322: Chapter 120: Will She Really Not Betray Me?
322: Chapter 120: Will She Really Not Betray Me?
“Good news, we’ve found the anchor point,” Wendy announced.
“Bad news, it’s not exactly a proper anchor point.”
Li Mumu looked at the mud-smeared human figure on the large stone at the village entrance, her mouth twitching involuntarily.
This time, having traveled through dimensions, she had arrived at the Thousand-Year Dynasty World she had once visited, supposedly guided by some mysterious force—if such a thing truly existed.
This place was Sun Family Town, where she had once left her mark known as “Reddy Shroud.”
To honor her, the townspeople of Sun Family Town had crafted a statue for her, the very mud statue in front of her that, apart from vaguely resembling a human, bore no discernible features, adorned only with some dirt.
Besides dirt, they had no other special products here.
Was the Thousand-Year Dynasty in the Netherworld?
The answer was self-evident.
Li Mumu turned her head to face the gathering townspeople.
She had been curious before; based on the information she had gathered from her last visit, these Great Wilderness Nomads would attack the Imperial City and steal the lights on the night of the full moon.
So, what would their lives be like after the night of the full moon?
Now, she finally saw it.
In the town’s fire pit, the fire had extinguished, leaving only a few dying embers.
The townspeople’s eyes showed no sign of spirit intelligence, their bodies stiff, numb, and silent, just like zombies.
They were already dead.
Perhaps retaining some memory of Li Mumu in their minds, they didn’t directly attack her, but they showed no other reaction either, just slowly gathering around her and staring blankly without speaking.
“Is this your developed territory?”
Wendy surveyed the surroundings and made a certain judgment, “Anyway, it’s at least a bit better than the Throne Knight’s territory.
Pieces of Hell are much more dangerous than this place.”
Li Mumu found it hard to disagree.
After clashing with the Throne Knight on board the Olympus, she had specifically looked through Li Ya’s collection for information about the Throne Knights.
Many people only saw the glamorous side of the Throne Knights, like that captain…
but they didn’t know how much hardship was behind them.
Hell was never a peaceful place, and even the nominal Lord of Hell, Satan, had never fully unified Hell.
Beneath the Yellowstone Throne, there were seven Demon Kings, each Great Monarch ruling their own territory, and below them, seventy-two Demon Gods and countless Lords of Hell.
The Throne Knights’ territory was to be developed by themselves, hence also referred to as developed territory.
Given the nature of Hell Demons, any spot with even the slightest advantage was allocated long before you could develop it, divided and exhausted by other lords.
One can only imagine what kind of desolate and treacherous lands those were.
As for Sun Family Town here, there were only the dead.
If you had to choose between spending the night in a morgue or in a bathroom, choosing the bathroom would be understandable.
If you had to decide whether to spend the night in a graveyard or a cesspool, and still chose the cesspool, that only indicated your unique taste.
Zombies were merely that, not scarier than cockroaches in the south.
“I actually think this place isn’t bad.
It’s already very close to the Real World,” Wendy stated.
“We just need to wait until the end of the month, then we can move to the Real World from here.”
“I didn’t say it was bad…”
Li Mumu sighed inwardly.
What she truly hoped for was to return to her senior sisters’ side and retrieve her physical body.
She had no idea how far this place was from the Netherworld Springs.
When she had asked the patriarchs of Sun Family Town, they had been clueless, knowing nothing about this world other than the Imperial City.
If there was a chance, maybe she could question Maitreya if he dared to come again.
After all, gaining another foothold was a good thing.
Wendy walked up to the brazier and closely observed the remaining embers that hadn’t yet fully burnt out.
After contemplating for quite a while, she took out a test tube filled with Ether Substance and hesitantly poured a bit into the brazier.
“Hey!”
Li Mumu was about to tell her not to mess around when she saw the flames in the brazier suddenly shoot up over ten feet high.
The seemingly weak flames instantly lit up the darkness within a two-mile radius, even allowing Li Mumu to clearly see the White Bone Capital View she had set up on the road outside the town.
“Shroud Empress!”
A familiar voice snapped her back to reality.
Looking down, she saw it was Sun Qiao’er.
Just a moment ago, she was holding her mother’s hand, hiding in the crowd without reacting.
Once the flames were lit, she instantly came back to life and bounced joyfully over to Li Mumu.
“The Shroud Empress is back!”
“The Shroud Empress is back!”
Under the illumination of the firelight, other townsfolk gradually regained their spirit intelligence and woke up.
Seeing Li Mumu, they were incredibly excited and hurried to spread the news.
This left Li Mumu feeling quite embarrassed.
I didn’t do anything, and yet you are all so enthusiastic, making me somewhat uncomfortable.
However, she soon realized that on the night of the full moon, the lights in the Imperial City would attract the Great Wilderness Nomads from all directions.
It wasn’t yet a full moon night, and here they were lighting a fire, which might attract the coveting of the nearby nomads.
These creatures knew nothing of fear; all her efforts in fighting them off all night long had been futile the previous evening.
Not to mention setting up a Capital View, even if you presented them with a figure of the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, they wouldn’t care less.
“I have an idea.”
Wendy put away the test tube and came back, whispering into Li Mumu’s ear.
She always had ideas, but if Li Mumu didn’t put in the effort, Wendy would just think about it and be too lazy to do anything.
But sometimes, her ideas were too fanciful even for Li Mumu to handle.
“What are you thinking of doing?”
“I’m thinking, how about you establish a stable anchor point right here?”
Wendy eagerly suggested, “No matter for what reason your sister wants to deal with you, her future self’s knowledge of you will definitely far surpass your current understanding of yourself.
I think now is the time to keep a few more cards up your sleeve, you never know when they might come in handy.”
“Are you suggesting I masquerade as Reddy Shroud to deceive and establish a faith here?”
“I remember you telling me you have another identity here.”
“Princess Ping’an of the Thousand-Year Dynasty?
She had already died the last time I came here, and didn’t leave much memory.”
“Don’t forget your dad will also enter this dimension; we might find a way to sneak into the Imperial City later and have you and your father recognize each other!”
That does seem a bit sensible…
Even if Li Mumu no longer existed, she could continue her actions using either Reddy Shroud’s or Princess Ping’an’s identity.
The only issue to consider was whether Li Lingling would become aware of these secrets, then track her down through the timeline.
I wouldn’t normally share such secrets with her, would I?
Li Mumu turned to look at Wendy.
So far, Wendy was the only person she could share her secrets with unabashedly.
As long as she did not betray her, Mumu wouldn’t have to worry about being backstabbed.
And her god, Nyarlathotep, was one of the deities who valued credibility most and definitely wouldn’t allow her followers to violate any agreements…
right?
It’s hard to imagine such a frivolous god seriously adhering to any creed.
Even with Li Mumu’s unconditional trust in Wendy, a slight crack of doubt couldn’t help but form inside her heart at this moment.
She wouldn’t betray me, would she?