After saying that, Zuo Jingyun stared at A Boxing Champion and Xiahou Wuxin deeply before she glanced at Han Te and the Coloured Glaze. Without waiting for their reply, she returned to the operation room of the shield tunneling system and slammed the cabin door, leaving hundreds of bandits and thugs who were both upset and confused.
Those bandits and thugs naturally surrounded A Boxing Champion and Xiahou Wuxin. Thankfully, they knew how tough the two experts were. Also, there had been a lot of suspicious betrayals in the battle of Liberty City, so they did not dare act rashly. They simply asked A Boxing Champion and Xiahou Wuxin to explain the situation clearly.
The Fist King and Xiahou Wuxin pondered for a moment. Seeing no need to keep it a secret, they omitted the critical parts that involved their own secrets and told the general background of the Land of Sins and the truth that was hidden in "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky". The bandits and thugs were both shocked and infuriated. They all felt that they were lucky enough to be alive.
Thankfully, they had discovered the truth in time. Otherwise, if Liberty City had been occupied or defended and sent to the City in the Sky to 'enjoy life', would they not have ended up as objects of dissection and study in their ignorance, and they would have suffered the most excruciating torture?
A lot of bandits glared at Xiahou Wuxin, as if they would attack him the moment they disagreed.
However, even 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie did not attack. Naturally, they did not have the courage to attack before A Boxing Champion did.
Besides, Xiahou Wuxin was very well-informed about the City in the Sky and even Starlight. He knew a lot of intelligence that they did not know.
That alone made it impossible for them to completely fall out with each other right now.
"City Lord Xiahou, according to what you said, those Celestial Beings, or Immortal Cultivators, are really going to kill us all and not leave us any chance of survival?"
Some bandits asked drily, still unwilling to give up.
"Let's abandon our illusions and prepare for a life-and-death battle."
Xiahou Wuxin sighed and said, "Even though we had a slim chance of survival at the beginning, now that we have gotten in touch with 'Starlight', the greatest threat to Manjusaka, and learned too many things that we shouldn't know, it is impossible for us to survive at all.
"Don't dream that the Immortal Cultivators will show any mercy and mercy. Even I ended up being cooked after working as a dog for 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' for decades, didn't I end up as a dog after all the hares were gone? What reason do you have to survive the butcher knives of the Immortal Cultivators? "
After a long daze, somebody finally asked, "Then, what is the capability of this' Starlight '? Is it capable of resisting' Manjusaka, the City in the Sky '?"
The sinners in the Land of Sins were all fearless thugs. When they were desperate, they would even be bold enough to lunge at the deities and bite off a few pieces of meat, not to mention the Immortal Cultivators.
"However weak Starlight is, it has at least struggled for hundreds of years under the suppression of the Immortal Cultivators," Xiahou Wuxin said. "A centipede dies but never falls down. It does not seem strange that it will struggle for another hundreds of years.
"They have saved us at high risks because we are still of great value to them. So, why don't you calm down for a moment and check their conditions first and see if there is a chance of cooperation?
"To be honest, our situation is already the worst. Nothing worse can happen. Just consider yourself to have been buried in the bloody mouths of the skeleton lizards. Every second that follows will be worth it!"
With everything coming to this point, A Boxing Champion and Xiahou Wuxin were too lazy to investigate the bandits and thugs' behavior in the battle of Liberty City. After all, it was the nature of the sinners in the Land of Sins. It would be strange if they did not do it.
The two of them tried both hard and soft to win over the sinners again.
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze, on the other hand, crouched in a corner with Li Yao. The two little fellows were so excited that they were breathing fast. Their big eyes that were as clear as water were brimming with stars.
"Grandpa Yao, Cultivators. We have found the legendary Cultivators!"
"So, Starlight has persisted in the bloody battle against 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' below the ground for hundreds of years. That is truly remarkable!"
"With the help of Starlight, we will certainly be more confident to overthrow the reign of 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' and turn the entire Land of Sins upside down, won't we?"
Sensing the bouncing soul flames of the two little fellows, Li Yao smiled, deep in thought. In a voice that only they could hear, he said, "Perhaps. You can tell your identity, experiences, and ambitions to the female warrior of Starlight, 'Zuo Jingyun', and see if she can help you blow up 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'. But remember one thing. Do not expose my existence."
"Huh?"
Han Te blinked his eyes. "Don't you want to sabotage 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky', too, Grandpa Yao? If the angels, or the Immortal Cultivators, are all bad guys, then the Cultivators of Starlight must be good guys. We share the same goal. You have exposed your identity to Master A Boxing Champion and Mayor Xiahou. Why are you hiding your existence in Starlight?"
"Intuition."
Li Yao did not know how he should explain it. "I only vaguely feel that something is wrong. This' Zuo Jingyun 'is not necessarily a bad person, but as for' Starlight ', I need to get to know them better in order to figure out what tricks they are playing exactly.
"All in all, we are getting closer and closer to the final truth. Be careful. You will not suffer any losses."
The quakes of the 'earthly dragon' grew weaker and weaker, and it gradually slowed down.
Most of the time, they were not digging holes on the hard rocks stupidly. There were natural caves and artificial tunnels that extended in all directions below the ground that were as complicated as a maze, as well as the debris of the underground cities left from the heyday of the Martial Meritocrats Civilization a thousand years ago. They were traveling among the gaps as if they were walking on the ground at an amazingly high speed.
After traveling for more than half a day, the earthly dragon finally came to a complete stop after letting out hissing noises.
The cabin doors on the two sides were folded and opened. Li Yao, Han Te, and Coloured Glaze got off the vehicle in dizziness in the middle of the bandits and thugs, only to discover that they had arrived at an enormous underground town.
Perhaps a thousand years ago, the place had been the core of a super enormous underground mine. All the rocks below the ground had been shattered and hollowed out, leaving behind abyss-like caves. They could neither see the end of the underground nor the edge of the opposite side.
Inside the caves that were shrinking downward helically, countless metal buildings had been established in midair. They were connected to each other by chains, cranes, and rails. Around them were channels that looked like honeycombs. Many of the channels were ablaze with lights. As it turned out, many 'earthly dragons' were being maintained.
Some of the 'earthly dragons' were suspended in midair by chains and connected to other 'earthly dragons'. They were thousands of meters long from the head to the tail. It was almost a moving, narrow, long town!
About thousands of workers were working hard. Sparks and electric arcs were spurting out nonstop, vaporizing their sweat into hazy mist. Under the illumination of the dim lights, they were emitting colorful colors.
Li Yao sensed keenly that a lot of powerful Exos were lurking in the darkness nearby. There were also well-arranged crossfire points. He even sensed the vague smell of crystal bombs in a lot of forsaken tunnels. It was obviously a fully-armed arsenal!
"This place used to be called 'Blue City'. A long, long time ago, it was a blue crystal mine with a very abundant reserve. However, by the time we discovered it, there was not even a hair left."
Zuo Jingyun showed up again. This time, she had completely taken off the clumsy Crystal Suit and put on a light, crimson armor. The vibration saber that was three meters long was folded on her back like a pair of sharp wings. "In the rocks three thousand to six thousand meters below the ground, there were too many such forsaken mines. It was difficult for the Immortal Cultivators to find them one by one. Therefore, this place became our temporary base.
"Even if we were discovered by the Immortal Cultivators, there was no need to worry. We would've long escaped on our own 'earthly dragons'.
"As a matter of fact, the earthly dragons were our real base and home. Such temporary bases were just for rest and supplies."
Looking at the expressionless workers who were devoted to maintenance and modification, and listening to Zuo Jingyun's description calmly, Li Yao had mixed feelings.
"Are they … the Cultivators who resisted stubbornly in the heartland of the Imperium of True Human Beings for a thousand years?"
Li Yao had thought that it was already difficult enough for the Cultivators to survive and develop at the edge of the cosmos. It was not until he saw the 'fellow Cultivators' who had lurked below the ground for a thousand years like frightened rabbits and were ready to flee on the 'earthly dragons' at the slightest sign of trouble that he finally understood what a real dead end was.
What kind of spirit and belief supported the fellow Cultivators to persist in the resistance for hundreds of years in the desperation where there was no hope at all?
While he was pondering, at the edge of the abyss in front of them, chains were rattling, and a muscular man slowly appeared on a metal lift.
"He is Wei Longtao, the leader of Starlight in the underground world of the Land of Sins."
Zuo Jingyun did not disguise the admiration in her eyes at all. "He is a real hero and a super expert who pilots the 'earthly dragons'. He has escaped the pursuit of the Immortal Cultivators countless times. Too many Immortal Cultivators and accomplices have been killed by him. You must know that, City Leader Xiahou, right?"
Xiahou Wuxin shuddered hard and nodded solemnly. "I don't know his name, but 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' did send a highly confidential warrant for a man who was a hundred times more dreadful than the mutated beasts. They even asked us not to surround and capture the man recklessly after we got the news of the man. We would be considered to have made a contribution if we sent the intelligence directly, and we were not to alert the enemy stupidly.
"The man on the warrant seemed to be … exactly like him."
"Hehe."
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