Chapter 409: Mo Yuan is seriously injured

However, someone had indeed died, which made Liang Yu very puzzled.

At this moment, he asked An Jintong.

“Who died? Was it Lao Wei?”

“Send me a photo of the body.”

An Jintong first sent Liang Yu a photo of the deceased’s body, and then told him who had died.

“It wasn’t Lao Wei who died.”

“He requested a quiet room by himself yesterday, and Qu Baoguo arranged for people to protect him outside, so he’s fine.”

“The one who died was the person who came with Lao Wei.”

Liang Yu had no particular thoughts upon hearing that it wasn’t Lao Wei who died.

After all, people were dying every day now, and anyone could die, so it wasn’t strange that the other person had died.

What was strange was the cause of his death; according to the photo An Jintong sent, the person had clearly been parasitized by something that then burst out of their body, leading to their death.

Especially from the damaged areas of the body, Liang Yu confirmed that it was done by a Facehugger, which meant the person was very likely parasitized before he arrived.

Liang Yu could only come up with this explanation, but dwelling on it now was useless; what he truly worried about was what kind of creature had burst out of the body.

If it was truly an Alien, then everyone in the Doomsday Fortress would likely die.

Not long after Liang Yu bid farewell to An Jintong, he put on his armor, turned invisible, and arrived at Qu Baoguo’s location.

Without disturbing Su Lan and Qu Baoguo, he went alone to the room where Wu Zhiming had died.

The body was still in the room, so Liang Yu approached to examine Wu Zhiming’s corpse.

As Liang Yu carefully inspected the body, he confirmed that this was indeed a death caused by a Facehugger’s parasitism.

However, judging by the fist-sized hole in the chest, what burst out was not an Alien, which made Liang Yu breathe a sigh of relief.

He quickly began an investigation, centering it around the room.

The result was beyond Liang Yu’s expectation: the Facehugger that had burst out had not left the room and was now hiding behind the nightstand.

Although he didn’t know why, Liang Yu was too lazy to investigate further; he approached the nightstand, grabbed it directly, and threw it into a glass container.

It was just a small bug; it was easy for him to deal with.

After resolving this matter, he didn’t stay there for long, nor did he plan to go back to sleep, as he had completely lost his drowsiness.

Liang Yu simply went directly to the Underground World to find Zen Master Qizhen, and while he was at it, see if he could get some martial arts manuals from him.

After he arrived in the Underground World, he found that it was still dark. After much thought, Liang Yu decided to go to the City Lord’s Mansion. She remembered that Mo Yuan seemed to have said that a general would be transferred there in the next few days.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the City Lord’s Mansion, he noticed something was off; the overall guard presence had increased significantly, likely due to something happening.

Liang Yu was about to walk in when he was stopped by two guards at the main entrance. One of the guards drew the long saber from his waist and said coldly,

“Come any closer.”

“Die!”

Liang Yu didn’t take the guards’ interception to heart. Just as he was about to speak, he was pulled aside by a kind old woman passing by.

She earnestly advised Liang Yu not to get any closer and told him about recent events.

Just yesterday, the person dispatched from the Imperial City arrived, and the City Lord specially held a welcoming banquet for them.

As for what happened at the banquet, the old woman was not clear, only that she heard for some unknown reason, it ended unhappily, and the people from the Imperial City left the City Lord’s Mansion in a huff.

Then that night, the City Lord’s Mansion was attacked. Although several assassins were killed, it was said that the City Lord was also seriously injured and was now unconscious.

When she reached this point, the old woman specifically looked around.

She told Liang Yu that people in the common folk were now saying that the adult from the Imperial City was responsible for assassinating the City Lord, and it was causing a great stir and rumors throughout the city.

Finally, before the old woman left, she still advised Liang Yu not to approach the City Lord’s Mansion recently, regardless of what was happening, to avoid bringing trouble upon himself.

Liang Yu thanked the old woman with a smile, and couldn’t help but sigh,

The people here are so simple and honest.

He wondered when his own side had become so indifferent, where everyone would just stand by, filming with their phones and watching the spectacle whenever something happened.

If this old woman were someone else, someone might even incite Liang Yu to force his way into the City Lord’s Mansion, just to see if the guard’s saber would land on Liang Yu’s neck.

After seeing the old woman walk away, Liang Yu went to an uncrowded corner, activated his invisibility, and returned to the main gate of the City Lord’s Mansion, striding in openly.

He quickly found Mo Yuan’s room by memory. Upon entering, Liang Yu smelled a strong scent of medicinal herbs.

Looking at Mo Yuan, who lay seriously injured on the bed, his face as pale as paper, and Moffett, who stood by the bed, never leaving his side, Liang Yu materialized and patted Moffett’s shoulder.

Moffett, who had been hanging his head, seemed a bit desolate in the room with his massive body.

He slowly turned his body, wanting to see who was so bold as to pat his shoulder at this time. Just as he was halfway turned, he caught sight of that familiar figure—Liang Yu.

In an instant, Moffett’s previously dim eyes suddenly lit up, as if two blazing flames had ignited within them, their light dazzling.

His lips curved slightly upward, revealing a rare smile, and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out with this joyful expression.

How could he not be excited? He had searched everywhere for traces of Liang Yu, traveled to many places, and asked countless people, yet he had never received any news of Liang Yu.

Each hopeful search had only resulted in deep disappointment.

And now, Liang Yu was truly, tangibly, right before his eyes.

Moffett was even a little disbelieving of his own eyes, but after his initial joy, he became very flustered, like a child who had done something wrong.

He cautiously bowed to Liang Yu.

“Greetings, Liang Shu (Uncle Liang)!”

Liang Yu waved his hand, wanting to know what had happened.

Moffett looked at his father, who was still holding on, and didn’t immediately ask Liang Yu for treatment. Instead, he told Liang Yu about the events of that night.

Only after hearing Moffett’s account did he understand why he hadn’t received a report from Mario after being in the Underground World for so long.

It turned out that on the night Mo Yuan was attacked, two Marios had taken action, using modern firepower to eliminate several of the opponents, but they were ultimately destroyed by the enemy.

Although Liang Yu suspected, after hearing this, that it was a ruse by Mo Yuan and his son, along with the general, he didn’t care.

He immediately took out a healing spray to treat Mo Yuan. After Mo Yuan’s complexion improved, he asked Moffett to take him to find the destroyed Marios.

Whether it was a ruse or not, he could just extract and interpret the data from Mario.