Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 383: Chapter 182 Execution_2

”Why have the creatures of Black Origin City come to the Heavenly Kingdom?” Li Yelai inquired.

As he understood it, the Forbidden Zones generally didn’t get along well.

Although they all united against humans, they also targeted each other in their conflicts.

Termed the Disaster Forbidden Zones, their only commonality was their method of invading the Physical World.

In reality, they had different civilizations and races, and there were animosities amongst them.

There had been battles between Forbidden Zones in the past, with armies deploying and battling so fiercely that even the Supreme Forbidden Zone leaders died.

This caused any nearby witnessing human experts to laugh like they were watching a comedy!

So, Li Yelai found it difficult to understand why the creatures of Black Origin City had come to the Heavenly Kingdom.

Sure, they could come! If you bring the armies of Black Origin City crashing into the Heavenly Kingdom, exchanging brutal blows with the twelve-winged archangels, that would be one thing.

The experts from Giant City would probably laugh and cheer immediately.

But this team didn’t look like they were here for battle.

”Before we humans are completely defeated, they won’t engage in an all-out conflict,” explained Little Mad King, ”The Forbidden Zones do communicate among themselves, albeit rarely. However, since some human traitors entered the Forbidden Zones, they have been trying to form a Forbidden Zone Alliance, which has somewhat increased the frequency of their interactions. Mei Wu is one of them; her curse is effective even against the Forbidden Zone creatures. She’s quite the diplomat...”

”Damn, what a treacherous person!” Li Yelai cursed softly, his disdain for human traitors deepening.

Human traitors, wanting to prevent retribution, were the most eager for humanity to fail. For their own safety, they did everything possible to strengthen the connections among the Forbidden Zones—even more so than the Forbidden Zone creatures themselves!

”So, what should we do?” asked Li Yelai, ”Shall we let them be since they have come?”

”What?” Little Mad King was confused.

”From Analects, it means since they’ve come here, let’s bury them here,” Li Yelai responded, ”Isn’t that the message?”

Little Mad King was speechless, finding Li Yelai’s interpretation of the Analects somewhat bizarre.

However, the team from Black Origin City was not too large or too small, and seemed to include some significant figures. If possible, wiping them all out might also stir up trouble between Black Origin City and the Heavenly Kingdom.

Little Mad King’s eyes flashed, ”The strength of the two giants and the Golden Armored Heavy Cavalry is almost at the Fifth Sense, the Walking Knights are at the Fourth Sense... it’s indeed worth a try... but it’s too close...”

Little Mad King indeed had the capacity; she was a Sixth Sense expert and the strongest assassin from the Netherworld Path of Giant City. There was a chance she could take down this group.

But they were too close to the Heavenly Kingdom, and if she couldn’t rapidly eliminate all enemies, the experts from the Heavenly Kingdom would surely notice, then there would be trouble.

The Heavenly Kingdom wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to hunt down a Sixth Sense human expert.

Moreover, if this team was intercepted, their current plan to eliminate human traitors would be declared a failure.

The Heavenly Kingdom would certainly take notice, and it might even bring disaster to those comrades who had approached or even infiltrated the Forbidden Zone.

Little Mad King sighed, ”What a pity...”

The two could only watch from the hillside as the convoy from Black Origin City continued on its way.

Later, they returned to the abandoned town they were in before.

Seeing that it was now 2 a.m., Li Yelai spoke, ”It’s my turn to keep watch, you get some rest.”

”Mm, it’s all yours,” Little Mad King nodded slightly.

She immediately took off her overcoat, revealing her figure in a tight leather outfit underneath.

She then crawled into the sleeping bag Li Yelai had used before.

”It’s quite warm,” Little Mad King noted the temperature inside the sleeping bag.

”Damn it, next time I’ll take the first watch!” Li Yelai complained, but then, feeling that the statement was inappropriate, he amended, ”Next time I’ll bring a new sleeping bag.”

Little Mad King’s lips curled up, and she closed her eyes, ”Goodnight, teammate.”

”Goodnight.”

Afterward, Li Yelai went to a corner to check his belongings.

Summoning Bell, ark tickets, a small cloth pouch given by Doll, and a black box.

This box was specially made by several great craftsmen to block Spiritual Energy.

Inside the box was a token given to Li Yelai by the Supreme Leader Jin Shan from the Forbidden Zone.

At that moment, the remains of the Supreme Vast were also placed there to prevent the fluctuation of Spiritual Energy from being detected by others.

Li Yelai stared at the box lost in thought, wondering if taking this token to find the team he had just encountered could allow him to make use of them.

...

As the sky brightened, the two had a quick meal and then set off in the car again.

Being humans, they naturally couldn’t enter the Heavenly Kingdom as conspicuously as the convey from Black Origin City.

Instead, they had to take secret paths discovered by Ye Boshou.

It was these paths that had once caused heavy losses to Ye Boshou.

The betrayal of Mei Wu years ago had a direct impact when she disclosed all the secret routes she knew, resulting in many Ye Boshou being ambushed and slaughtered.

It is said that the Spiritual Ability Family of Number Two Border City, the Ma Family, suffered heavy losses during that betrayal.

What chilled people to the bone was that Mei Wu had once received support from the Ma Family, with whom she had good relations. The Magic Potion that awakened her Fourth Sense had also been provided by the Ma Family.

As a result, several strong members of the Ma Family were captured and personally executed by Mei Wu. No one knew what kind of monster she had become.

Fortunately, the secret routes between the different border cities were kept confidential, otherwise the losses for humans would have been even greater.

Today, the two of them needed to head to one of these secret routes.

”Pay attention to these features,” the Little Mad King, who was driving, reminded.

Li Yelai nodded in response and noted the features along the way.

After driving for several hours, as it was about to get dark,

the vehicle entered a long-abandoned tunnel within a valley, but the tunnel had already collapsed.

”Are we spending the night here?” Li Yelai asked, ”If we get discovered in this terrain, won’t it be difficult to escape?”

One end of the tunnel was blocked, and if the enemy blocked the other exit, wouldn’t that trap them like turtles in a jar? This didn’t seem like an ideal stronghold.

The Little Mad King shook his head, ”This is one of the routes we control. Even if we are discovered, we have other escape routes.”

He didn’t stop the vehicle, but instead drove straight over the rubble, passing over the collapsed boulders.

Surprisingly, they drove right out of the tunnel, crossed a large pile of debris, and the vehicle entered a densely wooded valley with the sound of a waterfall in the distance.

After driving through the valley with difficulty for a while, the forest suddenly cleared, and what appeared before Li Yelai was a man-made platform behind a waterfall.

The platform, constructed inside the waterfall and concealed by it, was highly secretive.

It was like the Curtain Cave...

Li Yelai even saw an armored off-road vehicle on the platform. Had colleagues been here, or were they still here?

”This is one of our bases, codenamed Curtain Cave. It’s also where we park our vehicles and leave messages,” the Little Mad King got out of the car, circled another vehicle, and then, from a corner of the rocky wall on the platform, took out two leather papers.

After reading one of them, the Little Mad King smiled, ”So it is, it’s your team of Ye Boshou, the Hu Ben Team.”

”Hu Ben?” Li Yelai was taken aback. He was certainly familiar with the Hu Ben Team.

The ’seduction’ tactic had been formulated by them for Li Yelai.

Previously, they talked about a secret mission, and after briefing Li Yelai, they left Giant City overnight.

Unexpectedly, their secret mission was the same as Li Yelai’s, to kill Mei Wu.

”No, their task was to assist in the killing of Mei Wu. You are the main force,” the Little Mad King replied, ”They, as well as I, can’t resist Mei Wu’s curse. We can only assist you in other ways.”

Li Yelai nodded, then asked, ”Where are they now?”

”According to the code, they arrived here on the night of the 16th. They probably traveled at night, and with the ability of Spiritual Eyes Path, even without car lights, there would be no impact. They must have arrived much faster than us.”

”Three days ago? So they must have already entered the Forbidden Zone?” Li Yelai enquired.

”Yes. With the speed of Chasing Wind, they would have enough time to make the round trip,” the Little Mad King replied, looking at the second piece of information, his expression changing slightly, ”Chasing Wind came back here a few hours ago and brought news from inside the Forbidden Zone.”

Li Yelai took the second piece of leather paper, and with just one look, he felt a raging fury.

”The Heavenly Kingdom has captured three Ye Boshou from Number Two Border City and will execute them on the 25th!”