Published: March 2, 2025
A brief wave of dizziness passed, and when Victor regained his senses, he found himself in the middle of a grassland.
In the distance, towering mountains rose up, and a heavy aura swept toward him. Seeing this, Victor immediately understood that the mountain puppet was hidden among the peaks.
Where the mountain puppet was located must be the stronghold of the soul puppets.
After waiting for a moment near the portal, a few round-headed and round-brained soul puppets emerged from the ground, coming to lead Victor and Xing.
Victor and Xing quickly followed.
The two beasts and several soul puppets moved straight ahead, soon passing through the mountains until they arrived at the entrance of a cave in the mountains, where the soul puppets finally came to a halt, signaling for them to enter.
Naturally, Victor and Xing had no reason not to meet the mountain leader.
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In the deepest part of the cave, Victor and Xing successfully met the mountain puppet avatar.
Victor scanned the mountain puppet up and down—its aura was not much different from the original, though it was possible that this was just due to it being an avatar. As for what the main body of the mountain puppet was like now, Victor and Xing did not ask further.
The mountain puppet also did not say much; he simply greeted Victor and Xing and invited them to sit, the first question being about Wen Yu's situation.
"Has the master not returned?"
As he asked this, a hint of disappointment appeared on the mountain puppet's face.
He might have thought that Wen Yu had abandoned his kin and left alone to soar into the sky.
The power of the soul creation technique was indeed formidable; the soul puppets created through this technique were all loyal to Wen Yu. The likelihood of betrayal was virtually non-existent, and although the mountain puppet did not contemplate betrayal, he inevitably harbored a bit of resentment for being abandoned by his master.
Hearing this, Victor hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"The big boss... ran into some trouble. Not just you all, we don't know where the big boss is either, but I believe he would never abandon us."
Upon hearing Victor's words, the mountain puppet felt a bit more relaxed.
For Wen Yu, the spirit pets were undoubtedly more important than the soul puppets. Since Victor and Xing also did not know where Wen Yu had gone, and they were still left on Earth, this eliminated the possibility of Wen Yu abandoning the soul puppets.
Yes, when it came to Wen Yu, the mountain puppet always tended to think positively...
Noticing that the mountain puppet had relaxed, Victor took the opportunity to ask.
"I went back to Zone One Main City..."
Victor was clever, and the mountain puppet was not foolish. As soon as Victor spoke, the mountain puppet immediately understood his implication.
He lightly waved his hand, interrupting Victor.
"Tang Hao betrayed Fran, first sealing the one-eyed avatar. We wanted to rescue it, but were stopped by the Beijing army. By the time I gathered the personnel, the situation was already over."
"And then there was the internal matter of Beijing."
"Fran contested the position of beijing commander-in-chief with Fang Yujie. Fran lost the contest, but Fang Yujie spared Fran. Now, Fran has taken Gul and Wei Tian and fled far away, with no one knowing where they went?"
"Not even you know?"
The mountain puppet shook his head, indicating that he was completely unaware of it.
Regarding this matter, the mountain puppet's knowledge was not much different from Kamen's, likely because he did not participate in that internal struggle.
The two beasts and one puppet were silent for a moment before Victor spoke up again.
"About Zone One Main City..."
"Sigh..."
Who knew, the mountain puppet just sighed deeply, looking at Victor with a hint of sorrow in his eyes.
"Zone One Main City is our home, and the layered battlefield is also the big boss's territory. If it can be saved, I would definitely not give it up... but I have no way to do so..."
Memories surged like tides, and in that moment, the mountain puppet slowly closed his eyes and softly said.