Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 159 - 151 Another Divine Seal Fragment 2

Chapter 159: 151 Another Divine Seal Fragment 2

Now I can confirm that there is a Divine Seal Fragment in this abandoned research facility.

Considering the connection between the Weirdo Maker and this place, as well as the likelihood that Ying Lingyun possesses a Divine Seal Fragment, it is almost certain that the Divine Seal Fragment inside the abandoned research facility belongs to Ying Lingyun.

But I couldn’t understand.

Why would such a precious item like the Divine Seal Fragment be placed in such a desolate, uninhabited location? Logically, it should be guarded extremely securely. Even if they didn’t want to make it obvious that the fragment was there, wouldn’t it still be handled more carefully?

I tried to pinpoint the exact location of the Divine Seal Fragment, while Lu Youxun continued to inquire about the situation on the other side of the Teleportation Door.

I definitely couldn’t tell him about the Divine Seal Fragment, but other matters were fine to discuss. I described in detail what I had seen.

According to my Perception, the abandoned research facility is at least several hundred kilometers away from Saltwater City, no longer even within our province. The fact that such a small Teleportation Door could connect to such a distant place, if this could be popularized among the general public, I can’t even imagine what kind of transportation revolution it would spark.

As I finished describing the scene on the other side, Lu Youxun’s expression gradually became strange and somber.

"Zhuang Cheng, at the entrance of that abandoned research facility, was the name of the facility written?" he asked, "Can you take a look?"

Following his instructions, I manipulated the "Firefly" to take a look. There was a stone tablet placed horizontally at the entrance, which bore the name of the abandoned research facility, publicly claimed to be a pharmaceutical research institute by a certain corporation.

After hearing the name, Lu Youxun’s facial muscles twitched a few times, and his expression became very distorted.

A moment later, he calmed down and then said, "That place is an old base of the Human Bureau. ...I was captured and taken there before."

Hearing this, Zhu Shi’s expression slightly changed, and Mazao couldn’t help but look at Lu Youxun.

Seeing that abandoned research facility—the old base of the Human Bureau—also changed my perception completely.

What was originally just an unsettling deserted place now felt even more chilling, as if I could faintly hear the past echoes of agonizing screams here, along with blood, tears, and despair.

Was Lu Youxun once imprisoned and tortured by the Human Bureau in this place?

"After I escaped from that base, I immediately contacted Luo Mountain to eradicate the Human Bureau’s forces there. Unfortunately, they were one step ahead. By the time Luo Mountain’s Evils arrived, they had already used a large-scale Space Transfer to retreat completely, leaving behind no valuable items or clues," Lu Youxun said expressionlessly, "I never thought there would be a day when I’d reconnect with that place."

Zhu Shi asked puzzledly, "But why would the Weirdo Maker transport ’clinic’ equipment and devices to an abandoned base?"

"Probably using it as a transit station," Lu Youxun replied indifferently. "He might have anticipated the exposure of the transport location, so he didn’t directly connect the Teleportation Door to the actual base, instead adding a transit stage in between. It makes sense to choose such a place, as on a battlefield, shells rarely land in the same crater twice. An abandoned base that’s already been searched turns out to be a blind spot right under Luo Mountain’s light."

"He can even foresee the current situation?" Zhu Shi was astonished.

I thought that the Weirdo Maker probably hadn’t anticipated someone like Mazao, who could recreate his Teleportation Door, but he definitely considered the scenario of ’something unexpected happening, causing his own misstep.’

There was precedent for this.

The last time, the Weirdo Maker hadn’t expected that I could enter the Fire Element form unconditionally to break free, yet he still prepared in advance and deployed a trump card aimed directly at my soul, based on that assumption.

Preparing for even the impossible possibilities—that was Ying Lingyun’s style.

In the past, it was in the realm of the impossible that he found the possibility of victory and killed the Great Demon Silver Moon.

As an enemy, he is truly too troublesome.

But this time, he miscalculated.

Although I don’t know why a Divine Seal Fragment appeared at the old Human Bureau base, based on existing clues, the reasoning that this place served as a transit station seems correct.

And Mazao is the ultimate Hunter; relying on adding a transit station on their side is merely buying time.

Since the Weirdo Maker used a Teleportation Door on the "clinic" side to prevent being tracked, he must have also used a Teleportation Door at the transit station. However, no matter how many times he uses this method, it is futile. If there is a Teleportation Door, just pry it open; if there isn’t one, just track them normally. Moreover, with Mazao’s calamity-invoking effect in play, no matter where the opponent flees to, they are destined to be chased down.

The problem is, Mazao can currently only recreate a Teleportation Door once in a short period, and cannot open the one there for the time being.

Just taking her to the old Human Bureau base hundreds of kilometers away should not be a problem. As long as I teleport there first, I can then have her teleport herself over using the sticker marks on me.

She believed that she could also uncover some important intelligence there. After all, it was once a stronghold of the Human Bureau, and it was very likely that experiments related to Weirdo Maker had been conducted there, definitely containing clues related to the apocalypse.

But even the "clinic" had been set up with counter-Divination measures, not to mention the old strongholds. Taking such measures could only lead to obtaining leads that were fragmented beyond recognition by the counter-Divination efforts. Mazao’s Broom Star Physique, after all, was one that led her toward calamity; one couldn’t expect this Calamity phenomenon to kindly piece together all the valuable information we wanted. Moreover, there was currently no external time pressure, and the subject of the investigation was an entire building; it was impossible to estimate how much time assembling the clues would take.

If we could trace the true stronghold of the Human Bureau, it would naturally be best to do so. Moving there now, however, would likely alert the enemy.

Given the caution of the Weirdo Maker, he surely wouldn’t ignore a potential exposure of the transfer station; he must have set up some detection methods there. Currently controlling the "Fireflies" there for reconnaissance might have gone undetected, but letting myself and Mazao personally take action would surely provoke Ying Lingyun behind the scenes.

Indeed, Ying Lingyun couldn’t escape Mazao’s Hunt, but he certainly had means to delay; if he opened several Teleportation Doors and escaped for a few months, or even escaped with all the personnel and resources of the Human Bureau through the large-scale Space Transfer mentioned by Lu Youxun, it would be better for us to abandon the leads on him and the Human Bureau.

I didn’t have the hubris to think that an organization as massive as the Human Bureau would fear just Mazao and me, but they would definitely fear exposing their hideout to the oversight of Luo Mountain forces.

If it weren’t for the troublesome soul trauma, Mazao could continuously use "reappearance"; by then, Ying Lingyun wouldn’t even be able to delay.

Indeed, I should first help Mazao overcome her soul trauma—just as I had this thought, Lu Youxun suddenly spoke to Mazao.

"As long as you can continuously recreate Teleportation Doors, you can root out the real strongholds of the Human Bureau, right?" His eyes burned with intense passion.

Seeing his deeply obsessed eyes, Mazao frowned and then said, "Yes."

He nodded his head, then turned his body and said, "I understand."

"Wait, what do you understand?" Zhu Shi was surprised.

"I am going to request material support from Luo Mountain to obtain Magic Tools from the warehouse that can bear the soul’s burden instead of the user," he said.

"Ah? We have such specialized Magic Tools?" Zhu Shi wondered.

"As long as it’s not theoretically impossible, Luo Mountain almost has all such Magic Tools," he said. "If I really can’t get them, then I’ll switch to another type, such as one that can significantly reduce the soul burden of the user, or an item that can transfer the damage when the user’s soul is injured... Luo Mountain, with its large resources, definitely has something that can help her now."

His tone revealed a firm will not to give up until the goal was achieved: "You guys wait here for me, at most two hours, I will definitely come back with results."

Having said this, he walked towards the exit of the "clinic."

"I’m going too!"

God knows what he might bring back; Zhu Shi seemed worried and chased after him.

Just Mazao and I were left here.

"...What should we do?" Mazao turned and looked at me.

"Just wait for Lu Youxun’s good news," I said. "His absence is also an opportunity for me to perform."

After speaking, I entered Fire Element form.

Seeing my body suddenly engulfed in flames, Mazao asked in surprise, "What are you trying to do?"

"There is a Divine Seal Fragment inside the old stronghold of the Human Bureau," I said. "I want to find it."

With that, I focused all my attention on the "Fireflies" in the old stronghold of the Human Bureau.

The Divine Seal Fragment was merely the size of a pebble, placed within the vast expanse of the old Human Bureau stronghold; even if I searched all day, I couldn’t find it. This was partly because in my normal form, I couldn’t release too many "Fireflies," and also because my information processing speed was indeed slow in my normal form.

But now, my consciousness processing speed had skyrocketed thousands of times, and my heat sensing ability far surpassed my normal self. I didn’t even need to summon numerous "Fireflies"; with just the "Fireflies" of the old Human Bureau stronghold as the center, my perception swept through everything all around like water flooding a golden mountain.

In an instant, my heat perception enveloped every area within a one-kilometer radius; not just the old Human Bureau stronghold, but even the surrounding forests fell within the scope of my perception.

Including the insides of walls and floors, the middle of tree trunks, and beneath the soil, nothing could escape my sight. Even now, if I had the intent, this domain would instantly fall into a devastating Fire Sea, turning everything into ash under my gaze.

This range wasn’t yet my limit; however, expanding my perception to this extent was sufficient for now.

I concentrated intently on locating the target.

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