High Above

"Objectives accomplished."

After arming Lübeck and preparing the team, Huijian found Ian: "Next, we have to prepare to withdraw - the Huaiguang Church will not be involved in the conflicts and disputes between countries, even if the empire and Solo The same goes for Duke Lin’s ‘civil strife’.”

[Ian, I suggest you evacuate]

On the surface, it was just an ordinary announcement, but during the spiritual communication, Huijian gave quite serious suggestions: [The Dead Lord has those fourth energy levels to solve it. No matter what experiments Grand Duke Thorin wants to do, with Avak The laboratory’s foundation cannot exceed the empire’s expectations]

[If he can hide until the plan succeeds, he may still have the possibility of resistance, just like how Junling Castle secretly developed the Great Labyrinth and obtained the "Apocalypse Arms" from the civilization of the previous era, and then successfully became independent]

[If Grand Duke Thorin really gets the possibility of leading to the fifth energy level from Inaga's legacy, or some kind of fifth-level ability, then he has to wait until the possibility becomes a reality]

——It’s not worth risking your life just for a possibility.

Huijian obviously thought that Ian wanted to get the inheritance of Inaga II, so he took the risk.

And Ian...

To be honest, he didn't know either.

"Xio was rescued, the goblins were also rescued, and Lubeck even became a priest. As for humans, Viscount Avak took away their souls... Anyway, it's not something I can care about now. "

Ian thought so as he looked around the entire thorny plain, staring at the 'not dangerous' choices in the distance.

If you want to leave, now is indeed the best time.

But the problem is that he is not close to any of the things he wants to know most...the truth about the fallen king, Grand Duke Thorin's true purpose, and the legacy of Inaga II.

Wealth and wealth can be found in danger, and the same goes for knowledge.

But he couldn't force the Huaiguang Rescue Team to accompany him on the adventure.

So, after thinking about it, Ian decided to wait until later.

Anyway, they will still be walking together for a while - after all, according to the Gnostic Institute, the Dead King is firmly blocking the exit of the subspace maze.

Although he is now leading a team to defeat the last researcher force in the laboratory, his lair must be heavily defended.

Actually, not necessarily...Ian can't even see the danger now.

In short, after helping them get through there, then consider whether to leave or stay.

Therefore, after agreeing to Huijian's plan to leave, Ian took the lead again and led the Huaiguang rescue team towards the exit, which was the lair of the dead king.

But I have to say...it's been a pretty long road.

Even Ian spent several hours all the way from the entrance to the central area of ​​the Thorny Plains... The road to the Dead King's lair was almost as long.

Ian doesn't need to rest, he has enough energy and physical strength to fight, but the Huaiguang Rescue Team is different - they have fought all the way, and in the end they are just ordinary people with strong will and tenacity.

They need to rest.

So, En took them another way - a safer way, but also farther, with plenty of time to rest.

Warp labyrinth, black earth pastoral, place of decay.

The phantoms in this small garden are very weak. Most of them are plants and humanoid phantoms, not a single monster. Ian believed that this was probably a box garden transformed from the subspace of the potion cultivation garden built into the laboratory. The black corrosive soil would gradually melt people's shoes and flesh, and the rotten flesh would form a quagmire of flesh and blood here.

This is probably why there are no Warcraft here.

Of course, the members of the Huaiguang Rescue Team are not so easily eroded from their shoes. Rather, this is a rare resting point for the subspace maze.

The rescue team set up a camp here. Some of them had fought more and were more tired. For example, the swordsmen, led by Hu Guang, followed Ian and charged the whole way. They even fell asleep directly after eating some dry food. Enter deep sleep to recuperate your mind.

Anyway, if they really need to fight, they can get up immediately. If they can take the time to sleep for a while, with more physical strength, they will have more chance of leaving alive in the final breakout battle.

The rescue teams took turns to rest, and Ian didn't want to expose his specialness, so he decided to take a nap during the second batch. Anyway, with the silver chip and the warning of precognitive vision, he could foresee that there would be no problems during this break.

[Ian, tell me, will my mother scold me this time?]

While on alert, Xio's dragon soul made a pitiful sound - it was only now that he understood what was going on. After being deeply grateful to the Huaiguang Rescue Team and Ian, he began to feel a little sad. Getting nervous: [I volunteered to help my mother solve the trouble in Feiyandi, but I was caught by them... Now, I became my mother's trouble...]

When he said this, the fear and pitiful feeling in Xio's voice was like a puppy that was about to be abandoned.

——Essentially, Xiou has very low self-esteem.

Ian listened to the voice of his real dragon friend, and he thought silently: "Because he has been taken care of by his mother for many years, he feels that he is a drag on his mother... This body is so bad that he cannot even move freely. It even became the weakness of the King of Mother Mountain."

"Xio must have always been very afraid, right? Afraid of his mother abandoning the weak him... Perhaps the instinct of the dragon clan would be to do this, to abandon unqualified heirs and optimize the bloodline of future generations."

That's why Xio hopes to be useful, wants to help his mother, and do as much as possible for the Dragon Worship Cult.

but……

According to the description of the silver chip, Ian knew that Xiou was the child that the King of the Mountain tried his best to save.

It was impossible for him to be born alive at all. He was destined to be stillborn. It was the King of the Mountain who fought hard against his fate and saved his child and raised Xiou safely.

Until now.

But... maybe it was the dragon's pride, or maybe he had never thought of this - the Mountain King did not express his deep love, so that Xio was concerned about his existence. An inferiority complex.

"Eighty percent of the problems in this world may be education problems in the family of origin."

Ian thought to himself: "It's really hard to handle. Should I tell Xiou? I feel like we should wait until the future King of the Mountain is present. Talking unilaterally will have no effect."

Having made up his mind, Ian comforted the flustered Xiou: "Don't worry, Xiou, your mother will definitely be proud of you - you want to help your mother with your own will, if it is not an intelligence issue , let Feiyandi set up an ambush in advance, and you will definitely have succeeded."

"Besides, your existence has completely exposed the Avak Central Laboratory, triggering a struggle between the empire, the Flying Flame Land and Archduke Thorin. The Dragon Worship Cult just needs this opportunity for the future development of the Canaan Moore Ancient Dragon Labyrinth. Find an excuse to cooperate with the Empire, your mother will definitely be overjoyed at this excuse to cooperate with the Empire."

"Besides, haven't I already rescued you?"

Ian's comfort was orderly, and according to his thoughts, Xiou's worries would definitely turn into joy at this moment.

But I never thought that Xiou's mood became even lower: [Don't be happy for my mother. I actually knew it a long time ago. I want to do many things for my mother, but no matter whether it succeeds or fails, it doesn't even bother me. I will take a photo]

[He won’t even hit me or scold me, which makes me feel so uncomfortable]

Ian frowned and said a little strangely: "Slap on the head? Hit you?"

"Xio, what are you talking about that is depressing? Your mother is a real dragon - look at your head. If the old man slaps it off, wouldn't the scales and thorns growing on top of your head be full of pain? Your head is bleeding? Let alone beating you, He definitely doesn’t want you to die!”

Ian said firmly: "Listen to me. Next time, use your human body to chat with your mother. Then, she might be willing to hug you."

【Really? 】

Xio was a little moved. He had indeed never done this. The King of the Mountain did have a humanoid body, but it was only used to meet with people from the Dragon Worship Cult and discuss cooperation with some big forces. Xio had never done anything like this before. At that time, he used his human body to chat with his mother.

"At least you have to try."

Ian smiled, and he began to understand why Anfa and Xiou are pen pals - this little dragon's character is indeed quite cute. For someone like Anfa who obviously has many secrets and many things in his heart, there is such a thing Friends will indeed feel relieved.

"Let's rest first."

It was Ian's turn to rest. Ian was about to pretend to go to sleep, and he also urged Xiou to sleep: "You are not in a good condition now. Don't lose too much strength, lest I rescue you later." The broken dragon with a damaged soul has made everyone unhappy."

[Hmm, then I’m going to sleep]

Xio went to sleep quite obediently, and Ian also came to the rest camp nearby. He lay on the sleeping blanket and closed his eyes.

He thought it was just a sleep break.

But for some reason, Ian fell into a real sleep in the subspace maze.

So much so that...

Resonate with a soul.

Resonates with many, many souls.