Chapter 487 Do you want eternal life?

　　Living Room.

　　Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, Baili Chubby, Jia Lan, and Zhou Ping were five people sitting at the table, their expressions all a bit gloomy ……

　　except for Zhou Ping.

　　”Senior Sword Saint, the strength of that Wind Vein Earth Dragon has exceeded our capabilities, so ……” Lin Qiye spoke with deliberation.

　　”Leave it to me.” Zhou Ping nodded slightly, “But, right now in this city, I can’t feel its aura.”

　　”Could they have already left here?” Baili Chubby couldn’t help but ask, “After all, it was more than ten days ago when they attacked Squad 008, so with such a long period of time having passed, it doesn’t make sense for them to still be in Lin Tang, right?”

　　Lin Qiye frowned slightly and pondered for a long time ……

　　”No, it’s unlikely.” Lin Qiye slowly spoke, “[Believers] taking the initiative to attack a resident Vigilante squad, this kind of thing has never happened before, indicating that if it wasn’t a necessary situation, they wouldn’t take the initiative to mess with a local Vigilante squad, let alone a top ranked team like 008.”

　　”Could it be that they aren’t [Believers] at all? Those words Jiang’er heard were just a front?”

　　”I don’t think they would lie when faced with a bunch of corpses.”

　　”Also ……”

　　”If they are indeed [Believers], and they also took the initiative to obliterate the local Night’s Watch squad, then I can only think of one possibility.” Lin Qiye’s eyes narrowed slightly, “They’re going to do a big thing, and while this big thing is going on, there’s a chance that it’ll be discovered by squad 008 and thus reported back to the higher-ups ……

　　They won’t allow this to happen, so they will not hesitate to use the first seat to kill squad 008 silently, as long as they are dead, no one will be able to ventilate and report to the higher-ups.

　　From this assumption, many more things could be introduced.

　　For example, this matter had some sort of limitation and could only be accomplished in Lin Tang City.

　　If they had a choice, they could have avoided Lin Tang City and gone to a city like Anta County where the Night’s Watch’s defenses were weak to complete it, and the fact that they preferred to stay here against the pressure of Squad 008 meant that they didn’t have a choice.

　　In other words, they’re most likely still in Lin Tang City.”

　　After hearing Lin Qiye’s explanation, a look of sudden realization appeared on the faces of the crowd.

　　”Then where should we start our investigation?” Cao Yuan asked.

　　Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, “Chubby, go find Jiang’er and ask if there’s anything strange happening in Lin Tang City during this recent period?”

　　Baili Fatty hmmmed and walked into the lab.

　　A few moments later, he returned to the living room.

　　”Jiang’er said that she can’t leave the location of her body due to the limitations of her ability, so she’s not very clear about the city’s situation, but …… recently, earthquakes seem to be more frequent in Lin Tang.”

　　”Earthquakes?”

　　”She said that three earthquakes happened in more than ten days after the murder of squad 008, although the magnitude was all very slight, but earthquakes like this are too rare in Lin Tang, so it’s considered strange.”

　　Lin Qiye leaned on the back of his chair and slowly closed his eyes, his knuckles unconsciously tapping on the desktop as he focused on his thoughts.

　　[Believer], Squad 008, First Seat, Earthquake ……

　　”Could it be that what they’re about to do, is underground?” Lin Qiye muttered.

　　If the other party’s goal was underground, then things would be better instead, his and Anqingyu’s Sky Dragnet specializes in searching the underground, but the problem was that Anqingyu’s Rat Tide takes time to form, and it’s daytime now, so it’s impossible to mobilize nocturnal creatures to probe ……

　　”In this case, Jia Lan and I will first go to the Geology Bureau to check for earthquake related clues, Cao Yuan, Chubby, you two go out on the streets to visit and see if there’s anything else strange that’s happened recently in the city of Lin Tang besides earthquakes.” Lin Qiye quickly made a decision.

　　”Good.”

　　”Sword Saint senior, do you want to go with us to the geology bureau or go with them to visit?” Lin Qiye looked at Zhou Ping.

　　The corners of Zhou Ping’s mouth twitched slightly, “I, I …… think it’s enough for you guys to go, I’ll just wait here, and if I detect any unusual aura fluctuations, I’ll just step in.”

　　”…… That’s fine too.”

　　After assigning the tasks, Lin Qiye, Jia Lan, Cao Yuan, and Fatty immediately moved off and left in different directions.

　　Lin Tang City.

　　Manor.

　　Underground.

　　Shen Qingzhu moved his hands away from that gray altar, swept his eyes over the surroundings, gently pressed his hands against his temples, walked a bit flutteringly, and put on an appearance of mental energy overdraft.

　　”Little Shen, take a rest.”

　　The Ninth Seat walked past him, his face was a little pale, and his mental strength seemed to have overdrawn quite a bit as well.

　　Shen Qingzhu nodded, and the two of them walked up a flight of stairs to the courtyard, feeling the long-lost sunlight and letting out a long sigh of relief.

　　In these two months or so, in addition to sleeping and eating every day, they went underground to pour spiritual power into the altar, Shen Qingzhu almost thought that [believers] had changed their profession to become slaves ……

　　Of course, it was hard work on the surface, but it was impossible for him to pour spiritual energy into it.

　　This altar was too bizarre, although he didn’t know what would happen after it was completely activated, but it certainly wasn’t a good thing, Shen Qingzhu poured in one less portion of spiritual energy, its activation time would be later, and the probability of generating variables would be greater.

　　But what puzzled him was that obviously so much time had passed, and several minor earthquakes had occurred during the revival of the altar, how come the Vigilante squad stationed in Lin Tang had not reacted yet?

　　During this period, Shen Qingzhu tried several times to find an opportunity to leave the manor and secretly pass the information out, but for one thing, he didn’t know where the Night’s Watch stationed in Lin Tang was, and for another, he didn’t have the opportunity to leave the manor.

　　For more than two months, their daily supplies were procured by the seventh and ninth seats going out and purchasing, and they would purchase a month’s share back at a time, even if Shen Qingzhu wanted to leave the place, he didn’t have a suitable excuse.

　　In the courtyard, the ninth seat took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one for himself, and handed another one to Shen Qingzhu.

　　Shen Qingzhu lightly snapped his fingers, and two clusters of fire flared up, lighting the cigarette.

　　The ninth seat took a deep breath and slowly spat it out, “The altar’s spiritual power infusion is almost done, it is estimated that after another two or three days, it can be completely revived, this kind of ghost day I really have had enough ……”

　　Shen Qingzhu’s gaze slightly condensed when he heard these words.

　　He flicked the ashes of his cigarette and slowly spoke, “This kind of day, it’s really not a human life, this is using us as slaves ah ……”

　　”After all, it’s Lord Raving’s order, even if it’s a bit tiring, it can’t be helped.” The ninth seat shook his head.

　　”Right.” Shen Qingzhu seemed to have remembered something, “The food in the manor is all finished, so we might need to make one more purchase.”

　　Hearing this, the Ninth Seat let out a long sigh.

　　”What’s wrong?” Shen Qingzhu asked.

　　”You are the one who hasn’t gone shopping with that woman from the seventh seat, going out for procurement with her is really more tiring than being a slave here.” The ninth seat shakily stood up from the ground and took a step towards the house, “I’ll go and call her, hurry up and go buy all the things while it’s still dark, tomorrow I really don’t want to go out.”

　　”Is your state okay?” Shen Qingzhu stood up, “Your spiritual power is overdrawn too much, it feels like you’re already about to pass out.”

　　”Well …… it shouldn’t be much of a problem.” The ninth seat waved his hand.

　　Shen Qingzhu’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the Ninth Seat’s departing back, seemingly hesitating about something.

　　In the end, he still made up his mind and followed the ninth seat over.

　　He reached out his hand and gently slapped it on the ninth seat’s back.

　　A sense of dizziness caused by the lack of oxygen suddenly surged through the ninth seat’s heart, and his eyes rolled over as he fell straight backward.

　　Shen Qingzhu reached out to catch him, looked at the unconscious pale face, and muttered:

　　”I said …… you’re already about to pass out.”