Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 201 Xiao Er is in danger

Qiu Ci glanced at the guards from the Repair and Management Bureau stationed around the airport. He figured it was because the civilization on this continent had developed so rapidly that the Repair and Management Bureau had discovered the ring long ago and maintained it regularly, which was why it was able to function properly. This was also why cultivators from other continents often entered the Divine Radiance Continent.

Although they knew it was a transcontinental teleportation device, they didn't understand how it worked. They just kept replenishing spiritual energy to maintain it. Of course, they didn't have the authority to operate it, so they could only send people to guard it year-round, in order to know the situation of visitors from other continents as soon as possible.

"Go!" Qiu Ci also concealed his figure, leading Miao Jia to the bottom of the circle, and pointed to the teleportation area in front of him.

Miao Jia stepped forward excitedly, then stopped and looked back at her, "Senior Chu, will we... meet again?"

"Probably not." She spoke the truth, and seeing the regret in the other person's expression, she continued, "Go back with peace of mind. Consider these ten years as a trial on your path. Continue to cultivate your path."

"Yes, thank you for your guidance, senior." She then clenched the hand at her side, her eyes full of determination. "Please be careful, senior. I learned from Huo Yanting that there are many, many more so-called systems than just his."

Qiu Ci naturally knew about this, but she still couldn't help asking, "Do you know where those things came from?"

“I’m not entirely sure about the specifics.” Miao Jia shook her head, and after a while continued, “But the one surnamed Huo obtained it from a place called the Temple. He seems to regard that thing called the system as a special artifact.”

"A divine artifact?" Qiu Ci frowned.

"Huo Yanting didn't actually know much about the system. He always thought that the insect was used to control people's minds and make others into puppets to improve his cultivation. He didn't know about those so-called strategy missions."

"How could a temple have such a thing?" If she remembered correctly, the so-called temple was the official organization that managed the temple, equivalent to the Federal Repair Bureau and the United Government.

If Huo Yanting obtained his system from the official sources, that's terrifying.

“I don’t know,” Miao Jia continued to explain. “However, Huo Yanting did obtain that thing ten years ago when his family sent him to a temple to cultivate. Moreover, he obtained it by some means from someone else, and the person who was robbed has already been killed by him.”

“How do you know all this?” she asked.

“I searched the soul of that man surnamed Huo and learned it from his memories,” Miao Jia blurted out.

Autumn Farewell: "..."

Castration and soul-searching—it seems she harbors pure hatred for Huo Yanting.

“Senior Chu, there must be more than one such ‘artifact’ in the temple. If you still want to investigate the system, please be careful of the temple.” Miao Jia said with a worried look, “The temple may not be unaware of this.”

"I understand." Qiu Ci nodded. "Thank you for reminding me. Let's go back now."

Only then did she stand on the teleportation area in front of her without hesitation, bow to her, and say, "Senior Chu, farewell!"

"Goodbye!" Qiu Ci immediately activated the teleportation ring.

The next moment, Miao Jia's figure flashed and she disappeared into the teleportation ring as a stream of light.

Qiu Ci waited for a while until the teleportation success message appeared at the navigation station before turning around and leaving the area. She kept thinking about the temple, and it seemed she had to get back to the temple as soon as possible.

Putting aside Huo Yanting's situation, the temple definitely knows about the system. Those insect systems are very likely from the temple, so could the base also be in that so-called temple?

Qiu Ci immediately instructed the dog system to quickly create a fake identity for her, while rushing towards the direction of the temple to confirm it.

But before she could even enter the temple's area, the dog system suddenly issued a warning.

[Beep beep beep... Data intrusion detected!]

"what happened?"

The dog system suddenly roared angrily, "Master, master, I detected that Xiao Er seems to have been trapped by something. Someone is trying to hack into its program!"

"What!" Qiu Ci exclaimed in surprise.

A long string of data flashed across the light cluster of the dog system, faster than ever before.

[I've temporarily blocked the first wave of external data intrusion for it! But the distance is too far, and Xiao Er's level is too low; it probably won't last long.] It became more and more anxious as it spoke, and the entire group turned fiery red.

"What about Juanshan?" Could something have happened to him?
[I don't know, Xiao Er couldn't respond.]

"How much longer until we get back?" she asked, quickening her pace.

It will take at least one day.

"Isn't there any other way to get there?"

The dog system was silent for a moment before speaking.

[Unless I temporarily separate from my master and merge with Xiao Er, I can directly teleport to its current location.]

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Qiu Ci nodded directly.

[Yes, Master!] The dog system beeped. [Where did this trash data come from? Daring to bully my little brother, I'll go down the network cable and beat it up.]

As he spoke, the ball of light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Qiu Ci was also a little anxious. If Xiao Er was in trouble, the old man Juan Shan's condition probably wouldn't be good either.

Although she was confident in Juanshan's strength, she wondered what might happen. She quickly took out her phone and dialed Juanshan's number, but no one answered. She then took out a jade pendant, her identity jade pendant from Shuangxing Academy, which she had made as a precaution when she left. The one she had belonged to Juanshan.

The jade plaque is now perfectly intact, without any cracks, and the vitality on it has not diminished in the slightest. This proves that Juanshan is safe and there are no signs of any crisis.

Qiu Ci breathed a slight sigh of relief. It had only been less than three days since they separated. What could have happened? Could it be that a system even more advanced than Xiao Er had appeared? If so, would the Dog System still be of any use now?

The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became, and she quickened her pace toward the border. Fortunately, although the dog system had left, it had still handled the tasks she had been given quickly, and her fake identity had already been set up.

So she changed her exit point and successfully crossed the border back to the temple area.

I remember Juanshan saying before that the temple needed him to report on Huo Yanting's disappearance, so he shouldn't be in Luoqing City anymore. Qiu Ci didn't have time to search one by one anymore, and directly released all her divine sense.

Almost instantly, her divine sense covered the entire area of ​​the temple. She didn't care who it might attract, and quickly searched for the location of Juanshan. Sure enough, she found a familiar aura in the east.

She compared it with the temple map she had seen before, and that direction... seemed to be the location of the temple capital.

Just as he was about to dash towards the capital, a familiar notification sound rang in his mind.

【Master, I'm back!】

The dog system's voice inexplicably rose several octaves, its tone filled with the smugness of a victorious return.

Autumn Farewell: "..."

So fast? !