Chapter 1812
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Shangguan Hou was taken aback. He had not expected King to suddenly mention the key. However, he quickly composed himself and sat up straight. "I've made some progress. Please give me some more time."
King frowned. He was not satisfied with Shangguan Hou's reply. "You're dragging it out."
Shangguan Hou lowered his head. No one could see the expression in his eyes. "I'll get the key as soon as possible."
King glanced at him again. "Only the Shangguan family knows about the opening of the shuttle tunnel. It's been so many years. I hope you won't disappoint me."
"I understand," Shangguan Hou replied softly.
King did not look at him again. "I have some matters to attend to in the near future. I might not be in the base."
Everyone in the room was used to King disappearing without a trace. Hence, no one had any objections to this.
Before long, the meeting was over.
Shangguan Hou was about to leave when he was stopped by King's assistant. Then, he took the elevator with his assistant to the basement three level.
The basement three level was the core simulation room of the base. There were more mechanisms set up there than outside.
King was already in the simulation room. When Shangguan Hou entered, he was standing in front of a stone platform.
There were Sanskrit characters carved on the surface of the stone platform. In the middle was a Tai Chi Eight Trigrams. The Eight Trigrams was not complete. The two grooves in the center were obviously missing tokens that could be matched.
King's gaze was fixed on the Eight Trigrams. He did not look at Shangguan Hou, who had walked to his side. "Shangguan, you don't seem to be yourself recently."
Shangguan Hou looked at the stone platform in front of him. After a while, he laughed bitterly. "I can't hide anything from you."
King's fingers brushed over the characters on the stone platform. He said, "These were copied by you. Apart from the Shangguan family, you're the only one who can unlock the secret on it."
Shangguan Hou's fingers curled up in his pocket. He understood what King was implying. "If I'm not mistaken, Shangguan Tong should have appeared by now."
A strange look flashed across King's eyes.
"But I'm afraid she won't open the shuttle tunnel for us." Shangguan Hou knew Shangguan Tong very well. She was extremely stubborn, and nothing could compare to her sense of responsibility.
"That's hard to say. Everyone has a weakness. Since she was able to fake her death and reappear now, it means that we still have a chance to pry her mouth open," King said casually.
"No, you don't understand her." Shangguan Hou shook his head. "However, she is not the key to opening the passage."
"Oh?" King finally turned to look at Shangguan Hou. "Looks like you've been hiding some secrets from me all these years."
"It's just that I suddenly saw a person, and the fog that had been shrouding me for many years gradually dissipated," Shangguan Hou said slowly.
King's interest was piqued. "Who?"
"Shangguan Yu."
When King heard the name, it sounded familiar and he quickly remembered. "Isn't she dead?"
Shangguan Hou chuckled and said with a mocking tone, "This is why the Shangguan Clan is so magical."
Even he himself had yet to figure out the significance of a special existence like the Shangguan Clan in this materialistic world.
"So what you're saying is that we need Shangguan Yu to open the passageway?" King reacted quickly.
"If my guess is correct." Shangguan Hou's gaze hardened and he added, "However, she is now the eldest daughter of the Huo family."
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