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259: Chapter 256: The Abandoned Underground City?

After returning to his territory, Mu Ying first made a trip to the copper coin pawnshop.

Since Tongbi 559 had paid a high price for that bronze coffin, maybe he knew something about that tomb.

“A tomb?

No, no, no, that’s not a tomb.

Judging from the eye-shaped engravings on the bronze coffin, the flame patterns on the coins, and the messages you brought back, that place is likely the historic Guland Underground City.

Underground Cities are paradises for adventurers, filled with countless secret rooms and treasures; of course, there are also many dangers, where risks and opportunities co-exist.

Every adventurer who dies there is also a treasure for those who come after.

As long as you pay the entrance fee, everything you find inside you can take with you.

The Guland Underground City is even more exceptional among Underground Cities.

Its original inhabitants were particularly skilled with traps and mechanisms, and its entrance is a labyrinth that is constantly changing.

Legend has it that there is a Ghost Spring in the city, black as ink, yet a panacea for all diseases, capable of healing all pain, and even provides a permanent increase to all attributes on the first drink, which is extremely precious.

Whether this is true or false is now difficult to discern.

Because a thousand years ago, the Guland Underground City already disappeared, and no one expected it to appear here.

According to your description, the tomb that the Ghoul occupies probably isn’t the entrance to the Underground City.

The fact that a hole appeared that could be opened by a Ghoul, and that you could even break through the stone wall trap with the Stone Shaping Technique, suggests that there must be something wrong with the Underground Core, maybe even broken.

Who knows what happened.

Without the Underground Core, the dangers of the Underground City are much lower.

If it wasn’t for my lack of talent and strength, I would want to go on an adventure myself and search for that legendary Ghost Spring,” Tongbi 559 said, clearly envious.

“Are you planning to go explore?

I can use my authority to request to bring you a Space Ring at a discounted price, but if you find the Ghost Spring, you must give me a share, just one sip will do.”

Tongbi 559’s mind was racing with calculations.

If it weren’t for his insufficient attributes, who would give up cultivation to become a merchant?

Even as a merchant, he would have more opportunities to expand his reach after advancing in strength.

All attributes boost, after all, is something one stumbles upon but cannot seek.

Mu Ying shook her head, “I already have a Space Ring.

Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to stay in that Underground City for half a month.

As for the Ghost Spring, it’s still unseen and uncertain whether it’s real.

Even if it is, according to what you’ve said, if the Underground Core itself is broken, whether the spring still exists or not is unknown.

So I can’t make any guarantees.

If it really does exist and there’s a substantial amount, I think there would be few people in this territory who could afford it.

Just have your money ready.”

What she didn’t say was that if there really was a permanent attribute boost, the Ghost Spring could be much more valuable than a Space Ring.

Perhaps players currently mostly lack spatial items, but judging by these foreign shopkeepers, spatial items aren’t so rare outside of Deep Blue Star.

These shopkeepers that seemed to be living better than the players were actually not much more advanced than the players themselves.

They just had accumulated professional abilities and wealth from the past.

Every player had to start from scratch.

The Doomsday Game had almost wiped out all material possessions of the Deep Blue Star people and changed the rules of the entire world; that’s why the players were so poor.

But the players were growing rapidly, especially those with good attributes and talents.

In the future, they would likely surpass most of these foreign shopkeepers.

Tongbi 559’s clever plans shattered with a snap; this Lord wasn’t easy to deceive!

The other party didn’t need a Space Ring, and control was entirely in her hands.

He had no choice but to nod helplessly.

Mu Ying remained outwardly calm, giving the impression that she could take or leave the Ghost Spring, but inside she was very excited.

A permanent boost to all attributes from the spring water, especially when the Core is broken, a weakened version of the Underground City—only a fool would not dive in to explore.

And it’s not enough just to explore; this place, abandoned and unclaimed, would be a waste if its many mechanisms and passageways weren’t utilized.

So, Mu Ying asked, “If I set up a Sub-camp there, could I enclose the entire Underground City as my territory?” Mu Ying was eager at the thought.

If she could bring that land into her territory, then exploration would be much easier, plus she would feel much more at ease with a Transmission Array as a backup.

Tongbi 559 glanced at her sideways.

She was even more business-minded than him, but he liked it.

If it was possible, having a Sub-camp and its Transmission Array would give him the confidence to go explore himself.

After pondering and stroking his chin, he said, “In theory, it’s possible.

If there are Monsters within, they could be expelled.

Even if the area of the Underground City is large, you could enclose it with several Sub-camps.”

Hearing this, what was there to wait for?

Mu Ying immediately converted a large amount of energy and flew to the cliffside tomb, choosing to build a Sub-camp there.

However, things didn’t unfold as she had hoped.

The construction of the Sub-camp failed.

“It failed?” Tongbi 559 was eagerly awaiting good news from Mu Ying!

He paced around the shop with his potbelly, “How could that be?”

“The traps are also one-time use now.

With a Ghoul breaking into the tomb and no one to tend to it, it indicates that the original inhabitants of Guland are indeed gone.”

“You were able to break through the wall and escape, so the building protection spell must have failed, yet the Sub-camp still could not be constructed, which clearly indicates an incompatibility.”

“Could it be that the Underground Core has simply run low on energy and entered a dormant state?

No, that’s not right.

Even if it went dormant, the main structure would definitely remain undamaged.

How did the Ghoul manage to make a hole?”

“With the original inhabitants gone, the Queen of Guland must have had an accident too; she’s probably died.

When the Master dies, the Underground Core would definitely also shatter.”

“Now that the Underground Core still exists and isn’t dormant, I got it!

Legend has it that when an Underground City develops to a certain Stage, the Core will split, and there must be a newly born Underground Core here!”

Mu Ying felt that Tongbi 559 was talking in a disoriented, rambling manner at this point.

She extracted a bit of information from his words: if the Master had died, the Underground City would have fallen into disuse, but the Sub-camp not being buildable means the Underground Core is still there, so it seems that before the old Underground Core shattered, it split off a new Core.

There was a sudden slap sound that startled Mu Ying.

It turned out that Tongbi 559, the more he talked, the more excited he became, he even thought about going to find the new core right away.

But as he reached the door, he stopped, and suddenly slapped himself hard, not holding back at all and a bright red handprint appeared on his face.

Mu Ying was baffled, “Why would you be so hard on your own face?” His face was so swollen; could it have been hit by himself too many times?