Free Web NovelZhao Qingcang listened in silence, his expression gradually becoming serious.
"I told Deng Shuai about my guesses and the strange deaths of professionals outside."
“I begged him, I begged him to come out of the coffin right now.”
"But......"
Qi Zhenyun sighed again.
"However, Marshal Deng did not believe it at all. At that time, he was like a man possessed and became extremely stubborn."
"He insists that it was just a coincidence, that the unknown beast from the ruins had escaped and was wreaking havoc outside."
"The Sealed Spirit Coffin restored his original power and gave him hope to live."
"Therefore, he was unwilling to leave the Sealed Spirit Coffin no matter what."
"I'm still hoping that this coffin can completely heal his injuries and allow him to return to his peak condition."
"I didn't have any better options at the time."
"The only thing we can do is try to minimize the impact."
“In the name of the military, I designated that site as a top-level restricted area and then drove away all professionals within a ten-kilometer radius.”
"I thought that as long as the source of life was cut off, the artifact's devouring would stop."
The car had stopped at some point.
The driver didn't turn off the engine; he just waited quietly.
Qi Zhenyun pushed open the car door and got out. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
Zhao Qingcang followed behind him.
This is a sanatorium on the outskirts of the capital, a quiet and secluded place with tight security.
Qi Zhenyun led the way while continuing his narration.
"The incident occurred six months later."
"The city of Simon, located nearly fifty kilometers away from the ruins..."
"Nearly 10,000 people died overnight in the western part of the city."
"No one, young or old, was spared."
Nearly 10,000 people?
Zhao Qingcang gasped, his steps faltering.
He finally understood just how heavy the so-called "mistake" Qi Zhenyun spoke of truly was.
The terror of this coffin is no less than that of the pendulum of life.
One is to resurrect one person by using the lives of countless people as fuel.
The other option is to prolong the life of one person at the cost of countless lives.
In essence, there is no difference.
They are all evil artifacts built upon piles of bones.
Qi Zhenyun seemed oblivious to Zhao Qingcang's distraction. He led the way and continued speaking.
"Upon receiving the news, I immediately used the military's name to completely block all news from Simon City."
"The garrison commander of Simon City wanted to conduct a thorough investigation, but I forcibly suppressed it with military orders."
"I can't let this get out."
"Otherwise, Marshal Deng's lifelong reputation would be completely ruined."
“At that time, I wanted to go to the ruins again to find him, tell him about the dead people in the city, and try to persuade him one last time.”
Zhao Qingcang asked instinctively, "And the result?"
Qi Zhenyun stopped in front of a detached two-story building. He didn't turn around, and his voice was weary.
"As a result, we discovered that the entrance to the ruins had been quietly sealed off by a powerful array at some point."
Zhao Qingcang frowned.
"It's been blocked?"
What exactly is going on?
Qi Zhenyun shook his head and pushed open the door of the small building.
"We didn't know at the time."
“I was afraid that more soldiers would sacrifice themselves in vain, so after I °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° led my men out of the ruins, I didn’t dare to send anyone to guard the ruins anymore.”
"Unexpectedly, someone took advantage of that moment."
"The opponent's skill in formations is very high."
"Our accompanying array masters tried every possible method, but they were unable to break it at all."
"That formation seems to be designed to seal off the entire entrance to the ruins, preventing anyone from entering, as if it were set up to stop us from waking up Marshal Deng inside the sealed coffin."
At this point, Qi Zhenyun gave a wry smile.
"It was only then that we realized we seemed to be gradually walking into someone's trap."
"What's even more ridiculous is that I still don't know who the other party is or what their purpose is."
"Fortunately, after nearly 10,000 people died in Simon City, there were no more reports of people dying for no reason."
"I had no choice but to play along and publicly claim that there were high-level alien beasts in that area, completely sealing it off, and secretly sending people to break the array outside the ruins."
"And so, things remained peaceful for more than twenty years."
"We still haven't broken the formation, and Marshal Deng hasn't come out of the ruins yet."
The two went up to the second floor and came to the door of a bedroom.
Qi Zhenyun didn't go in; he just stood at the door and continued speaking.
"The time was ten years ago."
"In Simon City, mysterious deaths have occurred again."
"At first it was just one or two people, but later more and more people died, and the way they died was exactly the same as it was more than 20 years ago."
"In fact, the old city lord Chen Guanyi knew some of the details."
"More than 20 years ago, I already told him the whole story."
"After all, I can't stay in Simon City forever; I need someone in the know to report to me in a timely manner."
"So when people started dying mysteriously in Simon City, he called me immediately."
He said he was going to take a group of people into the ruins to take a look.
"I advised him to be patient, that the situation inside the ruins was complicated, and that we should talk about everything after I got there."
"But Chen Guanyi was in a great hurry and wouldn't listen to my advice at all."
"By the time I was about to head to Simon City, news had already arrived that Simon City was being attacked by a beast tide."
"It seems that they triggered some kind of trap within the ruins when they entered."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingcang frowned and interrupted him.
"Didn't you say before that the ruins had been isolated by an array?"
"How did they get in?"
Qi Zhenyun's face showed the same confused expression as Zhao Qingcang's.
"This is something that has always felt strange to me."
He shook his head, his voice filled with helplessness.
"Looking back now, the beast tide back then was also something that someone planned step by step."
"Perhaps their initial goal was to destroy the entire city of Simon."
As he spoke, Qi Zhenyun gently pushed open the door.
The door hinge turned, making a barely audible sound.
An old man was sitting quietly on a wooden chair by the window.
He wore a simple, spotless white shirt, and his silver hair was neatly combed.
The face is covered with shallow wrinkles, but they are not the ravines of decay, but rather the textures carefully sculpted by time.
The moment Zhao Qingcang saw the old man, he already had a thousand guesses and preparations in his mind.
But her body still trembled slightly, uncontrollably.
The other person's appearance was exactly the same as it had been forty years ago.
Absolutely perfect.
Just then, the old man in the room slowly opened his eyes.
His gaze pierced through the dimly lit room and landed precisely on Zhao Qingcang standing at the door.
Then, a gentle smile appeared on his face.
"Qing Cang, I never imagined you would get so old."
