Light Fortress
Chapter 529 - 123: Searching for the Lantern_2

Chapter 529: Chapter 123: Searching for the Lantern_2

As if bathed in the spring breeze.

Unable to contain herself, Qing Sui gently inhaled, feeling as though her heavy head had somewhat lightened. A warm, burning sensation flowed through her limbs. She looked at Gu Shen and whispered, "Thank you..."

"Rest well."

Gu Shen spoke calmly, "The last lamp... leave it to me."

Li Family had been of great help in the search for the Copper Human Lamp.

However, Gu Shen had prepared for the worst a year ago... The hatching of the Divine Embryo must not rely solely on the Li Family. Should any issues arise, he had to be ready to step in.

The Li Family couldn’t find all four lamps.

Then he would find them!

One way or another... the Divine Embryo must be hatched, Chu Ling must descend!

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...

Gu Shen’s thought process was actually quite simple.

If the Lamp-Seeking Plan was effective, then it meant his original thought was correct... just by investing a large amount of mundane objects and manpower, the search for the fourth Copper Human Lamp could be completed.

Theoretically, many forces had the capability to accomplish this.

However... Searching for ancient lamps was already a strange activity. Publicizing it extensively was bound to attract attention, and the Li Family’s actions had already garnered quite a bit.

Yet, no one knew why the Li Family was searching for the Copper Human Lamp.

The secrecy of this plan was very high, known only to a very few.

Even the Elder Council wasn’t privy to the real situation.

If Gu Shen were to approach another major force, it might trigger a trend... He could certainly ask for help from the Huashi or Mr. Gu. With their financial resources, they could achieve the same "effect" as the Li Family.

However, that would likely result in other Extraordinary Forces investing mundane objects to do the same thing.

If Li Family was searching for ancient lamps, and then Gu family and Huashi as well?

In such a scenario... even if they did not understand what was happening, other clans or forces would surely follow suit!

Not knowing what was happening didn’t matter.

What if... the "lamp" that these three families were seeking was found by him?

By then, those who needed to know, would know.

That is why, for the past year, Gu Shen had never asked the Gu family or Huashi for help with this matter... and of course, there was another very important point: Divine Temple Mountain was a secret, and the corresponding Copper Human Lamps held within were also a secret. If he was to seek help, Gu Shen would have to hide the true purpose of his search for the lamps from Mr. Gu and Mrs. Lu.

Now, it seems he might need to use the backup plan.

Gu Shen dialed Mrs. Lu’s number, set a time, and then entered the Spiritual Link of the [Conference Room].

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Over the past year, the [Conference Room] had mostly been in a state of suspended inactivity.

Luckily, most members of the Ancient Literature Society had grown accustomed to this state.

Most of the time, for them, no contact was actually a good thing.

No contact, no meetings, meant that the Five Continents were peaceful... and their "fellow robes" were safe.

Good, the world does not need our salvation.

This was actually a good thing.

This might be the most peaceful and tranquil year in nearly two decades, perhaps thanks to the appearance of the [Key], the luck of the Ancient Literature Society had improved somewhat, and the persecutions they faced this year were almost nil. After the repairs, the [Conference Room] had only hosted a few small meetings, the [Key] had not appeared, nor left a trace as if it was just a fleeting dream after that collective meeting, no spiritual power summoning occurred ever again...

That was the biggest breakthrough of the Ancient Literature Society this year.

That was when 073 and Mrs. Lu established contact in the real world.

The two connected through the [Conference Room].

Over this year, Mrs. Lu and 073 had conducted several transactions, all very successfully. As a reward for last time’s delivery of Strong Logic Material, Huashi sent a valuable "thank you gift" to 073: advanced bionic technology secretly developed in Da Du.

This trust transaction ended with both parties revealing part of their bottom lines.

knew the "little girl" sitting opposite him governed the powerful Huashi in the East Continent.

Whereas Mrs. Lu realized that the unapologetically grateful recipient of her gifts, 073, was likely situated at the most crucial arc point of the North Continent Fortress.

The previously unclear force of the North Continent Military Department gradually emerged... Gu Castle Fortress.

Both parties got a surfacing, vague answer.

Both also tacitly stopped probing further and naturally let "truth" unfold with time.

The lights of the [Conference Room] illuminated.

Lu Nanzhi entered the link as scheduled.

Gu Shen had already taken his seat. He saw the figure of the "little girl" materialize and immediately got straight to the point, conjuring the spiritual image of the last Copper Human Lamp.

"I want to find a lamp..."

Lu Nanzhi’s brows slightly furrowed.

Searching for a lamp?

"It’s not a sealed object, just an ordinary artifact, only very old... Its exterior is durable, impervious to destruction by Extraordinary Power." Gu Shen once again summoned the "Lamp of Sorrow" he had found a year ago on the snowfield.

When it had just been unearthed from the tomb, the Lamp of Sorrow had been coated with a layer of lacquer.

"The surface of this lamp might be disguised, its appearance possibly different from its true interior," Gu Shen slowly started.

Lu Nanzhi immediately realized something.

She murmured, "This past year... it seems someone has always been doing such things."

The next moment, she remembered.