Who hid My Corpse!

"Now is not the time to worry about such things, Ina," Gerard terminated his daughter's fanciful thoughts, "we have more important things to do."

Ina looked up at Gerard.

"We can't let that Corpse Blocks fall into the hands of the new gods," Gerard said deliberately, "we must stop them."

"Stop them?" Ina asked, "You mean, intercept the Corpse Blocks beforehand?"

"Not just the Corpse Blocks," Gerard continued, "but also the Purification Source Crystal."

"Purification Source Crystal?!" Ina was even more surprised, "You mean, the Devil's Army has also found the Purification Source Crystal?!"

That was also something Ina had always wanted to find.

"Yes, Ina," Gerard said, "Just retrieving the Corpse Blocks is useless, we also need the Purification Source Crystal. Someone had told me before that Oliver has also been corrupted by the new gods, and as the Bishop of Sky Tower, Oliver could do too much. We must use the Purification Source Crystal to clear the pollutants from his mind."

...Does this mean they had to intercept both the Corpse Blocks and the Purification Source Crystal at the same time?

Ina didn't notice the slip of Gerard's tongue just now; she was more concerned about how to snatch those two items from the hands of the Devil's Army.

But before that...

How did Gerard know that the Devil's Army had already found the Corpse Blocks and the Purification Source Crystal?

Even as a deputy leader, she hadn't yet received the news.

Could this also be part of the extraordinary intuition Gerard had just shown?

Gerard, of course, noticed Ina's confusion but couldn't reveal the truth to her.

After all, Bai Wei had told him these things.

Before leaving, Gerard had also asked Bai Wei why he knew that the Devil's Army had found his Corpse Blocks and were on their way back.

And Bai Wei's answer was simple: "Nonsense, your body is approaching you, can't you feel it?"

This retort was as self-evident as "of course, you use your mouth to eat," leaving Gerard momentarily without a rebuttal.

For Bai Wei, the sudden action of the new gods also came as a surprise.

They had chosen to advance the time of descent once again, which was much earlier compared to the timeline in the game.

Was it out of desperation or did they have another plan?

Now even Bai Wei couldn't be sure, because there were too many variables, and the storyline and timeline from the game could no longer be applied. Thus, he decided to let Gerard take action beforehand, at least not to let the new gods so smoothly get his tongue.

But for Ina, who was not so acquainted with all this, it was slightly difficult to digest all the information at once.

Gerard also noticed this and thought about how to explain it to Ina, but it was at this moment that Ina spoke up.

"Father, after everything is over, will you tell me the whole truth?" she softly asked.

Gerard turned and looked at Ina's face.

For a moment, the scene from last night flashed through Gerard's mind.

"Tell her everything."

This was also what Ian wanted Gerard to do.

So after a brief silence, Gerard softly replied, "Of course, when the time comes, I will tell you everything."

Hearing these words, Ina, who had been a bit anxious, immediately calmed down, as if she had been waiting just for this promise.

"Alright, Father," Ina nodded slightly, "now let's take back the future of Lyra."

...

Yuri took a deep breath, and his thick mask immediately emitted a dull "huff and puff" sound.

"You seem somewhat uneasy, Lord Yuri," a slightly sharp voice arose from behind Yuri. Yuri turned his head to look at the man behind him, who wore the same mask, "You've already completed your mission. As long as you safely return these items, you will be a hero of Lyra."

"Is that so?" Yuri said indifferently, "Mr. Hogney, do you mean a hero like the former Night Star?"

"Hehe, you're joking again, Lord Yuri," Hogney said, "Why would you compare yourself to that infamous rebel? You are a true hero."

"If you hadn't brought so many people with you, I might have believed you."

"This isn't a matter of distrust, just the most basic security measure," Hogney replied. "You haven't been in the city for a long time, and you may not know that it's quite chaotic inside. The knight of Night Star is still causing trouble for us, he's practically a terrorist."

Yuri didn't respond; he simply shifted his gaze to the rear, looking at his team.

It was a massive team consisting of hundreds of people.

Like primitives, they manually pulled carts, each piled high with blocks of pollutant remnants as large as hills.

Since the gear train couldn't lay tracks into the Polluted Land, and animals couldn't enter, transportation in the Polluted Land could only rely on the most straightforward and direct human labor.

Although Lyra officially boasted the world's most advanced technology, here, they were no different from primitives.

And the reason they were transporting these massive remnants of pollutants was naturally because of Hogney.

After finding out that the Devil's Army had located the Purification Source Crystal and Corpse Blocks, Hogney had hurried over immediately, bringing a large force from nowhere, demanding cooperation with the Devil's Army.

In Lyra, no one had ever managed to cooperate with the Devil's Army.

Naturally, Yuri wanted to refuse, but the problem was, the other party had brought an order from Oliver.

Lord Bishop Oliver of Sky Tower, Yuri had almost forgotten the name. It had been ten years, and this Bishop of Lyra, nominally holding the greatest power, had finally shown up, which made Yuri somewhat dazed, subconsciously thinking the order was a forgery.

However, it was real.

Bishop Oliver requested that the Devil's Army coordinate with the troops Hogney brought, and besides the Purification Source Crystal and Corpse Blocks, they also hauled many carts of massive pollutant remnants.

This was also unprecedented.

They usually extracted Source Oil from the pollutants before transporting them back; this was the first time they transported the raw materials.

Because the pollutants were not dead before being completely processed into Source Oil, like now, those remnants were still continuously reviving, constantly growing new bodies.

Thus, the Devil Knights had to chop off these newly grown parts every now and then to keep them within a controllable range.

And the reason for doing this was just to conceal that piece of Corpse Block and the Purification Source Crystal.

Yes, nominally, these massive remnants were better raw materials, but in reality, Hogney was using them to hide that Corpse Block and the Purification Source Crystal.

He had stuffed those two items into the remnants of the pollutants.

"The bodies of the pollutants can block all means of detection," Hogney had said to Yuri, "Even the most outstanding dogs can't sniff them out through their noses."

Yuri naturally didn't understand; he simply said indifferently, "Do you think Night Star can steal the items under the protection of so many people?"

"Hehe, Captain Yuri, if you knew what Night Star has been doing in the city lately, you would understand that our caution is reasonable," Hogney said with a smile. "He's too much of a trouble, and these two items are too important. Without doing this, we really couldn't be at ease. Like now, only you and I know where those two items really are, and this is the safest way."

Yuri ignored Hogney.

He just felt uneasy.

And this uneasiness reached its peak the next night.

Because they had finally returned to Lyra.

When their footsteps touched the soil of Lyra, Yuri suddenly had a very strange feeling.

As if... the breath of the city, suddenly grew heavier.