146 Doctor

Boom!

With a cannon blast, the cave collapsed, and Fully Armed players trampled over the goblin's flesh and bones, skillfully raising their enchanted crossbows to kill the dying target.

The colossal goblin lord collapsed on his skeletal throne. Ye Zhangjian raised his blade, severed its head, and held it up in the air. The weariness on his face vanished, and he proudly announced, "Thus, the Trustworthy Village player Walkthrough team has officially breached the Goblin Nest!"

"This is also the first time that ' Star Abyss ' has achieved a victory in an extraterrestrial territory conquest operation," Yu Tianxiao reminded.

"&*...*@+!"

Caramel Snail made a dull sound and tried to raise its arm. Due to the accumulation of too many negative buffs, it was now wrapped up like a mummy.

Cumin Powder focused his gaze, blinked, and said, "I took a screenshot, Ye Zhangjian. I have good news for you. You're not only the number one player in the Yanxia Zone, but also the first player in the world to reach level 30. What are your thoughts?"

"Thoughts?" Ye Zhangjian lowered his head and thought for a moment before solemnly saying, "It's too early to talk about victory. The e-sports projects in Yanxia Zone have never been strong enough. The real winner will have to be decided on the field."

"But it really is tough," Garryton complained. "If it weren't for a great mentor like Li Aoz on our Azure Planet who opened up a second planet for us ahead of time, with the environment of our Newbie Planet, we probably would have had to wait another week to reach level 30."

Having said that, he picked up a glittering scale from the goblin lord's body and said strangely:

"Why are there dragon Goblin Nest...?"

"Yes... that's true."

Ignoring Garryton's mutterings, Ye Zhangjian nodded slightly and brandished his enchanted longsword. "Li Aoz can be said to be a unique benefit for us Azure Planet players. We now not only have these enchanted weapons, but also Azure Planet's local technology - no matter which country's team we face in the competition, we in the Yanxia Zone will not be afraid."

"Woo woo woo!" The Caramel Snail nodded with all its might, but its tongue had been rotten by the goblin's poison, and it could only make strange noises.

"Hmm, speaking of which, our little Niu Niu is really impressive." Cumin Powder hooked Caramel Snail's neck and praised it without reservation, "Even our little Niu Niu is only 13% away from level 30. It's only a matter of time before all of us players from Trustworthy Village reach Alpha Rank."

"Speaking of which," Yu Tianxiao looked at Ye Zhangjian, "Old Ye, what is your Alpha Rank Promotion Task?"

"Master the three martial arts techniques of this school, and reach the advanced level of proficiency." Ye Zhangjian replied, "My school is the Iaijutsu, Kesa-giri, and Tsubame-gai, is not far off. I will probably reach the Alpha Rank tomorrow."

"I really envy you [Martial Artist]," Yu Tianxiao said with a sigh. "The [Mechanic] profession requires the creation of three mechanical artifacts of ' Exquisite Craftsmanship ' quality. I can only rely on spending money."

"Keep it up." Ye Zhangjian nodded.

"Don't just cheer me on, show me your support in action too!"

"I am just a Martial Artist, I don't have your outstanding wisdom."

As soon as Ye Zhangjian finished speaking, someone among the players suddenly shouted, "Hey! Come and see! There seems to be something else in this Goblin Nest!"

Something else?

Players like Ye Zhangjian looked at each other strangely, then put away the goblin lord's head as a loot and followed the crowd to the deepest part of the Goblin Nest.

Bypassing a pile of leftover skeletons and a scattered armory, they found no goblin treasure. But soon, as they ventured deeper into the wilderness and the energy in the air grew stronger, they realized what this group knew as 'something else'.

Clang! Clang! — Bang!

A miner player precisely smashed the wall a few times with a pickaxe, the soil crumbled, and soon a dark blue, unidentified metal gate was revealed. On the left and right sides were inlaid ghouls and ferocious winged demons, their appearances lifelike and detailed, as if protected by some powerful force, without any trace of erosion by time or soil.

"Holy crap... there's a hidden part!"

The players immediately perked up.

I thought I'd be done with the goblins after defeating them, but to my surprise, they offered a buy-one-get-one-free deal.

"There's a line of text here," Ye Zhangjian noticed a stone tablet in front of the gate. "Yu Tianxiao, your Tanas Language level is the highest, why don't you translate it?"

"Leave it to me."

Yu Tianxiao stepped forward, examined the text on the stone tablet, and began to wait for the system to read and interpret it. His Ta Clan language level had reached the proficiency level, and the progress bar was quickly filled. He glanced at it and immediately read it fluently, "Latercomers, no matter what your origin is, being able to reach this place proves that you have the courage to explore the unknown road ahead."

"The future is a bottomless abyss, but all hope rests within it. I don't know how to express this feeling with words like 'and'... but please believe me, as a glorious traitor, I will always stand on the side of conscience and justice."

"Later, behind the gate lies a monster long sealed away. I used some forbidden technology to create her from chaos. If there is anyone in this world I have wronged, it must be that child."

"I have prepared a series of trials for you. If you successfully pass the trials, you will be able to awaken her with your true heart and help you overcome all obstacles and difficulties."

"Star Abyss Child, please be sure to destroy all [society], let all peace return to the world."

"The Thirteenth Member of the Hidden Society— [Doctor] Laiwo Lushen·Dokote (original name: Aideer Jin) rests here."

"The monument erected by: Aellria, former jury member of the Hidden Society; citizen: Wei Erwei."

The players turned their heads and looked at each other in bewilderment.

"We think we've discovered something incredible."

Yu Tianxiao bluntly stated, "This game repeatedly emphasizes something called 'society,' and later mentions traitors and ' Hidden Society '... I think this might be related to the game's Main Storyline."

"Maybe."

Ye Zhangjian nodded. "Everyone, let's set up camp first, reset the respawn point, and then we'll go in and test the waters."

A moment later, the players rushed into the azure gate, but unexpectedly, there was nothing behind them.

All that was left for them was a dilapidated-looking laboratory.

The instruments were covered in dust, and the magic circle was broken. Fortunately, there were a few golems that didn't seem to be too badly damaged, and it seemed that we could try to repair them.

"No enemies." Caramel Snail finally cleared away the negative status effects on its body, breathed a sigh of relief, and went forward to search. It came to a desk, casually flipped open a document, and the handwriting on it immediately caught its attention. "Hmm? What is this? ' Dragon Demise Weapon Design Manuscript '? It looks so cool, let me touch it."

Caramel Snail are typical curious creatures; they'll immediately climb up to investigate anything new they see.

He turned to the title page and immediately saw a sentence—strangely enough, this sentence was neither in the language of the Tower Clan, nor in the language of Azure Planet, nor in the language of reality, but for some reason, he was able to understand its meaning.

"To my dearest child: Forgive me for sacrificing your personal happiness for the hope of the entire Star Abyss. Your life is destined to be full of misfortune and setbacks. Even so, I still hope that you can live on strongly. When you complete your mission, I also hope that you have found your own love and met someone who will love you more than I do— Laiwo Lushen·Dokote."

After turning a few more pages of Caramel Snail, most of the text had become blurred due to moisture.

Fortunately, there is another page with a group photo, where Caramel Snail can still clearly see the same text as on the title page. "Target is eight years old, in excellent physical condition, completely immune to the toxicity of Blood of Ether, but her basic values are still insufficient... She is still just a weapon. Perhaps I shouldn't have too many feelings for her."

He looked at the group photo above:

The photo features two people, one of whom is a middle-aged man with brown hair and eyes, possessing a gentle gaze and resembling a doctor. He is sitting on a sofa, feeding ice cream to a girl sitting on his lap.

If we only focus on the doctor, it's just like an ordinary father-daughter photo.

The girl had blonde hair and golden eyes, a pretty appearance, but her gaze was empty. She held her still-beating heart in one hand and her fresh brain in the other. Her childish body was covered with intestines that were four or five meters long, emerald green, and of some unknown kind.

She opened her mouth and mechanically licked the ice cream, like a domesticated wolfhound numbly accepting the hunter's food.

Perhaps it's just the Caramel Snail ' imagination.

In the doctor's eyes, there seemed to be some... guilt? "Hmm? There's dust in the lower left corner?"

With a gentle rub, Caramel Snail removed the dust from the lower left corner of the photo, revealing the doctor's annotation for the little girl: Diya Lan Alexandra Juejin.