Chapter 567
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"The disaster-grade monster horde that happened more than 10 years ago …"
Lin Huang asked about the monster horde as soon as he returned to the dorm.
He got many answers from Hong Zhuang in the Coalition government's interrogation room. Hong Zhuang gave him a detailed answer to each of the questions, but he had to judge whether the answers were true or not.
The first story that left the deepest impression on Lin Huang was the first one that Hong Zhuang told him. It was a story about herself, and he did not think that the story was made up. That was because some of the details sounded like she had experienced it herself. If he had not experienced it himself, he would not have been able to understand the despair.
He could not imagine how helpless Hong Zhuang felt when she was crushed under the collapsed house and the despair she felt when she ate the dead bodies.
Hong Zhuang had a carefree expression on her face when she said the last sentence before she left the interrogation room.
"It's impossible for me to leave Level 33 alive. You're the only person I know in the White Capital. Remember to collect my body when I die. "
Lin Huang's heart sank when he heard what she said.
Lin Huang could not hold back his curiosity when he returned to the dorm. He wanted to verify if what Hong Zhuang said was true.
"It happened in winter between 10 to 20 years ago, the monster horde was disaster-grade, and the Virtual Eye opened near a C-grade foothold …" Lin Huang summarized the information and started searching on the Heart Network.
A few minutes later, he found the answer.
"There have only been two disaster-grade monster horde in the entire Division7 during this period of time. The only time that matched Hong Zhuang's description of the opening of the Virtual Eye was foothold No.7C125, Hongling City."
"It was destroyed in a monster horde 13 years ago. In less than half a day, more than 800,000 people in the foothold were killed. Not a single person survived …" The disaster that happened in Hongling City was exactly the same as what Hong Zhuang had described. There were even pictures taken by the media after the monster horde had passed.
It was a ruined city that was covered in snow. None of the buildings were intact. Although the snow covered the blood stains, there were corpses that were either incomplete or complete on the ground. A stronghold full of vitality had been reduced to such a state in just a few hours under the ravaging of the beast horde.
Looking at this set of photos, Lin Huang could not help but recall the scene when he had just transmigrated to this world last year, and the scene after he had finished reading the information about the Beast Tide. That day was the first time he realized how cruel and merciless this world was. It seemed that it was also from that day onwards that the idea of becoming stronger began to take root in his mind.
"I'm still not powerful enough …" Staring at the photo of the foothold, Lin Huang recalled being forced to meet Hong Zhuang today. He felt even more insecure. "The combat strength of a holy fire-level is far from enough. Even immortal-level and imperial-level aren't enough. Only when I become a god can I do whatever I want in this world!"
It was almost noon when he was done with the information about Hongling City. Just when Lin Huang was about to head out for lunch, his Emperor's Heart Ring vibrated. It was Liu Ming.
"Have you come back from the Coalition government?" After the video was connected, Liu Ming asked immediately.
"I'm at the college now. I'm going to have lunch." Lin Huang nodded.
"I've investigated everything. I heard that Hong Zhuang has relented. The Coalition government's investigators and surveillance personnel have left." Liu Ming finally brought a piece of good news. "Go and have lunch first. Come to training room 101 after lunch."
"Sure, I'll be there later." Lin Huang agreed without hesitation. Liu Ming was an expert in Sword Dao. Now that his combat strength had broken through to imperial-level, he must have achieved a breakthrough in Sword Dao as well. Otherwise, he would not have returned to the White Capital. To Lin Huang, he was the best opponent for battle training.
After lunch, Lin Huang headed to the battle training room immediately.
When he arrived at the training room, the door was open. As soon as he entered, he saw Liu Ming standing in the middle of the arena waiting for him. He locked the door and ran towards Liu Ming.
As he got closer, Lin Huang realized that Liu Ming did not take out his sword. "Brother, aren't you going to practice your sword today?"
Liu Ming sighed and took out something from his storage space. He then passed it to Lin Huang.
"This is …" Looking at the brown envelope that Liu Ming passed to him, Lin Huang thought it was strange. However, he took it anyway.
"Hong Zhuang left this letter in my office drawer. I've been hesitating about whether I should pass it to you for the past few days. I've even asked Mr. Fu. His advice was to let you decide on your own. I've thought about it. That woman asked me to pass it to you. It's not appropriate to keep it with me. You have the right to know. "Liu Ming explained where the envelope came from, but he did not say what was in it. "Take a look yourself."
Lin Huang put his hand into the envelope and took out a folded piece of paper. It seemed to be a letter.
"Hong Zhuang left me a letter?"
After unfolding the paper, Lin Huang frowned as he read it.
There was not much content in the two-page letter. However, Lin Huang only put it down after reading it for close to ten minutes.
There was not much content in the letter, but it made Lin Huang realize how powerful that woman was again.
Sneaking into the Martial Arts Academy, leaving a letter in Liu Ming's office, creating a diversion with the monster horde, and even getting herself captured were all part of her plan. Even the details were shockingly calculated.
She came up with all sorts of plans, using the mission as a prelude. Eventually, she achieved her goal and successfully escaped from the Purple Crow's control.
The reason for that was because she did not want to become a Crow Spirit.
Lin Huang only found out why the Crow Spirit held such a high position in the Purple Crow from the letter that Hong Zhuang left behind. The reason being that the Crow Spirit was not a position in the Purple Crow at all. Instead, it was the Crow Gods' vessel in this world. As soon as one became a Crow Spirit, their consciousness would be forcefully taken away by the Crow Gods' will. Their body would become a temporary shelter for the Crow Gods. In reality, it was a kind of possession that was often written in novels.
However, due to the Crow Spirit's overwhelming power, being trapped in a body for a long period of time would damage the body. Therefore, the body could only be used for ten to twenty years at most. The vessel would need to be changed once the time limit was reached. Therefore, the Purple Crow would pick a new Crow Spirit every once in a while.
This time, Hong Zhuang was chosen. She was happy at first as she thought becoming a Crow Spirit would be an unparalleled honor. However, the Crow Head who brought her back to the Purple Crow eventually pitied her and told her the truth that nobody knew apart from the Crow Head. Later on, she took advantage of the mission to plan everything.
Hong Zhuang wrote a few paragraphs at the end of the letter.
"The Purple Crow has been nice to me all these years. However, I can't accept becoming a walking corpse and becoming a puppet for others to play with after I die. If that happens, my soul won't be able to find peace even after I die. I had to do this to get rid of the Purple Crow's control. At least, I'll have a free soul after I die. "
"Basically, all the valuable items in my Emperor's Heart Ring have been transferred to the fake Emperor's Heart Ring named Zhuang Hong. Everything in there belongs to you now. I only have one request. Please burn my body after I die and scatter my ashes in the Eastern Ocean. The Eastern Ocean was the place my brother wanted to go when he was young. If he's no longer in this world, his soul must still be floating in the Eastern Ocean. I hope I can go with him. "
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