Xue Hua walked out of the tent, while Kane stayed inside.
Xue Hua naturally agreed to Kane's request to accompany him.
If you don't agree to this, you'd be a fool, right?
However, he had to solve one problem first before he could go to Lu Gaoyin with peace of mind.
Yes, this question is about the ruins of the Bathory family castle in the mountain base.
For some reason, a small room was discovered underground on the fifth floor of the Countess' Tower that seemed to be specially used to transmit energy to that castle and was equipped with powerful guards and a self-destruction system.
Xue Hua always felt that there should be some important secrets in that castle.
Otherwise, the cost of the psychic transmission system alone would have been staggering.
A psychic transmission system of that level is not a matter of money at all.
Even with the strength of the Bathory family at the time, it would probably take several or even dozens of generations of efforts to create such a system silently.
Could it be that such a large-scale project that was carefully planned here ended up just being used to provide a basement for a secret shelter?
At least Xue Hua didn't believe this answer.
Moreover, when the Bathory family was infected with demons, why was it that Alessandro Bathory was the only one who did not go to hell because he became a demon?
Was it a clone left in the basement of the castle, or was it simply his true self?
If it was a clone, then how did he hide the existence of a clone from the will of the world in this world?
And if it is me...
Then there are even more problems!
"Zagara, is there any movement in the castle outside the mountain base?"
"Master, that human building is very quiet and has not changed at all..." Zagara responded in the main nest mind.
According to Xue Hua's order, it asked the Overwatch King Insect to use its skills to seal the entire ruins of the castle, and has been sending insect swarms to monitor the place.
However, until now, there has been no news of any changes in the castle.
"Okay, I understand. After we finish here, let's go over and have a look. It's time to solve this problem."
"I understand, Lord."
...
After distributing the spoils, Kasha organized a simple celebration party on the spot. After this simple party, a more grand and formal celebration would be held in the Rogge camp.
In the middle of this simple party, Xue Hua asked Kasha to leave temporarily.
"Leave now, what's the matter?"
"Yes, I have a few things to deal with."
"Well, since it's not convenient to say, I won't ask. Anyway, if you need help, please feel free to write to me."
"I will."
After a simple conversation, Xue Hua rode the King Insect and led the insect swarm out of the Five Stone Pillars area that had turned into a deep pit, and came to the mountains on the border of the Stone Wilderness.
Through a secret passage embedded in the mountain wall, Xue Hua successfully followed Zagara to the insect nest in the heart of the mountain.
There is no change here as before, because the insect swarms have begun to dig into other peaks.
It is said that the team of worker bees that dug the farthest has almost reached the top of the underground passage.
Not paying attention to the larvae crawling all over the ground and the swollen and shrinking Zerg buildings, Xue Hua followed directly behind Zagara and walked out of the previously dug tunnel and came to the small closed valley.
There were no changes in the valley, except for a few Overwatch King Insects, which lowered their flying altitude and floated above the ruins of the castle.
From time to time, they spit out a sticky slime from underneath their bodies. The slime covers the exits of the castle ruins, and then quickly hardens, blocking these exits.
"Zagara, gather the swarm, let's go in and take a look!"
"Understood, Lord."
Zagara raised his head and hissed, and massive swarms of insects emerged from the surrounding ground, mountain walls, and passages, and began to gather in its direction.
Then, Zagara led the way, ordered the Hydralisk to use explosive spines to destroy the ooze blocking the entrance, and then led a group of exterminators into the ruins of the castle.
Xue Hua thought for a while, then sat on a cockroach and followed in.
At this time, three days had passed since he blew up the psychic energy transmission device under the Countess' tower. According to the report from the King Insect Monitor just now, the psychic energy under the building was almost exhausted at this time.
Even the original shielding and detection function has become weaker.
And the target with a high psychic level inside has been weakening crazily in the past few days. On the first day alone, the psychic level dropped from 5.7 to 4.3.
The next day it dropped directly from 4.3 to 3.1.
On the third day, which is now, the Overwatch King Insect can no longer sense the opponent's psychic level at all. It can be seen that its psychic level has dropped below 2, or even below 1.
Such a weak psychic level can only be sensed by the Overwatch King Insect if there is no obstruction.
However, no matter how crazy the psychic level dropped, this target had no intention of breaking out.
Not even breaking out of the castle basement.
...
Zagara opened the way at the front and entered the depths of the castle very smoothly, while Xue Hua sat on the cockroach and looked around at the ruins of the abandoned castle.
His first impression was that this place was supposed to be the territory owned by a very wealthy but also very stereotyped aristocratic family.
The wealth of the Bathory family is obvious, and some clues can be seen from the ruins of this collapsed castle.
The most obvious ones are the solid gold candlesticks that will not rot, and the distorted but still exuding charming brilliance of the armchairs studded with huge gems of various colors.
There is also a lambswool tapestry that has been damaged and is in disgrace, but its artistry can still be seen from the stitching in the corners.
The reason why this noble family is said to be rigid is because everything here is engraved with the family's crest - a long sword and two crossed roses.
If the ubiquitous guys alone couldn't prove their rigidity, then when Xue Hua found a line of extremely strict and dogmatic dining rules engraved on a pure gold dining table in ancient aristocratic language.
The seal of "stereotype" has been firmly stamped on the Bathory family by Xue Hua.
"Master, we have found the entrance to the basement."
While Xue Hua was looking around to see if there was anything that could prove what happened here, Zagara's voice rang in the main nest mind.
"Okay, I'll come."
Xue Hua waved his hand, and the cockroach under him led him towards Zagara's location.
Before leaving, he took out a book from a drawer of a desk that looked very expensive at first sight. The pages were made of soft, strange leather, and there was no trace of decay at all.
"Master, this is the passage leading to the basement of this human building. Do we want to go down and take a look now?"
Zagara stood at the entrance of a staircase, waiting for Xue Hua, and pointed out the winding staircase to Xue Hua.
"First send a springtail down to take a look. The communication shielding effect here should have disappeared, right?" Xue Hua used the night vision ability of a king insect to open the first page of the tome in his hand.
He said to Zagara without raising his head.
Zagara responded, then sent a springtail down the stairs.
However, before the information about the springtails could be transmitted back, Xue Hua, who was sitting on the cockroach's back and reading a book, suddenly took a breath of cold air, closed the big book in his hand hard, and almost threw the book away.
Got out.
It turned out that just after Xue Hua opened the first page of the book, a line of words was written on the title page with strange black and red paint.
"This book is dedicated to all the babies who contributed their hearts, scalps, blood vessels and meridians to the production of this book. Your sacrifice is priceless, I promise - Hannako Bathory"