Chapter 370 - Chapter 370: 134. Bombing the Nest_7

Chapter 370: 134. Bombing the Nest_7

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“Hmm-hmm! I’ll listen to you.”

At the moment when Noland Lee was about to arrive at Union City, about 300 kilometers away in the Savage Stone Wasteland, the Golden Merchant’s Swords were busy cleaning up the battlefield.

The sewage here was everywhere, covered with glass slag, bloody water, and limb fragments.

The walls of the corridors and workshops were full of cracks and smudges formed by explosions, and thousands of aberration corpses piled up several low hills.

The air was extremely polluted. Ordinary people found it difficult to breathe and had to wear breathing masks.

It was probably only the beings like aberrations, Blackbone Hermits, and skeletons that could move freely in such a terrible environment.

The vice-captain under Derek Davis, Angela Anderson, walked towards the captain who was standing in front of a metal gate:

“Captain, the people who checked the aberration cave said that all the Flywing Mutants there have died, and not a single one survived.”

Derek, wearing a breathing mask, nodded heavily:

“It’s inevitable, Angela. After the Nest Core leaves, all the aberrations inside the nest will inevitably die.”

“The Nest Core has left? Isn’t it supposed to be fixed in the central chamber? Can it even walk?” Under the breathing mask, a puzzled expression arose on Angela’s freckled face.

She followed Derek’s gaze towards the central chamber.

It was a strange room made of rocks and twisted blood vessels.

Grey stone walls were occupied by grey blood vessels, similar to a fungus mat. These grey blood vessels had a radial pattern, originating from the center of the room and spreading outwards.

In the center of the room, there was a high platform with an alchemy array sketched on it.

Although there should have been something on the platform, it was nowhere to be found. It only left a prominent dent on the mucus mat it was once placed.

Near the platform, grey blood vessels hang down. Judging from the irregular tear marks on the blood vessel openings, someone forcibly tore these blood vessels apart and took the thing on the platform away.

“The Nest Core is gone, Angela.”

Derek stepped into the central chamber, went up the steps onto the high platform, and walked around the alchemy array on the ground:

“Those Blackbone Hermits set up an alchemy array to summon the Nest Core here, which is what we see now. Normally, the Nest Core should be hanging on the alchemy array. But it’s gone now.”

Two rows of delicate footprints appeared on the mucus around the high platform, stretching from the alchemy array to the corner of the central chamber, and connected to a hole on the wall.

“Something carried the Nest Core into the tunnel.”

With a frown, Derek squatted and carefully examined the footprints:

“These are the traces of webbed feet. Was it a duck that took the Nest Core away?”

“Captain!” A team member ran in, holding a letter in his hand:

“There’s an urgent letter from the Chamber of Commerce, you should take a look.”

Derek opened the envelope, read it once, then waved his hand and said:

“Quick, follow me, catch the wizard who took away the Nest Core. As expected, there is a wizard criminal here. The Blackbone Secret Society must have been instructed by him to build this artificial nest.”

Derek led the team into the tunnel.

After a short while, they returned disappointed to the central chamber.

Derek waved his arm angrily:

“Damn, the tunnel is blocked by heavy soil and rocks. If we had come a little earlier, we would have definitely caught that weak wizard criminal. And maybe even got a reward from Elemental Judgement.”

In a single cottage in Sector 7.

Noland Lee was taking a bath in the washing room while reviewing the deconstruction results.

When he saw a particular system message, he exclaimed:

“Damn… I missed out big time…”

Noland pounded his chest in pain, splashing water everywhere, his face filled with regret for missing out on a huge amount of money.

Playing it safe indeed made it less likely to make mistakes, but it also meant missing out on potential huge profits.

It was all because the system message read:

[ Passive Deconstruction Activated! ]

[ Your deconstruction completion rate for “Samuelson’s Magic Orb” has reached 100% ]

[ You have obtained the following deconstruction results: ]

[ 1. “The Third Shore of the River of Mind – Middle Volume,” 20% completeness ]

[ 2. “Usage Instructions and Crafting Methods for the Mind Magic Bead,” 30% completeness ]

[ 3. “Samuelson’s message to Talbot when he gave him the Magic Bead,” 100% completeness ]

In the “Message,” there was a passage that read:

“Talbot, I’m giving you this Mind Magic Bead to use. Don’t expect me to provide any help during your Magic Enlightenment. It’s impossible! It will be the same after the Enlightenment is over! At that time, I will be extremely weak, with at most only 10% of my strength. If anything unexpected happens, I can only move the Nest Core back to Black City. You all can fend for yourselves!”

It was this passage that made Noland stomp his feet and pound his chest.

“I missed out on a weak Samuelson. If I could have gone to the Central Chamber, I might have captured him on the spot. Of course, I could also have run into those nine wizards head-on and exposed my identity. So, going after a weak Samuelson would undoubtedly be a risky move that involved exposing myself to danger.”

Noland took a deep breath, quickly calming down:

“Forget it, forget it, it’s too late to think about it now. I’m a person who seeks progress by playing it safe, no need to envy others who take risks for huge profits. Those who like taking risks will eventually lose everything one day. Only someone like me, carefully planning and strictly following my plans like a steady man, can consistently win.”

Noland raised his head, using warm water to rinse his face, his thoughts churning in his mind.

“Samuelson should have successfully escaped back to Black City.”

“I estimated that Elemental Judgement won’t allow Samuelson to perform Magic Enlightenment on the Nest Core over and over again. Furthermore, if he completes the Magic Enlightenment in Black City, the Alchemy Cathedral will be furious.”

“I estimate it won’t take long before the pressured Elemental Judgement will take the initiative to organize manpower to hunt down Samuelson in Black City. Missing Samuelson’s weak period, it will be difficult to capture him again.”

Noland shut off the faucet, staring at the water droplets sliding down the wall, lost in thought:

“Samuelson must continue to spawn aberrations to have enough power to resist the joint encirclement of alchemists and wizards. This requires more Life Elixir.”

“With Life Elixir already being robbed once from Intelligence Department 5, Samuelson and the Tatis Empire will definitely change their transportation plan. If I can figure out the details of this plan, can’t I rob another batch of Life Elixir?”

Noland raised his head, staring at the tiled wall in a daze, a flash of insight:

“Intelligence Department 6, this is Tatis Empire’s secret agency that infiltrates the legal forces in Union City. If Tatis Empire plays it safe, they would use the legal channels established by Intelligence Department 6 in the city to help Samuelson transport the Life Elixir.”

Noland dried himself off, put on loose, clean clothes, and sat thinking by the desk in his bedroom.

Looking back now, the success of this attack on the machinery factory was largely due to the inaction of the Elemental Judgement and other wizard forces.

Elemental Judgement was well aware that the Samuelson performing Magic Enlightenment on the Nest Core would be in a vulnerable state for a long time.

If they had shared this information with the Golden Merchants’ Swords, it would probably not be Noland’s turn to sneak in. The informed Golden Merchants’ Swords would have directly stormed the base of the cliff and swept through it with lightning speed.

So, Noland still had to thank the Meow Judgment for creating the information discrepancy for him.

The information discrepancy was the key to the entire incident.

Noland had emphasized to himself the importance of the information discrepancy more than once.

“But where can I find traces of Intelligence Department 6?”

Noland reviewed the Empire’s intelligence he had in his mind, carefully examining each piece.