Chapter 385: Show your power

Su Lan turned her head to look at the Survivors at that moment, and in an instant, everyone felt a sense of disorientation as Su Lan’s eyes changed in a brief moment.

They all seemed to see Su Lan’s pupils glowing with a green light.

But those pupils disappeared the next second, and everyone present thought it was due to their own eyes playing tricks or some other reason.

Some even believed it was an illusion caused by Su Lan’s powerful and oppressive aura.

However, Su Lan now raised her blood-stained hand to look at them, finally gazing at the leading Qu Baoguo, and with the gentlest tone, spoke the cruelest words.

“We have troubled you enough during this time.”

“Let me be clear, if anyone harasses us sisters, you should weigh whether you can withstand a few of my punches.”

After speaking, she suddenly turned around and threw a punch, directly shattering the head of the dead Underground Monster.

Then she gave everyone present a strange smile, which made the Survivors involuntarily take a few steps back.

Even Qu Baoguo, who was standing in the crowd, was startled; it could be said that no one present understood the situation of these Underground Monsters better than him.

After the battle, he had studied the corpses of the Underground Monsters, trying to find their weak points, but regarding their heads, while not the hardest bone, it was unrealistic to punch through it like Su Lan did.

At the same time, he keenly sensed that the atmosphere was somewhat strange, so he tensed up and quickly walked to the center to act as a mediator, extending his arms and waving them slightly, a gentle and urgent smile on his face, as he spoke loudly.

“Everyone, calm down first!”

His voice was clear and carried far in the tense space.

Qu Baoguo then raised his voice, his gaze sincere and serious.

“Everyone knows that this place is not safe. Let’s go back to the base first. If there are any problems, we can slowly discuss and resolve them in a safe place.”

“Discussing here might attract unnecessary trouble, and that would be bad.”

When the Survivors heard his words, a few of them were slightly stunned, and their tense postures relaxed a bit; they had also been frightened by this side of Su Lan. Now that Qu Baoguo stepped forward, they naturally could relax and stand behind, awaiting orders.

Under Qu Baoguo’s persuasion, their group did not stay there for too long and all returned in the direction of the base.

Qu Baoguo did not choose to ride in the armored vehicle on the way back; instead, he followed alongside the Survivors.

He saw things very clearly, so much so that he was also subtly warning these people on the way back, telling them not to harbor any inappropriate thoughts.

In his opinion, An Jintong was undoubtedly Liang Yu’s woman, and as for Su Lan, he wasn’t sure, but most likely she was too.

Even if that wasn’t considered, Su Lan’s punch was still fresh in his memory, and he simultaneously warned the Survivors that if they provoked her and got killed, he would not intervene.

Thus, a night passed, and the next morning, Liang Yu, slightly tired, got out of his room. Soon after, he packed his equipment, greeted a still-groggy Lan Ling, and went to the Underground World.

He went directly to the City Lord’s Mansion in West Sand City.

Mo Yuan, who was handling matters in the study, was somewhat surprised to see Liang Yu suddenly push open the door, but he turned to look at Mario beside him and felt relieved.

He immediately rose to greet Liang Yu; after all, the other party was his master, so he knew how to act in such situations.

Liang Yu was not accustomed to such formalities and directly interrupted his rising, instead stating his purpose and directly asking Mo Yuan about the Abyss and Him.

Although Liang Yu had already asked about the Abyss once, he wasn’t sure if Zen Master Qizhen had withheld any information from him.

Therefore, it was better to confirm it with Mo Yuan.

Mo Yuan listened to Liang Yu’s question, pondered for a moment, and then slowly began to speak.

“The matter of the Abyss is extremely complex. It is a place full of unknowns and dangers, and while there are opportunities and treasures everywhere, it is also exceptionally perilous.”

“What I know is not very much.”

Then Mo Yuan recounted everything he knew about the Abyss. The content was almost identical to what Zen Master Qizhen had described, with only one difference regarding Him, likely because Liang Yu had specifically asked.

The legendary ‘He’ was even more unfathomable.

According to ancient records, ‘He’ possessed the ability to control dark forces and was sealed deep within the Abyss by an unknown entity. Once He appeared, the entire world would likely fall into endless despair.

However, the topic shifted, and Mo Yuan told Liang Yu that this was merely a legend with no reliability.

Instead, there was another theory about Him.

Thirty years ago, outside the northern border, for unknown reasons, an Abyss riot occurred, triggering a massive monster tide.

It was laughable that our defensive fortifications only withstood their assault for one day, and the border cities were flattened along with them.

As they continued to advance, that He appeared.

According to Survivor descriptions, He was entirely enveloped in golden light, making His form impossible to discern, but vaguely, He seemed to be humanoid, like us.

That monster tide was like child’s play before Him; He merely extended a hand enveloped in golden light and gently waved it.

All the monsters present vanished into thin air.

When the Survivors looked back at Him again, they did not know where He had gone.

Therefore, this was the only time His existence was discovered, and those worshipped in the Zen Sect were also Him.

At this point, Liang Yu interrupted Mo Yuan, feeling that something didn’t quite add up.

It was clearly stated before that only His humanoid form was seen, so why was there suddenly a statue now?

Mo Yuan patiently explained to Liang Yu that the statue was merely the Zen Sect’s current Sect Master in his youth.

And there was only one divine statue of Him, located in the Imperial City.

How could small, frontier cities like theirs be qualified to possess His divine statue?

After hearing Mo Yuan’s explanation, Liang Yu had even more questions.

He didn’t understand why there could only be one divine statue of Him. Normally, shouldn’t divine statues be everywhere to gain incense and followers?

Not only Liang Yu, but even Mo Yuan didn’t understand.

Mo Yuan knew some of the inside story and explained that this was an order issued by the Zen Sect Master, and no one within the Zen Sect dared to oppose it.

It was said that the current Zen Sect Master had once met Him and received His guidance, which led to the establishment of the Zen Sect.

As for whether the Zen Sect was established at His behest, no one knew, and no one was foolish enough to try to verify this matter.

Then he looked at Liang Yu at that moment.

“So now you know why General Jin knew your whereabouts at the time but didn’t dare to directly lead troops to capture you, right?”

“Instead, he tried to find a way to lure you out. Only when you left the Zen Sect could he make a move.”