Forty Chapters: The Incident

But is Yu Xing the kind of person who would allow adversaries to easily gain the upper hand?

Obviously not.

Even if it makes a complete mess of the scene, he will still intervene to reduce the opponent's advantage.

"I'm the closest to your room, and even I didn't hear anything. It's probably unlikely you'll get any clues from the neighbors," Yu Xing said, a hint of regret in her expression.

"Perhaps you should consider a different approach. For example, what was the motive of the person who wanted to assassinate you? What did they gain from you that allowed you to wake up unharmed?"

Immediately, both Klaus and Amber's expressions changed drastically.

Why have we been gathered here?

"I don't know, maybe the previous investigation has yielded results."

"But it doesn't look like it. Look how bad Mr. Klaus looks! Could something have happened again, oh my God of Wood God?"

More than two hundred believers gathered in a large open space in front of the residential area, discussing the matter.

Some people thought that the Tree Witch had gathered them together to announce the results of the investigation into the previous day's events, but the Tree Witch never appeared. Only the serene-faced Saintess and the solemn person in charge stood at the front.

Klaus was merely maintaining order without explaining anything specific; he was simply stalling for time.

Finally, someone noticed something was wrong. About ten people were missing from the gathering, all of whom were people who usually followed the person in charge and managed some affairs.

Where did they go? Why aren't they the only ones missing?

Time ticked by, and Klaus remained silent. The Saintess, unlike her usual cheerful self, had a chilling coldness in her eyes as she swept over the crowd.

Yu Xing stood at the end of the line, next to Jiang Jieleng. Only the two of them knew what had happened.

After meeting Klaus with Amber in the morning, his hint reminded them of the Heart of Yindu, so they immediately went to the Tree Witch to verify it.

During this time, Klaus told Yu Xing that only the Tree Witch had the ability to transplant hearts. If they were to do it themselves, their bodies would completely collapse. Therefore, if Amber's heart had a problem, it would mean that what happened last night would really affect the foundation of the Underground City.

An unknown person shared the Tree Witch's abilities!

Like a time bomb, its immense potential could detonate at any moment, causing massive unrest.

Yu Xing strongly agreed with this.

However, he didn't see the details of the heart transplant because, on the surface, it had nothing to do with him. After giving him a warning, he followed Klaus for a while before being left behind by the two of them.

This prevented him from getting close to the Tree Witch's residence, but it wasn't a big deal. In fact, it gave him time to react and inform Jiang Jieleng about the situation.

More than two hours after parting ways with Amber and Klaus convened the large gathering of everyone in his own name. Clearly, they had received news from the Tree Witch that the Yindu Heart had been switched, further escalating the seriousness of the matter.

The Yindu Heart is an extremely evil object created at the cost of more than ten thousand lives. As nourishment, it must be very important to the Ghost Tree. Perhaps only one of the many believers who return can bring back nourishment of this level.

Losing it in their hands would be a huge mistake, especially for Amber Bradley. As Saintess, she has a responsibility to create value for the Ghost Tree, and if she makes a mistake, her position as Saintess will be over.

Klaus was in the same boat, so now they were in even worse spirits than the ordinary believers. They no longer wanted to kindly explain things to others, and instead resorted to the most efficient method.

Gather everyone together and send trusted believers to search the houses in the residential area one by one, looking for evidence of sin.

The Underground City is only so big. If someone takes the heart, hiding it in a house is the safest place, at least according to the limited intelligence of these believers.

Yu Xing waited for this futile effort to end. He was only thinking about one thing: with such a big incident, the Tree Witch couldn't possibly remain indifferent and uninvolved in her residential area. She would definitely come out to take charge.

So what about this person now?

Where have they hidden themselves, and what are they doing?

Yu Xing's intuition told him that this Tree Witch was very strange, and he needed to investigate the Tree Witch's background thoroughly before he went to the Underground City to avoid any trouble.

But now he couldn't move and could only follow the group. Just as Yu Xing was getting so bored that he started kicking pebbles on the ground, Jiang Jieleng silently turned his head away, his expression saying, "You're an adult, why are you still so immature?"

Yu Xing could naturally sense that he was being looked down upon by the child next to him, but he didn't care. He swayed in place for a moment, kicking the pebbles on the ground into the outline of a large dog.

Then he calmed down for a while. Since he was at the back of the line and no one was paying attention to him, he ran to a slightly farther place and gathered a large pile of stones. Next to the big dog, he also gathered a fox.

Jiang Jieleng: "..."

"If you do this, and Amber or Klaus are watching you, they'll think you're giving someone a secret signal."

"No way, have you ever seen such a cute code?" Yu Xing said casually, placing a few uniquely shaped stones at the big dog's feet to form a small sword.

Then he tried to put a pair of glasses on the fox's face, but unfortunately, this was no longer something that stones could accomplish. As soon as the glasses were placed on, the fox's face became a blur, like a pile of meaningless rubble.

"Alas, even a skilled cook can't cook without rice," Yu Xing sighed. "How boring, why is there no paper or drawing tools in the Underground City?"

If he has these things to do for leisure, he can peacefully pursue his hobbies when he's not causing trouble.

"You're so boring," Jiang Jieleng said quietly.

This boredom didn't last long. About half an hour later, when the crowd couldn't take it anymore and started to stir, a believer who often followed Klaus ran over from the residential area.

Yu Xing knew this person quite well; he was the blond-haired boy.

"Mr. Klaus! We've found Thomas's body!" the boy said firmly, probably feeling he had accomplished something.

"He died after his heart was removed. He had been dead for a long time, and there were signs of him being held down before he died, so his body was still on the bed."

"We suspect that Miss Amber Bradley's heart now comes from Thomas. Would you like to go and see?"