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Shen Ye continued his journey along the underground river.

Twenty minutes later.

The river started forming a waterfall that extended downwards.

The water roared.

"Can you sense any signs of life?" he asked the Great Skeleton.

"No, there are no living creatures within hundreds of miles," the Great Skeleton replied.

Shen Ye descended, crouching on the rocks protruding at the edge of the waterfall, looking down into the immeasurable abyss.

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Where on earth had teacher Yang Yingzhen gone?

But she's a teacher, and she should be stronger than us anyway.

Forget it, since we can't find her, let's prepare food for the students first.

With this thought, he opened the door and stepped through.

Nightmare World.

The secret passage of the Human Territory.

Shen Ye waited quietly for a while before crawling out and walking down the path until he saw the flag with three short swords painted on it.

No mistake, these tents belonged to the Brotherhood.

"May I come in?"

He asked at the entrance.

Immediately, a male voice responded:

"Peiqi? Welcome, welcome, please come in!"

Shen Ye entered and saw the three assassins who had been sitting inside all stand up excitedly and gesture "I love you" to Shen Ye.

Shen Ye responded with the "I love you too" gesture——

Which was just shaking the "I love you" gesture up and down twice.

"What's the situation now?"

Shen Ye asked.

"The spy incident has had a huge impact, and there's news that the King is prepared to strip the prince of the Imperial Royal Cavalry Leader Medal," one of the assassins said.

"The medal is not important, but it's a signal, indicating the prince's decline in power," another assassin added.

"Who exactly is the spy that was captured by the Undead? Any reliable information?" Shen Ye inquired further.

"Unclear, the Undead are tight-lipped about it."

"The defenses of Eternal Night City are getting tighter. It's not wise to send more spies now. If we're discovered, it will only add fuel to the fire and make the situation even more severe."

Shen Ye nodded and said:

"Don't act rashly, leave the next steps to me—but I need some food supplies, enough to last over a hundred people for a few days. Can you help prepare this?"

"No problem, we have a military food warehouse," said the oldest assassin.

"What kind of food do you have?" Shen Ye asked.

"Salted fish, sausages, and canned beef, of course, we also have sugar cubes and black tea."

"Don't use anything with the Empire's packaging."

"Understood, for the sake of stealth," the assassin nodded knowingly.

"How soon can you give it to me?" Shen Ye asked.

"Very quickly!"

Two assassins immediately went out to handle this task and returned in about seven or eight minutes, holding a small box.

This was a simple march-class spatial storage box, able to contain about the contents of a small warehouse.

With this, feeding the one hundred plus students would no longer be a problem.

As for the water source——

Shen Ye knew that the Imperial Army always brought several Water Mages with them, who would cast spells to draw water, then distributed it in water bags.

This was to prevent the enemy from poisoning the water.

There was nothing he could do about water.

However, the students of Xi Rang High School were among the best from schools all over the world.

Obtaining water shouldn't be a difficult task for them.

Besides, there was also underground water in the Great Tomb, which could be purified and drank.

The task was accomplished.

"Don't reveal my visit to anyone, I'm off to Eternal Night City to check things out," Shen Ye said.

"Please be careful and take good care of yourself," the assassins said.

"Don't worry," Shen Ye waved his hand and left the tent.

He found a secluded spot, opened the door, and stepped back through.

It was still the Underground Grand Tomb.

Shen Ye took out a piece of cake, eating while thinking.

"Great Skeleton, do you think we should go back to Hell now to collect your mother's bones?"

He sought an opinion.

The Great Skeleton spoke cautiously:

"I hope you'll do it when you are in the best condition, because once you start collecting, you must complete it within seven hours—it concerns my mother's safety."

Shen Ye nodded his head.

Hell...

He would have to continue going there.

But he could do other things first and wait until his condition was at its best before starting the search for the bones of the Underworld Lord.

Shen Ye stood up, his physique leaping forward, jumping down towards the waterfall.

"Hey, we're going deeper into the Great Tomb, watch out for your safety,"

The Great Skeleton nervously reminded him.

The advice was sound.

Shen Ye didn't argue, and with a flick of his hand, he condensed frost into the Broad Cold Sword, and said:

"Come on, I am a water droplet."

Shadow Fingering activated!

Along with the triple effect of Moonlight Divine Illumination.

Shen Ye spread his arms wide, like the splashes in midair, flowing downwards.

He flew like this for a full twenty minutes or more.

Into the darkness.

A few torches came into view.

Shen Ye looked intently and saw the waterfall pouring into a deep pool, dividing into several streams that wound outwards into creeks.

A team was stopping by the waterside.

The torches were theirs.

Shen Ye sized up the group of people from a distance.

——The fifth level of the Law Realm, Summoning Technique Spirit;

Sixth Layer Summoning of Spirits;

Seventh Layer was almost unheard of, with only masters like the Nine Aspects perhaps being able to claim the Seventh Layer.

But according to various reports, top masters from the "Five Desires" world had not descended into the Great Tomb Below.

They only sent their subordinates in.

——Presumably, they were cautious about their own lives.

Perhaps the invasion of the world was not going as smoothly as expected, and they had to oversee the big picture from the outside.

Anyway—

After experiencing the intense oppressive aura of the Nine Aspects, these people could hardly be considered dangerous.

Shen Ye thought about it and then moved closer to them.

At this point, being a droplet of water wasn't quite appropriate anymore.

After all, a droplet doesn't just float in midair indefinitely.

"Come on, I'm a tree branch,"

Shen Ye said.

He slowly moved his feet, walking towards the direction of the torches along the stream bank—

just like a tree branch carried forward by the current.

A few minutes later,

Shen Ye stood by the creek, behind that group of people.

It was a team of about a dozen individuals.

Many of them were wounded, sitting around the fire, taking a moment to rest.

Shen Ye observed them at close quarters for a while and quickly revealed a look of surprise.

The great Skeleton also sent a telepathic message:

"That bald man gives me a familiar sensation, he should be a Necromancer."

Necromancer!

Indeed.

Shen Ye stared at the bald man with grayish-white skin and dull grey eyes, sensing the familiar aura of decay and death from him, confirming his suspicion.

When he had first arrived in Eternal Night City, it was a Necromancer who had received him at the Veterans' Guild.

"Our world doesn't seem to have the profession of Necromancer,"

Shen Ye reflected and said.

"That's right, I've been in your world for so long, and I haven't seen a single Necromancer—this profession must be unique to our Nightmare World," the great Skeleton also said.

Both of them came to a realization at the same time.

Perhaps—

The traitors who sided with the "Five Desires" in the Nightmare World, had already entered this world?

"Hard to say, let's watch and see,"

Shen Ye said.

The great Skeleton seemed to start observing seriously too.

After watching for a while, they gradually noticed more irregularities.

"That's not right, look at that assassin, he's using the hood of his cape to cover up, but if you look closely, his ears are pointed,"

the great Skeleton said.

"That's true, look at that man, wearing what looks like a bathrobe from our world to conceal himself, but actually, he's in a full set of knight's battle armor—with the violet crest of the Human Empire on it, which I've seen when I was by the prince's side," Shen Ye said.

They took another look at the group of people.

—There was no mistaking it, these people came from the Nightmare World!

At that moment, the bald Necromancer stood up first and clapped his hands, saying:

"Alright, get ready to leave."

A female Professional also stood up, saying coldly:

"We've found the Wilderness High Priest, but it has no idea how to break the Seal of Fate, not even the location of the seal."

"Under these circumstances, do we continue the search?"

The Necromancer gave her a glance and then looked towards the others.

The others bowed their heads, maintaining their silence.

"It is a command,"

the Necromancer stated.

"I know it's a command—I'll of course follow the command, but the Wilderness High Priest has already fled—it doesn't know anything about the Seal of Fate," the female Professional said.

"That's why we must go deeper, to seek information about the Seal of Fate," the Necromancer replied.

"The deeper we go, the more dangerous it becomes. Just now, in the clash with the Wilderness High Priest, dozens died, and even we nearly lost our lives," the female Professional said.

Shen Ye listened and found it somewhat familiar, after a moment of recollection, he remembered what "Wilderness High Priest" stood for.

—The Eternal Poisonous Corpse, Wilderness High Priest, and Nine Nether Drought Demon.

They released false information, claiming they could undo the Seal of Fate.

He had encountered the Eternal Poisonous Corpse.

This group had sought out the Wilderness High Priest.

He wondered if anyone else had gone to find that Eternal Poisonous Corpse after his departure.

Anger laced the female Professional's tone:

"Now we don't even know the location of the Seal of Fate,"

"Nor do we know how to break it."

"I refuse to go any further,"

The Necromancer strode over, grasped her neck firmly, and lifted her up.

"Do you want to die? I can accommodate that right now!"

He squeezed her neck tightly, unleashing a technique—

Boom!

The female Professional was blasted away by the technique, flying dozens of meters away, landing by the creek.

She didn't move again.

The Professionals fell into a dead silence.

Only the murderous voice of the Necromancer rose:

"The command from Lord Tian Luo himself, even if we all die, we cannot disobey."

"Remember, crossing into this world was never meant to be easy."

"The number of masters who have surrendered in this world is also limited."

"We must complete the task set by our lord."

The Necromancer's tone grew heavier:

"If we fail, the consequences will be more dreadful than death—"

"Think carefully!"

With that statement, the Professionals seemed to recall something.

They stood up one after another, preparing to depart,

and the Necromancer nodded in satisfaction.

"Move out!"

Under his leadership, the squad continued to push deeper into the Great Tomb.

Shen Ye remained standing in place for a while.

"Have they left?" he asked.

"Yes," the great Skeleton replied.

"And her? Is she dead?"

"Indeed dead."

Shen Ye crouched down and pushed back the hood from the female Professional's head.

Brown hair.

Deep purple skin.

Pointed ears.

—This was a Dark Elf.