Chapter 114
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was 9 . 20 p . m . Lin Huang arrived at the Xia Temple in the Xia Palace ruins earlier than he expected .
Looking at the monitoring system which did not have a blind spot on either side and the huge crowd, he could not attack . He looked around, waited patiently for a chance .
When it was almost 9 . 50 p . m . , a sound was heard from the speakers at each of the exhibition halls at the same time .
"Attention visitors . . . The Xia Palace ruins operates from 8 a . m . to 10 p . m . We'll be closing in just a moment . You may now leave the exhibition hall in an orderly fashion . Please don't stay after the exhibition hall closes . We'll have our cleaning staff to clean up the hall later… We hope you visit us again soon! Thank you for your cooperation, and we hope you have a good evening," the announcer said .
Visitors were not allowed to enter the Xia Palace ruins after 9 . 30 p . m . Despite saying that the operating hours were only until 10 p . m . , it was usually closed after 10 . 30 p . m . They would usually inform the visitors to leave 40 minutes in advance .
Listening to the announcement, Lin Huang immediately hid in the toilet .
Slightly after 10 p . m . , there was almost no one at the Xia Temple ruins and the security staff began to sweep the venue for any hiding stragglers .
Although, it was strange that the security staff did not check any of the other places . Instead, they headed directly towards the toilet where Lin Huang was hiding .
Their footsteps became more audible in the empty exhibition hall .
Lin Huang could hear it when they were still quite a distance from where he was . He immediately used the Specific Transformation Card, transforming into a ghostly form and passed through the wall next to him .
"You don't have to hide anymore . Your transformation might fool our eyes but our master can still sense you!" A bearded man said; he was the leader of the crowd . The crowd had now stationed itself in front of the cubicle nearest to the toilet .
Suddenly, there was a loud bang! They kicked down the door of the cubicle . They were all stunned as nobody was inside the cubicle .
The security staff exchanged glances with each other and asked, "Why is no one here?"
"Check the other cubicles now!" the bearded man bellowed the order loudly .
They kicked down the rest of the doors and still, there were no traces of Lin Huang anywhere .
"Could it be possible that our Master . . . made a mistake?" They looked for Lin Huang again in the small toilet and left helplessly .
"I can't believe that Form Changer didn't work . Luckily I have the Specific Transformation Cards with me," Lin Huang said with a nervous smile . He slowly emerged from the wall and patted his chest in relief .
He stole a glance and realized that the people had left . Then, he came down to the ground with his ghostly form and headed towards the direction of the parasites .
After about five minutes, Lin Huang finally arrived at the entrance of an underground cave .
The underground cave did not look much like a karst [1] cave . It looked like a fault space that was formed due to movements in the fault-blocks instead .
The area was in pitch black darkness . Thanks to Lin Huang's Boundless Vision , he was able to see without difficulty even under such circumstances .
Since he was now at the base of the toilet, he could not determine which direction to proceed . He then asked Xiao Hei for help .
"Xiao Hei, which direction is the unusual energy coming from?"
"It's coming from the two o'clock direction," Xiao Hei responded .
"Wait, I guess it will not be able to sense my existence in this form . But it should be able to sense yours, right?" Lin Huang asked .
"It's only residual energy so the strength of its Will and abilities are limited . I've shielded my energy waves so it would not notice me beyond a distance of 100 meters," Xiao Hei said .
"Clever!" Lin Huang said and gave it a thumbs-up .
"Thank you for your compliment but I think you're not qualified to use that term yourself, yet . " Xiao Hei replied coldly .
"Damn! I rarely compliment you and you're saying that I have low intellect? Do you believe that I'll be stupid enough to turn back to Xiagong City now?" Lin Huang questioned Goldfinger .
"Do you believe that I'll now activate all the remaining mission cards that you have?" Xiao Hei threatened in response .
"… Just great . " Lin Huang said in defeat . He had no choice but to agree with it . He could still remember those days when he had to accomplish tasks from mission cards . He had said earlier that he wanted to activate the last mission card that he had . However, he had been busy practicing his Life Skills and had forgotten about it .
"When I return to Wulin Town, I'll use the mission card immediately!" Lin Huang said confidently . He was determined this time . However, he would always get difficult tasks when he activated mission cards at the last minute . He was afraid of mission cards now, and Xiao Hei knew his weakness .
Following Xiao Hei's direction, Lin Huang discovered the unusual energy that Xiao Hei mentioned after a few turns . There was a giant net of vines surrounding the unusual energy .
The energy source was a big, spherical, energy-based object with a diameter of about 10 meters and released a dazzling white light like a mini sun .
The light shone on Lin Huang's body and made him feel like his Life Power rotations became smoother . Apparently, such an energy had positive effects on human as well as the monsters . Otherwise, the vine-like monster would not entangle itself with the glowing sphere .
Lin Huang had never seen the vine-like monster in his monster guide before .
It had a blood-colored surface and each vine was roughly the circumference of an adults' arm . However, Lin Huang could not estimate how long its length was .
It looked like a bloody giant python had tangled itself around the glowing object as if it was guarding it and the treasure belonged to itself .
Lin Huang noticed that there was a purple bloom on vines every 10 centimeters .
They looked like dandelions which were a little fuzzy . However, they were even smaller and purple in color .
The flowers were beautiful but Lin Huang frowned as he saw them .
He recognized the flowers . It was actually a cluster of parasites . Each flower contained at least a hundred leech pods and he could now see that there were more than a hundred purple flowers here .
"Only a bronze-level and it could take over tens of thousands of people, turning them into hosts for parasites . If it were upgraded to a transcendent, a B-grade foothold like Xiagong City would be destroyed…" Lin Huang thought, and shuddered .
Looking at the leech pods that were floating around in the air, he noticed them gradually float up towards a crack high up in the cavern . Lin Huang finally knew how the monster transported the parasites to the surface, infecting the people of Xiaoxia City with parasites .
Despite Xiaoxia City being only a D-grade foothold, there was still a detection system at the entrance of the foothold . The parasites could hardly enter the foothold .
Furthermore, this species was living underneath the Xiagong Ruins . Since it was at the center of Xiaoxia City, the dispersal of the leech pods was way too easy . These seeds could be transported to the ground at the Xiagong Ruins through the cracks . Despite the opening being tiny, the leech pods were completely made of Life Power and under the control of their master, changing their form and path would not be a problem . The leech pods could be spread no matter how small the crack was .
The Xiagong Ruins was so crowded during the daytime . It was a piece of cake for the parasites to live inside a host of its choice .
Moreover, this species of parasites had never appeared before and it was a new species of parasites . It could not be detected with the devices they had now . Even if the leech pods were to leave the ruins of Xiagong together with the host, it would not stop at the exits . Also, it could be dispersed out of the Xiagong Ruins along with the winds…
Lin Huang was terrified as he thought of all the possibilities and consequences . If these parasites were given sufficient time, perhaps all the citizens in Xiagong City would be infected .
"We definitely can't have these parasites control the city!" Lin Huang said to Xiao Hei .
Upon closer observation of the surroundings, Lin Huang did not waste any more time and summoned Charcoal . Charcoal immediately pounced on the giant python-like vine .
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