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Chapter 688 - 362: The Shadow Boss of Undead Meeting_2

Chapter 688: Chapter 362: The Shadow Boss of Undead Meeting_2

The pool was so vast that it took more than a hundred sand spiders, working together, half an hour to provide the first piece of information.

[One of your sand spiders found a crumpled note in a crack in the wall at the edge of the Gu Venom Pool.]

Mu You hurried over to take a look.

[The note was wrapped in a preservative book cover, but it was still full of holes from being nibbled on by bugs.]

[You unfold the note, barely making out the words written on it.]

[A page from Louise’s diary.]

[...I was led by that peculiar Granny Tang into a dark underground, either a collective dormitory or a hospital. According to Granny Tang, I was very ill and needed years of treatment here... When I entered the hospital, I realized that there were many children like me, waiting for ’treatment’... I was assigned to room 15 in the North District Treatment Center. It seemed someone had lived here recently because there were many items left by the previous occupant. But now, they were all mine...]

The girl living in room 14 next to me is called Mian Mian. She looks about my age, with ruby-like eyes, straight long hair, and such exquisite features that she looks like a doll...I tried to greet her, but she completely ignored me and didn’t even show any expression when she looked at me, as frigid as the never melting snow on the plateau, aloof enough to keep everyone at arm’s length. This made me feel a bit sad... Until this night, when everyone else had turned off their lights and gone to sleep, I suddenly heard a faint knocking from inside the wall, coming from room 14 next door... As I pressed my ear to the wall, trying to listen carefully, the knocking stopped abruptly. Then a note was passed under the wall...]

When I opened the note, it read, "You can go anywhere, but do not enter the West District. A terrifying ’monster’ lurks there."... This was the first time I heard the legend of the ’monster,’ a friendly warning from the patient next door... ]

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The first diary page didn’t contain much valuable information, except once again mentioning the critical word ’monster,’ and the only useful piece of information was the specific location, ’Room 15 of the North District Treatment Center.’

The North District was an abandoned area he had searched before. However, the area was vast, and he had only passed through most places without using a search spell to inspect them. And since this room was where Louise stayed for a long time, there might be other clues inside.

Of course, there’s no rush. He could deal with the matters of the pool first.

Just as Mu You finished reading the diary’s content, a new prompt popped up.

[One of your sand spiders spotted a golden glow on the other side of the Gu Venom Pool. Amidst the vast swarm of black bugs, it dazzled like the sun.]

[You immediately control the sand spider to investigate further. Soon, you burrow out from the swarm of bugs and see an empty zone. At its center stands a golden cocoon. The surrounding turbulent ocean of bugs encircles the cocoon but doesn’t dare to approach, allowing the space around the cocoon.]

[Golden Silkworm Cocoon: It is the egg of the Golden Silkworm, which could hatch into a mature Golden Silkworm. Once contracted, the Golden Silkworm will help you devour the Gu bugs on your body and restore your physical and magic power. Each time it devours a Gu bug, it will recover 500 points of magic power for you and increase 5 action points.]

Mu You’s eyes lit up. It was indeed the Golden Silkworm!

Moreover, its specific effect pleasantly surprised him. Not only could it remove Gu, but it would also help restore physical power when devouring Gu.

Devouring one Gu could restore five action points, which means that once he obtains this Golden Silkworm, he will have unlimited physical power in the Cook Sea area in the future!

Mu You quickly ordered his character to approach this side, preparing to break through the swarm of bugs and retrieve the cocoon.

But before he could do so, another new prompt emerged in the game.

[As you try to get close to the cocoon, you hear a faint human voice.]

["President, everything here is normal, so you need not worry..." The voice was familiar - it was the Stick Man who had guided you to the underground factory.]

[Then a second voice responded, "Yes, I’m currently immobile, and I need to focus my energy on another body. You are in charge of the affairs in the guild for now."]

["Did something troublesome happen in the Forgotten Land?" Stick Man’s voice.]

["Yes, I was tricked by the Fool and got injured. Plus, those Fools seem to have found a way to identify us and started openly searching." The other voice.]

["What’s your plan?"]

["How long until the next opening of the Space Fissure? I need a specific time."]

["According to the pattern, the Space Fissure will open in 43 hours 32 minutes. This time marks the long-awaited peak of the space wave. The Fissure will last for seven hours once opened, and after it closes, it won’t open again for at least half a year." Stick Man’s voice.]

["Good, it seems luck is on our side. All we have to do now is hold out for the next 43 hours under the Fools’ investigation... However, to prevent the Fools from finding the Space Fissure ahead of time, let the sleeping Shadow Messengers in the core area occasionally release some bait. Remember, always place the ’bait’ far away from the Fissure to divert the Fools’ attention." The other voice.]