Chapter 685: Old Friend from the Construction Site, Traces of Zhang Yu

Chapter 685 Old Friends at the Construction Site, Zhang Yu's Tracks

Over these past few months, Xiang Shen's consciousness wandered through the Spirit Realm.

While collecting various information from Wanfa University and tracking Zhang Yu's whereabouts, he was also seducing and converting believers, turning personnel within the university city one by one into loyal users of the Righteousness Alliance and the Dark Spirit Realm.

Such matters were not difficult for Xiang Shen, who had roamed the criminal underworld of Kunxu for years and trained extensively within the Three Great Demon Sects.

Especially now, with the disappearance of the Righteous Gods and the continuation of the war, the monitoring of the Spirit Realm by teachers and students of each school, and their trust in universities, sects, and the Heavenly Court, were far less than in the past.

In the past, when rules were strict and the power of the Heavenly Court shone everywhere, Xiang Shen felt he could deceive people anywhere; how much more so in such good times now? It was even more of an opportunity for him to show his skills.

"We evil gods have finally caught up with a good era, eating the dividends of the times."

Thus, from the lowest-level demon descendants and junior colleges, to factory workers and parts, office drudges, construction site elites, and laboratory top students, Xiang Shen gradually gained more and more eyes and ears within the Wanfa University City.

But... over the past five months, he had still not found Zhang Yu's tracks.

Zhang Yu was like scattered dust, a wisp of floating green smoke; in these five months... no one had seen him, no one had contacted him, and no one had even received a response to his messages.

Even with transfers or bribes, there was no sign of a response from the other party.

"Could it be he is not in the university city?"

"Sent somewhere else?"

Just as Xiang Shen had long yielded no results and faced the huge university city at a loss, a believer offered an interesting proposal.

That was a believer Xiang Shen discovered outside the construction site, a student from Hehuan University named Fu Xinyao.

And for Fu Xinyao, Xiang Shen's appearance was also an unprecedented opportunity.

She had stayed in Wanfa University for too, too long.

"Originally sent to Wanfa University by Divine Lord Nectar, I thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to gain the appreciation of a Deity Transformation Divine Lord."

"I thought keeping close watch on Zhang Yu would suffice, but I got involved in the struggle between two Deity Transformations; I thought things would settle down and I could return, but I encountered the dispute of the Top Ten Leagues again."

"I thought after the Top Ten Leagues it would be a great opportunity to serve Divine Lord Nectar and establish merit, but before I even fought, I had already failed; the sudden Great Change of Heaven and Earth shattered all plans, and I was left behind in Wanfa University again."

"Just like that... month after month, month after month, now I have stayed in Wanfa University City for a full three years! Wasted a full three years!"

"In these three years, I, originally a student of the flagship major of Hehuan University, spent three years' worth of results getting thoroughly familiar with everyone at the construction site."

"I didn't get a single bit of the dividends from the Great Change of Heaven and Earth; the certificate from Wanfa University has nothing to do with me, and Hehuan University no longer recognizes me as a student, simply because Divine Lord Nectar went missing and my identity as a spy is known to no one."

"And the dangerous environment of the wild further cut off my path back to Hehuan."

"Divine Lord Nectar's idle move back then completely destroyed my entire life."

Regarding the current situation, Fu Xinyao felt anger, heartache, depression, regret...

Especially seeing former classmates one by one obtain Golden Core certificates, one by one breakthrough to Golden Core, while she still had to work every day, serving Foundation Establishment students at the construction site... she felt extreme unwillingness.

It was under such circumstances that she met Xiang Shen.

"Since the Top Ten Universities have no place for me, then I will join the Demon Sect and bow to the Evil God!"

After learning that Xiang Shen wanted to find Zhang Yu's tracks, Fu Xinyao remembered someone living inside her Yin Vessel.

"Ping Han," Fu Xinyao said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; you don't want to live inside a Yin Vessel for the rest of your life, do you? Think hard, is there any way to find Zhang Yu within Wanfa University?"

Hearing Zhang Yu's name, Ping Han, who had been gradually becoming mentally numb inside the Yin Vessel, seemed to suddenly wake up.

"Zhang Yu..." He softly chanted this name, his spirit became turbulent, causing the Yin Vessel to twitch slightly as well.

More than three years passed, and Ping Han still remembered the exam that changed his life.

Ping Han always believed it was because he lost the Military Certificate exam to Zhang Yu, because he did not secure the Military Certificate in his final year of university, that led to his subsequent series of tragedies.

And regarding that battle where he lost to Zhang Yu, he never considered himself defeated by the other party; everything in his view was merely Gao Chongguang's bias, the dark dealings of the Civil Engineering Department, and the filth and friction among Wanfa University's high command.

Afterwards, watching Zhang Yu win the Civil Engineering Competition championship, transfer to the Artifact Refining Department, even participate in the Top Ten Leagues, step by step tread towards heaven, and finally win against Kuang Tianqing, becoming the strongest undergraduate of the Top Ten Universities, made Ping Han feel worse than being torn apart by a swarm of insects in his heart.

He thought that in this life and world, he would never have another chance to catch up to Zhang Yu or take revenge on Zhang Yu, until right now...

Listening to Fu Xinyao's question, Ping Han murmured, "As long as Zhang Yu still needs to cultivate, he will need Spiritual Energy, he will need Mana."

"You can find the Spiritual Energy flow data of the university city, check which hidden spaces maintained Golden Core level Spiritual Energy supply during the time interval Zhang Yu disappeared."

Hearing this proposal, Xiang Shen's heart moved, feeling it made sense, so he mobilized his believers to start collecting supply data regarding Spiritual Energy and Mana from the past half year.

"Require the parts where Spiritual Energy and Mana supply only started within the last five months."

"Must be Golden Core level consumption."

"Also must be hidden spaces, areas ordinary people cannot contact or enter..."

As locations were screened one by one, finally a laboratory on the 555th floor appeared before Xiang Shen's eyes. "A laboratory that should have stopped construction, yet for the past five months has continuously maintained Spiritual Energy and Mana input."

"The surrounding area is also strictly guarded, approaching it causes loss of Spirit Realm signal?"

"Hehe, it seems very likely it is here."

After confirming the target location, the next issue was how to act.

Xiang Shen pondered, "Need to find an opportunity."

"An opportunity where the five Deity Transformations of Wanfa University pay no attention here."

Thinking of this, Xiang Shen smiled, simply because this opportunity was not hard to find.

"On one hand, the Righteousness Alliance has been conducting large-scale airstrikes on the second floor recently, causing the forces of the Top Ten Universities to be pulled back and forth, forcing the Deity Transformations' energy, mental strength, and computing power to be dispersed everywhere."

"On the other hand... the other nine schools are all pressuring the Magnetic Pole; now the Magnetic Pole's main body has left the university city, facing the accusations of each school's Deity Transformations directly."

So Xiang Shen quickly completed the battle plan, and the time was set for the next time the Righteousness Alliance launches an airstrike on the university city.

And just then, Fu Xinyao sent a message to Xiang Shen.

Fu Xinyao: Lord, may I participate in this operation?

Fu Xinyao: I am very familiar with Wanfa University, and the Soul Cultivators under my command are also familiar with the architectural blueprints of the 555th floor.

Xiang Shen: Be ready at all times, act immediately once I call you.

Amidst Fu Xinyao and Ping Han's daily agonizing wait, another wave of airstrikes descended upon the university city.

Rays of thunder and fire crossed the sky, falling towards the university city.

Cultivators inside and outside the university city immediately followed orders and began to resist the assault.

Large groups of Soul Cultivators wandered back and forth in the Spirit Realm, already entering a state of war.

But it was precisely in this state of fully resisting external enemies that Wanfa University's monitoring of certain internal places was actually weakened.

...

Boom!

Under a slight tremor sound, a large hole was dug in the ground at a corner of the 556th floor.

Immediately following, a figure leaped down, having fallen into the 555th floor of Wanfa University.

Fu Xinyao and Ping Han followed closely behind, also falling into the hole.

Looking at the figure ahead, Fu Xinyao thought silently, "It is actually a Nascent Soul realm powerhouse? Sent by the Evil God to lie low in the university city? Or is it some Nascent Soul True Lord originally within the university city who defected to the Evil God?"

The Nascent Soul True Lord before her was wrapped entirely in a layer of gray mist-like vigorous qi, making it impossible for Fu Xinyao to confirm the other party's identity.

But regardless of which possibility it was, in her eyes, it all demonstrated the formidable power of the Evil God's methods.

Meanwhile, enveloped within this gray mist, the administrative director from the Research Department, Feng Yuhao, remained calm to the extreme in his heart.

Unlike Fu Xinyao and Ping Han, who were filled with regret, anger, unwillingness, and anxiety over gains and losses, since becoming members of the Magic Sect and believers of the Evil God during that battle where the sect attacked the University of Ten Thousand Laws, Feng Yuhao had not indulged in emotional venting.

In Feng Yuhao's view, back then when he was driven to a desperate situation, besides throwing himself into the embrace of the Evil God, there was no other choice; submitting to the Evil God was simply the best choice.

And since he had already joined the side of the Evil God, naturally he must achieve something, continue climbing upward, continue becoming stronger and richer, until one day he could break free from the Evil God's control.

Later, as heaven and earth underwent great changes and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, it made Feng Yuhao secretly feel relieved, feeling: "Perhaps joining under the Evil God was not my loss, but an unprecedented opportunity."

Thus, when the Righteous Alliance won victory after victory, his heart leaped with joy; when completing the Evil God's tasks daily, he felt satisfied; when the magnetic poles broke the space blockade, he sighed inwardly, feeling only regret.

Until today, the Evil God arranged another major task for him.

"Capture Zhang Yu?"

Feng Yuhao naturally still remembered this prominent figure of the University of Ten Thousand Laws, and also remembered his past conflict with the other party.

However, in Feng Yuhao's view, the conflict between himself and Zhang Yu was merely a trivial matter.

Even if he had once bowed and scraped before such a student, apologized, admitted fault, and transferred Spirit Coins, Feng Yuhao believed he hadn't taken it too much to heart; everything was just guiding according to circumstances and adapting to changes.

Just like taking action against Zhang Yu today, in Feng Yuhao's heart he did not feel any element of revenge; it was merely the Evil God's task, an investment behavior containing risk.

While pondering, he spoke toward the rear: "Follow closely behind me, confirm at any time if there are any issues with the terrain."

Meanwhile, a building design blueprint of 555 floors was projected onto the ocular cavities of Feng Yuhao and Fu Xinyao.

That was a design blueprint written out from memory by Ping Han; the accuracy naturally could not be one hundred percent. During the actual operation process, there might still be encounters with modifications or renovations, so it would require the Ping Han currently inside the Yin Organ to adapt accordingly.

(End of Chapter)