Cultivation Of Coders

Chapter 328: Pull it out again [Please subscribe]

However, there are thousands of monks, and each path leads to the sky. Just as the Shinto is forbidden, and the earth and spirit land are pulled down, another path can be opened. After the traditional teleportation was banned, after many years of research by countless monks in Hongmeng, a new teleportation was developed.

Traditional teleportation is to build a wormhole, but the new teleportation is not so much teleportation as transfer!

Since we couldn't open a wormhole from point A to point B, the monks came up with another way. Instead of breaking up the space and building a wormhole, I directly used Grotto-Heaven to transfer.

Point A enters Grotto-Heaven, and comes out of Grotto-Heaven, but the point of exit is point B. Although it is not a teleportation in essence, it is also the effect of teleportation. At most, it is not that you arrive in a trance, but you experience a Grotto. -Heaven transfer has been completed.

However, in this way, the requirements for the transfer station are a bit high. At least a movable Cave Mansion space is required to initially build the transfer station, and only a few spatial anchor points can be established.

In order to establish anchor points across Hongmeng on a large scale, the suspended Grotto-Heaven must be freely moveable.

As for those secret realms that are fixed and cannot be moved, anchor points to various parts of Hongmeng cannot be established, because they can only lead to the fixed space around them.

After all, a fixed secret realm is actually just like a local mirror space. It is just a fold of reality. Wherever it is in the mirror, it will be where it comes out.

But Grotto-Heaven is different. In a sense, it has already started towards another world. Of course, this is just the beginning, just like the first cornerstone of the Great Wall has been laid. The difference is not just a little bit, but no matter how small it is, it is still a starting point.

Because of this, the tolls for teleportation are very high. After all, most of the tolls are collected by blessed places, and they also pass through other people's basic territories.

Not only teleportation, but now Hongmeng has space transformation Law Weapons and so on. They are all the same, and all of them are sky-high prices, such as the small teleportation talisman and the previous two-star command talisman.

Now it is Samsung, but its price is comparable to Samsung storage bags, or even more expensive. Can you believe it?

how so?

Because of the current moving talisman, if you want to move the effect, you have to seal a temporary space transfer station in the talisman. This kind of space magic processing requires at least someone with certain attainments to do it.

Under such circumstances, if a hundred Yuling Pearls really have to go through so much trouble to get them to be sold in other blessed places...it would really cost the tofu the price of meat!

Tong Hou's words made everyone look at him with different expressions and fell into a brief silence.

"Does anyone else have anything else to do?" Seeing this, Zhang Deming asked.

Nangong Cheng (Hua Lian) was pondering and suddenly said: "Can you talk about cooperation?"

Zhang Deming paused slightly, nodded and said: "Okay, now that the district has been officially established, this kind of council authority is sufficient in terms of time. You can say whatever you want."

Hearing this, Nangong Cheng looked around and then said: "Some time ago, Leiyin Temple Huineng's origin was first formed by chance. He originally thought it was a death wish.

After returning to the blessed land, Bu Rui discovered another world during the process of fulfilling his wish, and is now searching for traces of the devil all over the world.

He and I have a good personal relationship due to some opportunities. And now, in several sects around the Heavenly Spirit Sect, the remnants of the Five Elements are causing disasters all over the place.

Therefore, I originally planned to contact him, but now the alliance has issued another mission. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I plan to support him and complete the mission.

Therefore, if any of you are idlers, you can consider cooperating with me in disaster relief. With the wisdom to eliminate evil, we only need to complete the disaster relief quickly.

Moreover, Huineng is now successful in his origins and has another career in Jieyuan. He has become a rising star in Leiyin Temple. Together with him, our safety is absolutely guaranteed. Of course, if you all have sect missions, just pretend I didn't say anything. "

Zhang Deming's expression changed. This is... is he trying to win over people and try to develop allies in the alliance?

You need to know whether Nangong Cheng is a disciple of the academy or a direct descendant of the dean. They belong to a new force and do not have an affiliated family like the Heavenly Spirit Sect. Therefore, Huayue Academy only needs to take care of Huayue City.

Under such circumstances, there should be a lot of academy disciples who can be mobilized, and the manpower should be relatively sufficient, so there is no need to find someone to cooperate.

Under such circumstances, Nangong Cheng found someone to cooperate, and it was very clear what his plan was.

Zhang Deming looked at Nangong Cheng and said, "Huineng's wish is not that hell will never be empty, that the path of demons will never end, and that he will never become a Buddha? What else will happen if he fulfills his wish?"

Nangong Cheng paused slightly and said with a faint expression: "But the Buddha and the Buddha can be separated when there is time. If he kills a demon, returns a wish, and takes a step forward until the demons in the world are gone, then he will become a Buddha?"

Zhang Deming's eyes widened when he heard the words, and he said, "Can you still fulfill your wish like this? Couldn't it be that his death wish was resolved into an Apex Level wish?"

Nangong Cheng said with a faint expression: "Who said it wasn't? I was also shocked when I heard this wish was fulfilled."

Zhang Deming was speechless for a while, and then said after a long time: "The wish to cultivate in Lingshan is really... very clear about how to use this loan consumption..."

Nangong Cheng didn't answer. He looked around and found that everyone was silent with different expressions. No one responded to his previous invitation. He paused and said, "There is no need to answer in a hurry. If you are interested, you can go to Huayue later." City, in Huayue Academy, report your code name, and I will personally welcome you."

After saying this, Nangong Cheng leaned back on the chair again.

When Qu Qingxian saw Nangong Cheng's words, he glanced at Qu Qizhong. Qu Qizhong immediately leaned forward and said, "I want to find some medicinal materials to treat soul injuries, mental injuries, and soothe the mood.

Well...it doesn't need to be too high-end, just low-end. But because we don't have much contribution, we can only exchange for spirit stones or spirit materials.

If you are interested, you can come to the Qu family in Tianling City, report the code name, and trade with us. "

Everyone was silent for a while, and no one interrupted immediately. Zhang Deming waited for a moment, looked around, and asked, "Anyone else have something to discuss?"

Everyone shook their heads one after another. Seeing this, Zhang Deming said: "Then, today's parliament will end here. You can go about your business."

After saying that, Zhang Deming threw the others out with a wave of his hand. Sitting in the sentient beings building, he thought for a moment before stepping out, leaving the spirit cultivation space, and returning to the body of the subroutine.

This time, what he brought was all the Tao that he had cracked. Except for the automatic recovery, he brought almost all other abilities with him. It was really no different from the original body.

In a way, it has gone beyond the second incarnation and moved towards One Qi Transforms Into Three Purities, um, one Qi Transforms Into Three Purities. There is absolutely no need to find a signal tool man, Integrated Union bean soldier, for the sake of strength.

The mind left the spirit cultivation space and took over Meng Ling's position. Opening his eyes, he found that Qin Shizhong had already got up, and Wang Qian and Wang Qian were quietly waiting for him.

After Zhang Deming got up, he removed all the vines and formations around him, and exchanged glances with Qin Shizhong, neither of them mentioned anything about the council. Wang Qian also stood quietly without asking any questions.

Zhang Deming said: "Let's go, don't delay."

After saying that, the wings on the back emerged, and two emerald vines stretched out, wrapped around the waists of the two of them, and headed towards Pancheng.

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In the blink of an eye, for more than half a month, they visited several cities along the way. Because they were all mortal cities where no aristocratic families and sects were involved, it was easy to deal with the cities along the way.

Zhang Deming controlled all the people and the Martial Artist with just a few words. The Martial Artist became a human being, and the mortals judged the degree of their crimes and punished them as appropriate.

As for the mortal management arrangements, all the management arrangements were handed over to Qin Shizhong. With the continuous arrangements, Qin Shizhong became more and more proficient, and the number of management apprentices he brought out gradually increased and became more proficient.

In this way, they stopped and stopped along the way and saved many cities. However, as time went by, the city became more miserable. Even Qin Shizhong, who didn't care much, began to feel gloomy.

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A few days later, the main city of Panzhou, Pancheng.

It is said to be the main city, but in fact it is just a name. There is no plan for the administrative center or commercial center of the province in the previous life.

Because of the unification of humanity and the division of city-states, each city is actually equivalent to a small country.

Of course, after all, they belong to the same sect, and each state and city is still a little involved.

But this main city is not divided because of this involvement. The main city is divided by monks because this city has the largest number of cultivating families in Panzhou. It is also the gathering place for the disciples of the Heavenly Spirit Sect who are dispatched to manage the secular world. They are classified as the main city.

Because of this, all the main cities in the state capitals are not actually bounded by flat areas. On the contrary, the important cities in each state are surrounded by many mountains. Only in this way can there be enough spiritual veins to breed those big and small. A sect or a small aristocratic family.

Therefore, Pancheng is not in a plain like Jingcheng. Pancheng is in a hilly basin.

It is surrounded by countless large and small mountains, and the plain in the middle of the basin is occupied by a city.

Because the entire Panzhou is very barren, this city has the most immortal legends, various market legends, storybooks, etc., which are constantly circulated.

And every once in a while, there will always be some new fairy tales spread, some with noses and eyes, but most of them seem to be true at first, but as the rumors become more and more fantasy, they become more and more fake, and they become completely The story is told.

Panzhou has maintained this situation for who knows how many years, but in recent days, sudden riots have broken this tens of millions of years of 'stability'.

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When Zhang Deming arrived with Qin Shizhong and Wang Qian, they saw gunpowder smoke everywhere. The entire Pancheng, because the disaster lasted longer, was many times more tragic than Jingcheng, and the air was filled with thick smoke. The smell of blood and fireworks.

As before, the three of them went straight to the Disciple Recruitment Square in Pancheng. As Zhang Deming's spiritual power surged, he started talking.

A moment later, when the people in Pancheng gathered in the square, they were all mortals in different states.

Some fell into sluggishness after being beaten awake by Zhang Deming, and some were completely stupid. The entire Pancheng, as the most prosperous main city in Panzhou, did not have as many people as Jingcheng.

The three of them were not in a good mood, but they had seen a lot in the past half month, so their moods did not have many ups and downs.

When the people gathered together, Qin Shizhong began to arrange management according to usual practice. Zhang Deming and Wang Qian have a new job - treatment.

I saw clusters of emerald seedlings sprouting around Zhang Deming, with little dreamy lights flickering on the leaves.

At this time, Wang Qian was responsible for picking the leaves one after another and treating the seriously injured people.

Although the therapeutic effect of the Growth Technique is not as powerful as the combination of Anzi and Vampire Vine, as a magic-level technique, it is still more than enough to treat ordinary injuries.

For more than half a month, the three of them have become very skilled along the way.

And as time went by, Wang Qian became proficient in the use of agility, and her efficiency gradually increased.

She was the only one who had just started training. The consumption of agility was small, but it was quite heavy for her. Therefore, she was often very tired even with the help of Zhang Deming.

She didn't say a word, and Zhang Deming didn't hold back too much. He just had to pay for what he got.

Half a day later, after the three of them completed the processing of Incheng, they came to the special team in Incheng again and conducted another preliminary interrogation.

"Uncle Master, why do you feel that these Martial Artists...have become weaker?" Qin Shizhong looked at the Tianfang team and said.

"Yes, it has indeed become weaker." Zhang Deming paused and added: "To be precise, the person in charge has been gone since the last city.

It's just that in the last Zizhong City, only one person in charge disappeared, and in this Pan City, it seems that only some cannon fodder is left.

The main force who really took the lead seemed to have run away in advance. And not a single member of the so-called martial alliance in Pancheng was found. "

"Why is this? Where are those Martial Artists?" Qin Shizhong frowned.

Zhang Deming shook his head and said, "Who knows? But I had an expectation of their disappearance. I had an expectation after Jingcheng's interrogation."

Zhang Deming looked at Qin Shizhong, who looked confused, and said: "When the team leader from Jingcheng saw us, he was very surprised and felt that we reacted too quickly and should not have shown up at that time.

In other words, after these people destroyed the main communication room, they also estimated the response time of Heavenly Spirit Sect in advance. Why?

Apparently they were making time estimates for how long they could commit the crime. It's just that the previous team leaders were also cannon fodder and abandoned personnel, so they didn't know this.

Although this city is not all cannon fodder now, it has been more than half a month since we rescued them all the way. According to their estimates, no matter how slow the sect's response is, they should start rescue operations.

Moreover, the sect's response was not slow, and they knew about it on the first day. After more than half a month, it is estimated that the rescue of the whole world has begun.

It's just that the sect should deal with the major families first, and the surrounding sects, mortals haven't taken care of them, and we geniuses haven't met them.

With the mobilization of the whole sect, the disaster relief work for more than half a month, as long as it is not the situation where the three talented Martial Artists are everywhere, it is estimated that it should be coming to an end, and we are ready to start the ordinary life.

Under such circumstances, it would be a strange thing if the team that is not cannon fodder does not start to retreat. "

"But... why did they come out to make trouble once, and then retreat again?

And this time the incident was so big, no matter how well they hid before, it was mostly because of their invisibility that they were not discovered.

Now that such a big incident has happened, how could it be possible for Zongmen to find nothing after careful investigation. "Qin Shizhong replied.

Zhang Deming shook his head and said: "Who knows what kind of medicine is being sold here? I haven't gotten any useful information along the way..."

"boom······"

During the conversation between the two, a loud noise came from the sky. The sound was far away, but it was still like thunder when it reached here. Immediately afterwards, the entire Pancheng shook like an earthquake.

Zhang Deming suddenly turned around and looked towards the west of Pancheng.

Pancheng belongs to a hilly basin, but not all the mountains around it are very small.

To the east of the city, there are some small hills. The farther out, the flatter the terrain becomes. The closer to Pancheng, the more undulating it becomes. To the west of Pancheng, the mountains appear taller.

The entire Pancheng is like a claw-shaped palm, with the city in the palm, fingers on the west, and elbows on the east.

Of course, it doesn't mean that there are only five mountains, it means that the layout of the mountains is very similar to this.

So Zhang Deming looked to the west, and what he saw was a group of mountains. When his mind moved slightly, his eyes flickered with spiritual light, and his sight quickly zoomed out.

The distant view that was not clear at first was quickly cleared and zoomed in like a telescope. Among the western mountains, one of the highest peaks around, Zhang Deming saw a little bit of gunpowder smoke.

"This direction is... where the aristocratic sects gather in Pancheng?" Qin Shizhong had been looking at the map of Panzhou for half a month and was already familiar with the situation in Panzhou.

After all, this place is very barren, and there are not many forces in Panzhou that can rank high in the Zongmen.

Zhang Deming nodded and said, "Well, it should be!"

After saying this, Zhang Deming pondered slightly. The magic level of the split path, and now the subroutine body, no longer needs the signal tool man to incarnate the Integrated Union bean soldier in order to maintain sufficient combat power.

Therefore, Zhang Deming pondered for a moment, looked at the two of them and said, "You two continue to be responsible for handling the affairs in Pancheng. I'll go over and see what's going on."

"Uncle Master..." Qin Shizhong paused for a moment before speaking.

"Ok, deal."

Before Qin Shizhong could finish speaking, Zhang Deming interrupted him directly. Qin Shizhong paused and nodded.

Zhang Deming no longer paid attention to the other party, and the light wings appeared on his back, flying quickly towards the mountains in the west.

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After leaving the city, the peaks to the west of Pancheng began to rise. Under the spell of Zhang Deming Rank Four, Zhang Deming transmigrated many peaks in a short while and came to a mountain range shrouded in smoke.

Looking at the faint smoke flowing among the surrounding mountains, under the Rank Three formation, Zhang Deming instantly saw that this was a super large enchantment formation.

But although the range is large, the level is not even one star, let alone the effect. Mortals with a slightly stronger willpower can also pass through.

Zhang Deming came to the edge of the smoke. The wings behind him slowly dissipated, and a faint gray mist enveloped Zhang Deming.

Not only did his aura weaken rapidly, but his entire sense of presence also began to weaken, and his figure also became vague.

As long as no one reminds the monks below Liang Yi and Zhang Deming does not block the opponent's way, even if they appear in the opponent's field of vision, they will be ignored.

After fully activating the hidden breath technique, Zhang Deming's eyes flashed with light and penetrated into the mountains shrouded in gray mist.

As Zhang Deming entered, the surrounding fog gathered in Zhang Deming's mind, trying to enchant him and make him lose his way.

There was no need for Zhang Deming to do anything. His own spirituality, stimulated by the mist, stirred slightly, and the mist retreated directly. The vision in front of him became clear again.

I saw a small town building in the ravine in the distance. The style is close to that of a cultivator's market, but there are many mortal-style buildings around it, and there is a different style among them.

This valley town formed by Inbo City was originally supposed to be surrounded by green mountains and gurgling mountain springs, making it look like a fairyland on earth.

But at this moment, it was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the surrounding buildings had obviously experienced the devastation of the war, leaving only broken walls, and in some places, smoke was still rising.

As Zhang Deming's eyes flickered, many buildings were selectively filtered and began to disappear.

After a while, Zhang Deming glanced around quickly. He found that there was not a single living person left in the entire town. They were either mummies that had lost all their spirituality, or ordinary people with all kinds of broken limbs.

"boom······"

As Zhang Deming carefully inspected the town, there was another loud noise, followed by a slight earthquake for a moment.

Zhang Deming tilted his head and looked at the highest mountain behind the town. The movement just now came from above.

Because there was nothing to discover in the town, Zhang Deming floated out, passed through Fangshi Town, and floated towards the mountain peak.

"boom······"

As Zhang Deming entered, there was another loud noise, followed by a slight earthquake, and Zhang Deming clearly felt the fluctuations of spiritual power.

Before Zhang Deming could fully grasp it, the jade plate tattoo given to him by Dang Junan suddenly appeared on the back of his hand for no reason, flashing with spiritual light.

When Zhang Deming lowered his head and saw the jade plate that looked like a tattoo, flashing with light, he was stunned. After hesitation, he tentatively asked: "Uncle Dang, is there something wrong?"

But no one responded to him, as if the beacon on the back of his hand was different from what Zhang Deming had guessed. It was not because of Dang Xiangjun's gaze that he activated the beacon.

Zhang Deming waited for a moment, frowning slightly, and just about to move forward, the sign on the back of his hand suddenly burst out with nearly half of the spiritual light, and the entire tattoo dimmed by half and almost disappeared.

At the same time, as the aura of the jade disc tattoo exploded, as if it was given the power of pulling something, a white jade disc the size of a plate emerged out of thin air as the aura surged violently around Zhang Deming.

While Zhang Deming was dazed, the auras gathered into a jade dish, and cracks appeared visible to the naked eye as the jade dish vibrated.

"Crack..."

In an instant, the jade plate was covered with cracks, and then exploded.

The plate-sized jade dish exploded with little power, but a figure spit out from it and rushed directly towards Zhang Deming.

Zhang Deming instinctively flashed away from the figure.

"Plop..."

Because Zhang Deming got out of the way, the opponent fell directly to the ground, still in the posture of a dog chewing mud. Zhang Deming turned his head to see the person clearly and was slightly startled.

"Well...you can't blame me. You came out of nowhere and jumped on someone. Not to mention following up. You didn't directly kick him back. I reacted very well!" Zhang Deming looked at the dog. The man lying on the ground in a mud-gnawing posture said awkwardly.

"Quick...poof..." As soon as the figure stood up, before he could finish speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and his eyes began to turn white, as if he was about to faint.

When Zhang Deming saw this, his expression changed, and he hesitated and said, "I'm offended!"

After saying that, Zhang Deming's right hand turned into a ruby ​​​​like vine and inserted into the opponent's chest like lightning. The beautiful figure with her eyes turned white suddenly entered a high state, as if she had suddenly reached some kind of climax.

After the other party recovered his breath and saw Zhang Deming's face clearly, everyone was stunned.

"Let's go!"

Immediately after she came to her senses, her expression changed drastically and she let out a coquettish cry.

Zhang Deming ignored Dang Rushuang at this time, his expression moved slightly, and the vines turned into his right hand quickly rolled up Dang Rushuang. Zhang Deming's body trembled quickly, and Dang Rushuang turned into an invisible spirit. species disappear.

That's right, the person who fell out of the explosion of the jade dish was none other than Dang Rushuang whom Zhang Deming had met, the current gifted girl of the Dang family, the apple of his eye.

"Snapped······"

After the two disappeared, the substitute left behind was hit by a huge fist before he could move, and exploded into broken vines on the ground.

What exploded together was the huge fist, which was brown and black. After the explosion, it scattered like mud.

This silt turned the surrounding area into a large swamp, and a strange light shield spread, imprisoning the entire swamp.

At this time, Zhang Deming reappeared five or six meters away from the stand-in, wrapped in Dang Rushuang.

"Oops, it's too late!" After appearing, Dang Rushuang looked at the scene and said with an ugly expression.

The emergent Zhang Deming was panting a little. He turned his head and glanced at Dang Rushuang. Suddenly, the other party's mind was violently agitated, and he said something he really didn't want to say: "It's time for you to lose weight!"

Dang Rushuang, who looked ugly and extremely nervous, froze when he heard this. He temporarily forgot about being nervous and glanced at Zhang Deming with a strange expression.

Seeing Zhang Deming's indifferent expression, she looked down at the vines on her chest and said strangely: "Have you inserted enough? If you have inserted enough, can junior brother pull it out?"

"Ahem..." Zhang Deming thought that the other party was too distracted. After adjusting with his humorous habit, he didn't expect that Dang Rushuang suddenly started driving and almost missed Zhang Deming's waist.

What are this girl and that girl Juan'er doing all day long? ! !

While coughing, Zhang Deming's right hand changed back.

"Snapped······"

Dang Rushuang, who was extremely weak and seriously injured, was suddenly let go by Zhang Deming and sat down directly in the swamp-like mud.

"You..." Dang Rushuang was muddled all over and finished his words for a while.

Zhang Deming spread his hands and said: "You asked me to pull it out, and you are going to say that I don't admit it? This is not okay. It is you who asked me to pull it out, and you are still the one who is dissatisfied!"

Dang Rushuang took a deep breath, spit it out slowly, stood up with difficulty, selectively ignored Zhang Deming's words, and stabilized her mind for a moment.

"Have you recovered? When you have recovered, tell me what's going on? Why are you here, and why." Zhang Deming looked at the other party, pointed to the barrier-like shield around him and spoke. road.

At this moment, the entire swamp was enveloped by a strange wave, and a transparent light shield imprisoned them in the swamp. Not to mention other things, Zhang Deming clearly felt the fluctuation of the shield at least three times.

"Can it be broken quickly?" Dang Rushuang did not reply to Zhang Deming's words, but asked Zhang Deming a question.

"Ha, let me tell you, Senior Sister Dang, your eyes don't seem to be injured, right? You want me to break this barrier, which is at least three talents strong, quickly? You really think highly of Junior Brother!" Zhang Deming looked at Dang Rushuang and spoke as if he was complaining. road.

Upon hearing this, Dang Rushuang said, "It's troublesome!"

"What the hell..."

Before Zhang Deming could say anything, spiritual lights began to surge in the swamp. As the spiritual lights gathered, the swamp mud not far from them began to gather into an ugly puppet.

The doll is somewhat similar to Guan Shouxin, with dysentery all over the body, and sludge crawling on the body surface, but it is obvious that he and Guan Shouxin are not the same person.

The moment the doll appeared, Zhang Deming's whole body tensed up, because the opponent turned out to be a three-talented monk, and at least a three-talented major cultivator.

"Do you have the means to run away? If so, leave me alone and run home to rescue the troops!" Dang Rushuang watched the puppet appear, her pale face darkened slightly, she tilted her head decisively and said to Zhang Deming.

Zhang Deming was slightly startled and looked at Dang Rushuang in surprise. This girl's temperament was cultivated by the Dang family very well, well, except for the fact that she is a ghost and elf.

Zhang Deming said: "It's okay. Did you use uncle's method to escape just now? Did you rely on the guidepost on my body to force a breakthrough?

Now that his beacon has been activated, there should be a response. Rescue should be there after a while. "

"Uncle Master?" Dang Rushuang was slightly startled, looking at the dim jade disc tattoo on Zhang Deming's arm, and said, "What led me out just now was the sign left by my ancestor on you?"

"Otherwise what do you think!" Zhang Deming replied.

"Oops!" Dang Rushuang said with a drastic change in expression.

Without waiting for Zhang Deming to ask, she quickly said: "This is an important hiding place for the remnants of the Five Elements. They have sealed off the beacon sensors in the entire area! I was still wondering why the Disc Escape given by my ancestor suddenly appeared. Sensed."

Before the two of them could continue to communicate, the puppets had already completed their gathering.

The speaker Dang Rushuang paused for a moment and said quickly: "Leave me alone and run away as soon as you can. The ancestor can't sense here and can't delay the rescue."

Zhang Deming ignored Dang Rushuang, but stretched out his hand and pushed it to the edge of the mask, looking at the mud puppet with a serious expression.

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Something happened. It's a little late today, and it will probably be a little late tomorrow. Well, if I stay up late tonight, it probably won't happen.

(end of this chapter)