But as ti passed, Lin Chen beca increasingly anxious.
The entire Jade Belt City felt eerie to Lin Chen at this mont.
Deathly still, as if hope had vanished...
"This can’t go on... Long Ba has also dug hundreds of ters deep underground. Although it’s still within the range of the array, it’s enough to avoid a nuclear strike..."
"In the worst case, we can level Jade Belt City to prevent the sacrificial city..."
Lin Chen touched his chin, still unwilling to resign himself to fate.
"Let’s check out the Black Dog Gang in the south of the city first..."
With this thought, Lin Chen set out for the Black Dog Gang.
...
anwhile, in the east of Jade Belt City.
Hundreds of zhang deep underground, a figure was swiftly digging.
After easily digging several dozen more zhang, he erged from the ground, covered in dirt, and returned to the surface.
"So unlucky... Who on earth has sealed Jade Belt City?"
"The entire Jade Belt City, millions of mortals, nearly ten thousand cultivators! Sohow, we’ve been surrounded by the array unnoticed..."
"Now, there’s no way to get out, no way to escape... Why did I think of coming back to Jade Belt City back then?"
The speaker was the Jade Belt Scholar.
At this mont, he no longer resembled a learned man.
Covered in mud, his face dirty and disheveled, he looked like an old farr working the fields.
Since he was frightened by the Celestial Demon Battle Armor, he had run all the way back to Jade Belt City.
But the day after arriving in Jade Belt City, he sensed sothing was amiss.
He wanted to leave Jade Belt City but found himself trapped in a massive array.
Escape was utterly impossible!
Thus, like Lin Chen before him, he kept searching for loopholes in the array, yet he had no ans of escape.
With no other options, he had to rely on his Earth Escape Technique.
Unfortunately, his Earth Escape Technique was diocre, and he had never been concerned about being tracked by enemies after digging a hundred zhang deep.
But now, he regretted not digging deep enough, wishing to dig several thousand zhang in hopes of escaping Jade Belt City...
The Jade Belt Scholar returned to the surface, rested for a mont, and then resud digging underground.
...
anwhile, in the south of Jade Belt City.
After passing through a section of low brick buildings, Lin Chen arrived at the Black Dog Gang’s base.
This was a place where poor people lived.
Many poorly dressed beggars were huddled in corners, begging from passersby.
Obviously, the current situation in Jade Belt City had affected the begging business.
Passersby hurried in, without stopping much.
Lin Chen found a random tavern, ordered so food, and quietly waited.
Across from him was the Black Dog Gang’s base.
During the al, Lin Chen saw several Black Dog Gang mbers patrolling nearby.
He frequently heard dogs barking.
Lin Chen called over the tavern server, casually inquiring about the Black Dog Gang.
It didn’t quite fit his expectations.
The main mbers of the Black Dog Gang were all mortals.
At least during the entire afternoon he spent in the tavern, he only saw those without cultivation.
Furthermore, their daily tasks were raising black dogs.
As for why... naturally, it’s to make dog skin puppets.
By dusk, Lin Chen watched as fewer and fewer gang mbers moved around.
He suppressed his breath and infiltrated the depths of the Black Dog Gang.
...
At night, Lin Chen returned to the temporary inn.
He reflected on the information collected today.
"The Black Dog Gang is split into inner and outer mbers... Outer mbers are rely mortals, living off dog breeding and extorting protection money..."
"A small, insignificant gang..."
"But those truly connected to the Puppet Hall are the inner core mbers of the Black Dog Gang..."
Lin Chen squinted, recalling the scene he witnessed today at the Black Dog Gang base.
A massive dog farm, with at least a thousand dogs inside.
And all were black dogs, with hair, paws, eyes, tongue, and nose all black.
This dog was of spiritual nature, a guardian dog.
But the Puppet Hall exploited the mystical properties of these black dogs to create dog skin puppets.
Besides this, Lin Chen also saw several people at the Black Dog Gang base with cultivation.
All were Foundation Establishnt cultivators...
"The only pity is, I couldn’t find the dog skin puppets... It seems the site for puppet creation isn’t located within the Black Dog Gang base..."
Lin Chen shook his head.
According to what he saw today, the Black Dog Gang was rely a place for breeding dogs and skinning.
Making dog skin puppets requires the dog skin, and the body of a skinned mortal or cultivator...
The combination of these two is needed to forge dog skin puppets.
"Then where is the puppet creation site?"
Lin Chen pondered and said slowly: "Outside the city... Chaotic Tomb Ridge!"
He glanced up at the sky; night had already fallen.
"No need to rush... I’ll search the Chaotic Burial Mound tomorrow..."
Investigating the Chaotic Burial Mound at night was quite creepy.
Besides, at night, ghostly beings have more powerful thods.
During the day, they are much weaker...
Lin Chen’s skills were high, but it was clearly more rational to wait until dayti.
Thus, Lin Chen stayed in the room and calmly cultivated.
After a few two-hour periods.
Just before dawn, he suddenly received a ssage from Long Ba.
Looking at the projection’s image, Lin Chen paused.
In the image, Long Ba was operating a drilling machine to dig.
Due to soil structure, it wasn’t possible to dig straight down; it had to be curved for better efficiency.
But as the drilling machine dug, it suddenly encountered a long tunnel ahead.
About half a person wide, but deep and bottomless...
The drilling machine was too large to enter, but it allowed a person to pass through perfectly...
Seeing the image, a trace of confusion crossed Lin Chen’s face.
"Did it really dig into another underground tunnel?"
"This is over two hundred zhang deep underground... about six hundred ters below ground? How could there be a tunnel..."
Lin Chen’s first thought was a snake demon’s lair.
But seeing the image, it didn’t quite look like it, more like a newly dug tunnel.
Thinking over it, Lin Chen got up and left the inn.
"Since I can’t understand it, might as well go and see myself..."
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