In the original plot, Guan Kelai finally agreed to cooperate with Jiguang, assisting the Pandora-33 Trainees in invading the King City. Relying on his influence, he caused great trouble for the Protagonist’s group.
So, when Yun Ruoxi fought her way down from the Banquet Hall back then, she indeed intended to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, weakening and containing Guan Kelai’s power.
However, she didn’t kill innocents indiscriminately.
She only dealt lethal blows to the guards who attacked her and the servants who blocked her path.
But she still somewhat underestimated the appeal of nobles to their retainers and servants who had served them for generations in this era.
When those servants and guards discovered she was an intruder, they rushed forward almost one after another!
This created the hellish scene Guan Kelai saw at that time.
Yun Ruoxi never considered herself a good person.
Her self-awareness was very clear.
But after committing such a slaughter, she was still somewhat dazed, feeling a faint discomfort in her heart.
This was also one of the reasons she decided to retire after everything ended.
In the many years to follow, she would continue like this, committing many killings because of various matters.
Under the identity of “Yun Ruoxi”!
Those sins would entwine around her, and even Lin Zhen might not be able to accept it in the end.
All she could do was make this identity disappear and live as another identity when the time came!
***
After Damian left, Lin Zhen curiously played with the “Gift of the Earth God” that the other party had sent over in the carriage.
He said he only wanted a small piece, and Damian gave him a small piece.
It was a palm-sized yellow stone, looking a bit like sulfur but without any irritating odor when held in his hand.
Lin Zhen could vaguely feel signs of Star Energy flowing inside.
It seemed to be some kind of Star Energy Mineral.
However, after he curiously injected Star Energy into it, the yellow stone did not react at all, which did not match the characteristic of Star Energy Mineral being activated by Star Energy that he knew.
“Strange, it’s not a Star Energy Mineral, yet there’s Star Energy flowing. Damian said this is the Gift of the Earth God… Gift? Earth God?”
Lin Zhen frowned and studied it for a long time, but in the end, he still found nothing.
However, the army set off again during this time.
He put the stone into his pocket and turned to look out the window.
This Stone Forest seemed a bit strange; the army would rather spend a little more time bypassing it from the side than pass directly through the middle.
Lin Zhen sighed silently.
If only his Yi Neng had a concealment effect, then he could have hidden his presence and gone in to investigate earlier.
Maybe he could have found some very important clues.
“Are we going to transfer from here?” The idea of going straight to the King City as Yun Ruoxi and the others had imagined didn’t seem realistic.
After spending two long hours in the Root Passage, they slid out of a hole located on the right.
Under the guidance of the waiter, they entered another passage.
Guan Kelai explained, “The one ahead just now belongs to the direct passage of the Military Headquarters; we can only avoid it.”
“Is there something there?” Zi Jiu asked softly.
“The Tree God’s Gift, the manufacturing material for Tree God weapons!”
As Guan Kelai spoke, he couldn’t help but steal a glance at Yun Ruoxi, his gaze sliding over the twin swords on her back.
Those were all his Tree God weapons!
As his voice fell, the camera suddenly sank from the carriage, merged into the soil, and went all the way to the Underworld.
On the pitch-black land, a thousand-meter-long earth dragon was crawling. Lin Zhen and the others were actually right below Yun Ruoxi and her group!
The camera then flipped and split into two halves.
One half moved down to Lin Zhen in the carriage, while the other half moved back up to the other people in the Root Passage.
The perspectives of both sides were separated by the ground that distinguished the Underworld and the surface, and finally merged again, freezing on Zi Jiu’s face.
「This shot is awesome」
「It’s like a shot from Stranger Things season four, has anyone seen it?」
「Wait, so Lao Lin and Lao Xi have been going in the same direction all along?」
「Lao Lin and Lao Xi are both going to the King City… Are the King Cities of all Huang Elves and Green Elves in the same location? Just one on the surface and one on the ground?」
「It’s more than that. Guan Kelai just said the place they bypassed is the Tree God’s Gift, while the place Lao Lin and the others bypassed is the Gift of the Earth God!」
The audience had previously thought that the two separate groups of Lin Zhen and Yun Ruoxi were actually two parallel plot lines that would only cross one day after each had obtained enough information.
But they didn’t expect the relationship between the two sides to be even closer than imagined, with a correspondence that seemed like a mirror image.
The bullet chat exploded instantly.
「Then wouldn’t the two sides meet in the King City?」
「Probably」
「Even the King City is in the same location. Could the Green Elves and Huang Elves have been the same tribe before?」
The clamor of the bullet chat did not affect the progression of the plot.
“Materials for Tree God weapons?”
Zi Jiu raised an eyebrow, becoming interested, and hurriedly asked, “How much do you know about Tree God weapons?”
“Not much, but I know some.”
Guan Kelai nodded.
The matter of Tree God weapons was not a secret within the nobility; the other party would be able to find out a lot after inquiring upon entering the King City.
So he didn’t intend to hide it from them and said truthfully:
“Tree God weapons require plants growing in the Land of Grace to create the mold, then they are sent to the Pool of Grace inside the King City for baptism to obtain incredibly powerful strength.”
“Pool of Grace and Land of Grace?”
Zi Jiu and Yun Ruoxi exchanged glances.
If they weren’t mistaken, the star core of this planet was probably located inside the Pool of Grace.
“Do you know the specific location of the Pool of Grace?” Zi Jiu pressed.
Guan Kelai was silent for a moment and said, “If I’m not mistaken, it should be behind the King City, beneath the King’s Palace. I once helped the Military Headquarters transport the molds of Tree God weapons into the Traveling Palace.”
Zi Jiu nodded thoughtfully, then leaned closer to Yun Ruoxi and the others, lowering her voice:
“This is a bit troublesome. The star core is under the King’s Palace; that place must be a dragon’s pool and tiger’s den. If we want to break in and take the star core, there will definitely be a hard battle.”
“Can’t we just sneak in, steal it, and run?” Anvil couldn’t help but ask.
“Do you think something that has been safely preserved for thousands of years can be easily stolen by us?” Zi Jiu shook her head and suddenly looked at Yun Ruoxi, asking:
“Xiao Xi, do you have any ideas?”
“Hmm…” Yun Ruoxi pursed her lips, “I think, maybe we can unite with the Huang Elves.”
“The enemy of our enemy is our friend, isn’t it?”
“This idea is quite good. The Huang Elves have been able to fight the Green Elves for so many years; they must have some skill.” Kaos quite agreed with this idea.
“But how should we contact the Huang Elves?” Zi Jiu asked again.
“That naturally depends on him!” Yun Ruoxi looked at the oblivious Guan Kelai with a smile.