But the " Hunter " is different; it is a combat-based class second only to the "Warrior".
Once they awaken, they will all be incorporated.
Having finally caught Liu Xuangang, who was not officially part of the organization, they should have detained him.
Liu Xuangang knew he couldn't hide it from her, so he said, "Yes, they let me come back because they want me to do something."
Chapter 54
Xiao Yunjie looked serious and asked, "What is it?"
Xiao Yunjie was overjoyed that Liu Xuangang had returned alive, but this joy was followed by worry.
The bigwigs in the Fortress are not kind-hearted people. You can tell from their attitude towards the Garbage Mountain that the refugees are not considered human beings at all, probably not even as good as the cats and dogs in the city.
Logically, they should have detained Liu Xuangang, but they released him instead.
Do something?
This matter is perhaps more dangerous than death.
Liu Xuangang paused for a moment before slowly saying, "He told me to take men and dig out the Earth Temple."
Xiao Yunjie: " Earth Temple? The village shrine?"
Liu Xuangang: "... Yes."
Xiao Yunjie's mind raced. "How to excavate it? You mean those iron ore deposits? Aren't they redundant backups for the isolation zone? How come..."
Liu Xuangang: "It's not just iron ore, um... he said it contains a considerable number of Awakening Stone..."
Xiao Yunjie: "What he wants are those Awakening Stone?"
Liu Xuangang nodded.
Xiao Yunjie asked him again, "Who is he?"
Liu Xuangang: "He said his name was Fan Cang."
Xiao Yunjie: "People from the Fan Clan Arpels conglomerate?"
Liu Xuangang: "Yes, he looks very young, only about twenty years old. I don't know his exact status or position in the Fan Clan, but he can freely enter and leave the First Prison and easily release me, so his identity must be extraordinary."
Xiao Yunjie frowned, deep in thought, "Why?"
She was talking to herself, more like.
This doesn't make sense, and it's completely inexplicable.
The disciples of the Fan Clan found Liu Xuangang in prison, released him, and then ordered him to hollow out the village temple...
Admittedly, Awakening Stone are very scarce, and if there were a large quantity, it would be a considerable temptation even for the tycoons within the Fortress.
The problem is, given such abundant resources, why would Fan Cang hand them over to Liu Family Village for excavation? Shouldn't he have organized a team of Awakened to excavate them?
Moreover... wouldn't simply hollowing out the redundant backup of the isolation zone lead to endless troubles?
What exactly does that person want to do?
Liu Xuangang added, "I initially refused... What if the barrier breaks after hollowing out the temple? Our village has already suffered one beast tide; if another one comes, we simply can't withstand it."
Xiao Yunjie looked at her husband.
Liu Xuangang continued, "But he told me that the temple is unrelated to the buffer zone, and even if it were dug out, it wouldn't affect the current buffer zone. This Earth Temple was just an alternative plan left over when the buffer zone was built. Later, the Heaven Temple was chosen, um, that's the golden temple outside the current buffer zone..."
Xiao Yunjie grasped the key point. "If they're useless, why would the Fortress's conglomerate abandon such a large amount of resources?"
Liu Xuangang paused.
Xiao Yunjie stared at him. "This Earth Temple is the second line of defense after the isolation zone was breached, right?"
Liu Xuangang nodded emphatically. "That's right."
Xiao Yunjie's voice was sharp. "That Fan Cang actually wants to breach the second line of defense! What are his intentions? Does he really believe the isolation zone won't be compromised?"
Liu Xuangang remained silent.
Xiao Yunjie: "How could you take on something like this? If something happens to the safety barrier, with the Earth Temple there, our village..."
Liu Xuangang suddenly looked up, gazing into his wife's eyes. "It's useless."
Xiao Yunjie's words came to an abrupt halt as a flash of inspiration struck her.
"Why do the politicians of this important Earth Temple and Fortress allow us to live here for generations? They don't even send anyone to supervise us, letting us develop freely and reproduce..."
"Why..."
"... human sacrifice."
As Liu Xuangang's deep voice fell, the room fell into a deathly silence; even the two men's breathing froze.
The Earth Temple is the second line of defense for the Garbage Mountain. Once the isolation zone supported by the Heaven Temple collapses, the Earth Temple will rise from the ground and become the new isolation zone.
The villagers of Liu Family Village, who lived around the temple, should have been able to escape the calamity if they had simply hidden within the second line of defense.
But obviously...
Things aren't that simple.
The establishment of this Earth Temple required several key elements, and the villagers of Liu Family Village were one of them.
They are like the iron ore underground, becoming part of the isolation zone, using their flesh and blood to build a solid wall of isolation.
This is why the Ink City Fortress allowed the Liu Family Village to settle in the temple.
Xiao Yunjie's voice trembled slightly. "Did Fan Cang tell you all of this?"
Liu Xuangang nodded.
Xiao Yunjie didn't ask any further questions.
Fan Cang had no reason to deceive Liu Xuangang.
Even if Fan Cang hadn't said these things, Liu Xuangang wouldn't have been able to refuse his arrangement.
In this area of Ink City, a
Even a minor member of a branch of the Fan family could easily destroy the entire Liu Family Village.
After a long silence, Xiao Yunjie spoke up, "We need to keep the iron ore."
Liu Xuangang was taken aback and looked at his wife.
Xiao Yunjie had regained her usual composure, her dark eyes unfathomable. "Since it's a dead end no matter what, we might as well take this opportunity to strengthen the village."
She said to Liu Xuangang, " Fan Cang's goal is definitely not the resources beneath the Earth Temple. He wants those Awakening Stone and to destroy the second line of defense, which means the first line of defense won't hold for long either... In that case, we should hurry up and excavate resources to arm ourselves, so that even if something really happens, we'll have the means to escape."
Liu Xuangang frowned. "... But our village's technology is outdated. Even if we get iron ore, we can't refine it, let alone utilize it. If we sell it to the Fortress, it will definitely..."