Published: February 9, 2025
The entire underground city has recently been buzzing with activity.
This was due to a piece of news that seemed to have spread without anyone knowing exactly when it started. During this feast day, the Death Vine would enter its evolution phase, significantly reducing its power, making it the best time to leave Linhai!
For the people living in Linhai, what does it mean to live each day? Many find themselves pondering this in the quiet of the night, realizing that it's not about evolving repeatedly like everyone else, but rather about escaping this cursed place.
Even those experts who enjoy most of Linhai's resources feel the same way. Anyone with a decent IQ knows that staying here for a long time ultimately leads to death—it's just a matter of time.
So when this news broke, all the factions began investigating its truth while simultaneously preparing for action. The underground city is interconnected, and with everyone's efforts, many things quickly came to light.
For instance, the news originated from several factions led by the Surging Power, some of whom possess special abilities to accurately predict the timing of the feast day and even create equipment specifically to deal with the Yama Tree and Death Vine.
The strongest in the underground city, Lin Xing, had known this news for a long time, but he did not share it with everyone. Instead, he threatened those from Surging Power to obey him and promised to lead them out of Linhai when the time came. Surging Power, not wanting to become cannon fodder, leaked the information.
Coincidentally, there had been a ruckus involving the Dark Cloud Group and the Stinger Squad, and many saw that Lin Xing's core forces had already gathered days earlier while Surging Power was busy fortifying their defenses, clearly preparing for an attack from Lin Xing...
Amidst the mixture of truth and falsehood, everyone reached a basic judgment.
Lin Xing intended to abandon everyone and leave alone...
Surging Power knew the simplest and most convenient way out...
A craftsman was gathering various materials and could manufacture weapons on-site, provided he left with Surging Power when the time came...
After being oppressed for so long, the survivors of Linhai erupted with unprecedented enthusiasm. Within just a few hours, the passages around Surging Power were already crowded with people.
No one wanted to miss the opportunity to leave!
Even though Surging Power had made it clear that they intended to use them to break through, no one cared.
Being used was better than being abandoned.
Of course, later on, other news came about, such as someone from Surging Power having come from outside and knowing shortcuts to leave.
This was undoubtedly a counterattack from Lin Xing's side, but very few believed it, as everyone thought that if they knew the way out, they would have left long ago instead of staying here.
However, the news of high-priced purchases of materials and various items was confirmed. Some traded dried branches of the Yama Tree for gray-level long swords, while others exchanged Yama Tree seeds for white-level armor...
Once these tangible events appeared before everyone, it ignited a frenzy.
The entrances used by Surging Power had originally been destroyed to prevent attacks from Lin Xing's forces, but now they had been cleared, and the paths were packed with people eager to trade with Ye Zhongming.
Ultimately, they had to conduct collective trades by faction.
Once a spokesperson sat down, many matters could be discussed, and the types of trades became diverse. To ensure work efficiency, Ye Zhongming hired many workers at extremely low prices to dig tunnels day and night, significantly speeding up the project.
Perhaps seeing Surging Power's movements, many others began to dig passages from other places, aligning their direction with Surging Power. Everyone knew the purpose, but Ye Zhongming merely smiled and said nothing when he learned about it.
Most of the other trades focused on materials from the Yama Tree and Death Vine.