Sold Out Completely
The Good Corpse met her gaze, remained silent for a moment, then turned to Yun Ming, and to everyone present.
"Underground ventilation shafts—the theory is that he studied the survival system of the academy's underground shelters, which are independent of the surface. If there is a similar deep clean air source beneath the ruins of the Launch Shaft silos, perhaps a temporary passage could be opened through the shafts."
"But he's not clear on the specific pipeline network layout; you'll need to confirm that."
Yun Ming suddenly turned his head to look at Cai Yue'er.
Without asking any questions, Cai Yue'er turned and walked straight into the depths of the shelter, her steps as fast as the wind.
"All Soul Guidance Department students and instructors who are still mobile, assemble here immediately!"
In less than ten minutes, Cai Yue'er located the ventilation shaft closest to Yun Jingheng.
The Good Corpse relayed the message back exactly as it was.
Lan Muzi clutched her lower back, grimacing as she asked, "Where is Jing Heng? Can you sense him? What are the chances of us digging a tunnel directly to him?"
The Good Corpse fell silent.
Its body, formed from Moonlight, still stood quietly in the same spot.
Lan Muzi's question was very accurate. Digging a tunnel directly is the shortest path and saves the most time, but it is also the most dangerous and uncontrollable solution.
The Good Corpse is sensing the state of its true form.
Passing through tens of meters of radioactive lava and crystallized ruins, through the metal inner walls of the Launch Shaft wreckage, and through the thin Moonlight barrier in the shelter, it touched the consciousness of the original body at this moment.
The body leaned against the cold cabin wall, the bloodstains at the edge of the wound on the left shoulder had dried, the Soul Power was slowly recovering, and the chest rose and fell slightly with shallow, short breaths.
He is calculating; the entity in this state is always calculating.
Then the Good Corpse spoke, its tone calm and precise, as if it were reading out the analysis results that had just been run on behalf of a humanoid computer.
"It's not feasible. Both my analysis and the analysis of the main body indicate that the main structure of the explosion ruins is a mixture of crystallized radiation lava and metal debris, with a hardness far exceeding that of ordinary rock layers, and the surface temperature is still maintained at a high level."
"Any large-scale excavation could trigger a secondary collapse, directly crushing his safe space and even threatening this entire area."
Lan Muzi lowered her hand that was covering her waist, and her lips twitched as if she wanted to say something, but the Good Corpse hadn't finished speaking.
"Furthermore, he calculated the coordinates of the nearest ventilation shaft, numbered V-17, which is about 300 meters away from the Launch Shaft refuge area in a straight line."
"Based on my Divine Power detection, there are very thick layers of rock in between."
It paused, then added a faint, somewhat awkward, word of reassurance in its tone, "The good news is, if you can go down into the underground utility tunnel from the V-17 shaft, he's confident he can climb over by himself. Three hundred meters, he can manage."
"However, I don't recommend doing that."
"Then what should we do?" Yuanen Yehui asked.
She was listening, and not just her, many people were listening.
The Good Corpse looked at them, at these companions who had grown up with the original body from the first year of the Outer Court to where they were today, at Lan Muzi clutching her waist and still waiting for an answer, at Cai Yue'er raising her head from among the Soul Guidance Department students.
Then it spoke, its tone so calm that it seemed as if the calculations of its own body had completely overlapped with its consciousness at this moment, and every word had been carefully considered before finally converging into a clear path.
"The body... has a penetrating wound in the abdomen, making it unsuitable for long-distance movement."
"But we can't connect Divine Power. I need to get to a location where we can make contact before we can analyze the most likely route."
"I'll go with you." Ye Xinglan took a step almost as soon as it finished speaking.
"I'll go too."
Xie Xie peeked out from behind Yuanen Yehui, his voice still carrying the lingering anger from when he heard "massacre of the city," but his step forward was resolute.
"Two people making Divine Power contact? That's like you're down below and he's up above, shaking hands across the rubble? Someone would need to protect you, in case of aftershocks or landslides in the radiation zone—"
"Xie Xie."
The Good Corpse turned its head, its features blurred by the Moonlight, but its voice suddenly became very gentle, completely different from when its true form Xie Xie in the dormitory, "Have you forgotten? I am also Yun Jingheng."
Xie Xie opened his mouth, but choked.
"Ouch... that really hurts."
[Undeniably, this is a deeply unforgettable memory.]
Yun Jingheng gave a wry smile, "When did you become like this..."
[Scheming?]
"Even your way of speaking has changed."
[Keeping up with the times is always a good way to understand the outside world; for example, start by learning how you speak.]
"Haha, you seem to be in quite an interest."
[However, if you had passed the exams normally until the Seventh Trial, you wouldn't be in this situation now.]
"Hmm? Is there any explanation?"
[The Sixth Trial, in terms you can understand, is: Reversing Innate Nature. After experiencing the fourth, fifth, and sixth tests, your body will be perfectly fine even if you took three bullets outside last night.]
"Reversing Innate Nature..."
Yun Jingheng leaned against the cold cabin wall, chewing on those four words over and over, then gave a bitter laugh.
"So you mean, if I had honestly taken the exams in order, I could have stood directly above Sea God Lake last night, smashed that God-Slaying Level weapon back with one punch, and incidentally set off the enemies outside like fireworks?"
[almost.]
Lunar Primordial Sovereign's tone remained indifferent, but there was a subtle, almost imperceptible, wicked charm to that indifference.
[Given your physical strength at that time, the shockwave from a nuclear collision wouldn't even scratch your skin. You could even take a shower standing in the center of the blast, although I don't recommend it, as radioactive fallout is very difficult to wash off.]
Yun Jingheng imagined himself taking a shower in the center of a nuclear explosion, and his lips twitched.
His body was sore and weak, as if he had just run three non-stop marathons.
Forget about taking a shower in the center of a nuclear explosion; he doesn't even have the strength to stand up anymore, only enough to take two steps while holding onto the bulkhead.
"... So this is the price of skipping grades," he muttered to himself, his tone relatively calm.
"I skipped the Fourth Trial, Fifth Trial, and Sixth Trial and went straight to the Seventh Trial. My physical strength was still at the Soul Saint level. As a result, the aftershocks of two nuclear bombs and one God-Slaying Level almost killed me in the Launch Shaft silo I designed."
Do you regret it?
Yun Jingheng remained silent for a while.
Do you regret it?
If he hadn't skipped those tests, would Shrek have been reduced to ruins?
Will the civilians in the outer city die under the butcher's knife?
Will he be trapped in this pitch-black underground shelter, surviving on his last remaining oxygen for a few seconds?
meeting.
But if he hadn't skipped a level, he wouldn't have been able to cross space to descend during the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well incident.
Di Tian will seal Gu Yuena's memories, Tang Wulin will have his Golden Dragon King Bloodline taken away, Xie Xie, Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan will all be crushed into mincemeat by Di Tian's domain.
He chose to endure the agony of the Seventh Trial ahead of time, in exchange for a half-hour window of opportunity.
For half an hour, he stopped Di Tian, returned Gu Yuena's choice to her, and ensured that all Shrek Seven Devils survived to this day.
If given the chance again, he would still make the same choice.
No regrets.
He said in a low voice, "We made our choices back then, and now we have this mess. We chose this path, and we have to keep going, even if we have to crawl."
"Bang--!"
"Damn it! Damn it!" Qiangu Dongfeng roared in fury.
"Damn Evil Soul Master!"
When he roared those words, the veins on his forehead bulged out.
He was indeed the one who orchestrated the collusion with the Evil Soul Master.
Provide Shrek City 'Sea God Fate complete defense map, provide Xu Lizhi's unidentified active enzyme formula, arrange for the personal guard to enter the city under the guise of "rescue" after the attack to take over the defense, completely erase Shrek from the map, and allow the Qiangu Family's power to dominate the Federal Parliament.
The script was well-written, and every step was calculated with absolute precision.
But those Evil Soul Master didn't follow the script at all.
They agreed to launch a targeted attack only on the Core Area of the Shrek Academy, without affecting the civilians in the outer city. However, before launching the attack, they sent a massacre squad to kill everyone from house to house, starting from the base of the city walls, leaving no one alive, men, women, or children, turning the entire Shrek City into a dead city.
While he was still trying to stop them, a missile, seemingly out of nowhere, rose from Shrek God-Slaying Level, causing an airburst. Just as he was reacting, he discovered there was another missile near the Spirit Pagoda!
That one was detonated by the aftershock, and the Spirit Pagoda was instantly reduced to ruins!
My entire fortune is still there!
Family members, real estate, even false evidence left to clear oneself of suspicion!
It's all gone!
His son didn't even leave behind ashes!!!
As a result, those damned Evil Soul Master Evil Soul Master even turned around and sent all his communication records with them, material transfer vouchers, and even the defense map he personally signed, to the Federation!
He's been sold!
He was sold out completely, skin and bones, by those madmen he thought he could manipulate at will!