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Chapter 211 The Culprit Who Disappeared

Shirakawa Ki raised his head and looked into the distance, his cat ears twitching.

After noticing this, Li Jiu asked in confusion, "Bai Chuanji, what's wrong?"

"There seems to be a strange sound..." Shirakawa Ki replied.

Li Jiu called out, "Bats, is there anything unusual?"

"No, there's not a sound for over ten kilometers around," Bat, who was on guard on the roof of the car, replied.

Shirakawa Ki squinted and twitched his cat ears, saying, "Maybe I misheard."

Gula ran out of a building carrying a bunch of trinkets, threw them all into the trunk of the car, and complained, "Mo Yu lied to us, saying that this area was the only safe place with so many good things, and he even warned us not to come here."

Li Jiu said, "This... might be dangerous, but we haven't discovered it yet."

Gula retorted, "We've been searching for almost a whole day."

Three vehicles and more than 20 members of the expedition team are ransacking the castle area, taking everything they can.

It's very quiet here.

The expedition team encountered no danger or obstruction. After crossing the bridge, they found themselves in a treasure trove that they could freely plunder.

Rumble…

A rumbling thunderclap came from the horizon, and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Everyone noticed that the blue sky overhead was rapidly shrinking, and gray fog was pressing in from all directions, quickly taking over the sky and obscuring the sun.

The sunlight disappeared.

A strong wind blew through the city, and the people cried out in sorrow.

Having not seen the sun for ten years, and having barely enjoyed it for a few days before suddenly losing it again, was something many people found hard to accept.

"Hey? Look over there!"

Someone exclaimed.

As everyone looked at the tall buildings in the distance, they were shocked to find that those buildings, which should have been completely abandoned and were just empty shells, were now lit up!
The ruins were restored to their original state in an instant, the streetlights came on, and the surrounding buildings looked brand new.

"What...what...what happened here!?" Li Jiu stammered.

The same goes for everyone else.

The expedition members huddled in defensively, and the bat warned, "There are a lot of noises, but they're not from people... There's water flowing in the pipes, electrical noise from electronic devices, and the sound of motors... I can't hear any human voices."

The group exchanged bewildered glances and began cautiously exploring the area.

They eventually arrived at the central palace.

In the center of this enormous palace lay a huge white jade coffin, and strange arrays were carved on the ground, spreading and covering the entire floor.

Everyone was confused.

Why would there be a coffin in such a place? After the argument, they couldn't resist their curiosity and went forward to open the coffin.

Inside the coffin lay a mummified corpse, dressed in luxurious clothes, wearing a crown, and adorned with various precious jewelry; it was clearly the owner of this palace.

"How strange, what does this mean?"

"Who would put a coffin in a palace?"

"Could this be a special custom of ancient humans?"

"Makes sense."

The crowd was making a lot of noise.

Just then, a familiar voice came from the palace gate:

How did you get here?

Everyone looked.

Mo Yu stood at the main entrance of the hall.

Li Jiu exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Mo Yu, what brings you here?"

Mo Yu placed his hand on the hilt of his sword and said coldly, "Scatter, everyone, and stay away from that thing."

The crowd was puzzled, but they still kept their distance from the coffin.

Mo Yu leaned closer to observe.

There is no blood-text warning.

The mummified corpse lay motionless in the coffin.

He launched an attack directly.

A thousand shadows overlap the waves.

Countless flashes of blade light tore the mummified corpse to shreds.

Nothing happened.

Rewind. Go back to before the attack.

The panel requires him to kill Kryptos, which means the guy is still alive. The corpse looks completely dead, and breaking it doesn't do anything.

Isn't he Kryptos?

Continue rewinding.

Mo Yu did not enter the palace through the main gate, but turned around to search the vicinity.

This area is abnormal.

All pollutants and adaptants have disappeared.

The city in the subspace overshadowed reality. After the gray fog obscured the sun, pollutants roamed the city. Only this area was exceptionally quiet, and not a single blood-red warning could be seen.

Since that's the case, let's see for ourselves what's really happening here.

Mo Yu checked the time.

It is 2:12 PM now.

rewind.

Let's go back to the morning before the ceremony.

He released a mirror image, while the real body acted alone, heading towards the castle district.

At 6 a.m., the castle area was normal.

Both pollutants and adaptants are present.

He then began to keep watch, checking in every so often. When he entered again at 9 o'clock, he found the castle area completely empty.

Rewind to determine the exact time.

At 8:37, the pollutants and adaptants received some order to retreat collectively.

Mo Yu used Shadow Cloak to follow them and discovered that they entered the underground passage from different areas and hid themselves.

He tried to get in.

They discovered that the rooms inside were all enclosed spaces, and if they went in, they would be ganged up on, so they had to retreat.

These pollutants and adaptants are deliberately avoiding something.

Less than half an hour later, the vanguard of the expedition arrived. After confirming that there was no danger in the area, they quickly mobilized the main force of the expedition to conduct reconnaissance of the area.

This is interesting.

These things were deliberately kept away from the expedition team, or rather, it was more like the expedition team was deliberately allowed to come in and search?
interesting.

Mo Yu repeatedly rewound the tape.

A careful study of this process, including surveillance from different locations, revealed that the adaptations' withdrawal was sudden and without warning.

After careful consideration, he decided to seize the tongue.

They created chaos, captured an organism, and tortured it, but this thing was neither afraid of death nor pain, so they couldn't get any useful information out of it.

He began to let his thoughts wander.

These powerful adaptors were originally Kryptos's skilled subordinates. They already possessed the power of the void, and during this catastrophe, they became adaptors, retaining their self-awareness to protect this area.

Only Kryptos could command them to act collectively.

After the ritual was broken, only Kryptos's skeleton remained; his whereabouts were unknown. Based on the information from the panel, he is definitely still alive.

Where will he go?
In a flash, Mo Yu thought of a possibility.

Could Kryptos be hiding in the expedition team?
The purpose of letting the expedition team in was to find a way to break the ritual. Once the ritual was broken, he could also change his ways and go to Hope City through the expedition team to start a new life.

Mo Yu felt it was very likely.

After the adaptants collectively evacuated, he waited outside the palace.

The moment the ritual was broken, he was the first to rush into the palace, kick open the jade coffin, and examine the remains inside.

Died.

There are only mummies inside.

rewind.

The mirror image faces forward, while the original body enters from different downward directions. This cycle repeats dozens of times, with dozens of mirror images entering the palace from all directions, leaving no corner untouched.

empty.

There was nothing inside the palace.

Mo Yu turned her attention to the expedition team, suggesting that Kryptos might be hiding among the crowd.

Let Herobella handle it.

Mind-reading screening is conducted on everyone.

Mo Yu quickly devised a plan of action. He opened the hiding place and entered.

(End of this chapter)