readytorunbook Chapter 309 This chapter is quite long
Chapter 309 This chapter is quite long
Everyone present gasped in shock.
I originally thought that Duke Wang En's rebellion was the result of his despicable deeds being exposed and him being forced into a corner. I never expected that he had always had ambitions!
Bai Qing said from the side, "Brother, now you know what kind of person you've been loyal to all along!"
Bai Jian remained silent.
“Wang En just opened spatial gates in various parts of the Southern Territory in White City, which means that there must be a spatial energy transmission device built by Wang En inside White City.” Night Owl squinted and asked him, “General Bai Jian, as the highest-ranking general in White City, you should know some inside information, right?”
Bai Jian paused for a moment and said, "Wang En didn't tell me anything about the space gate device... However, I can roughly guess where he built it. I once saw a lot of people transporting supplies to a certain location in Baicheng."
“Very good.” Night Owl nodded. “Then please lead the way.”
Night Owl, Night Song, and others led their troops into White City.
Wang En and the old mage escaped, and his entire army chased after them, only to be sent flying by Night Owl's attack. As a result, the city gates were wide open and almost completely undefended.
The Ye family's army practically swaggered into the city.
"I didn't expect that breaking through the city gate would be so easy in the end," Ye Yulong said.
However, after entering the city, many strange beasts and ghosts still appeared.
Ye Qingxin said, "It seems that Wang En still left some loose ends."
Ye Yulong sneered and leaped off the back of the Frost Wolf.
He grabbed a giant bear-like beast with both hands.
He tore his mouth in two with his bare hands!
Ye Yang, Ye Ming, Ye Zhuang, and other younger members of the Ye family also joined in the fight.
Night Song calmly rode on the back of Frost Wolf, walking slowly behind Night Owl, Gao Shenxue, Yu Li and others.
Having fought this far in the Southern Border War, he no longer needs to compete for battle points.
This is a minor problem; he doesn't need to do anything himself.
Night Owl glanced at him: "Just how many secrets are you still keeping?"
"Huh?" Ye Ge blinked innocently.
"Stop trying to be cute. You know what I'm talking about. You even kept it from your own father, huh?" Night Owl curled his lip. "What's with your Demonic Spirit Fire? This kind of flame, which only Saint-level spirit demons can control, why is it on you?"
Ye Ge scratched his face with his fingers: "Well... it's a long story."
Night Owl: "That Earthly Fiend Talisman just now, it was a red-quality treasure talisman, right? Who gave it to you?"
Night Song: "Emmm...this might be a longer story..."
"And another thing," Night Owl said sternly, "you just broke through from the Earth Realm to the Hundred Souls Realm in one go. What forbidden technique did you use? Where did you learn it? Did the principal of the War Academy teach you? This kind of technique should be extremely harmful to the body, right? Why does that woman teach you everything?"
Night Song: "That's hard to say..."
Night Owl: (╬￣ Pan￣)
Night Song: "Why don't you just stop asking?"
Night Owl: "..."
Night Song: "Otherwise, I'll have to figure out how to make up a lie to deceive you, which is quite troublesome."
Night Owl: "..."
"Damn it, you..." Night Owl reached out and pinched Night Song's cheek, then thought for a moment and pulled back, crossing his arms: "Never mind."
"How long can you maintain your current Hundred Souls Realm level of strength?" Night Owl frowned with some concern. "Are the side effects severe?"
Ye Ge thought for a moment and said, "About a day or so."
When Ye Ge used the Limit Break for the first time, he didn't break through too many levels at once. He only increased by two major levels. If he stayed in the Hundred Souls Realm, he could barely maintain it for a day.
If one breaks through to the Thousand Souls Realm, not only will it consume more lifespan, but the duration will also only be about half a day.
If you go higher up, the duration of the effect will be even shorter.
"As for side effects, there's not much to worry about," Ye Ge said. "I have ways to make up for it myself."
With the system in place, Yege is not worried about lacking lifespan.
There are quite a few items in the game that can replenish a character's lifespan.
In future versions, there will also be special missions that allow characters to earn life points.
So Ye Ge wasn't flustered at all.
"If you have a plan in mind, that's for the best." Seeing his confident demeanor, Night Owl felt a little relieved.
One after another, the strange beasts collapsed under the sweeping action of the Ye family members.
The city was in complete disarray. The once towering buildings were now reduced to shattered fragments and ruins, and various mutilated corpses lay scattered haphazardly in the streets.
"Roar!"
Mongo charged ahead, wielding a large axe and a spiked club, letting out a war cry like an orc, and killed many strange beasts along the way.
He arrived too late and the battle ended before he could join in, so now he wants to have a good time killing.
"Hahahaha...that felt so good!"
After slaying another beast, Mongo laughed loudly and boisterously, "It's been a long time since I've fought a battle!"
At that moment, he sensed something behind the dilapidated building wall.
"Huh? Who else is hiding there?! Come out here, you bastard!"
Mongo turned around, his massive body crashing through the broken wall like a tank, and then instinctively swung his axe.
A little girl sat trembling in the corner of the ruins, her face pale and her body covered in blood, staring at him in terror.
The blood-stained axe stopped abruptly ten centimeters in front of her.
"Ok?"
Mongo put his axe away and scratched his head: "What? It's a person?"
Nightsong glanced at her indifferently, then rolled off the frost wolf's back, draped a cloak over the girl, and asked softly, "Where are your parents?"
The girl didn't speak; she was probably too scared to talk. She just turned her head and looked in one direction.
There lay two incomplete corpses.
Ye Ge paused for a moment, then waved his hand. Two female swordsmen came over and took the girl away.
Arthur said, "Strange, why has it turned out like this? We didn't even break into the city, so it looks like this place has been ravaged by blood..."
Gao Shenxue said calmly, "Looking at the cracks on the ground, the demonic beasts that Wang En just summoned should not only have been summoned in the plain where our camp is located, but also in various places in the southern region, and there must have been many beasts in White City as well."
Li Shuying asked in surprise, "So, all of these people were...?"
"Hmm," Ye Ge said, "They were probably all torn apart by those mutated beasts that crawled out. There might be more that have already been swallowed."
Yu Li gently pursed her lips: "So pitiful..."
Li Shuying was furious: "He even feeds his own people to strange beasts! That Wang En is utterly heartless!"
"..." Bai Jian, who was not far away, felt a mix of emotions when he heard this.
He looked at the White City, which had been ravaged by the strange beasts, and felt a mix of emotions he couldn't quite describe.
After all, this is where he grew up.
He has lived here ever since he was adopted by Wang En.
"This is war." Ye Ge shook her head, trying not to look at the carnage in the city, then looked at Bai Jian: "General Bai Jian, where is the device you mentioned?"
Bai Jian said, "It's just ahead."
Soon, the group arrived at an old magician's hut.
“Some time ago, Wang En often stayed here with that old master. Every time I went there, I sensed a special kind of energy there.”
Bai Jian explained, "I think there must be something inside."
Ye Ge nodded, pushed open the old wooden door of the small house, and was immediately greeted by a musty smell of rotten wood.
Ye Ge pinched her nose, fanned herself with her hand, and walked inside.
"Wow! What's that smell here!" Mongo exclaimed loudly, pinching his large nostrils closed.
Ye Ge walked down the creaking wooden stairs and found a large laboratory there.
He waved for his men to split up and search, and then wandered aimlessly around the area.
Curious, Yu Li picked up some bottles and jars from the table, fiddled with some instruments on the lab bench, examined them carefully, and then said, "The owner of this place must also be an alchemist... and probably a dark rune master as well."
Night Song: "That's for sure, otherwise the Dark Blood wouldn't have been able to be transformed into that form."
Bai Jian, Bai Qing, and Duan Ye and his group also came in.
Bai Jian was handcuffed with several layers of iron shackles and magic-suppressing chains to prevent him from reverting to his demonic state.
"Um, Ye Ge... Young Master." Bai Qing pursed her lips, then suddenly said, "I know it might be a little inappropriate to say this now, but..."
Ye Ge knew perfectly well what she wanted to say: "You want to ask me if there's any way to save your brother?"
Bai Qing: "...Hmm!"
"Don't even think about it, it's impossible," Ye Ge said.
"You..." Bai Qing pursed her lips, both angry and aggrieved. "I... I already agreed to be your concubine, how could you..."
Ye Ge was speechless: "It has nothing to do with this..." Then she turned to Yu Li: "Xiao Li, you explain to her."
Yu Li stared blankly at Bai Qing, wondering how her brother had gained another concubine after winning a war in the Southern Territory.
Then, hearing Ye Ge call her name, she snapped out of her reverie and explained, "I just checked General Bai Jian's condition. He was injected with a stronger version of Dark Blood, and his genetic cells have completely mutated and become demonized. This is different from ordinary people who are corrupted by demonic energy..."
Bai Jian and Qu Qu's situations are completely different.
The dark blood that Ququ used was a "mild" version that Bao Bingqing specially modified to help her resist the erosion of demonic energy on her body. Long-term use had allowed her body to adapt to the dark microorganisms. Combined with her special constitution and Yu Li's inhibitor, these multiple factors ultimately enabled her to coexist peacefully with the demonic power within her.
The Dark Blood that Wang En used on Bai Jian was a potent drug designed to corrupt him into a demon.
It's already quite remarkable that Bai Jian is able to maintain his rationality for the time being.
Bai Qing pursed her lips: "Is there... absolutely no way?"
“No.” Ye Ge said calmly, “His will will be gradually eroded by dark microorganisms. Right now, it’s probably only about 70 or 80 percent… Until it’s eroded to 100 percent, then no inhibitor will be of any use.”
Bai Qing: "......"
"Never mind, Xiao Qing." Bai Jian said calmly, "I accept this result."
Duan Ye, Lei He, Wang Meng, and the others all looked somewhat saddened upon hearing this.
Ye Ge turned to look at Bai Jian: "Oh? As expected of a general, you're quite open-minded. But you wouldn't be thinking life is meaningless because you were let down by the king, would you? Still love-struck after all..."
"?" Bai Jian frowned: "How could that be? But if there's another chance, I'd like to ask Wang En a few more questions in person... Also, what exactly does 'love-obsessed' mean?"
Night Song: "It's nothing."
"Young Master Yege," Li Shuying said, walking in from another room, "We've found the secret room!"
Ye Ge nodded upon hearing this, waved her hand, and led everyone to the room where Li Shuying had come from.
Night Owl was already in the room. He looked up at the huge runic technology device in front of him. The device emitted a strong blue fluorescence, which reflected on his face, causing him to squint slightly.
Ye Ge and the others also came in.
Seeing the enormous runic technology device in front of him, which was as tall as three or four stories, Ye Ge couldn't help but feel a stirring in his heart.
The exterior of this enormous runic technology device resembles an enlarged version of a computer case. The main structure of the device is made of a special alloy, and the surface of the metal motherboard is covered with complex runic energy-gathering plates. All the plates are arranged in an orderly manner, and each component fits together precisely. At the bottom of the device, there is a huge energy output port connected to it by more than a dozen wire interfaces as thick as water pipes.
Gao Shenxue's eyes lit up; she was clearly very interested in such a technological device and immediately went to the control panel next to her to examine it.
“This is it.” Night Owl sneered. “They must have used this device to help open the spatial gate.”
"It seems that it was done by that old mage who was with Wang En just now," Ye Ge said. "I didn't expect that there was such a genius by Wang En's side."
“It might not be a matter of genius or not.” Gao Shenxue picked up a rune report from the table and flipped through it: “Among the resources available to humanity, there is no energy source that can reliably supply the operation of such a large-scale space-based energy transmission device.”
Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "But isn't it working right now?"
The owl's gaze swept across the secret room.
Then he noticed the device's wiring, which was connected to a huge, freezer-like thing.
Night Owl walked over and reached out to open it.
"Sha~~!!"
A piercing, sharp scream rang out.
A dozen ghost-like monsters emerged from the freezer and pounced on Ye Ge and the others!