Chapter 135 The Snowy Graveyard

"Prison Division, a total of twelve teams, all entered the mausoleum."

"Adjudication Division, fourteen teams, also all entered the mausoleum."

"Command Division...six squads, entry complete."

One after another, reports echoed in the central communication channel of the Eastern Continent Federation.

After Gu Qilin disappeared into the mausoleum, the commander in charge of overall control became "Zhou Wei." A crucial reason why this old man and Gu Qilin had such a close friendship was that he had served in the Command Division long ago, partnering and cooperating with Gu Qilin... So even though he is now the Chairman of the Security Committee, he still possesses extremely strong "regulation and command" abilities.

In fact, all the tasks in the mausoleum tonight no longer require a so-called "commander."

Once inside the mausoleum, all communication will be lost.

Even high-level Sealed Items like the [Three Thousand Miles] cannot transmit information externally.

Tonight's operation can only grant all authority to the "officials of the Three Divisions" after entering the mausoleum... And Zhou Wei, sitting in the rear, is only responsible for key decisions regarding major events.

High-level transcendents, such as the Inquisitors of the Prison Division and the Adjudicators of the Adjudication Division, transcendents who have reached the fourth level of Deep Sea cultivation, will not all enter the mausoleum in the first batch.

Regarding the "Qingzhong Incident," the information the Federation has obtained so far is pitifully scarce.

According to the [Deep Sea]'s calculations, this is likely a "transcendent runaway" case... The real solution still requires entering the mausoleum and investigating slowly.

Zhou Wei stood before the massive golden gate.

The wind howled.

Yet he inexplicably felt a chill.

Perhaps it was because it was too quiet... Hundreds of transcendents entered the mausoleum, these people were like waves, disappearing without a trace after entering the mausoleum.

Zhou Wei's state of mind was not calm.

"I always feel like something is wrong."

Mr. Shan came to Zhou Wei's side, he said calmly, "Given Gu Lushan's personality... why would he take the lead in something like entering the mausoleum?"

At the first moment the mausoleum regained stability, Gu Lushan pushed his wheelchair and entered it.

He also brought a considerable number of transcendents from the Gu family's new faction with him.

This guy is like a cunning fox, unwilling to suffer even the slightest loss.

What is happening in the mausoleum now is still unknown... He launched the operation before the intelligence was fully investigated. Is it really for the so-called "Dream of Tinder"?

Whether others believe it or not, Zhou Wei doesn't believe this reason.

But... the other members of the Five Great Families and the Three Divisions believed it.

As soon as the Gu family's new faction set off.

All the other forces were also eager to depart.

If something unexpected happens in the mausoleum, the consequences... are unimaginable.

"The two of you, standing here... is really not as good as entering the mausoleum."

A faint voice rang out.

Zhu Wang stood beside the two with his hands behind his back.

These three top figures of the Federation's Three Divisions did not directly enter the mausoleum... but stood before the golden gate, waiting for the follow-up within the mausoleum, ready to respond at any time.

In fact, Zhu Wang had submitted an application to enter the mausoleum.

Zhou Wei, as the "Acting Grand Commander," rejected this application.

The reason Zhu Wang gave was very upright: as a top combat force of the Federal Government, he wanted to enter the mausoleum to contribute to Changye.

And Zhou Wei's refusal was impeccable, he retorted with "the outside of the mausoleum needs top combat forces to guard it."

So, Zhu Wang could only stand here.

Wherever Zhou Wei was.

He would be there too.

This "Grand Adjudicator" raised his head, looking at the golden aura surging in the mausoleum, and asked softly, "With our strength, no matter what situation we encounter, we will be able to protect ourselves. But if these young transcendents who enter the mausoleum encounter misfortune... then they will really be in trouble. Perhaps, it would be a better choice for us to enter the mausoleum."

"The powerhouses of the Five Great Families have already entered the mausoleum. If they find out the situation inside the mausoleum... we will naturally enter the mausoleum as well, and at the first possible moment."

Zhou Wei said lightly, "But for now, Mr. Acting Grand Adjudicator, you just wait obediently, Mr. Shan and I will accompany you in waiting."

He narrowed his eyes.

Another gust of wind swept past.

The "blazing flames" of the golden gate slowed down, like a calming sea.

This time, Zhou Wei was very sure, it was not his illusion.

He really felt a chill.

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"After entering the mausoleum, remember not to act rashly."

"The primary task of this trip is to investigate the transcendent runaway situation in the mausoleum, and the secondary task... is to find the 'Dream of Tinder' lost in the mausoleum. I know that this second task sounds very tempting, but you must be clear that the more tempting something is, the more dangerous it is."

This is what Zou He, the eldest disciple of the Fourth Inquisitor, said to his junior brothers before entering the golden gate.

The Fourth Inquisitor's disciples formed a squad of eight for this trip.

Shen Li was also among them.

He listened quietly to his senior brother's admonition.

But it was clear that this admonition would not really work.

Because in the team, there were several senior brothers... whose minds were very restless.

Having been with Gu Shen for a long time, Shen Li could also sense fluctuations in "emotions," even though he had not specifically cultivated in this area, he naturally learned it over time.

Shen Li knew that it wasn't because he was so amazing.

In Gu Shen's words, it was because these people's "spiritual" cultivation realm was not high enough.

Ordinary people have skills such as "reading expressions" in daily interactions, and transcendents also have similar methods, their "expressions" are no longer facial expressions, but "spirit."

Truly profound and unfathomable great powerhouses have restrained auras, and even the slightest hint of joy or anger cannot be sensed.

But Shen Li could now sense varying degrees of "emotional" fluctuations in his fellow disciples, even the "eldest brother" Zou He was no exception.

The team of eight stepped into the mausoleum together.

Shen Li walked at the back.

At the moment of entering the mausoleum, a "fierce" wind breath came from within the golden gate.

"Rumble~~"

The deep wind breath resounded like a dragon's roar.

Shen Li narrowed his eyes... he only felt that the oncoming "wind breath" was not as hot as he had imagined, but vaguely mixed with some chill, followed by a burst of blinding wind and snow slamming down.

His released spiritual power was compressed and contracted by an invisible and powerful pressure.

He lost all "vision."

The senior brothers in front.

One by one, they turned into blurred white figures in the wind and snow.

He stopped.

All around, there was a field of white.

What... happened?

Shen Li was stunned.

What he saw after stepping through the golden gate was not the Qingzhong Mausoleum he remembered at all.

This... was a snowfield?

But... how could there be a snowfield in Qingzhong?!

He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and then strode forward...

The wind and snow were extremely heavy.

He quickened his pace, wanting to find the "senior brothers'" backs in the distance, but after a few minutes, Shen Li realized the strangeness... this snowfield was definitely another space beyond the mausoleum.

This place... was too big.

It was very likely that this was a disaster zone.

The space within the mausoleum had been rewritten by higher spiritual rules.

And those who entered the mausoleum would be "randomly" teleported away.

As for... the adjudication squad of eight transcendents that he and his senior brothers had originally planned to form?

At the moment of entering the mausoleum, the squad was broken up!

Shen Li's expression was a little ugly, the communication channel was blocked as expected, and the means of transmitting messages through Sealed Items were also useless... The possibility of information within the mausoleum being transmitted was completely blocked.

His squad was already one of the last few to enter the mausoleum.

And the previous teams... were all broken up?!

Regarding the "transcendent runaway" phenomenon in the mausoleum.

Under the superimposed descent of this vast snowfield... it was really difficult to make a breakthrough relying solely on the weak middle-level transcendent forces.

He must find his companions!

However, it was hard to imagine where the transcendents who entered the mausoleum were transported to under this bizarre spatial rule... But as long as he quickened his pace, he shouldn't be unable to find a single companion, right?

Harboring such thoughts, Shen Li began to run.

A black figure sped across the snowfield.

He narrowed his eyes, surveying the surroundings with his eyesight... Because his spiritual power was compressed, he could only use the most basic methods to find clues.

And soon he made a discovery.

Shen Li smelled a bloody scent... the scent itself was very faint, mixed in the violent wind, somewhat like the smell of iron rust.

His heart skipped a beat.

He stopped.

Following the direction the wind was blowing from, he slowly walked towards a huge rock... and the next scene made Shen Li stand there in a daze, unable to believe his eyes.

A corpse hung upside down in front of him, fresh blood flowing from its neck, scattering and being swept up by the wind.

The name of this corpse was "Shu Chong," one of his senior brothers.

He was one of the eight people in the team.

Not far from the rock, the wind and snow howled, bringing a richer smell of iron rust.

Shen Li walked slowly inward, he saw the corpses hanging upside down on the pale snowfield... The speed at which the transcendents of the Prison Division entered the mausoleum was not fast, and they were responsible for "cleaning up" the entire operation, so they were the last to enter the mausoleum, and many of the corpses of the transcendents who had entered the mausoleum earlier had already cooled down, frozen into jerky.

Some people, Shen Li could call out their names.

They had greeted him.

They had even sparred and fought in the dojo.

But now... they were all hung on the steep rock face, swaying stiffly in the wind.

The wind was blowing very hard.

A corpse fell, landing in front of Shen Li, shattering into pieces of ice... This corpse was a Prison Division senior sister whom Shen Li knew, and they had even made an appointment to spar before entering the mausoleum.

Shen Li squatted down, he looked at the cracked face of his senior sister, and a trace of daze appeared in his eyes.

There seemed to be a small "flame" remaining in the center of his senior sister's forehead.

Her spirit had been erased, leading to her demise.

And the "culprit" who erased her spirit... was this wisp of fire, Shen Li felt that the aura of this wisp of fire was somewhat familiar.

This seemed to be... Gu Shen's "Blazing Fire"?

His fingers trembled, and he gently touched the forehead of the dead senior sister, feeling that warmth.

No...

It wasn't "Blazing Fire"!

Although the aura was very similar, no one knew the fluctuation of "Blazing Fire" better than him. With Gu Shen's strength, he could certainly kill this senior sister... but he wouldn't leave even a trace.

A deliberate crime.

And leaving a "flame" clue.

Obviously... this was to shift the blame to Gu Shen...

Who did this?!

"Are you looking for me?"

A very light voice rang out from the distant wind and snow.

Shen Li stood up abruptly, looking angry, and looked towards the depths of the wind and snow.

That voice still carried a faint smile.

The wind and snow in the distance suddenly became very heavy, pulling out a tall and thin figure. Shen Li couldn't see the other person's appearance clearly, he only felt that the other person's transcendent aura was very familiar... somewhat similar to the "Blazing Fire" he had sensed earlier.

What was alarming was that he couldn't sense the "spiritual fluctuations" coming from that figure.

This explained one point.

This guy's "spiritual realm" was stronger than his!

"Eater of Iron, Shen Li."

That slender figure slowly walked out of the wind and snow, and spoke Shen Li's name.

And Shen Li narrowed his eyes and spoke coldly.

"Xu Yan."

If there was only one person out of a hundred in Changye who hated this guy.

Then he, Shen Li... must be the one who was steadfastly on that side.

From the moment Xu Yan appeared before the eyes of the world, Shen Li felt disgusted. Everything this guy did had a clumsy air of imitation.

He was imitating Gu Shen.

Imitating the person he had been with day and night for a year, the person he "respected" most from the bottom of his heart.

"I can see that you don't like me very much."

Xu Yan smiled softly.

He raised his palm, and with a clang.

A head fell onto the snow, splashing mottled blood.

"If I remember correctly, this guy... is your senior brother?"

Xu Yan tilted his head slightly and said softly, "He didn't like me either."

Another person died...

One of the eight-person team...

Shen Li's expression was pale, and he clenched his fists. He really wanted to tell himself that all of this was an illusion in the disaster zone.

But the shattered face of his senior sister was real.

The hot blood of his senior brother splattered on his body was also real.

All of this was real.

Shen Li looked at Xu Yan and said in a hoarse voice, "Why are you doing this?"

"Isn't it obvious enough?"

Xu Yan heard this question, spread his hands, looked around, and said softly, "I'm killing people..."

He smiled and said.

"Of course, you can also understand it as... I'm killing people for Gu Shen. It's really tiring to kill so many people in one go. I really want to know, what will the high-level officials of the Federal Government react if they see this scene?"

There were young disciples from the Three Divisions here.

There were also innocent transcendents from the Five Great Families who had fallen behind.

A very small, flickering flame emerged from Xu Yan's forehead.

"You're next."

He said softly, "Letting an 'out-of-control person' who kills even his old friends when he goes crazy leave the Security Committee Building and come to the Qingzhong Mausoleum will be the biggest mistake Zhou Wei has made since taking office."

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