"So, just how many people have come into this space? What happened to the secret defenses I spent my whole life building? People are coming and going like it's a city gate!"
Though exhausted from the Five Labors and Seven Injuries and suffering from a first-degree burn, with at least half his bones broken—but at least still alive—Suihuo watched the scene on the light screen and nearly let out a curse. In the underground space at least ten thousand meters away, fully armed Starrealm Knights emerged from behind Queen Brunhild and surrounded the crystal golem that Mao Yuanzuo had transformed into.
By then, he already knew Mao Yuanzuo was beyond saving.
At that moment, Suihuo sensed that something was wrong again. On the light screen, the female knight holding a great-banner-shaped relic and wearing silver-blue armor seemed to notice something. She looked up in the direction of the screen.
Suihuo hurriedly shut off the light screen and severed his mental link with the crystal-carving insect.
These insects, specially made for surveillance, were cultivated by the organization using creatures from the imaginary realm. They were smaller than mosquitoes, and their heartbeats were utterly silent. Once their mental connection to their controller was severed, they immediately disintegrated into irreversible particulate matter.
The Empire probably hadn't noticed he was watching from the shadows, right? Probably...
Hidden in the dark passage, Suihuo silently prayed to the spirit of the universe. Feeling that he'd recovered a little strength, he wiped his face and began crawling toward the end of the narrow, seemingly bottomless passage.
He knew full well that he couldn't face either side in the battle head-on. He had to do his best to disguise himself as an insignificant ant no one would notice.
Han Dai's spirit fire had indeed dealt him a terrible