Light Fortress Chapter 1320 - 134: Turing, Divine Favour

On top of the high walls of S3 District, Mr. Zhuang bowed before leaning back.

The wind howled.

The lanterns flickered, casting shattered red light.

The illusion shrouding the wall was lifted—

Gu Shen glanced back, then followed Zhuang Su and jumped down. The two landed smoothly, vanishing into the night. Zhuang Su led him away at a steady pace, with each step precisely asured. He seed like a ticulous man, leaving no wrinkles on his clothes, and the frost residue left by the Pure Land was cleaned off with his spiritual power.

Before leaving the high walls of the S3 District, Gu Shen had used "Chi Huo" to scan, intending to clean up any traces of Zhuang Su’s visit... but found that the work was already done.

This is also why he couldn’t find any clues about the Neutralist.

Zhuang Su left almost no useful information...

Mr. Zhuang could never have imagined that there would be such a strange sealing item as the "Eye of Destiny," which could vividly retrieve diary entries from three years ago.

Gu Shen had not yet told Zhuang Su about this...

It’s a form of "advanced execution."

The Sangzhou Cave has been sealed for three years, but in fact, the great massacre had been going on for over twenty years. During these twenty years, secret mbers of the Ancient Literature Society shed one layer of clothing and put on another.

"Neutralist."

They’re all the sa, unseen and unlit.

The two walked one after another.

Gu Shen asked, "Are those [lanterns] the products of the ’Ancient Literature Society’?"

His suspicion of the Neutralist’s identity began with the [lanterns].

After leaving Lion Alley, he’d never seen such [lanterns] again. At the ti, Lu Nanzhi told him that only Old Lu would make these things, and they’re out of stock, used up one by one.

"Sort of?"

Zhuang Su’s voice was sowhat ethereal. Recalling events from more than twenty years ago, he slowly said, "A long ti ago, I worked in the Dadu District. Back then, I followed a young genius nad Lu..."

Gu Shen asked, "Lu Cheng?"

What a distant na...

Zhuang Su paused, then nodded, "Yes, Lu Cheng."

Zhuang Su smiled and asked, "Do you know him? Is he still alive?"

"He... has passed away."

Gu Shen spoke softly, "Not really acquainted, Lu Cheng was a friend’s father."

A long silence followed.

"Indeed... how many of those who joined the Ancient Literature Society back then are still alive?" Zhuang Su’s smile remained, only with a touch of sorrow, and he continued, "I learned the art of [lanterns] from him. Later, I left Da Du and ’researched’ in Sangzhou Cave, but unexpectedly, Deep Sea suddenly issued a wanted order, and the Ancient Literature Society inland almost collapsed overnight... Those unlucky souls residing on a deserted island, like us, beca lucky."

The massacre back then was without warning.

At least in the East Continent it was so.

Gu Lushen and Zhao Xilai purged Jiangbei and Jiangnan cleanly—

While Sangzhou Cave, this desolate place abandoned by all, evaded the first wave of massacres because Deep Sea had not yet extended there. Zhuang Su and other mbers of the Ancient Literature Society went underground as soon as they got wind of it.

"We barely escaped."

Zhuang Su sighed with lingering fear, "We later learned that the ’cleaning effort’ out there was terrifying. Among the survivors in Sangzhou Cave, none of their original ’teachers’ or ’friends’ could be contacted..."

What does this an?

It ans... they are all dead.

The past of the Ancient Literature Society is a mass of black, sorrowful ink.

Bringing it up always brings sadness.

At this point, Zhuang Su stopped speaking.

Both fell silent.

In the end, Mr. Zhuang led Gu Shen to the S12 District.

"The ’Neutralist’ base... is built here?"

Gu Shen never imagined he was so close to the Neutralist.

"This is the safest place in South Cave."

Zhuang Su said, "If a massive Transcendent Beast Tide really happens, the barrier of S12 District will surely last the longest..."

"True."

Gu Shen nodded, "But with your power, you should be able to eradicate the ’Blazing Wave Church’..."

Zhuang Su rasped, "The real enemy of Sangzhou Cave is not the ’Blazing Wave Church,’ but the ubiquitous ’Storm Faith’... Without outsiders, even assassinating them can’t save the suffering here, as new ’rulers’ will inevitably erge. And if anything goes wrong and Deep Sea detects it, our hope will be utterly obliterated."

The Neutralists, unlike himself.

They cannot be exposed to sunshine.

The extremists of the "Blazing Wave Church" do not care about the experint, they do not care about anything, because Deep Sea does not care about them either...

But Deep Sea cares about the Ancient Literature Society.

"We harbor greater hope."

Zhuang Su took a deep breath and said, "Therefore... until the light descends, we must endure these humiliations."

...

...

Mr. Zhuang brought Gu Shen to a secluded corner in the S12 District, where their path was shrouded in spirit, leading into an illusion.

Gu Shen added a wisp of Chi Huo in passing.

Soon, they arrived at a "manhole cover," which Zhuang Su moved aside with his spiritual power. Gu Shen followed him, climbing down the pipe... The underground drainage system in S12 District, built by the wealthy of Sangzhou Cave, was quite exquisite, but no one expected that deep below, a large "base" was hidden.