matter what, you must not reveal your identity as a member of the Hell Creek Family. Similarly, if anything happens to you, the Hell Creek Family will not acknowledge your identity, and you will have to solve the problem on your own. This means that if you accept this mission, you will be removed from the Hell Creek Family."

"This is the best way, so we don't have to be tied down." Nikolai nodded and flipped through the information in his hand: "There are so many peak players in Ningdong?"

In the information Elder Lessard gave him, there was a special list of people who were capable of killing Charles. In addition to Su Manchen, who was confirmed to be at the peak, there was also Yuan Shouzhen, whose strength was not inferior to that of the peak. In addition to these two people, there were two other names marked, namely Ling Xin and Xing Yang.

"Yuan Shouzhen should not be in Ningdong at the moment, but when you are active in Ningdong, you will most likely come into contact with him, so I provided his information. As for the remaining two, they are not at the peak yet, but because of their special abilities, they have the ability to compete with the peak and can also kill Charles instantly."

The woman with glasses introduced: "In addition to these people, there is another important clue. Charles was investigating the whereabouts of the Eternal Star before. He regularly reported his progress to the elders. This record records the direction and progress of his investigation. If you investigate it, you may find some clues."

"I see." Nikolai closed the information and nodded: "When do I leave?"

"Now, immediately." Lessard said, "The helicopter is ready and will take you to the nearest airport. I have booked a ticket for you to Ningdong. I hope you can find out the truth about Charles' death and give an explanation to your brother in heaven."

"I will!" After saying that, Nicolae walked directly to the windowsill, transformed into a pterosaur again, took off into the air, and flew towards the helipad.

After taking a look at Nicolae's departing figure, the girl with glasses returned to Elder Lessard and asked, "Is it really appropriate to let this guy go?"

Lessard sighed, "Charles' death is not important. Our real goal is still the Eternal Star. But in order to find that thing, we have used all the methods we can, but in the end, we found nothing. It's time to take a drastic measure."

"Nikla is a madman. He doesn't care about the Eternal Star, but Charles' death will definitely bring out his craziest side." Lessard laughed, "A peak of madness is enough to give those Zhendan people a little shock!"

Just as he finished speaking, the old man suddenly started coughing violently. The girl with glasses beside him hurriedly took his handkerchief. Lessard covered his mouth and coughed a few times. When he took the handkerchief away, he saw a purple-black bloodstain in it.

"I'm afraid I don't have much time left..." Lessard gritted his teeth and said, "I hope that thing... can be done in time..."

(End of this chapter)