Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 353 Land of Chaos

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After a night of turmoil, Xia felt a rare sense of fatigue the moment she opened the door.

For some reason, the face of the city lord Kallen always appears in front of her eyes inadvertently. Perhaps it is the body's instinct to warn Xia of the danger of this person, or... what is the relationship between her and herself?

There was no light in the room. Even though her eyes had not yet fully adapted to the darkness inside the door, the faintly audible steady breathing still made Xia breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Jiang Ming said to Mei Raiden "You can stay or go as you like" in a way that played hard to get when he left, now that he has collected all three souls, Mei Raiden's information is the final key to obtaining the [Hell] curse.

"Do not move!"

A familiar voice came from behind. After just a moment of relaxation, Mei Raiden pressed her neck with a sharp object.

Xia frowned slightly, snorted coldly, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "As expected of the former leader of the City Lord's Mansion Shadow Guard, even the way of repaying the benefactor is so unique."

"Who are you?" Raiden Mei's fierce voice came from behind.

"Just a dancer from Nevernight." Xia still answered using her previous identity, her tone was flat and no emotion could be heard.

Raiden Mei couldn't help but sneer when she heard this: "What a dancer you are! If it weren't for your fox ears, I might have believed your previous conversation. But I have worked for the mayor for many years, so I know some secrets that ordinary residents have no way of knowing."

"It is said that when the demon fox was sealed five hundred years ago, it cursed this land. Since then, there is a very small chance that newborn babies in Yae Town will be born with a pair of fox ears."

"These children are called [Forbidden Children]. When they are old enough to remember, they are sent to the Yae Shrine as priestesses to serve the gods for life. I would like to ask, how did such people end up being a dancer in [Nevernight City]?"

Mei Raiden immediately interrogated and stabbed the sharp object in her right hand a little further inward. The atmosphere was so dark that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face, which made Xia feel even worse.

Helpless, the girl could only sigh deeply and slowly raise her hands as if begging for mercy: "Okay, I surrender, I confess, but..."

"? What do you want to do... Ugh!"

Someone suddenly attacked Mei's side. Kasumi quickly broke free from Mei's Raiden restraints. The person who attacked Mei turned the unbalanced Mei Raiden around and pressed her under him.

"But if you think you can bluff with just a pair of chopsticks, you are underestimating us." Jiang Ming gently pressed Raiden Mei under him. Even though he didn't use any strength, the lovely purple-haired girl was still pinned down by Jiang Ming and couldn't move.

Mei Raiden gritted her teeth and said unwillingly: "If I wasn't injured...what exactly is your purpose?"

"In that case, if you are injured, you should just lie down and rest and wait for us to come back... And even if I don't tell you, you should be able to guess that our goal is the curse of the [Hell] in your father's hand."

Jiang Ming relaxed his grip a little, and Mei Raiden closed her eyes slightly, feeling a sense of emotion in her heart: "Is that so... But it's a pity that even I can't find a way to open the three clues my father left behind."

"Ah... If the three clues you mentioned, Miss Mei, are referring to those three seals, then the things inside are here now." Jiang Ming stretched out his right hand, and three seals of fire, ice and thunder appeared in his hand, emitting a bright strange light in the darkness.

"So now, can we have a good talk?" Jiang Ming completely released the hands that were restraining Raiden Mei and stood up from the girl.

"What..." Looking at the three marks in front of her, Mei Raiden's eyes widened for a moment. After thinking quickly, she immediately realized: "Are you the city lord's men?"

"No, we are not. Rather, we have dealt with Lord Kallen before. If we had not acted quickly, we would not have been able to obtain these three seals."

Jiang Ming turned on the light, and the dark environment quickly became bright. Raiden Mei and Kasumi sat opposite each other, and Rin, who had just arrived, also sat down. After Jiang Ming made tea in a short time, he handed the fragrant tea to several people.

Mei Raiden and Kasumi took it. The tea was emerald green in color and clear to the bottom. Smelling the fragrance of the tea, the two couldn't help but take a sip. The fragrance immediately lingered on their teeth and they felt refreshed.

"Good tea..." Mei Raiden breathed a sigh of relief, as if all the fatigue in her body disappeared in an instant. Even Kasumi, an Anbu ninja, closed her eyes silently and enjoyed it.

Jiang Ming smiled with satisfaction: "Haha, I am very confident in my tea-making skills. Now please tell me about the news about Hell. Maybe we can help you."

"..."

Mei Raiden took another sip of tea and then slowly sighed, "The Raiden family was once a famous swordsmith in Yae Town, but as history progressed, the ancient craftsmanship was gradually lost. By the time of my father's generation, his research direction had shifted to high-precision mechanical prostheses and exoskeleton armor."

"My mother was also in a coma in the hospital many years ago due to an accident... Perhaps because of this, my father has been obsessed with making mechanical components that can completely replace diseased body tissues and allow life to continue."

After a long silence, Mei Raiden continued.

"I don't know where my father got the [Hell] seal, but when he first created a self-regulating mechanical puppet, the City Lord's Mansion decided to fund his research."

"But since then, my father's research has not made any progress. In order to produce corresponding results, he took a risk and started a forbidden experiment..."

"Is it the experimental accident that caused it to be imprisoned directly?" Xia asked tentatively.

"...That's right." Raiden Mei closed her eyes slightly and nodded heavily, "But in that accident, he seemed to have discovered something. Before going to prison, he hid all his previous research results in a place where no one could find them."

"But the City Lord's Mansion seems to be unusually persistent in finding the things my father hid. They even went so far as to issue a wanted order to get clues from me."

Having said that, Raiden Mei turned her gaze to Jiang Ming.

"My purpose is very simple - as long as I can prevent the [Hell Road] curse seal that my father tried so hard to hide from the City Lord's Mansion, that's enough."

"Even if it falls into the hands of people like us who have unknown origins?" Jiang Ming poured another cup of tea for Raiden Mei.

"..."

Seeing Raiden Mei nodded almost imperceptibly, Jiang Ming leaned forward slightly and asked: "Now please tell us where that [place that no one can find] is."

"[Sacrifice three souls in the old city before dawn, and pass through the chaos to enter the other side of the world.] This is recorded in my father's work notes."

"Chaos?" Xia frowned slightly and looked at the time again.

"There is still some time until dawn. Although we don't know what chaos is, we should set off without further delay."

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