Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

Fortunately, Lynn left some undead to guard the warehouse before he left. Baal specially assigned some level 3 peak ghost-type undead to guard the warehouse or ore storage point. Every time Lin Chen approached the warehouse, he was taken away.

Otherwise, when Lynn returns, he will be faced with an empty warehouse.

Although Lin Chen wasn't afraid of them, he knew these guys were not to be trifled with, so he could only leave reluctantly.

That day, Lin Chen woke up from his afternoon nap and found that his mother was not by his side, and the maid was nowhere to be found either.

He blinked his starry eyes, grinned, and then—

Teleportation.

The next second, he appeared directly in the mine tunnel of the main mining area.

The undead miners around were mechanically digging for ore, the clanging of their picks striking the rock walls echoing throughout the area.

Lin Chen glanced at it twice and immediately felt bored.

These big guys ignored him; they just kept mining like idiots.

He frowned, sensing the surrounding atmosphere, preparing to find some snacks.

During this period, Lynn felt that she could no longer support him, so she cut off most of his resources, leaving him feeling "empty".

I desperately need a delicious meal to fill this emptiness.

He could sense something deep within the mine drawing him in.

It was an energy fluctuation that was more concentrated and alluring than any ore.

Teleportation.

He disappeared again.

Meanwhile, the maid returned to the room with the freshly made fruit puree, only to find the bed empty.

The bowl in her hand crashed to the ground, and her face turned deathly pale.

"Miss Arya! Something terrible has happened! The young master has disappeared again!"

Arya was checking the month's ore production in the accounting room when she heard the shout, and the quill pen in her hand snapped in two.

She jumped to her feet and rushed out the door: "Notify everyone! There's still the undead! Find him immediately! Turn the mine upside down, find him!"

Fifteen minutes later, the entire Ghost Mine was in an uproar.

The maids, lifting their skirts, ran through the passageways, while the undead were temporarily conscripted to carefully search each mine tunnel.

Baal, accompanied by several highly spiritual undead, ransacked every room of the ground fortress.

No.

There isn't anywhere.

Lin Chen seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Arya was deathly pale and could only stand by holding onto the wall.

Although this child is mischievous, he has never disappeared for so long before. There are a large number of undead guarding the area, and they can always find him quickly.

He can teleport, but the distance is limited; he can only move around within the mine area at most, and it's impossible for him to escape.

Why can't I find it?

What she didn't know was that Lin Chen teleported farther than usual this time.

He landed directly at the entrance to the deepest part of the mine—the leyline node chamber.

This place was originally guarded by Decepticons. The terrifying Ghost King would lie by the leak in the River Styx every day, absorbing the overflowing free energy and the undead that occasionally "smuggled" in from the other side.

But after the Decepticons were taken away by Lynn, the node room was left empty, with only a faint defensive magic array at the entrance and a pile of magic stones used to maintain the magic array.

Lin Chen tilted his head and looked at the magic stones.

It's a snack!

It's sparkly and smells wonderful...

He walked over, squatted down, grabbed a magic stone, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Click.

The magic stone shattered in his mouth, and pure energy slid down his small throat into his body.

His eyes lit up, and he grabbed another piece.

Click, click, click.

In no time at all, all twelve magic stones were swallowed by him.

The magic array lost its energy supply; the runes flickered a few times and then slowly went out.

Lin Chen licked his fingers, looking at the door with lingering interest.

Behind the door, something even more intense was drawing him in.

He raised his hand and pushed the door open.

The door wasn't locked.

He walked in and immediately saw the "Styx tributary seepage point," about the size of a bowl, in the center of the room.

A grayish-white aura of death gushed out from the node like a spring, churning and spreading in the air, yet being restrained within a certain range by some invisible force.

Lin Chen approached, squatted down, and stared at the cave entrance from which grayish-white energy was constantly emanating.

Something on the other side seemed to be calling to him.

It was an extremely intimate call that he had never felt before.

It smells... pretty good...

He stretched out his hand.

The moment my fingertips touched the grayish-white aura, a warm feeling enveloped me.

He continued forward, his fingers passing through that invisible barrier—

The finger disappeared...

Lin Chen blinked and curiously put his whole palm inside.

I still don't feel anything; it's like putting my head into a basin of warm water, which feels comfortable.

He glanced back at the empty room behind him, then took a deep breath and lunged forward.

A flash of grayish-white light.

Lin Chen has completely disappeared.

The search inside the mine lasted for a full two hourglasses.

As darkness fell, Arya finally confirmed a terrible fact—Lin Chen was not in the mine.

She frantically found Baal, her voice trembling, "Contact the tutor... contact the tutor quickly... tell him Lin Chen is missing..."

Barr frantically pulled out the communication tablet that Lynn had left behind.

This is a replica made by Lynn; it can only be used within a certain range, and the Shadow Mine is very far from the Soul Valley Outpost...

He gritted his teeth, activated the stone slab, and called out to Haske.

A moment later, Haske's voice came through: "Baal? What is it?"

"Lord Haske! Please... please contact Lord Lynn for me! There's an emergency in the mine!" Baal's voice was urgent.

Because Lynn had instructed him not to tell anyone about Lin Chen's existence, Baal didn't dare to say directly that Lin Chen had gone missing.

"What's the rush? Tell me. If it's not urgent, we can talk about it when he gets back. Or is there anything I can help with?"

Bal stammered, "It's...it's a private matter, a very personal matter, and Lord Lynn must handle it personally."

Haske paused for two seconds without asking further questions. "Understood, I'll contact him right away."

Communication was cut off.

When Lynn received the message, he was in the new laboratory debugging the rune array of the Soul Furnace.

Haske's voice came through the communication slate, concise and to the point:

"Lord Lynn, there's something urgent coming up at the mine. It seems to be a private matter, but they didn't say what it is, though it sounds very urgent."

Lynn frowned slightly.

Personal matter? Urgent?

What could have happened? Could it be that Xixi gave birth?

But surely it wouldn't be necessary for Haske to notify him of something like this?

Without delay, Lynn quickly packed up the things in the laboratory and set off back to the base.

There's nothing much going on at the academy for now, and I can't stay here for more than two days, so I'll head back early.

After using the teleportation array in Beiming City to travel at high speed, Lynn entered the Shadow Mine Fortress late at night.

The moment Arya saw him, tears welled up in her eyes.

She lunged at him, grabbing his arm, her voice trembling so much she could barely speak: "Lin Chen... Lin Chen is missing... We've searched the entire mine... but we can't find him..."

Lin Chen has disappeared?

With so many undead guarding the area, where could he possibly run?

Lynn remained calm.

He raised his hand and pressed it on Arya's shoulder, his mental energy spreading out and enveloping the entire mine.

"Shadow Flying Insect, retrieve the most recent complete memory."

Three hundred shadowy flying insects scattered throughout the mine received the command simultaneously, and the images they stored flowed into Lynn's sea of ​​consciousness like a torrent.

He quickly filtered and played back the images, each frame flashing before his eyes—

Lin Chen teleported to the main mining area, looked around blankly, and then teleported again—

At the entrance to the node room, he crouched down, grabbed the magic stones, and swallowed them one after another.

The light of the magic array went out—

He pushed open the door and entered the node room—

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There were no shadowy flying insects guarding the node room, and the situation inside could not be seen.

Lynn opened his eyes, his gaze cold and stern.

"In the node room."

Having said that, he disappeared.

Arya and Baal quickly ran towards the node room.

The door to the node room was ajar.

Lynn pushed open the door and entered, scanning the room but not finding Lin Chen.

Meanwhile, at the central leak point in the River Styx, a greyish-white aura was still slowly seeping out...

Lynn stared at the leak for a moment in silence.

Hiss—this kid... he wouldn't be stupid enough to walk through the leak and enter the River Styx, would he?