Yang Kai looked equally grim.
He had never expected that merely raising a Deepwater Flood Dragon King would lead to so many unforeseen developments.
Leaving aside the disappearance of Su Ling, the second young lady of the Longevity Family's Su Family, a level 70 Sealer vanishing into thin air alone was enough to cause a considerable stir.
"Sorry, I don't know!"
"My main job was to guard the Revival Platform and prevent Black Bear Ba from discovering anything wrong and escaping."
Wang Heng's face twisted viciously as he gripped Yang Kai's neck, squeezing harder and harder.
Accompanied by damage notifications, Yang Kai's health bar quickly bottomed out.
"If you weren't working for the Longevity Su Family, I'd erase your existence outright!"
"Get back to the Revival Platform!"
After killing Yang Kai, Wang Heng began a thorough sweep of Deepwater Cave.
Another three days passed. Wang Heng found nothing, but instead encountered Tate, the Little Bird Town Mayor, inside Deepwater Cave.
After defeating the Old Woman from the Sword of Light and the others, Tate had heard of an unusual development in Deepwater Cave and immediately come to investigate.
He would never have known without looking, but what he saw enraged him.
Not only had the Deepwater Flood Dragon King he and the Black Bear Guild were jointly raising failed, but his Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm breeding grounds were gone as well.
"Your name is Wang Heng, correct?"
"Answer me. Where are the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worms in my secret realm?"
"Do you know how much effort I spent raising those Deepwater Flood Dragon Worms?"
Leaning on his cane, Tate stared at Wang Heng with a dark expression.
Wang Heng was in an equally foul mood. Seeing a piece of trash who was merely level 50 dare to roar at him, his eyes narrowed, and he struck without hesitation.
But the next second, his Sealing Art was blocked by the other man's domain, "Forest World."
"It's not as though I haven't killed level 80 Sealers before!"
"Young fellow, I only want to know who killed my Deepwater Flood Dragon Worms."
"Of course, you can also try provoking this old man."
Tate lowered his eyelids slightly, traces of cold light seeping from the depths of his eyes.
Wang Heng's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, he actually sensed a terrifying aura from this NPC.
After a long silence, Wang Heng spoke.
"I don't know, but my younger brother came here to hunt down a new player named Zhou Heng. They may have fought inside the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Secret Realm."
"My brother was level 70. He may very well have been killed by that new player named Zhou Heng."
"I can't understand how that could have happened. If you know anything, sir, I hope you'll tell me."
A flicker of surprise passed through Tate's eyes.
Zhou Heng?
Wasn't that the young fellow I nominated to join the Black Bear Guild?
At that thought, Tate said without any change in expression,
"If I knew, I would tell you."
"But a new player killing a level 70 player? Unless something is wrong with your head, you could never say such a thing."
With that, Tate turned and disappeared into the darkness deep within Deepwater Cave...
"The statue disappeared. That involves the Ancient Hero System."
"Zhou Heng absolutely couldn't have killed a level 70 Sealer as a new player, so he could only have unlocked a quest related to the ancient heroes."
"So..."
Tate strolled through the darkness of Deepwater Cave, unable to suppress the frenzy and delight at the corners of his mouth.
Zhou Heng-he had to catch him.
As long as he caught him, he could unlock the Ancient Hero System and learn the truth of what had happened before the Sakaste Empire was founded.
"Zhou Heng, where are you? Show yourself quickly. Don't make this old man search so hard..."
Another three days passed. Including the time before, exactly seven days had gone by.
Zhou Heng took a deep breath, sitting upright at the head of the bed in His Own House. He visualized the world of Boundless Endless and logged into it.
[Logging into the online game "Boundless Endless"] [Welcome back to the world of "Boundless Endless"]
Zhou Heng opened his eyes and found himself still standing where he had logged out.
At that moment, Fate Hints surged in like a tide.
[The moment you logged into Boundless Endless, fate surged in like a tide] [Fate offers you hints] [Fate Hint 1: Tate, the Little Bird Town Mayor, casts his gaze toward you from 10 kilometers away. You have been exposed; a level 80 Sealer senses you from 8 kilometers away. You have only 87 seconds left. To survive this terrifying crisis, you must heed fate's guidance. Kill yourself immediately and revive in town] [Fate Hint 2: Stay where you are and wait...]
Zhou Heng's pupils contracted sharply. After reading the first Fate Hint, his hair stood on end. Not daring to hesitate in the slightest, he pulled out the Flood Dragon Horn Bow and quickly depleted his own 590 HP.
[You killed yourself] [Free revivals -1] [You are about to return to town]
[You have used 12s. You have only 75s left] [Fate offers you a hint]
Zhou Heng had just awakened on the Revival Platform when a faintly glowing arrow visible only to him shot out of his body and sped toward Little Bird Town's Teleportation Array.
Not daring to pause in the slightest, Zhou Heng equipped the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), activated Burning Rage, and followed the arrow at full speed.
"Hm? That direction..."
Tate was seven kilometers away. His expression shifted as he saw Zhou Heng's location through his senses.
The main reason he had left a means of detection in Deepwater Cave was to guard against Zhou Heng logging out of their world.
Although his guess had been correct, wasn't this outcome a little off?
An ordinary player logging into the Boundless Endless World should have returned to town at a leisurely pace. Why had he suddenly returned to town?
Players at this stage had no access to Teleportation Scrolls. Never mind Zhou Heng-even those people from the Longevity Family couldn't break the rules of the Boundless Endless World.
In other words, Zhou Heng's sudden return to town could only mean he had killed himself to return.
But why would he kill himself to return to town?
There should no longer have been any danger inside Deepwater Cave. Or had he noticed something?
Tate's expression turned utterly grim. He absolutely would not allow the Ancient Hero System to slip away right under his nose. He had to intercept Zhou Heng before he left Little Bird Town, especially when the teleportation destination was Frost City.
A dense, dark aura surged around Tate. The next second, his speed soared, and he shot toward Little Bird Town like a bolt of lightning.
Elsewhere, Wang Heng stared at the screen of light in his hand, coldness swirling in his eyes.
If he hadn't believed at first that Zhou Heng could have killed his younger brother, now he was beginning to believe it.
What Zhou Heng had done was definitely not something an ordinary new player would do.
What player would kill himself to return to town the moment he logged into the Boundless Endless World? And judging by his route, he was heading straight for the teleportation point.
Clearly, Zhou Heng had already completed his first class advancement and was qualified to use the Teleportation Array.
"Zhou Heng, whether you killed my brother or not, you owe me an explanation!!"
Wang Heng strode forward, likewise racing toward Little Bird Town at tremendous speed.
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